Notes: Here's the next part of the story, have fun reading!
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything but the story line..
Back to the Past- Part Two
Yamato ran out into the street. Izzy had told him he was taking the time machine home before it got into the wrong hands. He realised that was where he had to go now. He looked around and saw an old skateboard amongst the garbage in the street. Yamato couldn't believe his luck, who the hell would throw away a perfectly good skateboard? He didn't have the time to contemplate it however, so he hopped on and rode off in the direction of Izzy's house.
**
Izzy had just finished covering the car with the dust sheet when a rather frantic looking Yamato burst into the garage. "Izzy you have to help me"! He cried.
"Why, what is it"?
"We've screwed up 2002"! Yamato yelled. Izzy grabbed his friend by the shoulders and shook him gently. "Calm down Yamato, and tell me exactly how you came to that conclusion" The red head said gently, trying to keep his own panic from emerging. "Well I went to the café, and no-one knew who I was! Not Tai, not Sora, not TK, Nobody"! Yamato exclaimed. "I said I was Yamato and Tai punched me and called me sick"! He continued, indicating the nasty looking red welt on his left cheek.
"I don't understand." Izzy said, looking deep in thought. "How could saving Osamu have directly affected your future"?
"I don't know, but neither Ken or Osamu were anywhere to be seen" Yamato replied as he slumped down in a nearby chair.
"Ah, that I have the answer to. When I returned, I found numerous e-mails on my laptop. It seems that both Ken and Osamu are the digimon emperors and it also seems like the digidestined of this 2002 can't cope with the power the both of them untied supplies". Izzy rushed over to the blackboard, he rubbed off some previous calculations and grabbed a piece of chalk. Instead of confusing Yamato with his words, Izzy decided to illustrate his point. "I have a theory for this time we're in now" He continued as he drew a long line on the blackboard. At one end he wrote "2002" and at the other wrote "1998". "We went back to 1998 and played around with an event there" He explained making a cross at the 1998 point. "By doing this we created an alternate 2002" He drew a line coming off at a tangent from the cross at 1998 and wrote 2002 on the new line. "This is where we are, in this alternate 2002 we are seeing events that are taking place due to Osamu still living. The only thing I can think of is that something happened to you between 1998 and the alternate 2002 that made you not known by our friends in the alternate 2002" Izzy finished, taking a large breath.
"Woah..this is heavy.heavier than heavy"! Yamato remarked. "Well, how are going to find out what happened to me"? He asked.
"That's easy, all we need to do is go down to the local library and read old newspaper cuttings from 1998 to 2002, starting obviously with the paper from August 25th 1998" Izzy replied.
"Right, well we better get down there, and fast"! Yamato leapt up from the chair. He didn't know much about this new 2002 but he knew that he didn't like it one bit.
**
"Great Scott! I've found it"! Izzy exclaimed. The pair had made it to the local library and were looking through newspaper cuttings, trying to find ones from the dates they needed.
"What does it say"? Yamato asked, running over to where Izzy was standing.
"Take a look for yourself" The red head said grimly, handing Yamato the paper. Yamato gulped and took a nervous look at his friend before looking at the article.
'Tragedy struck Odaiba on Main street this morning, when a local boy of eleven years old, Yamato Ishida, was struck down by car on the right side of Main street outside the skateboarding emporium at 10:01am. Witnesses claimed that the boy didn't have a hope as the out of control car headed towards him. It was later revealed that young Yamato died at 10:30am in the hospital surrounded by his parents and eight year old brother Takeru. The Odaiba Times would like to express our condolences to Mr Ishida, Mrs Takaishi and their son Takeru.
The newspaper dropped from Yamato's hands. This was heavy! No wonder Tai didn't recognise him and no wonder TK had been so upset, the person he had claimed to be was dead! "This.is.heavy" Yamato managed to stutter out.
"I don't understand how this could've happened" Izzy replied.
