Hopefully soon enough for Neo Chan and Angel of Peace's taste, and with
thanks to both of you, here is the next chapter.
I think you might know what /////////////////////// means. So don't be surprised..
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"It's been a month since, hasn't it?" Matt's question was not directed to one of the others in particular. They were all there: TK, Kari, Mimi, Sora, Mrs. Takaichi, Sakurasuka, Tai and Rei. "Yes, we haven't seen each other for more than four weeks. The three of you were busy with school, and we were in hospital till yesterday." Mr. Sakurasuka had addressed himself to Matt and Tai. He was right. They had indeed been too busy to see each other.. And they had had to think things over, to find inner peace once again after what had happened to them. But then the injured had been released from hospital, and this meeting had been arranged. They were sitting at a café, around several tables that had been pushed together to make room for the nine of them. Now, group waiting for the waiter to arrive. "You know, when you came to my help on Mt. Fuji, there are just a few things I didn't understand." "Just ask." Mr. Sakurasuka was looking at the blonde encouragingly, and so where the others. "First, how did you know I was there?" Rei started to explain: "Well.. I was sitting at school, and I just couldn't think about anything but what your father said before you went. "Both too far and too high for anyone to get Matt back" I think it was. Anyhow I thought it over in my mind, and the idea just came to me that it would be Mt. Fuji." "And then you just went there?" "I called your mother, and she fetched your friends, but then we went there, yes." "You didn't even give them a call to see if two people had been seen that fit our description?" "I was in hospital at the time.. And I was so worried I felt I just had to DO something.. Not just sit there and wait and hope. So when I heard Rei's idea, I just decided to give it a try." Mrs. Takaichi's explanation seemed to suit Matt. "And there's something else: When you came, and he opened the door," Matt looked around to see if anyone was there to hear what he was about to say, but finding that no one was near, he went on: "Greymon just got him out. How'd you get him.. And.. Rei.. Mr. Sakurasuka.. You didn't seem surprised at all.." "It was my idea basically." Matt turned to the brunette sitting next to him. "So it was you." "Yes. I thought of it in the car. I thought there would certainly be a computer at the bottom of Mt. Fuji. To control things, you know. And I was right. There was a computer indeed, and we were allowed to use it. That's basically how I got Agumon here. And about Mr. Sakurasuka.. We told him beforehand what was going to happen, but he wouldn't believe us until he had a little talk with Agumon." "I was shocked.. A little talking dinosaur.. But then I just accepted it, as all the others, even Rei, seemed to think of it as something quite normal. And when that dinosaur grew into the bigger one, I was really scared.. But everyone told me that was how things were supposed to be, and I recognized Agumon's gentle character in it, so after a while it wasn't too scary anymore." Rei added: "I was too excited and eager to see if what they had told me about those Digimon and things was true that I wasn't really scared." "What should I bring you?" Everyone looked around to see the waiter looking at them questioningly. Mrs. Takaichi regained her composure first and started ordering, after which the others did the same. "Tai, you know, we've got something to celebrate. So just taking a cone with two balls of vanilla and one chocolate." "I'm sure you'll let me try your sundae, Matt, won't you? And besides my order was absolutely purposeful." The grin on Tai's face when he answered his boyfriend was rather mysterious, but Matt was too curious about the details of his rescue to worry about it. "Then I wondered why you hurt him like that.. I can't say he didn't really deserve it, but you were really rough to him.." Matt looked at his rescuers questioningly. Finally, he received an answer: "There IS a reason for that." Kari had spoken. "When all of us were in the car, Mr. Sakurasuka told us about something. On the morning of the day on which we rescued you, he had gone to the police officer's room in hospital, just to see how the man was. He didn't make it. The doctors were quite sure he'd be all right, but then suddenly his state went a lot worse, and they couldn't save him. I think the funeral is on Saturday.. Anyhow, Mr. Sakurasuka told us something more. He said that an upset nurse had informed him that the police man was leaving a wife and three children behind. They will get an annuity, but they seem to be very badly off now.. So I think all of us agreed that the man who did that really deserved a punishment. And spending his life in prison, or, more likely, an asylum, seemed to us somewhat too little." Everyone was looking at the table in front of them, remembering the police officer. Then Matt couldn't bear the silence anymore, and asked his next question: "Where is father now? And what will I do, where will I live, now that he's gone..?" Mrs. Takaichi smiled at him: "Things will just go on as in this past month. You'll be living with me and TK. And your father is now in an asylum, as Kari thought. The psychologist in care of things made out a certificate of insanity for him, and so he didn't