Summery: Based during the reign of the Digimon Emperor. Ken has decided he will conquer Kari just like he's trying to conquer the digital world. But what if Kari doesn't want to be conquered?
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me.
LOVE'S TRUE STRENGTH
Chapter One: A New Objective
A dizzying intellect, an evil floating base which brought everything to his fingertips and numberless digimon waiting on him hand and foot wasn't what it use to be. Just a few taps at his keyboard and he could send a dark ring off to capture something for him, erect a control spire, or bring to life a digimon. He could do anything he wanted, but nothing he could capture or make was able to fill the emptiness inside him. Misery was all he knew and pain was all he could give. That's why he was the Digimon Emperor.
"Master," came a shaky voice behind him. It was his insectoid digimon, Wormon.
"I thought I said I didn't want to be disturbed!" The Digimon Emperor yelled.
"But those digidestined are attacking the control spire you put near Gazi-Gatsu Village," Wormon informed.
"What?" the Digimon Emperor exclaimed, pushing a button to view Gazi-Gatsu Village on his giant screen. The control spire towered over the adobe buildings of Gazi-Gatsu. He pushed a button to make the picture bigger. Then, he saw the digidestined's digimon attacking the spire.
"Send someone out there!" The Digimon Emperor ordered.
"Right away," Wormon complied, leaving the room.
The Digimon Emperor gasped when the spire began to crumble, then fell. He clenched his teeth and pounded his fist down on his armrest.
"Those pesky digidestined," he muttered as he watched his rivals jump up and down with excitement. "I'm going to get them one of these..."
The Digimon Emperor stopped suddenly and stared at the screen. In view was a lovely girl with short dusty-brown hair and shining umber eyes. She had a smile that made the Emperor tingle uncomfortably. Who was that? Of course, he knew her! It was Kari Kimiya the digidestined, but there seemed to be something different about her. It was like he had never really seen her before.
"Wormon!"
"Yes, Sire," Wormon asked nervously as he peeked into the room.
"Come here," The Digimon Emperor ordered, smirking evilly.
Wormon closed his eyes and crawled over to the Digimon Emperor's throne. He glanced up at his master and asked, "You wanted me?"
"I've decided," The Digimon Emperor began, tapping the ends of his fingers together, "that that girl, Kari Kimiya, will be mine."
Wormon glanced up at the screen showing Kari laughing. "You want her? I'll prepare a dark ring."
Wormon started to walk away.
"Come back here!" The Digimon Emperor shot at him. "I don't need a dark ring."
"Are you sure?" Wormon asked, blinking at him.
The Digimon Emperor stood up from his chair quickly and picked up Wormon by the antenna. "Are you suggesting I can't get Kari Kimiya on my own, that the only way she'd like me is if I controlled her with a dark ring? How can you be so insolent!"
The Digimon Emperor threw Wormon at the far wall and then sat back in his chair.
"You'll see," he muttered to himself. "She'll be mine soon enough."
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"I'll see you later, Kari," TK said.
Kari waved as she left the school with Gatomon and started down the sidewalk.
"Hey, wait up!" someone shouted behind her.
She turned and smiled when she saw it was Davis.
"Can I walk with you?" Davis asked.
Kari just nodded, still smiling.
"So, did you see Flamedramon today?" Davis asked. "He was great, wasn't he? I guess that stems from my coaching."
"I'm sure it does," Kari giggled.
"Where are you headed?" Davis asked, scratching the back of his neck. "Home?"
"No, I thought I'd take a little walk first," she told him. "After all, it is quite a nice evening, don't you think?"
"Yeah, it's great," Davis commented.
"Hey, Davis," DemiVeemon began from Davis' backpack, "didn't you tell your mom you'd be home early to clean your room?"
"Oh, yeah," Davis grumbled, slapping a hand to his forehead. "I'm really sorry, Kari. You coming to that picnic thing tomorrow?"
"Definitely," Kari told him.
"Great, I'll see you tomorrow then." With that, Davis sprinted back toward his house.
Kari watched him a moment, laughing.
"I'm tired," Gatomon said. "Do you mind if I take a nap in your backpack?"
"It won't bother me," Kari told her, crouching down.
