So many fireflies!

Amber blood (Times 2!): Thanks for reading this in your busy schedule! Hopefully you think this chapter is great, here's the update!

Mistress of Muses: Yay! Thanks for reading it Kyou! I will definitely send you some pictures. Hope you can find which character represents you! Keep reading and here's the update!

feral-halliwell: Thanks for reviewing, in this chapter Davis will realize what he did to Ken, unfortunately a little too late. The next chapter he'll have mega character growth so keep reading and hope you like this chapter!

Takuya: You might want a box of tissues for this one! It's really sad, that's why it took me a couple days to write it. Davis is an ass, but you'll like him again in the next chapter. Hope you like the update!

Sabrina-Rosalie: Thank you for such a lovely review! I did have a great time in France and I'm sorry I had to leave you all with a cliff hanger. Davis will start to feel bad in this chapter, just a little though. You're going to love the next chapter so keep reading.

LoveSovereign: Sorry it got old the second time, but that's really what it felt like and I wanted to stress it so people understood how uncomfortable and scared Ken felt. When I went, that's what my "Onizuka" called it, a lion's den. After I went in it truly was, and I left crying just like Ken did. Well, anyway, hope you like this chapter and keep reading!

Airkid: Thanks for the review! I originally wanted to put more Digimon in but then I remembered that they're in the Digital World after the adventure--Davis and Ken are now in High School so technically the Digimon aren't there; I tried to incorporate them in the flashbacks a little. I'll have a special Digimon flashback just for you in the next chapter okay? Hope you love this chapter and keep reading!

Lugga: Yay! I had a great time in France, thank you. I actually got a tan a Nice so the sun was very enjoyable. Hope you love this chapter my friend!

FF Fanatic: You'll see a little bit why Davis is so mean, and it will be answered in the next chapter! Hope you like this chapter and it follows the greatness of the previous ones.

Ryuko: Here I am, I'm not dead yet surprisingly! Hope you like this chapter and don't dread it too much, I know I did. Spicy Chicken ramen is really good, hope you can find some. And yes, every chapter previous to this one are based on what happened to me, this chapter is one of the scenarios I played in my head, a really bad scenario. And yes, he is a jerk and I don't think it will ever work out again, but thanks for the support. Here's your long awaited update!

Ficmaster: Well, this chapter has gore so I hope you like it. Davis is not so much of an ass in this chapter and he shapes up in the next one so I hope you keep reading.

Demon King Piccolo: Well, if you want to test your theories you can always email me and I'll try to tell you without giving too much away. Hope you love this chapter and here's some more insight on the ever lovable Daisuke!

XChiisuchinaxKairax: Happy Birthday! I hope this chapter makes up for the long delay. Have a great birthday and eat a lot a cake….yum, cake!

Roade-chan: Thanks for reviewing! Ken doesn't seem all right in this chapter, but he'll live so don't worry! Here's the update.

Kristee: Sorry to leave you hanging. I'm so sorry about Shane, next time you see him give a swift punch and say "With love from Merlin Pendragon" if you want. If you need any advice I'll be here for you, no one should go through pain like this. And please, whatever you do, don't not even think to do the same thing Ken does in this chapter! Best wishes!

kiokie-princess-of-pain: Glad you love it! Here's more for you, keep reading!

Rochelle: Sorry that I left you guys on a cliffhanger! Yes, France was so much fun, I'll probably tell you guys more about it in the next few author notes. Well, I must say, your shameless begging worked! Here's the next chapter, hope you love it!

