Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.
A/N: I know in the show, Gatomon sees Wizardmon's mouth when he drinks the water she gave him, but I changed mine so that she didn't see his mouth. The reason why I changed it comes into play in this chapter.
What My Heart Was Looking For
Chapter eight: Devotion
Gatomon was shaken awake, but not by Wizardmon. He looked quite as confused as she was, sitting up and staring at the roof. A loud whoosh overhead scared Gatomon.
"What's going on?" she cried, holding on to Wizardmon.
"I don't know, but we have to get out of here," Wizardmon insisted.
Gatomon let go of Wizardmon so he could get back into the top half of his coveralls. She sprinted out of the temple and stared up at the sky. Dark spots flew over, too far away to identify. Gatomon tried to focus her cat eyes on them. One figure came into fuzzy focus. He was larger than the other spots and carried a large scythe.
"Phantomon," she muttered to herself.
"Who?" Wizardmon asked, running up to her.
"Phantomon," Gatomon told him. "He's part of Myotismon's army. They've come for me!"
"No one knows this place exists," Wizardmon promised her. "They will not find us here."
"You don't understand!" Gatomon cried, pulling on Wizardmon's cape. "Myotismon never stops unless he has what he wants. I really thought we could escape, but we can't. Not now that he's so near. They'll search every nook and cranny of this mountain range. There's no escaping."
"I'm not giving up yet," Wizardmon said firmly.
"There's no way out!" Gatomon exclaimed.
Wizardmon glanced around, saying, "There are tunnels all through these mountains. I think there's one right there. Magical game!"
He shot a blue light at the icy wall, blasting hole into it.
"You're destroying your special place!" Gatomon exclaimed, upset at what this was driving him to.
Wizardmon didn't answer. He just grabbed Gatomon's paw and pulled her into the hole at a run. They connected with a tunnel right away. Glancing both ways, Wizardmon immediately went down the path to the left. Gatomon watched behind them to see if Phantomon and the others heard Wizardmon's blast. There was no one coming at the moment, but that didn't mean they weren't on their way.
"Where does this path lead?" Gatomon demanded.
Wizardmon didn't answer. Was it because he didn't have time to explain or did he not know?
"Grizzly wing!"
A swarm of bats flew out of the darkness in front of them. Gatomon and Wizardmon were knocked off their feet. Gatomon looked up to see Myotismon step into the light and smile cruelly.
"Gatomon," he said quietly, stepping closer to her. "Dear Gatomon, why did you betray me? I fed you, gave you a home, and this is how you repay me?"
Gatomon glanced over at Wizardmon to see if he was OK. He sat up slowly.
"And who's your friend?" Myotismon asked. "Crimson lightening!"
Myotismon shot the familiar red rope at Wizardmon. It tied around his neck. Wizardmon struggled to get it off.
"Leave him alone!" Gatomon shouted, jumping to her feet.
"Don't look at me!" Myotismon shouted in anger.
If she was going to insure Wizardmon's safety, she was going to have to be a good little cat for her master. She dropped her eyes and knelt down.
"Master," Gatomon began, "he has nothing to do with this. I ran away. Punish me."
"I can't argue with that," Myotismon said, releasing Wizardmon from his whip.
Myotismon lifted the whip to strike Gatomon.
"No!" Wizardmon shouted. "Magical Game!"
Myotismon held up his hand and the blue ball disappeared.
"Grizzly Wing!" Myotismon casted, sending black bats at Wizardmon.
The bats grabbed Wizardmon and carried him off out the hole he had made. Myotismon snatched up Gatomon by the scruff of the neck and flew off after the bats. They flew passed the special place and up toward the army of bakemon. Gatomon watched Wizardmon try to fight the bats off, but he had no success. There were too many holding on to him.
"Good job, Master!" came DemiDevimon's raspy voice. "I knew you could do it."
"I wouldn't have had to if you hadn't been so incompetent," Myotismon shot at him.
"It wasn't me," DemiDevimon insisted. "It was the bakemon. They were watching guard-"
"And where were you?" Myotimon asked.
