Thank you BlueMew for reviewing. I published the chapter for you, no one else really reviewed. Some of the "happy couples" are still not together. It is fun to ruin conventional relationships. Adding another character (MY CHARACTER) really cuts down the conventional relationships. Did I already say I do not own digimon? Well, I don't. I DO own anyone I earlier mentioned. So, they're MINE!!! Well, they're mine as I know. So . . .
A woman paces the shore. She calls me, yet I fear her. I fear this place. The Dark Ocean. I have visited it often, so long ago. I wished to forget it all. I wanted to be accepted. I will never be. No one could forget that I was the Digimon Kaiser. No one will ever forget. Yasuko had accepted me early on. She accepted me, the Digimon Kaiser; but she holds more darkness than I ever shall. To her it was a game. But she knew where her boundaries lay. Serenimon has always been by her side, a beautiful protective shadow. Even Serenimon has hidden darkness-Darkerosmon.
The woman is beautiful. I can tell that from a distance. Her long black robes whisper with her movement. She holds power that none of the digidestined's enemies before could possess. If any of their enemies could, they would never have defeated them. Darkerosmon flies to me. She blocks my path. Her voice is entrancing and sweet. I forget about the serpents that hiss at her wrists. I should not forget so easily. The digimon could bring me back to evil easily. The dark spore in my neck makes it so simple to do so.
"The Queen waits." She need not say more. I walk more sure towards the woman, the Dark Queen. She stands in all her splendor before me. Her long black robes fall to her feet, and the shiny black stone crown is on her head. She is beautiful. She possesses large black eyes, and hair as black as night. She seems so commanding, and so tall. She is shorter than I am. Her face is smooth and young. All her airs do not cover that she is no older than sixteen. I noticed two silver chains around her neck; two crests at her throat. She is so familiar. Her quiet shock is so familiar. Darkerosmon now stands at her side. She stares at me boldly, but it covers fear. I can see the fear in her eyes. Fear in her black void-like eyes.
She speaks. Her voice is smooth and level, as is her gaze. "Ken Ichijoji." She casts her eyes down. Her smooth speech and level gaze are gone. She now looks like the young, scared girl she is. "I did not mean to do this you. It should not have been you. I thought it couldn't be you. I thought it could be no one I knew." Her eyes glisten. She radiates beauty. "I used Miyako to stop my own desires. I wanted you to love her back, so I would never feel remorseful. She is not part of this. She was never was your destined wife. I would know." She laughs halfheartedly, but it turns to weeping. I pity her. I pity the Queen of the Dark Ocean. She is prime evil, or so I thought. She seems so truthful. "You think I am evil, how you are wrong. The Dark Ocean is not evil. It is pure fear. You come here if you cannot accept your own fears. I never could. It is consequence that I am also the Child of Darkness. You could never either. I would know." Her voice is faulty.
"Then who are you? Why would know me so well? Why would you know Miyako? Why did you use her? What are your desires that you hide?" I cannot believe I am arguing with her, the Queen. She seems so hurt. She seems so real. Her reddened cheeks are real. She takes off her necklaces, and drops them in my hands. The two crests lay in my hands. One looks like the crest of courage. Except unlike the crest of courage, the rays are inside the circle. The other is a simple circle. I can only recognize the inverted sun. It is the crest of destiny. She is Yasuko. "Yasuko?" My words come out as no more than a squeak. She nods, and hangs her head. "What is the other crest?" I ask but I know already. It is the crest of darkness. I deserve that crest, not her. I was never kind. She was always kind, to me. I have the crest of kindness, and she the crest of darkness. She is destined to a life of fear. She is destined to a life of misery. I was the digimon Kaiser, not her. Why am I not the Dark
Ocean's King? Why is she the Queen?
"I am Yasuko. They have chosen you as their King. The Queen is quite powerless. The Child of Darkness is powerful, she is fated. I am both, you are the King. You can reject it. It may not be easy to find another. But it is not impossible. You were an obvious choice. You have strong links to the Dark Ocean. But so does Takeru." She turns and walks away. Darkerosmon digivolves back into Serenimon and runs to her feet. Wormmon has been silent in my arms. I don't care for him to speak. I too am speechless. Yasuko is my fated bride. She is still the girl I remember seeing many times in the Dark Ocean when I was the digital Kaiser. She is still the girl who would wander blindly at the shore and weep into the water. I would stand in the shadow of the bluff like a statue and watch her. The Dark Ocean never changes. I rarely was in the Dark Ocean after I became a digidestined. But the Dark Ocean looks the same.
