Brought Together In The Aftermath
By ArtikGato
Disclaimer: *sitting on one of those couches psychiatrists use* And I tried EVERYTHING, even summoning TWO eternal dragons AND throwing all my money into a well, and I STILL don't own Digimon! I am forever traumatized!
Psychiatrist: *rips off a mask to reveal that it's Veemon* You can never own Digimon!!
BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Me: GRRR....VEEMON YOU BAKA!!! I'LL GET YOU!! *chases Veemon out of the room*
Author's Note: Hello again! It is I, ArtikGato, back to bring you Part Eight of Brought Together In The Aftermath. Read the Author's Note for Part One if you didn't, to save me having to retype the same thing here. Same as before, flames are NOT welcome. If you must point out your disagreement with any aspect of this story, please do it nicely, and not in 75 point red fonts. Keeping with the tradition of the other parts, this one is also numbered in French. This is part huit, pronounced Hoo-eet (or wheat), which is French for eight. A note about the controversy over Mimi's little brother. In A Clue From the Digi-Past, from 01, Mimi mentioned that she was 'Even starting to miss her baby brother'. Well, when she went back to fight Myotismon…there was no baby brother. My explanation: out of town for the weekend with relatives. But, there was ALSO no baby brother in 02, so I came up with this explanation. Hey, it's better than just saying 'PLOT HOLE!!!', right? Oh, and BTW, Mimi is NOT a murderer. Read on. This is gonna be the final chapter. So, I hope you all enjoy your reading. Peace out! Now, on to part Huit!
Special Note: (I swear, I'm NOT doing this for suspense!!) Thankees to all of you that reviewed!! You guys are great!! Well, this is the long awaited final chapter. Enjoy this and the rest of my fanfiction, because I'm going back to school now (I'm a Junior!! Rock on!!!), and I won't have as much time to write fanfiction as I'd like with the addition of school. Well, Daimi forever, and peace out. On to the finale!
Part Huit:
Mimi opened her eyes. She seemed to be in some sort of underground cave. The walls were made of something black.
"Where am I?" she asked, looking around. The last thing she remembered was Lillymon getting hit by the beam of light…and then she started having visions from her past or something. Why was she underground? She suddenly heard footsteps, coming from her left. She stood up, as the footsteps drew nearer. She saw the light of a torch, and then the person holding the torch came into view. She gasped, and backed away, in fear.
"Chri...sto…pher??" she asked, stepping backwards. The young boy holding the torch looked at her with an evil look in his eyes. She gasped again.
"Your eyes…they're black!" she exclaimed, still backing away. The boy opened his mouth to speak.
"Big sister, it's your fault!! I'm trapped down here forever now, because YOU killed me! I must wander this dreary place for all eternity!" he said.
"No…no....please…Christopher, I'm so sorry…"
"Sorry won't change what you did. Now, prepare to face the consequences," he said. She continued to back up, and hit a wall. She turned around, and frantically looked for an exit.
"This isn't happening!" she exclaimed, and fell to the floor, clutching her head.
"But it is!" Christopher replied.
"This is all just a nightmare!" she screamed. Suddenly, the world around her faded into darkness. Christopher and the torch disappeared.
The next thing she knew, she was being shaken awake by someone.
"Mimi! Mimi! Come on, wake up!" said someone. She recognized his voice somehow. Suddenly, everything came back to her. She opened her eyes. Davis was the one shaking her awake. He suddenly backed up, as if surprised.
"Your eyes!" he exclaimed, almost falling backwards in surprise. She tried to say something, or stand up, or anything, but it felt like she was paralyzed. She tried desperately to say something. Then, she was aware that she WAS saying something…but not out of her own free will. It felt like something else was controlling her…a dark, foreboding presence.
What am I saying? She listened, and then she could make out what she was saying.
