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Ken and Miyako blinked a few times. This wasn't funny at all.
" Okay, recap. We go to the temple, I get my butt kicked, I almost die, I have to bite you, I save you, we fight the Dragon and Keromon, we beat them, Keromon goes poof, and then she's STILL FLYING AROUND??!?!?!?!?" Ken exclaimed, leaping up with Miyako. Miyako hugged Ken tight.
" THIS IS NOT COOL!!!!" They shouted, breaking apart, and running around, and then crashing into each other head on behind the couch. Ken and Miyako rubbed their heads, and started to cry anime style. Marie laughed.
" What a bunch of lunatics. I'll make some chicken soup......." Marie said, still believing in the old ways, that chicken soup cures all. She went off to make soup, while Ken and Miyako got up from the floor, sat on the couch, rolled their heads back on the couch top, closed their eyes, and sighed.
" Life sucks." They stated in unison. Robert sat in a chair.
" Well, yeah, when did you kids figure that out?" He exclaimed. Ken and Miyako looked over to Robert with blank faces.
" When the fat old Keromon flew." {Now, you all laugh. HAHAHAHA!!! Er, anyway......} Ken stated, sitting up. Miyako did the same, and took off her glasses, finally observing the huge scratch marks and dents on them. She put a hand on her face. It flung back in pain. She cringed, her face killing her. She was a match with Ken.
" Oww! That hurts....." She whispered to herself, biting her lip to keep down pain. Ken got up, grabbed 2 icepacks, gave one to Miyako, and pressed his against his face. Miyako mimicked, and felt relief. She sighed, but then noticed the throbbing pain in her wrists, forearms, knees, and ankles. She huffed.
" Great, now I'm sore all over. Man, she hit hard. What a witch. Remind me, when I'm all healthy, to beat her up!" Miyako exclaimed angrily. Ken laughed out loud, noticing the same stinging and pain in his limbs.
" Ironic. I'm in pain too." Marie came in that second, with two huge bowls of chicken soup. They were massive, bigger then Cody's head! Ken dove into his, slurping madly, very hungry. Miyako also dove into hers, her glasses beside the bowl, eating just as much as Ken. After about 10 minutes of drinking and slurping, they stopped, and leaned back, soup spills on the corners of their mouths. Marie took the bowls away, and Miyako looked at her glasses. She would need new ones. Miyako sighed.
" Great, Oka-san his going to kill me. These cost a lot........" Ken took the glasses from Miyako, and took a good look.
" Hey, dad, do you think you could fix these?" Ken asked, handing them to Robert. Ken looked back at Miyako, noticing how she looked without glasses. A lot better. Her eyes were a little more pronounced, and shone more. Robert put a finger in the air.
" Robert Ichijouji can fix anything! I'll work on it now. You should have them back by tomorrow." He exclaimed. Miyako beamed.
" Really? Domo Arigato. This is great. But, I won't be able to see good in the meantime. So, you'll have to be my eyes. Can't see anything more then 2 feet away." Ken nodded, while Robert took his own glasses, and went into his little room of tools. Ken smiled at Miyako, staring at her eyes. She must look the same with contacts, too. Ken thought. He then observed the bruise. It was about the same size as his. On the opposite side of the face, though. If they had been standing together, the bruises would face each other. Ken also opted to ask how the other bruise was doing.
" Is the bruise on your neck okay?" He asked. Miyako lifted up her hair.
" It's still stiff, but it's not to bad. Lucky I didn't get hit in the neck, I would have been down." Ken nodded, and helped Miyako up off the couch, and led her to his room. She sat down on her bed, while Ken tucked Wormmon and Hawkmon into their own little bed, in between Ken and Miyako's beds. They were already asleep. Ken smiled at them, and then looked over to Miyako. She had pulled off her socks, enjoying the carpet under her feet.
