Aftermath by DKG80
AN: This is the end. The final story. Sorry. But summer's almost over,
and I can't keep writing. This explains what eventually happens to all of
them. Okay, intro's over.
Disclaimer: Ah, the last time I'll have to write one of these stupid
disclaimers. I don't own digimon, so suers, get out of town.
Tai walked down the street with Izzy. It was summer. Tai was a senior
at Obida College, Izzy a freshman. They casually chatted. They passed by
the monument to those fallen in the Obida war. It was pretty big. Sora's
tombstone was near the front.
Anyway, they were chatting.
"I hope that Walter comes to visit us soon. Maybe he could build us
another digi-world communicator, one for you and one for me." Tai said,
refering to Mr. Ishida's communicator. Walter had mysteriously vanished
about a year ago, leaving only a note saying that he had been hired by a
top-secret science company that only sold to militaries and stores that could
afford the high prices for incredible items. Walter had mailed them a note
with the return address pointing to Egypt saying that he would be back soon
and was moving again. He also said that their most recent invention was so
secret that he couldn't tell what it was.
"What about Joe? Or Julia? I'd like to see them again." Said Izzy. Joe
had moved to the U.S.A. for his reporting company, and was touring the world.
He'd also written and promised to show up soon. Julia had been hired by a
band to sing. She was a huge hit, and was now touring England. She'd also
written. She said that she would do a quick tour of Japan, and might be able
to stop in Obida.
"Or even T.K." Said Tai. T.K. had told them on the communicator that he
might come back for a brief period of time.
"Hey guys! Wait up!"
Walter, Julia, and Joe ran down the street to Tai and Izzy.
"Hey guys. My work took me here to Obida, and so I'm back! My building
is the large white one over there--you can just buzz me whenever you want!
The TSL." Said Walter.
"I'm touring the country. I'm giving a show at the memorial site
tonight, you know. My usual style of singing, plus a special piece to those
that fell in Obida." Said Julia.
"I could take time off of my work to see that." Said Walter.
"I'm covering that!" Said Joe.
"We'll come too." Said Tai.
"Okay." Said Julia, smiling. She ran off.
***
Julia stood on stage, ready to perform. She was very happy. She picked
up the mike.
"Okay, now. First, a dedication to those that fell in the evil battle of
Obida" Said Julia.
A small explosion went off a few blocks away. The crowd whispered
quickly, wondering how the band made the explosion.
Julia shrugged, opened her mouth, and began to sing.
Joe was recording behind her when suddenly a hand grabbed him. He
whirled around to see his boss.
"Okay, Joe. We need you to cover another event. That explosion at the
Top Secret Lab. We want our viewers to see how bad this explosion was." Said
the boss.
"But everyone will be watching this, so--".
A thought struck him. "Isn't that where Walter works?
"Yes. They're trying to find survivors now." Said the boss. Julia
whirled around when she caught those words.
Joe sighed. "Julia, I've got to go. Sorry. This is important. I'm
going to try and save Walter." Julia nodded, turned around, and went back to
singing. Joe fled the stage.
***
The concert lasted from 8:00 to 10:00 at night. Julia left as quick as
she could--which wasn't quick concidering the audience begged for an encore,
and the band gave in, so Julia had to follow. But she was able to leave by
10:30.
Tai and Izzy caught up to her. "Hey, what was that all about?" Asked Tai.
Julia didn't answer. Instead, she turned the corner to see the TSL.
It was a smoking wreck. Medics and rescue crew swarmed it. Reporters
that had been covering the concert for the full time (unlike Joe) were just
arriving. Joe was already covering the story on his videocamera.
A man emerged from the wreck. Joe dashed over to him. "Any survivors?"
"No. Not even Walter, who's survived this kind of thing before." Was the
reply.
All four digidestined gasped.
***
The digidestined gathered around Walter's grave. The funeral was over.
The others had all left the cemetery.
"Walter... I don't believe it." Said Tai, sobbing.
"Let's go." Said Julia, holding back her tears like always. Suddenly,
she couldn't take it any more. She cried.
"We should probably go. We could starve to death here to be with Walter,
but we probably shouldn't." Said Izzy, although he was crying more than
anyone.
They left the cemetery.
***
"Hey Tai!" Yelled Izzy.
The digidestined were in their forties now, and they had gotten jobs.
"I just got promoted! I'm head of the math department in the lab!" Said
Izzy!
"Cool! I've missed you since you moved to the U.S.A. I own that new
internet company. I'm pulling down major profits!" Said Tai.
"Julia's on tour again in this area, and Joe's covering her again. She's
staying in the mansion across town. And guess what?" Said Izzy.
"You saw her in the U.S.A.?" Asked Tai.
"Kind of. We got married in the U.S.A.! She's now Julia Izumi. Let's
see her concert, okay?" Said Izzy.
