"Chaos flare…"
"It's over" Sora thought, witnessing the deadly attack… "And I can't even save the one person I cared about, the one I'd willingly throw my life away for… Unless…" No, it wasn't too late, there was still a way, even if it was a small one, and even if it ruined any chance of her own survival, for Takeru's sake, she would do it… And through the flames of hell she leaped, trying to shield Takeru with her own body…
And as the searing pain ripped through her very body, as she collapsed saying "At least he'll live now…" it happened, after so very long… And it seemed that as Angemon found himself more depressed then Yamato, it was Love that would bring forth Hope…
"Garudamon shinka! Hououmon!" A magnificent golden phoenix emerged from the flames, its shining wings shielding the loving couple from any attack…
Takeru hugged the bearer of love tightly, clinging to her in fear, but her soothing presence made his fear somehow seem not as great… As her digimon was about to finish Demon once and for all, and another of the thirteen dark lords would be slain, and maybe this time the digital world could once more be a place of peace and light, they embraced, and for once it seemed good had triumphed…
"Starlight Explosion!"
And then it ended… For the first time in the memory of any chosen, not only had evil been defeated, but it was a true victory, not minutes after a horrible tragedy… Demon had fallen, and the love Sora and Takeru shared was the source of said victory… Hououmon's strength meant that as long as they stayed there, Factorial Fortress would never fall again, and even Devimon ought to quiver at their might…
"Victory…" Takeru said happily, and then collapsed into Sora's arms, exhausted, but still so very glad they had won…. And Angemon, just arriving after the scene after watching the flares of chaos, could at last celebrate… For now, it seemed the victory was eternal… For now…
But even though those most horrible of evils had that nasty way of returning, and even though Fallen Devimon had succeeded at Grey Lord's mansion, for now, their love could bloom anew, and they could at last have a celebration of victory… Victory, words so rarely spoken in the digital world, for it has reached the point, after so much warfare, where half the digimon out there are thinking that stopping evil is not worth the price of victory, and before now, Sora was inclined to agree with them…
But not now… Now, they could be happy, without any evil looming over the horizon… Now, they had won!
"Takeru-kun…" Sora said seriously, as Takeru began to get up, regaining his energy after the victory… "Wai! We won!" She yelled out, suddenly dissolving any seriousness she had ever had to glomp the bearer of hope…
"Sora-chan, you sure you're okay?" Takeru asked, expecting this kind of thing from one like Miyako, sure, but Sora? Then again, had he ever really seen Sora happy? He was used to the bearer of love always angsting, always carrying the sorrows of them all, only cracking the occasional smile… This certainly was a new world. He thought, still trying to cast off the sorrows of old… But those sorrows were gone now, he may have imagined it, but through all this, good had prevailed, and through the crowds of nondescript, seemingly formless mechanical digimon, he thought he had seen Angemon smiling…
And so, the battle over, they finally celebrated, and it was an occasion the likes of which the digital world had never seen… There were some victories so great anyone you saw in the streets would be happy simply because of it, some victories which turned six states to nonstop celebration with the happiness lingering on for months… And Takeru and Sora alike were sure this would be one of those times of legend, that generations would hear about the time Hououmon saved Factorial Fortress from devastation…
And it was somewhere in an isolated corner of these celebrations that Sora and Takeru found themselves talking, wondering what would they do for the future…
"Sora-chan…" Takeru said seriously, finally seeming to begin speaking about what they had until then left unspoken… "Where do we go from here?" He said, thinking of what had happened… Their love, their love so strong it could give birth to one such as Hououmon, but a love still unconsummated… It seemed odd to him, sure, but he didn't want to press the issue, those around him were still uncertain of whether he had certain basic human desires. "Our relationship, I mean…" He clarified, blushing somewhat…
"I can't say… Still, I hope we can keep going forward… It would be nice to just enjoy each other's presence without any evils threatening…" Sora replied, still staring intently at the bearer of hope…
"Yeah… I would like us to just stay together, to find somewhere away from all this sorrow and finally be able to celebrate…" Takeru said happily, caressing Sora's cheek… "But where?"
"Well, the digital world has always been a very intriguing place… I've always heard the sky over freezeland was beautiful this time of year…" Sora wished, looking longingly at the air… "And I could use some cold air, this fortress really isn't that nice for breathing… Besides, we did liberate it, it's at least partially due to our efforts that Fallen Devimon doesn't reign over that place…"
"Okay… Freezeland it is…"
Fin.
Now, for the post-story commentary:
This is the first fic I really finished, and though it's certainly not the end of the timeline, I'm glad I wrote a decent Sokeru, so don't expect the whole "Ranting of failure" thing you got with Fallen Devimon's Saga… It's not a great fic, it won't revive the fandom, but I never thought this one would… Still, I'm glad I wrote it, the digimon fandom needs more fluff, and the more fics for couplings like Sokeru out there, the better… Certainly a first attempt at fluff, and I don't think it was that great, but it's still better then I expected, and overall, I'm happy with this one, though the chapters were way too short That said, I think I did a good job, and I'm glad to have done what I could to help the remains of the digimon fandom thrive…
Hope you liked it...