Time marches on in a steady and constant beat…

Some say that in certain moments that they wished that time would stand still

But nobody is that lucky

The destines are not that lucky

A month has passed since the battle at Ken’s castle

And time marched on for the destines

Koushiro and Jun are doing fine. Jun now wanting to feel more like the rest of the team took off on a journey searching for the new destines, Koushiro had gotten a new laptop for Christmas, although when he transferred his files on the digital world, he blew it up. So the link to Jun had been cut off for about a week. Luckily she had her cell phone on her…

Michael was still the same; he had found solace from the battle in anime. He was gobbling series down with an appetite that resembled a Great White Shark. He had joined a manga club at his high school and spent most of his time with his fellow club members. Although after watching Neon Genesis Evangelion he has not been quite the same.

Hikari and Takeru were taking their relationship slowly. Learning more about themselves and each other had drawn them closer together. Though truthfully she hasn’t entirely forgiven Takeru for his violent outburst on Michael.

Yamato and Janet were doing just about as well. Yamato’s parents, after Taichi, had accepted his news about being a father with kid gloves. They understood completely that it was right that a child from a broken home needed to act out, but not like that. Jun and Yamato had come together and started to write a song, Yamato was really excited about the song and they had begun to practice with the rest of the band. The other band members didn’t really like the way the direction of the band was turning, though like any other band they were open to change.

Sora was fine, Taichi was great. Though Sora’s ultrasound had revealed not one but two children. Waiting until Taichi had relaxed enough from the battle; she sprung the news on Taichi

Taichi promptly fainted…which had become a normal trend in the Kamiya house. Not to mention the fact that Taichi’s parents weren’t as thrilled to find out that their sixteen year old son was going to be a father to one baby, but now two, but as already giving their some what of a blessing they could not exactly say that now they were upset. They were now committing theirselves to becoming grandparents.

Mimi had returned to New York to get some more of her stuff. Jyou had begun to move their stuff into their apartment. Though Mimi had some of the best interior decorators in all of Japan to design the apartments. Jyou was just worried that it would become a pink apartment. He prayed for a boy…Not to mention that Mimi’s appetite had grown extraordinary he could hardly keep the fridge and pantry stocked in the new apartment. Although his parents would have nothing to do with him and Mimi and their child, Mimi’s parents on the other hand had become used to it and had given them a platinum credit card. Jyou did not like having to use it but if they wanted to eat he had no choice, he scoured the newspaper each day looking for a job. Instead of going to medical school like he had dreamed about since he was a little boy, he had decided on a more sensible dream, one to become a teacher.

Daisuke and Miyako are doing better, that is Miyako is doing better. She went through a spell where she didn’t talk much to at all. Her parents had sent her to a psychiatrist but she wouldn’t budge. Daisuke had stayed by her side day and night until she broke out of her shell. Though she is recovering very slowly, she doesn’t like to be alone and she tugs on Daisuke as if he had her on a leash. Daisuke was getting odder and odder as time wore on, losing a friend to the dark side was bad enough but to also have a friend die was a great weight on his mind. The others believed that Daisuke had grown up more than anyone else…

Well that about sums up everything that has happened in the last two months…

Besides two points

Ken had not returned, his parents had posted missing posters up across the town, but to no avail. The loss of him was eating a hole in the destines stomachs, but even though the attacks from creatures so long ago, the police would lock them up in the padded room.

And the powers the destines had gained in their recent struggle with evil, had up and disappeared. Though Yamato still swears that he could kick box with the best, though Janet will not let him.

And time marches on…Slowly and surely time does march on, and it does not care who it tramples over to complete its circle.

But what goes up must come down, what comes around goes around, so it was a calm period for the destines, a time to relax and remember times long since past

They had all gathered at Mimi and Jyou’s apartment for a housewarming/get together before Yamato’s latest concert.

“Well that seems like it is everyone” Taichi said holding a glass of beer in his hand, he hated the stuff but after all that had happened to him he felt like he needed a drink. He took a sip of the bitter swill only to catch a very disapproving look from Sora, he sat it down quickly. He cleared his throat gingerly as he looked over the others.

“This had to be said I believe” he raised his glass slightly “I propose a toast, to the ones that could not be here anymore. To fallen friends and friends that have left us, mainly Iori and Jun who could not be with us tonight. And finally to Ken and Wormmon…Kampai!”

The others looked at him with shocked faces; they could not believe what he had just said. The man he spoke of had attempted to kill them and three unborn children.

“Or we can say good riddance and drink to the fact that he is gone finally and we wont have to put up with his shit anymore” Taichi said with a grin

The others muffled their laughter slightly

“That was a terrible joke Taichi” Sora said softly

Taichi’s eyes glanced around the room, it wasn’t the reaction that he had wanted from the others, and it was joke. But the look in their eyes proved that it would take a while before they could all joke about the entire situation openly

He cleared his throat and changed the subject

“So Yamato what is this new song that has been hitting your groupie web pages?” Taichi smiled slightly

Janet blushed and turned away slightly. Yamato moved his blonde hair out of his eyes

“It’s one that Janet and I wrote after everything went down, its called “Bring Me To Life”, in fact she is going to sing most of it”

Sora perked up “Is that true Janet?”

Janet nodded slightly “Yeah, I guess so”

“Oh shut up, she’s got stage fright already even though the show isn’t for another hour” Yamato said with a smirk “I tell her that they could only do was boo her off stage, but that’s not going to happen”

Sora looked up from her seat on a black leather sofa as Taichi wandered off looking at the apartment

“Don’t worry Janet, we will all be there cheering you on”

“Thanks Sora”

Taichi had walked over to wear Daisuke (with Miyako attached to his hip), Koushiro, Jyou and Michael were standing staring out the window over the nightscape of Odwiba.

