Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. Toei does. And Saban. And Disney too. Dumb Disney, I liked Fox better.
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Notes from the Author: Now, I know that I could simply state the ages of the Digidestined like in so many other fics, or I could probably just tell you that it's been 19 years since the end of the events chronicled in 01 and let you figure their ages out yourself. But being the creative chap that I am (yeah right), I've decided to try something different. A trailer of sorts. Please bear with me on this one. I'll have it posted at the end of part 2 since it would feel a bit awkward here in the beginning.
Also, as far as the more subtle discrepencies that you may notice between this fanfic and Digimon canon is done on purpose. After all, this is an alternate universe fic, right?
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Digimon TZ: The Beginning of The End Episode 1: The Gathering (Part 1)
by: Gennai's Apprentice
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Tokyo, Japan
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In a small chapel, a couple stood before the minister eagerly waiting to be wed to each other. The air was full of excitement... It was the moment everyone had been waiting for.
"Takeru Takaishi," the minister began, "will you take Hikari Kamiya to love and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?"
"I do."
The two had gone their separate ways after high school. From one relationship to another, none had worked out for them.
"And do you Hikari Kamiya take Takeru Takaishi to love and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?"
"I do."
But finally, they had realized what they had missed out on for all these years.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride, Takeru."
Each other.
As the two newlyweds kissed, a young girl shouted from the congregation, "You go uncle, you GO!"
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Later at the reception, TK met with the father of the young girl who had caused the commotion at the end of his wedding. He shook the other man's hand vigorously with a bright smile on his face, "Boy Tai, that girl's as spunky as ever."
"Yeah well, she get's it from her mom," Tai replied with a grin.
"Yeah right, whatever happened to Mr. Large-and-in-Charge?"
"Hey!" Tai countered faking a hurt expression, "For that one, I'm already thinking of what I'm gonna say to you when your kid turns out to be crazier than mine!"
"Well, I'll tell you one thing, gentlemen," Izzy came up from behind clapping both men's shoulders, "until that day comes, my little Gennai's is at the top in vivacity.
Tai just stared at the shorter man, trying to figure out what he just said. Mimi joined the three men, dressed in a pink gown for the event, "He means lively," she explained, "Gennai is a lively little boy."
"Oh," Tai said with a blank exression.
TK couldn't help himself and began to laugh out loud. Tai was still mulling over Izzy's expansive vocabulary as he gave Mimi and Izzy a good hug.
"It's been such a long time since I've seen you guys!" TK asked from behind Tai, "Besides, where is your 'lively' son?"
"Well," Izzy began, "first off, sorry that it has been such a long time since we've seen you guys, but our schedules simply wouldn't permit us to take the vacations that we so deserve and need."
"Besides, Mimi continued, "I don't think you want to know what Izzy's idea of a vacation is," she said with a smirk on her face. "And Gennai, well... he's at home. He's still in school right now, and he needs to pick up his grades a bit."
Izzy struck a pompous stance, "That is correct. It was my decision that he stay home and work harder on his studies. It just wouldn't do to have a son of mine slacking off." The three of them laughed at the poor man as he looked at them bewildered at what it was that was so funny to them.
Over at one of the tables, Sora, Kari, and a couple of their friends, laughed and chitchatted about their love life. Sora noticed Mimi looking in their direction and motioned for her to come over.
As she left, the three men went back to the original conversation on the personality of TK's kid whenever that came around. Tai led the groom and their old friend over to the bar to order some drinks, and continued their aimless conversation into the night.
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After the reception, the two newlyweds went to their new apartment and Kari changed into more casual clothes.
"Kari, I'm going to check the computer and see if Matt answered before we go and get some sleep. We have a lot of packing for our honeymoon tomorrow."
"Ya' know TK this day isn't really complete, I think you're missing something," Kari said lovingly giving him a little peck on his rosy cheek.
"I don't think so. I feel pretty pooped after that elaborate wedding and reception, not to mention all the real good food, fun with our friends, especially Daisu...," TK stopped as he noticed Kari batting her pretty eyes at him, "Oh I get it..." He pulled Kari down and gave her a long passionate kiss. "I'll meet you in the bedroom in a few moments, dear. I just want to see if Matt sent something."
"Fine, I'll just wait here," Kari said as she pulled up another chair.
