Kazemon15: I updated earlier than expected cuz I had nothing eles to
do.lol... chapter 3 for all you digifans!! Thanks for reading!
Koji: Why are you always picking on me?!
Kazemon15: ............cuz your cute.. I always pick on the cute
ones.....and always leave out the annoying ones.. Hehehe..COUGH*DAVIS*COUGH
..um.anyway...enjoy..
Koji: ...she's had too much soda today...
Kazemon15: IM INSANE...HEHEHEHEHE..
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At the TV station..
"What's the big emergency?" Davis complained. "It's 1 o'clock in the
freakin' morning!" The others were also confused.
"Where's Koji?" Kouichi glanced around for his brother, but did not see
him. He was beginning to worry. "Where's my brother?!"
"I'm so sorry, Kouichi!" wept Rika. "He was kidnapped! And it's all my
fault! I told him he wasn't needed and Myotismon took control! Myotismon
used Koji's past and present to control him!"
The others didn't know what to say. Kouichi was devastated. Anger surged
through him like a bullet. He ran towards Rika and grabbed her by the
throat. "Why didn't you help HIM?!"
The other gasped at Kouichi's behavior. Ryo couldn't stand it. "Stop it!
You're hurting Rika!"
"Make me!" Kouichi looked at Ryo, tears filling his eyes.
"Kouichi, knock it off! This is no way to settle this!" Takuya yelled.
Ryo ran up to Kouichi and pushed him down, making Rika fall to the floor,
gasping for breath.
"You alright, Rika?" Ryo asked as he helped her up.
Angered, Kouichi jumped to his feet and tackled Ryo. The two of them
tussled on the ground. Then Kouichi started punching Ryo in the face.
"That's enough!" Henry grabbed Kouichi and pulled him of Ryo. Henry held on
tight to Kouichi so he wouldn't tackle Ryo anymore.
Ryo got up off the floor. He had a bloody nose. He stared at Kouichi
angrily. "Stupid kid!"
"It's not his fault, Ryo," Rika said. "I would be angry, too, if someone
kidnapped one of my family members. I know how he feels."
"How can you possibly understand how I feel?!" yelled Kouichi as he flung
Henry off of him.
"I've had enough! No one hurts my friends, not even my own comrades, which
you're not!" Ryo tackled Kouichi. Kouichi felt overpowered by the older boy
as his strength left him, making him an easy target for Ryo. Ryo grabbed
Kouichi by the throat and held him high.
"Uhhh." blood came flowing down Kouichi's nose as he tried to break free of
Ryo's grip.
"Tai," Matt looked at his best friend. "This isn't even a fair fight."
"We have to stop it!" Tai then grabbed Ryo and pulled his away as Kouichi
fell to the floor.
"Let go of me, kid!" yelled Ryo. "I need to finish him! He's blinded by his
own anger!"
"Apparently, so are you and don't call me a kid!" Tai said as he held on to
the struggling Ryo.
"I call you a kid 'cause you are!" Ryo felt the same strength in Tai as
himself. He didn't know why. "Why can't I break free? How can a kid like
you be this strong?"
Tai laughed. "A kid like me? You think I'm a kid? I'm in high school."
"High school?" Ryo stopped struggling. "Then that would make you-"
"A teenager," Tai finished Ryo's sentence. "And how old are you? I'm
fourteen."
"Me.too," Ryo then looked at Matt who was helping Kouichi. Kouichi just
glared at him.
"Maybe that's why I couldn't break free." Kouichi said as he wiped the
blood from his nose.
"You okay, kid?" Matt asked. "Oh, sorry. I shouldn't judge people. How old
are you? I know you can't be Ryo's age considering that you're weaker than
him. No offense."
"None taken," Kouichi said quietly. "I'm. in the 6th grade."
"6th?" Joe repeated. "Then that would make you..uh." Then he started
counting in his head.
"That would make us eleven," Takuya laughed.
"Eleven?" Ryo felt guilty of what he did. Picking on an eleven-year-old. A
child three years younger than him. "You don't look it."
"Kouichi?" Kari walked up to him. "Did you know your father?"
"Uh. now why would you ask me a question like that, Kari?" Kouichi asked.
"Because Myotismon said Koji was lied to all his life by his
father...uh...your father. Is that true?" Kari explained.
"He's not the only one.and I wouldn't know," Kouichi replied sadly.
"What do you mean?" Rika asked.
"I don't exsist to my father. I, too, was also lied to by my mother."
Kouichi looked at the ground. "They wanted to keep us separated.
Grandmother was the only one I could trust. Mother told me I didn't have
any siblings, but. I knew in my heart that a part of me was. missing. When
I found out. about Koji. I followed him to the Digital World where." then
he stopped. Kouichi didn't want to remember his past and the horrible
things he did as Duskmon.
"Where what?" Ryo asked.
"Where he tried to destroy his own brother. that's why he would make a
great new Digimon Emperor!"
Kouichi glanced around, frightened. "What?!"
Then Arukenimon appeared in front of him. "Kouichi, the Dark Digidestined.
I just love the sound of that, don't you?" she said gleefully.
"Dark Digidestined?" Ken asked.
"That's the woman!" Kouichi yelled. "She's the one who was at your
computer, Ken!"
"Kouichi, Kouichi," Arukenimon said. "Why don't you just tell them the
truth? The truth that only you and your pathetic friends know. The truth
that you wanted to kill them all!"
"What?" Kari was shocked.
"Is this true?" Rika asked also in shock.
"It wasn't my fault!" Kouichi yelled as he held his head. "It wasn't."
"Go get your revenge." Arukenimon said evilly.
Then Koji appeared out of nowhere and glared at his brother.
"Ko.ji," Kouichi looked at his brother helplessly.
"You wanted to get rid of me!" Koji snapped. "You thought you were better
than me!"
"No." Kouichi said.
"You will pay for what you have done!" Koji held up his D-tector. "Double
Spirit Evolution! Beowulfmon!"
"No! Koji!" yelled Kouichi, tears rolling down his checks. The others
watched in horror. "Don't do this! Please!" Kouichi begged, but none of his
words seemed to be getting through to Koji.
"Beo Saber!" Beowulfmon hit Kouichi with his sword. Kouichi went flying
across the room and hit the wall.