"I'm just a greedy, selfish person. I have an empty soul. I don't deserve to live. I don't deserve anything. I'm a horrible person. Lillymon, Christopher, I'm sorry…"
But…that's exactly what I was thinking through that whole dream…if it was a dream. What's going on here? Mimi's inner consciousness seemed to be where she was thinking from. It was like her consciousness was another person or something, and was trapped deep inside a pit of black water.
I want to get out of here! Please someone help! She heard Davis' voice calling out to her again, but it seemed to be distant and faint. She could barely make out words…
"Mimi! What's going on? Why are you saying that?"
I'm not…
"Look, I don't know why you're saying all that, and I don't know who Christopher is, but Lillymon ISN'T dead!"
"Lillymon's not dead?" she said, starting to wake up.
"No! Digimon don't die, in the first place, and in the second place, you heard Veemon, just as clearly as we all did, he's NOT dead! And neither is Palmon!" Davis replied. She blinked.
"That's right…" she finally came back to her senses, and blinked. She instantly was aware of her surroundings…
"A dark cave…" she thought. She realized that she was somehow free of the paralysis, and made a move to stand up. And then, she noticed that Davis was holding her hand. She blinked in surprise, a slight blush coming to her cheeks.
"Are you ok?" he asked, helping her up.
"This cave…it's just like from my dream…" she said.
"Huh?" he asked.
"Where are we, anyway?" she asked.
"I don't know. One minute, you look like you're having a terrible nightmare, the next minute, a huge pit or something opens up below you, and you fall in!" he replied.
"So we're in a pit?" she asked, looking around.
"From what I can tell," he said. Suddenly, she realized where they were.
"I know where we are! I remember Sora and Matt telling me about when something like this happened to them. They were in depressions right before we all faced Piedmon, and they fell into a weird black pit that just opened up below them," she said.
"You're in a depression? About what? Lillymon?" he asked.
"Partly," she answered.
"Do you wanna talk about it?" he asked.
"Not really," she replied. Suddenly, she realized that there was a weird blackness surrounding her. "What the?" she asked, looking around. It was like her normally green aura had been turned black!
"What?" Davis asked.
"What happened to my aura?" she asked. He shrugged.
"It's been like that ever since Lillymon was absorbed," he said.
"Did yours go black too?" she asked.
"No, it must have something to do with this depression," Davis replied. She was silent.
"Hey, how did Sora and Matt get out of those pits, anyway?" he asked.
"They said that the pits were created by the darkness in their hearts, and once they got over the depression they were in, the pits just disappeared," Mimi replied.
"Ok, then you really need to tell me what's wrong, if we're ever going to get out of here," Davis replied.
"It won't do any good," she replied. He looked surprised.
"Why not?"
"Because…my soul will never be free of guilt. Ever," she said.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" he asked. She looked at him, and sighed.
"Ok, I'll tell you. The main reason I'm down here is because…I'm…a…murderer," she said. He stepped back.
"What?" he demanded.
"When I was about twelve or thirteen, I had a baby brother. One night, when I had to baby-sit him, I got mad at him, and told him to stand outside in the pouring rain, in January, and just left him out there all night. He died later that night. So you see, I'm a murderer…" she started to tear up again. Davis sighed, in relief.
"Whew, I thought you'd like shot somebody or something bad like that…" he mumbled. She turned to him.
"But what I did WAS bad!" she replied, almost shouting, in disbelief.
"Mimi, do you honestly think that your baby brother died JUST because of you? I can't think of ANYBODY that has died JUST because they stood outside in the cold in the rain. Unless they had a REALLY bad cold or a case of pneumonia or asthma or something. You may have caused him to get a little frostbite, or something, but I don't think YOU are really the one that killed him," Davis replied.
"But…Davis…it WAS me…"
"Did you actually SEE him die?"
"No, but-"
"Then how can you be so sure that you're the reason he's dead?"
"Well…um…I…"
"Exactly!"
"But, I still can't help feeling guilty. Besides…I said some horrible stuff to him and I…never even got the chance to apologize," she replied.