"It was that wizard digimon," DemiDevimon changed his mind. "He has this bewitching thing and-"
"Stop making excuses!" Myotismon shouted.
DemiDevimon shut his beak and flew off.
"Let's go!" Myotismon commanded.
Myotismon and Gatomon, the bats holding Wizardmon, Phantomon, DemiDevimon, and the bakemon all headed off toward the dark castle far in the distance. The journey was long. Gatomon was barely awake when they entered that familiar fog. Myotismon and his men landed inside the outer gate. He threw Gatomon to the ground.
"Take her and her friend to her chambers, and lock them up," Myotismon ordered as he headed up the stone steps to his throne room.
Bakemon grabbed Gatomon and dragged her to her chambers, followed by Wizardmon and the bats. After throwing the two into the dark and dank quarters, DemiDevimon locked the door, his laugh echoing.
"I have failed you," Wizardmon muttered, staring down at the stone floor.
"No," Gatomon insisted, lightly touching his face with her paw.
Wizardmon raised his eyes to hers.
"You have given me the only true happiness I've ever known," Gatomon whispered.
Wizardmon quickly took her paw and kissed it underneath the shade of his hat. As he looked back up at her, Gatomon pushed his hat off, revealing his unruly hair. She smiled wryly, reaching for his high collar. He snatched her paw before she could unmask him.
"Gatomon, I-" Wizardmon began nervously.
"Please," she whispered, "for me."
Wizardmon closed his eyes and let her paw go. She watched him for a moment, not sure what she was waiting for. Suddenly, Wizardmon pulled away his collar to reveal his whole face. He didn't exactly have nose, but his mouth was the focus. It appeared to be sewn shut, yet it could open freely. It was an odd feature. If that had been Gatomon's mouth, she would have kept it covered as well.
Wizardmon opened his eyes and looked at her anxiously. Gatomon reached up and grazed his mouth with her paw. She leaned close to him, lightly pressing her soft lips to his.
A loud creak sounded the unlocking of the door. Wizardmon stood up to shield Gatomon from whoever would enter. Unfortunately, the intruder had a large scythe. Phantomon floated in.
"Step aside or I'll have you shredded," Phantomon threatened.
Wizardmon didn't back down.
"Very well," Phantomon chuckled, holding up his weapon. "Shadow Scythe!"
His scythe came down, knocking Wizardmon to the ground in pain. Gatomon knelt by his side, grimacing at the blood soaking his clothes. Phantomon grabbed her arm and pulled her from the room. Wizardmon tried to get up, but he was in too much pain.
"Wizardmon!" Gatomon shouted.
"Gatomon, I love you!" he shouted back.
She was about to say that she loved him too, but Phantomon closed the door and floated off up the staircase.
"I love you, too!" she wasn't even sure if he could hear her.
Phantomon entered Myotismon's throne room and tossed the little cat on the middle of the floor. Myotismon circled her like a vulture.
"No wizard to protect you now," Myotismon scoffed.
Gatomon lay there, afraid to move. It might provoke him.
"Why did you run away?" Myotismon asked. "Was is because you were a coward and didn't want to face me after failing in Gazi-Gatsu? Was it because you were weak and felt for those digimon? Or was it your wizard friend? He spouted words like friendship. Gatomon, I thought I taught you better then to think such things were possible."
"They are!" Gatomon shouted, staring up at him. "Wizardmon is my friend, and he will stand by me no matter what. There's nothing you can do to stop that. You may take away our freedom, but friendship cannot be taken!"
"Those eyes!" Myotismon grumbled, his red whip appearing in his hand. "I hate those eyes!"
Gatomon kept staring, saying, "I'm not afraid of you! Whip me all you want. I've been whipped before. But don't stand there and act like your some sort of God. You're not. You're a digimon just like the rest of us. You were once champion, a rookie, and I daresay, an in training digimon just like the rest of us. You are alive like the rest of us and one day you will die, and I hope I'll be the one who takes you down!"
"You have uttered your last words!" Myotismon yelled.
