Sincere Kindness
by. Lady Kisaragi
Ken Ichijouji walked slowly down the deserted sidewalk, school bag in hand. It was after midnight, and Davis had told him to come to the park so he could introduce him to the other digidestines and show him he wasn't really bad at all. He didn't know why Davis would go out of his way to do this. It wasn't a big deal to him that the digidestined did't except him or was it. He sighed, why was he thinking about this so much. Did he really care how they thought about him? Wormon perched on Ken's shoulder looked at him worried. "Hey Ken!" Ken looked up from his thoughts and saw Davis at the entrance of the park waiting for him. "Glad you could make it Ken. You too Wormon. Come on, everyones waiting on us." He said, cheerfully. Ken gave a nod and followed Davis inside the park.
They then reached the spot where everyone was waiting. Taichi, Sora, and Izzy were sitting on one bench. Kari, Yolei, Cody, and Takeru were sitting on the bench across from them and Yamato was leaning up against a tree. Jyou wasn't there, probably was studying or something. Ken then noticed two people he haven't seen before. A guy with short blonde hair standing next to a girl with pink hair with stars in it. Davis the cleared his throat, "May I introduce the new digidestine, who holds the Crest of Kindness....Ken Ichijouji." Davis finished his introduction. Nobody said nothing. There was an uneasy silence. "Well now that you're done can go now?" Taichi said, standing up. "Yeah, I have band practice tomorrow you know." Yamato said. "Yamato! Tachi! How rude!" Mimi said as her and the blonde hair boy walked over to Ken. "Hello. My name is Mimi." She flashed a smile towards Ken, who was confused by her actions "And I'm Michael. Mimi's friend from America--and also a digidestine. A pleasure to meet you." Michael extended a hand out in friendship. Ken looked at his hand and back at Michael. Ken shocked everyone, except Mimi and Davis, as he slowly shook Michael's hand. "You too." Ken said as he released his hand and put it in his pocket. "What do you two think you're doing!" Taichi stood up from his place next to Sora, and walked towards Mimi and Michael. "What does it look like? Were introducing are selves to are new friend." Mimi said, still keeping a smile on her face. Friend? Ken thought. Why would she consider him a friend? She hardly knew him and she wants to be friends with some one who made digimon suffer? "Friend!? Mimi think! This guy was the Digimon Kaiser. He enslaved helpless digimon and made them do anything he wanted. Even hurt one another. So I don't consider him to be a 'friend'!" Cody said. "Calm down. This is getting out of hand." Izzy said. "I agree. Please calm down." Michael said. "Hey who's side are you on anyway?" Yamato said. "The sane one." Michael said. "Hey guys cut it out. This is no time to..." Davis was cut off by Ken walking by him. "I'll be taking my leave now, thanks anyway even though it didn't turn out the way you hoped it would." Ken said as he left. "Ken wait!" Mimi and Wormon, who he left behind, ran after him.
"Well I hope you're all satisfied." Davis said, as he took a seat next to Kari. "Quite, that wasn't necessary." Michael said. "Wha?" Tai said. "I afraid they're both right." Yolei said. "We should have atleast given him the benefit of the doubt." "Oh so you're taking the boy 'genius side'." Tachi said. "It's not that were just saying...we could have given him a chance to explain himself." Takeru said. "T.c.'s right." Davis said. Takeru rolled his eyes. Why is it that he always get his name wrong? "And we should atleast treat him as a part of the team. He does have the crest of kindness." Sora said. "Well I guess, but that doesn't mean I'll trust him." Tachi said. "Same here." Cody and Yamato said. "Don't you think we should go after Mimi?" Kari asked. "Don't worry. She can take care of herself. Besides Wormon's with her." Michael reassured her.
Ken was on the other side of the park sitting on a swing looking at the ground. They were right. He did so many horrible things he doesn't blame them for acting the way they did. Heck, he probably would have did the same thing.
"There you are." A female voice said.
He looked up to see that pink hair girl--what was her name....Mi-mi? Mimi. Yes that's it, but why was she here. She placed her hands on her knees and bent over and huffed.
"Phew....I didn't think you go...so...far...whew...", she sat up and put on her best smile.
"Why did you follow me? Forgot to say something, Taichi left out?" He said not looking with his eyes fixed on the ground.
"No.....I just came to see if you were o.k. I was really worried."
Ken head then jerked up.
"You were worried about 'me'." Ken said, bewildered.
"Well, yeah. And besides you forgot something." She pointed to her shoulder were Wormon was perched hidden under her pink locks of hair.
