Bonus Features: Deleted Scenes
Hey guys, Link here again. I decided to include some 'deleted scenes' that were in the old drafts of the story. They're not pretty or edited or even coherent. Some of it has my author's notes I give myself. But, I thought it couldn't hurt.
Deleted Scene One: Henry and Terriermon's Talk
Reason: I wanted to keep Henry and Suzie's conflict in the background until the trials. Besides, I can't imagine Terriermon really bringing up the topic in front of other Tamers that Henry was talking to. Thus, scrapped.
The green and white digimon observed Lopmon lose in the first round to Impmon. It made the digimon feel unhappy. That the cocky loud mouth got to fight and Terriermon could not, it was not fair!
"Henry! Why can't I enter last minute with Suzie? I'm sure she will want to try again." The dog rabbit digimon stared at Henry with anticipation. Maybe, he will say yes! Henry finished shaking hands with a tamer from Ireland and shook his head.
"I would really prefer if you didn't Terriermon. Haven't we done enough fighting over the years? I'm just happy we have a moment's peace."
"Of course I like the peace." Terriermon grabbed a large bag of popcorn and shoved a generous helping into his mouth. "I just like the competition too and I get to cream Impmon. You know if you gave me ten seconds, he would be done like steak!"
"Terriermon..." Henry warned-his voice teetering on between annoyed and firm.
"What? It's true! You know that the only reason we're up here and not down there is because you're avoiding Suzie! You two need to get over your differences and make up. It's not like you to avoid her this much."
Henry made a face.
"I'm not avoiding her-"
"Bullshit," Terriermon turned on him. "You are. We spent how many weeks living in Hypnos here? Three-four? I swear I can list how many empty rooms there are here-and how do I know that? Because we slept in all of them!"
Terriermon!" snapped Henry. "Enough!"
Deleted Scene Two: Fate and Destiny's New Prophecy to lead into 'Destiny'
Reason: A few reasons here. First, I was not sure what BookWormGal has in store for these two in 'Predestination' so I might be making something inconsistent. Second, I insulated that the Ancient One were Fate and Destiny's 'bosses'. I opened more cans of worms with these scene since it's happened after the whole story. Basically they would come back, kinda restart and talk about the prophecy for 'Destiny'. It was too complicated for such a small scene so thus, scrapped.
"Hey Dee. Whatcha lookin' at?"
The prophet slowly walked up to her who was hunched over looking like she was watching something. Instead, all he could see was sand escaping the grasps of her softly cupped hands. Destiny turned her head slightly,
"Time still flows and each speck is as important as the last. However, our minds are like our hands and time escapes us. Why is that?"
Fate groaned rolling his eyes and threw his hands up in the air.
"If you're going to go all mystic and crazy on me then I'm not having any part of it!"
"Fate," Destiny stood up. "Don't you think we should find out if we're alone on this? How can it just be us to that takes care of all of the prophecies?"
The purple digimon didn't say anything but leaned against the wall of the temple they were staying in. It was made of sand and stone. For some bizarre reason it seemed that they belong here. (Include setting? More casual?)
Then the sensation started-like fire and ice encasing them. It made them groan and twitch trying to accustom the orders of the higher ups. (Head honchos? Explain the Ancient Ones here?)
"We have a new prophecy."
"This is dark...so dark."
"Not all of our missions are supposed to be good, Fate."
"Dee-this poor guy is going to die! He might have made a few mistakes-"
"Killing a digimon is a pretty big mistake."
"-But he has people who care about him!"
"We have our orders."
Fate clicked his tounge and watched Destiny create a portal. They were going to leave and start this next prophecy. Hesitating, he wished that somehow he could save the Impmon who was going to fall at the hands of Destiny and Fate. (Too corny? More depth? Fate should be a little more sarcastic...)
