Trials of Life
I don't own Digimon
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
-+-+ Scene change
(----) Different point of view
(-/-/-) Flash back
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Chapter 21
He watches as Matt and Gabumon were the first to arrive. He waves cheerfully at the pair. "Hey Revmon. Where's Jager?" Matt asks. "He's resting in the car. Want me to go get him?" He asks the tall blond. "No, let him rest up. You guys finished setting most of it up, huh? Looks good." Matt says as he studies the area.
He remains sitting as Matt then adds pop to a cooler. He notices Gabumon sniffing at one of the other coolers. Matt gives Gabumon a look and Gabumon decides to sit down, far away from the coolers. He smiles a bit at this and soon Matt also sits on a blanket.
After a good thirty minutes, some more Digidestine appear in the forms of TK with Patamon in his arms, Gatomon walking in front of Kari, and Ken with Wormon in his arms. The three seem to be talking between themselves as they walk towards where Matt, Gabumon, and him were.
He studies Kari with interest for this Kari is much different then the one he remembers back when they were busy fighting the Digimon Emperor. Kari does have a camera around her neck just like the Kari he remembers, but this Kari doesn't mind wearing jeans. Kari is wearing a golden T-shirt with light blue jeans and white sneakers. Around Kari's waist is a belt with a blue pouch. In the pouch is mostly her Digivice. All in all, someone might think that Kari was a tomboy, and that wouldn't be untrue either, for Kari in part of the track team at her school.
He turns to look at TK, his partner's little 'brother'. TK is wearing the white fisherman's hat that Kari gave him. TK is also wearing a green shirt with the white symbol of heaven on it. He smiles at that, for the shirt was a Christmas present from Jager and himself. TK is also wearing jeans too with blue runners.
He then turns to look at the last preteen, Ken. Ken is wearing a grey shirt with a green stripe on the front as well as grey pants. Ken has black shoes on; he kind of rolls his eyes at that. Ken also has a backpack on, he hopes that Ken has a pair of runners in that pack, for knowing Tai, they'll be a game of soccer sometime today.
"Hey Matt! Where's Jager?" TK asks when they draw closer to the picnic area. "Resting." Matt tells TK. He gets up and says, "I'll go get him." He soon makes his way towards the car. He finds the trunk open and he smirks as he notices that Jager has fallen asleep.
He moves to shake his partner awake, but before he lays a hand on Jager, Jager's eye snap open. He freezes in that instant, but soon the eye soften and Jager says, "Sorry, I was dreaming of old times." He nods and smiles sadly. "Matt, Gabumon, TK, Patamon, Kari, Gatomon, Ken, and Wormon are here." He tells his partner. He's not worried about Jager; they both sometimes wake with that same reaction. It's hard to break an ago old habit, especially one that saved their lives many times before.
He moves out of the way and watches his partner put the seats back and then closes the trunk. They then make their way towards the picnic site. They didn't talk, for they didn't need to. They've been through a lot and know that they'll have more adventures in the future too. For now, these past years were just vacation time and liable to end soon enough, so they just try not to jinx it though.
He watches as TK beams as Jager appears. Kari too smiles happily on seeing Jager. Ken waves his greetings and Matt just holds up his hand but is busy with something. "Hey Jager!" Kari says and Jager says, "Hey guys, sorry, but I got kind of bored so I decided to catch a bit of a nap before you guys showed."
He then heads to his previous spot by the tree and Jager sits by Matt. He tones out most of the conversations going on around him. He just focuses in on the sky above them, for it was a calming effect on him. His thoughts drift onto more pleasant memories.
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He grins as he watches TK play with the freshly hatched Digimon of Primary Village. They've been together for eighty years since the murders of the Digidestine and they decided to take a bit of a break from stake outs and freeing enslaved Digimon by deleting the offending viral Digimon that dare to turn other Digimon into slaves.
For now, most of the trouble of the Digital world comes from viral Digimon hoping to become the next Etemon or Dark Master. He frowns as he thinks about just how many Digimon there are around the Digital World who think to follow in the examples of those evil Digimon. He blinks as a Leafmon appears in front of him.
He smiles encouragingly at the little guy and Leafmon looks happy at that. Then suddenly the Leafmon touches him and bounces away. He stands there, stunned before realising that his it. He growls mockingly and soon begins to chase after a Botamon. He hears giggles and laughter as he pretends to fall flat on his face.
He quickly glances at TK and finds that TK as a carefree smile on his face and that his eyes were sparkling with amusement. He feels himself relaxing and beginning to enjoy himself. He picks himself up and tries again to tag another Digimon.
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He smiles wistfully at the memory. He finds more of the group has arrived as he was having a trip through memory lane. He grins as he notices that Joe looks confounded, he must of have missed Gomamon embarrassing Joe about something. Izzy is talking with Mimi, of all people. Tai is with Kari, Ken, and TK, they seem to be laughing at Joe's expense. Sora is over by the coolers, probably making sure that they have enough food. The Digimon too were getting to know Wormon too.
He kind of likes the fact that Ken's with the group. 'Now we just need Davis, Yolei, and Cody. I wonder if Tai and the others even remember what I said about Ken and Davis? Doubtfully, or they'd have asked already.' He muses as he surveys Jager and Matt.
