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LOVE'S TRUE STRENGTH
Chapter Eleven: Gone Terribly Wrong
Blinking awake, Kari yawned. She wondered what time it was. Deciding that it didn't really matter what time it was and that she needed to find the lady's room as soon as possible, Kari lifted herself from the bed. As she made her way across the room, she felt a shiver go through her. She needed to request a bathrobe from Ken the next time she saw him. Rubbing the goose bumps from her arms, Kari pushed the button that opened the door. She was greeted by bright green eyes.
"It's all right, Getamon," Kari said. "I'm just going to the lady's room."
Getamon brushed passed Kari's legs, then jumped up on to the bed and curled up. Kari smiled, then continued out into the hall. It was easy to get lost in all those similar-looking corridors. She knew that she was supposed to turn left right after Ken's viewing room and she was nearly there now. Kari was surprised to hear voices coming from the viewing room. It was ken and Wormon. She still didn't know what time it was but it seemed a little early for a business meeting. Curious, Kari lingered near the door to listen.
"Your plan seems to be working, Ken," said Wormon's voice. "Kari really seems to like you."
"Of course she does," Ken shot at him. "All my plans work perfectly. I told you I could do it, didn't I?"
"I'm sorry I doubted you," Wormon apologized.
"Yup, Kari is like putty in my hands," Ken went on. "Bet I could get her to do anything. All I need to do is whip out some sob story and she crumbles to pieces."
"But, Ken," Wormon began, "I thought the plan was to do things for her not have her do things for you."
"Don't you get it, Wormon?" Ken scoffed. "I make her think I'll do anything for her to gain her trust. Now that she cares and wants to comfort my troubled soul and all that, I can bend her to my will. With her, I can put an end to those pesky digidestined once and for all."
Kari gasped and put a hand to her mouth. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Ken had been playing her the whole time? It was just another plot to take over the digital world. He was using her.
"But, Ken," Wormon began again, "I thought you loved Kari."
"Love?" Ken laughed. "Be serious, Wormon! That girl is nothing to me, just another pawn in my elaborate plan to take over the digital world. Love! Ha! You should know better than to accuse me of such a weakness."
Kari couldn't hold it in any longer. She ran down the hall back to her bedroom, her eyes stinging with tears. When she was safely in her room, she threw herself on her bed and bawled. She couldn't hardly breath from all the sobbing, and she felt as if someone had just reached in her chest and pulled out her heart. It was agony.
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"Oh, Ken," Wormon began, "don't try to be hard with me. I know you, Ken."
"I don't know what you mean," Ken muttered.
"You've been a different person since Kari came," Wormon explained.
"It's an act," Ken insisted. "I am still the Digimon Emperor."
"Whatever you say, Ken," Wormon said, turning to leave the room.
"Humph," Ken grumbled, folding his arms and looking at his computer screen. Wormon was his servant, and he wasn't going to have a servant think him weak.
Ken smiled to himself. He had been different since Kari came. He'd been happy, happier than he had ever been in his life. He never wanted to loose that. It was time to show her his special gift. Ken brought up his Kari:gift file and began to bring the object to life.
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Light came into the viewing room. Ken raised his head off the consul and squinted at the sun spewing through his balcony entrance. He grabbed his sunglasses, which had fallen off some time during the night, and placed them over his stinging eyes.
"Are you all right, sire?" Wormon asked.
Ken stretched, saying, "What?"
"It's nearly noon, sire, and you have been in here all day," Wormon told him.
"Noon?" Ken repeated, getting out of his chair. "Where's Kari?"
"She's been in her room all day too," Wormon informed.
"OK," Ken muttered, taking the small black box off his consul.
"What's that, Ken?" Wormon asked.
"A ring fit for a queen," Ken smiled to himself, placing the box in his pocket.
"You're going to ask Kari to stay?" Wormon queried.
Ken just smiled in response. He walked passed Wormon and over to Kari's door. Wormon followed him. Ken went to knock, but stopped.
