Disclaimer: I don't own the digidestined or their digimon or Wizardmon.
A/N: Before we actually get into the last chapter, I just want to say that your reviews have meant everything to me. And without you guys, I would have never had the inspiration to finish this story. I've had fun writing this and I hope you've had an equal amount of fun reading it. Thank you everyone.
What My Heart Was Looking For
Chapter Fourteen: How Matchless the Sorrow and Joy
The dark rift kept shooting out black lightening bolts and the dark digimon were even too scared to fight. Gatomon started shaking. In response, Wizardmon tightened his arm around her.
"We may not come out you know," Gatomon said. "Gennai says we could be caught inside the world of darkness."
Wizardmon looked down on her, saying, "I know."
"Are you scared?" Gatomon asked.
"I'm terrified," Wizardmon admitted, his grip on Gatomon tightening still.
Gatomon closed her eyes as they neared the dark rift. Her fear reached inside her with it's icy fingers. She might die. Tears invaded her eyes. Wizardmon stopped right in front of the rift and landed. The rift was just a couple meters long and pulsated with a dark energy. Gatomon could hear this horrible screaming inside her own head. She latched her claws on to Wizardmon's clothes.
"I love you, Gatomon," Wizardmon said, staring into the rift.
Gatomon pulled on his coverall leg. Wizardmon looked down at her, then knelt down to look in her eyes. She knew he was scared, but his eyes showed determination and strength. This gave Gatomon hope. She felt that just maybe they might come through this. She smiled.
"I love you, too, Wizardmon," she whispered.
Gatomon wrapped her paws around Wizardmon's neck. She drew back, pulled down his mask and kissed him. With that, Wizardmon lifted Gatomon up and they went into the rift.
Darkness surrounded them. Distant voices screamed and moaned in agony. Pictures kept appearing in Gatomon's mind. She couldn't stop them.
She thought of seasons she spent by herself, the sting of loneliness as she sat and sat. She couldn't go anywhere and she knew someone would come for her. Someone was going to come. No one came. It was a sharp pain deep in her gut.
Myotismon stood brandishing his crimson whip at her.
"I hate those eyes!" he yelled, then he whipped her over and over. She felt the stinging all through her as the whip cut at her skin.
She remembered all those years of being hard and mean to other digimon. She even smacked Wizardmon once or twice. How could she have been so mean?
Then, tears filled her eyes as she remembered Wizardmon's death. His eyes staring up at her, calling her his friend. He was her first true friend, the only true friend she had until Kari. And loosing him was like dying herself.
There were those days when it felt like Myotismon had returned. There was the evil digimon attacking her wherever she went and the whipping. It was the reign of the Digimon Emperor. He was hard and cruel. Gatomon had to hide herself, being afraid that any minute somemon would come and finish her off.
Next came each one of those dreams. Dreaming of Wizardmon dying all over again. Dreaming he was back and having him ripped from her when she woke. The pain deep in her was like a red-hot poker in the chest.
Finally, the pain of knowing Wizardmon was alive and that he didn't tell her. He let her be tortured everyday. He lied to her. How could she ever trust him again?
Gatomon couldn't stand it anymore. The anguish, the agony. Suddenly, among the cries and screams was her own voice. She was wailing in pain of the heart and body. She felt to her knees and bawled. She was ready to sink into despair forever. Then she felt arms around her. Two warm, safe arms. She clung to Wizardmon, not being able to see him, but knowing he was there. She could hear his heart thumping loud and fast. He was shaking too.
"I love you," Gatomon choked out.
"I will love you till the end of time," Wizardmon whispered back.
Suddenly there was a bright light, so bright that it blinded Gatomon. She shut her eyes tightly and kept holding on to Wizardmon. The fear, sorrow and pain drifted away. Everything was happy again. Everything was light again. Gatomon cried tears of joy. She opened her eyes to see the desert and the digidestined running toward them. Wizardmon stood up, one hand remaining on Gatomon's shoulder. Kari came up and hugged Gatomon, bawling into her fir.
"Oh, Gatomon," Kari cried. "You were in there so long...we thought...we thought...Gatomon, I'm so glad you're safe."
"Everything's OK, Kari," Gatomon insisted.
"We were really worried about you guys," Davis said.
"Well done," Gennai smiled.
Kari finally let go of Gatomon and backed toward Davis and T. K.
"Wizardmon, we thought you were dead," Patamon squeaked from the top of T. K.'s hat.