I guess I was happy then. But then there always was her. She stood at the edge filming it all with her uncanny eyes. I would often she her at the park, kicking a soccer ball into the goal. No one was ever with her. Once or twice I walked over and practiced with her. She was better than Daisuke or Taichi. When we finished she would laugh and tell me that I was a better opponent than Taichi or Daisuke. She would then pick up the ball and walk away. Taichi is good, how could she better than he is? She seemed so happy then, but now I know she wasn't.
I run to catch up to her. She slows and stops, again turning. Her words are soft, like she doesn't want them to be known. "You want to leave. I understand. You accepted your fears. Yet again you are here." The surrounding area brightens and changes. I am back in the digital world. The other's exclaims about my brief disappearance are ignored. Miyako comes to my side, but I pay her no heed. She looks hurt. Her long lavender hair is drawn over her shoulders, and her eyes behind the large lenses are clouded. I want to tell someone, someone who wouldn't turn on me. Daisuke wouldn't understand. He has never been to the Dark Ocean. Hikari has been there before and so has Takeru. I would not tell Takeru, he is too innocent. I will not tell him yet. I feel like am betraying Yasuko's trust, her friendship. Now I really could become the King of the Dark Ocean. I ask to speak with her. Miyako scowls at me. I ignore her, much as I like her.
I ask her if she knows Yasuko well. The question is impertinent. I know she will say no. No one knows her well. Except Takeru. It is so obvious; they were friends before anyone messed with things beyond their control. He is innocent. But he is less so than I thought. I thank Hikari. I walk over to talk to Takeru. He turns and smiles. He is so innocent. He is still able to be a possible King.
"Yasuko worries me," Takeru says. I am taken aback. I did not think he would care. He supposedly likes Hikari. Patamon flies near his head. Patamon's big eyes open, concentrating. Takeru's eyes are drawn. I cannot read their watery depths. He would make a good King for Yasuko. He is her opposite. I feel like such a coward and a traitor. I want Takeru to take my place. I cannot face the Dark Ocean again. It is too much for me. I was greatly weakened in body and mind after I stopped being the digimon Kaiser. That place is too much for me. Yasuko should know that.
She knows me better than any one person should. So why does she want me to know her as the Queen? Does she want me to be her King? She said she had no choice. Is she is so consumed in Darkness that she could lie? Why would she lie to me, when I thought she was my soul mate? Then why would I suspect her of lying? Am I so repulsed by her position that I do not believe her anymore? I thought I valued our friendship, I thought she did. Yasuko does value the friendship. She tried to save it. She wept for me. She shed no tears, but she wept for me as best as she could weep. She valued it more than I did. I shudder at myself. I am such a fool. I still cannot become the King of the Dark Ocean. She is the Queen. I cannot best her. Can Takeru?
"Why?" I ask.
"She hides so much. I fear for her. She grew away from all of us. When we were nine, we were so close. Yamato thought she was interesting. He was glad I was out of his face. So she came with us when we went to summer camp, but she filmed much of it. I again was an annoyance to Yamato. She became the quiet distant girl I soon befriended. I moved when we were twelve. Then again we were digidestined. She doesn't film everything. Daisuke thought I had a crush on Yasuko. That was the only reason he did not strangle me. He didn't understand. He was almost right. She went to my old school. I received e-mails at odd hours from her. She tried so hard to keep in contact with me. We'd see each other often in the digital world." He sighs. He likes her a lot. Would he like her if he knew who she really was? I thought I was her friend, but I am scared of her now. I am a horrid friend. I thought I had the crest of kindness. This cannot be kindness. It is fear. She was right, I am the King.
Takeru loves her. He will stop when he realizes who she really is. She knows that, she is the Child of Destiny. I watch my surroundings change. I am back in the Dark Ocean. She is still standing on the shore. She turns when I enter the world. She reaches me.
Now I betray Takeru, "Takeru loves you. More than I ever will. Why is he not the King?" She shakes her head. I feel so stupid in front of her. She gives the impression of being so majestic and serene. I am not. I do not possess such a guise. I do not deserve the crest of kindness. Not after today. The Scubamon push me onto their backs. They bring me to the middle of the Ocean. The Scubamon drop their support. I flounder a second, and start swimming back to shore. The clothing I wore fell off me, and the black outfit similar to the one Iori once wore now adorns me. The black stone crown is now on my head when I step out of the water. Yasuko silently nods. Wormmon shakes at my ankles. I pick him up and follow her. She has now found her King. I am such a pitiful King compared to her. Serenimon is so beautiful. She is so beautiful. Why did she choose me? I am a fool. Takeru loves her, yet I am her destined partner. She would know. She is the Child of Destiny.
