Author's Notes: So I decided to change the epilogue a little because Suedou's reboot kind of ruins the ending a little. The game really tries to push that humans and Digimong can coexist so what's with making it so that the Digimon never existed at all? Also, after all the cases Takumi took on in the agency... Resetting the world in the way the game does it undermines all of what he did... Well, anyway, here's how I'd rather have the game end.

Nokia sighed as she and her friends entered the private hospital room Takumi had been transferred to. "So… a week has passed," she tried to smile at the unconscious boy lying in the bed before them. "For Tokyo, it's as if nothing has happened. Today, as always, it overflows with people."

Arata leaned back against the wall before frowning to himself. "With the Digital World separated from our world, all of the Digital Shifts and stuff disappeared. A lot of the property damage from Digimon battles is gone too. I can say what I like about the government, but they really do pull through to get the city running again. The split axes of time have merged once again," the older boy nodded his head and crossed his arms. "I don't know what Suedou did to the timeline, but everything managed to work out. I was surprised he didn't go through a complete reboot, but you must have convinced him to alter the time stream so that—"

"Hey, Arata!" Nokia glared at him. "You self-proclaimed geek! I don't want to hear it all again!"

"You slept through half of it the last time though!"

"That's because I didn't understand you at all!"

"I'm explaining it to Takumi, not you!"

Yuuko sighed at the two bickering friends as she decided to update Takumi on the world's current events. "Sorry we couldn't all visit any earlier than this, but there was a lot we had to take care of. It was actually a bit surprising when we came back because the world seems completely normal. The past eight years didn't change at all, but I suppose that is for the best… Papa is still gone, but I have Onii-chan back now!" She turned towards her brother sitting in the hospital chair with a smile on her face.

Yuugo chuckled as he nodded. "Yuuko told me about how she wanted revenge for our dad. She must have put you through a lot, but I'm glad you were able to resolve everything. Thanks, Takumi." He shook his head and smiled. "Oh, by the way, since Yuuko is still a minor, it looks like I'm now President of Kamishiro Enterprise. It's a bit surprising considering I've only just recently woken up, but I decided Yuuko and I will co-run our dad's company together. So far, I've been getting EDEN running while Yuuko is handling all legal affairs regarding the past eight years. It'll be difficult, but I'm sure we can handle it. It's because of you we can now fulfill our father's dream for EDEN after all. We'll work hard to reverse the damage Rie-san and LordKnightmon did."

The raven-haired girl lowered her gaze. "I'm still very sorry for everything I put you through regarding her, Takumi," she stated. "But even so, I still think it was the right choice to defeat LordKnightmon in the end. She had been so corrupted by Rie-san that together they would have killed you if Kyoko-san, or rather Alphamon, hadn't saved us in time. That said though… it seems that without LordKnightmon Rie-san fell victim to EDEN Syndrome after that day we faced her. She woke up around the same time we resolved things in the Digital World but I had prepared all of the evidence of her crimes beforehand. Fei even found some files within the Kamishiro database titled 'xXx Rie's Demon Notebook xXx' and it chronicles many of her darker deeds…" Yuuko frowned as she remembered reading through the hellish diary. "Before we left for the Digital World, I managed to send the all of the information to Detective Matayoshi."

"That old man sure works fast," Arata crossed his arms and smirked. "The order for that woman's arrest came in the very next day after we got home and I even got my name cleared too." He knit his eyebrows together and frowned. "So according to the detective, Kishibe will only be charged for what she did as herself and not for what LordKnightmon did while in her body… But apparently, Kishibe is also confessing to some of the crimes LordKnightmon did, like offing Yuugo and Yuuko's dad. Right now, Matayoshi is interrogating her, trying to sort out which crimes are actually her responsibility."

Nokia groaned and shook her head. "This is all so confusing! I still don't get it at all. So was it really LordKnightmon's fault or Kishibe's? Who's really going to be charged with the crimes?"

Yuuko took a moment to ponder it. "It could be that Rie-san's ambitions for taking over Kamishiro completely overpowered LordKnightmon, but LordKnightmon also used Rie-san to further her own goal of destroying humanity. Yamashina-san explained to us before how a person's memories are embedded into their body, not just mind, so really, it's difficult to tell where Rie-san's personality ended and LordKnightmon's began. In the end, it might just be more accurate to say both of them are two similar but separate entities sharing the same body," she nodded before lowering her gaze. "I'm actually willing to leave this to Matayoshi-san to figure out though. It would be wrong for me to continue involving myself with my father's murder so you don't have to worry, Takumi. I'm ready to move on from those dangerous emotions you warned me against. Besides, you were trying to tell me all along that I had no reason to turn to them, right?" The quiet girl looked at her brother and friends and smiled. "I have you, Onii-chan, and the others to rely on after all."

