A/N: I apologize for a very late update, it just that i forgot to mention that I am attending college so my time was rather short. Anyway this chapter is more of a very fluffy and a little angst-like chapter between Hamtaro and Bijou. Again i apologize for the late update.
The Light Bringer
Today was a very drowsy day for Hamtaro; he could just not get any sleep at all. Throughout the night he had been having very strange dreams. He dreamt that he was fighting someone who also happened to have a keyblade, but the opposition had a mush darker looking one. His attacks were so swift and fast that Hamtaro could not keep up with him. Hamtaro was forced to use his 'Force Armor' at times, but even then his opponent was much to fast and struck him many times; said figure seemed familiar to Hamtaro, but he could not put his finger on it. He tried to remember the dream as much as he could.
Dream world
Both hamsters were standing on opposite sides keyblades drawn and ready to fight. The dark figure launched two energy shots and a sword beam all at once which Hamtaro dodged easily while the figure tried the same tactic again only this time he was ready when he disappeared and struck Hamtaro two times on his back. The figure then disappeared and reappeared to do an upper slash to which Hamtaro dodged, but as soon as the figure missed he tried again with a downward slash, but missed once more. The figure was frustrated and powered up his keyblade and unleashed a large and powerful sword beam that hit Hamtaro on the dot and sent him through a wall. After that Hamtaro was disorientated, but managed to go into his 'Force Armor form' and shot a 'Plasma Shot', but the figure slashed it away with ease which shocked Hamtaro. Hamtaro then used his strongest attack: the 'Nova Strike' and managed to successfully land a blow, as soon as he hit him, Hamtaro launched three 'Plasma Shots' straight at the figure, but the figure recovered quickly and dodged all his shots to which the figure dashed quickly to Hamtaro and used an energy shot up front and it hit him hard. Hamtaro was barely able to stand up and to make matters worse, his 'Force Armor' was drained and it dissipated leaving Hamtaro without any power-ups. The figure made his was to Hamtaro slowly raised his Keyblade upward to finish Hamtaro off, but as soon as the blade came down, everything turned white and Hamtaro woke up sweating and breathing uneasily.
Real world
"Who was that in my dream? He was so strong; I was barely able to keep with him. He could have finished me off if it weren't a dream." He said to himself.
After awhile Hamtaro went off to the clubhouse to start the day with his friends, but he could not stop thinking about the dream or rather nightmare he had. He went off track to a quiet place to think things through. He then unleashed his 'Force Armor' for no reason, he felt so strong with it on, but after the dream, it might not be enough. He shot three 'Plasma Shots' in the air and they all release the damaging orbs and soon vanished.
"Wait" he quickly said. He remembered that the light told him about other armors that might exist other then this one. The light failed to tell him the names, but there were other armors that could most likely help him in his venture. He would ask about how to obtain them later and went back on track to the clubhouse. All this thinking made him forget about what occurred last night, he felt so ashamed.
"I know what will make me forget" he said as he thought about his heart full confession to Bijou last night and finally confessing that he was in love with her much to her delight. He felt bad that throughout all this time she only had eyes for him and he would always be oblivious to them. It will all change today, when they hangout and maybe play around with the other ham-hams. From now on, he will forever pay attention to her advances and be the best Boy-Ham he could be. With new found confidence he finally reached the clubhouse and he went in, but found no one inside except Snoozer.
"Hey Snoozer, where is everyone?" asked Hamtaro
"ZZZ…Not…ZZZ…Here…ZZZ" he responded unclearly
"Well, that's strange, why?"
"He told everyone that he was busy and the clubhouse was closed, so everyone went back home…ZZZZZ"
"That's very weird, so everyone went back home?"
"ZZZ…mhm…ZZZ"
"Ok, well thanks Snoozer see you later" said Hamtaro as he bid Snoozer goodbye and went outside to think about what to do.
"Well, this is a shame, no one is here today" he said as he sulked down as the feeling of boring crept its ugly head in. He walked around and surveyed the area; no cats, awesome. Well nothing to worry about here, oh well. He walked up passing Bijou's house and soon he was debating whether or not to go give her a visit or at least say hi. As he went up, he heard faint noises of Bijou talking to someone. He went closer to hear and he heard what sounded like Boss. He decided to stand on the side to not interrupt.
"But why not?" asked Boss
"I told you I just can not, not today Boss" said Bijou with an annoyed tone.
"We will only be a few minutes and be back before you know it"
"I sorry, but no, after last night, my life-long wish has been granted and I want nozing more then to be at peace after so long" she said passionately. She must have meant the night Hamtaro confessed his love for her.
"What wish?" asked Boss
"I can not tell, you. Zhe (the) only ozher (other) one who knows about it is the wish itself or razer (rather) himself" she said philosophically.