"I'm sure he forgives you. You've been crying your eyes out for a while now, after all. And this isn't the only occasion, I'll bet," Davis replied. She nodded. "Okay then. Your brother's death was a bad thing that happened to you, but you've gotta put the past behind you, for now at least. Your friends and Palmon need your help," Her black aura seemed to turn to a grayish color, but didn't get much lighter.
I still feel guilty…but I've got to put that behind me for now. If Christopher…wherever he is, hasn't forgiven me by now, then…I don't know, he's got a HUGE grudge or something," Mimi said. Davis smiled a little at that remark. But, he frowned soon after.
"What else is wrong? Your aura turned gray, but didn't get much lighter," he asked. She bit her lip.
Better do this now, I may never get the chance again…
"Well, there IS something else bothering me. I'm still having regrets about…not telling Matt how I felt, before Sora got him," she said.
"Oh," Davis replied.
"I know things would have been different if would have just told him, but I couldn't," she continued.
"That's in the past too. You've really got to stop living in the past, and start living for the future," Davis replied. She kind of smiled a little.
"All right…then I will. I don't want to have any regrets this time…" Davis blinked. "Davis, I think I have a crush on you this time," Davis' heart had, by now, just about stopped. He blinked, and desperately tried to get his brain to work again, because it, too, had stopped functioning.
"Ha...what?" was all he could manage to say. Mimi blushed.
"I'm not repeating it, you nimrod, saying it was hard enough the first time," she replied. By now, he had gotten his brain to work. Still, he couldn't manage to think of anything to say. She frowned.
"Oh…sorry. I thought…never mind," her aura, which had gotten up to a silverish color, was now slowly turning black again.
"No no, wait…I…I…me too…" was the best Davis could come up with at the moment. She blinked, and suddenly, the cave around them dissolved, and they were sitting back on the ground of the Digital World. They stood up, and looked around. They were inside of a cloud of dust and debris, which was starting to settle.
"Were out of the cave!" they both shouted, at the same time.
"This isn't working! We've got to come up with a plan!" Omnimon said, as he struggled against the chains. Dark Lord laughed.
"Nothing will work, you imbecile! You'll be absorbed, just like the rest, wait and see!" Dark Lord said, turning to him. Omnimon glared at him, but then seemed to get an idea.
"That's what you think…" he said, and started to glow.
"What?" Dark Lord asked. "He CAN'T be Digivolving!"
"Huh?" the Digidestined on the ground asked. Gatomon ran up to Kari.
"Kari! Are you ok?" she asked.
"Gatomon! There you are! Yeah, I'm fine!" Kari replied.
"Don't DO that again! You just ran off without even a warning! I thought you had been hurt or absorbed by Dark Lord for a second!" Gatomon said.
"What's Omnimon doing?" Ken asked, looking up. Matt and Tai were speechless, trying to figure that out. Omnimon glowed for a second, then suddenly split into two glowing, free, fully powered up Digimon! The glows subsided and Wargreymon, glowing bright orange, split off to one side, while Metalgarurumon, glowing deep cerulean blue, split off to the other.
"Why did they De-DNA Digivolve?" everyone, including Dark Lord, asked. Suddenly they got their answer. Everyone's Digivices started to beep again. Izzy's computer suddenly booted up, as if nothing was ever wrong.
"Oh! I get it now! Attacking as an individual Digimon for power wasn't working, so they are going to try speed and tactics!" Izzy said, typing furiously on his computer.
"I understand now! They know that the other Digimon can't Digivolve while they're in the form of Omnimon, so they split up!" Ken exclaimed. Kari looked to Gatomon.
"Gatomon, ready to Digivolve again?" she asked. Gatomon nodded, and looked up at Dark Lord with fury.
