Hey everyone! I'm back! Wowz. I have never ever ever ever started working on a new chapter so soon after finishing the chapter before. Sweet. Alright, thanks to ASOTA (is that right?) for reviewing the last chapter! For the record, im still calling Ken 'Rune' but Koen is calling Ken "Meda". P.s. Meda is pronounced "med" like 'med'icine. Except it has an "a" at the end. Does that make sense?

Secret Seeker Chapter 11

Days passed in the same way that the day Rune had gotten his new name, Meda. They read and wrote. Rune could now recognize many words and could write a few important ones. Koen was a born teacher, always patient and understanding, but firm. "You wanted to learn so I'm teaching you. I wont let you quit because it's Difficult." And that was the way of it.

The sky was dark and the little silver stars littered the unending blackness. The twin moons beamed as they looked down at the sleeping slave in the home of his master Koen. The black haired boy's body was trembling and little stars of sweat gleamed in the light. His face twisted and he moaned pathetically.

Your Time is running out Secret Seeker.

Ken Whimpered. The voice was tired and haunting. An Image made itself clear in his mind. The digital world. His friends were there laughing and enjoying themselves. Then it shifted, the image distorted and it was the same spot his friends had been. It was barren, black and red. Large gashes split the earth on all sides and there on the dead branch of an equally dead tree, was a pair of goggles. Davis' goggles. The digital world was dead.

See what you will do fool? SEE!!

The image faded and then changed into his home in the real world. He saw his parents on the balcony. Rune looked up and waved. They couldn't see him. Then he went white, he felt the trembling of the earth. The sky became lashed with red and black blocking out the warmth of the sun. The earth ripped and swallowed the building. With everyone inside.

See what you have already done.

He saw the image fade once more, this time to Koen's home. So quaint, the surrounding village. Full of life, Children running and playing with each other. Mothers keeping a watchful eye while gossiping about the latest news, men working and talking or eating. Animals grazing under the watchful eyes of their keepers. It was all so green and beautiful. It was so right. He watched the sky begin to swirl and turn to red and black.

"No!! No stop!!" Rune screamed with tears running down his cheeks. His eyes were red and blotchy, his face contorted in agony.

You are a fool to think you can survive this. Your new friend can not save you.

"Stop this…" Rune whispered.

The voice took form. The form of the boy in the old gardens. He raised his hand and the world and the destruction paused. He cocked his head and stared blankly at Rune. "I can not stop this. I do not have the power. You can stop this. It's been your destiny; you were born to stop this. Only you can."

"How?" Rune Whispered.

The boy's face contorted, as if he was in pain. "My time runs short. I can not linger here. You must come and see me again. Then I will tell you all you need to know. But you must hurry, or all that you have seen will come to pass." The boys form faded and all that was left was the view of the carnage of a world being destroyed.

You are RuneKaimi! You are secret seeker!

The voice gurgled and became pained. Then it shrieked.

HE IS COMING!!

Koen started. His book fell forgotten from his hands. "What was..?" He walked swiftly out of his sitting room and headed down the hall. He could hear the moans and cries of Meda in his room. He opened the door and stared.

Rune was pulled tight in bed. His knees tucked up to his chest and his arms shoved under them. His body shook and his complexion was ghostly. His hands came up to his face and he bit down on his finger, it started to bleed.

The sight of the crimson life slipping out of Meda's finger snapped Koen back to reason. He rushed to the bed and tore the finger out. He shook the young man awake.

Rune looked at Koen in surprise. "He's coming…"

"What do you mean?!" Koen hissed.

"He…he's…" Runes whimpered. "No no no no" he repeated. Rune grasped Koen's bed shirt and pressed his face into it. Koen felt the fabric stick to his body as it became more and more wet. Koen petted the dark boys head. Whispering words that meant nothing and everything.

It wasn't known how long they stayed locked together. One a forlorn and troubled savior, the other a confused and helpless comforter. They fell asleep like that; each locked in the arms of other, both not knowing what was to come.

The next morning Rune opened pearly eyes to see his masters tan skinned face above him. The mans curly hair was ruffled and his dark eyes shut to the world. "Koen?" The slave asked tentatively.

Koen awoke to the voice of the smaller figure. "What is it..?" He asked in a sleepy voice.

"Koen…" Rune whispered again. "I don't know what my name should be, but I know someone who can tell me. We need to go to him."

Koen's mind was back from the sleeping world in a flash. "Where can we find this person!?" He asked in a hurried voice.

Rune looked down at his hands. "I can't ask you to come; it is too dangerous for normal humans to go there anyway. Not to mention that if my old master finds out…he'll kill you as well as me…"

"Tell me where…I refuse to let you go alone, even if that is your wish…" Koen was speaking in the same tone he used when he was talking about his books. Total reverence and sincerity. "Besides, I am your master; it would look odd for a slave to be traveling alone."

Rune smiled. "I can't guaranty anything…he knows who I am. He knows why I'm here. He can tell me how to save them…" Rune's eyes were focused towards the window of his room, where the sun was already invading with its white-gold light.

Rune turned to Koen. "I will be better than Meda the Dark. Here I will be called 'Andromeda the grey'."

"Grey? Not 'the White' or 'The good'? Why…?"

Rune stared out the window towards Koen's heavenly garden. "I am not to delusional to think I am that good, nor am I white and pure." Rune looked sadly at Koen. "Grey is as good as I'll get."

