The Fronteir Chosen Children had currently defeated Satamon, the next form of Mega Devimon. Angemon forewarned them that they were still in trouble, and he was completely correct. Kouji and his father moved again, leaving four Children left.

*Opening Theme Song*

-=Never Alone=-

"I'm glad we're back at home," Takuya sighed to his fellow Chosen Children at lunch. "But I never realized how boring school was!"

"Tell me about it," Izumi sighed. "I could hardly take in anything because it didn't involve a fight!"

"The good thing is, we don't have to risk getting injured-" Junpei quickly added. "I mean, we don't have to risk Izumi getting hurt!"

"@.@ Sure Junpei."

"I wonder where Kouji is..." Takuya sighed.

"Yeah. I really miss him."

"Heh. Of course YOU out of all of us do."

"o'.'o Oh shut up!"

"No, really. It's okay though... Kouji was a good friend..."

"I wish I knew where he was... I can't find his name anywhere!"

"Well, he does travel a lot." Junpei shrugged. "Maybe he moved to some foreign country!"

At that point, Izumi began to burst into tears.

"Oh, what?"

"Junpei!" Takuya gasped. "You made her cry! What's wrong with you?"

"I-uh..."

"It's okay..." Izumi sniffed. "I just... well... you know..."

"Yeah, we know." Takuya shrugged. "You loved him. He loved you."

"...yeah..."

"Look, don't cry..." Junpei pleaded. "I don't know what to do about a girl who's leaking in front of me!"

"Hey!"

"...oops. I-never-said-that-I-never-meant-that-please-don't-hurt-me!"

"Chill Izumi... you know he didn't mean it like THAT." Takuya calmed.

"...yeah, I guess you're right." Izumi sighed. "But... I wish Kouji was here..."

At the same time, Kouji was with his father, traveling about Egypt.

"I know you miss her, son," his dad said. "But it's not like middle school love lasts all the way to college. You probably won't end up with her in the end, anyway."

"Yeah. I guess you're right." Kouji sighed. **But after all we've been through... can I really let go? I promised Angemon I would protect her, but look where I am now- a million miles away! Please, give me mercy Angemon! I did not mean to abandon Izumi-chan! I had to! It was as my father willed!**

Somehow, Kouji felt Angemon didn't forgive him, and was ashamed of himself.

As the father and son traveled along the desert plains, they came upon a shrine to an ancient Phraoh. "This, son, is the tomb of Phraoh Yugioh, the 'King of Games'." his father announced. "Back in that time, Egyptians played shadow games that nearly destroyed Earth, but Yugioh stopped them, locking them away in the 'Shadow Relamn'. Some say that it's a legend. Others say it is real. It's not for certain whether it is real."

"Oh." Kouji mumbled.

Suddenly, Kouji's father's beeper buzzed. "Oh, I'm sorry son, I have to get back to the office. I'm sure you can get home yourself."

"Yeah dad."

Just as Kouji's father ran off, a native came up to him. "Excuse me, are you Kouji Minamoto?" the native asked in a heavy accent.

"Yes, why do you want to know?"

"I must give you this," the native took out a piece of papyrus. "You are destined to have this, by the will of the great Angelic men and women who live above us."

"Angemon?"

"What?"

"Er... Angel men?"

"You said 'Angemon'."

"Uh... no I didn't."

"You know of my great angelic friend?"

"Not... exactally..."

"He is a Digimon, is he not?"

"Yeah... why?"

"Angemon is my master. He gave me this papyrus to give to you at the coming of age."

"Okay, but who are you?"

"I am Sesmar."

"Sesmar, huh? Well, thanks anyway."

"Good bye, and good luck, Chosen Child."

Sesmar disappeared at the gust of wind, leaving behind a heap of clothes. "Whoa..."

When Kouji returned to his hotel room, he opened unscrolled the papyrus. It read;
'Kouji Minamoto-
I am happy that you have received this safely from Sesmar. I am disappointed that you did not live up to your promise.'

"I'M SORRY! IT'S NOT MY FAULT MY FATHER LIKES TO TRAVEL!" Kouji screamed into the air.

'Furthermore, I would like you to return to Izumi to guard her.'

"How?"

'Go to the pyramid of Yugioh again and you will find Sesmar. Tell him that you have read the note, and he will freeze time. You will then be transported back to Shibuya, where you will find that time has not frozen there. After a week, you will be transported back to Egypt, and time will unfreeze.'

"Weird..."

