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Chapter 10: Tyranny Unmasked! Deltamon!
Odaiba Elementary School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 9th, 2002. 1735 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery
It was a quiet day in the Digital World for once so we were taking this opportunity to get a bit of rest; in this case, some of us were watching Daisuke and his soccer team practice. We watched as Daisuke made an impressive slide tackle that knocked the ball away and didn't actually make contact with the player. The ball rolled over to Taichi who stopped it while many of the onlookers were cheering.
"Daisuke, nice play!" Taichi complimented. Eh, not bad…
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya
"Gather around!" Coach blew his whistle, probably telling us to pack it in for the day, it's almost dark already. "This Saturday, we're having a practice game. Our opponent is the Tokyo Youth Soccer Tournament champion, Tamachi Boys F.C." Everybody gasped about that, well, almost everyone. The others were shocked that we were going to play the champs; I was more surprised because a certain someone played on that squad.
"Coach, isn't that the team where that genius kid plays?" One of my teammates asked.
"Yeah, Ichijouji Ken."
Odaiba Elementary School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 10th, 2002. 1515 Hours.
"Tamachi Boys F.C.'s Ichijouji Ken, nicknamed 'The Rocket' for the speed of soccer balls that are kicked by him, had a record of forty-five goals in the last tournament, which led his team to victory." Miyako read off an article on the computer in the lab.
"Amazing… that's twice the previous record!" Taichi was impressed.
"You could've done that easily if your team wasn't garbage and you were the only one doing anything." Ross said. Taichi shrugged his shoulders. "Jordan didn't win six rings by himself; he had Pippin and Rodman giving a hand."
"Hard to believe that we actually know Ken-san and he can do stuff like this." Iori was impressed.
"This'll be a great game tomorrow, and he'll be a great opponent." I declared. "We didn't face off in the last tournament."
"If you had made it to the finals, you would have, right?" Takeru pointed out. We knocked out real early in the tournament.
"Don't remind me…"
"Can you win?" asked Hikari.
"It's not about winning or losing." I said. "Right now, all the boys who play soccer in this country want to be like him. Just thinking about playing against him makes me excited!"
"'Not about winning or losing?' That's all it's about!" Ross cried.
"Uh, c-calm down, Ross-san!"
"Don't bother, he gets really competitive. He and his dad will scream at the TV during a game." Hikari explained.
"Well, those refs should keep the damn flags in their pockets!" Ross shouted.
"Hey, Dai-chan~!" Miyako gave a singsong tone.
"D-Dai-chan?" I muttered. She's never called me that before. She grabbed my hands.
"When you play Ken-chan, can you get me his autograph?"
"Uh, Miyako-san? Two things: One, you already know him, so can't you just ask yourself? And two, I thought you said you didn't like younger boys?" Iori spoke up.
"First, Iori, I need his autograph to be outside of anything Digimon related, or it won't seem as genuine and two, what's one year? My mother is three years older than my father anyway."
"Uh… Miyako? You're being quite forward with your feelings for Ken today." I pointed out.
"I am… wait, this isn't a dream?" She realized. We all nodded and her face turned red so fast that she buried it into her hands. "If you say anything to…!" She yelled in her hands.
"We won't, Miyako-san." Takeru assured her.
"How's about we all go tomorrow and support you?" Hikari suggested.
"Really?" I asked.
"Not me, I'll root for Ken." Ross flashed a toothy smile.
"Traitor."
"Hey, got to pick a winner. Besides, won't he feel bad if all of his friends are there but aren't rooting for him as well?"
"We'll root for both of you." informed Taichi.
"We're going too, Daisuke!" Chibimon cried.
"Alright! I'll show Ken what I'm capable of!" I shouted.
Odaiba Bayside Field, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 10th, 2002. 1520 Hours.
Few minutes before game time. The team was currently stretching as we were getting ready for the tough game today. I looked behind Coach to see the crowd and the others who were all sitting together. Miyako and Iori brought Poromon and Upamon while Chibimon was sitting in Hikari's lap. She and Takeru left Tailmon and Patamon at their homes. Wonder if Ken is gonna bring Wormmon, eh, probably not. There are already a few people with cameras here and the last thing Ken could probably need is for Wormmon to be caught on camera.
