The Saga of Good: Chapter 4
A/N: Please review.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
Ken: *sulking* I can't believe Sam's gone...
heath 999: *dancing all over the place in pure happiness* WHO CARES ABOUT THAT?! Athena is finally coming back! I'm so happy I could die!
Ken: *glares* That can be arranged, you know.
heath 999: *settles down and sits in her desk chair, while putting feet up on her computer desk while a little green blur goes whizzing by on the floor* Anyway, you know he couldn't have stayed, anyway Ken's Luver probably missed him.
Ken: *putting his feet on a table while the little green blur goes whizzing by under him* I guess so...
heath 999: *watching as the little green blur goes up the wall* Well, it's over now. On another note, I can't believe Wormmon ate the extra-large pizza and both of the two liter bottles of soda.
Ken: I told you digimon were bottomless pits.
heath 999: I'm just glad that Wormmon hasn't found my college stash.
Wormmon: *stops mid-crawl on the ceiling* Stash?
heath 999: Yeah, I have it for my college midterms and finals when I have to spend all night studying. All students have one; I hide mine because of you guys.
Ken: What do you have in it?
heath 999: About three tons of candy, and thirty gallons of soda.
Ken: YOU KEEP ALL THAT HIDDEN?!
heath 999: Yup, using my powers of an authoress, I can sometimes use it outside my story.
Wormmon: FOOD!!! *drops from the ceiling and goes running out of the room, still on the caffeine high*
Ken: Uh, heath, maybe you shouldn't have mentioned about the food.
heath 999: CRAP!!! *goes running after him*
Ken: *hears multiple crashes and shouts mixed with cursing* Serves her right for letting Sam leave. Please review.
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I walk slowly to Primary Village, the only place that seems to accept me the way I am.
Why?
Why do they hate me so much?
Every time I look in Cody's eyes, I see the hatred that when I was the Digimon Emperor reflected in my eyes in the mirror every time I looked in one.
Maybe that's why I refuse to join them...
because I don't want to see one of them turn into what I used to be because of their hatred towards me.
I don't want to be responsible for that.
Or,
or maybe I just want to be a teammate, accepted and trusted like the digidestined are with each other when I watch them.
I don't know, but until Cody trusts me...
I don't see myself as part of the team.
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I stare shocked at Yolei after she smacks me across the face.
Why did she hit me?
I thought she forgiven me, why did she hit me if she likes me as a friend.
Maybe...
maybe because I'm not acting like a friend.
That fact hits me like a slap in the face.
How can I earn someone's trust if I don't act like their friend?
Without hesitation, I climb on Stingmon who was buzzing around Primary Village in case if there was trouble and follow Yolei.
I'll stop being selfish.
I'll start acting like a friend to the digidestined.
Then...
then I'll get their forgiveness.
~*~
I walk slowly around the digital world, just enjoying the quietness of the woods with Wormmon beside me.
My eyes dilate with fear as I see darkness coming this way.
The darkness...
the darkness is coming back for me.
I won't go!
I won't become the Digimon Emperor again!
Not after all the pain I caused.
I hear waves.
I look up to see the waves of the dark ocean.
It's coming back for me...
A searing pain shoots through the back of my neck, into my brain,
it feels like it's trying to split my brain apart.
I scream as I clutch my head, trying to fight the darkness and the pain at the same time.
I fall to my knees, the pain too much to bear, barely hearing Wormmon begging me to be okay.
I see...
I see the death of hundreds of digimon at my hands.
The death of Wormmon.
The death of my brother.
The death of the Digimon Emperor.
Sadness fills me, and I feel more pain shooting up my neck...
it's all my fault.
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I walk slowly through the digital world.
I know that I shouldn't do this, but...
but I feel that I'm the one who would understand him more than anyone else.
I just hope that Arukenimon and Mummymon aren't around when I try to talk to him.
That's why I brought Wormmon.
Even though it might not help in the long run.
I spot him, flying along the server desert, still looking for his heart.
He reminds me so much of myself it isn't even funny.
I'm relieved for once that Arukenimon and Mummymon aren't trailing him.
I walk slowly up him, trying to show that I'm not here for a fight.
