Universe: Digimon Adventure AU
Genre: Friendship & Adventure
Disclaimer: Digimon does not belong to me.
Warnings: Violence, blood, OOC, fighting and Mild Swearing.
Summary: Adventure AU! What if Daisuke had been adopted by the Yagami family when he was four years old? What if he was with Taichi on that fateful day at Summer Camp? How different would the adventure have been with a bit of Miracles added to the mix?
Author Notes: There are only a few fanfics that add Daisuke to the mix of the Adventure!Chosen Children and none of them have been uploaded in so a long, so I thought I would do my own!
People do not give Daisuke enough credit and if you ignore his crush on Hikari then you realise he's a very different person.
Right things that is different here:
Ages- Both Taichi and Hikari are older than they were when they received their first DigiEgg. Taichi is 8 while Hikari is 6. Daisuke is 4 years old so he's the youngest out of the 3 instead of being the same age as Hikari. As such the incident is a lot closer to when they go to the Digital World than it was in the Canon. It will only be 2 years later so Koromon will she be in their minds.
Personalities- They're a lot different! Daisuke went through something traumatic to end up being adopted by the Yagamis and his personality will continue to change as he grows in the Digital world. Hikari will be a bit more responsible for herself as she's now a big sister, she can't protect Daisuke if she's sick. Taichi though will go the opposite way and it will have major consequences for all 3 of them.
Storyline- It's going to be different I'm just saying that. The main focus isn't going to be Takeru and Hikari near the end now that Miracles has been added. Things are going to be a lot different with new challenges and adventures for the Chosen Children to get through.
Names- I am using the Japanese names as their original names but sometimes the English names will pop up, especially with Taichi and Hikari. Tai and Kari will be the nicknames they have and what they allow close friends to call them. Daisuke will not have his English name but he will have a nickname he prefers to be called.
Is that everything cleared up? If it's not then just ask me and I will answer you the best I can. Enjoy guys!
12/07/15 – Update: This chapter has been edited. I've changed the Japanese translations to how they should be shown and also edited some sentences that just didn't seem right to me. Japanese Translations have been added at the end.
25/06/17 - Update: Recently got a wonderful program called Grammarly and ran through this story with it. It should be a lot easier to read now.
18/7/2017 - Update: Special thanks to Sulphur99 for pointing out a couple of things that I missed.
Enjoy!
A Touch of Miracles: Season 1
Movie 1: Digimon Adventure
Yuuko Yagami nervously bit her fingernails as she anxiously waited for the doorbell to ring. Finally, after waiting for so long she was finally going to meet her new baby.
Yuuko had brought up adoption to her husband Susumu after her youngest child, Hikari, had recovered from her pneumonia. In her fear, Yuuko had ended up blaming her five-year-old condition on her eight-year-old son Taichi. She even ended up hitting him which she felt horrible for when things calmed down.
She had apologised repeatedly and took back her words but the damage had been done, Taichi took full responsibility for Hikari's condition and he wasn't prepared to forgive himself anytime soon.
Before everything, though Yuuko and Susumu were thinking about having another baby, the problem was that both Taichi and Hikari were very sick children when they were born. Both were born too early and both become very sick because of it.
Taichi's heart had been too weak and he ended up having a transplant at just two years old. To their relief though Taichi worked himself through his sickness and trained his body to become stronger when he joined the soccer team.
Hikari, on the other hand, has a weakened immune system and until her body produces the right antibodies to protect her she will just keep getting sicker and sicker. The pneumonia incident was proof of that.
With both kids on heavy medication, neither parent wanted to risk putting another child through what Taichi and Hikari suffer from every day. So adoption was brought up.
It wasn't until they were sure Hikari was fully recovered did Susumu and Yuuko both finally agree to go through with the adoption.
That was one year ago and finally, a child suitable for them had been found. Yuuko released a nervous sigh as she looked at the clock on the wall nervously just as the doorbell rang loudly through the apartment.
It was time.
Yuuko took a deep breath before she walked towards the front door and opened it with a smile. Her attention was completely captured as soon as she saw him.
"Yagami Yuuki-san?" The Social Worker asked in confirmation and Yuuko forced herself to look at the brunette with a relaxed smile.
"Yes, that's me. Would you like to come in?"
"I haven't got time I'm afraid. Everything has already been signed I'm just here to hand him to you." The lady laughed before the two women looked at the little boy resting on her hip.
He was small for his age with tanned skin and unusual burgundy hair that spiked in all directions. His face was buried into the Social Worker's shoulder and he was shaking slightly making Yuuko's heart clench.
"This is Daisuke. He's a little shy I'm afraid that I'm sure he'll come out of when he gets to know you." Yuuko nodded as she took in the boy's blue dungarees that went down to his knees, the white t-shirt underneath and his small tennis shoes.
What caught her attention most though was the pair of square goggles that rested around his neck and slightly over his shoulder, being too big for him to wear them properly. She smiled as she realised they were similar to the one's Taichi wore and she wondered if Daisuke was as attached to his as Taichi was.
"Hello there Daisuke-chan. I'm Yagami Yuuko and, if you want, I can be your new 'Kaa-chan." Yuuko whispered and waited. It took a couple of seconds before the little one lifted his head revealing a pair of mocha coffee eyes that were filled with weariness and hope.