Deleted Scene Three: Make out Session
Reason: Honesty? I kept this until the VERY last minute. I decided that maybe it was a little too...risque? I mean they are a couple and everything but I wasn't quite comfortable with the scene. It was a tough call. I wish I had some balls and kept the scene. It was a paragraph nothing more. Actually funny story: I'm supposed to know romance so well since I'm the relationship advice friend in the group and I had to consult not one but two different romance novels to help me write this scene. I don't know if that's sad or hilarious but me writing romance is painfully hard and turns out more humorous. Oh well, it's here. Enjoy.
Everyone was ready to go except for Ian, who refused to come out of the bedroom. Lindenmon rolled her eyes and pushed past the twins to the door.
"Impy, open the door."
"No."
"Impy, I'm coming in whether you like it or not."
Lindenmon changed into her human form and told the twins and hybrid Ai to give them a few minutes. Ai made a snide remark about the two, making Lindy's face turn beet red. Once the three left, she let herself inside and shut the door behind her.
Lindy never saw the whole appeal of men wearing suits. They usually looked uncomfortable, or too stuffy. Plus, she never seen Ian put on anything fancier than a dress shirt and that was only if he absolutely had to. It was a foreign concept looking like a stuffed penguin and Ian would detest wearing something he wasn't comfortable with. Needless to say, Lindy took one look at Ian and she completely understood the attractiveness of men wearing suits.
Rose had picked out a black double breasted Armani suit with a crisp, white, cotton shirt and a red, silk tie. It fit him perfectly, but she noticed he had his tie on crooked. Oh well, Lindy couldn't blame him. He never actually learned how to tie a tie. He looked good nonetheless.
Wordlessly, she walked up to him and undid his tie. Wrapping it around him and redoing it up, she said one simple word.
"Priscilla."
"What?"
Lindy tightened the tie and it smoothly went up. Much better, she thought. Looking up at Ian, she felt hypnotized by him. "My middle name is Priscilla."
He was silent for a few seconds.
"I like that name." he murmured.
Ian locked eyes with Lindy-his Lindy. The one with the soft green eyes, that beautiful smile-all of it was her. It was like fire and ice-so dangerous to play with, but too tempting to resist. Right now, Ian couldn't resist her. He picked her up and kissed her deeply. Giving a surprised moan, Lindy closed her eyes and returned the kiss, sliding her fingers into his messy hair. Ian boldly pushed his tongue into her mouth, tasting the spearmint toothpaste she just used. Ecstasy filled him as she did the same and even surprised him when she bit his lip. Her hands travelled to the back of his neck and traced his skin-a weak spot of his. Sparks shot off, sending pleasurable shivers up both of their bodies. They parted, taking a gasp of air. Ian still had Lindy's legs wrapped around him and she had her arms around his neck.
If only they had more time...
"OH FOR FUCKS SAKE, HURRY UP!" screamed Beelzemon, pounding the closed door. "If both of you ain't out here in ten seconds, I'm breakin' this damn door down!"
...and privacy.
"Thanks." breathed Ian.
"For what? The tie or that?"
He gave a smirk.
"Both."
Flushed, Lindy pulled back and changed to Lindenmon. She already felt her emotions pushed away and she focused on the mission. Unfortunately for Ian, he had to stay in human form and had no luxury of escaping his wild thoughts. So, he did next best thing: covered it up with lots of yelling at Beelzemon and smart remarks about anything he could find.
Deleted Scene Four: Attempt One at an Epilogue.
Reason: Okay first things first. This is not canon in my universe. I basically told myself to write and not stop until I felt like it. This was the result. Too much LindyxIan for my liking and not really tying together what happened in the story. A cute idea for a short story maybe at best but wasn't up to stuff for my ending. It's a long deleted scene-I kinda went a little crazy. Also, I did not edits or revisions-this is as raw as you can get here. That means plenty of weird dialogue, out of character stuff, and horrible wording. Enjoy.
Shit, shit, shit.
Lindy paced the bathroom floor, biting her nails down. She didn't care what they looked like, she had bigger problems to worry about.
