Disclaimer- I do not own Digimon. Don't sue.
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Rose- Hmmm . . .
Akane- Whattcha thinking about?
Rose- Oh, nothing much. Just wondering what's going to happen in this part.
Akane- So, did anybody guess who that deep voice was?
Rose shakes her head- Nope.
Akane- Audacia?
Rose- No such luck. (to readers) Keep trying!! BTW, we have to make up Mrs. Ichijouji's name. Hey, anybody notice that out of all the Digi-destined'd parents, they only gave us TK's mother's first name??
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Imperial Princess Part 5
The wind was hard. Akane stood outside on the balcony. The wind whipped her indigo hair back.
'This is too confusing,' she thought, 'Yolei?' A vision of her idle flashed in her mind's eye. 'My mother?' A woman with long hair, her face hidden by shadows flashed across her mind. 'But, how could that be? I know I went back in time, but it's just so wierd. She's so strong and gets angry easily. The last time we went to the Digi-world, she stood up to her enemy with ease even without her Digimon. How can she be her?'
Akane braced herself as the wind blew harder. 'Who's Audacia?' she thought to herself, 'she seems so familier, but I can't find out who is. Oh, god.'
'I don't even remember why the heck I came back to the past,' she thought to herself, 'I can't believe that that idiot of an emperor believed my story. My father's computer blowing up because he did something wrong. Ha! What a laugh.'
She heard the door open. "Hey, Akane," a familier voice said. Akane whipped around. The wind blew harder, spreading her hair out across her face, but Akane brushed it back.
Yolei. "Um, hi," she stammered. "Come inside," Yolei smiled, "you'll catch a cold. I know you will." (A.N. So do I. (pulls out another tishue paper and blows her nose)) "Alright," Akane muttered, braking eye contact.
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The Digimon Emperor paced around his control room, grumbling. "Wormmon, get in here!" he ordered. Wormmon imediatley crawled in. "Yes, sire?" he asked.
Ken turned around and started running his fingers over the keyboard, not actually pressing them. "Sir?" Wormmon asked. "What do you think of Akane?" came the reply or question. "Akane? Your daughter, Akane?" Wormmon asked.
"How many do you know?!" Ken snapped. Wormmon choked down a chuckle.
"Well, what I think about her . . . " his voice trailed off, "I dunno . . . she's, er, adorable, that's for sure, I mean, those mischivious violet eyes can impress anyone . . . Well, she's tough, I guess. And brave . . . I could go on, but . . . "
Ken sighed. He didn't HATE her, but he almost hated her. He didn't like her for some reason. It was just something about her. He wasn't sure he believed her story about the computer blowing up, that just didn't seem possible. He wasn't sure what he felt anymore.
"Er, your highness?" Wormmon asked. "Get lost," came the reply. "Yes, sir," Wormmon mumbled and crawled out.
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A deep voice chuckled. "The girl doesn't remember anything at all," it said, "can you believe that?"
Jace, Catrina, Fima and Eugene stood in what seemed like a dark empty room. But, it wasn't empty. Instead of normal clothes, the girls wore what looked like dark red swim suits. Their boots came about two inches above their knees. They all had long red tails with a triangle at the end and two horns stuck out of each of their heads.
Jace was wearing a red shirt and red pants. He also had a tail and horns.
"If she doesn't remember anything, it should be very easy for us to capture her, my Lord," Fima said. "Than isn't she here?" the voice demanded. "Errrr," Fima stuttered.
"Please, my Lord, if you would give us more time, we'll have that little brat here," Jace promised. "Fine, but you better not fail me," the deep voice replied.
"We'll get her, you'll see," Catrina said. "Besides, I don't think she remembers anything about her past or future or whatever," Eugene added, "she doesn't even remember who her parents are. She doesn't even remember herself!"
"What do you mean?" the voice sounded curious.
