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Friendship or LoveChapter 11 Back on the road with Ken
"Good bye! And Good luck!" Gina waved. The digidestined were on the road again. Or sand. Ken squinted his eyes. The sun was already up. The other digidestined had wanted to leave earlier, but Ken was glad they had waited. He was so tired and although the sleep was the best he'd had in a long time, he still felt tired.
"Well my friends, it is a long way to go." Tai called loudly from his place in the front. Ken saw Matt roll his eyes to Sora who giggled in return. He wanted a closer friend. He had wormmon, but he needed a human friend.
"Hey, you ok?" a high voice interrupted Ken's lamentations. He turned to see whom it was and was surprised to see Mimi walking next to him with a bright smile on her face.
"Yeah I'm good." Ken replied curtly.
"If you ever need to talk to anyone, I'll be here." She smiled reassuringly at him to let him know she wasn't going to push him. Ken gave her a small smile as she left to walk with Joe.
"Is it just me, or does the sun rise quicker here?" Kari frowned as she tried to shade her eyes from the angry orange sun that winked its brilliance on them.
"We're in Digital Saving." Gatomon piped up.
"Digital Saving?" Davis asked. He scratched his head.
"It's kinda like your Daylight Saving." Veemon supplied.
"Oh well…how does that help with the sun rising earlier?" Davis asked.
"I don't know." Veemon shrugged his puny blue shoulders. Ken smiled at the playful banter between Davis and Veemon.
"Do you think we can stop soon?" Wormon asked. Ken was startled and he glanced down to see his poor digimon turning an unhealthy dark green.
"Hey Tai!" Ken called to the big clump of brown mess striding confidently in the front. He turned around.
"Uh. Is it important?"
"Yeah. Wormon looks sick." Ken replied.
"OK then. Hey guys? We're stopping for awhile." There were cheers and applause. Everyone was tired and they were finally getting a rest.
The digidestined gathered around a big tree. It had minimal shade, but there were splotches of shade around the tree. Ken carefully laid wormmon down on a relatively shady spot.
"Thanks Ken." Wormon closed his eyes. A small, strange purple glow appeared in the middle of Wormon. It slowly moved through him until Wormon was back to his normal healthy green.
"What happened?" Ken asked.
"I don't know." Wormon said puzzled.
"I think because of Ken's kindness, it healed Wormon." Izzy said.
"Why were you sick anyway?" Veemon asked.
"I think I ate too much." Wormon said. He showed everyone that he was healthy by jumping up and down. Everyone watched in amusement as the digimon tried to jump as well. Gomamon couldn't exactly jump so he rose a little higher than the ground and then when he fell to the ground he skidded.
"Well now that Wormon's better, we should start going." Tai announced abruptly. Everyone groaned.
"Just a bit more, Tai." Kari whined. Tai softened and smiled.
"All right. You always con me anyway." He doled out some snacks and water. Within minutes everyone was happily munching on cheese crackers.
Ken smiled and looked at all his friends. There was once a time when he felt like an outcast and he did deserve to be one after all he did, but he was glad that he was with them. He laughed as Wormon squirted some gooey web stuff and Gabumon shot a frozen ball at it. The two mixtures combined and it became a little ball about the size of a tennis ball. Gomamon brought his tail back and smacked the ball hard. He slid across the sand and behind the tree.
"I got it! I got it!" Biyomon called. She flew up and reached out with her light pink wings. The gooey ice ball sailed into her wings and she flew back down. She tried to give it back to Agumon so that he could throw it, but it seemed to be stuck to her wings.
"Uh. I might need a little help." Biyomon giggled.
"Oh Bi!" Sora ran out to help her digimon partner. Ken studied Matt's face. It was full of concern and love. Ken knew whom the love was for. He thought it was sweet.
They played the little game for about half an hour before Tai decided that they should start moving again.
Gatomon started humming. It was a pleasant hum that made everyone hum too. The menacing mountain was looming very close now. Ken shivered at the thought of what was up there. He glanced at the other digidestined. They didn't look afraid. They didn't have to because they all had each other.
It was dark by the time Tai decided they should stop.
"We're at the bottom of the mountain." He looked at the tired faces.
"We'll rest tonight and then start out tomorrow. Two people at a time will take watch. Joe and I'll go first." With that, everyone set up a little place for them to sleep while Joe and Tai sat on a log chatting about who knows what and just watching for any intruders.
Ken was unexpectedly awakened in the early hours of the morning. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was Mimi's cheerful face.
"Hey. Izzy and I nominated you and Davis to go and watch for the next two hours. Have fun!" She smiled and quietly crawled into her sleeping bag.
Ken groggily got up and made his way over to the watching spot of the comfy big log.
"Hey Ken!" Davis brightly greeted him.
"How can you be so awake?" Ken asked.
"I don't know. Maybe it's because Veemon always scratches me when he's having a bad dream so I'm more awake." Ken sighed and sat down.
"Better get comfortable." He smiled ruefully. It was very dark and Ken could barely see Davis. He could only see a flicker as the small fire in front of them crackled and spat.
"So." Davis said half an hour after they had started guard. "What do you like doing in your spare time?" Ken looked incredulously at Davis.
"Um…I work on my website?" Ken said, a little unsure of what he was supposed to say.
"That's cool. I've always wanted to have my own site, but Dad can't seem to get our internet working." Davis said brightly.
"How can you survive without the internet?" Ken said.
"I don't know actually." Davis scratched his head. "Normally if I need help, I got to Jun."
Ken silently grinned to himself. Jun wasn't any smarter than Davis.
"I don't have much time anyhow because of soccer, but my dream is to one day have a web site about my famous noodles!" Davis and Ken laughed together.
"Are you worried about that digimon?" Ken asked.
"Nah. We can all do it together." Davis said. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. Why?" Ken asked.
"Nothing. If you ever need someone totalk to,I'm here."Davis said. It made Ken feel important.The two sat in companionable silence for the rest of the hour.
Author's note: I'm very sorry for this very late update. The next one should come in the holidays. Which are in a few weeks. There are only three chapters to go! Thanks for all the reviews. They encouraged me to write.