AN: First off, thank you all so much! I had a wonderful trip, I would tell you all about it but that would take way too long, if you want to email me questions about it or anything I'll be glad to answer them. Many of you have ask how things are going with my "Davis"….sad to say things aren't really going anymore; he's a complete stubborn ass and still refuses to talk to me, so after five mouth of this miserable pain I realized that there was nothing I could possibly do except let go….so I did. I just feel sorry for all of his other friends and it hurts because I know for certain one day he'll do it to them to. My "Davis" had a stupid reason, it wasn't Davis' stupid reason that he couldn't tell Ken how he felt, it was because I, a 16 year old teenage girl, acted like GASP a girl! GASP AGAIN! So as you can see, he's a terrible person that will never go far in life, oh well. The persons actions you can control is your own, and the least he could've done was tell me; the way I found out was from my "Kari" because he wrote her a note, great friend my "Kari" is!

Every chapter earlier was based off of what happened, these chapters are purely just one of the scenarios I played with in my head, purely fictional. I never did anything in this chapter but I often wonder if I had, would my "Davis" even care?

If you are squeamish please don't kill me, if you think the story is sad so far, grab a box of tissues. Please do not read this chapter late at night in the dark when you're the only person home. Or do so…..but I warned you! Hope you like the chapter and keep reading till the end!

Voice Key: Sam, T.K./ Ken, Davis

Walking in the Dark

Chapter 8: Walking in the Dark

"Nothing is going to be alright, nothing.." Ken looked at the door were Onizuka had left only five minutes ago. Ken could feel every second escape him like a grain of sand in an hour glass, the pain in his heart increase with every speck-like second. He lowered his head and stared numbly at the floor not wanting to believe what his mind was telling him.

"Ohhh, look at poor little Ken! He's so sad! Get a life small fry, a guy like that could never love someone like you."

Ken felt his lips move, his voice sounded strange and hallow, "Shut up Sam, I don't want to talk to you, you're dead, what do you know?"

"More than you. Just give it up Ken, no one will ever like you. You're a horrible person, who in their right mind could love you?"

Ken stared at the floor, "I don't know, just leave me alone." He closed his eyes and blocked Sam out, but the old memory of his brother shadowed him and hung over his head in a dark cloud of turmoil. He pulled his knees up to his chest and started thinking.

"He said you looked like a girl Ken."

"Well, you see, his hair, it's so long and….pretty."

Ken slowly moved his hand up and let his cool fingers run through his long shaggy hair that fell a little down past his shoulders. He felt the silk like tresses and without really thinking he started pulling at it; after two minutes he stopped, "Do I really look like a girl?"

Onizuka cursed as he was stuck at a traffic light, this was taking way to long! He shouldn't have left Ken alone like that, the kid was horribly depressed and needed someone there for him. The teacher glanced at the light and saw it turn green, he gunned the engine and took off wishing that everything was going to be alright, wishing that Ken was okay.

Everyone sat on the floor and said nothing, Davis looked at them and scratched the back of his head, "Well…..dinner's going to get cold."

T.K. stood up and walked to the kitchen, Kari followed him and they started eating. Slowly everyone else joined them. An uneasy silence made itself welcome at the table, no one knew what to say, everyone was worried.

He felt a frantic feeling seize his chest as he felt his body stand up and stumble toward the bathroom. Ken couldn't think, he couldn't seem to control himself, he was scared. It was like he was stumbling in the dark, no one was there to give him a helping hand or a smile to lift his spirits, he was alone. In the darkness all he saw was Davis; bits and flashes of Davis. All he could hear was Davis; his laughter, his kind voice when he first met Ken.

The indigo haired teen collapsed against the sink and leaned his head on the mirror.

"You know what?"

"You know I hate this game."

"I know, but still."

Ken looked over toward Davis with his eyes, "Okay, what?"

Davis smiled, "I wouldn't mind if it was just you and me. Screw T.K. and Kari and Yolei and Cody, even Willis. I could live with just you….I don't want to think of a time when you're not around."

His fingers touched the cool glass as he leaned up and looked in the mirror; all he saw was himself, but he didn't like himself anymore; he couldn't stand himself.

"I'll always be here. Trust me……but just promise me one thing……"

"What?"

"Cut you hair or do something with it!"

