Disclaimer: I don't own digimon. If I did, would I be writing fan fiction? Nothing is owned by me except the story I'm telling…please don't sue me xx
WARNINGS: Taiora, big duh there. Implications of Mimato, Kenyako and Takari. If you don't like it sorry, but that's what's here, if you don't like it find a story with your favorite couples and read that thank you!
Note: The final "chapter" to my fic Tai's Secret Crush, just felt like adding in a little detail about what happens to our beloved couple after their first date!
Note 2: I know the years don't match up correctly, in the 25 year later thing it'd make Tai 41 (in American version anyways since he was 16 in season 2) but since Taiora never happens, I can alter the ages of them somewhat okies? And is it just me or does anyone else wonder why the 02 digidestined kids' children were older than the 01 digidestined kid's children? Hmm…
Epilogue
9 years after the fic took place
"Can you believe it? Tai asked Sora to marry him! I'm so thrilled!" Mrs. Yagami was telling Hikari one sunny afternoon. Hikari squealed and started jumping up and down.
"I knew he had it in him!!" Hikari was saying confidently while her mother was sobbing uncontrollably. Just that moment, Tai entered. At the age of twenty-five he looked quite handsome. He still had the messy long brown hair that his mother started nagging him about that it wouldn't look right at the wedding.
"Mom's right you know! I can't imagine you in a tux and having your hair like THAT!" Hikari exclaimed as both women started towards him. Tai backed off.
"Whoa now, let's just calm down there." Tai said holding a hand out in front of him.
"They're right Tai, it'd look so weird." Sora said entering after him with her mother in tow.
"Kiyoko! How good to see you!" Mrs. Yagami exclaimed giving Sora's mother a hug.
"Good to see you too Yuuko." Mrs. Takenouchi said warmly. After everyone exchanged pleasantries they all got down to planning the wedding. There were several reasons Tai waited so long to ask Sora to marry him. One, he was always too nervous to ask. Two, he wanted to make sure he'd have enough money for the ring and wedding so he started saving up. And Three, he wanted a good education and was just finishing college.
His mother thought this was extremely sweet and reliable of him and praised him highly. Although, when she mentioned she'd been saving some money for her children's weddings this made him a bit annoyed, saying he could of used his saved money for paying bills.
"That's how the world works Tai, it's full of surprises. And besides, what if I hadn't saved you and Kari some money? You'd have to use that money." Mrs. Yagami said knowledgably.
It took 3 hours but the plans were all written out and Hikari was off to deliver the invitations to a photo shop to make copies. Now all they needed was all the things to buy and think about where they'd live.
"Sora and I were talking about that." Tai said uncomfortably avoiding his mothers' eyes. She was already crying because her baby boy was leaving her home!
"I know how much you'd miss me if I moved too far away so we found a small house just a few blocks away that was for sale and talked to the seller. He said he'd put the house on hold for us."
Mrs. Yagami burst into happy tears and hugged her son. Tai patted her on the back feeling highly embarrassed.
Mrs. Takenouchi, who didn't live too far away from the Yagami's was also pleased and hugged Sora, who hugged back.
"I'm really nervous about the wedding but I just know we'll be fine." Sora said looking at Tai who smiled.
"I know. I can't wait, either. It's only two weeks away!" When one is busy planning for a wedding, two weeks certainly fly by. At least that's what Tai thought as he was at the chapel fixing his tie. Matt was his best man (big duh there) and Mimi was the matron-of-honor. She and Matt were married just last year. Sora and Yolei were the bridesmaids as well as a few of Sora's school friends.
Tai and Sora both had cousins' young enough to be the flower girl and ring bearer and invited their entire families. All the digidestined children were there including most of their families. Ken and Yolei were engaged, and so were TK and Kari. So many weddings so little time…they planned on having a double wedding if possible!
As the march to the wedding song struck up, Tai turned to the door and watched as the line of people walked down. It seemed like forever until Sora came out and when she did, he was completely blown away.
She was wearing an extremely elegant wedding dress; that scintillated at different angles. Tai suspected his mother used some of her money for a dress that beautiful. Her hair was pulled back into a bun and the veil covered her face somewhat. He could see her nervous smile under it.
Finally she reached the platform that he, Matt and the minister were standing on and the ceremony began. Tai had thought a lot about his speech to Sora and was worried about remembering all he had to say but it must have gone well because she was crying (happy tears) and she recited hers to him.
"And now, by the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Tai lifted the veil and touched Sora's nose with his. "I love you Sora." He whispered. She almost couldn't hear him since the applause was so loud but she got the general idea and smiled.
"I love you too Tai." They then kissed and everyone screamed their approval.
3 years later
"Sora! Sora! Where are you?!" Tai wailed running around the house like a mad man.
"Tai I'm right here! Calm down what's the matter?" Sora asked waddling into the kitchen where Tai was currently looking around insanely for nothing in particular.
