Digimon: The New Generation

by ratchetman

The digidestined have all grown up, and though their travels in the digital world are over, there are new perils and it will be up to a new generation of digidestined to keep up the good fight, discontinued

1. The Next Generation

Digimon: The Next Generation

Taichi Kamiya paced back and forth in the hospital waiting room while an uncannily properly placed "These Times are a' Changin" was playing on the speakers and Bob Dylan began singing "What you can't understand is your sons and your daughters are beyond your command". The line made him stop in his track and once again thousands of questions began racing through his head pertaining to his unborn child, "Will I be a good Dad?" "Will my kid like me?" "Will Candice still love me?" Candice was of course the child's mother, a very beautiful slender (not so slender recently) blonde haired woman.

Tai had met her in this very hospital, he had come in to admit his old friend Joe Kido after a very unsuccessful attempt at a bachelor party prank he and his best friend Matt had pulled on their soon to be married frame-wearing friend. As a joke Tai and Matt had gotten Joe really sauced up on Tequila at a downtown dive bar and without him noticing placed a large ball and chain with the words Mimi spray painted across the surface. What they hadn't planned on was that Joe would gain immense strength after drinking late into the night and when he was ready to leave gave his leg a mighty swing sending the steel ball further than his leg and almost breaking his ankle. Matt, Tai and their other companion Izzy had to rush Joe to the hospital before his wedding in 7 hours. They fixed up Joe's leg with a cast and a couple of crutches and while Tai waited for his friend to get patched up he saw walking across the waiting room a young nurse making her way out of nurse's station. He walked up to her with the intent to smooth talk her into a one-night play and instead found himself tongue tied and smitten. After a feeble attempt to invite her to have a cup of coffee the two of them found themselves talking for hours when Tai realized that he was going to be late as one of Joe's men of honor, he requested Candice's attendance at the wedding and wouldn't take no for an answer. The two of them showed up together well late into the ceremony because they had to find Candice something suitable to wear and from the way people watched them walk to the front of the chapel, you would have thought their procession was the main event. Ever since then Tai and Candice had lived in his small one bedroom apartment in Odaiba.

She and Tai had been together for almost 4 years now, but were not married, not yet anyways. Tai touched the felt box that sat in his pocket and his mind began to clear again. "So you think you can really be a Dad?" A familiar voice and a familiar smack on the back that followed indicated that Tai's best friend Matt and child's future Godfather had finally arrived. "I have no idea" Tai managed to squeak out finally. He ran his hands through his short brown hair. "This is such a huge…..thing you know?" Sora, another one of Tai's closest friends and Matt's fiancé gripped Tai's hand and gave it a great squeeze "You and Candice are going to be just fine" she said. "I know you will be"

"Thanks Sora" Tai said. "Is everyone else on their way?" She nodded. "I called your parents, Davis, the Kido's, Izzy, Ken, Yolei, and your sister and TK should be here already. As if on cue Tai's 19 year old sister Kari came sprinting up the stairs with her boyfriend and Matt's little brother TK. "TK move your butt already" the short haired brunette yelled down the stairwell behind her. "There was an elevator! Why did we have to take the stairs?" "Oh quit whining TK" Kari snapped back at him, she didn't normally treat TK like this but her niece and godchild was about to be born and she was probably just as nervous as anyone else. "TAI!!!!" She flung her arms around her big brother and hugged him as if she would never see him again. "I am so happy for you!"

"Thanks Kari, I'm really glad you're hear" "I wouldn't miss it for the world, now what room is Candice in?" "She's in 406 but I don't think the baby is going to-" A doctor came rushing out of the hallway and right up to Tai, Mr. Kamiya the baby is about to be born are you ready to go in there?" He wasn't not in the least was he prepared for what was about to happen but he nodded and along with Kari and Matt followed the doctor into the hospital room where his family was about to be made.

19 hours later Tai paced back and forth once again across the hospital floor, but this time with a healthy baby boy in his arms, his son had been born about 5 hours ago and had absolutely exhausted his mother and despite her protests Tai took his child from Candice's arms and let her finally get some sleep. They still hadn't named the small boy yet. "Baby, can I see him again" Candice called weakly from her bed, Tai hesitated but knew that it would be worse not to give a mother her child, he placed his son in her arms and knelt down besides the bed stroking her hair and staring into the deep brown eyes of the small baby. Candice began to cry as she looked from her baby to her boyfriend. "We're a family Tai can you believe it?" Tai took a big gulp of air and placed himself on one knee, "We're not a family yet Candice" He looked as her eyes welled up with more tears, "Maybe this is not the best time, I don't want to dehydrate her" he thought but he knew it was now or never. Before he even had to say the words she was already nodding her head to tell him no matter how he asked her she would be his wife, and they would be a traditional family and together would raise their son Kenji.