Disclaimer- I do not own Digimon. If I did, this whole Digimon Empress thing wouldn't be in a fic, now would it? No, it would be in the episodes! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Author's Note: Well, I'll try to make this chapter as long as I can, okay? But, if I don't, well, you can expect to see part 6 soon. Sincerely Rose * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Empress Chapter 5 Yolei took a deep breath and stepped into the room, closing the door behind her. "Umm . . . " she stammered. She saw Ken sitting in his chair, starring at one of those maps which show you which area has controll spires and which don't. Yolei noticed that there were more white sqares than black ones. Normally, she would've been happy at the Digi-destined's progress. Remembering them, she scowled. Partly, because remembering them made her angry and the other part was because there were more white ones than black ones. Yolei bit her lower lip, but stopped when she remembered her lipstick. She was feeling uneasy because she had helped some of those black ones go white. Without turning around, Ken motioned for her to come closer. Yolei cautiously walked toward him. She stopped when she was a few feet away from the chair. Suddenly, Yolei was feeling a bit (more than a bit) nervous. She shifted her weight from foot to foot, waiting for him to say something. She looked down at her black boots. As she tilted her head forward, her ear rings made a few jingling sounds. Ken finally turned his chair round so that he was facing her. When he looked at her, he saw a pretty, no, beautiful girl. She was gorgeous! So lovely and sexy, but, yet, she also looked ferocious and powerful. Let's just say, that he liked what he saw. (wink) Ken smiled. 'This girl is so Kaiserin material,' he thought. "Well, hello," he said. 'That was a stupid thing to say,' a little voice in the back of his mind told him. 'Shut up,' Ken growld back inside his head. Yolei looked up surprised. "G'morning," she muttered. Ken smirked. He turned back to the monitors. "Your friends are destroying more controll spires," he informed her. Yolei suddenly felt a surge of anger stir up inside her. She frowned. "What friends?" she growled. Ken grinned. She really did hate them. Ken turned to her and smiled evilly. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Well, that was controll spire #24," TK noted. Kari looked up and nodded. "What are you thinking about?" TK asked. "It's Yolei," Kari said, "something's telling me that Yolei's not okay." She suddenly got a fearful look on her face. "You don't think that the Digimon Emperor got to her already, do you?!" she asked TK. "Um," TK stammered, "of course, not, Kari. I don't think so. Besides, Yolei's a tough girl. Even if she did run into him, I don't think she'll let him do anything to her." Too bad TK wasn't as sure as he sounded. Kari wasn't sure that he was sure either, but she decided to keep quiet. But, TK saw by the look of worry on her face that she wasn't convinced. "Look," he said, "let's go back. We've don'e enough work here today." Kari nodded. Their Digimon returned to their rookie forms and they walked to the nearest TV screen. TK landed on the floor and Kari landed on top of him. They both blushed and jumped up. "Welcome back," they heard someone grumble. Davis was leaning against one of the chairs with Veemon at his heels. "Oh, hey, Davis," TK said. "Listen, I might've gotten carried away with the whole Yolei running away thing," Davis said to them, "she's a good girl. Smart and brave. Well, spunky, really. But, you have to admire that. But, still I'm not taking back anything I said. She is like that sometimes. But, I guess I shouldn't have said that in suck a mean way. Listen, I'm sorry . . . " Kari smiled. "That was sweet," she told him, "but, we're not the ones you should be appologising to." "She's right," TK agreed, "when we find Yolei you can say all that stuff you just told us to her. She'll understand." TK looked at the floor and back at Davis. "And I guess we should apologise, too," he mumbled, "we did agree with you, after all." "Yeah, but, remember," Davis said, sternly, "I'm not taking any of it back!" TK and Kari sighed. "Yeah, sure," Kari said. "Whatever, Davis," TK muttered. *************************************************************** The next day . . . "Alright, Neferitimon!" Kari cheered as another control spire tumbled to the ground. "Yeah," Hawkmon