Daichi: I can honestly imagine this happening. And it would change a lot.
Verity: Isn't this what Hazardous Hope, Kind Moon was meant to be?
Daichi: No, that was to even things out.
Tsukaimon: My partner really doesn't own anything.
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He could honestly say he felt sorry for the former tyrant, that he understood. While he didn't know everything about what the other boy had gone through, he could still say that he felt sorry for him.
He almost stopped him. It was only the presence of the others that prevented him from following. Patamon knew it, he could tell. Not that he could ever not tell with Patamon. He always knew how his partner was feeling, so long as they were close enough to each other.
"T.K.? What are you thinking?"
"Patamon... I think, tonight, we should pay Elecmon a long overdue visit."
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Upon hearing about what had happened to the Digimon Emperor, Elecmon had been ecstatic and wished for a party. T.K. turned down the offer, instead requesting a single thing.
The Digimon had been surprised by the request, but complied willingly. The Child of Hope took the DigiEgg close to himself, like he had to the one containing his partner four years ago.
"Thanks, Elecmon."
Walking away, Patamon voiced a question. "T.K., are you sure this is a good idea?"
"Even if it's not, I have to do this. I can't not do this, not with..."
They both knew where this was headed, and fell silent. Neither of them felt inclined to bring that up, no matter how relevant it was.
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He had no clue how he planned to get the Egg to Ken, so he decided to go the easy way. Closing the portal to his house, he instead opened one to a different computer that had been left on and unprotected. He took a small amount of time to wonder why a genius wouldn't even bother with a password on his Digiport, but figured it didn't matter. Peering through it, but not actually leaving the Digital World, he called out.
"Hey, Ken, you hear me?"
There was very little reaction, so T.K. repeated his call, and Ken turned to the screen.
"What are you...?"
"This is... Ken, do you know what happens to a Digimon when they die?" The look on his face was enough to say he didn't.
"One thing you were right about, the Digital World is just data, as is anything in it. Anything or anyone. The first thing someone learns about data is that it can't truly be erased. It's the same with Digimon, they simply revert to their DigiEgg state."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because... it doesn't matter. Either way, I believe this is yours." He sent the Egg through, saw it materialize on the desktop before being taken away.
"Wormmon... thank you."
T.K. closed the portal. Ken had changed, he could tell. And even if he hadn't, no one deserved so much pain.
"Come on, Patamon. Let's go home."
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The next day, Matt stopped by the apartment. He said he just wanted to make sure his brother was doing all right, after so long spent in the DigiWorld.
"I'm fine."
"Cody told me you stormed off in the base. That's unlike you. What happened?"
"It's nothing. At least, nothing you should be concerned about."
"T.K., I'm your brother, it's my job to worry."
"Well... it's really not a big deal."
"What about after defeating Ken? The others all said it looked like you wanted to go after him." He could tell Matt wouldn't let it go, so the best he could do was answer as plainly as possible.
"His partner died giving Magnamon the energy necessary to defeat Kimeramon." Matt stepped back, surprised by the answer he got.
"I see. It... it reminded you of that time, didn't it?" No one brought that time up anymore, not unless it was really necessary. T.K. grinned sheepishly.
"I may have paid Primary Village a little visit afterwords..."
"Little visit? We were up all night!" Patamon yawned, before flopping down.
"T.K., I hope you realize the risk you're taking with this. What you're doing could end up sabotaging everything the DigiDestined have been working for."
"I know. Look, Matt, don't say anything about this to anyone. This is personal business. If it goes wrong, I don't want anyone else tangled up in it. I can handle it myself."
"Alright. But I wouldn't do it for anyone else. I trust you. I hope you know what you're doing."
"Hey, hope is my job." Yes, he was taking a huge risk by reuniting Ken with Wormmon. But it had been something he had to do. He'd never have forgiven himself otherwise.
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Daichi: Unlike the others, this one is going to be more serious.
Verity: She doesn't mean it's going to be darker than the others, though. Tamers sets a hard record to beat, and I've read her plans for Adventures in the Past.