#coftff koushiro and iori

[koushirouizumi]

"...That's why I'm here," Iori reaffirms calmly, as Iori now stands up, BOOK in hands-- "...Because I should be able to support my upperclassman, in turn." Iori smiles, and closes THE BOOK -- -- it closes between Iori's hands.

Pre-Epilogue Iori in my fic, "The Past World" (originally written in 2k21, idea in mind since Young Me days, before XW finished airing)

#The Beginning Spoilers #TheBeginningSpoilers

(Visually Iori likely looked EXACTLY LIKE THIS before breaking out the smile.)

[izzyizumi]

Just Digimon Ficverses Things: A (kinda spoiler-ish?) Summary

A Certain Digimon Enemy, to Koushiro: I am going to destroy you and everyone you love

Certain Digimon Enemy: I am ALSO going to destroy YOUR BEST FRIEND while I'm at it since, you know, that one there that you're /protecting/, he's kind of "THE HERO" so we kind of HAVE to take him out----- (and you're basically just the "back up" anyway, right? I mean, you're basically not even worth paying attention to, you can't even FIGHT)--

TAICHI:

KOUSHIRO:

A CERTAIN "BOOK" CONTAINING "KNOWLEDGE", "KNOWLEDGE" YOU KNOW, EXISTING HERE:

KOUSHIRO, "KNOWLEDGE", DURING AN AU/TIMELINE WHERE MODERN TECH & ... PCs ... DON'T ... EXIST, HAS BEEN BASICALLY USING THIS AS A "BACK UP" FOR LIKE HIS ENTIRE LIFETIME:

"BOOK", very much maybe also a reference to "PIBOOK":

KOUSHIRO, 'WE'RE GONNA DIE ANYWAY BUT': I DON'T THINK SO

Certain Digimon Enemy: .. What can you do with a book. ...

IT'S NOT JUST 'A BOOK':

Certain Digimon Enemy: Ah, well

KOUSHIRO & TAICHI, BRACING THEMSELVES:

Certain Digimon Enemy: ( *fingersnap* )

WORLD, IN RUINS:

BOOK, THERE:

Certain Digimon Enemy: .... Guess I'll take this 'book' .

KOUSHIRO IN ANOTHER TIMELINE: ( / Y E S / )

KOUSHIRO, NEW/PRESENT TIMELINE: The enemy . Digimon . is strangely focused on guarding/protecting this " book " ...

KOUSHIRO: !!! WE HAVE TO !!! GET !! THAT " BOOK "

IORI HIDA: !! ( MUST GET " BOOK " )

IORI HIDA, INHERITING "KNOWLEDGE", THE ONE WHO CAN ANALYZE AND ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY READ "BOOK":

KOUSHIRO, LITERALLY SO PROUD OF HIS PROTEGE:

Certain Digimon Enemies, same timeline: I AM GOING TO /DESTROY YOU/ AND /EVERYONE/ /YOU/ -----

KOUSHIRO & IORI: WE HAVE A " BOOK "

BOOK: " I contain ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THAT EXISTS in the Digital World, PAST, present, aND FUTURE "

BOOK!KOUSHIRO: " THE WAY to (HELP) DEFEAT THE ENEMY iS "

PAST!TAICHI, @ KOUSHIRO: " AIM FOR THE !!!1! "

CERTAIN DIGIMON ENEMIES:

PAST!KOUSHIRO: ( / T H A N K Y O U / )

PAST!/BOOK!KOUSHIRO: ( ' This is fOR TAICHI !!!1! ' )

BOTH. PAST!TAICHI AND PRESENT!TAICHI, ' I THINK I KIND OF LOVE HIM ':

PAST!KOUSHIRO, ('Well I basically kNEW I WAS GOING TO DIE but I ENSURED, yOU'D LIVE aNYWAY, TAICHI-SAN'):

PAST!KOUSHIRO, ('I LITERALLY DIED FOR YOUR SAKE'):

PAST!KOUSHIRO, SIGNALING @ TAICHI, (' I MIGHT BE TRYING TO SAY 'I CARE ABOUT YOU', KIND OF ... , 'A LOT' '):

TAICHI, PROBABLY:

Present!Koushiro: ( ... So where do we go from here ... )

PRESENT!TAICHI, 'WHAT ARE FEELINGS':

PRESENT!TAICHI: ( ' o H N O ' )

ADULT ERA!(+EPILOGUE!)TAICHI, WEAKLY: ( ' H E L P ' )

