Um I'm pretty sure this isn't necessary but… Please note: Thoughts that are strictly Ken's are like so, thoughts that are only the Kaiser's are like so. It should make more sense now. Ken usually listens to the voice because it has control over him. It's probably important to mention that most of his speech and actions are based on the Kaiser's thoughts.

This is a Ken/Kari and there will be some violence, not-too graphic romance scenes (not a lime or lemon), and possible strong use of language.

Shattered

Chapter Five: Unwelcome Visitors

"There is still no word on the whereabouts of Hikari Kamiya, the sixteen-year-old that disappeared nearly a month ago. Hikari was reported missing after she failed to return home from a friend's house on June twenty-seventh. No leads have been followed and no suspects have been questioned. The family asks that anyone who may have any helpful information step forward. In a related story, Ken Ichijoji, the 'boy genius' as he is commonly referred, has been missing for nearly six months. Police believe that Ken had planned out his own disappearance and the case has gone nowhere. For JPN News Network, this is Kow Shippton, goodnight."

Taichi violently clicked off the television with the remote. He sighed deeply. Tai and the others had decided that telling everyone what really happened was out of the question and agreed on not saying anything at all. This proved easier said than done, but Tai couldn't walk up to his mother and tell her that he had known about his sister's kidnapping, who did it, and where she was. Not even the most understanding of mothers would have gotten that.

The sound of his mother sobbing in her bedroom made Tai cringe. He pulled himself off the couch and went to see her. "Mom?"

"Oh! Taichi, I was just um…"

"Its okay mom, Kari is going to be just fine."

"How can you be so sure? She's been gone for almost a month now! She could be hurt or even dead!" Mrs. Kamiya broke into a new fit of sobs.

"I know she's alright, mom. Kari's a big girl; she'll look after herself until we can find her." The phone rang, causing both Tai and his mother to jump. "Who'd be calling at eleven? I'll answer it."

Tai walked out of his mother's room and picked up the cordless from the coffee table. "Hello?"

"Tai, I'm sorry 'bout calling so late but I wanted you to tell me how much you love me."

"Izzy, is that you? Have you gone insane?" Tai was mildly disgusted.

"No, I've just found us a way back into the Digiworld. I've already called everyone and they're meeting at my house in the morning."

"Oh my god, Izzy I love you!"

"I told you that you did!"

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Early the next morning, the entire group met up at Izzy's house. "I explained to my mother that we were planning out an extensive search party and that if we weren't back by nightfall, she should call all of our parents and make up an excuse."

"Let's just hope that we make it back at all," Yolie said solemnly.

"We will, and Kari will be with us!" Davis shouted.

"Okay, I've neutralized the virus that Ken put in the portal, so we can pass through either way without a problem."

"Izzy, seriously man, I could kiss you right now!"

"Um, that won't be necessary. Now let's go get your sister back. Tk, would you do the honors?" Izzy asked.

Tk nodded enthusiastically. "Digiport Open!"

"Yes!" Davis cried when the group successfully made it into the Digiworld.

"It feels good to be back," Veemon said. "I feel stronger already."

"You're gonna need your strength," Tai lectured. "Now where are our digimon?"

"Right behind you Tai!" Tai turned and found an orange dino digimon ready to leap into his arms. "We heard what happened; we've been doing our best to sabotage some of the Kaiser's plans."

"Yeah, Tentomon even managed to create a malfunction in a network of spires that took two days to fix!" Biyomon added.

Tentomon blushed. "It was nothing, really."

"Well guys, let's get Kari back!" Tai shouted, throwing his fist into the air.

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The Kaiser was watching the monitors intently. Even with the digidestined out of the way, I'm not making any more progress then when they were here! What the…? Ken couldn't believe what he was seeing. Nine humans were walking in the Digital World. "How did they get back in?" That red-haired guy, no doubt.

Ken became furious. He clicked a few buttons and a concealed drawer popped out of the wall. He took the contents out and headed out of the control room. He was in front of Kari's door in record time.

The Kaiser threw open the door and glared at a very startled Kari. She was lying on her stomach and reading a book. "Can you knock?" she asked.

Ken rushed over to her and pulled her off the bed. The book fell to the ground. He grabbed her forearm and held up a dark ring. Hikari's eyes grew wide with fear and she started fighting him fiercely. "Please," she begged, "please don't."

"I told them something bad was going to happen if they came back. They need to learn a lesson!" He forced the ring onto her wrist.

Ken had never seen Kari so afraid before. "Please, please don't" she repeated over and over.

