User blog:Spyral370/Ipamon: The Anna Saga (Epilogue)

(Note: The following fanfiction you will read is considered non-canonical, and does not affect the main timelines of both Patapon and AoW)

I was sitting on the edge of a rock, admiring the crystal water shoreline and the sun that was slowly falling down...

...if only she would be here with me to remark it.

"Ipamon...are you okay...?" Naughtyfins sat down beside me.

I didn't reply.

"Hey Ip, you don't see, fine..." Yarida sat at the opposite side of where Naughtyfins is sitting.

I still didn't reply.

"Oh...right..." Yarida looked down.

I finally spoke up, "Well...there is no stopping it anymore...once it happens...it happens."

"Well...nonetheless I am still sorry about what happened with..." Naughtyfins didn't finish her sentence as she looked down and sighed.

"...it's fine. It wasn't your fault." I put my arms around the both of them. They embrace me back for what felt like...forever. Well...at least long Enoch until I could barely see the face of the sun any longer. At that moment we let go and watched the ever-shining ocean glitter...

I spotted at the edges of my eye that Naughtyfins and Yarida looked behind them...and nodded. Then...they spoke to me again.

"...Ipamon" Yarida asked.

"...yes...?" I faced him.

Naughtyfins turned my head to face her...

"You...might want to see behind you."

I cocked my head...

"Um...why?"---

Just then...I felt someone tap my shoulder gently.

I slowly turned to face whoever tapped my shoulder...

...and my eye dilated...upon seeing who it was.

"...Taiapon...?"

She smiled...

"In the flesh."

Without warning, the both of us immediately embraced each other tightly, and I became extremely tearful...so did Taiapon.

"I-I-I missed you so much...!!!!" I weeped.

"M-me too....!!!" Taiapon bawled.

I continued to hug her close to me as much as I could, and she kept returning the hug.

"I-I-I'm s-sorry, Ipamon..." She whimpered.

"It's...f-f-fine...Taia...I'm glad you're okay..." I comforted her, and she cooed. I faced Naughtyfins and Yarida, "How...d-d-did you...?"

The two of them giggled/chuckled.

"...it turned out that Taiapon wasn't dead yet: she was in a dormant state so her body systems would heal more efficiently. It was a way of her body saying 'I'm in severe condition, so I must regenerate my health back to normal'" Yarida noted.

"We didn't want to take any risks, so we quickly hired a professional Pingrek healer to restore Taiapon quickly to health" Naughtyfins grinned.

"And...w-w-when did this happen...?" I asked.

Naughtyfins and Yarida looked at each other, scratching their heads...

"Before you fought Anna."

I skipped a heartbeat.

"W-w-wait...you're implying that y-you saved her...b-b-before I battled Anna...?!"

"Y-yeah...that." Yarida sweated, chuckling a bit.

My shoulders froze in shock, "How come I didn't see her whilst me being in the ring...? And why didn't you tell me ahead of time...?"

"First...television. You can thank the Halacandrans for that" Naughtyfins giggled.

"Second...eh...we wanted to build up the...uh...suspense?" Yarida sweated.

"...well...at least...it's over, and..." I looked at Taiapon, "I'm glad you're alright...but please...don't ever do something like that again...alright...?" I asserted in a very caring tone.

Before she could say anything...she grabbed me, pulled me close to her...

...and kissed me.

My heartbeat accelerated, and my body went slightly cold. We slowly closed our eyes and enjoyed the moment while it lasted. Truth be told...this is the very first time she ever kissed me.

Taiapon stopped the kiss and looked at me in the eye...

"I promise." She smiled sweetly.

I smiled back, and we continued to embrace each other.

"Well...looks like our work is done." Yarida spoke.

"Y-yeah, hehehe. Now come on, my sweet Yarida, let's give these two some...alone time." Naughtyfins walked away with Yarida...obviously holding hands.

Taiapon and I were stilling embracing each other lovingly...and it indeed felt like forever as well. And I liked it that way...

 ...revenge and boasting don't solve anything...after all. 

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THE END