TK turned on the computer, and logged onto the internet. He immediately clicked on his "New Mail" icon and opened his mailbox to find the expected e-mail from Matt. "Let's see what we got here."
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Dear TK and Kari,
I'm sorry I'm going to miss your wedding. I know you've been planning this for forever, but... If not for not for my stupid contract, I'd probably hop on the next Concord out to Japan and maybe even take a chopper straight to the chapel. Fortunately though, my tour has been shortened because of some weird incidents going on like terrorist bombings and some freak weather. I'll be back in a few weeks. Hope that'll cheer you up. I'm so proud of you TK, I'll dedicate a song to you guys at my next concert.
Your loving brother,
Matt
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"That's so sweet, TK sometimes I wish Tai would be as considerate as Matt."
"Yeah..." TK continued to scroll down looking through the junk mail looking for something else when something caught his eye, "Hey look at this! The e-mail address is , what do you think it is?"
"Open it and we'll find out."
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Dear Digidestined,
A new evil has erupted and has taken over the Digital World! We're all under attack and need your help to defeat this new evil and bring peace back to the Digiworld! I have sent an e-mail to each of you. Please download the executable in the Attachments and open it. It will give you the information you need on how to get here, please HURRY!"
-Gennai
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After Kari finished reading it, she almost fell off of the chair from shock, "TK! What should we do?!" she asked her new husband.
"I don't know, honey," he replied.
The two just stared at the screen, reading the words over and over.
"Maybe we should call Tai and Sora first?" Kari asked nervously.
"Yeah, let's do that."
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Over at Tai's house, his family settled down to get some rest after the long day. Tai and Sora were sitting on their couch as their little daughter Pixie jumped into her father's lap.
"Hey Dad, does this mean Uncle TK and Auntie Kari are now really my uncle and auntie?"
"Yes Pixie, but Kari was always your auntie," Sora said.
"Oh," she replied still a little confused.
"Alright Pixie, time for bed." Tai said picking her up off of his lap and gripped her little hand leading his little "munchkin" to the stairwell.
"But Dad," Pixie said trying to pull her hand out of her father's tight grip, "can't I stay up a little longer? Please! Pretty please with a cherry on top!"
"No." Tai and Sora said together and gave her the look.
As she climbed the stairs, she did a one-eighty, "Hey dad!" Pixie called out.
"Yeah, honey?" Tai replied.
"Could you tell me again about the Digital World before I go to bed?" Pixie pleaded.
"Not tonight Pix, maybe tomorrow night, you have to go to school in the morning."
After Pixie closed the door, Tai and Sora sat down remembering the time surrounding their engagement and marriage. Those were the happy years Tai thought thinking back to their care-free days.
"Yeah," Sora said as if reading his thoughts pulling him even closer. Their lips were a bare centimeters apart from each other when she suddenly pulled back and stuck her tongue out at him and made a funny face. "At least they were until you started getting so obsessed with soccer."
"Don't even get started on that..." Tai said trying to pull Sora closer to him.
Instead, Sora resisted even more and shoved Tai away playfully, "And it took a kidnapping to bring us back together!"
"Hey! I said I was sorry, right?"
He brushed her hand away and pulled her in taking her head in his hands and giving her an incredibly long and passionate kiss.
"Yes, you did..." she murmured into his ear.
"Sora, wait! I just remembered something I really have to do," Tai jumped up causing Sora to back off a little and land on her rear end. "I have to go on the Web and check out something, okay?"
"Taichi Kamiya! Are you SERIOUS?! We're having a romantic momment, and now you have to ruin it!" she yelled. The man was apparently startled by her reaction.
"Hey, Sora, I'm sorry, but this was sorta important, I gotta get this done, before I forget again." Tai was looking down as he was saying, his face a bright red color.
"Fine." she huffed, "I'll be upstairs, call me when you're done. I'm going to search for some vacation getaway we can get away to." She looked back to Tai to see he was blushing again, and continued back to her room where she had some magazines she could look into.
Tai stood there stunned. Stupid, stupid, me! I get every man's dream girl and I just keep messing up. he thought to himself and began dreaming of Sora in some nighties. He shook his head to get the thoughts out of his head, "Alright, concentrate, I just have to finish this business so I can get on to some more important business," he muttered to himself looking back to his room upstains to see if Sora was watching him. But she wasn't.