"Ready," she said. A flash of pink fire was seen, then Magnadramon, Mega form of Gatomon, rocketed away from Kari and up toward Dark Lord. Elsewhere, flashes of red, purple, and gray fires were seen, and Megakabuterimon, Zudomon, and Garudamon zoomed away from their partners, to the battle. Seraphimon exploded up toward Dark Lord a few seconds later. Soon, Aquilamon and Digmon joined the fray. Dark Lord laughed at them.
"So, I see you are back for round two. Prepare to be annihilated, for good!" Dark Lord exclaimed, and started to power up. Wargreymon and Seraphimon, glowing brightly, zoomed in from opposite directions, catching Dark Lord off guard, and double teamed him with physical attacks, Wargreymon using his claws to slash at Dark Lord from one direction, while Seraphimon used his Seraphim Sword to try and cut him in half. The two Megas hit him once at the same time, causing him to have to block both attacks, and they jumped back quickly. This time, Metalgarurumon and Magnadramon attacked him with their long distance attacks from behind. He barely had enough time to regain his senses, before two blasts of electricity and a huge firebird collided with him from the front. He screamed in fury and pain. Finally, a bunch of energy rings and drills hit him in the face, causing him to scream again in annoyance.
"You fools! No matter how hard you try, you can't destroy me!!" he exclaimed.
"Wanna bet?" came a voice from below. He stopped laughing, and looked down, in disbelief. The Digimon looked down as well. The Digidestined looked over also. Standing below Dark Lord was Davis, glowing with a fierce blue aura.
"Davis!" everybody shouted, in relief. Mimi appeared, glowing green, beside him.
"What? I thought I destroyed you two!" Dark Lord exclaimed, in surprise.
"Yeah, well, you thought wrong, now didn't you," Davis replied. Dark Lord snarled in response, but Davis only smirked.
"It's time to take a one way trip out of the Digital World. I think all of us have had just a bit too much of you," Davis said, and began to power up.
"I'd like to see you try to-" Dark Lord started but suddenly grabbed his head in pain. A blue aura flashed around him, and he spoke with Veemon's voice again.
"Veemon!" Davis exclaimed.
"Davis! Listen, about your plan, we're not having much luck," Veemon replied.
"That's because you guys don't have enough power. But don't worry. Listen! I want you, Palmon, and Wormon to Digivolve as high as you can in a few minutes, OK? Tell the other Digimon to gather up as much strength as they can. If you all attack the crystal from the inside, and all of our Digimon attack it from the outside, you should destroy it easily!" Davis exclaimed.
"Ok, whatever!" Veemon exclaimed, and the blue aura disappeared from around Dark Lord. He released his head from his hands.
"What was I saying?" Dark Lord asked. Suddenly, he blocked an incoming attack from Wargreymon.
"You've got bigger fish to fry! Like us!" Wargreymon exclaimed, and prepared to throw another attack.
"Yes, fry is exactly what I will do to you!" Dark Lord exclaimed, and sent his claws to attack. However, because the other Digimon were there, they were able to destroy the claws in a matter of mere seconds, and go after Dark Lord all at once. Davis and Mimi ran up to Kari, Ken, Matt, and Tai.
"Davis! Mimi! Man, are we glad you guys are all right!" Tai exclaimed, as they ran up. Davis smiled at him, but his face turned serious. He was all business.
"Ok, are you guys ready for the plan?" Davis asked.
"Plan?" Kari asked.
"You guys heard me, right? Give as much power to your Digimon as you can at the last second, so they can destroy the crystal!" Davis exclaimed.
"Oh. I thought you meant some other plan," Kari said. He turned to Ken.
"Anyway, Ken, I need you to focus on making Wormon Digivolve. That's the only way you can make him Digivolve from here. The Crystal Void is another dimension, and the only way to make Wormon Digivolve from another dimension is to concentrate REALLY hard, ok?" Davis asked. Ken nodded.
"How do you know all this stuff?" Matt asked, astonished.
