A girl walked the streets of Shibuya, just like a normal kid. But what she, or the people around her, knew was that she had a destiny, and it was fast approaching.
She had dark red hair, pink eyes and a pale complexion. She wore a green short dress/top with a wide white, sown on strap across the middle of the top. Underneath the dress/top, she wore white leggings, and on her feet, she had on a pair of dainty, white Japanese slipper shoes. In her hair, she wore a white headband with a fabric rose on it, white also.
She held a basket with fruit and vegetables inside it. Suddenly, her text message ringtone came from inside the basket. She pulled out her phone and answered the text. A message was on screen, but before the girl could read it, a voice inside her phone read it out for her.
"Yasmin Hachi. Wish to understand your destiny? Take the 5:45 outbound train at Shibuya train station, then transfer to the 6:00 westbound subway train". Yasmin stared at her phone, trying to decipher what the message meant. She just shrugged, and pressed the accept button. Then, looking around, she couldn't believe her luck. She was standing right outside Shibuya train station.
She smiled. "Well, mom won't mind if I'm a little late tonight, and she doesn't need these groceries. Well, she does need them, but they're not important. My destiny is". Yasmin entered the station, and started her journey.
Yasmin was seated on the train in between two very sweaty men. But she didn't complain. She was too kind. Everybody called her that. Just then, her phone went off again. It merely showed the message again, whoever was doing this was obviously making sure that Yasmin knew what she was doing.
She was a bit focused on her own message, so jumped when she heard dozens more ringtones go off in the train. It seemed like every kid on the train was receiving the message. She peaked around one of the men she was seated next to and spotted two boys, one by either door.
Yasmin was sure she'd seen them before. One had his back to her, but from what she could see, he wore a navy blue jacket with yellow stripes, one going down the outside of either sleeve. He also wore long dark jeans, and a navy blue bandana on his head. He had long raven hair that was tied back. The other, was sitting, panting as if he'd just outrun a pack of hungry wolves.
This other boy wore a red, short-sleeved jacket on top of a yellow top with a symbol on it that she couldn't see properly from her position. The boy also had on a hat with goggles resting on them. He had brown hair and, when he finally opened his eyes, reddish-brown eyes. Suddenly, after reading his message, the goggled boy jumped to his feet, and shouted, "Come on! I'm doing the best I can!"
'Hey! I think I've seen them at school! I think they're names are--' An announcement cut off her train of thought. "We are now approaching the station. Please mind the gap when leaving the train". The boy dressed in mostly navy, had lifted himself off of the door, where he was leaning, and got off the train. Yasmin lifted her basket of groceries, and stepped onto the platform, heading straight for the elevator.
She got in, and was about to press the button for the basement, when millions other kids filed inside the elevator, pushing and elbowing each other to try and get in.
Yasmin gave a yelp of protest as she felt a pointy elbow jab itself at her ribs. The kid murmured a quick sorry, before turning his attention to the doors and floor numbers above it. The elevator suddenly went quiet as the doors closed and the elevator descended. Yasmin focused really hard on the flashing numbers. Her eyesight started to get bleary from staring too long.
Yasmin blinked several times, then gasped as she noticed something different. She blinked again, but it was still the same. They were going beyond the known floor numbers, to who knows where. When the elevator finally stopped, Yasmin felt it hit something hard, and she was actually glad that the elevator was crowded, leaving all the kids in it with nothing but several shaky feet.
Yasmin was the last to get out, walking slowly instead of running like the other kids. Her phone went off again, but instead of a text message, there was an odd shaped cross on her screen, and the voice spoke again, saying, "Now, it is up to you, Yasmin. Which one will you choose?" The question confused Yasmin. 'Huh? Choose what?' She looked up, and realised.
In the room, there were dozens of trains. She walked around the elevator platform and saw more. 'Choose a train! That's what my phone meant!' She looked around, trying to decide, when her eyes fell on the clock. 'Now, if I've to get on one of these trains before six...' The minute hand flicked itself forward one. 'Aw great. I only have two minutes!'
"Hey, which train are you picking?" She walked around the platform again, to spot the same to boys that she saw on the train. She decided quickly that she would board a light blue train that was quite near her. There were a lot of kids boarding the other carriages, so she chose an empty one. She set her basket next to her, and sat down, waiting for the train to pull out of the station.
Yasmin sat there, watching what little scenery there was fly past. She sighed. It was either a happy sigh or a bored sigh. She sat round in her seat again, and was about to fix her shoe, which was falling off, when suddenly, the lights went out. She looked up. "What? What's going on?" She stood up, only to be knocked to the floor, as the train started to speed up.
Yasmin found herself being thrown around the whole carriage. When she was still, even for one moment, she asked herself, "Hey, I thought I got on a train, not a rollercoaster". She spotted the basket fall off the seat and spill out all the groceries. "Aw man. Mom's gonna kill me!" Just then, she was thrown to the other side of the carriage, except, she didn't make it there, seeing as she had caught one of the poles to stop her.
Her hand was sweaty from holding the basket all day, her hand slipped off the pole and she ended up ramming into the wall. She gave an abrupt wail of pain. Then she stopped, feeling something washing over her. She could feel herself being fused with something. But before she could even begin to think about it, the feeling was gone, only lasting a heartbeat.
