Disclaimer: I don't own digimon or any of the characters in this story. The new people are my friends.
Secrets Revealed
Ken sat on a white porch swing outside the beach house. The wind slowly rocked it back and forth. His eyes studied the serene ocean. The door swung open.
"Hey Ken. What's up?" came the voice of Catherine.
"Nothing. I'm just thinking" Ken replied.
"You sure do that a lot"
"Well you don't do it at all," Ken snapped.
"Sorry. I was just sayin" Catherine replied. Ken turned away. "What?"
"It's nothing," Ken muttered.
"Oh come on Ken. I know when something's bothering my friends" Ken turned to look at her.
"You consider me your friend?" He asked. That word was still very new to him.
"Ya. One of my best" She replied with a smile.
"I'm sorry Catherine. I just can't stop thinking about something" Catherine looked at the ground. After a moment she stood up and walked to the boarded sidewalk. She motioned for Ken to come over.
"I really shouldn't tell you this." Catherine whispered once Ken walked over. "But I can't stand to see you so sad" Ken looked at her.
"What are you talking about?" she sighed.
"I know Diana," she said in a tiny voice. Ken looked at her in disbelief.
"You…you know Diana?" Catherine nodded.
"Yes. We- me and my friends did" she turned and looked into his eyes. "I'm sorry for not telling you" Ken turned and started walking away. "Ken" she grabbed his arm. "Please understand. If Gennai would kill me if he knew you know. Please don't be mad"
"Catherine. I'm not mad" He turned around. "What happened to her?" Catherine looked at their surroundings. She froze. Ken turned to see where she was looking. The others had gathered onto the porch and were watching them.
"I'll tell you later" she whispered. Ken nodded. They started walking back towards the house. They were greeted by the suspicious looks of their friends.
"What were you talking about?" Katie asked.
"Nothing" Ken replied. He walked through the crowd and into his room. Ken sat on his bed and carefully listened to the voices coming from outside his door.
"What did you tell him?" Janelle asked.
"Nothing" Catherine replied.
"Catherine. You didn't" Danielle gasped.
"I didn't tell him anything. Just"
"Just?!" Rico yelled.
"Shhhh" everyone hissed.
"I just told him we knew her" Catherine finished.
"God Damn it Catherine" Katie muttered. This kind of shocked Ken. Katie was the kind that would never say something like that. She would get mad when someone said 'pissed off.' Ken heard the front door open and slam. He walked to his door and pressed his ear against it. He didn't hear any voices. Ken slowly opened the door and walked out. He saw Catherine sitting on the sofa. Her head was buried in her hands.
"Catherine? You ok?" He asked. She looked up.
"Ya. I'm just... kind of confused" Ken sat down next to her.
"Did you really know Diana?" he asked. Catherine slowly nodded her head and looked at the ground.
"What happened?" Catherine looked up at Ken. Back down at the ground and to Ken's face again.
"I'm really sorry Ken. I really am. I just can't take the chance Gennai will find out. I'm sorry" Ken stood up. But this time, instead of running away, he walked to his new room. He lay down on his bed and listened to the sounds of the crickets. The black haired boy heard Catherine's door close after a while. Ken stood up and walked over to his window. He had a beautiful view of the ocean. The pier's lights lit up one part of it. While the other was lit up by the moon. And tonight's moon looked so close, so full. No wonder other teens were standing on the shore just to watch it.
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Two days had passed since that day. Catherine and her friends had made up. They now acted as if nothing had happened. And they refused to tell Ken any more information. They now were lying on the beach. They had been surfing for a few hours. Ken actually was getting the hang of it.
"Can I ask you guys a question?" Ken asked. Everyone hesitated.
"Ok" Katie replied.
"Where did all you guys come from?"
"I'm from California" Catherine spoke first.
"New York" Katie said.
"Chile" David answered. (a/n: long e)
"England" Danielle said.
"Hawaii" replied Bryan.
"France" Janelle droned.
"Mexico" Gus said ending it.
"Oh. Cool" Ken looked at the surfers. It looked as if anyone else joined the water, it would become extremely dangerous. Ken loudly exhaled. Just then a crack of thunder interrupted their conversation. The sky -which had been cloudy all morning- had now given weigh and it started raining. Everyone gathered up their stuff and started running home.
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Five minutes later, Ken closed the door to his room. The dark white walls glowed as he turned on the light. Ken walked over to his wooden nightstand. He opened the top drawer and took out a old blue pocket notebook. His fingers flipped through the pages until he got to one. At the top it said, 'What's going on?' He planned to ask all these questions when the others were ready to answer them. He had:
-What are they hiding?
