This is the fifth chapter of "With The Stars To Guide Me." I hope you find
it interesting, and I promise that there will be more Gato/Pata in this
chapter. I know the plot seems to be veering away from Gatomon and Patamon,
but I have a reason for this so don't worry, everything will be revealed,
so please R&R ^_^.
Thanks. NKC.
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Chapter V
"Mum? Dad?" Naizumi looked at the people that Gennai had brought into the room upon his return. Of all the people in the world she'd least expected it to be them.
"Naizumi?" They both shot puzzled glances between Gennai and their daughter.
"I will explain when the other three get here." Gennai told them, seeing their confusion.
"What other three?" Naizumi asked.
"Wait and see. All will be revealed." Gennai disappeared from the room.
"How did you get here?" T.K. asked Naizumi.
"How did I get here? How did you get here?" she interrogated her parents.
"Gennai contacted us." Kari explained.
"But why?"
"I don't know. I expect he'll tell us when he comes back." T.K. assured her.
"No. I mean, why did he contact you two?"
"Because we're Digidestined." They said at the same time.
"You are?" Naizumi was even more confused than she was at the start of the conversation.
"Yes." Kari confirmed, "Your dad is the guardian of hope, and I'm the guardian of light."
"Hope and Light?" She applied her brain for a moment, remembering her talk with Keiji and the others, "Those are the two things the kid this lot," She waved her hand to indicate the other three Digidestined, "are looking for."
Just then Gennai reappeared. There were three Digimon with him.
"Gatomon!" Kari cried.
"Patamon!" T.K. called.
The two Digimon ran towards their partners.
"It's been a while." Patamon smiled, hugging T.K., "you've grown a lot!"
T.K. smiled at Patamon, "It's been too long. I'm very glad to see you," he looked his Digimon over.
Kari and Gatomon were having a similar conversation of their own.
"Mum, Dad, who are they?" Naizumi asked.
T.K. and Kari put their Digimon down on the ground.
"These are our Digimon; Gatomon." Kari pointed to her partner,
"Hello." Gatomon smiled,
"And Patamon." She pointed.
"Hi."
"Gatomon, Patamon? This is our daughter, Naizumi." T.K. smiled, putting an arm around Naizumi.
"Your daughter?" Gatomon asked, "It has been a while!"
"There's someone we'd like you guys to meet." Patamon said to T.K., Kari and Naizumi, "This is our daughter, Naizumumon."
Patamon nudged forwards a small, white Digimon. It was the same shape as Gatomon, a cat basically, and it was the same colour as her: White body, purple tips on its ears and tail, purple stripes on its tail too. It even had a golden charm on its tail, except with the combined symbols of hope and light embossed on it. It had the same claws as Gatomon, only instead of green and red gloves over them, it's fur changed to an orangey colour, much like Patamon's. There was one major difference between Gatomon and this new Digimon though. This new Digimon had wings on it's back. They were exactly the same colour as the fur on her paws, and exactly the same shape as Patamon's wings. You could easily tell who its parent's were.
T.K. was about to say something but Gennai spoke up, upon re-entering the room.
"Thank you all for coming," He greeted them, "There is much we must discuss."
Everyone in the room sat down, quietly, ant turned all their attention to Gennai. They all knew that when Gennai had something to say it was nearly always important (With the exception of Naizumi of course).
"Where to begin?" he thought out loud.
"Why we are all here would be a good choice." Naizumi suggested.
"Thank you." Gennai bowed his head to her. "You are all here for a reason. I will start by telling you that the search for the child of light and hope is over."
The three 'new' Digidestined and their Digimon looked relieved.
"So who is it?" Keiji asked Gennai.
Naizumi had begun to piece things together. She knew who it was.
"It's me, isn't it?" she asked.
"Yes," Gennai said simply.
"And my Digimon partner is Naizumumon."
Gennai nodded, "You are very perceptive. This is one of the qualities that will help you win."
Suzumi walked up to Naizumi, "How do you know all this?" she asked.
"T.K., her dad, is the guardian of hope," Gennai began.
"And Kari, her mum, is the guardian of light!" Keiji exclaimed as realisation struck him.
"The same is true of Naizumumon." Patamon spoke up.
"Well that explains the name similarities." T.K. grinned.