"Yuuko…" Yuugo nodded to his sister.

"Hang in there, Yuuko-chi!" Nokia smiled. The redhead smiled before continuing their message. "Oh, and about EDEN Syndrome… With the help of that Yamashina guy, Yuuko-chi managed to release an official statement about that too. We all thought there would have been a lot of backlash against Kamishiro, but with what you managed to do in the Digital World, all of the victims suddenly woke up, just like Yuugo-kun! He's now in rehab and we're all helping him out!"

"That's right!" Arata nodded. "The only victim with EDEN Syndrome left is you…" he seriously stated, "but everybody's expecting you back soon, alright? Afterwards, we can probably try to find a way to access the Digital World and meet the Digimon again… It's… been a bit lonely without them…" He hid his expression behind the collar of his jacket. "I know there were hackers who abused the Digimon, but it looks like your soft-heartedness got through to an even larger bunch. Even people who aren't hackers seem to be missing the Digimon… Right now, there are some scientists and 'specialists' thinking they can try to open up a portal into the Digital World themselves and there are a lot of hackers helping them, but without the Digimon, it looks like all hacking is going back to the analog days…"

"Fei's a bit disappointed at that," Yuuko nodded, "since she lost TigerVespamon, but everyone is hoping to be able to see the Digimon again. Still, the only man who is most likely able to find a way back into the Digital World is missing…"

"Ah, right!" Nokia nodded. "Hey, Takumi… It might be because you left him in Yggdrasil or whatever, but Suedou Akemi isn't here in this world. It's as if he just disappeared off the face of the planet… There's a little tightness in my chest, but…" she frowned as she looked up towards Arata.

"It should be fine," he sternly nodded. "All of his research and the Digimon Capture program are still here, so it's not like he never existed. And even though he's not here, this must be what he wanted in the end. He built this world for you just so you could prove his weird theory, right, Takumi?" The older boy laughed. "Man," Arata shook his head, "I'll probably never understand you geniuses, but I guess I can't complain." His face fell a bit. "But speaking of people being missing from this world… I know this is probably something you don't want to hear, but…"

"Kyoko-san isn't here either," Yuuko sadly stated. "We all looked but we couldn't find her. We had thought she would turn up like Rie-san after LordKnightmon was defeated, but Kyoko-san never showed up among those with EDEN Syndrome. Actually…" she frowned, "we don't even know if Kyoko-san separated from Alphamon and returned with us from the Digital World…"

"But the Kuremi Detective Agency is still here," Nokia reassured the Cyber Sleuth. "Even if we haven't seen her for the past week, we've been taking care of the office for you both regardless." She knit her eyebrows together as she remembered the last time the detective went missing. "Is Kyoko-san around somewhere, I wonder? Is it just that we can't find her?" She sighed as she hoped that was the case. "That must be it." She looked back up towards Takumi. "Only a famous sleuth like you can find Kyoko-san," she seriously told the unconscious boy. "I know there's no doubt about it! So…" Nokia clenched her fists as she felt as though she were about to cry. "Please…!" She fell silent and closed her eyes, wanting her best friend to greet them with his usual grin.

Nobody spoke up for a while as they all stared Takumi's unconscious body. Finally, Arata shook his head. "Hey, knock it off with the gloomy expression," he told Nokia. "It's not like you." Nokia took in a deep breath and shook her head, prompting Arata to frown at her in concern. "Come on. Is that the face you really want to pull? What would Takumi think?"

"I get it," she nodded. "I really do, but…" She worriedly stared at Takumi's body, tempted to try to shake him awake. She refrained though and instead tried calling out to her best friend. "Hey… Please, come home!"

Arata crossed his arms as he tried to give her a reassuring smirk. "Don't worry! We haven't seen the last of him. According to the doctor, all vital signs are looking great. Takumi's gonna be fine. I promise!" he adamantly nodded.

"Yeah," Nokia nodded before staring at the ground.

"Don't be an idiot!" Arata tried to scold her. "What, you think Takumi's wandering around EDEN like a ghost somewhere?" He smirked over at his best friend as Yuugo tried to stand from his seat. "Like a certain someone we know?"

Leaning on his crutch, Yuugo let out an uneasy laugh before Yuuko glared at Arata. The younger sibling's eyes flashed as her piercing gaze made the older boy tense up. "That was a subconscious manifestation of my brother while trapped by the Eaters," she stated in Yuugo's defense. "It was all outside of his control. We're the ones who were responsible for all this happening. Blaming my brother for it is wrong. It's not like he was doing it all for fun. He deserves to have the record set straight, along with an apology."