"When I pulled Osamu out of the way, the car swerved off the to right, it must've hit the me of 1998" Yamato said quietly. "When I think back now, I can remember hearing the screams as I left the skateboard place. Back then I didn't take much notice of it, because I too excited about my new skateboard. That must've been Osamu getting hit. Only we went back and changed that.and it hit me instead"!
"Great Scott! We just changed the course of history, and now you're dead and our friends our trying to save the Digital World from the might of Ken and Osamu combined"! Izzy exclaimed.
"No wonder Tai hit me and called me sick.it must've been awful for them" Yamato replied. "Why am I still here though? Shouldn't I have like.faded.since I don't exist anymore"?
"No, you see, you only don't exist in this alternate 2002, you're from our 2002 therefore you still theoretically exist, just people in this 2002 won't know you as Yamato". Izzy explained.
"Well what about you? How come the alternate 2002 Izzy wasn't at the table"? Yamato asked, he was getting more and more confused by the minute.
"The only possible theory is that something happened to me too, although I can't think what". Izzy muttered. "Let's take another look at the papers, see if anything comes up".
Yamato nodded and began to search rapidly through the filing cabinets that were filled with the old newspapers. He gasped as he uncovered a paper that had a promising headline.
LOCAL BOY KILLED IN EXPLOSION!
Yamato felt that fear in the pit of his stomach again as he read the article below the headline.
'Exactly one year after Yamato Ishida was killed, another young boy Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi had his life taken away in the large fire that engulfed the Odaiba highway service station. Witnesses at this scene claimed to see a large dragon like creature in the sky with two boys riding on it that let out a fireball which ignited the fuel causing the fire. The Izumi's were filling up their car when the incident happened. We offer condolences to the family of Koushiro and hope that one day, this amazing and unexplainable story will all be explained.'
Oh God, Yamato couldn't believe this! Izzy had been killed by one of Ken and Osamu's Digimon. Without a word Izzy approached him. "You were reading aloud, I heard" The red head said solemnly.
"I can't believe this! This is just..just.."
"Heavy"? Izzy offered. Yamato nodded. "I would have to say so too. It appears that in alternate 2002 it was a digimon that destroyed the service station" The red head sighed deeply. "This all needs fixing Yamato, we did the wrong thing, I should've known! I should've known you can't really change the past. After I told you about the dire consequences seeing a few movies could have! I should listen to my own advice. I wish I'd never created that infernal time machine"!
"We can go back can't we? And change it so we get back to the good 2002"? Yamato asked.
"Yes of course, but it would be highly risky. We would have to go back to the same time we did before. Meaning we would run the risk of running into our past selves who were saving Osamu".
"Back it up there Iz..you're saying there's gonna be three of me at that time. The 11 year old 1998 me, the 2002 me from this morning and the now me"?
"Exactly" Yamato winced. This was getting confusing, messing around with past events was really not a game. "What we have to do is, allow the 2002 you from this morning, who we'll refer to as Yamato A to save Osamu as planned, and then we'll be waiting outside the skateboard place to save the 1998 you. All we have to do is swap our disguises and no-one will know it's us again. Before we leave, we'll make sure that the car doesn't hit anyone else, then hopefully when we go back to 2002, it'll be the 2002 we know and love". Izzy explained.
"But wait, if Osamu lives, it means that he and Ken will be the digimon emperors still" Yamato pointed out.
"Great Scott! I totally forgot about that, this is going to take some real thinking about". Izzy muttered. "We have to make sure Yamato A doesn't save Osamu"
"How? I can't tell Yamato A to not do it! It'll be weird" Yamato replied.
"No, I'll have to do it, it'll be confusing but we have to try, we need to get back to the right 2002".
"Hold on a sec Iz, I might have thought of how we can get away with allowing Osamu to live, and saving 1998 me too" Yamato said with an expression that was one of someone deep in thought.
"If you have any ideas Yamato they'd be welcomed" Izzy replied.
