Here it is folks. The sequel for your all time favourite story. Before you proceed to read this, if you haven't read the first part, I suggest you do.

Without further distractions, I present you with PART II.


The Dark Jester II
Vestige of Identity

Chapter 1

Since Then

Since then...

Its not everyday you hear that two-worded phrase out of the blue. It needs a purpose, it needs a meaning. 'Since then' requires that whoever said it explains what happened in the past before he or she says 'since then'. Ussually, it has to do with some special event that changed that person's life, but rarely something common. That's how this story will start.

My name is Taichi Kamiya, and I am not normal.


The past was the life I had before I aquired the life you see me live. In the past, I loved soccer, hanging out with friends, and relaxing. That was in the past.

Ever since the return of our old nemesis, Apocalymon, I had to change the way I lived and create a new life; a life where justice would have to be taken into my own matters, a life where the law doesn't apply to me, the life of a vigilante. With such great changes came great losses.

Sora. Wow, you could not see anything more beautiful than her. She's been my best friend ever since I was around 5. We would always spend time together, playing soccer, or simply hanging out. Though it never occured to us that we could have been in love, I knew that we were, I was just too late to tell her how I felt. She's with my best friend now, Matt. As much as I despise the fact that she chose him over me, I can't bring it to myself to hurt either of them. Matt's been my best friend, second to Sora, and she's the woman I love. If I had to live a life of depression to make her happy, I would've done it, and so I did. But now, I know we can never be together. I say that for two reasons.

One: I previously said that I'm not normal. Well, I wasn't shitting you. My name is Taichi Kamiya, but that's the name my friends know me as. I'm also the one that they often see in the night sky. I'm also Saji, The Dark Jester. The clown that punishs those you bring harm to others. With great power, comes great responsibilities. That quote's been used many times, and its always right. My powers must be used for responsibly. The main responsibility I have is to not be distracted when I do what I do as Saji. If I were to be with Sora, she would be the prime target of my enemies if they knew who I was. Because of that, I know we would never be.

Two: After a certain event, I lost interest in wanting her. The night of which Apocalymon was to die by my hands, a trap was set up by him, and Sora took part in it, luring me into the trap and seducing me as the trap was pulled. Siding with the enemy requires great punishment from the Dark Jester, but compassion is something my human side still has. My compassion for her let her live, but she would have to live a life in fear and untrusting security. My punishment to her is this; From here on forth, I will not be protecting her.

Since then,. Ah, there we go. 'Since then'. This is how that pgrase is to be used. I had just finished explaining what happened to me in the past and now, I explain what is happening in the present.

Since then, I've continued to pursue crime during the night and punishing those who oppose my law. Though Sora and Matt know about my secret, I know they would keep it a secret, unless death is what they desire. If they were to tell the people who I am, not only would I be in trouble, but my enemies would use that to their advantage, by harming those that I care for and love.

Nothing new has happened since that unfortunate night. Crime happens, I stop it. People kill other people, I kill the killers to stop them. A strange method you may say, but its the most effective.


The score is now 3-3. With less than a minute left on the clock, can either team make a goal before they make it a tie?

The soccer field would be one of the only places where you would hear that from a loud speaker. The soccer field was packed with people, cheering on their school team. The field was emptied, now that it was on time-out. One of the teams had red and white clad uniforms on and the other team had green and black. Familiar faces were on both teams, not were they recognizable by some people, the two knew eachother very well.

Davis Motamiya, the captian of his highschool soccer team and the star of the team. Never in his life, has he played a game without making one successful goal on the opposing net, and never has he been on the bench for a replacement. He brought his team this far into the Odiaba Region Highschool Soccer Tournament(ORHST) starting from low seed and bringing them up to the finals.

Ken Ichijouji, the captian of his own highschool soccer team, the Tamachi Tigers. During his Digimon Emperor days, he was the best highschool soccer player in the city and possibly in the country. Due to the unfortunate fact that the loss of his Digimon Emperor status made him lose much of his soccer talents, he had to 're-earn' his position as the team captian and managed to pull it off in a matter of weeks. His team was highly expected to make it to the finals with no trouble and they were right.

The two teams made their way back to the field and prepared to finish up the match. The two captians came to the center of the field to start the kickoff. In the bleachers, all of Davis' and Ken's friends were there to see the game. Kari and TK were sitting together, while Tai at as far away from Sora and Matt, but close enough to be with the group.

"This is intense." Kari said, "Both of them are equal in talents."