"Ken why you go and leave me behind. You know I have short legs and can't keep up. Luckily, Mimi gave me a lift. Did you know your hair smells like strawberries?" Wormon rambled on.
"Now, how could you forget about him?" Mimi said.
Ken shrugged, "I liked to know the answer to that myself."
"Hey I resent that!" Wormon said a bit defensive.
Mimi stiffled a giggle, as she sat down next to him in an empty swing. She started to sway back and forth in it. "Why do you want to be my friend? Don't you see it's pointless. I don't need a friend." Ken said, as he watched her sway back and forth. "Wormon's your friend. So why can't I be?" She said smiling. Ken frowned, "Don't answer a question with a question. I just want a straight up answer." Mimi said nothing, just kept swaying back and forth in the swing her hair flowing with it. Ken was now becoming annoyed with this girl. First she comes all this way to find him for who knows what reason and now she was toying with him. He then suddenly stood up and stop Mimi's swing and stared at her in her eyes. "Now, are you going to answer my question?" She looked deep into his eyes and surpressed another smile, "You have pretty eyes." "I what!?" He studdered as Mimi giggled at the expression on his face, along with Wormon. "I said you have pretty eyes." She repeated herself. Ken then regained his composure and cleared his throat, "May I remind guys are not suppose to have....'pretty eyes'. And neither am I." Mimi just stared at him a idea popped into her head. "Hey why don't you meet me here tomorrow. Me and Michael are going to be in town for awhile. We'll have lots of fun." Ken was, again, taken back by her action.
"You don't have anything to do tomorrow?"
No. As a matter a fact I don't have anything to do tomorrow. Besides reading my history books, but I'm already ten chapters ahead of everyone.
"I'll take your silence as a yes. I'll meet you here tomorrow." She got up and started to leave.
"Wait. But I never sai--"
"See ya tomorrow, Ken."
Mimi turned around a gave wink and blew a kiss and went on her way.
"What just happend here?" Ken looked at Wormon who just shrugged and hopped on his shoulder. They both then also left making their way home. Ken kicked off his shoes in the corner and laied on his bed. He was to lazy to change into his pajamas. He then closed his heavy eyes and went to sleep, dreaming of the pink haired girl 'Mimi'.
To be countinued......Chapter Two coming up.
by. Lady Kisaragi
Ken Ichijouji walked slowly down the deserted sidewalk, school bag in hand. It was after midnight, and Davis had told him to come to the park so he could introduce him to the other digidestines and show him he wasn't really bad at all. He didn't know why Davis would go out of his way to do this. It wasn't a big deal to him that the digidestined did't except him or was it. He sighed, why was he thinking about this so much. Did he really care how they thought about him? Wormon perched on Ken's shoulder looked at him worried. "Hey Ken!" Ken looked up from his thoughts and saw Davis at the entrance of the park waiting for him. "Glad you could make it Ken. You too Wormon. Come on, everyones waiting on us." He said, cheerfully. Ken gave a nod and followed Davis inside the park.
They then reached the spot where everyone was waiting. Taichi, Sora, and Izzy were sitting on one bench. Kari, Yolei, Cody, and Takeru were sitting on the bench across from them and Yamato was leaning up against a tree. Jyou wasn't there, probably was studying or something. Ken then noticed two people he haven't seen before. A guy with short blonde hair standing next to a girl with pink hair with stars in it. Davis the cleared his throat, "May I introduce the new digidestine, who holds the Crest of Kindness....Ken Ichijouji." Davis finished his introduction. Nobody said nothing. There was an uneasy silence. "Well now that you're done can go now?" Taichi said, standing up. "Yeah, I have band practice tomorrow you know." Yamato said. "Yamato! Tachi! How rude!" Mimi said as her and the blonde hair boy walked over to Ken. "Hello. My name is Mimi." She flashed a smile towards Ken, who was confused by her actions "And I'm Michael. Mimi's friend from America--and also a digidestine. A pleasure to meet you." Michael extended a hand out in friendship. Ken looked at his hand and back at Michael. Ken shocked everyone, except Mimi and Davis, as he slowly shook Michael's hand. "You too." Ken said as he released his hand and put it in his pocket. "What do you two think you're doing!" Taichi stood up from his place next to Sora, and walked towards Mimi and Michael. "What does it look like? Were introducing are selves to are new friend." Mimi said, still keeping a smile on her face. Friend? Ken thought. Why would she consider him a friend? She hardly knew him and she wants to be friends with some one who made digimon suffer? "Friend!? Mimi think! This guy was the Digimon Kaiser. He enslaved helpless digimon and made them do anything he wanted. Even hurt one another. So I don't consider him to be a 'friend'!" Cody said. "Calm down. This is getting out of hand." Izzy said. "I agree. Please calm down." Michael said. "Hey who's side are you on anyway?" Yamato said. "The sane one." Michael said. "Hey guys cut it out. This is no time to..." Davis was cut off by Ken walking by him. "I'll be taking my leave now, thanks anyway even though it didn't turn out the way you hoped it would." Ken said as he left. "Ken wait!" Mimi and Wormon, who he left behind, ran after him.