Eventually, the train started to slow down. Yasmin stayed down for a few moments longer, until she thought that the train ride from there would be even. She stood and started to collect the groceries that had fallen out of the basket. She frowned when she came across a bruised tomato. While she was inspecting the red fruit, the train had stopped, and the doors, opened.
She suddenly realised that the doors were open and that the kids were waiting outside. She walked outside and stood there, watching the kids. She spotted a group nearby, and went to ask them. "Excuse me. Hi, can you please tell me why everyone's waiting out here?" The kids shrugged, only one of them answering her. "That voice, on all our phones, said we weren't needed anymore, so we were to wait for a while until this train takes us home".
"Oh. Well, thanks". Yasmin watched the group walk off and join the crowd waiting to get back on the train. She shrugged, then smiled. She saw a flower field in the distance, not too far away. She decided that she'd be there instead of waiting in the sweating group of kids. When the train was about to leave, she'd be there. She wasn't going to be long.
She wandered away from the group, towards the field. Once outside of the small station, the wind picked up, catching her hair and making it fly to the rhythm of the wind. She stopped when she reached the field. She bent down and smelt a pink rose. She stopped, and sniffed the rose again. It looked like a rose, but smelt like a lily. She smiled, and moved onto a green lily. Smelling it, she laughed. It smelt like a pansy.
Just as she was about to find out what a pansy smelt like, she heard something behind her. She turned around, and gasped, as she saw that her ride home was pulling away. "Hey, wait!" She ran after the train, but because of her shoes, couldn't run very fast, so lost the train. She stopped, panting, as she watched the train pull away.
"Aw, man. What'll my mom say if I'm not home for dinner?!" She fell to her knees, exhausted. "Hello?" She looked up, and turned around. There, behind her, was a small group of marshmallows. "Marshmallows?" One of them giggled and said, "No, we're not marshmallows. We're YukimiBotamon!" At the sound of their name, the other little creature started jumping and chirping happily, as if they were extremely happy to have a name.
Yasmin didn't understand. "Yukimi...Bota...mon". The leader of the group nodded. "We're digimon". That got the other YukimiBotamon celebrating again. "Digimon?" "Yes, digimon!" The leader jumped onto Yasmin's lap, and asked, "Are you lost, human?" Yasmin didn't answer at first. She turned to look at the tracks, watching nothing, though in her mind, she kept replaying the picture of the train going back down the tracks, leaving her behind. Still staring at the tracks she said, "Yeah, I guess I am".
She turned to the digimon when it jumped back onto the ground and said, "Then it's settled! You can stay with us at our village!" "Our village! Our village!" Yasmin's eyes were wide with surprise at the gesture. "What? Well, thank you but I--" "Don't give it a second thought. Because we're so small, we can't do repairs. So all we ask is that you help look after our village, and in return, we give you food and shelter!" "Food and shelter! Food and shelter!"
Yasmin softened. "Really?" "Yes! Yes!" "Alright then! Let's go!" The pre-teen girl and little marshmallow-type digimon walked off through the flower field, to the YukimiBotamon Village.
1 Week Later
Yasmin searched the rock, seeking something out. Behind her, a large group made up of some Salamon, a Gatomon, but mostly YukimiBotamon, watched intently as they waited for her to find what she was looking for. "Ah-ha! Found it!" She pulled out a sprig of a herb from one of the rock crevices. She sniffed it, then said, "Exactly what I thought". Noticing the curious looks she received from the group behind her, she turned to them and showed them the herb.
"What is it? What is the herb today?" Each day, the rock in the village grew new herbs, although no-one knew how. Yasmin smiled, and said, "In the human world, this is called rosemary. Go on, sniff it. It won't bite". The leader of the village, although Salamon and Gatomon are of higher level than a YukimiBotamon, bounced forward and sniffed. "Smells nice". Yasmin chuckled. Suddenly, a Nyaromon came from the shadows at the other end of the village, hopped up to the Gatomon, and said, "It's time for your shift".
The Gatomon nodded, and bounded away into the shadows that marked the entrance to the village. Yasmin went over to one side of the rock, and bent down to face a wide crevice. She reached inside and pulled out the basket that she came to the Digital World with. She opened it, and put the sprig of rosemary inside the basket. Before she closed it, she brushed some of the other herbs out of the way and picked up what used to be her phone.
She didn't know how it happened, but it must of had something to do with-- "Intruders! Intruders!" Gatomon's call snapped Yasmin away from thoughts of her new phone. She ran to the village centre and saw the Champion drag a couple of injured humans into the centre of a ragged circle that had appeared at the feline's shout. The humans gave moans of protest at being handled so roughly, but Gatomon didn't care.
She was always wary of strangers, always attacking them without a reason. In fact, when the leader and its little group had brought Yasmin back to the village, Gatomon had been suspicious of her. To be honest, she still didn't trust her, but was beginning to warm up to her. Yasmin took a step forward, motioning that the Nyaromon and YukimiBotamon stay back.
As she got closer to one of them, he lifted his head, his goggles catching the light. Yasmin gasped. It was one of the boys from the train station. She noticed that the other boy was also there. With them was a...round boy wearing blue overalls with yellow/orange pockets. He had fuzzy brown hair. Another boy was with them, looking almost too young to even be there. He had on a white shirt and yellow suspenders with the red straps hanging loose. He had a large orange hat covering his messy brown hair.
