Wyntermajik: Well, I hate to make people wait forever and I hate it even more when I have to wait! Haha. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter, hopefully this one is even better for you!
Lugga: Yay you're back! And yes, I did miss you J! However, I really sorry…I can't write lime for this story because I don't want to raise the rating….also, I think I'd be too embarrassed to write one! Sorry! Maybe I will….someday, Hope you love your chapter!
Takuya: Yes, poor Ken. I felt bad about killing his parents but I felt the need for it to do for this chapter. And it also shows the faults of the great powerful Izzy. Glad you liked the fluff, you'll love the next chapter, it will make up for all the angst. Enjoy the update Takuya!
Endoh Chiaki: Sorry I killed Ken's parents, it will make more sense in this chapter and I had to keep Onizuka…..I can't say goodbye to such a character you know! It also shows Izzy doing something bad that will come back to haunt him. Well…I hate to keep a fan waiting so here's the next chapter!
Airkid (Times 2!): Thanks for the reviews, I'm glad you enjoyed your flashback, I was going to add Patamon in there but I didn't know what to make him say! It feels great to have fans! Hopefully this chapter will live up to the others, enjoy it Airkid, my most devoted fan!
Kinoko: I hope no one flames either, I think it would make me cry! Fortunately, Ken isn't blind (too many bad things happened to him already!), he was in a half sleep state where he still couldn't move but he could hear and understand what was going on to the point where it caused him to cry. No more bad things will happen to Ken, promise, too many things have happened to the poor guy! Well, hope you love the update and keep reading!
Ficmaster: An explanation of Izzy's wrong doings will be brother to light in this chapter, both him and Davis will tell "No More Lies". Also, it was a slight comic relief, Izzy unknowingly killed Ken's parents….kinda of funny in a sick way. Also, I didn't want to get rid of Onizuka. By the time Ken wakes up in the hospital our teacher friend would've had to go due to his teaching job as Eggleston's sub ending. I hope you love this chapter and keep reading!
Ryoko: Awwwhhh! But you just gotta love those sappy moments! They give you nice warm fuzzy feelings in your heart! And yes….stupid Izzy, it makes me laugh and cry at the same time. I hate to disappoint a fan so here's the next chapter for you! Keep reading please!
I'm sorry, the train thing was a little stupid but everything has it's purpose, trust me! And yay! Doomsday rain! Maybe…but I have a different fic I have to write so if WITD is to be revised it will be much later if at all. Well, here's more for you, hope you keep reading and enjoy Izzy's "explanation" of the train!
takari love: Thank you for the review. I'm sorry that Ken suffered, it's the thing where things get so bad that they can't get any worse and everything after that is good. Ken has felt too much sorrow and pain, he has gone through his test and passed. You will forgive Davis, but not necessarily Izzy….but Ken won't suffer any more so don't worry! I sincerely apologize for putting Ken through so much, but I promise you it will make sense in the end! Enjoy the update and keep reading!
Dark Qiviut: Yay! I LOVE THE RED SOX! Anyway…cough cough….Ken will be alright, he's gone through so much already so I won't make him go through any more pain! I'm glad you forgave Davis….but you might hate Izzy after this. Thanks for keeping with me throughout the story and adding it to your favorites! It makes me so happy! I will keep it up, hope this chapter lives up to the others! Enjoy!
AmberBlood: Don't worry, Ken will get his long awaited hug from someone special in this chapter. A trumpet named John in band accidentally shot himself in the chest and barely missed his heart, it hit his lower right lung and they had to remove it. It hurt so much for him to breath afterward for awhile. The doctors said that a person could live off of half a lung! They wouldn't be able to do much, but they'd live. John is fine now (stays away from guns) and is his old self again. Hope you like the update!
Roadie: Sorry I'm taking a awhile to update. I want to make sure these chapters turn out just right for you guys! Hope you love the update!
