A/N: Written for the:

Digimon bingo, the non-flash version, #149 - Ophanimon/Cherubimon
Becoming the Tamer King Challenge, Data Forest task
Diversity Writing Challenge, b5 - poetry novel
The 28 Days of Love Challenge, day 23 – write about any Digimon/Digimon shipping

Open the Gates
1.

they're yang and yin, woman and man and angel born on heaven's wings and a demon that's a melted lob of clay from the depths of hell and that's not fair, because there's another angel to stand by the first and what is he but the ugly face that has to hide in the shadows…

they're yang and yin and his only role is to stay tucked away in the shadows and wrestle with the other ugly demons like him so they're all tucked away and she can shine under the sun under the light and she could be a little star in the sky if he stopped holding the others back perhaps or maybe that little star would fall or be drowned out…

they're yang and yin and they should have equal parts to the sphere but they don't and they never will, because there's a third who can stand in the light with her while he holds the shadows, and the shadows are just a small part of the world tucked away

but he wants to step out into the light, her light, as well.