Oh I am what I am. I do what I want.
But I can’t hide. I won’t go.
I won’t sleep. I can’t breathe.
Until you’re resting here with me.

Dido – Here With Me



Dai’s POV

“Come on guys. We have to get a move on! We have to find Ken!” I commanded, as we trenched our way through the Digiworld.

We were in the oddest part of the Digiworld right now. Hell, I knew that I hadn’t been here for such a long time, but I did know area’s that were bad, and those that were good. And this was defiantly a bad part.

“Dai, my feet are getting sore. Can we rest for a little while?” Kari begged. Everyone smiled, knowing perfectly well that I couldn’t deny Kari anything.

I did have to admit that we had been walking a lot, and it was mostly all uphill. But I just brushed it off.

“No. We have to keep looking.” I think it was all worth it, just to hear all their gasps, as they began to wonder if I was the real Daisuke.

“What do you mean? We can’t stop, not even for a little bit?” Miyako cried hysterically, as Hawkmon wiped away a bead of sweat from his feathery, brown head.

“Yes Miyako, I do believe the heat has finally gotten to Daisuke. I do suggest that we rest, and let him do what he pleases.”

My fists suddenly balled at my sides, as my face flushed with anger. “You guys make me sick! The Digimon Emperor is out here somewhere, taking over this world, area by area, and you’re all worried about the heat! My God!”

“Daisuke, don’t be like that.” Tk said, trying to reason with me.

“No, you listen up TE, I’m not resting. You can, and I’m going to save this place.” I began to walk off, still fuming. But before I got too far away, I turned around, and faced them all. “I just thought you loved this world more than I did.”

“Daisuke! Don’t be an idiot!” Tk cried out, as he ran over to me, and grabbed my arm.



Ken’s POV



“Get away from him!” I snarled at the monitors that were in front of me. “Get far, far away from him Tk.”

There, standing before me, was the person that had stolen my heart. He was perfect. Just like me. That’s why I love him so much.

Courageous and strong. Friendly and valiant. Funny and loving. Just the thought of him made my heart flutter faster and faster. Daisuke Motomiya. The name itself held its own beauty.

I pressed the volume button on the monitor, curious to know what they were saying. I never liked eves dropping, so I considered this spying.

“Daisuke, you can’t go off without the rest of us. What if something happens to you? How are you expecting us to come help you? Hell, what happens if the Emperor tries to hurt you?”

I was ready to kill him. I would never hurt Daisuke. Not now or ever! He had no right to say those things!

“I can handle myself TA.” he said stubbornly. “And for some reason, I have this feeling he won’t come after me. I don’t know why, but I just do. Now, if you’ll excuse me.”

“No! I won’t!” Tk said even more stubbornly. He grabbed at his shoulder, and pulled him back hard. “Daisuke, you’re my friend, and I won’t let anything happen to you!”

Neither will I. I promised him, as I kept gazing at the screen. His eyes. Those warm chocolate brown eyes of his were confused. He was debating whether to go or not.

Dai then looked at the ground. “Tk, listen to me. I have to find him. I have to bring him back home. Yesterday, I saw his mom. She’s a mess Tk. The pain in her eyes, almost made me want to tell her I knew where her son was. And I promised myself that I would bring him back to her. No matter what happened to me.”

“Why Dai? Why do you care so much about somebody that has tried to kill you time after time? Has hurt you, and made you feel like an inferior human being?”

I stared speechless at the screen. Was that really the way he saw me? As a cruel, heartless, maniac?

No, he couldn’t. I prayed that he couldn’t. He was the reason I didn’t run off to some place in Africa. I knew he would come back here. I knew I could see him again.

“Tk, I don’t know.” he replied sadly. “I don’t know why I care so much. I should hate him for some of the things he’s done. But I don’t. He’s a kid like us. His life hasn’t been perfect, being held up high on that pedestal! I bet that he’s never even had fun in his entire life! And I feel bad for him. I want to help him.”

“Dai, you’re amazing you know. I don’t think I know anybody like you. Only you can take everything that’s ever happened to someone like him, and make him seen good.” Tk complimented.

“That’s because he is good Tk. Just not the good we are.” he finished, as he walked off, leaving the taller boy looking on.

“His words...” I stuttered. Nobody had ever defended me like that. Nobody had ever really bothered to get to know me. But he did. He understood how I felt. And we were supposed to be enemies.