Once the internet was running, that annoying male voice of his ISP told him he had mail. He decided to check out what was in the mail before he sent in his registration for "Soccer Life." Opening the mailbox, he scanned through all the junk until he found an e-mail from He called out for Sora.
"What now?" she yelled back from the room.
"You just gotta see this!" he yelled back
"Hey, you guys, I'm trying to sleep over here!" Pixie yelled from her room.
"Sorry," the two yelled at the same time.
Sora came out in her more romantic nightwear. "This doesn't have anything to do about your oh so important something, does it?"
Tai didn't answer, his eyes taking in her beauty. "You really want me tonight, huh," he said finally when she sat down next to him.
"Ugh, I don't know anymore," giving him a playful shove dislodging him from the chair. She began scrolling up and down the full inbox. "Get out of debt... Finance a new home... Get easy money... Subscribe to sports magazine... What's so interesting about this?" she asked him as he picked himself off the floor.
"This!" Tai said grabbing her hand and pointing it at the screen, ! I sure hope this is Izzy's new address, but if this is coming from where I think it's coming from, remind me to cancel our service, throw away our PC, and go back to telephones and mail.
"You're so silly, Tai," she leaned her head against Tai's and continued, "It probably is from Izzy though. Hurry up and open it and let's find out."
What they saw was the same letter TK and Kari were looking at that very same second.
Tai looked over to Sora with a lopsided grin, "Well, it's not Florida, Sora, but I guess it'll do."
Sora was about to reply with a witty remark of her own, but stopped when she heard the phone ringing. She picked it up, "Hello, Kamiya houshold." She turned to Tai, handing him the phone, "For you, it's Kari."
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London, England
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Matt looked out the window of the penthouse he was in. Tall buildings covered the skyline. But there was something he saw that made him do a double-take, but shook his head, thinking it was just an illusion. What he thought he saw was a Digmon. He moved away from the window and sat down on a nice big couch on the opposite side of the room. His agent, sitting in a La-z-boy chair watching Matt's every move.
"Look Sam, I know you really care for me, and all, but you've heard what's going on, right?
"Yeah, Matt baby, don't worry about it. I'm sure everything'll be all right," his agent said.
"Look, there are buildings blowing up for no reason, ever since we came here! People are getting hurt all over the city. Don't you think something is going on here," Matt said throwing a sidelong glance at his agent.
"Don't worry kid, the coppers and Scotland Yard are all over it! They have assured me that they have it under control."
Matt knew that if there was one thing that his agent was more afraid of, it was losing a chance to pull in more of the big bucks. "I don't think you get it, Sam..."
"Not yet babe, just ONE more concert and we'll leave 'kay. I promise, we're going back to Japan in a few weeks," the agent pleaded with his eyes and motions.
"Can't you get it through your thick skull!!!" Matt jumped up in exasperation, "The theater where my group was supposed to perform, blew up two days before the concert! What if someone is after me or even worse, wants to make a point with the lives of all the people watching me during the concert!"
His agent also got up and tried to get Matt to settle down, "Trust me, it'll be a smaller building which has gone through several bomb searches and the security in the area will be tripled. You don't have to worry that famous little head of yours."
"Fine then, but remember," Matt said with a warning tone, "it's my pretty little head that's paying for your big ugly butt mister." Matt just buried his face in his hands. "Why don't you go and have lunch and I'll join you later alright," he said finally.
After his agent bowed and left, Matt decided to write an e-mail to his little brother and tell him that he would be coming back soon. When he was connected to the Internet, he realized how long it's been since he saw his brother. He hadn't even made any contact with him for weeks now on his four month international tour. Inside the mailbox was a letter from TK sent to him two weeks ago. He quickly openned it and read it.
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Dear Matt,
Well, it seems that I'm going to be married soon, and we've gotten everything prepared. I really hope you can make it if at all possible, but if not, I understand. I know you told me to get on with it, and get it over with, but it just doesn't seem right without you here. Anyways, since I'm going to be married to Kari that'll mean you'll be related in some way to Tai. :)
Your little squirt,
Takeru
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Matt grinned, picturing his little brother with his best friend's little sister. He knew this day was coming, but there was nothing either of them could do. Their wedding had been extended so many times, some were worried that they were going to break up before the wedding happened. Of course, he knew that those two belonged together and even if time and space were ripped apart, he was sure those two would find a way to be together. Matt sighed.
