The page break means time skip. :3

And one of the review asked "what year is the present?" This fic, the present was set at 02 Series, which make this as... Alternate Reality fic?. Means, Kouji, Kouichi, Izumi, and Takuya are at the same grade as Taichi and the others. Junpei was at the same as Jyou. Tomoki same as 02 Choosen Childres minus Iori and Miyako.

Oh, I used Japanese term for this fic, because the Indonesian dub, uses the same terms as original Japanese. Also, not all Character will be present here, and if they will, it just as a cameo.

Thank you for: PorcelainDollxx, Aquamarine6996, Zephyr300, Stella, Guest, funni neko, and edwards . chandlers1 for the reviews, I will answered and responded your reviews via PM and for the Guest/Anon review, respond would be on the bottom. Thank you for all the readers who favorite and put this story on alert as well. ;]

Revised : 31 January 2014

Beta : PorcelainDollxx

Disclaimer: I.. own my typo, grammar and tenses error also the plot. Besides of that, none.

"Koko wa hajimari ka, owari ka?

Is this the beginning? Or the end?"

From Y to Y

Kimura Kouichi stood above the sandy ground; his blue eyes remained closed until creepy breeze stroked his skin. Slowly but surely, he opened his eyes just to find out he was no longer in his bedroom. 'I'm here again... But where is here...?' His mind wandered. It's been a week or so since he had this vision, although he doubted that it was just a mere vision. The sight and the chill seemed to be too real to be called a vision or dream. It was like he had been transported to another place, like how he ended up in the Digital World several years ago.

His blue eyes wandered around the place as he searched for a clue as to where he was. But he only saw endless darkness. The place was too foggy, just like what he saw before, for the past few weeks, nothing changed.

It was cold...

It was dark...

That was all that he could see and feel, and it's been a few weeks already. 'Where am I? Why am I here?' he wondered, he didn't know why he was here in the first place or why the vision came to him. If this was a vision, then what's the meaning behind this dream? If this was a mere dream, that is. Too many questions but no answers, which left his mind wandering as he merely stood there.

The chilling sensation that he felt seemed different than usual. It was frightening, the way the cold breeze stroked his skin, the way the sound of the waves echoed in the air…

The fog cleared up, finally. The once dark misty area has turned into a different scenery. His pair of blue eyes scoped around the area. He was on a beach; that explained the sand on his feet and the wave's sound. But what made him cautious was the dull black and grey color that caught his eyes. Beaches aren't supposed to be a monochrome color, the sea was supposed to be blue, not black, the sky wasn't supposed to be monochrome either, nor should the lighthouse, which served no purpose to brighten the place. The place reminded him too much of the Dark Continent; it had the same monochrome pattern as well. But he knew that this place was different.

So where was he?

The eerie feeling came again, disrupting him from his deep thought, when another chilled breeze stroked his skin; making the past, that has been sealed in the depths of his mind, resurface. Spontaneously, he hugged his own body and fell to his knees; sweat dripped from his forehead, his breath became shallow as the memories of the corrupted Warrior of Darkness stabbing his red blade into Garmmon's body, followed by the shout of the other Warriors in horror came to mind.

"No... No... It was... the past. I can't keep the past haunting me... That was over," he said to himself, trying to calm himself down, eyes clenched shut. But the scene kept repeating over and over, refusing to go away. He shut his eyes tighter as he repeated the words like a mantra, telling himself it was over, that was in the past, that he was now a better person. He took a deep breath and opened his eyes again just to see the same dark place, but this time, something caught his ears.

The wild breeze passed by, making him cover his face with his hands, and after the breeze went away, he lifted his head and saw a winged dragon with a long body and a strange head fly toward the light house.

"That was…" he trailed, his eyes full of recognition of the creature that just passed by. It was the same creature that he saw several years ago, and this was the second time he had seen it. A digimon. Kouichi turned his head around, searching for any digimon nearby to prove his suspicion, but nothing came out, nothing but the same voice that he heard before the Airdramon passed by.

A sob.

Someone's crying...

Somewhere...

Minamoto Kouji stared at his twin brother's seat several feet away from him, looking more worried than he usually was. Kouichi was acting strange since the morning. Scratch that, he had acted strange for the past few weeks, but today was worse. He was awake with sweat covering his body, and when he woke his brother up, it seemed like he had been awoken from a nightmare. Kouji knew Kouichi always had pale skin, but today, his face was paler than usual, and this not only worried him, but also their birth mother. Fortunately, since last night he slept over at his birth mother's apartment, so he could reassure her that Kouichi would be fine and he was just a little nervous because they had a test today, which wasn't actually true.