"She had a vision the last time we attacked," Eugene explained, "it was the last time you spoke to her before she got back with her father." "Do tell," the voice said, interested.
"It was before she teleported herself back to the past," Eugene continued, "if she doesn't remember anything, she might be weaker here." "Hmmm," the voice said, thoughtfully, "you could be right, Eugene. But, don't under estimate her. We need her on our side, and I know how to do it. Here's my plan. We'll put it to action tonight . . . "
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"This has got to be the wierdest thing ever," Cody exclaimed. "Yeah, it is," Yolei agreed, "it was so wierd when we found out."
"So, we have two things to figure out," Kari Kamiya pipped up, "we have to figure out what your daughter is doing here in the past, Yolei. Plus, we also have to figure out who the new enemies are."
"To add to the work, the reign of the Digimon Emperor doesn't seem like it's going to be ending any time soon," TK mumbled. He looked at Yolei. "Thank your future daughter for us, will you? If she hadn't beat Kimeramon, we might still be stuck," he pointed out.
"And if we still have time," Davis said, brightly, "we can try to figure out who Akane What's-Her-Lastname's father is!" TK and Kari giggled.
Yolei turned a brilliant shade of scarlet. She put her hands over her face trying to hide the crimson colour of her skin.
But this gave Yolei another thing to daydream about. She didn't know who Akane's father was either.
"You guys, maybe we should, you know, meet Akane," Cody pipped up. "Yeah, that's a great idea!" Davis exclaimed, "we might be able to get some answers out of her." And just to embarass Yolei, he added, "and maybe we could get her to tell us . . . who her father is . . . "
Yolei bonked him on the head for that. They all walked out of the computer room and headed for Yolei's house.
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Yolei opened the door to her apartment. She crept down the hallway. "Where is she?" Davis asked, loudly. "Sssshhh!!" Yolei hissed, "she's aleep! I told you that!" "Oh, sorry," Davis blushed.
Yolei slowly opened the door to her room and smiled. Akane was still asleep. She hadn't woken up from Davis' voice. "She's adorable!" Kari whispered.
Akane's eyes were shut tight, hiding her violet eyes and her long indigo hair hair was all over the pillow. Peril, Akane's bird, was perched on the window sill.
The door creaked a bit as Yolei opened it some more. Peril's head snapped up like a elastic band.
Yolei could've sworn that she kept her fierce blue eyes on them as she the Digi-destined crossed the room over to the bed.
Yolei nudged Akane gently. "Hey? Akane?" she whispered.
All of a sudden, Peril flew above Akane and let out something that sounded like a squawk.
All of the Digi-destined jumped. "Who is that?" Kari asked. "Akane's bird," Yolei answered, "her name's Peril. She's always with her." "Strange bird," Veemon said. "Yeah, it's very unusual," Cody added, "if I didn't know better, I'd say that it wasn't even dicovered yet."
Peril did look a bit strange and very small, too. She was only a little bit bigger than a chickadee. Yolei had thought it was a type of parrot with it's blue body and silvery wings. It's tail feathers were also silver with blue tips on both wings and tail. It had a silver head with a royal blue feather that stuck out of it's head, kind of like Hawkmon's. The strange thing was that the blue parts of it's body was always shiny (like the silver parts) and that it was always changing shades.
The feather only stayed royal blue, but the body had been sky-blue when she had left.
Anybody looking into her icy blue eyes would think that she understood everything they said. Of course, she didn't.
Akane's fluttered open. "Huh?" she mumbled, "what? Peril?" Yolei's face brightened up. "Good morning, Akane," she said, "I mean, afternoon or, err, whatever!"
Akane sat up in bed. Peril flew down and perched on Akane's shoulder.
"Akane, I would like you to meet some of my friends," Yolei said to her. "The rest of the Digi-destined?" Akane questioned. Yolei nodded. "Yes, this is Kari, TK, Davis, and Cody," Yolei introduced each one of them. "And guys, this is Akane," Yolei finished.
