Author's notes:
Konnichi-wa minasan! I decided to put my boring ramblings before the start
of the chapter. Don't ask me why, as I'm not quite sure myself. Thank you
to everyone who reviewed my last chapter, which was probably a very long
time ago as well. I'm really, really sorry for not updating this in such a
long time! I just didn't get round to writing it and it got side tracked.
Gomen Nasai to everyone who was waiting. To make up for the severe lack of
updates I'm posting the next chapter tomorrow.
Disclaimer: Sadly the Kaiser (aka, the Digimon Emperor) is not mine, neither is Tai, Izzy, Davis, Ryo, or Kouji! And all the Digimon are not mine either! Shimatta, do I even own anything cool?!?! In a nut shell, I don't own Digimon! Happy?
A Reflection of Darkness
Chapter 4. Without Light
"Hello!"
"Can anyone here me?"
There was no response to any of her pleas for help, just a vast emptiness. A place devoid of all forms of life, or at least she thought so. Kari continued to walk along the beach, searching for anyone who might be able to help her get back home. Many hours had passed since she arrived there, yet not a sound was to be heard; it was as still as the grave.
'It's too quite here, kinda like it's completely dead.' She came upon a rather large rock and sat on it, trying to get her bearings on the situation. She should have been scared half to death, but she wasn't. That was perhaps the most unnerving fact about being around the Dark Ocean that she was just beginning to learn of.
"Why did you bring me here?" She asked to the stillness, in the smallest chance that 'whoever' had brought her there had not totally forgotten about her.
"I was not the only one to bring you here, don't point the finger of blame unless your absolutely sure they are at fault."
Kari was now fully alert of her surroundings. The voice was not the same as it was back at her home; it had a louder, more lifelike sound to it. Almost like it was the Dark Ocean itself speaking to her.
"You're the one who brought me here, don't blame other people for things you obviously did!" Kari stated harshly.
"No, I merely helped you make your final decision, but I couldn't bring you here with you unwilling.
She jumped off of the rock and prepared to run for it, the voice was too close for comfort now and she didn't want to be there when it started to point the finger for everything else she didn't do.
Just as she was about to take off down the beach a giant shadow came out from the patch of trees by where she was sitting.
'What the hell is that?' Kari though, way too startled to speak out loud. Kari just stood there; waiting, after all giant moving shadows were not an everyday occurrence (even in the Dark Ocean for that matter!)
Finally the shadow spoke up, in what was unmistakably the voice she had come to know very well. It didn't have much to say, but what it did say would present her with a choice that would affect her more then she ever could have imagined!
"I have a proposition for you Kari."
"Okay, so run this by me one more time dude. You talk to voices?" Davis was in a questioning mood, that wasn't surprising though. After all how would you be if you learned your best friend had gone mad!
Ken just tried his best to ignore the fact Davis' new attitude towards his sanity was: 'The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead' and get on with the plan.
"I don't hear 'voices', I hear a 'voice'." Ken stated to an already confused Davis, as he threw his backpack on the floor in Davis' room.
Davis slumped onto his bed and tried to comprehend what was going on, no easy task, especially for him! "Okay, so how exactly are we gonna contact the 'voice', I mean it's not like we can just send him an invite."
Ken threw himself onto the makeshift bed he had on the floor of Davis' room in frustration. "I don't know! The voice just kinda shows up when he wants, I have no idea how to contact him!"
"Maybe we should have a séance or something." Davis suggested, but was silenced by the look Ken gave him. "Hey, it was just an idea!"
Ken sighed, "I didn't say it wasn't a good idea, but I don't think the voice is dead."
"Okay," Davis continued unaffected by Ken's statement. "Maybe we should get a piece of paper and a pen; you know see if he'll write it down for us."
Ken just shook his head no, and went back to silently brainstorming. Davis in the mean time played hide-and-seek in the bedroom with Demiveemon and Minomon.
