So here we are at a chapter I've been longing to do for a while now.

Shoutouts to MadDogLucario96, Whiteling, and DigimonAT0318 for the reviews.

I don't really have anything more to say so let's get on with this.

Chapter 28: Sins of the Past!

Ichijouji Residence, Tamachi District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. August 31st, 2002. 1221 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ken Ichijouji

Mom walked back into the living room as me and Dad sat and quietly talked beforehand. She was checking on Osamu once again but the look on her face said that nothing had changed.
"Osamu… how is he?" Dad asked. She quietly shook her head before she sat back down.
"But I'm sure he'll wake up someday." She said. Osamu was still in his state, practically moving and not saying anything.
"Well, at least he's eating and drinking, but he's kinda of in a state or something." I pointed out. When Mom left him food and drink, we'd find that the food and drink was gone so that at least meant that Osamu was keeping healthy… but he just didn't do anything else. I saw Wormmon peeking out of the hallway with a sad look in his eyes. He'd been pretty depressed about everything lately as well. After all, most of his memories returned as well as mine involving our previous adventures and Monodramon was practically like a brother to him, which has added to his down mood. The only time he seemed to be like his normal self was that little adventure in America a few days ago. The same could be said for me about everything too. The mood in this house was just one of sorrow. I only wish I knew what I do for Osamu to help him.

P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji

I know I should wake up. I know I should wake up and get out of bed, but I just can't bring myself to do that. I wake up and eat and drink what's brought to me but I don't get out of bed or say anything. I stay a waking sleep. I'll stay asleep… in order to find my heart. Where did my heart go? I wasn't always a monster was I? Surly, I must have been a decent person before I became the Kaiser? And where did he come from? What caused me to think the Digital World a game and commit those countless atrocities upon innocent Digimon? I decided to look back at my memories, maybe there was something there to show that I was once a good person… the one Ken looked up to and admired. The first memory that seemed to pop in my head was when I was really little, like maybe when I was six or seven years old. I remember standing on the apartment balcony with Ken who couldn't be any older than three or four, and we liked to blow bubbles. It was simple and yet, I remember we had fun. I had fun. Certainly blowing bubbles couldn't truly be bad could it?

Of course, that was before the time when I started to show my genius… and where everything began changing. Definitely not for the best.
"Mama! I'm home!" I announced as I came home one day from school, only to find Mom talking to one of our neighbors or some friend or even really for the most part, a stranger. And they all were basically saying the same thing.
"Osamu-chan is such a smart boy!"
"I'm so envious of you!"
"He's nothing like our son."
"I wish my son became more like Osamu-chan!"
"What did you do to make him such a smart boy?"
"He's got so many good traits from both of you!"
"He's such a genius!"

That's I can think all of these problems started, right around when I started to stand out from the other children and the word began to spread. And Mom and Dad lapped it all up. They loved the attention they were getting, all the nice things that were being said about me. I wish I had said something like stop drawing attention to me or something else, but I decided to be a good little boy and continue letting the praise go right to Mom and Dad's head. Once the local news got wind of me, it got even worse. I didn't do anything to stop it as it started going to my head too. It made Mom and Dad happy and I wanted to make them happy so I kept going along with it.

Of course, that would be all well and good, but we completely forgot to take in one person's happiness… and that was Ken's. Poor Ken was just being ignored by Mom and Dad who just kept telling me of all the praise I was getting.
"Mama?" Ken tried to get Mom's attention.
"Osamu-chan, people praised me again saying you're such a good boy!" She quickly realized that I wasn't the only one in the room. "Oh, Ken-chan, you're a good boy, too!"
"I'm always just an addition…" I heard him mutter with such a down look on his face. For being such a genius, I was a complete idiot. Ken was feeling so isolated and alone because of our ignorance. I was his older brother, I should've been looking out for him, I should've been there for him sooner but I didn't. I fully understood why those dark feelings started to fester in him, the same probably could've been with me if the roles were reversed.

There was at least one point where things may have actually taken a turn for the better, but there's always a catch. July 3rd, 2000. The day that everything really changed. It was getting late in the evening; I was doing some school work in my room and Ken was also there, for a reason I can't truly remember. That's when it happened, not one but two Digivices shot out of the screen of my computer and landed right between us. If there was just one, I would've assumed it was mine, and perhaps Ken would've thought the same too as he thought of himself as no one special. However, there was two so we both picked up one before questioning for a moment what they were. Ken though maybe they were parts from the computer but no way that could be possible. Of course, we later learned what they were when I accidently held the Digivice a bit too close to the screen and we were both engulfed in a bright light.

