Chapter 13

Sitting down on the train, Ken went through a black folder that he had found while he was doing homework last night and looking for a piece of paper to write on. It was a folder from when he was the Digimon Emperor and Ken was curious to know if there was anything in there that might help them defeat Arukenimon and Mummymon.

he hadn't had the time to check it out earlier because he had leave and catch the train, so he decided to check it out on the train. Wormmon was currently asleep in his book bag and he didn't want to wake the little one up. The train was practically empty save for two girls who were chattering away across from him, glancing looks at him and giggling.

'Fans...Go figure...' though Ken.

Looking into the folder, he saw pages filled with notes, and every now and then he come upon a doodle of a control spire or dark ring. He also saw near the back of the folder, a picture of what looked to be Kimeramon.

'Wow...I made that thing?' Ken couldn't help but ask himself. 'What was I crazy?...Yes.'

He sighed as he began to read them, but he was unable to get very far, for the two giggling girls decided to sit beside him, making him in the middle and unable to escape.

"Hey! You're Ken Ichijouji aren't you?" asked one of them.

"Unfortunately" mumbled Ken, who couldn't help but blush. 'You're dating Yolei. You're dating Yolei.' He kept reminding himself. He had to admit, they were pretty.

"See! I told you Erica!" sneered the long haired blonde.

"Yeah, well. I wasn't sure! There are a lot of look-alikes out there!" Erica defended. "Besides, I was the one who first suggested he was Ken, Breezy!"

"May I help you?" asked Ken.

The two girls looked at Ken and smiled.

"Sorry" Breezy apologized.

"We're just big fans" said Erica.

"Well, its a pleasure to meet the both of you. Would you like my autograph? Most fans do" suggested Ken.

"Sure!" Breezy and Erica cried.

With that, Ken tore two pieces of paper off his old emperor notes and signed them. He made sure they had nothing on them first though. Wouldn't want them finding out about the Digital World.

Time didn't go slow enough for Erica and Breezy for it was soon Ken's stop, which to their disappointment, wasn't theirs.

"See! I knew we should've told your mom to let us go to Odaiba! But no! We have to go to Kyoto!" seethed Erica as she hit Breezy in the arm once Ken got off.

"Hey! Its not my fault Ken gets off here!" snapped Breezy, hitting Erica back.

"We're still friends though right?" asked Erica suddenly.

"Of course" mumbled Breezy.

Ken sighed. 'Girls...The only one I understand is Yolei.' ken smiled at that thought, and went on his merry way.

Ken looked around the lunch room later that day to see that what TK had told him the day before was true. Cody wasn't sitting with them. He was actually sitting by himself near the back of the lunchroom, staring grumpily out the window.

Ken gulped and took a deep breath. carrying his tray, he glanced at Yolei, who gave him a worried look. He then walked over and sat down at the table across from Cody.

Cody's eyes widened and then narrowed when he saw Ken.

"Hey Cody" greeted Ken tensely. 'No small talk, just get to the point' he thought.

Cody only growled under his breath.

"You know, the doctor days that my rib has healed. In case you were wondering" began Ken.

Cody ignored him.

"Look Cody, I know you hate me, and I don't blame you. I'd hate me too. But, everyone else has given me second chance, why can't you?" asked Ken.

"Because you don't deserve it" spat Cody.

"And why don't I? Everyone deserves a second chance Cody and you know it! Okay, I was the Digimon Emperor, I did horrible and nasty things, I admit it! But I didn't know digimon had feelings! I didn't think they were real! I thought it was all a game! I was being controlled Cody! By a dark spore! I wasn't myself!" defended Ken.

"That's no excuse!" snapped Cody. "You still didn't have to do all those things!"

Tears were beginning to well up in Ken's eyes. 'How could Cody be acting so cruel with him, even after all this?'

"Alright Cody, imagine yourself in my shoes. Imagine that it was you who did all those terrible things. Wouldn't you want people to forgive you? Wouldn't you want a second chance?" Cody stopped glaring at him and started staring into space, thinking. "How would you like it if you were trying to fix things, when nobody was willing to forgive you. Because...That's what you're doing to me Cody. I want to be friend. I really do. And you're denying me of doing that. I'm sorry for what I did and I want to be your friend. I want all of us to be friends. And without you, it doesn't feel right because your a digidestined and you should be a part of the group."

Cody sat there for several minutes in silence. He then stood up and walked off with his empty tray. Ken sighed. It hadn't worked. He glanced at the others, who were looking at him with pitiful looks.

That was Cody sat back down, to Ken's surprise. ken looked up as Cody sat down. It was tense for a few moments, then...

Cody smiled and took out his hand for Ken to shake.

Ken shook it happily.

"You're right Ken. I've been too hard on you. Everyone does deserve a second chance, and its not like it was your fault, it was the dark spore" said Cody. Ken smiled. Finally, something was going right in his life!