Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Digimon Adventure 02: Amnesia and Hidden Secrets ❯ Answers and Discovers ( Chapter 6 )

Leafmon1995: Hi, it's Leafmon1995 with another chapter.
Ken: This time the truth comes out!
Daisuke: Yeah! And Takeru blushes like a girl! *snickers*
Takeru: SHUT UP!
Ken: Polls are still up for who you want for Dai to pair with.
Daisuke: *looks at poll list* Yeah the choices are: Hikari *cheers*, Meya *cheers*; miyako *gags*; Sora *looks at poll. Blinks. Looks at poll. Looks at Leafmon1995* Really? Sora? Isn't she Taichi or Yamato's girl?
Leafmon1995: *Fuming* NO! Continue the list!
Takeru: *Takes list from Daisuke* We have Hikari, Meya, Miyako, Sora, and Mimi.
Daisuke: *grumbles* Please pick Hikari.
Ken: Or Meya-chan!
Daisuke: Whose side are you on?
Ken: Yours of course. *blinks* But dont you think she's cute Dai?
Daisuke: *thinks* weelll, yeah. She's pretty cute. But then there's Hikari. But you have a good point about Meya. *thinks some more*
Takeru: OKAY! Before Daisuke decides to ramble more we would like to inform you that this chapter was suppose to be for next month.
AS: Meaning that I will not be updating this story next month.
Takeru: She is going to be working on Rise of the Demon Lords
AS: I want to get a few chapters in before school starts in September.
Ken: Anyway please review...
Takeru: Comment...
Daisuke: Fav...
AS: And Follow
Ken, AS, Dai, Takeru: ENJOY!

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Takeru tried not to wince under Mrs. Ichijouji's intense glare. He couldn't blame her. His mother would probably do the same thing if he woken up from a nightmare crying about someone being mean to him.

Takeru sighed as he looked at the others. He, the witch, and Daisuke were sitting in chairs near the bed. The three adults were standing in front of us. Mrs. Ichijouji was glaring at everyone, including the doctor. Daisuke was sitting the closest to Ken, since Ken refused to let go of his hand when he fell back to sleep.

“Now can someone tell me why was my baby crying?” Everyone winced at the blaze in her eyes and the tone in her voice. Mrs. Ichijouji was definitely angry.

“I can answer that, Mrs. Ichijouji. ” We all turned to the witch as she spoke up. Surprisingly, Mrs. Ichijouji's eyes softened slightly.

“Meya, sweetie, it's so good to see you again.”

“Likewise.” Takeru was shocked. They know each other? “You see Mrs. Ichijouji. Ken was crying because he must have remembered how the other students treat him at school.”

Mrs. Ichijouji frowned slightly. “What do you mean? Ken-chan hasn't said anything to me about any school problems.”

The witched looked sadly at Mrs. Ichijouji. “That because the students have been bullying him for a few years now.” Both Mr. and Mrs. Ichijouji gasped in shock.

“Our son is being bullied and we are just now learning about this!” Mr. Ichijouji yells in anger.

Mrs. Ichijouji looks just as anger and just as upset. “Do you know why?”

She sighed sadly before she replied, “It's because of your elder son.” Takeru felt just as confused as Ken's parents were. What did Ken's deceased older brother have to do with this?

“What you mean dear? I don't understand. My oldest is dead.”

“Osamu Ichijouji had quite a reputation in the school, even till this day. Many of the students resented him. When your son died they turned their resentment towards Ken. Ken was always nice, polite, and kind towards them. However, the students are always constantly mocking him, calling him names, and even going as far as pushing him around. Just the other day some of the students tried to push him down a flight of stairs.” On my god! I was wondering why Ken was limping slightly when we met up in the Digital World for a picnic two weeks ago.

Takeru, along with Daisuke and Mr. Ichijouji, winced when Mrs. Ichijouji started screaming in rage. “I knew something was wrong! What kind of school allows bullying and doesn't do anything about it or at least inform me about it!” Mr. Ichijouji placed a hand on his wife's shoulder, probably in hope of calming her down. So this is whom Ken gets his personality and emotional side from?

“Honey, please calm down. You're going to wake Ken up.” Mrs. Ichijouji did calm down a bit for Ken's sake, but anger still flashed in her eyes.

“To bad we can't attend his school.” Daisuke said as he looked at Takeru. Takeru nodded in agreement. From the corner of this eye he saw that the witch had a thoughtful look on her face as she thought about what Daisuke just said.