"Kouichi!" Takuya glared at Beowulfmon. Then he got out his D-tector. "I
don't wanna do this, but it looks like I have no choice! Double Spirit
Evolution! Aldamon!"
The others ran up to Kouichi who was laying motionless on the floor. Kari
put Kouichi's head on her lap. "Wake up! C'mon!" she shook him.
"Attacked by his own twin brother." Ryo watched the fight in shock of what
Koji had done.
"Wake up!" Ken yelled.
Kouichi opened his eyes. "Ko.ji.. Help Koji." Then he turned to Rika and
Ryo. "I'm. sorry."
"No sweat," Ryo replied. "You alright?"
Kouichi's eyes wondered to the fight. He saw Aldamon and Beowulfmon
fighting fiercely. "No. he mustn't.uhn." Kouichi closed his eyes once
again.
"No! Wake up! You can't close your eyes!" Ken ordered, as he began to cry.
"You might never wake up again!"
"C'mon, Kouichi, open your eyes, buddy!" J.P. yelled.
"Atomic Inferno!" Aldamon shot fire balls at Beowulfmon. Beowulfmon just
jumped out of the way.
"Hah! Frozen Hunter!" Beowulfmon summoned a giant wolf-like blue flame and
the flame covered Aldamon, causing him to return to Takuya.
"Koji. it's me, Takuya!" Takuya begged.
"You will be the first of many!" Beowulfmon held his BeoSaber high.
Kouichi's eyes suddenly fluttered open. He got up slowly and saw Beowulfmon
going in for the kill. "No!"
"Cyberdramon!" Ryo looked at his partner.
Cyberdramon flew at Beowulfmon. "Desolation Claw!" he shot a red beam from
his claws.
"Beo Saber!" Beowulfmon reflected it right back at Cyberdramon. Kouichi
stood up and watched.
"No, get back down. You're hurt!" Kari pleaded.
"Only I can stop him.I have another secret I must reveal." Kouichi said. He
held his D-tector high. "I call upon the great Spirits of Darkness to help
me!" Kouichi then was covered in a dark aura as the others watch. Kari
looked in awe and in horror as Kouichi held his D-tector high into the air.
"You okay, Kari?" Ken asked as he looked at Kouichi who was covered in
Darkness.
"Spirit Evolution! Lowemon!" Kouichi Spirit Evolved to the Legendary
Warrior of Darkness.
"Goodbye, Warrior of Flame!" Beowulfmon was about to stab Takuya with his
sword, but then Lowemon attacked.
"Shadow Meteor!" Lowemon shot a beam of Dark energy at Beowulfmon making
him turn back to Koji. Koji layed unconscious on the floor.
"You are very powerful, Lowemon," Arukenimon said slyly. "You're perfect!"
she snapped her fingers and a dark hole appeared under Lowemon and sucked
him in.
"Lowemon!" Takuya yelled.
"You can keep that weakling twin," Arukenimon said coldly. "Our real target
was Kouichi. Koji was just the bait." Then she laughed evilly and
disappeared.
Takuya ran up to Koji's side and lifted his head. "Koji, come on, buddy,
wake up!" Koji then opened his eyes slowly. "You're okay!"
"Takuya? Wh--what happened?" Koji asked as he rubbed his head. "The last
thing I remember is Rika saying that I'm needed."
"You are needed," Rika said. "I'm sorry."
"For what? You didn't do anything." asked Koji.
"Never mind that! What about Kouichi?!" Kari yelled.
"Kouichi?" Koji looked around. "What happened?! Where's my brother?!"
"He. he got taken," Takuya said sadly. "Taken by some woman."
"Who?" asked Koji.
"By Arukenimon," Ken replied. "An evil Digimon."
Kouichi woke up to find himself in a dark world. "Where am I?" he
asked himself wearily. He was in Ken and Kari's worst fear, the Dark Ocean.
Kouichi suddenly realized he was tied up. "What is this?!"
"Welcome, Spirit of Darkness."
Kouichi looked around for the sorce of the voice. Then he spotted a devil-
like creature. "Who are you?" he asked coldly. "Whoever you are, let me go!
"My name is Daemon," said the devil-like creature. ".and I can't let you
go."
"Hmmm." growled Kouichi.
"Ken and his Digidestined friends forced me into this world," explained
Daemon. "and now I've come back to play his little game. I will use you to
destroy them. I have see your corrupted Spirits and I want you to become
them once again."
"You're mad!" yelled Kouichi. "I will never again become Duskmon and
Velgmon!"
"You don't have a choice!" laughed Daemon.
"Go to hell!" Kouichi snapped.
"I've been there, thank you," laughed Daemon. "and I would watch my tongue
if I were you. You are in no possion to make threats."
"Untie me," ordered Kouichi.
"You don't understand, do you, kid?" Daemon touched Kouichi and started
electrifying him.
"Ahhh!!!" Kouichi screamed in pain.
"Like I said," Daemon continued. "You are in no possion to make threats or
to give orders." Then he let go of Kouichi.
"Uhhh." Kouichi gasped for breath. Then he glared at Daemon. "Go to hell,
you scumbag!"
Daemon laughed. "I like your spirit, kid. So stubborn, but stubberness will
get you killed!" With that, he electrified Kouichi again.
Ken couldn't sleep. He was too worried about Kouichi. He was also worried
about what Koji must be going through at the time. "Kouichi, where are
you?"
"What's wrong, Ken? Can't sleep?" Kenta asked.
Ken looked at Kenta. "Yeah. You worried, too?"
"Uh-huh," Kenta replied. "Man, I just can't get what happened to Kouichi
out of my head."
"I feel like Kouichi and I are brothers," Ken explained. "Even though we
both have brothers. I feel like we're all part of the same family. You know
what I mean, Kenta?" Then Ken heard snoring. He turned and looked at Kenta
who was sleeping like a log. "How'd he fall asleep that fast???" Ken asked
as a sweat drop appeared on his head as he smiled nervously.
Kari couldn't sleep either. She kept wondering where Arukenimon could've
taken Kouichi. Even though she had only met Kouichi a couple days ago, she
felt that he was different than any other boy she had ever met. Not only
because he was Dark and she was Light, she felt very calm and safe around
him. But she couldn't help but wonder why. She used to be so afraid of the
Darkness until she met Kouichi. Kari wanted to find Kouichi so badly. She
kept thinking if she were a bad guy, where would she go? Then it hit her.
