I'll like to thank my beta, Naomi who kept me going. I had finished the whole series thanks to her.

This is definitely not my best work created in the midst of busy schedule. I still hope for reviews which may motivate me to update faster :P. Thank you for reading.

Digimon is not mine.


Chapter 8: Wonderment

*Past Dimension*

Two teenage boys were sparring with each other, their blue eyes were piercing watching one another closely. Whoever made the move first would be defeated.

"Men!" Both hit the bokken on one another head at the same time.

"The match had ended. It's a tie!" The teenage advisor announced.

One of them removed the head gear revealing his golden locks of hair.

"You have become stronger, my brother."

"So have you, niichan." The younger boy removed his head gear.

"You should be calling me Niisan, isn't it? You are not a kid, Takeru." The elder boy pointed the tip of the bokken at his brother.

"It's just habit." The younger boy stuck his tongue out.

"Yamato is just too serious." Sora walked over and handed her husband a cup of water which Yamato gulped them down quickly.

"Thank you, my dear." Takeru smiled at the sight before he was interrupted by a cup of water from his newly wedded wife. He remembered he need not be envious of his brother, for he had finally found the love of his life.

"You are mushy, Takeru." Hikari blushed when he whispered words of love to her slapping his arms.

Yamato and Sora laughed. They were finally together after their so-called rules were overthrown. It was like a miracle that the elders decided to give way to allow Hikari of the Dragon Zone to marry the Prince. As the law had stated, Takeru was to marry a girl of the Holy Zone in order to inherit the throne and to produce a pure blood descendent. Even Yamato was surprised when he heard from Takeru a day after his wedding.

Now, they were in the Insect Zone on their way to the Plant Zone for Takeru and Hikari's honeymoon. Yamato and Takeru decided to catch up with each other after years of separation so he and Sora decided to accompany them. Of course they knew when to steer clear. At the same time, they would just assist the time traveler to get to their next destination, the Dragon Zone suggested by Takeru as what they wanted could not be found in the Holy Zone.

"Now who is next?" The Prince's advisor, Iori took his bokken to challenge the group of modern boys.

"I'll take you on." Ken offered.

"Hang in there, Ken-chan!" Wormmon cheered.

"You can win like you often did to him back at home." V-mon added. Iori frowned. He was really curious about himself of the other world but he just would not admit it.

"That's why he is always training hard." Armadimon commented while yawning lazily. "Behold, my Iori will not lose to the likes of the spoilt brats."

Ken smiled. He liked Iori's determined eyes. No matter which era he was in, he never wavered.

"Men!"


"How can you lose, Ken? That's so unlike you." Ryo teased Ken a few hours after the match.

"Time for dinner." Wallace exclaimed holding up a fork and a knife. He was the first to sit on the table waiting for dinner to be served. Ryo did a facepalm. He seemed to be sure that the dinner would be western food. The place they were in had a medieval housing feel. It was rather cozy.

Ken laughed apologetically. He was aware how much Ryo and Wallace disliked each other. Just then a boy with orange hair came out from the door.

"Yo, Izumi!" Wallace greeted excitedly.

"It's Koushirou. Not Izumi." Koushirou reminded him his name again. Wallace kept forgetting that the people of this era did not have their family name. They should be addressed by their first name.

"Here is your dinner, we are having sashimi." Koushirou announced. Ryo cracked out laughing when Wallace frowned in disappointment. He did not really like Japanese food. It had been a long time since he last had his chicken chop.

"Momantai. I can teach Koushirou if you want." Terriermon offered.

"What did you say?" Koushirou asked the huge ear Digimon.

"Momantai. It means no problem." Terriermon raised his hands.

"Where did you learn it from?" Wallace got curious. He did not know Terriermon knew some Cantonese.

"Ryo-san taught me that. He said it fit my character." Terriermon revealed. Wallace was not very happy about it. He was really annoyed whenever it came to Ryo. Refreshing aura? He could not believe it. Wallace was really like a brat here as Ryo was acting like a leader out of the three of them as he was the most knowledgeable.

Koushirou took a quick look. "Yamato-san and the rest are not here yet.

