WMITBW- Kouri - Part 21

Chapter 21

It's hard to believe how fast time flies by. Rita and I are now 24 and have both finished our last year of University. Mimi and Tai have also finished and now were working in the real world. Tai was working towards being a diplomat and Mimi was working to be a nutrient specialist. Rita had just received a job offer to teach English in a middle school. It was a little sad seeing all of us moving on but a bit happy at the same time. Now today would be fun, Matt and I made a bet with Tai and we won. Tai has to cut his massive amount of hair off. The whole gang decided to gather to watch this go down. The hairdresser was a little shocked to see a group of 12 people watching her give a haircut. Little did she know that this was a moment we were all waiting for. Kari had her camera ready as Tai had put a pout on his face. As soon as the hairdresser finished we all stood in amazement. "Come on guys say something you are freaking me out." Tai wined as we continued to stare in shock. I can't say what the others were thinking but I had a feeling we were all thinking the same thing. "Is that really you Tai?" Matt laughed under his breath. "Duh of course it is what is wrong with you guys" Tai shot back. We all then burst into laughter, "Tai it just doesn't seem like you" T.K responded. "It looks great I mean you look a lot more mature, just seems odd as all." Mimi replied as she then placed a kiss on his cheek. "I guess it will take some getting used to, but thanks for the support guys really…" Tai responded sarcastically.


Rita and I had just moved into a new place, this time just the two of us. Tai and Mimi continued to live in the apartment we all shared. Now that we were settled in we decided to invite my parents over for dinner. Rita had spent the past 6 hours working really hard on making dinner for everyone. Truthfully she had never been a great cook but she was improving and I could tell she was working really hard on this. "Rita they are going to be here soon why don't you take a little break?" I asked as she then popped her head out from behind the kitchen. "Almost done, are you finished with the setup?" Rita questioned as I walked into the kitchen and placed a kiss on her forehead. "Yep, just waiting on the guests and the cook" I smiled as Rita then placed a kiss on my lips. My parents ended up arriving shortly and dinner was going great. "Wow Rita this is all amazing, you have really improved." My mom stated as Rita's eyes lit up "Really you mean it? I wouldn't have been able to do it without you though" Rita smiled in response. "So how do you two like having your own place?" Dad asked as he continued to eat. "It's nice, really quiet but we still have visitors all the time." I replied "Yeah though the digimon come over a lot, so we don't get that much time to ourselves." Rita added "So you guys are still able to communicate with them?" Mom asked "Yeah of course, they are our best friends and now that all of the chaos is gone they are able to pass freely between the worlds, well with our help." I responded as Rita and I both smiled "It's amazing to think that all of that really happened. My son saving the world, not to mention his girlfriend here." Dad said as he patted me on the back. "Really none of the Digidestined would have been able to do it if it wasn't for Izzy" Rita stated as I started to blush. "We needed everyone to do it Rita you know that." I said as I rubbed the back of my head. "I know but you solved all of the riddles, you even helped the younger Digidestined. You are amazing Izzy, the most amazing person I have ever met." Rita blushed as both of my parents awed. "I love you Izzy" she smiled; "I love you too" I smiled back as my parents both smiled full of approval.