"Right, get this. I figure the only reason why our friends of this alternate 2002 haven't stopped Osamu and Ken is because I wasn't there. TK is the crest of hope right? One of the most powerful things a team needs along with the light. Well if TK is too depressed over my death, then he won't have the hope, which in turn won't be compatible with light. So if hope and light aren't there, the team won't have the strength to beat Ken and Osamu. So all we have to do, is save the 1998 me so I live, and that means the team will be complete, and we can defeat Ken and Osamu. So when we get back to the 2002 we're used to, things will be exactly the same only we won't have just defeated Ken , we'll have defeated Ken and Osamu so the both of them will be our friends. That might not make much sense, but I think we should give it shot. It means that this whole adventure hasn't been wasted because Osamu will still be alive".
"Good plan Yamato, I like the sound of it, we only have one shot to get the future back the way we're used to, and I think that's the best plan of action. We'll finalise the details of this then we'll go"
"Where"? Yamato asked.
"Back to the past of course"! Izzy answered with a small smile. Yamato couldn't help but smile along with his friend.
**
"Right I'm outside the skateboard emporium" Yamato said into the walkie talkie. He decided instead of simply pulling his younger self out of the way of the car, he would simply distract him in the store. It felt strange to know that soon he would be talking to himself and saving his own life. Yamato almost giggled at this thought, maybe he was just nervous. "Good, now remember in no terms must your younger self find out who you really are" Izzy replied. "Got ya" Yamato answered. "Wish me luck"
"You don't need it, over and out". Yamato adjusted his baseball cap. This was his clever disguise, he hid his blonde locks beneath the cap. He had then selected a pair of large sunglasses to hide his eyes and face. He was wearing a black leather jacket over his t-shirt. It was a thrown together disguise but it was all the teen had to work with. Yamato looked at his wrist watch it told him the time was 9:59am, two minutes before his younger self would be struck down. Yamato glanced across the road. He saw his other self Yamato A from that morning in the dress. Luckily, Yamato A had not looked across the road to see the strange figure in the leather jacket. Yamato thanked his lucky stars. After taking a final look around, he entered the skateboard emporium. Sure enough, there was the 1998 Yamato, a slightly smaller and skinner version of Yamato as he was now. It was so weird seeing himself, but it wasn't over yet, Yamato had to go and talk to his younger self. "Hey there kid" He greeted as he walked up to 1998 Yamato. The 1998 Yamato didn't look too impressed at this guy, he stared at him coldly. Man was I really this rude? Yamato thought, I sure hope not. "What do you want"? 1998 Yamato asked.
"Nice wheels you got there" Yamato replied. This was way strange. It brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "talking to yourself".
"Uh..yeah they're not bad" 1998 Yamato answered curtly. Yamato wasn't quite sure what to say next, then came the screams he had heard before, he heard the screeching of the brakes. The car engine noise was getting closer, it was obviously coming this way. He had done his job, he had saved his younger self from getting harmed.
Unfortunately, things weren't that easy, instead of hitting the younger version of himself that would've been standing outside the shop, the car veered right into the front of the shop and through the large glass window.
Yamato dived for his younger self as the glass flew, his younger self yelled as the two Yamato's made contact with the floor. The glass showered down on Yamato, luckily, the thick leather jacket protected him from injury. However, he was sure there were a few marks on his face. Once he was certain all was safe, he stood up and dusted the shards of glass from his hair and clothes. He also helped his younger self up. "Hey Mister, you saved my life" 1998 Yamato said in shock. "Thanks"
"No problem kid, you look after yourself" Yamato smiled at his younger self. His younger self nodded in return. 1998 Yamato turned to leave, Yamato suddenly thought of something. "and Kid?"
"Yeah"? his younger self turned around.
"If this ever comes up, don't ever trust a talking tree" Yamato grinned.
"I'll.uh.bear that in mind" 1998 Yamato replied with a funny look on his face.