"Do your best!" "Get 'em!" "Good luck, Daisuke!" "Try not to lose so badly!" I appreciated their words of encouragement, well, almost all of them. A bus horn filled the air and a large team bus rolled up above the stands.
"Here they come." I muttered. There was a bunch of girls right next to it, probably all big fans of Ken. The doors opened up and the team started to walk out… without Ken. "Huh? Where is he?" I questioned to myself. That question was answered as Ken finally walked out and the girls lost it, Miyako included. The team then walked down to the opposing bench before Ken spotted me and waved me over to the middle of the benches.
"Glad to see you made it." He said.
"And miss a chance to play you? I'd have to be dead, that's the only way that I'd miss this."
"Well, I wish you the best of luck. Hey, listen… considering this is just an exhibition, my team came to the agreement that we'll play you guys easy and keep it close. We'll still win in the end, but we won't utterly crush your team, you okay with that?"
"Are you kidding? If we're gonna play, I want you to go all out!"
"Daisuke-kun, I'm warning you, it's gonna be pretty if we go all out."
"I don't care, this is a game no matter what, so I don't want you to play down to us!"
"Motomiya-kun! Game's about to begin, get back over here!" Coach shouted.
It was now less than a minute before the first whistle and we were all beginning to line up. Ken was in front of me on the opposite side of the line.
"Play hard, you two!" "Give it your best shot!" "Good luck!" "Blank him, Ken-kun!" The others yelled from the stands.
"Well, Ross-san isn't being subtle about who he's rooting for today." Ken noticed.
"Yeah, everyone else is trying to root for the both of us to keep it fair, but Ross-san…"
"Last chance, Daisuke-kun. I can get very competitive." He told me.
"I said it before; give me your best shot." He sighed as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Okay, then." The whistle blew and like a flash of lighting he was already past me with the ball and running past the rest of my team. He kept great control of the ball and then when he was close to the goal, he kicked the ball hard and it bounced off the pole. However, that must have been his plan as our goalie was now on the ground trying to block the edge of the goal where the ball almost went in and one of Ken's teammates head-butted the ball into the mostly exposed goal. In less than fifteen seconds, we were down one-nothing. Maybe I should've taken his offer…
P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji
I warned him. He wanted me to play with my all so I'm giving it to him. I quickly looked to the stands for the entire half and the others were almost completely dumbstruck by my playing abilities. Truth be told, even I don't know how I do this sometimes. Those forty-five goals from the tournament were like a blur. When the whistle blows, most of my mind shuts down and is completely focused on the game. It's like falling into a rage. When the halftime whistle blew, I came back to reality, looked to the scoreboard and noticed we were now up nine-one. Daisuke's team was already a wreck by the end of the half, but I'm impressed with Daisuke. He's still fighting while the rest of his team has mostly given up, heck; he even scored a goal on me!
I walked over to him as he was still lying on the ground, panting trying to catch his breath after a hard slide tackle he did on one of my teammates.
"You okay?" I asked as I held out my hand to help him up.
"Yeah… I'll be fine." He leaned over as he was still trying to get some more air.
"I did warn you."
"You should've just ignored me and did what you were offering!"
"You would've gotten mad at me if I played down to you." I defended.
"True."
"Still, you've been playing great. Not many are able to score a goal when I'm defending them."
"Thanks, that means a lot coming from you. By the way, I wanted to ask this earlier, but did you leave Wormmon at your place?"
"Yeah, he wanted to come, but with those photographers following me around, I thought it was a bad idea."
"That's what I thought too. "
I walked back to our bench and wrapped a towel around my neck and took a sip of water. All of a sudden, I heard multiple gasps and excited screams from some of the girls in the crowd. For a second, I wondered if somebody famous had come down to watch the game, though what would a big-time celebrity be doing at an elementary school soccer exhibition game? I knew that no one on the team was related to someone famous. Foolish me, I should've been asking myself that question because I do know someone else who's famous. I had to rub my eyes for a moment to make sure I was seeing right and sure enough, standing at the top of the steps was my brother, Osamu.
