So I'm incapable of hurting my poor chosen, but my OC can totally have the most dramatic backstory ever. It's just how it is. But seriously, I created this character in middle school and 10ish years later, I'm trying to preserve that image, so I may be less dramatic now, but come on, who doesn't love drama?
Enjoy part 1 of "emotionally torturing my OC and Taichi too because he likes her."
"Mom? Dad? Where are you?" a 10-year-old girl yelled out. The streets were bustling with people just moments ago, but once the monsters appeared, everyone vanished. She stared at the ground where her parents once stood, slowly realizing that only the wind would answer her calls.
"My father was offered a new job and so during summer break in 1999 we were looking for apartments closer to Odaiba." She paused to look around before whispering "In August."
As realization hit the group, the older kids shared glances among each other. Hikari began to fidget nervously, silently worrying that her gut feeling was more than just a feeling.
With a sigh, Yuzuki continued. "It happened so fast. The sky darkened and we heard people scream. I remember my father grabbing my arm, pulling me into an alleyway and telling me to hide and stay quiet. I remember seeing these ghost-like creatures grabbing people left and right. I mean, I know now they were digimon…" she paused at the thought. "I closed my eyes and once the noises stopped I realized the monsters were gone. For some reason I wasn't taken and I had these in my pocket."
She held out her hand revealing two small items. The first, being recognizable by everyone in the group. It was a small digivice, the model similar to that of the older kids, but the second item caught more attention. It was a necklace, with a charm on the end and a symbol engraved on the charm.
Everyone peered over at the necklace. "Is that.. a crest?" Sora whispered.
"How?" Takeru echoed.
All questioning eyes shifted back to Yuzuki.
Cheeks burning, she put her hands up defensively. "I don't know why I still have it. I just do."
"What does it mean?" Hikari murmured. She was fascinated by the symbol engraved on the burgundy charm. It looked eerily similar to her crest, but it was rounder and had more points along the outside. Yuzuki defensively pulled away from the onlookers and tightened her grip on the object.
"I'll get to that," Yuzuki grumbled. "Anyway, I met up with Tailmon not long after. Turns out she was the one protecting me the whole time. She's been by my side ever since." She smiled and rubbed her hand against her partner.
Looking up from his laptop Koushiro had a puzzled expression. "But the digital gate closed and stayed that way for years. How could you and BlackTailmon possibly have been together this whole time?"
Yuzuki shrugged. "I'm not sure. That's just how it's been. I don't remember much after that. I know that was a pretty prominent event for all of you, but after being reunited with my family, we went home and my father decided against moving to Odaiba. It wasn't until years later I would see the digital world for myself. That's when the real trouble started."
She shuddered at the thought. Taichi quickly wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into a side hug.
"We just want to help," he murmured.
She quickly leaned into his embrace before taking a sip of her tea and continuing.
"Not long after my 14th birthday, my health began declining. I started getting these intense migraines that would take days to go away. My parents worried I was too stressed, but soon that theory was proven false when the seizures began." She chuckled darkly. "I was hospitalized for a while. Nobody could figure out what was causing them. It wasn't until I received a message from someone named Gennai that I began realizing that my problem may be less physical and more digital. After opening the message, Tailmon and I discovered a gate open on my laptop and took the advantage to sneak away."
Yuzuki grabbed at her knees and hunched over as she tried to catch her breath. Within seconds of landing in the grass path, she and Tailmon were swarmed by digimon with red eyes. They took off running until they found cover in a nearby cave.
"I thought you said the creatures of this world were friendly," Yuzuki gasped between breaths.
Tailmon peered out toward the entrance of the cave before replying "They are. I'm not sure what happened, but something has changed. We need to find Gennai. Now!"
Nodding at her partner, Yuzuki took off toward the direction Gennai gave them. It didn't take them long to reach the edge of a lake that seemed to go on for miles.
"He was much different than I had expected. Young, human-looking; the complete opposite of anything I thought I would encounter in the Digital World," she chuckled. "But he had a lot of answers."