“Master,” Wormon squeaked silently. “Drimogemon has done as you asked. Sectors W and X have been secured safely.”

“Good! Good!” I cried happily, as I jumped up. “Soon my love. Soon!”



Dai’s POV



It felt as if I had been walking for hours. The heat was getting stronger and hotter. I felt as if I would pass out.

The once lush forest I was in, was now a scalding hot desert, with fierce sands, and craters of lava.

The whole area was hot. Everything about it. Yet I kept on staggering on. I was determined to get out of here by myself.

After a short while, I located a path that I could walk on. It wasn’t much of a path, but at least it wasn’t sand.

I hastily brushed away the beads of sweat that were lingering over my brow, and cursed the Digiworld for giving me a jacket as part of the basic wardrobe.

I paused, as I slowly pulled off my yellow gloves. They stuck to my skin uncomfortably, but they wouldn’t come off. No matter how hard I tugged, they just stuck on like crazy glue.

“This place is so weird.” I sighed, as I just continued walking. I gave up trying to care about the stuff that happened here a long time ago.

I looked on ahead at the now setting sun. I could feel a cool blanket set in instantly, as my muscles relaxed. I felt so much better.

But then something even odder happened. The place went sub-zero. My teeth began to chatter together, and I immediately hugged myself to keep warm. Then the temperature rose again. Beyond boiling this time.

It did that several times. Just when I thought I was going to turn into an icicle, I turn into a baking marshmallow. Then icicle, and back.

It started to get really annoying, but I still continued to walk. I couldn’t give up right now. I was too far ahead.



Tk’s POV



“You’re worried about him aren’t you?” Patamon asked as he looked at me, sighing deeply. I was looking out for him on a cliff. I watched as he walked off, but then I lost him.

“You know me too well Patamon.” I replied casually, trying to mask my concern.

“I know you better than anyone Tk.” he said looking at me. He flew over lightly, and rested on top of my head. Just like he always does.

“I know you do.” I sighed, as I pried him from my hat, and held him in my arms. “Did you see the way he was acting?”

“Yes I did. What was wrong about it?” my small Digimon asked naively. “It’s the classic Daisuke attitude.”

“You wouldn’t understand.” I said sadly, as I sat down on the ground, and began to throw rocks over the ledge. Personally, I didn’t even understand what I was talking about! But every one of my thoughts strayed over to Daisuke... one way or the other.

“Tk.” he said slowly. “You can tell me anything. And I will understand.” he assured me.

“Dai. It’s about Dai. I don’t how to explain it and all, but I’m so worried about him. And it goes way past the feeling you get when your friend is in trouble. I’m worried about him and... and...”

“Tk.” Patamon interrupted. “You’re worried that he doesn’t like you the way you like him right? You’re worried that the reason he’s so determined to find Ken is because...”

“Yeah.” I cut in. He had basically summed up everything I was going to say but better.

I was petrified of losing him. He had been this force that had been thrust upon me. As abnormal as it was, we hated each other. But I cared for him.

Everything about him too. Once, it would have pissed me off beyond belief. But now, it appealed to me.

How weird does that sound? But we played little games with each other. Like him never calling me by my real name. TA. TE. But then today, he called me Tk. It was weird to hear my name being utter through his lips.

That’s the first thing I noticed that was wrong with him. There was something on his mind. There was something going on in there. But he wouldn’t tell me.

“Tk, you should go after him. I know you want to, so just do it. And you can count on my to be there helping you.”

I looked over at my small Digimon, and smiled. “You’re the best Patamon. You really are.” the light from my Digi-Egg began to shine as he changed into a large horse like creature.

I hopped on his back, and seconds later we had taken off. The cool night air was blowing through my hair, and I had to hold onto my hat so it didn’t fly away.

“Where are we going exactly?” Pegasusmon asked me.

I paused for a few moments, pondering what to say. “To tell you the truth, I have no idea...”



Ken’s POV



It was perfect. Daisuke was moving right along schedule. In a matter of minutes he would be right on target. Then he would be here with me.

“Just a few more step Dai...” I encouraged him silently. I was rather amazed that he had made it here all this way, without any water.

But he was a fighter. He was a survivor. I stared dreamy eyed at the screen. He was beautiful. One of God’s more glorious creatures.

He was so determined, that he never gave up. Just like when we were playing soccer together.