Yuuko kept still letting Daisuke look into her own chocolate eyes and waited for the four-year-old to come to a decision.
It happened so suddenly that Yuuko wished she had a camera. Slowly Daisuke smiled revealing a mouth full of perfect baby teeth and whispered quietly as he held his hands out for her.
"'Kaa-chan."
It was that moment Daisuke officially became a Yagami and when Yuuko hugged the boy tightly she was completely unaware of the future taking a different path.
5 Months Later
Taichi groaned as he felt something tugging insistently on his sleeve, he rubbed his face into his pillow briefly before finally pushing himself up. Chocolate brown eyes opened and locked with mocha coffee before Tachi groaned once again.
"Daisuke? What are you doing up?" Taichi mumbled as he recognised his adoptive baby brother sitting on the edge of his bed, his square goggles resting on his neck despite it being night time.
Daisuke stayed silent, which wasn't unusual for the four-year who was as silent as his sister Hikari, but when he squirmed slightly in place everything clicked.
"You want to go potty?" Taichi asked and sighed when Daisuke nodded while fiddling with his goggles.
"You don't have to wake me up for that," Taichi grumbled but he crawled around Daisuke to get to the ladder and after he climbed down himself he helped Daisuke down too.
The Apartment was silent, all the lights were off and as soon as Taichi opened his door the only thing he could hear was the fridge humming in the kitchen. In the room across from him, which used to be the study, Taichi could hear the steady breathing of his sister sleeping peacefully for the first time in the past months.
With Daisuke now added to the family the apartment had to be moved around a bit, Taichi now shared his room with Daisuke while Hikari now had her own room in the former study. It was hard for Hikari to get used to sleeping alone though and often Taichi found his sister sleeping next to him in his bunk.
Both Susumu and Yuuko had explained that it was only temporary until they could find a bigger apartment for them to live in.
"You need help?" Taichi asked as he pushed the bathroom door opened for the small toddler and turned on the light. Daisuke shook his head as he walked inside and helped Taichi push his step ladder closer to the toilet.
"I can do it," Daisuke whispered so quietly Taichi almost missed it but by now he had gotten used to listening out for Daisuke's quiet voice. Taichi nodded before he walked out and left the door open slightly, just in case.
It didn't take long for Daisuke to finish and soon enough he was walking out while whipping his freshly washed hands down his sleeping shirt.
"Let's get back to bed then," Taichi said with a yawn and he couldn't help but smile when Daisuke copied him. He must admit he wasn't sure what to think when he was told about having a baby brother, but he found himself slowly becoming attached to Daisuke.
As the two turned the corner to their private hallway Taichi spotted his sister standing in front of the computer, which had been relocated in between the two rooms for now. Taichi frowned as he realised the screen was actually on and it kept flashing from strange green symbols to a pure white light.
"Hikari what are you doing? You know Otou-san doesn't like us playing with the computer." Taichi lectured as he walked forward and placed his hand on her shoulders. Hikari didn't react though, she continued to stare at the screen even when Daisuke slipped his small hand into her own.
"Hikari?"
"It's an egg..." Hikari suddenly pointed out just before the computer gave off a loud beep. Taichi's eyes widened in shock as realised the shape that had appeared on the screen did look just like an egg.
"Digimon..." Daisuke whispered but before Taichi could even question the little boy the egg on the screen started to come towards them. It seemed to push against the glass before it started to slip through like water.
The Yagami siblings watched in shock and confusion as the egg slowly pushed it way free before landing in at their fit with a loud-
"Taichi!" A groan was heard from the blue and white stripped covers as a dark brown mess of hair appeared from underneath.
"Taichi! I'm just going to the store, I won't be long. Make sure you look after Daisuke and Hikari!" Yuuko called out as she checked through her purse before she sighed as she realised Taichi still didn't answer.
"Taichi! Did you hear me?"
"Y-yes 'Kaa-san..." Taichi finally called back as he forced himself to sit up in his bunk and rub his eyes sleepily. Still half asleep he crawled over to the ladder and started walking down as he heard the front door open.
"Oh..." Yuuko whispered as she suddenly remembered something and looked back inside the apartment. "Make sure you watch Hikari's fever for me. It's not that bad but it's better to be safe than sorry."
"Wha-?! Fever?!" Taichi yelped as he lost his footing on the last step and almost fell to the floor, experience from doing the same thing every night stopped him from receiving yet another bruise.
"I'll be back in an hour!"
"Wait 'Kaa-san! What-?" Taichi called out but his mother didn't hear him and the front door closed gently behind her causing him to sigh.
"Oof!" Taichi grunted as a small form suddenly slammed into his side and wrapped his arms around his waist tightly.
"Daisuke! Don't run into to me like, you might end up hurting someone." Taichi chided but as he placed his hands on the four-year-old's shoulders he realised he was shaking badly.
"What's the matter Daisuke? Did you have a nightmare?" Taichi questioned seeing as Daisuke having nightmares was as common occurrence as Hikari waking up with a fever. Yuuko explained to both Taichi and Hikari that what happened to Daisuke's family was horrifying and even though he was only a baby, one-year-old at the time, it had happened right in front of his eyes.
He's bound to have nightmares even if he doesn't remember why he's having them.
