Created By: Jason Wong
The spirits of the digidestined lounged around in their small valley in the realm of death. Though dead, they retained aspects of living. They couldn't float through walls, and they retained the forms which they were most comfortable in (Season 2). They'd put up several structure over time. Small individual houses, a kitchen, a large common room. They put up more when their digimon arrived to them although they couldn't really die.
"Well, your theory was right." said Tai. "We all ended up in the realm of death."
"Yeah, we've come so far in these couple of years." said Matt. "I wonder if anyone remembers us?"
"We saved the world Matt." said Izzy.
"And we were well known for other things." said Sora.
"I guess." replied Matt. "Wanna remember those events? You know event where we all met up again."
"Sure." said Tai. "But mabey we should start a bit before that."
"I'm sorry Tai. It's a bummer you weren't picked." said Matt. "You were still pretty promising even with your limp."
"It's ok Matt. I didn't think I'd make it anyway." said Tai "Anyway, how's the band coming?"
"Great." said Matt. "We're becoming popular. But I don't have to hide my identity in public yet. That's a relief. I expect it won't last long. Our album Digital Rock is blasting the charts to bits. We're already world famous."
"Yep, it's a great album. I hear it just went double platinum last weekend." grinned Tai.
"Yep, and it's already gone diamond in America." said Matt. "You know. I could probably get someone to pull a few strings. You could be on the team if you want...."
"No." said Tai firmly. "I don't want the special treatment. Besides, I'm doing some tests. If I pass, I'll have a pretty sweet job. No so prestigious, but well paying."
Five years later....
"The Winner of the match is Sora Kamiya." said the announcer. "Japan takes gold in yet another event. They sure are strong this year."
Tai cheered himself hoarse when Sora had won. They'd wed only a year before. Tai could hardly believe that she'd achieved her life's dream to get gold at the olympics (Keep in mind, I'm adding events that I doubt are even in the olympics at this time. They might be there, but I'm not really knowledgeable in that area.). Tai was overjoyed when Sora ran up to him after the medal presentation. He bet his parents would be having heart attacks. TK had only just recently won gold as part of the Japanese basketball team. And Kari was already a world famous photographer. The family was being showered with prestige beyond their wildest dreams.
Sora and Tai were walking around the olympic grounds. Sora needed to unwind after the tense match. The the announcement speakers blared to life. "Will Taichi Kamiya, visitor pass number six thousand eight hundred twenty four please report to the soccer field immediately. Will Taichi Kamiya, visitor pass...."
"Honey, that's you." said Sora.
"Wonder what they could want?" asked Tai. "I'll meet you up later at the olympic village. How about in an hour? Then we'll go out to eat."
"Sure Tai." replied Sora. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek before they parted ways.
Tai approached the soccer field. It appeared as though Japan had just won. Davis probably wanted to brag about the medal. But on closer inspection, Tai realized that the medals hadn't been given out. The whole team was just standing there. And what was Matt doing there?! While Tai passed through the security gate, he realized that Matt must be there to sing the anthem. He stepped onto the sidelines when a voice ran out across what seemed to be the whole stadium.
"Tai, you made it. We didn't think you'd come." shouted a voice.
Tai was dragged out onto the field by a very familiar face. "Davis? What's this all about?" asked Tai.
The clapping team cut off the reply. "Tai, most of the team were your students at one time or another." said Davis.
Tai looked around and saw Davis was right. Most of them had been his students while he did a bit of soccer coaching before he managed to get his piloting license. After that, he'd given up on soccer and got a job for Izzy and Kari as their private pilot for trips worldwide. Tai received another shock, an olympic official had just stuck a gold medal around his neak.
"This is a joke right?" asked Tai as the official moved on to the team.
"Nope. It's real. Think of it as a present from the coach. We were evenly matched. The coach said that whoever could come up with a way to win quick, he'd let them give his medal to anyone. We used one of your strategies and beat them fast. We unanimously agreed to give it to you." said Davis as Matt sang the anthem.
"Oh." said Tai.
"The team's going out for a special supper. Wanna come?" asked Davis.
