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Data Set 6: Uninteresting Email

Ken sat at his onyx laptop, typing away. The hotel room was shadowed, as the light bulb just blew out only a few minutes ago. His black hair was made to look even darker than usual. It went down just past his face, getting longer as it went towards the front The main source of light was now from Mother Nature itself; her sunlight glided through the window and rested on the somewhat pale face of the drifting DigiDestined.

Well, traveling would be more accurate. Since he got nearly perfect scores on everything, as he always did, he was excused from the exams. Now, his parents were dragging him all over the country to find just the right college for him. It bored him more than anything else, really. Not that it wasn't important, it's just he was growing tired of bouncing from place to place. Besides, he wanted to see his friends.

While was reading some interesting science fan fiction, a soulless voice droned from the speakers.

You got mail

He glanced at the corner of the screen. Sure enough, one new message had arrived.

He laid his cursor on the mailbox. Moments later, a info box appeared, revealing the title of the message and

Hey Kenny Boy!

That was it. No address was to be found.

Ken's blue-shaded eyes shrunk, and a small gasp escaped from his throat.

Only one person had ever called him that.

He immediately opened the email and absorbed its contents as fast as he could.

Kenny Boy! It's been awhile. Sorry I didn't contact you sooner, but it's taking me forever to make this stupid thing work. And that's saying a lot.

So...how're you doing? Mom and Dad aren't too worried about me, are they? Made any new friends while I've gone? Oh yeah, I've been just fine. Just exploring stuff, figuring things out, getting lost. That kind of thing.

Oh yeah, don't reply to this. I don't think it'll get through. But can you meet me at the Fourth Forest Terminal? After all, it has been awhile. Don't worry about the time; just come whenever you can.

Well see ya!

"Ken?" his mother called out.

Ken let out a yelp and slammed his laptop down.

"What's the matter dear?"

"Oh, it's nothing,' Ken reassured her. "You just surprised me, that's all."

"Oh my sorry," she replied. "We'll be going to BlueCreek College now."

"Okay Mom," Ken replied. He opened up his laptop and hastily deleted the email. "I'll be getting ready."

Data Set 7: Only Him

It was early into the next day. In fact, it was so early that Ken's parents were still deep in slumber.

But Ken didn't feel like sleeping. Not with the restlessness surging through his blood. He unpacked his laptop and activated it. While the computer was waking up, he scavenged something else from his somewhat organized belongings: a black Digivice.

"I know this is stupid. I know I should call the others," he thought as he witnessed the laptop preparing itself from whatever use its master may have in mind. "But...I have to do this on my own. I have to know if its really him..."

When the laptop was done unpackaging itself, Ken held the Digivice up to the screen.

Instantly the screen began to flux, forcing all the colors to mix with each other. He could feel it drawing him in, pulling him to that other world that all DigiDestined were chosen to protect.

Within a few moments, he felt his body being morphed into blinding light and rushing through the portal.

"Don't worry, Mom..Dad...' he thought. "I'll be right back..."

"Ken!" a familiar voice called.

Ken fluttered his eyes. Right above him was his very own Digimon partner. He had the appearance of a olive-hued caterpillar, only he was about the size of your usual house cat. Two zigzagging antenna that matched the body were on his head. The sideways jaws he had for a mouth were of a deep purple.

"Hey, Wormmon," Ken answered, getting up.

"It's nice to see you Ken,' Wormmon replied. "But what brings you here?"

Flashes of the email zipped across his mind, reminding him of his purpose for coming here.

"I'm...investigating something I've heard,' Ken answered, feeling that it would not be best to go into details. If he heard the true reason he had come here, Wormmon would probably think he'd gone insane.

"Oh, I see,' Wormmon replied. "But what is it that you're investigating?"

"Well..." Ken paused, trying to think of the right words. "I heard that there's a DigiDestined lost here, and I'm off to find him."

"Oh?" Wormmon replied. "What's his name?"

"I dunno, it's just rumors,' Ken replied too hastily.

Wormmon cocked his head. "Ken?"

"Anyway, I heard that he was last spotted at the Fourth Forest Terminal, which isn't too far from here," Ken added quickly. "Let's go.'

"Allright..."Wormmon replied.

There had been a reason why he hadn't just warped to the Fourth Forest Terminal. If it indeed was a trick, then he'd probably take him out as soon as he entered the Terminal. So he entered through the Third Terminal instead.

