Kurai Kibo: Dark Hope Part Five: Returning Kindness by: Yuki Tenshi

*I don't really want to be here, but at least I'll be here for Ken-chan, just in case.* Takaishi Takeru sat under a small tree as his friends looked for the Digimon Kaiser. The blonde boy had been told many times that he didn't have to fight, even though his friends didn't really understand the extent of his and Ken's, the Kaiser, friendship.

It was love. The two young boys loved each other, and it was allowed in the DigiWorld, since they were the only humans, and it was legal in Japan, or so they thought. The Digidestined got in the way of the two's love, as many friends do, whether they knew it or not.

"Takeru-chan! They're waving to us!" Patamon called down to his human friend. Patamon was dying to get in on some of the action, but Takeru was already mad at Daisuke for suggesting something like Takeru fighting, and Patamon didn't want to repeat the scene.

Takeru got up, wiping dirt off his shorts. "Where are they?" He asked Patamon as the Digimon landed on his hat.

"Straight ahead. I think they found something that will lead us to the Kaiser." Patamon knew Takeru didn't like for him to refer to the Kaiser as Ken. Takeru said nothing, just walked ahead.

:~*~:

Yagami Hikari looked up as Takeru came into view. She threw a look at Motomiya Daisuke, reminding him to watch what he said around the now more sensitive boy. "Konnichi wa, Takeru-san." She called to him cheerfully.

Takeru looked up at them, his eyes still sad, as if he regreted the decision that he made, to stay on their side. "Konnichi wa. What's up?" He asked in his tired voice.

"We may have found a way into Ken's base. We were wondering if you would like to come. You may help, and Ken has to be stopped! He's created a Digimon, Chimeramon! It's destroying villages like crazy!" Daisuke looked angry, mostly at Ken. Hikari smacked him on the back of the head. "What did I do?!"

"I told you to watch your mouth, baka!" Hikari grumbled, angry.

"I'll go with you, if Daisuke-san can learn to keep his mouth shut while we're there." Takeru said, quietly. Hikari glared at Daisuke as if to say 'I told you so.'

"Then let's go!" Inoue Miyako broke in. Hida Iori nodded his head, agreeing with the older girl.

"Fine." Daisuke mumbled. The group moved off, Daisuke leading. Takeru followed the group.

:~*~:

They were in the base, trying to find the engine room, and Ken. Then a bunch of Bakemon came to them.

"Look, they sent a welcoming party!" Daisuke said, grinning.

"It doesn't look like much of a welcoming party to me!" Miyako called. She turned to Hawkmon. "Digi Armor Energize!"

"Hawkmon, armor digivolve to... Holsemon, The Wings Of Love! Tempest Wing!" Holsemon cried.

"Digi Armor Energize!" Called Daisuke.

"V-mon, armor digivolve to... Fladramon, The Fire Of Courage! Fire Rocket!" Called Fladramon.

"Digi Armor Energize!" Called Iori.

"Armadimon, armor digivole to... Digmon, The Drill Of Power! Gold Rush!" Cried Digmon.

"Digi Armor Energize!" Hikari cried.

"Tailmon, armor digivolve to... Nefertimon, The Angel Of Light! Rosetta Stone!" Nefertimon cried.

The Bakemon floated in the air, paralyzed. The group ran under them, Takeru still following.

:~*~:

"Master, we have visitors." Wormmon called over to the Kaiser.

The boy looked up at the screen. *How did they get in here?* He asked himself. Then he saw Takeru. "What the??!!" He cried, staring at his boyfriend. *At least Patamon-san hasn't digivolved yet. That's a good sign.* He told himself, trying to calm down.

"Master, what's wrong?" Wormmon asked, scurrying over to the boy.

"Nothing. Send Chimeramon to them, and get some Digimon to bring the one with the white hat to me." The Kaiser said quickly. Wormmon scuttled off to do the Kaiser's bidding as the Kaiser continued to watch the boy with the orange Digimon on his white hat.

:~*~:

Suddenly, Chimeramon was there, and the others ran to battle it. Takeru watched from behind them, Pegasusmon helping the others.

Two Bakemon came up behind him and picked him off the ground, the others not even noticing. Takeru didn't struggle as the two Bakemon flew him from his friends, and to his one love.

:~*~:

"Master, the Bakemon have got the boy you requested." Wormmon annonced.

"Have them bring him in, then find something to amuse yourself with." The Kaiser said, still watching the screen. The door closed behind him. He tore off his glasses and turned around, finding Takeru looking at him. "What are you here for?" The Kaiser demanded of the boy.