"I just…do. I can't really explain it. It's like I just knew it from the start," Davis replied. Everyone shrugged their shoulders. The Digimon continued the fight above.
"So…anybody got an idea of how we can distract Dark Lord long enough to destroy the Crysal?" Davis asked, a few seconds later. Everyone facefaulted. "What?" he asked.
"We thought you'd already thought that up!" Tai exclaimed. Davis shook his head. Everyone else shrugged. Mimi tapped Davis on the shoulder, and whispered something in his ear.
"Yeah! That'll work!" he exclaimed.
"What?" the others asked.
"Well, we have to do this quickly. But, I think it'll work…" Davis started.
"Terra Force!" "Terra Destroyer!" the two attacks collided in the air. Dark Lord's hand was still smoking from the attack. He instantly transformed it into a sword and blocked Seraphimon's attack. With the other hand, he deflected Garudamon's attack.
"These Digimon are good…they work together as a team very well…almost flawlessly. This could be trouble…" suddenly, his thoughts were cut off by…an insult?! He turned to look, and a group of six Digidestined, the annoying Digidestined that glowed blue and the girl of sincerity among them. They were shouting up to him.
"YOUR MAMA IS SO FAT THAT SHE IS THE UNIVERSE!!" Tai yelled. The others looked at him, and shook their heads.
"What?" he asked, defensively.
"What? What does my mother have to do with…oh. OH!!!" Dark Lord was about to retort… "HEY!! BIG UGLY!!" Mimi shouted up to Dark Lord, "WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A ROACHMON AND A NUMEMON? YOU!!!" Mimi yelled.
"Good one!" Davis said to her, snickering.
"HOW DARE YOU???" Dark Lord started, but was cut off by Matt: (^_^)
"YO, DARK LORD!! IS THAT YOUR FACE, OR DID YOUR NECK THROW UP?" Matt shouted. The others snickered. Dark Lord growled with anger.
"I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I BORROWED THIS BODY!!" he exclaimed.
"THAT DOESN'T HELP YOUR FACE, THOUGH!!" Kari yelled. Dark Lord was now shaking with anger, and he didn't notice that the Digimon had ceased their attacks on him, and were now powering up to their maximum.
"I BET THAT YOU'RE SO WEAK, AN IN-TRAINING DIGIMON COULD BEAT YOU UP!' Davis fired an insult. Dark Lord was now shaking with so much rage, that he didn't even notice the Digidestined powering up.
"You…will…PAY!!!" He exclaimed, and shot a ray of energy at them. Davis jumped forward, and blocked the energy ray. A few seconds later, the area where Davis was in turned into several colorful fires. Mimi's aura flashed green, dimmed, then went back go normal, signifying that Palmon had Digivolved. Davis and Ken's auras dimmed, then began to spiral up and away from them, swirling around eachother in double helixes. Imperialdramon had Digivolved. Dark Lord, infuriated with the fact that Davis had managed to call him weak and block his attack, was still shaking with anger, and still didn't notice the fact that now the Digimon were beginning to fire on…the crystal!
"Ready everyone??" Imperialdramon asked. Lillymon and the various other Digimon nodded. "Ok, here goes! Positron Laser!"
"Flower Cannon!"
"Volcanic Strike!" MC's parents, beside Imperialdramon, attacked.
"Roaring Flames!" A Meramon exclaimed.
"Horn Blaster!" A Unimon attacked. The other Digimon behind them jumped up and fired their attacks at a single place in the wall. The auras of Lillymon and Imperialdramon became so bright that they filled the entire crystal, as the Digimon struggled to keep up their attacks. Suddenly, an explosion sounded, and the sound of breaking glass filled the air…
"What? No!! NO!!! My crystal!!" Dark Lord exclaimed, whipping around. "Those Digidestined! They deceived me!"
"They're free!" came the resounding cry from the Digimon. On the ground below, the Digidestined stopped glowing, and jumped for joy. Their plan had worked! Dark Lord trembled in the sky above, and suddenly, his body started to look like it was being rubbed out by an eraser.
