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What My Heart Was Looking For
Chapter six: Feeling Something
The desert below them passed quicker than it came.
"Where are we going?" Gatomon asked, looking at Wizardmon.
"Somewhere very special," Wizardmon informed, not sounding very worried.
Gatomon liked the feeling of knowing she was in strong, confident arms. It made her feel safe and eased her fears. If he wasn't worried, she had no need to be. She completely trusted him and would go anywhere with him.
"I'm sorry, Wizardmon," Gatomon said quietly.
"Sorry for what?" Wizardmon asked.
"For yelling at you," Gatomon told him. "I don't know how to express my feelings sometimes."
"I understand," Wizardmon assured her.
"If there's anything you want to know, I'll tell you," Gatomon promised him.
"You don't have to tell me anything unless you're ready," Wizardmon said, his arm tightening around her.
Gatomon smiled.
"Look, Gatomon!" Wizardmon exclaimed, pointing at a large fire on the bank of a lake beside a large patch of forest. "Looks like a good place to stop for the night."
"We might not be welcomed," Gatomon said worriedly.
"Everyone's welcomed to the Aine festival," Wizardmon laughed, heading down toward the fire.
They landed just beside the commotion and Wizardmon set Gatomon down. She stared, disbelieving, at what was going on. A unicorn digimon, with many smaller digimon, danced around a large bon fire. A worm-type digimon clicked his beak while a thorn-backed one beat his long legs against coconuts. Fuzzy, red elecmon hummed. It was like a band and it actually sounded like real music.
"What's going on?" Gatomon asked.
"It's the Aine festival," Wizardmon told her. "Every two years, Unimon builds a giant fire and begins to gallop about. The pounding of her hoofs brings the kunemon and elecmon from deep in the earth. The light from the fire attracts the gizamon from the lake."
"Why does Unimon do this?" Gatomon asked.
"No one knows," Wizardmon said. "They just gather here to dance and have a great old time for three consecutive nights."
"May I have this dance?" asked a red elecmon, showing off his long blue-tipped hind feathers.
He was a bit smaller than Gatomon, but she agreed. The elecmon stood on his hind legs and was just as tall as she was. The music was rather fast, so he twirled her, dipped her, and tossed her form side to side. Gatomon was having more fun then she had ever had before. The fire blazing just beside them made Gatomon sweat, but she just kept on dancing. Suddenly, the elecmon stopped.
"Mind if I cut in?" Wizardmon asked from behind Gatomon.
The elecmon politely stood aside.
"May I?" Wizardmon addressed Gatomon, looking down at her.
"Wizardmon, I'm much too short to properly dance with you," Gatomon told him, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"I don't think so," Wizardmon replied, and with that, he scooped her up in his arms and held her so that they were eye-to-eye.
Gatomon smiled, putting her paws on his shoulders.
"I must warn you that I'm not all that good of a dancer," Wizardmon admitted.
"That's all right," Gatomon said, looking into his eyes.
Wizardmon shrugged, then began to polka around the fire. Gatomon held on and watched everything spin around them. She laughed. The gizamon keeping beat began drumming faster. The rest of the band followed, humming, clicking, and buzzing faster and loader. Gatomon threw her arms out and her head back as Wizardmon spun her around. Unimon whinnied as the flames of the bon fire thundered into the sky.
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Gatomon slowly lifted her head and glanced around. The remnants of a once raging fire were trampled and spread throughout the area. Gatomon guessed that Unimon did this as to not leave a mess and to help things grow. Not a footprint was left to reveal that a party went on the night before. Unimon herself and the little digimon were gone. In fact, there was no digimon in sight, not even Wizardmon. Gatomon jumped to her feet and frantically glanced around. There wasn't a sign of him.
"Wizardmon!" Gatomon yelled. "Wizardmon, where are you?"
She couldn't believe he would just leave her there.
"Wizardmon!" Gatomon cried, running into the woods. "Wizardmon!"
Suddenly, someone grabbed her arm. She spun around and stared up Wizardmon.