Isn't there another way? Look, she's terrified! If those idiots had listened to me then we wouldn't be in this situation at all. But a dark ring? Isn't that a bit much? How will that prove the point? The Kaiser was beginning to grow bored of Ken's weakness. Fine!

"Stop moving and listen to me." Hikari ignored him and pulled her arms back. The motion pulled him towards her and she fell back onto the bed. Ken took the opportunity to keep her down. He put his hand just below her throat and held her down. Tears began to form in her eyes while she scratched at him. "Stop it a minute. Are you listening? Are you?"

He pushed down on her and cut of her air supply. She nodded weakly. "I'm listening," she whispered.

"I won't activate it but you have to do exactly as I say. You need to pretend that the ring is activated and not talk to any of them. If you do, I will have them torn to pieces." He pulled his hand away from her.

"Alright, I won't say anything, just don't hurt them."

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The digidestined were walking through a forest. They were near the clearing when two Tyranomon jumped in and blocked their path. "Going somewhere?" a voice asked from behind.

Tai whirled around to see the Kaiser stepping off of Airdramon's back and onto a rock with Kari next to him. "You're going to pay, Kaiser! Kari, are you alright?"

"She can't hear you," Ken said. "She can't hear anything except for the sound of my voice." He held up her wrist and showed off the dark ring.

"You're sick!" Tk screamed. "How dare you do that to her? Kari! Kari? Fight it, you have to overpower it!" Kari stood there, her eyes set on the ground.

The Kaiser just sneered. He whistled and several Gisamon ran in from the left. Then, five Monochromon stampeded in from the right.

"Okay guys, there's nine of us and a whole lot of him, give it your all!" Tai instructed.

"Ten," Gatomon corrected. "I'm still in." Tai nodded.

"Veemon armor digivolve to…Flamedramon, the fire of Courage"

"Patamon armor digivolve to…Pegasusmon, flying Hope"

"Hawkmon armor digivolve to…Halsemon, the wings of Love"

"Armadillomon armor digivolve to…Digmon, the Drill of Knowledge"

"Augumon didigvolve to…Greymon"

"Gabumon digivolve to…Garurumon"

"Biyomon digivolve to…Birdramon"

"Tentomon digivolve to…Kabuterimon"

"Gomamon digivolve to…Ikakumon"

"Okay guys, give it your all! We have to save Hikari!" Tk shouted to the digimon.

Pegasusmon, Halsemon, and Digmon went at the two Tyranomon. Greymon, Garurumon, Flamdramon, and Gatomon attacked the Monochromon. Ikakumon, Kabuterimon, and Birdramon went after the Gisamon.

Ken looked around. The digidestined were huddled together near where the Gisamon had jumped in. Eight of them were, at least. Ken searched for the ninth, Tai, who was nowhere to be found.

A loud yelp behind him revealed where the missing digidestined was. Tai had snuck around and jumped out, tackling Kari. She tried not to scream and did not fight him. Tai grabbed her arm and pulled at the dark ring. "I'm so sorry, Hika. I'm going to get this off, somehow."

"No you aren't." Before Tai could turn to acknowledge the voice behind him, Ken's elbow struck him in the side of the head. Tai grunted and fell sideways. Ken pulled Kari to her feet.

"You said you wouldn't hurt them!" she screamed at him, smacking his arm away.

Tai, slowly regaining his senses, barely heard what she had said. But he got enough to make it click. She wasn't being controlled. Tk and Davis had been close enough to hear as well and made their way up to Ken and Kari.

Ken saw the two boys ascending the rock. "And you said you wouldn't speak," he hissed. "So I guess we are even."

"No! Tai, I'm sorry, please say something!" Kari pushed Ken away and ran to her brother's side. She took his hand and squeezed it gently. Tai sat up and rubbed the side of his head with his free hand.

Ken grew furious. "Flymon, get down here!" A Flymon appeared from nowhere, speeding down to where Ken was. Ken grabbed Kari from behind and pushed her at the Flymon. "Take her back to the base," he ordered.

Flymon wrapped his arms around Kari and took off into the air. They were out of sight a moment later. Ken turned his attention to the two boys who had reached him.

Davis charged at Ken, knocking him to the ground. Ken flipped Davis over his head and stood up. Tk tried to land a punch, but Ken dodged it. Davis was behind him again, arms swinging recklessly. Ken grabbed both of them and slammed their heads together. Tk went down but Davis recovered quickly.