"No! No! This can't be happening!!" he exclaimed, as most of him suddenly burst into data, leaving only two remaining things: his normal body, which looked like the Digimon Emperor, only in shades of gray, and it was transparent, and a small, gray, transparent Mushroomon. The two fell toward the Digiworld, along with the rest of the Digimon from the crystal. They were all quickly caught by flying Digimon, and brought to the surface of the Digital World.
"Davis! We did it! They're free!" Mimi exclaimed, her aura dimming. She looked over at Davis, and gasped. He was completely exhausted, and had collapsed on the ground. Kari, Ken, Tai, and Matt had all already run up to the quickly forming circle of Digidestined and Digimon.
"Davis, are you OK?" Mimi asked, kneeling down to him.
"I will be…man, that took a lot of energy," he said, still catching his breath.
"Yeah, I know," she said, her aura finally winking out. She looked down at Davis, who was starting to rise from his collapsed position on the ground of the Digital World.
"Hey Davis?" she asked. He looked up.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Thanks…for, well, everything. I don't think I could have made it out of that dark pit if it wasn't for you. So…thanks," she said. He smiled.
"If anything, I should be thanking you…" he started.
"Are you kidding?? It was MY bad advice that got you mixed up in this whole Dark Lord thing in the first place!" she exclaimed. He smiled.
"Nah. I was mixed up in it before that. Your 'bad' advice just got me into it sooner," he joked. She smiled. "But seriously, thanks. I was in a depression of my own, remember? I don't think I would have EVER thought of a way to get over THAT one without your help," Davis said. She smiled again, but then a lightbulb seemed to go off in her head.
"You know what, I just thought of something, it turns out that the whole 'spending time alone' thing didn't work, after all! It looks like I WAS right, that the only way to get over your depression about Kari was to get a girlfriend!" she exclaimed. He looked puzzled.
"Who?" he asked. She mock glared at him.
"Me, you nitwit!" she exclaimed.
"Oh…oh yeah…" he said, blushing, and laughing sheepishly. She shook her head, but laughed anyway.
"Davis, I just don't understand how you can be so smart one minute and so dumb the next," she said, jokingly.
"Bad luck?" he asked.
"Davis! Mimi! You'd better get over here!" came a yell from Yolei. They sighed, and Mimi stood up. Davis attempted to stand up, still exhausted. She offered him a hand.
"Need a hand?" she asked. He smiled.
"What are we going to do with him?" Gatomon asked. The Digimon had all de-Digivolved. There was a huge circle of both Digimon and Digidestined, all around two things: Dark Lord and a Mushroomon. Davis and Mimi ran up, and gasped in shock.
"THAT is Dark Lord? What happened?" Davis asked. Dark Lord looked at him.
"If you hadn't foiled my plans, I would still have a powerful body! But now, look at me! I'm no more in existence than a ghost, thanks to YOU!!" he exclaimed, pointing at Davis. Davis grinned.
"Glad to help," he said. Dark Lord, or rather, the Digimon Emperor, folded his arms, and glared at him.
"Aren't you a Mushroomon? What are you doing hanging around Dark Lord?" Mimi asked. The Mushroomon looked at her.
"I had been deleted, by HIS creation, Kimeramon, nonetheless, and I was on my happy little way to being reborn like all nice Digimon are supposed to, when this JERK comes along, and takes over my body! I never asked to be stabilized! I just wanted to be reformatted, like normal!" the Mushroomon exclaimed. The Digidestined glared at the Digimon Emperor.
"Well, don't worry. Dark Lord has done all of the absorbing he's going to do for a while," said a voice from behind the group. A tall, handsome (^_^) brown haired man wearing a white robe of some sort walked up to them. The group of Digidestined split and let him through.
"Gennai! What are you doing here?" Davis asked.