There was no chance his team would have won that game, but he still hung in there, never giving up. He even had guts. Slide tackling me to stop the goal. He knew that he could have gotten thrown out, but he didn’t care.

“Dai, you asked me if my teammates told me about how you played in the first half. Well, they did. They told me everything about you.”

“Master, what’s going on?” Wormon asked as he made his way over to my foot.

“My plan. It’s going to work.” I smiled. “He’s going to be mine.” I whispered lightly. My heart was racing madly in my chest, and my nerves were hitting the roof.

I was beginning to question my scheme. Would it work? Would everything go according to plan? Would he fall for it?

I instantly jumped out of my seat, and bolted over to the monitor, silently praying that he just keeps on his course.

A beeping noise broke me from my concentration, as my head spun to glance at it. It was Tk and his pesky Digimon.

They were flying very close to where Dai was heading. “Oh no you don’t!” I hissed, as I slammed my fist into a large button. The picture of a MegaKwuagamon appeared instantaneously, as I freed it. “Do what you want with him! I don’t care if you have to kill him! Just keep him away from Daisuke!” I ordered fiercely. “And MegaKwuagamon. If Dai gets injured, you’re as good as deleted! Do you hear me?!”

“Yes master.” it muttered, as it took off into the air. I sat back down again. Another problem taken care of. I sighed happily, as I sat back down in my plush chair.

In less that a minute, he would hit the weak part of the earth. He would fall into my trap. He would be mine at last!



Dai’s POV



I was positive I was going to pass out. My entire body was sore. My feet were practically swollen in my shoes. And I was so thirsty.

I was now cursing myself for being the idiot I am, and not stopping off to get some rest.

Out of nowhere, there was a powerful blast. The sand took up in the aftershock, and spat it at me violently. My face was being whipped by the sand and grains of dirt and rock. My skin began to sting, as I fell to the ground, and shielded myself.

But as I crouched down, the path caved in beneath me. I plummeted down. My back acting as a type of sled as I fell.

My head was the first thing that hit the floor. Pain was burning around me everywhere, as I could feel the blood slowly seeping out of my back.

My white shirt slowly began to turn a rusty brown color, as I screamed out in agony. I was begging that someone could hear me.

My head felt like it had just endured a few rounds with a baseball bat. And lost miserably. I used the little bit of strength I had, and turned myself over, so my sore back wasn’t lying on the floor.

I touched it, brushing away the pebbles and rock that had managed to find their way into the wound.

“Shit.” I cursed, realizing that I was the only one within a twenty-mile radius. I was screwed. And I had only two choices.

1. Suck up the pain and keep going on. Live with the stabbing sensation that was thriving in my back and live.

Or 2. Stay here and hope that someone finds me before I die. Very hard choices.

As I stood up, the tears welled in my eyes, trickling down my burning cheeks. I never thought something could be so painful in my life. And I had broken so many bones from soccer, but nothing, absolutely nothing compared to this.



Ken’s POV



I was running. I didn’t care what got in my way, but I was running faster than I had ever run in my entire life.

I was pushing the muscles in my legs to the limits, as I lived up to my nick name, The Rocket.

I saw him collapse. Things weren’t supposed to go like that! He wasn’t supposed to fall there! He was supposed to still be okay!

I was swatting away the branches from the trees that were blocking my view, as I speedily made it to the deserted section, where Dai was trapped.

The crater he was in, was so recognizable. I jumped down, sliding on my feet, as I hit to bottom.

He was there, at the far corner of the room, wobbling uneasily. There was a pool of red where he had originally been lying, and I could feel the stiffened gasp well up in my throat.

“Daisuke...” I gulped loudly enough so he heard. I guess he did, because he looked up at me.

“Ken...” he announced lightly, as he coughed. He teetered sharply to the left, as I sprinted over and caught him before he hit the ground.

He totally gave out in my arms, as I was forced to look at his back. The sight made me sick, and I could only imagine the pain he was going through.

But I would have taken it all away from him if it were possible. I gently placed his head in my lap, and brushed away the pieces of his deep brown hair that had gotten knotted in the fall.

To my horror, most f his hair was stuck to his head front the large wound that was bleeding lightly.

“Ken...” he whispered again.



Dai’s POV



“Yeah.” he smiled happily. I could tell he was trying to make me feel better. But not even his smile would make this pain go away.

“I... I... I...” I tried to explain, but nothing else was coming out of my mouth. I stopped, and tried to gather my words, but still, nothing would come out.