“Well, there is an exchange program at the school.” Takeru and Daisuke brighten at the idea.

“That's great! We can attend Ken's school then and help him out, especially since he has amnesia now. I can't wait to kick those kids butts for messing with my best friend!” Takeru couldn't help but smile at Daisuke. It was a good plan and protecting Ken was a number one priority.

Takeru was thankful for Meya-san's suggestion about the exchange program. She was looking out for Ken's wellbeing. Takeru did notice though that Mrs. Ichijouji had a small frown on her features.

“You two might not be about to get in.” Takeru and Daisuke looked at her in confusion.

“What you mean Mrs. Ichijouji?” Takeru asked.

“You see the school is very strict. They don't tolerate slacking and clowning around. They expect their students to excel through their advances classes.” Takeru looked at Daisuke and cringed. Both he and Daisuke would slack off at times; Daisuke more than him but still.

Daisuke rubbed the back of his neck in disappointment. “Well, what do we do then? I don't like the idea of those kids attacking Ken like that.” Everyone was quiet until Mr. Ichijouji spoke up with shocking news.

“Well we just have to move to Odaiba then.” Mrs. Ichijouji was the first to speak.

“What? But what about your job?” Mr. Ichijouji chuckles weakly at his wife, scratching his cheek lightly.

“The thing is that I was given an offer to transfer to the company's sister location here in Odaiba.” Mrs. Ichijouji was speechless. “I thought about how all of Ken's friends are in Odaiba, so I accepted the offer. The company has already helped with housing arrangements and transportation. I was going to surprise you and Ken with a very nice house that has been paid for six months in advances at the end of the week.”

Takeru had a smile on his face about the news. This meant that Ken would be going to their school. And by the look on Mrs. Ichijouji's face it seemed that this just solved their problems. She was very happy and immediately hugged her husband, sobbing and smiling much like her son does.

Takeru smiles to his friend as they watched Ken's parents. Ken mother was happy that Ken would be able to go to a school were he will be safe and surround by friends that love him. Takeru's smile turned to a worry frown when he remembered that the others with be attending the same school, most likely the same classes. Takeru glanced at Daisuke and noticed that he had a similar frown on his face as he did.

“Ken might not be happy with seeing the others.” Takeru spoke his thoughts out load.

“What you mean?” Mr. Ichijouji asked with a quizzical look. “Did you kids have a fight or something?”

Takeru bit his lip worriedly as Daisuke took up the conversation. “It's a long story.”

“We have time dearly. Please tell us what happened.” Mrs. Ichijouji told him.

Daisuke sighed. “Well, did Ken ever tell you about the Digital World and the Digimon Kaiser?” Takeru cringed. Did they really have to go there?

“Yes. About a month after you kids defeated that vampire digimon he told us about his adventures. He told us about his battles with Ryo and Veemon, how he got the Dark Spore and what it did to him.”

“He was very upset by it.” Mr. Ichijouji spoke up after his wife. “We always wondered why he was cold and distant for those many years and then depressed later on.”

“We are just glad you dearies managed to save him before it was too late.” Takeru had tears in his eyes. He was glad they managed to save Ken too.

“This will make this easier than.” Daisuke said with a short pause. “Do you remember the day when Ken got home late when some digimon attack Tokyo?” Both of Ken's parents nodded. They even mentioned that was the day Ken told them about digimon. “Well there's more to the story from what happened that day. You see some evil digimon was after the Dark Spore and demanded Ken to go with him. However, a human came with a truck full of kids and kidnapped Ken, using the other kids as bait.”

“I knew something happened when he didn't call.” Mrs. Ichijouji sobbed.

“The man scanned the Dark Spore from Ken and raped him. But he couldn't remember it until a week ago.”

“MY BABY WAS WHAT?” Takeru winced as Ken's mother began to cry. Mr. Ichijouji was pale and didn't even try to stop her from yelling about why her baby boy and how could this have happened to her sweet Ken-chan. It took several minutes to get Ken's mother to calm down and several more before Daisuke could continue.

“Like I said before he didn't remember until recently. Ken was really scared because of the memories. I thought about asking the others for advice. The Older Chosen Children are older and smarter than me. I thought maybe they would be able to help, so I called the others to come to my place yesterday for a meeting.”

“What happened? Were they able to help?” Mr. Ichijouji asked, with unsuppressed worry.

