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War Diaries - Adventures Zero-Three

Entry 5: Shimmering Air

By Lord Archive

Digimon belongs to Toei Animation Inc., Saban Entertainment, Fox Kids and others. They are used without consent. And since Toei doesn't want them anymore, I'm not giving them back.

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She was guided by her father down the isle of the rented hall toward her beloved. Today they would be joined forever. She followed along with the minister. Then came her part, for which she said, "I do."

"If Iori saw that, he'd run away, fast."

Yume snapped out of her little day dream and stopped staring at the wedding dress in the shop's window. She turned her wheelchair around and saw a young girl. "How...?"

"Yagami Hikari, nice to meet you Yume." Hikari bow slightly.

"Ah, hi... how did you know that I'm Yume?" Yume asked. "Is it the wheelchair?"

Hikari shook her head. "The Bakumon in the trench-coat is a dead give-away."

"Hi." Bakumon waved nervously.

Yume fidgeted. "I guess you're here to find a wedding dress."

Hikari nodded slowly. "Um, yes. My Mom is arguing with Takeru's mother over a couple of the arrangements." She thumbed toward the window where you could see the two women in a heated discussion.

Yume giggled. "Nervous?"

"Nervous doesn't begin to describe what I'm feeling. Mood swings don't help me figure things out either." Hikari shook her head.

Yume sighed. "I hope-"

Hikari suddenly collapsed to her knees while gripping her head. "Some...thing... is wrong," she forced herself to say.

"Wrong?" Yume blinked. She then heard a loud growl and saw the air shimmer about half-way down the block.

From the rippling air came out V-Dramon, a blue and white dragon like digimon with a large 'V' emblazoned on his chest.

"What the?" Yume gasped.

"Try to send him back through the portal before it closes," Hikari said as if she was in pain. She pulled out a D-Terminal. "I'll call for help."

Yume nodded. "Bakumon, go!"

"Bakumon evolve!" A pillar of light enshrouded the little elephant. When it subsided a three meter tall ape with yellow fur stood in her place. "Hanumon."

"V Breath Arrow!" An arrow like beam shot out the V-Dramon's mouth.

Hanumon dodged. "He likes playing it rough."

"Then play rougher!" Yume called out.

The V-Dramon sent another blast at the ape digimon.

"You missed. Boot to the head." Hanumon kicked the side of the dragon's head, though he did not seem to notice the blow.

"Hammer Punch!" V-Dramon retorted, sending his glowing clenched his into Hanumon. The ape flew across the street and crashed against the wall of a nearby building.

"Hanumon!" Yume cried out.

Hanumon staggered to her feet. "Bone Rod!" She weakly hurled her bone weapon.

V-Dramon merely grunted when he was struck in the chest. He grinned malicously as he called out again, "V Breath Arrow."

Hanumon didn't have the energy to dodge, taking the blast directly. She collapsed to her knees while trying to continue on despite her growing injuries.

V-Dramon approached the ape digimon, his fist clenched ready to deliver a fatal blow. His attention suddenly diverted as he felt something strike the back of his head.

"Stay away from her," Yume demanded, before lifting another small rock and throwing it at the dragon.

V-Dramon's mouth ignited in blue flames as he stared at her.

Yume closed her eyes, knowing there was no way her crippled body could get out of the way of his attack.

"Raster shot!"

A flat beam of energy washed over V-Dramon blowing him back.

Yume's eyes shot open and she chirped happily, "Sayuri!"

"Got here just in time." Sayuri ran over to Yume as Shima Unimon advanced toward V-Dramon.

"Be careful! He's really strong," Yume warned.

"We've got to force him through that portal." Hanumon limped slightly as she moved toward the striped unicorn.

Shima Unimon nodded and tried dig up the concrete street with her hoof. "Charge!"

Shima Unimon and Hanumon ran as fast as they could toward V-Dramon. They slammed into the dragon and pushed him through the rippling air.

Hikari grunted in pain while the portal shut. "You did it."

With a loud sigh of relief from Hanumon, the two adult digimon devolved.

Mrs. Yagami and Ms. Takaishi ran over to Hikari questioning her if she was all right.

"Everything okay?" Daisuke asked as he soared in while being carried by XV-mon.

"We're okay now," Yume answered.

Taichi, Sora and Piyomon rounded the corner.

"What's going on?" Taichi demanded.

A second later Koushiro showed up. "Where's the portal?"

Sayuri groaned. "Who else is going to show up?"

In the sky were Angemon, Aquillamon, Takeru, Miyako, Armadimon and Iori.

"Looks like everybody," Psychemon commented.

"Well, Hikari should feel well protect," Yume added.

"Except those that usually go after her don't do it physically," Iori said as he approached the girls after getting off Aquillamon. "Are you two okay."

Yume frowned. "Bakumon got hurt."

"I'll be fine in a day," Bakumon assured her.

"Digimon heal fast, but not as fast as they'd let you believe," Iori told Yume, he then turned toward Bakumon. "I want you to be careful for the next several days."

"If you say so," Bakumon replied.

"What exactly did happen here?" Koushiro asked.

"Someone tried to force open a portal to the Digital World, and I think a V-Dramon came through it," Hikari answered. "Sayuri and Yume were able to force him back through before it closed."

"Do you think he was after you?" Takeru asked.

Hikari shook her head. "He was just disoriented and needed to go back. He never tried to attack me."

"What about the person who tried to open the portal? Maybe he's after you," Taichi commented.

Hikari shrugged. "I don't think so."