“Hey, hey! Don’t waste your breath!” he grinned again, hiding the fear he felt rather well.

“You, you...”

“No! Listen to me Daisuke!” he commanded. “You have to save your strength! I’m going to take you back to my castle, and you can rest there! I can patch you up! You’ll get better! I swear you will! I’ll just take you there now.” he said uneasily.

“No, you won’t!” Tk’s voice rang out. My eyes instantly fell on my friend, as he hopped off his Digimon, and clutched at his arm.

I could tell it was injured and bleeding, because his two tone shirt was no three tone, and his sleeve was torn up pretty badly.

“Get away from him Ken! Just let him be!” Tk ordered. I had never seen him like this. He was never this commanding, not even with the group.

“He’s hurt!” Ken snapped, as he softly placed my head to the ground, and stood up fiercely.

Tk’s eyes lowered, as he stepped forward threateningly. “You did this to him!”

“No! I swear I didn’t!” Ken tried to explain, but Tk wouldn’t let him. He cut him off, without even letting him finish. And I understood why. The situation did look pretty bad for Ken.

“Attack him Pegasusmon!” he shouted loudly.

“Star shower!” he cried, as thousands of spikes shot out of his mane, and headed straight for Ken.

No! Not him! I wouldn’t let him get hurt! So I did the only honourable thing I could think of.

I jumped in front of him. Arms spread of wide, shielding him from a certain death, soaking up the deadly daggers.



Ken’s POV



Daisuke... no... he was protecting me. Thousands of hot needles shot out at him, slashing at his skin and face, but he stayed strong, not moving.

I had to watch terrified as the small drops of blood that were slowly hitting the ground, turned into what seemed like a running faucet. Crimson blanketed everything...

“NO!” I screamed as I tackled him to the ground ending his pain. He groaned as we hit the floor, but I held my arms around him safely, so when we fell, I would take the force of the impact.

“Dai!” Tk gasped, as the blond boy stood horror stricken at what he had accidentally done.

“Talk to me!” I whispered quickly, as I turned Dai around to face me. His face was badly cut and his body was bleeding rapidly. But he glanced up at me, giving me a weak, yet dominant smile.

For some reason, I thought that smile was just for me. Created only for the purpose to make me feel better.

“It’s okay... as long as you’re safe...” he groaned, as a thin trail of red seeped out of his mouth, streaking down his swollen cheek.

“Dai no! Stay awake!” I sobbed as tears began dropping off my cheek, hitting his face. “Tk!” I hissed loudly. “TK!”

He numbly dragged his body over to where we were, and picked him up, holding his dying body tightly.

I jumped back, and took off running again. I knew he was in safe hands with Tk. He cared about him almost as much as I did.

The hovering from Pegasusmon indicated that they had taken off. And I had a feeling they were going to be all night.

But Tk wasn’t stupid. I knew as well as he did that he couldn’t bring Dai to a hospital. It would be too hard to explain.

So that left them only one other option. Joe. He would call Joe, and take him to either his house or Tk’s house. I would bet my life they brought Dai to Tk’s. It was more convenient that way.

Great. I knew where they were. And for some reason, that calmed me down. Put my worry to ease.

I ran faster. I had to get back to my base. I just had to. I needed to get his blood off me... his blood. It was all over me. My hands. My face. My body.

The symbol of his action was drenching me from head to toe, making me nauseous. And as soon as I made it through the door, I bolted to the shower, fully clothed.

I watched as the maroon tainted water lingered into the drain. My eyes fixed on the drain, as I rocked slowly.

My bottom lips trembled, as the heated water splashed on my face. I then realized Dai could die because of what he did for me. For all I knew, he could be dead in Tk’s arms.

“You can’t die on me Daisuke!” I wept. “I love you... I love you so much...I need you in my life!”

I began crying, as the steam began to the envelop around me. Clogging up the once fresh air that entered the room. But the only thing I could smell was the stench of death.

And it stunk.



Tk’s POV



There he was, lying on my bed, struggling for survival. He was dying. And it was all because of me. Me ad my foolish error.

I was so blinded by hare for Ken, because of what he did to me. Setting that mega Digimon on me. But I almost killed the one person I cared about.

Dai was paying for my mistake. It wasn’t fair. It just wasn’t fair. I should be the one lying there like a corpse.