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Flashback
The two brothers sat at a small rectangular table in the dining room. Matt sat on one side, and TK sat opposite from him.
Ever since their father and mother broke up, Matt had always strayed away from relationships that required commitment. Their had been many women in his life, many relationships that could not hold up to the stresses of stardom. He thought it was a curse for his family. But now, TK was determined to break that curse.
"Y'know TK," Matt began, "I... I... just want to make sure you're making the right decision."
TK looked down at the meal his brother had prepared for them. "The food's getting a little cold, Matt."
"Dammit TK, you know why I called you here!"
TK poked his food a little then looked up, "You don't approve do you?"
"It's not that!" Matt retorted.
"Then what? What's bothering you about me and Kari?"
"It's just," Matt began, "I don't want you to end up like Mom and Dad..."
"Don't worry Matt, it won't, and even if you tried to stop me, you couldn't..." TK said, looking deep into his brother's sorrowful eyes. "Me and Kari love each other, and we want to be together forever, that's that!"
There was an uneasy silence for a couple minutes, then Matt smiled and dug his chopsticks into the noodles and began eating. TK just watched.
"It's good you're not eating. You better watch that stomach, TK," Matt said with a smile, "I don't think Kari would like it if you couldn't fit into your tux on wedding day."
TK smiled, "Tai's setting up a bachelor's party, you coming?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world..."
End Flashback
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"I'll write something back and maybe the news of my coming back soon would encourage him and tell him I'll dedicate one of my songs to him." he said to himself, rapidly typing up an e-mail.
After he sent it, the young singer scrolled down the list of his overstuffed e-mailbox, full of fan mail. He wanted to check out if there were any other letters from his little brother when he ran across an e-mail address that caught his eye.
"Hmm. What's this?" he mumbled to himself. "An e-mail from Hmmm, the Digital World, I'd better open it and see what it says." After he read it, concern growing within him, he immediately began downloading the file. As it was downloading, he pulled out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote a note to his agent that he was going to be out for a while.
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Continued In Part 2...
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Notes from the Author: Now, I know that I could simply state the ages of the Digidestined like in so many other fics, or I could probably just tell you that it's been 19 years since the end of the events chronicled in 01 and let you figure their ages out yourself. But being the creative chap that I am (yeah right), I've decided to try something different. A trailer of sorts. Please bear with me on this one. I'll have it posted at the end of part 2 since it would feel a bit awkward here in the beginning.
Also, as far as the more subtle discrepencies that you may notice between this fanfic and Digimon canon is done on purpose. After all, this is an alternate universe fic, right?
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Digimon TZ: The Beginning of The End Episode 1: The Gathering (Part 1)
by: Gennai's Apprentice
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Tokyo, Japan
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In a small chapel, a couple stood before the minister eagerly waiting to be wed to each other. The air was full of excitement... It was the moment everyone had been waiting for.
"Takeru Takaishi," the minister began, "will you take Hikari Kamiya to love and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?"
"I do."
The two had gone their separate ways after high school. From one relationship to another, none had worked out for them.
"And do you Hikari Kamiya take Takeru Takaishi to love and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?"
"I do."
But finally, they had realized what they had missed out on for all these years.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride, Takeru."
Each other.
As the two newlyweds kissed, a young girl shouted from the congregation, "You go uncle, you GO!"
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Later at the reception, TK met with the father of the young girl who had caused the commotion at the end of his wedding. He shook the other man's hand vigorously with a bright smile on his face, "Boy Tai, that girl's as spunky as ever."
"Yeah well, she get's it from her mom," Tai replied with a grin.
"Yeah right, whatever happened to Mr. Large-and-in-Charge?"
"Hey!" Tai countered faking a hurt expression, "For that one, I'm already thinking of what I'm gonna say to you when your kid turns out to be crazier than mine!"
"Well, I'll tell you one thing, gentlemen," Izzy came up from behind clapping both men's shoulders, "until that day comes, my little Gennai's is at the top in vivacity.
Tai just stared at the shorter man, trying to figure out what he just said. Mimi joined the three men, dressed in a pink gown for the event, "He means lively," she explained, "Gennai is a lively little boy."
