Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Treason and trust ❯ Part 5 ( Chapter 5 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. What a pity.

Author's note: I'm sorry it took me so long to update but I wasn't sure how to write what I felt. I'm still not sure it's understandable. Maybe I carried it too far. The end of this chapter is a little bit...sigh. Let's sweep it under the carpet.

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Treason and trust_05

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Ken screamed again and this time his voice was full of pain and fear. Daisuke's heart almost missed a beat as he turned around and looked for the origin of those helpless cries.

"Ken...?"

Daisuke's body reacted before his mind caught up with the fact that the other boy seemed to be in danger and he found himself running before he knew what he was doing.

"Ken?" Daisuke crossed a small path winding through some flowerbeds and stopped at the edge of the river. He looked around desperately searching for his friend.

Another scream and then...silence.

"KEN?!"

And then he saw him. Daisuke felt a sudden burst of panic rising inside his soul as he found a lifeless body on the ground.

Ken was lying halfway hidden behind some bushes only a glimpse of his hair was to be seen. As Daisuke knelt down beside him he couldn't believe what he saw. The other boy laid on his back, a large bruise forming on his forehead. His torn shirt revealed some nasty scratches running over his neck and chest.

"Wake up, Ken! Please! You have to wake up!" Daisuke didn't dare to touch Ken not sure if he would cause him further harm. Why was no-one there to help him? Daisuke looked around but somehow all those people he had seen before had managed to vanish. In this instant Ken groaned and tried to sit up.

"Ken! Thank god, you live! Don't move! You're hurt!" Daisuke stroked over Ken's hair until he felt the other boy relax slightly. Then he took his hand and sqeezed it softly. "What happened, Ken? Can you tell me?"

"What are you doing here?" Ken blinked in confusion as he recognized the boy he had last seen in his house. Daisuke blushed as he remembered the circumstances of their last meeting.

"I saw you and...I thought it would be a good idea....you see...to follow you..." He trailed of and smacked himself mentally for his pitiful stuttering.

"What happened?" He repeated finally.

Ken shrugged and this time he succeeded in his attempt to sit up. He pressed his lips tightly shut until he was sure not to cry out as burning pain flashed through his body.

"Nothing. I'm clumsy. I fell."

"Don't lie to me, Ken!" Daisuke suddenly cried in anger and grabbed Ken's shoulders. "Someone has beaten you up! Tell me who it was!"

"Let go of me! NOW!" Ken jenked free and staggered to his feet. "You know nothing, Daisuke! Leave me alone. It's better for you and me. Just leave me alone."

He inhaled sharply as a new wave of pain spread through his body, setting his nerves on fire. His vision blurred in a mixture of blue and red and then there was nothing more except pleasant darkness.

Daisuke caught him just in time before the unconscious boy hit the ground.

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Ken knew he was dreaming but he couldn't wake up.

As long as he remembered he dreamed of foreign hands, touching his body, grabbing his hair, claiming every part of his mind and soul, leaving him used and hollow.

There was no way for him to escape those hands. They were holding him down, forcing him to obey them and in the background he saw Osamu. The genius who made money using his little brother in ways he never to admit not even to himself. Ken felt sick.

Then he heard a voice. A warm and gentle voice promising him freedom and love. "Ken? Please wake up!"

'Wake up? Why should I?'

"I love you, Ken! Come back to me and give me a chance!"

'Maybe I should...' thought Ken and in the fraction of a second found himself drawn back in his aching body. He opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Daisuke's worried face. They looked at each other and then Ken realised what Daisuke felt...

He reached out and traced with his fingertips the lines of Daisuke's face. With a weak smile he answered his unspokened question. "You know you want something I'm not allowed to give to you."

Daisuke returned the smile and caught Ken's hand in his, kissing it gently. "I won't give up on you. I love you. All I ask for is a chance to prove it to you."

'Maybe I should...' Still his hand in Daisuke's grip Ken drifted back into the darkness.

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~tbc~