"Whoa," Arata frowned at her. "Why so serious all of a sudden?"

"Yes?" Yuuko continued to coolly glare at him.

Yuugo looked between the two of them nervously as he knew that he'd have to take over Takumi's role as their mediator. "Now, now…" he tried to get both headstrong hackers to settle down, but they only just intensified their glares. "Oh dear… What would Takumi say in this situation?" he asked aloud while knitting his eyebrows together. "Um… Nokia, do you know?"

"Oh, yeah, that's right!" the redhead managed to cheer up a bit. "It's as Arata the self-proclaimed non-geek says!" she exclaimed with a grin.

"Huh!?" Arata exclaimed as he was forced to break his staring contest with Yuuko to frown at Nokia.

Yuuko frowned at the girl in disbelief. "Are you going to gang up on my brother too, Nokia-san?"

Nokia shook her head as she started for the exit. Arata's frown deepened. "Hey, where are you going?" he asked as she was already out in the hall.

"EDEN!" she declared with a grin. "I'm gonna go on a little search! If I just sit here moping and doing nothing, Agumon and Gabumon will laugh at me!"

"Nokia-san…" Yuuko smiled as this was just like her.

"If there's a ghost, maybe there's someone who's seen it!" Nokia stated. "Sakura-chi's new boyfriend might know something about it, seeing he's friends with Takumi and a paranormal photographer," she nodded to herself. "And if I search EDEN, I just might find some data fragments here and there!" She paused and smirked at herself. "Whoa… Did I hit full-on cyber sleuth mode just now?" Yuugo chuckled at her cheerful optimism before the girl raised a fist into the air. "Okay, it's time to gather information!" She looked over towards Arata and nodded to him. "Come with me, assistant boy!"

As she ran off, Arata knit his eyebrows together. "What? Assistant? Me?" He shook his head before finally straightening up. "Tch! I guess I'll hang with you then," he stated as he slipped his hands into his pockets and went after her. "But let's be clear… I'm the cyber sleuth and you're the assistant, alright? I won't give up on… Hey! Are you even listening?"

"Well, they're as lively as usual," Yuugo chuckled at the pair before looking over towards his sister. "Hm? Yuuko? Is something the matter?"

Yuuko stared at the second pair of goggles wrapped around her right arm. "All this talk of EDEN just reminded me of something," she stated as she began to remove the newly repaired Digivice.

"Isn't that Takumi's?" Yuugo asked, tilting his head to the side.

His younger sister nodded to him as she stared at the device in her hand for a while longer. "Besides repairing it, I went through his files in case there was something we had overlooked."

"And did you find anything important?"

"Yes, I did." A grave expression washed over the girl's face as she turned towards her brother. Yuugo knit his eyebrows together and braced himself for what it was that his sister found. "Onii-chan," Yuuko seriously began, "Can I have you be a taste-tester for me?"

"H-huh…?" Yuugo blinked at her. "Taste…taster?"

Yuuko nodded her head. "I found a list of recipes in Takumi's Digivice and I want to practice making them so I can prepare a bento for him when he wakes up!"

"Is… that so?" the older brother crookedly smiled at her. "This is a rather strange request to ask of me…"

"Please, Onii-chan?" she begged her brother. "It would help to have your opinion and it's only until he wakes up…"

"Alright, Yuuko," Yuugo nodded to her with a soft chuckle. "Let's get going then. Don't forget to return his goggles to him before we go though."

Yuuko nodded as her brother slowly made his way to the door. She turned back towards Takumi and stared at him for a while before setting his Digivice down on the bedside table. The raven-haired girl smiled at how serene the redhead seemed while asleep. "You seem as carefree as usual," she sighed. Sneaking a glimpse towards her brother, she noticed Yuugo was already outside. She quickly pecked Takumi's cheek before straightening up and turning her back towards the unconscious boy. "We'll wait as long as it takes so come home soon, Takumi," she muttered before hurrying to the exit. The raven-haired girl cast one last glance at the sleeping redhead but paused as she thought she saw his Digivice glow for a moment. She studied them for a while longer but frowned when there didn't seem to be anything strange about them. Thinking it was just a trick of light, she shrugged it off before catching up to Yuugo.

Takumi slowly stirred when he heard someone speaking to him. It was a gentle voice yet still very dignified. The boy found it reminiscent of a mother speaking to a child as he continued to listen to whoever it was calling out to him. For some reason, he could sense a bit of hope in the person's tone, but it was still also very sad. He couldn't really make out the words as his mind was completely fuzzy, but he felt as though he knew who it was and this feeling gave him the strong need to open his eyes to see who it was. When some of his senses returned to him, he gently smiled at the black-armored Digimon with a fluttering blue mantle, golden wings, and heavy blade standing before him.