"She's been in there a while?" Ken asked Wormon.
"Yes, Ken," Wormon told him. "All morning."
"D'you think there's anything wrong?" Ken said, biting his lip.
Wormon shrugged.
Ken knocked on the door. There was no answer. He typed in his code and the door slid open. When he glanced in, he saw Kari bawling on her bed.
"Kari?" he said softly.
Kari's head jerked up at the sound of his voice. Immediately, she grabbed a pillow and threw it at him. Since she wasn't a very good shot, it hit the wall. That made her more angry.
"Get out!" she screamed. "Never come near me again, you jerk!"
"But, Kari-" Ken began, not understanding what was the matter with her.
"Leave me alone!" she cried, throwing another pillow at him. When that one missed, Kari just buried her face in her bed and sobbed.
Ken couldn't stand to see her like this. What was the matter? He walked slowly up to her.
"Kari?"
"I hate you!" she mumbled.
Ken suddenly felt he had been hit by MetalGreymon's gigablaster. He turned swiftly away from her and walked straight out of the room. He closed the door behind him and sunk to the ground. She hated him? It felt like he was choking or something. The day before she liked him. Why did she hate him now?
"Maybe you should have knocked," Wormon muttered.
Ken glanced at his friend. Kari's door opened. Ken thought maybe Kari was coming out to apologize or something. Instead Getamon ran out spitting, a silver necklace almost hitting her on the way out. The door closed. Ken gently lifted the necklace her had given her from the floor.
"Getamon, what..?" Ken began, helplessly.
"I'm sorry, master," Getamon muttered. "I don't know what's wrong with her. She was fine yesterday. When I woke up this morning, she was crying. She wouldn't even acknowledge I was there until you came in. Then she insisted that I was 'just another ploy.' She tore off the necklace and threw it at me."
Ken glanced down at the shimmering stones in the necklace. What had he done to her? Ken threw the necklace at the opposite wall and put his face in his hands.
LOVE'S TRUE STRENGTH
Chapter Eleven: Gone Terribly Wrong
Blinking awake, Kari yawned. She wondered what time it was. Deciding that it didn't really matter what time it was and that she needed to find the lady's room as soon as possible, Kari lifted herself from the bed. As she made her way across the room, she felt a shiver go through her. She needed to request a bathrobe from Ken the next time she saw him. Rubbing the goose bumps from her arms, Kari pushed the button that opened the door. She was greeted by bright green eyes.
"It's all right, Getamon," Kari said. "I'm just going to the lady's room."
Getamon brushed passed Kari's legs, then jumped up on to the bed and curled up. Kari smiled, then continued out into the hall. It was easy to get lost in all those similar-looking corridors. She knew that she was supposed to turn left right after Ken's viewing room and she was nearly there now. Kari was surprised to hear voices coming from the viewing room. It was ken and Wormon. She still didn't know what time it was but it seemed a little early for a business meeting. Curious, Kari lingered near the door to listen.
"Your plan seems to be working, Ken," said Wormon's voice. "Kari really seems to like you."
"Of course she does," Ken shot at him. "All my plans work perfectly. I told you I could do it, didn't I?"
"I'm sorry I doubted you," Wormon apologized.
"Yup, Kari is like putty in my hands," Ken went on. "Bet I could get her to do anything. All I need to do is whip out some sob story and she crumbles to pieces."
"But, Ken," Wormon began, "I thought the plan was to do things for her not have her do things for you."
"Don't you get it, Wormon?" Ken scoffed. "I make her think I'll do anything for her to gain her trust. Now that she cares and wants to comfort my troubled soul and all that, I can bend her to my will. With her, I can put an end to those pesky digidestined once and for all."
Kari gasped and put a hand to her mouth. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Ken had been playing her the whole time? It was just another plot to take over the digital world. He was using her.
"But, Ken," Wormon began again, "I thought you loved Kari."