"Hi, guys," Akane said with a yawn, "how are ya'll?" "Fine," Kari smiled, "you?" "Okay, I guess," Akane smiled back.
Kari sat down on the bed and turned to Yolei. "She's a cute kid," she said. Akane blushed. "So, who do you get your good looks from?" Davis asked. "I dunno . . . " Akane shrugged, "I guess I was born with it."
She blew her bangs away from her violet eyes. "So, Akane, why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?" TK asked. Cody nodded in agreement. "Well, you might find this a bit wierd," Akane told them, "but, I don't remember much about myself."
"You don't?" Kari asked. Akane shook her head. "Nope," she admitted, "I don't even remember why we came back in time. I'm trying to find out." "Seems like a lot for a little girl," Cody pipped up.
"Actually, I was older when I wanted to come back to the past," Akane told them, "but, I guess the computer went wild and something went wrong." "So, how old would you be?" Yolei asked. "Oh, about your age," Akane replied.
Kari laughed nervously. "Woah, that's kinda hard to believe," she said, "right, Yolei?" Yolei nodded and sat down next to Kari.
"Oh, Akane, it's so wierd," Yolei muttered, "why do you think those wierd people are after you?" "That could be another thing I forgot," Akane said with a frown.
"We'll have to figure all this out," TK grumbled, "and we'll have to be fast about it." They others nodded in agreement.
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Later that day, Akane was out going for a small walk. Peril was flying over her shoulder a few feet above her. Her wide wings made her look bigger.
Akane hair was pulled back into two french braids. She wore a purple skirt and a black jacket which was zipped up, shutting out the cold. It was unusually cold for august.
Just then, Akane heard a feminine voice. "Figure anything out yet?" it asked. Akane stopped in her tracks. She frowned for a second, but then smirked and kept on walking. "I said, figure anything out yet?" the voice asked again. The voice was feminine and kind of echoed around her head whenever she heard it.
'What about you?' Akane thought, 'so far, it looks like I'm doing all the work.' "What's THAT supposed to mean?" the voice asked, "I saved you when that over-grown bug was after you." 'What are you talking about?' Akane questioned inside her head. "I informed that Yolei girl," the voice replied, "she decided to follow me and I led her straight to you!" 'So," Akane thought, 'that's where you went off to." The voice snorted, but didn't reply.
Akane knew that only she can hear the voice. She also knew who it was. She sighed and looked up and Peril, who was looking straight ahead. "Let's go to the park," she suggested. Peril fluttered in the air, but didn't even look down at her. "Fine, be that way," Akane grumbled, "dumb old bird."
"Is that your bird?" somebody asked her. Akane whipped around. A woman with brown hair was standing there looking at Peril. Peril had also turned around to look at who it was.
"Er, yeah, she's mine," Akane answered as Peril fluttered down onto her shoulder. "She's very beautiful," the woman smiled nicely.
About fifteen minutes later . . .
"So . . . " Akane said, "you live in Tamachi?" She stopped to wait up for the woman who was walking a few steps behind her. The woman nodded. "I live around there, too," Akane told her.
"That's nice," the older woman replied, "if you don't mind me asking, what is a little girl like you doing out all by yourself? You could get kidnapped." "I have someone who will peck away anybody who gets too close too me," Akane grinned, "all I have to do is give the word." "Oh?" the woman asked.
Akane smiled up at Peril. "Ohhhh . . . " the woman said with a laugh. "I don't think we introduced ourselves," Akane pointed out. "My name is Klora Ichijouji," the woman replied.
Akane almost gasped, but she choked it down. 'Hoooboy . . . " she thought to herself, 'great. First I ran into my Mom, and now my grandmother. If I see anymore of my family members here in the past . . . ' "And you are?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked, snapping her out of her thoughts. "I'm, err, Akane Inoue," Akane said the first lastname that popped into her head. Hey, if you can't give your lastname, the other best choise is to go ahead with your mother's lastname, right?
