Digital Demons IV - Epilogue
by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Summary - A Digimon Tamers/Jackie Chan Adventures/ Gatekeepers
crossover.
Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I making a
profit here.
"This is a disaster," Yamaki said sourly as he watched Ultimon's
interview on TV. "Whatever happened to secrecy?"
"Oh, it's not that bad, Mr. Yamaki," Ruriko tried to sooth.
"It's not?"
"Let's see, he's avoided actually mentioning the new AEGIS," Ruriko
expanded, ticking off a finger. "He's mentioned that the Interceptors
are international in scope but not that the governments are supporting
us. He's also neglected to mention Digimon or that most of the
Interceptors are underaged."
"And Ultimon's given the team a name," Captain Black added.
Yamaki just grunted unintelligibly. He seemed unimpressed.
"Oh, lighten up," Ruriko told the secret agent. "Look on the bright side.
We've taken out two more of those Demon Sorcerers, leaving just three
to go. We have not one, but two means of destroying the remaining
ones easily. And all the kids have their Digimon back."
Yamaki gave her a fish eyed stare.
"Well, except for Kenta Kitagawa," Ruriko admitted. She sighed. "I can
understand what losing someone that close to him is like."
"How is Kenta doing?" Yamaki asked.
"The kids are keeping a close eye on him," Ruriko told him. "They know
they shouldn't leave him alone. Kenta needs the support of his friends,
letting him know he's not alone in the world. And..." Ruriko hesitated.
"And?" Yamaki prompted.
"Takato's also told me they want to make sure that Kenta doesn't get
replaced by some impostor," Ruriko concluded.
"Hmm, what an... interesting idea," Yamaki said thoughtfully.
***
"It's all right, Kenta," Jeri said, sitting next to the boy. She placed a
hand comfortingly on his shoulder. "We're here for you. We won't let
any nasties take advantage of you."
Kenta said nothing. He just stared miserably down at the now useless
digivice in his hands.
"We... know what you're feeling," Alice added, sitting on Kenta's other
side. "You're among friends here."
A short distance away, HighAndromon watched his best friend be
conforted by the two girls.
"Dude," he half whispered singlevoiced to Takato. "Is that what it takes
to get girls interested in you? Lose your partner?"
"Kazu!" Takato exclaimed, shocked.
"What? I'm just saying..." HighAndromon began.
"Don't you like me anymore?" HighAndromon's "other" voice interupted.
"I thought we were supposed to be partners and all."
"Aw, buddy, I didn't mean it that way," HighAndromon first voice said to
the second voice. "What I meant was..."
"Okay, that is just freaky," Jade murmured to Rika as they watched
HighAndromon talk to himself.
"It's different when you're on the inside," Rika replied, being the voice
of experience here. "But from the outside... you're right. It is kinda
freaky."
"Henry!" Terriermon called, charging through the group to his partner.
He fairly leaped into Henry's arms. "Save me!"
"Terriermon? What..." Henry began, catching his partner.
"Tewwiewmon!" Cherubimon hailed, floating over to them. She didn't
bother to set down on the floor. There just wasn't enough room. "Don't
you wanna pway?"
"Uh, Suzie, shouldn't you seperate from Lopmon first?" Henry
suggested to his little sister.
"Okay," Cherubimon nodded eagerly. "How d'you do that?"
"Yeah," HighAndromon added, "we've been trying to figure that out for a
while now."
There was a moment's silence as the kids digested the implications.
"Hey, kids," Shibumi greeted as he entered their area. "I'm just
dropping by to see how you're all doing." Suddenly, every eye turned
to him. "What's wrong?"
***
"So, you all heard, Tchang Zu's report," AstroTsoLanMon said to his
remaining siblings. "Thoughts?"
"We shall destroy them all!" TidalBaiSaMon declared. "How dare they
defy us?"
"They've done more than defy, sister," AstroTsoLanMon replied. "Our
enemies now have in their possession a weapon that can destroy us in
spirit as well as in body. Ironic is it not? The very thing that our siblings
sought just happens to be the means of our destruction."
"That's why I said 'Destroy them all'," TidalBaiSaMon pointed out.
"And risk ourselves?" AstroTsoLanMon asked, bemused. A chuckle
answered him. It wasn't TidalBaiSaMon. "Brother? You have been
uncharacteristically quiet."
"And why should we risk ourselves at all?" MegaShenduMon finally
said. "Impmon had the right idea."
"That little traitor?" TidalBaiSaMon exclaimed, outraged.
"Yes, him," MegaShenduMon said dismissively. "Even so, his proposal
has merit. We rule the Digital World. Surely there must be minions
willing to serve us."
"We only rule whatever patch of ground we happen to be standing on,"
TidalBaiSaMon countered. "There is no order or organization in this
world otherwise."
