A Seraphic Tale Chapter One Part 2

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 Melody decided to strike up a conversation.

"Yun. I read that book you told me about last week. Y'know, Anne of Green Gables(2)," Melody said in a low voice. But this sentence was enough to make Yun squeal with sheer delight and joy.

"Uwaah! You read it! You really read it! What do you think?" Yun squealed, not knowing she had irritated a student a little further up the table. After she got quiet, she ate the rest of her octopus treats.

Sheena: The irritated student is probably about to be important soon, aren't they?

Kudzu: Survey says maybe. Also, I'm honestly not fond of Anne of Green Gables, could never really get into the story, ya know?

"I like it. It's good," Melody said softly.

"See? I told you you'd like it! I've seen the anime lots of times, and I still love it! Of course, my all-time favorite will always be Dog of Flanders(3). Of course, you've seen that. I just absolutely love stories about characters going through hardship and seeing the world's true beauty and-" Yun was about to delve into a very long monologue about the things she liked and loved, something her friends tolerated and were interested in very likely. Yun is normally a timid person, but if one got to know her, they'd discover that she's quite the little chatterbox when it comes to things she loves. But she didn't get to ramble.

Kudamon: I'm not sure why, but I feel like Yun might be a self insert for the author...

Kudzu: It's possible, but no attacking the author, it isn't professional. Also, while I admit that going through hardship is a part of character growth, too much hardship and you can cause Audience Induced Apathy as well. Which is a bad thing in my book.

"AAHHH!"

A tray full of cafeteria food was flipped and thrown at her. Only a spec of mustard from a half-eaten hamburger got onto her face, while the rest of it mixed with the last of her lunch, which certainly distressed her. Melody, Minako, Otoya, and Kosuke were the first to stand up in response. Another boy, the one who threw the tray, stood up looking very incensed. He was a somewhat plump boy, with spiky dirty brown hair and dark brown eyes and a face full of blemishes and pimple remains. He wore a very big football jersey, sagging blue jean shorts, sagging white socks, and huge black and lime green basketball sneakers that are way too big for him.

Tina: Oh wow. Obviously ugly bully. Classy.

Astamon: I've got a bad feelin' about this kid, and not just cause he's a bully, either.

Kudzu: Oh wait, I think I'm remembering another problem with the fic that was mentioned in the other sporking, but I'm not quite sure what it is yet...

"Just shut up already, you no good piece of TRASH!" The boy yelled loudly and angrily in a raspy voice. Everyone was stunned, even Yun. Melody was the first to hop into action as she slammed her hands on the table.

"The only pieces of trash around here are you and Shimizu! Quit pickin' on her, Nemoto!" Melody screamed back at him, but he wasn't giving up.

"Why would someone like you wanna be friends with this...this...freak of nature?" The boy yelled.

"Yeah! You tell'em, Nenji!" One boy cheered from the sidelines.

"You're the freak of nature!" Melody yelled back.

"Yeah! Stop being mean to Yun-chan!" Otoya backed her up.

"You shouldn't throw food in here! Look at the mess you just made!" Rena yelled as Yun proceeded to wipe the piece of mustard off of her cheek.

"Pheh! You all think you're sooooo cool! You're all a bunch of rats!"

"You're a bigger rat! You're fat and smell like soggy tacos and look like a bag of-" Riku retaliated loudly and bluntly, but Rena put a hand on his mouth to prevent him from saying anymore. But it seems Melody did it for him.

"-skunk puke!"

Sheena and Tina: *glance at each other and shake their heads*

Right then, an all-out brawl ensued between Melody and Nenji. Everyone tried to break them up, but the two just weren't giving up. Not only that, Nenji proceeded to pull Yun's hair and throw his empty tray at her, which made Yun cry a little and made Melody even more choleric and incensed than ever. A teacher finally broke them up.

"You two! Come with me right now!" The female teacher yelped as she grabbed them both by their arms and dragged them away. But as she did so, Melody turned to Yun, did the Y sign with her hand, and waved it three times before she left.

Percy: That's probably a rude gesture somewhere in the world.

"Umm...what does that mean again?" Minako asked shyly as she and Otoya helped Yun get up.

"It's her way of saying "Don't worry. It'll be alright." It's been like that since we were little," Yun said. But even after they helped her get back to the table, people were already starting to gossip.

"I wish he just spilled food on her head. That would've been awesome to see! Her looking like she just came out of the dumpster!" One girl with light brown pigtails and pink earrings said in a scornful and maligned manner.

"Oooh! You're so bad, Seiko-chan!"

Tina: I assume Seiko is the queen bee bully?