"Oh," Tai said with a blank exression.
TK couldn't help himself and began to laugh out loud. Tai was still mulling over Izzy's expansive vocabulary as he gave Mimi and Izzy a good hug.
"It's been such a long time since I've seen you guys!" TK asked from behind Tai, "Besides, where is your 'lively' son?"
"Well," Izzy began, "first off, sorry that it has been such a long time since we've seen you guys, but our schedules simply wouldn't permit us to take the vacations that we so deserve and need."
"Besides, Mimi continued, "I don't think you want to know what Izzy's idea of a vacation is," she said with a smirk on her face. "And Gennai, well... he's at home. He's still in school right now, and he needs to pick up his grades a bit."
Izzy struck a pompous stance, "That is correct. It was my decision that he stay home and work harder on his studies. It just wouldn't do to have a son of mine slacking off." The three of them laughed at the poor man as he looked at them bewildered at what it was that was so funny to them.
Over at one of the tables, Sora, Kari, and a couple of their friends, laughed and chitchatted about their love life. Sora noticed Mimi looking in their direction and motioned for her to come over.
As she left, the three men went back to the original conversation on the personality of TK's kid whenever that came around. Tai led the groom and their old friend over to the bar to order some drinks, and continued their aimless conversation into the night.
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After the reception, the two newlyweds went to their new apartment and Kari changed into more casual clothes.
"Kari, I'm going to check the computer and see if Matt answered before we go and get some sleep. We have a lot of packing for our honeymoon tomorrow."
"Ya' know TK this day isn't really complete, I think you're missing something," Kari said lovingly giving him a little peck on his rosy cheek.
"I don't think so. I feel pretty pooped after that elaborate wedding and reception, not to mention all the real good food, fun with our friends, especially Daisu...," TK stopped as he noticed Kari batting her pretty eyes at him, "Oh I get it..." He pulled Kari down and gave her a long passionate kiss. "I'll meet you in the bedroom in a few moments, dear. I just want to see if Matt sent something."
"Fine, I'll just wait here," Kari said as she pulled up another chair.
TK turned on the computer, and logged onto the internet. He immediately clicked on his "New Mail" icon and opened his mailbox to find the expected e-mail from Matt. "Let's see what we got here."
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Dear TK and Kari,
I'm sorry I'm going to miss your wedding. I know you've been planning this for forever, but... If not for not for my stupid contract, I'd probably hop on the next Concord out to Japan and maybe even take a chopper straight to the chapel. Fortunately though, my tour has been shortened because of some weird incidents going on like terrorist bombings and some freak weather. I'll be back in a few weeks. Hope that'll cheer you up. I'm so proud of you TK, I'll dedicate a song to you guys at my next concert.
Your loving brother,
Matt
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"That's so sweet, TK sometimes I wish Tai would be as considerate as Matt."
"Yeah..." TK continued to scroll down looking through the junk mail looking for something else when something caught his eye, "Hey look at this! The e-mail address is , what do you think it is?"
"Open it and we'll find out."
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Dear Digidestined,
A new evil has erupted and has taken over the Digital World! We're all under attack and need your help to defeat this new evil and bring peace back to the Digiworld! I have sent an e-mail to each of you. Please download the executable in the Attachments and open it. It will give you the information you need on how to get here, please HURRY!"
-Gennai
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After Kari finished reading it, she almost fell off of the chair from shock, "TK! What should we do?!" she asked her new husband.
"I don't know, honey," he replied.
The two just stared at the screen, reading the words over and over.
"Maybe we should call Tai and Sora first?" Kari asked nervously.
"Yeah, let's do that."
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Over at Tai's house, his family settled down to get some rest after the long day. Tai and Sora were sitting on their couch as their little daughter Pixie jumped into her father's lap.
"Hey Dad, does this mean Uncle TK and Auntie Kari are now really my uncle and auntie?"
"Yes Pixie, but Kari was always your auntie," Sora said.
"Oh," she replied still a little confused.
"Alright Pixie, time for bed." Tai said picking her up off of his lap and gripped her little hand leading his little "munchkin" to the stairwell.
"But Dad," Pixie said trying to pull her hand out of her father's tight grip, "can't I stay up a little longer? Please! Pretty please with a cherry on top!"