"I've come to put an end to Dark Lord's evilness for good! He needs to pay for what he did to my house! My precious house!!" Gennai exclaimed. Everyone sweatdropped.
"Just how are you going to do that?" Dark Lord asked. Gennai smirked, and pulled out an EXACT replica of Dark Lord's gray crystal ball!
"Simple, I'll just use your own tactics against you, and imprison your dark soul inside this crystal ball, for all eternity!" Gennai explained.
"Where did you get that?" Izzy asked.
"Where do you think Dark Lord got his? I've got ten or so of these things at home. They're for storing stuff that I don't have space for." He replied.
"But you can't do this to me! I'm DARK LORD!! The Digimon Emperor! You CAN'T!!" Dark Lord exclaimed, frightened.
"Watch me," Gennai said, and sat down the crystal ball. He glowed white for a second, and a gray beam of light shot out from the crystal and hit Dark Lord, sucking him into the Crystal, where he would stay for all eternity.
"What about me?" the Mushroomon asked. Gennai smiled.
"You'll be reborn, just like you wanted," Gennai said, and waved his hand. Instantly, Mushroomon disappeared, and floated away as Digidust.
"Thank you, Digidestined, for setting my spirit free…" the Mushroomon said. Gennai turned to them.
"That about wraps things up. Thanks for your help once again, Digidestined," Gennai said. The Digidestined smiled.
"Any time, Gennai!" Tai exclaimed. Gennai turned to Davis.
"Davis, I'd like to commend you on a job well done. I'm sure if it hadn't been for you, Dark Lord would have all of US imprisoned, not the other way around. Great job," he said, and extended his hand. Davis shook it.
"Cool! But, the others helped just as much as I did. I really don't deserve your praise," Davis said. The others, except Mimi, gawked at him.
"Davis, what happened to you? You've really…changed!" Matt exclaimed. Davis turned to them.
"This whole incident has opened my eyes. I realized that I have to stop being a jerk…" he started.
"Here here!" Yolei exclaimed. Izzy elbowed her, and she blushed, sheepishly. Davis glared at her, but returned to his speech.
"…and showing out all the time, and just start being me," he finished.
"Well, it's about time, Davis. What brought about this change?" Cody asked. Davis smiled, and looked over at Mimi.
"Lots of stuff," he said. Mimi smiled back at him. Everybody else just shrugged. MC's parents stomped over to Davis and Mimi.
"Thank you for saving us from Dark Lord," MC's mother said.
"Now, where is our son?" MC's father asked, gruffly. Davis frowned, and thought for a second, but then remembered.
"Oh yeah! He's in the Real World! I'll go get him, and be back in a jiff!" Davis said, and zoomed away, to find the nearest TV.
"Davis! Davis! Davis!" MC exclaimed, bouncing, as Davis emerged in the Real World, at Matt's apartment. Thankfully, Matt's Dad hadn't been home.
"Funny place to leave MC, but whatever," Davis murmured.
"Hey! How have ya been?" MC exclaimed, bouncing over to him. He looked down at the little dinosaur Digimon.
"Well, it's been rough, but I've got a LOT of good news for you!" he exclaimed, picking up the little Digimon, and turning back to the TV screen.
MC finally met back up with his parents, and he FINALLY got to meet Veemon and the others. The other Digimon that had been absorbed by Dark Lord thanked us, and went back to their homes. We chatted with Gennai for a while, before we finally returned to the Real World. It was around eleven at night, so everyone decided to call it quits and go home. We decided to meet at the park in the morning. In the morning, everybody finally got the WHOLE story from Davis and Mimi, including the last part. Everyone was thrilled for Davis and Mimi…except for TK. He just sat there, shocked, before settling back into a depression, like the one he'd been in when Kari went for Ken. After they had lunch, the Digidestined all split up. Cody, Joe, and TK went to see Death By Lawnmower II: The Lawnmowers Return, which had just come out. Matt and Sora went off to go to another movie. Izzy and Yolei decided to go shopping downtown (Yolei wanted to go the mall, and Izzy wanted to go to Computer World…), and Kari and Ken went off to the lake, to ice skate. Mimi took Davis off somewhere special.
