Fan:Kindness Begins

KINDNESS BEGINS

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'''This story is not finished. I will be adding more to this story as I continue it. This paragraph will be removed when I finish this story.'''

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On Earth, there was a house. In it were two teenage boys. Their names were Sam and Ken, ages 19 and 17 respectively. They were brothers, and their relationship until just a few days prior was pretty rough for about a year or so. Ken looked at Sam, and wondered if he had gotten past the level of the game he was playing. "Hey Sam, have you gotten past the fifth temple of Zelda yet?" Ken asked, not leaving his bed. He was tired, and Sam was tired to. They were doing yard work because their mother requested it a couple hour prior. "No Ken, I haven't. I'm on that level myself. The boss is pretty hard for me." Sam turned the computer on, and checked his email. "Strange, that guy hasn't tried to contact me in a while." Meet me on the soccer field of the high school in half a hour. Yukio Oikawa. "I guess I should reply. I mean, maybe it's something important." Sam replied, and this was what his reply was. Will be right there. Sam Ichijouji. "Tell mom and dad I will be back in about a little under a hour and a half." Sam told Ken, and put on a coat. His face getting grimmer and grimmer by the minute. Ken noticed the look on his face, and asked him about it. "Sam, is this guy somebody you haven't talked with often? Is he strange, does he scare you when you see him?" Ken asked, and Sam looked at him, nodding. Not saying anything, and putting his thumb up. "Don't go then." But Sam was gone, and Ken never knew that besides dreams, memories, and other thoughts, this would be the last time he would ever see his brother. Sam was walking on over to the soccer field, not paying attention to the snow on the street. This man was far more important than a little strange events with the weather and climate. His face was down, not wanting anybody was just passing by look at him worried. It was the people who pretended to care for him but didn't that angered him the most. He was in the soccer field, and found Oikawa in there. He gulped, his very presence scaring him. Sam looked over, and thought he saw a gun. But he decided to not comment on it, as it was hidden a moment later. "What is it you want from me now Oikawa?" Sam asked agitated, and walked closer to him. Oikawa started to play with something in his pocket. This made Sam believe further that it was a gun, but he still didn't comment on it. "How would you like to go to the digital world I told you about long ago? Rule every creature you see, you can be respected, undisputed. People wold listen to you, not the other way around. How do you feel." Oikawa held his hand out, a silver digivice in his hand. Sam shook his head. "No sir. That sounds very displeasing. I would rather not. Good day, and this will be the last time we will ever talk of the digital world." Sam said, turning his back. That was his fatal mistake. Oikawa took something out of his pocket, and it was a gun as Sam assumed. "If you're not in, you're out." Oikawa said, firing a shot at him. He stood up, surprised. Second shot, and he started collapsing. Third shot, and he was now on the ground. To make sure he was dead, he first the gun five more times. For a total of eight shots, all the ones in the cartridge. Sam's body was on the ground, motionless. He was dead, murdered in a soccer field in the middle of a day when nobody witnessed anything. If only he said yes, he would have lived, but would have been miserable forever. Oikawa smiled, putting the gun in his pocket. "They will think it was a suicide." Oikawa walked away, and nobody noticed Sam's body until ten minutes later, when a dating couple walked in and found the body. They reported it to the police right away. Ken was in his room, trying to beat the level. He finally did, and he was going to tell Sam afterwards. Or he would have, if the news didn't put a stop on that plan forever. "Nineteen year old Sam Ichijouji found dead on the high school field. Eight bullets in his chest, and was founded what we assume to be soon after the scene by a couple wanting to have a nice few minutes together." One of the reporters said, and as soon as Ken's parents heard it, they couldn't believe it. The mom started crying beyond control, and the dad had to hug her in support. Ken ran into the room, slamming the door shut. Soon as he did, the exact same digivice Oikawa had in his hand for Sam was on his table. Ken ran to it, and grabbed it. "What is this?" Ken said, holding the device surprised. When he was in front of the computer, wanting to figure out Sam's emails. Thinking at least one other was by the Oikawa man. Surprisingly though, there was another message sent under the same user. Ken clicked on it, and this was the message. Ken Ichijouji, you will now be the chosen one by us to go to the digital world. Unlike Sam, we will give you no choice. Yukio Oikawa. Ken looked at the device, wondering if that had to do with anything. It glowed, and the computer did to. Then he was sucked inside of the computer, which he would only just now find out that this was his way of going to the digital world. When he got back to his senses, he was a different area. Like a forest or something like that. When he stood up for the first time, he found a worm next to him. A green one, and it had a large smile on it. Ken looked confused, but decided not comment on it. He walked away, and the worm still followed him. "Ken, my name is Wormmon, we are friends now. Let's have fun." Ken snapped, but nobody could blame him if they were near him. His brother died, and he was transported to someplace odd, then this talking worm was following, that knew his name. "How do you know my name? Why is my brother dead? How are we partners? What is this place?" Ken asked, sitting down. Wormmon sat next to him, and Ken didn't even force it away. Yet.

