Chapter 9

The next day after the picnic, Davis and Lillie were still sleeping with her head on his chest. Davis was the first to wake up, to see Lillie peacefully in her sleep. Soon, he kissed her on her forehead and woke her up to see her boyfriend.

"Morning Davis." Lillie said as she and him smiled.

"Morning Lillie." Davis said as he kissed her on the lips as she returned the kiss. They soon parted their lips from each other.

"Are you ready to save the Digiworld?" She asked as Davis nodded, she soon left his room so she could get dressed.

**Location Change: Computer Room**

The digidestined with three gen 1 plus ones and the Digi-Masters were watching as Greymon, Garurumon and the others were destroying control spires left and right.

"There's just one more control spire to destroy today." Izzy said as the other discussed amongst themselves about who can destroy it.

"Maybe Greymon can get that one." Matt said as Tai disagreed.

"I don't think he can, it looks like he's too far away from that area." Tai said as Davis stepped forward.

"In that case, we'll handle it ourselves." Davis said, courageously. But, when they entered the area, he soon struggled with the forces guarding the area.

**Location Change: Factory Dome**

"Intruder! Intruder!" All of the Digimon said. They were brown colored metallic bodies with green eyes.

"I am Gardromon. Whoever tries to enter the premises shall become victims of my Grenade Destroyer attack." One of the Gardromon said, describing himself.

"Gold Rush!" Digmon shouted as he shot his drills at one of the Gardromon, breaking its dark ring, but more took its place. Achillichu, Silvarcher, Flamedramon, Samuraxew, Magepix, Steeldra and Ninjespin were also taken down from the ground as well as Halsemon, Cyberzard, Pegasusmon and Nefertimon from the air.

"There must be a hundred of them!" Davis said as they kept coming.

"Wow, you counted that high without even taking your socks and shoes off." Yolei mocked as Pegasusmon got closer to them.

"I think now would be a good time to go back to our world, we can come up with a better plan." T.K said as the others agreed, except for Davis.

"Quit now?! But they're attacking us. Besides, I've never run away from a fight." Davis said as Lillie ran up to him.

"Davis, there are just too many of them and we don't have enough power to continue. We need to fall back and decide on a better strategy." Lillie said as Davis reluctantly agreed.

"You make a good point, head for the gate!" Davis said as they headed for the gate and the Digimon/Pokémon returned to the original forms. Yolei soon opened the gate and she and Hawkmon went first, then Cody and Armadillomon, Alain, Mairin and Chespie, Brock, Iris and Axew, Gladion, T.K and Patamon. Ash was about to go through the gate, but he turned back to see that Kari and Lillie were right behind him.

"We're right behind you. Go!" Kari shouted as Ash nodded and went through the gate with Pikachu. Kari and Lillie were about to do the same until…

"Grenade Destroyer!" A Guardromon appeared on one of the roofs and blasted the T.V into bits with a grenade. Thankfully, Kari, Gatomon, Lillie and Snowy were unharmed.

**Location Change: Computer Room**

The people who passed through the gate all piled on each other.

"Say, shouldn't we put pillows down if we're going to keep doing this?" Yolei said as Ash got up out of the pile.

"Guys, the T.V was destroyed when we returned home. So we'll need to find another way in." Ash said as Davis noticed something important.

"Wait, where's Lillie?" He asked as Iris took another look around.

"And where's Kari?" She asked as they all slowly turned to the computer.

"They're trapped in the Digital World!" Brock said as they started to panic.

**Location Change: Factory Dome**

After the T.V was destroyed, Kari and the others heed in a nearby alley.

"I'm gonna send a message to the others, saying we're okay." Kari said as Lillie wondered something.

"Do these things even have spell check?" She asked as Kari just shrugged her shoulders.

"Kari, Lillie, if we find ourselves in any kind of jam, me and Snowy can always armor digivolve." Gatomon said as Snowy moved up to her.

"That is true, but you can fly as Nefertimon. While I can't, as Magepix." Snowy said, stating the flaw in her strategy.

"Snowy is right though, plus we should probably save it for emergencies." Lillie said as Kari now wondered something.

"Hey, you probably know that Davis used to flirt with me before he met you. So, my question is, what's it like dating Davis?" She asked as Lillie smiled.

"Oh it's just lovely. He may be overprotective at times, but all and all he is just a sweetheart." Lillie said as Kari was a little surprised. "Now I should ask how it feels to be dating Ash." Now it was Kari's turn under the spotlight.