even go to court. He's rid of his custody of you for life, even if he should sometime be able to leave the establishment he has been placed in. They thought the risk too high that, even considered cured, he might still be a danger to you." When Mrs. Takaichi had ended, the ice cream started arriving, and soon everyone had his order standing in front of him (or her). The nine people were lost in thought while eating the cold substance. Thinking about what had happened, about the police man, about Matt's father, about Matt himsef.. Suddenly, looking at his cone, Tai remembered his "purpose" for ordering it. He looked at Matt, who, feeling watched, looked up to him after a while. Then he slowly started licking the ice cream, tracing small circles on the yellow vanilla surface. Closing his eyes, and looking absolutely blissful. Matt just stared at him. Then the brown-haired boy opened his mouth wide, and started sucking on the whole ball (of ice-cream). Matt's eyes widened. Then he crossed his legs, which to Tai was an obvious sign of victory. "You're a pervert, Tai!" Matt was blushing furiously. That comment from Matt made his boyfriend laugh, which is one of the few things that one shouldn't do when deep-throating a cone of ice-cream. Tai started choking violently. The whole group laughed maliciously, the dark atmosphere finally gone. After a while Tai swallowed and started looking less red in the face. "I almost died, killed by my own ice-cream, and all you do about it is laugh your asses off." The brunette was pouting. Matt thought that even a perverted koibito deserved to be consoled.. Especially if that meant a kiss on a vanilla-flavoured mouth. Seeing the two boys kissing enjoying love, Mimi thought that there was no reason why only the boys would have their fun. So she just drew Sora towards herself, and pressed her lips on the surprised redhead's. When TK and Kari followed suit, two adults and a girl started blushing and looking down at their ice-creams, violently stirring them. Looking down, Rei's glance wandered over her wristwatch. "2.25 p.m., SA 17" 'SA 17? Didn't Kari say.' "Hey guys! The funeral of that officer is today!" Everyone looked up at the girl in shock. "Shouldn't we go there?" The others nodded at her in agreement. "At what time does it start, Kari?" "Half past two." "That's in five minutes.. And where?" "Tokyo east cemetery." "Does anyone know where that is?" "Of course." Mr. Sakurasuka knew. Everyone followed him to his gigantic car, and they drove off towards the funeral.
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Everyone went to the coffin and dropped a shovelful of earth on it. The nine of them had come in time to hear the last few words of the priest's talk. They looked a little strange, as they had had no time to change into appropriate clothes, but it was obvious that the death of the man who would soon be buried there hurt them too. They had talked to a woman at whose dress three children were tugging, and she had agreed to their attending the ceremony. No one said a word after they had left the cemetery. Sakurasuka drove them back to the café, where everyone departed for their respective homes, with promises of meeting again.
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Life went on peacefully, the couples happy with each other, the teachers mad at them for caring less about the classes than about kissing, and the parents smiling over all of it, remembering their own youth. Rei had returned to Yokohama. She kept e-mail contact with the Digidestined, and sometimes she even paid them a visit. Sakurasuka had resumed teaching, and Matt had been able to introduce a new pupil, "Taichi Kamiya", to his Spanish class. The two boys were planning a trip to Spain together.. Mimi and Sora were still planning their adoptions. TK and Kari spent far too much time in Kari's bedroom, but they were taking their time and being careful.. And Mrs. Takaichi was a happy woman really. She had two wonderful sons, with wonderful girl- and boyfriends.
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A blond woman looked down at a newspaper in front of her. A small article in the "local news" had caught her interest. It read: "RESIDENT OF ASUKAMI HILL FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL - Haruka I., aged 45, cut his wrists with a table knife and bled to death, probably overwhelmed by the burden of his past deeds, that included the murder of a police officer..." A single tear rolled down the woman's cheek.
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That's it! This was the last chapter to this story. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you want a sequel, you can either tell me in a review, or you can e-mail me about it. It probably wouldn't start too soon, for I am rather busy now, but sometime I might seriously consider it. I am open to suggestions (Though I don't think I'll write anything tragic (NO death! Of main characters that is..), or anything with a majority of het pairings.). If you have no idea what a new fanfiction could be about, here are just a few possibilities: A sequel deepening the subject of the ice-cream.. (lemon - Taito) Where the fuck are Joe and Izzy, and what have they been doing while their friends were attending a "dancing class" and "girls" were "loving differently"? Why does Mrs. Takaichi grieve, and why did she marry her husband? (a story of the past). So what do you think I should write?