Wizardmon smiled down at Gatomon and said, "It's a long story."
"We wouldn't mind hearing it," Gennai said. "And how about a special festival to commemorate this occasion. We'll call it the Light festival."
"Sounds good to me!" Davis exclaimed. "There will be food, right?"
"Of course, of course," Gennai laughed.
***************
Gennai kept his promise. He arranged an elaborate festival that night. Gennai hung up multi- colored lanterns and streamers. Digimon from miles around came to crowd the desert. The Aine gang came to make music for everyone. There was lots of food and more being cooked on the bon fire. The digidestined and thier digimon and Wizardmon sat by the fire and watched digimon dance and clapped along with the music.
Kari nudged Gatomon, muffling a giggled. Gatomon looked where Kari was indicating and saw Ken and Yolei casually walked off to be by themselves, thier fingers interlocked. Gatomon smiled at this. Then she saw Patamon, sitting on the other side of the fire, his green eyes glistening. Gatomon frowned, put a hand on Wizardmon's shoulder, then walked over to where Patamon sat. Patamon looked up at her.
"Hey," Gatomon greeted.
"Hi," he squeaked back. "I guess you're happy now?"
Gatomon nodded.
"That's good," Patamon sniffled.
"You know, Patamon," Gatomon began. "You'll always be a great friend."
Patamon nodded.
"Guess what," Gatomon giggled. "I heard that that Otamamon over there thinks you are quite the looker."
Patamon half-smiled, saying, "Thanks for trying to cheer me up-"
"No, seriously," Gatomon insisted. "She thinks you're a fox."
"But I'm a digimon," Patamon said, glancing over at the Otamamon.
"I think you should go say hi," Gatomon suggested as she got up and walked back over to Wizardmon.
Patamon watched Gatomon for a bit, then fluttered over to the Otamamon.
"Hi," he squeaked higher-pitched than he had meant to.
She giggled.
"I'm Patamon."
Gatomon watched him with a smile. She smiled wider when the Otamamon grabbed Patamon by the wing and pulled him to the dance floor. Tai and Sorra began to dance and Mimi consented to dance with Matt. Biyomon and Agumon were cutting a rug for some time and having a great time. Cody and Armadillomon joined in, along with Gabumon and Izzy. Tentomon talked with Joe while Gomamon danced with Palmon. Veemon and Wormon had the time of their lives in the band, Veemon playing someone's trumpet.
"Want to dance?" T. K. and Davis asked Kari at the same time.
Kari smiled and shook her head at Gatomon before standing up and walking over to the dance floor with the two.
Wizardmon immediately stood up, bowed and said, "May I have this dance?"
Gatomon looked up at him with a smile, "Wizardmon, I'm much too short to properly dance with you."
"I don't believe so," Wizardmon whispered, holding out his hand.
Gatomon smiled, took his hand and stood up. With one swift move, Wizardmon took off his hat, bent down, grabbed Gatomon around her little waist and held her up to his chest, staring into her eyes.
"I love you, Gatomon," he whispered, touching his forehead to hers.
Gatomon closed her eyes, a warm feeling all over. It was so wonderful, like her and Wizardmon had never been apart. They never would be apart again.
Suddenly, the beat of the music increased in speed. In response, Wizardmon tightened his hold on Gatomon, then began to spin her around and around. The world was twirling all about, the warm bon fire passing behind Wizardmon several times. Gatomon smiled, throwing her arms out and her head back to enjoy the best of it. She laughed, her eyes filling with tears.
"I love you, Wizardmon!" she cried, feeling happier than she had ever felt. "I love you!"
The End
A/N: Well, it's over. I want to say thank you to WSJ for writing "Stronger Than Death" and to Wanderer D for "The Fate of Love". They were both beautiful stories. I'd like to thank the creaters of Digimon. Most of all, I want to thank my fans. Kyler, you stuck with me through it all and you always had something to say that made me smile. Story Weaver 1, thanks for the compliments. Man, Stolen SPirit, you really get into this. Greywizardmon. Blackmage718, I'm glad you like it. Mimilove. silverwingweaver, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Author Blitz, thanks. cyborg 0016, though you only reviewed once, I thank you all the same. You guys always make my day and I'm going to miss hearing form all of you. Hey, if any of you want to email me, thank's cool. My address is with my bio and all that. Bye!
A/N2: Hey, if you haven't read "What My Heart Was Looking For", maybe you'll like that too. I know you read it, kyler.
