And here we are. The end of yet another long journey, but that doesn't mean this story is done just yet. Though with the recent information today, that Digimon movie next year might close out Adventure; which I hope ends on a good note.

Shoutout to Starlit Storyteller for all the faves and follows along my stories, even if it's at the end.

And shoutouts to Super Saiyan 3 Odd (Who I can't seem to find your review now. Weird, I did get the e-mail alert.), God of the Challenge, DigimonAT0318, MadDogLucario96, and Whiteling. (Hey, I still loved .tri so much, just would've done a thing or two different.)

Anyways, I can ramble more at the end of this. Let's finish this.

Epilogue

Summer Camp, 50 Kilometers Northwest of Tokyo, Japan. December 31st, 2002. 2109 Hours.
P.O.V. – Ross McGlathery

After our celebration of our victory over BelialVamdemon, and after we had our fun with many of the other Chosen Children around the world, we soon all returned back to Earth. All of us from Japan returned with the Dark Seed children; of course, returning from that gate at camp didn't keep us conscious.
"Hey, Ross… wake up, buddy." I felt the cold snow on my back before I slowly opened my eyes to see Dad hovering over me. I gave him a smirk.
"Oh, I thought Mimi was trying to wake me up; instead I have to wake up to your ugly mug." I told him which caused him to smirk as well.
"Love ya too. Come on." He grabbed my hand and helped me up. "You too, Guilmon." Guilmon was face first into the snow.
"Five more minutes…" He muttered causing us to both chuckle. I rolled him over onto his back to let him get his sleep. After everything, he certainly deserved it.

"So, what happened?" Dad asked. I gave him a quick rundown of what exactly happened, of course it was all second hand for a good chunk of it as it was told by the others first. At the same time, everyone else was reuniting with their families as well. "So, that bastard didn't know how to stay dead."
"Yeah… but we got him this time, and I'm sure of it." I assured him.
"Well, whatever it is… looks like you kids did it again."
"We try. We certainly don't try to make it a habit or a job but we just do what we can… mostly because no one else can."
"I honestly wish you didn't have to risk your life like this…" He put his hand on my shoulder. "But, I know you've got to do it and I know you make me proud."
"Thanks, Dad." I smiled.
"And I know your mother would be proud if she was here too." Shoot, Dad… why'd you have to say that? Now I'm about to tear up.

"WHAT!?" Our attention was quickly thrown off as we heard both Yamato and Takeru scream out. A quick look over saw their jaws practically dropped on the ground with news that I must have misheard.
"What happened?" I questioned.
"Well… my ears are slowly getting worse with age, but if I could swore that I just heard Hiroaki-kun saying he and Natsuko-kun were getting back together… and he was planning to move back in with her." Dad said.
"Oh, you heard that too. I thought I was going insane for a second there." I then looked at Dad. "What did you do?"
"You think I did something? Well… when you guys were dealing with the Kaiser, we just got talking about our past loves; him with Natsuko-kun and me with your mother. I just said a few words but I guess he took it to heart."
"Weird as it sounds… Yamato and Takeru-kun might actually have to thank Osamu for going insane, then." The both of us chuckled as everyone started to get moving back to the cars. Hopefully we can make it back to the city before midnight and the fireworks show.

Odaiba District, Minato Ward, Tokyo, Japan. February 14th, 2003. 1741 Hours.

"A chance to find the phoenix for the flame! A chance to die, but can we dance into the fire!? That fatal kiss is all we need! Dance into the fire! To fatal sounds of broken dreams! Dance into the fire! That fatal kiss is all we need! Dance into the fire! When all we see is the view to a kill!" I really do love Mimi sometimes, mostly because she tends to let me do some really embarrassing things and hell, even join in on them! Like this moment for instant; letting me sing karaoke at this restaurant where we were enjoying a Valentine's Day date. Actually, she started it as a few minutes before when she got up to sing 'Plastic Love' by Mariya Takeuchi before I sang Duran Duran's 'A View to a Kill'. I stopped as the song ended and got a standing ovation.

It was actually something to kill time as we waited for our food which was just brought to our table. I got into the booth and slid right to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"You were great." She said as she wrapped her arms around me before kissing me back.
"Oh, please, I was nothing up there compared to you." I smiled.
"You never give yourself enough credit."
"Sorry, just not used to being with one of the greatest woman in the world." I told her as I brushed my hand through her hair… and then stole one of her rice balls.
"Hey! That's mine!" She got angry, though there was a smile on her face.
"Actually, those are ours." Guilmon and Palmon's claws and vines went across the table to steal most of our meal.
"Hey!" We both shouted at them as we tried to get some of our food back. The past month and a half has been pretty quiet, though we were once again interrogated by the PISA again. After that though, we all kinda melded into our lives as we didn't need to worry about threats from the Digital World… and of course we have an added bonus that we didn't get three years ago… our Digimon got to stay with us.