Alphamon stared at him in surprise before smiling at him with relief. "It looks like you've finally woken up. I've been talking to you since I found you, but… I never got even the faintest response out of you. You woke up just when I was about to give up. Can you hear me?"

Takumi nodded his head but he noticed he didn't really have a body. He was also a bit confused because they seemed to be in the Digital Line connecting the Digital World to the real world. He frowned to himself as he felt as though he had just waken up from a long dream, where his mind had been wandering here and there, so looked up towards the Digimon for some answers.

"I guess I should explain the situation," Alphamon stated as the boy blinked at her in his formless state. "Your half-cyber body collapsed after attempting that crazy Connect Jump. The data that comprised you just… dispersed. In other words, you're a husk of your former self. How do you feel?"

Takumi looked down at his strange self but didn't really see, let alone feel, anything. Looking back up at Alphamon, he shook his head.

"Yeah, don't worry about trying to tell me," Alphamon lightly chuckled. "Fate just won't give up on you." Her expression seemed to soften as she continued to study him. "And neither will I." She lowered her gaze as she thought back to everything she had experienced over the past eight years. "Taking on the will of Yggdrasil after so long, becoming human, sleuthing, fighting my comrades… And I had this one assistant who kept doing all sorts of crazy things." She shook her head. "That was a handful, let me tell you." The Royal Knight smiled though as she continued. "But thanks to you, it was all a lot of fun," Alphamon stated. "Thank you," she nodded to him. "I've been wanting to tell you that. Waiting for you to wake up."

Takumi sheepishly lowered his gaze as it was unlike her to be so honest to him. He owed her just as much after all and it was a bit embarrassing to have her directly acknowledge the strength of their bond.

The Digimon chuckled at him. "What is it? Don't be bashful!"

Takumi looked up at her and quickly shook his head as a serious thought crossed his mind.

"What's that? What's going to become of you now?" Alphamon guessed his question. "As I said before, you data dispersed." She lowered her gaze and frowned. "Not even I can gather it back together now. You could wander around in here, in your semi-permanent state…"

Takumi lowered his gaze and closed his eyes in understanding.

"Or… Oh, that's right!" Alphamon nodded as an idea came to her. "You could come to the Digital World. How about it?"

Takumi snapped his eyes open and stared at her in surprise.

"I'm about to get really busy," she told him. "The Eaters were reformatted by Yggdrasil, reverted back to a harmless state of being. But we still don't know much about their true nature. I surmise that their main unit is in a higher dimension that only Yggdrasil can detect. I do plan on confirming that… somehow."

Takumi tilted his head to the side.

"What about Kuremi Kyoko?" Alphamon understood his concerns but shook her head at him. "Of course you would be worried about her too. It seems I've been in her body for so long it's a bit difficult for me to separate myself from her. Our mental data have simultaneously overwritten each other so we'll be performing investigations together as one person. I told you before that we became each other, didn't I?"

Takumi nodded.

"So how about it?" Alphamon smiled at the formless boy before curiously awaiting his answer. "We'll need someone to help us in our investigation. That's a job you're used to, right? Do you feel like coming with me and being my assistant once again?"

Takumi lowered his gaze as he found it a difficult decision to make. He could remain here and try to come up with a way to repair himself. His friends would definitely be waiting for him after all and he couldn't just give up on his promise to return to them. But if there was no way for him to return, then staying with Alphamon would be the best choice. It was extremely tempting but if he remained in this form, he would probably end up decomposing even further, wouldn't he? He didn't want that at all so began frantically shaking his head.

Alphamon chuckled at his distressed state. "Just kidding! No need to get so serious!"

Takumi slowly relaxed a bit as he looked up at her.

"I wanted to see you stressed out for a second," she smiled at him. "I've been affected by you humans quite a bit. That's why I understand why you do what you do. You want to help your friends. I've come to feel that way too," she nodded. "And it's not just me. Look and see," she told him as she held out her Ouryuken towards him.

Confused, Takumi watched as the weapon he had hacked for her glowed and dispersed into data. His blinked as it reverted into his Digimon, prior to their final evolution: SaintGalgomon, Rosemon, HiAndromon, MetalGarurumon (Black), BlackWarGreymon, ChaosDukemon, SaberLeomon, Darkdramon, and GrandLocomon. The boy smiled at his team before looking back up at the one Digimon he trusted the most with his entire existence.

"You see?" Alpamon smirked at him. "In the same way I've been affected… Your Digimon friends have also been affected, by you, and not just a few of them, either. Since you were basically a digital life form as it was, you might be able to guess how large your impact was. The proof lies within these Digimon. Little bits of your data, here and there. Friendship, love, bonds, moments of recollection. To put it bluntly, they are your memories."

