Izzy slumped out of the building dejectedly. He felt depressed just
thinking about the golden opportunity he had missed. It wasn't everyday
that you could meet your grown-up self, and Izzy had had a lot of questions
to ask. But his future self turned out to be some obsessed daddy!
Then he stopped and stared. The sight that greeted him was kind of shocking. Cody was lying sprawled on the ground. The rest of the digidestined were kneeling down by the unconscious figure, trying to wake him up. There was also a man standing next to them, looking amused.
Izzy ran forward. "What happened?" he asked worriedly.
"Cody's been unconscious for about an hour already!" Tai exclaimed.
"Why?" Izzy was stunned.
Kari pointed at the man. "See him? He's Cod's future self. Cody fainted when he realised that."
"And I thought it was something bad!" Izzy cried. "How could Cody faint! He's wasting his time. He should be chatting up with his future self now!"
"Urnnnnnnnnnn. . ." Cody moaned just then. Everybody peered at him anxiously. Slowly, Cody's eyes opened. He sat up, took a look at his future self and turned crimson red.
"Did I scare you?" Older Cod asked worriedly.
"No!" Cody said at once. "I was just over-excited. Don't mind me."
Izzy marched up to Older Cod and smiled at him.
"Izzy!" Older Cod cried, looking stunned. "How nice it is to see you! As your younger self, I mean. I've practically forgotten how you looked like."
"You said you were a lawyer?" Cody asked suddenly. "Have you taken on any big cases?"
"Not really," said Older Cod. "I took on a rather interesting case once, though. It involved a strange guy who liked to steal red boxers."
"Where're you heading for?" Cody asked, as the others looked slightly disgusted.
"I was going to a restaurant to meet up with Tai." Older Cod replied, glancing at Tai (the young one) with a smile.
"Wow!" Tai said. "How am I?"
"You became the ambassador of Digiworld." Older Cod told him. "And you finally got rid of that bushy mane." He tweaked a bunch of Tai's hair.
"I WHAT?" Tai gasped. "I vowed never to cut my hair in a different hairstyle! I like the way it is right now."
"Frankly," Older Cod said, "I like your new hairstyle better. I remember how that hair of yours kept blocking my view when we were young. I was too polite to make any comments. After all, you're my senior."
"You could have said something!" said Tai, glancing at the younger Cody, who smiled sheepishly and shrugged.
"I sure hope you'll not late." Mimi said.
"Oh, don't worry, I set off early." Said Older Cod. "Anyway, Tai's always late. He's a busy guy. I know he had an appointment with a particular Garbagemon earlier today."
Tai was rendered speechless. "Is my job very grand?" he asked.
"Face it!" said Matt. "You're an ambassador! Of course you're grand!"
"Hey!" said Izzy suddenly, looking worried. "Why don't we meet up with Tai's future self now, er, Mr. Hida?" he turned to the group. "We'll be zapped back to our own time in approximately half an hour."
"That's fast!" said Yolei.
"Do you mind if we go along with you?" Joe asked Older Cod. "We could like to meet Tai's future self. Is it okay?"
"Looks like we'll never meet our future selves at this rate," Sora said to Yolei grumpily.
"Look at the bright side!" Yolei sang out. "It'll be an interesting surprise. Besides, I'll be married with Ken, and nothing else matters!"
"Matt's future self told us that he got divorced with someone," said Sora, looking extremely worried. "I want to know who it is, but he wouldn't tell."
"Some things are better not known," Yolei said wisely. "Come on, let's go."
* * *
Older Tai looked very weird without his big bushy hair.
Of course, he still had hair, and it was still a bit big, but nothing compared to the mane he had when he was younger. He was dressed in a suit and seemed pretty amazed to see the kids. But after Older Cod had explained, he smiled at them warmly.
"Hullo," he said.
Tai stepped forward. He was trembling, which was very unlike him. Nobody knew if it was due to fear or excitement. Tai grinned nervously.
"Are you married?" he asked.
"Yup!" said Older Tai. "She's a charming lady! We have a little boy, and I'm making sure that his hair will be bigger than ever!"
"But why did you cut it?" Tai asked sadly. "No matter what everyone else says, I still think the old hairstyle looks better."
Older Tai smiled, but said nothing. He turned to the rest of the group. "Hi!"
"Hi!" the others chorused.
"Well!" said Older Tai. "It must be really brilliant of you, Izzy, to invent such a time machine! Are you sure you'll all be able to make it back?"
"Sure!" said Izzy confidently. He checked his watch once more. "Twenty more minutes to go!"
"That's very little time," said Older Tai. "What do you all plan to do?"
"Well, we met all our future selves, except for Sora and Yolei," said Izzy.
"Why don't we just spend the rest of the twenty minutes sitting around and drinking coffee?" Cody asked, beaming at Older Cod.
"We could get something to eat as well," added Davis hopefully. "We haven't eaten for a very long time! I shall say it again-I'm starved!"
"This is just like the old Davis we all know," Older Cod said fondly.
"I guess we'll just grab a quick bite and than go back later," said Kari.
"Ok," the others agreed. Then Davis was gone. Too impatient to wait for the waiter to come and serve the group, he had gone to find the waiter first.
The other kids settled down to chat, and were soon deep in conversation with Older Tai and Cod. After a few minutes, Davis returned triumphantly with a rather annoyed waitress. The kids ordered their food.
The familiar tinkling of bells rang out. The bells were attached to the restaurant door and when the door was opened, the bells would make a tinkling sound. It signalled that the customers were either entering or leaving. At the next tinkling, Older Cod looked up, beamed, and waved. "Look who's there!" he said to the group. "It's Sora and Yolei!"
"What?" The two girls cried at once, leaping up from their table and turning. Two ladies were walking over to their tables. They wore stunned expressions on their faces as they looked at the twelve digidestined.