"You don't want to be like me." I say softly, and Blackwargreymon whirls around in surprise.
"What do you mean?!" He snarls in anger and surprise.
I step forward, a little more confident since he didn't just blast me off the digital world at my first words.
"I know how you feel, you're empty, and you don't know how to fill that gap so you're doing what you think is best to fill it. I should know, I felt the same way before." I say softly, head hanging in shame.
I look up to see him tilting his head towards me, studying me curiously; "you're saying that I can have a heart if I stop doing all this destruction?"
"Yeah, that's how I found mine." I admit, looking at the ground again.
"Well, I'M DIFFERENT THAN YOU ARE!!!" He roars, enraged, and I quickly back away.
"The only way to find my heart is to destroy the destiny stones, and you can't convince me otherwise. Now, leave before I kill you!" He says menacingly, heading towards me.
Wormmon quickly digivolves to Stingmon, and we soon quickly retreat.
Sadness fills me.
Someday he's going to regret ever doing what he's doing.
Much like I do every day...
about being the Digimon Emperor.
~*~
I look sadly at my crest.
Even after all this time, I still don't believe I deserve it.
Why did I get something that I'm completely the opposite of?
Fate can play such cruel tricks on someone.
And it seems to like me best.
Why is my life filled with such sadness, and memories of terrible things?
I know I have good memories, but I can never seem to find them.
Even now,
after I stopped being the Digimon Emperor...
the same memories play through my head.
I just don't understand.
What did I do to deserve such torture?
I bury my face in my arms, even after fixing all that I've done; I'm still to blame for everything that's happening.
If I didn't build the control spires...
then Blackwargreymon wouldn't be terrorizing the digiworld, and the digidestined and I.
It's my entire fault.
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I stare at Izzy, utterly confused.
If my personality reflects the clothing that I wear in the digiworld, then why did I look like Sam?
Sam was so gentle.
While I was mean, even before I became the Digimon Emperor.
Then why did I look like Sam?
Maybe...
maybe there was something else going on that I didn't know about.
But what?
Whatever it is, I have a bad feeling that I'll find out sooner or later even if I don't want to know.
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I start slowly walking away, heading towards home before my parents worry about me.
"Hey, Ken! I know it's a long trip back home for you, so why don't we have a sleepover? We can all come over and find a way to defeat Blackwargreymon!" Davis invites, a genuine smile on his face.
I turn partway towards him, hesitating over his words.
Nobody's ever invited me to his or her house before.
What if I don't know how to act?
Also, I'm not part of the team,
am I?
I hesitate, realizing that Davis really is trying to be a friend, and I should start acting like one.
"Just allow me to call Mama, so she doesn't worry." I say with a genuine smile, returning his.
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~Ken's Mom POV~
I smile and slowly wipe the tears of joy from my eyes.
He's finally found a friend.
I'm so happy for him.
And...
and it seems like he's gotten over the death of Sam.
~*~
~Ken's POV~
I watch as the digidestined celebrate another end of the day of destroying my control spires.
My control spires.
The ones that I made.
Maybe that's why I'm hesitating.
I nervously finger the invitations to a Christmas party.
Would they come?
I know they accept me as one of their own, except Cody.
Except...
that's a word that has been in my life ever since I stopped being the Digimon Emperor.
I look at them, they seem so happy as a team; do they really need me to disturb that balance?
Tears fill my eyes as I struggle through the sadness the question.
They're the closest people I've had towards friends.
Even closer than Sam.
Maybe they won't think that way anymore if I invite them.
I remember Mama, happily bustling about in preparations for the party.
She was so happy to know that I was inviting friends over.
I have to do it for her, to make her happy.
Even if it makes me nervous.
I walk slowly forward, nervously holding out the invitations with Wormmon next to me.
"I-I- I would like to invite you all to a Christmas party." I stammer nervously, eyes glued to the ground.
Maybe I can make friends after all...
TBC...
~*~
A/N: I know, I know, I've skipped around a lot in the last two chapters, but there was really not much to cover in the part of the series. I'm building up for the last part as we speak, anyway. Please review.
