By: Ishami Varimakato Hope
CHAPTER 2 "Ken, no more than a friend?"
She looked so much like a Gatomon except that she was much smaller and was covered in grey fur. She had a symbol on her left cheek. And beside her was a digi-egg. Ken and Wormmon both saw it too.
"It's the Digi-egg of Forgiveness," Wishmon informed.
"So, where's the crest? I mean, don't Digidestines get their crests before they get the digi-eggs?"
"I don't know about that, but I'm sure that this must be your digi-egg, Annye. Try to pick it up," Ken stated.
"Here goes." I picked it up so easily, as if it would have come towards me and didn't need me to pick it up. "Can you Armor-Digivolve so I can see what Digimon you'll become?"
"Sure! Anything you say. But you have to say Digi-Armor Energize."
"Okay, here goes. Digi-Armor Energize!" Then suddenly, Wishmon armor-digivolved into Anamon, a strange human girl-looking Digimon. She was almost like Angewomon, except for some differences such as the hair, the wings, the mask and the clothes. Anamon was flying with grey-coloured wings. She has short deep and greyish hair to her shoulders and very sharp-looking eyes. She was dressed very strangely and on her grey metallic mask was the sign of Forgiveness.
"Annye, can I now go back to being in my champion form?"
"Sure! Whatever you say!"
Then Anamon returned to being Wishmon and the digi-egg went into my D-terminal that I was given. I asked what time it was, and Ken said that it was 4:30pm already.
I yelled, "Over there, Ken!"
"Wormmon, digivolve!" Ken shouted and Wormmon digivolved to Stingmon.
"Digi-Armor Energize!" I yelled and Wishmon became Anamon again.
We ran there, and they quickly destroyed the two control spires that were there. Anamon returned to being Wishmon and Stingmon returned to being Wormmon.
Suddenly, we saw the other kids. "Don't forget, Ken, I'm your girlfriend if they ask."
The other kids as well as their Digimon rushed towards us. There were Davis, Yolei, Kari, T.K., Cody, and their Digimon.
"Hi, Ken! Who's her with the strange Digimon?" Davis questioned with curiosity as he looked towards me and Wishmon, and then back towards Ken. They others only asked.
"Her name is Annye. She's...uh...my girlfriend and she's also a Digidestine like all of us. Her Digimon is Wishmon."
"Annye? Where have I heard that name before?" T.K. wondered.
Yolei said in shock, "Your girlfriend? Another Digidestine? I thought you were single."
Ken replied, "Not anymore."
"When did she arrive? And how come we never saw here before today in the Digital World?" T.K. asked with great interest in me.
"Ah...," Ken hesitated when he didn't know what to say.
"I'll answer that T.K."
"You know my name? How?"
"I'll explain soon enough. Gather around," I requested. They gathered themselves and then I explained, "Hi, you can all call me Annye, this is my Wishmon. I'm from Canada. I arrived in Japan just today. There's no need to introduce yourself. Ken had already told me of all of your names. Right, Ken?"
"Huh?...Right!"
"You see, this is my first time to the Digital World. Ken, what's the time?"
"Huh?"
"Oh no! It's 5:58pm already! We have to leave now!"
"Right! Bye for now, e-mail Ken if you need me, he'll contact me. Bye."
"How come you and Ken are in such a hurry?" Kari asked me.
"So, Annye, are you going to stay in Japan?" T.K. asked, "And for how long are you going to stay?"
"What?" I asked T.K. with confusion as I tried to ask myself why he had asked that.
"Because my parents will be back home at 6:00pm. Bye," Ken answered.
"I'll tell you later, T.K. Bye."
They answered back, "Bye." Then we left.
* * *
We arrived back just in time. Ken's parents had just arrived and opened the front door. Ken and I raced to where his parents were.
Ken introduced me to his parents and said that I was from Canada, and asked if I can stay with him. They answered okay, but asked why. "I'm sorry but I can't tell you that. Please let me stay, I promise to do some work around the house for you." His parents agreed that I could stay but wondered where I'm going to sleep.
"She can sleep in the extra empty bed below mine," Ken suggested.
Ms. Ichijouji replied, "Okay then, only if she wants that."
"Are you sure about that, Honey?" Mr. Ichijouji quietly questioned his wife who was just standing right beside him on his left.
"Of course we are."
"Why?"
"I'll explain later, Dear. But trust me, it's for very good reasons," Ms. Ichijouji answered her husband softly.
"Thanks. Thank you so much! Oh yeah, ah, I'll do my own laundry if that's what you were going to ask."