"What's wrong?" He asked urgently. "Is it Myotismon?"
Gatomon lowered her head. She felt so stupid.
"No," she muttered. "It's just that you were gone."
"I went to get lunch," Wizardmon told her, kneeling down.
"Lunch?" Gatomon asked. "What time is it?"
Wizardmon glanced at the sun, saying, "About three."
"I slept in that late?" Gatomon exclaimed.
"It was a busy night," Wizardmon rationalized. "Did you think I left you?"
Gatomon looked up into his eyes. She felt that sick feeling in her chest, so she looked away. In response to his question, she shrugged.
"I would never leave you, you know," Wizardmon insisted.
"Yeah, I know," Gatomon muttered.
"Here."
Gatomon looked up as Wizardmon pulled the gold ring from his hair, causing his long blonde hair to fall over his shoulders. Taking her paw, her placed the gold ring in her palm and closed her fingers around it.
"This is so you know that I'll never ever leave you," Wizardmon whispered.
Gatomon looked about herself, searching for a place to put the ring. It was too small for her fingers and toes, and she had no hair so she couldn't wear it as Wizardmon did. Then she saw her tail gently swaying back and forth. She pushed it passed the spout of purple hair at the end of her tail and slid it down to a comfortable spot. It fit well, like it was made for her tail. Wizardmon smiled at her.
After a small lunch, and after Wizardmon tied back his hair, he took Gatomon in his arms and flew off.
"How much longer to your special place?" Gatomon asked.
"It might be a while," Wizardmon told her. "For now, you should get some rest. We have a long journey ahead of us."
"I just woke up," Gatomon yawned, snuggling against him. "I'm not tired."
She smiled as she felt the gold ring slightly move as her tail flapped in the wind.
A/N: OK, so it's not exactly practical to say that Wizardmon gave her the tail ring, but I thought it would be cute. I got the idea when I saw that episode in the second season when Kari, Yolei and Ken are helping Gatomon find her tail ring. She was so frantic to find it because it was the only thing she had from Wizardmon. Make sense?
What My Heart Was Looking For
Chapter six: Feeling Something
The desert below them passed quicker than it came.
"Where are we going?" Gatomon asked, looking at Wizardmon.
"Somewhere very special," Wizardmon informed, not sounding very worried.
Gatomon liked the feeling of knowing she was in strong, confident arms. It made her feel safe and eased her fears. If he wasn't worried, she had no need to be. She completely trusted him and would go anywhere with him.
"I'm sorry, Wizardmon," Gatomon said quietly.
"Sorry for what?" Wizardmon asked.
"For yelling at you," Gatomon told him. "I don't know how to express my feelings sometimes."
"I understand," Wizardmon assured her.
"If there's anything you want to know, I'll tell you," Gatomon promised him.
"You don't have to tell me anything unless you're ready," Wizardmon said, his arm tightening around her.
Gatomon smiled.
"Look, Gatomon!" Wizardmon exclaimed, pointing at a large fire on the bank of a lake beside a large patch of forest. "Looks like a good place to stop for the night."
"We might not be welcomed," Gatomon said worriedly.
"Everyone's welcomed to the Aine festival," Wizardmon laughed, heading down toward the fire.
They landed just beside the commotion and Wizardmon set Gatomon down. She stared, disbelieving, at what was going on. A unicorn digimon, with many smaller digimon, danced around a large bon fire. A worm-type digimon clicked his beak while a thorn-backed one beat his long legs against coconuts. Fuzzy, red elecmon hummed. It was like a band and it actually sounded like real music.
"What's going on?" Gatomon asked.
"It's the Aine festival," Wizardmon told her. "Every two years, Unimon builds a giant fire and begins to gallop about. The pounding of her hoofs brings the kunemon and elecmon from deep in the earth. The light from the fire attracts the gizamon from the lake."
"Why does Unimon do this?" Gatomon asked.
"No one knows," Wizardmon said. "They just gather here to dance and have a great old time for three consecutive nights."
"May I have this dance?" asked a red elecmon, showing off his long blue-tipped hind feathers.
