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A/N: Aww....thanks
for telling me the second chapter wasn't boring! I was a little nervous about
posting it at first...but didn't feel like rewriting it, and it had a lot of
Miyako's confusion being shown. Sorry for the long delay in this chapter. I've
lost slight interest in Kenyako/Miyaken. I still love this pairing, but I'm
going yaoi now...like Kenkeru/Taken. ^^;; But I will continue this! Don't
worry, I'll try to not insert so much Kenkeru/Taken bits...and yeah, stuff.
To Win Your Heart
Chapter 3
"I told you she hated me,
Wormmon. She said it to my face without hesitating," Ken mumbled as he lay
in bed, shivering and pulling the covers tighter around his body. Her cold
expression was still embranded in his mind.
"But she was probably so shaken
up by what had just happened that she probably didn't really know what to say
but agree," Wormmon said, trying to comfort him.
"You're just trying to make me
feel better. Face it, I don't feel any better. In fact, I'm going back to sleep
now and dream of how I'd wish I was accepted and people would quit hiding the
truth from me." He rolled over, his back towards Wormmon, and he let out a
loud sigh and pulled the covers closer to his face.
"But I'm your friend, and I
don't want to hurt your feelings Ken. But if you wish to be alone now, I'll
leave you be. Good night."
Ken listened to him curl up at the
foot of the bed, and he felt terrible for making Wormmon seem inferior, but he
didn't say a word and closed his eyes, hoping to shut out what had just
happened in the Digiworld.
***
"That was incredibly rude,
Miyako," Hikari said as she looked at her, displeased.
Miyako looked at her, sneering.
"He deserved it! What if that whole thing was just a set up to get you to
go, so that we all arrived and he could finish us all off?!"
"If that was true, why did he
save me?! Why didn't he attack when we were all together?"
"I-I don't know! It just seems
that way..."
"How? You have no real proof or
evidence to accuse him. So just forget it and forgive him! Iori is slowly
making his way, and you won't even budge."
"Look, I still think we need to
be careful around him, because I just have this feeling that I can't trust him.
I don't know how you could all be so naive!"
"We're not naive! Just very
considerate of others! And we don't continue to judge them on their past when
they change!"
Miyako stamped her foot.
"You're always so trustworthy, Hikari! And one day, it'll get you! Get you
so bad that you'll wish you listened to me! Cause Ken is gonna cause a lot of
trouble!"
"Oh, and look at you! You
aren't helping us out one bit by keeping yourself busy on how to diss Ken!
You'd rather tan on the beach and complain about Ken than coming to save me
when I was drowning!"
This time, Miyako had no real
comeback. It was true that she was standing at the side, not aiding in bringing
Hikari ashore. "Well...that's because I can't swim well!"
"Sure, I bet. Look, I'm going
to make you apologize to him if you won't do it yourself."
Miyako growled angrily. "I'll
do it myself! I don't need slaves to do my work!" She stomped off to Ken's
house.
She looked at the sky, shading her
eyes from the scorching sun, then looked at her watch. Almost noon. She quickly
made her way to his apartment door, and froze. "H-How did I get here
without a problem? Is this...is this fate? I seemed to just fly here and now,
here I am, thinking if I should really do this or not. Well, here goes!"
She raised a hand to knock on the door when it suddenly flew open.
"Eh?"
Ken gasped as well. He gawked at
her, unable to think of any other reason of why she would be there other than
to chew him out. She noticed him shifting his feet around and she decided to
speak. "Look here..."
"I don't have time for
you," Ken suddenly blurted, and quickly shut the door behind him as he ran
down the stairs.
"What?!" she screeched,
following behind him. He walked incredibly fast, and she thought her legs would
fall off if this kept up for awhile. "What do you mean you have no time
for me!? Everyone always has time for me!"
"Then go home where your mom
and dad have time for you."
"Are you calling me a
baby?!"
"Did I say that?"
"You're jumping to
conclusions!"