"That can be changed," MegaShenduMon said simply.
"Ah, I think I see where you are going, brother," AstroTsoLanMon said,
intrigued. "Tell us more."
***
"Leomon. Ryo. Cyberdramon. MarineAngemon," Takato recited off as he
watched Shibumi examine HighAndromon and Cherubimon. "Y'know
what, guys? I'm tired of losing friends."
"Yeah, I know how you feel, Takato," Henry replied.
"Then it's time we took the offensive!" Takato told them.
"What do you mean?" Rika asked, having an idea where this was going.
"He means instead of waiting for us to be attacked, we go attack them,"
Jade said. "I like it. Let's do it."
"Eh, you guys think it's so easy?" someone asked.
"Impmon?" Rika identified.
"Yeah, you think it's so easy?" Impmon said again. He was being doted
on by his Tamers, but Impmon's was brooding too much to enjoy it.
"You all don't know what yer dealing with."
"Impmon! How can you say such a thing?" Ai scolded.
"Hey, I'm the only one here who's actually met all these guys," Impmon
said bitterly. "I know exactly what yer up against."
"Hey, we already beat five of them," Takato argued. "That means there
are only three left, right?"
"Right, you beat the five weakest ones," Impmon sneered. "That leaves
three and they're all Megas! And you want to fight all three of 'em at
once? Ha!" With that, Impmon broke down in tears.
Unnoticed in a darkened balcony, Yukino Hojo looked on, watching the
kids below. For her own reasons, she paid particular attention to
Kenta. Then she vanished.
***
"Aha! There you are!"
"Mr. Chan?" Yamaki identified, hiding his annoyance at the interuption.
"Uncle, what can we do for you?" Ruriko greeted more graciously.
"I found reference to Yukino Hojo that I was looking for," Uncle told
them, setting a thick tome on a table and opening it.
"What do you know about Yukino Hojo?" Yamaki asked, curious.
"Ah, here," Uncle said. He pointed to an illustration of a girl in a white
kimono. The picture bore an excellent resemblance to Yukino. Next to
her stood an older man, also in white. "Short story is that the Immortal
Musashi was betrothed to the Japanese Emperor Hojo's daughter
shortly before going off to do battle with Tso Lan, the Demon Sorcerer
of the Moon."
"She seems kinda young to be getting married," Captain Black said
dubiously, looking at the portrait.
"Feh, kids married young two thousand years ago," Uncle told him.
"Two thousand years ago?" Yamaki said, startled by the figure.
"Well, if she hasn't aged in thirty years, what's another, um, nineteen
hundred and seventy?" Ruriko asked reasonably, pausing just long
enough to do the math in her head. "So, what happened?"
"Musashi banishes Tso Lan from the world but died in doing so," Uncle
explained. "As for Princess Yukino, there is no further mention. Seems
she was a mere footnote in the battle with the Demon Sorcerers."
"Now that's just wrong," Ruriko commented disdainfully, making her
feelings about the priorities of ancient scholars known.
***
"They're gone," Gabumon said, examining the desolation. The debris
field showed evidence that a terrific fight took place here. "I wonder
who won?"
"Does it matter?" Agumon replied. "If one of the Demon Sorcerers come
back, I sure don't want to meet them. And if the Tamers won, I really
don't want to run into them either. Let's go before one of them comes
back."
"Hold on a sec," Gabumon told him. "There's something..."
They were hit by a sudden, freezing breeze that whipped up from
nowhere. Snowflakes blinded their vision. When things cleared, the
two Digimon suddenly found everything covered in snow.
And a human was standing in front of them. The human was turned
half away from them, staring at an empty patch of snow covered
ground. A miniature whirlwind suddenly appeared there, assembling
an ice statue of a MarineAngemon from the surrounding snow.
Freaked out by this casual display of power, Agumon reacted
instinctively. "PEPPER BREATH!"
"Wait!" Gabumon tried to stop him, too late.
Without even looking, Yukino Hojo raised a hand. Agumon's fireball
literally froze in midflight, turning into ice. It promptly disintegrated.
She turned to the two Digimon, who now had her attention.
"We are so dead," Gabumon moaned.
"Death has been and gone," Yukino said sadly, looking back at the
statue she had just created. "Death without meaning is a tragedy. Life
without love and friendship is meaningless. Better to have loved and
lost than to never have loved at all." She sighed.
"Um, huh?" Agumon commented, confused.
"In that brief moment of time called life, friends are what make life
worth living," Yukino told them. She vanished.
"That was strange," Gabumon commented. "You understand anything
that human said?"
"No," Agumon replied. He paused. "So, you doing anything?"
"I thought I might try to find a way to the Real World," Gabumon told
him. "Maybe Impmon was on to something."