“Tk listen. He’s lost a lot of blood. And he’s very weak.” Joe told me. But I already knew that. “I’ve bandaged him up as best I could on such short notice. But he should be okay after rest. Make sure he doesn’t go anywhere okay? He’s like Tai. Stubborn as hell.”

“Of corse Joe. Thank you.” I smiled, as the blue haired boy walked out of the room.

I got up to go get a wet cloth, so I could wash away some of the blood that was sticking to him. I took one last look at him before turning the other way. I hastily opened up the window that was beside my bed. Might as well give him some fresh air. Thankfully, there was a breeze blowing through the room now.

I silently shut the door behind me, before collapsing to the ground crying. He was hanging in there by a thin thread.

I could tell Joe was lying through his teeth by the look in his eyes. Unsure and doubtful. Like he was already grieving Dai’s loss.

But I wouldn’t let him die. I’ll keep him alive even if I have to give him my life.

And I had to be strong for him. He needed me now, more than ever. And I would be there for him ever moment of it.

As I brought back a bowl of water and wash cloth, I sat at the foot of my bed, sighing deeply. I had quite a lot of work before me.

But I didn’t consider it work. It was more like and eye for an eye. A favour for a favour. A life for a life...



Ken’s POV



It was now night time. Around eleven o’clock. Pitch black outside. Perfect for me to go visit him.

I quickly typed up my desired location. Tk’s personal computer. As soon as the light beeped on, I jumped in, letting myself be carried away through the computer’s hard drive.

I shut my eyes, not beholding the bright, flashing lights. I kept plummeting further and further until the second I felt a plush carpet underneath my fingers.

My eyes instantly jumped open, as I studied my surroundings. The walls of the white walls were crammed with basketball posters.

People I didn’t care for at all smiled down on me, while holding up an orange sphere.

“Cute.” I mumbled sarcastically as I looked down at the bed lying in front of me. There he was.

His chest and arms were wrapped tightly in a pure white bandage. He was resting serenely as I approached his resting form.

The moonlight was streaming in, lighting his injured body poorly. Not even the moon could do justice to his beautiful frame.

His battered face was half hidden in a darkened shadow, that was illuminating his features softly, making him appear so fragile and helpless.

All in one motion, I feel to the ground, and kneeled near the side of the bed. I took his hand in mine, and held it tightly.

“I didn’t mean to do this to you Dai. I mean, you’ll never understand how much you mean to me.” I cried, once again allowing the tears to fall.

I kept on babbling about how I felt about him. All my emotions were just pouring out, faster than I could actually understand.

“I love you... I love you with all my heart. And I realized that when you showed me how selfless you were. You said you’d give yourself up for your friends... and you did... and you won’t even imagine how much I wanted to be one of your friends. Daisuke, I wished and hoped and prayed every night for that. For you to just consider me a friend. Because I’m positive, you could never love me after everything I’ve put you through...”

Something happened that I wasn’t exactly expecting. He groaned. I jumped back slightly shocked. His eyes fluttered open, revealing two pools of brown.

“Sh.” he hushed, as his finger darted up, silencing me. He smiled once again. Giving me that smile of his.

“Dai... I...”

“No... don’t say anything please...” he was struggling with the words, and his eyes shut once again. He needed sleep, and this was the worst time for me to be here.

“I’m going to go now. Let you sleep. Okay?” I whispered, as I looked at his face. My bottom lip began to tremble again, and I couldn’t resist much longer.

My face lowered to meet his, as my bottom lips brushed lightly over his top one. My stomach twisted and lurched immediately.

I finally did something that I had wanted to do for such a long time. I kissed him. And he kissed me back.

I gently held his face, as he propped his arm around neck. It felt perfect. “I love you Dai.” I told him, as I parted our lips slightly.

“I love you to...” he whispered. “...Tk...”

I pulled away from him at once, violently brushing my sleeve against my lips. My eyes were as wide as saucers, as a fresh batch of tears soared down my face.

“No...” I chocked, as I stood up shakily, and rushed back over to the computer screen. Holding up my Digi-vice, I shifted back into the alternate universe known as the Digiworld.

I ran off to my safe haven. Away from all the harsh realities I faced back here. In my world.

He didn’t love me. The one person I would have given anything for, didn’t love me.

The second I touched down on solid ground, I raced back to my fortress. I was crying again. Again, I though miserably.

