So...I guess you guys wanted a sequel, huh? Here it is! Chapter two!
"You came after me." Kari said,
hearing a crack of thunder in the distance.
"I changed my mind!" Ken yelled over
the sound, squinted from the rain beating down on his face. "I'd like to talk
with you!"
"Okay!" she yelled back. "But let's
get some shelter first!"
Ken nodded and ran after Kari into a
nearby coffee shop. "That's better." He sighed as he sat at a table.
Kari sat across from him, Wormmon
and Gatomon going under the table to avoid stares. "What made you come back to
me?" she asked as she shed the water from her hair.
"I'm...not sure." He said. "You just
said something that...it..." he shrugged and waved his hand. "I sometimes can't
even understand the things I'm doing."
"Then why do you listen to those
feelings?" she questioned.
Ken stood up slowly. "You're right,
I shouldn't be here." He turned, but Kari had grabbed his arm to stop him.
"Wait, please don't leave." She
stared up at him innocently.
Ken turned away, inhaling in
thought, then sat down once more. "Very well, Hikari."
"Don't call me that." She said. "It
makes you sound as if you were cross with me."
Ken shrugged. "K-Kari. Yes, Kari."
Wormmon shoved a large piece of cake
into his mouth. "Where did you find that?" asked Gatomon.
"It was on the floor." He mumbled.
"Yick." She said in disgust.
"What's going on up there?" Wormmon
looked up.
"I don't know. I'm bored, where's
Patamon?"
Wormmon looked hurt. "I know how to
have fun."
"Sure, worm." She sighed.
"Really, watch!" he insisted as he
stuck his claw up Ken's pant leg.
"Now Ken, please just talk with me.
Why can't you join us? I just don't understand." Kari asked.
Ken began to twitch as a sharp
object ran down his leg. "R-It's difficult to explain." He said as he scratched
his ankle. "I don't want to sound so depressing."
"It's too late." She said. "You
depress me, Ken. But I want to know why. What happened to your brother?"
"He-" he growled and swatted at his
leg. It must be a spider or something.
He thought. "He...was killed when I was younger."
"Murdered?" she gasped.
"No...I believe it was an accident.
At least...I think."
"What do you mean you think?" she
queried.
Ken stared at her for a long while
before deciding to answer. "I killed him."
"What?"
"He died because of me. I wished it
on him because I was a selfish greedy little brat!" he raised his tone, causing
others to turn and stare.
"Don't be ridiculous. It couldn't
have been you. Just because you were angry as a child-"
"I was evil as a child." He spat. "I
deserve nothing better than to rot in the chaos I've made."
Kari watched him with a thread of
pity. "Why?"
"I tried blaming it on my brother,
just like the disgusting little disease I was." He shook his head.
"Ken-"
"I was awful, the trash and waste of
society."
"But-"
"A menace to the digital world."
"Well-"
"A show off!"
"And I still like you." Kari said
simply.
"W-what?" he said, confused.
"I still like you. You're still a
nice person. I still want you to be our friend." She grinned.
Ken cocked his head. "I don't
deserve it."
"I don't want your big lone wolfmon
act, can't you just accept a friend? Please? For me?"
"I...uh..." he stuttered. For her?
She wanted to befriend him that badly? So it must be done... "Al...right, I
suppose." He said.
"Good!" she stood up. "And friends
help friends. Meet me at the computer lab in an hour. The others will be
waiting." With that, she headed out the door.
"B-but..." Ken groaned angrily. "She
tricked me!"
"Better than forgetting you."
Mumbled Gatomon as she crawled out from under the table and scurried after
Kari.
That's chapter two. Three will be longer, well, if I get
some good reviews...