Longing (Izzy Izumi x OC)

Chapter 13

Rita didn't know what she was doing, it was stupid for her to go off alone, but she needed to clear her head. "I'm such an idiot!" She cried out before curling up to her knees. She had to get over this, move on, she promised Izzy to support him no matter what, so what the hell was she doing? She felt so close to him before, yet now she felt that distance between them again. She asked to stay by his side, and Rita knew what she really meant by that. So when Izzy said the same... what did he mean then? "Rita!" Rita's heart started to race when a voice she knew all too well called out for her. "Izzy?" She questioned, turning to face him. "What are you doing out here all by yourself? Are you crazy?" Izzy lectured as he came to a stop in front of her, catching his breath. "Sorry..." Rita spoke. Izzy saw a sad look cross her eyes, he suddenly felt bad for getting upset, although he was worried. "No, it's just... why did you go off on your own?" He asked, helping Rita to her feet. "I guess I just needed some time to get my thoughts together... I didn't mean to worry everyone." Rita couldn't help but wonder why it was Izzy out of everyone who came to look for her. "How come you are the one who came to look for me? Not that I'm not happy, I just figured Mimi would try searching first..." Rita asked, hoping there was something more to why he came. "Mimi was the one who told me to go look for you." Izzy replied. Rita felt her heart sink. "Oh... I see..." she turned away, that awful feeling surfacing once more. "W-what's wrong?" Izzy asked, not sure what changed again. Without a chance to respond, Rita felt herself falling. Izzy's eyes widened to see that a distortion was opening up at Rita's feet, pulling her in. "Rita!" Izzy cried out as he reached out to her, in doing so he too was pulled down.

Rita opened her eyes to see she was surrounded by glowing lights. Her legs were emerged in water and Izzy and her were now someplace she had never seen before. There were red flowers and glowing yellow flowers growing out of the beds that surrounded the stream, fireflies covered the sky, taking attention away from the tons of beautiful stars. "Where are we?" Rita asked as Izzy again helped her to her feet. "I have no idea... I've never been here before." Izzy observed as he looked around at the beautiful scenery. "It's gorgeous..." Rita spoke, taking in the romantic view. "Yeah it is, I wonder what part of the Digital World this is." Izzy replied as his eyes surveyed the scene. "How did we get here? Was that a distortion that opened up beneath my feet? How are we going to get back?" Rita started to panic, realizing that they were both without their things and their partner Digimon. "Try to stay calm, I'm sure we will figure it out. Besides, at least we are together, it would have been really bad if you got transported here by yourself." Izzy reasoned, Rita knew he was right, that and she didn't exactly mind being alone with him. "True... I guess we can explore then? Unless a distortion takes us back then we better at least figure out what is nearby." Rita concluded, turning back to look at Izzy. "I suppose, but be careful. There is no telling what we might run into, that and we don't have our Digimon to protect us." Izzy replied, he was a bit hesitant about leaving the area, although standing here wasn't going to do much either. "I will, besides I am kind of curious to see where this stream goes." Rita admitted, taking in the sights once more. Izzy looked ahead to see that it went on for a while. "Well, let's start walking..." Rita spoke as though she wasn't sure herself. Izzy followed behind, watching as Rita's eyes sparkled. Even considering the situation they were in, she seemed rather happy. He had always noticed that Rita was fond of nature, no doubt the landscape here was the reason behind her smile.