There was a girl with them as well. She wore a lot of light purple, such as a tight skirt, a sleeveless jacket and hat. She had a white shirt with thin blue stripes underneath the jacket. Her blonde hair looked dusty and unkempt, as if she hadn't taken care of it in a while. Yasmin looked at Gatomon, and nodded, saying that she wanted to talk to them alone. Gatomon hesitated, looking like she wanted to add more to the kids' injuries, but then nodded, and stepped back into the growing crowd.
Yasmin stepped forward, grabbing the attention of the boy who had lifted his head. "Hey! Another human!" His cry woke up his friends, they ignored their injuries as they looked at Yasmin, thinking she'd probably disappear if they looked away. The little boy rubbed his eyes, then blinked a few times before really focusing on Yasmin. Before any of the humans could say anything else, two small digimon stepped out from the middle of the group, and rushed to the leader of the village.
"Excuse me, are you the leader of this village?" asked the small white one wearing a pink bodywarmer. The leader nodded. "Yes, yes I am". The little digimon looked frantic, though relaxed slightly at hearing that. "Oh, that's good. Please, you must help us. These kids are injured after a very severe battle. Please, help us!" The digimon beside him, a yellow bunny wearing red pants, said, "Hey, look, marshmallows!"
The white digimon looked visibly annoyed, grabbing the bunny's pants, pulling them then letting go so that they snapped back, making the bunny fall to the ground. The leader turned to Yasmin and asked, "Should we help them?" Yasmin looked at the humans, and saw the little boy coughing violently, the older kids trying to comfort him. Yasmin turned back to the leader, and said, "Yes. They need us". The boy wearing the bandana turned to the redhead, and snapped, "We don't need your help!"
The girl in purple said to him, "Of course we do! Don't be so stubborn!" Turning to Yasmin, she said, in a softer voice, "Thank you". Yasmin shrugged. "No problem. Gatomon" she said, looking at the digital feline, "get these kids to the medicine hut. I'll be there soon". Gatomon nodded, though there was unmistakable uncertainty in her blue eyes. Gatomon motioned to some Salamon to help her carry the kids. The boy in the overalls had to be pushed to the hut, leaving a trail through the dust.
Yasmin followed behind the digimon and kids, a little way back. By the time she reached the hut, the digimon were helping the kids get onto the benches and beds and tables that were already in the hut. She walked past them all to the back of the hut where she kept the herbs and bandages. It was more than edible herbs that grew on the rock; medicinal herbs grew on it as well, and every time she found one, she took it straight to the hut.
She picked up a roll of bandages, and walked to the gogglehead, who was seated on a table. The boy was too busy checking his goggles to notice Yasmin until she asked him if she could bandage up his leg. He put his goggles back on his head, and let her. "Hey, thanks for your help". Yasmin looked up and smiled. "It's no problem. Really". The boy went on to introduce himself. "My name's Takuya. Takuya Kanbara". "Yasmin Hachi".
After hearing his name, Yasmin remembered where she'd seen him before. She and Takuya went to the same school, only in different classes. Whenever Yasmin had seen Takuya at school, he'd either been causing trouble or getting into trouble. Yasmin stood and said, "Everything else can heal itself. Be careful on that leg". After making him give his word to stay off his leg for a while, she moved onto the kid.
"Hey there. My name's Yasmin. What's yours?" The boy looked up, but before he could answer, he started coughing. Yasmin patted his back lightly and when the boy finally stopped coughing, he answered, his voice horse after coughing, "Tommy. Are you here to see me?" Yasmin smiled, then looked him over until she found the wound in his shoulder. The fabric of his shirt was cut in the same direction as the cut on his skin. Seeing that it was obviously a painful cut, she turned to Tommy and said, "I'll be right back".
She left the boy and went to the back of the hut. There was a bowl with ice water and a rag in it. She took the rag and rung out the excess water. When she got back to Tommy, she noticed that one of the Salamon had put band aids on some of the smaller scratches on the boy. "Hey. I see that one of the Salamon saw to your scratches. How's your shoulder?" Tommy moved his shoulder, then winced. "It hurts".
"Turn around, please". Tommy did as the older girl said, being careful not to twist his shoulder. Yasmin sat on the bench, and told the boy, "This may sting. But it's also pretty cold". "Okay". She put the rag to the boy's shoulder wound and held it there for a few seconds. In that time, she looked around at the other kids.
She could see the other digimon, minus Gatomon, who was leaning against the door frame, watching with disbelief and annoyance, were dealing with the scratches on the others. She watched as a Nyaromon stuck a band aid on Takuya's arm, and as several YukimiBotamon dealt with the boy in the bandana. They were obviously annoying him, instead of helping him, but they were doing their best.
Once she had lifted the rag off Tommy's shoulder, she asked the boy, "Can you feel anything?" Tommy shook his head, not turning to face the girl in case he twisted his shoulder. "I think it's went numb". "That's good. Here, I have to see to your friends. Keep that on your shoulder and I'll be back to see how it's doing". Tommy nodded, taking the rag and putting it on his shoulder wound.
She decided to get the stubborn one out of the way so she didn't have to deal with him again. She walked over to him, waving her hands to shoo the tiny digimon. "Alright guys, shoo. I'll take over here". The YukimiBotamon started chirping happily, then bounced over to the round boy. Yasmin walked around the table, then looked down at bandana boy. It was a while before the boy spoke. "Well?" Yasmin sighed inwardly. 'This boy's going to be very, very stubborn'.
