Part Three

Yume and her partners spent the remainder of their time at the apartment training and having an enjoyable vacation. After Gabumon was discovered, not much happened for a while.
Of course the next big thing had to do with Pinocchimon, for he was waiting patiently to be reborn under Yume's ranks.
But in the meantime, during the month of July and then especially in August, Vademon had been watching Yume and had attempted to emerge into her dimension.
Yume had subconsciously wished for him, and he had left his shop to wander after her for a while.
Since Vademon was a mutant digimon, he had come back differently. He was one of the first to be known as the "Second Chancers", and had a created "gijinka" or human form. Each of the favored Second Chancers had this form except for Vamdemon, Piemon, and myself, for whom it wasn't necessary with our humanoid figures.
There was no need for me to escort this digimon to her, for he had already been re-incarnated. However, I was obliged to keep an eye on him for her sake.
The demon digimon followed her and she knew it. She could hear it speak to her at times. After she learned more about him, he gained a form and stayed with her.
But something special had happened. He had "come back differently" in that part of him was Vamdemon. It is difficult to explain and was a very rare incident, but Vademon was indeed not the same mon. Perhaps it was Yume's wish.
The Second Chancers needed "genes" to come back -- data pieces from popular Child level digimon who fit their personalities. For example, I have a Renamon gene. That is why I am related to Skunkmon. he had been the Hope armor evolution of a Renamon created by Yume named Diesel, a mechanic of the Digital World who lived alone. Dominantly, I have a Gabumon gene. Specifically, Yume's partner Gabumon gene. Time and time again have I sensed and also heard from Yume that I possess friendly qualities similar to that of Gabumon -- the symbol of Friendship, afterall.
Vademon and Vamdemon also have Renamon genes. But Vademon couldn't have a "Vamdmon gene", could he? They probably just shared that Renamon factor.
Vademon seemed to be alot more like Vamdemon what with his blonde hair, a taste for very fine things, and high IQ. But could it be that this was simply a refined Vademon and nothing more?
Vademon was also compassionate like Yume, and almost questionably feminine for a male. These traits were maintained as he spent time with her.
But why did he come to Yume? She had wished for him, and for the same reason as Pinocchimon had wanted to.
Speaking of which, the marionette digimon had been waiting until that October of 2002.
I was whisked off back to where the former Dark Master was slumbering, when I sensed a disturbance.
A few nights after Halloween, now considered Pinocchimon's "birthday" by Yume, Piemon had discovered where his former gang member was located and seeked revenge on him.
Although I was dead, I could still fight. I used every ounce of my strength to fend off Piemon. But Vamdemon was there as well. He was just a powerless silhouette of what looked like Vamdemon's body, but his words still frightened me:
"So, you had the guts to come back and fight against me even in death. How noble, Wizardmon, but you may as well back off, seeing as there is nothing you can do to stop me. That worthless mass of data over there who called himself a 'Dark Master' deserves to be deleted. And I'll continue to follow that brat and make sure she can't defeat me."
The past was repeating itself, it seemed.
I tried explaining to him that his wicked plans would never prevail, and that I wherever there was an evil plot, I would be there to do all I could to undermine it -- death could not stop my justice-hungry soul.
Also, I tried to tell him that he was not currently his true self and that soon I would bring him and Piemon home in good-nature.
But Vamdemon, of course, did not listen (not that I expected him to), and I used the strongest Thunder Cloud attack I could summon from my staff, just after I shoved Pinocchimon out of the dark dimension and down to Earth to Yume during a thunder storm that was due to my elemental technique.
Vamdemon was disappointed and had thenceforth delayed my delicate plans. Something terrible inside of him was released, to my relief, but it took complete possession of Piemon.
I brought Vamdemon to a shelter for Second Chancers called the Dream Inn, created by Yume, where he was with all the other former evil digimon.
It was too difficult for him to confront me, so I respectfully kept my distance, and tried to find and help Piemon.
Piemon wasn't completely possessed, to my horror, and a part of him wanted to find and destroy Yume and Pinocchimon, but the other part, the real part, also wanted to find them, but needed them to help him be restored to normal.
A similar thing had happened to an American boy, Wallace, with his second partner, Chocomon. The virus that had manifested him had interrupted his normal evolution, Turuiemon, and had forced him to Viral-evolve to Endigomon, who still had his true self buried somewhere inside, searching for Wallace.
Could this have been the same virus? But digimon are so real like humans are. Could viruses in our world really be dark spirits?
Vamdemon was right; there wasn't anything I could do to stop his plan -- not so much as physically, but I'd promised I'd watch over this girl, Yume, and be there when Piemon needed to be reborn.