muttered, showing no enthusiasm, "great." Kari noticed this. "Cheer up," she told him, "Cody and Davis are searching for her right now." "I would've been feeling a bit better if she had at least come home last night," Hawkmon said to her, "now the policed are searching for her, too. Not just the Digimon Emperor." Kari sighed, sadly. "I know, Hawkmon," she said, "I'm getting more worried by the minute. I know I shouldn't give up hope, but I can't help but think that something has happened to her. I don't deserve the Crest of Light . . . " "Of course, you do," TK said as he walked up to them, "I can't think of anybody else who's more filled with light than you are." "Thanks," Kari mumbled. Another control spire hit the ground, followed by two more. ************************************************************** Meanwhile . . . Ken growled at the monitors as two more black squares turned white. What to do? What to do?? He had to keep working on his latest creation, but he couldn't let all the spires go down. Another one turned white. At this rate, he'd lose control over the whole Digi-world in no time at all. "Master?" a small voice sqeaked. "What do you want?!" Ken shouted into the shadows of the control room. Wormmon timidly crawled out. "More than 50% of the Digi-world isn't in your control, sir. Mabe you should just give up-" SNAP!!!!! The sound of Ken's whip cut him off. "Are you suggesting that I just give up the throne?!" the emperor growled, "just get lost! I'll deal with you later." At that moment, the empress walked in looking, well, bored. (There was now a whip attached to her belt) Wormmon inhaled deeply. He didn't know what kind of perfume she used, but he hoped that she wouldn't change it. She sighed and starred at the monitors. "They're here, aren't they?" she asked. "How did you know?" Ken asked. "Simple," the empress replied, "I just saw another control spire go down." Ken banged his fist on the table, causing her and Wormmon to jump. Ken glared at the screen, then suddenly, he grinned at Yolei. "What?" she asked. "You looked bored when you came in," he said. "Yeah, so?" she shrugged. "Would you like a challenge?" he asked. **************************************************************** "Astala vista, control spire!" TK exclaimed. At that momment, Davis and Cody showed up with their Digimon. "Any luck?" Kari asked, hopefully. "Well, not really," Cody said, "we found her glasses a few kilometers from here. She must've run through the woods. But, we don't which direction she went. We couldn't find any foot prints." "Well, we'll just have to keep searching for her then," TK said. "Now, now, there's no need for that, it's just a big waste of time," a cold voice said, casually. "What the-" Davis asked, "who said that?!" An Airdramon appeared and there was somebody on it. "I should've known," Cody said, "I did find it wierd that you didn't come earl- WHAT IN THE NAME OF KAMI-???????" "YOLEI?!" all the DD shouted. "That would be 'your highness' to you," Yolei said in a sing-song voice. She grinned. "What the hell happend to you?!" TK demanded. "Have you lost it or something?" Kari asked. Another Airdramon appeared with the Digimon Emperor on it. It stopped right beside the other one and Ken jumped from that one to the other one. It was followed by six Tyranemon. Ken put an arm around her waist, pulled her closer and kissed her cheek. "Well, I see you've met my Empress. I was hoping to introduce you to her, but oh well . . . " "Shut up, Ken!" Cody ordered. "E-empress? As in Digimon Empress?" Kari asked. "No, as in Queen of Hell! Of course, he meant it as in Digimon Empress!" Yolei snapped. "See!?!? See?!? SEE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" Davis asked, pointing, "I told you she was evil!!!" He smiled, smugly. "Damn you, Davis!" Yolei shouted back. "Why, Yolei? Why?" Cody asked, fighting back tears. "You should know exactly why," Yolei said, her voice barely above a whisper. "Yolei, I know you would never do anything like this," TK shouted up at her, "so, if there's a dark ring on you then rip it off or something! This isn't funny." "Of course, it's not funny," Yolei said to him, "it's not even a joke." "You can't be serious," Kari whispered. "Oh, I'm serious alright," she replied, coolly. Hawkmon stared at her. "No," he whispered. "Yes," Yolei argued, "I'm not changing my decision." "So, we'll just have to defeat, too!" Davis declared. "You think that's possible?" the empress