Title: Captured and Confused
Character: Yuujin||Romance: N/A
Word Count: chapter: 700||story: 700||Chapter Count: 1/22
Genre: Drama||Rated: G
Challenges: Diversity Writing, I20, chapters under 1,000 words; Ficletchap Competition; Include The Word Boot Camp, #4, tow; Three-Sided Box, hard level: 22 chapters, 700 wpc; Character Diversity Boot Camp, #3, catch (Yuujin); Mini-fic Masterclass Challenge, prompt #10, Wild Card
Summary: Yuujin's been captured by the Ultimate Four. He has no idea of how or what they have in mind. That's not the only thing he doesn't know.

Yuujin knew he needed to wake up. He wasn't somewhere he wanted to be. He knew that simply because he wasn't with Haru and there wasn't anywhere he wanted to be that wasn't with Haru.

Offmon needed him too. Even wit the power of Shutmon at their disposal, they'd lost. They'd been hurt.

Bit by bit memory flickered into light.

He and Offmon had been on the way to meet up with the other Drivers and help in the battle. Getting there wasn't easy; they'd been out on the water, before entering the AR field.

Yuujin loved being an Appli Driver. He loved that he and Haru had no more secrets from one another. He loved the idea of helping to save the world from Leviathan.

He wasn't all that fond of seeing Haru in danger. As far back as he could recall, rage simmered at the slightest sign that anything threatened Haru. Never to the point he'd hurt someone else about it – though sometimes such thoughts vaguely crossed his mind.

The moment Yuujin crossed into this AR field and he realized what he saw, a raging fire the likes of which he'd never experienced before flared into life. His friends were in danger!

Even more so, Haru was in danger, and that wasn't allowed. Wasn't possible. He wouldn't let it be possible.

Getting the others out took only a few moments. As shocked as they were, the realization that there was a way out of the AR field got them moving.

Rei was the last one through, staring at him for an endless moment that Yuujin wished would end because he couldn't get to Haru until the others were out of there. And he had to get to Haru fast. Before it was too late.

The hacker said nothing in the end, only darted through the exit, vanishing from sight. Yuujin took only a second to breathe a sigh of relief. He didn't dislike Rei, but he consistently wondered if Rei disliked him.

There would be another time for that. Now he jerked his head to where Haru slumped, eyes glazed over, too shocked to move, and at his gesture, Shutmon – when had he evolved, Yuujin hadn't even noticed threw himself in between the attacking Appmon and Haru.

He wouldn't let Haru be harmed. No matter what the cost to himself.

The Appmon were close. Too close; there was only one way where he could get Haru out safely and it didn't include getting himself out safely as well. He made that decision in a heartbeat.

He also didn't care. Haru, above all.

Something did seem off about it all, but he had almost no time to think about it. Thrown by Shutmon, Haru fell through the portal, and Yuujin wanted it to close, didn't want Haru getting any ideas about trying to come after him.

He would take care of himself. He had Shutmon. Shutmon was probably one of the most powerful Appmon they had – the only Appmon they had, the cold realization fell on him. If he couldn't win this fight – and he suspected he wouldn't, they were outnumbered then he would find a place where they could escape.

Then they would find Haru and figure out what to do about everyone else.

All of that passed through his mind in moments. They were surrounded, no way to get out, he understood. At least that was what their enemies thought.

The Ultimate Four. A name he'd never heard before but it rang in his mind regardless. It was followed a heartbeat later by individuals, as if he read their profiles.

Beautymon. Fakemon. Biomon. Charismon.

One to match each of the other four Appli Drivers. Yuujin grinned, an expression that hadn't ever felt so out of place. Didn't they count him as an Appli Driver?

He jerked his gaze over to where Shutmon gathered himself up, his attention on Fakemon, the one closest right now. Even if this didn't destroy him, it could give a chance for them to escape.

Words spoke. Yuujin didn't recognize them. But as they sank into his ears, all the strength sapped from him and he fell forward, the world fading.

To Be Continued

Note: This will contain some headcanons about Yuujin and Leviathan and other things. Yuujin is pretty much my favorite Appmon character, challenged only by Rei. And then he was captured. And I made many happy sounds. And then this tale was born.