Author's Notes:
Digimon does not belong to me
Jun- If it was, I would be a Digi-destined and torture Matt for her amusement.
Matt- THANK GOD SHE DOESN'T OWN IT!
Basically all Digimon characters- HALLIELUAH!!!!
I changed Ken's age by one year. So he was ten when he got the digi-vice. In the present, Sam is fourteen while Ken is twelve but is stuck as an eleven-year-old. Also in the flashbacks, Ken's hair is cropped short, I am currently working on a picture and will probably be up once chapter seven is posted. It will be in my web site among the other Fan art pictures I did. I don't know their parents names so I took random Japanese names. Please R/R.
"Hello son, I'm so glad that we get a chance to meet you."
"So am I, Mr. Motomiya."
"What a sweet young man you have there Jun, I'm so happy that you are joining us for dinner."
"Thank you for inviting me," Sam relied. He was nervous, extremely nervous. This was the first time that he ever met Jun's parents, never mind that he was having supper with them in their apartment.
Earlier he had spent two hours just to get ready, mostly fixing his wild medium indigo hair and cleaning his glasses of all smudge marks. Finally, he decided that he should wear something semi-formal for the occasion and picked out a new pair of jeans and a baby blue designer long sleeved shirt. He then splashed on some earthy cologne as the finishing touches.
His girlfriend surprisingly wore a jean skirt with a pale blue button down blouse that had three-quarter sleeves. Her wild light auburn hair had a few matching clips and she had a little bit of makeup on. He also noted that she was wearing the plain silver ring that he had given her a few weeks ago. They indeed looked like a couple.
"Hey bud, its great having you here," said Davis as he seated himself across the young couple. For once he was not wearing his goggles and was decently dressed.
"It's great being here," he said, smiling at the younger Motomiya.
Much to Jun's surprise, Sam and Davis really got along together. Sam would even give him some soccer tips or help him with his homework. Although he had never mentioned where he learnt so much about soccer, she knew he didn't play the game at all.
Dinner was a lot like an interview with food for Sam. Questions just kept popping up; most of them were about his successes, tennis or kendo matches or projects that he'd be working on. He began to relax as he answered, getting into his daily routine.
"Hey, I heard somewhere that you had a younger brother, what happened to him?" Davis asked.
That question always catches him off guard. The media had labeled it taboo to asked any more information from Sam that he already had provided.
"Well, yes. He had disappeared last year and...," he started, feeling a little bit violated.
"Hey! Wasn't it around the time when you got sick like the other kids are now?"
"Davis!" Jun defended.
"Whoa, I'm sorry. You don't have to talk about it," apologized the younger boy.
"It's okay. It just kind of threw me off."
After that, the rest of the dinner was eaten in silence.
"I'm so sorry Sam. I'll find a way to punish Davis for doing that to you."
After dinner the young couple decided to take a scroll in the near-by park. Sam smiled at the older girl and said," It's okay, really."
Walking down the trail, he noticed a green bench by the river. Taking her hand, he guided her to sit with him. She smiled at the view of the sunset over the towers of the city. Soon they needed to get back home.
Sam sighed getting her attention and he turned towards her, "Would you like to know the whole story of what happened to my brother?"
"Hey Mom!"
"Hi Mama."
"Hello boys, did you have fun at the soccer game?"
"Yes Mama."
"You should have seen Ken, Mom! He just dominated the entire field and lead his team to win the league championship!" Sam exclaim while ruffling the younger boy's short indigo hair.
"That's wonderful Ken!"
"We're heading to my room to do some homework now," the older boy said.
"Alright. I'm going to be out for a while. Take care of your brother Sam."
"I will."
Rumi Ichijouji watched as her sons disappeared into the older boy's room. She smiled to herself as she considered her good fortune. She had raised two talented and well-mannered boys, her eldest son was doing very well in school while the other was achieving in sports. The media was all over Sam's accomplishments but they were slowly starting to shift towards Ken.
She tried not to let the hype go to her head or to theirs because for her, they were still little boys and it was too early for them to decide on just one career. It would be horrible if they felt pressured to do something that they wouldn't like in the future because of the opinion of others. So she told them that they should do whatever they wanted to do and not what others thought they should do. Besides, fame wasn't what got them to be who they were now, it was being happy among family and friends; and she made a point to tell them that she'd still be proud of them if the situation were reversed.
With a sigh, she walked out and locked the door.
"Come on Sam! Let me go!" Ken begged. He just couldn't wait to tell Wormmon about his soccer game.
