The Past Remembered: Epilogue
A/N: Due to threats about me not being able to go on the Internet until a certain hot spot freezes over, this is going to be my last chapter until college break. Thank you crystal of psyche and Ken's lover for reviewing. I will e-mail you two when I start another fanfic. Please read and review until then.
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Disclaimer: Digimon will never be mine.
Sam: YOU KILLED ME?!
Ken: I don't believe that you made me make that kind of decision.
heath 999: Well, it was either that or have Sam destroy both worlds.
Sam: YOU KILLED ME?!
Wormmon: Is Ken going to be okay?
Ken: HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?! *Starts crying*
Sam: YOU KILLED ME?!
heath 999: Now I know where Ken got his habit of repeating the same phrase over and over again.
Wormmon: I hope Ken is going to be okay.
heath 999: Please read and review.
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Meghan's Apartment: An hour later
~Meghan's POV~
*CRASH!*
"ARGH!"
"Get your foot out of my mouth!"
A few moments later, after disentangling everyone and our digimon, who are going to stay around at least a while, from the dignified landing on from the digiport Ken's parents confront us.
"What happened? Where's Ken?" His mom demands, voice filled with worry.
I sigh, "Ken went home in another digiport, he wanted to be alone."
"Why? What happened?"
On the long walk back, all of us agreed to not really say what happened in the digital world, to avoid more grief to the family. "Daemon kidnapped us, he was after the dark spore in me and Ken. He got them; luckily he was destroyed before he did any real damage. It was very emotionally damaging to Ken during the battle, and he left to sort it out." I explain, sort of telling the truth.
"Is he okay? I mean, I thought it was dangerous to have the dark spore removed." Ken's mom asks anxiously.
"He'll be fine, just give him time to recover, and don't expect him to be a genius anymore." I say tiredly, realizing it was nine o'clock in the morning, with me barely getting any sleep.
After Ken's parents left, and Joe patched me up from the wounds I got in the explosion of Deathdaemon, dad spoke up: "You can spend the day here, catching up on your sleep, and recovering. Girls in Meghan's room, boys in the living room."
Tiredly, I stumble into my bed, and just before falling asleep, remembering the look on Ken's face before he walked away.
Grief and guilt.
And pain.
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Somewhere else: A mere fabric of time
~General POV~
Two figures stare at each other across the space.
"You know, the other guardians are going to have your head for your interference." One of them speaks, sounding human but not totally being one.
"I know, but it was the only thing that could be done at that time, and you know it." The other says sounding nothing else other than a god, trying to defend his actions about revealing the digicore to Meghan.
"I know, but the others won't think of it that way, even if you wiped her memory about the whole thing." The first one says.
"It's too bad that she hates us now, Gennai, even if I hate myself on how many mistakes that we have made about the fifth guardian."
"Yes, Azulongmon, it is, and I do hate myself for the mistakes too."
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Server Island: A week later
~Meghan's POV~
I walk slowly through the woods.
The digiport has been open since that fateful night.
I don't know why I'm looking for him, but I need to.
He hasn't contacted us every since he decided to destroy Deathdaemon.
I have never been angrier with Gennai and the guardians.
I also never felt so betrayed by them.
They always make so many mistakes, and it always comes at more of a cost than an advantage.
How many more mistakes can they make?
How many more lives are they going to ruin?
I'm really afraid to know.
"Well guardian, good to see you outside a cell." A voice calls out, and I look up to see Eaglemon perched on a tree branch.
"Thank you for helping us out, my friend," I say softly.
"Anytime, the one your looking for is on the other side of the woods." He says, flapping away.
I look at Tigermon, "feel up to digivolving?" I ask.
At his nod, he digivolves to Panthermon, running through the woods in search of the person I'm looking for.
He stops at the sight of a figure sitting at the edge of a cliff, a Wormmon curled up next to him.
Ken.
After I climb off Panthermon dedigivolves to Tigermon, and I slowly approach him.
"Why?" He asks, not looking at me.
"What?"
"Why? Why did he do this to me? Why did he turn into such a monster? Why did I have to decide between him and both worlds?"
He pauses, and says more softly: "Why do the guardians torture me like this? After all I did, after all I went through, why do they feel I need more punishment?"
"It wasn't your fault about what happened." I say softly.
"I don't know, maybe if I talked to him, maybe if I reminded him of who he used to be, maybe, maybe-"
"Maybe what?"
"Maybe he wouldn't be dead again, maybe he would be back with us, and we would be a family again." He says with a catch in his voice.
"Everyone makes their own decisions, Ken, everyone has their own destiny, and he took the turn for the worse." I say, sitting next to him Wormmon now in Ken's lap.
He turns to me, tears streaming down his face: "I'll never forgive myself for the decision I made, even now I don't know if it was the right one."
He's sobbing now, and I don't know what to say, I just wrap my arms around him and just try to comfort him the best I can, knowing that's the only thing I can do.
We sit there for a long time, just trying to heal both our mental wounds.
Things will probably never be the same again for both of us.
The End
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A/N: I know it's a depressing ending, but you can't expect good endings from me all the time. Also, that wasn't romance at the end; it was trying to comfort a friend. Until college break, please read and review.
