A Blast from the Past

The Digivolution is up and running
Didja see, didja hear, didja know it was coming?
Our DigiDestiny starts today; let me hear you say…DIGIMON!
Digimon: Digital Monsters; Digimon are the Champions
Digimon: Digital Monsters; Digimon are the Champions
After a moment of deep thought-which wasn't that long, actually-Tai came up with a plan to separate the team into three groups.
"All right-this is how it's going to go. Since both teams-us older kids and you guys-have Mega Digimon, we'll have to split it right down the middle for one of our groups. Team I will be me, Izzy, Sora and Mimi handling the situation on the Net. Matt, Joe, Cody and T.K. can handle the Real World. Once that's finished, Matt and T.K. bolt for the nearest computer and get online ASAP! That just leaves Davis, Ken, Yolei and Kari to make a trip to the Digital World." The others sounded impressed, but Gennai saw some flaws in the plan.
"Not a bad plan Tai, but what would happen if Diaboromon were to incapacitate the Mega Digimon for that specific team and Digivolved to a higher level than the other DigiDestined could handle? Don't worry-Azulongmon and I thought this all out when we discovered that Diaboromon had returned and he lent me another orb." The DigiDestined groaned as he pulled out the orb from somewhere in his pocket.
"Not another orb! I don't think the Digimon are that quite powerful yet." Davis insisted. Gennai merely smirked.
"It's not for the Digimon, Davis. It's for you. Or to be more precise, the older DigiDestined. That would include T.K. and Kari as well. Touch it, Tai." Tai sighed as he reached out to touch the glowing orb.
"If I ever want to take a vacation from being leader, Davis, you and Matt hang by the phone." Sora eyed him with a look and gripped his hand tightly, causing him a bit of pain.
"What about me, huh Tai? I'm not good leader material?"
"I thought you'd want to be on vacation with me!" At that moment, Tai touched the orb, and the room was filled with a bright light. When it faded, Tai suddenly glanced down and promptly screamed. He was looking at himself! Actually, he saw himself about four years ago!
"Gennai, what's going on here? Is this me?" Tai pointed down while the younger Tai pointed up.
"To handle the situation in the Digital World, Azulongmon decided to call up the DigiDestined at a time after they'd defeated Diaboromon but before they lost their Crests and Tags. DigiDestined, meet your past selves." The team smiled as they all took a look back into history.
"Did I really look that young, Sora? My hair still sticks up!"
"I think it's because you still have the goggles Tai!"
"What kind of conditioner did I use for my hair back then? It was such a long time ago!"
"Actually Mimi, if you calculate the exact time and date from when Gennai summoned up our past selves to now, I assume you used some kind of formula-"
"Okay! I didn't want a life history before we take on a very creepy Digimon Izzy!"
"Is that how I look in the future? I've got different hair!"
"Tai, look! I'm wearing a camera around my neck."
Davis kept glancing back and forth between teams until his eyes were about to go flying out of their sockets.
"OKAY! Guys, you're past selves look awesome; the future turns out okay for you. Can we get back on track here to what's important, like SAVING THE WORLD?!"
After a moment of silence, Tai's younger half asked, "What's with him? Any reason why you're wearing my goggles?"
"We'll tell you later, but we have a global problem!"
"And that's the whole story, okay?" Tai asked exasperatedly. Matt's younger self stood up, a dangerous glint in his eyes. Tai, Sora and the others sighed. They remembered that look. (A/N: For the sole purpose of not confusing you, we'll refer to the younger DigiDestined as Season I, okay? Okay!)
"How do we know we can trust you? For all we know, you could be evil Digimon in disguise as us!" 01 Tai got up and glared at 01 Matt.
"If they wanted to kill us Matt, they would've done it as soon as we got here! Why can't you relax for once?"
"Why can't you ever take things seriously?" 01 Sora got in between them and silenced them both with a look that the present Tai and Matt remembered well.
"Stop fighting! The both of you are right in some way. True, they could be evil Digimon Matt, but Tai's got a point too. If they wanted to kill us, we'd already be dead." Gazing up at Tai, 01 Sora blushed a faint pink. "I think we should give them a chance and help them save their Digital World."
Tai smiled broadly, struggling not to laugh due to the glare Sora was giving her past self and nodded. "Thanks for giving us a chance."
"Be warned, DigiDestined. If anything injures or does irreparable damage to your past selves, it could have dire consequences for the present. Good luck." Gennai disappeared back inside of Davis' computer.
Tai took immediate charge over his past self and looked over at the others. "I know this may seem scary to you because you've been yanked from your own timeline into a future which hasn't happened yet. Trust me, I know. I'm just now starting to remember what happened."
"You guys have your doubts as well about the situation. We're about to send you guys off to an unfamiliar Digital World in which you may have little or no protection from at all. Believe in me when I say this-If you keep it together, stick together, don't fight each other and remember the bond you all share, you're sure to defeat Diaboromon again!"
01 Tai and Sora got to their feet and held out their Digivices. They both shouted out, "When do we go?" The elders couldn't help but laugh.
"Are you scared?" Kari asked 01 Kari politely.
"A little, but I know with Tai and the others there, I won't be afraid. I know Tai can get us out of this no matter what age he is!"