Gatomon climbed up into Kari's backpack and zipped it closed. Kari smiled, stood up and looked around. They were right close to the park. She figured that would be a nice place to go on an afternoon like this.
She walked slowly, not in too much of a hurry, through the grassy park until she reached a small wooden bridge. It creaked lightly when she stepped on to it. As she lay her arms on the railing and looked out at the gentle stream, a few ducks lazily floated by. Kari took a deep breath of the warm air, letting every tension in her body go. The sun was setting just beyond the stream, oranges and pinks reflecting on the water. It was so nice.
"Hello, Kari Kimiya."
Kari spun around and gasped at the sight of Ken Ichijouji standing before her. He had a wide, evil smile spread across his handsome face. Ken looked quite distinguished in his grey school uniform and with his sleek midnight hair. He was evil, nonetheless, and not to be trusted.
"What are you doing here?" Kari asked, backing away from him. "What is it you want?"
"I want you, Kari," Ken smirked.
"Me?" Kari queried. "What do you want with me?"
"Well, I-" Ken began as he stepped toward her. Suddenly, a stone caught his foot and Ken found himself falling right on to the cement. He grumbled obscenities to himself.
"Oh!" Kari exclaimed, running to his side. "Are you all right, Ken?"
"I'm fine!" Ken shot, getting up on his knees. He glanced at Kari. She was so close that he could smell her perfume and her umber eyes showed true concern for HIM. He said again, "I'm Fine." But said it nicer this time.
Ken and Kari stood up at the same time. Suddenly, Ken had lost his confidence. He felt uneasy and didn't know what to say to her now.
"Tell your friend Davis...that I'll get him in the digital world!" Ken said. Then he turned around and walked away.
Kari stared after him. He had come all the way from where he lived to tell her that? And why didn't he search for Davis instead of her? Ken's story didn't make sense.
"What's all the commotion, Kari?" asked Gatomon as she poked her head out of Kari's backpack.
"It's nothing, Gatomon," Kari insisted. "Let's go home."
A/N: I redesigned Ken's Viewing room a bit. He he! Let's say I took a little author's license. And I stole the bridge scene from the first episode of The Shaman King, not the dialogue and what happened. I just liked where Yo was standing on the bridge watching the ducks. So I made Kari doing the same thing.
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me.
LOVE'S TRUE STRENGTH
Chapter One: A New Objective
A dizzying intellect, an evil floating base which brought everything to his fingertips and numberless digimon waiting on him hand and foot wasn't what it use to be. Just a few taps at his keyboard and he could send a dark ring off to capture something for him, erect a control spire, or bring to life a digimon. He could do anything he wanted, but nothing he could capture or make was able to fill the emptiness inside him. Misery was all he knew and pain was all he could give. That's why he was the Digimon Emperor.
"Master," came a shaky voice behind him. It was his insectoid digimon, Wormon.
"I thought I said I didn't want to be disturbed!" The Digimon Emperor yelled.
"But those digidestined are attacking the control spire you put near Gazi-Gatsu Village," Wormon informed.
"What?" the Digimon Emperor exclaimed, pushing a button to view Gazi-Gatsu Village on his giant screen. The control spire towered over the adobe buildings of Gazi-Gatsu. He pushed a button to make the picture bigger. Then, he saw the digidestined's digimon attacking the spire.
"Send someone out there!" The Digimon Emperor ordered.
"Right away," Wormon complied, leaving the room.
The Digimon Emperor gasped when the spire began to crumble, then fell. He clenched his teeth and pounded his fist down on his armrest.
"Those pesky digidestined," he muttered as he watched his rivals jump up and down with excitement. "I'm going to get them one of these..."
The Digimon Emperor stopped suddenly and stared at the screen. In view was a lovely girl with short dusty-brown hair and shining umber eyes. She had a smile that made the Emperor tingle uncomfortably. Who was that? Of course, he knew her! It was Kari Kimiya the digidestined, but there seemed to be something different about her. It was like he had never really seen her before.
"Wormon!"
"Yes, Sire," Wormon asked nervously as he peeked into the room.
"Come here," The Digimon Emperor ordered, smirking evilly.
Wormon closed his eyes and crawled over to the Digimon Emperor's throne. He glanced up at his master and asked, "You wanted me?"
