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Fandom: Digimon Adventure 02
Title: On The Bright Side: Chapter 1: All Motomiya's Fault
Characters: Motomiya Daisuke, Ichijouji Ken
Word Count: chapter: 1,669||story: 1,669
Genre: Drama|Rated: PG
Challenge: Written for Diversity Writing, section G, #6, a threeshot; Written for One Character Boot Camp, Motomiya Daisuke, #31, optimistic; Written for Word Count Sets Boot Camp, #27, 5,000 words.
Summary: The Kaiser hated optimists. Clearly he had offended someone, because now he was trapped with the worst optimist of them all: Daisuke.

If there was one thing that the Digimon Kaiser could not stand – aside from annoying people downloading themselves into his personal playground and trying to act as if they knew more about it than he did – it was people who were optimistic. Always looking on the bright side of things and being cheerful and happy.

It made him rather sick to his stomach, all things considered. Which was why right now he seriously began to wonder if his attempts to conquer this world had somehow offended a higher party – if such beings existed, which he had his doubts on anyway.

Because of all the people that he knew to any degree whatsoever, there were none more optimistic than Motomiya Daisuke, and to add insult to injury, Motomiya had long since earned himself a permanent place at the very top of the list of people the Kaiser would not have wanted to be lost with.

Unfortunately, that was exactly what they both were and no matter how hard he stared at his D-3 – or no matter how hard Daisuke smacked his own against his hand – he couldn't summon any of his slaves, let alone find a portal that would at least get them out of the Digital World.

Not that he wanted to leave, but he could punt Motomiya out of it and get back to finding his base in a much quieter environment. If worst came to absolute worst, he could take the portal out and sneak back in through the computer in his own room. It would be child's play to work his way past his parents anyway. It would hardly be the first time he'd gone in and out without them being aware of it.

"So, any luck yet?" Motomiya asked, not lifting his arms from where they rested on the back of his neck. It seemed to be one of his favorite positions. The Kaiser had other ones in mind for him and it kept his spirits up to imagine the brat on his knees in front of him forever.

Death really was too good for him anyway.

"If I'd had any, you would know about it by now. We'd be on our way to my fortress." And Motomiya would be being fitted for chains instead of bearing that insufferably perky smile.

The other only shrugged. "Hey, it's not that bad. I mean, the Digital World's only so big, right? If we don't find out way out of here, then someone'll come in to find us."

That got a long, drawn-out breath from the Kaiser. "What makes you think I would want anyone to find us?" Didn't the boy have a single grain of sense rolling around in his head? Just one?

"Because then we wouldn't be lost here anymore?" Motomiya tilted his head, the largest expression of innocence and confusion that the Kaiser could remember ever having seen on anyone in all of his eleven years.

"You do remember that we are enemies, don't you?" What did he have to do to grind this into Motomiya's skin?

"Of course I do. You don't think I'm stupid, do you?"

"You don't want to know what I think about you." For that matter, the Kaiser tried his best not to think about Motomiya in the first place. It cranked his blood pressure up way too high. Conquering and ruling a world wasn't easy in the slightest and thinking about Motomiya didn't make it any easier.

Which meant that every time the annoying pest crept into his thoughts, the Kaiser shoved it away and ignored it. And now, when all he had were his whip, his Dark Digivice that didn't do a single thing at the moment, and this guy for company, every single one of those thoughts started to creep back into the forefront of his mind. Granted, at the moment, they were somewhat pleasant thoughts, more or less to the effect of wanting to keep Motomiya as a perfect trophy, sign of his triumph over his enemies. They were certainly far more entertaining than actually having to listen to any of the words that came out of Motomiya's mouth.

"So, how long do you think it'll be until they do find us?" Motomiya strolled along a little farther, looking around as if they were on some kind of normal expedition. "Or until we find them. You know, whichever comes first."

The first thing I do when I consolidate my rulership of this world will be to remove his ability to speak. It's not as if he'll need it.