Sabrina-Rosalie: I'm glad you're impressed! The lung problem will affect Ken slightly, but I know a guy, John, who lost half a lung and he's doing just fine; Ken just can't play soccer as long as he used to, he'll run out of air quicker…And you know what, it would be fun if Ken ended up with Onizuka….I'm seeing a possible alternate ending perhaps….maybe. Onizuka/Ken, kind of hot if you ask me! Davis redeems himself and finally tells Ken the truth, so I hope you love this chapter and I'll think over that little pairing.
AN: Well…..here we are….one more chapter after this, I'll give a bigger speal on the next/last chapter but I want you guys to know that I really appreciate you taking your precious time and reading my story. Anyway….I want you all to know in advance that Izzy is one of my favorite characters and I don't mean to be cruel but this is just how everything is playing out. Again, I LOVE IZZY I DON'T HATE HIM! So please…. Don't hate me for the path Izzy chose and the big mistakes he made. These next two chapters will be a little sappy and there will be some things that make it a "romance" so bear with me! Also, I know some of you probably looked at my first fanfic "Violet Eyes", I hope you're happy to discover that I will rewrite it when I have the chance, maybe during winter break. I stopped writting it because I wanted to incorporate a new character who was a previous Digimon Emperor, unfortunetly, someone else already had an idea of previous Digimon Emperors and I asked...but she wouldn't let me...so I have to totally rewrite it, but this time it will be Daiken and Takari goodness. Anyway, back to Walking in the Dark...Hope you love the update and read till the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or Onizuka from GTO, they own me.
This is to my first reviewer Lugga, thank you so much for sticking with me since the beginning and I hope you'll stick with "Walking in the Dark" till the end! Enjoy this chapter my friend!
One last thing, let's see after this chapter if you can guess who SandWhale is….and it isn't the person Izzy says it is, you might found a happy surprise for you in the last chapter if you get it right! Happy Guessing!
Walking in the Dark
Chapter 10: No More Lies
Davis walked through the rain quickly, anxious to reach his destination. He stared straight ahead of him with a slight frown on his face thinking about certain things and a certain red head he wanted to kill at that point. From what Davis head from T.K. and the younger Digi-destine, Ken had feelings for him, Ken loved him. But then again…Izzy, the Child of Knowledge and one of Ken's closest friends told him that Ken could care less about him, that his Ken was indifferent to the world. Davis still remembered when he was talking to Izzy after school the day they performed that song in French:
"Hey Izzy, what are you doing back at the high school?"
"I was just installing the new Tenti-Soft computers I donated to the school. So how are you Davis?"
"I'm great….I'm just a little troubled and confused about some things."
Izzy arched a red eyebrow, "Is that so? Well, let's take a walk and talk about it!"
"Alright," Davis nodded and followed Izzy away from the school. He had a bad feeling about it, but after all, it was Izzy, Izzy should be able to help him.
The red haired genius and millionaire stuck a hand in his pocket and looked at Davis out of the corners of his eyes, "So…what's your problem?"
"Well…." Davis sighed, "I think I….I think I have some feelings for.."
"Davis, everyone knows you like Kari so how's it a problem?"
"It's not Kari Izzy!"
The red head stopped walking, "Oh, who is it?"
Davis leaned against a tree, they were know in the park shaded by the many trees there, "It's Ken….I think I love Ken."
Izzy's eyes widened, some unnamable emotions fluttered across his face as he quickly devised a plan, "Oh.."
"You talk to him a lot Izzy, does he like me?"
"Uhh…." the plan clicked in Izzy's head as he smiled, "No…nope, Ken doesn't like you Davis."
"What do you mean?"
"He…likes someone else, not you. He actually thinks your….a little…clingy! Yes, clingy!" Izzy rubbed the back of his head and laughed softly, "Yeah, he says that sometimes he wishes that you'd just leave him alone and get a breather if you know what I mean!"
Davis looked crestfallen, "Oh….well, who does he like if it's not me…?"
Izzy kicked himself on the inside, "Uhhh…his friend….on the internet….guy lives in Kyoto, his name is….Riku!"
