Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 1 - A Time Honored Tradition ❯ Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Cera and Nolan sat at a two-person table in a small pizza place. They would have sat with Kovin and Kelryn, but Kovin had asked them to give him and Kelryn some time alone. Because Kovin actually asked, they did. Nolan was happy to eat his pizza, but Cera kept straining to hear what was being said at the other table.

"So, Kovin. It's been a long time, hasn't it." Kelryn said, trying to strike up conversation.

"Two years, ten months, twelve days, five hours and eleven minutes." Kovin said with a quick look at his watch. "Sorry, ten minutes. Ever since that night."

"Yes, I'm sorry about that."

"You're sorry? There's no excuse for what you did. It hurt, a lot. I don't know if I can ever forgive you for what you did. I'm still hurting to this day." Kovin did not try to hide it. The emotion was limited to a tear rolling down his cheek, but it could be seen.

"I know, and all I can say is I'm sorry. Would it help you to know I'm hurting too. I've missed you. I came looking for you because I thought there might be a chance for us again. And Demireumon missed Ozlimon." They looked down to see the two sharing a pasta dish, and talking non-stop.

"A chance for us? There was a perfectly good chance before and look what you did with it." Kovin was very bitter about it.

"How many times can I say I'm sorry? I know what I did was wrong. And I want to make it right." Now the same emotion could be seen in her eyes. Although it wasn't limited to a single tear, it was followed by a dozen more.

"I don't want to let you back in my life at all, Kelryn. Let alone give you the chance to rip my heart out again."

"That won't happen." She was trying to dry her tears now.

"I can't believe that." Kovin motioned for Cera and Nolan to join them, and they eagerly complied. Cera sat next to Kelryn. They had struck up a fledgling friendship. Nolan sat next to Kovin. Kelryn changed the subject.

"So what were you guys doing in a two on two battle? I thought your stupid game only allowed one on one fights." Kelryn always hated the game. Her digimon only killed in self defense. And in recent times she aged to ultimate defending herself that much. Kelryn hated it, and saw it only as a survival trait.

Before Kovin could stop them, Cera and Nolan had spelled out the whole quest. To rid the world of the Ultimate Twelve, and how Kovin already taken care of the first. Kelryn was shocked.

"Now you're not only killing, you killing for a quest? A vendetta? Why?" She was mad now. "I thought you'd changed, Kovin. And you have, you're worse not better."

"What did you expect? After you left I spent weeks trying to sort my brain out when I wasn't crying a river. After that I felt numb. Nothing could make me laugh or cry. I didn't feel happy, sad, angry, or anything. Then Feamon digivolved to Talomon, and we took down an ultimate that was trying to break up a fight. I wanted to see the fight, and Talomon killed him. I felt a rush. I actually felt good. It only lasted for a few minutes, but I will get that back, for as long as I can. Later, our fourth kill, the human was going to kill me for killing his digimon. We were fighting, and he pulled a gun. I fought it away from him and killed him with it. That got more of a rush. So here I am."

Kovin's speech hung in the air for a few seconds. Then Kelryn excused herself and left. No goodbye, nothing. Just left. Cera and Nolan looked at her leave, then at him.

"So, what's our next plan?" Kovin asked.

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Across town, Agumon was being patched up by Joe. The eleven of them had gathered at Sora and Matt's apartment.

"Those guys were strong. It ended in a stalemate, but we are going to have to do something about them," Sora said.

"What are we going to do? They're the only ones to ever challenge us directly. We've never done anything like this before." TK asked. There was a moment of silence before Ken spoke up.

"I have a plan."

"Let's hear it," said Matt. Ken dug through his bag and pulled out a bus map of Tokyo. He set it on the table and drew four Xs on it. One near the middle of the city, by the bay. Two at the far ends, and one far inland in the middle.

"We divide ourselves up. Three groups of three and a group of two. We get to these spots and wait. When a fight breaks out we can have five or six of us there in less than ten minutes." Ken showed how a fight anywhere in the city could be easily reached by any two groups.

"Sounds good Ken. We'll try it tonight." Izzy said.

"Kari and I will be the group of two!" Davis volunteered.

"Sorry, Davis, but I'm taking Yolei and TK with me."

"Why, TA?" Davis whined.

"Because. I need my DNA partner, and my boyfriend."

"Boyfriend? What do you mean?"

Kari defined the word by attempting to swallow TK's tongue. Matt, Tai, Davis and Cody found it disgusting. Two because of their siblings, one because he had a nuclear-powered crush on Kari, and one because he was simply too young. "That's what I mean."

Davis groaned a bit, and TK just stared off into space, a quiet surprised happy look on his face.