Authors Notes: This is my first fic I have posted in awhile. It probably isn't good since my writing skills are so poor. This fic contains some Yamaken/Kenato. I'm sorry about the title, I'm not sure if it's right for the fic, I'm not really good at thinking up names for stories. Sorry about the summery also. I hope the story is all right.
Shadows from the past: Chapter 1
Shadows cast upon the darkened room were the light tends to stray. An alarm clock ran loudly, breaking through the silence. A small grunt was heard as the clock was tossed against the wall, smashing it to pieces. The boy climbed back into bed and pulled the covers over himself as a shield from the darkness. It was another day, a day to cast pain and suffering upon others. A day to seek revenge against those, chosen to defend the Digital world from the powers of darkness.
Years of being the Digimon Kaiser had allowed his strength and powers to increase incredibly. He had almost succeeded of taking complete control of the Digital world, but yet, something was holding him back. Something was preventing him from becoming all he could be, from fulfilling his destiny of ruling over the Digital worlds. Because of his impatience and ignorance, his anger grew more and more. Hundreds of slaves were being destroyed everyday and still this didn't satisfy him. It seemed that causing pain and suffering to others had lost its appeal.
Something was missing, something from deep inside himself. Emptiness was all he could find when he searched through his hardened heart. Was it a feeling, a power, a source of energy from within? He didn't know. But he desperately wanted to find it. Slowly but eagerly he sat up. He cringed as silly pathetic thoughts circled through his mind. Was darkness causing him this empty feeling? Was this his punishment for being evil? No, it couldn't be. To rule over the Digital world by using the powers of darkness was his destiny, his chosen fate. But something had troubled him. Would he be able to succeed in taking complete control of the Digital world or would he fail miserably and have his soul burn in the deepest depths of hell.
He always believed that this would happen, if he failed his mission. The powers of darkness were not to be controlled by those who were weak, only those strong enough to use and understand it's full power were given an opportunity to impower such a destructive force. But for those who were incapable and weak, the power, their soul and their very life was taken from them. Their punishment was to suffer the pain they had put their victims through in the past. To wallow in the shadow realm with only fear and self pity as company. A punishment so horrifying that only those so confident and eager for power, were willing to suffer the consequences of failure. But the Kaiser was not going to give up so easily. If he failed in fulfilling his destiny then shall be it. He would rot in hell.
He slowly got up and walked towards the mirror. A frown settled upon his face. He had changed so much in these short years. A change in which he wasn't sure to be proud of, or hate. He gazed at himself in the mirror. A pair of dark indigo eyes stared back at him, giving off a feeling of confusion and loneliness. He sighed quietly. "Is this my true purpose for being?" He was interrupted by his thoughts at the sound of the door opening. It cracked open loudly, letting rays of sunlight into the room, making the shadows disappear.
"Who's there?!" yelled Ken, angered at being disturbed.
A small greyish bunny like creature came into the room and bowed to its master. "Sorry to disturb you sir but you see…"
"How dare you come in here without my permission!"
The Digimon stared up at the human, in great fear. "Bu-but you-you see…"
"No buts!" Ken reached for his whip and violently thrashed it against the Gazimon.
The creature yelped in pain, backing into small corner.
A twisted smile came upon his face.
"I'm sorry master."
"Sorry?! Sorry?! You pathetic weakling! I don't know why the hell I put up with you and those other worthless slaves. Only the strong and fiercest of beings are worthy of being enslaved by me, for I am the strongest being in this reality!"
The Gazimon looked frightfully up towards its master. The Kaiser's cold stare was enough to make any creature stray away in fright.
Ken's anger was not yet withdrawn, he continued striking at the Gazimon forcefully with his powerful whip, slashing horrible cuts deep into its skin.
"I beg your forgiveness master. I only wanted to inform you that the chosen children have arrived back in the Digital world."
A small smile appeared across the Kaiser's face, pleased of the news he had received. "So the chosen children have returned." He laughed bitterly. "They don't stand a chance against me. My powers have increased tremendously since the last time we were pit in battle."
He turned to face the Gazimon. "I thank you for providing me with such valuable information."
The small creature slowly got up, trembling. It sighed silently in relief of not being scolded anymore.
Ken's face darkened, showing smile of pure evil and cruelty. "But you did disobey the rules, and now you shall pay!"
The Gazimon screeched loudly and bowed down as his feet, begging for mercy. "Please master, no. I only wanted to please you!"
He kicked the creature away and stared at it in disgust. It was weak and worthless. Such a creature was no use to him.
Two Bakemon appeared and bowed before him.