'Sincerely, Angemon.'

"Well, what can I lose?" Kouji asked as he walked over to the pyramid of Yugioh. "Besides, this place is dull."

Upon arriving at the Yugioh Pyramid, Kouji saw Sesmar.

"Hey Sesmar! I read the note!"

"I see." Sesmar mumbled. He then began to groan some foreign words and everything froze.

**Whoa...** Kouji gasped. He touched a rock in mid-air that a boy had thrown. **Impossible!**

"Actually, very possible."

"Huh?"

"Kouji, it is time."

Suddenly, Kouji found himself in Shibuya, Japan, at the subway station. "Hey! That guy looks like Kouji!" one girl in a school uniform whispered.

"I dunno. I thought he moved away or something..." another girl replied.

"Uhh..." Kouji moaned. **Shibuya Station? No way! I must be dreaming!...Well, I might as well see where this dream's going...**

He walked to the school he had gone to, where he came upon Izumi, standing alone against a building. She looked dreamily into the sky, wondering where Kouji could possibly be.

"Izumi?"

She looked up and gasped. Izumi's sad eyes turned happy and cheerful. "Kouji!" she cried. Izumi threw her arms around his shoulders and hugged him. "Where were you?"

"I... well, I was in Egypt a few minutes ago."

"Huh?"

"Some guy named Sesmar, a servant of Angemon, sent me here... Angemon said that I needed to keep my promise."

"Weird... well, I'm glad you're here!"

Out of no where in particular, a person got in front of them. "Kouji Minamoto?"

"Who are you?"" Kouji hissed.

The person was wearing a black trenchcoat. Under it, they wore a silver shirt and dark blue jeans. The man's face was covered by silver sunglasses with holofoil lenses. "Surely you must recognize me."

The guy was about Kouji's height. He seemed to be the same age as well. "What if I don't?"

"That's strange then."

"WHO ARE YOU?!"

"I am you."

"What?"

"I am you."

"That's impossible!" Izumi exclaimed. "You can't talk to yourself!"

"Or can you?" Kouji looked at the teenager. He wore a black ski cap, and dark blue hair peeked out. "Kouichi? Brother?"

Kouichi removed his sun glasses and smiled. "Kouji, brother!"

"I thought you were in America!" Kouji recalled the time when he and Izumi were transported to Alameda, and they met Kouichi.

"I was, briefly."

"How so?"

"After you guys defeated X, I woke up from my coma. Angemon informed me you had succeeded, and he could transport me back home. Afterwards, I had to spend a while alone- no one recognized me."
"I had to go through a series of jobs so I could live some how. I wasn't sure where you and father were, so I had to keep on living alone. Eventually, I was able to start a chain of Kendo Academies."

"Really? What are they called?" Izumi asked.

"Minamoto Kendo Academy."

"I thought you guys had different last names."

"...actually, I was put under father's custody because mother died."

"Oh... I'm so sorry!"

"No... it's okay... I'm kind of used to it by now."

"So, did Angemon tell you about the whole Satamon ordeal?" Kouji asked. "And why I'm here?"

"No... where were you anyway?"

"Father and I moved to Egypt."

"So what are you doing here?"

"Sasmer, Angemon's servant, transported me here to protect Izumi."

"Protect Izumi? Is she the... one?"

"Angemon said so."

"What do you mean by the 'one'?" Izumi asked. "I'm standing right here you know!"

"Angemon told me that the female wielder of light was to be protected by the male." Kouichi began. "I assume that is you."

"Yeah."

"Anyway, you are the legendary one who could control their Beast Spirit."

"True."

"Therefore, Satamon wanted to implant you with the Dark Seed."

"Yeah."

"Then I am humbled before you."

"Huh?"

Kouichi got down on one knee and lowered his head. He shut his eyes and whispered, "Your Majesty."

"What? What are you talking about? I'm just a girl!"

"No. You are the Queen of Light."

"So who's the King?"

Kouichi smiled and replied, "Kouji."

"What? Why didn't you tell me that?"

"Well," Kouji stuttered. "I really didn't know if you were-"

"I thought our relationship was completely open! Why didn't you just tell me?!"

"Uh..."

"Wait. My brother has a point." Kouichi cut in. "If we someone and they were not the true Queen, they might spread a rumor, hence exposing the secret."

"If everyone knew, the darkside might find and kill us."

"...I didn't know..." Izumi whispered. "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay Izumi-chan..."