Takeru stepped over to the boy sitting in the chair. "Does 'I missed you' fit that answer?" The blonde asked the boy before him.

The Kaiser sighed and got up, embracing the blonde. "I missed you too, but that's not the reason I was looking for."

"What's the reason you're looking for then?"

The Kaiser shrugged. "I don't know. All I know was that wasn't it."

Takeru slipped his mouth over the Kaiser's. The two shared a kiss for a minute, then broke apart, staring into one anothers' eyes. "Is that good?"

"Of course. That doesn't mean..." The Kaiser started.

"Master, I'm sorry to bother you, but, Chimeramon has de-digivolve all their Digimon." Wormmon called.

"Patamon-chan!" Takeru cried. He turned to the Kaiser. "Ken-chan, please. Stop that thing!"

"Chimeramon! Stop!" The Kaiser shouted, then took Takeru's hand and the two boys walked down to the engine room.

:~*~:

Chimeramon stood there, waiting for instructions from the Kaiser, when the two came in. The Kaiser and Takeru looked around at the Digidestined who were sitting at their Digimon's side, Daisuke, unfortunatly, was next to Tokomon.

"Takeru-san! Where were you?!" Hikari shouted from beside Miyako.

"I was busy." The boy mumbled.

"Doing what?! You left Patamon-san and the rest of us here to fight that monster! You are a baka! Baka Takeru-san! What do you think of that?!" Daisuke shouted, finally losing his cool.

Takeru, on the other hand, just wanted to strangle the boy. "I'm not a baka! You are, Baka Daisuke-san! That's who you really are!" Takeru would have pounded the other boy's face in, if the Kaiser hadn't been holding his arms behind his back.

"Takeru-chan, cool off. I'm not having you kill him. Leave it be and go get Tokomon-san." The Kaiser whispered into Takeru's ear.

The blonde nodded and walked over to where his Digimon lay. "Gomen nasai, Tokomon-chan. I won't do that again." Takeru said as he walked back to the Kaiser with Tokomon in his arms.

"And what about us?!" Daisuke shouted at Takeru's back.

Takeru flipped around, his eyes shinning in anger. "What about you, shutting your big, fat, ugly mouth?!" Takeru turned away from the stunned boy and stood next to the Kaiser.

"Would you two stop fighting!" Miyako shouted at the two boys who were still glaring daggers at each other.

"I, sadly, agree with Inoue-sama. Stop fighting." The Kaiser said quietly.

Daisuke turned his eyes to the evil boy. "You can't tell us what to do!" Daisuke shouted. Then he stood up and walked over to the Kaiser. "I'm not listening to you!" Daisuke punched the Kaiser in the stomach, then turned away.

"Baka Daisuke-san! Kimagure! Get back here!" Takeru shouted, kneeling down next to the Kaiser, who was kneeling on the floor, having trouble breathing.

Daisuke flipped around. "I'm no kimagure! You take that back!"

"Come over here and apologize! Then I'll think about it!" Takeru yelled back.

"Why you... Doseiaisha!" Daisuke shouted.

"Daisuke-san! That was rude!" Iori told the boy. Hikari was gaping at Daisuke, her face red with anger. Miyako wasn't even looking at him.

The Kaiser was watching Daisuke with anger as Takeru walked up to the boy, his fists clenched. "You will never call me that again! Understand?!" The blonde smacked the maroon and watched his reaction.

Daisuke put a hand to his face, where Takeru had smacked him. It hurt! *I didn't know he could hit that hard! Where did he learn how to do that?! Maybe I should apologize.* The marron boy, a hand still on his cheek, looked up at the other. "Gomen nasai, Takeru-san. I won't call you a doseiaisha again."

The blonde smiled. "And I won't call you a kimagure again." The blonde held out his hand. The maroon took it and they shook, making peace.

"Just, tell your friend over there to remove Chimeramon. That thing is starting to scare me!" Daisuke called. The others laughed, while the Kaiser signaled to Chimeramon, who chose that moment to attack, the Kaiser.

"Heat Viper!" Chimeramon cried, his attack headed straight for the Kaiser, who just barely jumped out of the way.

"Ken-chan! Stop him!" Takeru cried out.

The Kaiser rolled away from another attack. "I can't! He's out of control!" The Kaiser shouted, as he ran behind some boxes. The boxes were soon gone as Chimeramon attacked them.

"Hey, you! Big, ugly monster!" Daisuke called, running under Chimeramon's legs. Chimeramon focused his attention on the new boy.

"Motomiya Daisuke! Get back here!" Hikari called.

"Digivolve!" Takeru yelled.