"He's never told me about this Riku guy…"
"Well.." Izzy laughed nervously, "Riku's online name is….Sandwhale! And he just refers to him as that!"
Davis looked at the ground, "Yeah…..he does talk about Sand whale a lot."
"So as you can see he doesn't like you at all Davis, and hey, if you don't believe just see how he acts if you were to stop talking to him!"
"What? I couldn't do that Izzy! Look, I think I'm a lot closer to Ken than this Sandwhale guy….I'll just tell Ken how I feel!"
Izzy shot a threatening look, "Don't you dare."
"What?"
"Don't you dare talk to Ken….look Davis, if you tell Ken what you just told me he'll….he'll never trust you again..you wouldn't want that now would you?"
"No."
"Good," Izzy felt bad for what he just did, but if he waned his genius of a friend to join Tenti-Soft, he couldn't be involved with an idiot who wanted to run a noodle cart, it would look really bad. Davis was nice, no doubt about it, but he wasn't the brightest coin in the cash register.
"Well," Davis sighed, "I'll catch you later Izzy."
"Yeah, bye Davis."
Davis leaned against the same tree he did a couple of months ago, if Ken liked him then why did Izzy lie to him? And who was this Sandwhale guy and what was his relationship with Ken? Davis felt like an idiot, he should've just asked Ken and none of this would've happened! Ken wouldn't be in the hospital and Davis wouldn't have a broken heart.
The mahogany haired teen wished with all his heart that Ken was going to be all right; to many bad things happened to him over the past few months. And to top it all off, Ken's parents died in a freak train explosion…..train…a train that belonged to Tenti-Soft. That was troubling…..first Izzy tells Davis a lie that Ken doesn't like him and then one of his trains carrying Ken's parents blows up! Davis wasn't smart, but he figured that Izzy needed to give him some answers and fast. Davis growled slightly as he walked toward the enormous building where he knew Izzy was…Tenti-Soft Inc.
Joe sat across from Izzy in the red head's massive office on the 40th floor, "So Izzy…..do you want to tell me exactly how the train blew up? Because earlier I thought you said that it's impossible to blow up a Tenti-Soft train without a highly explosive bomb on it."
Izzy loosened his tie slightly, "Joe, Joe, Joe…my good friend, the train was merely an accident. And plus, there were only thirty people on it…the train can set up to two hundred people, so thank goddess no one important was on it!"
Joe knocked the chair over as he stood up quickly, "No one important! Izzy, your faulty train just killed thirty people!"
Izzy's face got as red as his hair, "It was not faulty! I was testing something out and I accidentally put on of my bombs on there and it accidentally blew up! No one important was on that train!"
Joe's eyes widened as he yelled, "YEAH IZZY! NOT IMPORTANT? EVERY PERSON IS IMPORTANT!"
Izzy sat back calmly, "Well, if I don't know them they're not important."
Joe took some deep breaths to calm down, "So…you're telling me you didn't know Mr. And Mrs. Ichijouji?"
"Ken parents….?"
Joe nodded.
"….were on the train?"
Izzy's face paled, "Oh shit…"
Davis walked to the front desk, "I need to see Mr. Izumi immediately."
"Do you have an appointment?"
"Tell him it's Davis, and that I have to talk to him right now!"
The secretary sighed and pressed a button, "Izumi-san, there's a Davis here to see and he says it's urgent."
They heard several things that sound like "shit" and then Izzy's voice broke through, "Send him up immediately."
"Go on up."
"Thank you," Davis took the elevator to the 40th floor and let himself into Izzy's office, "Izzy we need to talk now!… Oh hi Joe."
Joe nodded, "Tell him Izzy, tell him about the train."
Davis crossed his arms over his chest, "The train Ken's parents were on."
"It wasn't an accident…" Izzy sighed and rubbed his forehead, "I did it on purpose."
Joe frowned, "On purpose?"