Yamato watched his younger self head towards the front of the shop near the wreckage of the car. He was helped out by a man. Yamato smiled to himself, he liked to admit it, he'd done a damn good job.
**
"Yamato everything go as planned"? The walkie talkie in Yamato's jacket pocket asked. Yamato grabbed hold of it. "You bet Iz, everything's a-ok from my end"
"Good, you better get back to the car, the longer we stay, the greater risk we run of causing more havoc".
"I hear ya loud and clear Iz, I'll be right there, behind the library right"? Yamato asked.
"I'll be waiting" Yamato replaced the walkie talkie in his jacket pocket and headed to the front of the shop. He felt someone's hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright"? a voice asked.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine" Yamato replied, he turned around and nearly passed out when he saw his father standing there. He pulled the baseball cap further down and checked his sunglasses were still in place. "Mind if we interview you for the local news"? 1998 Mr Ishida asked.
"No, sorry, I'm in a real hurry" Yamato replied. He started to run off in the direction of the library. He thought for a second and stopped, he turned around to see 1998 Mr Ishida watching him. "There is one thing you could do" he added.
"What's that"? Mr Ishida asked.
"The next time your son tells you to quit smoking, listen to him" Yamato said before turning and running off.
"Hey! How do you know I have..." Mr Ishida called after the retreating figure, however, by that time, Yamato was well out of earshot.
**
"Come on let's get going"! Yamato urged as Izzy packed the trunk. He was eager to get back to good old 2002, the REAL 2002, the one he knew. "Alright, alright I'm coming" Izzy said as he closed the trunk and hopped into the passenger seat. "Right, is the date set"? Yamato asked.
"Yeah, we're ready to go"! Izzy replied.
"Where"? Yamato said teasingly.
"BACK TO THE FUTURE"! The pair said in unison.
**
The same truck driver was reading the paper, he couldn't believe it when once again, a car appeared out of a flash of blue light. He rubbed his eyes then shook his head. He REALLY had to lay off that coffee.
**
"So what's going to happen to this thing"? Yamato asked as he watched Izzy cover up the time machine with the usual dust sheet. "I don't know, I'm half tempted to destroy it, after all it has caused us some major problems" Izzy replied.
"You're not wrong there, we don't even know if we're in the right 2002 yet" Yamato reminded his friend.
"Yeah, we better get to the café and check out the situation" Yamato nodded, he flipped his skateboard into his hands and then placed it on the floor in front of him. "Need a ride? No experience necessary" He offered with a smile.
"Can it support the weight of two people"? Izzy asked curiously.
"Never tried" Yamato admitted. He beckoned for Izzy to climb onto his back. Izzy did so and Yamato held him as If he was giving the red head a piggy back ride. With a little difficulty, he hopped onto his skateboard and the pair rode off, somewhat wobbly, back to the café.
**
Yamato and Izzy both felt fear in the pit of their stomachs as they entered the café. Yamato felt some relief though as he saw the usual gang plus Osamu sitting at the usual table. "Thing everything's ok"? Yamato asked wearily to the red head next to him.
"One way to find out" Izzy replied, advancing to the table.
"Hey hey" Yamato gave his usual greeting, although it was partially filled with nerves.
"Hey Yama, where have the both of you been? You disappear in such a rush, you leave the oven on or something"? Tai asked with his usual grin.
"Oh God Izzy we did it"! Yamato whispered excitedly. Izzy returned his friend's exclaimation with a happy smile. It seemed like everything was back to normal again, with one added bonus, Osamu was now part of the team.
"You know one thing I learnt from all of this"? Yamato asked as he sat down.
"What's that? Time travel is a dangerous thing"? Izzy replied.
"No! that I actually don't look too shabby in a dress"! Yamato said with a laugh, the others gave Yamato and Izzy curious looks as the pair burst into uncontrollable laughter.
THE END..
Notes: Ok, let me know what you think of it! It's pretty short I know, but I hoped you liked it all the same!
