Chapter 24

Panting for breath, ken ran as fast as he could. Tears stung at his eyes as a memory past through his head. Ken rubbed hard at his lips as he remembered.

Flashback

"Have you ever kissed anyone besides me?" he asked softly.

Yolei blushed a furious red at this question.

"I am NOT answering that question!" she yelled, laughing.

"Oh come on!" pleaded Ken, sitting up.

"No!"

Yolei the started giggled as Ken tickled her.

"Come on! Tell me or I'll keep tickling!" he insisted. Yolei was trying to get away but Ken had a tight yet gentle hold of her.

"No! No more tickling! But I won't tell you!" she cried.

"Then I'm forced to keep tickling!" Ken cried back. They both laughed. Wormmon and Hawkmon not too far away from them on the bed, watching their partners happily have a good time.

"Please!" Ken pouted. He stopped long enough to give her his best puppy dog face. Yolei shook her head.

"No way! I invented that in this relationship! I'm the only one of these two of us who is allowed to use that face!" Yolei defended, pointing at him.

Ken sighed, then his eyes landed on his partner. He smiled. Wormmon gulped when he saw Ken looking at him mischievously. he tried to scurry away but Ken was too fast for him.

Ken raised the cute looking worm in front of his face and tried again. Behind Wormmon he was giving the puppy look again.

"Come on Yolei. You can't resist this little guy! Wormmon's cute and you know it!" pleaded Ken. Wormmon blushed at the compliment.

Yolei laughed and petted Wormmon on the head.

"Alright" said Yolei, defeated.

Ken cheered as he set Wormmon back down next to Hawkmon.

"So...come on, tell me" said Ken, waiting.

"I've never kissed anyone, save you" was the answer. Ken blushed at this.

"Wow...So...Am I any good?" he asked.

It was Yolei's turn to blush. "Wah...Of course you are! But remember, I have no one to compare you with."

Ken smiled as he took her hand and kissed it. "Let's hope it stays that way" he whispered.

End Flashback

Ken couldn't keep the tears back any longer. he had betrayed Yolei. He kissed someone else. Not intentionally, but that wasn't the point. How could he ever look at her again?

He finally slowed down, running out of breath. He looked up and around his surroundings. It looked like a jungle.

"I must be inside Lilymon's castle" whispered Ken. he slowly walked around, looking up and around. There was no ceiling, just sky, but vines and trees covers must of the view of the sky. Suddenly, he tripped. He caught himself just in time from hitting his head on a cement step. A large case of stairs went clear up and sitting on top of the stairway stood two identical chairs. They looked like chairs a King and Queen would sit in.

That was when it dawned on him. Was that what she was going to do with him? Make him a King. Ken didn't like the sound of that. He had already had a taste of power and control, and he really didn't care for it.

He took a step up the stairs and suddenly his wardrobe changed. His Tamachi uniform vanished, only to be replaced by a lime green toga. Shifting uncomfortably in his new attire and bare feet, Ken took another brace step forwards.

He then stepped back down, falling to the floor and laying his head on a large statue of an ancient looking digimon. The tears came.

"Whatever is the matter Ken? Are you not happy here with me?" came Lilymon's voice, who seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Ken looked up, his face stained with tears. Lilymon titled her head and crooned. "Please don't cry. Please, tell me what is wrong."

Ken gulped back his tears and glared at her.

"Okay...for one thing...I've been taken away from my friends, I've been changed into a green plant freak, and I don't want to be your mate! I love Yolei!" cried Ken in anger.

Lilymon tilted her head the other way. "Well, if that's your problem..."

With a click of her fingers ken hair and skin were normal, and the lime green toga was gone, replaced by a over-sized maroon T-shirt and baggy jeans. "Better?"

"No..." hissed Ken, tears still stinging at his eyes. "I told you. I LOVE Yolei!"

"Well maybe this will change your mind." Another click of her finger and her light green hair turned Yolei's hair color. ken shook his head in disgust.

"What part of this don't you understand? I DON'T LIKE YOU! lEAVE ME ALONE! TALE ME BACK HOME AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" Screamed Ken at the top of his lungs.

Lilymon snorted, putting her hands on her hips. "Well, you don't have to scream. You could have just said so." Ken growled, and to his fear and anger, she floated down closer to him. "Did you not like our kiss?" she asked, gently touching his lips with her fingertips.

Ken flinched and backed away.

"This can all be ours Ken, if you would just let it be. I have wanted this since I was a tiny digimon in training. But now I am fully grown and powerful and can now have you my sweet Ken" she explained. Ken continued to crawl backwards as she got closer to him until he ran into the another statue. Pressing himself as far into the statue as possible, he tried to keep her from kissing him again.

It didn't work. Only this time, he couldn't struggle and run away, for she used her Hypnotic Seeds again and put him under a trance.

'No..." Ken moaned in his head, knowing she was going to win. He eyes slowly closed as Lilymon started touching him and taking control for his actions. Everything went foggy...

Flowers...Pollen...bed sheets...pillows...blankets...touching.. ...kissing...

That was all he could remember. His stomach swirled inside his body as memories of the night before came back to him. He groaned as he sat up in the light pink bed. Moving the covers off of him.

Gasp!

Not such a good idea...

Rolling into a ball, Ken inched his way towards the edge of the bed, making sure to cover his aching body. Vomit. His stomach discarded unwanted liquids onto the floor for several minutes until it was happy and Ken was able to sit back against the pillows again. He looked about himself and found that he was in a large empty room full of exotic flowers. Sunlight poured through the ceiling and windows as he rubbed his eyes and stretched.

Groaning, Ken out his head in his hands. What was he going to do now? They had...Ughhh...

Ken crawled over to the edge of the bed again and let his stomach do its job once more. This time, once he was done, Ken looked up and about for some clothes. He found some strewn about the room. Wrapping the blankets around his thin body Ken picked them up one by one and slowly clothed himself. Once he was finished Ken sat himself down on the bed once more and cried.

He couldn't go on...He was only thirteen and he had already done...that. And with something that wasn't even human!

Ken vomited once more and wiped his mouth. He could never face Yolei again. Not anyone. Not even sweet Wormmon. Tears of hatred and regret flooded his eyes and face.

"What's wrong?" came her voice. Ken's eyes widened in fear as he jolted off the bed. Lilymon sat floating there. And she was...bigger. She was at least as tall as Ken was now. And not only in height to ken's embarrassment. Before she was shorter and smaller.

"Stay away from me.." whimpered ken, backing away, taking the pink bed sheets with him as they slid on the floor.

"Feeling a bit tired and weak Ken?" she asked knowingly. Ken reluctantly nodded.

"Soon you'll be right at home Ken...but now you must sleep...we have a busy day tomorrow...what, with a wedding and all..." she purred. Ken's eyes widened in fear right before he passed out right then and there on the spot.