"Does this mean all of our troubles are over?" Gotsumon asked Gennai hopefully.
"Far from it." He replied regretfully. "The battle against the Divine Power has just begun."
"What are these Divine Powers you guys keep talking about?" Naizumi asked.
"Not Divine Powers, Divine Power." Suzumi told her.
"We're not entirely sure who, or what, it is." Lara sighed.
"Well how are we going to fight them?" Naizumumon asked, concerned.
"That is where the powers of hope and light come in." Gennai smiled, "These two powers are the only ones that can reveal the Divine power for what it really is."
"Well, if we don't know what it looks like, how are we supposed to find it?" Naizumi was a bit confused.
Naizumumon flew into Naizumi's arms and looked her in the eye, "I know that!" she grinned excitedly, "Our power of hope will help us find it and our power of light will reveal it!"
"Well done Naizumumon." Gennai congratulated her.
"So what happens now?" LadyAgumon asked.
"I will reveal more detail at a later date, but for now you must all go back to the human world." He said whilst looking at Patamon and Gatomon as if to say 'you too'.
The two Digimon smiled.
"Where's the nearest exit?" Kari asked.
"Come, I will show you." And they all got up, readily following Gennai to wherever he would lead.
It didn't take very long for them to reach the nearest junction between the two worlds. Before they knew it they were all back in the computer room in the school. The clock indicated that they'd been gone for a mere twenty minutes, although it felt like a lot longer from Naizumi's point of view.
"Woah." T.K. said, awestruck. "It's been a while since we were last in here!"
Patamon, who was sat on his hat, simply nodded as he gazed around the room in amazement.
Kari walked up next to T.K., holding Gatomon lightly in her arms. They were also looking around the room.
"It looks smaller than it used to be." Gatomon pointed out.
"It is, look." Lara pointed towards a lightly painted wall, "This room was divided into two rooms when they took out the old computers and replaced them with these."
"Oh."
"Anyway, we've got to get home." Keiji smiled. He picked up Gotsumon. "I'm already late."
"Can I walk with you?" Suzumi asked.
LadyAgumon yanked at Suzumi's trouser leg, "You mean can we?"
"Oh, yeah. Sorry. Can we walk with you?" Suzumi restated.
"Sure." The four of them left the room.
"That girl would try anything…" Lara smirked, shaking her head.
"What do you mean?" Naizumi asked.
"Doesn't matter." She picked up Kunemon, "See you at school on Monday?"
"Sure." Naizumi smiled, "bye."
Lara headed for the exit. She opened the door then disappeared.
"So," T.K. started, "I guess we'd better go home."
"Yep." Kari nodded.
Patamon flew over and landed on T.K.'s head, "Woah dude, have you put on weight?"
Kari and Gatomon laughed as Kari picked her up off the floor.
Patamon smiled too, "Nah, it's you. When your body got taller it forgot to build up your neck muscles. You just think I'm heavier."
"Oh really?" T.K. cocked an eye up at Patamon. Their eyes met and T.K.'s expression changed to one of mischief.
"Yes." Patamon grinned back.
With that T.K. began to shake his head. Patamon held on with all his strength, determined not to let go.
"T.K.!" he yelped, "Stop!"
"But I thought my neck muscles weren't very strong." He pointed out, "If they aren't that strong then I shouldn't be able to knock you off."
"You can't. But if you don't stop I'm gonna throw up all over your nice hat."
"Yikes!" In an instant T.K.'s head had ceased all movement.
The four girls, Kari, Gatomon, Naizumi and Naizumumon, were all laughing their heads off at the duo.
"Thank you." Patamon gulped, a bit greener than usual.
"Come on, we've got to get home." Kari smiled.
Naizumi and Naizumumon waited behind, momentarily, after the adults left.
"How are we gonna do this?" Naizumi asked, her voice full of concern.
"I have absolutely no idea." Naizumumon confessed, "But we're gonna give it our damned best shot, right?"
"You bet." Naizumi smiled down at her new friend, "Come on, I'll give you a lift."
Naizumumon jumped up into her arms with practiced grace, landing lightly in Naizumi's arms. The Two of them left the room, unaware of the evil that they must face together. The full weight of their responsibility had not set down on them yet, but they knew it would, and all they could do now was wait until the mystery ahead of them unravelled, and that would take time.