The Digital World… was an eye opener to say the least. I have to say that it was slightly better to be in that place with Ken rather than alone. And of course, it wasn't just the two of us for long as we soon met our partners. First time I saw Monodramon, I freaked out and panicked. I was terrified of him. A large dinosaur creature was talking to me, he knew me. Well, I recall Ken liked it better; within a minute he was hugging Wormmon like he was the puppy he always wanted. After a while, I came around to Monodramon and the adventure we shared was great… but why are there so many holes in my memories about it? Why is there a fog involving so many memories of the Digital World? I do know that Ken and I were getting along better throughout, it was like we were before; when I was just plain old Osamu Ichijouji, the kid that lives in apartment 303.

I don't know what happened towards the end of our journey in the Digital World. All I know is that somehow we found a way back home and were back in my room where it was almost nighttime. At first, I thought that Mom and Dad were freaking out about us vanishing for so long but as it turned out… not even an hour had passed. It was still July 3rd. Of course, somehow both our Digivices had just vanished and when Ken finally woke up, he asked me what had happened without any real recollection of the events in the Digital World. I made a big mistake that day; I told him it was all just a very vivid dream. I don't know why I told him that, perhaps, maybe, with the Digivices gone, I assumed the same thing as well. After that, things went back to normal… and Ken went back to feeling himself worthless.

"Whoa, kiddo! Careful! Wouldn't want you to end up like a hood ornament." July 27th, only a few weeks later. How close did things come to tragedy that day? My memories now focused on the day we met Ross McGlathery and Taichi Yagami, two boys who I would later learn as the Kaiser as Chosen Children. The two of them were planning to go to a restaurant but were waiting at the cross walk with us when Ken almost ran out into the street. There didn't look to be any cars coming so jumping the crossing light couldn't have hurt. Of course, we never saw that Toyota coming but Ross kept Ken on the side walk before that maniac flew by. "{Fucking asshole!}" Ross yelled at the car. Thank goodness Ken didn't learn that much English yet. After that close call, the two of them offered to take us to that place they were going and we accepted. We talked with them for a short while and even though they weren't related, they acted like the kind of brothers that both Ken and I wanted to be for each other.

"You're the worst kind of person!" I remember the day that Ken finally snapped and let me have it. He spent almost thirty minutes screaming at me and saying everything that he wanted to say about how he was feeling. I was surprised to hear that he wanted me dead and he even said he wished he ran into the street so I could be run down by that car. My first instinct was my worse one; he ranted for a while before I snapped myself and slapped him. I hit him so hard that I knocked him to the floor and he turned to me with tears in his eyes. That look will always haunt me, when Ken saw me nothing more as an inconsiderate bully rather than a brother. I quickly realized my actions there and begged him for forgiveness as I felt so terrible for what I had done and not doing anything for him sooner. Thankfully, he was quick to forgive, but all was still not well.

The look on Mom and Dad's face when I snapped at them… was almost hard to believe. Here I was, perfect Osamu who does nothing but be well behaved and a good little boy, was ranting and raving at my parents not for myself but for Ken. I called them terrible people for all the inadvertent emotional abuse that they had caused to Ken. I said every nasty word I had ever learned to them, I was red in the face before I finally stopped… but I did what I was trying to accomplish. Instead of getting mad at me, Mom and Dad just broke down and began crying. They felt so shameful about their actions and how they truly thought themselves as terrible parents for practically acting like Ken didn't matter. The moment Ken walked into the room; the two of them grabbed him and held him tight begging for his forgiveness. Sometimes I feel Ken is too kind, but that's what makes him him, because he forgave them in a heartbeat. So, everything should've been better after that, especially when Ken started to shine as a genius in his own right too. It was the birth of the Boy Geniuses of Tamachi and we were as close as we were once before. That really should've been the end of all our problems, but fate always likes throwing the curve-ball.

Sometime last year, a rift was slowly beginning to from between Ken and I as I just was becoming more preoccupied with my studies. I chalked it up to us just growing up, but that was no excuse to practically avoid doing anything with Ken, like going to his games or even just hanging out. The day when everything just went wrong, I was just sitting at my computer and doing what I normally did until I received a strange e-mail from someone that didn't have a name. I should've done the smart thing and deleted it immediately as it was unknown and probably had a virus or something. My curiosity however, got the better of me and I clicked on it. Inside… was something worse than a virus.