A/N: Before we actually get into the last chapter, I just want to say that your reviews have meant everything to me. And without you guys, I would have never had the inspiration to finish this story. I've had fun writing this and I hope you've had an equal amount of fun reading it. Thank you everyone.
What My Heart Was Looking For
Chapter Fourteen: How Matchless the Sorrow and Joy
The dark rift kept shooting out black lightening bolts and the dark digimon were even too scared to fight. Gatomon started shaking. In response, Wizardmon tightened his arm around her.
"We may not come out you know," Gatomon said. "Gennai says we could be caught inside the world of darkness."
Wizardmon looked down on her, saying, "I know."
"Are you scared?" Gatomon asked.
"I'm terrified," Wizardmon admitted, his grip on Gatomon tightening still.
Gatomon closed her eyes as they neared the dark rift. Her fear reached inside her with it's icy fingers. She might die. Tears invaded her eyes. Wizardmon stopped right in front of the rift and landed. The rift was just a couple meters long and pulsated with a dark energy. Gatomon could hear this horrible screaming inside her own head. She latched her claws on to Wizardmon's clothes.
"I love you, Gatomon," Wizardmon said, staring into the rift.
Gatomon pulled on his coverall leg. Wizardmon looked down at her, then knelt down to look in her eyes. She knew he was scared, but his eyes showed determination and strength. This gave Gatomon hope. She felt that just maybe they might come through this. She smiled.
"I love you, too, Wizardmon," she whispered.
Gatomon wrapped her paws around Wizardmon's neck. She drew back, pulled down his mask and kissed him. With that, Wizardmon lifted Gatomon up and they went into the rift.
Darkness surrounded them. Distant voices screamed and moaned in agony. Pictures kept appearing in Gatomon's mind. She couldn't stop them.
She thought of seasons she spent by herself, the sting of loneliness as she sat and sat. She couldn't go anywhere and she knew someone would come for her. Someone was going to come. No one came. It was a sharp pain deep in her gut.
Myotismon stood brandishing his crimson whip at her.
"I hate those eyes!" he yelled, then he whipped her over and over. She felt the stinging all through her as the whip cut at her skin.
She remembered all those years of being hard and mean to other digimon. She even smacked Wizardmon once or twice. How could she have been so mean?
Then, tears filled her eyes as she remembered Wizardmon's death. His eyes staring up at her, calling her his friend. He was her first true friend, the only true friend she had until Kari. And loosing him was like dying herself.
There were those days when it felt like Myotismon had returned. There was the evil digimon attacking her wherever she went and the whipping. It was the reign of the Digimon Emperor. He was hard and cruel. Gatomon had to hide herself, being afraid that any minute somemon would come and finish her off.
Next came each one of those dreams. Dreaming of Wizardmon dying all over again. Dreaming he was back and having him ripped from her when she woke. The pain deep in her was like a red-hot poker in the chest.
Finally, the pain of knowing Wizardmon was alive and that he didn't tell her. He let her be tortured everyday. He lied to her. How could she ever trust him again?
Gatomon couldn't stand it anymore. The anguish, the agony. Suddenly, among the cries and screams was her own voice. She was wailing in pain of the heart and body. She felt to her knees and bawled. She was ready to sink into despair forever. Then she felt arms around her. Two warm, safe arms. She clung to Wizardmon, not being able to see him, but knowing he was there. She could hear his heart thumping loud and fast. He was shaking too.
"I love you," Gatomon choked out.
"I will love you till the end of time," Wizardmon whispered back.
Suddenly there was a bright light, so bright that it blinded Gatomon. She shut her eyes tightly and kept holding on to Wizardmon. The fear, sorrow and pain drifted away. Everything was happy again. Everything was light again. Gatomon cried tears of joy. She opened her eyes to see the desert and the digidestined running toward them. Wizardmon stood up, one hand remaining on Gatomon's shoulder. Kari came up and hugged Gatomon, bawling into her fir.
"Oh, Gatomon," Kari cried. "You were in there so long...we thought...we thought...Gatomon, I'm so glad you're safe."
"Everything's OK, Kari," Gatomon insisted.
"We were really worried about you guys," Davis said.
"Well done," Gennai smiled.
Kari finally let go of Gatomon and backed toward Davis and T. K.
"Wizardmon, we thought you were dead," Patamon squeaked from the top of T. K.'s hat.