A/N: Please review.
~*~
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
Ken: *sulking* I can't believe Sam's gone...
heath 999: *dancing all over the place in pure happiness* WHO CARES ABOUT THAT?! Athena is finally coming back! I'm so happy I could die!
Ken: *glares* That can be arranged, you know.
heath 999: *settles down and sits in her desk chair, while putting feet up on her computer desk while a little green blur goes whizzing by on the floor* Anyway, you know he couldn't have stayed, anyway Ken's Luver probably missed him.
Ken: *putting his feet on a table while the little green blur goes whizzing by under him* I guess so...
heath 999: *watching as the little green blur goes up the wall* Well, it's over now. On another note, I can't believe Wormmon ate the extra-large pizza and both of the two liter bottles of soda.
Ken: I told you digimon were bottomless pits.
heath 999: I'm just glad that Wormmon hasn't found my college stash.
Wormmon: *stops mid-crawl on the ceiling* Stash?
heath 999: Yeah, I have it for my college midterms and finals when I have to spend all night studying. All students have one; I hide mine because of you guys.
Ken: What do you have in it?
heath 999: About three tons of candy, and thirty gallons of soda.
Ken: YOU KEEP ALL THAT HIDDEN?!
heath 999: Yup, using my powers of an authoress, I can sometimes use it outside my story.
Wormmon: FOOD!!! *drops from the ceiling and goes running out of the room, still on the caffeine high*
Ken: Uh, heath, maybe you shouldn't have mentioned about the food.
heath 999: CRAP!!! *goes running after him*
Ken: *hears multiple crashes and shouts mixed with cursing* Serves her right for letting Sam leave. Please review.
~*~
I walk slowly to Primary Village, the only place that seems to accept me the way I am.
Why?
Why do they hate me so much?
Every time I look in Cody's eyes, I see the hatred that when I was the Digimon Emperor reflected in my eyes in the mirror every time I looked in one.
Maybe that's why I refuse to join them...
because I don't want to see one of them turn into what I used to be because of their hatred towards me.
I don't want to be responsible for that.
Or,
or maybe I just want to be a teammate, accepted and trusted like the digidestined are with each other when I watch them.
I don't know, but until Cody trusts me...
I don't see myself as part of the team.
~*~
I stare shocked at Yolei after she smacks me across the face.
Why did she hit me?
I thought she forgiven me, why did she hit me if she likes me as a friend.
Maybe...
maybe because I'm not acting like a friend.
That fact hits me like a slap in the face.
How can I earn someone's trust if I don't act like their friend?
Without hesitation, I climb on Stingmon who was buzzing around Primary Village in case if there was trouble and follow Yolei.
I'll stop being selfish.
I'll start acting like a friend to the digidestined.
Then...
then I'll get their forgiveness.
~*~
I walk slowly around the digital world, just enjoying the quietness of the woods with Wormmon beside me.
My eyes dilate with fear as I see darkness coming this way.
The darkness...
the darkness is coming back for me.
I won't go!
I won't become the Digimon Emperor again!
Not after all the pain I caused.
I hear waves.
I look up to see the waves of the dark ocean.
It's coming back for me...
A searing pain shoots through the back of my neck, into my brain,
it feels like it's trying to split my brain apart.
I scream as I clutch my head, trying to fight the darkness and the pain at the same time.
I fall to my knees, the pain too much to bear, barely hearing Wormmon begging me to be okay.
I see...
I see the death of hundreds of digimon at my hands.
The death of Wormmon.
The death of my brother.
The death of the Digimon Emperor.
Sadness fills me, and I feel more pain shooting up my neck...
it's all my fault.
~*~
I walk slowly through the digital world.
I know that I shouldn't do this, but...
but I feel that I'm the one who would understand him more than anyone else.
I just hope that Arukenimon and Mummymon aren't around when I try to talk to him.
That's why I brought Wormmon.
Even though it might not help in the long run.
I spot him, flying along the server desert, still looking for his heart.
He reminds me so much of myself it isn't even funny.
I'm relieved for once that Arukenimon and Mummymon aren't trailing him.
I walk slowly up him, trying to show that I'm not here for a fight.
