DDS 101
Thanks to the readers who read last chapter. I'm glad that you liked it. Now that the 2nd Story arc of Round ZERO is now underway, and by now you're smarting from the fact that the two Class S members (Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li) being severely injured and that Kyuu and Ryu have been mentally taken over by Isaka, I decided to go on with posting the rest of the sections, and now Class C takes centerstage.
This chapter will be quite longer as I included their past adventures at the Digimon World and their current ones as DDS students.
So without further ado, here is Class C!
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Class C
Daisuke Motomiya, is the main character in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime series. He is partnered to V-Mon. He's extremely stubborn in personality. He also has a ditzy and cheerful older sister named Jun, who has a fangirly crush on Yamato Ishida but backs off when she learns that he has feelings for Sora Takenouchi, crushing on Jyou Kido's older brother Shuu instead.
He took over the position as team leader from his mentor Taichi Yagami and received his idol's goggles during the handover. Although he often rushes into things and makes mistakes, his courage in the face of outstanding odds cannot be denied. No matter how dire the situation, he always believes that they can somehow make it through. There is certainly no one more suited to the Digi-Egg of Courage than Daisuke. Early on, he claims not to know what friendship is but his later actions prove that he is truly the one worthy of the Digi-Egg of Friendship. He also has a slight resemblance to Taichi, which Takeru Takaishi notes in the first episode
Daisuke is always getting into trouble about his intense jealousy towards anyone he sees as a rival for Hikari Yagami's affections, not the least of whom is Takeru, even calling him by the wrong name (he refers to Takeru as "Omae", or "you"). A little later, Daisuke was playing in a soccer match against the famous Ken and injured his ankle in a tackle. In retaliation, Ken (as the Digimon Emperor) had Daisuke degrade himself, threatening to feed the Chosen Children to Deltamon. However, the real Chosen Children appeared, revealing the deception. Ken vows to take over the world, but Daisuke tackles him in a scuffle. During the fight, Daisuke recognizes a familiar cut on the Emperor's leg. Defeated, Ken reveals that he is the Digimon Emperor and flies off.
During the final battle with Kimeramon, Daisuke attempted to locate the engine room and was led there by Wormmon, who was equally determined to save Ken from himself. Daisuke discovered that the base's power source was the Digi-Egg of Miracles, in which he used to Armor Digivolving V-Mon into Magnamon. When Daisuke unlocks the egg, V-Mon notices that a crest is inside of it, which is later revealed to be Ken's Crest of Kindness. Although Magnamon is powerful, it is only when Wormmon sacrifices himself that he has the energy to defeat Kimeramon. Daisuke and the others finally make Ken realize that Digimon were real, living things, not just computer data.
Daisuke was the first of the new kids to have his partner Digivolve naturally and befriend Ken. Through hard work, he was able to convince the others to forgive Ken, although Iori took a while and almost put the team in danger from BlackWarGreymon because of it. On Christmas Day (it is during this time that Daisuke offers to play strip poker at Ken's party), Daisuke goes to New York City to help Mimi, Michael and the other American Chosen Children to battle a Cherrymon in the Rockefeller Center.
Daisuke's moment to shine was in the final battle with Belial-Vamdemon. Daisuke was the only one willing to fight, and fueled by Daisuke' courage and determination, XV-Mon attacked Belial-Vamdemon, causing some damage. While the other children were caught in their dreamworlds, unable to let go of their desires, Daisuke seemed to have remained untouched. Instead he went to each of his friends and helped bring them back to reality. Even then, they were not sure whether they could win or not and were too afraid to try. But Daisuke, ever optimistic, encouraged them to give it a shot. When Belial-Vamdemon was curious to know how Daisuke cornered his illusion, the boy revealed he didn't as he has only one desire at the moment: to destroy Belial-Vamdemon. He even cut off Belial-Vamdemon's power source when he told the Dark Spore kids about his dream to open a noodle cart
In the multi-crossover fic, Fetus Of God, Daisuke and the rest of the Chosen Children became embroiled in an impending arrival of a demon brought about by a secret cult. They, along with other heroes joined forces to stop this new threat. It was then that he and the other Chosen Children met Class Q, and impressed by their detective skills, decided to enroll at DDS and the six of them passed the exams.
At this time, after much perseverance, he managed to get Hikari to accept him as her boyfriend and are now a couple.