Koen shook his head and smiled. "Meda, you will not be called 'Andromeda the grey', you will be much greater than you think."

Digital World…

"We need to get to the Dark Ocean."

The other Digidestined looked at Davis tiredly. They all knew, but none wanted to go to such a corrupted place.

Davis turned to Genni. "How can we get there, can you transport us there as well?"

Genni shook his head. "No, if I did that, I wouldn't have the energy to send you to the other world."

"Then how are we going to get there?" Tai asked.

"Besides Ken, there is one other in the group who can open a portal to the Dark Ocean. Even she will not have the energy to get all of us there, so saying, the older Digidestined need to stay behind. I wouldn't have enough power to transport you to the other world anyway." Genni reasoned, and then he looked at Ken still lying helpless. "Besides, someone will have to care for him. We can't have the earth ripping open and swallowing him up."

The Digidestined blanched at the thought but Kari looked most pale. "You mean me don't you, you want me to bring us to the Dark ocean…" She whimpered. "I hate it there! You can't send me there!"

She fell to the ground and brought her knees up to her chest and sobbed into them.

Tai looked around and the sad faces of the team, all of them wanting to help, but unsure of how to do so.

He motioned for them to leave the room. Then he bent down to Kari's level and pulled her tight into his chest. He felt her shaking sobs and he rubbed her head.

"Kari?" No response. "Kari?" He tried again. "Little sis?" she looked up. "I know you don't want to do this. But look at him." He motioned to Ken, the only one who couldn't leave the room. "He is trapped in some other world, and he can't get out. He is already so touched by darkness he can't get away from it. He still isn't strong enough."

He pushed be back and held her shoulders firmly. "You are light Kari! The opposite of darkness and evil! You can fight the darkness for all of us, you can get us to the dark ocean, and then we can save all of the worlds in this mess." He looked her deep in the eyes and said. "It isn't just about him, or you or me anymore. There's so much more at stake this time."

Tai held his younger sibling while she hiccupped and sobbed into his shoulder. He rubbed her back and said soothing things.

Kari pulled away and looked into Tai's eyes. "I'm going to do it." She said with a conviction.

Tai let out a huge whoop. "YES!!"

The other children ran in. "She's going to do it!" He smirked. "See, my little sister ai'nt a wimp!"

He pulled her close again, "I'm proud of you." He whispered.

Kari nodded to her brother, "take care of him ok?" Then she turned to the others in the room. "Let's go."

She walked gracefully out of the small room through the TV set and the others followed. When they came out they saw Kari holding out her D-3. Genni came up behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "You can do this." He said.

Kari concentrated harder and felt the darkness try to wash over her, trying to drown out her light. She heard the waves and felt the black hands of darkness try and pull her feet out from under her. She heard screaming. Hers? No. It was angry, it begged to be freed. The evil digimon from what seemed an age ago. "You can not have me." She said.

The darkness fled a little but then renewed their forces, pushing against her even harder.

"YOU CAN NOT HAVE ME!" She screamed.

The darkness joined in her song, but screamed for a wholly different reason. It felt her light piercing through it. The darkness felt her protect those with her. It felt her invade its home. It screamed again. Light had found its way into darkness' home.

The Dark Ocean

The Digidestined looked around. The grey atmosphere surrounded them in a choking grasp. The black water lapped at the shore with a mock calming sound. It almost felt safe.

"Now where do we go?" Davis asked as he helped support Kari.

The eyes turned to Genni. He pointed farther ahead. "We need to go there…" He said

They looked ahead and saw dark black cliffs with red designs burned into it. There was an eerie red light coming from a long crack in the cliffs. They ran to it.

When they arrived at the crevice they looked with awe. There was a large midnight colored door that was covered in chains, it had pad locks spaced randomly around them.

"Not there, only Ken can open that one now…" Genni said sadly. He pulled them off to the side and they came to a much smaller door. It looked like silver tarnished from misuse.

Genni shuddered and pulled on the gate. The Digidestined could see his arms shake and strain as the door slowly cracked open. Genni's body gave off a greenish glow which fed the door. It opened a little easier. There was a terrible amount of noise; they could hear screams, metal grinding against metal, crying, and a deafening rumbling noise like a waterfall.

"Get in!" Genni shouted through the sounds.

The Digidestined hesitated for a moment. "What are you waiting for! I can't hold it!" He shouted.

Davis nodded and handed Kari off to TK. He jumped through. Soon he was followed by Cody and Yolie who held hands going through. Then TK stood Kari up and made sure she could hold herself. "I'll see you on the other side." He whispered and jumped.

Kari slowly walked to the door. She looked at Genni's trembling form. He was growing old again. She touched his shoulder. "You won't be here when we come back will you?" She asked quietly.

He shook his head. Then he pushed her through. "NOW GO!"

Genni smiled as he felt the last of his energy leave his body. The door closed and disappeared. "Good bye. Its all yours now…" He whispered and the last of his breaths left his body.

The digital world dissolved his body. The digimon could feel the death of their beloved guardian. A great cry rang out from the mouths of the inhabitants of the Digital world.

The greatest Guardian in the history of the Digital world was dead.

AN

So did you guys get all that? Genni is dead. I'm so sorry for those who loved him! (I did to!) but it had to happen for the story to progress like I want it to!

Dedicated to Beth for giving the longest review! You go girl! (OH! Go get an account! You won't regret it!!)

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