Tomoko knew her sons better, call it motherly instinct, even Kouji could tell that his mother wasn't convinced by his words nor did she believe him about the test that he had mentioned, but she let it go when he remind her that she was going to be late to work and they needed to get to school. And after making sure that the elder twin was okay, she walked out of the room, although reluctant. He could see the worry in her young face, making him feel guilty that he had lied to her. But what could he do when he himself didn't know what happened to his brother?

'What's wrong with you?' he asked himself, hoping his words could reach his twin, the same words that he kept asking Kouichi since early this morning. Usually the elder twin would give him a smile and say 'I'm fine' as a response but today, Kouichi was completely silent. His blue eyes often unfocused and it needed someone, Takuya for example, to poke fun at his twin to take him out from whatever state he was in, like the ex-Warrior of Flame did this morning at the school gate. At a time like this he felt the twin telepathy, like the one he watched on the television would come in handy, and how much he wished that they had that kind of power, especially at a time like this.

But now, he couldn't do anything since they were inside the class, not like he had the power to read his twin's mind, not to mention Kouchi's seat was a little far from him and no one he knew enough was in the same class as them, but if something happened to his 'Nii-san, he would act as quickly as possible so he would just watch him in case something happened at the moment. Someone that he needed to thank was his last sensei whom allowed him to be in the same class as his twin.

So far Kouichi was doing fine in class, nothing unusual happened, nothing until he realized his brother's body was shivering, making his eyes snapped open, fortunately enough the bell rang, marking that the class was over for today. The other students began packing their things and headed out of the class, save for Kouichi. He was sitting still on his seat, hands rested on his lap and his head turned down, obviously oblivious of his surround.

"Kouichi," the long haired twin called from the other's side. He had finished packing his things and now stood at his brother's side, bag resting on his left shoulder, waiting for him to get up and pack as well.

Silence.

"Kouichi," he called again, this time louder. Kouji knew that his brother, his slightly older brother could be scatterbrained sometimes and once there's a book in his hands, it would be hard to snap him out from it before he finished it but there was no book in Kouichi's hand and yet, he still gave no response. "'Nii-san!" he called, almost shouting while he shook his 'Nii-san's body, worry started to overwhelm him.

A blink.

Kouji almost cheered mentally when he saw the other boy blink, his face was going to turn into relief before he froze. The cheery moment turned completely into a horror one when Kouichi turned his head to him, and that was when he realized something was really wrong with his twin; his eyes said it all.

They were blank.

No light.

Like that day.

The long haired twin swore that if Kouichi did not blink again or if he looked at him with those dull eyes, he would tackle him down from his chair to pull him out from his trance. Fortunately though, Kouichi blinked again, and this time, light came back to his navy blue eyes, much to his brother's relief. It frightened him, to see his brother being like that. It reminded him of the day where he thought he lost his brother when they only just met, and before he could realize it, his hands already wrapped around Kouichi's body, letting his bag drop onto the floor with a thud.

"Kouji?" His twin's soft and confused tone caught him off guard, and he let go of his Nii-san's body slowly and put his bag on his shoulder, gripping it tightly.

"I think we need to talk, Kouichi."

The last thing that Kouichi could remember was he was in class, Shimada-sensei's class, and now, he was being dragged by his younger twin, he was pretty much forced to pack his stuff quickly. When did the class end? He didn't know, all he knew was that Kouji suddenly hugged him, and dragged him out to the direction that he was familiar with. They were headed to the backyard of the school, the place where he usually gathered with his fellow ex-Warriors friends. But as far he could remember there was no meeting today, so why would Kouji drag him here instead of going home?

His thought was cut short when his twin forced him to sit down on the bench while the younger twin stood in front of him, arms crossed in front of his chest while his blue eyes stared down at him. There was worry all over his face, Kouichi could tell, it was the expression that he was familiar with. Ever since the stairs incident, the younger twin had grown to be overprotective over him, something that Kouichi sometimes wondered sarcastically on who was the younger one here. If there was a reason why he never voiced that thought, it would be because he was sure that Kouji would say something like 'we're twin anyway, why would it matter?' it was the respond that come to his mind whenever he thought about it.

