Author's Notes:
Digimon does not belong to me
Emi- I think we're running out of things to say here.
Hmmmm....Joe and his brothers are hot?
Emi- Sure, whatever.
GO LOOK AT THE PICTURE I DREW OF SAM AND KEN!!!!!! NOW!!!! IT'S AT MY SITE!!!!!
"That Digimon Emperor is a JERK!!" Yolei cried as she picked herself up off the floor of the school's computer room.
The Digi-destined and Joe Kido had just returned from another uneventful day in the Digital World, uneventful meaning, no sign of a certain child tyrant. They had traveled to a barren ice land, where they had found Gomamon and a bunch of Gizamon in a cage not far from the TV. The keys to the lock were located on top of the prison.
Once the digimon were free, the kids watched Joe and Gomamon together again. Gomamon then showed them the Dark Sire in the area; he told them that earlier the Emperor had appeared during the rebellion that Gomamon had lead. There were fifty Gizamon against the Kaiser, much to Gomamon's surprise the boy dodged all of the attacks effortlessly and had called the Frigimon to round them all up. A few tried to escape but the Emperor had caught them with his whip. The young dictator then began to place them all in the cage.
After hearing the story, they freed the Frigimon, who were guarding the Dark Spire and then destroyed it.
"Calm down Yolei, maybe you'll meet him tomorrow," said Joe.
"Oh, I almost forgot our introduction. Hello, I'm Cody Hida," he said as he bowed slightly, "pleased to meet you."
"What's up Cody?" Davis asked.
"He's just trying to be polite," defended Yolei.
"Hey Joe, what do you think the Emperor is?" TK asked. After Gomamon's story, the Digi-destined reasoned that the Emperor was not human, since he did faced fifty Gizamon.
"Well, I'm not sure just yet TK," replied Joe.
"I think that he may have built a special suit and whip, giving him enhanced abilities," Davis butted in.
Everyone sweat-dropped as they stared at him for a moment.
"So what's the plan for tomorrow?" Kari asked.
"Hi Sam," said Jun as she ran to her boyfriend.
"Hi yourself," he replied as he greeted her with a kiss.
Breaking from the kiss, a blush crept into Jun's cheeks. The boy genius smiled, caressing the older girl's chin, granting him a darker shade of red on her face. He leaned in to give her another kiss, when...
"Whooo! Way to go Jun!"
The young couple quickly backed away from each other, both blushing furiously, Jun more so than Sam.
Standing in front of them was Mimoe Inoue, smiling smugly.
"Ah...Mimoe. We're just...," started Jun.
"It's okay, you can save the explanation. Call me later," she waved and disappeared amongst the people in the park.
Taking his girfriend's hand, Sam laughed as they walked towards the bench that they sat on last night. They seated themselves, getting comfortable in each other's arms.
"I really miss him," sighed Sam.
"I know."
"Ken, please wake up," cried Sam as he watched his brother suffer on his bed.
The younger boy looked horrible, his skin was very pale and he was cold to the touch. His forehead was sweating yet he was shivering. Sometimes he would thrash a little.
Sam gently replaced the blanket on Ken and dabbed a wet cloth to his forehead. Slowly, Ken started to calm down and Sam was able to relax a bit. Two hours ago, Sam had rushed home with his sibling on his back and placed him in bed, trying his best to make him comfortable. Their parents had returned home an hour ago and he explained to them what had happened; they were now out finding a doctor.
"I'm so sorry Ken," he whispered as tears rolled down his cheeks. He went over the boy's forehead with the cloth again.
"I should have never slapped you, I should have listened to your side of the story."
"Sam?"
The older Ichijouji looked up to see that Ken was staring at him through heavy lids. The shivering has stopped but his body still felt so cold.
"Ken, I'm so sorry."
"No Sam, I'm the one who should be sorry."
"But look at you. You're sick and it's my fault," he said as he moved to sit on his brother's bed.
"No it's not Sam, you couldn't have known."
"Like you would've."
Ken tried to give his brother a smile, "let's just say it wasn't our fault then."
