AN: Wahoo! The first seires I've ever actually *finished,* instead
of just leaving to rot. (Although I *will* finish "Angel of Day, Angel
of Night." Promise.) Once again, many thanks to all reveiwers. I dedicate
this to you.
TK and Kari woke with the same simultaneity that they had fainted. It was
late at night, so late it was almost morning, and the nurse had long since
left. Partly from tiredness, and partly from sheer puzzlement.
"So I guess we fixed whatever it was that was wrong, "TK remarked.
"'When?' I wonder. It didn't seem terribly different
from my dream..."
Takeru and Hikari quietly excused themselves from the party, leaving Masaharu
and Natsuko as the only celebrants. The Lightkeepers had told them that there
was one task still left uncompleted, and that the task once again fell to
them. Although a bit resentful that it was always them called upon
to save the day and worlds, they'd agreed. And now it was time to save
both worlds. Again.
"The smallest weight can tip the balance, Kari."
"I guess. But all I did was make a wish..."
They leaving took out their digivices, and then took off their crests...
one pink, one yellow. They placed them on the digivices,and the crests flashed
with light. The mirror screens of their digivices reflected this light temporarily,
but soon began to glow with a light of their own. The light spread to Takeru
and Hikari, and for a brief moment—Gennai would have been technical
and termed it a nanosecond—they illuminated the entire park's twilight.
Then all three—light, Takeru and Hikari—vanished.
"A wish that stretched across space to give me hope. Anything that
gives hope is no small thing."
"Point made." Kari laughed sleepily. "Maybe you should
join debate club."
They arrived in a small cave, recognizable as part of the Digiworld. Before
them floated countless balls of light... more Lightkeepers than any had ever
seen at once. Amidst them stood Gennai.
"The Lightkeepers have determined that it's integral to my training
as the Digiworld's Guardian that I learn to deliver nice mysterious
messages to Digidestined. So I've been told to tell you this."
"I might not be the best-informed person about this though, Kari."
"What do you mean?"
"I only had the one dream, after all."
"Do you remember how you had brief moments of not-quite-control
over yourselves?" They nodded. "Those weren't quite you.
Someday, both of you will be reincarnated in the bodies of new Digidestined.
Those two, TK and Kari, lived within you briefly."
"You called us all this way merely to tell us that?" Takeru and
Hikari chorused incredulously.
"No. They were what tipped the balance against Lucefremon... it's
vital that they do come. So now you have to live in them, as they lived in
you, and somehow... with a means less direct than those they used, for you
won't be able to influence them consciously... make them come back.
"Hold your crests up. It'll take you to their time... to them.
To where, and when, they must never forget anything of what happened."
"Maybe that's why you did so well. With no idea of what had
happened, you were free to think of new things." Kari yawned. "G'night,
TK." She fell asleep.
TK looked fondly at the girl who'd wished him hope. "Good night,
Kari."
The two looked back at the others, who were still celebrating. Almost
as if they had already forgotten.
"But we never will, right?" the boy spoke suddenly.
"We never will." echoed the girl more firmly, understanding his unvoiced
meaning.
And Kari slept peacefully, untroubled by dreams.
THE END
AN: Like it? This is last call for questions... but I hope I just answered
them all. ^^ Comments on what you particularly liked are always appreciated,
as are comments on what you particularly disliked so I can improve it in
later stories.