"Take this revolting creature away from me and destroy it!"
The Bakemon nodded and dragged the Gazimon away.
"Worthless slaves…" He had always wondered, what was the purpose of such a meaningless creature. Could it possibly have a reason for existence? Over the years Ken's thoughts seemed to stray away from ruling over the Digital world and more on the topics of life and death. Ever since he was a young child, he had always questioned the theory of darkness and of light. Since his brother's death, these two words brought a whole new meaning to him. It was clear that he was not an angel from the light but a child of darkness. He would find his purpose if it were the last thing he ever did.
Suddenly he awoke to reality remembering the news the Gazimon had just told him. A satisfying smile spread across his face. He quickly got changed and headed off to the control room. His base had increased in size over the years, and looked more like a palace than anything else. Slaves bowed to him as he hurried through the large halls. He snorted in disgust.
When he finally reached the control room, he found his pathetic excuse for a partner waiting for him. Wormmon smiled and ran happily over to Ken. Wormmon loved his partner and it brought joy to the little Digimon just to see him. Ken on the hand had a very different opinion of the Digimon.
"Master the chosen children have returned!" cried the bug like creature.
A screen appeared showing all of the chosen children. Ken sat on his throne and brought the screen closer to view. "So the children have yet again returned. It has been the first in awhile. I'd of thought that they'd known better by now. I have defeated them so many times yet I have not succeeded in destroying them." His smile widened and his voice deepened. "But this time will be different. Very different."
"Master shall we attack?"
"Yes. Sent out the troops. Tell them to capture the children and bring them to Me." he answered calmly.
"But master, wouldn't it be easier to just destroy them all at once. If we capture them they might try to escape and…."
Ken cracked his whip at the Digimon, only missing him by a few inches. "You dare to defy me?!"
Worrmon panicked and started to grovel at Ken's feet. "I am sorry master, I didn't mean to question you're plan. It's a great plan."
Ken snickered and turned around to face the screens. "You are pathetic and weak just like those other slaves. God forbid how I ever managed to get you as a Digimon partner. I don't know why I don't just destroy you right now."
Wormmon scattered a few steps backwards. Tears filled his eyes, hurt of his master's cruel and harsh words.
"Well what the hell are you waiting for!? Assemble the troops and capture those children!"
"Yes master!" Worrmon quickly rushed out, leaving Ken to stare into the faces of his rivals.
"Such a waste of time. I don't know why they even bother. Isn't it clear to them that they've failed their mission to protect the Digital world? Many times they've tried and failed, but this time shall be different. This time they shall meet their doom!" Evil laughter echoed loudly through the room as the screens disappeared, leaving the Kaiser in complete darkness.
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The chosen children gathered around in a deserted field accompanied by their Digimon partners. After many attempts over the years, they still hadn't managed to defeat the dark prince. Slowly but surely their hopes of finally bringing peace and harmony to the Digital world were fading. However, Taichi was convinced this time for sure that they would be able to defeat the Kaiser.
"All right everybody, I think the Digimon Kaiser may already know we're here but if we manage to sneak in to his base unsuspected then we may have an advantage.
"I agree with Taichi!" cried Daisuke, agreeing with his idol.
"Yes but we've tried this already and last time we failed. Do you really think we can pull it off this time?" Hikari's shaky voice easily showed her lack in confidence in her brother's plan. Most of Taichi's plans had worked in the past but this time they were facing an enemy more powerful than they had ever fought in the past.
"Hikari with that attitude how do you expect us to win." answered Tailmon, upset with her partner's disbelief.
"I'm sorry everyone, it's just…well…I don't think we should be too overconfident with this plan. I mean what if it fails?"
"The we'll try again." replied Taichi, sounding firm. "And if that doesn't work, the we'll try again. Our destiny's is to bring peace to the Digital world, not to stand by and watch it being ruled by the powers of darkness. You know what they say, if once you don't succeed try, try again."
The others slowly nodded, bot showing much enthusiasm. Like Hikari, they weren't sure if Taichi's plan was really going to work.
"If we're altogether as a team, then we'll win! As a team we're unbeatable!"
"Yes but what about Yamato?" asked Iori curiously.
The blond was nowhere insight. It seemed that he hadn't come to the Digital world with the rest of the Chosen children.
Taichi sighed and folded his arms in annoyance. "For some reason, he didn't show up."
"He said he had something important to do." replied Takeru.
"More important than the Digital world?!"
Sora took hold of Taichi's hand and spoke up, trying to calm Taichi's temper. "Don't worry, Yamato said he'd be here and he will. He's the person to let everybody down. He'll show up, I'm sure."