“No, it was the exact opposite.” Daisuke said dryly. “As soon as I told them all hell broke loose. They all saw Ken shaking and took it the wrong way. They all started blaming Ken for what happened. They accused him of lying and deceiving them and a bunch of other stuff. It got so bad that Taichi-san yelled that Ken was no longer part of the team. When Ken came out of whatever episode he was in he panicked and ran out of the complex and into a snowstorm.”

“I had Patamon look for him, but they didn't return. Daisuke yelled at them and kicked them out. In the morning he left with Veemon to look for him. We didn't know he was here until you called me saying that he was in the hospital.” Takeru finished with a sad expression. It did not take long for Ken's parents to explode in rage and disbelief.

“WHAT? Is everyone hurting our son?” Takeru groaned. He knew this would happen.

“No.” Daisuke replied with a very serious face. “Ken is my best friend. Me, Meya-chan, and Takeru will protect him. We will never hurt him.” Takeru and Meya-san nodded in agreement.

“My dad has being asking if there was another school I wanted to go to since he's expanding his company.” Meya-san mused thoughtfully.

Mr. and Mrs. Ichijouji brightened at the news. They were so thrilled that their son had such wonderful friends to help him at a moments notice. Takeru smiled at the turn of events. He was worried that Ken's parents would freak out and questioned them more about what happened. Well, he knew from the last couple times he visited Ken's home; Mrs. Ichijouji had a habit of being over protective and fawning over her only son. It was adorable really. They were so alike. Ken was most definitely his mother's son.

A small whimper caught everyone's attention. We all turned to Ken who was whimpering in his sleep. All eyes turned to Takeru and Daisuke as Ken whimpered the following words in his sleep.

“Takeru…Daisuke…don't leave me…don't let him take me…”

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Daisuke was stunned to say the least. Whatever Ken was dreaming of was not pretty? He knew for a fact that he would not abandon Ken and neither would Takeru. By the sound of it Ken was not reliving a memory, but a nightmare.

Daisuke softly whispers words of reassurance to his best friend and Jogress partner. At the sound of his voice Ken calmed down slightly and went back into a peaceful sleep. Daisuke couldn't help but smile as Ken murmurs, “Takeru…tambien te quiero.”

Daisuke had spent the last three years listening boredly as his best friend talks in Spanish to his older cousin, who was currently traveling the world. Ken's cousin was quite cute. She was nice and polite like Ken and Hikari, but had a fierily and stubborn personality like Meya. It was annoying how they switched from Japanese to Spanish within a ten second time span though. Then again he was now able to understand half of what they talked about during that time. At least now he can gloat that he knows part of another language. And the others call him stupid. Ken's smartness must be rubbing off on him.

Daisuke glanced at everyone else to see their reactions. Mrs. Ichijouji had a soft smile on her face. Why do I get the feeling that she knew who Ken liked for a while now? Maybe Ken told her like he told me. Mr. Ichijouji had a confused look on his face. He clearly doesn't know Spanish. Daisuke noticed that Doctor Kido had a similar expression that matched Mr. Ichijouji's. Meya had a disappointed expression on her face. He had to admit he has a small crush on her. She was nice and pretty like Hikari. At least Meya didn't toy with his emotions when he flirted with her a few months back. Though he never openly expressed his feelings, like he did towards Hikari.

It hurt when Hikari kept leading him on like that. When he did ask her out she brushed him off and said she couldn't, maybe next time. Sadly he thought if there was going to be a next time. After the way she reacted during the meeting yesterday Daisuke began to reevaluate his feelings towards her. Does he love Hikari still? Should he give up on her or should he look into his new crush?

With a mental shove, he tossed those thoughts aside for now. Daisuke looked at Takeru. Daisuke would have snickered if it weren't for the fact that Ken's parents were around. Takeru seemed to know what Ken said since he was blushing like crazy. His eyes were wide in shock. He was so going to rub it in later.

(Line Break)

Meya watched as Takeru and Daisuke switched places, since Ken kept whimpering his name. Meya felt a little disappointed though. She had liked Ken as more then just a friend. She always wondered why he never asked any girls out or accepted their ridiculous declarations of love. Sighing inwardly to herself, she thought back to the show. The show never mentioned of Ken liking guys. In fact it showed that Ken married the bitch Inoue Miyako. She never liked her. Not in the show and not in real life.