How many tears had I wasted on him over the years? Too many. Too many of my tears had gone to waste. My sympathy. The human side to me gone.



Dai’s POV



I couldn’t remember much of anything. My head was still so sore from the fall. But I did recall jumping in front of Ken, and protecting him.

I felt better knowing that I saved him. It made the pain bearable. But parts of my memory had completely faded.

Only certain parts were coming through. Him shouting out Tk’s name. I was wondering why he was doing that.

“Tk...” I muttered again, subconsciously saying what was going through my mind.

Out of nowhere, Tk came into my room. His golden hair lightly swaying in front of his face, as he gave me a calm smile.

“You’re awake. That’s good.” he said lightly, sitting on my bed’s edge.

“Where am I? What’s going on?” I asked, wincing in the pain I was in when I moved.

“No don’t Dai!” he cried, rushing over to me. “You’re injured. Badly.”

“No shit...” I coughed, knowing that already.

“You have to rest.”

“No... we have to go back... we have to find Ken... I promised...”I muttered.

“Oh for the love of God Dai! Forget Ken! He did this to you!” he yelled. I could tell he was harboring more resentment then he let on though.

“No!” I spat, as I managed to sit up. My stomach was throbbing, and it felt as if someone was constantly stabbing me with a jagged knife.

“Dai don’t be so stubborn!” Tk tried, as he grabbed hold of my shoulders.

“Tk. Don’t make me go through you. Cause I swear I will.”

He let go of me, and backed up. His eyes were welling with tears, as I threw my feet over the side, and stood up.

I stumbled over to the computer, and I held out my D-3. The familiar light swept around the room, sucking us both in.

My whole body ached. I felt swollen in my skin. Needless to say, it was painful. But I wouldn’t let Tk see that. It would prove he was right.

We finally made it into the Digiworld. Everything had stayed the same. Nothing had changed surprisingly. I was wondering why I had expected it to be different, but I quickly brushed aside the feeling and started to walk.

“Hey. I guess the Digiworld does dry-cleaning.” Tk chuckled, as he looked at his outfit.

I gazed down at mine, smiling lightly. The tears and rips were gone. It looked as good as new in a way.

“Yeah. This placed it so cool.” I smiled.



Ken’s POV



“Master... Daisuke and Tk are here again. Would you like me to do something?”

“Yeah.” I bit. “Kill them!”

“Master... I can’t do that...” he whimpered.

“Then learn!” I yelled loudly, kicking him, sending him into a wall. He got up, and sorely shuffled away.

“No... I have to do this.”I said getting up and walking out. I knew exactly where they were going, so there was no need for me to rush. But all the same, I wanted to beat them to the spot, so I quickened my pace.



A few minutes later, I was there. I had made it to a desolated desert. Ironic no? But that was where they were.

“Shut up Tk. Soccer is so way better than basketball!” I heard Dai laugh.

“No way! Basketball players get paid more!” Tk argued happily.

“And they get arrested more. Hell, I can see it now! Wanted! Tk Takaishi!” Dai burst out laughing.

They looked so content together. They were happy. Not miserable. And that made me wounded heart bleed even more.

“So!” I bellowed out. “The great hero’s have finally decided to come back!”

“Ken!” Dai said relieved, as he approached me. I quickly backed up, and scowled.

“Get away from my Digidestined!” I hissed. The joyful look in Dai’s eyes vanished instantly.

“What’s wrong Ken?” he asked, once again taking a step near me. I snapped my fingers, and my fortress appeared before me.

The vanishing cloak I had created worked perfectly, as I got two Vegimon to jump out and land on them. Their long arms wrapped around their body, securing them tightly.

“Won’t you come by for a moment?” I grinned evilly, as I jumped it. The Digimon and my prisoners followed as well.

As soon as we were inside, the Vegimon let them go, and quickly scurried off to do whatever they were originally doing.

“What’s going on Ken?” Dai asked. He was so persistent, that he kept walking closer and closer to me.

I told him to stop repeatedly, but he wouldn’t listen. He kept inching his way toward me, and he wouldn’t stop.

“I’m warning you Daisuke. Stay where you are!” I gulped.

“Ken, first you have to tell me what’s wrong!” he begged, still not stopping. Only one thing came to mind to make him stop. I reached for my whip, and lashed it out.

The force of it even astonished me, as I saw the whip come in contact with his left cheek. He stumbled back, totally surprised as Tk caught him in his arms.