"Mimi, where are we going?" Davis asked, as they walked along a grassy sidewalk. They were in the old side of Odaiba.
"There," she said, pointing to a church.
"We're going to church?" Davis asked. She shook her head. "You'll see," she said. They walked around back of the church, and into the cemetery. Davis was a little creeped out by this, but went along, anyway. They finally stopped in front of one grave.
"Christopher Tachikawa? Your brother?" Davis asked, after reading the gravestone. She smiled.
"Yeah, this is his grave," she said, setting down a bunch of flowers she had brought. He blinked.
"Why's he buried in Odaiba?" he asked.
"Because he was born here, and my parents really never wanted to move to New York," she explained, standing up again.
"So why'd you bring me here?" he asked. Mimi smiled.
"I went home and talked to my parents yesterday, after we all got back from the Digiworld. It turns out that Christopher didn't die because of me!" she exclaimed. Davis smiled.
"See, I told you!" Davis replied. She smiled, but continued.
"You see, it seems that my parents had been REALLY freaked out by finding him half frozen outside, and had taken him to the hospital immediately. He had warmed up and, aside from a slight cough, he seemed to be OK. When they were leaving the hospital, some jerk with a pregnant woman in his car sort of…ran over poor Christopher. A really unfortunate accident," Davis couldn't help but smile a little, even if it was a sad story.
"And you've always blamed yourself. How many years?" Davis asked. She shrugged, but continued.
"And guess what else? Mom told me that when they were leaving the hospital, Christopher said to her 'Tell Mimi I'm sorry I made her mad and I forgive her,'" Davis smiled.
"What did I tell you? You got depressed for nothing!" he exclaimed.
"I know, it's kind of ironic, really. But you know what? There is one REALLY good reason for me getting depressed," she said.
"What's that?" Davis asked. She giggled, and rolled her eyes.
"You, silly! If I had never gotten depressed, I NEVER would have admitted that I liked you," Mimi replied.
"Oh," he said, and smiled.
"You know what?" she continued.
"What?" he asked.
"If all of this Dark Lord junk had never happened, then I would STILL be guilty about Christopher, and still regret not saying anything to Matt. And, I probably wouldn't like you as much as I do," she said. He smiled, and shrugged.
"Well, I guess Dark Lord did do some good, after all," Davis said. She smiled, and leaned over, kissing Davis on the cheek. He blushed slightly, but then turned to her. And kissed her on the lips.
"Aww! I just LOVE happy endings!!" Palmon exclaimed, sitting on a fence nearby, with misty eyes.
"Yeah, me too. You know what, I'd never think that THOSE two would make such a good couple," Veemon added, sitting next to her.
"Kinda like you and me, huh?" Palmon asked. Veemon turned crimson red, as Palmon leaned over and kissed him.
YES!! I'm FINALLY done with Aftermath!! WOO HOO!! Well, it's been a fun time writing it, but this story actually GAVE me writers block, when it was supposed to be one of those stories that I just wrote to get RID of writer's block….-sigh- It was also TWICE as long as -Darkness, and that wasn't really my intention when I started it. But oh well. Anyway, did you like it? Well, I've got good (or bad, at least for me) news! I've got ANOTHER sequel planned, for all you TK fans, and people who are (like me) feeling kind of sad for the poor kid. It'll be called Brought Together in Chaos, and I wouldn't expect it to be finished any time soon (I mean, look at how long it took me to get this, a simple eight chapter fic out!). Oh well. Gives you something to look forward to. Peace out, and live long and catnip and junk! ^_^ Oh, PS, REVIEW!! I know there's at least ONE person out there who liked this story! So review! Daimi forever!! Wahoo yeah! Peace out!