"I know where he is!" She then jumped out of bed, making Gatomon awake from
her sleep. Kari ran to the phone and quickly dialed Ken's phone number. The
phone rang for several mintues. "C'mon, Ken, pick up!" she said quietly so
she wouldn't wake Tai, Koji, and Rika.
Gatomon walked into the room, rubbing her eyes. "Kari, what are you doing?
Do you know what time it is?"
"I know where Kouichi is," she said softly to her digital cat.
"You do? Maybe you should wake Koji and tell him?" Gatomon asked.
"No, I don't want him involved. He's been though enough already," Kari then
put her ear back on the phone, which was still ringing. Finally, Ken picked
up. "Ken, that you? It's me, Kari."
"Kari, do you know what time it is?" asked Ken wearily on the other line.
"I think I know where Kouichi is," she said quickly.
"You do?!" Ken was then suddenly alert. "Where?"
"The Dark Ocean," replied Kari after a long pause.
"How do you know?"
"I have a feeling." Kari replied. "Meet me at the school. Bring Wormmon."
"Of course I'll bring Wormmon," Ken said. "I never go anywhere without him.
Especially if we're going to the Dark Ocean."
About half an hour later Ken, Kari and their Digimon were at the school
gates. Gatomon was trying to pick the lock with her claws. "I still think
we should call the others, Kari," the digital cat said uneasily.
"I told you, Gatomon, I don't want them involved," Kari said softly. Then
she turned to Ken. "Ready?"
"Ready when you are." Ken replied uncertainly.
"You sure?" Gatomon asked as she looked at Ken. Then she turned her head
back at the lock. "Got it! Alright, then. Let's get goin'."
The group opened the gate quietly and snuck into the school's computer lab.
Inside the lab, Ken turned on the computer and held up his black D-3.
"Digiport, open!" He opened the portal to the Digital World and from there,
opened a portal to the Dark Ocean.
Kari began to shiver with fright. "I would have never imagined coming back
here again," she said stiffly.
"Me too, Kari. Me too," was Ken's only reply as he too shivered with
fright.
"We have to find Kouichi," Kari said, suddenly sounding brave. "I know he's
here. Kouichi, where are you?!"
"How can you be so sure, Kari?" asked Ken as he looked around. "I mean, we
barley just met him and you're acting like."
"I've known him all my life." Kari finished. "You feel that way too, don't
you, Ken?"
"Yeah." came Ken's reply. "But why? We both know that we are afraid of the
Darkness, and he's Darkness itself. so."
"It's obvious he's afraid of the Darkness, too," Kari interrupted. "Don't
you remember how he wanted to hold back? When he held out his D-tector and
that dark aura was around him, I could tell that he was terrified. Darkness
can't live without the Light and Light can't live without Darkness. We all
have a little darkness in our hearts. and we all have a little light in our
hearts as well."
Ken just nodded with Kari in agreement. They decided to stop worrying about
Kouichi's element and start worrying on where to find him.
"Ken!" yelled Wormmon as he pointed. Ken and the others saw Kouichi tied to
a fence completely motionless.
Kari and the others ran to him. "Somebody, cut him down!"
Ken reached in his pocket and pulled out a pocketknife. He climbed the
fence and cut the ropes that were holding Kouichi captive. He caught
Kouichi just before he fell and layed him on the ground.
"Is he.?" Kari asked as tears filled her eyes.
"No," Ken said in a reassuring voice, "He's just knocked out."
Kari let out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness." Then she turned to
Gatomon. "We have to get out fast. Gatomon, armor digivolve! Digiarmor,
Energize!"
"Gatomon armor digivolve to. Nerfertimon!"
"Let's go," Ken said as he was about to put Kouichi on Nerfertimon's back.
"You're not going anywhere, Digidestined!" Daemon appeared, blocking the
exit portal.
"I'll take care of him!" Nefertimon yelled. "Rosseta Stone!" She shot stone
at Daemon, but he just blocked them and laughed.
"You're going to have to do better than that!" he laughed evilly.
"My turn now!" Wormmon jumped into the air. "Wormmon digivolve to.
Stingmon! Spiking Strike!"
"We have to get to safety!" Ken said as he put Kouichi on his back. He and
Kari ran and hid behind the fence.
"Moon Shooter!" Stingmon shot balls of light at Daemon.
"Cat's Eye Beam!" Nerfertimon shot pink beams at the dark devil creature.
"Daemon laughed. "Fools! Inferno Blast!" He hit Nerfertimon and Stingmon
with a giant ball of flame, causing them to hit the ground and de-digivolve
back to their original forms.
"Wormmon!" Ken yelled.
"No! Gatomon!" cried Kari.
"What?" Kouichi opened his eyes and looked around wearily.
"Kouichi! You're okay!" Ken put Kouichi down and helped him stand up.
"We'd thought you'd never wake up!" Kari cried with happiness.
"Ah, you're awake," Daemon said gleefuly. "Good. You were out of it for a
while when you received half the blast of my power."
Ken looked at Daemon angerly. "You could have killed him!"
"I know," said Daemon. "I didn't use my full power on him. Normaly, I would
have use my full power. He was lucky. That would have killed him, but I
need him alive."
"For what?" Kari asked.
"To destory you Digidestined, but he is too stubborn, so I couldn't gain
control yet!" Daemon yelled angerly. "If you haven't interfered, I would
have had complete control of him!"
"I would never go against my friends!" Kouichi yelled as he closed his
fists in anger.
"You said it!" Kari cheered.
Daemon just laughed evilly. "Is that so? What about the time before you
became a Digidestined? When you were corrupted?"
"That was different!" Kouichi yelled as sadness filled his eyes. "I. I was
being controlled!" Kouichi looked at the ground. Then he looked at Ken and
Kari, who were confused, and then he looked back at Daemon.
"It wasn't different and you know it," Daemon said in a low harsh voice.
"You have to face the truth, sooner or later, Kouichi. You know what you
were doing, no doubt about it. Why don't you just admit it? You belong to
the Darkness. Like Cherubimon said, the Darkness is your destiny. Deny
that, and you deny your entire existence."
