Falling Down
Chapter 2
Story by: Cessy Angel



It was late. Daisuke lay on the couch, staring up at the ceiling. He was wearing a long-sleeved shirt again, since the house itself had been pretty chilly. He kept replaying the events that had happened earlier, with Miyako. He felt a little sorry for how he acted, but in a way, he had enjoyed seeing fear in his friend's eyes.

He liked the feeling of being in power. That was one reason why he had been chosen to be the so-called leader of the DigiDestined. Although slowly afterwards, the others had proven that he was not meant to be their leader, didn't they? Daisuke wasn't that stupid, he had good grades, he did understand situations better than most people. Sometimes he did act reckless, yes, but it was part of who he was, wasn't it?

Daisuke moaned and rolled to his side. He looked outside, night. Because his apartment was so high, he had a beautiful view of the city. The city lights flickered. He began to wonder if night ever fell in the Digital world. Obviously, the sky wouldn't be polluted with colorful lights like in the city. But it would be beautiful to see the Digital world basking in the glow of moonlight.

Suddenly a small beep came from the other side of the apartment. Daisuke didn't move. He knew what it was. It was his D-Terminal. No doubt it would be one of the DigiDestined asking if he was alright, or to apologize. Pathetic. After a while it stopped beeping.

Chibimon ran across the room and hopped onto the couch. Its small paws held to the D-Terminal and handed it into Daisuke's un-moving hand. "Daisuke! It's an e-mail, I think you should read it."

Chibimon hadn't been so surprised by his human partner's earlier outrage. He knew Daisuke had been insulted many times from the other DigiDestined. It was like he was linked with Daisuke, and when his partner felt sad, he knew it and felt it as well. He hadn't said anything else after the incident. He was still very confused.

"Thanks, Chibimon." He smiled weakly, his eyes still blank. He closed his hand on the digivice and adjusted himself so he would be sitting up. He looked at the text written on the small glowing screen.

"Daisuke, we're terrible sorry for what happened today. We're having a meeting tomorrow with the elder DigiDestined and we want you to come. Discussion on how we could destroy the Digimon Kaizer, we need your help.

Signed, Kari."

Daisuke's hand tightened on the small device, and he hurtled it across the room, while Chibimon lowered himself so not to be hit.

"Daisuke..."

"They're... they're using us, Chibimon! They know we're the strongest team. That's why they don't want us to leave. We're just being used... " Daisuke put his arms around his knees and put his head on his hands. Chibimon didn't say anything.

What would happen after they defeated the Kaizer? Would they just leave him? He couldn't get the feeling that he had been used by the others. His digimon partner was obviously one of the strongest in the team, they couldn't have won most battles without him.

The Digimon Kaizer... Ichijouji Ken...

Strangely enough, he thought the Kaizer to be rather interesting. Not only had he been able to control a large part of the Digital world and enslave hundreds of Digimon, but he was the same age as he, a boy genius and an amazing soccer player in the real world. Sure the Digimon Kaizer had done a lot of damage, but there was that one time...

The day he had learned that Ichijouji Ken was the Digimon Kaizer. He had bowed to him and had called him his master, in return for the safety of his friends, only to find out later that it was all an illusion. But it had only happened later that he had attacked the Kaizer head-on. While he had been laying on top of the Kaizer, the other, his enemy, had looked at him with the most devilish smile. His eyes were cold, although Daisuke knew he had seen loneliness in those eyes.

He rolled over again and hugged Chibimon close to his chest. He waited until the little digimon fell asleep before he began crying again. He knew what he would do.

Kissing Chibimon on the head lightly, he whispered into his ear gently so he wouldn't wake him up again. "Please don't hate me for this."

Then he stood up and left the apartment.

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The Digimon Kaizer was... bored. There wasn't much to do, and getting work done at night was clearly impossible. Not only that, but he was tired. Ever since he had left his home, which was about a week ago, he hadn't found much time to sleep.


He leaned his head against the board of his throne and put one leg on top of the other. Maybe if he could just shut his eyes for a few moments, he would feel better. Obviously the DigiDestined would come tomorrow, and he wanted to be prepared for it.

In the corner, he could hear Wormmon, his digimon partner, breathe lightly as he slept. Honestly, he didn't know why he kept the little bug digimon with him. The digimon certainly didn't bring him any comfort, nor would the Kaizer accept any. He needed company, yes, but not the company of a digimon. He needed.. someone.

Finally he felt his sleepiness take over him, preparing to doze off when he heard a beep. By instinct, he shook away the fatigue and brought a keyboard in front of him. Multiple screens appeared on one giant screen, all focusing on the source of disturbance.

The Digital world was rather dark, all there was to see was the small shadow of a person walking slowly through the clearing. The Kaizer cursed silently for the small amount of light available.

"Wormmon!" He yelled, the small green worm-like digimon ran briskly to his master's feet.

"Yes, Master?" He was used to the Kaizer's orders. He didn't mind atleast, even though sometimes his master did scare him with fits of anger. But deep inside, he knew his partner was good, that he was very gentle and nice.

"I'm going out. Get an Airdramon ready."

"Yes, Master." He avoided his master's feet as he left the room and he followed soon after.

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"Real smart, Daisuke. Going to the Digital world at night without even packing anything." Daisuke shivered and wrapped his arms around himself. He never knew the Digital world would be as cold as the Real world. The temperature seemed fine during the day.

He walked hastily through the tall grass. He really didn't know where to go. Before entering the Digital world, he had thought of what he would do and where to go, but his mind had blanked out somewhere in between the transportation.

Cursing lightly, he continued to walk forward, not really knowing where he was going. Cold wind blew in his face, and he reached to pull down his goggles, the ones Taichi had given him when he was called the leader of the DigiDestined, but in his hurry he had forgotten them.

"Well, I guess I don't need them now, anyway. It's not like the others ever considered me as their leader. Hikari, Takeru, Iori, Miyako... even the elder ones. They've always mocked me as a leader. I could never replace Taichi as a leader. Never..."

Daisuke closed his eyes and fell on his knees, his arms still wrapped around himself to keep warm. His body felt numb. No, coming to the Digital world had maybe been a bad idea, but he couldn't help it. He had a feeling that something would happen.

He looked up and saw a figure walking towards him. Slowly... slowly... all he could see was the shadow. He had been right about the Digital world not having any lights. But the figure... he only saw a quick shimmer, as if light had reflected off a pair of glasses.

Just as he was about to get up, cold hands tightened around his shoulder, lifted him up, and then he felt a stabbing pain in his lower abdomen and he blacked out.

"Well, well, looks like I've found a drifter."

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author's note: Wee! Finally finished this chapter. Still no Kaisuke. Not much, anyway. Sorry for any spelling mistake, either I'm tired or I suck at writting english (which is my second language). Patience, patience, it's all gonna be in the next chapter! I need to write out the big 'Miyako-tells-everyone-what-happened' part. Oh goody ^^;

Well, I hoped you guys like it! Please review! Reviews make me write faster >:D