"Daisuke?" Taichi asked again when the burgundy headed child didn't answer but then Daisuke shook his head from where he was buried in Taichi's chest. Taichi frowned in confusion as his eyes trailed over to the bottom bunk.
What on earth could have scared him then? If he wasn't having nightmares then Daisuke usually slept really well, he was always the last one to awaken and it was always very hard for Yuuko to get him up for breakfast.
"Hikari?" Taichi questioned as he spotted his little sister sleeping soundly in the bunk that Daisuke had just left, leaving the eldest Yagami child completely confused, seeing as Hikari only really tolerated Daisuke on an acquaintance level, but then he caught sight of what she was hugging close like a teddy bear.
"An egg..." Taichi whispered before his eyes widened as last night's events rushed back to him. In his arms, Daisuke looked fearfully over to where Hikari was holding the egg close and whimpered.
Breakfast was a disaster the moment Taichi walked his younger siblings into the kitchen. He had planned on frying them some eggs and reheating the rice from last night for breakfast, simple but still a good breakfast to keep them up for the day.
Unfortunately, things didn't go to plan at all. Taichi managed to help Hikari into a chair at the table easily but when he went to take away the egg in her arms she blew her whistle sharply in his ear making her protests known.
Taichi decided that losing his hearing wasn't worth fighting his sister over an egg and let her be, but then that brought up another problem.
Daisuke refused to go near the egg and every time Taichi tried to get him in his own chair across from Hikari the four-year-old would scream just as shrilly as Hikari's whistle and clung to Taichi tightly refusing to let go.
That, of course, caused Hikari to sulk because while she did accept that Daisuke was living in her home from now on, she hadn't exactly accepted him into her family yet. Seeing him cling to her Onii-chan always tickled her the wrong way.
Taichi was now stuck with a clingy four-year-old and a pouting six-year-old, the child sighed in frustration before he decided on cereal for breakfast; seeing as he can't use the stove with Daisuke clinging to him.
"Put that down so you can eat 'Kari," Taichi ordered as he set down a bowl of cereal in front of her sister and quickly rushed back to get Daisuke's and his own bowl.
"I can eat around it." Hikari insisted and Taichi decided to let it go, he was glad that at least she had grown out of whistling at everything instead of talking.
"I wonder where it actually came from though. No one is going to believe it come out of the computer." Taichi shrugged as he lifted Daisuke into his highchair despite the boy's protests.
"Daisuke you need to eat your breakfast. Now 'Kari will stay on that side of the table, keeping the egg away from you alright?" Taichi said sternly before he pushed the burgundy boy's bowl closer to him giving him no choice but to pick up his spoon.
"Why you so scared of it anyway? I don't think it's going to hurt you."
"Yes, it will! Egg bad! Digimon bad!" Daisuke shouted as he slammed the end of his spoon down on the table as tears filled his mocha coffee eyes and Taichi quickly held up his hands in a placid manner.
"Okay okay. Calm down Daisuke, I won't bring it up anymore alright." Taichi reassured and after a couple of seconds, Daisuke returned to his cereal.
"Baby." Hikari scoffed and Taichi couldn't help but sigh as Daisuke glared at the girl in anger, his cereal quickly turning into a gloppy mess.
"I'm not a baby!"
"Yes, you are! You're scared of everything; you're nothing like Onii-chan." Hikari said cruelly before gasping as she ducked a spoon that was thrown at her head by the four-year-old.
"Daisuke! You don't throw things, you'll hurt someone." Taichi lectured crossly causing Daisuke burst into tears breakfast long forgotten. Taichi quickly though switched his attention to his sister who was looking pretty smug as she hugged the egg close.
"And you, stop teasing him! 'Kaa-san has already told you off for doing that, don't think I won't either." Taichi warned causing Hikari to pout as he turned his attention to Daisuke.
"Come on now Daisuke stop the tears. I thought you weren't a baby."
Hikari huffed as Taichi once again paid attention to Daisuke instead of her, it wasn't that she wanted to be cruel to the four-year-old but she had Taichi all to herself for six years and suddenly she had to share him? It didn't make Hikari happy that's for sure.
Huffing again the six-year-old reached out for her juice not realising she loosened her grip on the egg until she heard the thump of it hitting the floor. Letting out a gasp she looked under the table but only seeing her cat Miko look up at her curiously.
Completely lost Hikari sat up properly her confusion clearly shown on her face until she heard another thump instead coming from behind her this time. Turning around quickly she saw the egg had bumped into the wall and was now rolling down their private hallway.
Quickly Hikari jumped out her chair and rushed after the egg but as she reached out to grab it the egg rolled straight into the boy's room. With a pout, Hikari quickly rushed after it but her eyes went wide, not even hearing her brother calling out for her.
"Hikari what are you doing?" Taichi called out as he walked into the room with Daisuke clinging to his shirt and the two boys froze as the egg rolled in the middle of the room before standing upright.
"Wha-what? It's actually alive?" Taichi whispered in shock as cracks started appearing on the surface of the egg. He was completely unaware of Daisuke's grip on his shirt getting tighter as he stared at the egg in dread. With a small crack, the top of the egg lifted revealing a black fluffy animal with golden eyes.
It was silent in the room as the three siblings stared at the thing before its eyes suddenly narrowed before it growled. Before Taichi couldn't even shout he found himself being pulled roughly to the floor just as the black thing charged at where his head was and slammed hard into the door.