He began to walk down the stairs before he looked over and saw the others. He then stopped and looked at them for a moment with a strange look on his face. He then quickly regained his composure and walked down the stairs again, with a nonchalant, almost goofy, look in his eyes as the girls were trying to swarm him. He smiled softly at them before he made his way to the bottom seats right behind our bench.
"He's so cute!" "He can tutor me anytime!" "I want to have his baby!" Wait, what!? I swear, these fangirls are insane sometimes; it almost makes me lose my lunch. Every time Osamu shows up to a scene, you'd think it was Justin Timberlake or some other person from a boy band had just stepped out of a limo.
"Onii-san, you came." I smiled at him as he took his seat behind our bench. This was a rare occurrence because Osamu was usually too busy to come to any of my games. It always kinda bothered me but I knew he was with me in spirit, though that slightly died down over the years as he got more and more in to his studies. The look he had in his eyes showed that he wasn't entirely here by his own will.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever, Ken." He took off his glasses and began to clean them. "Mom asked if I could come to watch you and I was feeling bored so I figured it was something to do for the day." He may have been reluctant about it, but him being here meant a lot.
"It's still nice to see you."
"Just crush these insects so I can go home soon, I have important things to take care of."
I nodded confidently before rejoining the team for the second half. I felt slightly exhausted but Osamu's sheer presence re-energized me in a way that I felt like I could run through a brick wall if I wanted to. With a blast of the whistle, we were off once more. Again, everything went like a blur of weaving in and out of defenders, reorganizing our formations, and kicking the ball into net. We were down to the final minute and up twenty-one to one with me scoring over eight goals alone. I snickered to myself seeing the defeated look on Daisuke, it was actually very amusing. Never had he looked so crushed and helpless in the time I had known him so far. But I also knew he wasn't one to give up and that was certain as he still kept playing the full ninety like we were tied, even if the rest of his team had all but quit.
As I dribbled the ball down the field, I quickly looked back towards the stands. The others were still cheering, but Ross was surprisingly quiet, and for good reason, because he was missing. Another quick check and it turned out he moved over to where Osamu was sitting and quietly chatting with him. I soon got my head back in the game as Daisuke came hard from the side, trying to cut me off on the outer edge to force a turnover but I wasn't going to let him have it that easily. The two of us battled back and forth for control of the ball until Daisuke collided with me after trying to come in with a tackle, sending the two of us crashing out of bounds and close to the stands. The final whistle blew, signaling the end of the game and our victory, but my concern was the loud gasp that the crowd shared as the two of us got back up. I checked to see if I was hurt but I could only see that the two of us were a bit dirtied up.
"Ow." A familiar voice said. I now suddenly realized the gasp. I turned back and saw that Daisuke had slid into Osamu and his cleats had cut the lower part of his right leg, just above his ankle. He had three large cuts running slanted and bleeding, though not that much for a true medical emergency but rather one of the more typical injuries that players get on the field. I myself had one like that last June; hurts like hell but won't leave any permanent damage. The glare that he gave Daisuke sent shivers even down my own spine.
"Sorry, my bad. I didn't mean to do that." Daisuke apologized. One of the officials had ran up with a first aid kit and was tending to Osamu's leg.
"It's just a simple cut. It'll be fine." Osamu kindly informed him, as if that glare had never existed.
After a few minutes, everyone was already gone. I, Osamu and the rest of the Chosen Children excluding Iori, who was still in the stands with the Digimon, were at the top of the steps talking to each other.
"Well, Ken, you certainly live up to your reputation… I can't compare to you at all." Daisuke admitted. Must have been hard for him to concede defeat.
"As I said earlier, you've been quite the opponent to play today, better than most."
"Well, opposing you was the main plan."
"You played a great game, Daisuke-kun." I held out my hand for him to shake it. "I actually pity anyone that plays you."
"Thanks, that means everything."
