"Isn't the setting sun beautiful?"
Willis looked up to see Hotaru standing by him. She gave him a smile.
"Mind if I sit down too?" She asked. Willis shook his head as she sat beside him in the sand. "You were sitting over here by yourself. Is there a reason why?"
"Not sure really." Willis lied. He didn't show he was lying but Hotaru knew.
"I think the reason is that you're used to being on your own. You're an only child who knows too much and has experienced somethings that no one else can imagine." Hotaru told him. She gently nudged him. "How close am I?"
Willis smiled, with a laugh. "On target. How'd you know?"
"Because you're not the only one who has created something to only have it backfire when it's destroyed." Willis looked at her surprised as she gazed out at the sea. She took something off her wrist that resembled a dark crystal on its gold bracelet chain. She held it up for him to see. "This is only a part of my mistake. It's like the mini disk you keep in the false back of your watch. Your mistake cost you your Digimon and your safety. Mine cost me my family and my humanity." She put her bracelet back on with a sigh. "I, unfortunately, made a deal in my previous life. I can't leave the blond girl and the pink haired girl with the weird hairstyles until their line comes to an end. But the end won't happen as long as I'm their guard. The blonde's past life mother knew that. It's a no win for me and a no lose for them."
"That wasn't a smart move, accepting that deal." Willis pointed out. Hotaru nodded with a laugh.
"Yeah, I know but I have an excuse-I was the only survivor of a planet genocide and I had unquestionably unmatched power." Hotaru agreed as the pair looked at the sunset. "I was forced to make the deal whether I knew it or not. And when I was about Cody's age, I was sealed away by my fellows. I'm not blaming them. Like me, they were following orders."
Willis looked at her surprised. "You mean, after all you went through in your past life, you don't hate them for what they did? Man, you're way too understanding and way too forgiving."
Hotaru smiled and stuck her tongue out a little to be cute. "It's just the way I am. I have blood on my hands, Willis. But they don't have as much blood as I do on their hands. I can't be mad at them when I had done so much. They were surprised at that fact when my past life and my current life intertwined together again."
"Hey, Willis! Hotaru! We're gonna light fireworks!"
"Comin', Davis!" Willis called to the goggled boy. "Shall we go set fire to the sky?"
"Yeah! And if I'm lucky-Davis'll get set on fire."