*Note: Chapter 16 and the Epilogue were uploaded together.*

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or any of the main characters in this fic except for Rime and Phloem.

Chibigreen's Notes:  Well, this is the end.  I hope you like it.  I tried not to really wrap up what happened to the characters in the future, so that it was left to the reader's imagination instead.

-=Epilogue=-

Rime,

The past few years have been interesting, haven't they? I just heard from Pixie; she and Brian seem to still get along quite well.  I talked to my parents, too.  The townspeople of Haven are happy with Brian and Pixie governing there.  I'm glad you didn't appoint me to that position after all.

The new changes to your government are creating quite a stir.  What's our country's official name now?  The 'American Union'?  I heard that the merger with the southern and northern countries of Canada and Mexico is going well, despite the language barrier in the south.  You should've seen some of the European leaders when you announced that you were changing from an empire to a democracy!  The looks on their faces were priceless.

The faces were even more interesting when you announced the existence of weremon and hybrids, and announced that Digimon, humans, weremon, and hybrids all share equal rights in our country.  The law is having quite an effect here; activists are pushing for similar laws to be passed, and I think the governments will pass them.  Other massive political upheavals are occurring; people that we saw at the roots of the Trees are beginning to take a stand in their countries' governments or at least make an impact on said governments.  It's like watching the birth of a whole new world.

How are Magnus and Relaina doing?  I haven't heard from them in a while; tell them to write!  Are they still just claiming to be associates?  I know that Relaina at least considers Magnus to be a close friend now.  They're training all the poor green recruits in the Guard, right?  There was a burst of people joining the Guard after jobs weren't chosen based on Digimon.  Even discrimination based on things like type of Digimon, presence of a Digimon partner, and race (human, weremon, hybrid) is greatly decreasing from what I heard, even though it still exists.

When I last heard from Alan, he was happily researching the Trees in the Indian Ocean and the Galapagos Islands.  Apparently, the spirits of the Trees are willing to talk to him, and they seem to know a lot.  I heard he had gathered very useful information on weather patterns and ocean currents.  The Trees also seemed to have fixed some things wrong with the world, such as major cases of pollution, and made it better in general.  Alan seems to be happy with what he's doing, and his father is happy that his son is being recognized for something.

Of course, Sho is still missing.  He likes to be alone, doesn't he?  He's still in America as far as I know, but that's the extent of my knowledge on him.

Did Tatsu and Sakura go back to wandering?  I heard they're looking for hybrids and weremon mistreated because of what they are.  They are officially a couple now, right?  They probably are happiest traveling, then.  I suppose they send the weremon and hybrid children to someplace safe?

And how does it feel being engaged to Kurai?  I never thought she would agree to that!  She's still refusing to marry you, huh?  Poor you.  Maybe she's waiting until the Constitution with the northern and southern territories is ratified so that you officially won't be emperor anymore.  I know she really cares about you, though she won't admit it.

By the way, Vahn and I are doing fine in negotiating with the European countries.  Being the first ambassadors from America in a few hundred years is tough work!  They didn't like us at first; there was something against weremon and/or hybrids.  Now that human/Digimon mixes are more accepted, some communities of weremon are coming out of hiding, but I'm apparently still the first official hybrid.  I'm getting alone fine with Vahn, too.  He's such a sweet person.  I'm so lucky to have met him.

Good luck with the new Constitution.  I know it will all go well.

Best wishes,

Phloem Greenhill, Tapirmon hybrid, American Union ambassador

~Owari (The End)~