Izzy slammed a fist on his desk, "Look, Ken is like a little brother to me…I wanted him to stay with me without him worrying about his parents or him!" Izzy pointed at Davis, "So if his parents were died and Davis 'hated him', then Ken wouldn't leave and stay with me at Tenti-Soft."
Davis glared, "So Ken did like me?"
"No, he loves you…he told me that a long time ago when he first met you. But you're an idiot if you couldn't see that Davis! You need to sort out your own feelings before you yell at me!"
Davis stood there dumbfounded, "I guess I do still need to sort my feelings out…"
Ken felt the air mask on his face and the rush of the breath of life in his body. He moved his head to the side and slowly opened his eyes to see an exhaugested, unshaven Onizuka. He feel a deep pain in his chest and it hurt terribly to breath. Onizuka smiled and rubbed circles into Ken's hand, "So you're awake?"
Ken nodded slowly and tried to pull the air mask off so he could talk but both his arms hurt to much to move. Onizuka's smile sadden as he pulled the air mask off, Ken wheezed a bit and coughed slightly, "What happened?"
"You came home from Davis' and tried to kill yourself Ken. You cut your wrists up and then stabbed your right lung…they had to remove half of it because it was so damaged, so it will hurt to breath for a while."
Ken moved his head to stare at the ceiling, "So…..how long has it been?"
"Three days."
Ken blinked and asked in a monotone voice, "So my parents are dead?"
Onizuka looked at the ground, "Yes….the train blew up…no one knows how either, it just went boom…I'm so sorry Ken."
Ken laid there as silent tears ran down his cheeks, "Why is my life so terrible? Why do all these bad things happen to me Mr. Onizuka? Why?"
"Ken….your life isn't terrible, I mean…things can't possibly get any worse for you. It's all going to be better I promise."
"How can it be better? My parents are dead, Davis hates me, I can't even breath properly."
"Davis doesn't hate you Ken, I don't know what he's feeling right now but I know he's worried sick about you." Onizuka smiled, "and you'll get use to missing half a lung and breathing will be easier."
"I saw my brother Sam….he told me to go back…so I did."
Onizuka rubbed his scruffy chin, wishing he had shaved earlier, "It's a good thing you did Ken, you would've left a lot of people who cared deeply about you behind. Look, from now on you're going to stay with me, I'm going to be your legal guardian, is that alright with you?"
"Yes…it's great….I just can't believe my parents are really dead….I didn't even get to say goodbye to them."
Onizuka leaned back in the chair, "The only thing that boggles my mind is that it was a Tenti-Soft train, those things don't blow up unless a bomb or something's in it."
Ken sighed, "I think…I think I'm going to get some rest now."
Onizuka nodded and put the air mask back on Ken, "Sweet dreams Ken."
Ken's vision faded as he fell into old memories of his parents and wished they were still alive.
The teacher picked up his phone and dialed a number he knew by heart, he heard three rings and then a kind female voice saying, "Hello?"
"Hey Becca, it's Onizuka."
"Oh hi Eikichi, is Ken alright?"
"Yeah, he's doing much better, sorry for making you come back a week early."
"Oh it's alright Eikichi, I actually talked to the principal today and guess what!"
"What?"
"He wants to hire you as a new French teacher!"
Onizuka nearly feel off his chair, "Really Becca! You mean I'd have a permanent job there?"
"Oui Monsieur Onizuka!"
"YES! Je t'aime Becca!"
"Je sais, well I got to go now, say hi to Ken for me."
Onizuka smiled, "I will, good bye Becca."
He hung up the phone and looked at Ken, now he had a home, a family, and a job, how could life get any better?
Ken took a long time to recover; he was still in a deep depression over Davis that only grew with the death of his parents. Joe watched Ken through the mirror like window, watching the boy just sat up in his bed and stare at the sheets. The genius refused to see anyone but Izzy and Onizuka, and after he heard how Izzy caused his parents deaths…well, he couldn't look at Izzy for a while. Ken still liked his red haired friend, but he needed some space from Izzy in order to get over it.