Taichi sighed and let go of Sora's hand. "I guess your right." She seemed to be fairly good at keeping his temper at ease, but he couldn't help but worry. Yamato had been acting strangely lately and he wasn't sure why. Yamato was so secretive that Taichi couldn't really tell what was going through his best friend's mind.
"Alright everyone get your Digimon to evolve and we'll head over to the Kaiser's base." ordered Taichi.
Everyone nodded and took out their Digivices. Blazing shades of light shone over the Digimon from their partners Digivice allowing them to evolve. To Taichi's amazement, Agumon was able to evolve into Wargreymon. He hadn't seen Agumon in this form for years. He smiled at his partner. A mega Digimon on their side could be a lethal weapon against the Kaiser.
"I wish Yamato were here, with two mega Digimon on out side we might stand a chance of defeating the Kaiser. I just hope were ever Yamato is he's okay and that he gets here soon, we really need all the help we can get."
"This is very peculiar." Koushiro stated quietly as he examined his Digimon.
"What's the matter, Koushiro-san?" asked Miyako curiously.
"Well somehow our Digimon are able to evolve, yet don't the Digimon Kaiser's control spires prevent this?"
Miyako nodded as she looked over her Digimon. "Your right, but maybe they just don't work anymore or got destroyed."
"It's possible." Koushiro replied pondering over the situation.
Taichi ignored the others and climbed on to Wargreymon's back. "Come on you guys, enough wasting time, lets go!"
The others followed their leader's wishes and started to make their way to the Kaiser's base.
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Ken snickered as he watched the children travelled to his lair. "This shall be a very amusing show. Wormmon have my army left yet?"
"Yes master they're on their way."
"Excellent."
He turned back to the screen and snorted. Taichi was ahead of the others, obviously determined to get to the Kaiser's base and defeat him once and for all. "That boy always seems to get on my nerves. It will be fun to see him squirm when he realises there is no way he could possibly beat me."
"I think I'll go may the children a little visit instead. It'll be more interesting to watch their deaths live rather than on screen." Laughing, he quickly walked out.
"Master wait for me!" Wormmon cried as he chased after Ken.
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Taichi was racing far ahead of the others. He frowned as he looked back at them. His confidence was running low. The Digital world had changed so much in these recent years. The atmosphere seemed to change as dark mist surrounded the area. It gave off a feeling of pain and misery. Taichi winced and tired to shake the feeling off. A loud roar was heard from the distance. It startled him. Instantly he turned around to find a group of at least thirteen Darktyranomon heading towards him.
"Shit!"
He and Wargreymon fled back to the others as the Darktyranomon were drawing nearer towards them.
"Wargreymon wait. Don't flee, you can fight these guys, after all you are a Mega Digimon."
The large Digimon nodded and converted back towards the Darktyranomon.
"Nova force!" He released a powerful energy ball, which headed towards the enslaved Digimon with great speed. It created aloud blast as the Darktyranomon were thrown all different directions into the air.
"Great job Wargreymon!" cried Taichi joyfully. "Do you think there will be anymore?"
"I'll check." Wargreymon floated higher into the air.
Taichi's eyes widened in shock. Beyond the canyon, an army of Digimon were making their way to attack.
The others had just caught up to Taichi and their expressions were the exact same as his.
"On my god, there's hundreds of them!" cried Miyako.
"We'll never be able to defeat that many Digimon." whimpered Hikari quietly.
"What will we do now Taichi?" asked Sora nervously.
Tightening his grip, Taichi leapt down from Wargreymon and turned to face the others. "We fight, that's what we do." Taichi tried his best to sound firm but a tone of uncertainty could be traced from his voice.
"Taichi that's crazy!" yelled Koushiro. "We wouldn't be able to defeat that many Digimon in a million years. We might as well return to the real world where it's safe."
"And give up without a fight? No way."
"I think Koushiro's right, Taichi." replied Jyou nervously. "There's too many of them, we wouldn't stand a chance. Besides if we do stay here, we have could get seriously injured or even worst."
"But…"
Taichi was interrupted as a group of Snimon flew towards them. Mangaangemon and Angewomon tried to stop them using the angelic attacks.
"Celestrial arrow!"
"Gate of destiny!"
The powerful attacks collided with the Snimon at full force, draining most of their energy. The Snimon and the Darktyranomon who had been knocked unconscious were sucked into Mangaangemon's gate of destiny.
"Great work!" yelled Takeru.
Hikari gasped loudly and quickly grapped hold of Takeru's arm.