Tokomon started to glow. "Tokomon, digivolve to... Patamon! Patamon, digivolve to... Angemon! Hand Of Fate!" The angel cried, aiming his attack at Chimeramon.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!" Cried a very angry Chimeramon as the attack hit him.

"Some help would be welcome!" Takeru called to the three behind him.

"Yeah! Digi Armor Energize!" Hikari cried.

"Salamon, digivolve to... Tailmon! Tailmon, armor digivolve to... Nefertimon, The Angel Of Light! Rosetta Stone!" Nefertimon called.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!" Cried Chimeramon as the angelic attack hit him.

"Digi Armor Energize!" Miyako added.

"Pururumon, digivolve to... Hawkmon! Hawkmon, armor digivolve to... Holsemon, The Wings Of Love! Tempest Wing!" Holsemon added his attack to Nefertimon and Angemon's.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!" Screamed Chimeramon as another attack hit him

"Digi Armor Energize!" Called Iori.

"Upamon, digivolve to... Armadimon! Armadimon, armor digivolve to... Digmon, The Drill Of Power! Gold Rush!" Called Digmon.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!"Cried Chimeramon as the attack hit him.

"I guess that would be painful." The Kaiser commented.

Daisuke held out his D-3. "And it's about to get more so! Digi Armor Energize!"

"Chibimon, digivolve to... V-mon! V-mon, armor digivolve to... Fladramon, The Fire Of Courage! Fire Rocket!" Fladramon called.

"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!" Chimeramon called as the Fire Rocket hit him.

"Master, can I help?" Wormmon asked the Kaiser, standing at his feet.

The Kaiser looked down, disgust written on his face. Then Takeru put a hand on his shoulder. "Let him try, Ken-chan. It'll do him some good."

The Kaiser nodded and held out his dark D-3. "Give it a try, Wormmon-chan." He whispered, his evil Kaiser clothes falling away.

"Wormmon, digivolve to... Stingmon! Spiking Finish!" Stingmon cried, destroying Chimeramon. All the Digimon de-digivolved.

"We... They... They destroyed him!" Miyako cried out. Hikari went over to comfort Miyako, Iori trying to help, but in a bit of shock too.

Wormmon, Takeru, and Patamon were dealing with Ken. "Ken-chan? You alright?" Takeru asked, worry creasing his soft face. All Ken could do was continue to stare off into space.

"Ken-chan, you still there?" Wormmon asked quietly.

Ken startled. "Did-did-did you say something?" He asked the three looking at him.

Takeru grinned and hugged the boy. "We didn't say anything. Nothing at all." Ken, of course, happily returned the hug.

Neither boy noticed the maroon boy watching them with a smile. *Good thing those two have each other. I was starting to think they were only friends, too. This means lots of things. One: I now have a better chance at Hikari- chan. Two: Takeru-san will start helping us again. Three: Ken-san will join us as a Digidestined. This is really going to work out. I just won't tell them I know until later, much later.* The boy picked up Chibimon and made a lot of noise. Then he came out from his hiding place to find Takeru helping Ken stand on unsturdy legs.

The two boys were having a heated convesation and hadn't seemed to notice Daisuke. "What you two arguing about?" Daisuke called.

Ken turned away. "Nothing, Daisuke-san." Takeru mumbled.

"Oh! I get it! You two were talking about girls weren't you?!" Daisuke laughed.

A look of relief passed over Takeru's face. "Hai. You caught us, Daisuke- san. Go help Hikari-san with Iori-san and Miyako-san. They don't look too good. I'll take Ken-chan home since I know where he lives, and his parents."

At a nod from Daisuke the two boys moved off, Ken steadying himself on Takeru. Daisuke headed over to where the others were. "We better head back and explain to Yamato-san why his ototo isn't with us."

Miyako and Iori nodded. They moved off ahead of the other two, their Digimon following. "Daisuke-san, why do I have the feeling you know something that you're not telling me?" Hikari asked in a whisper.

"Because it's rude to tell other people's secrets." The maroon boy replied.

"Huh?" Hikari watched the boy as he walked up to make Miyako and Iori laugh. He had a knack for that sort of thing. Hikari sighed. *He must mean Takeru-san and Ken-san. I've known those two haven't been telling us something, but I couldn't tell what it was. I guess Daisuke-san had noticed it too. If he doesn't want to tell me, I'm happy. It means he's matured some.* Hikari watched the boy in front of her who was acting like a baka. She laughed. *He isn't that much more mature though!* She ran to catch up with her friends, laughing with them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

If that one didn't completly change what happened in those episodes, I'm not doing my job as a writer! Arigatou!