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

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters.

I am posting this chapter along with the last one. I just thought I would clarify that here before there is any confusion.

By the way, here's an off-topic note. Who likes Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle? I absolutely love it! Because of my love for stories that include traveling worlds (I love the Narnia series, Tsubasa, DIGIMON… etc. etc. etc.) I want to make complete chapters with Ryou and Koushirou's journeys through other worlds. I am thinking of making their separate chapters another story once I finish this one. Does anyone else besides me think it's promising. Of course, with Ryou being in charge of portals I've found myself VERY tempted to write a crossover with Tsubasa… but I decided it would be a bad idea because Ryou is not OFFICIALLY the chosen child of portals, I have no proof that he and Koushirou ever met, and I am not sure how many people can relate to both of those fandoms (Digimon and TRC). In short, I would be writing entirely from self-indulgence. Anyways, I should get back to my story which I think I can be certain at least three people appreciate.

Chapter 11: 滑るしないで。。。

Don't slip…

Time was running dangerously short. The previous week, Koushirou had found himself dragging a kicking, screaming Ken off of the soccer field. The blue haired boy thrashed about wildly and even bit Koushirou's arm at one point.

Ten minutes later, Ken had no memory of the incident and asked Koushirou what happened to his arm and why he isn't at the soccer field anymore.

Five minutes after that, he had forgotten Koushirou's gentle explanation and had even gone so far as to forget Koushirou was standing there. Without saying a word, he began walking home.

This week, on a sudden impulse, Ken called Ryou an undeserving waste of air and tried to wrestle Ryou's digivice from him. Ken had also forgotten this soon after and began talking about friendly stray animals and school until he tired himself out and fell asleep.

The glowing from the back of his neck was reasonably brighter and the effects were only growing stronger. It was a wonder that Ken was able to keep his already distressed parents from finding out about his odd behavior.

The memory of the man in the dark trench coat never left Ryou and Koushirou. They kept their eyes peeled for that person again, hoping that they could obtain the resources they would need if they had to fight him (i.e. Digimon). However, they did not see that man again before the day that Ken's fate was sealed…

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"Koushirou-kun!"

Koushirou awoke to see Ryou standing by his bedside shaking him awake. It wasn't unusual for his friend to make sudden appearances at either the Izumi or Ichijouji residences, but his urgency was rare and, thinking of that, Koushirou woke up.

"What's wrong?" he asked his spiky haired friend.

"Ken-kun is missing!" was the quick reply.

'How can someone be missing from Ryou-kun?' Koushirou wondered, 'He's usually able to track people he knows well enough quite well- even sometimes across worlds. I certainly couldn't hide from him anywhere.'

Ryou seemed to have overheard Koushirou's thoughts "He's not in this world, I can tell you that much."

"..then the digital-" Koushirou started to guess.

"No," Ryou interrupted, feeling panicked. "I'd pick up the signal that someone had passed through a portal there."

Koushirou's mind struggled to think of another place. "Then…."

"It's somewhere you can only go if you're summoned by someone who is there already." Ryou explained quickly. He tossed some clothes at Koushirou. "Here, get dressed and we'll go to Tamachi and look for clues."

Koushirou shot Ryou a confused look. "You took time to find clothes pick out clothes for me?"

"Don't make me explain my mind right now!" Ryou shot back. Koushirou questioned him no further. He quickly dressed and Ryou opened a portal.

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"There has to be a clue somewhere…" Koushirou thought out loud while digging through what used to be the room of both Ichijouji brothers.

"If he's where I think he is, we're not going to find much of any clues." Ryou said, "that's why I am searching so much."

"So this place…… you can only get there if you are summoned?" Koushirou asked while still searching. "Ken-kun's digivice is gone." He quickly added upon opening the drawer that it was usually kept in.

"That pretty much proves my theory." Ryou said with a sigh. "Yes, that place. You have to be summoned to go there."

"…by who?" asked Koushirou.

Ryou wasn't annoyed by Koushirou's questions, he had long learned to expect a lot of those from the child of knowledge. "I don't know much about that world, but from what I understand, anyone there can summon anyone they want."

"Which means if Ken-kun wants us to come to his aid, he can call us." Koushirou theorized.

"Right" replied Ryou with a defeated sigh, "to the dark ocean."

…And as if on cue, the two boys found themselves standing in gray sand and looking out into the gloomiest looking of oceans.

"Ken! KEN!" the two starting calling out.

"Ryou-san! Koushirou-san!" came a cheerful response after only a few calls. Ken could be seen not too far from them by the shore.

The blue haired child seemed unaware that his surroundings were not that of his world. He waved energetically at his friends as they came running up to him.

"Ken-kun…" Ryou said, catching his breath. "Let's get out of here."

"Where?" Ken asked distantly. He looked around. "Oh, this place again."

"AGAIN?" Ryou exclaimed.

"Hey hey! Look at this!" Ken exclaimed. He held out his digivice. "This place is cool! Look at my digivice! It looks way cooler than before! Way better than your digivices!"

The digivice had changed shapes and was now colored black. Ryou and Koushirou could not pinpoint exactly what about it made them feel unease.

Suddenly, there was an earthquake and the earth right behind Ken seemed to crumble and vanish into nothing. Before they completely realized what happened, Ken was standing on the edge of a cliff.

"This place is scary…" Ken said suddenly, terrified. He completely seemed to have forgotten the black device he was holding in his hand and was trembling with fear.

Koushirou calmly held out his hand. "Ken-kun, I think you should step forward a little."

Ken nodded and began taking small nervous steps away from the cliff's edge. He reached out his hand in an attempt to accept the assistance Koushirou was offering him when suddenly the ground underneath him crumbled and dropped into the dark waters below.

The two older boys both launched forward and grabbed Ken's hands, keeping him from falling.

"Koushirou-san! Ryou-san! Don't let me fall!" Ken cried desperately. "DON'T LET ME FALL!"

Both of them struggled to keep their grip on Ken's hands despite the younger boy's frantic struggles against gravity and dark power wanting to pull him down.

Without any warning, a dark claw sprung out from the water and pushed Koushirou away from the cliff's edge. Ken's now loose arm hung free and his weight, darkness and all, was being held up only by Ryou.

Ken's eyes suddenly turned dark and cold. His struggling stopped.

"Let me go." he said coolly.

"That's not happening." Ryou replied.

"I COMMAND YOU TO LET ME GO!" Ken demanded in an authoritative voice.

"And I already told you that's not happening." Ryou said against the struggle.

Another dark claw reached up from the dark waters and grabbed Ken's leg.

It was now too much weight for Ryou to try to pull. Koushirou rejoined him and tried to help, but minutes later Ken slipped out of their reach leaving their blood cold with one last glance at the Ken they once knew.

And then they were back at the Ichijouji house in Tamachi.

Ryou and Koushirou sat wordlessly in the bedroom, letting what just happened sink in. Failure.

"Come on." Ryou said, "I'll take you back to Odaiba."

"Thanks." Koushirou replied.

And not another word was exchanged.

Chapter 11-end

Eep, dark chapter.

じゃあ～！またチャピッタあげるね～！