Disclaimer: I don't own digimon or any other characters in this story. And,
well, I own the time machine as well.
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"My latest and greatest invention so far," Izzy said grandly, gesturing to the gigantic, sofa-like machine. "The time machine,"
"Time machine?" The rest of the digidestined echoed.
"You called us over to your house to see this lousy machine?" Tai asked incredulously. "What a waste of time."
"Look here," Izzy said excitedly, pressing a small button by a funny triangular screen. The words, "CHINA, QIN DYNASTY", popped out. "If anyone tries this machine now they'd go back to the Qin Dynasty of China in the past," Izzy said.
"Can't we go into the future?" Mimi asked.
"Oh, sure!" Izzy said. He pressed the button again. The words, "Odaiba, Japan, Year 2027" appeared in the screen,
"Are you sure this thing is reliable?" TK asked.
"Of course!" Izzy said crossly, "I spent months working on this! How can you not trust me?"
He looked at the kids expectantly. "So?" He said, "Who wants to try?"
The kids looked at each other. Nobody moved.
"Come on, be more enthusiastic," pleaded Izzy.
"Davis wants to try," Matt said. He pushed Davis forward. Davis who was standing quite near the machine, lost his balance and fell forward. His foot pressed a red button, and he collapsed onto the strange sofa. ZAP, Davis was gone.
"Davis!" everyone cried in horror.
"Oh, wow!" Izzy exclaimed, "Davis has gone all the way to Odaiba, Japan, 2027!"
"I hope he's okay," Matt said worriedly.
"Should we go and find him?" Kari wondered.
"Maybe?" Cody said uncertainly. "I'm NOT going in there," Yolei said firmly. "We might never come back!"
"What if Davis never comes back?" Ken wondered.
"Touchwood!!" Izzy cried, "Davis will return in three hours. I assure you, it's very safe."
"I think I better go," Matt said, "I pushed Davis in, after all. Are you sure we'll return in three hours?"
Izzy nodded.
Matt took a deep breath, stepped onto the machine and ZAP, he was gone too.
"Who wants to go as well?" Izzy asked.
The others stared at the floor.
"It'll be a blast," Izzy said, "I'm going as well, I want to try it out. Please, guys!"
They shook their heads.
"Come with me!" Izzy ordered.
Silence.
"Then, I guess I have to use underhand measures." Izzy said.
The kids stared at him.
"I knew this would come in handy," Izzy said with an evil smile as he pushed a lever. A bright light shone out and swallowed up all the digidestined.
* * *
"Matt!" Davis exclaimed, surprised as the blonde haired boy landed facedown besides him. "How're here too?"
Matt got up, wincing. "Well," he said, "I thought it better to look for you as I was the one that pushed you into the machine."
"That's nice," Davis said happily.
"Izzy said that we'd be able to return in three hours' time." Matt said.
"That's good," Davis replied. "I guess we can explore in the meantime-"
CRASH!!
The two looked up, startled as the rest of the digidestined appeared, on top of one another, with Izzy at the bottom.
"Hi guys! You've decided to come as well?" Matt said brightly.
The kids crawled off one another.
"Izzy forced us here," Yolei said angrily. "He pushed a lever and we were all zapped here."
Izzy smiled weakly. "Come on guys, this is one hundred percent safe. Nothing bad will happen, trust me."
"what do we do in the meantime?" Joe said. "We have three hours to spare!"
"We shall explore!" Izzy cried cheerfully. He beamed around at the group. "We're in the future, guys! Let's look around!"
"I've always wondered what I'd be like in the future." Sora said with a smile.
The kids finally came to a decision-they'd go around exploring to while away their three hours-and set off.
* * *
"Which part of Odaiba are we in?" Tai mused.
"Everything's changed." Said Ken.
"Of course, dummy," said Cody at once, "25 years have passed!"
"Look! There's Gatomon!" Kari gasped suddenly.
"You brought Gatomon along?" Matt asked in surprise.
"Of course not!" Kari said. "Look-over there!" She cried, pointing.
The kids turned and to their surprise, saw Gatomon running past.
"What's Gatomon doing here?" Tai said. "Last I saw her, she was on my bed, sleeping."
"Gatomon!" called Kari. "Come back! How'd you get here? Hurry, it wouldn't be good if you're seen."
Gatomon gave Kari a puzzled look. "Who're you?"
"Kari!" Kari said, surprised. "Don't you remember me?"
"No. . . and it's really no big deal if I'm seen, really." Gatomon said. "Everyone here knows about digimon."
"They. . .do?" Kari asked slowly.
"Don't you know?" Gatomon stared at the group as though they were crazy.
"I think that Gatomon is not yours, Kari," TK whispered.
Kari nodded in agreement.
The Gatomon ran off.
"Prodigious!" Izzy said, "So people in the future know all about digimon!"
"I wonder what happened to us 25 years later," said Davis.
"It would be cool if we met our future selves!" Ken said. He paused as everyone turned and stared at him. "What's wrong?"
"We saw something. . ." Yolei said softly. She spun Ken around. Ken stared and gasped.
