Disclaimer: I don't own the digidestined or their digimon or Wizardmon.
WHAT YOUR LOVE MEANS TO ME
Chapter Twelve: Heartbreak and a Tough Scrape
Halfway between dream and awake, Gatomon could hear a voice. It was a familiar voice. One she had not heard for many years. It was gentle and quiet.
"Gatomon, I have missed you. Your soft white fur that I just love to have close to me. Your big blue eyes, the most beautiful of all the eyes in the world. Your lips, sweet. How I've yearned to hold you close and kiss you once more. I remember that last day before Myotismon made you forget everything. You gave me a reason to live all those years. When they took you away, I called that I loved you. You called back. But was it those words I longed to hear. I never knew, not until now. Oh, Gatomon, I love you."
Gatomon barely opened her eyes. The light behind the figure was bright, but she saw those eyes. It was his voice.
"Wizardmon?" she whispered. "Don't leave me."
With that, she closed her eyes again and went back to sleep.
Suddenly, Gatomon's eyes shot open and she sat up quickly. She caught sight of Wizardmon's cape disappearing in the forest-jungle. She jumped to her feet and ran after him. She stopped abruptly when his figure actually came into view. There he was, standing not ten meter's away. His back was toward her.
"Wizardmon?" Gatomon whispered to herself, her eyes filled with tears. It was so impossibly perfect, Gatomon had to wonder if she was dreaming. Gatomon was about to run to him and call out his name when...
"Wizardmon digi-volve to..."
Wizardmon's sunstaff soared out of his hand. He stretched out his arms, then suddenly, the top part of his coveralls tore under the stress of his newly-grown muscles. A belt wrapped around his waist to keep his pants up. His cape and hat flew away as his long blonde hair flowed freely and his small red vest grew down to his knees. To finish it off, a black staff with a crystal ball floated into his still-gloved hands.
"...Necromamon!"
Gatomon gasped. She hid herself behind a tree, tears flowing down her face. Necromamon was Wizardmon all this time. Why hadn't he told her? He just let her suffer the pains of being apart from him and the confusion of her feelings. She couldn't believe he would do this to her. She didn't even know how to react.
Necromamon walked right beside where she hid and was on his way back toward the waterfall. He was going back to see her. She had to get back there. But what would she say? What would she do? She was so confused as she walked back to where Wizardmon had left her.
"Where'd you go?" Necromamon asked as she emerged from the woods.
Gatomon looked up at him, unable to see him quite the same. She replied quietly and slowly, "I just went for a walk."
"Are you all right?" Necromamon asked with concern. "You look like you've been crying."
"I have to go back to Kari," Gatomon insisted.
"Gatomon, I-"
"Kari needs me!" Gatomon exclaimed as she ran off.
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"Glad you're back," Kari said when Gatomon had returned to the computer lab.
All the other digidestined with the exception of Ken were gathered around.
"We have a problem," Kari told her. "Ken needs us."
The digimon digivolved to flying forms, Gatomon to Nefertimon, Patamon to Pegasusmon, Hawkmon to Aquillomon, Armadillomon to Digmon(A/N: he has wings!) and Veemon to Raidramon(A/N: I think he flies. If not, let's say he's Magnumon.) The digidestined, got on their digimon and flew off to where Ken specified they go. It was not hard to find. There was a huge dark rip in this world that could be seen from miles around. Ken and the old dig-destined met them as they landed.
"What's going on?" Kari asked as she got off of Nefertimon's back.
Suddenly, the dark rip sent out a black beam. It hit all the digimon. Nefertimon felt this chill down to her bones and then her skin started crawling. She shrunk down into Gatomon. When she glanced around, she noticed all the other digimon had been de-volved as well.
"It's a dark rift," Izzy exclaimed. "Gennai(A/N: if that's how it's spelled) just e-mailed me. He says it's in the digital world too."
"It's a what?" Ken asked.
"A rift from the dark world into the world of light," Izzy explained.
"How do we close it?" Davis asked.
"It must be sealed in the digital world," Izzy told them. "And the only thing that can close it is the greatest power of all, the power of love. You must find where the rift breaks into the digital world, then two who truly love each other must walk into the rift. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell if they will be trapped in the world of darkness or kept safely in this world. So you'll have to make that sacrifice."
All the digi-destined and their digimon glanced at each other. Sorra and Tai had eye contact for just a second. Biyomon scooted close to Agumon, who reacted by putting his arm around her. Matt looked over at Mimi, who avoided looking back. Palmon looked briefly at Tentomon. T. K. and Davis both turned toward Kari. She kept her eyes down. Gatomon noticed that Patamon was looking at her. Then, Ken took Yolei's hand. She looked at him.
