Disclaimer: Not yet, okay? I still don't own it!
Author's Note: It's taken me eight months to do it, but I've finally finished it. This is the final chapter. Thank you to all those who have read and reviewed! I know I said I was going to answer the reviews, but there's too many of them to do so. So I'll just say this: thanks for the support you guys have given me, it's been muchly appreciated!
Chapter 14
"We…we did it," Haruka said. "We actually did it!"
"You expected less?" Daisuke said, slapping her back. "We're DigiDestined. We always win, no matter what."
"That's right," said Takuya. He had returned to his human form, and the others were behind him, followed by all of the Digimon, who had returned to their In-training forms. They all ran (some of them bounced) into the arms of their Chosen partners, happy and giddy over their victory.
"Party at Taichi's!" Yamato suddenly called, jumping on his large-haired friend's back and laughing. Everyone cheered.
They all sat in Taichi's living room, laughing, talking, and grimacing at his mother's cooking. Everyone knew that she wasn't the best cook (except, of course, the six new kids, so they were having some fun with that…). Daisuke and Ken had gone off someplace, and they all had a pretty good idea what had happened when the two of them came back into the apartment holding hands. As they rejoined the crowd (most of which were now cheering for the happy couple), Daisuke smacked Kouji on the back of the head and grinned. Kouji returned the gesture and grabbed Takuya by the wrist, pulling him out onto the balcony, and when they returned holding hands like Ken and Daisuke had, everyone cheered again. Haruka and Koushiro had apparently already had their own little conversation too, as they were both sitting with their arms wrapped around each other.
"Only one more admittance to go," Iyami whispered to Yamato while pointing at Taichi and Yukira. Yamato rolled his eyes and replied, "Neither of them is ever going to admit how much they love the other. It's hopeless."
"Oh, I don't know about that!" Iyami said jubilantly as Taichi pulled Yukira into a passionate kiss. Yamato stared wide-eyed at the spectacle, then ran to get a camera; this was something that needed to be remembered.
"Well, guys, it's been nice meeting you and all," said Takuya. "But we really should get going."
"You'll keep in touch, right?" Koushiro asked. Takuya nodded, as did the other five of them, and they all waved as they walked out the door.
"So, you think we're done fighting for now?" Takeru said.
"Oh, probably not," Jyou said. "There's always something evil happening in the Digital World. They always need us for something or another. I think I'm going to develop an allergy to fighting after this."
"Alright, you paranoid freak, you're not going to be allergic to fighting!" Yukira laughed.
"Do you think we'll ever get those powers back?" Daisuke said. "That was wicked cool, being able to actually fight for once."
"Yeah, it was, actually," Iyami replied, remembering her fight with Izumi. "We actually got to do something other than make up the plans and stuff."
"Where did it come from though? Was it the Crests?" Ken wondered aloud.
"I think it was, because I remember Gennai saying something about the Crests having powers beyond just making our Digimon digivolve," Sora added. "I think that we needed them enough at that point that they showed through."
"Probably," Taichi said. "Do you think we could have defeated him without them though?"
"We're the Chosen Children," Yamato said. "We can do anything as long as we put our minds to it!"
"True, we've never given up before," Yukira said. "But maybe now we won't need to worry about that. Maybe that was our final battle."
"What about those other kids?" Daisuke said.
"They're still new at this whole Chosen Child business," Taichi said. "And I think they've still got some fights left in them. They seemed pretty strong, I think they can handle it."
"I don't mean to interrupt, but would anyone like to try some spinach cookies?" Taichi's mother said, holding out a tray full of some questionable-looking disks that might have been cookies once, before being put into the oven for three hours. Taichi and Hikari both sighed and Koushiro said, "You think we've got one last battle left in us?"
"I think we might. Those cookies look…questionable," Miyako whispered to Iori, who snorted. They all laughed and grabbed some of the cookies, which were promptly used as projectiles after Yagami-san had left the room.
Alright, so it was a little random. But it was fun to write. I hope everyone liked the story.