"Come on, Ken, we've got to get back home before Mom has dinner ready." Osamu insisted.
"Take care everyone." I said as we all said our goodbyes and walked different ways. "Hey, Onii-san? Quick question. What were you and Ross-san discussing?"
"Oh, just catching up. The conversation was most… interesting…" What was with that pause?
Odaiba Elementary School, Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. May 12th, 2002. 1213 Hours.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya
"Daisuke. Give me your right hand." Miyako demanded. Huh?
"L-Like this?" I held it out.
"If I hold your hand, I'll be closer to Ken-kun."
"This again? Look, when he comes here, just shake his damn hand!"
"No! It can't be like that way! It has to be like I don't know him! Besides… my aesthetic sense won't let me shake hands with Daisuke!" She shouted.
"What's that supposed to mean!?" I shouted back.
P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji
"What's going on?" I asked as I walked into the computer lab before letting Wormmon out of my bag.
"Ken." Daisuke walked up, dragging Miyako by the arm before he grabbed my hand and made me shake hands with Miyako. "There, you're welcome." He said to her while she looked like she was going to pass out from sheer embarrassment.
"Do I even need to know what that was about?"
"You do not." Takeru told me.
"This is…" Iori muttered as he looked at the screen.
"What's wrong, Iori?" Upamon asked.
"Look at this." The Digital map showed a single black box in a sea of white boxes.
"A Dark Tower in such a place?" Hikari wondered.
"It wasn't there yesterday." Takeru recalled.
"The Kaiser must have built it today." I theorized.
"What kind of place is it?"
"'Death Valley'… which means 'Shi no Tani'." Iori informed.
"But there's nothing in that place, which is why it's called that!" Wormmon explained.
"Well, if that's the case, then why is it in the middle of nowhere?" Hikari questioned.
"What's the Digimon Kaiser planning?" Takeru said.
"He could be setting up a foothold in order to expand from there." believed Iori.
"Well, we can't let him do that. Let's take that thing down!" I determined.
"Right." Hikari nodded with me.
"Let's go, guys!" Takeru shouted.
When we arrived to the area, it was a dead as we were told. Just rocky formations all over the place, quite desolate and quiet, and that what was so unnerving about it.
"There really isn't anything in this place…" Hikari noticed.
"Look! There it is!" Daisuke pointed ahead to the tower.
"But we have to be careful. We don't know if there are enemies hiding somewhere." Takeru warned.
"That's true." Iori agreed. We began walking towards the tower with nothing going on until Miyako made a quick gasping noise before we turned around to see that she and Hawkmon were gone.
"Miyako-san!" Hikari called out.
"Hawkmon!" Tailmon shouted. Suddenly, all the rest of them were swallowed up by the ground leaving only Daisuke and myself!
"Guys!" I cried.
"What's going on!?" Daisuke asked.
"Be careful, Daisuke! It could be a trap!" V-mon advised.
"I think we're past the point of 'could'!" panicked Wormmon. Daisuke fell to the ground and began trying to shovel the dirt under us.
"Can I get a hand!?" He asked and I followed suit.
"Daisuke, Ken! Shouldn't we call Taichi and the others?" V-mon questioned.
"No! It'd take too long!" I told him.
"Damn Digimon Kaiser…!" cursed Daisuke.
"You seem to be in quite a bit of trouble…" A voice rang our across the area. Daisuke seemed to know who it was in a heartbeat.
"Digimon Kaiser! Is this your doing!?"
"I'm holding your dear friends. If you want to see them again, you better hurry up."
"Let's move!" I ordered as we ran straight for the voice.
We soon found ourselves in a rocky canyon and standing right on the edge above us was the Digimon Kaiser himself. Hard to believe this is my first time actually seeing him in the flesh. He looked down upon us and laughed.
"Well done…" He clapped his hands.
"Where's everyone!?" Daisuke demanded.
"Can't you see them right in front of you?" He pointed further down the canyon and at a sort of natural bridge was the others tied up and hanging from it.
"Guys! Are you alright!?" I called out to them.