The scene changes to Kouji and Izumi walking to Izumi's house from the mall. It is nightfall.

"My parents are gonna kill me when they find out I stayed out this long..." Izumi sighed. "Wait a minute; where are you gonna stay, Kouji?"

"I dunno... Sesmar'll probably transfer me back to Egypt..." Kouji shrugged. "It doesn't really mater."

"Well, if you can't find a place to sleep, you're welcome to come by my house."

"Thanks. I'll consider it."

Soon they were at Izumi's house. "Well, good night, Kouji-kun."

"Good night, Izumi-chan." Kouji softly kissed her cheek. "Sweet dreams."

Izumi went into her house, only to have her parents shouting at her. Kouji smirked and walked off.

"Where are you Sesmar?" Kouji asked outloud.

"Right here, Kouji." Sesmar replied from behind him.

"Wuh? Oh, hey. Think I can go home now?"

"No."

"What?"

"You cannot leave. Izumi is in grave danger."

"I knew her parents were mad, but GRAVE?"

"No, not by her parents. Someone else is after her. A traitor, perhaps. Be careful, and guard her tightly."

"Alright."

Kouji turned around and went back to Izumi's house. Her room's light was still on.

**Should I ring the doorbell? No, that might get her in trouble...** Kouji picked up a nearby pebbel. **Please don't break the window...**

The small rock bounced against Izumi's window, and fell back to the ground. Izumi opened her window and looked down at Kouji. She signaled him to get closer, and Kouji followed.

"I'm not really sure how you can come in," Izumi softly expalined. "But do NOT go in through the front door. My parents are down there."

"Okay," Kouji quietly replied. "So what do I do?"

"...Oh! There's a ladder over there. You can prop it up and climb in if you want."

"Well, okay."

Kouji did as directed and safely got into Izumi's room. It was decorated in a way any girl like Izumi would want. A scone lit the room from Izumi's ceiling. The walls were light purple, and the bed was decorated with various stuffed animals.

"Nice place."

"Oh be quiet." Izumi joked. "Just 'cause I'm not a boy..."

"Heh." Kouji looked around and realized there was no possible place he could really sleep. "Hmm..."

"I don't have much room for you, huh?"

"It's alright. I can stand and sleep."

"No way! You're sleeping on the bed, whether you like it or not!"

"..."

"^.^ well, there isn't much of a choice, is there?"

"..."

"Listen, I don't really care if you're a guy or not. I'm not gonna sleep naked or anything."

"...okay."

So Kouji climbed into Izumi's bed along side of her. "Don't think of doing anything funny."

"I won't. Good night." Kouji kissed her on the lips and lied his head down on a pillow.

"Good night."

The lights went out and Kouji felt it was going to be a strange night. He heard Izumi's soft breathing and felt a little relaxed. It was about 11 PM and Izumi had already fallen asleep. Her parents had already settled in for the night at 9.

"Guess you're not a night person." Kouji whispered to Izumi, although he knew she wouldn't hear.

Time passed by and Kouji was alert and ready for anything. He looked at Izumi's peaceful face as she slept on.

**I'm glad one of us is getting any sleep.**

Kouji heard foot steps coming from outside, presumably the ladder, which was still up.

**Dang. Forgot to put the ladder back up!**

The footsteps got louder and louder. Kouji sat up and got out of the bed, his eyes already adjested to the darkness. Flipping out his D-Tector, Kouji got ready to fight.

A shadowy figure emerged from the ladder. Tall and large, the person seemed to have a little trouble getting through the window.

**A guy... looks big... he might be a threat...** Kouji thought to himself, his mind racing. He clutched onto his D-Tector.

"Who's there?!" Kouji shouted.

The startled figure fell backwards; he fell out the window.

Kouji ran over to the window to see if he could make out the person. "Junpei?!"

Junpei had his hand under his head as he sat up. "Uh... hey Kouji!" Junpei stuttered.

"What buisness do you have here?"

"Uh... I was just... well, walking around and... yeah, I layed down here..."

"Don't lie. What were you going to do with Izumi?"

"Huh? What're you talking about?"

"Don't play stupid Junpei. Now tell me what you were up to!"

Junpei stood up and shook his head. "If I told you," he began. Junepi then gave a devious smile. "I would be murdered by Lord X."

"Lord X?! I thought you were purified!"

"Think again fool!" Junpei's voice changed to X's. "I'm back you ignoramous! And now I'm going to kill you for good!"