" Ahh...... Carpet...... Oww, legs....." Miyako groaned, and stared down. She could make out blurs of blue and black over her legs and feet. Miyako whimpered a bit from how much they hurt. Ken grabbed some clothing for Miyako to wear, and handed them to her. She got up, and he led her to the bathroom, and waited outside the door. She emerged wearing sweats and a T-shirt, both grey. Ken got her to lay down on her bed, and with great care, checked her wounds. Mostly bruises, but some cuts from a while ago. Ken fixed her up with band aids, Tourniquets, and a couple things of cold water. Miyako felt relief on her ankles, legs, and wrists. Her face, would just have to heal on it's own. Ken tucked her in, and smiled. Miyako looked up at him, or the blur that was him.
" Ken, you've been such a good friend to me, thank you. I don't think to many others would do this for me." She whispered. Ken brushed some hair out of her face, not touching the bruise.
" I would do this for you everyday, if I had to. It's no problem, you didn't let me die, so I'm going to take care of you now. Besides, you're my friend. One of my only and best ones, at that. I won't let anything happen to you. Now, get some sleep. Goodnight." Ken walked into the bathroom, changed into boxers and a T-shirt, and jumped into his own bed, shutting the light.
" Goodnight, Ken-Chan......." Miyako trailed off with her whisper, and fell asleep. She must not of known that Ken had heard it. He smiled wide in his sleep, and fell asleep smiling, despite the pain in his face.
The next morning, Ken awoke slowly, and looked over to Miyako's bed. She wasn't there. The bed was made though. Ken leapt up, and ran out into the living room, looking around. Robert had fallen asleep on the couch. He looked around, and saw Miyako, with her glasses, making bacon and eggs, along with some French toast and pancakes. He sighed in relief. She was obviously good at it, flipping the pancakes and scrambling the eggs at the same time, then landing the pancake, checking the bacon, and going back to scrambling. Ken watched in amazement, as she stopped cooking when it was all done, and managing 4 plates for bacon, eggs, pancakes and French toast at the same time with 2 arms, placing them on the table. She rapidly cleaned the area she cooked in, and set out 4 plates, some napkins, forks and knives. Ken clapped a bit. Miyako turned around, and laughed, blushing. Ken walked closer.
" Never knew you could do that. How'd you get you're glasses?" He asked. Miyako smiled.
" Last Night, I got up to go to the bathroom, but I ended up going into that little room. He had just finished, and Mr. Ichijouji gave me my glasses. So, then he didn't want to wake your mom up, so he slept on the couch. I went to the bathroom, fell asleep, woke up at 6 for some reason, and started to cook. I'm used of it all." She explained. Ken nodded, and sat down. It was 7:00 am, and he was hungry. Ken already served himself, shoveling on food, and started to eat, while Robert and Marie walked into the kitchen, both in housecoats. They stared at the meal, and laughed at how much Miyako and Ken were eating and shoveling down. Marie and Robert started to eat as well, and in roughly 20 minutes, it was all gone. Marie smiled.
" That was delicious! Miyako, you've outdone yourself. Very good. Now, the both of you go get dressed. We don't want you lazing around all day." Miyako and Ken cleaned the table, and got dressed one after the other. But not before Marie gave Miyako some of Ken's clothing, which included boxers, black jeans, a red belt, white shirt, and a black vest. Miyako sweat dropped with Ken. Miyako went and took a shower, got changed, and when she was done, she came out of the bathroom, hair brushed, glasses on, standing tall. Ken went in, showered, and came out with the same thing he had worn to the Digi-world, minus all the killing stuff, and the overcoat. They smirked.