I think you might know what /////////////////////// means. So don't be surprised..
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"It's been a month since, hasn't it?" Matt's question was not directed to one of the others in particular. They were all there: TK, Kari, Mimi, Sora, Mrs. Takaichi, Sakurasuka, Tai and Rei. "Yes, we haven't seen each other for more than four weeks. The three of you were busy with school, and we were in hospital till yesterday." Mr. Sakurasuka had addressed himself to Matt and Tai. He was right. They had indeed been too busy to see each other.. And they had had to think things over, to find inner peace once again after what had happened to them. But then the injured had been released from hospital, and this meeting had been arranged. They were sitting at a café, around several tables that had been pushed together to make room for the nine of them. Now, group waiting for the waiter to arrive. "You know, when you came to my help on Mt. Fuji, there are just a few things I didn't understand." "Just ask." Mr. Sakurasuka was looking at the blonde encouragingly, and so where the others. "First, how did you know I was there?" Rei started to explain: "Well.. I was sitting at school, and I just couldn't think about anything but what your father said before you went. "Both too far and too high for anyone to get Matt back" I think it was. Anyhow I thought it over in my mind, and the idea just came to me that it would be Mt. Fuji." "And then you just went there?" "I called your mother, and she fetched your friends, but then we went there, yes." "You didn't even give them a call to see if two people had been seen that fit our description?" "I was in hospital at the time.. And I was so worried I felt I just had to DO something.. Not just sit there and wait and hope. So when I heard Rei's idea, I just decided to give it a try." Mrs. Takaichi's explanation seemed to suit Matt. "And there's something else: When you came, and he opened the door," Matt looked around to see if anyone was there to hear what he was about to say, but finding that no one was near, he went on: "Greymon just got him out. How'd you get him.. And.. Rei.. Mr. Sakurasuka.. You didn't seem surprised at all.." "It was my idea basically." Matt turned to the brunette sitting next to him. "So it was you." "Yes. I thought of it in the car. I thought there would certainly be a computer at the bottom of Mt. Fuji. To control things, you know. And I was right. There was a computer indeed, and we were allowed to use it. That's basically how I got Agumon here. And about Mr. Sakurasuka.. We told him beforehand what was going to happen, but he wouldn't believe us until he had a little talk with Agumon." "I was shocked.. A little talking dinosaur.. But then I just accepted it, as all the others, even Rei, seemed to think of it as something quite normal. And when that dinosaur grew into the bigger one, I was really scared.. But everyone told me that was how things were supposed to be, and I recognized Agumon's gentle character in it, so after a while it wasn't too scary anymore." Rei added: "I was too excited and eager to see if what they had told me about those Digimon and things was true that I wasn't really scared." "What should I bring you?" Everyone looked around to see the waiter looking at them questioningly. Mrs. Takaichi regained her composure first and started ordering, after which the others did the same. "Tai, you know, we've got something to celebrate. So just taking a cone with two balls of vanilla and one chocolate." "I'm sure you'll let me try your sundae, Matt, won't you? And besides my order was absolutely purposeful." The grin on Tai's face when he answered his boyfriend was rather mysterious, but Matt was too curious about the details of his rescue to worry about it. "Then I wondered why you hurt him like that.. I can't say he didn't really deserve it, but you were really rough to him.." Matt looked at his rescuers questioningly. Finally, he received an answer: "There IS a reason for that." Kari had spoken. "When all of us were in the car, Mr. Sakurasuka told us about something. On the morning of the day on which we rescued you, he had gone to the police officer's room in hospital, just to see how the man was. He didn't make it. The doctors were quite sure he'd be all right, but then suddenly his state went a lot worse, and they couldn't save him. I think the funeral is on Saturday.. Anyhow, Mr. Sakurasuka told us something more. He said that an upset nurse had informed him that the police man was leaving a wife and three children behind. They will get an annuity, but they seem to be very badly off now.. So I think all of us agreed that the man who did that really deserved a punishment. And spending his life in prison, or, more likely, an asylum, seemed to us somewhat too little." Everyone was looking at the table in front of them, remembering the police officer. Then Matt couldn't bear the silence anymore, and asked his next question: "Where is father now? And what will I do, where will I live, now that he's gone..?" Mrs. Takaichi smiled at him: "Things will just go on as in this past month. You'll be living with me and TK. And your father is now in an asylum, as Kari thought. The psychologist in care of things made out a certificate of insanity for him, and so he didn't even go to court. He's rid of his custody of you for