He gets startled when Patamon hovers in front of him. He suppresses the urge to yelp in surprise. "You look out of it, are you alright?" Patamon asks him with concern in his voice. He sighs and says, "Just going over the few memories that don't involve fighting." Patamon lands to his left and asks softly, "You guys must have been in a lot of battles for you to be able to reach mega level." He nods his head and says, "Most viral Digimon decided to follow Etemon or the Dark Masters. Jager and I were usually the only ones that could take the stronger ones on. Sadly, there were few Digimon that were willing or able to fight them. We also didn't have any back up, so we didn't have time to try and understand why they were on the path that they were on, we mostly just deleted them." Patamon looks at the group in front of them.
Then asks, "What about the others?" He thinks about it and answers, "They were the few that fought, but without their partners, they weren't strong enough." "O." Is all that Patamon would say.
Soon the group decides that it's the perfect time to explain about Jager and him. He picks up his 'brother' and walks over to Jager's side. His partner glances as him and then they both sit down in the circle, he lets Patamon go.
Tai then speaks first and looks at Ken as he says this; "You know that Jager and TK are brothers, right?" Ken nods. "You see, Jager and TK are much closer then that. One might even go as far as saying their twins." Tai says. "But Jager's older then TK, how can they be twins?" Ken wonders. "You're right, of course, but it's true." Izzy says. Ken then looks at TK and then at Jager, clearly puzzled. "I'm from a future that could happen. Technically, I'm TK from over two hundred years in the future." Jager explains. Ken and Wormon just stare with Ken's jaw open.
"You remember what I said about being killed right?" Jager continues after a good two minutes. Ken and Wormon just nod their heads at that. "I wasn't the only one killed that day, it was the whole group." Jager motions to everyone in the circle. "Even three others that have yet to join the group. They are Davis Motomiya, Yolei Inoue, and Cody Hida." Jager tells the whole group. It seems that Kari knows whom Jager is talking about from the look on her face.
"Revmon did tell us about Ken and Davis." Izzy muses and Sora nods in agreement. Ken looks stunned at learning that he had been kill at the time. It takes a few minutes for it to sink, and then Matt asks, "Wasn't Ken suppose to become a puppet for Myotismon?" Jager nods his head at that, but TK says, "But your crest destroyed his data! He can't came back, right?" Jager nods at this, "Very true, plus Ken doesn't have a Dark Spore like he's suppose to have either. The future as Revmon and I remember it has been changing through pass two years. You remember that Gennai mentioned about not being able to visit the Digital World if I wasn't here? That happened back then for Revmon and me, the gates opened four years later because Ken was trying to take over the Digital World." Ken pales at that and a few turn to look at the ten year old.
"It was the combination of Myotismon and the Dark Spore that helped Ken act that way, since both are not effecting him, he'll not try it." Jager states before someone decides to have a long chat with Ken about this. They stop staring at Ken and Ken lets out a breath of air. "But if you're TK, then shouldn't you have a Patamon for a partner?" Ken asks after a minute of silence. "You notice that my appearance is weird, right?" Jager asks. Ken nods and Jager continues, "That event changed me in more ways then one and because a Digimon partner is connected with their partner, Revmon Digivolved along new lines because of me and this X-Antibody program that had been added to him. We don't know much about this program; only it increases my partner's stats and healing rate. It's most likely the source of why Revmon is so strong, and except for Shalindramon, every evolution that Revmon has also carries the X-Antibody program."
Soon everyone turns to stare at him. He just shrugs and says, "It's not that I asked for it." Mimi asks, "So you guys still don't know more about this X-Antibody program after two hundred years of study?" They all just look at Mimi in awe, for it seem that Mimi's just surprised everyone. "Basically, yes." Jager says after three minutes of gawking at Mimi.
"Well, that's nice and all, but you have anything else to surprise us with?" Matt asks. They glance at each other as the memory of the other Digimon flash through their minds. They still have no clue where at group landed, but it's possible that they'll be encountering that group in a few years. "I take it that's a yes." Gomamon says dryly. "Well, it kind of odd is all." He admits to the circle. "Just how odd?" Sora asks. "Well, we did pass a group of like eighty strange Digimon when we were traveling back in time." Jager says. "Strange? How strange?" Izzy asks. "I remember this one Digimon that reminded me of a Agumon, but had light blue strips and more slender." He answers. Jager nods in agreement and adds, "I think I saw a Monochromon made with a really huge horn on its nose and black in colour." He nods thoughtfully at that and says, "Then this red Dino looking Digimon that had this metal helmet and reminding me of a mini Tryannomon."
Then just as Jager was about to describe another one, Tai hold up his hand to stop Jager from continuing. "Do you think that these Digimon are a problem?" Tai asks. They share a look and Jager says, "We don't know, they didn't seem to be awake during the journey so we couldn't judge their reactions to us." "So, you think that they'll show up in our world?" Joe asks. Jager shrugs and says, "I wouldn't put it pass that warp."
"Could we change the subject? We can talk about this later, so could we start eating?" TK asks the group. That caused the tension of the group, which they didn't know existed until then, to dispel. Soon they were taking turns of going through the coolers for food and drinks. They just loosened up too.
After a good two hours, Tai started a game of soccer. Everyone joined in and for a good two hours they enjoyed playing the game. They then broke up into to chat about lots of things and they soon finished the food after seven hours. They soon began to leave, soon only TK, Matt, Gabumon, Patamon, Jager, and himself reminded to clean up. They dropped off Matt and Gabumon at Matt's place and they then made it to the apartment that Jager and him share. TK helps carry the stuff up to the apartment. Soon TK uses the Digi Port to go back home, leaving Jager and him alone in the apartment.
To be continued …