Ken fell down on the ground and Wormmon grabbed him. Ken looked up, and saw the island separating into seven different pieces. He looked at Wormmon. "I don't know who or what you or. But please, if you have any idea what this is, tell me?" Ken asked, and Wormmon looked worried. He then looked at Ken. Giving the news with a worried voice. "War has started. You are now part of it if you like that or not. Accept it. I will take you to my house and we will speak about it more there." Wormmon said, and they started walking to his house. Ken just following to see what was going to happen.

Wormmon was leading Ken to his house. Which didn't really belong to him as much as just where he was sort of forced to live for racial reasons. "Just a little while longer." Wormmon said, as they struggled to get through the jungle. Ken was getting caught in quite a few plants and other annoying stuff that would make him very annoyed under normal conditions. Given his circutances though he didn't care as he was still thinking about Sam and his death. Along with all the other crap he's seen here so far. When they got close to getting out of the jungle, the two found a large house that looked like it would be able to hold hundreds of digimon in it. It was near a giant snowy hill. Wormmon got him closer to the entrance, and when the two reached right it he looked at Ken. "Welcome to my home. This is called Wormmon hall. Even though I'm the only one in the entire place that is a Wormmon. My kind will either welcome with open arms or despise the fact that I even brought you here. That is a fair warning." Wormmon said, and led Ken inside. When they walked in, they saw eleven other beings. All larger than Wormmon. Which was because they were all at a higher level. Ten of them were Stingmon, the evolved form of Wormmon. Then at a chair for power was a JewelBemmon, the ultimate form of Wormmon. "I have a human here now. I feel he is my partner, and I want you to all meet him." Wormmon said, and he walked a little closer to them with Ken close behind. Ken gulped at the sight of eleven obviously superior beings. He bowed for them to make himself look good in front of them. "My name is JewelBeemon, the leader of this house. You must be here for a reason. Now state why. This is all we have left. This hall." JewelBemmon said, and Ken stated why he was there. "What this worm speaks is true. I just came in here without meaning to do so by my computer and I met this worm right away. He then decided to lead me here. That is the truth. I'm here because I was led to here. Not for any other reason." Ken said, and didn't remove eye contact from the JewelBeemon as he didn't want to anger it.

JewelBeemon commanded Ken to stand up and listen to what he was going to tell him. Ken obeyed without argument. "Let me tell you of this war that is about to start on the place we like to call File Island. On top of our capital attraction we call Infinity Mountain, there is believed to be a castle. Inside of it is a evil digimon. If you have not been told, that is our name. Abbreviated from Digital Monster. His name is Devimon, and he wants to rule the entire island for himself. We have only seen his real face a couple times, all within the last few days. He has been sending his servants of darkness out to destroy these other human beings that have shown up here. Yes, seven other humans are on this File Island to. There names are unknown to myself. Each with their own digimon partner. With them, they have defeated all these servants and the black gears controlling them. Without these kids, the gears would have taken over this island much faster. We have them to thank to keeping us safe for at least a little while longer." JewelBeemon started explaining, but Ken wanted to know something else. "You haven't told me about the war yet. What is that like?" Ken asked, and JewelBeemon wasn't upset over the interruption, but rather pleased. Pleased that it can just get right to the point. "The war we believe is between these people and Devimon's forces. Devimon will stop at nothing to destroy these human beings, and I don't want to see them destroyed. As many others in this island would agree. I think that we can make a dent in destroying Devimon's army. If you would be taught under us for a short period, you can go out and fight these enemies and Devimon's forces off with your new partner Wormmon. What do you say to this idea?" JewelBemmon explained, and Ken was thinking about it. Although he wasn't sure if he was taking this the right way or not. "So you're pretty much saying that I'm going to be a pawn in your great game to destroy this thing called Devimon. That you won't really care what truly happens to me because you're more worried about this victory. I'm sorry but that's not how things work in battle. We shouldn't just use people or things as tools. Although that is a problem that is happening on Earth even now." Ken said, and walked away from JewelBeemon a little bit. He walked outside, and was just thinking to himself. JewelBeemon was silent for a bit. "He will come back. Just give it some time. I'm not worried over it. Wormmon why not try talking to him as friends and partners?" JewelBemmon said, and Wormmon obeyed. Walking out of the house and went over to Ken. There he remained silent until Wormmon started speaking to him.