"Fine with me," he agreed as he watched the younger boy drift off too sleep.
"Ken, honey?" Rumi Ichijouji called out as she entered the apartment suit. Behind her, her husband, Keitaro locked up the front door. They had gone out in search of a doctor but it was too late for one to make a house call. The only chance they have was to get Ken to a hospital.
"Ken? Sam?" she asked as she walked into Ken's room.
Unlike Sam's bed, which was placed over the balcony door, Ken's bed was a traditional four-poster twin size bed. Lying on it was the two brothers fast asleep. She checked on her youngest son and noted that he was pale and cold but besides that, he was fine. Relaxing, she removed Sam's glasses and placed a blanket on him. Kissing each on the forehead, she prayed for their well being as she exited the room.
"Hey Ken, how are you feeling?" Sam asked as he entered the room.
He was amazed to see that the entire apartment was so dark, all the curtains were drawn on the windows and there were a few candles and nightlights to show the way around the suite, which to Sam was very odd. His father had left a note that told him not to open the curtains or switch on the lamps because Ken was very sensitive to light right now.
As he entered the room, Ken sat on his bed and looked up from his reading.
"Awful," he said, putting the book over his face and plopping down onto the bed.
Sam chuckled at the antics his little brother displayed, "Bad day, huh? What did the doctor say to you?"
At that, Ken spread his arms on the bed, dropping the paperback on the floor and gave his brother a funny look, "He told me that I needed to drink more fluids."
The boy genius blinked in surprise and stared at his younger sibling. Then they both cracked up with laughter at the same time.
Wiping away a tear, Sam said, "What a quack. Hey, did you want something to eat?"
"I wish. I can't eat food. For some reason, I throw up anything I put in my mouth."
"Gee thanks for sharing."
Ken smiled, "Can you get me a glass of orange juice instead? Doctor's orders."
The older boy chuckled, "I'm on it."
Running, running, running. It was all he could do. The streets of the city were a blur to him as he tried to run faster. He could feel the darkness as it crept up to him, laughing at him, threatening to take his sanity away. He couldn't take it anymore, he needed help, somebody, anybody. As he felt the stinging coldness wrap around his brain, he did the only thing he could think of, he screamed.
Ken bolted up, gasping for breath.
"It was just a bad dream," he thought, "nothing more."
He noticed his brother was a sleep in a chair beside the bed. He smiled as he looked at the boy who was just two years older than him. His gaze traveled to a strange object on his nightstand. It was a small device that was colored black, but it seemed familiar. Could it be his Digi-vice? It looked a lot like a digi-vice but of a different model.
Ken felt too drained to go to the Digital World, let alone think about the different model of his digi-vice so he drifted back to sleep hoping the nightmare would not manifest itself again.
"Ken?" Sam asked.
As he walked into the apartment suite, he heard a loud sobbing. Entering his brother's room, his heart sank. Curled in a fetal position was Ken, crying his eyes out.
"Ken, Ken what's the matter?" he asked as he gathered the younger Ichijouji and laid him on the bed.
"I'm. So. Hungry. Sam," he choked between sobs, sitting up, holding his stomach.
"Shhhh," whispered Sam as he poured a glass of orange juice from the nightstand and gave it to Ken, "drink."
Ken did as he was told, tears streaming down his face. The older boy then laid down beside him when he had finished, trying to soothe the boy to sleep.
"I love you, ototo-chan," said Sam.
"I love you too, nii-chan," he heard his brother say before they drifted off to sleep.
He would never forget those words, for they were the last words the two brothers had spoken before Sam woke up in a hospital bed with his crying parents standing beside him. They slowly broke the news to him that Ken was missing.
*starts to cry*
Sam & Ken- *runs to her and try to make her stop* It's okay, we're here and we're okay, it's just your imagination.
*sobs* Doesn't it make you want to say something neat to your siblings?
Hari & Kaiser- *looks at picture of Hari's little brother which is used for a dart board* Hahahaahahhah....Yeah right.