Me: Wazzup?! I'm thoroughly impressed with the number of reviews I received for Chap. XII, so I decided to get to Chap. XIII earlier than expected. I don't own Digimon.
If I did, then whoever thought of the idea to put Sorato in during the final episodes of 02 would've been fired on the spot!
Tai: Right on!
Sora: Couldn't you just have refused his idea, rather than firing him? Where would he work at if you'd done that?
Me: …Darn it, Sora! Why is it that women always play around with our hearts?! WHY?!!
Tai: It must have something to do with the "Y" chromosome that we have, but they don't.
Digimon
The WarGame of the 21st Century
Chap. XIII-Final Trip to the Digital World
The DigiDestined may have left during nightfall from America, but when they returned to Japan after dropping Michael off in New York, the dawning of a new day in Odaiba was just beginning when Imperialdramon deDigivolved back to Veemon and Wormmon, allowing the team to exit safely near the Odaiba Bridge.
"I don't know about you guys, but I, for one, am going home and taking a well-deserved nap." Tai declared as he stretched his arms outward, effectively avoiding anyone else.
"Would Sora be joining you in this 'well-deserved nap', Tai?" Matt joked. Tai and Sora both blushed, but Sora leaned toward Tai's ear and whispered, "I wouldn't mind all that much." That, in itself, caused Tai to blush even redder.
"Come on, Tai! I wanna get home and catch some Z's." Agumon yelled as he, Biyomon and Gatomon raced forward in the direction of the Kamiya residence. Tai, Sora and Kari sighed impatiently as they all shot off after their partners.
"Agumon, hold on! It's barely morning, and even though people here know about you, I don't think they wanna wake up and see a tiny dinosaur running around outside!"
"Biyomon, wait! I enjoy jogging as much as the next person, but I'm really tired and am not in the mood for a marathon!"
"Gatomon, wait up! You can walk on four legs and climb trees, which leaves me at a disadvantage if I want to catch up with you!"
The others couldn't contain their laughter and waved goodbye to their friends as they ran off after their Digimon to Tai's house.
Tai groaned tiredly as he, Sora and Kari reached the Kamiya household about fifteen minutes after their jog from the Odaiba Bridge. Opening the door, he noticed two things: One, that the Digimon were sleeping on the couch; two, his parents were out. Kari immediately headed for her bed and promptly fell asleep. Sora, on the other hand, headed for the kitchen. Confused by her actions, Tai followed her.
"Aren't you going to take my bed and get some sleep? We do deserve some rest after all we went through."
"I don't feel tired, Tai. I know it sounds strange, but I still feel pumped up. Jazzed with energy." A second later, Sora nearly hit the floor when she passed out due to lack of sleep, but Tai was able to catch her and take her to his bed. Laying her down carefully, Tai covered her up and kissed her on the forehead. "Sweet dreams, my love. I love you." Tai whispered calmly. As Tai turned and prepared to sleep in the chair, he heard Sora murmur in her sleep, "I love you too, Tai."
Tai was jolted out of the couch by a frantic knocking on the door about two or three hours later. The knocking caused Sora, Kari and the Digimon to wake up, too.
"Whatever you're selling, the cat knows Kung Fu, so don't try anything!" Gatomon warned. Tai and the others fought the urge to laugh as he opened the door to see Izzy, who looked even more disheveled than he'd had earlier this morning.
"Izzy, you look like you didn't catch a wink of sleep. What's up?" Tai asked as he tried stifling a yawn.
"We've…got…trouble!" Izzy gasped out. The three other DigiDestined groaned as they collapsed on the couch next to their Digimon.
"What now? If its another Digimon bent on world domination, I say let him take it over; we can work out a counter attack after we've gotten more sleep." Sora insisted as she snuggled against Tai's shoulder.
"Well, despite the fact that Piedmon and Datamon have somehow destroyed every single TV in the Digital World and cut off our only access to getting there, I'd say sweet dreams, but this is serious! We've got to get back to the Digital World and stop them once and for all!" Izzy demanded impatiently.
"If they've cut off all access to the Digital World, how exactly do you plan on getting us there in the first place?" Tai asked calmly as he got up off of the couch and prepared some orange juice for himself, Sora, Kari and the now wide-awake Digimon.
"Simple: We use the same portal we used to get back after we first defeated VenomMyotismon. It shouldn't be that difficult, since there are 12 of us, to open the portal and get back."
Tai actually smiled, despite the redness in his eyes. Sora rose her head from her position on the couch, and Kari eyed Izzy with interest. The Digimon yelled out, "Where's our orange juice?" Tai rolled his eyes and chuckled as he grabbed three more cups as well as the pitcher of orange juice.
It took some time for Tai, Sora, Kari and Izzy to wake up the other DigiDestined, but the job was done within an hour after Izzy had gotten there. Davis looked about more or less the same as Tai did, but he wasn't trying to stay awake, whereas Tai was.