Outside of the Wormmon hall, Wormmon started talking to Ken. "Ken, let me talk to you personally. Maybe I can help you understand some of this better. Just give me a chance." Wormmon said, and Ken sighed. Deciding that it wouldn't hurt to at least hear what he had to say out. Besides, it would take his mind off of all these things he recently had to deal with. "What is it that you want to say?" Ken asked, and Wormmon started speaking. "JewelBemmon's intentions are honest and he really means it. Even is he has a hard time showing it. If you can't do anything, then perhaps hundreds of digimon will die just because of that. You may think I'm overdoing that, but I truly believe this is the case." Wormmon said, and Ken was silent to think of this for a moment. It seemed that this worm was the only that understood him so he decided to tell it about what happened with Sam. "My older brother Sam just died like right before I went into this world. One death was hard enough for me to handle. But I also have to consider the hundreds that you say might die. All those families with a lost member. When you start putting it this way, I can see why JewelBeemon wants me to do this. I guess I will do it." Ken told Wormmon, and couldn't get his brother out of his mind. "Besides, why not do something? Be a part of something useful. I can help take the stand Let's go back inside." Then the two walked back into the Wormmon hall. Ken walked all the way to the end, and bowed down. Then he told JewelBeemon the news. "I have decided to let you guys teach me your ways of things. Can you teach me how to fight and lead? So I can help you all? But I want to be able to get over my fears as they are my biggest obstacle." Ken said loud enough for them to all hear him. Then JewelBeemon, having a odd smile, nodded. Then held his arms out to show that he approved. "So you decided to pull through after all. Wormmon will be your partner. You can start when you are ready. How about you learn some basic combat from one of the Stingmon first? But tell me my young friend, what do you personally fear?" JewelBeemon suggested, and then a Stingmon walked forward. Ken has a flashback. Ken's flashback was about when he was really young. About eight or something. He and Sam were walking around his house. Sam was trying to find Ken as they were playing hide and seek. Ken didn't pick a good hiding spot. So Sam found him easily. "I win. How about you look for me? I will be hiding now." Sam told Sam, and Ken nodded. Sam rubbed his head, and started going off after Ken closed his eyes. The flashback ended there. Ken opened his and noticed that Stingmon was pulling at his shirt. "Ken, listen to me. What do you fear was a question that JewelBeemon was asking you?" "I worry over what I would be like. How I could easily fail. I feel that Sam's death just makes me weak." Ken said, and then he looked at Stingmon. "Can you do something for me. Like teach me or something?" "I can do that. But don't expect me to go easy just because this is his first time." That Stingmon said, and led Ken and Wormmon out of the room. JewelBeemon got up and walked away. That was when he heard something calling out to him when he was out of the room.

Outside of the Wormmon hall, some time had passed, and one of the Stingmon was teaching Ken how to basic fight with a blade. "Ken, now try to swing lower." Stingmon said, and Ken tried to do so with the heavy weight of the weapon. But Stingmon spun the blade a little, and it fell out of Ken's hand. "I guess there is too much for you to learn. JewelBeemon won't let me give you that many lessons. So I have to give you as much info as I can in these ones." Ken picked the weapon back up, and Wormmon was looking at them. "How long do you predict it will be until this black army JewelBemon talked about will show up?" Ken asked, and the Stingmon held his arm up. The purple beam blade he had on his arm humming in the air. Ken noticed for the first time that Stingmon had yellow eyes. "I don't want to know really. I feel like this is giving you too much possible emotion. One thing to learn in a fight is to never get angry. These are physical not mental or emotional. How you feel should never play a factor. Getting angry won't let you ever win in a fight." Stingmon said, and Ken took another couple steps closer. But he was trying to get rid of all emotion that he had because he thought that the Stingmon would be right about this one. Stingmon kicked him down and the blade fell out of his arms again. "You should never make such a blind and open first move in fights. First moves are important sometimes, but other times they are your worst enemy in a battle. What do you fear?" Ken got back up, wondering why Stingmon would want to know what he feared. "Why do you want to know? I fear failing everybody. Disappointment. How my parents would feel if something wrong happened to me. Like if I died or something." Ken answered, and Stingmon told Ken something else. "Before you start beating yourself up over it, your brothers death was not your fault. You never knew what would happen. It was his fault. Not the person who sent that email. It was him. He walked into something wrong. He walked into a bad situation. It was one-hundred percent his fault. That is a reality that you and your parents will have to face. I don't know what your relationship with him was, but let him out of your mind. Get over it. Don't let worry of turning out the same way as him be a factor of fear for you. Because it should not be. Death will become more common considering what you will have to face." Stingmon said, and Ken had a hard time doing it, but he nodded. He didn't want to feel like Stingmon was right, but a part of him knew he was. "I don't know what I should truly fear then. What I should let be a constant cause for me to want to improve myself." Ken said, and Stingmon shook his head. Because there was something else that needed to be spoken of. "It's okay if that causes fear in you. You are allowed to fear. Because will give you something to want to improve on. Improving is the best way to learn. So your brothers death and you not wanting to repeat that event for your parents is good. As it gives you something to shoot for. Everybody needs a goal, and that is yours. So go ahead and keep it if that is your wish." Stingmon told Ken, and Ken remained quiet a little bit longer. Maybe he really was getting something out of this. "I think I understand what you are trying to tell me. I don't know how quickly I can learn from it, but I can do my best to learn from what you are saying. Maybe Wormmon can help me. Or that I can get things more if I look into them harder. Maybe I should make that a goal for myself, understand things more." Ken said, and got the blade off the ground. Stingmon shook his head, giving Ken silent permission to put it down. "You should take a little bit of a break before we get into another lesson. You deserve it." Stingmon said, and he let Ken go be with Wormmon for a little bit. Stingmon slowly followed Ken inside soon after. Sitting in a corner to think to himself a little bit. Wormmon led Ken to a room. The room was a place that he made nice tea that was very calming. Considering that they live near a snowy hill and a forest, the Stingmon are made to work a lot. So Wormmon makes tea for them to drink in return. Since as a rookie, he didn't have any real fighting power. So basic help was what he could do to make up for it. Wormmon started making a cup for Ken. "If you go through these lessons and JewelBeemon grants you permission to leave, would you be okay if I came along with you are your journey?" Wormmon asked, and Ken thought of it for a second. Then he nodded to Wormmon. "I don't see why not. If you want to. I wonder how good that tea is. If it's really good, you could do that. Geez, make it sound like I would be forcing you to work. Sorry about that if you got that impression." Ken replied, and Wormmon was adding last things to the tea before handing it to Ken to drink. "You know, I don't know what I would be able to do myself. I don't even know where you would go if you did decide to travel the digital world. I could bring you to some big places to see what you think of those." Wormmon said, and handed Ken the tea. He drank it silently. Wormmon watched silently as well, not wanting to break the moment. Silence is the key to many things. Sometimes the development of a friendship or relationship can rely on silence. While Ken was finished, he put it down. "Thanks Wormmon, I think that we should head out for a another thing with Stingmon. I feel like I'm not even close to learning everything I need from it." Ken said, and headed to Stingmon. "I'm ready for more." Ken said, and Stingmon got up. The three headed back outside. To continue his lesson.