Sliding her hand into the sweatpants pocket, she snagged the crest once more and set it on the floor in front of her.
"This crest wasn't made with the others. After the incident, separating light from the rest, it was decided by the higher ups, whoever they are, that there needed to be extra protection. A safety net of sorts, ensuring that light and darkness don't fully collide, or worse."
Looking up at Hikari, she slid the trinket across the floor. Reaching down slowly, Hikari picked up the object to examine it, with Takeru peering over her shoulder.
"Notice anything unique about the symbol?" Yuzuki asked. Eyes began following her line of sight to the two teenagers carefully looking at the crest.
Hikari spoke first in a whisper. "It looks like the crest of light."
"But more… symmetrical?" Takeru finished.
Daisuke leaned over Takeru's shoulder to look at the object.
"Honestly, it looks more like the crest of courage than the crest of light." He shrugged back to his spot.
Yuzuki chuckled. "Well given its purpose, I think the design makes sense."
The crest was passed along until it fell into Sora's hands. Tenderly feeling the trinket with her fingers, she asked "So what exactly does this symbol mean? It looks similar to the symbols for courage and light, but it must be something different, right?"
Reaching out, Yuzuki carefully took the crest from Sora.
"Balance."
"Balance? I thought the crests symbolized a personality trait. Is balance really a personality trait?" Daisuke inquired.
"Is light a personality trait?" Yuzuki shot back.
"Touche," Daisuke whispered, looking away.
"Like I was saying," Yuzuki grumbled. "My purpose was to balance the scales. I was the one thing keeping both sides from colliding. An unfortunate side effect being my seizures. Almost like a virus, every time darkness attacked, I would suffer."
Sliding the sweatpants up, she revealed the pink ink decorating her ankle. "This was a countermeasure. I don't really know how it works, but from that day on this tattoo has stopped my sent me back after that and warned me that the time would come where I would have to fight to keep the balance of light and dark. I didn't realize how truly hard of a job that would be."
"What do you mean?" Hikari asked. "We've always been able to win against darkness. Shouldn't light have an advantage?"
Yuzuki looked up; eyes narrowing on Hikari as she spoke, "The closer you get to the light, the bigger the shadow you cast. Darkness has always had the advantage. It just needs to burn out the light, but light, in turn, creates darkness. It's always been a losing battle. That's why my crest was created. To balance the scales a little bit longer before our inevitable end."
"That's not true!" Mimi piped up, causing everyone to stare at the girl.
Lazily, Yuzuki tilted her head towards the brunette, her expression rigid. The circles under her eyes were becoming more prominent. "Then tell me, why do the chosen exist? Surely if the natural order of things was balanced, then the digital world wouldn't need us humans to invade it."
Mimi's eyes began watering, but her expression stood firm.
"We were chosen to protect the digital world and we did just that. Palmon and I created wonderful friendships and as a team we defeated darkness time and time again. I find it very hard to believe that this entire time we were fighting without a chance of winning."
"Yeah!" Inoue yelled as she jumped up to her feet. Promptly walking to the other side of the room, and ignoring Ken's pleas to sit down, she grabbed Yuzuki's arm and pulled her up. Tailmon woke up with a jolt and released her claws, ready to attack.
"How would you even know this? You're chosen, just like us. What makes you so special?"
Yuzuki relaxed her hand, signaling the cat-like digimon to calm down before slowly looking up at the purple-haired girl, ignoring the rest of the room of shocked faces. Removing the girl's hand from her shoulder she spoke.
"How do I know? Because I've seen it. I've seen darkness flourish. I've seen it tear apart lives. I've seen it kill. Hell, I've helped it kill. I know Demon particularly well and what he is capable of. You don't stand a chance."
Stunned, the room stayed silent until Taichi spoke up. "What aren't you telling us?"
Yuzuki slowly peered over her shoulder to the source of the voice. Closing her eyes and relaxing her shoulders, she spoke.
"I'm the reason my parents are dead."