"Before I do anything, I need to know your name. Mine's Yasmin". The boy didn't respond at first. When he did say his name, he had to repeat it because she didn't hear it. "Koji". "Alright. Now, I don't want any trouble. Which is worst?" He didn't say anything, just pointed to his leg. The fabric was cut where the wound was. She indicated that she was going to go get something and, without seeing if he had seen it, went and got the bandages again.
She went back to the boy, and just knelt down and started to roll the bandages around the boy's leg. Nobody spoke, until Koji asked her, "Why are you doing this?" Yasmin looked up. He seemed both curious and annoyed. He didn't have a reason to be annoyed, so Yasmin put it down to his nature. She shrugged, looking back at what she was doing.
"I guess it's because I feel like it. My mom and dad say I'm too kind. That and, I just wanna help". He didn't seem satisfied by that answer, but left it at that. Yasmin stood and told the boy, "Alright, that's all I'm going to do, but the YukimiBotamon should be back here to put some band aids on those scratches. And just let 'em. They're trying to help". He didn't reply, so Yasmin walked over to the round boy.
When he saw her coming he straightened up and brushed away a Nyaromon that was looking at a scrape on his arm. She hissed in annoyance, then bounced off the bed and went to help the other Nyaromon near Tommy. Before Yasmin was even a step closer, the boy leaped to his feet and introduced himself without prompt. "Hey there. Name's JP. And you?" Yasmin rolled her eyes and chuckled. 'Flirt'. "Yasmin. Where's the worst?"
JP didn't say anything at first, but when Yasmin repeated her question, he pointed to the scrape on his arm. When Yasmin put her hands on her hips and looked at him as if to say 'Really', the boy sheepishly pointed over his shoulder. Yasmin went around the bed JP was sitting on and saw the boy's back was crisscrossed with scars, some healing, some bleeding fresh from being pushed to the hut.
"Hey, JP. I'm going to go get a wet rag to wash some of these. Some have opened up and are bleeding". "OK". Yasmin went to the back again, and grabbed the spare rag. She wet it in the ice water then went back to JP. She washed up the scars then saw to the scrape on his arm. It wasn't as serious as his back, but Yasmin bandaged it. Standing up, she said, "OK, don't pressure yourself and take it easy when it comes to your back".
Once she'd made sure that the scars wouldn't start bleeding again, she went to see the last of her patients. "Hey, how've you been? Sorry it took so long. I decided to get your friends over and done with. What's your name?" The girl smiled and said, "Zoe. And I don't mind. It's better if they get treated first. That way they won't be whining later". The two girls laughed. Then, Zoe spoke. "You haven't told me your name". "Yasmin". "Yasmin. That's a pretty name". Yasmin smiled. "Thanks". Sitting down next to Zoe, Yasmin saw to Zoe's injuries.
Most of her injuries were just scratches, but she had a badly broken leg. "Wait here". Yasmin went to the back of the hut. She picked up a splint and another roll of bandages. Before she went back to Zoe, Yasmin checked up on Tommy. All of the boy's scuffs and scrapes had been taken care of by the digimon, and he had kept the rag on his shoulder wound. She took the rag off the boy, took it to wet it, then went back to Zoe.
"Hey Zoe. Is it ok if I numb your leg? I am terrible at fixing up broken legs without hurting the person". Zoe shrugged. "Sure". Yasmin, as carefully as she could, lifted Zoe's leg onto the bench. She put the ice cold rag on Zoe's leg, making sure not to put any pressure on it. After checking that the leg had numbed, Yasmin stuck the splint to the side of the girl's leg and wrapped it up in bandages. While she was doing so, she decided to ask about bandana boy.
"Hey Zoe". "Hm". "What's the deal with Koji?" "Nothing. I think he's just a bit of a loner, not used to being around too many people". "Well if this is too people to him, then how did he survive the human world". The girls laughed at the joke. Once the leg was wrapped up in more bandages than a mummy, Yasmin went and got a stick so Zoe could still walk. Coming back with the stick, Yasmin said, "Here. Use this".
Zoe took the stick and stood. Yasmin went to the front of the hut and grabbed the kids' attention. "Ok, I know that I don't need to ask the leader, so, you're all allowed to stay the night. Dinner's on in 10 minutes". She turned and walked out the hut, but not before hearing JP say, "Dinner! My favourite word!"
The Digidestined sat at a stone block, or what the village used as a table. Yasmin walked out of a room on the other side, shouting, "Dinner's served!" She carried one plate, while all the Nyaromon and Salamon carried the rest. The digimon jumped onto the smaller stone slabs used as chairs and set down their plates, which were piled high with food.
The kids, who hadn't seen food in a long time, drooled as more and more plates found their way onto the table. Once all the kids had been served and were happily and hungrily devouring the buffet, Yasmin sat down with her plate. Once all the plates had been emptied, minus a few spare leftovers on some of the plates, Yasmin stood with a plate of fish and walked over to a crack in the wall, where Gatomon sat.
Even from the shadows, the kids and other digimon could see the hostility in the cat's eyes as Yasmin approached. Yasmin crouched down and said to the cat, "Gatomon, do you wanna come out?" Gatomon stuck her nose in the air and purposely turned her back on the girl. Yasmin smiled. "Ok. I'll leave this fish here, in case you want it".