About a week after Ken was still training hard as ever with the same Stingmon and Wormmon would sleep next to his sleeping back every night. It was the seventh night of his training when he heard something from the main hall. It was JewelBeemon's voice and something else. Although he had no clue what the second voice was.

"JewelBeemon, listen to me here." JewelBeemon turned around, and saw that it was one of the shadows. He didn't react badly or anything, but instead in a way that was wondering when they were going to show up. "What is it you want to talk to me about now?" JewelBeemon asked, and the shadow stood beside him cutting right to the point. "I am wondering what you are planning to do with the boy. Don't worry, I won't tell. Just want you to know, that is you do something even a little wrong, I will destroy this entire hall. I have a idea what his final test could be." The shadow explained, and JewelBeemon didn't like the threat it was making. That it would destroy the entire hall for not going along. He decided to listen to what they had to say for their sake. "I have this little digimon with me, his final test should be if he can kill it or not. If he decides not to, then that shows he is not ready to go out into the digital world yet." The shadow pulled out a small baby black digimon. The JewelBeemon looked at the shadow, and back at the baby black digimon. "I don't want this to be the test. But if this is the only way to save my hall, then I guess I will make it that." JewelBeemon replied, and the shadow started to fade away. "Wise of you to go through with it. Shows that there is somebody who is not entirely stupid." The shadow faded away fully at the end of that sentence. JeweBeemon looked at the baby digimon, and took it out. He would wait for this until Ken had at least one lesson.

