Surprised? I was feeling a little more creative about the last chapter, and what Deeanna wanted. I was originally going to have her ask for a banana split or something like that, but I changed my mind :) And if you thought the last chapter was a surprise, wait 'til you read this!

Deeanna waited until Ken's sobs had quieted. She lifted his chin with one finger, and looked into his eyes.

"Now, what's wrong?" she asked. Her tone, while soft and gentle, dictated to Ken that she expected an answer.

"I don't want to loose you!" Ken said fiercely."I don't want you to die, especially not because of some...whacko Virus Digimon!"

Deeanna blinked.

"I see. But I-"

"YOU may be alright with it, but I'm not!" Ken said through gritted teeth, guessing what Deeanna had been about to say."And I know that the others feel the same."

"Ken..." Deeanna said. She sighed, and gave him a half smile.

"I'm going to find a way to save you." Ken said, his tone both hopeful, and near boastful.

"If Genai doesn't know a way, what makes you think that you can?"

"Because Genai doesn't know me very well." Ken replied."I should have had the Crest of Tenacity!"

Deeanna burst out laughing hard enough to bring tears to her eyes, and almost fell over. Ken allowed himself a small grin.

"And just how, might I ask, are you going to acomplish this?" Deeanna asked, wiping a few tears from her eyes.

"I don't know just yet, but I'll figure it out." Ken answered.

"Well, I'll thank you in advance, I suppose. But-" and for a moment, Ken saw Davis smiling at him through Deeanna's eyes."if you can't, don't be too sad. I wouldn't want you to be. Understand?"

Wordlessly, Ken nodded.

"Good. And if you need to talk about this again, I'll listen. Now, let's get back to bed. You must be tired." Deeanna got up and helped Ken to his feet. She gave him a playful slap on the rear and shooed him."Go on."

Ken smiled sadly, and went back to bed.

Ken woke up, feeling refreshed. He checked the clock. 11:30! He hadn't meant to sleep THAT long. Throwing on a T-shirt, he ran out of the bedroom, skidded on the hall rug, past the kitchen alcove yelling "Yeeeeargh!", and hit the back of his couch. He flipped over the back, bounced off the couch, and slammed onto the floor face first.

"Ouch..." he mumbled, spitting out a mouthful of carpet fluff.

"You sure know how to make an entrance." Deeanna said, stepping out of the kitchen, wearing one of Ken's old shirts, which was like a dress on her, and an apron."You weren't even that flashy on the soccer field."

"Why did you let me sleep so long?" Ken demanded, sitting up, rubbing his face painfully.

"I don't know," Deeanna shrugged."but you seemed to need it."

There was a growling sound. Ken blushed.

"And breakfast, too." Deeanna added, half amused."I made pancakes for the Digimon; there's some left if you want them."

"That would be great." Ken smiled.

Yolei stood in the Digital world, alone. Waiting. She had left Poromon with Kari and Gatomon today. Poromon wouldn't approve of what Yolei was doing. And she did NOT want the little Digimon to interfer.

Yolei checked her watch. It was almost noon.

She hoped that whoever had contacted her would help her get rid of her problem. Deeanna was a problem. She should never have come back...

Sudenly, her watch beeped. It was noon.

"Okay, where are you?" Yolei said aloud.

"Right here."

Yolei turned around quickly.

"You?" she blinked."You are the one who's going to help me?"

"Yes."

Yolei was staring at DarkPalmon.

"I thought you disapeared." Yolei said suspiciously.

"As if!" DarkPalmon snarled."Enough about that. Let's talk..."

After Ken had finished his pancakes, answered the phone, and gotten dressed, and Deeanna had given the sticky, syrupy Digimon a much needed bubble bath, they headed out for a walk.

"The others said they would meet us in the park," Ken said, holding onto Deeanna's hand tightly, pulling her along.

"What's the big hurry?" Deeanna complained, trying to loosen Ken's grip. Ken didn't answer."Oh, come on, tell me! Why the big rush?"

"You'll see when we get there," Ken replied, sounding a little preoccupied.

"Does this have anything to do with that phone call you got while I was giving the Digimon a bath?" Deeanna asked, bringing it up. Ken had been acting all secretive since that phone call. And Deeanna didn't like secrets.

"Maybe," Ken said evasively.

All the way to the park, Deeanna kept asking questions, and Ken kept answering 'Maybe' or 'I don't know'. Deeanna was getting a little angry. She knew something was being kept from her, and that just wouldn't do for the curious Digidestined. She tried to dig in her heals and slow Ken down, but Ken wasn't having any of that.

Soon, however, they were at the park entrance. Ken led Deeanna towards the other side of the park, and around their lilac bushes.

"We're here!" Ken called to someone Deeanna couldn't see yet.

Ken tugged her around the last of the bushes. All of the Digidestined, excluding Yolei, were there. What's more, they were all dressed up in their best clothes. Deeanna had been too preoccupied with trying to figure out where they were going to notice that Ken was dressed nicely, too, in off white slacks and a white long sleaved button-down shirt. He was smiling in a way Deeanna had never seen him smile before.

"W-what's going on?" Deeanna stammered. The girls giggled and grinned evily, pulled out a large shopping bag, and advanced upon poor Deeanna.

Deeanna lay in bed that night, still stunned. Her diamond ring glittered in the moonlight streaming in through the window, as it guarded the thin band of gold and silver that also encircled her finger.

The girls had shoved a white satin dress over her head, pinning her arms to her sides, and Deeanna had had no choice but to put her arms through the sleaves, or fall over. While Mimi and Sora pinned a veil and daisies to her hair, Kari switched Deeanna's sneakers with white dress flats. Still protesting in vain, still bewildered, she was led back to Ken, had a boquet of white roses shoved in her hands, and was informed that she was getting married. This caused her to splutter in shock. The boys thought it was hilarious.

Deeanna was surprised that Ken and the others had been planning this. They even had a priest, for crying out loud! They were serious!

"Of course I'm serious. Why else did I give you that ring six years ago?" Ken had asked, amused.

After that, Deeanna gave up all protests. And they had gotten married there, in the park, next to the lilac bushes Ken and Deeanna loved so much.

And now Deeanna Ichijouji lay awake in bed, listening to Ken, HER Ken, breathing deeply in slumber. The days excitements, not to mention a glorious evening of...well, you know. Deeanna blushed. It had been an unexpected, yet beautiful moment in her shortened life. Cuddling close to her husband, Deeanna closed her eyes, and felt him sleepily put his arms around her.