Joe sighed and cleaned his glasses as Ken refused to speak to the psychiatrist for the fifth time in a row. The mind doctor finally gave up on Ken and left in a huff, Joe took a deep breath and walked in, "Feeling better Ken?"
"It hurts to breath," the boy said blankly, "my heart hurts when it beats, my head hurts from thinking to much…..everything hurts really. And it really hurt that you didn't let me go to my own parent's funeral."
Joe sat in the chair next to the bed, "I'm sorry Ken, you were unconscious at the time and not well enough anyway. My friend. you're going to be in some pain for a while, but you need to start trying to push yourself, otherwise you won't heal. I know your parents would want you to keep going Ken….so please, what can I do to help you?"
Ken sat silent for a few minutes, thinking. He turned his head slightly toward Joe, "Get me out of here."
"What!"
"I want to be out of the hospital, I want to go to school again."
"Why? You only have two weeks of school left until summer."
"Please….I need to go back. I think that will help…it will distract me from my parents…."
Joe sighed, "Alright Ken, but you need to promise me that you won't try to kill yourself again. If you do….we will probably have to lock you up for a while…understand?"
Ken nodded and relaxed back down into his bed, "Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll go home."
Joe left him alone with nurse to file the release papers, he hoped to God that he was doing the right thing.
Ken woke up at 5:30 AM, today he went back to school after spending two weeks in the hospital, today he would tell Davis how he felt regardless if the other boy listened to him or not. The indigo haired teen took a long hot shower, it felt so good to have the hot water running down his back and in his jagged hair. After he dried off with a fluffy white towel and slowly wrapped new white bandages around his wrists so he wouldn't pick at the stiches. Ken then pulled on the white button up shirt, green slacks, and straightened his tie, the jacket laid next to the one T.K. gave him that life changing night. He picked up the black leather and folded it carefully, hopefully T.K. would forgive him for keeping it such a long time.
Onizuka quietly knocked on his door, "Ken, I made some tea."
Ken opened his door and leaned against the frame, "Tea with milk? Or tea with sake?"
Onizuka grinned back, "Tea with milk, but you can have sake if you want."
Ken had an amused look on his face and walked into the kitchen, Onizuka followed him wearing his nothing but his blue boxers. Ken poured two cups of tea and handed one to Onizuka, "Thank you for making the tea."
"No problem," Onizuka smiled, "Oh. Don't forget to take your.."
"Anti-depressants, I know." Ken monotony replied while popping two pills in his mouth, "Joe's too paranoid."
"We all are, better safe than sorry."
Ken nodded, "Can I have a ride to school?"
Onizuka nodded, "Just let me get my pants and we'll go."
Ken finished his tea and put on his school jacket, in his hands he held his school case and T.K.'s coat. Onizuka came out wearing pair of faded blue jeans and a tight white shirt, he watched Ken slip his shoes on and opened the door. Out of respect to Ken's mother, he lit his cigarette outside of the apartment and pushed the elevator button. The indigo haired teen followed him with his head hung slightly, Ken was starting to feel the same old paranoia build up and he was extremely nervous. Today was a Friday so all he had all weekend to recover. It didn't hurt to breath anymore but his wrists still ached.
Onizuka handed the other helmet to him and smirked, "remember to hold on tight!"
Ken remember quickly as the motorcycle lurched forward at a speed of 65 mph in a 40 mph area. The bleached teacher arrived at the school in a record time of 3 minutes and 28 seconds. Several girls giggled and waved at Onizuka as Ken got of the mortar bike with shaky legs, the teacher waved back at them and then looked at Ken, "Are you sure about this?"
"I'll be fine, thanks for everything Mr. Onizuka."
"Naw, I'm family, call me Eikichi."
Ken gave a soft smile, "Thank you Eikichi."
Onizuka saluted him and took off as soon as Ken was safe in the building. The genius looked around and quickly walked into the band room to make sure his clarinet was alright; luckily for him he arrived before everyone else so he wouldn't be prodded with questions. He saw his baby safely in locker 121 ad smiled with relief, he hoped his lungs would be strong enough to play today.