It was the next afternoon and Ken was trying to keep his focus on what the Stingmon was trying to teach him. Which was pretty hard considering what he had heard the night prior. He wondered what they where talking about and who the second voice belonged to. But he was distracted by Stingmon's words. "Remember Ken, don't think about what might be happening away from here. Even if it's right in front of your face. A lot of times even the most right there things can be the most distracting. It can truly hurt you if you are not careful." Stingmon told Ken, and then kicked him down to the ground. By swiping his leg under Ken's, so he would trip over. When Ken got up, JewelBeemon walked out and wanted to speak with Ken. "I want to see you now. I have a task for you." Ken followed the JewelBeemon inside the hall, and inside he saw the small black digimon in the middle of the hall. "I heard that when this grows up, it is going to destroy us. Kill it Ken, and you have shown your loyalty to us." Ken looked down at the small black digimon baby, and then the JewelBeemon. Then Ken looked at Wormmon, to see what their facial expressions was showing. He could see that Wormmon did not approve of this idea, and didn't want him to do it. Then Ken looked at the Stingmon that was trying to teach him, and he couldn't really tell what it was thinking. Then Ken decided for himself what he was going to do. "I don't think so. What has it done? It's just a baby. Even I can see that." Ken was shaking his head, and JewelBeemon went from looking shocked to angry, then disappointed. Then he got up, and walked on over closer to Ken. "So you are showing your disloyalty now. You are going to be the reason this hall gets destroyed now. What do you have to feel about that?" JewelBeemon said, and threw the baby digimon at Ken. "You should leave now. Take that stupid baby with you. Or do you want to go into a fight with me? I won't be afraid to battle you." JewelBeemon swapped him really hard, and Ken held his arm after that swipe. Then Ken thought of something. He picked Wormmon up, and the kid digimon and just bolted out the hall way. He keep on running until he was tired and fell down. Sliding on the snow until he reached the edge of a cliff and was about to fall when Wormmon grabbed him. Ken was still holding to the kid digimon. "Ken, I don't know how long I can last. Please wait, I need to do it. I have to digivolve." Ken looked at Wormmon when it was saying this. Because he had no idea what the word digivolve even meant. "What is that?" Ken asked, and Wormmon was focusing on what it said it would need to do instead. Then Ken's silver digivice glowed, and Wormmon started to glow to. "What is going on?" Ken asked, and Wormmon had a happy expression on its face. "Wormmon digivolve to... STINGMON!" Wormmon yelled, and it then the strength to pull Ken up. With its last piece of effort, it got him safe and Ken was lying down resting for a second. Ken got up, and saw the hall nearing faded away in the distance. He looked at the new Stingmon, curious on what they had to say. "It seems that my home is not my real home anymore now. Why would JewelBeemon do that? It just seems so unlike them." Stingmon said, and then realized that they had truly digivloved. For the first time ever. Ken was wanting to ask why Wormmon looked like Stingmon. "Wormmon, why are you looking like that?' Ken asked, and Stingmon answered Ken's question. "I digivloved. I don't know how I did it. It has never been done by me before. This is so strange for me. But yet it feels good finally not be the worst of my kind anymore. To have some purpose here." Stingmon answered, and it was its own turn to ask Ken a question. "What do you say we do now?" Stingmon asked, as Ken looked down the hill. "I would say that we should go down and go around this area. See these shadows and Black Army that the JewelBeemon was talking about. Maybe if it's true we can start a small rebellion to oppose of them. I may of had my brother die and JewelBeemon might have betrayed you, but that won't stop me from doing my best to bring a safe and good place to the digital world. Like you said, I have a purpose now. I need to take the chance and do something with it. We should head down now. The sooner we start, the better. Besides, I don't there will be anything worth getting here." Ken said, and the two started to leave the area.

Ken, Wormmon and the kid digimon were taking a break after a bit of walking. Stingmon had digivolved back down to Wormmon while they were walking. Ken sat down, and checked his arm. That was when he noticed the cut on his arm for the first time. "What is this?" Ken asked, and Wormmon checked it out. It answered, knowing what the JewelBeemon had injected into Ken. "Poison. Unless if we can get you to a medic, you will soon die. Within the next week or two." Wormmon replied, and that meant that their break was over. Because they needed to get Ken to a medic as soon as possible.

Ken, the kid digimon and Wormmon were walking over to a village. One that had quite a few markets. The poison on Ken was getting worse with each hour. He was about three hours ahead of what Wormmon predicted. "Wormmon, are you sure that this place is good for a cure?" Ken asked, and Wormmon assured him again that it was. The two left the kid digimon there. They at least went up to a market to drop the digimon off. So perhaps the owner could take care of it for the time being before they would find a better place to be at. "Yes Ken it is a good place to get a cure for your poison. I know a special digimon that will do it for little to no cost. At least for a owner of a shop that is." Wormmon told Ken, and they continued walking around the village market to find the one exact place that Wormmon was seeking. When Wormmon was searching for a while longer, they found the exact shop that Wormmon believed was going to heal Ken for little to no price. "Just remember your manners." Wormmon told him, and then they walked up to the digimon on the counter. "Hello Phantomon, how are you doing? I have a request for you. A friend of mine is having a poison seep through his bones. I was wondering if you would be willing to cure it or anything." Wormmon said, and then the Phantomon took a look at the wound Ken had on his arm. "I wouldn't mind doing it. You will just have to rest easy until the morning, and I will have to inject it into your arm. What do you say about this idea?" Phantomon gave Ken the conditions, and he accepted it with little to no thought on it. "Anything to get me a proper cure will be fine by me." Ken said, and then the Phantomon nodded. "Okay, I will take you to the back of my store where you can rest for a while and I will inject the cure into your arm. Like I said, you will have to rest for a while." The Phantomon said, and brought Ken and Wormmon to a back room for them to rest at. "I will be back in a couple minutes. I have to see what a customer that just showed up needs." With that, Phantomon left the two alone. "Even though I've been with you for less than a day, we've already had to go through a lot of crap together. Thanks for leading me to this place. Because I want to reach my parents back at home as soon as I can so I can help them mourn." Ken said, and then he silenced himself. Because he just had to bring that up again. He was annoyed at himself. Wormmon got up next to him, and started saying something to him. "That can really happen when you are forced into a situation with somebody. I wasn't forced to do anything like this, but I had to deal with a few campaigns with the Stingmon back at the Wormmon hall. Of course, I never became a Stingmon, so I was sort of like the guy that would carry the water and items while the Stingmon would do all the hard work. These tasks were always assigned by the JewelBeemon that ruled over our hall." Wormmon said, and Ken nodded. He rubbed his mouth with his good hand. "You know, this is pretty insightful. Seeing a point of view of something that I would have probably have never met normally. Even when I was at my low points in school, I was never like the water boy. Thinking about that, I can see why that would suck so much." Ken told Wormmon, and then the Phantomon walked back into the room, and went through some of the drawers in there room. When they found the right thing, it put some purple liquid in the needle. "Okay, I will inject it into your arm now." Phantomon said, and Ken closed his eyes. So the pain would decrease a little bit. Phantomon injected the needle into his arm, and Ken winced a little bit. Then Wormmon told him to keep calm. "Ken, close you eyes and just take a nap." Wormmon said, and Ken nodded. He closed his eyes, and fell asleep for a little bit. So then that was all he did for a little bit.