"What's wrong Hikari-chan?" Takeru asked worriedly.
Unable to speak, she pointed over to a cliff where hundreds more Digimon were gathering.
"This is just great, we come here to help them and they want to destroy us!" cried Miyako.
"Yeah, but remember it's not their fault. The Digimon Kaiser is controlling them his dark rings and control spires." Answered Iori.
Miyako frowned, as tears formed in her eyes. It all seemed so hopeless.
"If they were slaves wouldn't they be free of Ken's control, I mean if the control spires weren't working." questioned Koushiro.
"Maybe some of them, like serving under the Kaiser's rule." added Sora.
"Damnit!" Taichi punched the ground violently. He didn't know what the hell he was going to do. It looked like they were finally going to be defeated, but it couldn't be, they were the chosen children. They were destined to protect the Digital world from harm, but it looked like they had failed.
Taichi stood up, and turned away from the others, not able to face them. "I'm sorry for all of this. Your all right, we'll never be able to defeat all of those Digimon. It looks like the Kaiser has finally won. We've failed in fulfilling our destiny's, and I have failed as your leader…."
The others stood in shock as their beloved leader had finally admitted defeat. Taichi felt his whole purpose fade away into nothingness. He was the leader of the chosen children, he was suppose to be strong and encouraging, but no. He let everyone down. He wanted to burst into tears and release the pain of failure out into the open. He didn't cope well with keeping things inside. But he couldn't. He had already shown how weak he was. Anymore and the others would start to disown him.
He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to find the younger boy Daisuke, gazing at him, with those hurtful eyes, upset that his idol had given up.
"Don't say that, it isn't true, we can still beat them. Don't give up yet." Daisuke said, trying to sound strong.
Taichi looked down, too ashamed to meet with his eyes.
"Take a look around you Daisuke, it hopeless…"
"But…"
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Ken held on tightly as the Airdramon bolted through the air at an incredible speed.
"There they are, master!" cried Wormmon, as looked down upon them.
The Kaiser ordered the Airdramon to land on a distant hill to get a good view. A smile of great pleasure set upon his face. He was finally going to see the children's death. He has waited for this day so long. "Perhaps this is why I'm feeling empty inside, because those children are still alive? Well what ever it is, I'll find it. And those little kids shall meet their doom."
"They don't appear to be doing anything, master." Wormmon spoke quietly.
"Well now, it looks like they've finally given up. Fools. All their hopes and dreams shattered. Can't they see that nothing can stand strong against the darkness."
Ken took out a pair of binoculars and observed the panicked look on the children's faces. He would have laughed but something caught his attention. One of the chosen children appeared to be missing.
"Wormmon how many of those chosen children are there?"
"Well eight of the children processed crests, then another three children joined the group. So that would make…"
"Eleven. Yes. Hmmm… One of those children seems to be missing. I wonder where they are."
"I'm right here, KEN."
Ken's eyes widened in shock at the hearing of his true name. He hadn't heard it spoke in so many years. By now, his skin had turned pale. Slowly he titled his head round. A blond boy stood there. He was taller and looked older than Ken. His name was Yamato.
A devious smile sat upon the blond boy's face.
"What's wrong, you seemed surprised Ken."
"Bu-but how-di-did you know-my-my name?" All he seemed to be able to do was stutter.
"We all have our little ways." Yamato replied sarcastically.
Once again, Ken's temper had been challenged. "Tell me how you know!" He leapt at older boy and grasped hold of his shirt, pinning him to a wall. "Tell me!"
Yamato pushed Ken back with ease. He stepped back and inhaled a breath.
"It was you, wasn't it! You're the one that did something to my control spire. You destroyed it!"
Yamato quickly nodded. "Your smarter than you look Ken." He began to walk circles around Ken. "You'd better quit while you're ahead Ken, or else." he said coolly.
Ken snickered, gently running his fingers through his whip. "And I suppose someone like you is going to stop me? You and those children are pathetic. I'd take pity on you if I weren't so easy. Can't you see that I am destined to rule this world." His smile darkened, his eyes pinned on Yamato. "And in this reality only once destiny can be fulfilled." He regained his status back from when Yamato pushed him and walked to the edge of the cliff. "You should sit back and enjoy the show while I destroy your friends." The twisted smile returned to his face as he spoke to Yamato coldly. "And soon you shall suffer the same fate."
Yamato growled at him. "It's very strange Ken, that Osamu was nothing like you…"
Silence……
Ken stood completely still. A fierce breeze blew by, blowing sand into his face. But he stood still. "Osamu…. How do you know…" he asked quietly, almost in a whisper.