Yasmin went back to the table and sat in her seat. Zoe asked, "Why are you just leaving her?" Yasmin smiled again and held up three fingers. The kids were confused at first, until Yasmin put one finger down and they realised that it was a countdown. They peaked over the girl's shoulder, and spotted Gatomon peaking out of the crack, hunger gleaming in her eyes as she spied the fish.
The second Yasmin put down the final finger; the kids were amazed to see how fast Gatomon was. In fact, they didn't even see the feline's paw as it grabbed the fish, leaving the plate to wobble from the sudden speed. Yasmin giggled as she heard the cat burp out the bones from behind her. As the YukimiBotamon started bouncing and chirping again, Yasmin stood up and showed the kids to the guest hut.
On the way to the hut, Yasmin spotted some devices that looked a lot like hers. That got her thinking. 'Hey! Do they have some of those weird lights inside their...uh...phones like mine?'
~~~Flashback: Several days ago~~~
Yasmin went to rock like always. She stopped and looked up. She expected to see a normal, blue, digital sky, but instead, the sky had turned into a dark navy blue under a light pink shine that had suddenly started to sparkle from the top of the rock. She gasped. The leader came out of one of the building nearby. Looking up, the leader smiled. "It's shining today". Yasmin turned to look at the tiny leader. "What's shining today?" The leader shook its head, still with the smile on its face.
"We don't know. All we know is that, there's something up there, on top of the rock, and sometimes, it shines, like today". Yasmin looked up again. Looking back down again, she asked, "Has anyone went up there to see what it is?" The leader shook its head again. "No. Gatomon offered to go up and investigate, but we didn't want her to go, in case she got hurt". Yasmin was silent for a moment, then spoke up.
"I'll go". The leader's eyes were filled with panic. But Yasmin spoke again. "Before you argue, I'll be fine. I promise". Yasmin looked directly at the leader, then smiled. Then, she turned around to face the rock, and started to walk towards it. The leader panicked, then shouted for the village's attention. The village inhabitants rushed out and spotted Yasmin climbing the rock. They all start to chirp in high pitched, frightened voices.
The leader shushed them, and they all watched in silence. There were times when Yasmin lost her grip on a rock, or a chunk of rock that she was using to climb gave way and she slipped, causing the crowd the murmur in panic, but then she got a new grip and continued climbing. Eventually, she made it to the top, bruised and scraped. She hung on with one arm on the flat rock top, and looked over the edge. She gasped.
There, floating just above the top of the rock, was a bright light. But, she saw a definite figure outlined in the light. It looked like an acrobat sitting on the floor holding its leg up in the air. Back on the ground, Yasmin's phone lifted itself up and flew up to the rock. It flew up past Yasmin's head but she caught it with her spare hand. In her hand, it suddenly changed shape, growing smaller, yet bulkier. It was green with light pink grips and it had a small square screen with two buttons on it.
She stared at the device in awe. Then she got an idea. She pointed her new phone towards the light, and another one, white, came from the top of the device. It shone brighter than the pink light and it drew the figure into her device. Looking at the device, she noticed a sign appear on the screen. It was a pink sign, looking like a Z on its side. In both of the corners, there was a small circle.
Suddenly, a voice, the same one as before, at the train station, spoke from her device. "How are you enjoying your time in the Digital World, Yasmin? Pretty soon, your time in the YukimiBotamon Village will end. Embrace your destiny". With that, the sign, and the voice, disappeared. Yasmin, in her shock, lost her grip on the rock. She fell to the ground, screaming, her scream being cut off by a groan as she made contact with the ground.
~~~End Flashback~~~
Flicking on the light switch, Yasmin motioned to two doors, one on the left and one on the right. Indicating to the door on the left, she said, "That's where you guys will sleep, and Zoe" she turned to the other girl, and then indicated to the door on the right, "you and me will be staying in there". The kids accepted these arrangements with small shrugs and inaudible murmurs, and then went into the rooms and straight to the beds.
Mourning came, and without haste, the kids swarmed around the table. Yasmin once again slaved in the kitchen, yet she had a smile on her face. She loved entertaining guests. Especially this group. They were humans like her. They came from the same world as her. She could relate to them. Understand them. Now that she had finished cooking breakfast, she thanked the DemiMeramon that was always there with the village, and shooed it so it could get some rest.
Walking out, holding her own plate and the digimon swarming behind her holding the rest of breakfast, she began to announce, "Time for break--" Before she could finish her sentence, the ground started to shake, and then, the walls started to crack. Gatomon came out of her shadowy crevice, alarmed, yet ready for a battle. Yasmin and the digimon dropped their plates, the digimon running in terror and blind panic, and Yasmin running to the table.
Reaching it, the girl gripped it to steady herself as the earthquake continued. The other kids had the same idea, although some of them couldn't hold it as tightly because of their injuries. Eventually, and very suddenly, the earthquake stopped. Just as the digimon came out of their hiding places and the children loosed their grips on the table, the wall fell down. Everyone coughed as the concrete wall hit the ground and threw dust up everywhere.
From out of the dust, a figure stepped forward, and through coughs, the kids gasped. The shadowed figure didn't look familiar to Yasmin, but to the guests, it was all too frighteningly familiar. Takuya was the first to speak. "Duskmon!" Yasmin was just confused. "Duskmon?" JP stood up, and said, "Yeah. Duskmon. And this dude's bad news!" Duskmon didn't say anything, only unsheathed his blood red swords.