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything but the story line..
Back to the Past- Part Two
Yamato ran out into the street. Izzy had told him he was taking the time machine home before it got into the wrong hands. He realised that was where he had to go now. He looked around and saw an old skateboard amongst the garbage in the street. Yamato couldn't believe his luck, who the hell would throw away a perfectly good skateboard? He didn't have the time to contemplate it however, so he hopped on and rode off in the direction of Izzy's house.
**
Izzy had just finished covering the car with the dust sheet when a rather frantic looking Yamato burst into the garage. "Izzy you have to help me"! He cried.
"Why, what is it"?
"We've screwed up 2002"! Yamato yelled. Izzy grabbed his friend by the shoulders and shook him gently. "Calm down Yamato, and tell me exactly how you came to that conclusion" The red head said gently, trying to keep his own panic from emerging. "Well I went to the café, and no-one knew who I was! Not Tai, not Sora, not TK, Nobody"! Yamato exclaimed. "I said I was Yamato and Tai punched me and called me sick"! He continued, indicating the nasty looking red welt on his left cheek.
"I don't understand." Izzy said, looking deep in thought. "How could saving Osamu have directly affected your future"?
"I don't know, but neither Ken or Osamu were anywhere to be seen" Yamato replied as he slumped down in a nearby chair.
"Ah, that I have the answer to. When I returned, I found numerous e-mails on my laptop. It seems that both Ken and Osamu are the digimon emperors and it also seems like the digidestined of this 2002 can't cope with the power the both of them untied supplies". Izzy rushed over to the blackboard, he rubbed off some previous calculations and grabbed a piece of chalk. Instead of confusing Yamato with his words, Izzy decided to illustrate his point. "I have a theory for this time we're in now" He continued as he drew a long line on the blackboard. At one end he wrote "2002" and at the other wrote "1998". "We went back to 1998 and played around with an event there" He explained making a cross at the 1998 point. "By doing this we created an alternate 2002" He drew a line coming off at a tangent from the cross at 1998 and wrote 2002 on the new line. "This is where we are, in this alternate 2002 we are seeing events that are taking place due to Osamu still living. The only thing I can think of is that something happened to you between 1998 and the alternate 2002 that made you not known by our friends in the alternate 2002" Izzy finished, taking a large breath.
"Woah..this is heavy.heavier than heavy"! Yamato remarked. "Well, how are going to find out what happened to me"? He asked.
"That's easy, all we need to do is go down to the local library and read old newspaper cuttings from 1998 to 2002, starting obviously with the paper from August 25th 1998" Izzy replied.
"Right, well we better get down there, and fast"! Yamato leapt up from the chair. He didn't know much about this new 2002 but he knew that he didn't like it one bit.
**
"Great Scott! I've found it"! Izzy exclaimed. The pair had made it to the local library and were looking through newspaper cuttings, trying to find ones from the dates they needed.
"What does it say"? Yamato asked, running over to where Izzy was standing.
"Take a look for yourself" The red head said grimly, handing Yamato the paper. Yamato gulped and took a nervous look at his friend before looking at the article.
'Tragedy struck Odaiba on Main street this morning, when a local boy of eleven years old, Yamato Ishida, was struck down by car on the right side of Main street outside the skateboarding emporium at 10:01am. Witnesses claimed that the boy didn't have a hope as the out of control car headed towards him. It was later revealed that young Yamato died at 10:30am in the hospital surrounded by his parents and eight year old brother Takeru. The Odaiba Times would like to express our condolences to Mr Ishida, Mrs Takaishi and their son Takeru.
The newspaper dropped from Yamato's hands. This was heavy! No wonder Tai didn't recognise him and no wonder TK had been so upset, the person he had claimed to be was dead! "This.is.heavy" Yamato managed to stutter out.
"I don't understand how this could've happened" Izzy replied.