He didn't bother giving an answer. He kept his attention on his surroundings, wanting to know if the fool's friends did turn up. He would either use Motomiya as a hostage to make certain they didn't try anything like taking him prisoner, or just shove the fool at them and get out of there on his own. Whichever one seemed more likely to succeed at the time.

A finger prodded into his side. "Hey! I'm talking to you! Aren't you listening to me?"

"No." The Kaiser scanned the horizon. Had that been something moving? If it was, then it stood an even chance of being either Motomiya's friends or wild Digimon.

He would rather the wild Digimon if he had a choice in the matter. He had a few Evil Rings and Spirals hidden in the special pocket in his cloak and if he could get hold of one of them, then that would be their ticket to freedom.

His ticket to freedom, he corrected himself. Motomiya's ticket to his proper place.

Also his ticket to getting some peace and quiet, because Motomiya didn't know how to be quiet in the first place. But he would learn. Oh, yes, would he learn.

"What're you thinking about?" Motomiya prodded him again. The Kaiser debated breaking the finger and decided it was not at all worth the howling that would doubtless ensue. Motomiya was noisy enough now. Give him something to actually wail about and it would never be peaceful again.

"How much I want you to be quiet." He didn't think there was any need for details. From the way Motomiya stared at him, perhaps a few details would be in order. If nothing else, explaining to him in great detail about the quiet and what lengths he would go to in order to get it would be amusing.

Motomiya slowly shook his head. "Man, you aren't ever happy about anything, are you? Do you ever just sit down and try to enjoy a nice day? Maybe throw a soccer ball around?"

"Why would I want to do that?" Did he have to explain again about how conquering the world took all of his time and effort, and it certainly didn't make it any easier when people like Motomiya kept trying to stop him from doing it? How was he supposed to get anything done to have free time when they kept interfering?

Motomiya still kept staring at him, with those wide, annoying eyes. "Because it would be fun?" He said it in a way that almost made it sound as if he wanted to ask if the Kaiser were stupid. The Kaiser wasn't going to have any of that at all.

"Motomiya, I've never tested my Rings or Spirals on humans. We are data in this world." It went deeper than that, but he didn't expect this idiot to understand that. "Would you like to help me find out if they would work on humans?"

He wasn't even certain if he was serious about it. But anything that could keep Motomiya quiet until this whole farce resolved itself would be worth attempting. If the threat alone managed that, then he would be satisfied.

"No, not really." Motomiya inched a little bit away from him. The Kaiser let himself smile.

Though, the more he considered the matter, the more he did wonder if his tools would work on humans. And here indeed was a perfect chance to find out.

One of the many benefits of his large shades was that he could look at things and no one necessarily knew that he was looking at them. Things or people.

He wasn't certain if there was a difference when it came to Motomiya. But he'd think about that another time. When they weren't as busy as they were trying to find a way to somewhere they recognized.

All of this was Motomiya's fault to start with. There the Kaiser had been, peaceably taking over yet another corner of the Digital World. This one he'd needed to tend to personally, thanks to a large amount of native Digimon who'd needed to be fitted with Rings and Spirals. He wanted to investigate them to see if any of them had parts he could acquire for his most secret and special project and that was something best done in person.

And right in the middle of his work, there had come all those so-called 'Chosen Children', tumbling out of a gateway he'd missed destroying. If he'd taken more care in doing so, then this mess wouldn't have happened.

Not that he considered that his fault, of course. They'd been the ones to come through it.

He hadn't finished defining all of the Digimon that he'd acquired and some were of types he'd never encountered before. It was one of those who'd struck out with the arrival of the idiots, using some kind of attack that the Kaiser didn't recognize. He'd been completely unaware of everything and he still didn't know just how long he'd been like that.

To make matters worse, when he'd awoken, Motomiya had been there, and neither of their Digivices worked at all. Nor did Motomiya's D-Terminal, which could've at least given them someone else to be in contact with.

So now they had to find a way out of what looked like an endless valley, before whatever inhabited it decided that they were lunch.

This was all Motomiya's fault.

To Be Continued