She was still a little upset, but maybe it was for the best. The blonde did seem to like him too. They are cute together. With a smile she noticed the smug look Daisuke had on his face. She remembered from the show that he was quite cute, stubborn, and brave. Even now she still thought that. Though, didn't he like that Kamiya girl? To be honest, Meya didn't like her either. She may have been the Child of Light, but that girl can be a bitch if she kept toying with Daisuke's feelings like that. If she didn't like Daisuke in the first place all she has to do is say so. It was hard to tell though. She kept flirting with both Takeru and Daisuke and this Wallace boy. God. Why was life so hard?

With a sigh she thought if maybe Daisuke could like her back if she attempted to flirt, even a little, maybe later though. She'll have to do something about the prototypes.

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Takeru was surprised at his predicament. He hadn't expected for Ken to whimper his name in his sleep or say that he likes him in Spanish. Honestly he only took Spanish for one year and hated it. He preferred French better, but maybe he should start learning Spanish again. Ken seems to be fluent in it.

Though he couldn't help but smile. Patamon was right. Ken does say his name in his sleep. He must have said the same thing before. Takeru couldn't help but think about how crazy this day was. No way in a million years would he kiss his crush, who has amnesia by the way, and get the feelings returned or hear him confess his feelings subconsciously in his sleep. Overall it was a crazy day.

He smiles softly as Ken begins to stir in his arms. When Ken kept calling for him Daisuke decided to switch places but not before whispering not to do anything inappropriate. He glared at him of course but it went falling on deaf ear. Unfortunate, really, Daisuke can be such a pain at times that it is not funny. He would have to find a way to get back at him.

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Ken stirred as he felt himself return to wakefulness again. He was glad though. It was not fun having one nightmare after another. Ken was terrified when he met the Digimon Kaiser in the forest. It was not fun getting slapped by him, followed by getting a ton of memories being thrown in front of him. He was glad for Daisuke's help though.

When he met the Kaiser again near a desert he was able to fight him off. The Kaiser was frustrated when Ken was able to fight him off with good memories and Daisuke's encouraging words. However, he was taken aback when the Kaiser tossed memories of his classmates at him. It was awful! The majority of the students hated him for some reason. Many of the students called him many hurtful names. Others tried to push him around or tried to attack him just because they hated his brother. Why were they attacking him just because of his brother? Shouldn't they complain to him then and not Ken? Speaking of brother, where was Sam? Shouldn't he have defended him or something? Did his brother not care about him? Ken wondered why he didn't tell his parents. Would they listen to him? Would they believe him? Or would they ignore him like they always do, since he's not as smart or talented as his older brother?

Ken cried as the memories overflowed him. They were too painful. They were too raw. The Kaiser laughed at his obvious pain. He taunted him. Telling him to give in to the Darkness once again. He said something about allowing him to take over. But before the Kaiser could say anything else the dream was interrupted by a golden light. The sound of his best friend's voice was calling him, telling him to calm down and to wake up. The golden light protected him and returned him to his hospital room. Ken remembered crying in Daisuke's arms. He remembered hearing a woman's voices before he passed out from exhaustion.

When Ken met the Kaiser again it was at a lake. The lake was disturbing. The lake was black and grey. It felt wrong, very wrong. The Kaiser watched him as he looked warily at the lake. Ken didn't like it for some reason and the Kaiser knew it. When Ken looked at the Kaiser he noticed that he was holding his whip. Ken panicked and reacted when the Kaiser attacked. He moved out of the way the first time. When he dodged the attack he got too close to the lake. The Kaiser attacked again, hitting Ken's leg and sending him back into the lake. Ken whimpered as the icy cold water moved and tried to pull him under. Ken called for help. As Ken called for help he was relieved to see both Daisuke and Takeru. He thought they were going to help him, but he was wrong. Daisuke and Takeru glared at him with hatred. They told him he was tainted and that he was better off with him.

Ken cried, begging them not to leave him, not to leave him with him. The water pulled him completely under. Ken's eyes blurred as he struggled for air. Ken silently prayed for someone to help him, as a dark hand began to reach for him. In that moment of fear a familiar golden light appeared. The light drove the hand away with its rays of golden light. The voice coming from the light comforted him with its soothing words as it surround him in a warm light that took him away from the cold water.