He lifted the whip and cracked it hard against her back. She fell to the ground in pain. Myotismon whipped her and whipped her and whipped her. Gatomon could feel the drops of blood streaming down her sides. She was shaking and crying from the pain. Still, the lashes kept coming over and over again.
"God save me," Gatmon uttered, just before her vision went dark.
***************
The little cat slowly opened her eyes. A blurry mass came into focus. It was a digimon with big green eyes, a collar covering his mouth, and a large hat on his head.
"Gatomon?" Wizardmon asked. "Can you speak?"
"Where-" was all she managed to utter.
"We're still in Myotimon's castle," Wizardmon told her. "Oh, Gatomon. I was afraid that you wouldn't wake up. They brought you back in bad shape."
"They?" she whispered, trying to move, but finding it too painful.
"Those ghost things," Wizardmon clarified.
"I don't...under...stand," Gatomon breathed.
"Don't speak too much," Wizardmon hushed her.
"What's...going...on?" Gatomon asked quietly, her breathing quickening.
"Calm down," Wizardmon insisted. "I'm here. I'll take care of you."
"Who-" Gatomon pleaded.
"Who?" Wizardmon repeated in confusion.
"I...don't...re-remem...ber," Gatomon said, her eyes watering.
"What don't you remember?" Wizardmon asked. "You don't remember Myotismon?"
"No!" Gatomon cried. "I don't remember!"
Gatomon tried to get up again, but it was still too painful.
"Gatomon, what about me?" Wizardmon asked urgently. "Do you remember me?"
Gatomon stared at him for a moment and then shook her head.
Wizardmon nursed Gatomon back to health and she even got to know him again, but she never loved him like she did before. Gatomon got hard-hearted and was merciless to the digimon slaves. She did whatever she could for her master, Myotismon. Whatever horrible thing she did, Wizardmon stayed by her side, keeping his promise and knowing that she wasn't this digimon Myotismon broke her into. Wizardmon kept hoping and praying day after day that she would remember who she was and remember him and their love.
The End
A/N: Terribly angsty, I know. But I've already began writing the sequel. It takes place in the second season. Do you have any requests of things that could happen, because I'm running out of ideas.
A/N: I know in the show, Gatomon sees Wizardmon's mouth when he drinks the water she gave him, but I changed mine so that she didn't see his mouth. The reason why I changed it comes into play in this chapter.
What My Heart Was Looking For
Chapter eight: Devotion
Gatomon was shaken awake, but not by Wizardmon. He looked quite as confused as she was, sitting up and staring at the roof. A loud whoosh overhead scared Gatomon.
"What's going on?" she cried, holding on to Wizardmon.
"I don't know, but we have to get out of here," Wizardmon insisted.
Gatomon let go of Wizardmon so he could get back into the top half of his coveralls. She sprinted out of the temple and stared up at the sky. Dark spots flew over, too far away to identify. Gatomon tried to focus her cat eyes on them. One figure came into fuzzy focus. He was larger than the other spots and carried a large scythe.
"Phantomon," she muttered to herself.
"Who?" Wizardmon asked, running up to her.
"Phantomon," Gatomon told him. "He's part of Myotismon's army. They've come for me!"
"No one knows this place exists," Wizardmon promised her. "They will not find us here."
"You don't understand!" Gatomon cried, pulling on Wizardmon's cape. "Myotismon never stops unless he has what he wants. I really thought we could escape, but we can't. Not now that he's so near. They'll search every nook and cranny of this mountain range. There's no escaping."
"I'm not giving up yet," Wizardmon said firmly.
"There's no way out!" Gatomon exclaimed.
Wizardmon glanced around, saying, "There are tunnels all through these mountains. I think there's one right there. Magical game!"
He shot a blue light at the icy wall, blasting hole into it.
"You're destroying your special place!" Gatomon exclaimed, upset at what this was driving him to.
Wizardmon didn't answer. He just grabbed Gatomon's paw and pulled her into the hole at a run. They connected with a tunnel right away. Glancing both ways, Wizardmon immediately went down the path to the left. Gatomon watched behind them to see if Phantomon and the others heard Wizardmon's blast. There was no one coming at the moment, but that didn't mean they weren't on their way.