"Sora!" Tai rushed over to her and gave her a quick hug. The reason for Tai's panicky mood? He was going to be a daddy! Sora was 9 months pregnant and it was their first child! Ever since he'd been studying shows on T.V. about pregnancy, he thought Sora would go into labor at any moment.
Sora sighed in exasperation as Tai was chattering away asking her how she felt and if the baby was on it's way. It was nice of him to care so much but there was a point of caring and over reacting.
"I don't know how much time off work you should take just to take care of me." Sora said worriedly.
"Sora! That doesn't matter! Agumon can handle the diplomats easily without me for a few days…" Tai said disconcertedly checking Sora's pulse.
Tai was the newly formed diplomat for relations with the digiworld and real world. It was a new job that came about only a few years ago.
Sora raised her eyebrows at Tai's actions and what he was talking about. Just because she was 9 months pregnant didn't mean she'd have the baby right away.
Then again, Tai always did seem to have a thing for guessing when to do things because only a few days later did Sora really go into labor. Tai may have been quite panicky but he was well prepared. He put her in the back seat of the car, which was heavily laden with pillows, blankets and other soft things as well as a hot water bottle and something to drink.
The thing he panicked over was how Sora was feeling, every time she had a contraction and shout out in pain, he'd almost hit a car and say, 'Sora?! What is it?! Is there something wrong with the baby?!"
Despite this, he managed to get them to the hospital in one piece. Waiting to have a baby was very difficult for the both of them; Tai was extremely worried and confused. Sora was just in extreme pain. Sora was mystified when Tai started apologizing.
"What is it?" she said through gritted teach as she experienced a particularly painful contraction.
"I'm sorry I got you pregnant, maybe we should have adopted at least you wouldn't be in pain." Tai said with his face buried in her pillow.
"Don't be silly Tai, every woman has had to experience this." Sora said exasperated, rolling her eyes.
Fourteen hours later, Tai was still awake because Sora was giving birth to their baby! A screaming was heard after a while and the nurses took the baby away to clean it off.
"Congratulations! It's a boy!" the doctor said, putting the baby on top of Sora's stomach where she could see it and so the baby would be warm.
"Hey! He looks like me already!" Tai exclaimed, noticing that the baby already had quite a clump of brown messy hair.
"Look at me! Look at me!" Tai said, pressing his face next to Sora's. The baby looked at him.
"He has your fiery eyes Sora." Tai said kissing her cheek. Sora smiled.
"So what should we name him? I was thinking after you Tai, Taisuke."
"I don't know." Tai said thoughtfully, "Davis might think he's named after him and not me."
"Heh, you have a point there." Sora said laughing slightly. "Did you have anything in mind?"
"Well kind of." Tai said grinning. "I was thinking Sachi, he has you first initial and last SorA and part of my name, TaiCHI."
"That sounds good. Welcome to our little family Sachi." Sora said, kissing the baby who gurgled happily.
5 years later
The new Yagami family was at it again, Sora was pregnant with their second child.
"Why is Mama so big?" Sachi asked his father one afternoon. Tai chuckled and patted him on the head, which was full of Tai crazy hair.
"Because Mama is having a baby. You're going to have a little brother or sister."
"Ohhh." Said Sachi, glancing at his mother who was relaxing on the couch.
Tai wasn't as nearly panic-stricken as he was the first time around, mostly because he knew what to expect this time. He still remembered every detail about what to do if Sora needed him.
He remembered how after Sachi was born everyone was in love with the baby and commented on how cute he was, and how he looked so much like Tai.
DING-DONG! Tai looked around. Oh, it was the door. That's right, Kari was coming over for dinner with her family.
He opened the door and in stepped Kari, who gave Tai a big hug, TK who shook hands with Tai, and their children. Their son Kyoichi was eight years old and looked a lot like his mother. Their daughter Tamaki was six years old and looked a lot like her father.
"Hey how are you guys doing?" Tai said giving his niece and nephew a big hug.
"Fine." They said in unison. At this point Sachi wandered into the room.
"Hi guys!" He cried happily and they all went off to play somewhere.
Tai steered TK and Kari into the living room where Sora was awaiting them.
"Sora! It's so good to see you again!" Kari said happily and gave her a hug.
"Good to see you too." Sora replied, holding her stomach.
"Is the baby due soon?" TK asked curiously. Sora nodded and tried getting up off the couch. Tai and TK helped her.
"It'll be due any day now." Tai said happily giving her a hug. TK and Kari exchanged looks.
"So did you invite us over in case we had to watch Sachi?" Kari asked eyeing her brother suspiciously.
Tai grinned guiltily. "Caught me there, it's not bad timing is it?"
"Of course not, you baby sat Kyoichi when Kari was having Maki so it's fine with us." TK replied warmly.
"Tami took a long time too, she just didn't want to part from me." Kari said dramatically sitting on the couch. TK and Kari both had nicknames for their daughter. Kari called her by the beginning of her first name, TK cut off the 'ta' and said Maki.
"I hear you're having a girl Sora, I hope she doesn't take 35 hours to want to see the world." Kari said lightly.
Sora's eyebrows flew into her bangs. "You said both your kids were out in 6 hours!