It wasn't until after the rock concert, a few days after the reunion, that the Digidestined returned to the Digital world to find the Divine Power. Although Naizumi and Naizumumon had barely known each other a week they had become inseparable. Little did they know that this bond between them was to play a vital role in their quest. It would eventually make the powers that each of them concealed deep inside of them combine to become even stronger. They had already taken the first few, shaky steps along the path of their destiny and were growing more powerful day by day.
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"We must destroy those two, Master. Your victory depends upon it!"
"I know this as well as you do, Verachtumon. If your Okuwamon hadn't failed in the first place, we wouldn't be in this position!" He let a deep sigh escape his lungs, his deep voice causing the very walls of his domain to shake.
"Then what are we going to do about them, Master?"
"I need time to think…"
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"Where are we headed?" Sara asked the others. She was struggling to catch her breath as the others marched on ahead.
"We're going to see an old friend of ours." Patamon explained to her.
"Why do we have to walk over the mountains, though? It's freezing cold!" she asked with a shiver.
"You really don't want to know what's down the other path to where we're heading."
He flew back over to Gatomon, landing by her side and continuing on foot.
"What have you told them?" he asked her.
"All that we currently know about the Divine power, which I'm sad to say is not a lot." She sighed, exasperated.
"You worried?" he asked her sincerely.
"I am, but not about me. About our daughter and Naizumi. How are they going to do this?"
"I don't know." He looked at her. She held her head down towards the ground, a sad expression imprinted on her face. "They will do it though. And they're not going to do it alone. The other Digidestined may not be able to help find the Divine Power, but we can. We have the powers of hope and light. We can help them to defeat this evil." He hoped he sounded brave. If he'd said he wasn't scared of the evil they were looking for, he'd be lying.
Gatomon saw right through him, "You're so cute when you pretend to be tough." She teased him.
"What do you mean, "pretend"?" he faked a frown, "I'm the toughest Digimon around."
"Oh, really?" Gatomon put her hands on her hips, "Remember who's the champion and who's the rookie."
"Who?" he asked, pretending again.
"You wouldn't stand a chance." She smiled at him.
"Wanna bet?" he asked.
"I'd bet my tail ring on…" Before she could finish her sentence Patamon leapt at her, tackling her to the ground, sending both of them rolling off the path, down a slight hill to land in a heap at the bottom.
"Ahh, ouch, ooh! Thorns!" Gatomon cried.
Patamon jumped up immediately, "Are you okay Gatomon?" he offered his hand to help her up.
She raised an arm, accepting his hand. He saw a strange look in her eyes, then he realised his mistake. Too late. Gatomon pulled on his arm, pulling him down to the ground at the same time that she stood up. Patamon rolled over onto his back to look up at her.
"Well, well, well." Gatomon grinned mischievously down at him. She placed her right foot down on his stomach, lightly. Just enough to pin him down. "I thought you were the toughest Digimon around?"
Patamon smiled back up at her, "I am."
Gatomon was about to reply when she saw Patamon gently wrap one of his wings around her ankle and remove her foot off his belly. She didn't resist for fear of falling and hurting herself, or landing on Patamon and hurting him.
Suddenly Patamon tugged Gatomon's leg from beneath her, rolled over and jumped up behind her just in time to stop her falling over and hurting herself. He held her under her arms, supporting her lightly.
She looked up and their eyes met.
"You get me with that one every time." She smiled, "I don't know why I don't see that one coming."
Patamon smiled back, easily seeing through her little white lie, like he always did, "Nah, you always let me win."
"What?" she faked shock, "Never would I do such a thing!"
Patamon just smiled back, never looking away from her eyes.
"What are you so happy about?" she asked him, seeing the big smile on his face.
"This." He said.
He leaned over to give Gatomon a light, but very passionate, kiss on the lips.
"Oh." She smiled when he broke off, "I see now."
"Ahem." A voice from behind them coughed.
Both of the Digimon swung around to see the rest of the group looked on impatiently.
"How long have you been stood there?" Gatomon asked as Patamon helped her stand up straight.
"Too long," Naizumumon made a disgusted face, "yuck!"
"We've got to hurry if we want to make it in time. It'll be getting dark soon." Keiji warned.
"Fine by us." Patamon and Gatomon said simultaneously, both of them a bit embarrassed.