A figure chuckled slightly at the gathered Chosen. She then turned and walked away. A short distance away she entered a vacant lot where another girl panted heavily. "Rather impressive work you just did," the figure said as she approached.

"What are you talking about? I didn't do anything," the tired girl replied.

"On the contrary, Noriko, what you did was amazing." the figure replied.

Noriko blinked. "How do you know my name?"

"My name is Sakura," she replied with a smirk. "I kept track of some of us children that Oikawa had taken on his little trip."

"You have one of the seeds?" Noriko questioned.

"Of course. I'm quite surprised that you alone could open a portal, albeit unstable one, to the Digital World. Though I believe Hikari interfered with you." Sakura crossed her arms. "However, if you want to make a stable one I suspect we'll need quite a few more of us."

"You know where there are more of us, so why don't we work together and gather as many as we can?" Noriko stated.

Sakura nodded. "That would be an excellent idea. It may take some time, though. I only know where two others are and have some idea on where four more may be."

Noriko paused in thought. "Who is this Hikari you mentioned?"

Sakura raised an eyebrow. "You don't remember Yagami Hikari, she was a classmate of yours after all."

"I know of her, but what does she have to do with this?" Noriko asked.

"She's kind of like us. She's part of a group that has special powers, but it's a different type of power than we have. They have digimon which can evolve and fight for them. Hikari is actually one of the strongest of her group. They are a bit selfish, and won't let us share in their power and have our own digimon," Sakura explained.

"Oh, yes. I suppose her pet cat is a digimon like Mummymon," Noriko surmised.

"Correct. I suspect you can figure out at least four others like her," Sakura commented.

"Her two boyfriends, that girl in the grade above me and the little brat that always hung out with her," Noriko replied.

"Takaishi Takeru, Motomiya Daisuke, Inoue Miyako, and Hida Iori. There are quite a few more of them. Fortunately the United States Military has kept a rather extensive file on the Odaiba Chosen, it saved me a lot of time researching them," Sakura added.

Noriko nodded. "Good. We'll need to know everything about them if this comes to a fight."

"I'm sure it will," Sakura grinned.

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"Guess, I'll have to watch you as if you're my little sister," Sayuri commented, while pushing Yume's wheelchair. "That was real stupid of you."

Yume wrapped her arms around Psychemon, who was pretending to be a stuffed animal. "I was just protecting Bakumon. I had to do something."

"You need to keep yourself safe first," Bakumon stated, as she walked with them, wearing a trench-coat.

"Getting killed doesn't solve anything," Sayuri retorted. "Keep out of the fighting, especially in this dimension."

"That's kind of hard. Being a Chosen is like being a magnet for trouble like this," Yume said flatly.

"Just let Bakumon fight the battles," Sayuri insisted.

"I agree with her," Bakumon replied.

"Both of you girls should stay out the battles. Just let us do the fighting for you," Psychemon added.

"You fight with us, not for us," Yume retorted.

Sayuri nodded. "I'm not going to do nothing when there's something I can do to help." She then blinked, realizing she just went against everything she was just arguing about.

Silence passed between them for a moment.

"So what were you doing in the shopping district?" Yume asked.

"Trying to find a decent disguise for Psychemon," Sayuri replied.

"Why not a trench-coat?" Yume asked. "It works for everyone else."

"They're pathetic, how can you say it's a good disguise when all you're doing is attracting more attention?" Sayuri asked. "It's hard to NOT notice a meter tall figure in a trench-coat."

"But no one is paying attention to Bakumon," Yume observed.

"Probably because they don't want to notice. It's like if they don't pay attention to the digimon, it won't attack them." Sayuri sighed. "Odaiba has been the site of many attacks, and people just don't want to get hurt. I certainly noticed Armadimon when he went from a yellow pillow with ears to a trench-coat clad armadillo."

"Why didn't you say anything about it?" Yume asked.

"What was there to say? My family is scared of digimon, but I knew that not all of them were bad. One of them even saved my life during that Christmas invasion." Sayuri looked up. "I also knew that some kids were selected to have the responsibility to fight with them."

"Oh? Who saved you?" Yume asked.

"A Bakemon did. While a couple of them argued about whether or not I was edible, he argued that it wouldn't be right to eat me," Sayuri answered.


"I'm home," Yume called out as they arrived at her apartment.

Mrs. Togashi entered the hallway. "Welcome back. Oh, Yume, who's your friends?"

"This is Sayuri and Psychemon," Yume answered.

"Nice to meet you Sayuri. Please keep an eye on Yume... during your missions," Mrs. Togashi replied.

Sayuri's eyes widened. "You told her about this?"

Yume shrugged. "There isn't much I could do to keep this a secret. Besides, Bakumon is a great help to me."

"Ahem, well. I guess." Sayuri fidgeted. "Come on, Psychemon. We've got to go home."

"You're welcome to come over whenever you want," Mrs. Togashi offered.

"Thanks. I guess I'll see you later." Sayuri bowed and left.

"She seems to be in a hurry?" Mrs. Togashi noted.

"I wonder why," Yume stated.

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Koushiro's Files:

Togashi Yume
Age 10

Third Odaiba Group

*Bakumon*, Hanumon

Family: Mother, Father, Kensuke (older brother)

During the end of fall of 2002, Yume had an accident which rendered her paralyzed from the waist down. Medical science has not been able to help her walk again, however in the Digital World she can walk. The reason she can use her legs are as yet unknown.

Mrs. Togashi has described Yume as a dreamer before her accident. She used to day dream about lots of things. However, those dreams ended with her accident. By becoming a Chosen, her dreams are coming back.