"Bo-bota!" The animal cried out before it shook itself out and started sliding across the room at an incredible speed. Hikari tried to catch it but instead, it retreated under the bed.
"Hikari stay away from it!" Taichi ordered as the girl crawled until she was halfway under the bed. Taichi quickly got to his feet as he followed his sister's example, starting to understand why Daisuke was so terrified of the thing.
Taichi's eyes narrowed as he spotted the black thing pressing itself against the wall with a growl. He really couldn't get a good look at it though.
"Nii-chan." Daisuke suddenly called as he crawled under the bed too and handed a small handheld torch to his big brother. Taichi couldn't help but be proud of him for that, he could see the four-year-old was scared and yet he was willing to ignore his fears just to help him.
"Thanks, Daisuke." Taichi grinned and quickly turned the light on and allowed it to shine on the thing that was causing all the problems. It was completely black with two bear ears and it looked like it was just a head. It had no body, no arms, and no legs.
It was strange, to put it simply.
Accidently Taichi let the light hit the thing's golden eyes causing it to cry out slightly before it growled again.
"Bo!" The thing shouted and Taichi cried out as he was thrown backwards by a wave of-
"Bubbles?" Taichi whispered in shock as he saw the rainbow coloured bubbles float around the room before popping. What a strange way to attack someone, it didn't even hurt. It startled him than anything.
Underneath the bed, Hikari had put her whistle in her mouth. Daisuke had retreated, the attack on Taichi too much for the small toddler, so that left Hikari alone with a thing that was terrified and attacking in accordance to that.
Her whistle was her most prized possession, Taichi had gotten her it when she was very young and it had been the only thing to calm her down when she was sad.
It was also the only thing that truly woke Taichi when he was sleeping.
Taking a deep breath Hikari blew the whistle with ease allowing it to take a familiar 'pheet' sound that echoed around the room. Bot, as Hikari was calling it in her in her head, froze for a couple of seconds before it bounced slightly.
"Bot!" It squeaked and Hikari blew her whistle again. It bounced again before Hikari blew her whistle once more. Bot did this a couple more times before suddenly it sprayed a mouth of bubbles.
The two quickly got into a pattern, Hikari would blow her whistle and then Bot would blow the rainbow bubbles at her. This carried on for a couple of minutes before Hikari burst out giggling as the bubbles tickled her skin.
"'Kari..." Taichi whispered in awe as he watched the room slowly fill with bubbles. Daisuke blinked as he watched from where he was kneeling in the middle of the room and when popped on his nose even he couldn't stop himself from giggling too.
"What is this thing anyway?" Taichi questioned as he watched Hikari slowly feed it candy bars from the collection the two had saved up over time. The thing had finally calmed down enough to come out from under the bed and Hikari was the one who worked out that the growling noise it was making was actually its stomach.
It was hungry.
"Its ears look like a bear but it's furry like a cat. Maybe a dog? It came out of an egg though so wouldn't it be a bird?" Taichi mused to himself as he fiddled with his round goggles that hung around his neck.
Daisuke had seemed to have gotten over his fear of the black thing at least slightly and was now sitting close to Hikari. He wasn't brave enough to feed it but the fact he had even got this close was an amazing thing.
"It's a Digimon..." Daisuke suddenly whispered catching his sibling's attention as the thing seemed to perk up at the name, even going so far to start bouncing up and down in happiness.
"Bo! Bot bot, bo!" It squeaked with its golden eyes closed in a smile and that was as close as a confirmation as Taichi needed.
"How did you know that, Daisuke?" The eight-year-old questioned but Daisuke stayed silent as his eyes darkened slightly. Taichi was quick to recognise the signs of Daisuke remembering something unpleasant and quickly changed the subject.
"What should we call it then?"
"Bot. His name is Bot." Hikari stated firmly and Taichi sighed as he looked off the side. His little sister had already gotten attached to it.
"You know we can't keep it right? 'Kaa-san would have a fit plus you're about to run out of candy bars meaning you won't be able to feed it." Taichi pointed out before he winced as Hikari blew sharply on her whistle.
"You can't keep using that thing as a way to win arguments!" Taichi growled as Hikari looked challengingly at him with her ruby red eyes, her whistle still held between her lips. Luckily enough though the phone rang giving Taichi a chance to escape before their disagreement could get any worse.
"Yes? Yagami residents." Taichi said into the phone but his eyes went wide as all he heard was a strange static sound that completely blocked whoever was calling. As he looked at the base of the phone he blinked as all the lights flashed on and off in rapid succession.
"I guess it's broken." He whispered to himself before putting down the phone and returning to his room, his eyes still on the phone even as he walked through the door.
"'Tou-san won't be happy if it's reall-AH!" Taichi cried out as he finally looked inside the room and saw what had happened. Instead of hugging the familiar black head that was Bot's shape, Hikari was now hugging a pink head with very long ears and sharp teeth.
"Hikari look out! It changes shape, it's gotten bigger." Taichi warned as he spotted Daisuke blinking slightly at the pink head in slight surprise but not in total shock. Hikari blinked as what Taichi said finally sunk in and she finally looked down at Bot who was now able to give her a proper smile.
