Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or the charaters, though I do own this plot and instances portrayed therein, any instances that derive from real life are purely coindidental. Sorry folks, that's the way it has to be! ^_^

Warning: This is not a happy fic...in fact its angsty and very sad. You have been warned!

He was gone! She could hardly believe it. Three short hours ago they’d been together and now he was gone!

The evening had started like any other Friday evening. Hikari was getting ready for her date with Takeru. They were going to dinner then to see a movie. Both were juniors in High School and had only started dating seriously at the beginning of the school year. However they’d known each other for practically forever. Having met at age eight in the fight to save the Digital World.

Hikari was waiting when Takeru rang the doorbell. She answered the door and greeted him with a kiss.

“Ready to go?” T.K asked. Kari nodded then grabbed her purse and closed the door behind her. They’d grabbed a bite to eat at a café and raced to catch their movie. After the movie they went for a walk in the park.

Not much later T.K had dropped Kari off at home and run to catch the train to his dad’s house. Only he’d never made home. The train had crashed and T.K was gone.

Kari couldn’t believe Taichi at first when he’d told her. But when he’d broken down and cried, she’d started screaming. Tai tried unsuccessfully to calm her down.

Kari now sat on the sofa, rocking back and forth moaning and occasionally crying out for T.K. Tai sat beside his sister and just held her, knowing he couldn’t do much else for her right now. If only he could take the pain away, so she didn’t need to suffer so much.

“Kari, are you OK?” Tai asked the silent girl beside him. She didn’t acknowledge the question, she just kept rocking back and forth. Tai held her close but she didn’t seem to notice him or their parents as they sat with her.

Finally, the girl got up and looked at Tai. He was shocked to see his beautiful sister’s eyes gazing at him, they were completely soulless. She walked down the hall to her bedroom and closed the door. Tai stood up as well, he also walked down the hall to his room. Once there however, he couldn’t bring himself to stay. There was no telling what his overwrought sister might do in her current state of mind. So he grabbed his pillow and walked toward her room.

Standing outside Kari’s room, Tai stood and listened. He heard Kari’s broken-hearted sobs coming from inside, but he couldn’t bring himself to knock on her door. He simply dropped his pillow on the floorboards outside her door and lay down on the floor. He knew he’d never sleep in his own room because it was too far away from Kari.

Sometime during the night the sobbing ceased in Kari’s room. Tai heard her get up and start walking around her room. He could imagine she was walking around, touching things that were special to her. Like the friendship bracelet T.K had given her only a month before, the dried roses hanging on the wall that he’d given her for Valentine’s Day. Then the movements stopped and all was quiet for a long time. Just as Tai was starting to worry, he heard a sharp intake of breath. Tai didn’t stop to think, he just raised his fist and knocked on the door. Silence.

“Kari?” Tai asked, tentatively. Nothing Tai reached toward the doorknob and turned it. He pushed the door open quietly.

“Kari?” Tai asked again. He saw Kari Sprawled on her bed. He ran to her side and shook her, calling her name. She rolled over and gave Tai the same blank look she’d given him earlier, completely void of all emotion. Though her eyes were red and swollen from crying. Tai sat down on the bed and gathered his hurting sister into his arms and jugged her. But she didn’t hug him back, she just lay limply in his arms. Tai sat for a long time with his arms around Kari hoping for some response, but received none.

After what seemed like an eternity, Kari moved to roll over onto her bed. Away from Tai. Tai could do nothing to stop her. She need to grieve in her own way. Tai knew that if his girlfriend (provided he had one) died in a train or any other accident he would probably act the same way Kari was now, pushing everyone away. He decided that he would simply be there for her when she need to talk or simply sit by her in silence when she needed silence.

Tai walked slowly to the door of Kari’s room, he turned to look at his sister lying on her bed starring blankly at the ceiling. He turned and bent down to pick up his pillow from the floor. He turned once more and looked upon the still figure on the bed.

“I’ll be right here, Kari, if you need me.” Tai spoke softly then closed the door and lay down once more in front of the entrance to Kari’s room.

“T.K was my friend too, but I still can’t imagine what Kari’s feeling. I hope she’ll be OK.” Tai thought to himself. He shifted slightly, but the hard floor did not give much comfort. Tai however refused to move because Kari needed him close. Tai heard sounds once again coming from within.

Tai lay perfectly still, listening to the crashing and shattering sounds coming from Kari’s room. He was sure that Kari was destroying everything that she could get her hands on. He knew that it would do no good to try and stop her rampage. She needed to work out her anger. Finally the ruckus in Kari’s room subsided and Tai heard Kari’s harsh sobbing start anew.
Tai stepped into Kari’s room, then he stopped and stared. Everything was utterly and completely destroyed, save for one small thing…her D-Terminal. In the midst of the chaos, huddled a small, shuddering, heaving girl. Tai stepped over debris until he could sit beside Kari. He reached over to hug her. Instead of laying limply as she’d done earlier, she clung to him as though he was her life force.

After a while Tai noticed that Kari’s D-Terminal which contained her Crest of Light had begun to fade from view.

“No Kari!” Tai spoke sharply. “Don’t give up hope.” Then as if he’d uttered a curse, her Crest vanished completely. He knew Light could not go on with Hope and T.K had been given the Crest of Hope and now that he was gone Kari’s Crest would also be rendered useless. He looked down at Kari, but instead of his sweet, little sister sat a darker version of her. She had crossed over to the dark side with no hope of returning

TBC