The clock on the wall read 7: 03 AM as Ken left the band room and walked to the Commons were he saw Willis already sitting at the table. Carefully, he stuck up behind the American and threw his hands over the blue eyes, Willis stiffened slightly, "Kari, is that you?"
Ken chuckled under his breath and said softly, "Guess again."
"KEN!" Willis squealed, whipped around and wrapped his strong arms around Ken's waist. He then stood up and swung Ken around in the air, "I can't believe you're back! I missed you so much!"
Ken giggled, "I missed you to Willis, but I can't breath…"
"Oh sorry!" Willis put him down and motioned Ken to follow him to the library, "I think we should stay in hear for a while….I wouldn't be good for Davis to see you right away."
Bang. Bang. Ken's smile faded, "Davis?"
"Don't worry, he's leaving second period through lunch for a dentist appointment so don't worry too much Ken…."
Ken nodded, "But I want to see T.K. and Kari."
"Don't worry, you'll see them soon Ken, for now, talk to me."
Ken rested his arms on the table and leaned forward slightly, "What do you want to talk about?"
"Well…..I want to know," Willis took a breath with a pained expression on his face, "I want to know why you tried to kill yourself."
Ken closed his eyes feeling dead, "What good is life without love?"
Willis leaned forward and hushed his voice a little, "Ken, we all love you, you're like family to me. You have so much to live for and I can't understand why you wanted to throw it all away."
The genius opened his eyes slightly and gave a soft smile, "People do crazy things…when they're in love."
The American bit his lip, "So….you love Davis, don't you?"
"Yes, I do. But when one knows love they feel despair and sometimes the despair becomes so hard to handle they wish they never knew love in the first place."
"Why don't you tell him?"
Ken narrowed his eyes and hissed softly, "Oh, and do you suppose he'll listen? What do you think he would do? Push me away, hurt me, be scared of me? No, I'd rather have a one-sided friendship if nothing at all."
"You're still willing to forgive Davis? I can't believe you still like the guy!"
"What's there not to like? I bet he had his reasons, reasons that are hard to explain. But I will do what Davis wants me to, I'll leave him alone now, I give up."
Willis leaned back surprised, in all the time he knew Ken the other teen never came close to uttering those words. He knew Ken didn't believe in giving up, in not succeeding, Ken would try until he accomplished. Willis looked at Ken's smaller figure and felt a pang of anger and guilt, no one should have to be that self sacrificing or suffer that much. The American wished for Davis' sake that he wouldn't see the other boy all day, if he did….well Willis might just resort to hurting his friend. He forced a small smile and patted Ken on the shoulder, "It's alright, you can give up….I'll stay by you Ken."
Ken looked at his and gave him a small, sad, smile that broke the American's heart, "Thank you Willis, I really appreciate it."
All of Ken's teachers were overjoyed to see one of their favorite students back alive and healthy; the indigo haired teen was surprised to see how many of his teachers and classmates worried sick over him. He felt guilty for being so selfish and hoped he never had to resort to trying to commit suicide again.
Before he knew it he was in Band and being crushed with a million hugs from his family away for home and being yelled at for doing something so stupid. The band teacher, Mr. Nixon, finally rescued Ken and yelled at everyone to get their instruments out. After all the kids were seated and quiet did he begin to take role, "Where's Daisuke?"
Some random trumpet player yelled something about a dentist appointment and Mr. Nixon nodded and told them to warm up. Ken felt the wood clarinet beneath his figures and began to play "Music of the Night", at first it hurt worse than when he first woke up but he kept trying and ignored the pain; his clarinet never sounded so sweet to his ears before and it felt great playing it again. He remembered when him and Davis sometimes played duets together in the park; it was a fond memory and he didn't push it aside, after all, memories of Davis were probably going to be the only things Ken could have left.
