Chapter 11
That had been quite a few months ago, and Yumi was by herself, except for Miharumon, of course. After seeing everyone else with a crest, she felt unneeded and unwanted, so she left. She stayed away from places where she thought people would be. They had passed an amusement park a few days ago, but Yumi didn't go near it. Whenever she was near places that reminded her of other kids, it made her fragile at that moment, and she left. As they were walking, she ran into Demidevimon, who said, "It's a horrible feeling, isn't it?" "What feeling?" She asked, gripping Miharumon's fur tight. "The feeling that you're useless. To have people that count on you, but you can't do anything to help them."
Yumi shook with a sob, clutching Miharumon's fur tighter. "You haven't even found your crest, so what help are you to them?" A lone tear ran down her cheek as she whispered, "You're right… What good am I?" He grinned evilly, and Miharumon growled, saying, "Yumi is worth something! She's my friend and I need her! She helps me! I won't have you insulting her like that!" Yumi said, "But, he's right…" "No, he's not! Yumi, he doesn't know the strength you have on the inside. He doesn't have the right to judge you!" Demidevimon seemed mad at Miharumon, and said, "They don't need you anymore either." She turned to him, snarling.
"You're supposed to protect them, but now they're stronger than you. How are supposed to protect someone stronger than you?" Miharumon felt that like a blow to the heart, and her ears lowered. Demidevimon left, and they continued to walk, sulking.
She saw a restaurant, and they decided to go around back. As she was walking, she heard a familiar voice. "Yumi?" She turned around to see Matt, and said, surprised, "Matt? Matt!" She ran to him, hugging him tight. He blushed, asking, "Yumi, what's wrong?" "I missed you so much…" "But you left because you wanted to." "No, I left because…" She couldn't finish her sentence, and looked at Miharumon. "She thinks that you guys don't need her anymore, because she doesn't have her crest. So she thought it would be best if she left." Miharumon said, her ears laid back and her tail tucked between her legs.
"But, we do need you." Matt said, holding her at arms length. "We need you, because we can't do this alone." A tear slid down her cheek as she stuttered, "B-But I d-don't even h-have my cr-crest! Wh-What c-can I d-do?" He thought for a moment, and said, "We can help you look for your crest. We'll find it, Yumi, and then Miharumon can Digivolve more." Yumi said, looking at Miharumon, "What if…I'm not strong enough? What if…I'm not even supposed to be here?" "You're supposed to be here! Miharumon is enough proof, and how else are you able to make her Digivolve?"
She didn't say anything, and said, smiling through the tears, "Thanks, Matt." He wiped away her tears, and said, "Anytime." He turned around, to have T.K. nearly tackle him to the ground, and Tai appeared. Yumi said, "Tai. Tai!" She hugged him tight, almost suffocating him, and then hugged T.K. Miharumon went to Patamon and sniffed him before licking and nuzzling him. He laughed, because it tickled, and she then went to Agumon, playfully pouncing on him.
"You're finally back! I almost lost hope…!" Miharumon exclaimed, licking his cheek. Joe was standing in the doorway with Gabumon and Gomamon, and Miharumon pounced each Digimon in turn, brushing noses with Gabumon. Yumi hugged Joe, saying, "I missed you all so much!" She pulled away as Tai said, "Okay, we're getting out of this place!" Matt said, "I'm not going." Yumi turned to him, confused, and asked, "Matt, why?" "I'm not going anywhere with Joe." "But, I don't see why not…" "He's just trying to keep me here till I'm an old geezer!" "Joe would never do that!" She said, defending him. "What do you know?" "Plenty! The question is, what do you know?"
Suddenly, Demidevimon appeared, and she cringed, tears stinging her eyes. Miharumon snarled, and everyone accused him of crimes, and Yumi said, "You… You lied to me!" "Whoa! Who said I was lying when I was talking to you?" "What did you tell her?!" Matt demanded to know. "I just told her the truth, that her and her Digimon are obsolete and unnecessary. If they can't Digivolve to Ultimate, then what good are they?" He questioned, shrugging his wings. Yumi said, tears starting to roll, one by one, down her cheeks, "He's right… He's right. It's better if I just didn't exist…" Digitamamon appeared, and said, "I can help you with that!"
The crack where his eyes showed closed and he tried to tackle her, but Miharumon got in the way, getting struck hard. Miharumon flew against the wall, and Yumi said, almost not noticing what was going on, "Why can't I help? Because I don't belong…" Matt grabbed her shoulders, saying, "Yumi, don't listen to him! You mean everything in the world to me and I'm not gonna let you beat yourself up about something that's out of your control!"
She registered what he'd said, and looked him straight in the eye. "Yumi, you need to believe in yourself! You can do anything you want! Just don't give up, no matter what!" She nodded, taking strength from his words, and said, holding her Digivice, "Miharumon, it's time we got to work!" Miharumon nodded as she Digivolved to Haramon. She snarled, shooting a Howling Tornado at Digitamamon, who was unfazed by it. Gabumon Digivolve to Garurumon and shot a Howling Blaster. The attacks did nothing, and Digitamamon tackled them. Then, Yumi turned to see Vegiemon holding T.K. from the roof, and said, "Oh no!" "Call back your beasts, or the kid gets it!"
Yumi had that helpless feeling again, when Gomamon Digivolved to Ikkakumon and started trying to knock Vegiemon down. Joe climbed the roof above them, and jumped down on them, getting caught in the process. Matt's crest began to glow, and Yumi already felt…unnecessary. Garurumon Digivolved to Weregarurumon and defeated Digitamamon. Vegiemon ran away in fright, and so did Demidevimon. They started walking again, when their Digivices went off. The signals were in two different directions, so they split up: Tai and Joe going one way, and Yumi, Matt, and T.K. going the other.
As they were walking, they suddenly saw a bright light, and they started running as fast as they could towards it. They found that it was Izzy and Motimon. Gennai appeared, saying that they needed to stay longer, but gave Izzy a new program on his computer. It showed the info on any Digimon he'd seen. Miharumon smiled, saying, "Well, now we just need to join the others at the foot of the mountain, like we promised." Matt and T.K. nodded, and everyone started to walk. Yumi thought, I can help, I know I can! I'll do all I can to help, until I find my crest!