"By the way," Naizumumon called to her parents, "Mum would win!"
"You always take her side!" Patamon called back.
The group laughed.
The sun was now setting as the group left the area. What they didn't know was that they were being followed by a pursuer, and they had very dark intentions.
It took them a couple of hours to reach their desired destination, and it was very dark as they arrived. They approached what looked like an old, run down castle. There was no visible sign of any inhabitants, or of anything coming or going to and from the house, not even footprints.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" Naizumi asked.
"I am." Gatomon replied, "He said to meet him here."
"Lets go inside." Patamon suggested.
"Good idea."
The small group headed towards the door, led by Gatomon. She reached the door and gave the handle a turn. The door creaked open silently.
"H… Hello?" Patamon called nervously into the eerie blackness that had engulfed them the moment they entered.
They all entered the gloomy looking house, their senses alert to possible danger.
The inside of the building looked a lot different to how Gatomon remembered it. The building was abandoned, rather than full of the hundreds of Digimon that Gatomon remembered, but it was just as dark and gloomy as ever.
"Where are we?" Naizumumon sounded worried.
"Myotismon's old castle." Gatomon told her, never taking her eyes away from the darkness in front of them. He cat-like senses penetrated the darkness with ease, just as they were meant to. If there was a threat, Gatomon would know about it before it could get close. Gatomon thought she heard a faint, far off sound, but dismissed it as her imagination playing tricks.
An evil set of eyes watched the group as they walked through the passage, targeting them. They glowed an evil shade of red. Gatomon should have trusted her sharp senses.
"Gatomon…" a far off voice called to her, sounding distressed.
Gatomon stopped abruptly, "Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" Keiji asked.
"Nothing." She dismissed it, but not completely.
They continued walking again.
"Gatomon…" it was louder this time.
"Okay, now I heard that!" Patamon stated nervously.
"So did we." Naizumi and Naizumumon said.
"Heard what?" Suzumi asked.
"Someone's calling to me." Gatomon explained, "This way!"
They all followed her as she led them down a very long flight of stairs.
"Gatomon…!" The voice came again.
"Who are you?" Gatomon whispered as she ran down the stairs.
"Gatomon… It's a tr…" The voice began, stopping suddenly in mid sentence.
Gatomon and Patamon arrived at the bottom of the stairs first. There was a door in front of them.
"It's coming from in there." Gatomon pointed at the door.
"Let's go in." Patamon.
"Wait for us!" The others called, still not at the bottom of the stairs.
Gatomon decided not to wait. She walked over to the door and gave it a firm push. I swung open, slowly revealing the room to them. They took a step inside. A figure was chained to one of the walls.
"Wizardmon?" Gatomon cried in bewilderment. Wizardmon looked up to reveal a bruised and battered face. His eyes were full of pain.
"Yes, it is he." A deep voice, full of evil called from behind them.
The two Digimon span round quickly, trying to find the source of the voice. They saw only shadows behind them.
"Where are you?" Gatomon called angrily.
A very large, dark figure stepped forwards from the shadows, revealing itself to the two small Digimon.
"Who are you?" Patamon asked, his voice had an angry tone too.
"Me? Why, you know who, and what, I am."
He was playing games with them, for which neither of them had the patience.
"Don't be stupid. We've never seen you before." Gatomon growled angrily, "Now let Wizardmon go, or I'll be forced to destroy you."
The voice laughed, causing the walls to shake. Small chunks of the ceiling fell to the floor, "Don't be so naïve. I could kill you before you knew what had happened to you. You, small one," he teased Gatomon, "cannot harm me." He laughed again.
Gatomon began to realise who he was. She growled at him again, "you're right. I do know you. You are the Divine power."
The evil creature nodded, an evil grin spread across his face.
The door of the room swung open, revealing Naizumi and Naizumumon. The rest of the group were visible for a split second, but the door slammed shut again.
Naizumumon looked at the humongous creature that her parents were looking at angrily, "Who is that?"
"We've found him." Gatomon stated simply.
Naizumi and her Digimon partner knew exactly who she meant. Their destiny was at hand.
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Well, that's the end of this chapter and the story. I will be writing a sequel to "With The Stars To Guide Me", but only if I get enough reviews. So if you want to find out what's going to happen, get reviewing. I also have ideas for shorter stories based in the "W.T.S.T.G.M." universe. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed my first story. Thank you.
