Nightingale: ch2--- kitsutsu aru (returning)

So much easier to go on now that the first part is finally up! So this is focused mainly on 02 (ok... only 02) and I'm using dubbed names.

Disclaimer: I don't digimon. There, I said it.

"The darkness is waiting..."

Red flags danced in Ken's mind, making him sit up in alert. His eyes turned away from the computer and scanned his room in slight alarm.

"Did you hear that, Wormmon?" Ken asked the little insect digimon curled up in his lap like a small dog.

"Hear what?" Wormmon shuffled around to gaze up into his partner's eyes. The digimon blinked at him in slight concern, "Did you hear something?" Ken shook his head and pet his friend softly.

"No, it was nothing." The teen returned to the computer and gasped.

"What is it, Ken-chan?" Wormmon inched up to Ken's shoulder in worry to stare at the screen but nothing was apparently wrong. "What is it?" He asked again. The boy gently lifted his friend down to his knee, face masking worry with a soft expression.

"Nothing, its nothing..." Ken smiled absently, hand reaching out to quickly shut the computer off. He retreated out to the patio and let Wormmon take to the rail while he stared off into the clouds.

Wormmon watched his partner, studying his quirky behavior and hesitant moves. "Ken, please. Is something the matter?" He pleaded, tugging at Ken's shirt with a pout.

"...listen" Ken spoke so softly Wormmon thought it was the wind; but then he noticed there was no breeze, though he felt chilly. His digimon senses heightened on command and the bug tuned into the distant sounds of... water. Far away and muffled slightly that made him feel like he was drowning. The trancing melody of ocean on land... Ken shivered; he could just sense the elusive gale of wind from the water; cold and damp. It was quiet too... like silent death.

Quickly becoming terrified, Ken brushed back into the safety of his room. The sounds ceased as the digimon closed the glass door, but it wasn't just the sounds of the water that stopped. Every noise, every breath just paused. Time halted... the earth stopped spinning... and all of the sound just ended.

"The darkness is waiting..."

Then, there was darkness.

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Davis let out a frustrated cry as his incoming e-mail from Ken got deleted. Why oh why couldn't that Ichijoji make up his mind?

"I guess Ken doesn't want to play m&m's..." Demiveemon stated, dangling from the desk at which the computer was on.

"It's called E-mail; not m&m's! ...But now you've made me hungry." Davis trailed off and since he didn't hear the incoming message, Demiveemon decided he would open it. The little digimon climbed onto the desk and clicked them mouse button and the window popped open.

"Davis!" Demiveemon gasped. The red head snapped back to attention and got a glimpse of some sort of video before it deleted itself all together from the screen.

"...What was that?" The teen started to fiddle around with the mouse and tried to re-receive his message but his connection with Ken had been terminated. "What the?" He started to get a bit frustrated but then a new connection opened and he was greeted by a letter. Hearts danced in his eyes as he identified the one who had sent it to him (A/N: you get one guess).

"Why would Kari want to m&m you?" Demiveemon wondered out loud and then opened the message for his love-struck partner.

Davis,

I think there is trouble in the digital world. Please meet me and the others at the library ASAP. See if you can get Ken.

--Kari

"That's weird." Davis said after reading the message.

"What? That Kari m&m'd you?"

"Augh, no! I meant that video," Davis wasn't a good ponderer and it hurt his brain to try to make a connection. Instead he just grabbed his goggles and headed out the door with Demiveemon on his shoulder toward the library. He could think about it later... maybe.

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Kari, T.K., Cody, Yolie and Izzy were a bit frustrated when Davis showed up Ken-less. The goggle head just said he forgot because of a strange video he had been thinking about.

"You saw that video too?" T.K. asked quickly, glancing at the clue-less leader.

"So I guess it wasn't a coincidence then." Cody guessed and the others nodded (except for Davis who was getting very confused).

"But what was it exactly?" Yolie wondered, squeezing Poromon with worry. "What did we see?"

Kari took a deep breath like if she were preparing herself. "It was... the dark ocean," she muttered, looking very distressed. T.K. immediately put his hand over Kari's in comfort (which made Davis twitch) and tired to look confidant for her.

"So you all saw the d--... the video?" Davis corrected himself, glancing at Kari and then looking around at the others, digimon all spread out around them.

Izzy, who was typing away on his laptop, spoke up: "For some reason, only you five got it. Ken makes six, assuming he received it, also."

"Only the newer digidestined got it?" Patamon and Gatomon chorused and Izzy nodded, still indulged in his screen.

"Take a look at this!" Izzy suddenly exclaimed and leaned back for the others to see the laptop. Expecting to see some e-mail or, Angemon forbid, the dark ocean video once again, the digidestined were very surprised to see the whole screen full of what Izzy was looking at. It was almost like as if you were staring down from the sky looking at five lone figures on a hill below. Dark clouds made the screen seem to focus on just the kids who were staring almost straight up at them. Davis could just see light glint off of a pair of goggles, brown eyes almost staring right into him.

"Aaah!" The kids around the machine all let out a sudden cry as some sort of force made them all fall to the floor. Something was on top of them, and it wasn't their digimon.

"Well... that was... weird."

TBC

My, these chapters are short, I don't know were to end them! And since this is going to be a (hopefully) long story, I will introduce my muse; RYU! Yes, that is 'dragon' in japanese because he is a dragon. Say hello, Ryu.

RYU: who me? Oh, hello Ryu!

me/rolls eyes/ Ryu is very unpredictable and I think it will be fun to have him around... Maybe.

RYU: nn! Ok, c ya in the next chapter! Ja matta ne!