Chapter 36: Heartbroken
Winter came and went. Two months later, the snow had completely melted away. "Yay! Grass!" Patty exclaimed as she went outside. "Now it isn't cold anymore..." She looked at the sky, and smiled. "Although I must admit, snow was kinda fun..." Patty thought. But then she remembered what happened to Neko and getting lost, she added "Well... KINDA." and ran around. Patamon looked at his daughter from a window, and smiled. "There she goes again..." He muttered. He heard someone in the bathroom throwing up. "Gatomon?" He asked. "You okay?" "I'm fine..." Gatomon replied weakly. "I think I ate too much the last night-" She was cut by another vomit. Patamon looked suspicious, but shrugged and read a magazine. "Hi there." Patamon greeted his partner as she came out from the bathroom. "Coffee?" "No, thanks..." Gatomon replied. "Are you okay? You're starting to look a little..." Patamon muttered, but stopped: If there was one thing you shouldn't say about a woman, it's their weight. "You look a little... Large" He said. "I know." Gatomon replied. "Listen, I need to tell you something..."
"Hey, guys!" Patty greeted Neko, DeeDee and Moshi. "Hiya, Patty!" DeeDee replied. "Looks like the snow's all gone." Patty said. "It appears so..." Neko replied. "Well, now it isn't cold anymore!" Moshi said excitedly. "Yeah! So, what shall we do?" Patty asked. "Hmm..." DeeDee muttered. "Gosh, I dunno..." "Me neither..." Moshi said. "Err... I'm completely out of ideas..." Neko muttered. "Well, we could play some of our older games, like Tag or Hide 'N Seek or-" Patty suggested, but they heard a scream. "What was that?" Moshi wondered. "Someone's in trouble!" Patty exclaimed, and the four rushed to the place where the scream came from. They saw something horrifying: Paguya and his gang had tied a strange, yellow digimon into a tree, and were poking her with sticks. "Ow!!" She yelled. "That jerk never learns, does he..?" Patty muttered, however Neko had already leaped at the scene. "Hey, you!" He yelled. "What are you doing to her?!" Patty, DeeDee and Moshi came down, too. "She came into OUR territory without permission!" Paguya stated. "How many times we must tell you: You do NOT own the Digital World!" DeeDee said angrily.
As Moshi blew bubbles on Kapurimon and DeeDee hit Paguya with a bodyslam, Patty was left with facing Yaamon and Demimeramon. Neko untied the yellow digimon. "Listen, I don't want to hurt you two." Patty whispered to them. "So how about I fake I'll knock you out?"
"Never!" Yaamon stated befor Demimeramon could say anything. Patty sighed, muttered "I'm sorry." and blasted a Boom Bubble at them. "Let's get outta here!" Kapurimon shouted, and he, Demimeramon and Yaamon ran away. "Hey, wait!!" Paguya exclaimed and ran after them.
"Are you okay?" Neko asked the yellow digimon, who backed out a little. "Don't worry. We're friends." Neko stated. The yellow digimon looked unsure, but eventually stepped forward. "Thank you..." She muttered. "What's your name?" DeeDee asked. "...I, I am Wendy."
The yellow digimon replied. "Well, hello Wendy!" DeeDee replied and shook her front paw. "I'm DeeDee, and these are, Neko, Moshi, and Patty." She said and pointed at Neko, Moshi and Patty. "Hello..." Wendy said shyly. "You look a little different, Wendy." Patty stated. "What kind of Digimon are you?" "I... I'm a Viximon..." Wendy replied quietly.
"A Viximon, eh?" Moshi asked. "Y-yes." Wendy said. "What happened here?" Neko asked. "Well... I was just walking peacefully, until those four digimon came, tied me into a tree, and started poking me with sticks..." Wendy replied, and sobbed a little. "Don't worry, you're safe now." Patty said and smiled. "Y-yes, thanks to you..." Wendy replied. "It was nothing." Moshi said and smiled. "Umm... Are you busy right now?" Neko asked. "N-not really..." Wendy replied. "Well, would you like to come and play with us?" Neko asked. Patty looked a little worried, but DeeDee and Moshi just smiled. "Yeah! The more the merrier, right?" DeeDee asked. "Right!" Moshi said and nodded. "Yeah..." Patty muttered. "M-me?" Wendy asked. "T-to come and play with you? I... I've never had any friends..." "Well, looks like that changed now, eh?" Neko asked. Wendy looked very touched, Neko, DeeDee and Moshi looked happy, and Patty for some reason looked upset. "How does she get along so well with Neko so soon?" She thought, and looked a little angry.