NKC
Thanks. NKC.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, only "With The Stars To Guide Me", and this very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, little blob of ketchup. MMMMMM… Ketchup…
Chapter V
"Mum? Dad?" Naizumi looked at the people that Gennai had brought into the room upon his return. Of all the people in the world she'd least expected it to be them.
"Naizumi?" They both shot puzzled glances between Gennai and their daughter.
"I will explain when the other three get here." Gennai told them, seeing their confusion.
"What other three?" Naizumi asked.
"Wait and see. All will be revealed." Gennai disappeared from the room.
"How did you get here?" T.K. asked Naizumi.
"How did I get here? How did you get here?" she interrogated her parents.
"Gennai contacted us." Kari explained.
"But why?"
"I don't know. I expect he'll tell us when he comes back." T.K. assured her.
"No. I mean, why did he contact you two?"
"Because we're Digidestined." They said at the same time.
"You are?" Naizumi was even more confused than she was at the start of the conversation.
"Yes." Kari confirmed, "Your dad is the guardian of hope, and I'm the guardian of light."
"Hope and Light?" She applied her brain for a moment, remembering her talk with Keiji and the others, "Those are the two things the kid this lot," She waved her hand to indicate the other three Digidestined, "are looking for."
Just then Gennai reappeared. There were three Digimon with him.
"Gatomon!" Kari cried.
"Patamon!" T.K. called.
The two Digimon ran towards their partners.
"It's been a while." Patamon smiled, hugging T.K., "you've grown a lot!"
T.K. smiled at Patamon, "It's been too long. I'm very glad to see you," he looked his Digimon over.
Kari and Gatomon were having a similar conversation of their own.
"Mum, Dad, who are they?" Naizumi asked.
T.K. and Kari put their Digimon down on the ground.
"These are our Digimon; Gatomon." Kari pointed to her partner,
"Hello." Gatomon smiled,
"And Patamon." She pointed.
"Hi."
"Gatomon, Patamon? This is our daughter, Naizumi." T.K. smiled, putting an arm around Naizumi.
"Your daughter?" Gatomon asked, "It has been a while!"
"There's someone we'd like you guys to meet." Patamon said to T.K., Kari and Naizumi, "This is our daughter, Naizumumon."
Patamon nudged forwards a small, white Digimon. It was the same shape as Gatomon, a cat basically, and it was the same colour as her: White body, purple tips on its ears and tail, purple stripes on its tail too. It even had a golden charm on its tail, except with the combined symbols of hope and light embossed on it. It had the same claws as Gatomon, only instead of green and red gloves over them, it's fur changed to an orangey colour, much like Patamon's. There was one major difference between Gatomon and this new Digimon though. This new Digimon had wings on it's back. They were exactly the same colour as the fur on her paws, and exactly the same shape as Patamon's wings. You could easily tell who its parent's were.
T.K. was about to say something but Gennai spoke up, upon re-entering the room.
"Thank you all for coming," He greeted them, "There is much we must discuss."
Everyone in the room sat down, quietly, ant turned all their attention to Gennai. They all knew that when Gennai had something to say it was nearly always important (With the exception of Naizumi of course).
"Where to begin?" he thought out loud.
"Why we are all here would be a good choice." Naizumi suggested.
"Thank you." Gennai bowed his head to her. "You are all here for a reason. I will start by telling you that the search for the child of light and hope is over."
The three 'new' Digidestined and their Digimon looked relieved.
"So who is it?" Keiji asked Gennai.
Naizumi had begun to piece things together. She knew who it was.
"It's me, isn't it?" she asked.
"Yes," Gennai said simply.
"And my Digimon partner is Naizumumon."
Gennai nodded, "You are very perceptive. This is one of the qualities that will help you win."
Suzumi walked up to Naizumi, "How do you know all this?" she asked.
"T.K., her dad, is the guardian of hope," Gennai began.
"And Kari, her mum, is the guardian of light!" Keiji exclaimed as realisation struck him.
"The same is true of Naizumumon." Patamon spoke up.
"Well that explains the name similarities." T.K. grinned.
"Does this mean all of our troubles are over?" Gotsumon asked Gennai hopefully.
"Far from it." He replied regretfully. "The battle against the Divine Power has just begun."
