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Club Meeting

WHO: Ken Ichijouji, Open to any member Awesome Force or Awesome Base resident.
WHERE: Awesome Base
WHEN: Late this afternoon following the Brainwashing/Desire Driving Ken Crazy plot.
WARNINGS: Angst, Continuity
SUMMARY: Things have finally returned to status quo for the team, but Ken has some things he would like to get off his chest.
FORMAT: Short Paragraph

Ken sat on his beanbag silently as his Wormmon crawled into his lap. A kind look on his face as he patted the silkworm like creature on the head. Ken could feel his stomach turning in guilt. Not only had he failed to get his friends away from Soundwave, he had lost himself to blind anger. It would have been natural to be upset but… Desire’s influence on his anger had been like throwing gasoline on a fire. It had awoken a kind of darkness inside of him that he wished he could forget.

Then he had just heard the news of what had happened to Kogenta and how upset it had made his friend Bakura. He had wanted to be there for Bakura but… he needed to talk to his teammates first. He had avoided talking about his past for way too long.

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Lyra sat down on another beanbag, Pantalaimon draped across her shoulders.

"You wanted to talk to us, Ken?" she asked, looking around to see if the others were here yet.

Ken nodded his head as Wormmon gave a polite little wave at Pantalaimon. A somewhat sad smile on his face as he waited for the others to show up.

"Yes... you and Toph specifically." he said. "There's a few things I've been meaning to tell you about but... I just never got around to it."

"All right. When Toph gets here, we can talk about it," Lyra sighed.

"Is this about what happened this week?"

"Yes" he said lowering his head a bit. "I wanted apologize for reacting in such an irrational way. I wanted to protect you and Toph so badly that..." he paused for a moment not sure how to put his feelings into words.

"Ken. We all have times like that. When we get so focused on one thing, we lose sight of everything else," Lyra said carefully.

Ken closed his eyes. "But I became so blind with anger that I..." he paused. "I may have put you two in greater danger."

Toph slouched into the room and sprawled on her stomach across one of the beanbags.

"In greater danger? What do you mean?"

[Wormmon smiled, waving a bit as Toph entered the room.]

"I rushed in without a plan... with no idea what I was doing." he said. "If you had been in real danger... it would have made the situation worse."

"Well, now you know better for next time. And the whole thing with Desire made it really not your fault.

A lot of people couldn't control themselves, Soundwave included."

She kicked her dirty feet idly, one after the other.

"I know but..." he said. "The idea of losing control scares me. A long time ago, shortly after I met Wormmon I had something get inside of me... change my mind."

He hesitated for a moment a deep expression of regret on his face.

"...I see what you mean."

She frowned, not liking that thought. Mind control was a scary thing, especially since there were people in the City who could do it.

"That's why I wearing that ridiculous costume..." he said. "I was trying to remind myself what can happen when something... influences you. But I was so fixed on what might happen to you two I didn't realize Desire was influencing me."

"Huh. Well, I can't say I've never rushed into something without thinking it through. But it's okay now. You're back to yourself again, right?"

[Ken paused for a long moment taking a deep breath.]

"I know... I'm glad we're all back to normal. A little worried about the Digimon that stole my Digivice though."

"Do you want our help with that?" Lyra asked, "Although if she did what she did because of desire, maybe she'll give it back?"

"I bet we could make her give it back, if she doesn't want to," Toph added, still kicking her feet.

"Couldn't hurt to ask first, though."

Ken smiled slightly...

"I would prefer to negotiate having it back myself but... I may need some backup in case she wasn't under Desire's influence. " he said snapping his fingers slightly. "I know a way you may be able to beat her in her own element, Toph."

"Oh?" Now that really got her attention. She rolled over and sat up, raising her eyebrows.

"How?"

"My mistake last time was going after her in her own element." he says. "Her ability to control water makes her almost invincible in the aquarium... but she's surrounded by Earth and doesn't even know it."

She tapped her fingers on her chin, thinking.

"Surrounded by Earth? Howso? Whatever's holding the water? I've never been to an acquari-whatsis before."

"Precisely Toph... the water is held by highly durable glass." he said with slight shrug. "Which is made from sand that has been exposed to heat and pressure. I'd be willing to wager you could learn to bend it with a little practice."

Wormmon's eyes lit up. "You're so clever Ken-kun."

"...A challenge! Toph: Earthbender, Metalbender, Sandbender, Glassbender. I like it. I better find some to practice on!"

Ohohoho, excitement! And she'd been bored out of her mind without anything new to work on.

Ken smiled for a moment glad to see how happy Toph was with this new challenge. He left the room for a moment retrieving a small glass tumbler before handing it to Toph.

"Be careful... I would hate it if you cut yourself." He said... he paused for a moment. "We have some time. Thankfully Ranamon doesn't seem to know about Vamdeamon or Daemon." Ken said.

"Daemon isn't a daemon..." Wormmon said to Lyra trying to avoid any confusion. "Not like Pantalaimon.""

"Ah," Lyra said, nodding, "He's a digimon, like Wormmon, right?"

"Are you going to need my help?" she asked, leaning forward, "Either with setting up a decoy or something else?"

"He's something more..." Ken said an expression of dread on his face, a shiver running down his spine as he tried to change the subject.

"Perhaps a lookout just in case something does go wrong."

"Just a lookout?" Lyra pouted slightly, "You know I'm good in a fight too. But if she's as strong as she sounds like... We definitely need to be able to get help if something goes wrong."

Ken paused before giving a nod. "I know you're good in a fight, but I wouldn't put her past attacking your partner. Besides if too many people show up Ranamon might panic."

"Pan can do everything I can, remember?" Lyra pointed out, but she shuddered at the though.

"Don't want her to be too much on her guard, right?"

"I know... but she's not a Digimon..." Ken said. "Wormmon can bounce back from her attacks just fine. I wouldn't want Pan to get hurt."

"Precisely... she may be even more dangerous if she thinks she's cornered."

"A sneak attack?" Lyra suggested, "If we can catch her off guard..."

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