"Sure! Ken, did you already take a shower? And what about your girlfriend?" his dad asked.
"Call her Annye. She had already showered before I did. So, we both had a bath already. We had already taken care of the laundry."
"Good. Ken, Dear, call Annye and tell her that dinner's ready," Ms. Ichijouji.
"Okay, Mom. But we were wondering if we can eat dinner in our room."
"That's alright, Ken," his mom said without opposition.
As we nodded, we said, "Thanks!". So we carried our dinner to our room and we gave our Digimon some of our dinner. I sat on the given bed while Ken sat at his desk. While at the dining table, Ms. Ichijouji explained carefully in details about her reasons for letting me stay. After we finished our dinner, Ken got a message on his D-terminal. A second later, I did too. Ken opened his message from Davis.
It stated: Hey, Ken, it's Davis. Hurry to the Digital World, we need help!
I tried to figured out which buttons on my D-terminal I was supposed to press to open the message. Ken walked towards me and quickly opened it when he saw that I was unable to. It was the same message, except that it was from T.K. and he asked me for assistance. "Just great! How could T.K. trust me and not Ken when he met Ken before he met me?" I asked myself in deep thought.
"Wait here, I'll be back," Ken said. He unlocked the door and headed into the living room where his parents were. He asked them not to interrupt him, saying that I was sleeping and that he will too. Ken hurried back and locked the door.
"Let's go, Annye, Wormmon, Wishmon! Digi-port open!"
"Okay!" we answered him and nodded.
Instantly, we were transported back to the Digital World. There we saw the other kids trapped and their Digimon trying to defeat a evil Digimon that was really a control spire under a spell, but they didn't know that yet. They were losing.
I shouted, "Digi-Armor Energize!" And Wishmon armor-digivolved.
"Wormmon, digivolve!" Wormmon digivolved to Stingmon.
"Hey, guys! Annye's here! With Ken?" T.K. stated to the others that were with him.
"T.K.?" I asked myself softly so Ken won't hear.
While they were fighting, Ken quickly tried to untie the ropes around the other kids as I rushed to try to uncover what the dark shadow was. "Hey, Annye, where are you going? We're over here!" T.K. yelled when I ran as fast as I could to cure my curiosity. I heard his yelling for me, but I didn't stop for I knew that I couldn't because of the feeling that I have that with my discovery of the dark shadow, I would greatly do good and finish my mission so I can return to my home. It was a shame that I had lost the shadow in the end.
"Ahhhh!" I was attacked but I didn't know what or who it was.
"Annye!" Ken and T.K. cried out at the same time. Suddenly, I was tied around a tree and was unable to move, so I tried to scream again.
"Ken! Anamon! Help! Over here!"
They all ran to aid me as soon as they were able to, but they didn't make it in time. I had already wished to be untied and it did. They were all shocked, even Ken! They all asked how it happened.
"Huh? I don't know, maybe a Digimon untied me before all of you got here."
"Where's the Digimon?" Davis asked in doubt.
"Maybe you guys scared the Digimon away, and the Digimon ran away before I even get to say thanks. Let's go back and check on Anamon and our Digimon," I suggested to change the subject. We ran. There we saw Anamon and Stingmon destroying the control-spire Digimon when the other Digimon were low on energy and returned to their usual forms.
"Are you okay, Annye?" Anamon asked.
"Oh, I'm fine. Thanks for asking, Anamon," I answered back and Anamon returned to Wishmon while Stingmon returned to Wormmon.
"Thanks for coming to help us," T.K. said with appreciation as he brought his right hand out to shake with. Ken shook his hand with T.K. and they all shook hands with me and Ken except for Cody. He didn't shake hands with Cody. Cody didn't take his hand out.
"Ken, it's okay, let's go now."
"Okay, Annye."
"Goodbye. Oh yeah, Cody, some day you'll understand," I said. "And until then, please don't be too hard on Ken; Cody, you have already hurt his feelings even if you don't know it yet," I whispered into Cody's ear.
Ken and I left and returned into our room with our Digimon. When we arrived, Ken unlocked his door and said, "It's already 8:00pm, it's time for bed. Go to bed, Wormmon, and I suggest you too, Annye, Wishmon."
"Okay, goodnight, Ken, Wormmon," we whispered.
"Goodnight," they whispered back. And we all went to bed and fell asleep very quickly.
Ken's parents went to check on us in our room and found us fast asleep and left to sleep in their room. I was dreaming about home and screamed. It had awoken only Ken, luckily, his parents were disturbed.
