[FANFICTION] To Finally Belong (1/2)
Title: To Finally Belong
Author: baka_tenshi
Rating: G
Warnings: Possible OOC.
Summary: Beta'd by mongoosehwrs. The young boy with blue hair couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. A million and one things ran though his mind. He felt his own heartbeat, well, beat against his chest harder and harder.
Author's Notes: This is my first Digimon fanfic in a while. I remember someone inspired me but I forgot who. Oh well. In any case, please read and review especially if you enjoyed it!
Words: 3,952
To Finally Belong
By LilyChan
“Often the test of courage is not to die but live.” - Conte Vittorio Alfieri, Orestes
“Gah!” cried out Daisuke as he mashed the buttons on the video game controller. The other pre-teen ignored the other’s complaints and everything that came out of his mouth.
Ken Ichijouji chuckled at his friend but kept his eyes on the screen. The two played a game Daisuke had bought after he saved money from chores. Ken wasn’t sure how long but he knew he had enough when the brunet bought the game on its release.
He laughed to himself when he took him to the game shop and his shenanigans. The trip down memory lane was cut short when he realized once again he had defeated Daisuke’s character.
“Aw, can’t you let me win for once?” The brunet half-joked as he turned to give him a smile. Even though he knew Daisuke joked often, he still felt just a little bad. To show him that him he was aware of the joke, he smiled back.
“Do you want to try the role play mode?” Ken asked as he fumbled with the game controller, unsure where he should place it. He didn’t want to accidentally insult his closest friend if he placed the game controller in the wrong area. He then offered it to the other and Daisuke took it as he nodded.
“Yeah, but I can always play it when I’m grounded,” he said as he let out a few laughs at his own plan. Ken merely laughed along nervously and shook his head.
“It’s fine. I can just watch you.”
Daisuke shrugged. “Okay, but if I need help, I’ll have you do it.”
“I don’t know what does what.”
The brunet grabbed the game case from the ground and looked for the manual. Once he found the little booklet, he flipped through it and smiled triumphantly when he found the instructions. He then handed it to Ken.
“Read this and watch me!”
Ken sighed, defeated, as he reluctantly took the booklet. He immediately started to read it.
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The two stayed in there for give or take an hour and Ken had already memorized everything in the game booklet. Ken watched the other play through though he did often give Daisuke some pointers.
However, Jun opened the door and stuck her head in. As usual, her hair was a mess. Daisuke once joked about how his enthusiastic sister got into Taichi’s hair gel in order to be closer to Yamato.
“Daisuke, Mom needs to talk to you.”
Ken slightly jumped at the sudden appearance of his friend’s older sister but it didn’t seem to faze Daisuke a bit. Instead, he didn’t even seem to miss a beat when he responded.
“Aw, do I have to?” he whined as he continued to play the game.
Jun pushed the door opened and placed her hands on her hips as she grew a bit more agitated. This much was evident when she raised her voice.
“Yes, you do!”
The brunet let out an exasperated sigh as he pressed the pause button. As he walked out of the room, he glanced at Ken, who was a bit confused, and grinned at him. He pulled Ken aside and whispered in his ear for seemingly dramatic effects.
“Keep playing, this stage is kind of hard.”
Ken gave Daisuke an incredulous look as he merely gave him a shameless grin.
Once he left, Ken heavily sighed as he made his way to Daisuke’s previous seat. He pressed the pause button again but he heard the room door slam. He once again jumped at the sound.
They’re too loud, he thought as he calmed down, No matter how many times I come over, they scare me when they close - or in their case, slam - the door shut. Ugh. But at least they’re closer to each other than…
“Rawr!” yelled one of the virtual monsters from Ken mashed the buttons in a similar fashion he saw Daisuke do. As he made the character slice and dice the monster, other members of its species came to defend the other. Ken’s character turned his attention to the other monsters and started to cast magic on them.
They were relentless.
You’re not going to defeat me.
He didn’t remember exactly what buttons in which order he pressed; but whatever he did he caused a massive attack. It caused them to slow down a little bit. He smirked. One at a time, he got out his new and improved sword and slashed at each at the frozen monsters.
Soon, in shorter time than he realized, the monsters had disappeared and time in the game went back to “normal”. He let out a sigh he didn’t know he held. Once again he heard the door behind him slam.
