Consequences
Disclaimer: Digimon not mineThe tension between the Bearer of Kindness and Bearer of Love and Purity was worse than ever, however no noticed that. They only noticed how Ken had changed completely. He had not come to the café for their weekly meeting, leaving the original 5 Chosen Children of the younger generation. Iori was the first to put the fear into words, "He's become the Digimon Kaiser again! Look at him! His hair is spiky and he's wearing sunglasses again! He'd wear the cape it that didn't look weird in the real world!"
"It's all my fault," Miyako whispered, curled up with her legs close to her chest and arms wrapped around her knees. Luckily, only Hikari heard this.
"It's not your fault! It's his! He did this to himself!" Hikari comforted tried to comfort the purple headed girl, but didn't quite believe the words herself. Unfortunately, the group heard Hikari.
Daisuke yelled at the girls, "Of course it's her fault! Why do you think he's doing this?"
However before Hikari could defend her jogress partner, Takeru butt in, "Look, something happened between you and Ken," he said looking at Miyako. "And I think it's time we knew. We can't help if we don't know what's wrong."
Miyako suddenly looked extremely ill and excused herself to the bathroom. She's going to loose the baby, Hikari thought to herself.
Iori looked at the group, "Has anyone else noticed how sick Miyako has been lately? She barely eats. And when she does, more likely than not, she goes to the bathroom afterwards. I'm wondering if she has an eating disorder, or something. She seems very self conscious lately."
"If she isn't now, she'll be in a few months," Daisuke mumbled.
"Daisuke, leave them alone, they have to work out a way together. I can't believe your friends with him after the way he's treated her! He's cold and making her feel a lot worse than he has to. This has also been hard on her."
"I can't believe you're taking her side! After what she did! He's just trying to protect himself. He opened up to her and she just smashed his heart, with no respect for what he did!"
Again, Takeru stopped the fight, "What happened? Someone tell us!"
By now Miyako was back. She quickly grabbed her stuff and left. Takeru tried to get something out of Daisuke and Hikari, but both left and refused to say anything. He was left with his own jogress partner to sort out the details, of which they knew precious few.
Miyako tried to sleep, but bad dreams had been plaguing her lately. They never started out bad…
Ken sat next to Miyako and handed her his drink. "We don't want our mom to get dehydrated, she's drinking to for two now!" He laughed as his eyes danced. Miyako was in the last trimester and about to give birth. He placed a hand on her swollen stomach to feel a punch from the child within. He laughed more. He didn't have a care in the world, other than for the child and mother to be okay.
"I'm so happy when I'm with you, Ken," Miyako smiled back at him. "Why didn't I realize what a wonderful man you are before?" she asked. After surveying the area, she spoke again, "This looks like a wonderful spot for our picnic in the Digital World."
"Indeed it does, my love," he leaned over and kissed her lips with a passion so intense that it almost scared her. He was a gentleman to her. He set out the blanket for them and then helped her down. Once she was settled, he set up lunch for both.
"Oh, Ken, you're so sweet! Life couldn't get any better than this!"
He shook his head, "I don't believe it could."
Suddenly the warm bright day turned cold and dark. The wind whipped the grass around and their hair into their face. Suddenly, Ken was no longer Ken, he was the Digimon Kaiser.
He wrestled Miyako to the ground who couldn't fight back because of her condition. "I've got you right were I want you!" He kissed her neck and lips roughly, bruising them.
As she tried to fight off her attacker, a digimon appeared from the darkness. He was shaped like a person, but was covered in metal. He was mostly black, but had blood red lines outlining his chest and down the side of his legs. His right hand was shaped like a gun; his left was holding a whip. Miyako squirmed away from the Kaiser and focused on the digimon. It spoke in a booming voice what brought shivers along her spine. "I want the child of Love, Kindness and Purity! You don't want the child, let me raise it! He'd be the perfect child to turn dark! Into a new Kaiser! He would become the child of Hate, Cruelty and Corruption! Give me the girl, so I may take her child!"
Suddenly, Ken was Ken again and no longer the Kaiser. "You can't have my child! The child is ours! I will raise it! You will not turn my son against me!" he shouted at the digimon protectively covering Miyako.
Suddenly Ken was the Kaiser again. He stood up and presented Miyako to the digimon. "Take the child; it will do you no good though. For the child is not mine! Who knows who impregnated this dirty whore?" The last word was so full of hate, hurt and revulsion that hearing it always woke her up.
Everyone assumed that he was the Kaiser again, wholly the Kaiser. That Ken had been buried deep inside, but that wasn't true. The Kaiser was only a shell right now; he hadn't fully taken over Ken again. He wanted his friends to leave him alone, to not ask him what had happened between him and Miyako. Dressing as the Kaiser made them leave him alone. He tried to give himself fully to the Kaiser so he could finally stop caring about Miyako and the baby she carried. He couldn't though, something was holding him back. Daisuke thought it was his friendship that prevented it. That he kept the small trace of humanity in him alive. Ken himself knew what it was. It was Miyako and the baby. He still loved Miyako, he couldn't give her up. And the thought of the baby growing inside of her gave him hope. Maybe the baby was his.
"Daisuke, how can I be so sure the baby's not mine?"
"It's your call whether you think it's yours or not. Just remember this; if she gave it up for you, she probably gave it up for some other dude."
"I just feel like I should take responsibility for his. The baby is probably mine."
"How many guys has Miyako dated? You know I think of Miyako like a sister, but she crossed the line! Don't let her get away with it! At least get the baby tested to see if it is yours."
"That's not a bad idea." Their D-Terminals beeped. They looked at the message. Both boys stood up and left, hurriedly out the door. However, before they left, Ken put his sunglasses on and set a blank face. He wanted to hide the multitudes of emotions he felt.
"Miyako, you have to tell them soon! You're going to start showing soon! You're so thin, you'll probably start showing at 4 months. Have you decided what to do with the baby yet?"
"Then I have two months left to tell them! And no, I don't know what to do with it. I know it's going to go to term, but I don't know if I can keep it. There are probably some great people out there who want a baby more than I do."
"You should go see a doctor; to make sure it's okay!"
"I can't afford one, and I can't let my parents know!"
"What about Jyou? He's studying to be a doctor, I'm sure he'll help, if you let him!"
"No, all I have to do is tell one Chosen Child and they'll all know!"
"Sora wouldn't tell anyone!"
"She has her own things to worry about; I don't want to bother her with my mistake!"
"Everyone's worried about you! Iori thinks you have an eating disorder! Tell him the truth."
Miyako began to cry, "No, he'll hate me! Especially with the way Ken's been acting lately! He'll hate me for turning him back into the Kaiser, they'll hate me!"
Hikari was about to argue with her more when both of their D-Terminals beeped. Hikari read hers out loud, "It's from Koushiro, he says it's urgent! He wants us to go to his house, that there's trouble with the digital world." Miyako's face went blank. What more could go wrong?
A/N: I feel better about this section, which was largely rewritten from the original idea I had. If you want an interesting story, ask me for the inspiration for this story! PS I love the dream sequence! Remember, let me know what you guys think of the fic!