The twenty three year old hybrid was in the bathroom of Tai and Yuki's home, avoiding the object on the bathroom counter with all her might. It made her heart beat through her chest, like a conga drum in the jungle. Sweat formed on her brow, making her want to throw the object away and live in la-la land.
She couldn't.
It had been a few years since the whole Azazel episode and thankfully, nothing traumatising had happened since. Well, a few rogue digimon bent on world domination but once you seen one of them, you seen them all.
Lindy had finished school finally and earned her bachelor in Political Science. As well, Lindy got a job with Hypnos as an Ambassador. She was the link between the digital world and the human one. She had been on the job for a few weeks and it's been great! She had to occasionally go out as Lindenmon to deal with Holy Angel matters but after taking over the castle for six months as a temporary leader, she felt more comfortable. Plus, it was made Beelzemon ran the castle for the same six months she was. With Gallantmon owning the Royal Knights, they would frequently meet up and explore the world together. It was actually nice.
Ai and Mako were growing up, faster than ever. Ai was serious about her skating finally and wanted to go competitive. Mako was focusing on his studies. The two were becoming their own people, and depended less and less on each other. It was bittersweet to watch but it made Lindy shed a tear. Impmon as usual rolled his eyes.
Rika and Ryo finally started to date. It was pretty awkward when Rika suddenly grabbed Ryo by the collar and kissed him as soon as she saw him, but they got over it. (Terriermon made sure to not let it go months after it happened.)
Her and Impy were together and happy, especially she was back to living in Japan full time. The Ambassador job did require her to visit Canada often so she never felt like it was goodbye to her friends and family there. One time Ian came over for Thanksgiving to meet Aunt Melissa. It was kinda funny to see him all nervous meeting her one aunt.
Now, Lindy had a different problem. It was a pink stick sitting on her counter reading a plus sign in the small white box. Next to it was a litre of water, and three identical tests...all positive.
Lindy did the math in her head, she couldn't change-that's why she raced to the store to buy the expensive testing kits. And, it was real.
Lindy was pregnant.
She gripped the counter, her knuckles almost turning white. This was surreal. She was going to be a mother. The hybrid woman wanted to feel something move in her womb to make sure she wasn't dreaming but that wasn't possible yet. At most, she was eight weeks, still very early.
"Lindy? Are you in there?" Ai's voice called out. Lindy gasped, trying to hide the nervousness in her voice.
'Uh, yeah-just-just hang on!"
"Lindy, I gotta pee!" Ai banged on the door. "You take forever in there!"
"Ai, give me a minute!" Lindy felt frustrated. Ai was fourteen years old and a complete teenager, with the attitude. She was supposed to be her digimon-not her big sister. Lindy scrambled to put the tests back in the box and find a hiding place-but Ai already opened the door, making Lindy jump in the air.
"Oh my God, can you like be anymore slow?" Ai asked annoyed. She noticed Lindy holding a box in her hand and her brown eyes narrowed at it. "What's that?"
"Nothing!" Lindy blushed bright red and hid the box behind her. Ai simply had to look at the large bottle of water and feel Lindy's apprehension to connect the dots quickly. Ai's face changed into one about to scream in delight. With lightening fast reflexes, Lindy went to cover her mouth.
"Who's home?"
"Just me and Mako." she mumbled through Lindy's hand. Lindy looked embarrassed.
"Oh, I don't know how this happened!" Lindy covered her face. Ai gave a strange look.
"Was that a rhetorical question or do I have to explain that?"
"No! I-I-don't explain." Lindy moaned, keeping her face covered. Ai folded her arms and leaned against the door frame.
"Impmon has no idea does he?"
"None." admitted Lindy. "I just found out."
At this point, Mako came by wondering what the yelling and commotion was about.
"You two synchronizing your peroids or something?"
"Check it out." Ai tossed Mako a pink stick that she swiped from Lindy. Mako caught it unsure of what it was. He read the positive sign and looked back up to Lindy.
"Really?"
"Yes. I can't change into my other forms." Lindy said hanging her head low.
He threw it back grossed out.