Wizardmon smiled down at Gatomon and said, "It's a long story."
"We wouldn't mind hearing it," Gennai said. "And how about a special festival to commemorate this occasion. We'll call it the Light festival."
"Sounds good to me!" Davis exclaimed. "There will be food, right?"
"Of course, of course," Gennai laughed.
***************
Gennai kept his promise. He arranged an elaborate festival that night. Gennai hung up multi- colored lanterns and streamers. Digimon from miles around came to crowd the desert. The Aine gang came to make music for everyone. There was lots of food and more being cooked on the bon fire. The digidestined and thier digimon and Wizardmon sat by the fire and watched digimon dance and clapped along with the music.
Kari nudged Gatomon, muffling a giggled. Gatomon looked where Kari was indicating and saw Ken and Yolei casually walked off to be by themselves, thier fingers interlocked. Gatomon smiled at this. Then she saw Patamon, sitting on the other side of the fire, his green eyes glistening. Gatomon frowned, put a hand on Wizardmon's shoulder, then walked over to where Patamon sat. Patamon looked up at her.
"Hey," Gatomon greeted.
"Hi," he squeaked back. "I guess you're happy now?"
Gatomon nodded.
"That's good," Patamon sniffled.
"You know, Patamon," Gatomon began. "You'll always be a great friend."
Patamon nodded.
"Guess what," Gatomon giggled. "I heard that that Otamamon over there thinks you are quite the looker."
Patamon half-smiled, saying, "Thanks for trying to cheer me up-"
"No, seriously," Gatomon insisted. "She thinks you're a fox."
"But I'm a digimon," Patamon said, glancing over at the Otamamon.
"I think you should go say hi," Gatomon suggested as she got up and walked back over to Wizardmon.
Patamon watched Gatomon for a bit, then fluttered over to the Otamamon.
"Hi," he squeaked higher-pitched than he had meant to.
She giggled.
"I'm Patamon."
Gatomon watched him with a smile. She smiled wider when the Otamamon grabbed Patamon by the wing and pulled him to the dance floor. Tai and Sorra began to dance and Mimi consented to dance with Matt. Biyomon and Agumon were cutting a rug for some time and having a great time. Cody and Armadillomon joined in, along with Gabumon and Izzy. Tentomon talked with Joe while Gomamon danced with Palmon. Veemon and Wormon had the time of their lives in the band, Veemon playing someone's trumpet.
"Want to dance?" T. K. and Davis asked Kari at the same time.
Kari smiled and shook her head at Gatomon before standing up and walking over to the dance floor with the two.
Wizardmon immediately stood up, bowed and said, "May I have this dance?"
Gatomon looked up at him with a smile, "Wizardmon, I'm much too short to properly dance with you."
"I don't believe so," Wizardmon whispered, holding out his hand.
Gatomon smiled, took his hand and stood up. With one swift move, Wizardmon took off his hat, bent down, grabbed Gatomon around her little waist and held her up to his chest, staring into her eyes.
"I love you, Gatomon," he whispered, touching his forehead to hers.
Gatomon closed her eyes, a warm feeling all over. It was so wonderful, like her and Wizardmon had never been apart. They never would be apart again.
Suddenly, the beat of the music increased in speed. In response, Wizardmon tightened his hold on Gatomon, then began to spin her around and around. The world was twirling all about, the warm bon fire passing behind Wizardmon several times. Gatomon smiled, throwing her arms out and her head back to enjoy the best of it. She laughed, her eyes filling with tears.
"I love you, Wizardmon!" she cried, feeling happier than she had ever felt. "I love you!"
The End
A/N: Well, it's over. I want to say thank you to WSJ for writing "Stronger Than Death" and to Wanderer D for "The Fate of Love". They were both beautiful stories. I'd like to thank the creaters of Digimon. Most of all, I want to thank my fans. Kyler, you stuck with me through it all and you always had something to say that made me smile. Story Weaver 1, thanks for the compliments. Man, Stolen SPirit, you really get into this. Greywizardmon. Blackmage718, I'm glad you like it. Mimilove. silverwingweaver, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Author Blitz, thanks. cyborg 0016, though you only reviewed once, I thank you all the same. You guys always make my day and I'm going to miss hearing form all of you. Hey, if any of you want to email me, thank's cool. My address is with my bio and all that. Bye!
A/N2: Hey, if you haven't read "What My Heart Was Looking For", maybe you'll like that too. I know you read it, kyler.