Mr. Nixon had them run through the music they were going to play for the final concert and Ken sight read it easily, the band teacher sighed with relief that his student was feeling alright. Like Onizuka, a few of his favorite students in the past were killed and committed suicide and Mr. Nixon couldn't forgive himself if Ken died; maybe no one could forgive themselves if Ken died. Sometimes the boy was too kind for his own good.
T.K. walked up behind Ken and lunch and just hugged him tightly, afraid to let go. Ken gave soft smile, "It's okay T.K., I'm still here….I'm not going anywhere."
"That's what you said last time Ken, and you did go somewhere…in the dark, all by yourself."
Ken gently pushed T.K. off him and turned around to face the other boy, "I'll be fine, I learned my lesson T.K.," he handed the leather jacket back to T.K., "Sorry I kept it for so long."
T.K. ruffled Ken's hair, "It's okay."
Kari ran up and hugged Ken, "I'm so glad you're back!"
He returned her embrace and felt a pang of guilt for making her and T.K. worry, "Yeah, I'm back and I'm hear to stay."
She beamed and she launched herself at T.K., "Awww, cheer up Love Bug!"
T.K. grinned and said in a cute voice, "Anything for my Sugar Muffin!"
Ken laughed, "Oh man! You guys are way to cute, you're killing me!"
They all grinned and sat down next to Yolei and Cody who both hugged and fussed over Ken. The indigo haired boy wondered what state they would be in if he did die…would they have eventually begin to smile again? He felt so stupid for what he did and made sure they knew it, "I'm really sorry, all of you…it won't happen again."
Yolei nodded, "Yeah, we won't let you even attempt it ever again!"
Cody grinned and rasped out, "Yeah! The only thing you'll have to worry about is us watching you too much!"
Ken laughed, "Okay, just don't stalk me or anything!"
The group groaned when the bell rang to end lunch and Ken felt some paranoia seep in, Davis would probably be in his next class and he would have to sit behind him. T.K. led Ken up to the indigo haired boy favorite class and lead him in, Mme. Eggleston stopped them immediately and took Ken's arm from T.K.; she lead him over to the other side of the room, far away from Davis' seat. Ken almost sighed with relief but the pain wouldn't go away. He just wished that things were back to normal between them. Slowly, the class began to fill up and Davis was the last student in, from where Ken was sitting it would be impossible for Davis to see him.
Ken watched in confusion when he saw a troubled, depressed Davis sit down and softly talk to T.K. about something. Goggle Boy II's face steadily became nervous and then determined as he whispered to T.K. who became somewhat pissed off. Mme. Eggleston wrote down the things they needed to do study for the final making all the students to busy to do anything else. After class, Davis and T.K. disappeared and Ken walked to his last class alone and paranoid.
During his last class Ken's wrists began to ache and he absent mildly started rubbing the bandages to try and make it go away. His science teacher, Mr. Kannon, caught a glimpse of the white binds around his favorite student and felt depressed, why would such a kind, happy boy resort to attempted suicide? Then his other favorite student in one of the lesser classes, Davis, seemed deeply pained after the incident. The teacher shook his head and kept writing, hoping that everything would be alright.
When the bell rang Ken took his uniform jacket off and picked up his school case slowly, he took his sweet time walking out of the classroom so he wouldn't bump into Davis; the other boy tended to rush out the door. Once he was out of the classroom, the indigo haired teen leaned against the wall and let a few silent tears escape his violet eyes. He been trying not to cry all last period, now that he was alone, in a semi dark hallway, he didn't care. Over the past few months Ken learned that the worse thing a person can do is bottle up or cover their emotions. He couldn't do it anymore. Ken wiped his face and continued walking when all of the sudden he felt his back against the wall again; he looked up and saw two chocolate brown eyes he hadn't seen in a long time.
Davis held Ken up against the wall and stared into the deep pools of violet, his face and eyes were filled with mixed emotions as he chocked out, "Ken….I"
"I know Davis," Ken stared at the floor darkly, feeling his heart fill with despair, "You never want to see me again right?"
