Chapter VII: All I Wanted
God knows I never sought anything in you except yourself; I wanted simply you, nothing of yours.
--Heloise—
Ryo was down to his knees. He can't fight anymore for the fact Ken was his partner before. The Digimon Emperor simply laughed at the fool. "I have a question for you, Tamer before I kill you and your pathetic digimon." Ryo didn't even bother to look at the Emperor's eyes and was so busy crying. "How do you feel about Ken?" The Emperor asked Ryo.
"How I feel about him?" the Emperor waited for Ryo's answer, which seemed to be interested to the other boy's answer. "He is... he... is..." Ryo wondered why does it seem to be hard to answer while the question was very easy. The Digimon Emperor was being impatient now.
"So, what is your answer, Tamer?"
"He is... is just a friend of mine. That's all."
"Is that so..." The Digimon Emperor seemed to be not so satisfied from the other boy's answer. "I see. You haven't realized it yet."
"What is the thing that I should know about Ken?
"He liked you"
"I like him, too as a friend."
"There is no use explaining it to you."
"Explain what?"
"Shimeramon, kill this fool and his digimon." Faster than the speed of light, Shimeramon used his sword to kill Ryo. Luckily Paildramon blocked the attack just in time. "Paildramon!!!" Ryo shouted as the Digimon Emperor sat again in his chair. "It is futile to fight, Tamer" Shimeramon kept on going and going. Even one false move Paildramon will lose the fight. Ryo can't do anything rather watch in horror as the Emperor he seemed to be enjoying it.
"Desperado Blaster" Paildramon attacked Shimeramon but not even a scratch was made. "Paildramon, he can't fly" Ryo commanded Paildramon to fly up in the sky. "How sweet. Shimeramon finish the fight, now." Suddenly, Shimeramon grew some wings at his back; it was black and somehow mixed with the color dark blue. Shimeramon flew up, chasing Paildramon in the sky. Ryo can't bear to watch so he charged at the Digimon Emperor to give a punch or so but as soon as he reached the Digimon Emperor, Shimeramon was in front of him. His sword was an inch away from Ryo's throat. "Do you think it would be easy to kill me?" While Shimeramon was off guard, Paildramon pushed him aside and he fell unconscious. "Do I have to do everything by myself?" The Digimon Emperor got a gun and aimed it at Ryo. "Say goodbye now, Tamer." A gunshot was heard but it didn't hit Ryo instead it hit something else. "Ken" The Emperor ran to Shimeramon and helped his digimon but it was too late. Shimeramon turned back into Ken and was injured badly. "Please, Kai Chan. Stop fighting now" Ken gave the Digimon Emperor a warm smile and disappeared into data. The Digimon Emperor was crying and Ryo couldn't help but stand at the back. "He saved me."
"You did it again. Now he's gone."
"Did I really win? For what cause, Ken is gone" Ryo then heard a laugh coming from the Emperor. "What is funny?" Ryo asked
"You, of course."
"Don't you really feel anything? You're laughing even though someone had died."
"I loved someone once but just to find out he loved someone else and it was you, Ryo Akiyama. Ken loved you not as a friend more than that and you had never realize it until now when he is dead again."
"I... I... I..."
"You are sorry? Ha, Ken is dead and it was all because of you. The reason I did this is for you to know what Ken really had felt for you. That was his last wish before he had died. He had waited for your arrival but you never did come."
"But his memories were all erase"
"Memories can't be erase but it can be block by something. As long as Ken has the Dark Spore he can never forget about the things that happened before because it would just haunt him sooner or later."
"But how did he die?" But before Ryo could get an answer from the Digimon Emperor, their surroundings started to shatter like a mirror and the Digimon Emperor had disappeared so as Paildramon. "An illusion? Everything was just an illusion?" Ryo found himself in a desert which where he and Ken fought Millenniumon. Then, a figure stood besides him and it was Gennaii. The old man seemed to be so young now. "Did you have a surgery, Gennaii?" Ryo asked
"Of course not!!! This is how I look when I'm younger."
"Hey, Gennaii. What ever happened to Ken about 11 years ago?"