"I'll leave some for them." He decided. As he left the dining area, he bumped into a listless girl.

"Miyako-san, time for dinner." Koushirou informed.

"Hi!" Ken greeted politely. Miyako nodded in acknowledgement. It was awkward. V-mon nudged Ken.

"Hang in there!" He teased. Ken narrowed his eyes. He was not Daisuke, he would not shake him like Daisuke always would.

Wallace felt proud of Ken. Ken actually went back to the Wind Zone alone with Wormmon to pick the girl up leaving him and Ryo travelling with Yamato and the rest to the Insect Zone. They just arrived a day ago.

"You should have asked me along when comes to girls. But nevertheless, you had done well. She finally left her base." Wallace remarked. Wallace was finally himself at this moment. Calm and collected.

"You know, it's so unlike you when you act like a spoilt brat." Wormmon teased speaking Ken's mind.

"Hey!"

Ken decided to talk to the boys later. There was something he was worried about. Someone was definitely watching his move.

"Let's have dinner first. Itadakimasu!" Ken clapped his hands.

"Itadakimasu!" The boys said. Miyako followed suit hesitantly.

"There is no need to be shy, Miyako-san." Ken handed her a piece of salmon. Hawkmon was glad to see Miyako out of the shell. In fact, she had already wavered after they left the base to the Holy Zone. That was why Ken could persuade her to come along with him without too much effort. More importantly, he resembled him, Miyako fiancé. He was the first one who took her to the outside. There was a huge blue sky out there where Hawkmon could soar.

"Miyako-san!" A girl chirped. Miyako turned to her back and saw her friend.

"Hikari-chan?"

"It's really you!" Hikari jumped on the girl and hugged her tightly. She was really surprised and happy to see her out of her base.

"Thanks to him, Miyako finally came out." Hawkmon pointed to Ken and Wormmon. Ken flinched when Hikari looked at his direction. Her reaction surprised him. She actually smiled at him warmly. That was an expression he would never get to see from Hikari of his dimension.

"Thank you for helping Miyako-san." Hikari bowed.

"You are welcome…" Ken stuttered politely.

"What do we have for dinner?" Takeru came in with his brother and Sora picking a piece of sashimi to only be caught by Yamato.

"That's not the way to eat, Takeru. Have you forgotten your manners?" Yamato reminded him.

"It doesn't matter. People of the Dragon Zone eat like this, right, Hikari?" Takeru explained how he adapted to the way of life in the Dragon Zone when he went there. Yamato sighed. He and Sora had been to Dragon Zone once. He could not remember why though. All the sudden he thought he saw another boy with huge wild hair younger than Iori eating like an animal.

"Yamato? What's wrong?" Sora interrupted his thought when she noticed that her husband was in a daze.

"Nothing. Don't worry, Sora." She gave him a piece of tuna.


Ken did not have a chance to speak to Hikari as Hikari was busy having girls' talk with Sora and Miyako. They needed to catch up with each other.

"Are you disappointed?" Ryo folded his arms in sitting down on the floor crossing his legs folding his arms. He could read Ken's mind. Ken nodded. Monodramon, Wormmon and V-mon were watching the boys.

"I wish I can help Hikari. I understand her pain but I don't know how when she hates me so much. I caused her brother's death." Ken confided to Ryo who was also like an elder brother to him. "But when Hikari of this dimension smiled warmly to me, I wondered if there is any chance for us to make up. The younger Hikari of another dimension is nice to me."

"Hikari of this dimension is the only child." Ryo trailed off. Ryo had networked and spoken with the people of this dimension.

"They don't know anyone named Taichi. Getting along with Hikari here shouldn't be a problem."

"He could be Hikari's long lost brother, something in the line." Ken protested.

"Maybe you're right. But it's more important to focus on our mission instead of dwelling on how to deal with Hikari. Once we defeated Milleniumon, you'll have all the chance you want to make it up to her. Maybe we can change things with the key to grant wishes as a cheat." Ryo advised recalling something he had read back in his own dimension written by his lost friend who had disappeared mysteriously. Ryo smiled sadly as he read the truth of the dimension they were in.