"He's not going to be that easy to hide now." Taichi moaned just before rude noise echoed around the room and was quickly followed by a disgusting smell.
"Oh great." Taichi groaned as Hikari lifted up her new friend revealing the mess it had just made on their floor. Rolling his eyes Taichi left to go get something to clean it up and maybe get it something to eat.
It's properly hungry again.
The sun had started to go down when Taichi heard a key entering the lock before the front door was pushed open. Quickly Taichi pushed his door shut and leant against it, not wanting his mother to find out about the Digimon just yet.
"I'm home! I'm sorry I took so long kids but everything was just so busy and then the cafe wanted me to substitute another waitress who had called in sick. They insisted it would only be a couple of hours but I ended up doing the whole shift." Yuuko sighed as she slipped out of shoes before walking into the kitchen and placing her bags on the counter.
She clicked her tongue as she saw three bowls full of ruined cereal sitting on the table and quickly got to work on cleaning them up while putting away the shopping.
"Are you hungry kids? You didn't eat your breakfast and dinner will take a little while so you can have a snack if you want!"
"We're alright 'Kaa-san! We'll eat when dinner is ready!" Taichi called back as he continued to lean against the door, waiting for his mother to start work in the kitchen before he finally relaxed against the wood.
"What's 'dinner'?" Taichi's eyes went wide as he heard an unfamiliar voice coming from where Daisuke and Hikari were sitting near the window.
"Well it's the time that we eat out meals, it's called dinner time."
"Meals? Do you mean food? Can I have some too? Please?"
"If you want."
By now Taichi had pushed himself off the door was walking over to the pair. Hikari was carefully holding the Digimon's side as she crouched down while Daisuke was actually sitting on the floor staring at it.
"Onii-san Koromon is hungry," Hikari said as she looked up and Taichi swallowed hard as he looked down at the pink head on the floor.
"Koromon? Did you give it another name 'Kari?"Taichi laughed nervously before Hikari shook her head.
"Koromon is my name. I'm Koromon." The Digimon said cheerfully and Taichi couldn't stop himself from falling to his knees in shock.
"It can...talk..."
"I'm Hikari. Hi-ka-ri." The ruby-eyed girl repeated her name more slowly so the Digimon would pronounce it properly before she looked over at Daisuke.
"This is my Otōto and my Onii-chan, Daisuke and Taichi. Dai-su-ke and Tai-chi." Hikari said and Taichi blinked in shock as she heard her introduce Daisuke as her Otōto. She had never done that before, she usually just says 'this is Daisuke'.
"Hikari, Daisuke and Taichi," Koromon repeated perfectly and Hikari giggled before smiling proudly at the Digimon.
"Well done." She praised as Daisuke crawled forward so he was sitting right next to her. The burgundy haired toddler was biting his lip as he stared at Koromon before he held out his hand towards the Digimon.
It was shaking badly but both Hikari and Taichi stayed silent knowing that this was the only way Daisuke would conquer his strange fear of Digimon. By now his hand was hovering over Koromon's head but tears were now filling his eyes.
Daisuke was so scared and he couldn't remember very clearly why he was scared. Taichi wasn't scared of Koromon, neither was Hikari so why should he?
"I won't hurt you Daisuke." Koromon suddenly said causing Daisuke to jump slightly as Koromon looked at him with a gentle but honest smile.
"I promise not to hurt you, I don't hurt my friends. I protect them." Koromon swore causing Daisuke to sniff hard before he allowed his hand to rest gently on Koromon's head and scratched behind his long ears, causing him to purr.
It didn't take long for the sky to turn dark and soon Yuuko was serving up the curry she cooked with a smile. She must admit she knew she wasn't the greatest cook in the world, especially when she experimented, but a simple curry she could handle and her kids loved it.
"Kids dinner time!" Yuuko called out as she set up the table and started pouring out some glasses of milk. The door to the boys' room opened and Yuuko looked up only to blink in slight shock.
Because instead of Taichi holding Daisuke's hand while Hikari tries to put as much distance between them as she could, today Hikari was holding Daisuke's hand as she talked happily to him about a game they must have been playing together.
As her youngest started sitting at the table Yuuko quickly took the chance to hug Taichi tightly causing the eight-year-old to stiffen slightly in shock.
"'Kaa-san? What's the matter?"
"Nothing Taichi. Nothing. I'm just so happy to see the three of you finally getting along together at last." She whispered with a smile before she allowed him to go free and join his siblings at the table to eat their dinner.
She watched them with tears in her eyes as Hikari managed to make Daisuke laugh, and watching as both younger ones ganged up on Taichi causing him to pout but that just made them laugh harder.
Daisuke had joined her family five months ago but for the first time, Yuuko finally felt like her family was complete.
Later that night Hikari groaned as she felt someone insistently shaking her shoulder, whoever it was they were persistent and after a couple of seconds, Hikari finally forced her eyes to open.
"Daisuke? What's the matter?" Hikari demanded in irritation. If she had released the four-year-old would wake her up instead of her brother she would have slept in her own room but she really didn't want to be separated from Koromon.
So her mother pulled out a futon and let her sleep on the floor of her brothers' room and Koromon ended up curling up to sleep with Daisuke.