"I don't understand, but if you change your mind, you know where to find me" said Boss as he gave her a hug, but what made Hamtaro uneasy was the fact that Bijou responded kind of negatively, it almost made Hamtaro giggle a bit. After Boss made his leave, Hamtaro made his move and came in to greet Bijou.
"Hey there Bijou" he said in a cheery tone.
"Oh Boss, didn't I…Oh! Hamtaro!" she screamed as she went full speed to hug him, she was happy that he came to see her. What she did not notice was that she was choking Hamtaro to death with the hug and caused him to let out labored breaths. Hamtaro was thinking who would be worse: the guy in the dream or Bijou's hugs, both sound painful.
"Good to see you too Bijou" he said barely.
"What brings you to my house?" she asked.
"Well for one thing, I came to see you and the other is because the clubhouse is incidentally closed today. I noticed Boss was here so I assumed he came to see you about that" to this Bijou looked sad, Hamtaro was able to pick up the sign.
"Is something wrong?" he asked
"Well, its just that he said that he did not feel like spending time with anyone else and made a choice to spend the day with me only, I, however refused"
"Why?"
"Silly, because I was going to your house to spend the day with you" she said and cuddled with him a little.
"There is no one else that I would rather be with then you Hamtaro" she said sincerely. Hamtaro blushed a little.
"Heh, that means a lot Bijou, I mean it and thank you. I'll always be here to protect you, you and everyone else of course. I swear it on the Keyblade" he said as he summoned his Keyblade and put his forehead on the blade.
"And I swear to stand-by your side, whenever you need it" she said as she held Hamtaro's hand grabbing the hilt of the blade and also putting her forehead on the blade.
"Well, what do you want to do today? I am free until Laura gets back home which gives us the whole morning and part of the afternoon. Part of today I am yours to do what you want" he said
"I am not sure, there are so many things to do, I can't decide"
"Take your time I'll wait"
After a while they decided to just hangout at the tree closest to the sparkling lake near Acorn Hill. The sight was very beautiful, especially in the morning when during a sunrise. Hamtaro and bijou where sitting in a weird shaped tree looking over the other side. It was silent, but a very comfortable silence that none of the two wanted to disturb. It was peaceful and though many things have happened to get to this point they finally had it within reach and took without a second thought, this is what the both of them wanted. While it took one of them much more time then the other, he opened his eyes to see what is in front of him. Hamtaro thought it was the two important questions in life: "Who are you? And what do YOU want?" Ever since obtaining the Keyblade and opening his heart for the first time; he found himself asking these questions. His feelings on things have changed and his outlook on life has changed as well; he has become more mature and understands someone's heart. The answers to the questions he was looking for with Bijou, his girl, his beauty, his queen of France, his guide to the light. He could not find anyone else to fill in that spot.
"Hamtaro you seem very dazed, something wrong?" she asked
"No, nothing, I am just thinking about how my life has drastically changed. I am not sure if it is for the better or worst, but if there is anything in this change, I would never regret confessing my love to you Bijou" he said with sincerity
"That makes me happy Hamtaro, I have wished for moments like these, dreamed of these moments, but they pale in comparison to the real thing. I was beginning to lose hope" she said honestly.
"If it came to that, then I don't know what I would do. Now that I think about it, I would have felt sad, broken, no more purpose to keep going" he said sadly.
"Well, you won't have to worry anymore; we are together just like I had always hoped. My dreams and my wishes where answers the day you kissed me and said that you loved me. I could not believe it when I first heard it, but that kiss had so much raw emotion I could never bring myself to stop you from loving me, how could I when I finally have what I wished for. You made me the happiest hamster in the world that day; I could not get enough of you saying you loved me, could not get enough of your hugs and kisses, I never want us to be apart again" she said in her speech. She looked over and saw Hamtaro facing the lake with his eyes closed, when he turned to face her he opened his eyes to show that he was crying, his tears where streaming down his face like a fierce waterfall. He squeezed his hold on Bijou trying to stop from crying, but his attempts where in vain. Knowing he could not hold it in he let out a whimper, not of sadness, but of happiness with a bit of guilt.
"How could I be so blind and stupid?" he asked himself choking.
"Why would you ask yourself that?" she asked him feeling sad herself also on the verge of crying.
"All the signs, they were there, how could I miss them, they were there in front of me and all I did was ignore them as normal occurrences, was I that oblivious and blind to see how much you cared for me?"
"I always loved you Hamtaro that will never change for as long as we both live." She said crying at last with Hamtaro.
"That is what I mean!" he wailed letting the tears go free. "I ignored you all this time when you cared about me and loved me. After all this time during of thinking, it all started the day I laid my eyes of you. They day I was going to help Boss…" he trailed off.