'Ew, I don't want to touch this. You peed on it."
"Cap's on loser." Ai rolled her eyes. "Lindy, you gotta tell him."
"No, maybe I'll just disappear for nine months."
Mako and Ai hugged Lindy assuring her that it would be alright. They devised a perfect plan to let Impmon down easily.
That evening, Ian came home quietly stuffing a small box into his back pocket. Him and Takato had been out to almost every jewellery shop in Shinjuku trying to find the 'perfect ring'. Takato, after laughing at Ian's request for ten whole minutes, was actually really supportive. In the end, after lots of complaining on prices (seriously, why are rocks so freaking' expensive?!) he settled on a simple solitaire diamond ring.
"Ya think she's gunna like it?"
"Of course! Girls love shiny stuff. Plus, she's probably been expecting you to pop the question forever."
"What? She has?" Ian paled. Takato laughed.
"Her and Jer were talking lately and I caught some of their conversations. Look, don't sweat it. You'll be fine."
"Easy for your to say..." Ian grumbled. "Why can't she ask?"
"Tradition dude! Guy asks, girl has to plan the whole wedding. After this, you just show up to the wedding, kiss her and it's all good!"
"I know it ain't that easy. It ain't ever that easy with toots." Ian said. A sly grin produced on Ian's face. "So, that means Jer is probably expectin' ya to do this too huh?"
A blush went on Takato's face. "What? Um, maybe. I...I havn't found the best way to pop the question yet either. The ring is in a box at my house."
"Goggle head! You dork, just ask her!" Ian laughed. "She's probably going to freak along with Lindy."
"I don't get all this." Guilmon spoke up finally. "Why are you doing this?"
"Because Pineapple head, I love toots. And I finally want to get her to stop laying around those stupid magazines all over the place. Plus, the munchkins, Tai and Yuki keep giving me those looks. It ain't exactly subtle."
"So...you're marrying Lindy because you want to stop getting magazines?" Guilmon asked. Takato faltered.
"Uh, it's because he loves Lindy, Guilmon."
"Okay, as long as there's food, I'm okay with that!"
He and Takato walked home talking about ways to propose to Lindy. Ian outted anything big or public-just wasn't his style. Something more personal, maybe dinner or take her to the park. Ian looked at the house, it was strangely quiet. A note was tapped to the back of the front door. Curious, he opened it and after a few minutes got to read it. He learned how to read, but it required effort.
Impy, go into the kitchen.
"What are you up to, toots?" Ian muttered to himself. In the kitchen was Tai and Yuki having a cup of tea. This was strange. Usually, they would be making dinner.
"Uh, hey guys?" Ian felt weirded out. The parents gave a knowing smile as they sipped their tea.
"Hey Ian, how was your day?"
Ian didn't say anything but put the ring box on the table. Tai and Yuki almost choking on their tea and stared down at it.
"Ian is that..."
"Well, don't I gotta ask permission first? Seesh, ya think I knew more about this human crap than you two." Ian rolled his eyes. Then he softened. "But...can I ask?"
Yuki opened the box and put a hand to her mouth. She went up and hugged Ian.
"Of course you can. I'm so proud of you."
"Ah, Yuki cut it out." Ian grumbled but returned the hug. Tai patted Ian on the back.
"Well, this will make things interesting. Here you need to read this." Tai let Ian have another slip of paper. Ian raised an eyebrow.
"Another one? Seriously? What is toots doing?"
"Oh, I have no idea. She loves playing games with you." Yuki gave another all knowing smile.
Inside the paper it read,
January 15th
Meet me at the park when you read this.
"If this is one of her complex pranks, I'm gunna kill her." Ian grumbled and changed into his Beelzemon form. Flapping his wings, he travelled to the park and changed back. Night time had arrived and everything was lit up with lights. Not a lot of people were around, so he found Ai and Mako by the playground chatting.
"Munchkins? What are you guys doin' here?"
"Hey! Glad you made it!"
