Chapter 26

He's been the nasty evil Digimon Emperor. He's the holder of the Crest of Kindness, Child of Kindness. He's a child prodigy genius. He's in love with Yolei Inoue. His hair fallen out and has had cancer that was actually all Devimon's fault. And another digimon, Lilymon, had wanted him to become her mate. Not to mention that he's saved the world.

Yet there were still reasons people can make fun of Ken Ichijouji.

Yolei and Ken were walking down the hallway on their way to lunch. This was their everyday routine. They walked as they held each other's hand, carrying their lunches in another hand, whispering sweet things into each other's ears.

But today however, wasn't like all the others.

It had been one week since the Lilymon incident. Everything went back to normal. TK and Kari were just like Ken and Yolei, always tied at the hips and Davis and Cody had been forced to become closer friends, not that that was a problem to either of them. Cody and ken seemed to have finally broken the ice between them. Cody was now treating Ken as though they grew up together, and Ken only treated him the same way. But again, today was not like other days.

"Well well. If it isn't the school's infamous lesbian couple" sneered a kid named Andrew Moskiwitz. Ken and Yolei blinked at the exact same time. Andrew had walked up in front of them and was glaring at them with a look of triumph. Why, neither of them knew.

'Maybe he learned how to tie his shoes earlier that morning or something' thought Ken.

He never did get along well with Andrew, in fact, no one did really. For someone his small of size , he was a tyrant of a bully. He had blonde hair, very much like TK's and green eyes.

"You learned a new word!" cried Yolei in mock happiness, like a mother would after a baby learned how to walk. She clapped her hands together and gave him a mock smile. "Congratulations! Now all you have to do if figure out what it means and when to properly use it!"

Ken couldn't help but laugh out loud. The mocking joke Yolei had made was quite funny to him, especially when it was being said to Andrew.

Andrew scowled at ken. "Oh you think that funny do you, Ichijouji? Well at least I'm not a girl wanna be."

This made Ken stop laughing. "What?" he asked incredulously.

"Haven't you heard Ichijouji? What the school's Rumor Mill has been devising up. Everyone is saying your trying to become a girl. Some even say your going to surgery and everything. You have the money for it" Andrew explained. Ken was in complete shock. Rumors? What rumors? He's heard no such rumors! Andrew was just trying to pull his leg.

"I mean come on. It's so obvious. Your hair for example" continued Andrew, stretching out his arm and grabbing a lock of ken's silky blue hair. Ken pulled back, making Andrew let go of his hair. "You wear it long hoping people will think your really a girl. And you certainly eat like a girl. We've watched what you eat Ichijouji. What are you a vegetarian? All you eat is rice pretty much! Maybe shrimp on one of your off days."

Ken couldn't help himself from gaping at Andrew. he dared a glance at Yolei to see how she was reacting to this. She only looked back at him sympathetically. Not surprised. Sympathetic. She knew. She had heard the rumors. That was why she wasn't surprised to hear any of this. Ken shook his head, feeling a bit betrayed.

Andrew smirked. "And your so pale. You have those dainty sad eyes that scream, "Pity me! Pity me!"" Said Andrew in a fake high-pitched voice.

Anger set in. It was one thing to make fun of his looks, appetite, and behavior, but to make fun, and say that he wanted people to pity him was crossing the line.

"is there a point to this Moskiwitz?" asked Ken in a deathly calm voice.

Andrew stood his ground. "Yeah, the point is, your a disgrace to the male population."

"Oh horror!" sneered Ken in mock terror. Yolei looked at Ken, surprised. ken hadn't acted like this since he was the kaiser. His voice was even sounding a bit like the Kaiser's used to. "Whatever shall I do? There are people like me, yes, but then there are also people like you, who have such meaningless lives that they have to ruins other people's lives. And if I had to choose between lives, I'd choose my own, cause we all know that only the truly pathetic ones are bullies. Even, there I say it, lesbians like me have more of a life than you Andrew Moskiwitz. And by the way, two things. I don't see you going to the homecoming with anyone save for yourself, pervert, and secondly, I am not a lesbian! You can tell your Rumor Mill to stuff their faces!" With that, Ken walked straight past a now gaping Andrew, with Yolei slowly following.

"Ken?" spoke Yolei softly, afraid she would make Ken angry. Ken was silent for several minutes as they walked down the hallway.

""Look, I'm sorry Yolei. I really hope I didn't scare you too much back there" replied Ken at last, his voice kind and gentle again. "It's just that I can't take it anymore. I'm sick of things always happening to me. And I guess that's just my way of venting out some of my anger." he turned to Yolei. "I promise that won't happen anymore. Or at least not often." He grabbed her hand. "Just, I'll need to release my anger sometimes."

Yolei smiled and gave Ken a kiss on the cheek. "That's okay Ken. I understand."

"And I certainly won't act like that at Homecoming tomorrow night" said Ken. Yolei smiled. "At least, I don't think I will."