"You'll have to do better than that, my head is as hard as they get!" He set his stance and waited for Ken to attack. The Kaiser did, punching Davis in the stomach and kicking his legs out from under him. Arms wrapped around Ken from behind, pinning his own arms to his side. Ken side stepped and swung his foot around. It hit the back of his attacker's knee.

Tai let go of Ken and fell to the ground. Ken turned around and kneed Tai in the face. Tai coughed up blood.

All of the older digidestined's digimon dedigivolved within minutes of each other. Soon, only four armors and Gatomon were left defending the teens. Pegasusmon flew up to where Tk was and the three digidestined climbed on his back. Ken sneered as they escaped to where the others were.

Cody saw Armadillomon's bruised body rolling right into a tree. Hawkmon was thrown into the air and came down hard. Yolie ran up and pulled him to a safer spot. A loud scream from Gatomon indicated that she too was out. Matt picked up the feline from the ground.

"We have to retreat!" Izzy yelled.

"No!" Tk screamed. "I'm not leaving without her again!" Patamon was thrown at Tk's feet. "Patamon! Are you alright?"

Patamon flashed Tk a fake smile. "Never better," he whimpered.

Finally, Flamdramon lost all of his energy. He dedigivolved to Veemon. "We're out of us," Davis shouted, "But there's still a whole lotta him!"

Take care of them now! We'll never have to worry about them causing problems again! I already told you I'm not a killer! Ken whispered an order to one of the Gisamon who went around and gave the message to everyone else. The controlled digimon turned on the teens and came running at them.

The digidestined took off towards the clearing, each holding their half-dead digimon in there arms, except in Matt's case, as he was carrying two half-dead digimon. A TV was set up at the edge of the clearing. The controlled digimon chased the digidestined towards the TV. "Digiport Open!" Ken shouted, holding up his digivice in the distance. The digidestined were sucked into the TV, leaving behind the older digimon. At any other time Ken would have captured the digimon, but he had no interest in it at that moment. He called the Airdramon to him and took off towards the base.

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Kari had run into the control room the moment Flymon had released her. She scrolled through the surveillance areas until a wooded area came up. She could see the fight from several different angles. All the digimon had returned to their rookie forms and the digidestined were holding them protectively. Ken stood there with a confident smirk on his face. He gave some order to a Gisamon and a chase soon followed. Kari stared at the screens apprehensively, worried for her friends' safety. She let out a long sigh when she realized that Ken had chased them towards a TV monitor and sent them back to the real world.

Kari decided to wait in her room for Ken to return. It wasn't long after she entered her room that Ken returned. His face was cold and his fists were clenched. He was extremely pissed off.

Damnit, I should have gotten rid of them when I had the chance. Well they're gone now, so try and clam down a bit. Shut up!

Kari wasn't sure if it was a good idea to speak to him; he looked more dangerous than usual. "Um, Ken?" she asked timidly.

"What?" he growled.

"I just wanted to say thanks for, uh, sending them back in one piece."

The Kaiser laughed. She must have been watching on the monitors. I would have put on a better show if I had known. His anger vanished completely, replaced by amusement of the previous events.

Ken walked oven to where Kari was standing. He looked down at her. She tried to act calm but her eyes gave away her worry. Ken brought his hand around to the small of her back and pulled her in close to him. He placed his other hand on the back of her head and kissed her lips hard.

Kari freaked and pushed him away. "What the hell are you doing?" she screamed, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.

"You wanted to thank me, didn't you?" he asked with a sinister smile on his face.

"Is that how you expect people to thank you?" she asked.

Ken's eyes locked onto something. Kari looked down to see what had caught his interest. She gasped and backed away. The same confident sneer from earlier was on his lips. "Please, please don't." she whispered backing further away from him. She pulled at the dark ring on her wrist.

Ken pulled out his D3 from his pocket. "Dark ring: activate."

Kari stopped moving immediately. Her arms dropped down to her sides and she stared blankly at the floor. Ken pulled off his gloves and removed his sunglasses. He set them and his D3 on the bedside table. "Kari, come here."

Kari walked up to Ken. She stared at him straight in the eyes. There was no emotion in them, just a glazed look. "Kiss me," he ordered.

Bringing her lithe arms up and around Ken's neck, Kari joined Ken in a kiss. Ken's hands ran down her side until they rested on her hips. The kiss deepened. Ken ran his tongue over her lips and she let his tongue pass into her mouth. He ran it over the back of her teeth and along the roof of her mouth, her tongue being equally active the entire time.