"No." Tai and Sora said together and gave her the look.
As she climbed the stairs, she did a one-eighty, "Hey dad!" Pixie called out.
"Yeah, honey?" Tai replied.
"Could you tell me again about the Digital World before I go to bed?" Pixie pleaded.
"Not tonight Pix, maybe tomorrow night, you have to go to school in the morning."
After Pixie closed the door, Tai and Sora sat down remembering the time surrounding their engagement and marriage. Those were the happy years Tai thought thinking back to their care-free days.
"Yeah," Sora said as if reading his thoughts pulling him even closer. Their lips were a bare centimeters apart from each other when she suddenly pulled back and stuck her tongue out at him and made a funny face. "At least they were until you started getting so obsessed with soccer."
"Don't even get started on that..." Tai said trying to pull Sora closer to him.
Instead, Sora resisted even more and shoved Tai away playfully, "And it took a kidnapping to bring us back together!"
"Hey! I said I was sorry, right?"
He brushed her hand away and pulled her in taking her head in his hands and giving her an incredibly long and passionate kiss.
"Yes, you did..." she murmured into his ear.
"Sora, wait! I just remembered something I really have to do," Tai jumped up causing Sora to back off a little and land on her rear end. "I have to go on the Web and check out something, okay?"
"Taichi Kamiya! Are you SERIOUS?! We're having a romantic momment, and now you have to ruin it!" she yelled. The man was apparently startled by her reaction.
"Hey, Sora, I'm sorry, but this was sorta important, I gotta get this done, before I forget again." Tai was looking down as he was saying, his face a bright red color.
"Fine." she huffed, "I'll be upstairs, call me when you're done. I'm going to search for some vacation getaway we can get away to." She looked back to Tai to see he was blushing again, and continued back to her room where she had some magazines she could look into.
Tai stood there stunned. Stupid, stupid, me! I get every man's dream girl and I just keep messing up. he thought to himself and began dreaming of Sora in some nighties. He shook his head to get the thoughts out of his head, "Alright, concentrate, I just have to finish this business so I can get on to some more important business," he muttered to himself looking back to his room upstains to see if Sora was watching him. But she wasn't.
Once the internet was running, that annoying male voice of his ISP told him he had mail. He decided to check out what was in the mail before he sent in his registration for "Soccer Life." Opening the mailbox, he scanned through all the junk until he found an e-mail from He called out for Sora.
"What now?" she yelled back from the room.
"You just gotta see this!" he yelled back
"Hey, you guys, I'm trying to sleep over here!" Pixie yelled from her room.
"Sorry," the two yelled at the same time.
Sora came out in her more romantic nightwear. "This doesn't have anything to do about your oh so important something, does it?"
Tai didn't answer, his eyes taking in her beauty. "You really want me tonight, huh," he said finally when she sat down next to him.
"Ugh, I don't know anymore," giving him a playful shove dislodging him from the chair. She began scrolling up and down the full inbox. "Get out of debt... Finance a new home... Get easy money... Subscribe to sports magazine... What's so interesting about this?" she asked him as he picked himself off the floor.
"This!" Tai said grabbing her hand and pointing it at the screen, ! I sure hope this is Izzy's new address, but if this is coming from where I think it's coming from, remind me to cancel our service, throw away our PC, and go back to telephones and mail.
"You're so silly, Tai," she leaned her head against Tai's and continued, "It probably is from Izzy though. Hurry up and open it and let's find out."
What they saw was the same letter TK and Kari were looking at that very same second.
Tai looked over to Sora with a lopsided grin, "Well, it's not Florida, Sora, but I guess it'll do."
Sora was about to reply with a witty remark of her own, but stopped when she heard the phone ringing. She picked it up, "Hello, Kamiya houshold." She turned to Tai, handing him the phone, "For you, it's Kari."
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London, England
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Matt looked out the window of the penthouse he was in. Tall buildings covered the skyline. But there was something he saw that made him do a double-take, but shook his head, thinking it was just an illusion. What he thought he saw was a Digmon. He moved away from the window and sat down on a nice big couch on the opposite side of the room. His agent, sitting in a La-z-boy chair watching Matt's every move.
"Look Sam, I know you really care for me, and all, but you've heard what's going on, right?