Ken was asleep, holding his wounded and poisoned arm to his mouth. It was just hard for him to do anything besides that. Wormmon looked at him silently, wondering how bad he must have felt at that moment. "Ken, rest well. Don't worry about what will happen for now. I will be at your side." Wormmon muttered, to the point that Ken wouldn't have heard it. Then Wormmon heard Phantomon calling its name in particular. Wormmon got up, and went to the front counter like Phantomon told it to. Once there, it saw one of the shadows there. "Hello, you have a human being I would like to invest a large amount of money on. I am aware that he is in the back room, resting. What do you say to this?" The shadow asked, and Wormmon shook their head in refusal. "He is trying to recover from a accident that he had just recently." Phantomon replied, and the shadow looked back to see Ken resting. Moving a little bit. He was thinking that something had come on over to antagonize him a little it. He was imagining JewelBeemon talking to him. "If you are a vigilante, and you die nobody will remember you. But if you are a symbol, even what you were won't change it. You will be something. A legend. You will always live on, even when you die. Now let me ask you Ken, would you want to live long enough to become a villain, or die knowing that you could be a hero?" Ken thought he was hearing JewelBeemon ask him in his sleep, and when the JewelBeemon faded away, that was when Ken woke up in a sweat. But he knew the choice. He wanted to be the hero even if it was something he really had to shoot for. Wormmon would help him, and whoever else wanted to. Sam's spirit would guide him. He then thought of Sam again. It was when Ken and Sam were walking over to school one day. Ken looked a little older then. About ten of eleven. "Remember to always do your homework. if you don't, mom will get angry at you. You don't want that do you?" Sam was telling Ken, and Ken nodded happily. "Promise me that you will always by like this to me." Ken told his brother, and Sam rubbed Ken's hair. "Ken, I promise to always be like this to you. Even if our relationship does have problems to it." Sam told Ken, and the flashback ended with Ken smiling real happy. Ken looked up, and saw the shadow looking at him, waiting for Ken to make his move. He slowly got himself up, just to be cautious with it. He slowly walked on over to the shadow, and the Phantomon looked at him a little annoyed that he had broken the rule that it had given him. But honestly, Ken didn't care for what the Phantomon would have to say to him then. "Sit back down. Let your digimon and I take care of it." Phantomon told Ken, but he wouldn't listen. "Yes, if you are looking for me, I am here. What is it you need?" Ken told the shadow, and then Wormmon gave Ken a worried glance. As if warning him to be careful. "Yes you, let us talk one on one without these other digimon getting in our ways why not?" The shadow said, and Ken got out from the safe side of the counter. So he would show that he was ready for anything that it would present to him. The shadow slowly tried grabbing a hold of him, but Ken only understood what it was going to do at the moment when he needed to. He scooted back a little bit, and that made the shadow angry. "Wormmon, are you ready to do a digivolution?" Ken asked his partner, knowing that he might have been asking for too much out of it. It barely had done it once, and he was asking for it again he realized. "I will try but I'm not quite sure that I can do it again so soon." Wormmon replied, and then Ken looked down at his digivice, hoping that the glow would show up representing the digivolution. Soon after, it did and the shadow was now holding Ken with a rather strong grip. "I think I got it." Wormmon told Ken. "Wormmon digivolve to... STINGMON!" Wormmon yelled, showing the Stingmon body that was a little less surprising this time around. But still sort of a shock to witness. Ken was wondering how this concept even works to himself. "Let him go. Why not deal with me right now? What has he to you?" Stingmon asked, and the shadow dropped Ken. This was only go last a moment, not like anything would be able to harm it. Phantomon was looking at this, then it had a idea. Looking at Ken, it made a noise to bring him over. "Come here." It told Ken, and he got up to reach the Phantomon as quickly as possible. When he was next to Phantomon, he was ready for what it might have for him. "I have this canister for you to use. I believe that it can trap the shadow inside for you." Phantomon said, and Ken nodded. Then walked away from it to get closer to the shadow once again. Stingmon was doing its best to keep the shadow tame while Ken was talking to Phantomon. Although it was doing worse by the minute. It was obviously too weak to take on something as strong as the shadow. Ken knew that he had to try this canister, so he got right behind it, and opened the canister up to see if it would work. When it opened, he saw a strange bright light coming from it, and the shadow was starting to go inside of it. It was still fighting back though, and Stingmon now had the chance to lay a attack on it that could actually be effective. "Beam Blade!" Stingmon yelled, and was bringing the shadow into the canister. With that attack and the power of that light, it was only a matter of time before the shadow went inside of the canister. Once the shadow was in it, Ken closed the lid to the canister and that sort of settled the victory in a odd way that he didn't think was going to be how he would do it. Phantomon looked at him, and nodded well. As if it was starting to accept the possibility of Ken being one of the chosen to save the digital world from harm that could come to them. "Can we talk for a moment?" Phantomon asked Ken and Stingmon, and they both agreed to listen to what Phantomon was going to have to tell them.