"What are these Divine Powers you guys keep talking about?" Naizumi asked.
"Not Divine Powers, Divine Power." Suzumi told her.
"We're not entirely sure who, or what, it is." Lara sighed.
"Well how are we going to fight them?" Naizumumon asked, concerned.
"That is where the powers of hope and light come in." Gennai smiled, "These two powers are the only ones that can reveal the Divine power for what it really is."
"Well, if we don't know what it looks like, how are we supposed to find it?" Naizumi was a bit confused.
Naizumumon flew into Naizumi's arms and looked her in the eye, "I know that!" she grinned excitedly, "Our power of hope will help us find it and our power of light will reveal it!"
"Well done Naizumumon." Gennai congratulated her.
"So what happens now?" LadyAgumon asked.
"I will reveal more detail at a later date, but for now you must all go back to the human world." He said whilst looking at Patamon and Gatomon as if to say 'you too'.
The two Digimon smiled.
"Where's the nearest exit?" Kari asked.
"Come, I will show you." And they all got up, readily following Gennai to wherever he would lead.
It didn't take very long for them to reach the nearest junction between the two worlds. Before they knew it they were all back in the computer room in the school. The clock indicated that they'd been gone for a mere twenty minutes, although it felt like a lot longer from Naizumi's point of view.
"Woah." T.K. said, awestruck. "It's been a while since we were last in here!"
Patamon, who was sat on his hat, simply nodded as he gazed around the room in amazement.
Kari walked up next to T.K., holding Gatomon lightly in her arms. They were also looking around the room.
"It looks smaller than it used to be." Gatomon pointed out.
"It is, look." Lara pointed towards a lightly painted wall, "This room was divided into two rooms when they took out the old computers and replaced them with these."
"Oh."
"Anyway, we've got to get home." Keiji smiled. He picked up Gotsumon. "I'm already late."
"Can I walk with you?" Suzumi asked.
LadyAgumon yanked at Suzumi's trouser leg, "You mean can we?"
"Oh, yeah. Sorry. Can we walk with you?" Suzumi restated.
"Sure." The four of them left the room.
"That girl would try anything…" Lara smirked, shaking her head.
"What do you mean?" Naizumi asked.
"Doesn't matter." She picked up Kunemon, "See you at school on Monday?"
"Sure." Naizumi smiled, "bye."
Lara headed for the exit. She opened the door then disappeared.
"So," T.K. started, "I guess we'd better go home."
"Yep." Kari nodded.
Patamon flew over and landed on T.K.'s head, "Woah dude, have you put on weight?"
Kari and Gatomon laughed as Kari picked her up off the floor.
Patamon smiled too, "Nah, it's you. When your body got taller it forgot to build up your neck muscles. You just think I'm heavier."
"Oh really?" T.K. cocked an eye up at Patamon. Their eyes met and T.K.'s expression changed to one of mischief.
"Yes." Patamon grinned back.
With that T.K. began to shake his head. Patamon held on with all his strength, determined not to let go.
"T.K.!" he yelped, "Stop!"
"But I thought my neck muscles weren't very strong." He pointed out, "If they aren't that strong then I shouldn't be able to knock you off."
"You can't. But if you don't stop I'm gonna throw up all over your nice hat."
"Yikes!" In an instant T.K.'s head had ceased all movement.
The four girls, Kari, Gatomon, Naizumi and Naizumumon, were all laughing their heads off at the duo.
"Thank you." Patamon gulped, a bit greener than usual.
"Come on, we've got to get home." Kari smiled.
Naizumi and Naizumumon waited behind, momentarily, after the adults left.
"How are we gonna do this?" Naizumi asked, her voice full of concern.
"I have absolutely no idea." Naizumumon confessed, "But we're gonna give it our damned best shot, right?"
"You bet." Naizumi smiled down at her new friend, "Come on, I'll give you a lift."
Naizumumon jumped up into her arms with practiced grace, landing lightly in Naizumi's arms. The Two of them left the room, unaware of the evil that they must face together. The full weight of their responsibility had not set down on them yet, but they knew it would, and all they could do now was wait until the mystery ahead of them unravelled, and that would take time.
