Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, but I do own anyone you don't recognize recognize or have seen before in one of my other Ken fics. This is the third story of the 'Generation Chronicles', which also has 'Split Personalities' & 'The Return of the Digital Rulers' in the series. Enough about that, onto the story.

Warnings: This is a WIERD story in its own right. A little Kenyako is used at the beginning to set the mood of the story. Watch out for a little bit of Kenability later. For those who have not read the earlier 'Generation Chronicles' stories, Kenabiltiy is another way of saying Ken/Tesability. Okay?

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Kindness & Cruelty

Chapter 1: Introduction

It has been 4 years since the fall of Malomyotismon. Ever since Tesability had saved Ken from the Shadow Emperor, things have been peaceful for the Digidestined, especially Ken. No more Digimon had a grudge against him, and the press had finally started to lose interest in him. Unfortunately, it was not going to be peaceful for long...

Indigo met silver.

Silver met indigo.

Ken had just looked up into the mirror that hung on his bedroom door, while he was getting ready to go on a date with Yolei. When he saw the silver eyes in his reflection, he jumped back. His reflection's eyes were never silver unless something was going to happen, like they did before he became the Kaiser, so why now?

"Ken, are you in there?" Mrs. Ichijouji was knocking on Ken's door, causing the mirror to shake. Ken started to panic as he realized that he had made a mess of his room while getting ready.

"Hold on. There's something I have to do first." Ken hastily cleaned up his room while looking for the rose-color jacket that Yolei had bought him for his birthday. To think that she really found something that matched the color of his crest... When he found the jacket, he put it on and opened the door to find not only his mom, but Yolei.

"So you're wearing the rose-colored jacket? This is going to be a special night." Yolei grinned as Ken's eyes widened.

"Yolei? What are you doing here? I was supposed to pick YOU up..." Ken's face became the color of his jacket. Yolei started to giggle.

"And not have a moment's peace afterwards? No way!" Ken had to agree with that. Davis had been teasing Yolei for having a crush on the boy- genius, just because he was famous. Yolei gave Davis the hardest smack across the face he had ever had. She also gave Davis a major telling off, which poor Ken had ended up witnessing. He never knew how COLORFUL her language could be until that day. Everyday, he hopes that said incident was a one-timer. So far, it was just a one-timer. That's when Hawkmon flew into the room and found Wormmon on top of Ken's computer, out cold and with one BIG bump square on top of his head. he landed beside Wormmon.

"Ow, I wonder what happened to Wormmon...while you two lovebirds are out, I'll keep Wormmon company. I'm certain that he'll want a fellow Digimon to hang with when he gets up." Ken smiled at Hawkmon and his poor Wormmon, then turned toward Yolei.

"So, are you ready to go?" Yolei smirked in a Kaiser-ish way. (Uh, oh...I didn't plan that...)

"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't ready to go. Ken blushed an even deeper shade of red. He had to stop asking those dumb questions.

"Oh, yeah...we had better hurry or else we'll miss the concert. I told Matt that we would be there." Yolei nodded.

"Then let's go!" Yolei ran off toward the exit of the appartment. Ken followed Yolei and let her beat him to the door. They ran down the stairs at the same speed and out the building, with Ken forgetting all about his reflection.

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"Ken, do you have the feeling that we're being watched?" Ken nodded to Yolei's question. They were at the Teenage Wolves concert in Tamachi, but the chill in the sir became haunting to them.

"I don't know what's going on here, but I suggest that we keep an eye open for anything that's unusual for a concert." Yolei nodded in agreement. At that moment, a shadowy figure was seen passing through the crowd. As the figure passed him, Ken felt something strange going through him as quickly as a lightning bolt. He4 dropped to his knees in pain. Yolei put on a scared face when she saw Ken drop to his knees.

"Ken, are you alright? What happened?" He looked down toward the ground and saw something similar to a black band around his right wrist. He narrowed his eyes and stood up as he saw the mysterious figure leave the building.

"Hey, come back here!" Ken sped off like the speed demon he was after the odd figure. He followed the figure into a dark ally, when Ken realized that he was in major trouble. For some reason, he didn't stop running.

"Now, Durisamon!" A high, male voice was heard as a creature that looked like the black version of his Wormmon. Ken stopped dead in his tracks.

"What the...I'm out of here!"

"Sticky Net!" Before Ken could high-tail his butt out of there, the black, Wormmon-like creature fired a thread of black, sticky webbing at Ken's feet, causing him to fall on his left side. A high, cold, cruel laugh could be heard as the unknown figure appeared beside teh black Wormmon.

"Good work, Durisamon. You have done well for your master." The figure petted the black Wormmon, a.k.a Durisamon, then lowered his hood. "Long time, no see, Ken." Ken gasped in shock, horror and confusion. He could NOT believe who he was seeing. The figure looked too much like...

"Sam? I thought you were dead..." Ken yelped as the black band sent out a huge amount of electricity into his body.

"I was your brother, Ken. I am now a ghost who has discovered his true destiny. I am the prophised(sp?) Digidestined of Cruelty. Durisamon is my partner. I am destined to rule over the Digital World, but I can't do so unless you are on my side again or I take you out. If I have to take you out, I'll do a few things with you first. Now, let us return to the base my new servant." The ghost's eyes became black as Ken stood up against his will. He tried to run for it, but his body didn't respond to his thoughts. It was like he was paralyzed.

"What's going?! What's happening?!" Sam smirked at the struggling Ken.

"Ken, don't EVEN try to escape. The black band that you have around your wrist is actually a modified Dark Ring. I have full control of you from the shoulders down. I will let you talk, but that's all you can do without me controling you." The ghost Sam pulled out what looked like a rose-colored D-3 and raised it to a computer that was sitting on a nearly ledge. Digi-port open!" At that moment, Ken, Durisamon abd Sam were pulled into the computer and the Digital World, not leaving a trace of their existance behind at that spot, or so they thought...