"Yeah, Matt baby, don't worry about it. I'm sure everything'll be all right," his agent said.
"Look, there are buildings blowing up for no reason, ever since we came here! People are getting hurt all over the city. Don't you think something is going on here," Matt said throwing a sidelong glance at his agent.
"Don't worry kid, the coppers and Scotland Yard are all over it! They have assured me that they have it under control."
Matt knew that if there was one thing that his agent was more afraid of, it was losing a chance to pull in more of the big bucks. "I don't think you get it, Sam..."
"Not yet babe, just ONE more concert and we'll leave 'kay. I promise, we're going back to Japan in a few weeks," the agent pleaded with his eyes and motions.
"Can't you get it through your thick skull!!!" Matt jumped up in exasperation, "The theater where my group was supposed to perform, blew up two days before the concert! What if someone is after me or even worse, wants to make a point with the lives of all the people watching me during the concert!"
His agent also got up and tried to get Matt to settle down, "Trust me, it'll be a smaller building which has gone through several bomb searches and the security in the area will be tripled. You don't have to worry that famous little head of yours."
"Fine then, but remember," Matt said with a warning tone, "it's my pretty little head that's paying for your big ugly butt mister." Matt just buried his face in his hands. "Why don't you go and have lunch and I'll join you later alright," he said finally.
After his agent bowed and left, Matt decided to write an e-mail to his little brother and tell him that he would be coming back soon. When he was connected to the Internet, he realized how long it's been since he saw his brother. He hadn't even made any contact with him for weeks now on his four month international tour. Inside the mailbox was a letter from TK sent to him two weeks ago. He quickly openned it and read it.
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Dear Matt,
Well, it seems that I'm going to be married soon, and we've gotten everything prepared. I really hope you can make it if at all possible, but if not, I understand. I know you told me to get on with it, and get it over with, but it just doesn't seem right without you here. Anyways, since I'm going to be married to Kari that'll mean you'll be related in some way to Tai. :)
Your little squirt,
Takeru
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Matt grinned, picturing his little brother with his best friend's little sister. He knew this day was coming, but there was nothing either of them could do. Their wedding had been extended so many times, some were worried that they were going to break up before the wedding happened. Of course, he knew that those two belonged together and even if time and space were ripped apart, he was sure those two would find a way to be together. Matt sighed.
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Flashback
The two brothers sat at a small rectangular table in the dining room. Matt sat on one side, and TK sat opposite from him.
Ever since their father and mother broke up, Matt had always strayed away from relationships that required commitment. Their had been many women in his life, many relationships that could not hold up to the stresses of stardom. He thought it was a curse for his family. But now, TK was determined to break that curse.
"Y'know TK," Matt began, "I... I... just want to make sure you're making the right decision."
TK looked down at the meal his brother had prepared for them. "The food's getting a little cold, Matt."
"Dammit TK, you know why I called you here!"
TK poked his food a little then looked up, "You don't approve do you?"
"It's not that!" Matt retorted.
"Then what? What's bothering you about me and Kari?"
"It's just," Matt began, "I don't want you to end up like Mom and Dad..."
"Don't worry Matt, it won't, and even if you tried to stop me, you couldn't..." TK said, looking deep into his brother's sorrowful eyes. "Me and Kari love each other, and we want to be together forever, that's that!"
There was an uneasy silence for a couple minutes, then Matt smiled and dug his chopsticks into the noodles and began eating. TK just watched.
"It's good you're not eating. You better watch that stomach, TK," Matt said with a smile, "I don't think Kari would like it if you couldn't fit into your tux on wedding day."
TK smiled, "Tai's setting up a bachelor's party, you coming?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world..."
End Flashback
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"I'll write something back and maybe the news of my coming back soon would encourage him and tell him I'll dedicate one of my songs to him." he said to himself, rapidly typing up an e-mail.
After he sent it, the young singer scrolled down the list of his overstuffed e-mailbox, full of fan mail. He wanted to check out if there were any other letters from his little brother when he ran across an e-mail address that caught his eye.
"Hmm. What's this?" he mumbled to himself. "An e-mail from Hmmm, the Digital World, I'd better open it and see what it says." After he read it, concern growing within him, he immediately began downloading the file. As it was downloading, he pulled out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote a note to his agent that he was going to be out for a while.
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Continued In Part 2...