Ken looked at Phantomon with Stingmon right next to him. "What do you suggest I do with this canister?" Ken asked, and Phantomon grabbed a bag. Then handed it to him, after putting the canister in it. "You must keep it with you. But keep it safe or else you might get the shadow out of there. This is the only thing that can keep the shadow tamed without getting out. There are six left, go out there and collect them. But there is more. Such as Devimon's servants and the black army. It must be aware of you now, so you must do all that you can to keep yourself safe as well." Phantomon replied, and was getting their scythe ready with supplies. Wanting to come with Ken and Stingmon. "Why are you getting your stuff ready like you're leaving? You have a shop to run." Ken said, and Phantomon shrugged a little bit. Not quite understanding why it was wanting to do this either. "I just want to come with you guys. Not sure why. I think you will need more on your path to finding Devimon and saving this island from his black army." Phantomon replied, and Stingmon went back down to Wormmon, being ready for more walking once again. Ken nodded, not seeing the problem with it really. "Yeah sure why not. It's not like we can be able to do all of this ourselves." Ken said, and Phantomon grippened their back pack to make themselves more comfortable on this walk. "I guess we should just be heading out now." Phantomon said, and they started walking out of the town to see what else they can do to save File Island from what would be eventual doom. "Let me lead you to a certain place I like. It is for restarting everything in my eyes."

Ken was behind Wormmon and Phantomon, with Phantomon in the lead. After about a hour or so, Phantomon stopped to show them the destination. "A waterfall. To wash away all your sins and restart. I think you need to use it. Why not try?" Phantomon gave a quick explanation for it, and Ken nodded wondering why he couldn't. Ken walked all the way up to the water and stepped inside of it, putting his whole body out and letting it soak. Even his clothes. He felt better. Like he was restarting everything. Phantomon was right, it was a rework of everything. After he stepped out, he felt much better. Sam's face was grinning, his parents went here and there. JewelBeemon gave a angry glance at him. Wormmon looked almost a like Ken for a second. Phantomon looked concerned for a reason. Ken took a deep breath and let everything in. "Thanks for showing me that. Is there somewhere else you want to show us?" Ken said, and Phantomon smiled under their red hood. But Ken couldn't see it. "Yes, follow me further. It is near a forest." Phantomon explained briefly once again and they started heading on their way again.