"Where does this path lead?" Gatomon demanded.
Wizardmon didn't answer. Was it because he didn't have time to explain or did he not know?
"Grizzly wing!"
A swarm of bats flew out of the darkness in front of them. Gatomon and Wizardmon were knocked off their feet. Gatomon looked up to see Myotismon step into the light and smile cruelly.
"Gatomon," he said quietly, stepping closer to her. "Dear Gatomon, why did you betray me? I fed you, gave you a home, and this is how you repay me?"
Gatomon glanced over at Wizardmon to see if he was OK. He sat up slowly.
"And who's your friend?" Myotismon asked. "Crimson lightening!"
Myotismon shot the familiar red rope at Wizardmon. It tied around his neck. Wizardmon struggled to get it off.
"Leave him alone!" Gatomon shouted, jumping to her feet.
"Don't look at me!" Myotismon shouted in anger.
If she was going to insure Wizardmon's safety, she was going to have to be a good little cat for her master. She dropped her eyes and knelt down.
"Master," Gatomon began, "he has nothing to do with this. I ran away. Punish me."
"I can't argue with that," Myotismon said, releasing Wizardmon from his whip.
Myotismon lifted the whip to strike Gatomon.
"No!" Wizardmon shouted. "Magical Game!"
Myotismon held up his hand and the blue ball disappeared.
"Grizzly Wing!" Myotismon casted, sending black bats at Wizardmon.
The bats grabbed Wizardmon and carried him off out the hole he had made. Myotismon snatched up Gatomon by the scruff of the neck and flew off after the bats. They flew passed the special place and up toward the army of bakemon. Gatomon watched Wizardmon try to fight the bats off, but he had no success. There were too many holding on to him.
"Good job, Master!" came DemiDevimon's raspy voice. "I knew you could do it."
"I wouldn't have had to if you hadn't been so incompetent," Myotismon shot at him.
"It wasn't me," DemiDevimon insisted. "It was the bakemon. They were watching guard-"
"And where were you?" Myotimon asked.
"It was that wizard digimon," DemiDevimon changed his mind. "He has this bewitching thing and-"
"Stop making excuses!" Myotismon shouted.
DemiDevimon shut his beak and flew off.
"Let's go!" Myotismon commanded.
Myotismon and Gatomon, the bats holding Wizardmon, Phantomon, DemiDevimon, and the bakemon all headed off toward the dark castle far in the distance. The journey was long. Gatomon was barely awake when they entered that familiar fog. Myotismon and his men landed inside the outer gate. He threw Gatomon to the ground.
"Take her and her friend to her chambers, and lock them up," Myotismon ordered as he headed up the stone steps to his throne room.
Bakemon grabbed Gatomon and dragged her to her chambers, followed by Wizardmon and the bats. After throwing the two into the dark and dank quarters, DemiDevimon locked the door, his laugh echoing.
"I have failed you," Wizardmon muttered, staring down at the stone floor.
"No," Gatomon insisted, lightly touching his face with her paw.
Wizardmon raised his eyes to hers.
"You have given me the only true happiness I've ever known," Gatomon whispered.
Wizardmon quickly took her paw and kissed it underneath the shade of his hat. As he looked back up at her, Gatomon pushed his hat off, revealing his unruly hair. She smiled wryly, reaching for his high collar. He snatched her paw before she could unmask him.
"Gatomon, I-" Wizardmon began nervously.
"Please," she whispered, "for me."
Wizardmon closed his eyes and let her paw go. She watched him for a moment, not sure what she was waiting for. Suddenly, Wizardmon pulled away his collar to reveal his whole face. He didn't exactly have nose, but his mouth was the focus. It appeared to be sewn shut, yet it could open freely. It was an odd feature. If that had been Gatomon's mouth, she would have kept it covered as well.
Wizardmon opened his eyes and looked at her anxiously. Gatomon reached up and grazed his mouth with her paw. She leaned close to him, lightly pressing her soft lips to his.
A loud creak sounded the unlocking of the door. Wizardmon stood up to shield Gatomon from whoever would enter. Unfortunately, the intruder had a large scythe. Phantomon floated in.