"That's your problem." He
stopped so suddenly that Miyako had to keep herself from running smack into
him. She regained her balance and glared at the back of his head. "I have
no problems!"
"You're always jumping to
conclusions without knowing all the details. You thought I was calling you a
baby when I didn't even suggest that, or even hint it. I was just making a
comment. If you can't keep your big mouth shut, don't say anything at all."
She began to feel her blood boil.
"I DO NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS!!!"
He turned his head slightly to her.
"Is that so?"
"OF COURSE!!! I know me better
than you!"
He swirled around, anger in his
eyes. "If that's true, why do you hate me?! I apologized over and over and
you still treat me like I'm the damn dirt under your feet!! What else do you
want me to say?!"
Miyako was thrown off. She took a
step back, looking blankly at the young boy, who was so angry that she feared
he would suddenly go "Poof!" and turn into the Kaizer.
"W-Wha..."
"You know what I'm talking
about! I'm tired of being treated like I'm someone below you! I don't even know
why I'm bothering with you now! It's all a waste of time and you'd never listen
to me anyway!" He turned around and quickly walked off.
"I'm a waste of time!? If
that's true, why'd you talk to me!? You're the waste of time!"
"Me? That's funny. And you came
to me first. Such a hypocrit."
Angrily, she watched him as he
disappeared around a corner. She shredded the note in her hands and growled.
"I hate you! You stupid...stupid...grrr!! Die!"
***
"Good job, Miyako. Now he hates
you," Takeru grumbled as he leaned back against the tree. Iori sat beside
him, and Hikari on his other side, and Miyako sitting across from them.
"Hey, it wasn't entirely my
fault! If Hikari hadn't sent me to go...!" Miyako glared angrily at her.
"Don't accuse me of your
mistakes!" Hikari spat, leaning slightly forward to return the glare.
"Hey, this isn't the time to
accuse who of what. Right now, we have to think of what we're going to
do," Iori said quietly.
Takeru was the only one listening to
him. "What to do?"
"Yeah. For one, we're still
able to return to the Digital World. Do you think..."
"Something's wrong there.
That's the only thing I can think of."
"But the thing is, is that
Ken's not the Kaizer anymore. So...what now?"
"There's gotta be something
else there then. It's up to us to find out, huh?"
"Yeah, but...how are we gonna
get Miyako to comply to letting Ken help us?"
Takeru scratched his head.
"Hey, Daisuke, got any ideas?" He peeked around the tree to look at
the boy. He saw him reading a manga and quietly snickering to himself.
"Are you listening?!"
Daisuke jumped slightly, dropping
the manga and turning a slight red from embarrassment. "S-Sorry..."
"What are you reading?"
Iori asked, hovering over Takeru's head to see the manga. Daisuke quickly
snatched it from view and sniffed. "None of your business!"
"Stop reading your porno and
get over here!" Takeru shouted. Daisuke kicked him. "It's NOT porno!
It's my manga!"
"Well, stop doing whatever
you're doing and come discuss a certain matter with us!"
"Why should I? Miyako and
Hikari aren't."
"Why do you always have to
argue with me?!"
Daisuke reluctantly moved to join in
Takeru and Iori's convo. "So..what?"
"Ok, we have this
theory...," Iori began when Takeru suddenly shrieked as Miyako crash
landed on top of him with Hikari on top of her.
"GRR!!!! I'll show you!"
Miyako screamed, rolling off him, and Hikari screamed back. Daisuke watched the
whole thing. "Uh...they're yuri? Is that it?"
"NO!!" Iori and Takeru
shouted. "That's not our point we're making! The point is, is that
something's wrong in the Digital World."
Takeru continued for Iori. "And
there's gotta be someone or something causing havoc, which is why we can still
go back. And Ken's not Kaizer anymore..."
"So that means....,"
Daisuke began, and Iori and Takeru nodded. "That Ken's influence is there
still!"