His many eyes darted in the room, taking in the digimon, Gatomon standing in front of the scared digital creatures, hissing, teeth and claws bared. Finally, the eyes fell on Yasmin, who was cowering next to the table. Holding up one of his swords, he didn't move, but then, in a heartbeat, he rushed forward and lunged for Yasmin, who didn't see it coming. She didn't have time to scream. It all happened too fast. Koji had his digivice ready the moment he saw Duskmon.
He swiped his fractal code, turning into Lobomon, and darted across the table just in time to block the sword before it could come a millimetre closer to the girl. Yasmin's eyes widened as she took in the sight in front of her. Koji had just turned into a digimon! And now, he was protecting her from this obviously crazy digimon. She saw her chance and escaped. She rushed over to Gatomon and started helping her and the kids evacuate the younger digimon.
They all headed outside faster than a cheetah. Once in the village centre, the kids all fell to the ground or put their hands on their knees and started panting, and for the first time since Duskmon appeared, Yasmin remembered the kids' injuries. Then, still on the subject of their injuries, another thought flew to mind. "Koji! He's still injured! He can't fight!" Just then, Duskmon and Lobomon flew out of the wall and crashed into the wall across from the one they just came out of.
At impact, Lobomon reverted back to Koji, who now gripped his arm, his face screwed up in pain. Duskmon lifted his sword to finish the boy, then stopped, as the eye on his arm spied Yasmin again. Noticing that he had seen her, Yasmin ran back into the room where Duskmon had first attacked. She looked out into the village centre, and saw the kids rushing over to help Koji. They all made their way to the exit, until most of them collapsed from exhaustion.
Yasmin gasped. Duskmon was walking towards them, brandishing one of his swords. Yasmin spotted an iron crowbar underneath some rocks. She jumped for it and then rushed out, until she stood between Duskmon, the kids and the other digimon. Tightening her grip on the crowbar, she shouted, "Hey! Back off!" 'I must be pretty stupid to be doing this!' she thought. Duskmon chuckled, which then grew into laughter.
Yasmin clenched her teeth. "What's so funny?! I think I made myself pretty clear! And I don't see where the joke was in what I said!" Duskmon's laughter cut off abruptly. He glared at the girl from all eyes. He readied his sword, while Yasmin readied the crowbar. Duskmon shot forward. Yasmin, ignoring Zoe's pleas to stop, raced forward to meet the digimon. The crowbar and sword met, but Duskmon overpowered the girl, throwing her into a nearby wall.
Seeing that she wouldn't bother him again, Duskmon turned back to the kids and digimon, who were all cowering by the entrance, too exhausted and too scared to move. Yasmin watched, feeling powerless to stop Duskmon from killing her new friends and the digimon that had tried to help her. Then, she heard something. She noticed that, in the scuffle, her new phone-turned-uh...something was shining. On the screen was the same cross that was on her phone when she was asked to pick a train.
The device was making a screeching sound, but above it, the voice spoke again. The cross changed to the sign she had seen when she had taken the light. "It is time". Yasmin was confused, but also determined. If you looked into her eyes, you could see petals, the exact same colour of pink as her eyes yet standing out, flying in them. She picked up the device, and walked over until she stood behind Duskmon.
She didn't know what she was doing, but she definitely knew that instinct had taken over. She seemed oddly calm. Especially when she shouted, "Hey! Turn around!" Duskmon turned, and asked, "And what do you want?" Yasmin simply said, "To fight. I'm your enemy as well, simply because you threaten my friends. So your fight...is with me". Duskmon started to laugh again. This just annoyed Yasmin further. He stopped. "And how exactly do you propose we fight?"
Yasmin gripped her device tighter. "I plan on using" She thrust her device out in front of her so everone could see it. "THIS!"
Evolution Screen
Yasmin held the device forward so that the figure could draw itself on-screen. Once fully there, she swung her hand holding the device back, planting it on her hip, while she swung her other hand, from the opposite hip to face the front, palm forward. A single, continuous stream of data emerged from the girl's hand. She turned herself round in a circle, and, upon facing the front again, lifted her hand up. With a gasp of exhilaration, she brought it down to swipe the data against the device. Whilst she was swiping the data, she shouted, "Execute!" She continued to swipe it, until she released it, letting the data swing out and engulf her, tearing off her clothes. Some streams of data wraped themselves closely towards the girl, before flying outwards to join the wide expanded circle of data. While that was happening, she shouted, "Spirit Evolution!" An imprint of her face emerged in front of her, and from the top right hand corner, a plain white masquerade mask appeared. An acrobat/clown suit covered the imprint of her body, and a pair of shoes, much like her human ones, except black, cover her feet imprints. She held her hands out in the same T shape, as the whole thing comes together in two sheets of data; one in front and one behind. The two sheets come forth, pressing into the girl to give her a new shape. The new creature spun around to reveal a new face. When her eyes opened, they burst with pink petals and small diamonds. The creature fell down to earth, to land on a grey, hexagonal platform. She spun around, then stopped. She placed her feet in the ballet third position, then flicked her hair. Her hand stayed there, while her other one was planted on her hip. To finish it off, she shouted the name of the new creature: "Diamondmon!"