Ken felt his cape falling to his feet. Kari had untied it and was now bringing their bodies to the bed. They sat next to each other, still locked in a kiss. Kari pushed herself against Ken, making him fall back against the pillow. Her hands were running through his blue-black locks.

This has to stop. It's gone too far already. What's a matter, Ken, afraid of some physical contact? This is wrong, we can't do this to her.

Ken rolled himself over so that he was on top of Hikari. He began kissing her neck and collarbone, savoring her flavor. Kari's hands wandered to the buttons on his white long sleeve shirt, slowing undoing them. She put her hands on his shoulders, under the shirt. Her hands slid down his muscular arms, forcing the sleeves down. The shirt fell to the ground.

Stop this now! Why? I'm going to enjoy myself; you're going to enjoy yourself; she won't admit it, but she's going to enjoy it too. This is a crime! It HAS to stop. I don't hear her telling me to stop. She can't tell you! She can't say anything at all.

Kari's hand had now reached the buckle on his pants. Ken grabbed her hand and brought it above her. "Don't," he said. "Just kiss me." Kari, though in a trance and in no control of her body, could see Ken's eyes flicker from a cold expression to a softer one. Almost like he was fighting with himself…

The kissing resumed and intensified. Their breathing began to become heavier as they spent less time breathing and more time kissing. Kari's hands rubbed against his abs and chest while Ken used his arms to keep from putting too much weight on her.

The position reversed again as Kari pushed Ken sideways and placed her body over his. Ken's face was flushed and his skin hot from being excited. His hands rubbed her back and reached for the hem of her shirt. NO! You can't do this, god damnit! His hands did not venture up her shirt; instead they went back to rubbing her back.

Something wet hit Ken's cheek. He opened his eyes and saw that tears were falling from Hikari's eyes. A softer expression shown through Ken's eyes. He couldn't let the Kaiser get away with this. "Stop," he told her. "Just lay here."

Kari rested her head on his shoulder and upper chest area. He lay on his back while she was one her side, an arm extended over his stomach. Ken placed his arm over hers. Her breaths slowed down quickly and it seemed like she was scarcely breathing at all.

After a while, Ken shifted himself so that he could lower Hikari's head onto the bed. He pulled himself off the bed, grabbing his discarded shirt and cape. He then picked up his sunglasses, gloves, and D3 from the bedside table.

Ken walked towards the door. He looked back when he had opened it and stared at Kari's still form for a long moment. The D3 was raised in his hands. "Dark ring: deactivate." He slid out of the room and shut the door behind him without another word.

Kari slowly regained control of her body. She pulled her knees to her chest and began sobbing uncontrollably. Her body trembled and shook. Kari pulled and scratched at the dark ring until it finally unlocked and fell off her wrist. Never in her life had Hikari been as scared as she had been a few minutes prior. She cried herself to sleep that night.

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That concludes chapter the fifth. This was the not-too graphic romance scene that I've had the warning up about in the beginning of every chapter. Was it okay?

I had really wanted to get this chapter up sooner, but my winter vacation had been cut short. I spent Thursday on a bus for like nine hours, and then I went around NYC. Friday was spent in NYC all day, and Saturday and Sunday I had competition in Trenton, New Jersey. I'm in winter guard and we were in a regional which my guard placed first in our division! Hooray for us. Yeah, then Sunday I got sick and spent Monday in bed. So I didn't get to write much of it until Tuesday (tonight) Okay you probably don't care so I'm done rambling.

Once again…

I'm also starting to plan out another story, after this one is done. Which would you prefer?

1) A Yakari that becomes a KenKari: Even though Ken has realized the error of his ways and the digidestined were able to join up to defeat the final enemy, the digidestined never accepted Ken. When Ken transfers to the gang's high school, they don't make things easy for him. Only Kari wants to give him a chance. Overprotective boyfriend (that would be Matt) and brother (Tai, obviously) step in and create problems. Some sort of dark power comes after Kari and…. Well it would end up Ken/Kari but I can't give everything away.

Current votes: 2

2) A KenKari that becomes a Yakari: Ken and Kari become close because they both share a connection to the darkness. Ken gets pulled back into the dark world and breaks up with Kari. Yada, yada, yada, Matt and Kari get together and Ken, controlled by the darkness, tries to kidnap Kari…Matt must save the day.

Current Votes: 1

Both of these summaries are pretty vague, but I don't want to give it all away. Please review this chapter and add in which idea you like better. Pretty please?

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