Kindness & Cruelty

Chapter 2: Revealing

"I'm telling you, when I got to where Ken was, he seemed to have disappeared! That ally was too long for anyone to run through without being seen, even for him..." Yolei was telling the others what had happened on the night of the concert in her POV. Izzy and the new Digidestined were at Yolei's place. Izzy seemed to be in deep thought, and I mean deeper than usual for him.

"I don't see why Ken would run after someone he doesn't even know, then just disappear. That is a bit strange for him." Everyone in the group nodded in agreement. Wormmon was the next one to speak.

"Was there anything that could have something to do with what might have happened to Ken?" Yolei nodded.

"Two items. One of them is in a jar that I found for a good reason. Here it is." She pulled out a jar with black webbing in it. Wormmon narrowed his eyes at it.

"I'll bet it's him..." Everyone stared at Wormmon in completeconfusion. Veemon regained his speaking ability first.

"Wormmon, what are you talking about?" Wormmon went from green to red in embarassment.

"Nothing...what else do you have?" Yolei had already started diggin through her bag whe nthe question was asked.

"Now, i put it in here somewhere...no, that's not it...aha! There it is. Take a GOOD look at this." Yolei pulled out a rose-colored crest that was kept within a black tag. Izzy, Kari and T.K. gasped in unison. So did Gatomon and Patamon. T.K. snapped out of it first.

"How can that be? That means that there is another crest carrier..." Izzy leaned closer.

"Yolei, may I have a closer look at that crest?" Yolei nodded as she handed the crest to Izzy, who dropped it after getting a GOOD look at it.

"Izzy, what's the matter?" Cody looked toward Armadillomon in disbelief when he realized that Armadillomon had stolen his line.

"That's no ordinary crest. That crest had the same cymbol and color as the Crest of Kindness, but was held within a black tag. If the tag was golden, then it would stand for Kindness, but I don't know what it stands for when it's in a black tag." At that statement, Wormmon left the room, with Davis and Veemon following him. When Davis left the room, he had to duck under a flying Sticky Net. It looks like Wormmon was pretty ticked off.

"Whoa, watch it, Wormmon! You almost knocked off my goggles!" Wormmon blushed as he realized that he had attacked Ken's best human friend.

"Sorry about that, Davis. It's just that I can't believe that my brother would be doing this..." Davis and Veemon stared at Wormmon in confusion.

"We didn't know you had a brother...Who is he?" Wormmon looked up into Veemon's eyes and sighed.

"Alright. First of all, my brother isn't really behind this, it's his partner that's behind this. My brother is Durisamon, the black version of me, who belongs with the Digidestined of Cruelty. When the Crest of Kindness is within a black tag, it is known as the Crest of Cruelty. The crests, when they are in black tags, mean the exact opposite of when they are in golden tags. The Digidestined of Cruelty is said to be destined to rule over the Digital World, but he can't do so as long as his opposite is still on the side of good, or if he won't become evil, is still alive. As long as Ken is alive and still alive, we still have a chance at defeating the Digidestined of Cruelty. If Ken's been captured, then we're in trouble..." Davis and Veemon stared at Wormmon, then at each other, then back at Wormmon.

"I think you should tell the others this...I mean, this is vital information!" Veemon nodded in agreement with Davis. Wormmon sighed and crawled back into the room, with Davis and Veemon following behind him.

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(A/n: I'm warning you right now that things are going to get wierd. I mean wierder than ever for a fanfic. On to the story.)

"What do you plan to do to me, you jerk?!" Ken seemed to be trapped within a clear, unshatterable, glass bubble with no gravity, but plenty of air in it. A cord seemed to attached to the back of his neck, where the Dark Spore used to be. The cord was connected to the very machine that powered the flying fortress that they were in. Sam and Durisamon were standing in front of the bubble, both of them wearing an evil grin.

"Since you won't join us, I'd thought I should get what I could from you before getting rid of you. See the computer that you're connected to? That is not only draining your energy away from you, but is replacing that energy with that of a Control Spire, which will make any Digimon near you become evil, even the Digidestined Digimon." ken gasped. That means he couldn't be near the others anymore, not even Wormmon...

"Brother, why are you doing this? This is not how you acted when you were alive..." Sam shook his head in disbelief.

"I was weak then, but not anymore. I'll soon be able to fulfil my destiny. Your experiences as the Digimon Empero have already proved to be useful as the computer is copying all of your memories. I will be able to tell what happened that allowed you to be defeated by those Digidestined and strengthen those plans." Ken narrowed his eyes.

"Why are you copying what I have done in the past What I have done should not be repeated by anyone..." Ken grabbed the back of his neck as the computer sent of greater amounts of electricity than the Dark Ring. Durisamon looked up toward Sam.

"Is it time for me to Digivolve, master?" Sam nodded.

"Yes, it is. I'll bet the others are wondering where he is. You know what you must do after Digivolving." Durisamon nodded. He closed his eyes as a rose colored aura surrounded him, allowing him to Digivolve.

"Durisamon digivolve to...Neomon!" When aura around Neomon disappeared, Ken gasped. This Neomon looked exactly like him! The only difference between Neomon and Ken was the fact that Neomon didn't have a D- 3. Ken had seen the female Neomon, but he never knew about the male one.

"What the...I'll bet Wormmon will be able to tell that you're not me..." When that was said, Ken saw that Neomon's eyes had turned a crystal black, causing Ken to become silent and fall asleep. With the help of Neomon's Psychic Control, the black D-3 teleported out of the bubble and into Neomon's left hand. He placed it into his pocket.

"Night's Gaze and Psychic Control are always helpful. I believe it is time for me to take my leave." Sam nodded in agreeement.

"That's right, Neomon. Good luck." Neomon nodded as a silver portal that lead to Odiba apeared behind him. He jumped into the portal, causing it to close itself. As soon as Neomon left, Sam broke out into a laughter that could scare anyone who hears it, even the ones with no fear in their hearts, at the thought of fulfilling his destiny.

(A/n: SORRY THIS TOOK SO FREAKING LONG TO PUT UP!!! I've had to retype this chapter about 10 times, because the computer kept having it for breakfast... Don't you hate it when something like that happens? BTW, Thanks for reviewing, Ken's_luver!)