Takumi's eyes widened. If he had a body, he was sure he'd be crying by now, but he continued to gratefully stare at his dear Digimon and friends.

"I'm thinking we can collect them, reconstruct your mental data, and reinstall that into your body," Alphamon nodded. "It's unprecedented and a little drastic, but for what we want to do, we don't need to adhere to rationality. I've also got a little of your data to provide." She chuckled when she figured the boy was giving her a smirk. "Don't get mad if that data is a little weird. If there's one thing I'll regret, it's that you won't be able to enjoy my coffee anymore."

Takumi knit his eyebrows together as he sadly prepared himself for their final farewell.

"It's time for us to say goodbye, Takumi," Alphamon reluctantly stated, "My assistant, my companion… my friend." She raised her right arm towards him in the same way he usually did when preparing a Connect Jump. "Okay! Here goes the reinstallation… You will now be the master of your own future!" she declared.

Takumi gave her a determined nod as everything around him faded into white.

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The detective stared at the words displayed on the monitor before putting on a satisfied smirk. The investigator looked away though as the door to the office opened. "Welcome to the Kuremi—" There was a momentary pause as a group teenagers entered the agency. "Oh, good! You're all here. Why don't you all take a seat and I'll heat up some coffee?" the investigator chuckled. "Today's special is chili powder, watermelon, and pickled daikon boiled in fish sauce and lemon—"

"Yeah, I'm going to stop you right there, Takumi," Arata stated, lightly thumping the boy's skull.

The red-haired boy chuckled as he poured himself another cup. "More for me, I suppose," he shrugged. He paused when Yuuko set a cloth-wrapped container down on top of his desk. "What's this?"

"Considering you sounded busy when you called earlier, I made you some lunch again today," the girl smiled at him.

"Really!?" The detective straightened up and began undoing the knot of the furoshiki. "Thanks!"

"Just don't go dumping it into your coffee maker this time," Yuuko frowned.

"I won't," Takumi reassured her as his eyes widened at the lunch box's contents. "Ah! An okonomiyaki bento!" He took up a fork and carefully cut open the savory pancake to see what was in it. "Pork belly, egg, octopus…" He thoughtfully took a bite and closed his eyes. "Shrimp…" he nodded before pausing for a moment. "Cheese?" He opened his eyes and knit his eyebrows together. "Did you just throw every ingredient possible into this?"

"Yup," Nokia smiled. "She sure did!"

"Why? Is there a problem?" Arata asked as he crossed his arms. "Okonomiyaki literally means 'what you like grilled' and since she was taking too long in figuring out what to put in, we just told her to put everything into it."

Takumi shook his head. "But you have to consider the taste profile of each ingredient," he began lecturing them. "The batter already consists of flour, grated nagaimo, eggs, shredded cabbage, and…" he took another bite and nodded. "Yeah, that's dashi instead of water." He swallowed the food in his mouth and continued. "As for any additional ingredient, you need to consider—"

"How is it that your skewed taste only applies to coffee?" Yuuko curiously asked him, bringing a hand up to her mouth. "Well… I suppose that's fine so long as you're able to accompany me on our food tours."

"Oh, speaking of which, here's the report for our last tour of Shibuya," Takumi grinned handing her a folder. "It's a bit wordy but—"

"I'm sorry to interrupt," Yuugo crookedly smiled at him, "but is there a reason you asked us to come over?"

"Oh, that's right!" Takumi turned the monitor on his desk around towards them. "So I've been working on a new program in between cases and I think I've finally done it!"

"Done what?" Nokia blinked at him as Arata, Yuuko, and Yuugo went to inspect the program.

Yuugo's eyes widened as he recognized the coding. "Takumi! This is amazing! How did you figure out the data sequence pertaining to a Digimon?"

"I had Yamashina-san replicate our mental data and used that as a substitute," Takumi explained after taking another bite of his lunch. "Well, more so mine than yours," he shrugged. "You're not really a digital being anymore, but I'm still considered half-cyber, thanks to the way my mental data is uniquely composed. I'm more or less like how Alphamon and Kyoko-san are now. Sure, it's a bit more difficult for me to Connect Jump with my physical body since the conversion process from the physical to digital is a bit more complex. I also can't really Connect Jump as much as I'd like either considering it's incredibly draining. Even just using my Stealth Hide in the real world leaves me crazy hungry." His friends sighed as the ravenous boy shoveled some more food down his throat. "But anyway, by using my Connect Jump and data as the code base for this program, I had Mirei-san refine the system I used before when travelling between parallel worlds. From there—"

"Stop, stop!" Nokia knit her eyebrows together as she was lost long before he began speaking. "My MP's at zero again…" she sighed.