Kari walked up by Kouichi's side and looked at the sadness in his eyes.
"What is he talking about? What does any of this have to do with you?"
"It has everything to do with me," Kouichi whispered harshly and sadly at
the same time. "He's right. If I deny the truth I erase myself from the
world and everyone around me." Then his voice became a very quiet whisper.
"Forgive me. Koji." Kouichi then raised his voice so Daemon could hear.
"Make me a promise! If I join you, you let Kari and Ken leave this world
unharmed!"
"Deal," Daemon said with triumph.
"No, you can't!" Kari cried as she grabbed a hold of Kouichi's arm.
"Don't trade your life for us!" Ken yelled in a voice of half with anger
and half with sorrow. "There has to be another way!"
"There is no other way, Ken," said Kouichi with sorrow. "This is how it
ends."
Kari and Ken didn't know what to do. They felt helpless. Then, suddenly
they heard a harsh voice from behind them.
"Well, I'd like it if the ending were different!"
All three of them turned around and saw Koji. Kouichi was shocked. "Koji!
How'd you get here?"
"I followed Kari," explained Koji. "I knew something was up. Why didn't you
call me, Kari?"
"I didn't want you involved." Kari said softly.
"Hey, if it has something to do with Kouichi, I'm way involved in it
already," Koji explained. "We are twin brothers. We have the same strength
and weakness. We can feel each other's pain, sorrow, happiness and
loneliness. Nothing can change that. Kouichi."
"Koji." Kouichi nodded with happiness as tears filled his eyes. "Yeah."
Koji grabbed his D-tector and looked at his brother. "You ready to put this
jerk back where he belongs?"
Yeah!" Kouichi said, also pulling out his D-tector. "Ready when you are,
Koji!"
The twins both held their D-tectors high in the air. "Go get 'im, guys!"
Ken yelled.
"Spirit Evolution! Lowemon!"
"Double Spirit Evolution! Beowulfmon! Frozen Hunter!" Beowulfmon summoned a
giant blue flame wolf that attacked Daemon.
"Ahhhg!" yelled Daemon in pain.
"Way to go!" cheered Ken.
"My turn now!" Lowemon said. "Shadow Meteor!" He shot a dark beam at Daemon
from his chest.
"Go, Lowemon!" Kari cheered.
Just when Beowulfmon and Lowemon were about to finish Daemon off,
Cherubimon appeared and hit them with his Heaven's Judgment attack, causing
them to de-evolve back to their human forms.
"Watch out!" Ken yelled, as he stood by the exit portal with Kari and their
Digimon. "C'mon! Hurry!"
Koji and Kouichi ran toward Ken, Kari and the exit portal desperately
trying to avoid the lightning bolts caused by Cherubimon's attack. With
what little strength they had left, Koji, Kouichi, Kari, Ken and their
Digimon jumped through the portal. They had made it out safely.
Kouichi let out a big sigh as he tried to catch his breath. "That was a
close one. whew."
"Yeah." Kari sighed. "I'm glad you're okay.Kouichi." She looked at Kouichi
with a huge warm smile.
"Uh." Kouichi blushed. "I should be thanking you, Kari. you and Ken found
me, right? I'm sorry. I souldn't have tried to join that creep."
"Hey, you did it to save our lives." Ken reassured him. "That's what I call
a true friend." Then he turned to Koji. "And you risked your life to save
Kouichi. That's what I call a loving brother."
"Uh.heh." Koji just blushed at that remark. "I'm sorry for yelling at you
the first time we met, Ken."
"It's okay." Ken smiled. "That was before we got to know each other."
"Kari!"
Kari turned to see her brother, Rika, Agumon and Renamon running up to
them. "Hey, Tai!"
"Koji, where'd you guys go?" Rika asked as the group stopped in front of
them.
"Nowhere." Koji smiled.
"Why are you in such a good mood?" Rika asked, sounding a little angry.
"If you're worried about me, Rika, I'm fine," Kouichi said as he stepped
out from behind his brother.
"Kouichi!" Tai said gleefuly. "I didn't see you there. You alright, bud?"
"Yeah, thanks to Kari, Ken, and of course, my brother Koji," Kouichi
smiled.
"Hey, what about us?" Gatomon asked.
"And you guys too, Gatomon," Kouichi smiled again.
"Where'd those creepozoids take you?" Rika asked. "Did they hurt you?"
Kouichi looked at Rika with a face full of sorrow. "Let's just say, I was
lucky to get out of there in one piece."
"That bad, huh?" Tai asked as he put his hand on Kouichi's shoulder. "I'm
sure you had a pretty rough day. Go to Ken's house and get some sleep. You
look like you're gonna pass out at any second. What's past is past, so
let's keep it there."
Kouichi just nodded with agreement. "Thanks, Tai."
Ken, Kouichi and Wormmon snuck back into Ken's house so Ken's parents
wouldn't get all worried. Kouichi just plopped on the couch, totally
exhausted.
Ken sat beside him. "You alright?"
Kouichi looked at Ken. "I'm alright. it's just. why is everyone after me.?
I mean. I."
"You wanna talk about it?"
"Uh." flashbacks of what Kouichi had done as Duskmon came back to him. He
couldn't tell Ken of the horrible things he had done. 'I bet Ken or any of
the others didn't do the horrible things I have done,' Kouichi thought.
'They'd probably hate me if I told them. but then again. they might not if
I explain I was being controlled.' "But that's no excuss." Kouichi said
outloud.
"No excuss for what? What do you mean?" Ken asked.
Kouichi gasped. He didn't mean to say it outloud. Then he put his face in
his hands and started weeping silently.
'He might have similar problems as me,' Ken thought to himself. 'But maybe
he's too afraid to tell us. I would be. after what I have done as the
Digimon Emperor. he could have done something just as horrible.' Then Ken
stood up, making Kouichi look at him. "Hey. let's go on to bed. you don't
have to talk about it if you don't want to. you see, I, too, have secrets
I'd like to keep to myself. I don't want to pressure you, Kouichi." Then he
offered out his hand to help Kouichi off the couch. Kouichi looked at Ken's
hand for a second, wondering if he should take his offer. Then a smile grew
on Kouichi's face as he accepted Ken's offer and the two of them went to
bed, followed by Wormmon.
do.lol... chapter 3 for all you digifans!! Thanks for reading!
