DiScLaImEr: ((hehe, that does looks funny...)) I don't own Digimon, but I own Kiku, she's my character, so no using her without permission, sorry! But I don't want my characters stolen...

Chapter 5: The Necklace

The necklace hung in the air for a second. Kiku stared at the glowing crystal, then reached out and took it from Gennai's hand. She fingered it for a second, then put it on around her neck. As soon as she had done so, the crystal became light pink. She looked up at Gennai.

"What does this thing do exactly?" she asked. "Why does it keep changing colors?"

"Well, until you are able to harness your powers, this crystal will glow different colors with all your emotions. When it's red that means you're angry, pink is calm...."

"So it's like a mood ring?" Kiku interrupted.

Gennai frowned.

"That is the most sophisticated piece of intelligence in the Digital World!" he exclaimed. "You cannot compare it to a cheap piece of jewelry..."

"Gennai, it's just like a mood ring," Taichi assured.

"Fine, it's like a mood ring, for now anyway. But once you gain full control of your powers, it will only tell you how the Digital World is. It will be two colors, and the colors should be evenly divided in the crystal. It will have gold, for light, and black for dark. If there's a time when one side is greater than the other, then you must come here and use your power to balance out the Digital World," Gennai explained.

"So what do I do?" Kiku asked. "Wave my hands and say a spell?"

She stood up and walked over to the tree that she had caused to be uprooted. She held out her hand.

"Go back in the ground," she said firmly.

To Taichi's surprise, the tree stood back up and went back into the ground. Kiku's jaw dropped, and she was silent for a second. Then she began to jump up and down, screaming.

"Did you see that?" she asked. "I just made a tree go back into the ground! All by myself! I told it to go back into the ground, and it did! Like a puppy!"

Kiku ran over to Taichi and hugged him. He grinned and swung her around. Eyes wide, Gennai ran over to them and tore them apart.

"KIKU! You're not supposed to do things like that!" he scolded.

Kiku stood back and looked at Taichi. Her eyes became glassy again. Gennai sighed as the crystal on her necklace became blue.

"I guess blue means sad," Taichi said, his voice full of disgust.

Gennai nodded.

"Yes, blue means sad."

The two men continued to talk, and didn't notice that Kiku walked off. She began to wander around the Digital World and was soon out of Gennai and Taichi's view. Though she knew it was probably best that she stayed with them, she knew she had some sort of power now, so she could take care of herself.

As she walked on, she found herself by a place that looked like a preschool. But there weren't any kids in the school. Instead there were a bunch of little heads or some sort of creature. Kiku wandered over and looked at one of the heads.

"What are you?" she asked.

"I'm a Digimon!" the head exclaimed. "My name is Koromon! Who are you?"

"I'm Kiku," she said. "I'm 'The Guardian'."

The Koromon gaped at Kiku, then began to scream for all his friends. Kiku began to back up, thinking that she had done something wrong. The crystal on her necklace began to glow an amber color. She turned to run, but before she could start off, the Koromon returned with many other Digimon.

"There she is!" the Koromon exclaimed. "The Guardian!"

Kiku turned back around to find about a hundred little Digimon staring up at her. All but the first Koromon had their mouths hanging open. The first Koromon had a smug grin on his/her face (Kiku wasn't sure which gender it was).

"And I found her!" the Koromon said with pride.

"Wow!"

"I can't believe that's the guardian!"

"She's so pretty!"

"She's small, like Hikari."

"I like her better than Hikari!"

"You haven't even talked to her!"

"Does she even talk Koromon?"

"Of course she talks!"

"Talk Guardian!"

"Yeah! Talk!"

Kiku opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Not one. The Koromon bounced over to her and looked up at the Guardian.

"Will you please talk Guardian? Everyone came here to meet you," Koromon said.

Still a little nervous, Kiku cleared her throat.

"Hello," she said nervously.

All the Digimon began to cheer as though something great had just happened. Kiku grinned as they swarmed around her as though she were some great famous person.

"I can't believe it! She really is the Guardian!"

"And she talks! You can't forget that!"

A Tsunomon bounced over to Kiku and sat (if a head can sit) on her feet. He then looked up at her.

"Guardian, are you going to stay here with us?" he asked.

The Koromon puffed out it's cheeks, obviously jealous that the Tsunomon was getting Kiku's attention. Kiku's crystal turned yellow.

"I think I am," she replied softly.

Kiku bent down and began to pet the Tsunomon and Koromon. Both had huge grins on their faces, and drool coming out of their mouths. Within a minute, every Digimon had flocked over to Kiku. She was surrounded and couldn't move. If that wasn't enough to make her laugh, the Digimon all jumped on top of her, pinning her down to the ground.

She didn't complain though. Kiku loved the attention; she loved kids, even if they were Digimon kids.

"Maybe it won't be so bad being here for the rest of my life," she thought. " As long as I can be around them, I think I'll be fine."

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A/N: Well, I've done the first 5 chapters of this story, and they're coming along pretty quickly, huh? Thanks to everyone who has reviewed me so far!! It's very nice to know that people like my writing. Please keep reviewing! Thank you!