A Digimon Frontier Fanfic

By Haru Glory

A/N: Here's the next chapter everyone. Thanks for your continuous support. I'm really working double time on this fanfic since I want to finish it before Christmas comes so that I'll be able to upload the sequel before I continue on with my classes on January. Anyways, enough about all that...here's chapter thirty nine. Enjoy!

Chronicles of Time: Of What the Future Brings

Chapter 39: Takuya and Zoe Returns!

"It can't be…" Koji gasped.

The two figures began to walk towards the area where Piedmon once stood, and one of them bent down and picked something up. Then both of them looked at the others.

"He isn't so tough…huh? Why do you guys look like you've seen a ghost or something?" Takuya asked after dedigi-volving back.

"Takuya's right." Zoe, who dedigi-volved back as well said, then added, "Aren't you guys going to say 'Welcome back' or something?"

Koji and the others could not believe their eyes. There standing just a couple of steps away from them are two of their best friends…and what's more…

"You guys are…alive!?" Koichi asked as he and Tommy ran towards the two, shortly followed by Katsuya and Yumi.

"What are you guys talking about?" Takuya asked, "Of course we're alive, we never died."

"But…" Yumi began.

"But what?" Zoe asked.

"Kerpymon and Lucemon showed us that you two fell down the Crescent Abyss. He said you guys died because of one of the generals, Yukiaramon." Katsuya said.

"Say what!?" Takuya shouted, "Yukiaramon's a general?"

"But, Dynasmon said he was his subordinate…" Zoe said in the same surprised manner.

"Well, Kerpymon said he was but after Chronosmon thought you guys died, he promoted him or something, why?" Yumi explained.

"Well, Zoe defeated Yukiaramon all by herself." Takuya replied.

This made everyone surprised as well.

"WHAT!?" JP exclaimed, "Zoe defeated a general all by herself?!"

"Yeah." Takuya replied, wrapping his arms around Zoe's waist.

"That's incredible, Zoe!" Tommy exclaimed, "But…what were you doing during the time Zoe was fighting, Takuya?"

"Err…" Takuya gulped, he didn't want the others to know what happened to him back there.

"Well…Takuya was…frozen at his own work." Zoe lied.

Everyone's face was confused now.

"Maybe, you both can tell us what happen over dinner." Angemon said.

But just before they dispersed, Koji went towards Takuya and punched him right across the face. Everyone gasped at this as Takuya fell back.

"What did you do that for, Koji!?" Takuya and Zoe both asked in unison.

"You're such an idiot, Takuya." Koji said, "Why didn't you even called using your D-Tector or even Zoe's? You have no idea what you put us all through!"

"Huh?" Takuya asked, "Well, you guys are the ones that didn't try and contact us. We thought you were all still busy fighting your own battles."

"Takuya's right, Koji." Zoe said, "And how we're we supposed to know that Kerpymon and the rest of the generals thought us to be dead?"

Koji looked at Takuya and grunted. He didn't reply to any of it, and instead he walked away from the group over to the spot that he was sitting before the whole fiasco with Piedmon and sat there. Not caring what the others were thinking.

"I'm really sorry for that." Koichi said when Zoe and the others went over and began to help prepare their meal after making sure that Takuya was okay. "I don't know what's gotten into Koji."

"No biggie." Takuya smiled, "Zoe slapped me on one occasion…oh, wait, make it two occasions and those two occasions that she slapped me was worst than Koji's punch."

At this, even Koichi smiled, "Zoe told me of those two events when she visited me all by herself at the hospital. Coming from her it sounded like you're a real pervert, Takuya."

"Wha--?!" Takuya could only say, "A pervert!? She was the one who pulled me into the pit on the first occasion and then screamed like she's being attacked, so I rushed into the changing room to get what? Things being thrown at me, and then she slaps me and calls me a pervert!?"

"Calm down, Takuya." Koichi patted him, "You don't want Zoe to hear you say that again, do you?"

Takuya gulped and nodded before he and Koichi went to the others to help out.

Koji however, has no plans of helping out right now, he was deep in thought.

"Takuya didn't even care…" Koji thought, "If only he knew who Katsuya and Yumi really are. I can understand Zoe…but I thought Takuya would have more sense of being a leader and contact us…"

Koji remembered the look on Katsuya's face when he learned…or thought that Takuya and Zoe were dead.

"He has no idea how it feels like…" Koji continued, "…to think that your loved ones are gone forever, the pain…and the sorrow. And he sounded just like it wasn't such a big deal."

Katsuya, who was then bringing in some fire wood noticed Koji and figured that he was still thinking about the whole thing. Katsuya sighed before putting the wood down and walking over his…uncle.

"Hey, what's up?" Katsuya asked in a cheerful manner.

"What's up with you?" Koji asked back, "You should have been angry with him for making you and your sister think that he was dead."

"Oh, I figured you were going to say something like that." Katsuya said as he sat down across Koji, "It doesn't really matter how they did it as long as they're alive."

"What?" Koji asked, "I know what it feels like to have thought that someone you loved was killed…I thought that way about my mom, my real mom before I learned that she was still alive."

"You're right, it was painful." Katsuya said, "But that doesn't matter now, all that matters is that my…parents are alive. To tell you the truth, we should have figured out that they were alive even during the fight against Lucemon."

"Huh? What are you talking about now?" Koji asked.

"Well, I just remembered now that if something bad happens to the Takuya and Zoe of this time, something that they would end up dead…" Katsuya began to explain, "My sister and I will vanish as well...without the Takuya and Zoe of this time, we would not be born, thus if they die, Yumi and I will be erased from history and we will never exist."

"Then that means…" Koji was about to say but Katsuya immediately nodded to say that whatever it is he was about to say was correct. At this, Koji laughed, "Then I guess, I can't put the whole blame at Takuya now, can I?"

"I guess not." Katsuya replied as he stood up, "Now, do you mind helping me with the fire wood?"

Soon, everything was prepared. Their food, the place that they were to sleep…everything.

During their dinner, Takuya and Zoe told them of what really happened but skipping and changing the part concerning about Takuya being frozen. After the whole story was said, it was the others' turn to tell of what happened on their own adventure.

Hours have passed and everyone decided it was time to sleep.

But before they went to bed, Takuya let them know that tomorrow their training for the tournament would begin.

To be continued…

A/N: I know, compared to my other chapters this one is pretty short. But it has its reasons for being so. Anyways, you can bet that the next chapter will be pretty long. Well. 17 days before Christmas and it's safe to say that there are more chapters for this fanfic comming up. Well, I'm pretty tired so I'll leave it here for today. This is Haru Glory, saying "PEACE" and signing out! Take care, everyone!