"We'll do it," Ken offered, squeezing Yolei's hand.
Yolei smiled, tears in her eyes.
"That is," Ken began, glancing at her, "if you want to."
Yolei was too overcome with emotion to speak, so she just nodded.
"You must hurry then," Izzy insisted. "The rest of you newer digidestined go along. There will be many dark digimon guarding the rift. We'll hold down the fort here."
"You can count on us, Izzy," T. K. said.
"My place isn't far from here," Ken told them. "We can get to the digital world through my PC."
Everyone agreed and Ken led the way to his apartment building. All the time, Ken kept holding on to Yolei's hand. Gatomon knew that he was scared for her.
They took the elevator up to Ken's floor, then rushed to his door. Ken opened it and led the way straight to his room.
"Ken," began his mom, "are these your friends?"
"Yes," Ken told her as he turned on his computer and waited for it to boot up.
"Hello there, Mrs. Ichijouji(A/N: if that's how it's spelled)," Yolei smiled at her. "My name is Yolei."
"Oh, so you're Yolei," Ken's mom smiled back. "We've heard a lot about you."
"You've been talking about me, Ken," Yolei teased.
"Sorry, Mom, but we're quite busy at the moment," Ken insisted as he got on-line.
"Oh, are you doing a school project or something?" his mom asked. "I'll make some cocoa."
Finally, she left the room.
"Digi-port open!" Ken exclaimed, holding his black digivice to his computer screen.
The rest of the digi-destined entered in a similar fashion. A short man they all knew as Gennai stood before them, the dark rift in the distance.
"We have to hurry, digidestined," Gennai told them. "Who's making the sacrifice?"
"We are," Ken said, standing next to Yolei.
"We must hurry now," Gennai explained. "You fellahs need to digivolve."
They all digivolved to their Champion forms, with the exception of Gatomon who digivolved to her Ultimate. The digimon and their digidestined hurried up to the dark rift. Angewomon stopped and stared up in awe. This rift looked larger than the one in the human world. It must have been a mile high with dark digimon swarming around it.
A/N: I really don't know all that much about Gennai. I didn't watch many of the older episodes until they got Kari and Gatomon. Even then, I scarcely watched. I regret this. Anyway, so I don't know all that much about Gennai, so if his personality seemed off at all, that's why.
WHAT YOUR LOVE MEANS TO ME
Chapter Twelve: Heartbreak and a Tough Scrape
Halfway between dream and awake, Gatomon could hear a voice. It was a familiar voice. One she had not heard for many years. It was gentle and quiet.
"Gatomon, I have missed you. Your soft white fur that I just love to have close to me. Your big blue eyes, the most beautiful of all the eyes in the world. Your lips, sweet. How I've yearned to hold you close and kiss you once more. I remember that last day before Myotismon made you forget everything. You gave me a reason to live all those years. When they took you away, I called that I loved you. You called back. But was it those words I longed to hear. I never knew, not until now. Oh, Gatomon, I love you."
Gatomon barely opened her eyes. The light behind the figure was bright, but she saw those eyes. It was his voice.
"Wizardmon?" she whispered. "Don't leave me."
With that, she closed her eyes again and went back to sleep.
Suddenly, Gatomon's eyes shot open and she sat up quickly. She caught sight of Wizardmon's cape disappearing in the forest-jungle. She jumped to her feet and ran after him. She stopped abruptly when his figure actually came into view. There he was, standing not ten meter's away. His back was toward her.
"Wizardmon?" Gatomon whispered to herself, her eyes filled with tears. It was so impossibly perfect, Gatomon had to wonder if she was dreaming. Gatomon was about to run to him and call out his name when...
"Wizardmon digi-volve to..."
Wizardmon's sunstaff soared out of his hand. He stretched out his arms, then suddenly, the top part of his coveralls tore under the stress of his newly-grown muscles. A belt wrapped around his waist to keep his pants up. His cape and hat flew away as his long blonde hair flowed freely and his small red vest grew down to his knees. To finish it off, a black staff with a crystal ball floated into his still-gloved hands.
"...Necromamon!"
Gatomon gasped. She hid herself behind a tree, tears flowing down her face. Necromamon was Wizardmon all this time. Why hadn't he told her? He just let her suffer the pains of being apart from him and the confusion of her feelings. She couldn't believe he would do this to her. She didn't even know how to react.
Necromamon walked right beside where she hid and was on his way back toward the waterfall. He was going back to see her. She had to get back there. But what would she say? What would she do? She was so confused as she walked back to where Wizardmon had left her.