A tall man with chin-length blue hair and wearing what looked like a much bigger version of Ken's school uniform walked past.
"That looks just like you, Ken!" said Mimi.
"And that's not all. . ." murmured Sora as, following the Ken-like person, was no other than Wormmon!
"Wormmon?" Ken cried before he could stop himself.
"Shhhhhhhh!" said everyone. But it was too late. The man looked up, saw Ken, and stared.
"Hey!" said the man.
"What?" said Ken nervously.
The man looked at Ken suspiciously. "Who're you?"
"I don't know. . ." Ken said.
"You don't know who you are?" The man said, looking shocked.
Wormmon came up and saw Ken. "Hey, Ken!" he said to the man, "That kid looks just like you when you were eleven!"
"You're. . . called Ken?" said Ken.
"So what?" said the man.
"Oh, nothing, nothing," Ken said. He turned to the others. "May be we should leave."
The others nodded.
"Wait!" The Ken-man said suddenly. He studied the other kids. "I know these faces!"
"You do?" squeaked Cody. "you know, my mum once said it's not right to speak to strangers."
"You look just like Cody," the Ken-man said.
Cody looked terrified. "How do you know my name?"
"You look just like my friends, except as their younger selves," the man said.
"Maybe we are. . ." Izzy said.
"You see, we travelled 25 years into the future, so of course we'd be adults by then." Izzy explained. "It wouldn't be a surprise to see our adult selves walking about. I think this man is your adult self, Ken!"
"Really." Said Ken.
Izzy turned to the man. "Hi, Ken Ichijouji. How nice to meet your adult form. I'm Koushirou Izumi, but then, I guess there's no need to introduce myself. You should know who I am."
"Yes, I do." Said the Ken-man warmly.
"I really think we should go." Said Ken.
"There's nothing to be scared of." The man said, looking surprised. "What Izzy said makes sense. If you all really travelled into the future, then I'm you! You shouldn't be scared of yourself."
Ken smiled a small smile. "It's not everyday you meet your future self."
"Anyway, we only have three hours to explore this place before we go back to our own time," Yolei said. "I think it's best that we leave. Bye, Ken!"
"It's being really interesting meeting you," Ken said to his grown-up self as they started to leave. "I'm just a bit curious-what are you working as? Are you married? Do you have any kids?"
He nodded. "I'm a detective. I have three kids, and I'm married to Yolei- Miyako Inoue."
The group let out a collective gasp.
"I can't believe it!" Yolei squealed, slowly turning red. "I'll be marrying Ken when I grow up!"
"Me? A detective?" Ken looked stunned. "Wow . . ."
For some strange reason, Joe seemed rather disappointed.
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"My latest and greatest invention so far," Izzy said grandly, gesturing to the gigantic, sofa-like machine. "The time machine,"
"Time machine?" The rest of the digidestined echoed.
"You called us over to your house to see this lousy machine?" Tai asked incredulously. "What a waste of time."
"Look here," Izzy said excitedly, pressing a small button by a funny triangular screen. The words, "CHINA, QIN DYNASTY", popped out. "If anyone tries this machine now they'd go back to the Qin Dynasty of China in the past," Izzy said.
"Can't we go into the future?" Mimi asked.
"Oh, sure!" Izzy said. He pressed the button again. The words, "Odaiba, Japan, Year 2027" appeared in the screen,
"Are you sure this thing is reliable?" TK asked.
"Of course!" Izzy said crossly, "I spent months working on this! How can you not trust me?"
He looked at the kids expectantly. "So?" He said, "Who wants to try?"
The kids looked at each other. Nobody moved.
"Come on, be more enthusiastic," pleaded Izzy.
"Davis wants to try," Matt said. He pushed Davis forward. Davis who was standing quite near the machine, lost his balance and fell forward. His foot pressed a red button, and he collapsed onto the strange sofa. ZAP, Davis was gone.
"Davis!" everyone cried in horror.
"Oh, wow!" Izzy exclaimed, "Davis has gone all the way to Odaiba, Japan, 2027!"
"I hope he's okay," Matt said worriedly.
"Should we go and find him?" Kari wondered.
"Maybe?" Cody said uncertainly. "I'm NOT going in there," Yolei said firmly. "We might never come back!"
"What if Davis never comes back?" Ken wondered.
"Touchwood!!" Izzy cried, "Davis will return in three hours. I assure you, it's very safe."
"I think I better go," Matt said, "I pushed Davis in, after all. Are you sure we'll return in three hours?"
Izzy nodded.
Matt took a deep breath, stepped onto the machine and ZAP, he was gone too.
"Who wants to go as well?" Izzy asked.
The others stared at the floor.
"It'll be a blast," Izzy said, "I'm going as well, I want to try it out. Please, guys!"
They shook their heads.
"Come with me!" Izzy ordered.
Silence.
"Then, I guess I have to use underhand measures." Izzy said.
The kids stared at him.
"I knew this would come in handy," Izzy said with an evil smile as he pushed a lever. A bright light shone out and swallowed up all the digidestined.
* * *
"Matt!" Davis exclaimed, surprised as the blonde haired boy landed facedown besides him. "How're here too?"