Wormmon was Ken's best digimon friend in the Digital World; they had met a couple months ago when Ken first used the Digi-vice that popped out of Sam's computer. When the two brothers saw it, Sam had told Ken not to touch it but when Sam walked out of the room, he couldn't resist. It was almost like he was drawn to it, like it was his; that's when he was sucked into the computer and was teleported to the other world. When he came back, Sam was furious at him and took the digi-vice away. The younger Ichijouji pleaded and explained why he did it and what had happened to him there.
Finally after a week, Sam let the boy have it and allowed him to go back to the Digital World. Ken was grateful. After his second trip, he had brought Wormmon home so that Sam could meet him, although he turned into Leafmon in the Real World. The Child Prodigy couldn't believe his eyes. For the rest of the day, the trio stayed in Sam's room talking about the Digital World and then Ken had to bring Leafmon back. The two brothers then made an agreement regarding visitation rights to the Digital World: Ken could only go on the weekends and he had to be back by six. Also he had to do better at school.
Ken finally got the hang of school with the help of Sam and the whole arrangement went smoothly, until a couple weeks ago when Ken had gotten injured and came home early. Sam had to make an excuse to their parents that they were wrestling and Ken had gotten hurt. He was grounded for two weeks and since then Ken wasn't allowed to go see Wormmon.
"I can't let you go! What if you fall again but this time you couldn't get home? Besides, you're already injured from soccer!" Sam argued.
"I can still walk and run plus Wormmon will be with me!"
"It's already late, we'll discuss this tomorrow."
"Tomorrow's Monday! You're not going to let me see Wormmon again are you?!?"
"I told you, we would talk TOMORROW!" Sam yelled as he slapped his brother in the face. Both of them were shocked by the action but Ken was the first to recover.
"YOU NEVER LISTEN TO ME!" Ken shouted as he got up, leaving the room with his digi-vice in hand.
Sam sat stunned. He reasoned that he should apologize but he would do it later, it gave Ken time to cool down. He regretted his decision when he heard the front door slam shut.
"Ken! Ken!"
Sam ran out of his room and checked the apartment. Grabbing his jacket, he ran out and locked the door behind him. The Ichijoujis lived on the tenth floor of the building and the only elevator going down had just reached the eighth floor. He raced towards the nearest stairway and started his descend down the stairs.
Cradling his smarten cheek, Ken began to think out his plan of escape. He knew Sam would run down the nearest stairway to try to cut him off; but if he got off at the fourth floor, run down the other flight of stairs and take the back door then he would be free. The elevator stopped and he quickly ran out to execute his getaway. Before his flight, he had pushed the ground level button to throw Sam off.
He dashed into the lobby just in time to see the elevator doors open, but to Sam's dismay, it was empty. A faint sound caught his attention and he realized what Ken had done. He smiled to himself, knowing his little brother had outsmarted him as he ran to through the back exit and into the night.
Ken was starting to limp on his bad leg but he had gotten only a few blocks away. If he didn't think of something quick, Sam would surely find him. Looking at the black sky, he reasoned that he should head back home. If he was lucky, he'll be home before both of his parents and Sam get there. As he limped along the street, he didn't notice a dark figure in the alleyway until it grabbed him from behind and covered his mouth as it dragged him into the shadows.
"Come on, how far can a limping eleven-year-old go?" the boy genius asked himself. He figured that it had been an hour since he had left the building. He began to think that if he were Ken, he would head home by now before their parents and get Sam in trouble.
"I'll kill that little squirt!" he muttered as he turned to leave the alleyway in search of a phone to call home. As he walked by a darken area, he heard a familiar moan. He stopped, wandering if he should check it out or run. He heard it again but this time it was followed by a strained 'Sam?'
Sam quickly went in search of the source and found the body of his brother, lying on the ground.
"Jun, I think we should head back now," said Sam as he looked at the darkening sky.
"But wait, what happened to your brother?" she asked as she got up.
"I'll finish it tomorrow, right now I need to make sure that you're safe," he said as he stood and kissed her on the lips.
Aaaaaaawwwww...Sam, you're so sweet! *hugs Sam*
Sam- Um....You wrote it.
*blinks* Oh yeah! *hugs herself* I'm so sweet ^_^
Kaiser- *rolls eyes*
Emi- How do you know that escape plan works for real?
Easy, I did it when I was younger in my friend's apartment building but she got me back when she locked the door on me and wouldn't let me in -_-
Kaiser- I hate this chapter! Damn flashback! And I hate the next chapter too!
*sigh* The next chapter is the continuation of Sam's flashback and remember: REVIEW!!!