Disclaimer: I don't own digimon or any of the characters, so don't get mad at me.
Saying Of The Day: Be your own best friend, just be sure the relationship goes no further.
-Dave Broadfoot
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Pain
by Kalika
Ken screamed and grabbed his head in his hands. It hurt so much. Davis caught him as he collapsed in pain. Sobbing in agony, the blue haired boy buried his face in Davis' shoulder. The tanned boy wrapped his arms around his friend to help calm his shaking. Wormmon glared at Arukenimon as he tried to comfort his partner.
"Davis, can I?" Veemon asked, ready to get revenge for his friends suffering.
"Oh, what's the point, Veemon? You can't hope to beat us in you champion form. You won't even stand a chance. You aren't powerful enough to fight us on your own." Arukenimon laughed in triumph.
Veemon growled in anger as he digivolved. Howling in fury, he launched himself at Arukenimon. The attack surprised the spider digimon, and she was knocked backwards to the ground. Before she even had a chance to turn she was knocked forward by a powerful kick to her back.
Snarling in fury Arukenimon pushed herself to her feet before finally shedding her human form.
*****
"We're almost there. The signal's really strong now," Cody cried in excitement. The digidestined could see Giga house on the horizon.
"Good the sooner we get there, the sooner we can have Ken back home safe and sound." Kari sighed in obvious relief. They hadn't seen to the boy yet, but she knew without a doubt that he was somewhere in that building. "Let's hurry."
"Yeah, I've got a bad feeling, we need to get there as soon as possible." TK tried to push down the impending sense of dread he could feel in his stomach.
*****
Davis watched the fight while at the same time kept a close eye on Ken. The taller boy had curled up into a tiny ball and was slowly rocking with the pain. Davis gently wiped the sweat from his friends forehead before turning back to the battle.
*****
"Yes. Finally we're here. Now all we have to do is find a way inside." Yolie was practically jumping for joy.
"There that should do, don't you think Cody?" Armadillomon asked his partner as he pointer to a crack in the wall before them. It looked to be a tight squeeze, but they could see directly into the main house through it.
"Well, it may work, I just hope that we can all fit through. But, it's definitely worth a try. Let's go!"
*****
"Ken, look," Davis cried out in joy as he saw that the other digidestined had finally joined them. Now Arukenimon and Mummymon wouldn't stand a chance. "Isn't this great? The others are here. Ken?"
Davis turned back and saw that the blue haired boy had passed out again. He quickly hailed X-Veemon over.
"What do you need, Davis?"
"Take Ken somewhere safe. If we don't have to worry about his we will have a better chance at fighting. Wormmon will be able to take care of him for now."
X-Veemon nodded in agreement before picking the limp boy and Wormmon up in his arms and taking off to find a safe hiding place.
While all of this had been happening the other digimon had all digivolved and were now forcing Arukenimon and Mummymon back. They were gaining a lot of ground too. It looked like the evil digimon were going to be defeated.
"Look out Hawkmon," Yolie cried as Mummymon tried to sneak up behind the bird digimon. Hawkmon spun and quickly defended himself against the attack. Mummymon retreated before Hawkmon could get in a good shot.
"All right that's enough! Let's get out of here," Arukenimon cried as she turned and ran from the house. Mummymon was right on her heels.
"Yeah-hoo," screamed Yolie as she threw here arms around Cody. "We won. We won."
"Yeah now let's go see how Ken's doing."
"Ken! Ken, are you okay?" Davis and the others crowded around the blue haired boy.
"Yeah, actually. It doesn't hurt nearly as much as it did a few minutes ago." Ken replied with a slightly weak voice. He did look much better now, Davis noted. Ken wasn't as pale as he had been not too long ago.
"Here Ken," TK offered his hand to help the blue haired boy up off of the floor. He pulled Ken to his feet and cautiously let go when he saw that the boy was able to support himself.
"So, what happened Ken? I mean it's not like I'm upset or anything, but why are you okay? I thought Arukenimon said that the implant would kill you. Why didn't it?" Davis asked in confusion.
"Maybe it wasn't programmed properly," Yolie suggested.
"But Arukenimon said that it would self destruct," Wormmon said as he snuggled against Ken's leg.
"So maybe it did," Cody thought out loud. "Only instead of exploding when it self destructed, maybe it just shut itself off."
"So then we don't have to worry about it anymore. It can't do any harm if it's been shut off can it?" Kari asked quietly.
"No I think it should be okay now. You shouldn't have to worry about anything Ken." Yolie said supportively.
Ken tried to take a step forward and almost fell. Davis and Yolie hurried to support him. The others crowded around anxiously to see that their friends was okay. Wormmon had glomped onto his partner's leg and seemed to have no intention of ever letting go.
"Glad to have you back to normal Ken," TK said as he clapped the pale boy on the shoulder gently. The others all voiced their agreement. Ken smiled at them weakly.
"We should get you back to the real world. Hopefully, you're parents won't be too worried about you."
After Davis finally managed to pry Wormmon from Ken's leg. The group started back towards the nearest digiport. They all took turns helping to support Ken as his strength slowly returned.
*****
"Did you, or did you not follow my instructions exactly?" Arukenimon was practically screaming as Mummymon cowered against the wall. She had just been informed by a few of her minions, that ALL of the digidestined had gone back to the real world through the digital port . "Ken would be dead right now if you hadn't screwed everything up," she continued without waiting for an answer
"I'm sorry my darling. It was an accident, but don't worry you'll get him next time." Mummymon begged desperately.
"Oh, just be quiet."
*****
"I'll walk you home Ken," Davis offered as soon as the group had stepped out onto the open street in front of his apartment. "It's only four o'clock. Your parents will probably think that you're just coming home from school."
"I'll just tell them that I left early this morning so I could hang out with you guys before going to school," Ken agreed.
"That's a great plan Ken. Just hopefully they weren't up too early." Yolie smiled. "See you tomorrow Ken." With that said she gave him a hug and then grabbed her bag and headed off with Cody, who also smiled and waved goodbye.
"It's good to have you back Ken." TK slapped Ken on the shoulder while Kari nodded her agreement.
"See you later guys," Davis called as the two left with their digimon. He then turned to Ken with a big smile. "Let's go."
*****
"Would you like to come in for supper Davis? I'm sure my parents won't mind." Ken said as he began to open the door to his families apartment. They two digidestined could smell the food from in the hall. The digimon could smell the food as well. Ken could feel Wormmon squirming in his bag impatiently.
"Sure Ken. I'd love to come in for dinner."
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The End
Note: I am so sorry that this took me so long to finish. I have had such a horrible time finishing this story. The part that had me all hung up was the fight scene. I just couldn't write it the way I wanted it to happen. I finally gave up and went with this. Hope it's not too bad. Thanks for all the support you guys have given, and again, I'm so sorry that it took so long for me to finish. Bye for now.