Without thinking Ken immediately opened the cabinet next to the mirror and pulled out a pair of scissors his dad always kept in there (you never know when you'll need them) and stared at himself. His eyes were dead as he slowly ran his free hand through the violet strands, "Nothing's going to be alright, not now, not ever…..I tried. I tried so hard and I failed."

Onizuka pinched the top of his nose in irritation, "Look officer, I really don't have the time for this right now; I got a depressed kid at home who needs me. All I can do is give you my word as Great Teacher Onizuka that Taka was with me at the time of the crime okay!"

"I'm sorry sir but we can't let you go just yet."

Onizuka nervously lit a cigarette and looked at his watch, "Oh damn!"

The officer cocked an eyebrow, "If Taka didn't commit the crime as you insist Onizuka, who did?"

Onizuka took a long drag of the cigarette, "His co-worker Kale. The guy was the only one hear at the time and he had a strong motive….look, I really need to go."

The officer sighed, "If you answer the questions tomorrow that I suppose you can go to the boy, do you need an escort?"

"Naw, just some Spicy Chicken ramen."

The officer nodded and pointed at a nearby grocery store, ""Good luck Onizuka."

"Thanks, see you tomorrow Ryoji."

Ryoji sighed and watched Onizuka run off, "anything for an old pal."

Ken's eyes widened as he felt his body move on it's own and his right hand roughly grabbed a handful of his hair. The scissors snipped, sliced, and severed the long locks of violet. The silky hair fell on the floor as Ken franticly cut it, he could hear Davis laughing at him, mocking him almost. He could feel Sam breathing down his neck and T.K. wrapping his strong arms around him in a desperate hug to show he cared. The scissors randomly stopped and Ken looked in the mirror again. His jagged hair looked the same as when he was the Digimon Emperor. Ken felt panic flood over him, "No, no I'm not that person anymore. That's not me!"

"Of course it's you, once an evil dictator always an evil dictator. Isn't that right little brother?"

"You have the power to change!"

"No one can change the past, only work towards the future. But remember Ken, the past will always come back to haunt you hahahahaha. Now it's your turn to be hit by a car!"

Ken shook his head vigorously and chucked the scissors into the mirror; half the mirror shattered and fell in long jagged pieces while the other half remained terribly cracked and on the frame. He took short hard breaths and hissed, "I'm not that person anymore, I refuse to be." He lifted his head up and shouted, "I'M NOT THAT PERSON ANYMORE!"

"you can't change Ken, you'll always be that horrible person you were."

"Ken……don't cry, I'm here don't cry."

"How can I not cry?" Hot tears ran down Ken's cheeks as he dropped down to his knees, little shards of glass dug into his hands and shins but he didn't notice it. "How can I not care when the one person that truly mattered to me, that I love, can't even stand to look at me! I'm so pathetic, I don't deserve life, all I did was just screw it up for everyone else." He shook his head again, "I love you Davis, I love you some much."

His hand moved to the right slightly and traced a large, sharp shard of glass. He picked it up and walked into the living room; blood starting seeping through his jeans from the sallow cuts on his legs. Ken stiffly walked to the window and stared at the glass.

"I told you that I couldn't live without you and I can't. I told you that you meant the world to me…. I cared about you and asked if you were alright…..I knew that a lot of times you were not okay, so I always asked you if you were so if you weren't….you knew that I cared, you knew that you could always talk to me. But you didn't come to talk to me….."

Ken's violet eyes focused on the falling rain, drop after drop smacked the window and rolled down like crystal tears. He took a deep breath, "I told you I couldn't live without you." the cool, jagged glass touched his ivory skin and his world filled with more pain.

T.K. put his controller down and let Kari and Yolei beat him at the racing game, "I think I'm going to go home now you guys. I'm a wee bit tired."

Davis shot him a worried glace, "You don't look tired, you don't think you're actually going to go somewhere else do you?"