"We look so pretty!" Yolei whispered.
Then he stopped and stared. The sight that greeted him was kind of shocking. Cody was lying sprawled on the ground. The rest of the digidestined were kneeling down by the unconscious figure, trying to wake him up. There was also a man standing next to them, looking amused.
Izzy ran forward. "What happened?" he asked worriedly.
"Cody's been unconscious for about an hour already!" Tai exclaimed.
"Why?" Izzy was stunned.
Kari pointed at the man. "See him? He's Cod's future self. Cody fainted when he realised that."
"And I thought it was something bad!" Izzy cried. "How could Cody faint! He's wasting his time. He should be chatting up with his future self now!"
"Urnnnnnnnnnn. . ." Cody moaned just then. Everybody peered at him anxiously. Slowly, Cody's eyes opened. He sat up, took a look at his future self and turned crimson red.
"Did I scare you?" Older Cod asked worriedly.
"No!" Cody said at once. "I was just over-excited. Don't mind me."
Izzy marched up to Older Cod and smiled at him.
"Izzy!" Older Cod cried, looking stunned. "How nice it is to see you! As your younger self, I mean. I've practically forgotten how you looked like."
"You said you were a lawyer?" Cody asked suddenly. "Have you taken on any big cases?"
"Not really," said Older Cod. "I took on a rather interesting case once, though. It involved a strange guy who liked to steal red boxers."
"Where're you heading for?" Cody asked, as the others looked slightly disgusted.
"I was going to a restaurant to meet up with Tai." Older Cod replied, glancing at Tai (the young one) with a smile.
"Wow!" Tai said. "How am I?"
"You became the ambassador of Digiworld." Older Cod told him. "And you finally got rid of that bushy mane." He tweaked a bunch of Tai's hair.
"I WHAT?" Tai gasped. "I vowed never to cut my hair in a different hairstyle! I like the way it is right now."
"Frankly," Older Cod said, "I like your new hairstyle better. I remember how that hair of yours kept blocking my view when we were young. I was too polite to make any comments. After all, you're my senior."
"You could have said something!" said Tai, glancing at the younger Cody, who smiled sheepishly and shrugged.
"I sure hope you'll not late." Mimi said.
"Oh, don't worry, I set off early." Said Older Cod. "Anyway, Tai's always late. He's a busy guy. I know he had an appointment with a particular Garbagemon earlier today."
Tai was rendered speechless. "Is my job very grand?" he asked.
"Face it!" said Matt. "You're an ambassador! Of course you're grand!"
"Hey!" said Izzy suddenly, looking worried. "Why don't we meet up with Tai's future self now, er, Mr. Hida?" he turned to the group. "We'll be zapped back to our own time in approximately half an hour."
"That's fast!" said Yolei.
"Do you mind if we go along with you?" Joe asked Older Cod. "We could like to meet Tai's future self. Is it okay?"
"Looks like we'll never meet our future selves at this rate," Sora said to Yolei grumpily.
"Look at the bright side!" Yolei sang out. "It'll be an interesting surprise. Besides, I'll be married with Ken, and nothing else matters!"
"Matt's future self told us that he got divorced with someone," said Sora, looking extremely worried. "I want to know who it is, but he wouldn't tell."
"Some things are better not known," Yolei said wisely. "Come on, let's go."
* * *
Older Tai looked very weird without his big bushy hair.
Of course, he still had hair, and it was still a bit big, but nothing compared to the mane he had when he was younger. He was dressed in a suit and seemed pretty amazed to see the kids. But after Older Cod had explained, he smiled at them warmly.
"Hullo," he said.
Tai stepped forward. He was trembling, which was very unlike him. Nobody knew if it was due to fear or excitement. Tai grinned nervously.
"Are you married?" he asked.
"Yup!" said Older Tai. "She's a charming lady! We have a little boy, and I'm making sure that his hair will be bigger than ever!"
"But why did you cut it?" Tai asked sadly. "No matter what everyone else says, I still think the old hairstyle looks better."
Older Tai smiled, but said nothing. He turned to the rest of the group. "Hi!"
"Hi!" the others chorused.
"Well!" said Older Tai. "It must be really brilliant of you, Izzy, to invent such a time machine! Are you sure you'll all be able to make it back?"
"Sure!" said Izzy confidently. He checked his watch once more. "Twenty more minutes to go!"
"That's very little time," said Older Tai. "What do you all plan to do?"
"Well, we met all our future selves, except for Sora and Yolei," said Izzy.
"Why don't we just spend the rest of the twenty minutes sitting around and drinking coffee?" Cody asked, beaming at Older Cod.
"We could get something to eat as well," added Davis hopefully. "We haven't eaten for a very long time! I shall say it again-I'm starved!"
"This is just like the old Davis we all know," Older Cod said fondly.
"I guess we'll just grab a quick bite and than go back later," said Kari.
"Ok," the others agreed. Then Davis was gone. Too impatient to wait for the waiter to come and serve the group, he had gone to find the waiter first.
The other kids settled down to chat, and were soon deep in conversation with Older Tai and Cod. After a few minutes, Davis returned triumphantly with a rather annoyed waitress. The kids ordered their food.
The familiar tinkling of bells rang out. The bells were attached to the restaurant door and when the door was opened, the bells would make a tinkling sound. It signalled that the customers were either entering or leaving. At the next tinkling, Older Cod looked up, beamed, and waved. "Look who's there!" he said to the group. "It's Sora and Yolei!"
"What?" The two girls cried at once, leaping up from their table and turning. Two ladies were walking over to their tables. They wore stunned expressions on their faces as they looked at the twelve digidestined.
"We look so pretty!" Yolei whispered.