* * *
"It's alright, Annye. Don't worry, you'll return home very soon."
"Thanks, Ken. I miss my family and my friends but especially this one guy that I like a lot. Oh, I miss him so much."
"Don't worry. Did I ever tell you that you really slept peacefully until you screamed?"
"Actually, not until now. I'm so lonely even though I'm around people, even my friends. I often feel so lonely and that's why I chose you, Ken. You are almost like me, feeling lonely. Did I tell you that I really like you and that I know that you're a very good and loyal friend, Ken?"
"No, not until now, Annye. If you want, I would gladly pretend to be the guy who you like a lot if that's going to make you a little happier. What's his name?"
"No, there's no need. You see, Ken, I like him a lot but he doesn't know that and I don't even know if he likes me as much as I like him or more. You will give me the opportunity for me to forget him. Promise me, not to tell anyone this? And you don't have to pretend because I like you a lot since I first saw you," I said and blushed but Ken didn't see since he was still above me in his bed.
"Okay, I promise. But, do you actually like me?"
"What do you think? Why would anyone not like you? You're one of the nicest persons I ever had met. I'm just glad I that fortunate. I just hope that the others don't find out exactly who I am before the right time reveals itself?"
"Don't worry, we'll keep up appearances. I'll try my very best to be a boyfriend."
"Okay, Ken. But make sure it's not that convincing. I might really come to like you more than a friend."
I couldn't believe what I was saying. I had just told Ken that I might come to be interested in him. I had to think of something to say. But I couldn't resist to see his reaction. His face was filled with redness.
"Ah.... Let's sleep now. Goodnight," I suggested.
"Right! Goodnight."
I couldn't fall asleep. I was still worrying, but not sure of what I was wondering about. All I know was that I truly missed my home and my old carefree life that I had before I had even come to this troublesome world. I wondered if I'll even get my mission completed so I can return home, the place I love so much, the place that I'll always love. There's just too much conflicts in the Digital World. It's a never-ending battle between goodness and darkness. Hopefully, I won't really need to defeat all evil that's causing trouble, for if I am to, I will forever enslaved myself to an endless mission due to a foolish and not entirely thought out decision. I should have never decide to come. Isn't it true that home is where the heart is, then why am I here when my heart isn't here to accompany me? There's just too many things to think about.
I mindlessly stared at the walls that surrounded me, like a prison, almost angry to be here, although, I am grateful to have the honour of being here, in an alien world. My plan was to stare mindlessly at the walls until I grow weary of doing so, and close my eyes to get some necessary rest. But even though as I stared and almost successfully closed my eyes, I got the uneasy feeling of an occurrence yet to come. I carefully moved sideways as a result of somewhat not wanting to sleep, but to run home.
When I finally found the suitable side to face, I almost closed my eyes until something caught my attention. Due to a high dose of curiosity that I had gotten from my father's side, I was determined to investigate on this matter of what they were and their origin. I glanced at the sparkles.
They were actually sparkles of the indication of water or a water-related substance. They came slightly from up above my temporary bed since it can be movable and attachable. "I must really be seeing things," I informed myself quietly.
They continued. The sparkles, they vanished and reappeared again. "Those are not exactly sparkles; they're tears? But I'm not crying. Why should I cry? I admit, I do want to cry, but how will that help me with my troubles? Sure, it can bring me sympathy, and comfort or at least something to pass time. But won't that be a waste of time, then? So, if I'm not crying, and I'm sure that I'm not, then who is?" I thought as I tried to figure out the facts.
* * *
"Ken? Ken? Are you awake?" I asked softly, trying not to gain or wake up any unnecessary attention.
"Annye?"
"Great! You're awake, Ken, but weren't you supposed to be sleeping?"
"And weren't you?"
"I couldn't."
"Me neither."
"What have you been doing all this time, then?"
"Nothing much. What about you?"
"Just wondering and worrying."
"Worrying? About what?"
"Worrying about stuff."
"And wondering?"
"Just wondering if you were crying."
"What?"
"Were you not crying?"
"Well, I did until you asked me if I was awake. But how did you know?"
"Didn't I tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
"I can tell if someone is crying."
"Huh?"
"Whenever someone that's close to me cries, I see sparkles appearing, and disappearing when they stop crying. Neat, don't you think?"
"Oh, is that all?"
"Actually, no, you see, I can't get some rest when I'm tired until the person, who's crying, stops."
"Oh."
"Goodnight."
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To be continued!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but a girl can still dream.