"Well, it's perfect. He's like my brother Tai in a way, always trying to protect me. But, he's also like Davis in a way, very passionate, and then he's like T.K, so kind and trustworthy. Honestly, I wouldn't trade Ash for any man in the world, even if it was Chris Hendsworth." Kari said as they continued to converse about their boyfriends.

**Location Change: Computer Room**

The ones who made it out were trying to figure out a way to rescue the girls. Davis was originally going to blame Ash, but he knew that it wasn't his fault. Thankfully, Kari sent them a message saying that they're okay, which calmed Davis and Ash down. Soon, Iris came up with a plan.

"Here's my plan, if we enter an area close to where Kari and Lillie are, we can go and rescue them." Iris said as Ash moved to the screen.

"Alright, I'm going in." Ash said as he reentered the Digital World.

"Well, what do we do?" Mairin asked as Davis moved to the screen.

"Well, if he thinks he's gonna rescue Lillie alone, he's got another thing coming." Davis said as he reentered as well.

"I'm going too." T.K said as Alain, Mairin and Gladion followed, Yolei was about to, but Cody stopped.

"Yolei listen, it's almost dinner time. Somewhere in between the green salad and gelatin, their families are going to wonder where they are. We have to tell Tai and the others, I think that's the best way to help Ash." Cody said as Yolei had her arm behind her head.

"Cody, you maybe just a kid, but I sometimes forget you have the wisdom of an old man of twenty." Yolei said as Upamon and Poromon started bouncing.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Upamon said as Poromon followed up.

"Let's go!" Poromon said as they hopped out of the room.

"Wait, you can't go out in public!" Cody shouted as he and Yolei went after them, while leaving Iris in the dust.

"What a bunch of kids." Iris said as Axew popped out of her hair.

"Axew. (*Well, we better keep an eye on them.*)" Axew said as Iris nodded and she and Brock followed them.

**Location Change: With Ash's Group**

As the sand blew past their faces, the rescue group was near their destination.

"This was a great idea, crossing the desert without any water." Davis said annoyingly.

"Well, you want to save Lillie, don't you? Then suck it up buttercup." Mairin said as they finally had the Factory Dome in sight.

"Looks like one of those things you shake and it starts snowing." T.K said as Alain turned to him.

"You mean a snow globe?" He asked as T.K nodded.

"Alright, here's the plan. Ash, me, Mairin and Gladion will lead an attack from the ground while Alain and T.K provide support from the air." Davis said as everyone was a little surprised that Davis actually came up with a plan. But…

"Sure, but what about the guard up front?" T.K asked as Davis slumped into the sand.

"How about we split up? Ash, Alain and Mairin will find another way in while you, me and T.K take out the guard at the front gate." Gladion said as they agreed and they split into their groups.

"Alright, all we have to do is armor digivolve and take him out in one shot, before he can call reinforcements." Dabis said as Patamon had an idea. "Do it Veemon, digi armor…"

"Wait. I'll do it. There aren't any control spires in this area, right?" Patamon suggested as they looked around to see only the spire in the dome.

"Just the one inside the dome." T.K said as Patamon smiled.

"But we're outside right?" He asked as T.K soon realized what he was getting at.

"That's right, so you're free to digivolve." T.K said as he raised his digivice and Patamon began to change.

"Patamon digivolve to…" After saying that, he turned into an angelic warrior with wings, a blue and white jumpsuit, a helmet with a cross on it and he was wielding a staff. "… Angemon!" Angemon shouted as everyone (except for T.K were in complete shock)

"A - A - Angemon?!" Davis shouted in utter shock.

"Hey there… big guy." Veemon stuttered as Angemon flew straight to the guard.

"Angel Rod!" Angemon shouted as he struck the dark ring around the Guardromon's valve and he soon landed. "I nailed him." They soon entered the Factory Dome as Angemon soon de-digivolve back into Patamon, because of the spire.

"You know those control spires really ruin my day." Patamon said as he landed in T.K's arms.

"So Patamon can digivolve into Angemon. What about Gatomon?" Gladion asked as T.K turned to him.

"She can digivolve into Angewomon." T.K said, informing him about Gatomon's ultimate form.

"Yeah, the two of us make a great team." Patamon said as he knew from experience.

"One question, is there an 'Ange-babymon' as well?" Davis asked one of his funniest questions yet.

"Something's he says the weirdest things." Patamon said as he, T.K and Gladion laughed, Davis soon joined them.