"Just trust in your friends and know that they'll always be there for you, especially Tai."
"So T.K., how do you feel? Scared, concerned? I know what its like to time travel, although I don't remember very much about it."
"I'm not that scared. I know with my friends by me, we'll help you guys beat Diaboromon again, just like we did during summer a few months ago!"
T.K. smiled as he remembered the battle with Diaboromon on the Internet. Patamon hadn't had a chance to battle, or Digivolve, but he'd been there. This time, he'd have a chance!
"Just have hope that things turn out okay for everyone. Don't lose hope on the fact that you may not get home, because you will, okay?"
"Mm-hmm!"
Joe couldn't help letting a brief smile cross his face as he saw how hyped up 01 Joe was getting.
"Nervous, Joe?"
"AHH! What makes you say that? Other than the fact that I've been pulled from my correct time and put into a future where I've got to take on another evil Digimon! I almost wish I'd stayed home sick today!"
"Nope, wouldn't have worked. Relax a bit. Gomamon's here with you, right? He'll help you out and so will the others. All you have to do is be there for the group, just like in the old days. Promise?" Joe held out his hand. Nodding and forcing a smile on his own face, 01 Joe shook it.
"Promise!"
"What are you thinking about, Mimi?"
"I'm thinking about changing my hair so it ends up like yours!" Mimi giggled as her past self eyed her own hair with a sense of awe.
"Seriously, what do you think about the upcoming battle? It's a Digimon that only Tai, Matt, Izzy and T.K. have seen before and battled against." 01 Mimi almost broke out into tears.
"All I know is that I can't stand this fighting anymore! And now I'm pulled into my future where things look the same but they look different! If you guys hadn't pulled our Digimon with us, I'd be worried about Palmon right now!"
"True, but look at the bright side: Doesn't the future look glamorous?"
"Yeah…he sure does." Mimi looked to the right and saw Matt and 01 Matt conversing.
Izzy and 01 Izzy sighed as they both heard the past and present Mimi's giggling out loud.
"It figures. Four years or so in the future and Mimi finds a way to get off track."
"That's what I like best about her. Ahh! Forget I said that."
"I can't. Anyway, the odds of this happening are astronomical!"
"I wish I could agree with you, but I've experienced abnormal things that haven't happened to you yet, so this means I can't explain it to you in a greater depth."
"Truthfully, you could since I won't remember the conversation or anything else about this entire incident." A second later, both Tai's yelled out, "Izzy? Keep the technobabble down a notch!"
"So, what do you think of Sora?" 01 Matt eyed Matt with a look of amazement.
"She's one of my best friends, next to Tai. I don't know what I'd do if I lost either one of them in a battle, much less if I lost them in a battle in the future."
"Hmm. I see. Don't lose that part of you that represents friendship. Always remember-you have friends who will watch over you and take care of you when times are tough."
"Would this include Mimi?" Matt turned and saw 01 Mimi and Mimi giggling about something.
"Yeah…especially Mimi."
"I bet I can guess what you're thinking. You're worried something will happen to Tai and it'll affect the future, right?" Sighing sadly, 01 Sora nodded.
"I don't know what I'd do if I lost Tai in our regular timeline, but to lose him in a future that's so different yet exactly the same as the present…" Sora quickly pulled her grief-stricken past self into a hug.
"I bet Tai's probably thinking the same thing-'What would I do if I lost Sora in this timeline?' All you have to worry about for the moment is keeping Tai safe from any dangers that might creep up on him. Don't let your personal feelings get in the way until after the battle's over, okay?" Sniffling, and wiping away her tears, 01 Sora nodded.
"I won't."
"And I thought I had a serious look during a soccer game." 01 Tai didn't respond to Tai's joke. Instead, he gazed out at Odaiba, amazed at the changes and similarities of the town in just four years.
"I know you're gonna give me some advice, so just say it already so I can go!" Tai looked at his past self in shock. It sounded like he was already giving up! He turned him around and almost gasped out loud. 01 Tai was crying!
"What's wrong? If it's Sora, nothing will happen to her! I'm sure of it."
"It's not that. Just that, before we left, I told her that I'd meant to say that the letter I'd sent her was supposed to say 'From, Tai.'" Tai groaned inwardly. He remembered that day. Once he'd said it, Sora had gotten mad at him and almost started crying if he hadn't found a bouquet of roses that had mysteriously appeared in his hand. She'd smiled, genuinely touched, and hugged him.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure that Sora forgives you by the end of the day. Trust me. Now, look after her. Make sure nothing happens to her, okay?" 01 Tai nodded and wiped his tears away, signifying his tear fest was at an end.
"I promise!"
"Here we go, guys! Back to the Digital World!" The 01 DigiDestined waved goodbye to their older counterparts as they vanished into the portal and headed back to the Digital World once again. Tai stopped 01 Tai from going in.
"Take this. It'll allow you to keep in contact with us in case of a problem that you can't handle." 01 Tai nodded.
"Thanks. And I'll make sure that Sora's safe!" A second later, 01 Tai and Agumon disappeared.
"So, what can we do while they take on Diaboromon in the Digital World?" Kari asked. Tai sighed and placed his arm around Sora's neck.
"Hope that these other 2 Digimon are slow Digivolvers."