Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ The Digital Trilogy - Episode 5 - A Phoenix from the Ashes ❯ Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Ken sat on the couch in Kovin's apartment with his head in his hands. Wormmon was beside him looking for something to do, but knowing that the best thing to do was to just sit there and let Ken brood. TK and Kari took the afternoon off for some personal time. They wouldn't have been able to go if Ken didn't get back in enough time to twist Allura's arm, figuratively, in to agreeing.

He had explained the council meeting to Allura, but was waiting for TK and Kari to get back before telling them. Palmon had been drafted totally into Azuma's care, and was not liking one minute of it. Allura always thought the baby was ready to kill her because he would never behave and always disappear when out of his crib. From Azuma's point of view, he'd much rather deal with a human female than a three-foot-tall talking plant. Palmon was much better dealing with Azuma, but he'd never stop crying when she was around. Wormmon had a similar effect. Ken was the only one that had a 'don't hate you, but don't like you' relationship with the child.

Ken stood and made his way to the bathroom looking for some headache pills when Allura's cellular phone rang. "Hello?" She said. "Of course!"

"Who is it?" Ken asked.

"Psh!" She said to Ken. "When?" Allura looked at her watch. "It'll be tight, but I can make it." She hung up.

"What's going on?" Ken asked again. Allura got on her knees with her hands towards the ceiling.

"And the horrible demon child horribly and viciously attacked the young princess. When for the crying and screaming and abuse nearly brought the princess near her own death. And lo: salvation in the form of an angel hath descended from the sky on a great bird to deliver the princess her sanity." Allura stood and headed for the door. Ken was staring at her wide-eyed and slack-jawed.

"What the hell was that?" He asked. She grabbed her car keys.

"Back in thirty!" She said with a smile.

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Ken had nearly lost his mind with boredom. He watched TV, tried the Internet, and still found nothing to entertain. Wormmon and Palmon were off doing something, he had no idea where or what. He was preparing to yell at Allura when she returned but heard the door opened. It was now after dark so Ken jumped a bit. TK walked in carrying Kari. He set her on the couch and leaned back on the wall, smiling.

"What happened to her?" Ken asked. TK ignored him and took out a cigarette, and lit it.

"She's," he took a puff, "very tired." He smiled again.

"Yolei's the nympho, not me. I can wait a lot longer." Ken said.

"What are you talking about?" TK asked. "We were windsurfing." He took another puff.

"And since when do you smoke?"

"Just started, this is my first one." TK puffed again and started coughing like he couldn't stop. He eventually ran to the bathroom and heard TK throwing up. Ken picked up the pack of smokes and threw them out.

"Looks like it's your last one too." He said. Ken near jumped out of his skin when Kari woke up screaming. "Fuck!" He screamed clutching his chest with his hand. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"I dreamed I was still on that lake." She said catching her breath.

"You didn't like it?"

"Oh, I loved it. TK tried doing this flip-jump thing over my board and crashed us both. It took us twenty minutes to swim back to shore. I was so tired I fell asleep after I changed. Speaking of which." She walked over to TK as he was leaving the bathroom looking fairly green and slapped him hard.

"Shit!" He said and fell to the floor.

"You going to do that again?" She asked.

"Ahh..." he said in pain not answering. "It's not like I did it on purpose."

"You still did it, didn't you?" TK and Ken were surprised they both understood Kari's simple feminine logic.

"So anyway, Allura left for some reason saying she'd be back in thirty minutes. That puts her," Ken looked at the spot on his wrist where he was supposed to wear a watch. "Really damn late."

"What happened to your watch?" Kari asked.

"There was an incident." Ken said grim faced pointing at Azuma who was sitting in the middle of a blanket giggling.

"I have never seen this kid do anything other than cute." Kari said.

"Then you're the only one." TK said nursing a bruise on his right flank. "I thought Allura was joking but that kid is a fifth-level demon." Kari was looking at TK like he just told her the sky was green, when Azuma picked up a small wooden block and TK dove for cover like he was being shot at.

"You'll heal, that watch was a gift." Ken said to the shuddering body behind the couch.

"He's a good kid." Kari said.

"Look," replied Ken. "His father is known to have a violent temper and carries two lethal weapons at all times that require a hands-on approach. His mother is just this side of lunacy and has better agility and night-vision than a cat. This kid is five months old and I fear for my life when within a hundred metres." Kari was going to reply when she heard a knock at the door. She opened it to the person she least expected.

"Mimi!" She screamed.

"Kari!" Mimi was ushered in with Allura behind her carrying the bags.

"She insisted on seeing Azuma." Allura said to Kari. Mimi had already moved to the infant and had produced a stuffed teddy bear from her purse. The child was laughing and enjoying her presence immensely.

"Your twin sister is a natural with children, and you've been voted 'most likely to display a head on a pike'?" Ken asked.