**Location Change: With Cody/Tai**

As Yolei, Brock and Iris were grabbing provisions and Iris paid for them, Cody was on a nearby payphone, talking to Tai.

"… And that's where Kari is right now Tai." Cody said as he finished informing Tai.

"Okay, thanks for letting me know. Don't worry, I'll take care of everything." Tai said as he hung up and turned to Yuuko, who was making dinner. "Kari's over at a friend's house with Ash, they're doing a science project on gravity and they need to see how long I can stand on my head in a competition against Ash, see ya." After saying that, he made his way out of his apartment to meet up with Matt.

"Hey Tai, I heard what happened. So, are you gonna go?" Matt asked as Tai nodded.

"Yeah, but first I have to stop by Davis' apartment. I need to make up a story to tell his family that he, Lillie and Gladion are gonna be a little late tonight." Tai said as Matt then smiled.

"Ah, don't worry about it. I'll take care of it, you go and get to Kari." Matt said as Tai thanked him and ran to the school. Soon, something dawned on Matt. "Oh yeah, I left Mimi hanging on a call in New York. Her phone bill!" He ran back in to finish his call with Mimi.

**Location Change: With Cody**

After he told Tai, Cody called his parents that he was working on a rescue project, his mother thought that it was nice to think that they were helping stray cats.

"Alright, I'm good to go." Cody said as Yolei and Iris walked out of the convenience store with two bags each.

"Yeah, my dad was just glad we left without filling up another bag." Yolei said as Iris smiled.

"He really is glad that I tell him to keep the change. Now, let's get going, Ash and the others need our help." Iris said as Cody and Yolei nodded and made their way back to the school.

**Location Change: With Ash's Group**

Soon Ash, Alain and Mairin found a blindspot in the walls, Ash soon came up with an idea.

"Alright Gible, I choose you!" Ash said as he threw Gible's Poké-ball and released the little dragon.

"I'm ready." Gible said as Ash had a smile on his face.

"I need you to use Dig so we can sneak into that dome." Ash said as Gible nodded and dug a hole from where they were standing to the inside of the dome. Ash, Alain and Mairin soon exited the hole and Alain released his Charizard and armor digivolved him to Cyberzard and Chespie armor digivolved to Ninjespin.

"Alright, I'm picking Kari and Lillie's signal, they're this way." Mairin said as she led the charge.

**Location Change: With Kari and Lillie**

The time finally arrived that they needed to armor digivolve again, they took to the sky on Nefertimon while Magepix was keeping grenades away with her Frigid Barrier.

"Kari, there aren't any TV's left in this area." Nefertimon said as Kari and Lillie had no other choice but to keep in the air.

"Then we'll have to go to a different area to find one." Kari said as Lillie was a little uneasy.

"But Kari, we don't even know which direction to go in, and with the added obstacle of the Guardromon at every turn, it's still very hard for us to escape." Lillie said as Magepix smiled.

"Don't worry, we're going to get out of this nightmare. Mark my words." Magepix said, but someone had other plans.

**Location Change: The Emperor's Base**

The Emperor had been keeping tabs on them as they flew past all the Guardromon. Soon, Wormmon enters the scene.

"It's almost your dinner time. Shouldn't you be going home Ken?" Wormmon asked as he accidentally slipped the Emperor's identity to the readers. That action caused the Emperor to turn violently at him.

"Never call me anything but 'Master!'" He lashed out as Wormmon quivered in fear of being hit. Soon, he turned to the screen. "Since it's just those two, they deserve someone special." He soon pressed some buttons as the computer was running through commands.

"Oh no, you can't, anyone but him." Wormmon shrieked as the Emperor didn't listen and laughed maniacally.

**Location Change: With Matt**

Mart soon arrived at Davis' apartment and was explaining a fake situation to Jun.

"So anyway, Davis, Lillie and Gladion are over at my brother's house, so they probably won't be home until a little later." Matt said as Jun was just smiling with her eyes closed. "W-what?" Jun finally let's out only two words.

"You're lying." She said as Matt asked how she knew. "I can usually tell when people are lying, because they usually start to blink a lot." Matt was in shock and awe.

"Huh… wha? I, uh, huh… wha?" He stuttered as Jun kept her smile.

"I promise not to tell my parents you were lying, if you promise to go out on a date with me. Okay? See you Friday at eight." She said as she closed the door.

"How did that happen?" Matt questioned as he confused out of his mind.

