Digimon Fan Fic: Inside the Mind of an Emperor

Chapter 6

By Ken Ichijouji

"I can't believe it!" Davis replies shocked.
"Is it really Ken? It can't be.." says Yolei with her hand now to her mouth.
"Well, it looks like Ken, but what's with the new makeover man?" says T.K.
Ken's new look has dumbfounded the entire group. His once short blue hair is now long and black. His blue eyes have also taken the gothic look. The school uniform has been replaced by a long, silk, black garment. The Digidestined also notice the bright glow coming from Ken's hand.
"Ken? Are you OK?" asks Cody a bit concerned.
'Ken is fine. He is with me now,' says a voice inside everyone's mind.
'What?' "Did you guys here that?" asks Kari.
"Some how Ken is talking to us with his mind. Its like he has telekinesis or something!" T.K. informs her.
"What did he mean by "he is with me now"? Who is that he talking about?"
"I dunno Kari, but Ken doesn't look like he's too happy right now...," Davis tells her.
'Feel our wrath!!' Ken yells.
Ken immediately fires beams at the kids as they flee. The explosions disintegrate lockers and textbooks.
"Those aren't any ordinary beams he's firing!! If we're hit, we'll end up like those lockers!!" Yolei yells nearly out of breath.
"And you call Ken flying towards us firing ordinary!?"
"Oh shut up Davis and keep running!" Yolei says.
"We need to get to our digimon!" says Cody also nearly out of breath.
"C'mon lets get to our houses."
"Good idea Kari."
The Digidestined each separate as soon as they depart from the main hallway. They scatter at bushes in playground and head for home at full speed.
"We'll meet up back here OK!?" says Kari running the other way.
"All right and I'll inform the older kids too!" yells T.K.
As the kids leave the campus, Ken comes to a halt at the edge of school's sidewalk.
'You're only delaying the inevitable Digidestined. You won't be able to escape,' Ken says squinting his eyes with a small smirk.

"What did you say T.K.!? Ken can do that!?" says Matt with his hands slamming on the table.
"We need to get back to the school bro. Otherwise we won't be able to save those kids."
"Yeah, but Gabumon is in the Digital World. How am I suppose to get to him?"
"Don't worry I just called Davis and told him that we would go the Digital World and get our friends."
"All right. We better hurry thought T.K., I don't think the others will be able to hold off Ken without all of us together."
"Right, but what about Wormmon? Where is he? Is he on Ken's side or what?"
"I don't know. Hey, you go get Gabumon and the others and I'll go to Ken's house to see about Wormmon."
"Good idea and be careful Matt."
"Yeah yeah..."
Matt heads out the door and T.K. holds up his digivice with Patamon on his head.
"Ready to go Patamon?" he asks.
"You know it!" Patamon replies.

Matt finally comes to Ken's apartment complex and finds Sora along the way.
"Hey Matt! I didn't think you should go alone," says Sora running along side of him.
"Thanks. Did Davis round up the others?"
"Yeah. Izzy and Joe are on their way here."
"Great!
They finally reach Ken's door only to find the door cracked and the lights out. They walk in cautiously looking around. The place has been totally trashed.
"Where's his parents?" Matt asks picking up the knocked over lamp.
"I dunno. Hello?! Mr. and Mrs. Ichijouji are you here!? No one's here. The place is empty."
"Looks like there's been a struggle. Could Ken have been fighting his parents?"
"Don't know...Hey look! Ken's computer is still on. We should check it for clues."
"Detective Sora..."
Sora sits down in the office and starts to search Ken's documents. "I may not be as familiar with computers as Izzy, but I do know how to check his files. Good thing there's no password..."
"Yeah. Find anything?"
"No....wait. I think I found something. It's an email."
"Who's it from?"
"Well this doesn't make any since..... the email is from Ken." She says still typing.
"Well what does it say?" Matt asks curiously.
"I dunno. The writing isn't even in English or any other language I recognize. However, I do recognize this from an old poem I read in school it reads:

The bringer of Light shall embrace the darkness.
The giver of Kindness shall feast on the darkness.
The sky will be harnessed in his hand and he shall bring about destruction.
Light shall fall in thou's heart and all will end.

"What does that mean?"
"I dunno..I'll print it and let Izzy have a look at it."
After she receives the email from the printer, she and Matt take off towards Tai's house hoping that Izzy will be able to decipher the poem.