Part Twenty-Three -B-

Angel? How could I be where he was?

He floated down to my eye level. "This is my dwelling. I live here,
I guess."

"Angel?"

"Yes, and no."

"You look a little different. Why?" I asked. He was... taller. He
was... older?

"I guess you could say I'm an alternate form of Angel. And of
Koushiro. I am the physical manifestation of their Karma."

"What?"

"Let's just say that I am what they could be. I am another version,
from another timeline, and I've been given the ability to monitor
alternate realities, at least, alternate in relation to my own. And,
I've been watching this unfortunate situation unfold for a while now.
I figured that this would protect you."

"Yes, but what about Matty, Mini-Me, and Tai?"

"Matty, I've already taken care of him. He's safe and playing with
his new friend, little Taichi."

"You set all of this into motion... you're starting it all over
again!" If Matty meets Taichi... they become friends... they become
Digidestined... go to high school together... and become lovers...
causing Koushiro to be jealous... "This is all just one big circle!"

Alternate-Angel cracked a smile, "Life is."

AN-- so says the fortune cookie.