"Now, you are the cutest thing I've ever seen," Mrs. Ichijouji said, "where did you get your good looks from?" "I must've got them from Daddy," Akane said with a shrugg. She turned around and added, "because Mommy still has all hers." Mrs. Ichijouji burst out laughing.
Akane turned around. She couldn't help but smile. Mrs. Ichijouji forced down a giggle and just smiled. "Really?" she asked, "that's very . . . very . . ." She started to laugh again. Then, Akane joined in.
"So, who do you like better?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked, "your mother or your father?" Akane stopped. She thought about it for a second. Okay, let's see. She really loved her mother. She was really sweet and caring. She had always paid attention to her. Her father . . . She didn't know what to think about him. He was always so strong and . . . controlling and smart . . . he had hated her . . . These things she remembered about her parents, although she didn't remeber who her father was, she still remembered stuff about him. Dark stuff. She didn't know. Did she love her father?
"Hello?" Mrs. Ichijouji called, "earth to Akane? Is anybody there?" "Huh?" Akane snapped out of it. "I dunno," she stammered, "guess I like my mother better." Mrs. Ichijouji smiled. "I bet you'll have a whole new answer next week."
"What makes you say that?" Akane asked. "Kids are always changing they're thoughts about which parent they like better. If someone asks you that right after your mother doesn't allow you to get your ears pierced, and your father thinks it's perfectly alright, you'll like your father better. Then, the next day, if your father grounds you, you'll like your mother better," Mrs. Ichijouji explained, "ever think about that?" "No," Akane answered, "never. But, it doesn't matter. I'll always like Mommy better."
Mrs. Ichijouji smiled, but Akane could tell that she still thought Akane would change her mind. Akane sighed and thought, 'and in the past . . . I don't even know who he is, let alone trying to figure out if I love him or not. That's just stupid. Plain stupid.'
Suddenly everything became darker. "Wha-?" Mrs. Ichijouji started. "Huh?" Akane asked. Everything looked so dark and weird. All exept Mrs. Ichijouji. Then, Akane relised what was happening. The two screamed as their feet left the floor and travelled up, up, up into the sky. Well, they were on a transparent black, glass thing.
Akane looked around. They were in some kind of ball . . . and Peril was outside it. "Peril!" was the last thing Akane had shrieked before the ball took off at full speed with her and Mrs. Ichijouji trapped inside it.
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Ken felt something. It was like ice had taken over his whole mind. Something was definitley wrong. Maybe Akane was in danger . . . The last time he had this feeling, he had found her unconcious out in the Digi-world. Oh, wait. Why did he care?
'Why do you think you care?' a small voice asked him inside his head. 'I don't care,' Ken answered, lamely. 'Oh, you care, all right. Even thought you are a genious, it wouldn't take one to figure out that you. Love. Her.' the voice said. 'I do not love her,' Ken retorted. 'Yeah, right,' the voice said.
Just then, Wormmon crawled in. "Would you mind if I asked you something?" he asked, cautiously. "Hm." "I, er, think you missed something somewhere," Wormmon said.
"Huh?"
"Well, you know. You can't really hate her."
"Who?"
"Akane."
"I was just arguing with myself about this . . ."
"So, you don't hate her?"
"I don't know."
"You don't."
Ken spun his chair around to face Wormmon. "How are you so sure?!" he demanded. "Well . . . " Wormmon stammered. Ken was sure that he would say, 'I don't know', but Wormmon actually looked him in the eye and said, "I just don't think that it's possible for any father to hate his own daughter, that's all."
Ken was taken back. As much as he hated the fact, Wormmon was right.
The End of Chapter 5
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Author's Ending Note: I know what you are all thinking. That was super short. But, hey! You all wanted it and the next chapter is going up right after I upload this one! And I mean RIGHT AFTER!! I'm done chapter 6!