"Tag!" DeeDee exclaimed, and touched Wendy. "S-so what shall I do now?" Wendy asked. "You'll have to catch one of us!" DeeDee said, and ran away. "O-okay..." Wendy replied, and looked around. She ran after Moshi, who seemed to be slow. However, just when she was about to catch him, he took a super fast sprint. "Eek!" Wendy screamed, and tripped over. Neko quickly ran next to her and helped her up. "Are you okay?" Neko asked. "I-I'm fine..." Wendy replied. "I'm never gonna catch anyone..." However, Neko offered his hand. "Here." He said. Wendy looked confused at first, but then she tagged Neko and ran away. "Okay, let's see..." Neko muttered, and looked around. "Aha! DeeDee..." He thought, did a backflip, landed right in front of DeeDee, and tagged her. "HEY!!" DeeDee yelled. "I nearly had a heart attack!" She ran around, and was about to tag Wendy, but then she looked up a tree, and saw a shade of white over there. "Patty?" She wondered, and climbed up.
"Umm... Remember the day when you were trapped in the cave?" Gatomon asked Patamon, who nodded. "Sure. I'm never gonna forget it." He replied. "Well... Do you replied what we were doing after Patty and Neko went to sleep?" Gatomon asked. "Yeah... Wait." Patamon muttered. "You've been throwing up about every morning... Your belly has inflated... Are you telling me that... That..." "Yes." Gatomon replied. "Patamon... I'm pregnant." Patamon looked shocked at first. Then, he laughed. "That's great!" He stated. "We're gonna have a second baby!" "Yes." Gatomon said, and a tear dropped from her eye. "I'm... I'm gonna be a father... Again." Patamon said. "So... How many months left?" "Umm... I guess about seven." Gatomon replied. "This is great..." Patamon said. "It is?" Gatomon asked. "Yeah! Patty's gonna have a sibling, and..." He soon looked sad. "And... You can possibly die again..." "Don't be silly!" Gatomon teased him. "The last time it was all set up by Devimon. The chances of that happening are extremely low." "Yeah..." Patamon said and smiled. "But... I'm surprised." Gatomon said. "You said that you weren't ready, and now all of the sudden you are." "Well, you wanted another baby so bad, I couldn't take it anymore." Patamon replied, and kissed Gatomon.
"Hey DeeDee, where are ya going?" Moshi asked. "There's nobody up there!" However, DeeDee didn't listen. "Hi." She said to Patty after reaching the top of the tree. Patty sniveled, and said "Hi..." "Hey DeeDee, are you coming?" Moshi yelled from the ground. "Wait a sec..." DeeDee said to Patty, and threw a cone at Moshi. "Ow!" Moshi grunted. "Tag!" DeeDee stated, and looked at Patty. "Now you can talk." "Talk about what..?" Patty asked. "Oh, come on!" DeeDee replied. "I know you're sad about something, Patty. Wouldn't you mind to share?" Patty hesitated for a moment. "It's... That Wendy girl... We met her today for the first time, and Neko already gets along with her so easily that..." Patty sobbed. "Oh, I see." DeeDee said. "You're worried that you might lose Neko to her, right?" Patty sniveled again and nodded. "Oh, come here." DeeDee said, and hugged Patty. "You've got nothing to worry about. You're such a beautiful, nice girl that Neko would have to be out of his mind to ever dump you for someone else." "Really..?" Patty asked. "Yeah, trust me." DeeDee replied. "Feeling better?" Patty nodded, and smiled. "Yeah. Thanks." "No problem." DeeDee replied. "Let's go down, shall we?"