"Well I hope you're all satisfied." Davis said, as he took a seat next to Kari. "Quite, that wasn't necessary." Michael said. "Wha?" Tai said. "I afraid they're both right." Yolei said. "We should have atleast given him the benefit of the doubt." "Oh so you're taking the boy 'genius side'." Tachi said. "It's not that were just saying...we could have given him a chance to explain himself." Takeru said. "T.c.'s right." Davis said. Takeru rolled his eyes. Why is it that he always get his name wrong? "And we should atleast treat him as a part of the team. He does have the crest of kindness." Sora said. "Well I guess, but that doesn't mean I'll trust him." Tachi said. "Same here." Cody and Yamato said. "Don't you think we should go after Mimi?" Kari asked. "Don't worry. She can take care of herself. Besides Wormon's with her." Michael reassured her.
Ken was on the other side of the park sitting on a swing looking at the ground. They were right. He did so many horrible things he doesn't blame them for acting the way they did. Heck, he probably would have did the same thing.
"There you are." A female voice said.
He looked up to see that pink hair girl--what was her name....Mi-mi? Mimi. Yes that's it, but why was she here. She placed her hands on her knees and bent over and huffed.
"Phew....I didn't think you go...so...far...whew...", she sat up and put on her best smile.
"Why did you follow me? Forgot to say something, Taichi left out?" He said not looking with his eyes fixed on the ground.
"No.....I just came to see if you were o.k. I was really worried."
Ken head then jerked up.
"You were worried about 'me'." Ken said, bewildered.
"Well, yeah. And besides you forgot something." She pointed to her shoulder were Wormon was perched hidden under her pink locks of hair.
"Ken why you go and leave me behind. You know I have short legs and can't keep up. Luckily, Mimi gave me a lift. Did you know your hair smells like strawberries?" Wormon rambled on.
"Now, how could you forget about him?" Mimi said.
Ken shrugged, "I liked to know the answer to that myself."
"Hey I resent that!" Wormon said a bit defensive.
Mimi stiffled a giggle, as she sat down next to him in an empty swing. She started to sway back and forth in it. "Why do you want to be my friend? Don't you see it's pointless. I don't need a friend." Ken said, as he watched her sway back and forth. "Wormon's your friend. So why can't I be?" She said smiling. Ken frowned, "Don't answer a question with a question. I just want a straight up answer." Mimi said nothing, just kept swaying back and forth in the swing her hair flowing with it. Ken was now becoming annoyed with this girl. First she comes all this way to find him for who knows what reason and now she was toying with him. He then suddenly stood up and stop Mimi's swing and stared at her in her eyes. "Now, are you going to answer my question?" She looked deep into his eyes and surpressed another smile, "You have pretty eyes." "I what!?" He studdered as Mimi giggled at the expression on his face, along with Wormon. "I said you have pretty eyes." She repeated herself. Ken then regained his composure and cleared his throat, "May I remind guys are not suppose to have....'pretty eyes'. And neither am I." Mimi just stared at him a idea popped into her head. "Hey why don't you meet me here tomorrow. Me and Michael are going to be in town for awhile. We'll have lots of fun." Ken was, again, taken back by her action.
"You don't have anything to do tomorrow?"
No. As a matter a fact I don't have anything to do tomorrow. Besides reading my history books, but I'm already ten chapters ahead of everyone.
"I'll take your silence as a yes. I'll meet you here tomorrow." She got up and started to leave.
"Wait. But I never sai--"
"See ya tomorrow, Ken."
Mimi turned around a gave wink and blew a kiss and went on her way.
"What just happend here?" Ken looked at Wormon who just shrugged and hopped on his shoulder. They both then also left making their way home. Ken kicked off his shoes in the corner and laied on his bed. He was to lazy to change into his pajamas. He then closed his heavy eyes and went to sleep, dreaming of the pink haired girl 'Mimi'.
To be countinued......Chapter Two coming up.