"Yeah, I know." TK said, who was sitting next to her on the benches, "This is gonna be a very surprising ending."

Davis and Ken came face to face at the center of the field. The referee stood between the two with his whistle in his hand. "Alright boys, lets see a clean finish for this game."

The two walked closer to eachother and shook hands.

"You played good Davis." Ken said with a smile, "I'm impressed."

"Thanks." Davis smiled back, "You're doing good yourself."

At the sound of the whistle, the game resumed. Davis kicked the ball and dribbled it down the field towards the goal. Ken followed closely behind him and prepared for a trip. As Ken dived leg first, to intercept the ball, Davis jumped up, with the ball. Davis quickly turned around and performed a bicycle kick for the goal, but as he prepared to make the kick, he saw a leg coming right at his face. The impact of the leg to his face forced him down to the grass and the ball was left bouncing out of the boundary line. Davis laid on the grassy surface, holding his face in pain.

"Oh my god." Kari got up from her seat when she saw that Davis wasn't getting up, "This isn't good."

"Foul on 03 green!" The referee called, "Penalty shot for 01 red, Motamiya!"

Davis slowly got to his feet and held his head back, preventing the blood from his nose from dripping down. His teammates were gathered around him to see how major the damage was, even Ken came over to see how he was.

"You alright Davis?" Ken asked.

"I'll be fine." Davis replied.

The referee walked up to Davis, "There's no time left on the clock and you are given one penalty shot."

"Got it." Davis replied, "Someone get me a nose plug."

After a few extra minutes of getting his bleeding nose looked at and tended to, Davis made his way for the penalty kick. The kick that would determine the outcome of the game. This goal will determine whether or not his team wins. He stood with the ball inches away from his feet and the goal a few feet away from him. The goalie stood prepared, ready to jump anywhere the ball was going to go. This was the final moment. Davis backed away from the ball slowly, preparing for the kick. He breathed deeply.

From the crowd, everyone became quiet for the penalty kick. Kari held onto TK's hand tightly as she waited for the outcome of the game. Tai looked at Davis with hope, hope that the goal would make it in. From the benches of the Tamachi Tigers, Ken looked in anxiousness.

Davis ran towards the ball. He swung his right leg back and swung it back forward, making contact with the ball, but instead of kciking it and sending it towards the goal, his right foot skimmed off the surface of the ball. Davis' body began to fall backwards. It looked as if he was going to fall.

"Oh shit." Matt muttered as he saw Davis falling backwards.

Davis had no look of panic in his eyes. As he fell back, he thrusted both his legs and that forced him to flip and land back on his left foot. Right when he made contact with the grass, he swung his right leg and kicked the ball towards the goal. The goalie didn't have time to recover from seeing Davis pull a fake shot and wasn't able to stop the ball from going into the net.

"That's Game!" The referee yelled, "The Daigon Dragons win the tournament!"

Davis jumped up and thrusted his right arm into the air in victory. He just won the tournament for his school team. He finally brought a trophy back to their school. People from the crowd came running to the field to join in on the celebration. The team hoisted Davis up and paraded him across the field to show off their captian and soccer star. As they brought him back onto solid ground, Ken came up to him.

"Congrats Davis." Ken smiled, "You played a great game."

"Thanks Ken." Davis smiled back, "You did great yourself. You were really good."

"I may have been." Ken replied, "But today, you were better. I'll see you after your team party."

"Alright then." Davis said.

Ken left the crowd, joining his team, as they headed towards their bus, haning their head down in shame. Ken was the only one who didn't seem to be upset about the loss. He got on the bus and looked back as the soccer field was still filled with people.

As Davis was being crowded by his fans, he was thrusted from behind by a body and had just wrapped their arms around him. He looked over his shoulder and sniffed in a familiar scent from the hair. Kari.

"Congradulations Davis." Kari smiled as she still hugged him, "You did awesome."

"That was most amazing trick you pulled for the penalty shot." TK said, "You never told any of us you could do that."

"Ah, I wanted to surprise you all." Davis smiled. He was enjoying the time with his friends, now that they were all highschool seniors, they had alot of school work to worry about, but neither of them were too busy to see Davis' games. "You guys wanna come to the party?"

"That'd be great." TK said, "I'll go ask the others."

"What about you Kari?" Davis asked.

"I'd love to." Kari replied and smiled, "It better not conflict with my curfew."

"Why would I ask you to do something that'll get you in trouble?" Davis smiled back.

It was around this time that people were heading to the parking lot, ready to head home, or attend the victory party. Davis walked Kari to her car as everyone else got to their own.