"The day Boss what?" she asked hugging him to dry her tears.
"You winked at me and I thought that you had an eyelash in your eye, not as a sign of romance. Pretty stupid huh? And all this time, hint after hint after hint, my stupidity could not catch anyone of those, and probably made you suffer and feel bad" he looked down at her to see her paying complete attention to him. The look in her eyes and the tears falling from her perfect, angelic face, the sadness in those eyes tells him that what he said is true, after a few seconds of silence he broke down on her. He fell in his knees, still holding on to her hands and his head in her fur near her stomach.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" he repeated over and over again. At the sight Bijou was heartbroken, how could she have done this to him. He clearly regretted not taking any of her hints and now that he has her, he now has showed signs of loving her and she doubted him, and here he is practically pleading, begging, hoping for her forgiveness and a chance for him to love her after all this time. After awhile she broke down with him, crying and wailing herself with him and holding him very tight to a point where she was afraid that if she let go, he would disappear out of him not proving himself to her.
"I forgive you, I forgive you, I forgive you" she whispered to him answering his 'I'm sorrys'.
"How could you, after all I have done to hurt you?" he asked with a broken voice.
"Everything I said I mean it, I would never abandon you, out of all the hamster I am friends with, you meant everything to me, YOU are the one I love, not Oxnard, not Stan, not Jingle, not Panda, not Cappy, not Howdy, not Dexter, not Maxwell, not any new hamsters, not Boss, only YOU! It has always been YOU, and only YOU, no one else. And now that I have the chance of a lifetime, I am not going to let you go, not now not ever, because the pain, suffering, and hurt I went through has been healed Hamtaro, by you, only you, always you" she said from a high voice to a low whisper.
"Thank you Bijou, thank you, thank you, thank you" he said to her hugging her tightly, she returned it with twice as much love and care.
"We will always be together Hamtaro, forever and ever" she said to him.
"Its kind of ironic if you think about it" he said finally looking at her.
"How?"
"Your only means of happiness that lays in myself, was trapped by you misery also in myself" he mused.
"That may be true, but now the misery is gone and happiness is here, with me and you together as one just like we were meant to" she said taking his face with her hands kissing him ever so softly. After a while longer it was night Hamtaro said his good-byes to Bijou and hoping to see her again tomorrow which she would not have any other way. Now that they are together Bijou will do anything to stay this way forever not matter what the cost, Hamtaro will also try his best on his end. They parted with a soft kiss and on the way Hamtaro sang to himself all the way home.
In the night light
Do you see what you dream?
All your troubles
Are they what they seem?
Look around you then you may realize
All the preachers on with their lies
And I like no other future
But then you still control the past
Only you know if you'll be together
Only you know if we shall last
In the night light
Do you still feel you pain?
Or the valor you waited never came?
If you were able
Would you go change the past?
When the faux pax with one last chance
And I like no other future
But then you still control the past
Only you know if you'll be together
Tonight
Cause every night I will save your life
And every night I will be with you
Cause every night I still lay awake
And I dream of an absolution
Cause every night I will make it right
And every night I will come to you
But every night it just stays the same
In my dream of an absolution
In the night light
Do you see what you dream?
All your triumph and all you'll ever be
Look around you then you may realize
Happiness lays trapped in misery
And who knows what of our future?
We can all try to change the past
Only you know if you'll be together
Tonight
Cause every night I will save your life
And every night I will be with you
Cause every night I still lay awake
And I dream of an absolution
Cause every night I will make it right
And every night I will come to you
But every night it just stays the same
In my dream of an absolution
Cause every night I will save your life
And every night I will be with you
Cause every night I still lay awake
And I dream of an Absolution
Cause every night I will make it right
And every night I will come to you
But every night it just stays the same
In my dream of an absolution
And you'll see (And you'll see)
What you will (What you will)
And you'll see (And you'll see)
All you can be (All you can be)
Cause every night (Cause every night)
And every night (And every night)
And every night (And every night)
I will dream (I will dream)
And you'll see (And you'll see)
Yeah this is my dream (What you will)
(And you'll see) every night (All you can be)
I will always dream (Cause every night) Yeah!
(And every night)
(And every night)(Every night)
(I will dream)
Hamtaro made it home in time for bed and would be sound fully asleep and hopefully see his ray of light in his dream of his and her absolution.
That was very emotional, I did not know I could write something like this. The song used in this chapter is called "Dreams of an Absolution" or Silver the Hedgehog's theme in Sonic '06, just in case you are wondering. I love this song, I have the original, Blaze's version, remix, and Blaze remix as well. I will be introducing the 'Dark Organization in the next Chapter and the dream Hamtaro has is actually foreshadowing something, but I am not going to ruin it. Well, that is all, sorry for the late update and hope you like it.
See you soon.