asked. "Attack them, now!" Ken ordered the six Tyranemon. The Digi-destined were already too stunned by this shocking turn of events, so the attack totally took them out by surprise. The Digimon were too surprised to attack. In no time at all, all the Digimon had returned to their rookie forms. "RETREAT!!!!" Davis yelled at the top of his lungs. In no time at all, they disappeared into the woods. "Aren't we going to go after them?" Yolei asked. Ken shook his head, running his fingers over her stomach. "No, let them get over it first." Ken smirked at her, as she blushed from the tickling feeling he was causing her. He was in a very good mood. Finally, they lost. He wasn't even crabby about not capturing them. "Let's go," he whispered, seductively into her ear. She nodded, smiling. ************************************************************** The DD came to a halt. When they all caught their breath, Davis suddnly started to laugh. "What?!" TK demanded, "what's so funny, Davis?! How could you be laughing at a time like this?!" Davis stopped. "I was right," he said, "Yolei's evil. Bad to the bone. You guys didn't believe me- OUCH!!!!!!!" Cody had kicked him. They all stared at him. "Cody?" Kari asked. "Yolei wouldn't have done this by herself," Cody stated, "something or somebody must've drove her to her decision." He walked up to a television. Without turning around, he said, "we're going to find out what it was and we're going to fix it." Holding up his D-3, he and Armadillamon got sucked in. Kari turned to Hawkmon. "Hawkmon, are you going to be alright?" she asked. "I-I'll be just fine, thank you," he answered. He sounded fine, but TK noticed something glisten in his eyes. *********************************************************** That night . . . "Sire?" Wormmon asked, coming into the control room. "What?" came the reply. "Sir, don't you think you should have some dinner by now?" the worm asked, suspicious why he didn't get kicked or whipped when he came in without knocking. "You're right," he heard Ken say. Wormmon almost gasped. He listened to him? He was about to see how far he could take it, but decided not to push his luck. "Err, that's all," he said quickly and crawled out. As soon as he heard the door shut, Ken got up and walked out, his cape flowing out behind him. He was in such a good mood that even he couldn't believe it. Entering the dining room, pulled out a chair and sat down. There was another place set across from him. 'Where is she?' he thought to himself. Just then, the door creaked open. He turned around and almost gasped. Before, she had been beautiful and powerful. Now, she looked beautiful and radiant and not even mean. Very different from what he had seen earlier in the day. Yolei stood there wearing a dark green, velvety dress which showed off her figure. The straps were very thin. The dress came up to her ankles. She was wearing, green high-heeled shoes. She was also wearing pink lipstick and pink masscara. Her hair was parted in the middle and was held back with two green barrets. Two strands of her hair was falling over her face. She closed the door, walked over and sat down across him. "Hi," he said, simply. He smirked. "You're looking nice," he complimented. "Thanks," she said starring down at her food, blushing a bit. Halfway through dinner, he picked up his glass of wine, took a sip and said, "we'll I'm full." "Yeah, right," Yolei snorted. "I'm not that interested in-" Ken started, but Yolei interrupted. "I heard that sometimes you never eat," she said. "Who told you that?" Ken asked. "A worm," she answered. It was true; Wormmon had told her. She stood up walked over and sat down on his lap, putting an arm around his neck and resting her head against his chest. Ken smirked, then had a devious idea. He put an arm around her. "I'll tell you what," he said to her, "I'll eat the rest of this IF I can have you for desert," he whispered seductively into her ear, "in my room." Yolei went bright red. She snuggled against him. "Deal," she whispered back. ******************************************************************* A.N. Oh, boy. Gotta go write a lemon now! Ugh! Now, I know some of you readers don't want a lemon. So, if ya don't, just don't read chapter 6! Just go on to chapter 7. You won't miss ANYTHING, but a sour chapter, I promise! Now, I have never written a lemon before and I know that it's gonna suck BIG TIME! But, I said I'd do it, so . . . (sigh) - Rose Silverstein