"When I pulled Osamu out of the way, the car swerved off the to right, it must've hit the me of 1998" Yamato said quietly. "When I think back now, I can remember hearing the screams as I left the skateboard place. Back then I didn't take much notice of it, because I too excited about my new skateboard. That must've been Osamu getting hit. Only we went back and changed that.and it hit me instead"!
"Great Scott! We just changed the course of history, and now you're dead and our friends our trying to save the Digital World from the might of Ken and Osamu combined"! Izzy exclaimed.
"No wonder Tai hit me and called me sick.it must've been awful for them" Yamato replied. "Why am I still here though? Shouldn't I have like.faded.since I don't exist anymore"?
"No, you see, you only don't exist in this alternate 2002, you're from our 2002 therefore you still theoretically exist, just people in this 2002 won't know you as Yamato". Izzy explained.
"Well what about you? How come the alternate 2002 Izzy wasn't at the table"? Yamato asked, he was getting more and more confused by the minute.
"The only possible theory is that something happened to me too, although I can't think what". Izzy muttered. "Let's take another look at the papers, see if anything comes up".
Yamato nodded and began to search rapidly through the filing cabinets that were filled with the old newspapers. He gasped as he uncovered a paper that had a promising headline.
LOCAL BOY KILLED IN EXPLOSION!
Yamato felt that fear in the pit of his stomach again as he read the article below the headline.
'Exactly one year after Yamato Ishida was killed, another young boy Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi had his life taken away in the large fire that engulfed the Odaiba highway service station. Witnesses at this scene claimed to see a large dragon like creature in the sky with two boys riding on it that let out a fireball which ignited the fuel causing the fire. The Izumi's were filling up their car when the incident happened. We offer condolences to the family of Koushiro and hope that one day, this amazing and unexplainable story will all be explained.'
Oh God, Yamato couldn't believe this! Izzy had been killed by one of Ken and Osamu's Digimon. Without a word Izzy approached him. "You were reading aloud, I heard" The red head said solemnly.
"I can't believe this! This is just..just.."
"Heavy"? Izzy offered. Yamato nodded. "I would have to say so too. It appears that in alternate 2002 it was a digimon that destroyed the service station" The red head sighed deeply. "This all needs fixing Yamato, we did the wrong thing, I should've known! I should've known you can't really change the past. After I told you about the dire consequences seeing a few movies could have! I should listen to my own advice. I wish I'd never created that infernal time machine"!
"We can go back can't we? And change it so we get back to the good 2002"? Yamato asked.
"Yes of course, but it would be highly risky. We would have to go back to the same time we did before. Meaning we would run the risk of running into our past selves who were saving Osamu".
"Back it up there Iz..you're saying there's gonna be three of me at that time. The 11 year old 1998 me, the 2002 me from this morning and the now me"?
"Exactly" Yamato winced. This was getting confusing, messing around with past events was really not a game. "What we have to do is, allow the 2002 you from this morning, who we'll refer to as Yamato A to save Osamu as planned, and then we'll be waiting outside the skateboard place to save the 1998 you. All we have to do is swap our disguises and no-one will know it's us again. Before we leave, we'll make sure that the car doesn't hit anyone else, then hopefully when we go back to 2002, it'll be the 2002 we know and love". Izzy explained.
"But wait, if Osamu lives, it means that he and Ken will be the digimon emperors still" Yamato pointed out.
"Great Scott! I totally forgot about that, this is going to take some real thinking about". Izzy muttered. "We have to make sure Yamato A doesn't save Osamu"
"How? I can't tell Yamato A to not do it! It'll be weird" Yamato replied.
"No, I'll have to do it, it'll be confusing but we have to try, we need to get back to the right 2002".
"Hold on a sec Iz, I might have thought of how we can get away with allowing Osamu to live, and saving 1998 me too" Yamato said with an expression that was one of someone deep in thought.
"If you have any ideas Yamato they'd be welcomed" Izzy replied.
