First off I wanna start off saying thank you to everyone who reviewed my story! I appreciate it lots! So thanks guys and gals! Uh, okay, this is based on the dub or else I wouldn't have a basis for my story:)! Oh yeah, I don't own or in any way profit from these characters, so ya couldn't sue me if ya wanted to!!
In this story there are some Japanese words, I know some of you don't understand them, so I'll put the meanings here.
Gomen: I'm sorry
Ah: informal yes
Stupid question: Can anybody tell me the correct way to spell, Daijabu? Meaning 'are you okay'?

BATTLE GROUND.....MIND Chapter 2: TK?


"Ken, please wake up, please." As she said this one final tear escaped her eye and splashed on Ken's face. Ken's eyes fluttered open.
"What happened to me?" His question was met only by the blank stares of his friends.
Davis is the first to brake the silence, "We were hoping you could tell us that." Then he told Ken the story of all the had just happened. When he finished he looked at Ken whose face went ashen.
"So it was real." He looked at the faces of his friends and saw their concern.
Yolei, still holding him on her lap asked the question they were all thinking, "What was real?"
Ken slowly sat up, but continued to hold Yolei's hand. Yolei noticed how light his grip was and gave him a little squeeze she meant to be reassuring. Ken winced. So she lightly held his hand.
"I had another dream," he said it flatly. He wasn't sure if the others were going to take to seriously this time. He saw from the looks on their faces that they definitely were. Encouraged, he continued.
"Daemon was there. I was in the Dark Ocean." Kari gasped and excused herself. Ken went on, "He told me that he had come to take what was his. I told him to take a hike. He didn't like that very much. "
"Baka," Yolei said it quietly.
Ken went on as if he hadn't heard her. "He came at me, I defended myself the best I could. He told me that unless the dark spore started growing again, the only way to remove it was to kill me. That was when he lifted me up in the air. It felt like there was a hand around my neck, but no one was touching me. Then, I saw a light and the next thing I knew I was here, waking up." Ken looked down. He didn't want to know what the others must be thinking. It had to be the same thing he himself was thinking. He was a coward. He knew it. They must be thinking it.
To his surprise he found Yolei hugging him. It was a great comfort to know that she still cared, even if he was a coward.
They sat in silence for a while and Ken began to rub his neck.
"Ken, what's wrong?" Wormmon asked, worried.
"Just before I passed out I had a sharp pain in my neck. It's not as bad, but it still hurts. Guys, I'm really tired, I've gotta go home and take a nap."
"You're not going alone! What if it happens again? We have to be there." Yolei began crying again. She let go of him and turned away. "Gomen, but I can't help it, I'm worried."
Ken blushed.
"She's right, though. You may need our help," Davis stated.