"Sure thing!" Said Tai. "Do you think she'll be all right? That new
group is doing everything to put them out of business short of breaking their
stuff!"
"They'll be fine." Said Izzy.
***
Tai and Izzy drove Julia home. She invited them to stay in the mansion
for the night, as it was late.
They all went to their seperate bedrooms. They all went right to bed.
Julia woke up around midnight to get water. Suddenly, a man jumped from
the shadows and attacked her.
"I'm from the new group, as you may have guessed." Said the man as he
drew a knife.
Julia screamed.
Izzy was jolted awake. He dashed to Julia's bedroom, to find a man
standing over her body.
"Ahhhhh!" Izzy jumped on the man, and they had a scuffle. The man fled
for the door, but Izzy jumped in front of it and locked it. The man stopped.
Izzy lay a bomb on the ground. "To prevent you from escaping, I'll be
standing in front of the door. We'll die together. The explosion won't
reach far enough to hurt Tai."
The man stared.
BOOM.
Tai woke this time. He ran to Julia's room. He stopped at the man's
body. He stared. he checked for a pulse and a heartbeat. Nothing.
Jim Kido was finally dead.
Tai checked and saw that Julia was dead too.
Izzy was still alive, but barely. As fire engines swarmed and reporters
grabbed a battering ram for the front door, Izzy spoke his last words.
"Oh Tai... I wish you happiness. Good-bye, dear friend." Izzy Izumi
relaxed in death.
Tai took off running. He ran until he got into his house. He shut the
door, and lay gasping for breath on the bed. Then he fell asleep.
***
The next day, Tai was walking. He was walking Suddenly, a familiar
person appeared right in front of him, where there had been just a bat a
moment before.
"Hi! What's up?" Asked T.K.
Tai told about the deaths of the three digidestined, and how only three
of the original seven and none of the additional three were alive.
"Make that one of the additional three." Said a voice.
Kari Kimiya was standing, with her blaster pointed straight at T.K.
Tai gasped. "You're... You're dead!"
"When that wall fell, I was in a concave area. A window, to be exact.
When Joe left, I broke the window and took off. And now, you both will die."
T.K. said. "Hat of Fate!"
Kari fired her blaster.
The two met in the middle. An explosion took place.
Tai was thrown back. When he got up, T.K. and Kari were lying on the
ground. Kari was dead. T.K. was almost dead.
T.K. spoke his final words when Tai drew close. "Tai... Tai, I'll really
miss you, no matter where I go." T.K. died there, a calm smile on his face.
***
Tai went into the hospital nervously. He was older now, in his eighties,
and retired. He was nervous because it was near the tube, as where all of
the other digidestined's deaths had taken place. The T.V. station, the tube
itself, the TSL, the house. Joe had insisted that he go to a certain
room--687.
Tai entered the room not to find Joe reporting, but to find him lying in
bed.
"I was diagnosed with a type of cancer that is incurrable." He said
weekly. "I just wanted to say good-bye." Joe fell asleep.
Tai knew that this would be the last time that he saw Joe alive. Tai
cried a bit, and then walked off.
Tai went back to his Obida apartment. All of his friends and family were
now dead. He sighed.
Oh well. Death is a natural process. And right now, I don't care if I
do die. I just want to go to sleep. I'm tired. He thought.
They found Tai's body in his bed, under his blankets, a serene look on
his face.
***
"I felt it. Tai died too." Said Agumon.
The digimon, being data, had died too, but they had been reborn in
primary village. It seemed that the Realm of the Dead was just for digimon
who had been killed by another digimon or killed him or herself.
They all sighed.
***
Tai awoke. He was in a bedroom. He was thirteen again A sign on the
door said The Realm Of The Dead.
Joe walked in, in his fourteen year old body.. "SInce we all died, the
good digidestined were taken from the human death realm and put here. Like
it? Plus, that means that..."
Sora entered, young like the rest. Tai jumped up, ran to her, and kissed
her so hard that she was knocked backwords.
Hey digimon, hey digimon
Monster friends to the boys and girls
Hey digimon, hey digimon
Champions of the digital world
Seven young kids went to camp for the summer
Happy with not a care in the world
They got sucked into a digital place, and
They sure saved it with a swirl
They got three new digidestined
Beat the evils to the ground
But three of them were plain evil
Those three kids were going down
The rest of them managed to defeat the evils
They lived nice and happy lives
From their teens to their eighties
In this plot the digidestined lie.
Hey digimon, hey digimon
Ultimate friends to the boys and girls
Hey digimon, hey digimon
They helped save the digital world
And so the digidestined died.
Some serene, and some cried.
Their legacy lived on and on.
Long after those kids simply had gone.
They had shared tons of adventures together.
And when three of them saw the error of their ways.
They joined the other seven digidestined.
And they still have fun to this day.