"Where'd you go?" Necromamon asked as she emerged from the woods.
Gatomon looked up at him, unable to see him quite the same. She replied quietly and slowly, "I just went for a walk."
"Are you all right?" Necromamon asked with concern. "You look like you've been crying."
"I have to go back to Kari," Gatomon insisted.
"Gatomon, I-"
"Kari needs me!" Gatomon exclaimed as she ran off.
**************
"Glad you're back," Kari said when Gatomon had returned to the computer lab.
All the other digidestined with the exception of Ken were gathered around.
"We have a problem," Kari told her. "Ken needs us."
The digimon digivolved to flying forms, Gatomon to Nefertimon, Patamon to Pegasusmon, Hawkmon to Aquillomon, Armadillomon to Digmon(A/N: he has wings!) and Veemon to Raidramon(A/N: I think he flies. If not, let's say he's Magnumon.) The digidestined, got on their digimon and flew off to where Ken specified they go. It was not hard to find. There was a huge dark rip in this world that could be seen from miles around. Ken and the old dig-destined met them as they landed.
"What's going on?" Kari asked as she got off of Nefertimon's back.
Suddenly, the dark rip sent out a black beam. It hit all the digimon. Nefertimon felt this chill down to her bones and then her skin started crawling. She shrunk down into Gatomon. When she glanced around, she noticed all the other digimon had been de-volved as well.
"It's a dark rift," Izzy exclaimed. "Gennai(A/N: if that's how it's spelled) just e-mailed me. He says it's in the digital world too."
"It's a what?" Ken asked.
"A rift from the dark world into the world of light," Izzy explained.
"How do we close it?" Davis asked.
"It must be sealed in the digital world," Izzy told them. "And the only thing that can close it is the greatest power of all, the power of love. You must find where the rift breaks into the digital world, then two who truly love each other must walk into the rift. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell if they will be trapped in the world of darkness or kept safely in this world. So you'll have to make that sacrifice."
All the digi-destined and their digimon glanced at each other. Sorra and Tai had eye contact for just a second. Biyomon scooted close to Agumon, who reacted by putting his arm around her. Matt looked over at Mimi, who avoided looking back. Palmon looked briefly at Tentomon. T. K. and Davis both turned toward Kari. She kept her eyes down. Gatomon noticed that Patamon was looking at her. Then, Ken took Yolei's hand. She looked at him.
"We'll do it," Ken offered, squeezing Yolei's hand.
Yolei smiled, tears in her eyes.
"That is," Ken began, glancing at her, "if you want to."
Yolei was too overcome with emotion to speak, so she just nodded.
"You must hurry then," Izzy insisted. "The rest of you newer digidestined go along. There will be many dark digimon guarding the rift. We'll hold down the fort here."
"You can count on us, Izzy," T. K. said.
"My place isn't far from here," Ken told them. "We can get to the digital world through my PC."
Everyone agreed and Ken led the way to his apartment building. All the time, Ken kept holding on to Yolei's hand. Gatomon knew that he was scared for her.
They took the elevator up to Ken's floor, then rushed to his door. Ken opened it and led the way straight to his room.
"Ken," began his mom, "are these your friends?"
"Yes," Ken told her as he turned on his computer and waited for it to boot up.
"Hello there, Mrs. Ichijouji(A/N: if that's how it's spelled)," Yolei smiled at her. "My name is Yolei."
"Oh, so you're Yolei," Ken's mom smiled back. "We've heard a lot about you."
"You've been talking about me, Ken," Yolei teased.
"Sorry, Mom, but we're quite busy at the moment," Ken insisted as he got on-line.
"Oh, are you doing a school project or something?" his mom asked. "I'll make some cocoa."
Finally, she left the room.
"Digi-port open!" Ken exclaimed, holding his black digivice to his computer screen.
The rest of the digi-destined entered in a similar fashion. A short man they all knew as Gennai stood before them, the dark rift in the distance.
"We have to hurry, digidestined," Gennai told them. "Who's making the sacrifice?"
"We are," Ken said, standing next to Yolei.
"We must hurry now," Gennai explained. "You fellahs need to digivolve."
They all digivolved to their Champion forms, with the exception of Gatomon who digivolved to her Ultimate. The digimon and their digidestined hurried up to the dark rift. Angewomon stopped and stared up in awe. This rift looked larger than the one in the human world. It must have been a mile high with dark digimon swarming around it.
A/N: I really don't know all that much about Gennai. I didn't watch many of the older episodes until they got Kari and Gatomon. Even then, I scarcely watched. I regret this. Anyway, so I don't know all that much about Gennai, so if his personality seemed off at all, that's why.