“Dai! Are you okay?” the blond haired boy shouted.

That was it. The boiling point for me. I stomped over to them, and grabbed Dai out of his arm by the hair.

The boy screamed as I dragged him a few inched on his sore arm. Tk grabbed onto him, but I kicked him off like a puppy.

He skidded into the wall, and I took that moment to open the secret passageway that lead into my dungeon.

As the wall went up, Tk grabbed his head, softly moaning in pain. But as soon as he caught sight of what I was doing, he jumped to his feet.

But I was smarter than that, and let the wall close behind me before he could get any closer.

Dai was holding onto his hair, trying to lessen my death grip which I had on him. That infuriated me even more, as I kept dragging him.

I knew that it must have been painful. I was yanking him on his back. I felt bad, and my stomach felt queasy, but I wouldn’t let my old feelings get in the way.

“Stop squirming. You remind me of an insect!”I snarled as I can to a staircase. I threw him down, not even bothering to make sure he fell all the way down. And at the occasional step when he would stop, I would just send my foot deep into his stomach. That quickly solved my problems.

“Why are you doing this to me?” he coughed, as he landed face first on the cement floors.

“Because!” I yelled. “You drove me to this!”

“What have I even done to you...” he wheezed again, struggling with his words.

That got to me. How could he ask me such a question? He knew the answer as well as I did! I grabbed at his arms this time and pulled him over to where there were chains and shackles.

I didn’t bother fastening it shut, I just closed it over tightly. There was no way he would have enough strength to struggle against me.

“I thought you cared about me!” I hissed, taking out my whip again. I held it shakily in my grasp, as I dangled it over his eyes threateningly. “But I was wrong!”

Before I could stop myself, I had sent the whip right into his stomach. He screamed, I felt better. It made me feel better.

So I kept it up. Seeing him torture just as I was, made my pain lessen. “I loved you! I really did!”

He screamed louder and louder, as my whippings became more and more intense. I just kept lashing out on him. His body, my dart board.

“How could you do this to me?” I screamed, as I felt a tear streak down my cheek. “How could you be so heartless?!”

All the bottled up hatred I had, was being let out of my system. My arm was getting so sore, but I still kept it up. He could only scream, not having any energy to fight against it.

He was still really weak from the other day. “How could you make me feel this way about you, then take it all away in the blink of an eye?! How could you turn out to be the one person that breaks my heart!?” I took back the whip one last time, and sent it sprawling down on his chest. His blood chilling yell hurt me, as I fell to the ground, sobbing. “How come I still love you so much...”

I had never felt so vulnerable in my entire life. I had just layed out my heart for him on a silver platter, and he crushed it. So I crushed him.

But I could honestly say, that it was hurting me, more than it hurt him. My pain was unbearable.

I fell down, and began to cry as I heard the rustling of chains. I wrapped my arms around my chest, squeezing tightly. My whole body felt sick, and I was struggling to keep from passing out from grief.

But then I felt a warm pair of hands wrapped around me, and I hot breath tickled the back of my neck.

“Ken...” Dai heaved, squeezing me tightly to him. My clothes were touching his body, and were slowly becoming drenched with blood.

I looked up at him belatedly. He was wincing from the pain, and his face was batted horribly.

“I don’t know why you think I don’t care about you. Ken, I do care for you. I really do. And I’m sorry for making you think otherwise.”

I couldn’t believe it. He was apologizing to me... apologizing, to me. After all that...

“No! I’m so sorry... I didn’t mean for you to get hurt... I never wanted you to get hurt Dai... I care about you so much that it makes me go crazy sometimes.”

“I know the feeling.” he whispered, as he lightly kissed my head. I felt instantly better. Like all my problems had been washed away.

“Daisuke, I love you. I honestly do.”

“I love you to Ken.” he replied.



Tk’s POV



“Daisuke, I love you. I honestly do.”

“I love you to Ken.” he replied. I knew it. Hell, I think I always knew it, but I just didn’t want to admit it to myself.

I loved Dai, just as much as Ken did. But he had made his choice. He didn’t want me.

I could feel tears roll down my cheek, but I brushed them away. I should be happy for him. All I wanted was for him to be happy in life. Even if it wasn’t with me.

“Goodbye Daisuke.” I whispered so lightly, I could barely hear myself. “I’ll always care for you, and you can always count on my to be there for you. I’ll always be your best friend. At least I’ll have that.”

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