"Oh, sorry, Nokia," Takumi crookedly smiled at her. "Let's just say I managed to upgrade the Digimon Capture program Suedou-san created."

"Huh? Why?" she asked. "The Digimon aren't here anymore."

"Don't you get it?" Arata smirked. "With this, the Digimon can come back!"

"Really!?" the turquoise-eyed girl stared at Takumi in disbelief. "No joke!?" When she saw that Takumi was beaming at her, she jumped up and let out a cheer. "That's my favorite Cyber Sleuth! So, so! When can we see Kyoko-san again?"

"Ah…" Takumi's smile slowly disappeared at that. He shook his head and let out a sigh. "About that… I only just recently finished installing the program. I haven't tested it out yet or anything. And even if it did work, I doubt Alphamon would respond. She's not in the Digital World… at least… I don't think she is…" he knit his eyebrows together. "I haven't been able to track Ouryuken's signature at all…" He placed a hand over his heart as he wondered how the Royal Knight and his team were doing.

"That's why you called us over," Yuuko said, bringing up her hand to her mouth. "You want us to test the program for you, since you no longer have Digimon of your own."

"That's right," Takumi nodded. "Well, in any case, can I see your Digivice, Nokia? I'd like you to be the one to test it out."

Nokia handed him her phone. "Why me?"

"Because out of all of us, you're the one with the strongest bond with your Digimon," he stated. "Besides, don't you want to see Agumon and Gabumon again?"

"Of course!" the girl exclaimed with a nod.

Everybody watched as Takumi connected her phone to the agency's computer. The blue-eyed boy hummed to himself as the program loaded into the Digivice and soon it was ready. "Alright, you're all set! Boot it up, will you?"

Nokia activated the program and a screen popped up from her phone. She smiled as she was able to see the Digital World's colorful plants in the background. "Oh, hey! It's working!"

Arata narrowed his gaze as he searched for any sign of life. "But where are the Digimon?"

Takumi pensively chewed another bite as it didn't seem like his program worked after all. He shook his head and frowned as ten minutes passed and there was still no Digimon in sight. "A failure…?"

"Agumon! Gabumon!" Nokia shouted into her Digivice. "Are you theeeerrrreee!?"

"Nokia…" Yuugo sighed as they would probably have to try again.

"At least we've gotten a bit closer to our goal," Yuuko tried to smile.

"Yeah," Arata nodded before ruffling Takumi's hair, "not bad for someone who's been out of the hospital for only a couple months."

"But don't forget the worlds have been separated for nearly three months," Takumi pointed out, fixing his goggles. "Maybe we'll need more power… Is anyone up for hacking the Digital Line again?" He grinned at the Kamishiro siblings. "I'd say the recently reformed hacker team Zaxon has yet to prove their strength in that regard—"

Nokia quickly shushed him. "Hey, shut up, Takumi!"

"Hm?" the blue-eyed boy blinked at her as he returned to eating.

"Do you hear something, Nokia-san?" Yuuko asked.

"It's a bit faint, but I think so…?" Nokia knit her eyebrows together.

Everyone fell silent and strained to listen. It was quiet at first, but they all soon heard the two familiar cries calling for their tamer. "Nokia…! Nokia!" The five teens smiled at each other as they recognized the voices. "Hey! Nokia!"

"Agumon! Gabumon!" Nokia grinned as the pair of Digimon suddenly appeared on screen. "It's really you!"

"We meet again!" Gabumon happily jumped.

"How is this possible, Nokia?" Agumon asked.

"This is the miracle of our friendship transcending time and space!" the girl exclaimed.

"Really?" Agumon's eyes widened.

Arata cleared his throat and frowned at the over-excited girl. "Really?"

"Okay…" Nokia crookedly smiled. "So Takumi might have made it possible…"

"Ah! Takumi!" Gabumon waved at the boy sitting at the detective's desk. "You really are okay! The entire Digital World will be happy to know you're safe!"

"Eh?" the redhead blinked. "Why wouldn't I be okay?"

"Your data dispersed just before you went home, right?" Gabumon asked. "Alphamon went to look for you but never came back."

"Ah…" Takumi wryly smiled at that. "So she's not at the Digital World after all…"

"Anyway!" Nokia quickly changed the subject. "It looks like we'll be able to meet again after all! A good thing too because Rebellions can't really do anything for the Digimon if there are no Digimon around! Hey, Takumi!" she looked up at the chuckling Cyber Sleuth. "So how do I use your new Digimon Capture program thing, huh?"

"Just scan Agumon and Gabumon and they'll be able to enter your Digivice," he nodded. "Oh, but do that just yet. If you do, they'll have no way back to the Digital World."

