If you had told Uryu Ishida that he would be the parent by the time he was 17 years old and that the mother would be a soul reaper a year earlier. He woulda laughed at you. It's funny how life is...things that you thought would never happen do. Of course a lot of things can happen when someone is intoxicated. It was at a party their friend Ichigo was having...both him and Rukia had had several beers. Now normally Uryu wouldn't drink so much..he had always been the responsible one...but he had gotten careless for once and went a little overboard...He didn't realize just...how overboard he had gone until he woke up the next morning in bed with Rukia...Naked. She than found out a month later that she was pregnant. Uryu was to put it bluntly shocked however he accepted it and agreed to help with the baby after all it was his fault. He grew nervous as the time drew nearer for the baby to be born...Was he really going to be good enough? What will happen when Rukia has to go back to the Soul society? Will he just continue on raising it as if nothing happened? Did he even love her? Sure he always did have a mild crush on her..she was pretty...but were they compatible? Could they really raise this kid together?

It wasn't until he Held his son in his hands that all worries vanished. The baby boy was a splitting image of himself. A perfection. When that little boy smiled up at him..he knew that for this baby he would do anything. He would go the distance for this baby..if only he knew just how far he would have to go.

The baby grew up in a relatively normal life. His mother Rukia stayed behind and would watch him with the help of her friend Orihime While Uryu would go out and hot hollows with at night and go to school during the day. Uryu was lucky to have come from a relatively wealthy Family so his kid was pretty much taken care of. He ended up with Rukia's encouraging naming Ichigo the god father. Ichigo of course took his job very seriously and would keep an extra eye on the kid.

Ken Ishida was a rather quiet child who seemed to soak up everything around him with his big blue eyes. Rarely did he speak around strangers or even his own family members. Uryu wasn't too concerned though. He just figured that the child was an introvert like he was at his would surely grow out of it with age. One thing that Uryu absolutely loved about parenting was fixing nad improving his sons constantly torn clothes. At first he didn't get into much but than as he grew older and managed to make a friend his tendency to get into trouble and ruin things grew.

He met his one and only friend Davis at a park one day when he was two. The two became close and were rarely with out the other. Davis's mom even offered to baby sit Ken for Rukia and Uryu should they need a break. Things went on peacefully for another year until one tragic day when Ken was three.

Ichigo and Uryu were out tracking down an alarming amount of hollows down town while Rukia stayed behind and watched little Ken and his friend Davis who was sleeping over at the time. Rukia had been feeling rather nervous that day..almost as if she could sense something bad was going to happen. She however said nothing but merely kept a close eye on her surroundings.

She was awoken from her thoughts by a small whimper and a yawn. She turned and saw a sleepy 4 year old Davis rubbing his eyes with his left hand while her son Ken clutched his other tightly. "Miss Ruky?" Davis said sleepily.

"Yes Davis?" Rukia asked worriedly. She didn't like how distressed her son looked. His messy blue hair was plastered to his sweaty way too pale face even for him.

"Ken-Chan had a nightmare." Davis explained with another yawn.

"Bad mans comming." Ken whimpered. "Bad man hurt momma and take me from Davis."

"I told him that no one's gonna but he wont listen." Davis explained exasperated.

"Bad man...really bad man." Ken insisted stubbornly to his friend.

If only they had listened to him.. not even an hour later Rukia was slain before she had a chance to even react to the strangers presence. Davis sensing trouble hid Ken under the bed and than he his in a closet. however the man seemed to sense where poor ken was and took him without a moments thought. Davis furious at having his friend taken without his permission futilely beat the tall man. the man only smirked at the boy below him before giving him a swift kick. Ken cried tearfully for him but Davis found him self helpless to do anything..that was the last night either friend saw each other for at least another 8 years. When thanks to a certain little boy the fate of not only our world but that digital world were to be put in jeopardy..but how were they to know?

2 years later

5 year old Ken stared longingly at his parents who were once again praising Sam for getting an A on his test. Ken got an A on his spelling test only last week but did they notice? Of course not. Sam was everything Ken wasn't and more..It infuriated Ken to no end. To make matters worse Sam spilled his secret.. A secret he promised not tell and now his mummy and daddy wouldn't pay any attention to him at all! Now they wouldn't even let him outside to play with out supervision. He had told Sam about how he saw monsters everywhere. Big monsters with holes in there chest but of course no one believed him.

He often wondered what life woulda been like if he still lived with his real parents but unfortunently he couldn't remember them. The police had found him severely injured with scratch like marks as if attacked by a wild animal or something and a bad concussion. After they found out he had no memories other than his first name and no one came to claim him for over 2 months..He was put up for adoption. The ichijouji's. came and adopted hima few months later and he had been living with them since. He always did feel that his parents were out there somewhere just waiting for him..but he never voiced his opinion out loud. He didn't want to appear ungrateful.

