Chapter 23

Izzy called once more about an hour later. Yolei and Davis were still hanging out with ken. In fact, they were in the middle of a game of 'Go Fish'"No! No! NO! You have to have a 4! Now Ken's going to win!" Yolei was practically screaming. Ken flinched at her screechy voice.

"Mind keeping down, my mom is out there wondering what the devil we're doing in here!" Ken exclaimed to her in a hushed voice.

"Sorry Yolei, but I don't, here's your proof" said Davis. He then stupidly showed the two of them his cards, making Ken grin.

"My turn, do you have a 6?" he asked, knowing Davis did since he showed them. Davis froze with anger.

He reluctantly handed Ken the card, letting Ken drop down his last pair of cards, proclaiming that he had won. Ken crossed his arms triumphantly as Yolei and Davis growled at him.

That was when the phone rang.

Davis jumped up and went to the door to listen. "Ken dear! Its you friend Izzy again!"

Mrs. Ichijouji opened Ken's door and gave the phone to Davis and shut the door, and then Davis gave the phone to Ken.

"Hello" spoke Ken into the phone.

"Ken! I'm glad I got a hold of you. Everyone, that being the new digidestined and me, are meeting in the digital world. We're going to take care of her once and for all."

Ken took a deep, calming breath as he held Wormmon in his arms. Davis and Yolei stood in front of him, holding out their digivices. Ken held out his too.

"Are we all ready?' asked Yolei, looking back at Ken. Davis and Ken nodded. "Then let's GO!"

Everyone met at the digital world. Kari ,TK, and Cody looked over at Ken as though he were an alien, and to be honest, he did look a bit like one, being all green.

When they arrived it was high noon, and the sun was blazing down on them. Ken collapsed from the heat.

"ken!" everyone cried.

"Its...so hot here. I need water..." he panted.

Izzy nodded. "I figured something like this would happen. Here" With that, Izzy got out a bottle of water from the book bag he had brought along with them. ken grabbed the freezing bottle greedily, and started drinking it, trying to remember that he had to save some for later.

Yolei sighed and knelt down next to her boyfriend. She gave him a hug. "Don't worry ken, we'll save from that plant witch."

The ground began to shake as a high pitched cackle filled the air.

Roots from the ground emerged and wrapped themselves around Ken's body.

"Yolei!" he cried. The roots continued to get tighter around him until a figure appeared underneath the shade of the trees.

Lilymon.

She looked like Ken, only female and longer green hair. Flowers twisted around her outfit along with vines and leaves. She wore a combat dress and boots.

"There he is...At last. My beautiful flower comes to me." she hissed.

The roots around Ken started moving towards her, making Ken move along with them.

"What do you want with Ken?" demanded Davis. He took out his D-3, but Lilymon snapped her fingers and a vine came out of nowhere and whisked it from out of his hand. Vines soon came out of nowhere and reached into the pockets of the digidestined, taking out their D-3's so their digimon couldn't digivolve and whisked them away as well.

ken was now right next to her and she was now playfully touching Ken's green hair as the young teen struggled from the root's grip on him.

"Now now. Don't you wish to be with me Ken" she said, floating down to Ken's ear and hissing into it. With her hands, she then sprinkled what looked like a flower's pollen over him. "Hypnotic Seed..." she purred.

Ken's eyes began to haze over as the spell took over his senses and thoughts. The roots then let go of Ken and went back down into the ground, letting Lilymon hold him.

For one so small, it was amazing the fairy creature could carry Ken, he was nearly twice her size. She only came up to his ears.

"Give him back! he's mine!" Yolei ran up to her and cried.

"Oh...so your the lucky brat who's won Ken's love" She snorted. "Well, you can forget any of you ever met Ken Ichijouji, for he's now my mate."

"What do you do with your mates once you have them?" asked TK.

"A good question" replied Lilymon. "I simply enjoy their company and their love for a while, until I tire of them. I then put them into a deep slumber, one they will never awake from except by true love's kiss. And I know what you thinking, the glasses girl will just have to kiss him, well, before he goes into that slumber, I'll make him love ME, so that true love's kiss won't work with anyone but me. Say goodbye Ken" she laughed. And with that she disappeared, taking Ken with her.

Ken opened his eyes to see the face of Lilymon staring straight into his green eyes.

"Wha-!" he cried, nearly knocking over the chair he was strapped into as he tried to back away.

"Hello Ken..." purred Lilymon. "So glad to see that your finally awake."

Ken shivered. 'What did she want with me? Does she want me to...be her mate? What will she do with me know that she has me?'

Lilymon smiled. "I know what your thinking. I'm the most beautiful creature you've ever seen, right?" she asked, giving him a sexy pose.

Ken blushed, his once green face, red. He shook his head and bravely said, "No! Yolei Inoue is the most beautiful creature I've ever seen! She's my mate!" Ken gasped to himself. Had he really just said that? Did he really care for Yolei that badly? He had never noticed how special she was to him before.

Lilymon scowled. She took her long claws and unleashed Ken's ropes with one swipe. Ken fell to the floor in surprise, only to be lifted by the chin and kissed.

Ken's eyes went wide as he began to struggle against Lilymon and get released by her kiss.

SLAP!

"HEY!" screamed Lilymon. When she turned back to look at Ken he was gone.