**Location Change: With Yolei, Brock and Iris**

Iris, Brock and Yolei returned to the computer room and were keeping close tabs on Upamon and Poromon.

"How come he gets more candy than me?" Poromon asked as Iris turned to him.

"Don't worry, I bought extras just in case." Iris said as Cody soon opened the door.

"I've brought some reinforcements." He said as Tai walked up beside him.

"Let's get to work." Tai said, ready to save his sister.

**Location Change: The Emperor's Base**

Back with the Emperor, one of his screens changed to have a staggering silhouette.

"You summoned me, your highness?" The silhouette asked.

"Please hold for the Digimon Emperor. Line one for you sir." Wormmon said as The Emperor smirked.

**Location Change: With Davis' Group**

Back with Davis, T.K and Gladion, they were ready to begin their mission.

"Digi Armor Energize!" They shouted as Veemon, Silvally and Patamon armor digivolved to Flamedramon, Silvarcher and Pegasusmon. T.K and Gladion then got on Pegasusmon and went into the air.

"Fire Rocket!" Flamedramon shouted as he fired small fireballs at a Guardromon, destroying his dark ring, Pegasusmon flew over the Digimon and kept going. "Davis, over here!"

"I can't jump as high as you!" Davis said, running behind them.

"I'm getting Kari's signal." T.K said as he was looking at his D-3.

"Same with Lillie. We're close." Gladion said as he was also looking at his Master Digivice.

"Ready to jump a little higher?" Flamedramon asked as Davis was being held by the armored Digimon.

"Well…" He didn't finish as Flamedramon kept jumping from building to building.

**Location Change: With Ash's Group**

Ash, Alain and Mairin were ready on the other side of the dome.

"Digi Armor Energize!" Alain and Mairin shouted as Chepie and Charizard armor digivolved into Cyberzard and Ninjespin.

"General Inferno!" Cyberzard shouted as he fired a fireball from his mouth at a row of Guardromon, destroying their dark rings.

"Gible, use Draco Meteor!" Ash shouted as Gible fired an orange orb into the air and it split into multiple smaller orbs and they struck the other dark ring on the other Guardromon.

"Ash, get on." Alain said as Ash and Gible climbed onto Cyberzard as Ninjespin was holding Mairin as they jumped from building to building like Flamedramon did.

'Hold on Kari, we're coming!' Ash thought as they kept moving.

**Location Change: With Kari and Lillie**

Nefertimon kept flying past many Guardrom but soon…

"Grenade Destroyer!" One shouted as it fired two grenades at Nefertimon as she kept dodging, but soon one of the grenades hit one of the buildings as the shockwave pushed Nefertimon was hurtling down to the ground, Kari, Lillie and Magepix held on tight for they knew that they were in for a rough landing. When she crashed, Nefertimon changed back to Gatomon while Magepix got off at the last second to stay in that form.

"Kari, are you okay?" Lillie asked as Kari raised herself up.

"Yeah, I'm good." Kari said as they stared down the army of Guardromon marching towards them, until…

"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Ash called out as Pikachu leapt into the air and shot a lightning bolt at multiple Guardromon, destroying their dark rings. Kari then looked towards him, Alain and Mairin.

"Ash!" Kari said as she ran to him. Ash landed on the ground and ran to her, they soon embraced each other in relief.

"I'm so glad you're okay." Ash said.

"Thank you, my hero." Kari said as he blushed at that nickname, but soon let go of her.

"Looks like the cavalry's here." Ash said as he pointed to Pegasusmon, flying to them.

"Aquis Beam!" He shouted, firing a green triangle beam from his head, destroying one dark ring on one of the Guardromon.

"Fire Rocket!" Flamedramon shouted as he shot more fireballs at another Guardromon.

"Davis!" Lillie shouted as she ran to Davis, wrapping her arms around him.

"You're okay!" He said as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Ice Arrow: Homing Icicle!" Silvarcher shouted as he fired one of his ice arrows at a Guardromon, destroying its dark ring.

"Now let's get you out of here Kari." Ash said as she nodded, but before they could leave, a silver colored android with skull-looking shoulder pads (Andromon).

"Why can't these guys ever be small?" Davis asked as Kari had a smile on her face when she saw this Digimon.

"Andromon!" She shouted.

"I am Andromon. I have one mission, and that is to seek out my enemy and destroy them with my Lightning Blade." Andromon said, Kari soon saw something that ruined her mood.