- Rose Silverstein
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Rose- Hmmm . . .
Akane- Whattcha thinking about?
Rose- Oh, nothing much. Just wondering what's going to happen in this part.
Akane- So, did anybody guess who that deep voice was?
Rose shakes her head- Nope.
Akane- Audacia?
Rose- No such luck. (to readers) Keep trying!! BTW, we have to make up Mrs. Ichijouji's name. Hey, anybody notice that out of all the Digi-destined'd parents, they only gave us TK's mother's first name??
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Imperial Princess Part 5
The wind was hard. Akane stood outside on the balcony. The wind whipped her indigo hair back.
'This is too confusing,' she thought, 'Yolei?' A vision of her idle flashed in her mind's eye. 'My mother?' A woman with long hair, her face hidden by shadows flashed across her mind. 'But, how could that be? I know I went back in time, but it's just so wierd. She's so strong and gets angry easily. The last time we went to the Digi-world, she stood up to her enemy with ease even without her Digimon. How can she be her?'
Akane braced herself as the wind blew harder. 'Who's Audacia?' she thought to herself, 'she seems so familier, but I can't find out who is. Oh, god.'
'I don't even remember why the heck I came back to the past,' she thought to herself, 'I can't believe that that idiot of an emperor believed my story. My father's computer blowing up because he did something wrong. Ha! What a laugh.'
She heard the door open. "Hey, Akane," a familier voice said. Akane whipped around. The wind blew harder, spreading her hair out across her face, but Akane brushed it back.
Yolei. "Um, hi," she stammered. "Come inside," Yolei smiled, "you'll catch a cold. I know you will." (A.N. So do I. (pulls out another tishue paper and blows her nose)) "Alright," Akane muttered, braking eye contact.
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The Digimon Emperor paced around his control room, grumbling. "Wormmon, get in here!" he ordered. Wormmon imediatley crawled in. "Yes, sire?" he asked.
Ken turned around and started running his fingers over the keyboard, not actually pressing them. "Sir?" Wormmon asked. "What do you think of Akane?" came the reply or question. "Akane? Your daughter, Akane?" Wormmon asked.
"How many do you know?!" Ken snapped. Wormmon choked down a chuckle.
"Well, what I think about her . . . " his voice trailed off, "I dunno . . . she's, er, adorable, that's for sure, I mean, those mischivious violet eyes can impress anyone . . . Well, she's tough, I guess. And brave . . . I could go on, but . . . "
Ken sighed. He didn't HATE her, but he almost hated her. He didn't like her for some reason. It was just something about her. He wasn't sure he believed her story about the computer blowing up, that just didn't seem possible. He wasn't sure what he felt anymore.
"Er, your highness?" Wormmon asked. "Get lost," came the reply. "Yes, sir," Wormmon mumbled and crawled out.
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A deep voice chuckled. "The girl doesn't remember anything at all," it said, "can you believe that?"
Jace, Catrina, Fima and Eugene stood in what seemed like a dark empty room. But, it wasn't empty. Instead of normal clothes, the girls wore what looked like dark red swim suits. Their boots came about two inches above their knees. They all had long red tails with a triangle at the end and two horns stuck out of each of their heads.
Jace was wearing a red shirt and red pants. He also had a tail and horns.
"If she doesn't remember anything, it should be very easy for us to capture her, my Lord," Fima said. "Than isn't she here?" the voice demanded. "Errrr," Fima stuttered.
"Please, my Lord, if you would give us more time, we'll have that little brat here," Jace promised. "Fine, but you better not fail me," the deep voice replied.
"We'll get her, you'll see," Catrina said. "Besides, I don't think she remembers anything about her past or future or whatever," Eugene added, "she doesn't even remember who her parents are. She doesn't even remember herself!"
"What do you mean?" the voice sounded curious.
"She had a vision the last time we attacked," Eugene explained, "it was the last time you spoke to her before she got back with her father." "Do tell," the voice said, interested.
