This contains Daikari, Kekari and Daiken friendship. Like always I'm not sure about the rating but I hope it's okay. Also there is going to be a second part no matter how many reviews I get. I really don't care if you review but I still would like to know what you think about it. So, review!

There isn't much angst in this part but the second part will contain more. Promise.

Enjoy your life if you can, it's not that long.

Don't own digimon

No more alone again

The air was getting remarkably colder every day. Only some more weeks and the first snow was going to fall from the sky. But it was not that cold quite yet. The sky was still clear and not a single cloud disturbed the deep dark blue of the November sky. The trees were already leafless and the park was less crowded at this time of the year. Ken enjoyed the silence the park offered. He was sitting on a park bench with his eyes closed and only concentrating on his regular breathing. He needed these times of solitude to gather the strength he needed to handle his daily live. He may have changed but he was still a celebrity. People still watched every single move he made and judged all his actions. So he really loved the little freedom he had left.

"Hey, Ken! Over here!" Yolei's voice, full of energy as always, brought him back to reality. He opened his eyes and saw Yolei, Cody and TK running towards him. His friends. They had helped him to handle his life after he had come back home from the Digiworld. At first he had thought about sticking to his old habits. He thought about withdrawing again, about cutting himself to watch and taste his sweet hot blood like he had done before. But he dismissed these thoughts. They would just lead in the same direction again and that would be of no help at all. But he found other ways to deal with his problems. He found friends.

The digidestined helped him to find a way back into a normal life. They had doubts at first but with every passing day they trusted him more and more. All of them but especially Davis and Kari were now an important part of his life. Davis was the first one who tried to befriend him and who helped to integrate him into the group. He considered him his best and first sincere friend he ever had.

Kari on the other hand was his emotional support. Whenever he felt these dark thoughts sneaking back into his mind he would talk to her and she would always be there. She would understand what no one else ever could because she was so similar to him sometimes. She had seen the Dark Ocean just like he had and she knew how hard it could be to shine on the outside while you struggle to keep the inner darkness down. Ken was more then thankful for her help, which had become so essential to him. He knew that Kari didn't really need him. She already had TK who would do everything for her. She just had to ask and he would be there for her. But she never actually did it. Instead she always told Ken, and only him, about her inner pain and despair. She trusted him but he knew that there was more behind it. TK and Kari were still friends but it was obvious to everyone, even Davis, that they were slowly growing apart. Davis tried to use this opportunity to get closer to Kari but she always kept her distance. The only one she would let get close beside Tai was Ken. At first he was afraid of destroying her friendship with TK completely but he enjoyed her attention too much to just give her up again. Besides it was her who was seeking his contact and he was pretty sure that sympathy was not the only cause for her changed behavior. He had noticed that she sometimes acted rather odd around him. He had asked her a couple of times about it but she always only blushed and said that it was nothing. She was a terrible liar.

So he never gave up hope that she might love him but he never dared to tell her about his feelings. It was too embarrassing and he would not risk their friendship for what might be just a stupid crush. He knew that it wasn't just a crush but that's what he always told himself. So they were just close friends.

Meanwhile Yolei, Cody and TK had arrived at the park bench and were taking their seats next to Ken. Yolei was the first one to speak. "Does anyone know why Davis wants us to meet here?" The others shook their heads and then continued to wait in silence. A couple of minutes later they saw Davis and Kari approaching between some trees. As they came closer Ken could feel that something was wrong. Davis was grinning like mad and Kari kept her eyes cast down to the path. They stopped right in front of the small group. Again it was Yolei who spoke first. "So, what is so important that we have to meet here? I should be helping in the shop right now, you know." She gave him an annoyed look but Davis continued to grin as if nothing could disturb his happy mood. Then he answered. "Well this might not be that important to you but I thought you deserved to know it anyways." "Just spill it!" Yolei was getting impatient and that stupid grin on Davis' face was starting to piss her of. His grin seemed to grow even wider if that was possible as he brought his right arm around Kari's shoulder. "Kari finally gave me the chance to proof that I am the right guy for her!" Kari's eyes were still glued to her shoes as the other four stared at her in disbelieve. Then she lifted her head slightly and brought a small smile to her lips but still kept her eyes away from her friend's unbelieving stares.

In that very moment a heart, delicate like glass, turned black and shattered into millions of sharp pieces at the bottom of the empty shell formally know as Ichijouji Ken.

And the sky remained blue, cold, and unchanged as the whole world of a young boy was torn down and burning to ashes and all his hopes blown away like leafs by the cold autumn wind.

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