It wasn't until after the rock concert, a few days after the reunion, that the Digidestined returned to the Digital world to find the Divine Power. Although Naizumi and Naizumumon had barely known each other a week they had become inseparable. Little did they know that this bond between them was to play a vital role in their quest. It would eventually make the powers that each of them concealed deep inside of them combine to become even stronger. They had already taken the first few, shaky steps along the path of their destiny and were growing more powerful day by day.
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"We must destroy those two, Master. Your victory depends upon it!"
"I know this as well as you do, Verachtumon. If your Okuwamon hadn't failed in the first place, we wouldn't be in this position!" He let a deep sigh escape his lungs, his deep voice causing the very walls of his domain to shake.
"Then what are we going to do about them, Master?"
"I need time to think…"
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"Where are we headed?" Sara asked the others. She was struggling to catch her breath as the others marched on ahead.
"We're going to see an old friend of ours." Patamon explained to her.
"Why do we have to walk over the mountains, though? It's freezing cold!" she asked with a shiver.
"You really don't want to know what's down the other path to where we're heading."
He flew back over to Gatomon, landing by her side and continuing on foot.
"What have you told them?" he asked her.
"All that we currently know about the Divine power, which I'm sad to say is not a lot." She sighed, exasperated.
"You worried?" he asked her sincerely.
"I am, but not about me. About our daughter and Naizumi. How are they going to do this?"
"I don't know." He looked at her. She held her head down towards the ground, a sad expression imprinted on her face. "They will do it though. And they're not going to do it alone. The other Digidestined may not be able to help find the Divine Power, but we can. We have the powers of hope and light. We can help them to defeat this evil." He hoped he sounded brave. If he'd said he wasn't scared of the evil they were looking for, he'd be lying.
Gatomon saw right through him, "You're so cute when you pretend to be tough." She teased him.
"What do you mean, "pretend"?" he faked a frown, "I'm the toughest Digimon around."
"Oh, really?" Gatomon put her hands on her hips, "Remember who's the champion and who's the rookie."
"Who?" he asked, pretending again.
"You wouldn't stand a chance." She smiled at him.
"Wanna bet?" he asked.
"I'd bet my tail ring on…" Before she could finish her sentence Patamon leapt at her, tackling her to the ground, sending both of them rolling off the path, down a slight hill to land in a heap at the bottom.
"Ahh, ouch, ooh! Thorns!" Gatomon cried.
Patamon jumped up immediately, "Are you okay Gatomon?" he offered his hand to help her up.
She raised an arm, accepting his hand. He saw a strange look in her eyes, then he realised his mistake. Too late. Gatomon pulled on his arm, pulling him down to the ground at the same time that she stood up. Patamon rolled over onto his back to look up at her.
"Well, well, well." Gatomon grinned mischievously down at him. She placed her right foot down on his stomach, lightly. Just enough to pin him down. "I thought you were the toughest Digimon around?"
Patamon smiled back up at her, "I am."
Gatomon was about to reply when she saw Patamon gently wrap one of his wings around her ankle and remove her foot off his belly. She didn't resist for fear of falling and hurting herself, or landing on Patamon and hurting him.
Suddenly Patamon tugged Gatomon's leg from beneath her, rolled over and jumped up behind her just in time to stop her falling over and hurting herself. He held her under her arms, supporting her lightly.
She looked up and their eyes met.
"You get me with that one every time." She smiled, "I don't know why I don't see that one coming."
Patamon smiled back, easily seeing through her little white lie, like he always did, "Nah, you always let me win."
"What?" she faked shock, "Never would I do such a thing!"
Patamon just smiled back, never looking away from her eyes.
"What are you so happy about?" she asked him, seeing the big smile on his face.
"This." He said.
He leaned over to give Gatomon a light, but very passionate, kiss on the lips.
"Oh." She smiled when he broke off, "I see now."
"Ahem." A voice from behind them coughed.
Both of the Digimon swung around to see the rest of the group looked on impatiently.
"How long have you been stood there?" Gatomon asked as Patamon helped her stand up straight.
"Too long," Naizumumon made a disgusted face, "yuck!"
"We've got to hurry if we want to make it in time. It'll be getting dark soon." Keiji warned.
"Fine by us." Patamon and Gatomon said simultaneously, both of them a bit embarrassed.
"By the way," Naizumumon called to her parents, "Mum would win!"
"You always take her side!" Patamon called back.
The group laughed.