Yuugo blinked at Takumi. "You didn't develop a system to send data back, did you?"

"No," the younger boy shook his head. "Data retrieval from the Digital World is easy considering I sort of do it all the time. Sending it back, however…" he nervously chuckled. "It's a bit too risky for me…"

Arata lightly thumped the boy's head again. "Hey," he frowned. "Don't just use yourself as a guinea pig for something so dangerous."

"That's right. We don't need you disappearing on us again," Yuuko worriedly stated as she brought a hand up to her mouth. "But if you want to further your program, just leave this to us. We can establish a part of EDEN as a sort of terminal for the Digimon."

Yuugo nodded. "We'll have to update Cron soon anyway. If we set up a connection point there between EDEN and the Digital World, the Digimon will be able to freely move about as they wish."

"Galacta Park sounds like the perfect place to begin," his sister suggested.

"Ah, how fitting," Yuugo chuckled.

"As expected of the co-CEOs of Kamishiro Enterprise," Takumi smiled. "Well, I'll leave the rest to you to develop then. There's sure to be a few side effects from our breaking of space-time, but that means more cases for me! Besides," he glanced up at his case board, "things have been a bit too quiet for me lately. I kind of miss having to deal with hackers and random property retrieval requests…"

"Wow," Arata smirked at the detective, "you're becoming just as sketchy as Kyoko-san."

"But of course!" Takumi laughed. "That's just a natural result of being a detective. Are you still interested in becoming my assistant, Arata? You've already got the sketchy part down!"

"Like I'd ever work under you!" the older boy stated. "And who are you calling sketchy?" He paused for a moment and crossed his arms. "But, uh… sure… If you need a hand, call me up or something…"

"Excellent!" Nokia exclaimed. "So with Yuuko-chi and Yuugo-kun taking care of the rest of the program and Arata helping Takumi, that just leaves me to…" she paused. "To do what exactly?"

"You don't know, Nokia-san?" Yuuko smiled at her.

Yuugo nodded. "You're going to unite the hackers again, right?"

"Huh?" Nokia blinked at them.

"We can't just let anybody use the new Digimon Connect program," Takumi crossed his arms and nodded. "And no one else is better at getting through to the hackers than you."

"That's right!" Agumon and Gabumon jumped as they cheered her on. "You can do it, Nokia!"

"Agumon! Gabumon!" Nokia blushed as she grinned at them. "Just you wait! We'll be able to hang out again soon! Wish us luck!"

Agumon nodded. "We'd better get going then!"

"We have to tell the others about what you're doing!" Gabumon exclaimed.

"We'll talk again later then," Nokia smiled. "Thanks, Agumon, Gabumon!" She hung up the call and looked up towards her friends. "I can't believe it! We'll really be able to see everyone again. All of our Digimon friends will return!" She paused though as she remembered Takumi's team wouldn't be among them. "A-ah…! T-takumi…!"

"Hm?" the Cyber Sleuth raised an eyebrow at her. "What? Are you worried about me since Alphamon and my Digimon are missing?" He shook his head. "Don't be. I'm sure I'll see them again eventually. They're just busy with their own cases."

"Takumi…" Yuuko worriedly frowned at him.

"It's alright," the boy chuckled as his friends continued to stare at him in concern. "I know I'll see them again… It's why I renamed the Digimon Capture program into the Digimon Connect program." He brought his right fist to his heart. "We're always connected after all. Until then, I have to run the agency in Kyoko-san's place as a proper Cyber Sleuth should!"

"Don't forget we'll be helping you out too," Arata smirked.

"Of course!" Takumi nodded. "Now how about some coffee to celebrate our success?" he asked, raising his empty cup in the air, much to everybody's dismay.

Takumi typed away at his desktop and flipped through a few files on his desk before the door to his agency opened. "Welcome to—Ah! Matayoshi-san!" The Cyber Sleuth smiled at the old man coming in. "I wasn't expecting you to visit!"

The veteran detective shook his head at the young man running the agency. "I would have given you a call, but it looks like you're a bit busy yourself," he laughed, looking at all of the various files cluttered on the boy's desk.

"Are you here about a case?" the redhead asked.

"No," Matayoshi shook his head. "I just came to check up on you and the office."

"Is that so?" Takumi noticed his cup of coffee was empty so poured himself some more. "Um, would you like something to drink? I didn't have time to add anything into the coffee yet, but I do have some mayonnaise—"

"No, no, no! Just regular coffee is fine!" the old man quickly stated. "I won't be staying very long anyway, so forget it." He chuckled as Takumi shrugged and took a sip of coffee. "Yeah," he crossed his arms, "you certainly look like you belong in that chair. Kyo-chan was right when she said you'd eventually be a specialist."