Yet this time, it didn’t faze him.
He wasn’t sure why he felt so relieved - it was just a video game. Pixels. Numbers. Words. Codes. There was something familiar about that particular train of thought. He then remembered when he was the Kaiser - how he used to treat the Digimon. He pressed pause as he realized how truly guilty he felt towards his behavior. Ken heard the door slam yet again but this time, he acknowledged it when he slightly jumped at the noise.
He needn’t do turn to know who it was.
“How far did you get?” Daisuke asked, but his tone was different. It was strangely softer. Confused, Ken turned to see his friend who looked extremely sad. He instantly got worried for the brunet so he tried to go along with the flow and responded.
“Not very. I’ve been leveling up your character though. He learned a new move.”
Unsure of what to do, he laughed a little and cracked a small smile. Ken hoped it would cheer him up at least a little bit.
Alas, it didn’t. Ken felt even more guilty but he heard his ring tone play from his pocket. He gave him a sheepish smile but didn’t see much of a reaction. He reached into his pocket and brought it to his ear as soon as he pressed it on with his thumb.
“Hello?”
It was his mother and she asked him to go back home since it was rather late. Ken checked his watch to confirm the time.
“Okay,” Ken said, “I’ll be home. I love you too. Bye.” He hung up his mobile phone and placed it back in his pocket where it was before. Ken turned to Daisuke and gave him another small smile. “Looks like I have to go. I’ll see you tomorrow, okay?”
Not another word came out of his mouth but Daisuke walked towards his bed and laid down - he didn’t say much of anything after that.
“Go away, Ken. I want to be alone right now.”
Ken pulled back as he felt the brutal punch of guilt he had when he came to terms of his actions when he was the Kaiser. He bit his lip.
“Okay, Motomiya-san,” he responded in a whisper. He used his last name in case he accidentally insulted him or something of the like.
With that, Ken finally left the now quiet apartment.
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As Ken stood in the subway, he remembered what just happened earlier. He tried to make sense of the situation.
Did I do or say something wrong? The young man thought to himself. I was acting like that again. Just like when I was the Kaiser. I mean, I shouldn’t have taken the controller… He shook his head. Calm down, Ichijouji! You’re making a mountain out of a molehill! Besides, he’ll be fine tomorrow.
He decided to e-mail Takeru and Hikari to tell them about what happened and if they saw him at school the next day.
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After he sent the e-mail, he got one in return when he was on break from classes. It said:
Hey Ken,
We didn’t see Daisuke at school today or this morning even. Want to try the Digital World?
Ken exhaled his breath in relief she responded. If he wasn’t sick, maybe he needed some personal time. Maybe it’s best to leave him alone.
He e-mailed them back his response, albeit slowly, and sent it. Almost immediately, he received one back quickly. This one said:
Oh, okay! We understand. Hey, we heard that Iori’s having a birthday party. He’s invited you too! Want to come?
He paused as he read the message over and over. Even though he became the others’ friend, Iori was one of the few whom he felt still very awkward with. He decided to ask when it was. Ken really wanted to make up for what he did in any way he could.
When he noticed, at the corner of his eye, the other students headed back inside, he tried to hurry with proper grammar and spelling. Soon the bell had rung by the time Ken had finished and sent his message. He felt a sort of rush that he didn’t want to feel again.
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Thankfully, the teacher came in just in time after he turned it off and put it away. The class was all right by Ken’s standards but he couldn’t concentrate. Mostly because he was anxious to find out what was wrong with his friends.
He knew how to hide his anxiety well, however, so he did. When class was officially over, he let out a relieved sigh.
I thought class would never be over, he thought as he closed the door to his shoe locker. He smiled a little bit at himself. I’m starting to think like Daisuke. Once her had his own shoes back on, he turned on his phone. He realized he missed a couple of e-mails and mentally planned to read it when he had little to no distractions around him.
He took the usual route home but it felt like it took longer than usual. When he was on the subway, on a seat finally, he fiddled with his phone. Ken heard a couple of girls next to him as they gossiped. He glanced at them and could easily tell they weren’t from his school since they wore different school uniforms than the ones he’s used to. They caught him and Ken shifted his attention back to his phone. He heard them laugh amongst themselves and continued their conversation. He felt a little embarrassed as he tried to hide his blush.