The sun was now setting as the group left the area. What they didn't know was that they were being followed by a pursuer, and they had very dark intentions.
It took them a couple of hours to reach their desired destination, and it was very dark as they arrived. They approached what looked like an old, run down castle. There was no visible sign of any inhabitants, or of anything coming or going to and from the house, not even footprints.
"Are you sure this is the right place?" Naizumi asked.
"I am." Gatomon replied, "He said to meet him here."
"Lets go inside." Patamon suggested.
"Good idea."
The small group headed towards the door, led by Gatomon. She reached the door and gave the handle a turn. The door creaked open silently.
"H… Hello?" Patamon called nervously into the eerie blackness that had engulfed them the moment they entered.
They all entered the gloomy looking house, their senses alert to possible danger.
The inside of the building looked a lot different to how Gatomon remembered it. The building was abandoned, rather than full of the hundreds of Digimon that Gatomon remembered, but it was just as dark and gloomy as ever.
"Where are we?" Naizumumon sounded worried.
"Myotismon's old castle." Gatomon told her, never taking her eyes away from the darkness in front of them. He cat-like senses penetrated the darkness with ease, just as they were meant to. If there was a threat, Gatomon would know about it before it could get close. Gatomon thought she heard a faint, far off sound, but dismissed it as her imagination playing tricks.
An evil set of eyes watched the group as they walked through the passage, targeting them. They glowed an evil shade of red. Gatomon should have trusted her sharp senses.
"Gatomon…" a far off voice called to her, sounding distressed.
Gatomon stopped abruptly, "Did you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?" Keiji asked.
"Nothing." She dismissed it, but not completely.
They continued walking again.
"Gatomon…" it was louder this time.
"Okay, now I heard that!" Patamon stated nervously.
"So did we." Naizumi and Naizumumon said.
"Heard what?" Suzumi asked.
"Someone's calling to me." Gatomon explained, "This way!"
They all followed her as she led them down a very long flight of stairs.
"Gatomon…!" The voice came again.
"Who are you?" Gatomon whispered as she ran down the stairs.
"Gatomon… It's a tr…" The voice began, stopping suddenly in mid sentence.
Gatomon and Patamon arrived at the bottom of the stairs first. There was a door in front of them.
"It's coming from in there." Gatomon pointed at the door.
"Let's go in." Patamon.
"Wait for us!" The others called, still not at the bottom of the stairs.
Gatomon decided not to wait. She walked over to the door and gave it a firm push. I swung open, slowly revealing the room to them. They took a step inside. A figure was chained to one of the walls.
"Wizardmon?" Gatomon cried in bewilderment. Wizardmon looked up to reveal a bruised and battered face. His eyes were full of pain.
"Yes, it is he." A deep voice, full of evil called from behind them.
The two Digimon span round quickly, trying to find the source of the voice. They saw only shadows behind them.
"Where are you?" Gatomon called angrily.
A very large, dark figure stepped forwards from the shadows, revealing itself to the two small Digimon.
"Who are you?" Patamon asked, his voice had an angry tone too.
"Me? Why, you know who, and what, I am."
He was playing games with them, for which neither of them had the patience.
"Don't be stupid. We've never seen you before." Gatomon growled angrily, "Now let Wizardmon go, or I'll be forced to destroy you."
The voice laughed, causing the walls to shake. Small chunks of the ceiling fell to the floor, "Don't be so naïve. I could kill you before you knew what had happened to you. You, small one," he teased Gatomon, "cannot harm me." He laughed again.
Gatomon began to realise who he was. She growled at him again, "you're right. I do know you. You are the Divine power."
The evil creature nodded, an evil grin spread across his face.
The door of the room swung open, revealing Naizumi and Naizumumon. The rest of the group were visible for a split second, but the door slammed shut again.
Naizumumon looked at the humongous creature that her parents were looking at angrily, "Who is that?"
"We've found him." Gatomon stated simply.
Naizumi and her Digimon partner knew exactly who she meant. Their destiny was at hand.
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Well, that's the end of this chapter and the story. I will be writing a sequel to "With The Stars To Guide Me", but only if I get enough reviews. So if you want to find out what's going to happen, get reviewing. I also have ideas for shorter stories based in the "W.T.S.T.G.M." universe. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed my first story. Thank you.
NKC