Koji: Why are you always picking on me?!
Kazemon15: ............cuz your cute.. I always pick on the cute
ones.....and always leave out the annoying ones.. Hehehe..COUGH*DAVIS*COUGH
..um.anyway...enjoy..
Koji: ...she's had too much soda today...
Kazemon15: IM INSANE...HEHEHEHEHE..
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At the TV station..
"What's the big emergency?" Davis complained. "It's 1 o'clock in the
freakin' morning!" The others were also confused.
"Where's Koji?" Kouichi glanced around for his brother, but did not see
him. He was beginning to worry. "Where's my brother?!"
"I'm so sorry, Kouichi!" wept Rika. "He was kidnapped! And it's all my
fault! I told him he wasn't needed and Myotismon took control! Myotismon
used Koji's past and present to control him!"
The others didn't know what to say. Kouichi was devastated. Anger surged
through him like a bullet. He ran towards Rika and grabbed her by the
throat. "Why didn't you help HIM?!"
The other gasped at Kouichi's behavior. Ryo couldn't stand it. "Stop it!
You're hurting Rika!"
"Make me!" Kouichi looked at Ryo, tears filling his eyes.
"Kouichi, knock it off! This is no way to settle this!" Takuya yelled.
Ryo ran up to Kouichi and pushed him down, making Rika fall to the floor,
gasping for breath.
"You alright, Rika?" Ryo asked as he helped her up.
Angered, Kouichi jumped to his feet and tackled Ryo. The two of them
tussled on the ground. Then Kouichi started punching Ryo in the face.
"That's enough!" Henry grabbed Kouichi and pulled him of Ryo. Henry held on
tight to Kouichi so he wouldn't tackle Ryo anymore.
Ryo got up off the floor. He had a bloody nose. He stared at Kouichi
angrily. "Stupid kid!"
"It's not his fault, Ryo," Rika said. "I would be angry, too, if someone
kidnapped one of my family members. I know how he feels."
"How can you possibly understand how I feel?!" yelled Kouichi as he flung
Henry off of him.
"I've had enough! No one hurts my friends, not even my own comrades, which
you're not!" Ryo tackled Kouichi. Kouichi felt overpowered by the older boy
as his strength left him, making him an easy target for Ryo. Ryo grabbed
Kouichi by the throat and held him high.
"Uhhh." blood came flowing down Kouichi's nose as he tried to break free of
Ryo's grip.
"Tai," Matt looked at his best friend. "This isn't even a fair fight."
"We have to stop it!" Tai then grabbed Ryo and pulled his away as Kouichi
fell to the floor.
"Let go of me, kid!" yelled Ryo. "I need to finish him! He's blinded by his
own anger!"
"Apparently, so are you and don't call me a kid!" Tai said as he held on to
the struggling Ryo.
"I call you a kid 'cause you are!" Ryo felt the same strength in Tai as
himself. He didn't know why. "Why can't I break free? How can a kid like
you be this strong?"
Tai laughed. "A kid like me? You think I'm a kid? I'm in high school."
"High school?" Ryo stopped struggling. "Then that would make you-"
"A teenager," Tai finished Ryo's sentence. "And how old are you? I'm
fourteen."
"Me.too," Ryo then looked at Matt who was helping Kouichi. Kouichi just
glared at him.
"Maybe that's why I couldn't break free." Kouichi said as he wiped the
blood from his nose.
"You okay, kid?" Matt asked. "Oh, sorry. I shouldn't judge people. How old
are you? I know you can't be Ryo's age considering that you're weaker than
him. No offense."
"None taken," Kouichi said quietly. "I'm. in the 6th grade."
"6th?" Joe repeated. "Then that would make you..uh." Then he started
counting in his head.
"That would make us eleven," Takuya laughed.
"Eleven?" Ryo felt guilty of what he did. Picking on an eleven-year-old. A
child three years younger than him. "You don't look it."
"Kouichi?" Kari walked up to him. "Did you know your father?"
"Uh. now why would you ask me a question like that, Kari?" Kouichi asked.
"Because Myotismon said Koji was lied to all his life by his
father...uh...your father. Is that true?" Kari explained.
"He's not the only one.and I wouldn't know," Kouichi replied sadly.
"What do you mean?" Rika asked.
"I don't exsist to my father. I, too, was also lied to by my mother."
Kouichi looked at the ground. "They wanted to keep us separated.
Grandmother was the only one I could trust. Mother told me I didn't have
any siblings, but. I knew in my heart that a part of me was. missing. When
I found out. about Koji. I followed him to the Digital World where." then
he stopped. Kouichi didn't want to remember his past and the horrible
things he did as Duskmon.
"Where what?" Ryo asked.
"Where he tried to destroy his own brother. that's why he would make a
great new Digimon Emperor!"
Kouichi glanced around, frightened. "What?!"
Then Arukenimon appeared in front of him. "Kouichi, the Dark Digidestined.
I just love the sound of that, don't you?" she said gleefully.
"Dark Digidestined?" Ken asked.
"That's the woman!" Kouichi yelled. "She's the one who was at your
computer, Ken!"
"Kouichi, Kouichi," Arukenimon said. "Why don't you just tell them the
truth? The truth that only you and your pathetic friends know. The truth
that you wanted to kill them all!"
"What?" Kari was shocked.
"Is this true?" Rika asked also in shock.
"It wasn't my fault!" Kouichi yelled as he held his head. "It wasn't."
"Go get your revenge." Arukenimon said evilly.
Then Koji appeared out of nowhere and glared at his brother.
"Ko.ji," Kouichi looked at his brother helplessly.
"You wanted to get rid of me!" Koji snapped. "You thought you were better
than me!"
"No." Kouichi said.
"You will pay for what you have done!" Koji held up his D-tector. "Double
Spirit Evolution! Beowulfmon!"
"No! Koji!" yelled Kouichi, tears rolling down his checks. The others
watched in horror. "Don't do this! Please!" Kouichi begged, but none of his
words seemed to be getting through to Koji.
"Beo Saber!" Beowulfmon hit Kouichi with his sword. Kouichi went flying
across the room and hit the wall.