"Uh, sure munchkins. Listen, where's toots I gotta talk to her." Ian looked around but the twins didn't say anything. They both felt Ian's nervousness.
"We gotta give you this-hey what's sticking out of your pocket?" Ai pointed to the small box. Ian sighed and put a finger to his lips.
"Just don't freak out."
Ai and Mako opened the box with the ring inside and they both gasped looking star struck. Silently, they jumped for joy and tackled Ian into a large hug. Ian almost lost his balance and chuckled.
"Okay, okay. okay. I guess you two are cool with it?"
"Can we be the best man and bridesmaid?" Mako asked grinning. Ian ruffled his hair.
"Sure, why not. Oh, what's January 15th? Is it like our anniversary or something?" Ian handed the paper to the twins. They gave a loud laugh and shook their heads.
"Told you he wouldn't know what that it meant." Mako said. He gave Ian another slip of paper. "Go see her. She'll tell you. Oh, maybe you should pop the question first."
"What? I was going to plan that!" Ian growled. Ai put both of her hands out.
"Trust us, just ask her first."
"Fine. Whatever." He opened the paper.
Inside the paper was a pink stick with the positive sign on it. Normally to any other guy in the world, they would instantly get what was going on. However, Ian was not any normal guy. He never even knew what the pink stick was. He looked up and down to the twins for some kind of clue.
"Uh, I'm kinda lost here munchkins."
"Told you he wouldn't get it." Ai retorted to Mako.
"Well, I got it when I saw it!"
"He doesn't know this kind of stuff!"
"Hey, we can't teach him everything!"
"Guys!" Ian gave a look and stopped the bickering between the twins. They would fight over anything these days and it gave him a head ache. "What is this?"
"Go ask Lindy." Mako said simply. The corners of his mouth were prickled upwards, like was trying his hardest not to laugh or smile. Ian walked up the stairs where him and toots would hang out.
"You two better not be pranking me!"
"We arn't!" Ai called out. She turned to Mako.
"Seriously? Giving the stick? I told you he wouldn't get it!"
"Well, he didn't get the date either. I feel sorry for Lindy. She's going to have to spell this one out for him."
Ian climbed the stairs and came up to a overhanging cliff that looked over the city. It was one of their spots to go to. Faithfully, Lindy sat on the edge looking out into the night sky. She looked beautiful with her hair rolling down past her shoulders, and she wore a long summer dress. Ian sat down beside her.
"Hey toots."
"Hey Impy." she replied and pecked him on the cheek.
The two were silent for a minute just looking up at the sky. Finally, Lindy said something.
"So, what do you think?"
"Uh, about what?"
Lindy turned to him with a confused expression.
"You know...about me."
Ian looked around expecting the answer to be presented in neon flashing lights. However, it was just them. Ian thought about the date that she had given him...it was seven months from now...and that stick.
Maybe, she knew he was going to propose to him he thought horrified. And that was her way of saying she wanted the wedding on that day. But, what does that have to do with a pink stick?
"Um...you know?" Ian asked tentavly. Lindy laughed.
"Of course I know! It's me after all!"
"I really wanted it to be a surprise." he looked down sadly. "I'm sorry."
Lindy stopped laughing and for once she looked confused. "Wait, what are you-"
Ian put the ring beside her looking away. "I just wanted to see your face when I asked you. I guess someone must have spilled the beans."
The blonde looked shocked at the box. Slowly, with shaking hands, she opened it and saw a beautiful diamond ring. It as so simple and beautiful, perfect for her and Ian. Wait she thought. He has no idea...
"No, Ian wait!" Lindy grabbed Ian's hand as he got up to walk away. "That's not what this is about!"
"What?"
Lindy gave a bright smile and put the ring on her finger. She kissed him on the lips and whispered in his ear.
"I never knew you were going to propose to me."
Ian's eye flew open.
"Really?"
A tear slipped from her eyes. "Really. I accept. Thank you."
It was like everything was much better. The knots in his stomach loosened. Ian had no idea how nervous he was asking her. The hybrid grabbed her hands.