"It was before she teleported herself back to the past," Eugene continued, "if she doesn't remember anything, she might be weaker here." "Hmmm," the voice said, thoughtfully, "you could be right, Eugene. But, don't under estimate her. We need her on our side, and I know how to do it. Here's my plan. We'll put it to action tonight . . . "
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"This has got to be the wierdest thing ever," Cody exclaimed. "Yeah, it is," Yolei agreed, "it was so wierd when we found out."
"So, we have two things to figure out," Kari Kamiya pipped up, "we have to figure out what your daughter is doing here in the past, Yolei. Plus, we also have to figure out who the new enemies are."
"To add to the work, the reign of the Digimon Emperor doesn't seem like it's going to be ending any time soon," TK mumbled. He looked at Yolei. "Thank your future daughter for us, will you? If she hadn't beat Kimeramon, we might still be stuck," he pointed out.
"And if we still have time," Davis said, brightly, "we can try to figure out who Akane What's-Her-Lastname's father is!" TK and Kari giggled.
Yolei turned a brilliant shade of scarlet. She put her hands over her face trying to hide the crimson colour of her skin.
But this gave Yolei another thing to daydream about. She didn't know who Akane's father was either.
"You guys, maybe we should, you know, meet Akane," Cody pipped up. "Yeah, that's a great idea!" Davis exclaimed, "we might be able to get some answers out of her." And just to embarass Yolei, he added, "and maybe we could get her to tell us . . . who her father is . . . "
Yolei bonked him on the head for that. They all walked out of the computer room and headed for Yolei's house.
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Yolei opened the door to her apartment. She crept down the hallway. "Where is she?" Davis asked, loudly. "Sssshhh!!" Yolei hissed, "she's aleep! I told you that!" "Oh, sorry," Davis blushed.
Yolei slowly opened the door to her room and smiled. Akane was still asleep. She hadn't woken up from Davis' voice. "She's adorable!" Kari whispered.
Akane's eyes were shut tight, hiding her violet eyes and her long indigo hair hair was all over the pillow. Peril, Akane's bird, was perched on the window sill.
The door creaked a bit as Yolei opened it some more. Peril's head snapped up like a elastic band.
Yolei could've sworn that she kept her fierce blue eyes on them as she the Digi-destined crossed the room over to the bed.
Yolei nudged Akane gently. "Hey? Akane?" she whispered.
All of a sudden, Peril flew above Akane and let out something that sounded like a squawk.
All of the Digi-destined jumped. "Who is that?" Kari asked. "Akane's bird," Yolei answered, "her name's Peril. She's always with her." "Strange bird," Veemon said. "Yeah, it's very unusual," Cody added, "if I didn't know better, I'd say that it wasn't even dicovered yet."
Peril did look a bit strange and very small, too. She was only a little bit bigger than a chickadee. Yolei had thought it was a type of parrot with it's blue body and silvery wings. It's tail feathers were also silver with blue tips on both wings and tail. It had a silver head with a royal blue feather that stuck out of it's head, kind of like Hawkmon's. The strange thing was that the blue parts of it's body was always shiny (like the silver parts) and that it was always changing shades.
The feather only stayed royal blue, but the body had been sky-blue when she had left.
Anybody looking into her icy blue eyes would think that she understood everything they said. Of course, she didn't.
Akane's fluttered open. "Huh?" she mumbled, "what? Peril?" Yolei's face brightened up. "Good morning, Akane," she said, "I mean, afternoon or, err, whatever!"
Akane sat up in bed. Peril flew down and perched on Akane's shoulder.
"Akane, I would like you to meet some of my friends," Yolei said to her. "The rest of the Digi-destined?" Akane questioned. Yolei nodded. "Yes, this is Kari, TK, Davis, and Cody," Yolei introduced each one of them. "And guys, this is Akane," Yolei finished.
