Digimon Adventure 02
Davis sighs, falling against the cliff, next to his dæmon. Veemon is with all the new partner digimon, along with the rest of his team, celebrating their victory. All the digidestined from across the world are still there, talking happily to each other. It is over, Myotismon is gone and the digital and real worlds seem to be nearing peace. But Davis is exhausted.
'Just breath, Daisuke.' Vatra mutters. The bear moves her head to Davis' lap and smiles up at him. 'It's all over.'
'Only mum calls me Daisuke.' He smiles, pinching the back of her neck. 'And I know, I'm just tired.'
Vatra shakes her head. 'Well, wake up. We're the leaders, we need to put on a show.'
Davis laughs, scratching her neck. 'I will, I promise. Just give me a minute. It's not like you're jumping everywhere either.'
She shrugs and they both laugh, Davis leaning back against the cliff face. Kari looks over and smiles at him, and he smiles back, even as Tai wraps an arm around her and leads her away. Solas is off to the side with TK and Asa but that doesn't matter. Davis is far too happy to be upset about that now. In fact, he's probably too happy to be upset about it again. TK is his friend and Davis trusts him too much to freak out every time he goes anywhere near Kari or her dæmon.
'Okay.' Davis says, pushing to his feet. Vatra complains slightly but stands up as well, shaking slightly. 'Let's go brag about how we were the only ones not to fall pray to Myotismon. Rub it in TA's face that we saved him.'
Vatra grins. 'Of course. Have to let everyone know. We have a reputation.'
Davis smiles, stepping into the party easily.
Rei cries out as the baby digimon launch themselves at Ken. She doesn't know how to stop them because she doesn't want them hurt but she doesn't want Ken hurt. He's already suffered enough. At least, she thinks he has. The gecko clings to Ken's collar, trying to offer him comfort. Ken barely seems to notice, whispering frantic apologies as the digimon shout at him. Rei wants to shout back but it wouldn't help, it would only make things worse. Instead, she has to focus on Ken.
'Come on, Ken. Let's keep moving.'
Ken nods absentmindedly, flinching away from more digimon. His voice is weak when he speaks, all of his wit and ferocity gone. She doesn't want the Emperor back, of course, but she wants her Ken back. 'Okay.'
Ken shuffles along, eyes down as more and more digimon insult them and attack them. Ken raises his arms, crying out and trying to apologise, running through the village. Rei tries to hold onto his shirt but something jumps at him as he runs and she is knocked off, falling with a screaming. Ken keeps running, apparently having not noticed, but skies to a stop when the pull on their bond becomes too tight.
'I'm here, Ken.'
Rei looks up when she hears the voice, Ken scrambling after her crying. He's apologising to Wormmon and to every digimon they've ever hurt but the gecko just follows the voice.
'Hurry Rei. Please.'
Ken speeds up, grabbing Rei from the floor. He walks towards an egg on its own, green and somehow familiar. Ken drops to his knees in front of it, eyes wide.
'Wormmon...?' He whispers, barely allowing himself to hope. The egg opens, a small creature appearing.
'I'm Leafmon, the baby form of Wormmon.'
All three laughed, hugging each other.
Asa quickly got used to having to move because of her shifting forms. The first time was when the news started calling the digimon attacks a hoax. TK had gotten so angry that Asa became a bull, storming about and destroying half the objects in their apartment. Their mum had got all of it back on insurance but they had to leave after the neighbours complained. The next time happened when she had turned into Angemon, only briefly, at her new school and they had to move again, this time across country. Then TK got into a fight, she was a dragon and they had to move to France, to live near their grandparents. Then Asa settled, finally, as a lioness and their apartment was too small. Their grandparents offered to take them in but TK had insisted on returning to America.
Despite being used to it, Asa isn't looking forward to their first day.
'Come on, it can't be too bad.' TK says, grinning, as they locked the door. 'We're going to make friends.'
'But they'll stare at me.' Asa says, tilting her head backwards to look at her overly big body. She's never had trouble making friends buts she's never been a lion before. 'I'm too big.'
'Trust me, it'll be fine.' TK says, a hand falling to her back as they headed to the elevator. They barely fit in the corridor side by side but he still kept his arm on her. 'I have a feeling today will be a good day.'
'Why's that? What's going to happen to make today special.'
'I dunno. Maybe we'll see an old friend.' TK grins.
'Kari!'
The Child of Light looks up, eyes wide and beamed. Gatomon jumps into her arms and Kari laughs, hugging her tight. She hears Solas and Asa rushing through the trees, trying to get back to them. The two dæmons burst out of the forest, nearly crashing into their humans. Gatomon leaps out of Kari's arms and onto Solas' back, hugging the white lion as best she could.
'Solas! You've grown so much!'
Solas laughs, tilting his head up to meet hers. 'Stuck like it too. No more changing.'
Kari focuses on Gatomon's tail, eyebrows furrowed. 'Your tail ring! Tell me what happened.'