"Koromon sick! You gotta help him Onee-chan!" Daisuke begged as he grabbed her wrist and pulled her to his bunk. Hikari's eyes widened in shock as she spotted Koromon shaking underneath Daisuke's quilt. His normally healthy pink colouring was pale almost white and seemed to have a blue tint to it, his eyes had also turned completely white as the poor Digimon continued to whimper as if it was in pain.
"Stay with him. I'll wake Onii-chan." Hikari ordered as she rushed to the ladder and started to pull herself up on the bunk. Taichi was sound asleep his mouth wide open slightly as he snored not at all disturbed by the commotion they were making.
Hikari decided not to mess around and quickly placed her whistle between her lips before taking a deep breath and blowing on it hard.
"PHEET!"
"I'm up! What?!" Taichi growled as he sat up in shock glaring at Hikari with sleepy brown eyes, his hair a more mess than usual.
"It's Koromon. Something's wrong with him." Hikari whispered urgently as she climbed down the ladder and Taichi was quick to follow her. When he caught sight of the Digimon his eyes went wide, it was like the poor thing was having some kind of fit.
"What's the matter with him? Koromon!" Taichi cried as Daisuke scooted himself back against the wall with a whimper.
It happened slowly, Koromon started to spin in place slowly before he glowed a bright white. Then he got bigger, a lot bigger.
"What?" Taichi whispered as Koromon continued to grow and it wasn't long before he broke through the bunk bed with a loud crash. The covers slowly fell down revealing Koromon to now be a huge orange coloured dinosaur.
Koromon rumbled as he looked around the room slowly just before Taichi heard his mother calling out to them in the hallway.
"What's going on out there? Did you kids break a lamp?" Yuuko scolded and Taichi quickly rushed to the door and pushed all his weight against it. He quickly pushed the lock on the door and kept his finger there so his mother couldn't unlock it from the outside.
"Why's the door not opening? Taichi? Hikari? Daisuke? Are you alright? Open this door right now!"
Koromon continued to look around the room slowly but he had yet to speak, a faint rumble was coming from his chest but other than that he stayed silent. Still sitting on his bunk, and somehow avoiding getting hurt from the falling pieces of wood, Daisuke whimpered again catching the Digimon's attention.
Koromon rumbled again before he crouched down slightly and started to sniff the terrified toddler. Koromon whined as he released Daisuke was scared of him again and decided to try the same thing Daisuke did earlier.
He held out his big hands to the boy and waited, it took a couple of seconds but Daisuke soon took a deep breath before reaching out touch Koromon's hand softly. His small hand was barely able to wrap around the dinosaurs thumb but it was enough to make the Digimon rumble happily.
Daisuke gasped as Koromon suddenly carefully lifted the boy before placing him on his shoulders where Daisuke was quick try and wrap his arms around the Digimon's neck.
Koromon then turned to the window and both Hikari and Taichi were quick to catch on to what he was about to do.
"Hey don't even think about! Daisuke get off of him!" Taichi shouted as Hikari ran forward knowing full well Taichi couldn't leave the door. With a jump, Hikari grabbed hold of Koromon's leg before pulling herself onto his back and wrapping her arms around his neck so she was sitting behind the toddler.
Taichi felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
"Hikari what are you doing?! Don't encourage him!" Taichi shouted but Hikari ignored him as she patted Koromon's head lightly.
"You want to go outside?" She asked and Koromon grunted before he pushed against the window and completely shattered it.
Outside the door Yuuko was getting more and worried, she was sure that was the window that just smashed and she didn't like the way Taichi was sounding.
"Taichi?! What's the matter?! Open this door!"
"Yuuko? What's wrong?" Susumu asked as he quickly joined his wife at the door as he saw her trying to push the door open with her body.
"I can't get the door open! Susumu something's happening to the children, you've got to help me get in there!" Yuuko pleaded just before another loud bang sounded as Taichi yelled.
"Hikari! Daisuke!" Taichi shouted as Koromon proceeded to tear through the window and walk out onto the balcony that ran across their whole apartment.
"Koromon?" Both Hikari and Daisuke asked the same time before they cried out as Koromon bent his legs and jumped off the balcony, much to Taichi's horror.
"Hikari! Daisuke!" Taichi shouted hysterically as he ran from the door and out of the balcony. He watched with wide eyes as Koromon proceeded to crush the family car in his landing.
"Won't you talk to us anymore Koromon?" Hikari whispered as she wrapped one arm around Daisuke's waist to keep him steady while her other hand kept a tight grip on Koromon's neck.
Koromon grunted before he took off running, heading towards the main street and away from their apartment.
"Oh no..." Taichi whispered before he turned and ran back into his room. He didn't even notice his parents forcing his bedroom door open before he charges past them and ran straight to the front door.
"Taichi! Where do you think you're going?!" Susumu shouted as Taichi slipped on his trainers and opened the door. Susumu tried to make a grab for the boy but Taichi easily slipped past and ran outside, disappearing around the corner before Susumu could stop him.
Yuuko suddenly screamed as she saw the state of the bedroom and also her missing two youngest, she didn't know what happened but all she knew was now all three of her children were running through the dark streets of Hikarigaoka.
"Susumu go after Taichi! I'll call the police!" She called as she rushed to the phone and placed it against her ear only to freeze. Instead of dial tone, all she heard was static.