"NO!" Iori hissed.
"It means we need to check it out!"
"Ok, so why is this some big
meeting? Why not just ask Ken to help us since he knows the place a lot better
than us," Daisuke said.
"That's what we wanna do, but
HOW is the question," Takeru replied.
"What do you mean by
that?"
Iori sat straight up. "Miyako
just burned a bridge between her and Ken."
"WHAT?! Miyako's a pyro
freak?!" Daisuke squeaked.
"Do you have any common
sense?!" Iori glared. "She got into an argument with Ken, and now
we're gonna have a hard time trying to get Ken to help us! One, Miyako doesn't
want him around, and two, Ken doesn't want her around either! Now what?"
"Let's split into groups?"
Daisuke suggested. Takeru nodded as he thought of that as a good idea. "So
that works. Let's go!"
"Wait!" Takeru said as
Daisuke jumped up. "We don't know what we could be facing, so it's best to
have the older Digidestined on standby...just incase we need some backup."
"That's a good idea. Let's get
Koushiro first," Iori said, standing up and brushing the seat of his
pants. He looked at the two girls that were rolling in the grass fighting.
"They should ban that."
***
Takeru and Daisuke waited for Ken to
open the door, but were greeted by his mother instead.
"Sorry to bother you, but is
Ken home?" Takeru asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but he went out
to get something to drink. He said he wanted to get some fresh air," she
replied. She was a kind woman.
"Ok, thank you," Daisuke
said, bowing. "Do you know where he went?"
"Oh....I think so...I think he
wrote the name of the place down somewhere." She allowed them in as she
went to find the paper.
***
Ken looked at Takeru with disgust.
"Absolutely NOT!"
"Come on! We know that you'll
be a big help."
"I don't mind helping, but if
Miyako's involved, I think not. I have better things to do than waste time with
her," he grumbled, sipping his third shake.
"But Ken, we have a great idea
that I thought of!" Daisuke pipped in. Ken's face sank as he looked at
him. "Y-you...?"
"Of course!" Daisuke
beamed. He was proud he actually thought of something that even Takeru approved
of. "See, if we split into groups...."
"Are you planning on pairing me
in the group with Miyako?" Ken interrupted.
"Why would we do such a
thing?" Daisuke asked, irritated that his brillant idea was stopped
mid-sentence.
"Because I don't want that
either. If I'm gonna be paired up, it's gonna be with you and Takeru at
least."
"But I can't leave Hikari
alone!" Daisuke asked. "Iori can be with Miyako!"
"It'll be uneven!" Takeru
glared at him. "How about you be with Miyako? You're supposed to be our
dear 'leader'."
"So you're taking
Hikari?!"
"Look, I need Iori
around...."
"Why am I in the stupid group?!
Quit taking all our smart people!" Daisuke wailed, snapping his goggles
off his head.
"You got Miyako. So, I'm with
Ken and Iori. There's stuff I need to take care of anyway...," Takeru
said, glancing at Ken from the corner of his eyes. Ken didn't seem to notice as
he happily sipped his shake.
"Uh...ok," Daisuke said,
playing with his goggles. "Are you sure this is a good idea...? The
grouping? I mean, Iori and Ken..."
"Look, it's better than MIYAKO
and Ken. Just comply and we'll meet Iori to see if he could discuss matters
with Koushiro."
Daisuke nodded and looked at Takeru.
"Are you sure...you'll let me be with Hikari?"
Takeru looked at him in utter
disgust. Daisuke realized that didn't sound right. "Uh...I mean, is it ok
with you that Hikari's in the same group with me?"
"It's fine," Takeru
mumbled, snatching the shake from Ken and drank the rest of it. Daisuke was
sure Ken was gonna fall over dead.
A/N: Whew! Finished!
I added a little bit of humor in there, cause I really don't like to keep everything
so serious. ^^; So, hopefully I won't take so long in getting chapter 4 up
there! Thanks for sticking with me!