“Has there been any word from Jun and Iori, Koushiro?” Taichi asked sipping his drink slightly

Koushiro shook his head

“None, not since last night. She had thought she picked up a signal outside of London, but you know how she can get, she is probably getting excited over nothing as usual”

“Do we even have a team in London?” Daisuke asked

Koushiro shook his head no

“We are looking to start teams all over the world, seeing that now we have some of Michael’s team coming to Japan soon. There are other destines out there we need to know what is going on in the world” he added

“What are you talking about Koushiro?” Michael asked

“Now is most definitely not the time to talk about it, but I am seeing a growing of different groups in the digital world, and they are crossing over into our world”

“I don’t understand, I thought Ken was the only one that could do that, but he is gone now,” Miyako said

Taichi took a step up

“It has been a agreement between Koushiro and I that Ken was only a patsy”

“Does any of the others know what you two are thinking?” Daisuke asked his eyes wide open at the fact that it might not be over

“No not right now, but from what Jun has told me, there are a series of demons appearing and then disappearing all over the world” Koushiro said as he put his hand on the cool glass of the window

“Look its best we not think to far into it, right now” Taichi said

“Think about it?” Miyako spoke up “What do you mean not think about it, if what you are saying is true that means that I am a killer, I killed an innocent” Her eyes were beginning to well up in tears, the though of slamming the sword through Ken’s chest made her sick, she could still feel the warmth of his blood splattering against her hands, the feeling of the blade as it sunk into his flesh

Daisuke put his arm around her shoulders

“He was too far gone by then Miyako, there was nothing you could do, and if you hadn’t have done it I would probably not be standing here right this moment. “

“I saw his eyes Miyako” Takeru said as he walked over “The say that the eyes are the windows to the soul, his windows were like black ice, cold and unfeeling, it was the best thing to do”

Miyako mumbled something incoherently

Time ticked on as quiet surrounded the heroes

Yamato took Janet’s hand in his own

“Well we have to go and get ready for the show, we will see you all there right?” he asked

“Yeah we will all be there, in a little while” Taichi pepped up

“I’m not goin…” Miyako started put found Daisuke’s hand planted over her mouth and found his lips next to her ear

“You need to get out and have some fun” he whispered into her ear “I’m getting sick of seeing you spend your entire young life in that damn dark room, if you don’t start acting normal again people will begin to talk, now do you really want that?”

Miyako clenched her eyes shut and shook her head slowly

“Good girl” he cleared his throat “Yeah we are going as well”

Yamato nodded and threw up his hand as a goodbye as he and Janet walked out the door

Sora pulled Taichi close to her and nodded over towards to Daisuke

“Well that was interesting”

A scream rushed through the room as Michael sat bolt right his eyes wide

“ANGELS…What are you all looking at??” he asked

He asked because everyone was staring at him

Takeru shook his head and patted Michael’s shoulder

“Some anime you shouldn’t watch, at least without friends or beer”

Hikari began to giggle slightly

And time ticked on…

Elsewhere…

“This is your captain speaking, we are at our cruising altitude. I have shut off the fasten seatbelts light, please be free to move around the cabin”

Kitsune Yamato unfastened her seat belt and took her carry-on from under her seat. She had silver hair that ran down to her mid-back and amber eyes that could see through someone’s heart and soul. Kitsune was not her real name, it was but a nickname. Kitsune meaning “fox eyes”, since she had become a woman, the nickname had followed her wherever she went.

“This is your captain again”

Kitsune looked up

“Our estimated time to Toky0 International is 8:30 A.M, the approximant flying time is just under twelve hours, so sit back and enjoy your trip”

Kitsune smirked and pulled a laptop out of her bag. She also pulled a pair of headphones from the bag. Setting the computer up on the tray table she inserted the headphones in to the correct jack and turned the computer on. To anyone catching an on eye on the silver beauty it would just appear that she was going to watch a DVD, but this was not the case, she windows into her email account and chose a file attached to an email, it was indeed an video file.

“Kitsune” a dark voice said through the speakers of her headphones “I am in need of your special “talents”. Here is a picture of the troublesome few”

A picture dissolved into focus on the screen

“These are the destines, save for a few that have just joined their midst as of lately. This is the one in particular “

A box appeared on the photo, it highlighted a face on the picture and magnified it clearly

“This is the so-called leader of this motley crew, his name is Taichi Yagami. Your job is to woo him and then destroy whatever relationships he has within his group or others. They believe that there is strength in numbers, so you must destroy that belief and lessen their numbers, with their numbers disbanded, they will be easier to destroy. Your backup plan is to gain their trust and await further orders. Be advised that also you have to watch the two women that are pregnant and report it right back to me.”

The video keyed back to the picture it hung there, Kitsune stared at the picture, her amber eyes flickered as she committed the faces in the picture to memory. Without their digimon partners they would be no problem to destroy

She set her seat back and turned her overhead light off, she stared out as the sun began to sink into the clouds, turning them into a bright pink like color.

A flight attendant walked by pushing a drink cart

“Would you like a drink madam?”

Kitsune smiled slightly

“Sure how about a bottle of sake”

The attendant smiled and left Kitsune the bottle

It was going to be a long trip

Who is Kitsune working for, why do they want Taichi? Are the destines right about Ken?? Find out really soon…

Till then

I remain

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