"Kouichi!" Takuya glared at Beowulfmon. Then he got out his D-tector. "I
don't wanna do this, but it looks like I have no choice! Double Spirit
Evolution! Aldamon!"
The others ran up to Kouichi who was laying motionless on the floor. Kari
put Kouichi's head on her lap. "Wake up! C'mon!" she shook him.
"Attacked by his own twin brother." Ryo watched the fight in shock of what
Koji had done.
"Wake up!" Ken yelled.
Kouichi opened his eyes. "Ko.ji.. Help Koji." Then he turned to Rika and
Ryo. "I'm. sorry."
"No sweat," Ryo replied. "You alright?"
Kouichi's eyes wondered to the fight. He saw Aldamon and Beowulfmon
fighting fiercely. "No. he mustn't.uhn." Kouichi closed his eyes once
again.
"No! Wake up! You can't close your eyes!" Ken ordered, as he began to cry.
"You might never wake up again!"
"C'mon, Kouichi, open your eyes, buddy!" J.P. yelled.
"Atomic Inferno!" Aldamon shot fire balls at Beowulfmon. Beowulfmon just
jumped out of the way.
"Hah! Frozen Hunter!" Beowulfmon summoned a giant wolf-like blue flame and
the flame covered Aldamon, causing him to return to Takuya.
"Koji. it's me, Takuya!" Takuya begged.
"You will be the first of many!" Beowulfmon held his BeoSaber high.
Kouichi's eyes suddenly fluttered open. He got up slowly and saw Beowulfmon
going in for the kill. "No!"
"Cyberdramon!" Ryo looked at his partner.
Cyberdramon flew at Beowulfmon. "Desolation Claw!" he shot a red beam from
his claws.
"Beo Saber!" Beowulfmon reflected it right back at Cyberdramon. Kouichi
stood up and watched.
"No, get back down. You're hurt!" Kari pleaded.
"Only I can stop him.I have another secret I must reveal." Kouichi said. He
held his D-tector high. "I call upon the great Spirits of Darkness to help
me!" Kouichi then was covered in a dark aura as the others watch. Kari
looked in awe and in horror as Kouichi held his D-tector high into the air.
"You okay, Kari?" Ken asked as he looked at Kouichi who was covered in
Darkness.
"Spirit Evolution! Lowemon!" Kouichi Spirit Evolved to the Legendary
Warrior of Darkness.
"Goodbye, Warrior of Flame!" Beowulfmon was about to stab Takuya with his
sword, but then Lowemon attacked.
"Shadow Meteor!" Lowemon shot a beam of Dark energy at Beowulfmon making
him turn back to Koji. Koji layed unconscious on the floor.
"You are very powerful, Lowemon," Arukenimon said slyly. "You're perfect!"
she snapped her fingers and a dark hole appeared under Lowemon and sucked
him in.
"Lowemon!" Takuya yelled.
"You can keep that weakling twin," Arukenimon said coldly. "Our real target
was Kouichi. Koji was just the bait." Then she laughed evilly and
disappeared.
Takuya ran up to Koji's side and lifted his head. "Koji, come on, buddy,
wake up!" Koji then opened his eyes slowly. "You're okay!"
"Takuya? Wh--what happened?" Koji asked as he rubbed his head. "The last
thing I remember is Rika saying that I'm needed."
"You are needed," Rika said. "I'm sorry."
"For what? You didn't do anything." asked Koji.
"Never mind that! What about Kouichi?!" Kari yelled.
"Kouichi?" Koji looked around. "What happened?! Where's my brother?!"
"He. he got taken," Takuya said sadly. "Taken by some woman."
"Who?" asked Koji.
"By Arukenimon," Ken replied. "An evil Digimon."
Kouichi woke up to find himself in a dark world. "Where am I?" he
asked himself wearily. He was in Ken and Kari's worst fear, the Dark Ocean.
Kouichi suddenly realized he was tied up. "What is this?!"
"Welcome, Spirit of Darkness."
Kouichi looked around for the sorce of the voice. Then he spotted a devil-
like creature. "Who are you?" he asked coldly. "Whoever you are, let me go!
"My name is Daemon," said the devil-like creature. ".and I can't let you
go."
"Hmmm." growled Kouichi.
"Ken and his Digidestined friends forced me into this world," explained
Daemon. "and now I've come back to play his little game. I will use you to
destroy them. I have see your corrupted Spirits and I want you to become
them once again."
"You're mad!" yelled Kouichi. "I will never again become Duskmon and
Velgmon!"
"You don't have a choice!" laughed Daemon.
"Go to hell!" Kouichi snapped.
"I've been there, thank you," laughed Daemon. "and I would watch my tongue
if I were you. You are in no possion to make threats."
"Untie me," ordered Kouichi.
"You don't understand, do you, kid?" Daemon touched Kouichi and started
electrifying him.
"Ahhh!!!" Kouichi screamed in pain.
"Like I said," Daemon continued. "You are in no possion to make threats or
to give orders." Then he let go of Kouichi.
"Uhhh." Kouichi gasped for breath. Then he glared at Daemon. "Go to hell,
you scumbag!"
Daemon laughed. "I like your spirit, kid. So stubborn, but stubberness will
get you killed!" With that, he electrified Kouichi again.
Ken couldn't sleep. He was too worried about Kouichi. He was also worried
about what Koji must be going through at the time. "Kouichi, where are
you?"
"What's wrong, Ken? Can't sleep?" Kenta asked.
Ken looked at Kenta. "Yeah. You worried, too?"
"Uh-huh," Kenta replied. "Man, I just can't get what happened to Kouichi
out of my head."
"I feel like Kouichi and I are brothers," Ken explained. "Even though we
both have brothers. I feel like we're all part of the same family. You know
what I mean, Kenta?" Then Ken heard snoring. He turned and looked at Kenta
who was sleeping like a log. "How'd he fall asleep that fast???" Ken asked
as a sweat drop appeared on his head as he smiled nervously.
Kari couldn't sleep either. She kept wondering where Arukenimon could've
taken Kouichi. Even though she had only met Kouichi a couple days ago, she
felt that he was different than any other boy she had ever met. Not only
because he was Dark and she was Light, she felt very calm and safe around
him. But she couldn't help but wonder why. She used to be so afraid of the
Darkness until she met Kouichi. Kari wanted to find Kouichi so badly. She
kept thinking if she were a bad guy, where would she go? Then it hit her.