So it was decided, and when they got back Ken called his mom to let her know that they would be having guests.
Mrs. Ichijouji had been really worried about her son because of his sudden weight loss, so she decided to make some desserts for the children.
When they got to Ken's house, they went to his room. Ken lay on his bead and in minutes he was fast asleep. Mrs. Ichijouji brought in the desserts and saw her son asleep on his bed.
"Did something happen to Ken?" Nobody said anything and they all averted their gaze.
"Please tell me, I know about the Digital World. I figured you all must be, I think Ken called it, digidestined. You all have 'stuffed animals' that you bring over every time you come. So please, tell me what happened to my son." Mrs. Ichijouji began to cry softly.
Ken, who had woken up in time to hear his mothers frantic words, sat up.
"I'll tell you, but you have to try to trust me. What I'm gonna say may make, no, will make, you worry."
"I already am, tell me!"
Ken recanted the whole story, starting from three months ago. When he was finished, his mother went to his side and held him for a good long time.
"Mrs. Ichijouji, I think it would be best if we took turns spending the night, in case something happens again. Do you mind?" Davis inquired.
"Of course not. Ken, I have to ask you another question........."
Ken already knew what was coming, or thought he did, but he asked anyway, "What is it?"
"It's just that I've noticed you're getting thinner and weaker. But you eat as much as you normally do. What's wrong."
Ken knew it would do no good to lie, but he didn't want to make his mother suffer even more. He thought for a moment and then realized she would see through anything but the truth. He also noticed the faces of his friends and saw that they too had the same concern.
"I.......... worry too much, I guess." Then he said, more quietly, "I can't seem to keep much down." Ken looked down not wanting to make eye contact with anyone. "I'm sorry, I am so sorry......... I wish I could be stronger, but I know I'm a coward, I'm just so afraid. I don't want to die, but I know I'm just a burden to you all." Ken choked back the tears that threatened to fall. Yolei jumped up from the chair she had been sitting on, causing it to fall over.
"How dare you say that?" Yolei wasn't really angry but her words sounded like it anyway. She walked over to the bed where Ken was sitting and slapped him, albeit not very hard, across the face. Then she knelt down and buried her face in his lap. "I'm sorry, please forgive me. It's just that you are strong, you have to know that. Oh, Ken....." Then Yolei wept.
Ken reached down and pulled her up. "Gomen, I will be strong, I will do my best to stay strong for all of you." He pulled her into an embrace and then realized everyone, including his mother, was in the room. Yolei realized it too. Both pulled away and started blushing.
Just then the clock on the wall chimed eight times. All the kids except Davis, who took the first watch, went home.
Later that night after both boys had gone to bed, Ken sat up.
"Davis, are you awake?"
"Ah"
"Can I talk to you about something?"
Now Davis sat up, "Sure."
"Uh, you know how I told my parents about the digital world?"
"Mh Hmm"
"I never told them about being the digimon emperor."
"What? Why not?"
"I didn't want to rehash it then, it hurt too bad, still does. I think I should tell them, but do you think it's too late?
Davis was silent for a moment. "No, it's not too late, never is. but the longer you wait the harder it will be..... on them and you."
"I know, thanks, Davis."
The next day when Ken woke up Davis was still asleep so he decided to take a shower and get cleaned up. When he was getting dressed, he noticed that he had forgotten his shirt in the bedroom. He looked at himself in the mirror. He thought how glad he was the Davis was still asleep. Then he walked into the bedroom. However Davis was no longer asleep.
"Ohayo, Ke---" Davis stopped short when he saw the bruises all over Kens upper body. "Man, he really did a number on you, didn't he?" His words were soft, and Ken could tell he was worried.
"It's not really that bad" He pulled his shirt on quickly and flipped on the TV. Both boys pretended to watched TV until the rest of the group arrived.
When they got there, the group decided to visit the digital world. Nothing was out of place, however. Kari still had a feeling something wasn't quite right, TK agreed.
Wormmon looked up at Ken to see him rubbing his neck for the umpteenth time, so he decided to ask him about it. Ken said it was nothing. He just hadn't slept much the night before.
Davis frowned, "That's true. He was up way before me"
Cody saw the perfect opportunity, "That's not so surprising."
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"I'd say it's pretty obvious."
They continued in this manner for a full five minutes and when they were done everyone was laughing. Ken was glad to have everyone's focus off of him. The rest of the day passed without incident and they decided to go home early.
That night it was TK's turn to stand watch. Ken went to sleep right after dinner and TK stayed in the living room talking to his parents. Ken's dad asked TK how he had met his son. TK said that they met in the digiworld, but that they probably already knew that. Then he made a comment on how their son wasn't so nice back then. Ken's parents asked him what he meant. TK realized then that Ken must not have told his parents about being the Digimon Emperor. He asked them about it anyway. Both confirmed his previous thought. Then they asked him exactly what he meant. He told them that they should talk to their son about it. He excused himself and went to bed.
The next morning TK woke up first. He looked over at his fried and noticed that he looked a little pale. TK was worried but Ken woke up a few minutes Later. After both boys had showered, TK told Ken about his conversation the night before with his parents. Ken sat down, and asked what they said. TK told him to talk to his parents about it.
When the rest of the group arrived, Ken told them to go on without him, that he needed to talk with his parents. Davis gave him an encouraging smile and the group headed off.
In the Digital World, all was not well. Kari was the first to notice it.
"All the colors are fading, it's seems as though this world is dying"
The group stared at her. TK asked what she meant. But just as she was about to answer TK yelled. And suddenly he was gone. The ground had just swallowed him up. Patamon freaked out. All of the digidestined began calling to him, but there was no answer.