"I'm still amazed at the fact you got such an awesome car." Davis said as he admired the sleek look of Kari's convertible.

"I have my ways with my parents." Kari giggled, "I'm gonna head home to change. I'll see you at the party."

"Cool then." Davis said, "Seeya then."

"Bye Davis." Kari gave Davis a small kiss to his cheek, before going into her car, "Great game Davis."

Davis simply stood there, shocked about what just happened. He had finally recieved a kiss from Kari. It wasn't on the lips, but it was still a kiss. As Kari drove out of the parking lot, Davis simply looked on as her car turned a corner and disappeared from sight.

Does she like me now? Davis asked himself.

This feeling was something he never felt for some time. The kiss she gave him sparked up a desire; he wanted to take that moment back and embrace her and kiss her back. This feeling began to fill Davis with a great joyous thought.

"Hey Davis." Davis turned around and saw Tai standing behind him, "You need a ride?"

"Uhh, yeah sure. That'll be great." Davis smiled, "But um...can we talk about some things before you take me home?"

"Sure." Tai said, "Let's go."

"By the way, I thought Kari had the car." Davis said.

"I took my parent's." Tai replied, "They're in Korea for their anniversary and they took a cab to the airport."


The two went to a coffeehouse to discuss what Davis wanted to talk about. The car was parked just outside of the entrance and they were seated right by the windows.

"So what do you want to talk about?" Tai asked.

Before Davis could answer, a waitress came up to the two. She looked to be around Davis' age. "Can I get you two anything?"

"I'll have a french vanilla coffee." Tai said.

"I'll have the same." Davis said.

"Great, I'll to it." She wrote down the two orders and headed to the back of the counter.

"She's hot." Tai said, "You should talk to her."

"Yeah, see that's what I wanted to talk to you about." Davis said, "It's a girl-based issue."

"You mean Kari?" Tai asked, "Let me guess, you finally found out that the two decided to end their relationship?"

"Yeah." Davis answered, looking down on the table, "I still don't know why, but I now know it happened."

"Well, she came to me wanting my advice on what to do about it." Tai explained, "She said that she's known TK for too long to be in a relationship with him. She only saw him as a close friend and wanted to know what I thought about it."

"Well, I think she's thinking about me now." Davis said, "After the game, I walked her to her car. Before leaving she kissed me on the cheek and said good-bye."

"Hmm." Tai thought about what Davis had just told him, "Well, its not like Kari to simply give a peck to any of her friends. I guess she could be interested."

"Yeah, which is why I wanted to tell you this." Davis took a deep breath and spilled it out, "I'm gonna tell Kari how I feel about her."

Tai was somewhat surprised about what Davis said, but he knew it would come up eventually. He knew that Davis had a secret crush for Kari from the very start. It would've been nice to see the two together, but he had his doubts of what could happen.

"I don't know Davis." Tai replied, "I don't think you should do that so quickly."

"Why?" Davis asked.

"A relationship doesn't always turn out the way you want." Tai replied, "There's always gonna be rejection at the start. She may turn you down. Can you handle the rejection if it comes?"

"Yeah, I think I can." Davis replied, "But I don't expect it on happening."

"For all we know, she probably took pity on you from that kick to the face." Tai jokingly snickered.

"Shut up man." Davis lightly punched Tai on the shoulder, "I still can't belive that guy did that to me. I really want to kill him."

"Whoa, you thinking about revenge?" Tai asked, "That sounded a little harsh."

"It's my own version of justice." Davis replied, "Punish the ones who commit the 'Many of Davis' Crimes'."

"You have to know the difference between justice and revenge." Tai said, "The two seem like the same, but revenge can control us unknowingly."

"That is true." Davis replied.

Tai began to go deep into thought. He began to look over his actions as his alter ego. Constant images of hisactions began to flash into his brain. The killing, he began to question his methods. He then saw a flash image of Apocalymon. "And the next thing you know, you're the very thing you fight against."

"Why are you telling me this?" Davis asked, "Its not like I'm gonna be the new superhero of Odaiba. We already have that Dark Jester doing the job."

"Yeah, I know." Tai replied, monotonely.

"Boy, how much I would give to see him face to face." Davis said to himself with a smile.

You have no idea. Tai smiled.


That's the first chapter. I'm so excited about this. This is the first time I released a sequel to one of my stories. I thank everyone who sent replies to my stories. They all continued to push me into completeing the next chapter as soon as possible and for that I thank you all, once again.