"I know where he is!" She then jumped out of bed, making Gatomon awake from
her sleep. Kari ran to the phone and quickly dialed Ken's phone number. The
phone rang for several mintues. "C'mon, Ken, pick up!" she said quietly so
she wouldn't wake Tai, Koji, and Rika.
Gatomon walked into the room, rubbing her eyes. "Kari, what are you doing?
Do you know what time it is?"
"I know where Kouichi is," she said softly to her digital cat.
"You do? Maybe you should wake Koji and tell him?" Gatomon asked.
"No, I don't want him involved. He's been though enough already," Kari then
put her ear back on the phone, which was still ringing. Finally, Ken picked
up. "Ken, that you? It's me, Kari."
"Kari, do you know what time it is?" asked Ken wearily on the other line.
"I think I know where Kouichi is," she said quickly.
"You do?!" Ken was then suddenly alert. "Where?"
"The Dark Ocean," replied Kari after a long pause.
"How do you know?"
"I have a feeling." Kari replied. "Meet me at the school. Bring Wormmon."
"Of course I'll bring Wormmon," Ken said. "I never go anywhere without him.
Especially if we're going to the Dark Ocean."
About half an hour later Ken, Kari and their Digimon were at the school
gates. Gatomon was trying to pick the lock with her claws. "I still think
we should call the others, Kari," the digital cat said uneasily.
"I told you, Gatomon, I don't want them involved," Kari said softly. Then
she turned to Ken. "Ready?"
"Ready when you are." Ken replied uncertainly.
"You sure?" Gatomon asked as she looked at Ken. Then she turned her head
back at the lock. "Got it! Alright, then. Let's get goin'."
The group opened the gate quietly and snuck into the school's computer lab.
Inside the lab, Ken turned on the computer and held up his black D-3.
"Digiport, open!" He opened the portal to the Digital World and from there,
opened a portal to the Dark Ocean.
Kari began to shiver with fright. "I would have never imagined coming back
here again," she said stiffly.
"Me too, Kari. Me too," was Ken's only reply as he too shivered with
fright.
"We have to find Kouichi," Kari said, suddenly sounding brave. "I know he's
here. Kouichi, where are you?!"
"How can you be so sure, Kari?" asked Ken as he looked around. "I mean, we
barley just met him and you're acting like."
"I've known him all my life." Kari finished. "You feel that way too, don't
you, Ken?"
"Yeah." came Ken's reply. "But why? We both know that we are afraid of the
Darkness, and he's Darkness itself. so."
"It's obvious he's afraid of the Darkness, too," Kari interrupted. "Don't
you remember how he wanted to hold back? When he held out his D-tector and
that dark aura was around him, I could tell that he was terrified. Darkness
can't live without the Light and Light can't live without Darkness. We all
have a little darkness in our hearts. and we all have a little light in our
hearts as well."
Ken just nodded with Kari in agreement. They decided to stop worrying about
Kouichi's element and start worrying on where to find him.
"Ken!" yelled Wormmon as he pointed. Ken and the others saw Kouichi tied to
a fence completely motionless.
Kari and the others ran to him. "Somebody, cut him down!"
Ken reached in his pocket and pulled out a pocketknife. He climbed the
fence and cut the ropes that were holding Kouichi captive. He caught
Kouichi just before he fell and layed him on the ground.
"Is he.?" Kari asked as tears filled her eyes.
"No," Ken said in a reassuring voice, "He's just knocked out."
Kari let out a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness." Then she turned to
Gatomon. "We have to get out fast. Gatomon, armor digivolve! Digiarmor,
Energize!"
"Gatomon armor digivolve to. Nerfertimon!"
"Let's go," Ken said as he was about to put Kouichi on Nerfertimon's back.
"You're not going anywhere, Digidestined!" Daemon appeared, blocking the
exit portal.
"I'll take care of him!" Nefertimon yelled. "Rosseta Stone!" She shot stone
at Daemon, but he just blocked them and laughed.
"You're going to have to do better than that!" he laughed evilly.
"My turn now!" Wormmon jumped into the air. "Wormmon digivolve to.
Stingmon! Spiking Strike!"
"We have to get to safety!" Ken said as he put Kouichi on his back. He and
Kari ran and hid behind the fence.
"Moon Shooter!" Stingmon shot balls of light at Daemon.
"Cat's Eye Beam!" Nerfertimon shot pink beams at the dark devil creature.
"Daemon laughed. "Fools! Inferno Blast!" He hit Nerfertimon and Stingmon
with a giant ball of flame, causing them to hit the ground and de-digivolve
back to their original forms.
"Wormmon!" Ken yelled.
"No! Gatomon!" cried Kari.
"What?" Kouichi opened his eyes and looked around wearily.
"Kouichi! You're okay!" Ken put Kouichi down and helped him stand up.
"We'd thought you'd never wake up!" Kari cried with happiness.
"Ah, you're awake," Daemon said gleefuly. "Good. You were out of it for a
while when you received half the blast of my power."
Ken looked at Daemon angerly. "You could have killed him!"
"I know," said Daemon. "I didn't use my full power on him. Normaly, I would
have use my full power. He was lucky. That would have killed him, but I
need him alive."
"For what?" Kari asked.
"To destory you Digidestined, but he is too stubborn, so I couldn't gain
control yet!" Daemon yelled angerly. "If you haven't interfered, I would
have had complete control of him!"
"I would never go against my friends!" Kouichi yelled as he closed his
fists in anger.
"You said it!" Kari cheered.
Daemon just laughed evilly. "Is that so? What about the time before you
became a Digidestined? When you were corrupted?"
"That was different!" Kouichi yelled as sadness filled his eyes. "I. I was
being controlled!" Kouichi looked at the ground. Then he looked at Ken and
Kari, who were confused, and then he looked back at Daemon.
"It wasn't different and you know it," Daemon said in a low harsh voice.
"You have to face the truth, sooner or later, Kouichi. You know what you
were doing, no doubt about it. Why don't you just admit it? You belong to
the Darkness. Like Cherubimon said, the Darkness is your destiny. Deny
that, and you deny your entire existence."
