-Tragic Romance-

Anime: Digimon

Couple: Wizardmon and Gatomon

Gatomon raised her head to the sky, another August the first. And for some reason this one just hurt the most. Even more than the day she saw his ghost at the TV station.

Wizardmon…

Gatomon let a tear fall, and soon more as she sobbed into her paws.

"It's always so hard to have her have a good time celebrating on every August 1st," Tai said as he, Sora, and Kari looked up at Gatomon from outside.

"Well sure it's good to celebrate the defeating of Myotismon. But we should mourn too," Kari said, frowning. She cared for Wizardmon too since he too died for her.

Gatomon jumped down from the roof and then noticed the others, "Oh…hey guys."

They only smiled and watched her walk inside. She climbed up into bed, curling up into a ball, and falling asleep…knowing hurtful memories were soon to come.

The bats huddled together, squawking and squeaking loudly. An evil grin upon each of their faces' as they knew they would serve their master well. Gatomon flinched, not ready to feel the pain. But…why wasn't their pain? Why was there this sudden noise of a body moving and a noise of that body being hit. Gatomon opened her eyes slowly, then quickly as she gasped aloud…seeing her dear, dear friend in front of her. Her dear Wizardmon, her first friend, her first best friend…her first love. The bats swiftedly flew into him, slicing his flesh and clothing. Most of the attack hitting him in the chest and decreasing his chance of living even more. Not that he thought he would, he was weak enough anyway. He fell backward, knowing more pain was to come as he hit the hard cement floor. He could hear his master's…no wait…HIS voice, that vampire that he loathed the most, spat at him for it being his fault that he was in this condition. Well…it was and wasn't, it was his choice to do so but it was Myotismon's fault to launch the attack. He heard the scream of his name from the two females before him, the sounds of their voices weren't the same since his vision and hearing seemed to start to fade and come back as he struggled to stay alive for a little longer. He saw Gatomon, the face of the angelic white cat that made his life worth living. Her eyes, full of sorrow and sadness, and were sparkling more than ever before as hot tears fell down her cheeks. He could feel a soft arm around him, and the voice of the young girl beckoning him to say something. And so he did, he slowly turned his head to Gatomon, which brought dizziness quickly, but he ignored it anyway and uttered words out, "Are you alright?"

Gatomon frowned even more, the first thing he says is how I am, what about him!? She didn't answer and changed the subject anyway, "I'm sorry…"

"Why? What for? There is no reason to be sorry."

"Yes there is, it's all my fault that you're…you're…you're dying," Gatomon said, not wanting say THE word.

"Gatomon…" Wizardmon whispered, trying his best to bring his hand up to her cheek. She grabbed his hand with her paw and held it close to her.

"There is no reason to be sorry…if…if it wasn't for you I wouldn't even be here. If it wasn't for you…I would have never had the…life…I would have never dreamed of. And… I would have…n-never learned what love is."

Gatomon's eyes widened. Love…that word.

Wizardmon sighed and closed his eyes for a second.

"Wizardmon…?" Kari asked, hopping he wasn't gone.

Wizardmon turned to her and smiled, "Take good care of Gatomon for me."

Kari didn't know what to say, she only frowned and kept her hopes up that he would be fine.

Wizardmon turned back to Gatomon, still smiling, and although he had a hard time breathing he let out his last words with all the breath he had left, "Ar-i…ga…tou, Ga-to…mon…I…lo-"

But the last words were way too faint for her to hear. He was gone. His hand was limp in her paw, and when she let go it immediately fell.

"Wizardmon? Wizardmon say something!" Kari said, tears forming in her eyes, "Please!!"

"Kari…" Gatomon started, her head down so that she couldn't see her face, "He can't hear you…he's gone."

"No…" Kari said, putting her hands to her mouth and then reeled her head back yelling, "Nooooooooo!!!"

Gatomon cried aloud with her too as she threw down her body on her fallen friend, sobbing into his crimson blood soaked clothing. He always took care of me, he was always caring for me even if I mistreated him. Why!? Why of all people and mons did it have to be him!?

Kari stood up and faced Myotismon, "You'll pay for this! You'll pay!" After that her crest shined and Gatomon digivolved. She soon got her revenge, but it never made her feel any better.

Gatomon rose her head up quickly and muttered to herself, "Damn dream…stupid memories…"

It was still August 1st…but it was late at night. She didn't have anything better to do, so she decided to go to him. To the one she loved. She finally figured it out, she loved him but never told him so. Why was I so stupid!? She always wondered…did he love her back? She still did wonder what were those last words that he had said, she heard her name and the thank you…but the last parts…what were they?