"I gotta do this right, or else the others will kill me. Gimmie the ring." Lindy obeyed and gently he got on one knee. Looking up, he had a determined look his eye.
"Lindy Priscilla Ramen, will you marry me?"
"Yes, Ian, I will." Lindy felt herself picked up in the air and pulled into a hug. Ian laughed as well.
"Good, cause this stupid thing was expensive. Now, you can wear it."
Lindy burst with laugher as she put back on the ring. Of course he would say that. He tugged at her hand.
"C'mon the munchkins want to congratulate us."
"Not yet." Lindy stopped. "I still have to tell you why I brought you here."
Ian gave a look.
"Toots?"
"Ian...that date...it's a due date." Lindy put a hand on her stomach "How would you feel if we got to see Leon within the next year?"
The gears in Ian's head was working. Ian wasn't a stupid hybrid-in fact, he was pretty smart when he was trying to track down someone. It earned his keep at the castle as a good bounty hunter. The date...Leon...and it all clicked. He hasn't seen Lindy change in a week or so and she looked like she was glowing.
"Are you..." Ian couldn't say it. It felt like he was punched in the gut. Lindy gave a nod more tears coming to her eyes as she smiled.
"Yes, I am."
'When-"
"I just found out today. I couldn't change so I took a few tests and..."
"And you're due in-
"January if my math is correct." Lindy looked uneasily. "Ian are you okay-"
Ian kissed Lindy in response. She felt completely off guard from it but knew that he was fine with it. Her nerves were quieted and her heart stopped pounding out of her chest. He hugged her.
"Of course I'll be okay. I'm surprised but I'm kinda excited to see the kid again. That's why Yuki and Tai were looking at me like that, and the twins-oh God how did they react?"
"They are fine with it." Lindy smiled. "They want to be auntie Ai and uncle Mako as soon as they can. I guess you asked them about marrying me?"
"Pft, almost screamed their heads off."
"Same here." laughed Lindy. "We do have some strange Tamers."
The duo walked down the stairs to meet up with Ai and Mako. They ran up excited like little children on Christmas Day. With eager eyes they looked for their answers.
"I accepted." Lindy showed the ring, wearing the biggest grin.
"I...accepted too." Ian looked away and mumbled his response.
The twins were teenagers but for a few seconds of screaming and jumping in joy, they acted like their five year old selves. For a split second, that's what Ian and Lindy saw in their Tamers-energetic five year old children jumping and hooting for joy.
"Lindy, we're going to be your bridesmaid and best man!" Ai shouted. Mako nodded.
"Ian said we can."
"Oh, did he? Did he plan the wedding colours too?"
'Yep! Bright pink!"
"No, I didn't you smart-asses." Ian playfully pushed his Tamers.
"And Terriermon is going to marry you two!"
Both hybrids paled. God forbid, Terriermon was going to attend their wedding. He would never shut up during the ceremony and probably get smashed at the reception.
"Uh, right." Lindy laughed uneasily. "So, this was an exciting day huh?"
"This is the best day ever!" Mako said. "I can't wait to tell everyone."
The twins took out their cell phones and started to text with their quick fingers. Ian leaned in to his now fiancée.
"How quickly do ya think it will reach everyone?"
Lindy rolled her eyes.
"I should be getting a call from Marianna any sec-"
Lindy's cell started to ring. Looking at the name she made a face.
"Takato?"
Her face turned into a smile.
"Yes! He did just ask me! And...tell Jeri there is going to be a little hybrid crawling around within the year."
All of a sudden, Jeri's voice could be hear clearly through the phone. She started to shout and yell congratulations. Ian blushed.
"Thanks, Jer."
Author's Note: That's pretty much it! The rest was like one line sentences or just little notes scribbled on the sides of napkins or Starbucks frapps. Thank you again for all the support everyone! Next up is updating Successors and I'll start on my next projects. If you want, please check out my Dividant Art account under the username Linkmaste. I have digimon stuff, and some of my original work. Thank you!