"I have been watching your progress for quite some time now and have seen what a talented and truly special young man you are. You have such great promise that awaits you. However, you possess talent, but it is sadly being wasted. You're stuck in a world surrounded by those that only wish to exploit your talents for their own gain. You know well what I mean. Today it's your parents, but soon, it will be more than that. These insects that surround you only leach off your true potential. It's a cruse you must live with. But what if I told you there was another option? A different world, where you wouldn't be crippled by the stupidity of society? A world that will completely free your mind and fulfill your destiny. Open the drawer."

I should've ignored it but something in my mind was gnawing at me, telling me to believe it. Telling me to follow it's advice. I did what was asked and opened my desk drawer. I swear, I know I had opened it a few hundred times before and knew what was in there, but when I opened it the moment I read the e-mail, I found the once missing Digivice just sitting on top of everything in there.
"Use the Digivice." That was the last words of the e-mail. I hesitated for a moment before I grabbed it and held it to the screen and was once again drawn into the Digital World.

Or so I thought… where I ended up… was different. It was a cold and dark place that the light dared to reach. I found myself wandering this place until I eventually came across a dark ocean. When I looked towards it, a dark whisper soon appeared in my mind, but it wasn't like it was someone else was trying to talk to me, I was hearing my own voice with those thoughts. It was telling me to place the Digivice in the water. It sounded like it was my thoughts so I did what I thought was the right thing to do. I stuck the Digivice in the water and it turned into the Dark Digivice. The thoughts said that I had done well, but that this was just the beginning… I know realize that was the birth of the Kaiser. My mind was soon flooded by all my cruel actions… actions that I can never take back. All of it was like watching a movie you hate but you can't turn it off or even look away. The worst one came at the end though… when Monodramon, who stayed loyal to me even after everything, died in my arms. And it was all completely my fault…

Ichijouji Residence, Tamachi District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. September 2nd, 2002. 1016 Hours.
P.O.V. – Third Person

Osamu was still lying in his bed as both of his parents were in his room just looking at him. Ken had already gone back to school and wasn't planning on coming home until class was over while Kaito was taking one of his days off to stay with Ruki. They were both watching him until Osamu started making noises.
"He's moaning… is he having a nightmare?" Ruki wondered. "Dear?"
"Hmm?"
"I've… I've been thinking… all of this… I've been remembering how Ken-chan felt when he was feeling alone and how we practically ignored him and garnered all of our praise and attention to Osamu. I thought, that maybe if we hadn't open our eyes sooner, that Ken probably would've ran away."
"Yeah, I had the same thought too."
"But then I realized, that maybe even though we were proud of both Ken and Osamu… we never really took into account of how they felt, like, maybe Osamu-chan didn't want to do all that attention and praise and rather just be a normal kids. I mean, look at Ken-chan. Ever since he's met those other kids, he's been much happier and normal."

"I know what you mean." Kaito nodded. "We both let ourselves become snobbish being called the parents of a pair of geniuses. Our arrogance caused so much pain on one of our boys, but it probably also caused us to nearly lose the other."
"Yeah, I've honestly believe that we've force both of them into roles they truly didn't want. I mean, do you honestly think that Osamu-chan likes studying? I don't think he hates it, but I think he'd rather just like to enjoy himself and have fun, like any normal kid would."
"I do believe we probably did stop him from being more like himself."
"I always thought that we were decent parents to both of them, even after our mistake… but we just kept up a different one… we've failed as parents." She admitted.
"You're right…" Both of them turned back to look at Osamu.
"Osamu, open your eyes…" "Osamu, give us a chance to apologize." The two of them begged.

"Where did my heart go? What kind of a person am I?" Osamu thought to himself. "When I was little… I used to blow bubbles with Ken. We'd stand on our balcony, with soapy water and a straw with a cut end. I was always the one who made the soapy water, and was the one who cut the straws. But why did I do it? It wasn't to make myself happy, but rather Ken. I enjoyed seeing him happy, especially one day we were blowing."
"Here, Ken, try blowing." Young Osamu handed the cup full of soapy water to Young Ken.
"Okay." Ken put the straw to his mouth and soon began blowing big bubbles. "You do it too!" He handed back Osamu the cup.
"But I'm not good at it." He admitted.
"There's something you can't do?" Ken was surprised to hear that.
"Of course! You're the best at blowing bubbles because you blow kindly. I can't do it, they always burst." He tried to blow one but it burst. He then looked over but found Ken was gone and standing in his place was Monodramon who stared at him for a moment before he burst like the bubble too. "No, wait! Monodramon! Come back!" Young Osamu shouted. "That's right… he won't come back. Monodramon is dead because of my actions." Osamu's mind echoed before he finally woke up.