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Part Two
Author: baka_tenshi
Rating: G
Warnings: Possible OOC.
Summary: Beta'd by mongoosehwrs. The young boy with blue hair couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. A million and one things ran though his mind. He felt his own heartbeat, well, beat against his chest harder and harder.
Author's Notes: This is my first Digimon fanfic in a while. I remember someone inspired me but I forgot who. Oh well. In any case, please read and review especially if you enjoyed it!
Words: 3,952
To Finally Belong
By LilyChan
“Often the test of courage is not to die but live.” - Conte Vittorio Alfieri, Orestes
“Gah!” cried out Daisuke as he mashed the buttons on the video game controller. The other pre-teen ignored the other’s complaints and everything that came out of his mouth.
Ken Ichijouji chuckled at his friend but kept his eyes on the screen. The two played a game Daisuke had bought after he saved money from chores. Ken wasn’t sure how long but he knew he had enough when the brunet bought the game on its release.
He laughed to himself when he took him to the game shop and his shenanigans. The trip down memory lane was cut short when he realized once again he had defeated Daisuke’s character.
“Aw, can’t you let me win for once?” The brunet half-joked as he turned to give him a smile. Even though he knew Daisuke joked often, he still felt just a little bad. To show him that him he was aware of the joke, he smiled back.
“Do you want to try the role play mode?” Ken asked as he fumbled with the game controller, unsure where he should place it. He didn’t want to accidentally insult his closest friend if he placed the game controller in the wrong area. He then offered it to the other and Daisuke took it as he nodded.
“Yeah, but I can always play it when I’m grounded,” he said as he let out a few laughs at his own plan. Ken merely laughed along nervously and shook his head.
“It’s fine. I can just watch you.”
Daisuke shrugged. “Okay, but if I need help, I’ll have you do it.”
“I don’t know what does what.”
The brunet grabbed the game case from the ground and looked for the manual. Once he found the little booklet, he flipped through it and smiled triumphantly when he found the instructions. He then handed it to Ken.
“Read this and watch me!”
Ken sighed, defeated, as he reluctantly took the booklet. He immediately started to read it.
oooo
The two stayed in there for give or take an hour and Ken had already memorized everything in the game booklet. Ken watched the other play through though he did often give Daisuke some pointers.
However, Jun opened the door and stuck her head in. As usual, her hair was a mess. Daisuke once joked about how his enthusiastic sister got into Taichi’s hair gel in order to be closer to Yamato.
“Daisuke, Mom needs to talk to you.”
Ken slightly jumped at the sudden appearance of his friend’s older sister but it didn’t seem to faze Daisuke a bit. Instead, he didn’t even seem to miss a beat when he responded.
“Aw, do I have to?” he whined as he continued to play the game.
Jun pushed the door opened and placed her hands on her hips as she grew a bit more agitated. This much was evident when she raised her voice.
“Yes, you do!”
The brunet let out an exasperated sigh as he pressed the pause button. As he walked out of the room, he glanced at Ken, who was a bit confused, and grinned at him. He pulled Ken aside and whispered in his ear for seemingly dramatic effects.
“Keep playing, this stage is kind of hard.”
Ken gave Daisuke an incredulous look as he merely gave him a shameless grin.
Once he left, Ken heavily sighed as he made his way to Daisuke’s previous seat. He pressed the pause button again but he heard the room door slam. He once again jumped at the sound.
They’re too loud, he thought as he calmed down, No matter how many times I come over, they scare me when they close - or in their case, slam - the door shut. Ugh. But at least they’re closer to each other than…
“Rawr!” yelled one of the virtual monsters from Ken mashed the buttons in a similar fashion he saw Daisuke do. As he made the character slice and dice the monster, other members of its species came to defend the other. Ken’s character turned his attention to the other monsters and started to cast magic on them.
They were relentless.
You’re not going to defeat me.
He didn’t remember exactly what buttons in which order he pressed; but whatever he did he caused a massive attack. It caused them to slow down a little bit. He smirked. One at a time, he got out his new and improved sword and slashed at each at the frozen monsters.
Soon, in shorter time than he realized, the monsters had disappeared and time in the game went back to “normal”. He let out a sigh he didn’t know he held. Once again he heard the door behind him slam.
Yet this time, it didn’t faze him.