A woman paces the shore. She calls me, yet I fear her. I fear this place. The Dark Ocean. I have visited it often, so long ago. I wished to forget it all. I wanted to be accepted. I will never be. No one could forget that I was the Digimon Kaiser. No one will ever forget. Yasuko had accepted me early on. She accepted me, the Digimon Kaiser; but she holds more darkness than I ever shall. To her it was a game. But she knew where her boundaries lay. Serenimon has always been by her side, a beautiful protective shadow. Even Serenimon has hidden darkness-Darkerosmon.
The woman is beautiful. I can tell that from a distance. Her long black robes whisper with her movement. She holds power that none of the digidestined's enemies before could possess. If any of their enemies could, they would never have defeated them. Darkerosmon flies to me. She blocks my path. Her voice is entrancing and sweet. I forget about the serpents that hiss at her wrists. I should not forget so easily. The digimon could bring me back to evil easily. The dark spore in my neck makes it so simple to do so.
"The Queen waits." She need not say more. I walk more sure towards the woman, the Dark Queen. She stands in all her splendor before me. Her long black robes fall to her feet, and the shiny black stone crown is on her head. She is beautiful. She possesses large black eyes, and hair as black as night. She seems so commanding, and so tall. She is shorter than I am. Her face is smooth and young. All her airs do not cover that she is no older than sixteen. I noticed two silver chains around her neck; two crests at her throat. She is so familiar. Her quiet shock is so familiar. Darkerosmon now stands at her side. She stares at me boldly, but it covers fear. I can see the fear in her eyes. Fear in her black void-like eyes.
She speaks. Her voice is smooth and level, as is her gaze. "Ken Ichijoji." She casts her eyes down. Her smooth speech and level gaze are gone. She now looks like the young, scared girl she is. "I did not mean to do this you. It should not have been you. I thought it couldn't be you. I thought it could be no one I knew." Her eyes glisten. She radiates beauty. "I used Miyako to stop my own desires. I wanted you to love her back, so I would never feel remorseful. She is not part of this. She was never was your destined wife. I would know." She laughs halfheartedly, but it turns to weeping. I pity her. I pity the Queen of the Dark Ocean. She is prime evil, or so I thought. She seems so truthful. "You think I am evil, how you are wrong. The Dark Ocean is not evil. It is pure fear. You come here if you cannot accept your own fears. I never could. It is consequence that I am also the Child of Darkness. You could never either. I would know." Her voice is faulty.
"Then who are you? Why would know me so well? Why would you know Miyako? Why did you use her? What are your desires that you hide?" I cannot believe I am arguing with her, the Queen. She seems so hurt. She seems so real. Her reddened cheeks are real. She takes off her necklaces, and drops them in my hands. The two crests lay in my hands. One looks like the crest of courage. Except unlike the crest of courage, the rays are inside the circle. The other is a simple circle. I can only recognize the inverted sun. It is the crest of destiny. She is Yasuko. "Yasuko?" My words come out as no more than a squeak. She nods, and hangs her head. "What is the other crest?" I ask but I know already. It is the crest of darkness. I deserve that crest, not her. I was never kind. She was always kind, to me. I have the crest of kindness, and she the crest of darkness. She is destined to a life of fear. She is destined to a life of misery. I was the digimon Kaiser, not her. Why am I not the Dark
Ocean's King? Why is she the Queen?
"I am Yasuko. They have chosen you as their King. The Queen is quite powerless. The Child of Darkness is powerful, she is fated. I am both, you are the King. You can reject it. It may not be easy to find another. But it is not impossible. You were an obvious choice. You have strong links to the Dark Ocean. But so does Takeru." She turns and walks away. Darkerosmon digivolves back into Serenimon and runs to her feet. Wormmon has been silent in my arms. I don't care for him to speak. I too am speechless. Yasuko is my fated bride. She is still the girl I remember seeing many times in the Dark Ocean when I was the digital Kaiser. She is still the girl who would wander blindly at the shore and weep into the water. I would stand in the shadow of the bluff like a statue and watch her. The Dark Ocean never changes. I rarely was in the Dark Ocean after I became a digidestined. But the Dark Ocean looks the same.
