A Dark Fate

By Michi&Fruey

Disclaimer: Not ours, nopenope! ^-^v But
we're borrowing them for a bit.

Michi's Note: We're not sure in what direction
this story'll be going. There is a reason for the
insanity, just stick with us. The next chapter is
in the works and will be longer too.





'It's so cold...' Ken thought as he opened his eyes,
forcing himself to his feet.. 'I don't think I'm in my bed
anymore... or in the real world for that matter.'

"Wormmon! Where are you?!" He called out, wondering
where his partner was, but there was nothing but a
desolate ocean of black sand. Control spires from his
days as the Digimon Emporer dotted the land. "Wait...
Those are... those aren't mine! Wormmon, where are
you!?" His voice dropped to a mere whisper. There
were several Dark Tyrannomon not far off, controlled
by Dark Rings. He hadn't been spotted from his spot
on a hill... yet. An Airdramon flew over head, surveying
the construction of new control spires... and on top of it
was... himself... "No, it's not me! I'm not the Digimon
Emporer anymore!" He fell back, burying his face in his
hands. "NO!"

He surveyed the land below him. The control spires were
getting finished in record time. Soon the digital world would
be his. No one was powerful enough to stop him. "Muaha!"
He was in fact that _true_ Digimon Emperor. The one that
would actually fulfill his destiny, and rule the entire digital
world, and very soon the normal world as well.

His cruel laughter suddenly came to a stop as he heard someone
yelling `no' Now normally this wouldn't be strange, but that voice
sounded.. like his. Looking down once again he caught sight of a
boy. The boy looked like him in so many ways. "Impossible!" He
yelled before ordering Airdramon to take him down to the strange
boy.

Ken cowered, but meeting an evil version of yourself. He finally looked
up at the frightening sight of the spiky-haired evil version of himself
with wide eyes. "You... no... you can't be... you're not..." He babbled,
trembling. This couldn't be real, it had to be a nightmare. His evil past
was over with and gone.

"Master... he looks like you." A Blackwormmon observed, scuttling over
to curl about his master's feet as the Airdramon came to a stop.

The Digimon Emperor's happy evil face changed to a very angry one.
He glared at the other version of himself. He did _not_ cower, nor would
he let any look alikes run around, and try to convince others that he would.
A cowering, scared Digimon emperor was a sight no one should ever
see. Why? Because it should never exist!

As the Airdramon came to a stop on the ground, the Digimon
emperor kicked Black wormmon off the side, and away from
his feet. He jumped off the large digimon and stormed over to
Ken. "Who are you?"

Blackwormmon yelped and landed on the ground, scurrying
over to his master and staying up out of kicking range.

"Ichijouji Ken..." Ken had the feeling that the Emperor wasn't
going to be happy with that answer. He worked up the courage
to say, "I... I should be asking who YOU are..." How was there
another Digimon Emperor? "Why are you hurting the digimon!?"

"He is you." The black digimon mentioned smugly. The idea of
his master cowering in fear was actually kind of funny.

"Shut up!" The emperor yelled, and pulled out his whip,
hitting Black wormmon. He was in a very bad mood at that
moment, and the last thing he needed was his own digimon
laughing at him. He turned his glare back to Ken. "I'm not
hurting them.. very much." He said answering Ken's question.
"I wouldn't have to if they just surrendered to me, and become
my slaves." Why wouldn't they want to become his slaves?!
He was the Emperer! The most powerful force ever to grace
existence.

"You shouldn't hurt them at all! They're living creatures!" Ken
protested, when the Emperor hurt the Blackwormmon. It reminded
him so terribly of how he used to abuse his digimon... how he
used to ENJOY it. He decided at that point it'd be best to take
a page from Davis's book when it came to dealing with a
psychopath that was really pissing him off. He lunged at the
other boy, trying to wrestle the whip away from him.

If there was one thing about being the Digimon Emperer that
was really fun, it was whipping digimon, and foolish people who
dare try to steal his precious whip. He struggled for the whip
against Ken. He was happy to find that not only was this imposter
was not anywhere near his strength. He kicked Ken right in the gut
with the same force he'd use to make a winning goal at a soccer
game. "Their lowly creatures! They need someone to rule them!"

Ken gasped for air, knowing for a fact he'd never been THAT
strong. His vision blacked out for a few moments and he went
limp, just struggling to breathe. Now he knew why Davis could
pull things like that off, the other digidestined was really strong.
"No... they... aren't..." He whispered, totally blacking out.

"I guess he _isn't_ you." Blackwormmon noted, seeing how
easily that Ken was beat by HIS Ken.