"He's got a dark ring. Andromon?" She said as Andromon had the same expression on his face.

"I am programmed to destroy my enemy. You are the enemy, I will destroy you." He said as Kari stepped forward.

"Andromon, don't you remember us? We're your friends." She said as Ash soon grabbed her right hand with his left.

"Kari, even if he does remember, he's wearing a dark ring. Any attempts to convince him will just fall to deaf ears." Ash said as Kari turned to him with a determined expression on her face.

"Ash, you were able to get through to Meganium when she had a dark ring. Maybe I can do the same with Andromon." Kari said as Ash saw the fire in her eyes. He soon nodded.

"Alright. This one's all you." He said as Kari smiled and she let go of Ash's hand. He soon turned back to the others who were moving in. "Everyone, give Kari some space! She's got this. We'll play safeguard for now and defend her from more Gardromon." That alone confused everyone.

"Are you crazy?! Letting Kari do this, what if she gets hurt?" Davis exclaimed as Ash shook his head.

"She won't. I trust her. If Lillie was in this situation, would you trust her?" Ash asked as Davis was quickly in shock.

"O-Of course I would!" He said as Ash just smiled, Davis quickly realized what he said. "Oh, okay. We'll leave this to her." Ash nodded as they saw a horde of Gardromon.

"Alright Gible, use Rock Smash!" Ash shouted as Gible rushed to them.

"Smashy smashy!" Gible shouted as his hand glowed orange and he struck twenty different dark rings from the hoard of Gardromon. One on the other hand evaded the attack and struck Gible down and almost buried him under rubble. Ash saw that and was infuriated by that. Soon a dark red aura was surrounding him as his eyes were now glowing red.

"Pikachu, use Electroweb!" Ash growled as Pikachu jumped into the air and his tail was emitting electricity.

"This is for my friend!" Pikachu said as he threw the ball of electricity and it turned into a net made of electricity, it soon landed on the Gardromon. Though, it didn't stop it, it soon aimed it's launcher at Pikachu.

"Grenade Destroyer!" It shouted as it fired the grenade. Gible was able to escape the rubble and looked to see the grenade on course to Pikachu. He soon got up and ran to Pikachu, then he started to glow blue and changed shape.

"Gible's starting to evolve!" Gladion said as they saw Gible turn into a larger version of himself. This version had fins on his arms, back and newly formed tail. The glow faded away and showed white spikes on his legs and the same color palette as he did when he was Gible (Gabite).

"I won't let you hurt my friends!" Gabite shouted as Ash saw that and the dark aura vanished and he soon raised his pokedex.

"Gabite, the cave Pokémon, and the evolved form of Gible. It sheds its skin and gradually grows larger. Its scales can be ground into a powder and used as raw materials for traditional medicine." The pokedex explained as Ash soon smiled. He soon saw Gabite block the grenade and rushed at Gardromon. Soon his claws began to glow green and soon the image of bigger claws were seen as Gabite slashed off the Gardromon's dark ring.

"That was Dragon Claw. Awesome." Ash said as he turned back to Kari.

"Andromon, don't you remember how we fought together, side by side?" Kari pleaded as it fell to deaf ears again. Ash knew he should step in, but at the same time he knew that if he could do it, so could she. They soon saw that Andromon was walking towards her slowly. Andromon soon scanned Davis' goggles and saw a match with an image in his database, then he just stopped. Soon he was struck down by a red energy beam, they turned to see that it was Halsemon with Yolei on his back. Then the ground cracked, revealing Digmon drilling from the underground.

"Hi guys! I thought since I was here, I'd build this place a subway system." Digmon said as Andromon was getting back up. "Hold still you pile of scrap metal. Gold Rush!" Shouting that, he fired his drills at Andromon, but that didn't leave a scratch on him. "Hey that comment about scrap metal was just a joke." Soon, Tai arrived on the scene.

"Kari, are you alright?" He asked as he, Cody, Brock and Iris behind him.

"Yeah, but Tai, look. It's Andromon!" Kari shouted as Tai stopped and faced him.

"Andromon, slow down! It's me, Tai!" Tai said as Andromon's expresion didn't change.

"Tai who?" Andromon said as his database soon found a photo of a younger Tai and it showed that it matched. "Oh, Tai." His dark ring soon started to short circuit and he went ramped, everyone moved away, but Kari stood her ground. Andromon soon grabbed her and lifted her into the air.

"Kari!" Ash shouted as Gatomon moved forward.