"Daisuke-kun, Ken-kun, sorry!" Hikari apologized.
"We were careless!" Takeru admitted.
"Be careful, guys!" Iori warned.
"Hurry up and help us, you two!" shouted Miyako.
"Right away!" Daisuke nodded.
"Stop right there!" The Kaiser ordered as we were about to run to them. "Don't you care about your friends' lives…?" Wait, where's he going with this? "Come out, Deltamon!" The ground began to rumble and the large hill behind the others suddenly exploded as a large menacing Digimon came out of the rubble and roared. It was a large deep purple dinosaur like Digimon with its hands replaced with a metal and skull heads.
"Deltamon! A Dragon Digimon with a metal head on his right arm and a skull head on his left arm! His special attack is Triplex Force!" Wormmon informed.
"It's time to feed Deltamon… and your friends will be his meal."
"What!?" Both Daisuke and I shouted while the others were screaming in fear.
"You sick bastard!" Daisuke insulted.
"We'll never let you do that!" I told him.
"Let me? Who do you think you're talking to?" The Kaiser asked. "Your friends' lives are in my hands now…"
"If you want to save them… let's see… Bow down to me."
"What!?" V-mon was insulted by that suggestion but we didn't have a choice. Both of us fell to our knees. If we have to grovel and beg just to keep the others alive then so be it. Both of our Digimon were shocked that we were just giving up like this.
"Please… let them go…" Daisuke said.
"'Please'? You mean 'I beg you'."
"I beg you… please let them go." I took over the begging.
"V-mon! Step on their heads!" The Kaiser ordered. V-mon hesitated to follow that.
"It doesn't matter. Do it, V-mon." Daisuke told him.
"But…"
"Everyone's lives depend on us… you've got to do this, V-mon!" I insisted. V-mon gulped before he finally did as he was told.
"Sorry… I'm sorry, you guys."
All the while this was happening, the Kaiser was laughing like it was the funniest thing he had ever seen in his life.
"This is such a pathetic scene; I may just release them…" As long as you release them, I don't care about my pride at all, you monster. "But, it can't be everyone…" Gods above, there's always a catch! "Deltamon is very hungry after waiting so long. And since he has three heads… you can only save one… you two can choose."
"What!?" "You can't!" We cried once more as Deltamon roared again.
"I'll give you the length of this hourglass to decide." He held up an hourglass. "If you don't answer by then… they will all die."
What do we do? How do we pick even one of them to save?!
"Guys! Don't worry about me, choose someone else!" Hikari cried.
"I'll sacrifice myself! Pick someone else!" offered Takeru.
"I don't want everyone to die! I don't want to be the only one who's saved!" Miyako yelled.
"Daisuke-san! Ken-san! We'll accept your decision!" Iori said.
"Wh… what do we do?" Daisuke was at a loss for words.
"Ken-chan? Do you have a plan?" Wormmon asked.
"I'm thinking, I'm thinking!" I shouted. If I had more time, I could maybe come up with a plan to defeat Deltamon and free the others, but time is not on our side. Come on, Ken! You're smart! Think of something!
"How do we even choose…?" V-mon muttered.
"If you don't hurry up, your time will be up!" The Kaiser reminded. "Are you going to risk all of them? You're not worthy of friends… Just like it's always been…" What did he mean by that? Never mind, come on. I looked back to the others and then suddenly it hit me.
"I've decided!" I told him. Everyone turned their eyes to me, especially Daisuke who was probably shocked that I decided without consulting him at least.
"And? Who have you decided will live?" The Kaiser asked.
"None of them." I smirked. Everyone, even the Kaiser was taken aback by what I had just said.
"Have you lost your mind!?" Daisuke roared.
"No, I haven't. I pick none of them, because that's not any of them!" Now was the wave of confusing. "You almost had us there, Digimon Kaiser, but there was one little mistake in your plan. Uh, Tailmon, when did you get your Holy Ring back?" Daisuke and the others suddenly noticed too. Thank goodness for my keen powers of observation, I guess that's how I'm so dominant on the field. Looks like I was right as the Kaiser growled.