Gatomon leant forward, holding onto Solas' tail. TK, Davis and their dæmons shuffle forwards Asa and Vatra flanking Solas. He looks at them, shaking his head slightly. He knows there not doing anything purposefully but he also knows that they'll get very annoying very quickly if they start competing for his friendship.
Gatomon explains about the digimon emperor, while Tai lead the way to the cave they had found the strange egg in. Solas pulls Kari aside as everyone else enters the cave. Gatomon glances at them but Kari waves her on.
'You're not thinking what I am, are you?' Solas says, tilting his head. 'About Davis?'
Kari shrugs. 'He has a digivice.'
'But not a digimon.'
Kari frowns. 'It took us a while to meet Gatomon. We just need to give him time. Besides, who else will do it?'
'Us? TK, Asa, Tai?' Solas says, growling slightly.
Kari shakes her head, running her hands through Solas' mane. 'Davis will make a great digidestined. We'll just have to help when we can.'
'Do you really think we can trust him?'
Himmel looks up from the computer, raising his eyebrows at Yolei. 'Who, Ken? Davis says we can. Besides, they did that DNA digivolving, didn't they? He can't be that bad.'
Yolei raises an eyebrow. 'I guess. What are you doing?'
'Izzy sent over a new program for identifying digimon and their weaknesses.' The ferret said, tapping a few buttons. One of the first things he had endeavoured to master when he settled was using the computer and making sure he was as valuable to Yolei as he had always been when he could change.
'Weaknesses?' Poromon said, bouncing slightly. He shuffled forwards to look at the screen. 'Don't you think I can fight well, Himmel?'
Himmel shook his head, rubbing his head against Poromon's. 'Of course I think you fight well. I just want to help.'
Yolei nodded, running one hand through Poromon's fur and the other through Himmel's. 'We're a team, aren't we? We help each other out.'
Himmel nodded, smiling and tapping a few more buttons on the computer. 'I still think it could do with some improving. If we're such a good team, give me some help.'
Yolei smiled, leaning over her dæmon to type in a few lines of code. 'We need strengths as well. It shouldn't be too hard to shift the algorithm around but we've got to break it down first.'
Poromon leant forward, watching the screen, as his partners got to work in perfect sync.
Vertrauen didn't like being a digidestined's dæmon. Not that she didn't like Armadillomon or the digital world, she just wasn't too keen on the responsibility suddenly thrust on Cody's shoulders. He could handle it, she knew that, and he wouldn't complain but she still didn't think it was fair. He was too young.
The sheepdog had gotten used to looking after her boy. When their dad had died, Vertrauen had settled and Cody hadn't said anything for months. The kids at school had teased and the adults had worried as Vertrauen lead Cody around the playground, trying to get him to smile. She knew what they were thinking, because she was thinking it to. What kind of six year old had a settled dæmon? How damaged must he be?
So, when they got to the digital world and Izzy was going on about Cody being curious and trusting his instincts but she just doesn't like it. Cody seems happy enough with it and Armadillomon makes him laugh but she doesn't want him to go through another loss.
'Verty?' Cody said one evening while they were in bed. They have just gotten back from Australia and she's tired. She's surprised Cody is keeping them awake. Upamon was asleep at the end of their bed and Vertrauen sits up slightly to look at her boy. 'I'm okay, you know that, right?'
She looks down at him, smiling slightly. His eyes are sparkling and a smile tugs at his lips. 'Yeah, I do'
Tai smiles, pulling the blanket further up over his nephew and pressing a kiss to his son's forehead. He looks around the other children in the room, checking each of the twelve is asleep and happy, their dæmons tucked under their arms. One or two have settled but most are shifting in their sleep as Tai steps over them to get back to the door. Yuki is waiting for him there, looking up as he walks out. The younger digidestined had decided to spend the evening out with their spouses and the older lot had offered to babysit. The little get together was being held at Izzy's house, as his wife was out for the evening.
'They all alright?' Yuki says as Tai bends to pick her up. The lynx is much easier to carry now he's an adult. He wishes Agumon was with him but the digimon have all returned to the digital world for a celebration of MaloMyotismon's defeat.
'Fine.' Tai said, joining the others in the living room. Ken and Yolei's baby is asleep in the corner. 'So what's happening here?'
Matt handed Tai a beer, sitting down with a glass of water, being the designated responsible one for the evening. 'Worst memory from the digital world. It's Izzy's turn.'
Chishiki hiccuped slightly, rolling over on Izzy's lap. Mimi laughed slightly at the drunk dæmon but Izzy held up a hand, determined to answer the question. 'When Vademon had me. I couldn't even think and Chi wasn't any better. Joe?'
'First arrival.' Joe and Shinrai say in unison, refusing to say anymore. The others laugh, leaning back in their seats. Tai looks around the room, smiling at everyone. Yuki has dragged Chishiki over to where Mici and Katresnan are in the middle of the circle, Shinrai and Seijitsu flying over quickly. Sora smiles at him from across the room, leaning on Matt's arm slightly.
It's been over 20 years since the last digimon fight. They secured peace in two worlds, and happiness in their own lives. They have children, families and couldn't be happier.
Life is good.