Daisuke and his friends were sorted into Class C, which ranked as one of the top 4. And there they garnered some attention as their status as Chosen Children were generally known. Even their partner Digimons became honorary members of DDS.
Daisuke and Class C played a big role in the trilogy fic, Kodoutai, and during that saga V-Mon was killed by one of the Zodiac fighters, Mizugameza (Aquarius in Japanese), but after a week he was reborn.
However near the end of Koudoutai Part 3 he was among the DDS students killed, but was brought back to life after the mastermind behind the Zodiac restored time back to where the Zodiac was about to be created.
In the Detective School Q fic, Rise Of The Orphenochs, he and Class C were embroiled into a full-scale war between DDS against the revived Pluto, and fought the corrupt corporation, SMART Brain. Their participation went full-blast up to Paradise Lost, and when all of the Orphenochs were destroyed, Daisuke and Class C resumed their studies at DDS.
As of the moment, he and Takeru are the only members of Class C to be active after Hikari, Miyako, Ken and Iori were seriously injured while investigating the mysterious uprising of certain Digimons that went rabid, unaware that the events were being intentionally done and that the missing F-4 members were behind this (see Round ZERO: The Four Card Symbols).
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Hikari Yagami is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. Hikari means light in Japanese and she bears the Crest of Light and the Digi-egg of Light.
She is partnered to Tailmon and is the younger sister of Taichi. Hikari, by nature, is kind and sweet-hearted, looking for the best in people and avoiding fights when possible. She can, however, be serious, especially in dangerous or difficult situations, and has a dark side that is used by her enemies.
Both Yagami siblings originally lived in Highton View Terrace when they were young. One day, they found a Botamon, raising it to a Koromon. This was the first encounter with a Digimon for both of them. When Parrotmon attacked the city, Koromon (now Agumon) digivolved into Greymon and battled the invader in order to protect Hikari and Taichi. The destruction that the two Digimon caused was labeled as a terrorist attack, and Hikari and Taichi's family moved away. Witnessing this event would be the reason for their involvement in their first adventure in the Digital World.
During the episode entitled "My Sister's Keeper" in Digimon Adventure, Taichi reveals that Hikari had pneumonia when she was younger. He recalls one incident when she was sick, but he, assuming she was feeling better, took her outside anyway and kept a watch on her as he kicked a soccer ball around. She later collapsed when he passed the ball to her; she was in the hospital for weeks and nearly died. Needless to say, their mother was extremely upset with him. He expected that when Hikari returned from the hospital, she would hate him, never wanting to talk to or play with him again. However, when she came back, she said that she was sorry that she could not play soccer correctly and remarked that Taichi may never want to play with her again (in the Japanese version she said she was sorry for bothering him and making him worry). The incident, along with Hikari's comments, made Taichi feel very guilty; this is contributes to how protective he is of his sister when she falls ill in the episode.
Kari was not among the original seven Chosen Children who entered the Digital World from summer camp; she was at home with the flu. However, she was reunited with Taichi when he was sucked into a dimensional warp following his successful victory over Etemon. He could only stay for a short while, leaving when he realized that the Digital World was in bad shape and needed his help.
Taichi would later reunite with Hikari again when he and the other Chosen Children entered the real world to pursue Vamdemon, who was seeking the eighth Chosen Child who was meant to destroy him with her partner who unknowigly was Tailmon. He, along with the seven original Chosen Children, were specifically looking for the eighth Digivice. Tailmon, one of Belial-Vamdemon's henchmen, was the first to realize that Hikari was the eighth Chosen Children. When she was about to kill her, Hikari turned around and Tailmon lost her balance and was unable to finish the assignment; she was unable to figure out why she couldn't kill her target.
Wizardmon was the first to find the eighth Digivice. He also realized that Tailmon and Hikari were partners. Tailmon remembered that she was looking for someone and realized that she was seeking Hikari. Wizardmon gave Hikari her Crest of Light. However, when Vamdemon discovered that Tailmon was the eighth Chosen Child's partner, he held her captive to try to find the eighth Chosen Child. Hikari turned herself in to stop the pain his minions were inflicting. In a final showdown, Taichi tossed Hikari her Digivice, but DemiDevimon swiped it from her hand. Vamdemon attempted to end the battle by using Grisly Wing on Hikari, but Wizardmon stepped in and took the blow for her. When he died, Hikari's Digivice began glowing, and DemiDevimon couldn't hold on. Taichi caught the Digivice and threw it to her, when she caught it Vamdemon shouted "Not her…no!" and Tailmon Digivolved into Angewomon. All the other Digimon gave their power into one of Angewomon's attacks - Heaven's Charm; she used their power to send an arrow through the heart of Vamdemon. Shortly afterward when Vamdemon returned in a stronger form, Angewomon shot an arrow of light into Taichi, allowing Agumon to warpdigivolve into WarGreymon, who was able to defeat him and end his reign for the rest of this season.