Ken shook his head. He did not wish to cheat. Ryo smiled in understanding. He stood up and gave a pat on the younger boy's shoulder to reassure him.


"How is your research on the Insect type Digimon?" Yamato asked his old friend, Koushirou who was researching on the data from Ken's Wormmon.

"It's really fascinating. Imagine a Digimon can evolve from a leaf-like Digimon to pupa to a caterpillar to a wasp you can't wait to swat into a dragon and changes form into a knight?" Koushirou shared excitedly to the former Prince and his younger brother.

"Well, my Patamon isn't that bad too. He can evolve from a guinea pig into a Pegasus and to angel as well. Hikari's Plotmon can evolve from a dog to a kitty to angel." Patamon laughed at how his partner tried to defend his and Plotmon's pride.

"But all of them belong to the category of the Digimon of the Holy Zone." Koushirou responded thinking that it was dull.

"Whereas Wormmon is definitely from the category of the Digimon from my Zone but he can evolve into a Digimon of the Dragon Zone controlled by the Digimon Emperor." Koushirou continued. That was something worthy to research.

"Well Dragon Zone must be in a mess now after Emperor Daisuke lost his power." Takeru said changing the subject since he could not outtalk him. Koushirou was always in his own world of research.

"Iori-kun, what do you think?" Takeru asked hoping for an agreement but he frowned when he saw Iori fascinated by Koushirou's research.

"With what Miyako-san has hypothsised , the different ways of evolution is simply amazing. There is a possibility of switching our Digimental and use it on our Digimon. Our Digimon can even continue to work with new partners after we passed on in our time." Iori spoke his mind as expected from the holder of Purity. He could not hold back.

"Perhaps, one day we can have our own Digimon. Koushirou, what kind of partner will you want to have?" Yamato asked suddenly.

"Someone told me if we wish hard enough for it, it'll certainly come true. He'll assure it." Yamato smiled looking out of the window. That was the only consolation from his tampered memories.


"It's so sad that the girls are all married or taken." Wallace exclaimed in dismay lying flat in his room.

"Wallace is always thinking of the girls. What about me?" Terriermon complained.

"Gumimon is an important friend. So is Chocomon." Wallace said looking up at the ceiling. "I wonder how is Chocomon now?"

"I'm sure Daisuke and the others will take care of him. They have their own battles while we have our own." Terriermon's tone deepened at he said that. He wished he could evolve into Ultimate like his brother so that he could go all out to protect his partner.

Terriermon glanced at Wallace. Like V-mon, Hawkmon and Armadimon, he felt that he had another life where he was stronger than he currently was. He could not point his finger when it happened. Was he a partner of someone else other than Wallace?

That night, he had a dream of another life. He was often riding on another boy's head as he cycled down the street. Terriermon then realized that it was also a modern era he was in. He could not see the boy's face but he knew his skin tone was not as light as Wallace and his hair was blue instead of gold. He was of an Asian descent like Ken and Ryo. Terriermon was enjoying the breeze when they cycle down the road by the river where they could see the sunset.


*02 Dimension, Daisuke's room*

Lopmon was finally awake. He found himself in a room he never seen before. No one was in it seemed. His head hurt.

Lopmon jumped off the bed and looked at the photos in the room of Daisuke and his friends. He recalled what had happened and he came here to inform the others about the threat of Apocalymon.

*Flashback*

"Help Wallace..." Lopmon managed to get his words out before losing his consciousness. He was badly hurt when he arrived to Koushirou's room during the meeting after Ken's disappearance.

"Apocalymon is the final boss the 8 of us should have encountered 8 years ago." Koushirou tried to understand the situation. Yamato showed him the last message from Wallace. He was probably linked to Milleniumon who caused Ken's disappearance.

"These Digimon could travel across time and dimensions to escape their fates, we need to stop them." Lopmon grimaced in pain while explaining. Wallace had managed to get him out of the dimension with a portal using his prototype Digivice to get him to inform the Chosen Children to be prepared.

"The key to grant wish can stop them and return them to where they belong." Lopmon finished before passing out.

*End Flashback*

"Good luck, Jen. Find yourself. After this, we'll be able to see Shuichon again." Lopmon mumbled while looking out of the window.