楽しい 事 や悲しみ 事 など

Tanoshii koto ya kanashimi koto nado

Fun Things, Sad Things, and Such

By: Jaha Canon （ジャハカノン）

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters.

Beams Notice something different with the Japanese in the title? Well, in my Japanese class I learned a new kanji to replace some of my hiragana in the title with. I am very pleased. I already knew the kanji for "tano(shii)" and I looked up "Kana(shimi)" because I thought I should treat the two adjectives equally.

Sorry I haven't been updating. I've been busy… and procrastinating. Yeah… I've been so busy that I have been procrastinating whenever I have the time. That sounds about right. Also, my English class has been asking for a lot of papers, so I feel my creative juices being milked dry. Eeek! Also, I've been reading the latest book that came out in Orson Scott Card's Ender Series, The Shadow of the Giant. I finished that book last night. It took me about 2 and a half weeks, but that was just because I was too busy to read any faster.

Another reason why this chapter took a while to come is because I was going to kill off Osamu… and I decided to put it off a while longer.

Thanks again to the same reviewers. I really do appreciate it!

Sorry Soratofan, I might SOMEWHAT more or less bring up the idea of Koumi, but I don't take requests unless they are very agreeable in my perspective. I already write what other people want me to write for school. The stuff I post here are written for my own enjoyment although the does please me as well when other people enjoy my work.

Azure Rose- I enjoy your reviews. Thank you very much! Yes, there are a few chapters before Ken becomes the Kaiser. From here on it's pretty much what leads to it.

Chapter 5: 賢のじょうたい！

（Ken's condition)

-October 2000: Two months after Ken returned from being sick in the Digital World-

There was nothing different about Ken. He was just as considerate as he had always been.

There were still animals on the street that needed to be saved and people who were upset.

Ken could never let himself forget that.

If his mother was asked if her second born had changed, she would have said that Ken was just as benevolent as he had always been. His father would jump in and agree wholeheartedly.

Ryou and Koushirou had thought Ken had come out of his illness without any trouble and everything would just return to normal. However, they realized that something was different.

In times that Osamu was not present in the room, Ken would not start talking about the Digital World. Well, sometimes he would. There would be times where he would discuss it, but he would forget certain things.

Ken glanced over Koushirou's shoulder and looked at the lap top screen. On the screen was a picture of Kabuterimon.

"I wish Wormmon could evolve…" he said sighing.

Koushirou was confused. "What do you mean? We've all seen Wormmon evolve."

Ken frowned, confused. "Wormmon's never evolved. I'd definitely remember that."

"You don't remember Stingmon?"

"Which one is that?" Ken asked, puzzled.

Koushirou rolled his eyes, thinking that Ken was joking. "Wormmon's adult form. Can we move on?"

Ryou looked on during the conversation. He knew that Ken could never keep a straight face in those rare times that he would joke. He also knew that Koushirou knew that too.

After Ken left Koushirou to see what Osamu was up to, Ryou approached Koushirou and sat beside him.

"I don't think Ken-kun was joking when he couldn't remember Stingmon." He stated.

"I didn't think so either," Koushirou replied "but I could never forget Kabuterimon."

"Unless," Ryou stated "it has something to do with whatever it was that hit Ken-kun before."

Koushirou considered this. When Ken had returned he had watched him carefully… looking for some big change in his character. But now, two months later, he had seen no big changes and concluded that there was nothing to worry about.

"Whatever that thing is" Koushirou agreed slowly amidst his own thoughts, "it's not good."

"The other day, I mentioned the Digital World to Ken-kun and he didn't seem to know what I was talking about." Ryou added.

"So, your theory is that someone somewhere is altering Ken-kun's memories? That would make sense… but for what reason?" Koushirou wondered.

"Well," Ryou said, frowning "it doesn't do any good for anyone now, but I think it means that Ken-kun is part of some sort of big plan…"

"…and they are trying to mix up Ken-kun's thoughts so that he'll go along with it." Koushirou finished.

"Right."

"I, for one, think it would be better if Ken forgot the Digital World" Osamu commented. Koushirou and Ryou were both startled.

"Who would try to influence Ken, anyway?" Osamu continued, "He's just a normal kid who should be living a normal life."

"No, he's not normal, Osamu-kun" argued Koushirou "He's a chosen child."

"See, Koushirou-kun? The Digital World hasn't been a good thing. We never argued before you went there." Osamu said pointedly.

"And if you could go there, you'd know why the three of us find the place worth protecting. At this time, you don't even want to try to understand our intentions." Koushirou rebutted.

"You underestimate evil, Osamu-kun, because you think you are evil. You are not." Ryou said plainly.

Koushirou would see Osamu was about to explode at that remark and stepped closer to him.

"Just listen, Osamu-kun, I'm sure Ryou-kun didn't mean to make a personal remark. The point is that we think Ken is in danger now and we want to be able to protect him." Koushirou said.

"My younger brother is not in any danger." Osamu said cooly.

Just then, Ken re-entered the room.

"Hey guys! I'm hungry! Want to go to Freshness Burger?" he said.

So the four of them went to the closest Freshness Burger, a chain of Japanese fast food restaurants that strains to be "American."

(Note: If you are ever seen the forth movie in Japanese the last time you see the "Digimon Adventure" kids you see Miyako sitting in front of a place called "Freshless Burger". In anime and manga, they often make very minor changes to the names of businesses. I thought this one was particularly funny. I have actually been to a few Freshness Burger restaurant. /Note)

Koushirou looked the assorted American posters all over the walls. He had a hard time thinking of this place as truly authentically American due to the fact that the Japanese McDonalds restaurants he had been to hadn't put out this much effort.

Suddenly, remembering the problem they were having with Ken, he got out a pen and wrote "Digital World" on a napkin.

He handed it to Ken, "Here, Ken-kun"

"Thanks, but I already have a napkin, Koushirou-san." Ken replied.

Koushirou shot Ryou a quick look which Osamu did not miss.

"-I- could use another napkin." Osamu said as he stole the napkin from Ken, then got up and threw it away. Ken thought nothing of it.

"Oh? If you needed a other napkin than why did you throw it away?" Ryou asked.

Osamu sat back down and didn't answer. Koushirou got another napkin and wrote "Digital World" on it.

"Ken! What does this say?" Koushirou asked.

Ken blinked "Freshness Burger?" he responded.

"Besides that… what can you read?" Koushirou urged.

Ken heard the seriousness in Koushirou's voice and he looked carefully. "I don't see anything else, Koushirou-san."

"There is something written there, Ken-kun, just LOOK at it."

Ken laughed, deciding that Koushirou was joking. "There's nothing there."

Ryou reached over and grabbed the napkin from Ken.

"You're right, Ken-kun, there is nothing there." he said, chuckling. He placed the napkin by his food by his other napkin.

Koushirou gave him a questioning look. Then he realized that pushing Ken to remember wasn't doing much good. It just might make things worse.

Chapter 5-End

You know what? I actually have no notes to put after this chapter. Haha, imagine that.

So…

じゃあ～　またね！

Jaa Matane!