"Remind me again-why are we all here instead of in our own beds resting?" Davis asked grumpily. (A/N: Is "grumpily" even a word?)
"You'll have to excuse Davis. He hasn't had his morning dose of me today." Yolei joked. Some of the others laughed, but Tai rolled his eyes as the Digimon ate some food he'd cooked while waiting for everyone to show-better than his Mom could ever make!
"Anyway, Datamon and Piedmon were able to effectively destroy every TV in the entire Digital World, which means that technically, your D3's are as ineffective as our Digivices when it comes to getting us to the DigiWorld now. We thought all portals to the Digital World from Earth were closed when Black WarGreymon gave up the last of his energy to close one portal and Oikawa used the energy needed to open up that portal on the Bridge. There are only two portals that haven't been entirely used yet-the one we used when we first went to the Digital World at the camp, and the one outside of the TV station where we first defeated VenomMyotismon." Izzy explained.
"Let me guess-we're going to attempt to use one of these portals to get to the Digital World?" Matt responded.
"No-we're going to use both of them to get there. It's the safest way to ensure that no one will ever use these portals to get to the Digital World again-including us."
That got the entire team thinking. With all the televisions destroyed and every active portal closed, there would be no way for their Digimon to ever return to the Digital World again, if they wanted to.
We wanted to make sure that our Digimon would be well protected from all evils, be it here or in the Digital World. Davis, Yolei, Cody and Ken's Digimon wanted to stay here as did mine, T.K.'s, Joe's, Mimi's, Izzy's and Matt's. Only Agumon and Biyomon had their doubts, so Tai and Sora took some time out before our departure to talk to them.
"What's wrong, Agumon? I thought you'd be ecstatic about staying here with me."
Tai's Digimon sighed. "I thought so, too, but I'm confused. I like being here with you, but I also liked protecting my area. I don't know what to do."
Tai smiled. "Tell you what-we'll stop by Primary Village on the way home. If I'm right, then an old friend of ours had to have been reborn, so if he was, how about we ask him to look after your area?"
"That sounds like a great idea, Tai! Biyomon's area, too?"
"Why not? Hey, Sora! Does Biyomon have any doubts about staying with us-I mean you?" Tai yelled out.
"Yeah, and I don't know what to tell her."
"Bring her in here. Agumon's got an idea."
Within a second or so, Sora and Biyomon came in. Tai gently pushed Sora out.
"We'll give them some time to talk it over." Tai advised. She nodded, and they both waited by the door to his room. It took a few minutes, but they both came out and said, "It's a deal!"
Davis couldn't believe that he'd had to come back here after four years or so again. He and the younger DigiDestined were at the site of VenomMyotismon's demise alongside their Digimon, prepared to open a portal. Yolei was already confirming it with Izzy, who along with the older DigiDestined, were heading to their old summer camp one last time to activate the portal.
"You sure our D3's will open up this bad boy?" Davis asked irritably.
"Positive. If their Digivices can open up the portals, who's to say our D3's can't?" Yolei replied.
Nodding, Davis held up his D3 and prepared himself for departure.
"We can't go until we've gotten the okay from Izzy and the others." Yolei noted to her boyfriend.
"What? Can't they just catch up with us later?"
"Funny, Davis."
As for Tai and the others, they'd finally made it back to the campsite. The good news is, it wasn't snowing. The bad news was, their Digivices had the same effect as they'd had the first time they'd tried returning to the Digital World while they were battling MaloMyotismon, including Mimi's.
"Digiport, open! Please?"
Sora and Mimi both giggled. That was the second time Tai had added the word "Please" to the usual command of activating a computer to get them to the DigiWorld.
"I don't get it! Why can't we get to the Digital World while Davis and the others can?" Matt asked heatedly.
"Who knows? Maybe its because the D3's are more powerful than our own Digivices, or it might be because they can DNA Digivolve without the use of Azulongmon's power." Izzy replied.
"True, but I say we should wait until the others try before we make any type of attempt." Joe said.
"Too late for that, Joe. Tai's been trying for the past 10 minutes, and it doesn't look like he's giving up anytime soon." Mimi spoke out.
"Guys, I think we got something here!" Davis yelled out. His D3 was glowing brightly as Ken and the others ran over and held out their own D3's. Theirs started glowing and before the eyes of Davis, Yolei, Cody and Ken, a light appeared in front of them.
"Awesome!"
"Perfecto!"
"Amazing!"
"Highly unlikely, but it could be safe."
T.K. and Kari laughed as the six of them rose upward and returned to the Digital World.
Tai smiled as he noticed the light in the sky vanish and he knew that his sister and the others were on their way to the Digital World again. His Digivice finally started glowing, and Sora came up to him with Biyomon and Agumon by her side, her own Digivice glowing.
"Guys, its time!" The others ran up to him and pulled out their Digivices, which had started glowing, and held them up to the sky. Seconds later, a tidal wave appeared one last time and sent the original team of DigiDestined back to the Digital World for the final time.