Hikari accompanied the seven other Chosen Children when they returned to the Digital World. During this time, an odd spirit spoke and acted through Hikari's body; she appeared to be the only person who could communicate with this spirit. When Taichi and Yamato started to fight one another, the spirit took control of her body and ended the scuffle. Hikari was possessed once again when she was underneath Machinedramon's city and saw the enslaved Numemon. She led a revolt, deposing WaruMonzaemon; the freed Numemon pronounced her Queen Kari.
In the final confrontation with Piemon, after everyone but Takeru and Hikari have been turned into little dolls, the two young Chosen Children were left in great peril, hanging on to but a lone rope stretching to the sky, Piemon cut the rope saying "It looks like you two are falling for each other". As she began to fall faster than Takeru Hikari mentioned her fright, which gave him the hope to summon Angemon as Holy-Angemon - Angemon's higher form and save her from certain death.
Hikari grew in a number of ways during the two 1/2 years between Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02; she became more mature, perkier and braver. Physically, she grew taller and replaced the whistle around her neck with a digital camera. She now enjoys taking pictures, and likes to play practical jokes and to tease her friends. When the Chosen Children come to the Digital World their outfits change; while Daisuke, Miyako and Iori receive entirely new outfits, Takeru and Hikari only change footwear. Because Daisuke Motomiya- a new Chosen Child and leader - has a crush on her, she often teases him by flirting with Takeru. Takeru and Hikari share a special bond created not only by their previous adventures in the Digital World, but also through the course of events when he senses her feelings in the Dark World. Both Takeru and Daisuke seem to like Hikari, while she never fully makes her feelings known; Daisuke often becomes jealous, which sometimes frustrates Hikari and sometimes makes her giggle and laugh.
While searching for Tailmon's lost Tail Ring, she, Miyako Inoue (another new Chosen Child) and Ken (the former Digimon Emperor of the Digital World who becomes a new Chosen Child) found their way into the Dark World and eventually to the Dark Ocean, where she began to lose her composure due to her previous visit. She and Ken struggled under the hold of the Dark Ocean. This difficult situation was taken advantage of by a Blossomon. It took Miyako's words and a slap to help Hikari return to her normal self. This bonding experience gave Aquilamon and Tailmon the power to DNA digivolve to Silphymon; it also gave Hikari the heart to help Ken.
During Christmas, Hikari, Koshiro (one of the original Chosen Children) and their Digimon were sent to Hong Kong to help the Asian Chosen Children, where all three of the Poi Brothers (Chinese Digi-Destined) developed a crush on her. After sending all of the Digimon back to their world and destroying all the Control Spires, she and the other Chosen Children faced the threat of Yukio Oikawa. He kidnapped Ken and planted Dark Spores into other children. Hikari and the other Chosen Children didn't realize that he was being controlled by the disembodied spirit of Vamdemon.
After harvesting the Dark Spores, Vamdemon emerged from Oikawa, becoming Belial-Vamdemon. After some fighting, Belial-Vamdemon created a world of illusions; each Chosen Child was subjected to their true desires and wants. Hikari's desire was for humans and Digimon to live side by side, making it a better world for everyone. Tailmon and Raidramon broke her free of the illusion. She then joined with the other kids, who were in the process of breaking free from their illusions. She used the power of the dream dimension, wishing for Tailmon to become stronger; she split into Angewomon and Nefertimon and DNA digivolved with Aquilamon to become Silphymon; all three forms appeared at the same time. After the fighting ended, Hikari saw one of her dreams come true. Both the real world and Digital World lived in peace together.
She, along with her friends encountered the DDS students during the Fetus Of God fic. She and the rest of the Chosen children were aided by several heroes in defeating a resurrected demon and saved Earth.
Months later they enrolled at DDS and passed the exams and were sorted to one of the top 4 sections, Class C.
Impressed by Daisuke's persistence and perseverance, she finally fell for him and became his girlfriend, and the two remained as a strong couple.