"Sorry Davis. Sora and I have victory plans already. I doubt she'd want to go with the whole team." replied Tai.
"She won? Congratulations." said Davis. "Mind if I come? I'd rather eat with you than the team."
"Sure Davis. In fact," said Tai grinning. "I'll get the whole group together. I think everyone's here."
The others were stunned at the medal Tai was displaying. It had taken a while to round up the whole group, but he'd done it. Since Izzy offered to pay, they went to the fanciest restaurant in town. Tai marveled at how good service was. It might have had something to do with the fact that four olympic gold medalists were there (Tai, TK, and Davis), the two founders of the multi-billion dollar software company "Digiware" (Yolei and Izzy), world famous photographer Kari Takaishi, and legendary fashion diva Mimi Kido and her doctor husband. They'd received a private room, and Tai suspected the food was the freshest in the city.
Tai snickered slightly as the food began arriving. It looked so good, Kari was taking pictures of it. Tai had a suspicious feeling that the five star restaurant would be getting a sixth star soon, along with thousands of customers once the word and reviews came out.
"So Matt, did you just come here to sing the anthem?" asked Davis.
"No way!" exclaimed Matt. "My band's here somewhere. We gave a free concert earlier in the morning. Plus I wanted to see my talented brother and his famous wife. I came for the same reasons Tai came for Sora."
TK blushed, but Tai looked at Matt.
"Almost right." said Tai. "I did come for Sora, but I had to fly Izzy, TK, Kari, and my wife as part of my job."
"Fly?" asked Matt confused. "What do you mean, as bodyguard? That just isn't you Tai."
Tai smiled at Matt's puzzlement. "Nope. Remember those tests I was taking a while back? I got my pilot's license." he said. "Izzy offered me a job as personal pilot for his aircraft. I also fly Kari to her remote photograph locations."
Matt's jaw dropped. "You can fly a plane? Wow! You're Izzy's personal pilot? Then you must have.... Wow, you're famous."
Tai shuddered slightly. Half a year back, some idiot misfuelled the plane. Fuel had spilled and a fire had started. Wires had shorted and the engines were locked on full. Tai pulled off an amazing emergency landing. The airflaps blew out and the landing gear ripped off as the plane landed. The plane's rear exploded on impact. Izzy was fine, but Tai had been injured. In the end, Izzy had pulled Tai from the wreckage moments before it exploded completely. Tai had been in intensive care for several months and only Izzy and Kari knew. Kari had only found out when she'd read Izzy's plane had crashed and that the pilot had brought it down successfully though he was in hospital. Izzy had never released Tai's name, and Tai was eternally grateful.
"Don't tell." said Kari. "He doesn't want that much attention."
"It was a great life." said Matt. "At least we all went fairly fast."
"I can't believe I kicked the bucket first." said Joe. "I mean, I was the med graduate."
"You worried to much. At least Mimi showed up real fast." said Sora. "You really were soul mates. She died within three hours of you."
"Yep." said Mimi. "But Izzy and TK weren't too far behind. Merely two days later."
"I couldn't believe it. Kari and Matt lasted for two whole weeks without me. I guess you were still bonded real well with Tai. What was it? You all died within moments of each other?"
"That about sums it up." said Tai.
The group jumped when there was a knock at the door. "Who could that be?" asked Matt "We're all already here."
Tai answered the door. There were three people. A short youngster, a girl, and a boy with goggles. It took Tai a second to register who it was.
"Davis?" asked Tai, slightly shocked.
"T-Tai? Where are we?" asked Davis.
"You're in the realm of death in the digiworld. Your digimon should be arriving in a couple of days. Come in." said Tai. To the others, "Hey guys, it's Davis, Cody, and Yolei."
"Hey great." said Matt. "You can fill us in on the past year."
"Yeah, how did our funeral go?" asked Sora.
"The group settled down again and everyone relaxed as Tai and Matt got extra chairs and drinks.
"Well, it's like this." said Davis. "You guys got a great group funeral. It had everything. And you should have seen the...."
That concludes my fanfic series. However, don't miss "Back To Before", the story of what happened four years before season one. Just several months before the encounter with Parrotmon.