"You don't want to be like me." I say softly, and Blackwargreymon whirls around in surprise.
"What do you mean?!" He snarls in anger and surprise.
I step forward, a little more confident since he didn't just blast me off the digital world at my first words.
"I know how you feel, you're empty, and you don't know how to fill that gap so you're doing what you think is best to fill it. I should know, I felt the same way before." I say softly, head hanging in shame.
I look up to see him tilting his head towards me, studying me curiously; "you're saying that I can have a heart if I stop doing all this destruction?"
"Yeah, that's how I found mine." I admit, looking at the ground again.
"Well, I'M DIFFERENT THAN YOU ARE!!!" He roars, enraged, and I quickly back away.
"The only way to find my heart is to destroy the destiny stones, and you can't convince me otherwise. Now, leave before I kill you!" He says menacingly, heading towards me.
Wormmon quickly digivolves to Stingmon, and we soon quickly retreat.
Sadness fills me.
Someday he's going to regret ever doing what he's doing.
Much like I do every day...
about being the Digimon Emperor.
~*~
I look sadly at my crest.
Even after all this time, I still don't believe I deserve it.
Why did I get something that I'm completely the opposite of?
Fate can play such cruel tricks on someone.
And it seems to like me best.
Why is my life filled with such sadness, and memories of terrible things?
I know I have good memories, but I can never seem to find them.
Even now,
after I stopped being the Digimon Emperor...
the same memories play through my head.
I just don't understand.
What did I do to deserve such torture?
I bury my face in my arms, even after fixing all that I've done; I'm still to blame for everything that's happening.
If I didn't build the control spires...
then Blackwargreymon wouldn't be terrorizing the digiworld, and the digidestined and I.
It's my entire fault.
~*~
I stare at Izzy, utterly confused.
If my personality reflects the clothing that I wear in the digiworld, then why did I look like Sam?
Sam was so gentle.
While I was mean, even before I became the Digimon Emperor.
Then why did I look like Sam?
Maybe...
maybe there was something else going on that I didn't know about.
But what?
Whatever it is, I have a bad feeling that I'll find out sooner or later even if I don't want to know.
~*~
I start slowly walking away, heading towards home before my parents worry about me.
"Hey, Ken! I know it's a long trip back home for you, so why don't we have a sleepover? We can all come over and find a way to defeat Blackwargreymon!" Davis invites, a genuine smile on his face.
I turn partway towards him, hesitating over his words.
Nobody's ever invited me to his or her house before.
What if I don't know how to act?
Also, I'm not part of the team,
am I?
I hesitate, realizing that Davis really is trying to be a friend, and I should start acting like one.
"Just allow me to call Mama, so she doesn't worry." I say with a genuine smile, returning his.
~*~
~Ken's Mom POV~
I smile and slowly wipe the tears of joy from my eyes.
He's finally found a friend.
I'm so happy for him.
And...
and it seems like he's gotten over the death of Sam.
~*~
~Ken's POV~
I watch as the digidestined celebrate another end of the day of destroying my control spires.
My control spires.
The ones that I made.
Maybe that's why I'm hesitating.
I nervously finger the invitations to a Christmas party.
Would they come?
I know they accept me as one of their own, except Cody.
Except...
that's a word that has been in my life ever since I stopped being the Digimon Emperor.
I look at them, they seem so happy as a team; do they really need me to disturb that balance?
Tears fill my eyes as I struggle through the sadness the question.
They're the closest people I've had towards friends.
Even closer than Sam.
Maybe they won't think that way anymore if I invite them.
I remember Mama, happily bustling about in preparations for the party.
She was so happy to know that I was inviting friends over.
I have to do it for her, to make her happy.
Even if it makes me nervous.
I walk slowly forward, nervously holding out the invitations with Wormmon next to me.
"I-I- I would like to invite you all to a Christmas party." I stammer nervously, eyes glued to the ground.
Maybe I can make friends after all...
TBC...
~*~
A/N: I know, I know, I've skipped around a lot in the last two chapters, but there was really not much to cover in the part of the series. I'm building up for the last part as we speak, anyway. Please review.