"Right, get this. I figure the only reason why our friends of this alternate 2002 haven't stopped Osamu and Ken is because I wasn't there. TK is the crest of hope right? One of the most powerful things a team needs along with the light. Well if TK is too depressed over my death, then he won't have the hope, which in turn won't be compatible with light. So if hope and light aren't there, the team won't have the strength to beat Ken and Osamu. So all we have to do, is save the 1998 me so I live, and that means the team will be complete, and we can defeat Ken and Osamu. So when we get back to the 2002 we're used to, things will be exactly the same only we won't have just defeated Ken , we'll have defeated Ken and Osamu so the both of them will be our friends. That might not make much sense, but I think we should give it shot. It means that this whole adventure hasn't been wasted because Osamu will still be alive".
"Good plan Yamato, I like the sound of it, we only have one shot to get the future back the way we're used to, and I think that's the best plan of action. We'll finalise the details of this then we'll go"
"Where"? Yamato asked.
"Back to the past of course"! Izzy answered with a small smile. Yamato couldn't help but smile along with his friend.
**
"Right I'm outside the skateboard emporium" Yamato said into the walkie talkie. He decided instead of simply pulling his younger self out of the way of the car, he would simply distract him in the store. It felt strange to know that soon he would be talking to himself and saving his own life. Yamato almost giggled at this thought, maybe he was just nervous. "Good, now remember in no terms must your younger self find out who you really are" Izzy replied. "Got ya" Yamato answered. "Wish me luck"
"You don't need it, over and out". Yamato adjusted his baseball cap. This was his clever disguise, he hid his blonde locks beneath the cap. He had then selected a pair of large sunglasses to hide his eyes and face. He was wearing a black leather jacket over his t-shirt. It was a thrown together disguise but it was all the teen had to work with. Yamato looked at his wrist watch it told him the time was 9:59am, two minutes before his younger self would be struck down. Yamato glanced across the road. He saw his other self Yamato A from that morning in the dress. Luckily, Yamato A had not looked across the road to see the strange figure in the leather jacket. Yamato thanked his lucky stars. After taking a final look around, he entered the skateboard emporium. Sure enough, there was the 1998 Yamato, a slightly smaller and skinner version of Yamato as he was now. It was so weird seeing himself, but it wasn't over yet, Yamato had to go and talk to his younger self. "Hey there kid" He greeted as he walked up to 1998 Yamato. The 1998 Yamato didn't look too impressed at this guy, he stared at him coldly. Man was I really this rude? Yamato thought, I sure hope not. "What do you want"? 1998 Yamato asked.
"Nice wheels you got there" Yamato replied. This was way strange. It brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "talking to yourself".
"Uh..yeah they're not bad" 1998 Yamato answered curtly. Yamato wasn't quite sure what to say next, then came the screams he had heard before, he heard the screeching of the brakes. The car engine noise was getting closer, it was obviously coming this way. He had done his job, he had saved his younger self from getting harmed.
Unfortunately, things weren't that easy, instead of hitting the younger version of himself that would've been standing outside the shop, the car veered right into the front of the shop and through the large glass window.
Yamato dived for his younger self as the glass flew, his younger self yelled as the two Yamato's made contact with the floor. The glass showered down on Yamato, luckily, the thick leather jacket protected him from injury. However, he was sure there were a few marks on his face. Once he was certain all was safe, he stood up and dusted the shards of glass from his hair and clothes. He also helped his younger self up. "Hey Mister, you saved my life" 1998 Yamato said in shock. "Thanks"
"No problem kid, you look after yourself" Yamato smiled at his younger self. His younger self nodded in return. 1998 Yamato turned to leave, Yamato suddenly thought of something. "and Kid?"
"Yeah"? his younger self turned around.
"If this ever comes up, don't ever trust a talking tree" Yamato grinned.
"I'll.uh.bear that in mind" 1998 Yamato replied with a funny look on his face.