"Huh. I think I'll join you."
by Nopporn Wongrassamee
Summary - A Digimon Tamers/Jackie Chan Adventures/ Gatekeepers
crossover.
Disclaimer - None of these characters are mine, nor am I making a
profit here.
"This is a disaster," Yamaki said sourly as he watched Ultimon's
interview on TV. "Whatever happened to secrecy?"
"Oh, it's not that bad, Mr. Yamaki," Ruriko tried to sooth.
"It's not?"
"Let's see, he's avoided actually mentioning the new AEGIS," Ruriko
expanded, ticking off a finger. "He's mentioned that the Interceptors
are international in scope but not that the governments are supporting
us. He's also neglected to mention Digimon or that most of the
Interceptors are underaged."
"And Ultimon's given the team a name," Captain Black added.
Yamaki just grunted unintelligibly. He seemed unimpressed.
"Oh, lighten up," Ruriko told the secret agent. "Look on the bright side.
We've taken out two more of those Demon Sorcerers, leaving just three
to go. We have not one, but two means of destroying the remaining
ones easily. And all the kids have their Digimon back."
Yamaki gave her a fish eyed stare.
"Well, except for Kenta Kitagawa," Ruriko admitted. She sighed. "I can
understand what losing someone that close to him is like."
"How is Kenta doing?" Yamaki asked.
"The kids are keeping a close eye on him," Ruriko told him. "They know
they shouldn't leave him alone. Kenta needs the support of his friends,
letting him know he's not alone in the world. And..." Ruriko hesitated.
"And?" Yamaki prompted.
"Takato's also told me they want to make sure that Kenta doesn't get
replaced by some impostor," Ruriko concluded.
"Hmm, what an... interesting idea," Yamaki said thoughtfully.
***
"It's all right, Kenta," Jeri said, sitting next to the boy. She placed a
hand comfortingly on his shoulder. "We're here for you. We won't let
any nasties take advantage of you."
Kenta said nothing. He just stared miserably down at the now useless
digivice in his hands.
"We... know what you're feeling," Alice added, sitting on Kenta's other
side. "You're among friends here."
A short distance away, HighAndromon watched his best friend be
conforted by the two girls.
"Dude," he half whispered singlevoiced to Takato. "Is that what it takes
to get girls interested in you? Lose your partner?"
"Kazu!" Takato exclaimed, shocked.
"What? I'm just saying..." HighAndromon began.
"Don't you like me anymore?" HighAndromon's "other" voice interupted.
"I thought we were supposed to be partners and all."
"Aw, buddy, I didn't mean it that way," HighAndromon first voice said to
the second voice. "What I meant was..."
"Okay, that is just freaky," Jade murmured to Rika as they watched
HighAndromon talk to himself.
"It's different when you're on the inside," Rika replied, being the voice
of experience here. "But from the outside... you're right. It is kinda
freaky."
"Henry!" Terriermon called, charging through the group to his partner.
He fairly leaped into Henry's arms. "Save me!"
"Terriermon? What..." Henry began, catching his partner.
"Tewwiewmon!" Cherubimon hailed, floating over to them. She didn't
bother to set down on the floor. There just wasn't enough room. "Don't
you wanna pway?"
"Uh, Suzie, shouldn't you seperate from Lopmon first?" Henry
suggested to his little sister.
"Okay," Cherubimon nodded eagerly. "How d'you do that?"
"Yeah," HighAndromon added, "we've been trying to figure that out for a
while now."
There was a moment's silence as the kids digested the implications.
"Hey, kids," Shibumi greeted as he entered their area. "I'm just
dropping by to see how you're all doing." Suddenly, every eye turned
to him. "What's wrong?"
***
"So, you all heard, Tchang Zu's report," AstroTsoLanMon said to his
remaining siblings. "Thoughts?"
"We shall destroy them all!" TidalBaiSaMon declared. "How dare they
defy us?"
"They've done more than defy, sister," AstroTsoLanMon replied. "Our
enemies now have in their possession a weapon that can destroy us in
spirit as well as in body. Ironic is it not? The very thing that our siblings
sought just happens to be the means of our destruction."
"That's why I said 'Destroy them all'," TidalBaiSaMon pointed out.
"And risk ourselves?" AstroTsoLanMon asked, bemused. A chuckle
answered him. It wasn't TidalBaiSaMon. "Brother? You have been
uncharacteristically quiet."
"And why should we risk ourselves at all?" MegaShenduMon finally
said. "Impmon had the right idea."
"That little traitor?" TidalBaiSaMon exclaimed, outraged.
"Yes, him," MegaShenduMon said dismissively. "Even so, his proposal
has merit. We rule the Digital World. Surely there must be minions
willing to serve us."
"We only rule whatever patch of ground we happen to be standing on,"
TidalBaiSaMon countered. "There is no order or organization in this
world otherwise."