In the Koudoutai trilogy, Hikari was among the DDS students who fought the Zodiac organization until the end and survived.
Then she and Class C narrowly survived and defeated Pluto and SMART Brain months following the Zodiac's defeat (see Rise Of The Orphenochs and Paradise Lost).
And recently she, Iori, Miyako and Ken were placed in critical condition after being assaulted by a mysterious faction called B.O.A.R.D. (see Round ZERO: The Four Card Symbols).
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Takeru Takaishi is a character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02.
Takeru, the younger brother of Yamato Ishida, is partnered with Patamon. He was too young to remember his parents' divorce clearly so he is not as affected by it as much as Yamato. Takeru is glad when he gets to see his dad and he doesn't mind living with his mom. He is the Bearer of the Crest of Hope.
Takeru was the youngest Chosen Child when the first original seven were transported into the Digital World. However, he was fairly independent on his own, rebuffing his older brother's attempts to comfort and coddle him. He was the first one to suffer the loss of his Digimon.
When Patamon digivolved into Angemon, Angemon summoned all of the others' strengths and sacrificed himself in order to defeat Devimon. This event traumatized him severely, to the point where three years later he still possessed an utter hatred of "the powers of darkness," along with nightmares about losing Angemon again in combat.
Takeru played a critical role in defeating Pinnochimon. While at his mansion, Takeru taunted Pinnochimon, saying that he had no friends and other insults, upsetting the Dark Master. He led him through traps and a game of hide-and-seek, leading him straight into Yamato and MetalGarurumon, where Pinnochimon was killed. It was also Takeru's hope that Yamato and the others would be saved that allowed Angemon to digivolve into Holy Angemon and helped Wargreymon and MetalGarurumon to defeat Piemon.
He has grown a lot during the last years after his first adventure. He is 11 and in fifth grade and the star member of his basketball team. At the start of April 2002, he and his mother moved to Odaiba, with Takeru attending Odaiba Elementary in the same class as Daisuke and his good friend Hikari. Because he and Hikari are already good friends, Takeru immediately becomes the rival of a paranoid Daisuke. Like Hikari, Takeru has a slight advantage compared to the new kids because he has had the most experience with Digimon. When the Chosen Children come to the digital world their outfit changes, while Daisuke, Miyako and Iori change their whole outfit he and Hikari only changes footwear.
After Paildramon and Silphymon debut, Iori sees that he and Takeru would have to have their Digimon DNA Digivolve. He soon learns that there is another, darker side to Takeru which only surfaces in the matters of villains of pure evil like Devimon or Kimeramon. Takeru's second side was mainly due to Angemon's previous death and how he doesn't want to see Patamon die again, which is made clear to Iori when BlackWargreymon attacks one of the destiny stones. In the middle of the battle, Angemon is grabbed by the throat and tells Takeru not to worry about him and to save the stone. Takeru then sees the glow of the destiny stone and yells for Angemon to digivolve, which he does successfully to the Chosen Children and BlackWargreymon's surprise.
On Christmas Day, he, Taichi and their Digimon go to Paris to help the Chosen Child of France round up the wild Digimon who had appeared in the Real World as a result of Arachnaemon opening all the Digi-Ports. In the Other World, Takeru was subjected to Belial-Vamdemon's illusion: his desire for his family to be together again. But Patamon and Daisuke broke him free of the illusion and he then joined with the other kids, who were in the process of breaking free of their illusions too. Takeru used the power of the dream dimension against Belial-Vamdemon, his dream for no one to suffer as he had, with Angemon, Holy Angemon, Pegasmon and Shakkoumon appearing all at once.
Two years later, he played a big role in Fetus of god, and there he met Satsuki Miyanoshita. There the two started dating until they became a couple (see St. Valentine's Massacre, under the Ghost Stories category)
He and the rest of the Chosen Children enrolled and passed the exams at DDS, and are sorted as a section in Class C, and played a big role in stopping the Zodiac (see Koudoutai).
In Rise Of The Orphenochs, he and Class C were embroiled in a fight between DDS against Pluto and SMART Brain, and along the way he suffered a traumatic experience when being molested by an effeminate Skunk Orphenoch, and it took Satsuki's coaxing and seducing to get his bearings back (he and Satsuki made love for the first time, thus he's no longer a virgin and is 14 years old at this time).
He and Daisuke are the only members of Class C to be active after Hikari, Miyako, Ken and Iori were ambushed by an unknown enemy and are now investigating who is behind the attacks (see Round ZERO: The Four Card Symbols).