Davis grabbed Ken's wrist and looked at it, "You did this….because of me?"
"Yes…I did. Unfortunately I did it wrong."
Davis looked down at Ken, "Oh Ken, don't say that."
"If I did it right, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be here to ruin your life anymore."
Davis gripped both of Ken's wrists roughly, the indigo haired teen gave a small cry of pain as Davis glared at him, "Don't you ever say that again! You could never ruin my life Ken, never!"
Ken felt the hot tears run down his face and hung his head, "Then why did you pretend I didn't exist? Why did you make me walk in the dark all alone?"
Davis' face soften and he pulled Ken into a tight embrace. He buried his face it Ken's jagged hair and softly said, "I…."
Ken could feel his heart breaking, in was much more painful that stabbing himself in the lung with a glass shard, "I'm sorry Davis….I'm sorry that I did something to make you hate me so much."
Davis felt something wet run down his cheek: he was crying. He stood up straight and took Ken's face in his hands so that the other boy would look up at him, "No Ken, I'm sorry that I was too much of a coward to talk to you. I'm sorry that I…lied to you. Ken…I'm not going to tell any more lies--"
"Davis….what do you--"
Davis smiled softly and pressed a finger to Ken's lips, "Ken…my heart knew for a long time…I knew ever since the Digital World that I…." he ran his fingers through Ken's silky hair, "I love you."
Ken didn't seem surprised as Davis thought he would, the former Digimon Emperor reached up and stroked Davis' cheek, "Then why didn't you tell me sooner?"
Davis sighed, "I wasn't sure if you loved me back, Izzy told me you didn't so I took his word for it, he said to ignore you to see how you would react….I shouldn't have listened to him, I should've told you earlier--"
Ken shook his head, "People do crazy things when they're in love."
The mahogany haired teen took a short breath, "So do you--?"
Ken smiled in a way that melted Davis' heart, "What's there not to love in you?"
"But I treated you like crap!"
"It's alright, I don't care. You had your reasons."
Davis smiled and cried tears of joy, "Oh Ken, please…forgive me for what I did."
"I forgave you a long time ago, I was just waiting for you. I love you Daisuke….but please…do one thing for me."
"What?"
Ken gave a mischievous little grin, "Oh…why don't you guess?"
"KEN!"
"Okay okay, please don't ever do this to anyone else again."
Davis nodded and kissed Ken softly on the forehead; Ken thought it was sweet but he had been through too much suffering for just a simple kiss on the forehead. The Child of Kindness looked deeply into his love's eyes, leaned up and pulled Davis into a light kiss on the lips. Davis ran a hand through Ken's hair and wrapped his other arm around the lithe waist; he deepened the little kiss making Ken moan slightly. In two minutes they moved for base 3 to base 1 with French kissing. It soon became a little too passionate for Onizuka to bear, he coughed and then laughed when the two pulled away and blushed.
Davis groaned, "How much did you see Onizuka?"
The bleached teacher raised one black eyebrow, "Oh, just the whole thing." He burst out laughing and clapped a hand on Davis' shoulder, "Man, you two are just so adorable. But I don't want you molesting my new son now would I?"
Davis rolled his eyes, "I guess not." He looked back at Ken and gave him a big hug, "No more tears okay? Everything will be great from now one, you'll see."
Ken smiled brightly and hugged Davis back, "I'm glad you had a good but stupid reason!"
Onizuka sighed contently and pulled Davis off Ken, "Alright Kenny, let's go home now, you can see your little boy toy later."
Ken nodded and quickly kissed Davis on the cheek as Onizuka dragged him off, the teacher chuckled at him the whole way home. Finally life had started looking up for his little friend, Onizuka smiled to himself and thanked God that he didn't loose Ken like the other students in the past. Now all that was left for Ken was for Izzy to tell him in person what he did to the train; Onizuka would make sure he and Davis would be there, hopefully it will be a happy ending. After all, everyone likes happy endings.
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