None of the twins were willing to open their mouth to speak and start the conversation, making Kouichi wonder why would Kouji dragged him here, yet again. Wonder and wonder. Just how many times had he wondered about things a day? A soft sigh came out from his lips as he saw Kouji impatiently press the buttons on his cell phone. Who was he going to call?

"Kouji, Kouichi!" a cheerful voice called from afar that he noticed to be Takuya's, followed by Izumi, and Junpei.

"You're late Kanbara!" his brother's voice of annoyance echoed in his ears, making him wince a little since Kouji stood near him.

"Blame Junpei," Takuya shot back and jerked his thumb at the older brunette who smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry, Yumiko-sensei's lecture could be so long sometimes," he said, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

"Why would she lecture you?"

"Well—"

"Guys," Izumi's voice broke in, making the two brunettes stop their conversation, "we're here to talk about Kouichi, not Junpei's problem," she said as she made her way toward said twin and sat beside him while Kouichi could only blink in confusion when he found out he was the reason why they were gathered here.

"Me?" he pointed at himself.

"No, me," Kouji replied sarcastically and rolled his eyes.

"Yes you, Kouichi," Izumi said after she shushed the younger twin.

"Wh—"

"Can't we wait for Tomoki? I'm sure you wouldn't want to repeat yourself, would you?" the blonde said with a soft smile, responded by Kouichi's confused nod and blinks after his words were cut off by Izumi's statement.

Fortunately, they didn't need to wait any longer, as soon as Izumi finished her sentence, Tomoki ran toward them, panting heavily as he put his hands on his knees.

"I-I'm sorry, there was a test today..." he said in the middle of his pant.

"No problem, we just got here as well," Takuya responded with a grin and patted Tomoki's back lightly.

"So... we could start now?" Junpei voiced his team mates thought as the others nodded, minus Kouichi who was still confused and could only stare at his friends in bewilderment.

"Okay," Takuya begun, "what's wrong with you?" he asked the confused twin.

And as the five pairs of eyes directed toward him, Kouichi shrunk, it was as if he was being interrogated by polices after he done a crime. Still, being the under the light of attention had always made him a little uneasy, even now that he's older. "What do you mean?" he asked back with a soft voice.

"Well, you've been acting strange," Izumi said.

"And you're daydreaming a lot," Junpei commented.

"But Kouichi-oniichan was always seemed to be daydreaming a lot."

"Okay, he's daydreaming more than he usually is."

"Also, you're shivering in class," Kouji added, ignoring Tomoki and Junpei arguing about how often the older twin daydreams before they stopped, four eyes turned to him before they all turned back to the elder twin who was looking down a little. "Do I need to add that you seemed to be having nightmare in these past weeks?"

At the last sentences was given, Kouichi could only gulped. He doesn't want his friends and his brother to be worried, but it seemed like he just made them worry even more by his silence, it's all shown in their eyes, worry and concern. With a low sigh, Kouichi decided to elaborated, "It just... a strange dream..." he said, but looking at the five pairs of eyes that directed to him seemed to say 'Continue and don't say never mind' the later was shown in Kouji though, he added more. "I... I'm not sure myself if it was just a dream, or a vision, or even a nightmare. It seemed…" he trailed, "too real to be just a mere dream."

"What do you mean by 'too real to be a dream'?" Izumi asked, tilted her head.

"A déjà vu?" the older brunette guessed.

"No," Kouichi shook his head. "It's like… like the last time we've been in the Digital World, or seemed to be."

Series of gasp filled the air as the others ex-Warriors looked at each other, minus Kouji who was just stared at his brother, more intense than before. Kouichi who knew his brother's gesture well lifted up his head to meet the similar blue eyes of his own before he explained.

"It 'seemed to', not like it was exactly my spirit being pulled there."

"But similar, right?"

He nodded.

"And where is 'there' that you mentioned? Is it the Digital World?" Tomoki asked the first question since he was there. He tilted his head in a curious yet, excited way.

"I think." was the only answer that Kouichi could mutter.

"You think?" This time Takuya asked, his brow rose in wonder.

"As I said before, I'm not sure myself..." he paused, "I did see an Aidramon fly but the scenery... and the feel... seemed wrong." Kouichi said in a low tone at the last part, as if he was saying it to himself, a frown formed on his face.