Yamato casted a sympathetic upon him, and started to walk away."
"Don't you fucking walk away from me!"
Yamato stopped and spoke softly without turning around to look at his enemy. "You never learn Ken, do you?"
Ken was now speechless. Just hearing his brother's name brought horrible, painful memories back.
"Osamu…"
Roaring from hundreds of Digimon was heard from a near distance. Yamato ran quickly to the edge of the cliff. "Garurumon!"
The large wolf Digimon emerged from the cliffs and landed swiftly beside Yamato.
"Lets go!"
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Taichi remained still, not taking his eyes from the ground. Daisuke frowned at seeing his idol so upset. Gently he took hold of Taichi's hand. "Taichi we can't give up just yet. And don't say you're a bad leader because you're really not. I mean I'd give anything to be as great a leader as you. I've always looked up to you Taichi, you're my hero. And the old Taichi would never give up."
Taichi looked up at the younger boy. His voice was gently yet encouraging. He couldn't help but smile. He let go of Daisuke's hand and wiped his tears away.
"You're right Daisuke, we can't give up, not just yet."
Daisuke's smile had returned. "Great."
"All right everyone, prepare for battle."
The others nodded, as they held their Digivices tightly. They were happy to have the old Taichi back. Daisuke climbed back on to Fladramon. Taichi gazed up and the younger child of courage with great wonder. "Thank you, Dai-chan." He whispered faintly.
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Ken looked down at them all. Vicious memories plagued his twisted mind.
"He knew…. He knows who I am, he knows about Osamu. But how is this possible…"
Wormmon looked upon his master with a worried expression. "Master are you alright?"
There was no reply. The little Digimon slowly scattered towards him. "The troops have made it. They're about to destroy the chosen ones."
Ken immediately awoke from his thoughts. "What?! No! Stop them!"
"But…but master."
"Do it!"
The bug like creature nodded, confused by his master's wishes, but he wasn't going to disobey. He climbed on to the Airdramon and picked up a strange device and spoke into it and told the troops to return back to the base.
A large black beast like dog growled loudly. "What do you mean go back?!" I've waited to long to destroy those children and their pathetic Digimon and I'm going to destroy them now, once and for all!" The horrifying creature leapt towards Taichi, ready to kill him. The others screamed in terror.
"Taichi!" cried Daisuke.
Taichi squeezed his eyes shut, ready to feel horrible pain surging through his body. Instead he felt himself being pushed out of the way by someone. He was knocked on to the ground.
"Taichi!"
Slowly he opened his eyes and looked around. It was Yamato. "Yamato!" he cried thankfully.
Yamato leapt down from Garurumon and ran towards Taichi to help him.
The brunette smiled as the blue eyed blonde gave him his hand.
"Took ya long enough, but I'm glad you're here."
The creature got up and snarled at Garurmon. It started to tighten its claws ready to attack. The attached to it activated again.
"Moukenmon you better get the hell back here!" The Digimon Kaiser's voice was filled with anger.
"But master I was about to destroy the children and…"
"I don't care, return to the base at once!"
The Digimon groaned loudly and glared fiercely back at the chosen ones before it walked off, the army following it.
No one said a word until all the Digimon were out of sight. Everyone stood confused and astonished.
Taichi blinked. "What just happened?"
"Ummm…Did we win?" Mimi asked curiously.
"Why did they all just leave like that?" wondered Iori.
"I bet I know why." Yamato mumbled to himself.
Taichi heard him and turned around. "What did you say?"
"I…um...just said I don't know how, that's all."
The brunette nodded and turned back to the others who were baffled by the current situation. How had they won so easily?
"Isn't it obvious you guys, its because they know we're so powerful that they don't stand a chance against us." cried Daisuke confidently.
Takeru frowned and shook his head in disbelief. "I don't think so. I mean an entire army of Digimon to just ten Digimon? I don't think so. They could have beaten us easily."
"Takeru's right." agreed Hikari.
Taichi sighed and told everyone it was best if they just returned back home to the real world. For the first time in his life, he wasn't happy that they had won. His plan hadn't gone the way he had hoped it would.
Yamato gazed up towards the cliff were he had confronted the Kaiser.
"We'll defeat you one day Ken, I swear it. One day you shall finally see you're defeat…."
Authors Note: Sorry that was very bad. I would appreciate it very much if you reviewed or gave me advice on how I could improve my writing skills. Thank you for reading. I'll post some other chapters if anyone liked the fic, which is very unlikely.