-Where's Diana?
-Why was I sent here?
Ken took a pen out of the drawer and put down one more thing.
-Should I trust them?
'All these things lead to that question' he thought. Ken heard some movement out his window. His heart felt like it stopped for a moment. He shoved the notebook under the bed and walked to his window. Ken leaned out of it. Nothing. He sighed and walked back into is room. Ken turned off the light and changed into some pajamas.
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Ken's newfound friends stood in front of him. They had brought him to the little shop at the end of the pier. The one where Ken had seen when the floor was lit up. It was filled with little antiques of sea lions and dolphins. Ken didn't really see the point of all these shops. After all, Catherine had said that the only people in here were people who lived here. So why would they need souvenirs?
"Ken" Catherine slowly said. Ken didn't have a clue what was next. He didn't know this was the time he had been waiting for, ever since he was three.
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Earlier that morning
Catherine had just come back with a serious expression on her face. She had left before Ken woke up. He was sitting on the white leather living room sofa as she walked in. Ken took one look at her face, and knew something was wrong.
"Ken" she said. Ken gulped.
"Ya?" He asked.
"You're going to have to… come with me. It's important" Ken then stood up and followed Catherine out of the house. Unusually, people were walking by them, not talking unless it was to say hi. But, this was like Ken was back in Japan. Teenagers stood on the side of the streets and watched them pass by. Ken sped up to Catherine.
"What's going on?" Ken asked. Catherine was quiet. "Catherine?"
"Ken. Please don't ask any questions now. I promise you'll get answers later" Catherine replied. Ken hesitated. But he soon continued walking. They walked to the end of the pier. The other children were standing there. Waiting. David and Rico grabbed Ken's arms and pulled him into the shop.
"Let me go" Ken yelled. They did.
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And that's where Ken was now.
"Ken" Catherine stepped forward.
"What's going on?" Ken asked.
"We talked to Gennai. He said it was time to tell you" Janelle replied.
"Tell me what?" Everyone looked at each other. It seemed not one of them wanted to answer that question.
"It's, kinda about Diana" Bryan answered.
"What about Diana?" Ken asked as worry shook his voice. Everyone was being too serious. Katie walked forward and grabbed Ken's hand.
"Come on" Ken's 'friends' led him to the back room.
"What are you-" Ken started. But Gus walked up to the corner of the room and pressed something. Stairs came out of the ground. They led to a dark cave. Katie let go of Ken's hand and followed Catherine and Bryan down the staircase. Ken got the idea it was his turn. He climbed descended stairs and saw it led to a cold, dark passageway. Catherine, Katie and Bryan stood in front of him holding lanterns. Rico, Janelle, Danielle, Gus, and David came soon after.
They started walking down the way, Ken in the middle. He sped up to Bryan.
"Where are you guys taking me? What's going on?" Bryan was silent. Just like what Catherine was earlier. Ken looked around as they walked through the cave. The only light in it came from the lanterns they all were holding. They walked for a half an hour. No one spoke. Finally, sunlight peaked through. Ken smiled. They walked towards it, but Ken soon found out it didn't lead it to outside. The passageway had led to a circular room.
The room had blinding white walls; same with the floor tiles. Each child walked to a certain area of the room. As soon as they reached their part of the room, beams on light came down from the ceiling. All of different colors. Behind Catherine was orange, Katie was red, Janelle was pink, Danielle's light was green, David had blue, Gus had yellow, Rico had an aqua color, and Bryan had purple.
"What's going on?" Ken asked.
"Well, you know how I told you my eight other friends had a special trait?" Catherine asked.
"Ya…" Ken replied.
"Well, mines courage" she said. Catherine then turned to face the other teenagers. "Katie's is Love. Janelle is Light. Danielle is Sincerity. David has Friendship, Gus has Hope, Rico has Reliability, and Bryan has Knowledge" Ken stared blankly at Catherine.
"So, you guys are digidestined?" He asked.
"Not exactly. We have the same crests as the digidestined. Only Gennai picked us to keep the balance between Darkness and Light. When some digimon get out of hand, the other digidestined would help us out. We are kind of, unknown allies. The other children are here for the same reason. But, as I told you before, me and my friends are the strongest"
"But what about the other child? You said before there were nine of you. Here, there's only eight" Catherine's smile faded.
"Well… the eighth is…"
"Is?"
"The eighth is Diana" Janelle ended. The others nodded.