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Miyako Inoue is a character in the anime and manga Digimon Adventure 02.
She is partnered to Hawkmon and as such is the first central Chosen Child to be partnered with an opposite sex Digimon, as Hawkmon is male. Miyako is a touch on the geeky side, stubborn, cheeky and impulsive. While she is somewhat loud and bold, she is very sincere and true to her feelings to the point where she is often unaware of others or how her feelings are affecting them. Miyako is compassionate and generous, but capable of being decisive and resourceful. She has odd tendencies to suddenly become depressed without explanation, but always finds the strength to come back and help her friends.
Her most notable skill is her technical prowess; she can fix anything from a toaster oven to a computer. She helps her family in an Ai-Mart convenience store, and she, Iori Hida and Takeru Takaishi live in the same apartment where she resides. She works in it often and takes food from it to supply the group and their ever-hungry Digimon with. She has a crush on Ken Ichijouji and idolizes Mimi Tachikawa and Koushiro Izumi. She is apparently the youngest of four siblings: she has two sisters (high school-aged Momoe, junior high-aged Chizuru) and a brother (college-bound Mantarou).
She obtained her D-3, Hawkmon and the Digi-Egg of Love on her first week of her final year in Odaiba Elementary. On Golden Weekend, the main characters got a surprise visit from Mimi whom Miyako got along with well. When the Odaiba Elementary soccer team was to play a match against the team from Tamachi, Miyako was disappointed when it seemed Ken wouldn't show up but then he did. However, she was shocked to learn that Ken was the Digimon Emperor. Later, when a Dark Spiraled Digitamamon attacked Mimi, Miyako lost her composure and began screaming at him. This outburst resulted in the manifestation of the Digi-Egg of Sincerity, which she used to Armor Digivolve Hawkmon to Shurimon, who freed Digitamamon from the Spiral.
When the location of the Digimon Emperor's base was discovered, the Chosen Child decided that they would have to stay in the Digital World until it was destroyed. Miyako covered up the fact that she was nervous with some ridiculously over-the-top eagerness, barking orders and rushing around, even managing to scale a Control Spire. When her over-eagerness lead to Hawkmon getting poisoned by Dokugumon, she felt guilty about it. Hawkmon was alright about it as he preferred her as she is.
Daisuke thought it was a good idea to ask Ken to join their group. Miyako did not agree since she had seen Stingmon kill Thundermon at Ken's command. However, when Mimi called on the new kids to help battle a Golemon, Miyako was forced to confront her feelings about Ken, which led to her accepting him. While searching for Gatomon's lost power ring, she, Ken and Hikari ended up in the Dark World. Upon finding the Dark Ocean, Hikari lost her composure due to her last visit. This event was taken advantage of by Blossomon. It took Miyako 's slap and harsh words to make the two girls see eye-to-eye, causing them to give their Digimon the power to DNA Digivolve.
At Christmas, Miyako, Sora and their Digimon were sent to Russia but they had no translator to help them cross the language barrier with the Russian Chosen Child. Miyako 's attempts at charades eventually succeeded when she used the names of Russian foods to co-ordinate their attacks on the Flymon above the city. After going home, Miyako witnessed LadyDevimon's death by Silphymon, much to her horror. Miyako accepted it as they saved the current victims and any future victims of the sadistic Digimon.
At the Other World, she was subjected to Belial-Vamdemon's illusion. Her desires were to be an only child and getting to eat all of the desserts (she's always had a thing for cake). Hawkmon and XV-Mon broke her free of the illusion and she then joined with the other kids, who were in the process of breaking free of their illusions. Miyako used the power of the dream dimension against Belial-Vamdemon with Aquillamon, Shurimon, Halsemon and Silphymon appearing all at once.
She along with her friends enrolled and passed the entrance exams at DDS, and was sorted to Class C and was with her friends.
Miyako and Class C aided Class Q and A while facing the Zodiac organization for several months, but was among the DDS students killed (see Koudoutai). However the mastermind had a change of heart and reverted time back to its proper course and is revived.
In Rise Of The Orphenochs, Miyako was critically injured when assaulted by Pluto members when Ryu was kidnapped, which also resulted in Hawkmon getting killed. She remained in comatose for several months until she miraculously recovered and Hawkmon was reborn.