"Damn it… I had you groveling at my feet! Even so, I'll still take pleasure in destroying you!" He snapped his fingers and the others soon began morphing into ghost Digimon.
"Those guys look familiar…" Daisuke muttered.
"Those are Bakemon! Very nasty Ghost Digimon that are shrouded in mystery! Their main attack is the vengeful Hell's Hand!" V-mon explained.
Deltamon and the Bakemon were moving closer towards us before Deltamon's foot fell into the ground, as if it stepped into a pit trap. That's exactly what happened as Digmon revealed himself right nearby.
"Digmon!" Daisuke shouted. I turned around and saw the others flying in.
"Holsmon! Nefertimon! Pegasmon!" I called out the others.
"Daisuke-kun! Ken-kun! We're alright!" Takeru said as the others ran up to us.
"You idiot! Why couldn't you hold them for a little longer!?" I heard the Kaiser yell. Not at us, but at someone that was near him. "Whatever, now you're all here, so you can now all die together! Deltamon! Bakemon! Crush these insects before me!"
"Not on your life! Let's go, V-mon!" "You go too, Wormmon!"
"Got it, Daisuke!" "Right, Ken-chan!"
"Digimental Up!" We shouted.
"V-mon, Armor-Evolve! Burning Courage, FLADRAMON!" "Wormmon, Armor-Evolve! Stinging Kindness, TETERMON!"
"Bakemon! Sweep them from the skies! Attack Pattern Mu!" The Bakemon followed his orders and flew towards our flying Digimon. "Attack Pattern Theta!" The Bakemon soon began swarming around the others. "Attack!" All three Digimon were hit hard by the barrage of Hell's Hand.
"The Digimon Kaiser understands both enemy and allied movements and gives effective orders!" Takeru noticed.
"Where's Ross-san with all those military tactics when you need him?" I said.
"Ken, I got a plan." Daisuke whispered in my ear. "Keep him distracted." I don't know what his plan is but I nodded anyways. He soon began running somewhere while the rest of our Digimon counterattacked. The others also moved out as well, leaving me all alone in the base of the canyon with a very hungry Deltamon nearby.
"Knuckle Fire!" "Gold Rush!" The two Digimon who weren't surrounded launched their attacks at the Bakemon but they dodge them.
"Tetermon! While the other Digimon are distracted, go for the Dark Tower!" I told him.
"On it, Ken-chan!" He took off as fast as his wings could take him.
"Attack Pattern Delta!" The Kaiser ordered. "And next…"
"Banzai!" Daisuke shouted as he actually snuck up on the Kaiser and tackled him, sending the both of them tumbling down the canyon wall. "We won't lose to a coward like you who takes prisoners!"
"I'm completely different from all of you. I'm a genius! Of course, I should've expected this from someone who refuses to quit, even when he's losing by twenty points." The Kaiser smugly stated as they slid to the bottom. Wait, how the hell did he know that? Was he at the game!? The Kaiser kicked Daisuke off of him and he landed near me. "Deltamon! Triplex Force!" The three mouths of Deltamon began building a purplish ball of energy and they were aimed at the both of us. "Farewell, fools!"
"Not so fast!" Fladramon shouted. "We… won't lose to anyone!" Fladramon flew up as the Triplex Force attack shot towards him. "Fire Rocket!" Fladramon cut right though the attack and flew directly into the Evil Ring, destroying it and removing the Kaiser's hold on the powerful Digimon! At the same time, we heard the tower explode and saw it coming down which meant the Bakemon were now free as well!
"Ugh… I should've expected you'd be able to see through my deception. You were always quite observant, Ken." The Kaiser said.
"Okay, how the hell do you know so much about us!?" Daisuke demanded answers.
"It was a miscalculation on my part. I should've just crushed you when I had the chance rather than trying to satisfy my pride after you stung it."
"What are you saying?" I then soon noticed there was some blood on the Kaiser's right leg. It wasn't fresh, like it had been open during the slide, but rather from an earlier injury. In fact, there were three lines of blood on the pants… similar to… wait… He knew about the game… he knows about us, I mean, he could easily know about me thanks to all the media attention, but not Daisuke… the way he keeps using the word 'insects'… and finally… the voice… no. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No! No! No! No! NO!