When Ken opened his eyes. He realized that he was not in his hospital room but in a park. He smiled as a familiar boy with blonde hair and ocean blue eyes sat in front of him. The boy gently caressed his cheek and tilted his head slightly. He watched in happiness as the boy pressed his lips to his. The kiss was so soft, so wonderful. Ken closed his eyes as he returned the kiss as his own emotions flared. Ken sighed in contentment when they pulled apart. The boy smiled as he spoke the sweetest words to him. With a smile Ken replied, “Takeru… tambien te quiero.” Ken wasn't sure why he said `I like you too' in Spanish. It just felt right. He knew he likes Takeru, even if he couldn't remember him that well.

Ken slowly opened his eyes and noticed that he was being held by someone. Ken smiles shyly when his vision cleared, seeing Takeru smiling at him. Ken shifted his eyes slightly and saw Daisuke and Meya sitting in a chair next to Takeru. Behind them were three adults. One of them was his doctor and the other two were… Who are they?

Ken glanced at them a little longer when the two slowly approached the bed. They looked familiar somehow. It's on the tip of his tongue. The women looked familiar. As he took in her features he felt a sense of peace and comfort. Her eyes were filled with so much warmth, love and worry. As he processed that, a memory sparked in him. He saw the women with him in a kitchen. They were baking cookies together. They were laughing about some boy on the TV and Ken was blushing. Another memory came and this time he saw the man, the women, Wormmon and himself eating together in the dinning room. Everyone was happy, laughing about something that the man said.

Tears came to his eyes as he realized whom they were. With a trembling voice he sobbed, “Mama? Papa?”

His mother gives him a watery smile as she scoops him up from Takeru's arm and pulls him into a bear hug. Ken buries his face in her chest, feeling safe and happy that his mother was here. “Mama! Mama!”

“Oh, my baby! I'm so sorry for what happened. I'm here now! Everything is going to be better, you'll see.” Ken sobbed with his mother. He knew she was right. She never lied to him. He knew that she was right. He knew it in his heart. A hand was placed on his shoulder. He knew it was his father. His father didn't say anything since both he and his mother were both crying uncontrollably. His father was never really the emotional type like he and his mother was, but that didn't mean that he wasn't just as worried, just as hurt and just as loving. The simple gesture was enough.

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Takeru smiles at the reunion. He was glad that Ken remembers his parents. He saw the sadness in their eyes when Ken didn't recognize them at first, but then his eyes unfocused slightly as he remembered something. What exactly he remembered, Takeru wasn't sure. But by the way Ken called his mother, followed by crying in her arms, probably suggested that he remembered her from whatever memory he had of her.

It took a while to get both mother and son to calm down. Both Ken and Mrs. Ichijouji were both emotional people. Like he said before, Ken was his mother's son.

Mr. Ichijouji was talking quietly to his wife, as she held a semi-sleepily Ken. Takeru had given up his seat when the two started crying. Not wanting to disturb the little moment, he gave Mrs. Ichijouji his seat so she could hold Ken properly. Mrs. Ichijouji was very thankful and offered to give the seat back when Ken had calmed down, but Ken had refused to let her move any amount of feet away from him. With a sigh and an apologetic smile Mrs. Ichijouji remained in the seat.

A sudden hit in the ribcage made Takeru yelp in pain. It wasn't that hard but still. He was going to have a bruise. Takeru growled at Daisuke when he saw a very smug look on his face.

“What was that for?”

“Oh nothing really. Just making sure you hadn't died from the realization of Ken's confession to you, even if he wasn't conscious.” Takeru blushed before swiping his hand to hit Daisuke on the head. He missed unfortunately. Daisuke laughed and avoided another attack that he tried to deal on him. Growling to himself as Daisuke caught his wrist, he glared. Daisuke gave him a look that made his growling expression turn into a concern one.

“What?” Takeru asked as Daisuke and Meya-san looks at the door. Takeru follows their gazes and sees one of the Chosen there. “Joe?” Joe Kido was a college student and planning to be a doctor like his father. He has long blue hair, glasses, a blue jacket over a white shirt, and black slacks.

Joe looks nervously into the room as his father turns to him in an annoyed matter. “Joe Kido, where have you been? I could have used your help when Mr. Ichijouji kept waking up from nightmares!” Joe blinked at him in confusion.

“But dad, you told us not to be in the room. You kicked us all out remember.” This time it was Doctor Kido to blink in confusion.

“Wait you were with that group of kids.” Joe nodded. Doctor crossed his arms in suspicion. “Did you yell at Mr. Ichijouji at the meeting yesterday?” Joe flinched slightly at his father's tone.