"Step aside or I'll have you shredded," Phantomon threatened.
Wizardmon didn't back down.
"Very well," Phantomon chuckled, holding up his weapon. "Shadow Scythe!"
His scythe came down, knocking Wizardmon to the ground in pain. Gatomon knelt by his side, grimacing at the blood soaking his clothes. Phantomon grabbed her arm and pulled her from the room. Wizardmon tried to get up, but he was in too much pain.
"Wizardmon!" Gatomon shouted.
"Gatomon, I love you!" he shouted back.
She was about to say that she loved him too, but Phantomon closed the door and floated off up the staircase.
"I love you, too!" she wasn't even sure if he could hear her.
Phantomon entered Myotismon's throne room and tossed the little cat on the middle of the floor. Myotismon circled her like a vulture.
"No wizard to protect you now," Myotismon scoffed.
Gatomon lay there, afraid to move. It might provoke him.
"Why did you run away?" Myotismon asked. "Was is because you were a coward and didn't want to face me after failing in Gazi-Gatsu? Was it because you were weak and felt for those digimon? Or was it your wizard friend? He spouted words like friendship. Gatomon, I thought I taught you better then to think such things were possible."
"They are!" Gatomon shouted, staring up at him. "Wizardmon is my friend, and he will stand by me no matter what. There's nothing you can do to stop that. You may take away our freedom, but friendship cannot be taken!"
"Those eyes!" Myotismon grumbled, his red whip appearing in his hand. "I hate those eyes!"
Gatomon kept staring, saying, "I'm not afraid of you! Whip me all you want. I've been whipped before. But don't stand there and act like your some sort of God. You're not. You're a digimon just like the rest of us. You were once champion, a rookie, and I daresay, an in training digimon just like the rest of us. You are alive like the rest of us and one day you will die, and I hope I'll be the one who takes you down!"
"You have uttered your last words!" Myotismon yelled.
He lifted the whip and cracked it hard against her back. She fell to the ground in pain. Myotismon whipped her and whipped her and whipped her. Gatomon could feel the drops of blood streaming down her sides. She was shaking and crying from the pain. Still, the lashes kept coming over and over again.
"God save me," Gatmon uttered, just before her vision went dark.
***************
The little cat slowly opened her eyes. A blurry mass came into focus. It was a digimon with big green eyes, a collar covering his mouth, and a large hat on his head.
"Gatomon?" Wizardmon asked. "Can you speak?"
"Where-" was all she managed to utter.
"We're still in Myotimon's castle," Wizardmon told her. "Oh, Gatomon. I was afraid that you wouldn't wake up. They brought you back in bad shape."
"They?" she whispered, trying to move, but finding it too painful.
"Those ghost things," Wizardmon clarified.
"I don't...under...stand," Gatomon breathed.
"Don't speak too much," Wizardmon hushed her.
"What's...going...on?" Gatomon asked quietly, her breathing quickening.
"Calm down," Wizardmon insisted. "I'm here. I'll take care of you."
"Who-" Gatomon pleaded.
"Who?" Wizardmon repeated in confusion.
"I...don't...re-remem...ber," Gatomon said, her eyes watering.
"What don't you remember?" Wizardmon asked. "You don't remember Myotismon?"
"No!" Gatomon cried. "I don't remember!"
Gatomon tried to get up again, but it was still too painful.
"Gatomon, what about me?" Wizardmon asked urgently. "Do you remember me?"
Gatomon stared at him for a moment and then shook her head.
Wizardmon nursed Gatomon back to health and she even got to know him again, but she never loved him like she did before. Gatomon got hard-hearted and was merciless to the digimon slaves. She did whatever she could for her master, Myotismon. Whatever horrible thing she did, Wizardmon stayed by her side, keeping his promise and knowing that she wasn't this digimon Myotismon broke her into. Wizardmon kept hoping and praying day after day that she would remember who she was and remember him and their love.
The End
A/N: Terribly angsty, I know. But I've already began writing the sequel. It takes place in the second season. Do you have any requests of things that could happen, because I'm running out of ideas.