Chapter Two- You Can Trust Me
"Arukenimon's digimon seem to be getting tougher to beat," said Kari. She dusted herself and stood next to TK as their Digimon preceded to destroy the remaining control spires in the field.
"Yeah but where is Arukenimon? I haven't seen her at all," TK said. Kari's only reply was a shrug.
The Digidestined had just finished fighting 15 Tyrannomon made out of control spires.
"So Ken do you want us to stay here so you can be with your giiiirlfriend?" said Davis as
he nudged Ken's arm with his elbow.
A small "Mmph.." escaped Ken as Davis elbowed him and he felt his face turning bright red.
"Davis do you always have to be so annoying?" Yolei said, pushing Davis aside and standing in front of Ken. "We'll stay here Ken, see you later."
"Thanks Yolei. Come on Stingmon." Ken got on Stingmon and they flew back to the
rock where they had been standing.
When Ken got there, however, he didn't see Jesi. He looked around and saw three sets of
footprints in the dust.
"Oh no."
He walked through the bushes and saw the tire tracks of Arukenimon's car leading into the
desert.
Ken ran back to Stingmon and leaped onto his back.
"Ken what's wrong?"
"Arukenimon and Mummymon kidnapped Jesi. Quick, go back to the others."
Yolei looked up as the digimon were destroying a control spire and saw Ken and Stingmon flying straight towards them.
"That's strange, why is he coming back?"
Ken yelled down and Stingmon hovered overhead.
"You need to help me! Jesi's been taken by Arukenimon and Mummymon." he shouted.
The Digidestined got onto their Digimon and followed Ken across the field and into the desert.
Meanwhile, Arukenimon and Mummymon were standing with their captive at the top of a cliff. Jesi leaned over the edge and looked towards the canyon leading into the desert. It was the only way to get there from the forest area, and she noticed Arukenimon and Mummymon's eyes were also focused on the canyon entrance. Then she looked down into the huge hole in the ground at the base of the cliff. It seemed to be bottomless, and was so dark she couldn't tell if anything was inside.
"What's down there?" she asked the two evil Digimon.
"Just a little surprise for the Digidestined when they get here," Arukenimon replied.
Jesi remembered what Kari had told her about the control spires.
"Oh no, there must be digimon down there waiting to attack the others." She bit her bottom lip and held back the tears she felt coming. "I've only been here for an hour and already I've started causing trouble." She looked down into the hole and strained her eyes to see what was there. Just as her eyes began to focus, Ken and the other Digidestined rode though the opening of the canyon on their digimon.
"Ken!" Just as she yelled Arukenimon covered her mouth.
Ken heard a voice and looked up at the top of the cliff to see Jesi being held by Arukenimon.
"She's up there!"
The Digidestined rode up to the huge hole in front of the cliff. They stood at the edge and
Ken yelled up to Arukenimon.
"Let her go right now you witch!"
Jesi then bit Arukenimon's hand and Arukenimon let go of her mouth.
"Ken! Look out it's a trap!"
But it was too late, just as Jesi yelled out her warning a giant swarm of Kuwagamon rose
up out of the hole. They formed a barrier between the ground and the cliff face like a giant net.
"Quick, DNA digivolve!" Davis shouted.
Stingmon and Exveemon DNA digivolved into Paildramon. Paildramon and the other
digimon began to fight the Kuwagamon. One by one, the Kuwagamon started vanishing as Desperado Blasters and Rosetta Stones smashed into them.
Ken looked up at the cliff and saw Arukenimon laugh as she and Mummymon dragged
Jesi into the forest behind them. Jesi's arms were flailing in every directing trying to break free. Ken didn't waste any time and started running around the hole to the side of the cliff, not even considering the battle raging above his head.
"Ken where are you going!?" shouted Yolei, but Ken didn't turn back, something was driving him on, preventing him from seeing the danger all around.
Ken reached the cliff and started scaling the side. When he managed to get to the top he
saw Arukenimon and her captive through the trees. He quietly ran ahead of them and then hid in
the bushes. When they reached the spot where he was he stood up quickly.
"Arukenimon!"
Ken surprised Arukenimon and Mummymon and they turned around to see who had sprung up out of the bushes. While Arukenimon and Mummymon were distracted Jesi saw her chance to escape. She elbowed Arukenimon in the side and ran towards Ken. When she reached him
Ken grabbed her hand.
"Run!" Ken and Jesi ran through the forest towards the edge of the cliff. Twigs snapped in Jesi's face and branches caught in her hair but Ken continued to pull her along, not looking back for a second. As they got closer to the edge and Ken still wasn't slowing down Jesi shouted to him.
"What are you doing? You have to stop!"
Ken looked back at her, "You have to trust me."
Just as she was about to reply, Ken jumped off the cliff taking Jesi with him. Jesi screamed and grabbed onto Ken's shirt as they plummeted towards the giant hole at the foot of the cliff.
"Paildramon!!" Ken yelled. Paildramon heard Ken's voice and saw the falling children. He
quickly flew through the swarm of Kuwagamon and got to them just in time.
Jesi and Ken landed safely on Paildramon's back. He flew to the ground and set them
down, then continued to fight the last few Kuwagamon.
Jesi stood on the sandy ground, shaking and out of breath. It took her a moment to gather herself.
"Ken just risked his own life to rescue me," she thought. She could hardly believe what had just happened. She finally caught her breath and turned around to face Ken.
"Ken, you saved me."
As she said this she wrapped her arms around Ken and kissed him.
Ken was totally surprised, but for some reason he felt he had to wrap his arms around her and hold her close to him. Ken's very first kiss ended, and he finally realized that he was in love.