"Hmm?" Takumi blinked at him before looking down at himself. He sheepishly laughed at the man's comment. "R-really…?"

"Of course," Matayoshi nodded his head. "If anything, it's about time you renamed the office to 'Aiba Detective Agency', wouldn't you say?"

"As great as that sounds, I can't do that," the blue-eyed detective shook his head.

"Oh?" the detective raised an eyebrow at the teen. "Are you still holding out for Kyo-chan to come back?"

"I know she'll be back," Takumi nodded. "I don't care how long it takes, but she'll be back. Until then, I'll be watching over the Kuremi Detective Agency for her."

"Well, you're building up quite the reputation for her in the meantime," Matayoshi chuckled. "All these Digimon cases keep coming in and the police still aren't really equipped to handle them. You and your friends sure did make a mess of things letting the Digimon back into our world, but at the same time, it's like everything became a whole lot better. I just hope you can handle it all on your own."

"Even if things get difficult, I'll persevere," the Cyber Sleuth stated with a determined nod. "That's what Kyoko-san taught me. Besides, I'm never really alone so long as I have my friends to support me. It's a vast world out there and it only just keeps evolving with each case."

"Don't I know it," the detective laughed. "Well, you seem to be doing fine. I was getting worried since it's been nearly a year now since you've taken over the agency. Let me know if you need anything, alright?"

"Sure thing, Detective," Takumi nodded. "The same goes for you as well. Oh, and send Inspector Date my regards."

"Right, right," Matayoshi started for the exit. "Oh, one last thing before I go, I'm sure that wherever she is, Kyo-chan will be proud of you. She really did choose a good assistant to succeed her and her father's legacy."

"Thanks…" the teen blushed as the man finally left. Takumi leaned back in his seat as he sipped his coffee. He absently spun the chair around so he could gaze up at the agency's motto. "Doggedly and with all my might, exhibit endurance like hard black iron…" he fondly quoted. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. "No matter how long it takes, I'll be here waiting for your return. So, please… if you ever require the need of your assistant, just call for me and I'll Connect Jump there, no matter how far away you are." He opened his eyes when he sensed a new client outside. "But for now…" Takumi spun his chair around to face the door as it opened. "Welcome to the Kuremi Detective Agency!" As soon as he finished greeting the guest, his blue eyes widened in disbelief at the blonde woman looking around the strangely immaculate office.

She chuckled at how much had changed around the room, but how much Takumi kept the same. Finally, she looked over at the teenager rising to his feet and gave him a smile. "I'm home, Takumi," she nodded.

Takumi wore a wide smile as tears began streaming down his face. "Welcome home, Kyoko-san."

Final Notes: And that's the best way I could come up with to end things... I'm getting a lot of xxxHolic vibes here actually but at least it's not as depressing... I still think Takumi and Kyoko's relationship sort of mirrors Watanuki and Yuuko's, but I'll just leave it at that. I want to actually focus on a few things of the original ending that bothered me after all... Namely... a world reboot... So Suedou finally decides to sort of fix everything but he still kinda went ahead and did his own thing from within Yggdrasil. I don't understand why he wiped himself off the face of the planet. He must really like to annoy the hell out of Takumi, but Takumi was the one who convinced him the world was worth not scrapping! Well, Suedou reminds me of Heiss in Radiant Historia... Always doing their own thing for their own twisted well-intentioned goals... Seeing Suedou in this way makes me a bit more sympathetic towards him. But you know who's not sympathetic? Kishibe... So yeah, if you go to Kamishiro Enterprise, Fei's there and you can talk to her to read through Kishibe's diary. Most, if not all, of what's recorded is before she's LordKnightmon and it's very disturbing. So why the hell does she get a sort of happy ending in the game? Like hell Yuuko would allow that psychopath to be her stepmother. I mean... I'd have outright kill Kishibe off if Kyoko wasn't in a similar state to her... That also bothered me in the end because even though it's nice Takumi gets to be Kyoko's assistant again, she's still technically not the same Kyoko in the game. Alphamon was a pretty big factor in that equation... I still don't really get how Kishibe and Kyoko work, but I feel that Takumi is the same as them now considering his mental data was probably gone from his body for so long, the memories of his body and mind don't really sync up. He's of course still compatible with his body sure, but it's not like his body contains the extra memories his mind does... Oh, another thing about the game's actual ending... If EDEN Syndrome never existed, why is it necessary to still force Yuugo into a coma for eight years? Takumi's is understandable because his data is missing so can't really return, but then that makes me wonder at what point did he fall into a coma. I have no idea how Suedou re-wrote the past but it seriously makes no sense. I guess that's enough of me ranting though... Even though the story is finished now, expect a bonus chapter tomorrow.