"Hey, you put her down now!" Gatomon said as Kari kept her gaze at Andromon.

"Do you remember me?" She asked as Andromon was actually struggling with this.

"I'm trying." He said, soon he saw another photo, only this time it was of a younger Kari and it matched. "Yes."

"We all took a picture together." Kari said with a single tear falling from her eye and landed on Andromon and Kari's D-3 landed on Andromon and it shined a pink ray of light. Andromon's database was soon static, but soon was showing pieces of a full picture like a jigsaw puzzle.

"Faces… Long ago… Digidestined… I love jigsaw puzzles… Now I see the complete picture." Andromon said as he soon let her down and Ash walked up to them. "Kari, I'm sorry for the trouble I have caused." He soon reached for the dark ring and ripped it apart.

"Andromon!" Kari said as a smile returned back to her face.

"Mmhmm." Andromon nodded as he turned to the control spire. "That control spire was responsible for all this. Well no more. Gatling Attack!" His chest opened up and fired two missiles at the control spire, destroying it. All of the Gardromon had their dark rings destroyed because of that. Though they were disabled because of that as well.

"Andromon, are all these Gardromon going to stay broken forever?" Kari asked as Andromon moved to one of said Gardromon.

"No. Their programs were rewritten by the Digimon Emperor. They just need to be reprogrammed, watch." Andromon said as cords came from his fingertips, entering the Gardromon. "Actually, once I'm done reprogramming the Gardromon, I'll stay here to protect them in case the Digimon Emperor returns." Soon, the Gardromon regained consciousness.

"I feel as fresh as a daisy." It said as the group laughed after a stressful rescue.

"Come on guys, let's get going." Gabite said as they agreed and returned to the T.V the rescue team used.

**Location Change: Computer Room**

They all returned to see Izzy sitting there, waiting for them to everyone's surprise.

"Izzy, were you waiting for us this whole time?" Tai asked as Izzy shushed him.

"Let's go." He said as they left the school. "Matt just called and told me what had happened with Kari and Lillie. And I'm really upset that you left me out of the loop. Cody called Tai for help, and Tai called Matt, but no one ever calls me until the adventure's over with." Everyone had a bit of deadpanned expressions on their faces after hearing what Izzy said.

"Come on Izzy, don't be like that. There just wasn't enough time to call you, you know you're a big part of the team." Tai said as Izzy turned to him.

"That's right. As a team member, I expect to be treated with the same respect that I give to you. I may not be as strong as you or Matt, but I have gotten us out of just as my jams with my particular skills." He said as Ash stepped forward.

"We're sorry we didn't call you." He said as Izzy's attitude changed to one of more calm.

"Now that's what I call respect. Ok, I forgive you." Izzy said as Tai smiled.

"Well that was easy." He said as Izzy soon remembered something important.

"Oh, I almost forgot the reason why I came. I examined the new digivices and determined that they have three different settings; digital, detect and discover. Maybe we should call them 'D-3's' from now on. Prodigious little devices aren't they? As for the Master Digivices, they have the same setting as the D-3's, but they have one more setting I just couldn't figure out. But I'm sure we'll figure it out in the future." He said as DemiVeemon soon got tired of hearing what Izzy had to say.

"Please finish talking after we eat." He said as everyone soon realized that it was really past dinner.

"That's right, our parents are waiting for us. The food has probably gone cold and soggy by now, of course for my mom that's an improvement." Tai said as Ash lightly punched his shoulder.

"Come on, her cooking not that bad." Ash said as they all looked at him.

"Ash, out of anyone I know, you have the strongest stomach. Anyway, let's go." Tai said as they laughed. Kari soon grabbed Ash's hand.

"Hey, thanks for coming to save me Ashy." She said with a smile on her face and her eyes starting to well with tears.

"Of course, I'll always come to save you Kari." Ash said as Kari embraced him and pressed her lips against Ash's. He was quick to realize it and he kissed back, she soon pressed her tongue on his lips, he soon started to blush a lot but soon opened his mouth to start a tongue war with Kari. After a few minutes of the war, they broke for air and had lots of blush on their face.

"I love you Ashy. And I know this maybe a little early for me to say, but I want to spend the rest of my life with you." She said with tears of joy rolling down her cheeks. Ash had soom blush, but smiled.

"I love you too, and I also want to spend my life with you as well." Ash said as Kari smiled even more and embraced him and he returned it.

**Location Change: Computer Room**