"Diana is Kindness" Bryan quickly added. They nodded again. Ken looked at each of their faces in disbelief.
"Where is she?" he asked calmly. Everyone looked nervously at each other.
"That's why we brought you here" Danielle finally answered.
"Why?" Ken asked. He didn't like where this conversation was going. The girls sighed as the boys pulled out some Digivices. "You have D-3s to?"
"These aren't D-3s. They just look like them" Gus replied. "They're called D4s"
"This is to confusing for me," Ken muttered. The boys pointed their D-4s at the ceiling. Blue, yellow, aqua and purple beams collided in the middle. A misty orb came from the ground. Soon a picture came onto it. It started moving… like a movie.
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Nine children stood in the middle of a field. They looked around twelve. The sky above them was filled with dark clouds. Wind wiped through the children's hair. While the tall grass below them slapped against their legs, leaving red marks. But through the pain, each child had the same expression: determination. Ken studied the orb, and soon noticed the pre-teens in it, were the ones standing before him.
But there was one he didn't recognize. She had long black hair that went about a foot past her shoulders. Her skin was even lighter than Katie's. Her violet eyes were more determined than the others. Then, Ken recognized her.
"Diana?" He whispered.
Soon and icy wind came and knocked them over.
"We shouldn't have come!" a blonde screamed over the wind. Janelle.
"It's our duty. We had to" Diana yelled back. Then out of thin air, something appeared. Omnimon. Only this wasn't the one that belonged to Matt and Tai. This one was different. His eyes were an eerie red. And there was just this certain air to him. The children stared venomously at him.
"We'll never win" Janelle whined.
"SHUTUP" Catherine shouted. An evil laugh interrupted their fight. "Supreme Cannon" Omnimon yelled. Ken recognized the voice as the one that was in his nightmare. He never had seen that Omnimon before. 'It must be one of those paranormal twin connections.' Ken watched as Omnimon sent a pink blast hurtling towards Janelle. The beam reflected in her light green eyes.
But just as the ray was five feet away, she flew aside. In her place was Diana. Diana had saved Janelle's life, just like Sam had saved Ken's. She limply fell to the ground. All eyes were on her. But they soon were directed on Omnimon. This time, they held anger and death in them.
Catherine pulled out her D4 and what seemed to be the crest of courage. Only this one had a different symbol than Tai's. She wrapped it around her D4.
"Catherine, don't even think about it" David said cautiously. He sounded like she was going to jump off a cliff.
"This coming from the guy with the crest of Friendship" she yelled as tears streamed down her face. The other girls looked at each other, nodded and took out their D4s and crests.
"You guys keep yours" Katie said.
"Don't do it," the guys screamed to them. But the girls seemed to be in a different world. They walked forward as Omnimon launched another attack. They courageously stood in front of him. He looked down upon them as if they were ants. Something he could crush as if it was nothing.
"NOW" Danielle yelled. They threw the D4s and crests into the air. Omnimon looked at them. Confusion clearly showed in his face. The D4s floated in the air, but then exploded. The light flashed through the field; but it was soon gone as soon as it had come. Omnimon lay in front of the children. His breathing was heavy.
"Hm. Bad move," he said as a smile spread across his face.
"What?" Gus whispered.
"You may have defeated me. But you sacrificed your Digivices and crests in the process. There will be new evils. I promise you" and with that, his form was put into data. But no cheer came. No happiness. Just silence. Well, if you don't count the occasional sobs. For Diana had departed.
She would never laugh, never cry, and never talk again.
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Ken leaned against the illuminated wall as tears fell down his face. 'Why am I crying? I never really knew her' he thought. Nobody in the room dared to speak.
"I never got to say good-bye" he finally forced.
"Well…" Catherine looked around. "We have something else to tell you" Ken looked up.
"What?" he croaked.
"You know Sam?"
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I'm going to answer some questions in the reviews. To answer "Moonwing Lobo's" question, Ken hit his head, so it affected his brain for a while. It's sort of like a short termed amnesia. He can't keep track of many things. Also, I've seen in the reviews that people have Ken and Diana related, rivals or something. I named Diana after my friend Janelle's mom! I had just come back from a week at her house, and I was trying to think of a name. Then POP! Diana. Last question: I left Cody out of the scenes with the older digidestined because he's younger than them. I mean, I'm friends with some little fourth graders cause my brother and sister are, but I don't bring them with me when out with my friends. Have any more questions about this chap or any other, e-mail me. Nikki_Sweet100@hotmail.com