Yamato watched his younger self head towards the front of the shop near the wreckage of the car. He was helped out by a man. Yamato smiled to himself, he liked to admit it, he'd done a damn good job.
**
"Yamato everything go as planned"? The walkie talkie in Yamato's jacket pocket asked. Yamato grabbed hold of it. "You bet Iz, everything's a-ok from my end"
"Good, you better get back to the car, the longer we stay, the greater risk we run of causing more havoc".
"I hear ya loud and clear Iz, I'll be right there, behind the library right"? Yamato asked.
"I'll be waiting" Yamato replaced the walkie talkie in his jacket pocket and headed to the front of the shop. He felt someone's hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright"? a voice asked.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine" Yamato replied, he turned around and nearly passed out when he saw his father standing there. He pulled the baseball cap further down and checked his sunglasses were still in place. "Mind if we interview you for the local news"? 1998 Mr Ishida asked.
"No, sorry, I'm in a real hurry" Yamato replied. He started to run off in the direction of the library. He thought for a second and stopped, he turned around to see 1998 Mr Ishida watching him. "There is one thing you could do" he added.
"What's that"? Mr Ishida asked.
"The next time your son tells you to quit smoking, listen to him" Yamato said before turning and running off.
"Hey! How do you know I have..." Mr Ishida called after the retreating figure, however, by that time, Yamato was well out of earshot.
**
"Come on let's get going"! Yamato urged as Izzy packed the trunk. He was eager to get back to good old 2002, the REAL 2002, the one he knew. "Alright, alright I'm coming" Izzy said as he closed the trunk and hopped into the passenger seat. "Right, is the date set"? Yamato asked.
"Yeah, we're ready to go"! Izzy replied.
"Where"? Yamato said teasingly.
"BACK TO THE FUTURE"! The pair said in unison.
**
The same truck driver was reading the paper, he couldn't believe it when once again, a car appeared out of a flash of blue light. He rubbed his eyes then shook his head. He REALLY had to lay off that coffee.
**
"So what's going to happen to this thing"? Yamato asked as he watched Izzy cover up the time machine with the usual dust sheet. "I don't know, I'm half tempted to destroy it, after all it has caused us some major problems" Izzy replied.
"You're not wrong there, we don't even know if we're in the right 2002 yet" Yamato reminded his friend.
"Yeah, we better get to the café and check out the situation" Yamato nodded, he flipped his skateboard into his hands and then placed it on the floor in front of him. "Need a ride? No experience necessary" He offered with a smile.
"Can it support the weight of two people"? Izzy asked curiously.
"Never tried" Yamato admitted. He beckoned for Izzy to climb onto his back. Izzy did so and Yamato held him as If he was giving the red head a piggy back ride. With a little difficulty, he hopped onto his skateboard and the pair rode off, somewhat wobbly, back to the café.
**
Yamato and Izzy both felt fear in the pit of their stomachs as they entered the café. Yamato felt some relief though as he saw the usual gang plus Osamu sitting at the usual table. "Thing everything's ok"? Yamato asked wearily to the red head next to him.
"One way to find out" Izzy replied, advancing to the table.
"Hey hey" Yamato gave his usual greeting, although it was partially filled with nerves.
"Hey Yama, where have the both of you been? You disappear in such a rush, you leave the oven on or something"? Tai asked with his usual grin.
"Oh God Izzy we did it"! Yamato whispered excitedly. Izzy returned his friend's exclaimation with a happy smile. It seemed like everything was back to normal again, with one added bonus, Osamu was now part of the team.
"You know one thing I learnt from all of this"? Yamato asked as he sat down.
"What's that? Time travel is a dangerous thing"? Izzy replied.
"No! that I actually don't look too shabby in a dress"! Yamato said with a laugh, the others gave Yamato and Izzy curious looks as the pair burst into uncontrollable laughter.
THE END..
Notes: Ok, let me know what you think of it! It's pretty short I know, but I hoped you liked it all the same!