"I've decided," The Digimon Emperor began, tapping the ends of his fingers together, "that that girl, Kari Kimiya, will be mine."
Wormon glanced up at the screen showing Kari laughing. "You want her? I'll prepare a dark ring."
Wormon started to walk away.
"Come back here!" The Digimon Emperor shot at him. "I don't need a dark ring."
"Are you sure?" Wormon asked, blinking at him.
The Digimon Emperor stood up from his chair quickly and picked up Wormon by the antenna. "Are you suggesting I can't get Kari Kimiya on my own, that the only way she'd like me is if I controlled her with a dark ring? How can you be so insolent!"
The Digimon Emperor threw Wormon at the far wall and then sat back in his chair.
"You'll see," he muttered to himself. "She'll be mine soon enough."
**************
"I'll see you later, Kari," TK said.
Kari waved as she left the school with Gatomon and started down the sidewalk.
"Hey, wait up!" someone shouted behind her.
She turned and smiled when she saw it was Davis.
"Can I walk with you?" Davis asked.
Kari just nodded, still smiling.
"So, did you see Flamedramon today?" Davis asked. "He was great, wasn't he? I guess that stems from my coaching."
"I'm sure it does," Kari giggled.
"Where are you headed?" Davis asked, scratching the back of his neck. "Home?"
"No, I thought I'd take a little walk first," she told him. "After all, it is quite a nice evening, don't you think?"
"Yeah, it's great," Davis commented.
"Hey, Davis," DemiVeemon began from Davis' backpack, "didn't you tell your mom you'd be home early to clean your room?"
"Oh, yeah," Davis grumbled, slapping a hand to his forehead. "I'm really sorry, Kari. You coming to that picnic thing tomorrow?"
"Definitely," Kari told him.
"Great, I'll see you tomorrow then." With that, Davis sprinted back toward his house.
Kari watched him a moment, laughing.
"I'm tired," Gatomon said. "Do you mind if I take a nap in your backpack?"
"It won't bother me," Kari told her, crouching down.
Gatomon climbed up into Kari's backpack and zipped it closed. Kari smiled, stood up and looked around. They were right close to the park. She figured that would be a nice place to go on an afternoon like this.
She walked slowly, not in too much of a hurry, through the grassy park until she reached a small wooden bridge. It creaked lightly when she stepped on to it. As she lay her arms on the railing and looked out at the gentle stream, a few ducks lazily floated by. Kari took a deep breath of the warm air, letting every tension in her body go. The sun was setting just beyond the stream, oranges and pinks reflecting on the water. It was so nice.
"Hello, Kari Kimiya."
Kari spun around and gasped at the sight of Ken Ichijouji standing before her. He had a wide, evil smile spread across his handsome face. Ken looked quite distinguished in his grey school uniform and with his sleek midnight hair. He was evil, nonetheless, and not to be trusted.
"What are you doing here?" Kari asked, backing away from him. "What is it you want?"
"I want you, Kari," Ken smirked.
"Me?" Kari queried. "What do you want with me?"
"Well, I-" Ken began as he stepped toward her. Suddenly, a stone caught his foot and Ken found himself falling right on to the cement. He grumbled obscenities to himself.
"Oh!" Kari exclaimed, running to his side. "Are you all right, Ken?"
"I'm fine!" Ken shot, getting up on his knees. He glanced at Kari. She was so close that he could smell her perfume and her umber eyes showed true concern for HIM. He said again, "I'm Fine." But said it nicer this time.
Ken and Kari stood up at the same time. Suddenly, Ken had lost his confidence. He felt uneasy and didn't know what to say to her now.
"Tell your friend Davis...that I'll get him in the digital world!" Ken said. Then he turned around and walked away.
Kari stared after him. He had come all the way from where he lived to tell her that? And why didn't he search for Davis instead of her? Ken's story didn't make sense.
"What's all the commotion, Kari?" asked Gatomon as she poked her head out of Kari's backpack.
"It's nothing, Gatomon," Kari insisted. "Let's go home."
A/N: I redesigned Ken's Viewing room a bit. He he! Let's say I took a little author's license. And I stole the bridge scene from the first episode of The Shaman King, not the dialogue and what happened. I just liked where Yo was standing on the bridge watching the ducks. So I made Kari doing the same thing.