"What on earth is going on?!" She whimpered as she saw everything in the house that had electric was going crazy.
Outside Koromon was now standing on the side of the street with Daisuke and Hikari sitting on his back. He grunted as he took another look around before crossing over and making his way over to some vending machines.
"Are you thirsty Koromon?" Hikari asked but Koromon only grunted before he slammed his claw into the machine lifting it up and allowing the cans to fall to the floor. Hikari gasped as she slid down the Digimon's back and tried to clean them up, she knew they would get in a lot of trouble if they were caught like this.
"Onee-chan!" Daisuke called out as Koromon started walking again. Hikari had no choice but to drop the cans and pull herself back up on Koromon otherwise she would get left behind.
Further back was Taichi, he was just glad that his parents hadn't caught up to him yet.
"Hikari! Daisuke!" Taichi shouted as he looked around desperately searching for his younger siblings.
Back with Hikari and Daisuke, Koromon was now standing in the middle of the road. Lucky enough he kept switching lanes to avoid the few cars that were driving this late.
"We really shouldn't be playing in the street Koromon." Hikari warned softly already knowing that Koromon wasn't going to answer her. Suddenly a light blinded all three of them as a lorry speed full speed towards them.
"Did you see that?!"
"No, I was sleeping."
"But you're driving!"
"Are you alright Daisuke?" Hikari whispered as Koromon landed back on the street with a small thump. Koromon growled and the children cried out as he suddenly spat out a fireball that blew up a phone box, just missing the truck that had almost hit them.
"Koromon you're scaring me." Daisuke whimpered as he buried his face into the back of the Digimon's head. Hikari swallowed hard as she released she too was starting to fear the Digimon just as much as her Otōto.
By now Taichi had found the destroyed vending machine and the scattered cans of Soda scattered all over the floor.
"Hikari! Daisuke!"
"Why are you looking at that bus?" Hikari demanded shakily as she realised that Koromon was now growling at a public bus that was coming around the corner.
"I know that 'Kaa-chan says they're always late but they can't help it!" Hikari rambled as Koromon started charging up his attack in the back of his throat.
"Don't be a bad boy!" Daisuke cried from where he had climbed on top of Koromon's head and tapped him between his eyes. Koromon stopped though as he caught sight of a helicopter flying by.
"I think we should go home now, okay?" Hikari whimpered as she barely managed to hold on to Koromon's shoulders. Daisuke sobbed as Koromon growled and started firing at the helicopter but he missed and struck the side of one of the apartment blocks instead.
With a growl Koromon took running down the street, his eyes still on the sky.
Taichi was just running up a set of stairs when he spotted the traffic lights going haywire, it kept changing colours and was even sparking electric sparks. The sky turned green as a strange code of numbers ran across it just as the sky seemed to split.
"What is that?" Taichi whispered before it eyes went wide as he saw a giant egg slowly coming from the split in the sky. A loud crack echoed around the area before it split in half revealing the Digimon that was inside.
"A bird?" Hikari whispered before the bird suddenly flew straight at them. Koromon turned so suddenly that both Hikari and Daisuke were thrown off and hit the ground with loud cries.
The bird Digimon was huge, much bigger than Koromon that was for sure. Its feathers were green but the ones on top of his wings were bright yellow. His feet were blue and he had gold bands wrapped around his arms and silver ones around his ankles. On his belly was a huge metal plate that seemed to be screwed in and a similar was on top of its head.
It was then that Taichi finally caught up to them, flinching as one of Koromon's attacks barely missed him.
"Fire?" Taichi whispered before he looked behind him. His eyes were quick to lock on to his younger siblings and he took off running to them.
"Hikari! Daisuke!"
"Koromon please stop it! Let's just go back home." Hikari pleaded as she pushed all her weight against the Digimon but he didn't even budge. Daisuke was the one who spotted Taichi and he was quick to run into his arms.
"Nii-chan!"
"Daisuke are you alright?" Taichi whispered as the four-year-old sobbed into his shirt. Taichi picked up the boy and placed him on his hip before rushing to where Hikari was still trying to get Koromon to move.
"Hikari! We've got to get away." Taichi said as he forced her turn around but Hikari pushed away his hand away and ran right in front of Koromon.
"Koromon!"
"Hikari it's too dangerous! We've got to go!" Taichi pleaded as he ran up to her trying to get her to listen to him. It was Daisuke who remembered the other Digimon and it was him who noticed it was starting to spark with electricity.
"Nii-chan! Bad Digimon!" Daisuke screamed causing Taichi to look over just as the bird Digimon fired his attack straight towards them. Everything flashed white and Taichi was quick to throw himself over his younger siblings as the bridge collapse over them.
Silence fell across the street.
Yuuko screamed as the apartment shook violently causing her to fall the floor. It was over in a matter of seconds but it still shook her up pretty badly.
"What was that?" She whispered as she saw smoke slowly rise past her window in thick waves. She flinched though when the electricity started acting up once more but at a wider rate.
The lights of the apartment flashed on and off, the phone continued to beep loudly and even the microwave was making a strange noise from the kitchen.
"Kids where are you?"
The dust was quickly settling down and a loud growling sound was heard coming from the rubble. The lights of the apartment blocks continued to flicker as a huge shape shook off rocks and debris before lifting his head with a growl.