A/N: Due to threats about me not being able to go on the Internet until a certain hot spot freezes over, this is going to be my last chapter until college break. Thank you crystal of psyche and Ken's lover for reviewing. I will e-mail you two when I start another fanfic. Please read and review until then.
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Disclaimer: Digimon will never be mine.
Sam: YOU KILLED ME?!
Ken: I don't believe that you made me make that kind of decision.
heath 999: Well, it was either that or have Sam destroy both worlds.
Sam: YOU KILLED ME?!
Wormmon: Is Ken going to be okay?
Ken: HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?! *Starts crying*
Sam: YOU KILLED ME?!
heath 999: Now I know where Ken got his habit of repeating the same phrase over and over again.
Wormmon: I hope Ken is going to be okay.
heath 999: Please read and review.
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Meghan's Apartment: An hour later
~Meghan's POV~
*CRASH!*
"ARGH!"
"Get your foot out of my mouth!"
A few moments later, after disentangling everyone and our digimon, who are going to stay around at least a while, from the dignified landing on from the digiport Ken's parents confront us.
"What happened? Where's Ken?" His mom demands, voice filled with worry.
I sigh, "Ken went home in another digiport, he wanted to be alone."
"Why? What happened?"
On the long walk back, all of us agreed to not really say what happened in the digital world, to avoid more grief to the family. "Daemon kidnapped us, he was after the dark spore in me and Ken. He got them; luckily he was destroyed before he did any real damage. It was very emotionally damaging to Ken during the battle, and he left to sort it out." I explain, sort of telling the truth.
"Is he okay? I mean, I thought it was dangerous to have the dark spore removed." Ken's mom asks anxiously.
"He'll be fine, just give him time to recover, and don't expect him to be a genius anymore." I say tiredly, realizing it was nine o'clock in the morning, with me barely getting any sleep.
After Ken's parents left, and Joe patched me up from the wounds I got in the explosion of Deathdaemon, dad spoke up: "You can spend the day here, catching up on your sleep, and recovering. Girls in Meghan's room, boys in the living room."
Tiredly, I stumble into my bed, and just before falling asleep, remembering the look on Ken's face before he walked away.
Grief and guilt.
And pain.
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Somewhere else: A mere fabric of time
~General POV~
Two figures stare at each other across the space.
"You know, the other guardians are going to have your head for your interference." One of them speaks, sounding human but not totally being one.
"I know, but it was the only thing that could be done at that time, and you know it." The other says sounding nothing else other than a god, trying to defend his actions about revealing the digicore to Meghan.
"I know, but the others won't think of it that way, even if you wiped her memory about the whole thing." The first one says.
"It's too bad that she hates us now, Gennai, even if I hate myself on how many mistakes that we have made about the fifth guardian."
"Yes, Azulongmon, it is, and I do hate myself for the mistakes too."
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Server Island: A week later
~Meghan's POV~
I walk slowly through the woods.
The digiport has been open since that fateful night.
I don't know why I'm looking for him, but I need to.
He hasn't contacted us every since he decided to destroy Deathdaemon.
I have never been angrier with Gennai and the guardians.
I also never felt so betrayed by them.
They always make so many mistakes, and it always comes at more of a cost than an advantage.
How many more mistakes can they make?
How many more lives are they going to ruin?
I'm really afraid to know.
"Well guardian, good to see you outside a cell." A voice calls out, and I look up to see Eaglemon perched on a tree branch.
"Thank you for helping us out, my friend," I say softly.
"Anytime, the one your looking for is on the other side of the woods." He says, flapping away.
I look at Tigermon, "feel up to digivolving?" I ask.
At his nod, he digivolves to Panthermon, running through the woods in search of the person I'm looking for.
He stops at the sight of a figure sitting at the edge of a cliff, a Wormmon curled up next to him.
Ken.
After I climb off Panthermon dedigivolves to Tigermon, and I slowly approach him.
"Why?" He asks, not looking at me.
"What?"
"Why? Why did he do this to me? Why did he turn into such a monster? Why did I have to decide between him and both worlds?"
He pauses, and says more softly: "Why do the guardians torture me like this? After all I did, after all I went through, why do they feel I need more punishment?"
"It wasn't your fault about what happened." I say softly.
"I don't know, maybe if I talked to him, maybe if I reminded him of who he used to be, maybe, maybe-"
"Maybe what?"
"Maybe he wouldn't be dead again, maybe he would be back with us, and we would be a family again." He says with a catch in his voice.
"Everyone makes their own decisions, Ken, everyone has their own destiny, and he took the turn for the worse." I say, sitting next to him Wormmon now in Ken's lap.
He turns to me, tears streaming down his face: "I'll never forgive myself for the decision I made, even now I don't know if it was the right one."
He's sobbing now, and I don't know what to say, I just wrap my arms around him and just try to comfort him the best I can, knowing that's the only thing I can do.
We sit there for a long time, just trying to heal both our mental wounds.
Things will probably never be the same again for both of us.
The End
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A/N: I know it's a depressing ending, but you can't expect good endings from me all the time. Also, that wasn't romance at the end; it was trying to comfort a friend. Until college break, please read and review.