DeeDee climbed down the tree while Patty flew to the ground. "Where have you been?" Neko asked. "Patty had something important to say to me." DeeDee replied. "What is it?" Moshi asked. "Sorry, girls' stuff." Patty stated. "Who's it?" "Me." Neko replied. "Okay, shall we continue?" DeeDee asked. "Fine. Tag!" Neko yelled and tagged Patty. "Hey!" Patty exclaimed, and took off. "Hey, that's not fair!" Moshi shouted. Patty flew around, and was thinking who to tag. "Hmm..." She flew behind Wendy. "Hey, Wendy!" She said, and tagged her. "H-how did you..." Wendy asked. "I've got a thing called wings!" Patty replied, and flew away. "Whoa..." Wendy said in awe. "I wish I could fly... I can only do this..." She closed her eyes, and disappeared, leaving leaves behind. Moshi appeared in her place. "What the-" He wondered. "How did you do that?" DeeDee asked Wendy, who appeared right next to her. "I'm not sure... My parents can do this." Wendy replied. "Oh, and by the way: tag!" She added, and tagged DeeDee.
"I want to thank you guys." Wendy said in the evening, as the babies stopped playing. "I had a fun day." "See you later!" DeeDee said, and farewelled her. "Bye!" Moshi said, and he, Patty and DeeDee started walking away. "Are ya coming, Neko?" DeeDee asked. "Umm, I'll escort Wendy to home, okay?" Neko replied. "T-thank you..." Wendy said, and blushed. Neko smiled, and Patty bit her teeth together, and looked angry. As Neko and Wendy walked away, Patty turned around, and took off. "Where are you going, Patty?" Moshi asked. "I want to know what they're doing..." Patty muttered, and quietly followed Neko and Wendy. "So... Do you live far away?" Neko asked Wendy, who shook her head. "Not quite." She said. "I hope mum or daddy are not worried... They baby me too much, even though I'm not an infant anymore." They remained silent for a while. "So what about your parents?" Wendy asked. "I don't have them anymore." Neko replied. "They died when I was a little baby..." "Oh, I'm sorry." Wendy said, and Patty frowned. "Don't you dare to even think about it, you... Fox!"
She thought.
"I live over there." Wendy stated, and pointed at a house in top of a hill. "Well, I had a nice day, and..." She blushed a little. "Thank you for saving me..." "Hey, it was nothing, Wendy." Neko replied and grinned. "It's just a pleasure to kick Paguya's butt..." Wendy giggled a little, and Patty angrily imitated it, and hissed quietly. "Well, good night, and stay out of trouble!" Neko said. "Will do. Good night..." Wendy said quietly, and gave Neko a kiss on the cheek. "What?!" Patty thought. "How dare you..!" She blasted a Boom Bubble at Wendy. "Eek!" Wendy screamed. "Wendy!!" Neko said loudly. "Are you okay?" "I'm fine... My head's just spinning..." Wendy replied. "Well, see you!" "Bye..." Neko muttered, and waved at her. Patty started sobbing uncontrollably, and flew away. A tear dropped from her eye as she flew away, and landed right on Neko's head. "Huh? Is it starting to rain?" Neko wondered, and looked up. He saw Patty flying over him. "HEY! PATTY!" Neko tried to call her. Patty eventually landed in front of Neko.
"What do you want?!" She asked angrily. "I just wanted to see you..." Neko replied. "Well, I don't want to see you! Ever again!!" Patty yelled, and cried. "W-what's wrong?" Neko asked. "Don't you try to fool me! I saw you and Wendy!!" Patty stated. "I was just trying to be nice to her-" Neko started. "Oh, excuse me, I didn't know that being nice to someone means breaking a person's who cares about you heart!!" Patty screamed sarcastically. "Listen, she was the one who kissed me, I didn't ask for it-" Neko tried to explain, but Patty just laughed. "Oh, please, you were trying to flirt with her the whole day!!" She said. "I'm leaving. And if you ever dare to cross my path, I'll destroy you!" "Patty, no!!" Neko yelled, but Patty took off. "Patty, I... I love you..." Neko muttered, and fell to the ground. "Neko... I thought you cared about me..." Patty thought and cried. "I'm a complete idiot..." Neko stated, and kicked a tree.
Patty reached home, and wiped her tears. She opened the door, and went in. "Hi, Patty!" Patamon greeted her. "Did you have a fun day?" "It was okay." Patty replied quickly. "I'm going to sleep, I'm feeling dizzy..." "Good night, sweetheart." Gatomon said to her. "When should we tell her that she's gonna have a brother or sister?" Patamon asked. "She's still a bit too young to understand... Let's wait for a while." Gatomon replied. Patty jumped into her bed, and cried herself to sleep. "Neko... Why... I loved you..." She thought. "If I ever see Wendy again, I'll swear she's doomed..." Patty thought and looked angry before falling asleep.