"Do you really think that's possible?" TK asked wonderingly.
"I don't know, it could happen." Tai said, thinking hard. Sora sighed and collapsed onto the couch again.
A day or two later, Sora went into labor. It was the exact day the doctor said too! Good a predictable child. Sora thought. Sachi hadn't been very predictable, not at all.
What they didn't predict was TK and Kari were both busy that day! So, Tai had to call up someone else in a hurry. He immediately dialed Matt's number.
"Hello? Ishida residence." It was Mimi, she had a cooking show and it was Saturday, her day off. At least she was home!
"Hey Mimi? Um Sora just went into labor-" Tai was cut off as Mimi started squealing and congratulated him.
"No listen! We need a baby-sitter pronto!"
"Oh! Matt has the car today…you could drop Sachi off here though if it's not out of the way." Mimi said worriedly.
"Don't worry, it's fine." Tai said reassuringly. Once Tai told Sora and Sachi what was up, they trundled into the car as fast as they could.
Sora was in the back again so Sachi was in the front seat. Tai was worried about that, he wouldn't normally get to ride up front.
Sooner than expected, Tai was driving into the driveway of the Ishida home. Mimi was outside with her two children, Yuuki and Monique. Yuuki was roughly the same age as Sachi and Monique was a year and a half younger.
Yuuki ran up to Taichi and Sachi. "Hey there squirt." Tai said ruffling his hair.
"Stop it!" Yuuki said, brushing his hand away. He had the same blonde hair as Matt but had Mimi's eyes.
"Hi Uncle Tai!" Monique said running up to him and wrapping herself around his leg. Monique was an identical replica of her mother except had Matt's eyes.
"Eh not now Moni, Uncle Tai has to bring Aunt Sora to the hospital." Tai said unattaching himself from her.
"Why?" she asked, her eyes going wide with alarm.
"I'll tell you honey, Uncle Tai has to go now." Mimi said, picking her up.
Tai rushed off and jumped back into the car, checking to make sure Sora hadn't had the baby yet, he started off going as fast as possible without crashing.
The slow process began again, the waiting, the pain, the unknowing of what would happen.
Fortunately, their daughter decided to come faster than both Sachi or Tamaki had shown up. Eleven hours later, a screeching baby girl was thrashing in the doctors arms.
"She has your impressive soccer moves I think." Sora chuckled as they cleaned the baby off.
"Hey we're both athletic remember?" Tai said giggling. Again the doctor put the baby on Sora's stomach. She had Sora's flaming red hair and Tai's eyes.
"Interesting how everyone's genes runs in with families." Tai commented thinking of their children and all his friends' kids.
A while later, he rushed off, and called up Mimi to tell her to bring Sachi down. Then called everyone else down.
Izzy was first to show up with his wife Irene. They had their little daughter with them, Katsumi age six. Both of her parents had red hair so it was easy for that color to show but she had Izzy' s eyes.
Joe and his wife Jessica arrived soon after with their 7-year-old son Jinzaburo. Both his parents had blue hair and glasses, easy to tell who looked like who but he had his mom's brown eyes.
Next Yolei and Ken arrived with their two children, soon to be expecting a third. Yolei was only two months pregnant but it still counted. Their 10-year-old daughter Keiko looked like both her parents. She had her father's hair color, mother's hair length, and had her mother's eye color. Their 6-year-old son Yorikane had his mother's hair color and father's eye color.
Cody and his wife Catrina showed up at the same time Davis and his wife Denise did.
Cody and Catrina both had green eyes and brown hair so their 7-year-old daughter Cassandra also did. The same went for Davis and Denise. Both of them had brownish-red hair and brown eyes so their 6-year-old son Eisuke looked a lot like them, especially Davis.
Ironically, Mimi ended showing up last because Matt was still at work and couldn't go get her right away. Kari and TK had finally been able to get away from work and picked her up.
The hospital was quite crowded with all these people but Sora and Tai were extremely happy to have all their friends and family members surrounding them.
Sachi ran up to his parents and hugged them. "Where's the baby?" He asked excitedly.
"She's right here." Sora said, smiling. By this time they'd wrapped her up in a pink blanket.
"What's her name?" Sachi asked eagerly.
"Destiny… Destiny Yagami." Sora said fondly. Tai kissed his family and turned to his friends.
"Thanks for coming guys, it's great that we can still get together just like old times."
The End!
(Yet another Author's Note: Sorry this chapter was a bit long! I meant it to be only a few pages since it was the epilogue after all, but then again I got a bit into it How'd you all like the names? The children have a mix of Japanese and English names since some of the new characters came from America. I'm planning on writing a fic about the wives I mentioned for Joe, Izzy, Cody and Davis. I figured after watching season 2 that if they have kids, they need a wife, don't they? So I wrote some ideas down for them. I have some drawings of family pics that I'll post in my live journal if anyone's interested!
P.S. All the Japanese names are real, I have a really neat Japanese site that lists female, male and last names! So no making up stuff here!)