"That can be changed," MegaShenduMon said simply.
"Ah, I think I see where you are going, brother," AstroTsoLanMon said,
intrigued. "Tell us more."
***
"Leomon. Ryo. Cyberdramon. MarineAngemon," Takato recited off as he
watched Shibumi examine HighAndromon and Cherubimon. "Y'know
what, guys? I'm tired of losing friends."
"Yeah, I know how you feel, Takato," Henry replied.
"Then it's time we took the offensive!" Takato told them.
"What do you mean?" Rika asked, having an idea where this was going.
"He means instead of waiting for us to be attacked, we go attack them,"
Jade said. "I like it. Let's do it."
"Eh, you guys think it's so easy?" someone asked.
"Impmon?" Rika identified.
"Yeah, you think it's so easy?" Impmon said again. He was being doted
on by his Tamers, but Impmon's was brooding too much to enjoy it.
"You all don't know what yer dealing with."
"Impmon! How can you say such a thing?" Ai scolded.
"Hey, I'm the only one here who's actually met all these guys," Impmon
said bitterly. "I know exactly what yer up against."
"Hey, we already beat five of them," Takato argued. "That means there
are only three left, right?"
"Right, you beat the five weakest ones," Impmon sneered. "That leaves
three and they're all Megas! And you want to fight all three of 'em at
once? Ha!" With that, Impmon broke down in tears.
Unnoticed in a darkened balcony, Yukino Hojo looked on, watching the
kids below. For her own reasons, she paid particular attention to
Kenta. Then she vanished.
***
"Aha! There you are!"
"Mr. Chan?" Yamaki identified, hiding his annoyance at the interuption.
"Uncle, what can we do for you?" Ruriko greeted more graciously.
"I found reference to Yukino Hojo that I was looking for," Uncle told
them, setting a thick tome on a table and opening it.
"What do you know about Yukino Hojo?" Yamaki asked, curious.
"Ah, here," Uncle said. He pointed to an illustration of a girl in a white
kimono. The picture bore an excellent resemblance to Yukino. Next to
her stood an older man, also in white. "Short story is that the Immortal
Musashi was betrothed to the Japanese Emperor Hojo's daughter
shortly before going off to do battle with Tso Lan, the Demon Sorcerer
of the Moon."
"She seems kinda young to be getting married," Captain Black said
dubiously, looking at the portrait.
"Feh, kids married young two thousand years ago," Uncle told him.
"Two thousand years ago?" Yamaki said, startled by the figure.
"Well, if she hasn't aged in thirty years, what's another, um, nineteen
hundred and seventy?" Ruriko asked reasonably, pausing just long
enough to do the math in her head. "So, what happened?"
"Musashi banishes Tso Lan from the world but died in doing so," Uncle
explained. "As for Princess Yukino, there is no further mention. Seems
she was a mere footnote in the battle with the Demon Sorcerers."
"Now that's just wrong," Ruriko commented disdainfully, making her
feelings about the priorities of ancient scholars known.
***
"They're gone," Gabumon said, examining the desolation. The debris
field showed evidence that a terrific fight took place here. "I wonder
who won?"
"Does it matter?" Agumon replied. "If one of the Demon Sorcerers come
back, I sure don't want to meet them. And if the Tamers won, I really
don't want to run into them either. Let's go before one of them comes
back."
"Hold on a sec," Gabumon told him. "There's something..."
They were hit by a sudden, freezing breeze that whipped up from
nowhere. Snowflakes blinded their vision. When things cleared, the
two Digimon suddenly found everything covered in snow.
And a human was standing in front of them. The human was turned
half away from them, staring at an empty patch of snow covered
ground. A miniature whirlwind suddenly appeared there, assembling
an ice statue of a MarineAngemon from the surrounding snow.
Freaked out by this casual display of power, Agumon reacted
instinctively. "PEPPER BREATH!"
"Wait!" Gabumon tried to stop him, too late.
Without even looking, Yukino Hojo raised a hand. Agumon's fireball
literally froze in midflight, turning into ice. It promptly disintegrated.
She turned to the two Digimon, who now had her attention.
"We are so dead," Gabumon moaned.
"Death has been and gone," Yukino said sadly, looking back at the
statue she had just created. "Death without meaning is a tragedy. Life
without love and friendship is meaningless. Better to have loved and
lost than to never have loved at all." She sighed.
"Um, huh?" Agumon commented, confused.
"In that brief moment of time called life, friends are what make life
worth living," Yukino told them. She vanished.
"That was strange," Gabumon commented. "You understand anything
that human said?"
"No," Agumon replied. He paused. "So, you doing anything?"
"I thought I might try to find a way to the Real World," Gabumon told
him. "Maybe Impmon was on to something."
"Huh. I think I'll join you."