Author's Note: I am incredibly sorry for the long wait. Here it is at last: the final chapter of Digimon Tamers: Generation 02. I hope you enjoy it.

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Epilogue

Story's End, Saga's Beginning

Lina Matsuki's essay on 'the best experience of her life and how it affected her':

          I'd have to say the best experience of my life was going to the Digital World. It was like something from a movie—it had drama, adventure, humor, and sadness. It even had a little one-sided romance (Riki still likes Naki, but she ignores him completely). I spent my twenty-five days in the Digital World with ten others: my brother David, Riki Wong and his brother Daiki, Riley Kitagawa and Compass Shioda, Mikara Neko and her brother Josh, Riku Akiyama, Jessica Gale, and Naki Sagano. We became great friends, and, five years later, we still contact each other.

          But I think I should explain what happened after we came home. First of all, we got to bring our Digimon to the real world with us. We were all ecstatic. Secondly, we found out that Jessie's grandparents were still alive, so she lives with them just outside West Shinjuku. Naki, on the other hand, lives by herself wherever she can; she's lived in the Digital World since she was six, and she knows how to take care of herself. Still, our parents are worried about her—West Shinjuku is a big city, after all.

          I'd say we've all adjusted to a normal life, except that we have our Digimon to think of. David is studying to become a computer programmer, which was pretty obvious from the beginning. I'm doing a little of acting and some manga, but my dream is to be part of Tokyo's women's soccer team. Riki is starting to draw manga, too, but he's a lot better than I am; in fact, he's going for a master's in visual arts. Daiki is the captain on his varsity soccer team, and he's really good for a kid. Compass moved to Russia with Morglormon, and she keeps in touch with us occasionally. Riley is hoping to become a vet, and she can't wait for college to start. Mikara and her Digimon moved to London, England, and that's where she attend Oxford University. Josh is a tech wiz just like David, and he can hack better than anyone I know. Riku is more surprising every year; she's currently training to become a detective on the drug unit. Jessie is still an outdoorsy type: she goes hiking, rock climbing, and kayaking. And Naki apparently goes to school; she has an education, but how she's getting it, we're still not sure.

          I believe that our trip to the Digital World—and everything that's happened afterwards—couldn't have been better. I believe we owe our success to each other. We've been wonderful friends for five (or more) years, and because of that, we've grown to understand and help each other. There is no better team of kids than us when it comes to enduring twenty-five days of each other. It makes you wonder what is beyond that horizon, what else awaits us. But that's another story.

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Author's Note: Do I hear the word "sequel" being screamed? Well, even if I don't, I'm writing one anyway. There will be four new characters, and I'm open to any suggestions if you people want to contribute another character. However, if you do plan to suggest a character, he or she must be given an element (wind, fire, earth, or water) and their Digimon must be of that element as well (like Woodmon is an earth elemental, and Raidramon is a wind elemental). One last note about contributing another character: please put it in your review, because my email is still not working. And my final note…

Thanks for reading. I really appreciate it.

~Torre degli Angeli