"H-hey! That cut on your leg…" Daisuke noticed it as well. "No way… it can't be!"
"It can and it is!" The Kaiser took off his glasses and confirmed my worst fears… starting right at us… was Osamu.
"Onii-san?" I whimpered as I fell to my knees in devastated mix of shock and fear.
"What's the matter, Ken? You look like you've seen a ghost? Though I guess that makes sense with the Bakemon around." Osamu snickered a cold, unsettling laugh while giving the most sinister smile I had ever seen on a person, much less Osamu. "You have nothing to say?" I still was trying to process the information. Though now things made more sense. Osamu would disappear into his room for long periods of time and returned in a slightly better mood. I had thought nothing of it too much, assuming that he was working. I was wrong. He was happy because he was causing pain and suffering throughout his conquest of the Digital World.
"Why…?"
"Why? That's a funny question coming from you. Did you ever stop to wonder that maybe, just maybe, there was more to the world than we have in front of us?" I said nothing. "You know exactly what I'm talking about. Osamu Ichijouji, the greatest boy genius of Japan… no, wait… the entire world has ever seen. Osamu Ichijouji, the one to lead humanity to a brighter tomorrow!" His voice was laced with sarcasm, though that humanity line had actually been said once or twice by the media. "Why should I have the weight of the world on my shoulders for a bunch of fools? Those insects don't deserve my genius; genius that they would only exploit and waste!"
"Mom and Dad were more proud of you than anyone because of your genius, including me. You stood up for me when I felt ignored… I… I… I looked up to you… everything that I am, what I've done, was to make you proud!" I shouted.
"Optimistic as always, Ken. That's what I've always admired. To be honest, I actually did think about asking you to join me, but somehow I knew that your kind nature would only serve as a detriment to my plans. The only reason why you're still alive is perhaps I have some sympathy for you being my brother but that all ends. You may have won today, but from now on, I'll fight seriously." He jumped up and was picked up by Devidramon and flew away, his laugh filling across the valley.
P.O.V. – Daisuke Motomiya
I couldn't believe what just happened. For the past month, we had been trying to figure out who the Digimon Kaiser was in reality, but this… why couldn't he have just been some nameless asshole that we didn't know? This was possibly the worst case scenario in terms of finding out who the Kaiser was. Ken has found out that his own brother is a complete monster.
I tried to help Ken get back on his feet, but he was in so much shock and crying heavily, he was almost completely immobile. We had to get Fladramon to carry him as we regrouped with the others.
"What happened back there?" Takeru asked. "What's wrong with Ken-kun?"
"It's the Digimon Kaiser. We… found out who he really is." I was slow to speak, how the hell do I tell them?
"You did? Who is he?" Hikari questioned. All four of them were eager to find out.
"It's… It's…"
"It's who? Come on, spit it out!" Miyako shouted.
"It's his brother…" I finally said it. Everyone's eyes widened and they all gasped at once before looking to Ken who was still crying.
"Onii-san… Onii-san… WHY!?" Ken screamed to the heavens.
How exactly is he going to be able to fight his own brother…?
Talk about devastating.
I based the reveal off as a mix of Vader revealing that he's Luke's father in The Empire Strikes Back (though Ken takes it worse because he's actually known Osamu all his life) and (what me and MadDog agreed immediantly) Bond's discovery that Janus is actually the still alive 006 Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye.
"Hence 'Janus', the two-face Roman god come to life."
"It wasn't God who gave me this face. It was you, setting the timers for three minutes instead of six."
"Am I supposed to feel sorry for you?"
"No. You're supposed to die for me."
Oh, and if you all want the actual scene of the reveal, I had the amazing JubiaMajo on DeviantArt draw it, so go check it out. Osamu looks terrifying! Oh, also leave a message saying I brought you there. ;)
Anyways, that's all that, so see you all next time.
"Push the button, Frank."