" Okay, this is weird. Oh well...... Let's hold a meeting at the park, around 8:30 am." Miyako said, typing at the D-Terminal. She sent the message to all, and they headed off to the park. They got a lot of weird stares from people around them, but they were always friendly, so it didn't matter. It wasn't like they were glaring at everybody. They were smiling nicely, greeting nicely, no glares or frowns, or death threats. A lot of people smiled back at them. Ken and Miyako caught the rush minute walk, and got to the park in less then an hour. They sat under a tree. It was only 8:15 am, they had a while to wait. Miyako touched the bruise on her face, and felt the burn. Her hand sprung back, and she cringed. Just as a couple was walking by. They stared from a distance as Ken put his hand on the other side of her face, and turned her face to him. Ken took off his glove, and put his hand on her bruised cheek, not hard. It soothed her pain for some reason. She sighed. Ken smiled. He took his hand off, and brushed some hair out of her face.
" You shouldn't touch that too much. It'll start to hurt again if you touch it to hard. And if you get hit, well, that's going to hurt more then when Keromon originally nailed you." Miyako smiled at Ken.
" Thanks. We still have about 5 minutes to wait. Man, you'd think they'd be early." The couple had departed, smiling at how close the two were. In about 2 minutes, Kari came running over to them, panting.
" Sorry....... I'm....... Late..... Missed....... Train......" Kari sat down beside Miyako, and then finally noticed what they were wearing. Kari's eyebrow raised.
" What's with the Goth look?" She asked. Miyako and Ken laughed.
" Well, his mom figured I didn't want to wear the same thing 3 times in a row, so she stuffed me with all this. Lucky I got to take a shower, and wear something different. I mean, I would have stunk!" She exclaimed. The DD had silently got closer, and were in a semi-circle in front of Ken and Miyako. They all noticed the wounds. And the outfit. Ken had zoned out on the sky, his eyes blank. They all stared at him, as his eyes narrowed on the sky. He leapt up violently, jumped over Cody, and ran out into the open of the park. Miyako looked up, stared, jumped over Cody, and ran up beside Ken. The Digidestined jumped up, and ran to back up Miyako and Ken. Keromon landed about 1 and a half of a meter away. She was flaming angry. Lots of bystanders stopped and stared at Keromon, flames coming from her feet, and around her. Miyako was angry as well, but not that angry. She took off her glasses, handed them to Kari, and put on the contacts Ken's dad made for her. Keromon growled.
" You are both screwed. I'm angry." She stated. Miyako stood as tall as she could, fists tight. She was ready to nail Keromon if her friends were hurt. Ken's eyes narrowed angrily.
" This better be the last time I have to fight you......" Keromon laughed at Ken.
" Well, I'm going to win this one. Oh, and say bye-bye to the baby." Keromon laughed evilly, and shot a fire Dragon at a woman with a baby carriage, with a baby in it. She screamed. Ken gasped, ran full speed, and took the dragon full force. Ken slumped to the ground, steaming from the chest. He was unconscious. Miyako's eyes were red. She turned to Keromon, cried out loudly in pain of loss, { she thinks he's dead } and rushed Keromon with a fury of punches, kicks, head butts, everything. Miyako's strongest punch connected with Keromon's face, sending her flying. Literally, she flew straight up, then down onto the ground. Miyako's eyes lost all color, going white. Miyako yelled loudly.
" You killed him!!" Miyako picked Keromon, and slapped her so hard she fell back down. " I'll kill you!" Miyako continued the onslaught, throwing Keromon around mercilessly, beating her down with anger. Ken groaned, and got up, staring at how much Miyako was kicking Keromon's butt. He smiled, and stood up. He frowned at the sight of her eyes. Something was wrong. Wait, I caught it in time, didn't I? Something up with this...... Miyako couldn't throw anybody around like that before, that's for sure. Ken thought, just as Miyako tossed Keromon past the Digidestined, making her hit the tree. Ken ran to Miyako, and stood beside her, looking at her.
" Miyako calm down, I'm alright." Ken said. Miyako turned to Ken, and her eyes immediately had color again.
" I thought you were......." Miyako whispered, staring at the burns on Ken's shirt. He laughed, and flicked the armor with a finger. A metal sound was the answer.