After the defeat of Pluto and SMART Brain, Miyako and Class C are tasked to investigate the alarming incidents of Digimons killing their human partners, which are young children. While investigating, Miyako was attacked by one of the F-4 members, and was again sent to a comatose state, and Hawkmon was turned into a Clow Beast and was sealed in the process (see Round Zero: The Four Card Symbols). She remained in intensive care unit as of this time, alongside Hikari, Ken, and Iori.
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Iori Hida is a character in the anime and manga Digimon Adventure 02.
He is partnered with Armadimon. Although he is the youngest of the Chosen Child, Iori is also the most serious. Much of his maturity and wisdom comes from his grandfather, Chikara Hida, who is also his Kendo teacher.
He obtains his D3, Armadimon and the Digi-Egg of Knowledge in the first week of school in 3rd grade. Later, Iori begins to fear that he is letting the team down, but his grandfather convinces him that all he has to do is try his hardest; if he does this, he won't letting anyone down. When he and the others are later trapped in an offshore oil platform by a Dark-Spiraled MegaSeadramon, Iori has to overcome his fear of the sea and use a submersible to get help from Jyou. With some convincing from Jyou, Iori managed to activate the newly-uncovered Digi-Egg of Reliability, allowing Armadimon to Armor Digivolve to Submarimon to help defeat MegaSeadramon.
Even after Ken begins to undo the damage he has done, Iori still cannot forgive him, which put the entire team at risk when BlackWarGreymon appeared. After Paildramon and Silphymon debuted, Iori sees that he and Takeru would have to have their Digimon DNA Digivolve. Takeru had been acting oddly violent and angry in terms of BlackWarGreymon; Iori understands the reasons for this after speaking with Yamato and decides to allow Ankylomon and Angemon to DNA Digivolve. By December, Iori finally forgives Ken, accepting Ken's invitation to his Christmas party. On Christmas Day, he, Jyou and their Digimon go to Australia to help the Chosen Children of the Pacific round up the wild Digimon who appeared on Earth as a result of Arachnaemon opening all the Digi-Ports. When he returns to Japan, Iori faces a harsh reality check the next night as MarineDevimon is about to destroy a hospital as he and Takeru help a disabled girl get to safety. Shakkoumon's only option was to destroy MarineDevimon, shocking and upsetting Iori, who must accept the result.
Iori then encounters Yukio Oikawa and learns of their mutual connection to Hiroki Hida. In the Other World, he is subjected to Belial-Vamdemon's illusion. Iori's desire is to be with his father and show him the Digital World. Armadimon explains how the effect is not real and Flamedramon appears to take him back to the other kids, who are also in the process of breaking free of their illusions. Iori uses the power of the dream dimension against Belial-Vamdemon, making his desire for justice come true, with Ankylomon, Submarimon, Digmon, and Shakkoumon appearing all at once. After Belial-Vamdemon is finally destroyed, Iori returns back into the dream dimension to help the fallen Oikawa, dragging him to the edge of the portal. However, Oikawa, close to death, uses the other world to fulfill a dream of his own. With that, Oikawa's body is deleted and the digital particles transform into a host of butterflies, which spread across the Digital World, restoring peace and beauty to it.
Iori and the rest of the Chosen Children met with Class Q during the Fetus Of God fic, and joined forces with several heroes in vanquishing a powerful demon, and impressed with Class Q and learning about DDS, they decided to enroll there, and passed the entrance exam, and he six of them were sorted to Class C, which is one of the top four sections.
There Class C got their first break as DDS students when they, Class Q and A joined forces in facing and stopping the Zodiac organization (see Koudoutai). Then they even got embroiled in DDS' battle against the organization Pluto and even the corrupt corporation SMART Brain (see Rise Of The Orphenochs).
Iori was severely injured by a Jellyfish Digimon, sending in into a coma while Armadimon was turned into a Clow Beast and was sealed by one of the F-4 members while investigating a case (see Round Zero: The Four Card Symbols).
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Ken Ichijouji is a fictional character in the Digimon Adventure 02 anime series. Ken is the final member of the 02 Chosen Children, partnered with Wormmon and holder of the Crest of Kindness. Unlike the other 02 Chosen Children, he lives in Tamachi, which is next to Odaiba. At first the devious Digimon Emperor, Ken tried hard to atone for his wicked acts and eventually is helped along the way by Daisuke and the others.
As a young child, Ken always felt that he was passed over by his parents in favor of his older brother Osamu, a child prodigy. Ken bore a grudge toward Osamu as a result.