Osamu slowly raised himself up out of his bed until he was sitting up.
"Osamu!" "You're awake!" His parents ran up to the side of his bed. He turned to look at them for a moment before he finally spoke.
"Who are you?" He questioned. Those words utterly shocked them. "Who are you?" He repeated.
"You don't know who we are?" Ruki looked absolutely heart broken.
"Did he lose his memory?" Kaito questioned.
"No, I didn't lose my memory. What I meant was, what meaning do you have for me?" Osamu thought to himself.
"I can't believe he doesn't recognize us…" Ruki's tears were beginning to show.
"You don't know who I am, either. Who are you? And who am I?"

He tried to get up more but his mother motioned to him.
"It's alright, don't push yourself. We're just happy you're safe." Ruki tried to assure him.
"Osamu, we may have forced you to be someone you weren't without realizing it." explained Kaito. "We're sorry… you should be who you are. You shouldn't be the person we want, but rather the person you wanted to be."
"Please forgive us… and get better soon."
"What are these people talking about? I don't understand. I don't understand what they mean."
"Please, we're begging for another chance." Kaito said.
"You're asking for another chance? Shouldn't I be the one asking for one?"
"We just want you to be you, Osamu-chan! Not the perfect genius everyone says but just our son!" cried Ruki.
"This person is crying… why? I'm the one who's sad." Osamu began to shed some tears. "Tears? Tears in my eyes, too? Why? Why am I crying? At least… at least I can share my sorrow with these people, and try to find who I truly am."

A few hours later, Osamu was staring out the window towards the city.
"I'm empty. Because I don't know where my heart is." He thought to himself.
"Hey, Onii-san, dinner's ready." Ken walked up to him. Ken arrived earlier and was informed about what had happened. It confused him about why Osamu seemed to be suffering from amnesia but he quickly that maybe that was the best. Better to at least not remember the Kaiser. He tapped him on the shoulder and brought him back to reality. "Sorry, Mom says you don't have to push yourself." Osamu looked down and picked up a picture of him and Ken when they were younger. In it, they were smiling and looked happy. "Couldn't tell you when that one was taken. It seems so long ago."

Ichijouji Residence, Tamachi District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. September 5th, 2002. 1436 Hours.

Ken, who arrived home early from school, opened the door to Osamu's room and saw him staring at something on his keyboard that made him wide eyed. It was Osamu's Dark Digivice and his Crest of Compassion. His face took a sad look as he remembered his loyal Digimon, who he treated abhorrently.
"Monodramon…"
"Well, at least you remember him…" Osamu turned around and saw Ken was in his room with Wormmon now popped out of the opening in his duffle bag.
"Monodramon… he's gone…"
"Yeah, he is… he was a great Digimon partner. And a true friend to you… It's not your fault he's gone."
"No, the Kaiser… he's… Monodramon is gone because of the Kaiser… because of me…" He looked heartbroken. Ken sighed.

"You know, he never truly gave up on you… even after everything. He never gave up… and neither did I. How could I? I felt ignored by Mom and Dad and I told you so many terrible and hateful things and all you did was turn that on them and defend me. That's why I came after you. Because I still believed in you, I believed the real you was still in there somewhere…" Osamu began tearing up again. "You know… I said all of this to Ross-san when I was at the Village of Beginnings; it's a place where all Digimon are born and reborn." Osamu's eyes slowly widened upon hearing that. "But… I just want you to know… that I forgive you." Ken said before he left; only leaving Wormmon behind.
"Monodramon believed in you… Ken-chan believed in you… and both of them forgave you. You want to know what I say… there's at least one Digimon that forgives you too… you… you get better, Osamu-chan." Wormmon began crawling away too, leaving Osamu alone in his room once more. After a few moments of contemplating in his mind, he stood up.