It was another dinosaur Digimon but this one was much bigger than before. Its skin was a much darker red but with strange lines covering all over and a dark brown skull helmet was resting on top of its head.
Koromon growled again before it lifted itself up slightly to reveal the Yagami sibling curled up underneath him completely unharmed.
"Are you two alright?" Taichi asked as he allowed himself to sit up from where he was covering his younger siblings. Neither answered him though, Daisuke stifled a sob as Hikari looked up at the Digimon that was protecting them.
"Koromon?" Hikari whimpered as both she and Daisuke cuddled close to Taichi as the boy looked up in awe. Koromon growled slightly as he allowed his eyes to run over the three siblings.
"I don't...hurt my...friends..." Koromon struggled to say through his growls but then his eyes seemed to flash white for just a second as he glared at the other Digimon.
"I...protect them!" He roared before firing a huge wave of white fire that threw the other Digimon in the air and caused him to roll on the ground. Feathers floated to the ground around them as the three children stared at them in shock.
"Koromon!" Hikari screamed as tears ran down her cheeks. She really didn't want him to fight, she just wanted everything to go back to how they were this morning.
Daisuke was silent all though there were tears running down his cheeks too. He was holding on to Taichi's wrist with one hand while the other held his square goggles that hung around his neck.
"A-amazing..." Taichi whispered as he watched Koromon and the bird Digimon lock arms like they were wrestling before Koromon managed to throw the bird to the ground. He then blasted him with another wave of fire but the other Digimon blocked it.
"My turn." The Digimon suddenly cackled before he slammed his head into Koromon's stomach sending the poor Digimon back a few feet. Koromon roared as he prepared to stand up but the other Digimon was ready for him.
"SONIC DESTROYER!"
Taichi quickly pulled both Hikari and Daisuke out of the way as Koromon crashed in front of them on his back, completely unconscious.
"Oh no! Onii-chan he's hurt!" Hikari cried out as she tried to stumble towards him but Taichi was quick to wrap his arms around her.
"'Kari, there's nothing you can do!" Taichi said as he looked at Koromon sadly but he continued to hold Hikari back as she sobbed in his arms.
"Koromon..."
"Nii-chan he's coming!" Daisuke shouted as he pointed over to where the bird Digimon was slowly walking towards them, savouring their fear that came with his victory.
"Koromon you've got to get up! He's coming!" Taichi pleaded near tears himself but the Digimon stayed silent. Taichi released a choked sob as he allowed Daisuke to curl up in his arms with Hikari.
It was then Taichi noticed Hikari had lifted her whistle and placed it between her lips.
"Phee-*cough, cough* pheeee-*cough* phee-" Hikari let her whistle drop back down from her lips as she fell into a coughing fit. Saliva dripped from her lips as she tried to catch her breath.
"It worked on me..." Taichi whispered to himself before his eyes lit up and he quickly grabbed the whistle just before Hikari could try again and took a deep breath.
"PHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!" Taichi blew as hard as he could. The noise echoed all around the area as Taichi prayed with all his heart.
'Please!'
Eventually, Taichi had no choice but to stop as he pulled the whistle away from his lips and gasped for breath. All three Yagami children looked at Koromon hopefully just as his eyes shot open once more.
Koromon roared as he forced himself to stand on his feet much to the other Digimon's horror. He started charging up his attack at the back of his throat.
Taichi glared at the bird Digimon as he pulled both Hikari and Daisuke close preparing himself for the backlash of this attack.
"FIRE!" Taichi shouted and Koromon was quick to comply covering the whole area in a white light.
The sun rose over Hikarigaoka revealing the destroyed street but the two Digimon were gone.
"Koromon!" Hikari shouted as she desperately searched for the orange dinosaur that had become their friend but to no avail.
'It was a short meeting and one that shouldn't have happened in our world...'
"Koromon!" Hikari shouted again with tears in her eyes before she started sobbing. Taichi stood behind her as he looked around the area in shock, only just realising how much damage had actually been done.
"Nii-chan?" Daisuke whispered as he grips Taichi's wrist once again forcing the brunet to look down at him in confusion. Daisuke wasn't looking at Taichi though; he was watching Hikari continue to search.
'It wasn't until later on that we released how important this short meeting was. For me, for my younger siblings and for 6 other children..."
"Will we ever see him again?" Daisuke asked but Taichi stayed silent because he honestly had no idea.
'This is how we become the Chosen Children and this is the beginning of our adventure that continued 2 years later.'
"Taichi! Hikari! Daisuke!"
"Tou-chan!"
"Tou-san!"
'At the beginning of summer.'
Translations:
Otōto (弟, Little Brother) – The term used for little or younger brother.
-Aniki (お兄さん, Older Brother) - The term used for Older or Big brother.
-Okaa/Kaa (母, {Respected} Mother) - The term used for ones mother.
-Otou/Tou (父, {Respected} Father) – The term used for ones father.
-Onee/Nee (姉, {Respected} Elder Sister) – Term used for a respected older sister.
-Onii/Nii (兄弟, {Respected} Elder Brother) – Term used for a respected older brother.
-Sempai (先輩, Upperclassman) – Used for one's senior (colleague, fellow student) or more generally somebody in the same social class but superior to you (ex, 'Kunou-sempai')
-Kiseki (奇跡, Miracle)