Ken was one of the kids who helped the Chosen Children in their fight with Diaboromon. Months later, while he was with Osamu in his room, a Digivice came out of Osamu's computer. It was meant for Ken but neither of them knew this – Osamu picked it up and put it in his drawer, telling Ken not to touch the drawer and vowed to find out what it was. Ken, in childish curiosity, touched the Digivice and was pulled through Osamu's computer into the Digital World. It was there that he met Wormmon and helped Ryo in fighting Millenniummon. However, when Millenniummon was defeated, he forced out pieces of his data in the form of Dark Spores. Ken pushed Ryo out of the way and one of the Spores struck him, sinking inside his neck.
Wormmon and Ryo tended to the boy for three weeks until he was well enough to return to the Real World, where he found that it was the same day as he had left; this is likely due to Millenniummon's ability to warp time and space. Osamu scolded Ken for breaking his trust and touching the Digivice and Ken again found himself angrily wishing that his brother would just disappear. Later, Osamu died after being hit by a car. Some time after that, Ken felt guilty for making a wish that came true.
Then an e-mail from a mysterious figure (revealed later to be Yukio Oikawa) told him to use the Digivice to escape the guilt. Ken did this and was transported to the Dark Ocean. His Digivice turned dark and Ken adopted several aspects of Osamu. Since then, he became a boy genius, good at everything that was either sport or intellect-related such as chess and judo. He even became star player of the Tamachi Soccer team in which he holds a record for most goals in a league season with forty five. However, as the Spore continued its work, Ken became apathetic towards society, viewing everyone around him as pathetic insects, beneath his notice. And thus he set his sights on the world which could challenge him.
Ken returned to the Digital World and, through the subtle, unseen manipulations of Arachnaemon, assumed the guise of the Digimon Emperor and took over the Digimon using Dark Rings with which he enslaved a number of Digimon, similar to the Black Gears that Devimon used on the Digimon in File Island. The Dark Rings gave each Digimon bloodshot eyes and made them completely obedient. Ken often used these as sport, such as having two of them fight in a Colosseum-style arena, and kept them locked in a sophisticated system of cages.
Ken made his proper introduction (as himself) during a newscast about how he won a National Computer Programming Contest with a machine that can brush people's teeth for them. The news also mentioned many of Ken's previous accomplishments as well, such as chess, Donkey Madness, soccer, and balancing the worlds largest checkbook.
As the Emperor, Ken had many conflicts with the new Chosen Children as he planned to rule the Digital World. Ken's dark Digivice prevented the Digimon from being able to naturally evolve, but Daisuke, Iori, and Miyako's Digimon were able to "Armor Digivolve" to defeat his Dark Ring-enslaved Digimon. During one battle, they discovered that the Control Spires controlled the power and also began destroying them as well.
Finally, during a soccer game in the real world, Daisuke (one of the Chosen Children) injured Ken's ankle in an attempt to block him from scoring a goal. During their next confrontation in the Digital World, Daisuke recognized the scar and Ken revealed himself. As a result, he abandoned the Real World to live in the Digital World and assumed the Emperor identity permanently. During that time, he created Dark Spirals to control Ultimate Level Digimon as well as some Champion Level Digimon like Taichi's Agumon (who Ken digivolved into SkullGreymon and then MetalGreymon). His parents, with no knowledge of where he had gone, were panicked and made various televised pleas to try and find Ken.
When his creation, Kimeramon, turned on him and was subsequently defeated by Magnamon, Ken couldn't believe that he had lost. He proclaimed he would reset the Digital World, thinking it was just a computer program. When the Chosen Children explained to him that it was a real place and that Digimon were living creatures, Ken collapsed, realizing the cruelty he had inflicted and Wormmon's death sparked the sadness he had for Osamu's death. Numbly, Ken staggered off to return home.
Ken slept for days, in a pseudo-coma, where memories of his brother, the Digivice and his first trip to the Digital World returned in his mind. When he awoke, he had amnesia and could not recognize his parents. He traveled to the Digital World where, at Primary Village, he was reunited with Leafmon, the baby form of Wormmon. Since then, Ken vowed to make up for the horrible deeds he committed. As he did, he learned that he was used by Arachnaemon when she took all data relating to the Control Spires from the boy's computer. With Stingmon (Wormmon's Champion form), he began the daunting task of destroying the Control Spires that he erected.