End Evolution
The data stream egg cleared, and in Yasmin's place, was a girl wearing a cross between a clown suit and an acrobat suit studded with diamonds. The neck, hands and feet of the suit had little black frills on them. On her feet was a pair of black Japanese slippers. She had white-silver hair, and wore a clown hat. The hat was white with three black pompoms going down from the point which was also a pompom. The edge of the hat was black frills. The girl had the same pink eyes as Yasmin, and one corner of her face was covered by a plain white masquerade mask.
"Now then" The girl spoke in a slightly deeper voice than Yasmin's, "I am your fight. Unless you're too scared to even try and fight me. But, I'll give you a choice. Leave and you won't get hurt. Stay and I won't guarantee you'll leave here alive". Bokomon was going crazy. He was ecstatic. He was looking at a legend. The kids were confused. "Bokomon, what's going on?" asked JP. Bokomon ignored him at first, shaking Neemon by his shoulders in his enthusiasm.
He eventually stopped, blushing as he realised what he was doing. He calmed himself and started to explain, but he couldn't hide the excitement in his voice. "That is Diamondmon, human spirit of the Warriors of Protection". The kids were speechless at first. But then, Zoe spoke up. "But I thought that there was only 10 Legendary Warriors". Bokomon pulled his book from his bodywarmer, and opened it to the back page, describing digimon with the status of Legendary Warriors.
He pointed to the symbol of protection and said, "In those days, the warrior of protection was AncientShiningmon. Of course, she wasn't a real Legendary Warrior, but her role in the Lucemon battle gave her the status of a Legendary Warrior. Diamondmon is the human spirit, very flexible and very kind. Although, when it comes to protecting those around her, she can be very dangerous. She has goals, most of them to protect others, and most of the time, she completes them, but then again, nobody's perfect".
Closing the book and putting it away, he continued, "You're all very lucky to see her. And" Bokomon couldn't hold it in anymore. He burst out, shouting, "She's going to save us! I can't believe that the Warrior of Protection is going to save us! From Duskmon, might I add! I've always wanted to meet her! Now my life is complete!" Although it was a serious moment, the kids couldn't help but feel embarrassed to know the small digimon in front of them and they sweatdropped.
Diamondmon stood ready, Duskmon stood with his sword in front of them. Duskmon braced himself, and lunged. Diamondmon stood her ground until the last moment, when she flipped out the way and the sword hit the ground where she had stood moments before. The girl created a fist, which became encrusted with diamonds. She jumped at Duskmon; fist stretched ahead of her, and shouted, as her fist hit its mark, "Diamond Crack!"
Duskmon didn't have time to dodge, so when her fist hit, he found himself sprawled in the dirt, dust flying everywhere. Diamondmon looked behind her and smiled when she saw Bokomon, Neemon and all the YukimiBotamon, Nyaromon and Salamon cheering for her. Duskmon stood, slowly. He winced in pain. His face, where Diamondmon had punched him, was turning as red as his sword. He raised his sword in the air then brought it down, creating a red moon. He shouted, "Lunar Plasma!" and lunged for Diamondmon.
The girl smirked, ignoring the pleas from the kids and other digimon to run. She crossed her hands over and shouted, "Studded Shield!" The diamonds on her arms shone and created a shield, and when the Lunar Plasma hit, she merely slid back in the dust. Diamondmon stayed on her feet, holding her own against the evil being. It was a match of his sword against her diamond shield. Eventually, her throwing her hands back and him sliding his sword against the shield, they both let go and slid forwards in the dust, till they both stood where the other stood a moment ago.
Duskmon panted. He had never been this tried before. This was merely a human. He had defeated the other Legendary Warriors before; all of the humans at the same time. Yet this one digimon, this one human, had left him feeling exhausted. He turned to see that Diamondmon hadn't even broken a sweat. She flicked back her hair and blew some of her white bangs out of her eyes. She smirked again, and shouted over to Duskmon, "Tired yet?"
Duskmon shook his head and replied, "I'm just getting warmed up!" He lunged again. Diamondmon smiled, not so much smirked, and said, "Good. So am I!" She ran forward, as if to meet the dark warrior, but before they could meet, she jumped up, doing some flips in mid-air, and blocked the sun with her silhouette. She crossed her arms again, as if to create another shield, but then, threw them out, making the diamonds on her suit duplicate and throw themselves outwards along with her arms. She seemed to just float there, shielding the sun, being surrounded by diamonds. Then she attacked.
"Jewel Strike!" She threw her arms forward to point the diamonds in the direction of their target; Duskmon. He shielded his face against them with his arms, but the diamonds pierced the black armour, cutting it and denting it. Pretty soon, he couldn't take it anymore and collapsed to the ground. The rest of the oncoming diamonds disappeared, giving the dark warrior a chance to catch his breath. Diamondmon flipped a couple of times before landing a little away from Duskmon. She walked forward with elegance, a whole lot more different than Duskmon, being clumsy and defeated, he lay there on his hands and knees.
Diamondmon neared the fallen warrior. He looked up, the hatred in his eyes unmistakable. Diamondmon bent down to his level and said, "Leave, before I continue to harm you. And I'm pretty sure you don't want another humiliating defeat". Duskmon glared at the girl from narrowed eyes. He stood himself up and walked towards the edge of the village, from where he entered. He looked over his shoulder and said, "Watch your back, human. We will meet again. And I promise you, you will not leave our next battle alive".