"Not without a fight." Kouji hissed. He Digivolved into Wolfmon. Before hunting for X, he softly shook Izumi's shoulder. "Izumi-chan... wake up..."

"Uh?" Izumi moaned. "Wolfmon? Kouji, what's going on?"

"Junpei has been taken over by X."

"I thought we killed X..."

"Not quite... he's still up and running, and he wants to kill me by taking you. We have to go after him."

"...Right." Izumi took her Digivice out of her bed's drawer. "Spirit... Evolution!"

Izumi transformed into Kazemon and flew out of the window. Lobomon followed her on the ground.

"Kouji," Kazemon warned. "He's nearby. Be careful!"

"Right." Lobomon barked. Then, X leapt onto Lobomon's back. "Uhh!"

"Time to get you Kouji!" X laughed deviously.

"Wolfmon!" Fairymon flew down and kicked X off of Wolfmon. "Hah!"

"Uh?!" X found himself on his back, far away from the two.

"Only cowards attack from behind." Lobomon hissed. "And only cowards need to take advantage of the unsuspected."

"Then call me a coward." X lunged at Lobomon again, this time, as Beetlmon.

"I don't think so." Lobomon took the base from his back and turned it on, revealing a blue light. "Lobo Kendo!"

Beetlmon's armor was deeply cut into by the saber, and was now bleeding data. "Uh... fool. This isn't even my body!"

Ignoring the pain, X used Beetlmon's twin fists and shouted, "Thunder Fist!"

Electricity cackled out of the palms of Beetlmon's hands, and baraged Lobomon. "Uhhh!" Kouji groaned. His body flashed from Digimon to human.

"No! Kouji!" Izumi screamed. She, as Kazemon, leapt up and shouted, "Spiral Winds!" Twisters formed in her hands and knocked Beetlmon to the ground. More of his data spilled out.

"Grrr... you'll pay for that." X hissed. "Slide Evolution! Metal Kabuterimon!"

"Izumi! Look out!" Kouji shouted, now as a human.

"Slide Evolution!" Izumi cried. "Zephyrmon!"

"Thurmaene Gale!" Zephyrmon shouted. Unfortunatly, it just bounced off Metal Kabuterimon. "Wha?!"

"Your little winds aren't going to stop me now!" X menaicly laughed. "Auto Thunder!"

The attack forced Zephyrmon to crash and de-Digivolve. "No! Zephyrmon!" Kouji shouted. He leapt up and defended Izumi's body. "I will not allow you to hurt my friends! Especially Izumi-chan!"

As Izumi's body returned to human, a light appeared.

"What?!" X gasped. "What's happening?!"

"It's the prophecy, X." Kouji declared, in a brave voice.
"When the King and Queen of Light join forces, they will glow an ever radiant light and will destroy those who try to overcome their power. And the one who tries to break them apart shalt fall before the Holy Light of the King... you will be destroyed!"

Izumi felt a new power surrounding her. She stood up and held Kouji's hand. "The prophecy will determine your fate, X. And now you will no longer exist to this or any other world!"

Light surrounded Kouji and Izumi and radiated out. "Uhhh!" X groaned as the light blinded his eyes.

Kouji then held a silver staff, and wore an armor similar to Beowulfmon's. Izumi also was holding onto the staff, but her armor was of Zephyrmon's. The staff glowed even stronger than the two.

"Be purified by our Holy Light!" The King of Light commanded.

"And banish the evil in your soul!" The Queen of Light added.

"FRACTUAL CODE! DIGITIZE!" they shouted together.

Junpei an X seperated, and X began to dematerialize into digits. The staff absorbed the data and glowed. The King looked at the Queen.

"The darkness has be banished, and balance has been restored." the King declared. "Our hosts have reunited, and the prophecy has been fullfilled."

"May we protect the children who wield our power," the Queen added. "and help them control this amazing strength. We shall continue to guide them for decades from now."

"Their love may cause danger, but they shall still see it all through. May their lives extend for many years, as our love does."

"And may their happiness be true and continuous."

The King and Queens' sprits rose out of the bodies of Kouji and Izumi, and smiled down on them. Kouji and Izumi looked up and saw the royalty, and could only smile back.

"Our guardians have sealed our fate." Kouji smiled.

"We'll be together forever." Izumi added.

"I love you, Izumi-chan."

"I love you, too, Kouji-kun."

Kouji softly kissed her lips while his arms wrapped around her waist. Izumi's arms hung around his shoulders as she shared the sensation.

.:THE END:.