At first, upon learning that Ken was back and doing good, Daisuke wanted to ask Ken to join the team, but none of the other Chosen Children liked the idea, particularly Iori. They were convinced that he was still evil when Ken ordered Stingmon to destroy Thundermon in Primary Village. The Chosen Children believed that Thundermon was a real Digimon, but he was actually created from a Control Spire. Once the Chosen Children learned that in the next battle, they became more accepting.
Ken officially became a member of the team a little after XV-Mon and Stingmon DNA Digivolved to Paildoramon. Despite joining the team, Ken felt uncomfortable around the others, particularly Iori, who still strongly disliked him for what he did. However, Ken helped out in all the battles against Arachnaemon, Mummymon and BlackWarGreymon.
When Digimon began to appear on Christmas Day, Ken and Wormmon went to Mexico City with Yamato and Gabumon to help Rosa and Gotsumon round up the wild Digimon there. Later that night, when Ken got home, he had a dream of his first time in the Digital World and the Dark Spore. The next day, Daemon and his Daemon Corps began to appear in Tokyo, wreaking havoc in search of Ken and the Dark Spore. But Arachnaemon managed to convince Ken to come with her, using the children she 'kidnapped' to motivate him.
Once inside the truck, Ken met Oikawa, who revealed the nature of Dark Spore. Oikawa bound Ken's hands behind him with his scarf and scanned the spore's data from his neck. Oikawa copied its data into the other children, who had all been taken willingly. Daisuke and Wormmon ambushed the truck when Daemon attacked and rescued Ken. After the events that result with Daemon's banishment & Oikawa's escape, Ken finally introduced his stunned parents to Wormmon and the following day, now aware of what was going on, Ken's father was happy to help the children look for Oikawa.
By December 30, Ken and the other Chosen Children (with Yamato, Koshiro and Jyou) were standing watch at Hikarigota, waiting for the Dark Spore kids to arrive. When they were all congregated there, Oikawa arrived and began the process that used the Spores to convert the children's energies into an energy he could use to enter the Digital World. Ken demanded to know why he had been chosen and what the Control Spires were for. Oikawa happily explained and opened the portal. The 02 Chosen Children followed him, only to discover that they weren't in the Digital World at all but some bizarre other dimension. This is when the ghost of Vamdemon, an enemy of the former Chosen Children revealed that he was behind everything. He explained how he entered Oikawa's body not long after his defeat and used Oikawa to help him in his revenge. He also abandoned Oikawa's body and used the power of the Spores to Digivolve into Belial-Vamdemon, his Mega form.
The villain subjected the kids to illusions of their greatest desires. For Ken, on some subconscious level, his desire was to see himself punished for what he did as the Digimon Emperor and to have his brother back. But "Osamu" told Ken that he couldn't change the past but could ensure a future for himself. Following his "brother's" final words and angry at having been manipulated yet again, Ken released his guilt, crying out that he wasn't the Emperor any more and that he had been punished enough. And with that, he helped in the final battle against Belial-Vamdemon.
After Belial-Vamdemon's demise, Ken and the 02 Chosen Children went on to resume their studies, and eventually entered junior high.
During this they encountered Class Q of DDS while investigating a massive abduction of female virgins, and learned that they were used as sacrifices in reviving a powerful demon on Earth (see Fetus Of God).
After that Ken and the 02 Chosen Children enrolled at DDS, and passed the exams, and were sorted to Class C. It was there he and Class C first encountered the Zodiac organization who aims to topple DDS itself (see Koudoutai).
Ken briefly resumed the guise of the Digimon Emperor to face one of the Zodiac, Kaniza (Cancer in Japanese), and used the control spires to stop him and his mechanical crab.
He and Class C assisted Class Q and A in defeating the Zodiac which lasted for several months.
Months later Class C were embroiled in a battle between DDS and the revived Pluto, which also introduced SMART Brain Corporation, and learned that SMART Brain were behind Pluto's revival and the creation of the Orphenochs (see Rise Of The Orphenochs).
Ken was among the Class C members being attacked by an unknown enemy, and was severely injured alongside Wormmon (see Round ZERO: The Four Card Symbols). Daisuke and Takeru are the only Class C members active as of this time and are coordinating with the rest of the DDS students in finding out who is responsible for the attacks.
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Well…that was long. But at least you get to know them more…in Digimon Adventure 02 and in Detective School Q. Hope you liked them…
Next…the DDS Staff!