Ken and Wormmon were following Phantomon by choice to a place that they said would be worth going to for hiding for a little while. Perhaps even getting a few digimon friends that will help them on the cause of destroying the seven shadows and Daemon afterwards. Phantomon was getting close to the area, and was remaining silent the whole time. So Ken and Wormmon decided to remain silent to. Only near the end did Ken say something. "How much longer?" "Rather close, only a few more feet and it's behind a ton of bushes." Phantomon replied, and after a few minutes as predicted, they did reach the place that Phantomon was wanting to get to. "Watch this." It told Ken and Wormmon, and pushed the bushes aside. Revealing about eight houses and a giant well. "Doesn't it look like a nice place to hide for the time being?" Phantomon asked, and Ken nodded in agreement. So they went on inside of that area to see what it was like in a full extent. "It will all go well." Wormmon told themselves, actually not sure of it themselves. But neither Ken nor Phantomon paid attention to it. "Do you say that we should go off and do what we choose here for the time being as long as we don't leave?" Wormmon questioned. "Yes you can do that, just remember to stay within these areas. I don't want t lose you guys so soon. I will be telling a certain digimon about what we are doing here. So we can have a couple supporters with what we intend to do." Phantomon responded, and left both Ken and Wormmon alone. Wormmon turned at Ken, wondering what he might be doing now. "Master Ken, what is your intent to do now?" Wormmon asked, and Ken shook his head. He felt that he just had to be alone. Not even really sure why, he just felt that way. "I will walk around a little bit, and I will be with you again by nightfall." Ken said, and walked away from Wormmon. So he could really think about stuff to himself. Ken walked on over to the well, so he could do this. "All this stuff is really starting to add up and become confusing for me. I lost my brother, and that seems like the least of the problems I have had to deal with. Just Wormmon wanting to help me so much is confusing for me. We barely know each other, and yet it's being so open for me." Ken finished, as he started falling down the well. Nobody saw him though, so he was falling down nearly sixty feet before he felt a hard impact hit his back and made him tear up for a brief instant. Ken looked around the area he just fell down to, and was interested instantly in what he was seeing. It was like a well that would be in the movies. But the water was clear aside from a very tiny pond. He walked around, and saw a tiny opening. Walking up to it, he walked inside of the opening to see what was inside. Inside was a area of pure black. He took a step, and several hundred things woke up. Bats flew out and scared Ken for a moment. Then he looked around to see what else there was to scare him. Ken then sat down, and he started fearing. That it was all over, and he had come here to serve little to no purpose. He also felt just sad and useless. Desolate, you could say. Some weird spider thing was coming towards him. "What is it that you seek in my cave?" It asked, and Ken jumped up out of surprise. Ken saw the spider thing change into something else entirely. Into JewelBeemon, but Ken knew it couldn't be true. He was there when Ken left Wormmon Hall and JewelBeemon was still there. It just had to be. Ken couldn't believe otherwise. Then he knew that the spider was doing this as a trick. "What are you doing?" Ken asked JewelBeemon, and something about him made Ken feel shaken up. "I know what you must feel about your brother Sam and your loss with him." JewelBeemon said, and Ken shook his head. "You don't know. You never met my brother Sam, how could you possibly have any idea?" Ken asked in anger, and JewelBeemon saw that as a weakness Ken had. "Yes, but I know the rage that you have in you. A impossible anger, a impossible pain that you wouldn't have known possible until Sam died. You always looked at loved ones who die in grief, and you see that their death has done more to hurt you than help you when they were alive. Someday, if not yet, you will be wishing that Sam was never born. So you wouldn't feel what you are feeling now." JewelBeemon replied with one of the deepest things Ken had heard in a while. Ken didn't like it, but Ken also knew there was some validness in what JewelBeemon said. Which was by far the worst part. "But how can I get the feeling of someone close to me get out of my head?" Ken asked wondering what it would say. "Do your best to forget your past. Don't let your fears control. You are letting your assumed guilt be taken over by fear and anger. No Ken, it was not your fault your brother died, it was his fault. He choose to meet that man. I can help you control your emotions, and see the truth. If you would give me a chance." JewelBeemon told Ken, and this left the man even more confused than before. He thought back to when he was eight years old, and his brother Sam was trying to help him blow bubbles. Sam was always better than Ken, and he wouldn't get it until Same showed him one of the ways to do it. Over time, Ken became better than his own brother, and many people wanted to learn from Ken how to blow the bubbles. Ken was taken out of that thought when he heard JewelBeemon call him again. "Let me teach you. You can become more. But to become more, you must be able to defeat your fear. Fear of not doing anything well, and the power of loss of your brother." JewelBeemon offered Ken, and he refused. "Sorry JewelBeemon, I think I am on my way to doing something more. I am not sure what it is yet, but I feel it is there. You have given me a good many things to think over though. I will destroy Daemon's shadows. I will save those who need it. I will bring justice to those who need it as there is a large lack in it. I will save the thugs and theifs that need it who were converted this way by Daemon. Perhaps I will meet the other humans, but until then I have what I need. My partner Wormmon, Phantomon the shop keeper and all else who might need it. I will be something else. I will be something more. I will be the man behind the iron rocket. Thank you JewelBeemon for at least opening my eyes. You are a motivator despite your request. I will help those who will need it, even my children if I have one. Or my wife if I ever have one. Most of all, I will make Sam proud of me. Even if I can't do anything else, I will give my life to make Sam damned proud of me." Ken said, and started to get himself out of the well. JewelBeemon's image faded back to what it was, that spider faking the other identity. Ken then had several faces in his face like he did with the waterfall a little time back. This time with more. Sam's, Wormmon's, Phantomon's, his parents, a digimon that looked like a officer one of the few good ones, a blue digimon with a bent back, a little boy who looked four or five that looked just like Ken, and lastly a ten year old girl who he never met in his life but he knew who be the love of his life. Despite her being seven years younger than Ken, perhaps even eight depending on her birthday. He had no idea what these images meant besides the last one, but he knew it was going to be valuable for him. Once outside, Ken was left to think what was going on. When it was raining, and another digimon came up to him. "My name is Deputymon, I just saw how you feel down. I am the sheriff of this town, and I want to take you to my house before you start walking around again. So you can get a nice break and rest." Deputymon told him, and Ken accepted. He would visit Wormmon after this rest. But he thought of what JewelBeemon said to him about a impossible anger getting in him. "Is there anything I need to know?" Deputymon asked, and Ken shook his head. Only then did Ken realize that this was the officer that he saw when he saw all those faces going up the well. He knew that could trust this officer with all his knowledge, and this was the only officer he could say that over. "No sorry if I made my facial expressions look like it." Ken replied, and then there was silence until Deputymon led Ken into their house, where Ken was able to sleep on its bed until he felt better. Ken knew this was the start to a long and good friendship between these two. Like Wormmon and Phantomon. Making this three digimon he can trust. Perhaps JewelBeemon if he saw it again.