"So Ken, you do have a plan to get Kari back though, right?" Davis asked while searching for the two hiding Digimon.
"Maybe."
"What do you mean "maybe"? You have to get Kari back, or I'll be forced to kick your ass!"
"You really like her, don't you?"
Davis stopped dead in his tracks and stared open mouthed at Ken. "Duh, I thought I was making that perfectly obvious?"
"You were! I just wanted to see the reaction!" Ken stated in a fit of laughter. The look on Davis' face was priceless, one of both bewilderment and anger.
Suddenly Davis' expression changed to one of suspicion. Threatening suspicion to be exact. "Why? You don't like her too, do you?"
Ken stopped laughing instantly. "I like her, but not like that!" He said looking off at the bedroom wall and hoping his friend was maybe thick enough to buy it.
Davis just stared at him, then his mouth opened in what seemed to be a silent scream. "OH MY GOD!!!! You think she's hot!! Damn you!" His mouth still hung open in a terrified expression, which he only managed to lose several long seconds later.
' How does he find this stuff out?' Ken thought to himself, while wracking his brain for a decent explanation.
"People tend to think you're a bit on the dim side, but you really aren't, are you?"
Davis opened his mouth yet again to say something in defense, but nothing would come out and he decided on shutting his trap for once.
Ken finally sighed and started explaining a few things. "Okay, I do like her, but you liked her first so I didn't want to make a move. I figured that wouldn't be fair, you being my best friend and all. Am I right?"
Davis just shook his head in agreement, and flailed his arms around signaling Ken to continue.
"And you're not the only one after her too; there's T.K. to worry about. I just figured that it would be better to leave it be and not make waves."
"Okay, let me get this straight." Davis started. "You like Kari?"
Ken nodded his head.
"You like Kari and you didn't tell anyone, namely me?"
Again Ken nodded in agreement.
"You like Kari and all these years people have thought I'm on the dim side?"
"Look Davis, you're my best friend and I don't have a lot of friends. I figured if I told you, you'd freak out!"
"Damn straight I'd freak out! But it's each to their own, and as soon as Kari is back we're competing. Understand?"
A smile spread across Ken's face. "Yep. Now let's do this thing!"
Disclaimer: Sadly the Kaiser (aka, the Digimon Emperor) is not mine, neither is Tai, Izzy, Davis, Ryo, or Kouji! And all the Digimon are not mine either! Shimatta, do I even own anything cool?!?! In a nut shell, I don't own Digimon! Happy?
A Reflection of Darkness
Chapter 4. Without Light
"Hello!"
"Can anyone here me?"
There was no response to any of her pleas for help, just a vast emptiness. A place devoid of all forms of life, or at least she thought so. Kari continued to walk along the beach, searching for anyone who might be able to help her get back home. Many hours had passed since she arrived there, yet not a sound was to be heard; it was as still as the grave.
'It's too quite here, kinda like it's completely dead.' She came upon a rather large rock and sat on it, trying to get her bearings on the situation. She should have been scared half to death, but she wasn't. That was perhaps the most unnerving fact about being around the Dark Ocean that she was just beginning to learn of.
"Why did you bring me here?" She asked to the stillness, in the smallest chance that 'whoever' had brought her there had not totally forgotten about her.
"I was not the only one to bring you here, don't point the finger of blame unless your absolutely sure they are at fault."
Kari was now fully alert of her surroundings. The voice was not the same as it was back at her home; it had a louder, more lifelike sound to it. Almost like it was the Dark Ocean itself speaking to her.
"You're the one who brought me here, don't blame other people for things you obviously did!" Kari stated harshly.
"No, I merely helped you make your final decision, but I couldn't bring you here with you unwilling.
She jumped off of the rock and prepared to run for it, the voice was too close for comfort now and she didn't want to be there when it started to point the finger for everything else she didn't do.
Just as she was about to take off down the beach a giant shadow came out from the patch of trees by where she was sitting.