"Osamu-chan, how about some tea?" Ruki knocked on the door to Osamu's room. She opens the door, only to find Osamu missing. "Osamu-chan!?"
"What!? What happened!?" Ken ran into the room.
"He's… he's gone!" Ruki began to show tears once more.
"Okay, hang on, Mom, maybe he just walked out… I'll go find him!" He quickly ran back to his room.
"Osamu-chan…?" Wormmon asked.
"I don't know… but I think I've got a good idea."

Digital World. September 5th, 2002. 1514 Hours.
P.O.V. – Osamu Ichijouji

I once more returned to the Digital World and slowly began just wandering through the vast wastes of a rocky desert, all in a bid of trying to find my heart. Where is my heart? I want to find my heart. I want to search for my heart. After wandering for who knows how far and how long, I soon came across a much different sight. It was a strange looking place, with large towers made out of baby blocks and many eggs around the area, but… it all had a sense of calmness and innocence with it.
"What is this place?" I questioned.
"This would be the Village of Beginnings." I turned to see an Elecmon sitting on the ground with his eyes closed as I guess he was relaxing. "This is where Digimon are born… it's also where Digimon who die can become Digieggs and be reborn." I couldn't believe those last words.
"Reborn? Monodramon too?"
"All Digimon become Digieggs and are reborn." He explained. I suddenly felt my spirits soar. There was actually a way to get Monodramon back! That'll solve everything! I'll get Monodramon back and then everything can go back to the way it did!

I ran deeper into the village and was surrounded by dozens of Digieggs before I suddenly stopped. My spirts began to dampen once again as I kept looking at the Digieggs before I came to the sad realization… I didn't know what his Digiegg looked like.
"I don't know… which one is Monodramon?" I ran over to a few more. "Just like I don't know who I am… how would I know which one is Monodramon's Digiegg?"
"Should've realized who you were sooner…" I turned and saw that Elecmon staring at me and he looked upset. "Just because you're wearing something else… still can't hide who you are, Digimon Kaiser! Just what do you want to do with Monodramon's Digiegg!?" He charged me and tackled me to the ground. I clutched my sides in pain as I tried to get back up.

"The Digimon Kaiser… Yeah, that's right… I'm the Digimon Kaiser…" I looked to my hands. I could practically see them dripping with blood of all those I harmed. "I've done horrible things…" How many are here because of me? Did I kill any? Even if I somehow didn't kill any Digimon… "I'm the one who let Monodramon die… Then what am I trying to accomplish by looking for Monodramon's Digiegg?"
"If you find his Digiegg, Monodramon will come back. You'll be free from yourself, the one who let him die. But, you're only doing it to be freed from that guilt. Isn't that so? How selfish. In the end, you're not doing it for him; you're just doing it for yourself. Monodramon wouldn't be reborn for someone as selfish as you!" I clutched my head now as Elecmon said those words.
"Monodramon won't come back? No… no… he has too! He has to come back! He deserves to live again!" "This is the reality I don't want to accept. Monodramon is dead and he'll stay dead because I was so stupid and didn't realize my actions had consequences here. I killed him, it wasn't him giving his power or Chimairamon hitting him… it was my hand that ended his life. Monodramon; who I thought was worthless." I fell to my knees. "I'm the worthless one."

I looked at my hands once again; once again, still seeing the blood drip from them.

"Worthless me. Petty me. But I'm so hurt by Monodramon's death… What if I died? Whether either by that car or out in the desert with Chimairamon… Monodramon would surely be sad for me… Monodramon might be the only one sad for me." "And still, I… I lost Monodramon to my own destructive ways!" I pounded my fist into the ground as my tears began flowing again.
"What you did is something unforgivable. What is done cannot be undone. You can't erase the past. Everything is part of you: the good and the bad are both part of you." Elecmon said. My tears kept coming.
"I have to live accepting everything in me. That I'm the Digimon Kaiser… That I killed Monodramon and caused the suffering of countless others… It's fine… I'll be able to… Because, Monodramon, the memories of you being with me will make me strong." "That's right… Monodramon, you were always with me." I looked up from the ground. "Back then, when we explored the Digital World with Ken and Wormmon, you were there with me… My forgotten memories? No, the memories I locked away… But why? Why did I have to forget?"

Digital World. Date Unknown. Time Unknown.