"Airdramon? If a digimon was there, then shouldn't it be the Digital World then?" The goggle-head leader asked again, becoming more curious than before. "It's obvious, isn't it?"

"Mm..." Izumi hummed and shook her head, "Do you remember that almost after several months of our adventure, digimon appeared in our world?"

"They did?"

"Oh Takuya," Izumi sighed and shook her head hopelessly, followed shortly by the others.

"Okay, okay, I forgot about it. So apparently digimon could appear in our world too. Then..." he trailed, turning his head back to the elder twin who shook his head in response.

"I don't think that it was in our world. It..." he trailed, trying to remember the scene that repeated in his 'dream' for the past few weeks. "It's almost like the Dark Continent but yet different." A pause, "I was on the beach, a beach that was monochrome in color, even the lighthouse. The sea, sky, sand, it was all dull a black and gray color. Even the Dark Continent has more color than that beach." His frown deepened at the mention of the last part.

"Not our world or Digital World," Junpei hummed along with the others, arms folded around his chest as he thought about the place Kouichi was describing. "Could there possibly be any other world beside those two?"

"Or maybe that world is connected to Digital World, maybe another side of it," Tomoki responded, "That would be make more senses since Kouichi-oniichan said that there was Airdramon around, right?" he asked, looking at the older teens with his eyes full of excitement.

"Okay, assume it was like Tomoki said, that world, where Kouichi was in, was on another side of the Digital World," Takuya begun, his brown eyes looked serious and thoughtful, not like his usual cheerful ones. "Why would it call for Kouichi?" he asked, making the others frown. "Or why was it just Kouichi?" he added, looked at the boy in question.

"You just envy him because he got called into another side of the Digital World or whatever, aren't you?" Junpei smirked, nudging the goggle head's arm slightly in a teasing manner, making Takuya pout.

"I'm not!"

"Maybe, it's because Kouichi's associated with darkness?" Kouji guessed, voicing his thought with a frown, making the others look at the long haired boy with surprised looks on their faces. "What?"

"Sorry buddy, I kind of forgot that you were here," Takuya responded with a nervous grin as the younger twin shot a glare at him. "Hey, you said almost nothing since our first conversation!" he reasoned.

"But Kouji's assumption makes sense," Izumi said as Kouji was going to retort to the brunette, making Takuya gulp his words. "He did say the world was more like Dark Continent right? The dark ocean, I concluded from what Kouichi said." She turned to the elder twin who nodded in confirmation. "So maybe the reason why it called for Kouichi was because he was the Warrior of Darkness."

"Even so, we're not Warriors anymore," Kouji responded, "why now, after all these years?" he added, looking at his brother who seemed to be in deep thought. "Assume that Digital World needs help again, shouldn't it be those new Chosen Children's job rather than us, or Kouichi to be exact," he reasoned.

"True enough," the oldest teen said, "especially with no D-scanner anymore. What would an ordinary boy do to help the digital world when he can't even use his powers anymore? No offence Kouichi?" Junpei blinked as he looked at the elder twin who has been silent and now... he started blurring? Make his eyes widened in shock upon seen Kouichi's state. And his shock alarmed the others who also seen the elder twin with horror.

Kouichi's body started to faded and as Kouji cried and reach out for his brother, the two vanished from sight. Leaving the other four to gasp in horror.

Thank you for reading, and review always appreciated. ^_^

Review responses:

Zephyr300 : Thank you for spend a time to review my story even though you're not sign in, and also thank you for the compliment. As for your question, my first language is not English so maybe even if I read the story out loud, I doubt I could tell the difference, which is why I'm in need of Beta Reader. Sorry. ^^;;

Stella : Thank you for your review and here's the second chapter hope you enjoy. As for your question, it was actually my general idea about light and dark but in this story, it could refers to both Kouji or Hikari since both of them is the chosen of light. ^^

Guest : Thank you for your review and here's the second chapter hope you enjoy. And yes, "Kou" could work for both twin and.. aren't that sounds more exciting that way? XDa *At least for me it is*

Random post :

I don't know about the English dub, but in Japanese, Kouji and Kouichi's voice are nearly identical. Hiroshi Kamiya's and Suzumura Kenichi's voice are almost at the same pitch, at least that's what I heard from the drama CD. Or maybe it was my hearing that was weird.