He was a bit smaller than Gatomon, but she agreed. The elecmon stood on his hind legs and was just as tall as she was. The music was rather fast, so he twirled her, dipped her, and tossed her form side to side. Gatomon was having more fun then she had ever had before. The fire blazing just beside them made Gatomon sweat, but she just kept on dancing. Suddenly, the elecmon stopped.
"Mind if I cut in?" Wizardmon asked from behind Gatomon.
The elecmon politely stood aside.
"May I?" Wizardmon addressed Gatomon, looking down at her.
"Wizardmon, I'm much too short to properly dance with you," Gatomon told him, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"I don't think so," Wizardmon replied, and with that, he scooped her up in his arms and held her so that they were eye-to-eye.
Gatomon smiled, putting her paws on his shoulders.
"I must warn you that I'm not all that good of a dancer," Wizardmon admitted.
"That's all right," Gatomon said, looking into his eyes.
Wizardmon shrugged, then began to polka around the fire. Gatomon held on and watched everything spin around them. She laughed. The gizamon keeping beat began drumming faster. The rest of the band followed, humming, clicking, and buzzing faster and loader. Gatomon threw her arms out and her head back as Wizardmon spun her around. Unimon whinnied as the flames of the bon fire thundered into the sky.
**************
Gatomon slowly lifted her head and glanced around. The remnants of a once raging fire were trampled and spread throughout the area. Gatomon guessed that Unimon did this as to not leave a mess and to help things grow. Not a footprint was left to reveal that a party went on the night before. Unimon herself and the little digimon were gone. In fact, there was no digimon in sight, not even Wizardmon. Gatomon jumped to her feet and frantically glanced around. There wasn't a sign of him.
"Wizardmon!" Gatomon yelled. "Wizardmon, where are you?"
She couldn't believe he would just leave her there.
"Wizardmon!" Gatomon cried, running into the woods. "Wizardmon!"
Suddenly, someone grabbed her arm. She spun around and stared up Wizardmon.
"What's wrong?" He asked urgently. "Is it Myotismon?"
Gatomon lowered her head. She felt so stupid.
"No," she muttered. "It's just that you were gone."
"I went to get lunch," Wizardmon told her, kneeling down.
"Lunch?" Gatomon asked. "What time is it?"
Wizardmon glanced at the sun, saying, "About three."
"I slept in that late?" Gatomon exclaimed.
"It was a busy night," Wizardmon rationalized. "Did you think I left you?"
Gatomon looked up into his eyes. She felt that sick feeling in her chest, so she looked away. In response to his question, she shrugged.
"I would never leave you, you know," Wizardmon insisted.
"Yeah, I know," Gatomon muttered.
"Here."
Gatomon looked up as Wizardmon pulled the gold ring from his hair, causing his long blonde hair to fall over his shoulders. Taking her paw, her placed the gold ring in her palm and closed her fingers around it.
"This is so you know that I'll never ever leave you," Wizardmon whispered.
Gatomon looked about herself, searching for a place to put the ring. It was too small for her fingers and toes, and she had no hair so she couldn't wear it as Wizardmon did. Then she saw her tail gently swaying back and forth. She pushed it passed the spout of purple hair at the end of her tail and slid it down to a comfortable spot. It fit well, like it was made for her tail. Wizardmon smiled at her.
After a small lunch, and after Wizardmon tied back his hair, he took Gatomon in his arms and flew off.
"How much longer to your special place?" Gatomon asked.
"It might be a while," Wizardmon told her. "For now, you should get some rest. We have a long journey ahead of us."
"I just woke up," Gatomon yawned, snuggling against him. "I'm not tired."
She smiled as she felt the gold ring slightly move as her tail flapped in the wind.
A/N: OK, so it's not exactly practical to say that Wizardmon gave her the tail ring, but I thought it would be cute. I got the idea when I saw that episode in the second season when Kari, Yolei and Ken are helping Gatomon find her tail ring. She was so frantic to find it because it was the only thing she had from Wizardmon. Make sense?