We were wandering through the desert when a Gazimon tried to ambush Ken but thankfully Wormmon protected him.
"Not anyone else's, just yours. Just like your heart is yours, don't forget that." Wormmon finished saying some encouraging words to Ken.
"What's wrong, Osamu-chan?" Monodramon asked me.
"Oh… it's just… I feel like I shouldn't let Wormmon take that burden he carries. Ken's my brother, I should be the one that's defending him, you know?" Monodramon chuckled. "What's so funny?"
"That's what I like about you so much, Osamu-chan. Your compassion, your desire to be compassionate to those around you."
"Yeah… I don't do as much of that at home as I should."
"You don't give yourself enough credit. You're a good and compassionate person, Osamu-chan. That's who you truly are, and I'm proud to be your Digimon partner."

Village of Beginnings, Digital World. September 5th, 2002. 1644 Hours.

"I'm such an idiot… I was lying when I told myself I didn't have anything or anyone would miss me. It was easier to think that way. It was easier to hate myself. If I was gone, there would be people who would miss me. Wormmon, Mom, Dad… Ken… Monodramon, I'm sorry… I'll live accepting all the unforgivable things I've done." As soon as I said that, a bright blue light began shinning out of my pocket. I pulled it out and found it was my Crest that was glowing. "What…?"
"That's… that's your Crest." Elecmon sounded just a surprised as me.
"My Crest?" I noticed out of the corner of my eye a Digiegg that begins glowing the same color too.
"Osamu-chan, find me!" I felt like I was hearing a very young voice in my mind. "Hurry up and find me!" I walked over to the egg. "Hurry, hurry!"
"This Digiegg…" Could it really be? "Why is it glowing like this?" I touched it and it exploded in light before the egg shattered and was replaced by a stone crib. And inside it, was a small blue and yellow creature with sort of a fleshy horn on its head… this could only be Monodramon's Baby Form.

"Mono…dramon?"
"Osamu-chan…" He wasn't saying anything but in his eyes and in my mind, I knew what he wanted to say. I slowly began to tear up. "You looked for my egg?" I smiled through them and nodded.
"I looked for it, really hard." I picked him up.
"Great! I knew you'd be able to find me!"
"Monodramon…"
"What, Osamu-chan?"
"Thank you for being born." My tears were really flowing. I wasn't the only one, he was crying too. I then embraced him, so happy that I could at least right one wrong at least.

"Thought I would find you here." I heard Ken's voice and looked up to see him and Wormmon approaching me.
"Ken!" I got up and gave him a hard hug.
"Hey, easy! Easy, Onii-san! You're crushing me!"
"Oh, sorry!" I chuckled.
"I see you found Monodramon…"
"Or Ketomon as he is right now." Wormmon informed.
"Yeah, I did… thank you, Ken."
"For what?"
"For still believing in me… even when I didn't believe in myself."
"It's okay… it's okay…" We broke the hug. "Come on, Mom and Dad are really worried right now. Let's go home."

P.O.V. – Third Person

"He may never come back this time!" Ruki bawled into her hands as the sun began to set. Kaito sat with her on the couch trying to assure her but there was no real way he could assure her of anything.
"Don't say that! I'm sure he'll come back!" The door opened and Ken walked in into the living room.
"Hey, guess who I found at the beach?" Ken motioned and Osamu walked in behind him.
"Osamu-chan!?" Ruki exclaimed as both her and Kaito quickly got up off the couch.
"Why did you leave?" Kaito asked.
"We thought you disappeared again…" Seeing his mother's tears, made Osamu begin to cry.
"I'm ready to be your son again, Mom..."
"What did you just say? 'Mom'? Did you say 'Mom'?"
"Mom… thank you for giving birth to me." Ruki just cried more, though they were more joyful tears now "Dad… sorry for making you worry." Kaito just chuckled, happy that everything was good now. Soon, the entire Ichijouji family was embracing each other while Wormmon and Ketomon were near the door watching everything with some tears in their eyes too.

Osamu may have come to terms with his past and actions, but the threat to the Digital World was only now going to be greater…

So, I'm really happy with how this one came out. Even though he's alive, I still wanted to include somethings from the original episode like Osamu striking Ken or the phrase 'Only the worse kind of people...'

And also... look the Ichijouji's get a lot of crap, and yeah, they made some major mistakes, but I still consider them to be better parents because they still care at least, as opposed to some other parents I've seen on TV. Freaking Francine's parents, what bastards. Freaking just abandoning her at the airport because they wouldn't let babies in first class. (I know it's American Dad, but still.)

Anyways, that's all I got to say, see you next time.

"Push the button, Frank"