Kari walked up by Kouichi's side and looked at the sadness in his eyes.
"What is he talking about? What does any of this have to do with you?"
"It has everything to do with me," Kouichi whispered harshly and sadly at
the same time. "He's right. If I deny the truth I erase myself from the
world and everyone around me." Then his voice became a very quiet whisper.
"Forgive me. Koji." Kouichi then raised his voice so Daemon could hear.
"Make me a promise! If I join you, you let Kari and Ken leave this world
unharmed!"
"Deal," Daemon said with triumph.
"No, you can't!" Kari cried as she grabbed a hold of Kouichi's arm.
"Don't trade your life for us!" Ken yelled in a voice of half with anger
and half with sorrow. "There has to be another way!"
"There is no other way, Ken," said Kouichi with sorrow. "This is how it
ends."
Kari and Ken didn't know what to do. They felt helpless. Then, suddenly
they heard a harsh voice from behind them.
"Well, I'd like it if the ending were different!"
All three of them turned around and saw Koji. Kouichi was shocked. "Koji!
How'd you get here?"
"I followed Kari," explained Koji. "I knew something was up. Why didn't you
call me, Kari?"
"I didn't want you involved." Kari said softly.
"Hey, if it has something to do with Kouichi, I'm way involved in it
already," Koji explained. "We are twin brothers. We have the same strength
and weakness. We can feel each other's pain, sorrow, happiness and
loneliness. Nothing can change that. Kouichi."
"Koji." Kouichi nodded with happiness as tears filled his eyes. "Yeah."
Koji grabbed his D-tector and looked at his brother. "You ready to put this
jerk back where he belongs?"
Yeah!" Kouichi said, also pulling out his D-tector. "Ready when you are,
Koji!"
The twins both held their D-tectors high in the air. "Go get 'im, guys!"
Ken yelled.
"Spirit Evolution! Lowemon!"
"Double Spirit Evolution! Beowulfmon! Frozen Hunter!" Beowulfmon summoned a
giant blue flame wolf that attacked Daemon.
"Ahhhg!" yelled Daemon in pain.
"Way to go!" cheered Ken.
"My turn now!" Lowemon said. "Shadow Meteor!" He shot a dark beam at Daemon
from his chest.
"Go, Lowemon!" Kari cheered.
Just when Beowulfmon and Lowemon were about to finish Daemon off,
Cherubimon appeared and hit them with his Heaven's Judgment attack, causing
them to de-evolve back to their human forms.
"Watch out!" Ken yelled, as he stood by the exit portal with Kari and their
Digimon. "C'mon! Hurry!"
Koji and Kouichi ran toward Ken, Kari and the exit portal desperately
trying to avoid the lightning bolts caused by Cherubimon's attack. With
what little strength they had left, Koji, Kouichi, Kari, Ken and their
Digimon jumped through the portal. They had made it out safely.
Kouichi let out a big sigh as he tried to catch his breath. "That was a
close one. whew."
"Yeah." Kari sighed. "I'm glad you're okay.Kouichi." She looked at Kouichi
with a huge warm smile.
"Uh." Kouichi blushed. "I should be thanking you, Kari. you and Ken found
me, right? I'm sorry. I souldn't have tried to join that creep."
"Hey, you did it to save our lives." Ken reassured him. "That's what I call
a true friend." Then he turned to Koji. "And you risked your life to save
Kouichi. That's what I call a loving brother."
"Uh.heh." Koji just blushed at that remark. "I'm sorry for yelling at you
the first time we met, Ken."
"It's okay." Ken smiled. "That was before we got to know each other."
"Kari!"
Kari turned to see her brother, Rika, Agumon and Renamon running up to
them. "Hey, Tai!"
"Koji, where'd you guys go?" Rika asked as the group stopped in front of
them.
"Nowhere." Koji smiled.
"Why are you in such a good mood?" Rika asked, sounding a little angry.
"If you're worried about me, Rika, I'm fine," Kouichi said as he stepped
out from behind his brother.
"Kouichi!" Tai said gleefuly. "I didn't see you there. You alright, bud?"
"Yeah, thanks to Kari, Ken, and of course, my brother Koji," Kouichi
smiled.
"Hey, what about us?" Gatomon asked.
"And you guys too, Gatomon," Kouichi smiled again.
"Where'd those creepozoids take you?" Rika asked. "Did they hurt you?"
Kouichi looked at Rika with a face full of sorrow. "Let's just say, I was
lucky to get out of there in one piece."
"That bad, huh?" Tai asked as he put his hand on Kouichi's shoulder. "I'm
sure you had a pretty rough day. Go to Ken's house and get some sleep. You
look like you're gonna pass out at any second. What's past is past, so
let's keep it there."
Kouichi just nodded with agreement. "Thanks, Tai."
Ken, Kouichi and Wormmon snuck back into Ken's house so Ken's parents
wouldn't get all worried. Kouichi just plopped on the couch, totally
exhausted.
Ken sat beside him. "You alright?"
Kouichi looked at Ken. "I'm alright. it's just. why is everyone after me.?
I mean. I."
"You wanna talk about it?"
"Uh." flashbacks of what Kouichi had done as Duskmon came back to him. He
couldn't tell Ken of the horrible things he had done. 'I bet Ken or any of
the others didn't do the horrible things I have done,' Kouichi thought.
'They'd probably hate me if I told them. but then again. they might not if
I explain I was being controlled.' "But that's no excuss." Kouichi said
outloud.
"No excuss for what? What do you mean?" Ken asked.
Kouichi gasped. He didn't mean to say it outloud. Then he put his face in
his hands and started weeping silently.
'He might have similar problems as me,' Ken thought to himself. 'But maybe
he's too afraid to tell us. I would be. after what I have done as the
Digimon Emperor. he could have done something just as horrible.' Then Ken
stood up, making Kouichi look at him. "Hey. let's go on to bed. you don't
have to talk about it if you don't want to. you see, I, too, have secrets
I'd like to keep to myself. I don't want to pressure you, Kouichi." Then he
offered out his hand to help Kouichi off the couch. Kouichi looked at Ken's
hand for a second, wondering if he should take his offer. Then a smile grew
on Kouichi's face as he accepted Ken's offer and the two of them went to
bed, followed by Wormmon.
