Disclaimers: I don't own Digimon; I'm simply using the characters for my and my muse's entertainment. And DO NOT anger the cactus god!! ^_^;;
Ultimate Betrayal by Yaoi Girl
Friday night was the only night the young blonde got a full night's sleep, despite the fact that he still hadn't got to talk to or see Ken for the past week. But the only reason he got any sleep in the first place was because Yamato crushed up some sleeping pills and put them in the boy's dinner drink.
A noise echoed several times throughout his room at about 9:30 the next morning, causing him to roll on his back and yawn, trying to force his still tired eyes open. The noise continued, but he seemed to be ignoring it, the beep either being something that faded into the familiar background noises of any day or he was ignoring it on purpose.
Ten, fifteen minutes later, Takeru lazily sat up in his bed, rubbing his eyes before standing up and venturing out of his room.
"Hey, Yamato? Are you awake?" he called out, but not too loud in case the other boy was still in bed.
He sighed and padded down to his brother's room, poking his head inside, smiling as he found his brother curled up against his boyfriend, who he had no idea was over.
'If only Ken hadn't seen me and Daisuke, maybe we would be sleeping peacefully together like that. Maybe if I hadn't agreed to kiss Daisuke, Ken and I would be sleeping like that,' he then mentally kicked himself.
Sighing again, he walking into the living room, plopping down on the couch.
After a few moments, he tilted his head to the side with a look of sheer thought as he heard the beeping noise again, only louder this time.
He looked down at Taichi's book bag next to the couch, where the noise seemed to be coming from, but he also heard the same noise coming from across the room. Azure eyes then looked to the side of the room where he heard the same noise, his eyes widening tremendously.
Jumping up, he ran down the hall and into his room, grabbing his D-3 from his dresser. "Oh, no!" He then ran out of his room and burst through his brother's door, interrupting the sweetest kiss he had ever seen, as Taichi had just proposed to his four year boyfriend, Yamato accepting.
Both boys stared at him with slightly angered and confused expressions until they seen what the boy held in his hand, Taichi and Yamato then jumping out of bed, clad only in their boxers, pushing past Takeru and running to the living room after their own dig-vices.
"What could be going on?" Yamato asked as he stared at his beeping digi-vice.
Takeru walked into the room a moment later with a terrified look on his face, his D-terminal shaking in his trembling hands.
"He's got Daisuke."
"'He' who?"
Takeru couldn't speak anymore because he knew who it was and didn't want to believe it...
Yamato took the D-terminal away from him and read it, Taichi reading over his shoulder.
// I know you have the guts to save your new boyfriend, but now that I'm back in control, do you have the guts to face me again? \\
"You don't seriously mean that Ken..." Yamato started as his younger brother sank into the couch, head in his hands, not sure whether to cry or growl in frustration.
"What about Ken?" Taichi asked, not knowing about the break-up, the near kiss, or the kiss in the park.
The older blonde grabbed his fiancé by the arm and gently pulled him from the room, leaving Takeru to his thoughts, explaining everything once they reached his room.
~*~
"But like you said, Ken's never one to hold a grudge. So why would he go back to being 'him?'" the brunette asked as he sat backwards in Yamato's computer chair, chin resting on his crossed arms on the back rest of the chair.
Yamato only shrugged. "I don't know unless his heart was hurt that much that he wanted revenge on the two of them."
"Whatever the reason, we have to find a way to stop him and bring him back again."
"I don't know if *we* can." Yamato sighed, sitting on the little left space on the chair behind Taichi, wrapping his arms around him, resting his cheek against the boy's bare back. "I think Takeru's the only person that can reach the real Ken."
~*~
'This can't be happening!' Takeru 's mind wailed in denial as he threw himself onto the couch, bawling like a lost little child. 'I have to save Daisuke, but how? Ken knows that I'll come to save him, so he'll be waiting with a trap.'
"We're gonna have to act quickly if we want to ensure Daisuke's safety," a now fully dressed Yamato said as he dropped a shirt and pair of capris on his crying brother's back. "Don't cry over the mistakes of the past. What matters is now."
He turned his head and stared up at his brother with an angered, teary expression. "You don't think I know that?"
"You act like you don't."
"He'll be waiting for me. He'll catch me somehow, and then Daisuke and I will have the same fate," he said as he sat up, slouching over with his elbows pressed against his legs, hands dangling, the clothes now laying in a heap next to his shuddering form.
"You're so selfish, Takeru. Simply giving up without trying, without a fight."
The younger blonde glared up at his soon-to-be brother-in-law, who in turn was already glaring down at him.
"You're just gonna sit here and do nothing while Daisuke's being tortured and may even be dead?! You're so afraid of seeing Ken now that you fear for your own safety instead of the people's you care about most."
"What do you mean by that?" he growled, standing up and walking over to Taichi, grabbing a fistful of the brunette's shirt, shaking him once with a vicious force.
Taichi only smirked and gave a little laugh. "Just because you're afraid of losing your life doesn't mean that Daisuke's true friends are. We're going with or without you. We might not be able to stop Ken, but at least we can try to save one of our friends."
"One of our friends?" Takeru asked in a calmer tone as he released his grip on the still smirking Taichi.
"You're the only one who can get through to Ken."
The younger blonde turned his head as he muttered, "Not after what I've done."
Yamato grabbed his brother's chin and forced him to look into his eyes. "How do you know if you haven't tried?"
Smacking his brother's hand away, Takeru grabbed for his clothes before he walked out of the room, thinking. "I've tried, but he doesn't seem to want to listen."
"You'll just have to make him, won't you?" Yamato asked the retreating figure. "If you still care for him, you'll find a way. Love always finds a way."
"Love's not my department; it's Sora and Miyako's."
TBC
Kinda angsty, maybe? *shrugs* I'm having a lot of fun with this fic so far! And I hope you guys are enjoying it!!!