Koushiro Izumi ('I am just going to wait here until he gETS THE IDEA,,,,'):

A Certain "Homeostasis-san": :) " Hello "

KOUSHIRO & TAICHI:

Homeostasis: [ Let's BEGIN :) ]

KOUSHIRO & TAICHI:

[koushirouizumi]

Toei: Iori has a {heart} that "Wants to Know", like {Koushiro}-- (displaying Koushiros pic) mE: THANK YOU (I Have Been Validated)

[koushirouizumi]

Meanwhile with DigiAdvs 02's Daisuke+Co. & KouTai [and some O.C.s]

Koushiro: I could try cleaning up the picture a bit, but it might prove "difficult". It's pretty small, and... "low quality." (Showing others Again) Koushiro: We may not get as much "detail" as we hope. But based on this alone, we can "see" some obvious details already. Koushiro: They have dark (Black) hair, dark (Brown) eyes... The hair is a little "spiky" at the ends, but not overly so. (*Pointed Blinking*) It's just how it naturally falls. They're short... and small of build. Maybe somewhat wider shoulder width than {mine} the average person we'd know... Taichi: (I wonder if they played sports at all?) Daisuke, muttering to Taichi: (They said they weren't very "sporty". I think they might have ONCE though, but it's probably not "just because" of that... not like your training) Koushiro: ...And they wear all black. (*Showing*) Chosen not Koushiro: (Like a 'goth'.) Hikaru, Staring: Hikaru: It's true Shane wore black often back then, but sometimes wore blue jeans and the like too... Miyako: That's still very ("goth") like that, though!! Iori: They might stick out in a crowd in Odaiba... it'd look out of place at my residence and the dōjō too, if my family didn't "know" you all already. Daisuke: Yeah, but this was in the U.S. Hikaru: I did live there when I was younger, but we moved by the time I entered high school... that's when I met you. My old friends and some family are still there but... (*trails off*) Daisuke: (Hikaru doesn't understand why someone looking like Hikaru's long time childhood *online* 'mutual' Shane would still be tied "there" instead of "here". Hikaru might still not believe it's them...) SHANE: ... Shane: (/I'm close enough I can touch Hikaru./) Shane: (I saw Hikaru "in-between" but even now Hikaru looks a bit different...) Shane, carefully reaching a hand out, trying to gently touch at the ends of Hikaru's curly hair... suddenly half-Physical: SHANE: (!!!) (*FADES*) HIKARU: !! I Felt something?? (Just... now?) Hikari: What happened?? Hikaru: From the back, I felt "something"... TAICHI, Looking at Daisuke: DAISUKE, LOOKING BACK: (I don't think Hikaru would mind if Shane "revealed" themself now, but Hikaru might get emotional...) SHANE, Digitally floating back and higher, "out of sight": (I'm Not Going To) Wormmon, nudging Ken, noticing Tailmon staring INTENTLY at said spot: KEN: ... Ken, Looking at Daisuke: You said you actually "saw" or encountered someone like this person? Daisuke, Nervous Laughing: It's A Long Story But Hikaru: But Shane disappeared over 10 years ago... Koushiro: Do you remember any other specific details? Hikaru: Shane suddenly stopped coming to the local synagogue's services, which was suspicious even for Shane... once people there and Shane's family realized Shane was truly missing and not just "off on Shane's own", they put out a notice. But not even Shane's few family members left there could find Shane after, and the room was "spotless". I didn't find out until the news showed the report... Ken, Quiet: ...Like when I... left. Hikaru, still doesn't know Everything from when Ken was the Kaiser but had Ideas since they had some private Talks: Maybe... but there were no signs of struggle, and not even a message left... just that the computer chair was pushed back a little, and the screen was "on". But all it even showed was part of the desktop. And the Internet browser was open, but not on any page. Just the default. Like Shane was only just logging in and hadn't actually started using it yet. (We e-mailed back and forth a lot...) Koushiro: There's still a chance something to do with the Digital World happened, but... Daisuke, Didn't Tell them Shane Has A Partner: KEN, Looking at Daisuke: (We Need To Talk.) DAISUKE: (Later!!) SHANE: (...) (Oh, so that's Daisuke's other Queer-platonic Life partner.) (I recognize them now.) (They had a cool Partner 'Mon and helped Daisuke out a lot as support back then. But they're... kind of Stiff.) SHANE: (I'm {probably} going to have to keep this up for a while...)