"Hi, guys," Akane said with a yawn, "how are ya'll?" "Fine," Kari smiled, "you?" "Okay, I guess," Akane smiled back.
Kari sat down on the bed and turned to Yolei. "She's a cute kid," she said. Akane blushed. "So, who do you get your good looks from?" Davis asked. "I dunno . . . " Akane shrugged, "I guess I was born with it."
She blew her bangs away from her violet eyes. "So, Akane, why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?" TK asked. Cody nodded in agreement. "Well, you might find this a bit wierd," Akane told them, "but, I don't remember much about myself."
"You don't?" Kari asked. Akane shook her head. "Nope," she admitted, "I don't even remember why we came back in time. I'm trying to find out." "Seems like a lot for a little girl," Cody pipped up.
"Actually, I was older when I wanted to come back to the past," Akane told them, "but, I guess the computer went wild and something went wrong." "So, how old would you be?" Yolei asked. "Oh, about your age," Akane replied.
Kari laughed nervously. "Woah, that's kinda hard to believe," she said, "right, Yolei?" Yolei nodded and sat down next to Kari.
"Oh, Akane, it's so wierd," Yolei muttered, "why do you think those wierd people are after you?" "That could be another thing I forgot," Akane said with a frown.
"We'll have to figure all this out," TK grumbled, "and we'll have to be fast about it." They others nodded in agreement.
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Later that day, Akane was out going for a small walk. Peril was flying over her shoulder a few feet above her. Her wide wings made her look bigger.
Akane hair was pulled back into two french braids. She wore a purple skirt and a black jacket which was zipped up, shutting out the cold. It was unusually cold for august.
Just then, Akane heard a feminine voice. "Figure anything out yet?" it asked. Akane stopped in her tracks. She frowned for a second, but then smirked and kept on walking. "I said, figure anything out yet?" the voice asked again. The voice was feminine and kind of echoed around her head whenever she heard it.
'What about you?' Akane thought, 'so far, it looks like I'm doing all the work.' "What's THAT supposed to mean?" the voice asked, "I saved you when that over-grown bug was after you." 'What are you talking about?' Akane questioned inside her head. "I informed that Yolei girl," the voice replied, "she decided to follow me and I led her straight to you!" 'So," Akane thought, 'that's where you went off to." The voice snorted, but didn't reply.
Akane knew that only she can hear the voice. She also knew who it was. She sighed and looked up and Peril, who was looking straight ahead. "Let's go to the park," she suggested. Peril fluttered in the air, but didn't even look down at her. "Fine, be that way," Akane grumbled, "dumb old bird."
"Is that your bird?" somebody asked her. Akane whipped around. A woman with brown hair was standing there looking at Peril. Peril had also turned around to look at who it was.
"Er, yeah, she's mine," Akane answered as Peril fluttered down onto her shoulder. "She's very beautiful," the woman smiled nicely.
About fifteen minutes later . . .
"So . . . " Akane said, "you live in Tamachi?" She stopped to wait up for the woman who was walking a few steps behind her. The woman nodded. "I live around there, too," Akane told her.
"That's nice," the older woman replied, "if you don't mind me asking, what is a little girl like you doing out all by yourself? You could get kidnapped." "I have someone who will peck away anybody who gets too close too me," Akane grinned, "all I have to do is give the word." "Oh?" the woman asked.
Akane smiled up at Peril. "Ohhhh . . . " the woman said with a laugh. "I don't think we introduced ourselves," Akane pointed out. "My name is Klora Ichijouji," the woman replied.
Akane almost gasped, but she choked it down. 'Hoooboy . . . " she thought to herself, 'great. First I ran into my Mom, and now my grandmother. If I see anymore of my family members here in the past . . . ' "And you are?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked, snapping her out of her thoughts. "I'm, err, Akane Inoue," Akane said the first lastname that popped into her head. Hey, if you can't give your lastname, the other best choise is to go ahead with your mother's lastname, right?
