The Dark Ocean
ELP: I'm miserable, so I wrote this. Now this chapter, has got to be
the weirdest. Unless I change it. Oh well.....
Sammy: We don't own digimon, and we probable never will.
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Ken stared across the sand, over the ocean, everywhere. This
was beginning to scare him. Daisuke stared.
" Uh, where are we?" He asked, unaware of the darkness
surrounding Ken. Ken shook.
" We're back in the Dark Ocean. I-It's winning......." Ken
dropped to his knees, hands on his head, muttering like a zombie about the Dark
Ocean winning. Kari knelt down beside him. She started to shake him by the
shoulders.
" Ken, listen to me. The ocean can't win. You proved that
last time against the Kaiser. What is wrong with you? Please, get up, and fight
the ocean. We will win, and we'll get home." Ken looked up at Kari. His migraine
was terrible, and his eyes were a little unfocused. Kari stared at the boy. Ken
was losing, and she had to help somehow. But she didn't know how. That was the
problem. Ken bent his head back down in shame and pain. A tremor shot through
him, making him shake really badly. Daisuke stared. Was this his fault? Could
calling Ken the Kaiser pushed him over the edge? Could betraying him really
weakened Ken's state? Takeru looked out over the horizon, and spotted a cave.
The cave was actually the cave Kari and Ken had previously used for shelter.
Takeru pointed to it.
" Guys, if we can get to that cave, maybe we can sort this
all out. Let's go." Takeru started to walk to the cave. Daisuke followed, along
with Miyako and Cody. Kari tried to get Ken up. Ken slowly rose to his feet,
barely able to stand. Kari supported him while he stumbled to the cave. When
they finally made it, Ken collapsed by the cave wall, buried his head in his
arms, and shook. The darkness was all around him, and all the DD could see now.
Kari knelt down beside Ken, putting a hand on his shoulder. Ken's head jerked
up, and he came eye to eye with Kari.
" Ken, please don't let the Darkness win. You can beat it,
just like you beat the Kaiser. We will get home, like I said. You got us out of
the Dark Ocean before. In fact, you got us out of the Dark Ocean not more then a
half an hour ago. You can get us out again. I believe in you." Kari stated the
last part as a whisper. Ken looked deep into her eyes, and started to stand.
Kari stood with him, and all the DD walked out of the cave with them. Ken stared
at the sky.
" I might be able to open the portal with my D-3, but it
might not work. I'll give it a shot." Ken held his D-3 up to the sky. Kari and
the DD watched in awe as a small rip appeared in the sky. Miyako noticed a bead
of sweat on Ken's forehead. Ken concentrated hard, his face hardening. The rip
opened a little wider, and Ken started to growl a bit. More sweat came, and
Ken's teeth clenched and bared, like he was an animal. The rip opened wider the
second Ken let out a terrifying scream of agony. Kari ran up to him, and clamped
her hands around his arm, helping him with energy. Ken's other hand was in a
fist, and his eyes were narrowed and painful. Kari looked in horror as Ken let
out another scream, and a small cut appeared on his forehead, about an inch
long. It bled like it had just been made. Which it had. The portal got wider
with every scream. Another wound opened up, this time from just above the
eyebrow, curving around his face on the rim of his hairline, and right down to
his chin. That bled a bit, too. The portal finally looked big enough to fit a
small child. His D-3 was glowing, but Ken was weakening. Takeru ran up to Ken,
and clamped his hands around Ken's arm, boosting Ken's energy a bit.
" Ken, we believe in you! Make the portal as big as you can!!
You can fight it, Darkness can't win!" Kari yelled out. Takeru smiled a bit.
" Come on Ken, you can do it. Darkness is weak. You can beat
it!" Takeru exclaimed, trying to boost more energy. Miyako and Cody ran forward,
and put their hands on Takeru's and Kari's hands. More energy.
" Ken, don't give up!" Miyako exclaimed, forcing more energy.
Cody started to smile.
" You're the only one who can get us out of here, Ken. And
there is no way that you can fail!" Cody tried. Ken screamed once more. The
portal was still in the sky, but it was a lot bigger. 3 bruises appeared on
Ken's face. One above the eye, one above the lip, and one on the side of his
jaw. The darkness was trying to kill him. Daisuke walked over and clamped his
hands on.
" Listen Ken. I'm sorry for what I said and did. I shouldn't
have. I was being stupid, and I'm really sorry. But you have to win against
this! You can't keep beating yourself up over things that aren't even your
fault! Face your fears Ken, and beat them!" The portal tore open, leaving the
Dark Ocean wounded. The portal was right in front of them, and a beam of light
was coming from Ken's D-3, straight through the portal, and into the Digiworld.
Ken stopped screaming. But his eyes were wide, and had no pupils. They were so
glazed over that the color of his eyes didn't even show. Ken started to breath
ragged breathes.
" Go, r-run t-through the p-portal, b-before I-I lose
c-c-control......." Kari and the DD ran through the portal, pulling Ken with
them. They were in the meadow with no name in the Digiworld. Ken immediately
collapsed into Kari's arms, very tired.
" Kari, remind me never to do that again without
help......Daisuke, I forgive you......." Ken trailed off, falling asleep in
Kari's arms. Kari laughed a little at the drunken look on Ken's sleeping face.
And Daisuke was glad that he was forgiven. After all, they were best friends.
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ELP: That took a while.
Sammy: R&R!