Matt got up, wincing. "Well," he said, "I thought it better to look for you as I was the one that pushed you into the machine."
"That's nice," Davis said happily.
"Izzy said that we'd be able to return in three hours' time." Matt said.
"That's good," Davis replied. "I guess we can explore in the meantime-"
CRASH!!
The two looked up, startled as the rest of the digidestined appeared, on top of one another, with Izzy at the bottom.
"Hi guys! You've decided to come as well?" Matt said brightly.
The kids crawled off one another.
"Izzy forced us here," Yolei said angrily. "He pushed a lever and we were all zapped here."
Izzy smiled weakly. "Come on guys, this is one hundred percent safe. Nothing bad will happen, trust me."
"what do we do in the meantime?" Joe said. "We have three hours to spare!"
"We shall explore!" Izzy cried cheerfully. He beamed around at the group. "We're in the future, guys! Let's look around!"
"I've always wondered what I'd be like in the future." Sora said with a smile.
The kids finally came to a decision-they'd go around exploring to while away their three hours-and set off.
* * *
"Which part of Odaiba are we in?" Tai mused.
"Everything's changed." Said Ken.
"Of course, dummy," said Cody at once, "25 years have passed!"
"Look! There's Gatomon!" Kari gasped suddenly.
"You brought Gatomon along?" Matt asked in surprise.
"Of course not!" Kari said. "Look-over there!" She cried, pointing.
The kids turned and to their surprise, saw Gatomon running past.
"What's Gatomon doing here?" Tai said. "Last I saw her, she was on my bed, sleeping."
"Gatomon!" called Kari. "Come back! How'd you get here? Hurry, it wouldn't be good if you're seen."
Gatomon gave Kari a puzzled look. "Who're you?"
"Kari!" Kari said, surprised. "Don't you remember me?"
"No. . . and it's really no big deal if I'm seen, really." Gatomon said. "Everyone here knows about digimon."
"They. . .do?" Kari asked slowly.
"Don't you know?" Gatomon stared at the group as though they were crazy.
"I think that Gatomon is not yours, Kari," TK whispered.
Kari nodded in agreement.
The Gatomon ran off.
"Prodigious!" Izzy said, "So people in the future know all about digimon!"
"I wonder what happened to us 25 years later," said Davis.
"It would be cool if we met our future selves!" Ken said. He paused as everyone turned and stared at him. "What's wrong?"
"We saw something. . ." Yolei said softly. She spun Ken around. Ken stared and gasped.
A tall man with chin-length blue hair and wearing what looked like a much bigger version of Ken's school uniform walked past.
"That looks just like you, Ken!" said Mimi.
"And that's not all. . ." murmured Sora as, following the Ken-like person, was no other than Wormmon!
"Wormmon?" Ken cried before he could stop himself.
"Shhhhhhhh!" said everyone. But it was too late. The man looked up, saw Ken, and stared.
"Hey!" said the man.
"What?" said Ken nervously.
The man looked at Ken suspiciously. "Who're you?"
"I don't know. . ." Ken said.
"You don't know who you are?" The man said, looking shocked.
Wormmon came up and saw Ken. "Hey, Ken!" he said to the man, "That kid looks just like you when you were eleven!"
"You're. . . called Ken?" said Ken.
"So what?" said the man.
"Oh, nothing, nothing," Ken said. He turned to the others. "May be we should leave."
The others nodded.
"Wait!" The Ken-man said suddenly. He studied the other kids. "I know these faces!"
"You do?" squeaked Cody. "you know, my mum once said it's not right to speak to strangers."
"You look just like Cody," the Ken-man said.
Cody looked terrified. "How do you know my name?"
"You look just like my friends, except as their younger selves," the man said.
"Maybe we are. . ." Izzy said.
"You see, we travelled 25 years into the future, so of course we'd be adults by then." Izzy explained. "It wouldn't be a surprise to see our adult selves walking about. I think this man is your adult self, Ken!"
"Really." Said Ken.
Izzy turned to the man. "Hi, Ken Ichijouji. How nice to meet your adult form. I'm Koushirou Izumi, but then, I guess there's no need to introduce myself. You should know who I am."
"Yes, I do." Said the Ken-man warmly.
"I really think we should go." Said Ken.
"There's nothing to be scared of." The man said, looking surprised. "What Izzy said makes sense. If you all really travelled into the future, then I'm you! You shouldn't be scared of yourself."
Ken smiled a small smile. "It's not everyday you meet your future self."
"Anyway, we only have three hours to explore this place before we go back to our own time," Yolei said. "I think it's best that we leave. Bye, Ken!"
"It's being really interesting meeting you," Ken said to his grown-up self as they started to leave. "I'm just a bit curious-what are you working as? Are you married? Do you have any kids?"
He nodded. "I'm a detective. I have three kids, and I'm married to Yolei- Miyako Inoue."
The group let out a collective gasp.
"I can't believe it!" Yolei squealed, slowly turning red. "I'll be marrying Ken when I grow up!"
"Me? A detective?" Ken looked stunned. "Wow . . ."
For some strange reason, Joe seemed rather disappointed.