Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or Wind Beneath My Wings but I DO own the plot.

It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way.
You always walked a step behind

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Kouichi looked around the church as friends and Family gathered to pay their respects to Samantha… the disease had brought er into the hospital, but the infection kept her from returning to him.


So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strain.

When you went up to see her one last time, she didn't look like the cheerful, beautiful Samantha everybody grew up knowing and loving. She looked somehow different, like she wasn't herself. Of course, all people in her position does. Kouichi knew it was her time to go and she left with a smile.


A beautiful face without a name for so long.
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.

She was in so much pain, it hurt just to watch her. The kids were able to say goodbye, but were still distraught. She was their hero, she raised them and took care of them.

Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?

FLASHBACK

Samantha was lying in the hospital bed and Kouichi was holding her hand, trying to be more supportive… He knew it was his wife's time, but he didn't want to be alone. "Kouichi..?" The person specified turned to his wife, tears in his eyes and answered "Yes?" His wife answered, "It's time… I love you…" she said as her eyes focused on the light on the ceiling.


I can fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.

"Sammie… don't leave me. What happened to forever and ever?" Kouichi inquired as he squeezed Samantha's hand as he felt her body heat drop. "I didn't make 200, but I hope you'll forgive me… I see the light Kouichi, it's beautiful." The old woman said as she focused her sapphire blue eyes on the ceiling.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.

"Sammie, don't talk like that.. I-" Kouichi started when his dying wife interrupted "Your grandma says hi" she said befre she closed her eyes and he knew she was gone

END FLASHBACK


Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.

Kouichi looked over to Samantha's side of the family, Ken, Sam, and Samantha's twin, Sakuya were sitting in the front row with their parents praying the rosary as everyone was requested by the priest to do.

Did I ever tell you you're my hero?
You're everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I could fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

After the ceremony, everyone went with the hearse to the graveyard where Samantha will be buried, Kouichi and Sam had been married for over 50 years and it ended abruptly.

Oh, the wind beneath my wings.
You, you, you, you are the wind beneath my wings.
Fly, fly, fly away. You let me fly so high.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.
Oh, you, you, you, the wind beneath my wings.

At the funeral Kouichi saw a butterfly that was rainbow colored come from the grave and fly into the sky "Fly away, my wind beneath my wings…"

Fly, fly, fly high against the sky,
so high I almost touch the sky.
Thank you, thank you,
thank God for you, the wind beneath my wings.

FIN

A/N: This was a story dedicated to my family member who died on Saturday.