"Well, you see. The Digidestined of Kindness had an illness that concerns his heart and doctors had no idea how to make him feel better. Ken knew that he wouldn't be living that much so after the fight with Diablomon, he went to the Digital World and stayed here for about a month. A month later he died. The other Digidestined know nothing about this."
"Why is that?"
"The 4 beast digimon had kept it a secret so now Ken is somewhere here in the Digital World."
"Where?"
"I don't know by now he would have turned into data."
"Oh, is that so..." Ryo was a bit disappointed but that didn't stop him. After all the things happened to him today, he was so tired so he had left Gennaii and went back to the real world. He had only wish that he could have done something to help his old partner, Ken Ichijouji.
Gennaii was drinking tea in his house with a visitor from the outside. "So, you don't plan to tell him?"
"It would just hurt him"
"I guess so. Well... why did you come here?"
"Don't be so mean Gennaii"
"So now I'm being mean"
"Okay fine. I'm just here to visit you"
"Sometimes I don't really understand you, Ken"
"So do I" Ken took a sip of his tea and left Gennaii with a puzzled look. "Besides I'm your new apprentice now"
"A smartass that is"
"Don't pick a fight with me or I would let Kai Chan out"
"Okay, I understand. I will just shut up"
"It's just I don't like to be a burden to him."
Kouken: So how did you like it? Please review
Ryo: Come back here. I'm not finish with you yet (Fires the gun to Kouken)
Kouken: Well... I got to go now. The monkey is out of control and is demanding for more bananas
Ryo: I heard that. How dare you embarrassed me in front of many girls
Kouken: Well... they think you're cute and besides that pink monkey suit you're wearing now is kind of nice with your brown spiky hair.
Ryo: What the hell? How did you let me wear this without me knowing it?
Kouken: Simple actually while you are being embarrassed I put that thing on you.
Ryo: That's it. I am going to really kill you
Kouken: Well... bye, folks. I still need to run for my life. Being a zookeeper is not an easy job especially if you have an aggressive talking monkey boy.
God knows I never sought anything in you except yourself; I wanted simply you, nothing of yours.
--Heloise—
Ryo was down to his knees. He can't fight anymore for the fact Ken was his partner before. The Digimon Emperor simply laughed at the fool. "I have a question for you, Tamer before I kill you and your pathetic digimon." Ryo didn't even bother to look at the Emperor's eyes and was so busy crying. "How do you feel about Ken?" The Emperor asked Ryo.
"How I feel about him?" the Emperor waited for Ryo's answer, which seemed to be interested to the other boy's answer. "He is... he... is..." Ryo wondered why does it seem to be hard to answer while the question was very easy. The Digimon Emperor was being impatient now.
"So, what is your answer, Tamer?"
"He is... is just a friend of mine. That's all."
"Is that so..." The Digimon Emperor seemed to be not so satisfied from the other boy's answer. "I see. You haven't realized it yet."
"What is the thing that I should know about Ken?
"He liked you"
"I like him, too as a friend."
"There is no use explaining it to you."
"Explain what?"
"Shimeramon, kill this fool and his digimon." Faster than the speed of light, Shimeramon used his sword to kill Ryo. Luckily Paildramon blocked the attack just in time. "Paildramon!!!" Ryo shouted as the Digimon Emperor sat again in his chair. "It is futile to fight, Tamer" Shimeramon kept on going and going. Even one false move Paildramon will lose the fight. Ryo can't do anything rather watch in horror as the Emperor he seemed to be enjoying it.