life, even if he should sometime be able to leave the establishment he has been placed in. They thought the risk too high that, even considered cured, he might still be a danger to you." When Mrs. Takaichi had ended, the ice cream started arriving, and soon everyone had his order standing in front of him (or her). The nine people were lost in thought while eating the cold substance. Thinking about what had happened, about the police man, about Matt's father, about Matt himsef.. Suddenly, looking at his cone, Tai remembered his "purpose" for ordering it. He looked at Matt, who, feeling watched, looked up to him after a while. Then he slowly started licking the ice cream, tracing small circles on the yellow vanilla surface. Closing his eyes, and looking absolutely blissful. Matt just stared at him. Then the brown-haired boy opened his mouth wide, and started sucking on the whole ball (of ice-cream). Matt's eyes widened. Then he crossed his legs, which to Tai was an obvious sign of victory. "You're a pervert, Tai!" Matt was blushing furiously. That comment from Matt made his boyfriend laugh, which is one of the few things that one shouldn't do when deep-throating a cone of ice-cream. Tai started choking violently. The whole group laughed maliciously, the dark atmosphere finally gone. After a while Tai swallowed and started looking less red in the face. "I almost died, killed by my own ice-cream, and all you do about it is laugh your asses off." The brunette was pouting. Matt thought that even a perverted koibito deserved to be consoled.. Especially if that meant a kiss on a vanilla-flavoured mouth. Seeing the two boys kissing enjoying love, Mimi thought that there was no reason why only the boys would have their fun. So she just drew Sora towards herself, and pressed her lips on the surprised redhead's. When TK and Kari followed suit, two adults and a girl started blushing and looking down at their ice-creams, violently stirring them. Looking down, Rei's glance wandered over her wristwatch. "2.25 p.m., SA 17" 'SA 17? Didn't Kari say.' "Hey guys! The funeral of that officer is today!" Everyone looked up at the girl in shock. "Shouldn't we go there?" The others nodded at her in agreement. "At what time does it start, Kari?" "Half past two." "That's in five minutes.. And where?" "Tokyo east cemetery." "Does anyone know where that is?" "Of course." Mr. Sakurasuka knew. Everyone followed him to his gigantic car, and they drove off towards the funeral.
/////////////////////////////////////////////
Everyone went to the coffin and dropped a shovelful of earth on it. The nine of them had come in time to hear the last few words of the priest's talk. They looked a little strange, as they had had no time to change into appropriate clothes, but it was obvious that the death of the man who would soon be buried there hurt them too. They had talked to a woman at whose dress three children were tugging, and she had agreed to their attending the ceremony. No one said a word after they had left the cemetery. Sakurasuka drove them back to the café, where everyone departed for their respective homes, with promises of meeting again.
/////////////////////////////////////////////
Life went on peacefully, the couples happy with each other, the teachers mad at them for caring less about the classes than about kissing, and the parents smiling over all of it, remembering their own youth. Rei had returned to Yokohama. She kept e-mail contact with the Digidestined, and sometimes she even paid them a visit. Sakurasuka had resumed teaching, and Matt had been able to introduce a new pupil, "Taichi Kamiya", to his Spanish class. The two boys were planning a trip to Spain together.. Mimi and Sora were still planning their adoptions. TK and Kari spent far too much time in Kari's bedroom, but they were taking their time and being careful.. And Mrs. Takaichi was a happy woman really. She had two wonderful sons, with wonderful girl- and boyfriends.
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A blond woman looked down at a newspaper in front of her. A small article in the "local news" had caught her interest. It read: "RESIDENT OF ASUKAMI HILL FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL - Haruka I., aged 45, cut his wrists with a table knife and bled to death, probably overwhelmed by the burden of his past deeds, that included the murder of a police officer..." A single tear rolled down the woman's cheek.
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That's it! This was the last chapter to this story. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you want a sequel, you can either tell me in a review, or you can e-mail me about it. It probably wouldn't start too soon, for I am rather busy now, but sometime I might seriously consider it. I am open to suggestions (Though I don't think I'll write anything tragic (NO death! Of main characters that is..), or anything with a majority of het pairings.). If you have no idea what a new fanfiction could be about, here are just a few possibilities: A sequel deepening the subject of the ice-cream.. (lemon - Taito) Where the fuck are Joe and Izzy, and what have they been doing while their friends were attending a "dancing class" and "girls" were "loving differently"? Why does Mrs. Takaichi grieve, and why did she marry her husband? (a story of the past). So what do you think I should write?