T.K. rolled his eyes at Davis, "Frankly Davis, I should've left two hours ago with Ken but I stayed here with you, so you shouldn't be saying anything."

"Ha! So you are going over to Ken's place aren't you?"

T.K. looked at the floor and nodded, Davis just stared at him, "Was it really that bad? I mean, it' just Ken, it's not like he has feelings or anything."

Everyone sat in shock and looked at T.K., his face slowly turned red and his eyes narrowed, "How that hell can you say that? Everyone has feelings Davis!"

Davis stood up to look T.K. in the eye, "But this is Ken we're talking about!"

T.K. was about to say something until Kari cut it quietly, "He hasn't told us Davis…..but I know for sure Ken cries himself to sleep every night…."

Willis nodded, "I know he's in constant emotional pain."

Cody gave a sorrowful glance at Davis, "I know he worries about you all the time even though you treat him like a dirty ally cat."

Yolei took off her glasses and cleaned them, she sigh and adjusted them back on her face, "And I know he loves you Davis." she shook her head sadly, "he loves you so much and then you treated him like this. Just imagine that pain he must've went through."

T.K. took a deep breath to calm down, "He's going through all of this and he doesn't even know why."

Tears kept running down Ken's face as he slowly dug the shard of glass deep into his wrist and dragged it up his arm. The pain was blinding but it couldn't compare to the past few months of his inner torment. He collapsed to his knees but kept going.

"When I was the Digimon Emperor, I was walking in the dark. I treated Wormmon like a stray dog, I treated my parents like the were mindless dolls, and I thought the only one that mattered was myself. But then you came Davis. You walked through the darkness carrying a small light of friendship, you saved me and helped me change." The shard of glass reached the middle of his arm and he started slicing the other one, "You gave me your hand and helped me up, you gave me your trust and friendship, and you gave me some of the best times of my life."

Thunder and lightning filled the sky and the lights went out. Ken finished with his other arm and watched his blood flow down, roll off his fingers, and make a pool on the hardwood floor. He smiled softly as lightning ripped through the sky again and illuminated the room, he lifted his head up and looked at the ceiling. Ken's heart burned and throbbed in pain, he wanted that pain to stop. His arms lifted up above his head--his hands wrapped around the glass and stayed still for a moment.

"You are my everything, I love you Davis, and I……I can't live without you."

The lightning flashed again, Ken's head slowly dropped down to look at his chest in shock, his fingers lightly touched the glass shard that was over halfway embedded into his body. He fell limply on his side and as his world black his voice whispered, "J'ai t'aimé, je t'aime, et je t'aimerai….Davis."

"Fireflies are everywhere. Every now and then, at times like this, you start to think of when there was a time where you weren't surrounded by fireflies. The world lights up when they're around and grows dark when they're gone."

Davis took a deep breath, "Fine, you want to know why? Do you really want to know why Takeru Takashi?"

"Yes, I do."

Davis bit his lower lip and looked at the floor and then shook his head, "I can't tell you…..just, just go. I'm sorry, all of you go. I need to be alone and think right now."

Willis shook his head, "No, I'm not going to leave you right now Davis, not like this."

Yolei sighed, "Willis can stay here, the rest of us can go over to my apartment."

"I'm going to Ken's, Kari, go with Yolei okay?"

"Alright T.K., be careful."

He nodded and ran out the door, the others said goodbye to Davis and Willis and departed to Yolei's apartment. Davis looked at Willis, "Is it true? Is Ken really hurting?"

The American nodded, "There's never a time when he was not hurting….I fear Ken might've tried something stupid tonight…..it's a bad feeling and I hope I'm wrong."

"What do you mean by something stupid?"

Willis shrugged and the power went out.

Onizuka ignored the red light and gunned the engine to the point where he was going 15 miles of the speed limit. He had a terrible feeling that wouldn't go away, all he knew was he had to reach Ken. The bag of ramen was wrapped around his left arm and he thanked the lord the food lady double bagged it. He breathed deeply and mutter to himself: "Don't try anything stupid Ken….people care about you. I care about you…please don't try something stupid. I can't loose you like I did Kanziki."