"Love?" Ken laughed. "Be serious, Wormon! That girl is nothing to me, just another pawn in my elaborate plan to take over the digital world. Love! Ha! You should know better than to accuse me of such a weakness."
Kari couldn't hold it in any longer. She ran down the hall back to her bedroom, her eyes stinging with tears. When she was safely in her room, she threw herself on her bed and bawled. She couldn't hardly breath from all the sobbing, and she felt as if someone had just reached in her chest and pulled out her heart. It was agony.
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"Oh, Ken," Wormon began, "don't try to be hard with me. I know you, Ken."
"I don't know what you mean," Ken muttered.
"You've been a different person since Kari came," Wormon explained.
"It's an act," Ken insisted. "I am still the Digimon Emperor."
"Whatever you say, Ken," Wormon said, turning to leave the room.
"Humph," Ken grumbled, folding his arms and looking at his computer screen. Wormon was his servant, and he wasn't going to have a servant think him weak.
Ken smiled to himself. He had been different since Kari came. He'd been happy, happier than he had ever been in his life. He never wanted to loose that. It was time to show her his special gift. Ken brought up his Kari:gift file and began to bring the object to life.
**************
Light came into the viewing room. Ken raised his head off the consul and squinted at the sun spewing through his balcony entrance. He grabbed his sunglasses, which had fallen off some time during the night, and placed them over his stinging eyes.
"Are you all right, sire?" Wormon asked.
Ken stretched, saying, "What?"
"It's nearly noon, sire, and you have been in here all day," Wormon told him.
"Noon?" Ken repeated, getting out of his chair. "Where's Kari?"
"She's been in her room all day too," Wormon informed.
"OK," Ken muttered, taking the small black box off his consul.
"What's that, Ken?" Wormon asked.
"A ring fit for a queen," Ken smiled to himself, placing the box in his pocket.
"You're going to ask Kari to stay?" Wormon queried.
Ken just smiled in response. He walked passed Wormon and over to Kari's door. Wormon followed him. Ken went to knock, but stopped.
"She's been in there a while?" Ken asked Wormon.
"Yes, Ken," Wormon told him. "All morning."
"D'you think there's anything wrong?" Ken said, biting his lip.
Wormon shrugged.
Ken knocked on the door. There was no answer. He typed in his code and the door slid open. When he glanced in, he saw Kari bawling on her bed.
"Kari?" he said softly.
Kari's head jerked up at the sound of his voice. Immediately, she grabbed a pillow and threw it at him. Since she wasn't a very good shot, it hit the wall. That made her more angry.
"Get out!" she screamed. "Never come near me again, you jerk!"
"But, Kari-" Ken began, not understanding what was the matter with her.
"Leave me alone!" she cried, throwing another pillow at him. When that one missed, Kari just buried her face in her bed and sobbed.
Ken couldn't stand to see her like this. What was the matter? He walked slowly up to her.
"Kari?"
"I hate you!" she mumbled.
Ken suddenly felt he had been hit by MetalGreymon's gigablaster. He turned swiftly away from her and walked straight out of the room. He closed the door behind him and sunk to the ground. She hated him? It felt like he was choking or something. The day before she liked him. Why did she hate him now?
"Maybe you should have knocked," Wormon muttered.
Ken glanced at his friend. Kari's door opened. Ken thought maybe Kari was coming out to apologize or something. Instead Getamon ran out spitting, a silver necklace almost hitting her on the way out. The door closed. Ken gently lifted the necklace her had given her from the floor.
"Getamon, what..?" Ken began, helplessly.
"I'm sorry, master," Getamon muttered. "I don't know what's wrong with her. She was fine yesterday. When I woke up this morning, she was crying. She wouldn't even acknowledge I was there until you came in. Then she insisted that I was 'just another ploy.' She tore off the necklace and threw it at me."
Ken glanced down at the shimmering stones in the necklace. What had he done to her? Ken threw the necklace at the opposite wall and put his face in his hands.