I guess I was happy then. But then there always was her. She stood at the edge filming it all with her uncanny eyes. I would often she her at the park, kicking a soccer ball into the goal. No one was ever with her. Once or twice I walked over and practiced with her. She was better than Daisuke or Taichi. When we finished she would laugh and tell me that I was a better opponent than Taichi or Daisuke. She would then pick up the ball and walk away. Taichi is good, how could she better than he is? She seemed so happy then, but now I know she wasn't.
I run to catch up to her. She slows and stops, again turning. Her words are soft, like she doesn't want them to be known. "You want to leave. I understand. You accepted your fears. Yet again you are here." The surrounding area brightens and changes. I am back in the digital world. The other's exclaims about my brief disappearance are ignored. Miyako comes to my side, but I pay her no heed. She looks hurt. Her long lavender hair is drawn over her shoulders, and her eyes behind the large lenses are clouded. I want to tell someone, someone who wouldn't turn on me. Daisuke wouldn't understand. He has never been to the Dark Ocean. Hikari has been there before and so has Takeru. I would not tell Takeru, he is too innocent. I will not tell him yet. I feel like am betraying Yasuko's trust, her friendship. Now I really could become the King of the Dark Ocean. I ask to speak with her. Miyako scowls at me. I ignore her, much as I like her.
I ask her if she knows Yasuko well. The question is impertinent. I know she will say no. No one knows her well. Except Takeru. It is so obvious; they were friends before anyone messed with things beyond their control. He is innocent. But he is less so than I thought. I thank Hikari. I walk over to talk to Takeru. He turns and smiles. He is so innocent. He is still able to be a possible King.
"Yasuko worries me," Takeru says. I am taken aback. I did not think he would care. He supposedly likes Hikari. Patamon flies near his head. Patamon's big eyes open, concentrating. Takeru's eyes are drawn. I cannot read their watery depths. He would make a good King for Yasuko. He is her opposite. I feel like such a coward and a traitor. I want Takeru to take my place. I cannot face the Dark Ocean again. It is too much for me. I was greatly weakened in body and mind after I stopped being the digimon Kaiser. That place is too much for me. Yasuko should know that.
She knows me better than any one person should. So why does she want me to know her as the Queen? Does she want me to be her King? She said she had no choice. Is she is so consumed in Darkness that she could lie? Why would she lie to me, when I thought she was my soul mate? Then why would I suspect her of lying? Am I so repulsed by her position that I do not believe her anymore? I thought I valued our friendship, I thought she did. Yasuko does value the friendship. She tried to save it. She wept for me. She shed no tears, but she wept for me as best as she could weep. She valued it more than I did. I shudder at myself. I am such a fool. I still cannot become the King of the Dark Ocean. She is the Queen. I cannot best her. Can Takeru?
"Why?" I ask.
"She hides so much. I fear for her. She grew away from all of us. When we were nine, we were so close. Yamato thought she was interesting. He was glad I was out of his face. So she came with us when we went to summer camp, but she filmed much of it. I again was an annoyance to Yamato. She became the quiet distant girl I soon befriended. I moved when we were twelve. Then again we were digidestined. She doesn't film everything. Daisuke thought I had a crush on Yasuko. That was the only reason he did not strangle me. He didn't understand. He was almost right. She went to my old school. I received e-mails at odd hours from her. She tried so hard to keep in contact with me. We'd see each other often in the digital world." He sighs. He likes her a lot. Would he like her if he knew who she really was? I thought I was her friend, but I am scared of her now. I am a horrid friend. I thought I had the crest of kindness. This cannot be kindness. It is fear. She was right, I am the King.
Takeru loves her. He will stop when he realizes who she really is. She knows that, she is the Child of Destiny. I watch my surroundings change. I am back in the Dark Ocean. She is still standing on the shore. She turns when I enter the world. She reaches me.
Now I betray Takeru, "Takeru loves you. More than I ever will. Why is he not the King?" She shakes her head. I feel so stupid in front of her. She gives the impression of being so majestic and serene. I am not. I do not possess such a guise. I do not deserve the crest of kindness. Not after today. The Scubamon push me onto their backs. They bring me to the middle of the Ocean. The Scubamon drop their support. I flounder a second, and start swimming back to shore. The clothing I wore fell off me, and the black outfit similar to the one Iori once wore now adorns me. The black stone crown is now on my head when I step out of the water. Yasuko silently nods. Wormmon shakes at my ankles. I pick him up and follow her. She has now found her King. I am such a pitiful King compared to her. Serenimon is so beautiful. She is so beautiful. Why did she choose me? I am a fool. Takeru loves her, yet I am her destined partner. She would know. She is the Child of Destiny.