"Now, you are the cutest thing I've ever seen," Mrs. Ichijouji said, "where did you get your good looks from?" "I must've got them from Daddy," Akane said with a shrugg. She turned around and added, "because Mommy still has all hers." Mrs. Ichijouji burst out laughing.
Akane turned around. She couldn't help but smile. Mrs. Ichijouji forced down a giggle and just smiled. "Really?" she asked, "that's very . . . very . . ." She started to laugh again. Then, Akane joined in.
"So, who do you like better?" Mrs. Ichijouji asked, "your mother or your father?" Akane stopped. She thought about it for a second. Okay, let's see. She really loved her mother. She was really sweet and caring. She had always paid attention to her. Her father . . . She didn't know what to think about him. He was always so strong and . . . controlling and smart . . . he had hated her . . . These things she remembered about her parents, although she didn't remeber who her father was, she still remembered stuff about him. Dark stuff. She didn't know. Did she love her father?
"Hello?" Mrs. Ichijouji called, "earth to Akane? Is anybody there?" "Huh?" Akane snapped out of it. "I dunno," she stammered, "guess I like my mother better." Mrs. Ichijouji smiled. "I bet you'll have a whole new answer next week."
"What makes you say that?" Akane asked. "Kids are always changing they're thoughts about which parent they like better. If someone asks you that right after your mother doesn't allow you to get your ears pierced, and your father thinks it's perfectly alright, you'll like your father better. Then, the next day, if your father grounds you, you'll like your mother better," Mrs. Ichijouji explained, "ever think about that?" "No," Akane answered, "never. But, it doesn't matter. I'll always like Mommy better."
Mrs. Ichijouji smiled, but Akane could tell that she still thought Akane would change her mind. Akane sighed and thought, 'and in the past . . . I don't even know who he is, let alone trying to figure out if I love him or not. That's just stupid. Plain stupid.'
Suddenly everything became darker. "Wha-?" Mrs. Ichijouji started. "Huh?" Akane asked. Everything looked so dark and weird. All exept Mrs. Ichijouji. Then, Akane relised what was happening. The two screamed as their feet left the floor and travelled up, up, up into the sky. Well, they were on a transparent black, glass thing.
Akane looked around. They were in some kind of ball . . . and Peril was outside it. "Peril!" was the last thing Akane had shrieked before the ball took off at full speed with her and Mrs. Ichijouji trapped inside it.
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Ken felt something. It was like ice had taken over his whole mind. Something was definitley wrong. Maybe Akane was in danger . . . The last time he had this feeling, he had found her unconcious out in the Digi-world. Oh, wait. Why did he care?
'Why do you think you care?' a small voice asked him inside his head. 'I don't care,' Ken answered, lamely. 'Oh, you care, all right. Even thought you are a genious, it wouldn't take one to figure out that you. Love. Her.' the voice said. 'I do not love her,' Ken retorted. 'Yeah, right,' the voice said.
Just then, Wormmon crawled in. "Would you mind if I asked you something?" he asked, cautiously. "Hm." "I, er, think you missed something somewhere," Wormmon said.
"Huh?"
"Well, you know. You can't really hate her."
"Who?"
"Akane."
"I was just arguing with myself about this . . ."
"So, you don't hate her?"
"I don't know."
"You don't."
Ken spun his chair around to face Wormmon. "How are you so sure?!" he demanded. "Well . . . " Wormmon stammered. Ken was sure that he would say, 'I don't know', but Wormmon actually looked him in the eye and said, "I just don't think that it's possible for any father to hate his own daughter, that's all."
Ken was taken back. As much as he hated the fact, Wormmon was right.
The End of Chapter 5
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Author's Ending Note: I know what you are all thinking. That was super short. But, hey! You all wanted it and the next chapter is going up right after I upload this one! And I mean RIGHT AFTER!! I'm done chapter 6!
- Rose Silverstein