Everything with the others was all good too. Daisuke certainly matured to the point where I didn't hate his guts. Miyako cooled down and became less of a diva, although she still had her moments. Iori was now more open and forward and less of the shy boy I remembered meeting last year. Ken continued to be a kind kid although was much more confident in himself as he now had himself surrounded by friends; something he claimed he didn't really have before he met us, and was on great terms with his brother again. Finally, there was Osamu. The former Kaiser had truly moved on from his past and now was hopeful of the future. Plus, he was also planning to go out on a date with Jun next week; something all of us are still trying to figure out of how she pulled that off. Last year was truly a year to remember and although there was some ups and downs, we came out of it in good fashion…

Kitamachi District, Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, Japan. December 31st, 2016. 1136 Hours.

The car was now quiet as I was driving down the highway towards our destination. Ren decided to doze off as we were slowly working our way through town on our way north. I glanced over to him and smiled. How much I envy him some days. He'll probably never have to worry about going through all the stuff I had to when I was young. 2002 was a good year and I still hold most of those memories close to my heart.

Of course, that wasn't the end of our adventures with the Digimon and the Digital World.

There still was a few more stories to tell…

Welp… I have to say that's that for 02. Once again, it's been a journey that I'm glad all of you were willing to read and follow.

So, few things. One, considering I changed the whole thing about everyone getting Digimon afterwards; I had to give one of the gang something about their greatest desire. Since I couldn't bring someone back from the dead, change the past, or make Miyako an only child... I early on decided to give it to Takeru. Hey, I've heard plenty of stories of divorced couples getting back together. So there you go, buddy.

Also... yeah, Jun's gonna go out with Osamu. You read one fanfic and suddenly you can't help but ship them all the time. Curse you Athena and your fic 'You Know It's Love'!

Now, finally... what does the future hold for me? Well, I hate to do this to all ya, but Digimon is going to go on hiatus for the time. I'm gonna do Diablomon's Counterattack in the next few days and then I'm braking from this series. It's not like I don't want to get to .tri, I really do... but there are some things there that I don't actually want to shoot myself in the foot with until that movie comes out so that's why there's a pause. Don't worry though... I'm gonna have to be dead for that to happen. If something happens, MadDog will alert you all as he'll probably be one of the first to know.

However, that doesn't mean I'm braking from writing. Actually, I'm gonna take up writing for another project that I've had my eye on for a while. Okay, just a heads up, but I am a brony. I do greatly enjoy Friendship is Magic; sad to see it ending, but hey, 9 seasons isn't bad. One of the admins on FIMFiction, Wanderer D (Who is a big fan of the Tamers/Clone Wars crossover and greatest fanfic of all time 'Secret of the 327th') had a fic he started in 2016 called 'Young Amazons' but only did 3 chapter before putting it on the backburner. (He's been working on a large XCOM 2 crossover right now.) The story is Sunset Shimmer ends up in the world of The Batman (The mid 2000s animated series that was on KidsWB). Actually, I was almost going to take it over back in February/March of last year, but then I finally watched the English Sub of Adventure and then knew I had to do my story first. So, that's the story there. I'm gonna take over with him giving ideas and proofreading and will publish his on his FIMFiction profile; meanwhile, I'll publish the chapters soon after here on Fanfiction so you don't need to go to FIMFiction if you don't want to.

Also, on the down time while I'm waiting for him to proof read, I might also do my Call of Duty 2: Big Red One novelization so keep eyes open for that one too, it's gonna be secondary, but won't be as long.

So, there's that... quite a lot of rambling I did but I thought you guys should just know. Thank you all so much for continuing along with this story and putting up with my delays and all sorts of other things. I hope to see some of you stay along with my writings and I certainly hope you'll all come back when I tackle .tri soon. Until then, God bless you all for support and I love all you guys. Take care.

"Push the button, Frank."
"Uh... it's not working..."
"Hold it down."
"It's not working."
"Aw, jeez... okay, give me a minute"
(One hour later.)
"Welp, that's it, Frank. We're licked."
"Dr. Forrester, I've known you to be many things before, but I've never known you to be a quitter. Are you gonna give up now? Don't quit, live damn it, live!"
"Oh, I remember now. Alt/Function-7."