He heard sirens from the police car and gunned it more, just one more kilometer and he'd be there, there was no way in hell he was stopping now. Onizuka reached the apartment complex and parked his motorcycle in two seconds. He chucked the helmet off and ran up the five flights of stairs not even attempting the elevator. The police reached the building by the time Onizuka reached the Ichijouji's oak door and fumbled with the keys. He finally found the right one and nearly ripped open the door after it was unlocked.

The first thing that hit him was that the power was out, then he smelled blood; lightning flashed and he saw a ton of glass on the floor. Onizuka stumbled in and shouted, "Ken? KEN? Where are you? Ken? Ken come out!"

Lightning flashed again and Onizuka saw a dark figure lying below the window, he ran d over to it and knelt down in a dark pool of blood. Quivering, he gently shook Ken's shoulder and whispered, "Hey, hey Ken….are you awake? Ken?"

He pulled Ken's shoulder and rolled him on his back, Onizuka's eyes widened when he saw the glass shard buried in Ken's chest just one inch away from his heart. Blood was still flowing as Onizuka shifted Ken onto his lap and held him. Onizuka felt tears fall down his face as he looked for a pulse; after two minutes he felt a very faint one in Ken's neck.

The police ran through the open door and stopped, the one in the front shouted back, "Someone call an ambulance!"

Ryoji walked over to his old friend, "I'm sorry, I should've let you go sooner Onizuka….I'm so sorry."

Onizuka buried his face in Ken's chopped hair and sobbed, "I shouldn't have went, I should've stayed here…."

T.K. ran through the open door much to the protest of the police and stopped dead, "Ken…." He looked around and went into Ken's room, the basketball playercame out carrying the letter Ken wrote to Davis such a long time ago, "He couldn't take it anymore…..my god….Ken."

Onizuka looked up at T.K., "You go take that letter to that Jackass Daisuke and tell him what happened."

T.K. nodded as the paramedics ran in and put Ken on a stretcher; tucking the letter in his pocket he headed out the door and ran down the hallway. The basketball player stopped at the end of the hall and frantically pulled out his cell phone. He stared at it for a moment and dialed Davis' number. Then, he waited.

"Davis? Oh my god Davis is this you?"

"Yeah T.P., what's up?"

"Don't T.P. me you jackass!"

Davis took a moment and stared at his phone, "Excuse me? What the hell is wrong with you!"

T.K. took a deep breath and said as calm as he could, "Davis, it's Ken."

"….."

"Davis?"

"……what about Ken?"

"……."

"T.K.? Are you there?"

Davis heard T.K. sigh heavily and chock out, "Davis…he's in the hospital."

"WHAT!"

T.K. bit his lip, "Davis, slashed both his wrists…..and he….he stabbed himself in the chest with a glass shard….it missed his heart by one inch. He might not make it through the night."

Davis felt his heart burst into pain, "I'll call you later."

"Wait! Davis-"

The mahogany haired teen hung the phone up and let it drop from his hand not wanting to believe what T.K. said, he felt horrified and sick. He leaned his head against the window, a million thoughts racing through his head, a million different scenarios of how he could've fixed it, a million different ways he could've told Ken how he felt. Davis felt a terrible blinding pain wash over him and he felt something wet hit his hand; confused he lifted his hand up and saw a tear of his roll off his finger onto the window sill. Davis bent his head and cried silently, his chest heaving and tears falling one by one without making a noise. He didn't know that it would go this far, he didn't know Ken was hurting that bad. He didn't know how to tell Ken the he loved him.

"Ken….I….I love you….I'm walking in the dark without you man…..please….please don't leave me. I need you Ken….you're my light…..you aremy everything."

TO BE CONTINUED

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