As he hurriedly headed for his destination, he tried to keep an eye out for possible enemies or traps. Although really, Wormmon would be much better at that than he would be.

His partner rode on his shoulder, ready to Digivolve if necessary. With the suspicious look he gave to every rock and bush, he almost seemed menacing. Almost.

He dashed down a hollowed wood tunnel of leaves as he began to leave the Third Terminal. The lifeless discards of the plants fled from Ken's rushing body. As the tunnel continued to dip, he wasn't so much running than slipping down the smoothed tree bark. It was almost like one of those plastic slides children play on, as the direction of the tunnel writhed and twisted. Gravity was tugging Ken down the spiraling ride faster and faster, making no regard of the various debris that also lay in the tunnel. Eventually, the tunnel went straight down and left Ken freefalling for what seemed the longest time.

Then suddenly, it was over.

He found himself in a flowered forest, with all kinds of vines clinging to the trees.

The Fourth Terminal.

And right there was the very person he'd come to see.

"Sam..." he muttered.

Data Set 8: Fragments of the Insignificant Past

And there he stood before him, not ten feet away. He still wore those rather large glasses, his hair was still as blue and messed up as ever, and he still wore that calm smile.

Ken could find nothing to say.

"K-Ken?" Wormmon stuttered, using one of his many legs to point to the older boy. "Is that who I think it is?"

"Yes," Ken replied, seeming to be almost unruffled by the appearance of his theoretically deceased sibling. Almost.

"Hey, Kenny Boy," he called out casually, strolling over to him. "Howya been?"

"Fine," Ken responded. "Been a while.'

"I know,' Sam replied. "How long has it been?"

"About eight years."

"That long?" Sam questioned. "Damn...'

Ken chuckled, still not quite sure whether to relax or not. "So, how's it feel like after being struck by a car?"

"I dunno," Sam replied. "Not like I've ever been hit by one."

The DigiDestined's eyes narrowed. "So you're really not him."

Sam's expression became more serious. "Look, don't tell me that you actually believed him."

Ken gave him an odd look. "What do you mean?"

Sam sighed. "Well...I've heard that Oikawa turned good at some point, but...you do know how manipulative he could be."

"Yes, but that's in the past now,' Ken replied. "Besides, he's dead."

"Yeah, I heard that too,' Sam added quietly. "But...that's not the point. I'm sure you know of his little...experiments with others.'

"What are you getting at?" Ken asked, not particularly liking where this was going.

Sam kept his words to himself.

"...So, what really happened?" Ken growled, his eyes narrowing again.

"Heh, wish I knew,' Sam replied, almost nonchalantly. When Ken looked down at his feet, he realized that the ground around Sam was warping like water. A screeching sound was echoing from his body, but his mouth remained closed. "All I remember is that it hurt like hell.'

"As you can see, the Digital World doesn't like me much," Sam stated, watching the normally still trees writhing around unnaturally. "I was damn lucky just to get out here in the first place.' The forest was now emitting a contrasting squall that seemed to come from everywhere. Sam's image itself began to flux.

"Well, I think I better get outta here,' Sam replied, not seeming to be concerned by his warping voice or body. "Well, see ya later, I guess."

Sam has just begun to be morphed into a strange, mirroring light when he decided to suddenly stop the process.

"Oh yeah, before I forget, here,' he added hastily.

He flung a necklace towards Ken, who made sure to catch it.

"Trust me, it'll come in handy,' Sam stated.

And with that he let himself be transformed into that odd reflecting light and shot into the sky.

The forest quieted himself after he departed, as if nothing had ever occurred there. For quite a few instants nothing was done by anyone; at least, not on the outside

Ken finally allowed his hand to unclench the necklace. It had a simple gray string holding it together, with only a single object upon it. That object was what appeared to be a shard of a black control spire, with a piece of a golden ring that once surrounded a Destiny Stone wrapped around it halfway. Ken noticed a drop of blood on its topmost edge, and realized that his hand was bleeding.

"What do you think this all means?" Wormmon asked, still trying to process everything that just happened.

"I dunno..." Ken admitted, still staring at the necklace that had just been giving to him by someone he thought he would never see again. "I guess we'll just have to see..."

Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter. We'll be getting to the main part of the story in the next chapter. Please R&R.