A New Family, A New Life

The Death of Ken

Ken Ichijouji ran along the road, pushing pedestrians out of the way. His blue hair flowed in the wind, and his tears streamed down his face, as he headed towards his destination....
Why did it have to be Osamu? Why did it have to be him?.....why did it have to be....my brother? Why? WHY???
His life had partially gotten better after he reformed from being the Digimon Emperor.
His partner Wormmon had come back from the dead, he had befriended the other Digidestined and their Digimon, and he had reconciled with his worried and frantic parents, so that they still had one living child.
But then, it all fell apart....

It all started on one June day several months before....
Ken had been called to the living room by his parents.
"Ken," said Hiro, his father. "We have some news for you."
"What is it?" The preteen asked his father.
Maki, his mother, spoke next. "Ken, you know about Osamu, your brother. Don't worry. His soul is in a better place, now." Said Maki to her son. "But good news is, you're gonna be a brother again!"
"What do yo-" Ken stopped short, when he realised his mother was saying.
"I'm pregnant!" Maki laughed joyfully.

Ken couldn't believe his excitement that day.
Finally, after two years, he would have a brother again!
His parents would once again have two children instead of one child!
He was beyond happy! And so it was, for two months.
Ken was at his happiest, he couldn't wait!
He couldn't wait to teach this second brother about the world, just as Osamu had been teaching him before his death.

He envisioned playing with his new brother, hanging out together with him, watching him develop, comforting him in times of need, and so many other things.......

But fate.....fate had to be such a cruel B***h.

Ken was on his way home from a day at school, with Wormmon on one shoulder and his bag on the other.
"I can't believe, even after two months, that mom is gonna make me a baby brother to replace Sam!" He said excitedly.
He then got home, when he heard his father and mother crying on the sofa, and rushed over to them.
"What's wrong?" Ken said, concerned for his parents.
"It-it's your new brother, Ken." Hiro said. "Your mother was about to get in the car to go to work, when sh-she fell after tripping over a towel, and s-she had to go to the hospital! Your mother had a MISCARRIAGE!" He went back to sobbing. Ken gasped in shock.
"Bu-but-but we can try again, right? RIGHT?!?!" Ken stuttered, unable to believe what happened.
"No, I'm afraid we can't try again." Said Maki, crying again. "The doctor said the blood loss was too great.....and the only way to save my life....was to GIVE ME A HYSTERECTOMY!!!" Sobbing....
Ken shattered.
He knew what a hysterectomy was....womb removal.
His mother was now barren. Sterile. Infertile.
Ken would NEVER have any siblings....ever again.
Ken was the only surviving Ichijouji child.
And now....he always would be...

Ken lived a further month, horribly depressed but hiding it well....he still had Wormmon, and his friends.

Until yesterday, that was.

"KEN-CHAN, LOOK OUT! That was all that Ken heard as Stingmon pushed him out of the way of a truck.
He hit the pavement hard, and heard the truck hitting something head on.
After the truck had gone, Ken looked on a grisly sight.
Stingmon was lying on the pavement.....motionless, in a pool of his own green blood....his wings, his right arm, and his left leg torn off by the force of the truck hitting him....and fading away. Ken rushed over to comfort his dying friend, but it was too late.....
"Stingmon! WORMMON!!!!" He screamed, as he watched his friend, after de-Digi-volving back into Wormmon, fade from existence for the final time.
Wormmon had died in front of him, for the second time...
The FINAL time.
This time, there would NEVER be any rebirth, any Digiegg, any Leafmon, EVER AGAIN.

Ken had broken down when Wormmon died for good. His death wasn't the result of a grand battle, or an assassination, but a mere accident, just like his brother.

It was at this point, Ken broke.
Ken ran onto the road...
He saw a car containing a man, his second wife, his daughter with his deceased first wife, and his son with his second one.
His final thoughts were "Osamu.....Wormmon......Osamu II........I'm coming."

And then.....

He jumped in front of the car, which was going too fast to stop in time.

And with that....

Ken Ichijouji.....died....

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