Duskmon walked into the shadows, turned around, and the last thing anybody saw of him were all of his eyes, staring out of the darkness. Then, he was gone. Although there was nothing to shout at, Diamondmon shouted after him, "Hey, I'll remember that next time!" Diamondmon turned around and started to walk towards the group that still waited by the entrance. She stopped a little away from the group, and was surrounded by another egg of data. When the data cleared, Yasmin fell to her knees, exhausted.
The digimon, Gatomon as well, ran towards her, whereas the humans shuffled forward on their knees, still too injured to get up and walk over properly. "Hey, you ok?" Yasmin looked up to see Takuya and the other kids in front of her with worried faces. She nodded, panting. "Yeah. What happened? How did I...?" She stopped. Bokomon decided to explain for her. "Well, first, let's start at the beginning. Back in ancient times, Human and Beast type digimon fought constantly. That is, until Lucemon came and put a stop to it. Are you following me so far?"
Yasmin didn't know who Lucemon was, but she nodded. Bokomon pulled out his book. "Well, Lucemon stopped the fighting and everything became peaceful. But then, he became corrupted by his own power and everything was thrown back into chaos. 10 brave warriors stepped forward and defeated Lucemon, locking him in the Dark Area that lies at the core of the Digital World. Afterwards, the warriors' spirits were given to three digimon, the Celestial Digimon, who now rule over our world. Got that?"
Yasmin nodded again. It was starting to make sense. She didn't know how she fit into it, but she knew that Bokomon was getting to that. He continued, "Well, the three digimon were Seraphimon, Ophanimon and Cherubimon. Now, Cherubimon was given the spirits of Water, Wood, Steel, Earth and Darkness to watch over. Seraphimon was given the spirits of Light and Wind to guard and Ophanimon was given the spirits of Fire, Ice and Lightening".
"But now, Cherubimon has become corrupted, and in doing so, he has corrupted the five spirits he holds. Ophanimon called upon all the children in the human world for help. These five" He pointed to the children, in the order of their spirits, "were given five of the spirits. Takuya has the spirits of Fire, Koji, the spirits of Light, Tommy, the spirits of Ice, JP, the spirits of Lightening and Zoe, the spirits of Wind. Got it?"
Yasmin nodded. Then, she got confused. "But what about me?" Bokomon coughed, as of saying, 'I was getting to that'. "Well, you come into this part". He opened the book at the back page again and turned it around to show Yasmin. He pointed to the symbol of protection. "You hold the power of AncientShiningmon, a digimon that swore only to protect. She isn't a real Legendary Warrior, but her role in the Lucemon battle has given her the status. There were many other digimon like AncientShiningmon, but, she was remembered most. When she split herself into the Human and Beast spirits that are around today, she asked that they be spread out around the Digital World, so that they may find a place that needed protecting".
He snapped the book shut, making Yasmin cough at the dust that flew out from the ancient pages. "And that is precisely what they are doing. Diamondmon, the Human spirit, rested here, so that she may protect the innocent lives of the YukimiBotamon Village. And I must say that Diamondmon did a fabulous job". Turning to the bewildered girl, he asked, "Well, since you now hold a spirit, would you like to join us on our journey to save the Digital World?"
Yasmin's eyes flew wider than before. She didn't say anything at first. She turned to the leader of the village, she asked, "Should I?" The leader's eyes were full of sadness, and tears looked ready to burst from its eyes, but the leader simply said, "You must follow your heart. Do what you think is right". Yasmin sighed. "I was afraid you'd say that". She looked around the rest of the villagers, who had all gathered around her. They all had tears in their eyes at the thought of Yasmin leaving. Even Gatomon.
She whispered, "I'm sorry everyone", then turned to the humans and said, "If we stop Cherubimon, does that mean that this village stays safe?" The humans nodded. The girl cracked a smile. "Then I'm going". She flinched as she heard the villagers shout out in protest. She stood up. "Guys, think about it. I'm going off to save the Digital World. Besides, I can't stay here forever. I'd have to go home sooner or later. Now, I want you all to promise me something".
Gatomon stepped forward. The Champion wiped away her tears, but her eyes still brimmed with sadness. "What is it?" Yasmin smiled, bent down to the cat's level and asked, "I want you, Gatomon, to protect this village for me". Gatomon nodded. "Of course. I'll defend it with all of my nine lives". Yasmin giggled. "Thank you".
The Trailmon pulled up outside the thorn bush that was the entrance to the village. "Whoot-whoooot! Hop on kids, I got a schedule to meet". The kids filed onto the train. Yasmin grabbed onto the railing and took a stepped onto the train, but kept one foot on the ground as she looked around to say goodbye to the village. The setting sun made all the white fur seem orangey and their smiles larger. "Goodbye, my friends. I'll never forget you" she whispered. She lifted her other foot onto the train and turned around to watch as they drove away from the village.
Tears welling in her eyes, Yasmin shouted, hand waving in the air, "Goodbye! I'll be back!" The baby digimon all started jumping around in happiness. Gatomon just stood there, a big smile on her face. Then, she lifted one of her gloved paws and started waving. Once the village was out of sight, Yasmin went inside the carriage, and took a seat next to her new friends, as the Trailmon drove off into the sunset, and into her new adventure...
(End Chapter)
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