Moving his glasses to the bridge of his nose he replied, “Yes and no.” His father raised an eyebrow in question. “Yes, I was at the meeting. And yes I was yelling too, but it wasn't at Ken. I was trying to get Miyako-chan and Iori-kun to calm down or at least prevent them from doing something they would regret later.” He looks at Daisuke, Takeru, and finally Ken. With a sad sigh he adds, “Actually after what happened I think everyone is now feeling guilty for what they did.”

Takeru couldn't agree more. Thanks to them Ken was in a hospital with amnesia. They should feel guilty! However, he couldn't blame Joe though. He was a doctor in training and an intern at the hospital. If he remembered correctly Joe was trying to hold back Miyako and Iori. Miyako as usual was being judgmental and Iori was allowing his anger to cloud his judgment again. What a mess!

“Who are you?” Devimon! He had forgotten about Ken. How will he react to Joe being here?

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Ken felt emotionally drained. It was a good emotional drain though. He was happy for once. He relaxed as his mother held him. His mother had tried to move, but he refused. If she left he will have to face the Kaiser again. He wasn't sure if he could handle another encounter with him yet.

Ken closed his eyes, feeling them getting heavy. The people around him were talking quietly. However, he couldn't understand what they were talking about. His mind was fuzzy and couldn't really process what was being said. Ken snuggled closer to his mother. He was about to drift to sleep again when he heard a new voice. Curious, Ken opened his eyes. At the door was a young man. He looked just like the doctor. Were they related? They looked like it. There were a lot of similarities between them. They both had blue hair, but at different lengths. They both had glasses and similar facial structures. Even the shape of their eyes was similar.

Ken wondered what they were talking about. The young man flinched slightly at something Doctor Kido said. Ken mentally shook himself out of his sleepily state. What were they talking about?

“I was trying to get Miyako-chan and Iori-kun to calm down or at least prevent them from doing something they would regret later.”

Ken frowned. Who were Miyako and Iori? Did he know them? Were they other Chosen like him? Or were they the people that hated him too? Ken then noticed that he looked sad. Why was he sad?

“Actually after what happened I think everyone is now feeling guilty for what they did.”

Ken blinked in confusion. Guilty? Who was feeling guilty? Why?

Silence filled the small room. Ken didn't like it. This silence was very uncomfortable. It was as if there was tension between the young man and the doctor. Ken didn't understand what was going on, but he had to break this tension. How can he sleep if someone else is miserable among the people that are supposed to be helping him?

“Who are you?” Everyone turned to look at him. What? Why does everyone look surprised? Did they think that he fell asleep or something?

The young man looks at him with nervousness and concern. Ken smiled at him. There was no need for him to feel nervous. The young man glanced at his parents. His mother had a soft smile on her face, while his father had a guarded face. Odd. Why was his guarded? Did he not like this young man or something?

The young man looked back at Ken and smiled after a brief moment. He walked into the room and stood in front of him. Ken sensed an aura of familiarity around him. He knew him somehow. But he couldn't remember how, yet anyway.

“Hi, Kun-kun. My name is Kido Joe. I'm the Chosen Child of Reliability. My partner is Gomamon, but he's not with me at the moment.” Ken thought for a moment. Joe? That name sounded familiar. “How are you feeling?” Ken yawned softy. Why was he so tired?

“Tired.” Ken simply replied, but he didn't fail to notice the concern look on Joe's face or on everyone else's for that matter.

“You should really get some sleep. You look exhausted.” Ken frowned at that. He couldn't go back to sleep. What about those nightmares? It could comeback. Then what would he do?

“But my nightmares.” Ken countered sleepily. Why was he so sleepily? Haven't he been sleeping all day?

“Sweetie, you wont get better if you don't sleep.” Ken's mother said softy. “If you have another nightmare we'll wake you. You have nothing to fear. Okay?” Ken sighed. He couldn't fight with his mother. He didn't have the strength anyway. Even as she spoke he was slowly drifting off.

Ken felt his mother gently laying him back on the pillow. As soon as his head hit the pillow his mind began to drift. He didn't stir when his mother kissed him on his cheek. Nor did he stir when she tucked him in and told him sweet dreams. He didn't stir when Patamon and DemiVeemon decided to take a nap near his body. Nor did he stir when Minomon crawled onto his stomach and napped on his chest.

Ken found himself drifting off into the darkness. Every noise around him was becoming low and fuzzy. As he entered the final stage of entering total sleepfulness, he vaguely heard Daisuke yelling, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?” before he came face to face with him.