However he couldn't help but feel jealous of Sam. So angry. sometimes he just wished that Sam would just disapear!..things got worse after a digivice came out of sam's computer. Sam of course claimed it to be his and wouldn't let him touch it...it wasn't fair...why did he have to own everything? Ken really wanted it too..So one day when sam was out he snuck into Sam's room. He just had to touch it..one touch couldn't hurt right?

To his amazement he found himself in some new virtual world or something. He even made a friend named Wormon. Him Wormon and another kid and digimon soon found themselves in a battle after only being there for an hour! They managed to defeat the bad digimon effortlessly however when he was defeated a huge cloud of dark spores.. Thinking quick he pushed the other boy away. However in the process one of the spores got into his neck. The pain was unbearable. Figuring he was useless and with assurance from his other friends he was told to go back home. He soon found himself back in his brother Sam's room and smiled privately to himself despite the pain. His smile was short lived when his brother who saw the whole thing stormed in and yelled at him. He whimpered in both pain and shame as his brother yelled at him and smacked the digivice from his hand. Stupid Sam! Why wont he disapear?

The next day while he and Sam were walking home from school he was still seething mad and silently wishing for him to disappear. He was so wrapped up in his emotions that he almost didn't notice another one of those big monsters coming. He watched in silent horror as it came up and attacked his older brother. He could do nothing but watch as his brothers limp bod flew through the air only to land unmovingly on his side.

The funeral was a few days later and he could only cry helplessly as he watched them burry his brother. It was his fault..He had wished for his brother to disapear. He was a bad boy..He bet it was his fault his real parents didn't want him either. He was just a really bad boy..He was..evil. He felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked up to see a vaguely familiar tall pale man with long black hair looking down at him. "I'm sorry for your loss Ken." The man said not really all that sorry. "BUt hey at least your mummy and daddy will pay attention to you now right?" The man asked knowingly. Ken nodded numbly and stared blankly at Sam's picture. "Too bad though..you are really going to have to feel his shoes now." The man added thoughtfully. "The pressure's and expectations will be too high for you...life will become unbearable." He continued as Ken listened silently."But I know a place where you can truly be in control. A world where you can make everyone listen to you and obey you." The man promised slyly. Ken looked up at him with hope.

"Reallly?" He asked in aww.

"Yes. If you will follow me I can take you there." The man promised offering his hand. Ken looked at it hesitantly but cringed when he felt the pain in his neck return. He took his left hand and put it to his neck wincing in pain. "Aww is your Neck still bothering you." The man said with faux concern. Ken nodded wearily but paused in wonder. How did he know about that? Before he could question him though the man ruffled his hair and grasped his other hand. "Come me with me and I can make it all go away..Come with me to the digital world." He procaimed.

Ken looked over at his adopted mom and dad who were talking to others oblivious of what was going on."What about mummy and daddy?" He asked uncertain.

"Oh don't worry about them. You can see them in a bit." The man promised. Ken nodded after a moment and followed him.

Uryu ran his hands through his blue hair and looked thoughtfully out at the people below him as he leaned on the railing. It had been two years since he last saw his son and his girlfriend was murdered. He has spent the last two years searching endlessly for his son..but so far there was no luck..the police and his family have told him to give up. That there was no way he could still be out there but uryu knew that he was he could feel it. A father would know if his own son was alive or not wouldn't he?

6 year old Davis clutched onto a teddy bear as he sat up in his bed. The Teddy bear had in fact been his old friend Ken's but his dad had let davis take it as a way to remember him. Davis couldn't help but feel guilty over what happened 2 years was after all his fault. If only he had been stronger than maybe he could have protected him. .. could have saved him.

Ken sneered cuningly down at his new and improved digivice as the man smiled evilly down at the boy. He had him now. "See Ken this..all this is yours for the taking." He said softly as he played with Ken's hair. "Don't call me Ken." The boy snapped annoyed. "Oh? and what should i call you?" The man asked amused. "Call me the..Digimon Emperor!" He said after a moment with a satisfied smirk. This huge pitiful world was his and no one was going to take it away form him..No one!

A worried Wormon hid in the shadows only a foot away. He didn't like this man or what he did to his sweet Ken...only moments ago he was the old Ken..but than This mean man had done something to him...something horrible..and now Ken wasn't the same anymore...now he seemed to reek of pure evil. Would this last long? Is the real Ken in there somewhere? Wormon wondered. He frowned resolutely. Of course he was and Wormon wasn't about to give up yet. he would stay by his friend's said and wait patiently till the day he returned.