" Triple plating. Fire is no problem, but it does make a nasty bruise from impact. And, it's not like we don't have enough of those." Ken laughed, and Keromon got up, disappearing. The crowd was still there. The Digidestined plus the crowd cheered loudly, clapping. Ken started to clap, backing away from Miyako. Her tears were dried, wiped off. They were cheering for her. Miyako rubbed the back of her head, and smiled sheepishly. For once, she was getting credit. Although, one problem, was that her sister was in the crowd. Yoki smiled, and clapped for Miyako. Miyako noticed Yoki. She stared at Yoki, smiling for the crowd, but afraid inside that she would tell her family. The crowd disappeared, and Yoki went over to Miyako. Miyako stared up into her eyes. Yoki smirked.
" Nice one. I had no idea you could do that! You rock!" Yoki exclaimed, hugging her little sister. Miyako sighed in relief.
" Oh, really? Good, I thought I might have been in trouble for beating Keromon up. But she was mean! See this bruise? That was from her! And she hurt my friend, too! Now my knuckles hurt again....." Ken laughed, and walked over to Miyako.
" Knuckles? Yeah, that's expected. You did punch her a lot. I mean, I didn't think she had it in her to disappear!" Ken stated, trying to keep calm, but failing. He took Miyako's hands in his own, and looked at the knuckles. All red and 2 of them had split open. Ken moved her hands so the palms were facing each other, and he pressed them together tightly, not touching the knuckles.
" Whatever you do, keep your hands like this, and make sure the knuckles don't touch anything in 5 minutes, or it'll hurt really badly." Ken explained, letting go of Miyako's hands. She followed what he said. Yoki stared at Ken.
" Okay, you freak me out. You got hit by a flaming dragon, and you're telling HER what to do for health? Man, you're weird." Ken raised an eyebrow, cringed in pain, dropped it, and looked up at Yoki. She seemed nice enough. But sarcastic, like Miyako. Ken sighed.
" Yeah. Funny how that works. Well, I think everyone knows why we called you all here?" Ken asked the Digidestined. They all nodded.
" She just doesn't give up, does she? Man, and I thought Myotismon's digivolution to VenomMyotismon was enough! Keromon has come back 3 times!" T.K exclaimed. Kari nodded. Miyako sighed.
" I..... suppose you want me to come home, right?" She asked sadly. Yoki shook her head.
" No, definitely not. I won't make you go through that. No one should. But, it would be nice if I knew where you went, and who you're staying with." Miyako beamed at her sister.
" Thanks, sis. I'm staying with Ken and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ichijouji. They live in Tamachi, which is less then a half an hour away from here. Right Ken?" She explained, pointing to Ken. He nodded.
" She's welcome in our home anytime. She safe." He said. Yoki smiled at him, and nodded.
" 'Kay. But, remember what I said, kid. Anyway, see ya later, Kiddo." She said to Ken, and then to Miyako. Miyako smiled, hugged her sister one last time, and watched her go away. Davis crossed his arms.
" So, Miyako is staying with Ken? Oooooo, going for it already, Ken?" He joked. Ken went red, along with Miyako.
" NO!" They both shouted. Davis raised his hands in innocence.
" Okay, okay, it's touchy. I'm fine with it." Miyako growled.
" We aren't a couple. Davis, do you have kids?" She asked. Davis shook his head.
" No. Why?" He asked. Miyako rubbed the top of her shoe. She put her foot down.
" You want 'em?" Davis gulped, and nodded. " Then shut up. Now, where were we?"
" We were going to talk about Keromon. What does she want, other then defeating the world?" Cody asked. Ken's hand flew to the back of his neck. Miyako stared at Ken's wide eyes. He was afraid.
" She wants the Kaiser. She wants the dark spore in my neck. Why does everyone always want things that only I have?" Ken said, sighing deeply. Miyako raised an eyebrow.
" Okay, what is a dark spore?"
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ELP: This obviously takes place before Daemon and Owikawa.
Sammy: R&R!