She looked out of the window, the same one she ran into trying to chase after his ghostly figure floating away. She remembered yelling in her head- "No! Not again! Don't leave me again! Please Wizardmon!!" She coughed as tears came again, she pounded her fist on the window, "Why!? WHY!? WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME!?" She slowly calmed down, breathing heavily, and looked out the window, hoping to see his ghost show up or just see him appear again and get up and be the usual Wizardmon again. But it was so many years now, and she knew…there was just no coming back. It was so unfair! Why was everything against her!? Love was against her! She loved Kari and the rest of her teammates, but not the same love she felt for Wizardmon. She barely knew him, well…as far as she could remember since Myotismon whipped her so badly that she lost most of her memory.
"God…" Gatomon said and gently put her head to the window and shook it slowly, "If only I had the chance to tell you. To tell you that I love you."

"There is one way…" came a voice.

Gatomon turned quickly to see who had spoken to her, it was Matt and TK's father.

"How can you possibly help!?" Gatomon spat, not thinking about how rude she was being.

"Well we could probably communicate through white noise…" he said, and he couldn't believe he was saying this because he didn't believe into ghosts…until Wizardmon.

"We actually recorded all the stuff we got from him that one day, and we had a professional look at it. We might be able to communicate with him. But only rare occasions, it can be a low chance of getting to him though…but we can try."

Gatomon nodded as she followed Mr. Ishida to a computer room.

Gatomon sat on one of the chairs as he turned on the computer and did a whole bunch of other things that Gatomon had no idea what he was doing.

"There…all hooked up, I'll leave you alone for now," he said and left the room. Well he cracked the door open and peaked through it. Gatomon sat there, not sure what she was really doing. Well she WAS doing something…staring at a computer screen with the black, grey, and white fuzz stuff. Then she heard something, she perked her ears up to listen more. The voice again, that voice, it's…

"Wizardmon!" Gatomon said, looking back at the screen. She could barely see him, but there he was.

"Wizardmon…" she said again, trying not to cry in front of him…not yet.

"Gatomon…" came his voice again, with a slight fuzzy noise to it, "…hello."

Gatomon giggled, that's all he could say!?

"Hey," she said, smiling and just couldn't help from letting the tears come.

Then she spoke again, "You're probably wondering why I'm here huh?"

It seemed that he was shaking his head, "No…I know. I try to get to you sometimes, but…it's just impossible for me."

"Well, I better hurry and say it now before we loose the chance again," Gatomon said, her heartbeat starting to speed up as she was afraid he would leave soon. He nodded in agreement as she spoke, "And I'll say it clearly and quickly. I love you. I always have and I just never got the chance to tell you! It was because I was so stupid to do so."

"No Gatomon, you were never stupid. You just weren't completely sure yet, and you were busy with other things. Like Kari."

"But…" Gatomon said then stopped…his image was gone, "Wizardmon!?" She waited…he wasn't there.

"No…please don't go yet!!!" She yelled, tears already falling quickly.

"Sorry…" he said, but his image was gone, "I don't have much time. All I've got to say is, I love you too. I tried to tell you…but I ran out of time, twice, too."

Gatomon sniffed, "I miss you so much. Will you ever come back?"

"I miss you too, but I really don't think I will. My data is just…stuck. It can't find it's way back to the digital world. I'm sorry Gatomon."

"Please don't be sorry about it…it's not your fault."

Wizardmon didn't answer, but she could see his image somewhat again and he brought up his hand to the screen. She put her paw to the screen, so that it seemed that they were touching palms.

"I'll always love you and I'm always with you, remember that," Wizardmon said.
Gatomon nodded, crying as much as she was when he died because she felt that he was dying again. She watched his image fade, and soon…the computer shut off.

"God that happens every time, the stupid thing crashes. I hope it doesn't have to be thrown away like the last ones," Mr. Ishida said, coming in and forgetting that he was hiding behind the door and listening in.

Gatomon sniffed, keeping her eyes to the floor. She let out a sob and quickly brought the back of her paw to her right eye and rubbed it.

Mr. Ishida stopped and turned to her, "Hey…I know you're upset. But like he said…he's always there with you. So, just keep that in mind and there is no reason to be upset."

Gatomon nodded, "Thank you, thank you for letting me see him again and giving me the chance to tell him." She quickly hugged him and then left after that. Mr. Ishida shrugged and went back to the computer.

Yes Wizardmon, I will always remember you, your love, and that you are with me. I'm an angel and so are you. You are my angel. Gatomon smiled and looked up at the starry sky as she walked back home.