"Desperado Blaster" Paildramon attacked Shimeramon but not even a scratch was made. "Paildramon, he can't fly" Ryo commanded Paildramon to fly up in the sky. "How sweet. Shimeramon finish the fight, now." Suddenly, Shimeramon grew some wings at his back; it was black and somehow mixed with the color dark blue. Shimeramon flew up, chasing Paildramon in the sky. Ryo can't bear to watch so he charged at the Digimon Emperor to give a punch or so but as soon as he reached the Digimon Emperor, Shimeramon was in front of him. His sword was an inch away from Ryo's throat. "Do you think it would be easy to kill me?" While Shimeramon was off guard, Paildramon pushed him aside and he fell unconscious. "Do I have to do everything by myself?" The Digimon Emperor got a gun and aimed it at Ryo. "Say goodbye now, Tamer." A gunshot was heard but it didn't hit Ryo instead it hit something else. "Ken" The Emperor ran to Shimeramon and helped his digimon but it was too late. Shimeramon turned back into Ken and was injured badly. "Please, Kai Chan. Stop fighting now" Ken gave the Digimon Emperor a warm smile and disappeared into data. The Digimon Emperor was crying and Ryo couldn't help but stand at the back. "He saved me."
"You did it again. Now he's gone."
"Did I really win? For what cause, Ken is gone" Ryo then heard a laugh coming from the Emperor. "What is funny?" Ryo asked
"You, of course."
"Don't you really feel anything? You're laughing even though someone had died."
"I loved someone once but just to find out he loved someone else and it was you, Ryo Akiyama. Ken loved you not as a friend more than that and you had never realize it until now when he is dead again."
"I... I... I..."
"You are sorry? Ha, Ken is dead and it was all because of you. The reason I did this is for you to know what Ken really had felt for you. That was his last wish before he had died. He had waited for your arrival but you never did come."
"But his memories were all erase"
"Memories can't be erase but it can be block by something. As long as Ken has the Dark Spore he can never forget about the things that happened before because it would just haunt him sooner or later."
"But how did he die?" But before Ryo could get an answer from the Digimon Emperor, their surroundings started to shatter like a mirror and the Digimon Emperor had disappeared so as Paildramon. "An illusion? Everything was just an illusion?" Ryo found himself in a desert which where he and Ken fought Millenniumon. Then, a figure stood besides him and it was Gennaii. The old man seemed to be so young now. "Did you have a surgery, Gennaii?" Ryo asked
"Of course not!!! This is how I look when I'm younger."
"Hey, Gennaii. What ever happened to Ken about 11 years ago?"
"Well, you see. The Digidestined of Kindness had an illness that concerns his heart and doctors had no idea how to make him feel better. Ken knew that he wouldn't be living that much so after the fight with Diablomon, he went to the Digital World and stayed here for about a month. A month later he died. The other Digidestined know nothing about this."
"Why is that?"
"The 4 beast digimon had kept it a secret so now Ken is somewhere here in the Digital World."
"Where?"
"I don't know by now he would have turned into data."
"Oh, is that so..." Ryo was a bit disappointed but that didn't stop him. After all the things happened to him today, he was so tired so he had left Gennaii and went back to the real world. He had only wish that he could have done something to help his old partner, Ken Ichijouji.
Gennaii was drinking tea in his house with a visitor from the outside. "So, you don't plan to tell him?"
"It would just hurt him"
"I guess so. Well... why did you come here?"
"Don't be so mean Gennaii"
"So now I'm being mean"
"Okay fine. I'm just here to visit you"
"Sometimes I don't really understand you, Ken"
"So do I" Ken took a sip of his tea and left Gennaii with a puzzled look. "Besides I'm your new apprentice now"
"A smartass that is"
"Don't pick a fight with me or I would let Kai Chan out"
"Okay, I understand. I will just shut up"
"It's just I don't like to be a burden to him."
Kouken: So how did you like it? Please review
Ryo: Come back here. I'm not finish with you yet (Fires the gun to Kouken)
Kouken: Well... I got to go now. The monkey is out of control and is demanding for more bananas
Ryo: I heard that. How dare you embarrassed me in front of many girls
Kouken: Well... they think you're cute and besides that pink monkey suit you're wearing now is kind of nice with your brown spiky hair.
Ryo: What the hell? How did you let me wear this without me knowing it?
Kouken: Simple actually while you are being embarrassed I put that thing on you.
Ryo: That's it. I am going to really kill you
Kouken: Well... bye, folks. I still need to run for my life. Being a zookeeper is not an easy job especially if you have an aggressive talking monkey boy.