He wasn’t sure why he felt so relieved - it was just a video game. Pixels. Numbers. Words. Codes. There was something familiar about that particular train of thought. He then remembered when he was the Kaiser - how he used to treat the Digimon. He pressed pause as he realized how truly guilty he felt towards his behavior. Ken heard the door slam yet again but this time, he acknowledged it when he slightly jumped at the noise.
He needn’t do turn to know who it was.
“How far did you get?” Daisuke asked, but his tone was different. It was strangely softer. Confused, Ken turned to see his friend who looked extremely sad. He instantly got worried for the brunet so he tried to go along with the flow and responded.
“Not very. I’ve been leveling up your character though. He learned a new move.”
Unsure of what to do, he laughed a little and cracked a small smile. Ken hoped it would cheer him up at least a little bit.
Alas, it didn’t. Ken felt even more guilty but he heard his ring tone play from his pocket. He gave him a sheepish smile but didn’t see much of a reaction. He reached into his pocket and brought it to his ear as soon as he pressed it on with his thumb.
“Hello?”
It was his mother and she asked him to go back home since it was rather late. Ken checked his watch to confirm the time.
“Okay,” Ken said, “I’ll be home. I love you too. Bye.” He hung up his mobile phone and placed it back in his pocket where it was before. Ken turned to Daisuke and gave him another small smile. “Looks like I have to go. I’ll see you tomorrow, okay?”
Not another word came out of his mouth but Daisuke walked towards his bed and laid down - he didn’t say much of anything after that.
“Go away, Ken. I want to be alone right now.”
Ken pulled back as he felt the brutal punch of guilt he had when he came to terms of his actions when he was the Kaiser. He bit his lip.
“Okay, Motomiya-san,” he responded in a whisper. He used his last name in case he accidentally insulted him or something of the like.
With that, Ken finally left the now quiet apartment.
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As Ken stood in the subway, he remembered what just happened earlier. He tried to make sense of the situation.
Did I do or say something wrong? The young man thought to himself. I was acting like that again. Just like when I was the Kaiser. I mean, I shouldn’t have taken the controller… He shook his head. Calm down, Ichijouji! You’re making a mountain out of a molehill! Besides, he’ll be fine tomorrow.
He decided to e-mail Takeru and Hikari to tell them about what happened and if they saw him at school the next day.
oooo
After he sent the e-mail, he got one in return when he was on break from classes. It said:
Hey Ken,
We didn’t see Daisuke at school today or this morning even. Want to try the Digital World?
Ken exhaled his breath in relief she responded. If he wasn’t sick, maybe he needed some personal time. Maybe it’s best to leave him alone.
He e-mailed them back his response, albeit slowly, and sent it. Almost immediately, he received one back quickly. This one said:
Oh, okay! We understand. Hey, we heard that Iori’s having a birthday party. He’s invited you too! Want to come?
He paused as he read the message over and over. Even though he became the others’ friend, Iori was one of the few whom he felt still very awkward with. He decided to ask when it was. Ken really wanted to make up for what he did in any way he could.
When he noticed, at the corner of his eye, the other students headed back inside, he tried to hurry with proper grammar and spelling. Soon the bell had rung by the time Ken had finished and sent his message. He felt a sort of rush that he didn’t want to feel again.
oooo
Thankfully, the teacher came in just in time after he turned it off and put it away. The class was all right by Ken’s standards but he couldn’t concentrate. Mostly because he was anxious to find out what was wrong with his friends.
He knew how to hide his anxiety well, however, so he did. When class was officially over, he let out a relieved sigh.
I thought class would never be over, he thought as he closed the door to his shoe locker. He smiled a little bit at himself. I’m starting to think like Daisuke. Once her had his own shoes back on, he turned on his phone. He realized he missed a couple of e-mails and mentally planned to read it when he had little to no distractions around him.
He took the usual route home but it felt like it took longer than usual. When he was on the subway, on a seat finally, he fiddled with his phone. Ken heard a couple of girls next to him as they gossiped. He glanced at them and could easily tell they weren’t from his school since they wore different school uniforms than the ones he’s used to. They caught him and Ken shifted his attention back to his phone. He heard them laugh amongst themselves and continued their conversation. He felt a little embarrassed as he tried to hide his blush.
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Part Two