*…*- Stands for their thoughts
Yolie sat by the water edge. The waves were crashing on the cliffs not too far away. The waves trying to reach her feet but only managing to lightly touch her toes. She lay there on the sand looking up at the sky. The sky was so beautiful, the stars were sparkling, and the full moon was hanging overhead. It was just so breathtaking. For a moment, she dreamed that she was at home in the real world instead of the digi world. Hearing a chorus of laughter, she turned her head towards her friends farther down the strip of sand. The fire was burning bright and her friends along with their digimon were sitting around it. She didn't know what had sparked them to laugh so hard but she could guess it had something to do with the red faced Davis found sprawling on the sand. A smile played on her face as she watched his embarrassing antics.
Sometimes she just couldn't get it. How could Davis not see what was going on between Kari and Tai? Those two were meant to be together. Sure Kari liked Davis, but only as a good friend. She did admit to her a few times that his constant picking on T.K. annoyed her sometimes. Sora had compared her once to her situation with Tai and Matt. To her it seemed pretty obvious that Matt and Sora were meant to be and that Sora saw Tai as just her best friend. How people couldn't manage to see that was beyond her. Letting a sigh escape her lips Yolie slowly closed her eyes. If only she had that kind of problem. However, of course fate always seemed to have a crazy knack of screwing with her life. As the waves rhythmically crashed among the cliffs Yolie soon found herself drifting off and thinking about her own love.
Later that night, Yolie heard a very sweet and haunting melody being played. She slowly found herself awake and sitting upright. She listened to the music and found herself curious to find out who or what was playing it. The melody was so sad that it seemed to reach out and sing with her own lonely soul. It was a tune that she had heard only once before and had thought never to hear again. Carefully walking toward the cliffs, she saw someone sitting near its edge. Cautiously she walked toward the lone figure. The spray of the waves that fell on her made her gasp aloud at its coldness. At the sound of an interloper, the figure quickly whipped their head around to face her. She let out another gasp as she soon lost herself into deep violet eyes. Eyes that she dreamed of many nights, those eyes that had haunted her. They were the all too familiar eyes of her enemy.
A look of recognition and something else crossed those eyes. What that other thing in his eyes was she couldn't be sure for it seemed to quickly disappear. He quickly stood back up and walked towards her. "What do you want digi destined?" He asked in a cold tone.
When she tried to speak nothing would come out. She was just drowning in those eyes although they were now cold and callous. A long silence fell on them before she could finally speak. " Where did you learn that song?"
" I don't see how that is any of your business." He snapped back. "Besides it's just a stupid song." Somehow, that comment stung her yet she didn't know why. She looked at the moon and stared. Closing her eyes, memories washed over her as she remembered that song.
When the moon is gracing the midnight sky,
When you just have this constant urge to die
Just look at the star and you will see
That star guarding you that's a part of me.
You are my friend,
Till the very end
I'll always be here
So there's nothing to fear.
When you think of me, I'll think of you
The friendship we have is given to so few
Always and forever I'll be there
This I promise you, this I swear.
When she opened her eyes, again she was greeted with startled violet eyes. " How? How could you know those words? I have never told anyone about them. It's impossible. How could you know it?"
" I-I don't know. I don't remember anyone teaching it to me." She whispered. "It just came to me just now. It's just just that… When I heard you playing that song I just remembered him!" Yolie fell to the ground as tears began to spill from her eyes. He just stood there in confusion as she watched the girl before him. Something was telling him that this wasn't right that she shouldn't be crying. Something inside him told him that he didn't want to see her cry. Instinctively he took off his cape and draped it around her. She crouched down and hesitantly gathered her in his arms.
*What am I thinking?! I am the Digimon Kaiser! She is a digi destined. She is my enemy! Yet, what is this feeling that I have of wanting to protect her. I don't want to hurt her. *
" I still can't believe it. I remember that song so well although it's been years since I last heard it. He had played it for me."
" Who is he?" Ken questioned.
" He promised, he promised me."
" Promised what? Who promised?"
" K-kun, he promised that he would always be there for me, to always protect me, to always love me." She sobbed harder into his chest. *God what am I doing! He is my enemy. Why am I telling him this? Moreover, why is he holding me in his arm? Oh he feels so good. Stop it Yolie! Remember he is your enemy! Why is it that I feel so safe in his arms? * " He was my best friend when I was 6. He was there for me when my grandma died. He wrote that song for me. He said that whenever I felt sad to always think of things that made me happy. When I was seven he gave me this necklace and told me that we would always be together." Yolie took out her necklace and let the moonlight shine over it. Memories of the happy times they had together washed over her. Happy memories of the times they spent together at school and at the park.
" What happened to him?"
" He died a month afterwards. He and his parents were on the highway when they had a head on collision with a truck. His parents died instantly. He was severely injured. When I finally learned about it on the news I begged my parents to let me see him. But they told me that he was gone. When I heard that I screamed and sobbed until I grew tired. For me the world just seemed to fall in a black cloud. I hardly talked and just went on with life like a robot. My parents sent me to countless psychiatrists for the next year. One of them suggested that we move that maybe the surroundings were like a constant reminder to me and that I couldn't move on. So my parents decided to move. Before long, without the constant reminders of him I was able to move on." A sob racked her body as she finished her story.
Ken felt something inside him but he didn't know what it was. Tilting her head up he wiped away her tears. " Please don't cry anymore Li-chan."
With those words, Yolie stiffened. Nobody had ever called her that since he had died. Suddenly she caught a glint of something silver. It was a silver chain around his neck; it was the exact same one that Yolie had. Taking it into her hand and she examined it closely. " Where-where did you get this?"
" I don't really know." He replied. " For as long as I can remember I've had it." He took the necklace off and looked at it in his hand. "I don't know why but I can never go without it. One time I though I lost it a few months ago and I went completely ballistic. I nearly killed wormmon. I'm not really sure where I got it. All I can remember is this beautiful smile and hair that was this beautiful shade of…violet!" Ken quickly tore his eyes from the necklace and onto Yolie. She had a startled look on her face.
" Ken…"
" Yolie, hey Yolie where are you?" When she heard the calls of her friends, she quickly turned towards their voices. When she turned back to where Ken was, he was gone. Yolie just sat there with a look of shock plastered on her face. She hardly notices the beautiful sun rising over the water. Before long the others had found her, yet she didn't move from her place.
" Yolie why do you have that Kaiser's cape?" Kari asked.
Ignoring the question, she quickly got up. " Guys we need to return to the real world. There is something important that I need to do." * Could it really be? Could it really be him? I have to know. I need to go back. I will not be able to rest until I know for sure. *
The others gave her puzzling looks as she walked pass but soon followed her lead.
Author's Note: Well here's the first part. I'm still undecided about turning this into more into a Kenlie romance or not. Guess we'll just have too see what comes out of my head!