'What the hell is that?' Kari though, way too startled to speak out loud. Kari just stood there; waiting, after all giant moving shadows were not an everyday occurrence (even in the Dark Ocean for that matter!)
Finally the shadow spoke up, in what was unmistakably the voice she had come to know very well. It didn't have much to say, but what it did say would present her with a choice that would affect her more then she ever could have imagined!
"I have a proposition for you Kari."
"Okay, so run this by me one more time dude. You talk to voices?" Davis was in a questioning mood, that wasn't surprising though. After all how would you be if you learned your best friend had gone mad!
Ken just tried his best to ignore the fact Davis' new attitude towards his sanity was: 'The wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead' and get on with the plan.
"I don't hear 'voices', I hear a 'voice'." Ken stated to an already confused Davis, as he threw his backpack on the floor in Davis' room.
Davis slumped onto his bed and tried to comprehend what was going on, no easy task, especially for him! "Okay, so how exactly are we gonna contact the 'voice', I mean it's not like we can just send him an invite."
Ken threw himself onto the makeshift bed he had on the floor of Davis' room in frustration. "I don't know! The voice just kinda shows up when he wants, I have no idea how to contact him!"
"Maybe we should have a séance or something." Davis suggested, but was silenced by the look Ken gave him. "Hey, it was just an idea!"
Ken sighed, "I didn't say it wasn't a good idea, but I don't think the voice is dead."
"Okay," Davis continued unaffected by Ken's statement. "Maybe we should get a piece of paper and a pen; you know see if he'll write it down for us."
Ken just shook his head no, and went back to silently brainstorming. Davis in the mean time played hide-and-seek in the bedroom with Demiveemon and Minomon.
"So Ken, you do have a plan to get Kari back though, right?" Davis asked while searching for the two hiding Digimon.
"Maybe."
"What do you mean "maybe"? You have to get Kari back, or I'll be forced to kick your ass!"
"You really like her, don't you?"
Davis stopped dead in his tracks and stared open mouthed at Ken. "Duh, I thought I was making that perfectly obvious?"
"You were! I just wanted to see the reaction!" Ken stated in a fit of laughter. The look on Davis' face was priceless, one of both bewilderment and anger.
Suddenly Davis' expression changed to one of suspicion. Threatening suspicion to be exact. "Why? You don't like her too, do you?"
Ken stopped laughing instantly. "I like her, but not like that!" He said looking off at the bedroom wall and hoping his friend was maybe thick enough to buy it.
Davis just stared at him, then his mouth opened in what seemed to be a silent scream. "OH MY GOD!!!! You think she's hot!! Damn you!" His mouth still hung open in a terrified expression, which he only managed to lose several long seconds later.
' How does he find this stuff out?' Ken thought to himself, while wracking his brain for a decent explanation.
"People tend to think you're a bit on the dim side, but you really aren't, are you?"
Davis opened his mouth yet again to say something in defense, but nothing would come out and he decided on shutting his trap for once.
Ken finally sighed and started explaining a few things. "Okay, I do like her, but you liked her first so I didn't want to make a move. I figured that wouldn't be fair, you being my best friend and all. Am I right?"
Davis just shook his head in agreement, and flailed his arms around signaling Ken to continue.
"And you're not the only one after her too; there's T.K. to worry about. I just figured that it would be better to leave it be and not make waves."
"Okay, let me get this straight." Davis started. "You like Kari?"
Ken nodded his head.
"You like Kari and you didn't tell anyone, namely me?"
Again Ken nodded in agreement.
"You like Kari and all these years people have thought I'm on the dim side?"
"Look Davis, you're my best friend and I don't have a lot of friends. I figured if I told you, you'd freak out!"
"Damn straight I'd freak out! But it's each to their own, and as soon as Kari is back we're competing. Understand?"
A smile spread across Ken's face. "Yep. Now let's do this thing!"