Kudzu: Yep.

Tina: And why is she and Nenji bullying Yun?

Kudzu: Autism.

Tina: *frowns in disdain* Wonderful.

"Nice one, Shimizu!"

The other person Melody mentioned, Shimizu Seiko, was also known for picking on Yun. In fact, Yun had always been bullied by them. She didn't know why. She hadn't done anything to them to deserve what she did, but she knew that they were bad from the very beginning. Even so, nobody did anything to help her except her friends, and they couldn't do much to help her as those two were EXTREMELY persistent when it came to picking on her. They never stopped, no matter what anybody did, which confused everyone, including Yun, who was the most hurt by their incessant bullying. They were the two reasons Yun hated school. Soon, lunch ended and everyone went to recess.

Tina: As a former bully myself, let me tell you my reasons for bullying Sheena in the past. I had issues with being a replacement for my late older sister, who died before I was born. I was given her name, and my parents tried to give me her identity instead of letting me have one of my own. I bullied Sheena because I was also brainwashed into thinking anyone that was different physically was a mutant of some type, and since Sheena had naturally pink hair, I immediately believed she was a mutant and well, made her life hell. However, as we now know that Sheena isn't a mutant, and due to our adventure in the Digital World, I've been trying to move on from my past as a bully and being more accepting. However, if you do not know the reason for such bullying, then perhaps assume that their upbrining is to blame along with ignorance?

Sheena: Yeah... also, is anyone else feeling like this is more like an American School than a Japanese one?

Kudzu: Again, I don't think the author researched that detail.

Yun spent most of her recess with her friends, including Minako and Kosuke who, after that unpleasant scene, decided to spend their time with her. After recess ended, classes resumed, but Yun was still having a hard time. Nenji and Seiko were in many of her classes and those two were willing to do almost anything to make Yun's school life miserable. Nenji got back from the principal's office during 6th period, Yun's English class, and as she was going to turn her paper in he stabbed her in the arm with a newly sharpened lead pencil. Of course, Yun told the teacher about it and he got punished again, but it didn't seem to work. Not only that, Seiko loudly made snide remarks about everything regarding Yun: her clothes, her hair, her love of books, anime, and manga, etc. Of course, some of Yun's friends shushed them and made attempts to comfort Yun and stand up to the two. But by the end of the day, Yun was feeling very dejected.

Kudzu: HOLD IT! For attacking a student in plain sight, Nenji should have been expelled! Unless Nenji's parents have some intense influence, that bully should be called in not just for a meeting, but also getting kicked out of the school in general! At least, that's how it should work in American Schools. I'm hoping that Japanese ones hold the same idea when it comes to students attacking each other.

Her mother obviously noticed this as she came to pick her up. Yun poured everything out like a big jug of water being poured into a big glass cup. Her mother was appalled.

"I can't believe this! Doesn't that Nemoto kid ever give up? I swear, if he doesn't stop treating you the way he does I'm going to file a police report! This has been going on for FAR too long!" Her mother screamed angrily, which scared Yun and forced her to cover her ears.

Kudzu: Again, expulsion. 

"Oh! I'm sorry dear," Her mother said softly as soon as she realized her yelling frightened her daughter.

"It's alright. Melody stood up for me, even though she got in trouble for it. So did Otoya-chan and Rena-chan," Yun told her softly, though a little sadly.

"I don't exactly approve of Melody-chan's methods, but they're all such nice kids. You're at least lucky to have such nice friends like them. But I mean to tell you, what is this world coming to?" Her mother said reassuringly, trying not to let her seething anger get the best of her. Yun was already feeling quite sad, but she kept her feelings inside. She wanted to wait until she was alone so she could let her feelings out so that way she wouldn't anger anyone or startle them.

But she snapped once they got home.

Percy: Snapped as in "Sheena beating the crap out of Starling at the start of our fic" snapped, or "Hulk" snapped?

As Yun and her mother were arriving at their house, they saw a woman standing in the drive way. A scrawny, bony looking woman with wavy and curly dirty brown hair and dark blue eyes. She was absolutely overcome with anger, so much that her eyes looked bloodshot. Right as Yun and her mother got out of the car, the woman ran up to Yun and...POW! She slapped Yun square in the face! So hard it made her fall to the ground!

Astamon: Okay, this is gettin' silly. Who is this woman, and how did she manage to even find Yun's home and beat her and her ma to it first? This is feelin' pretty damn contrived.

Rhinemon: You said it, Astamon! Honestly, she makes a beeline for Yun instead of going for the parent? Also, shouldn't the mother be calling the police?

Kudzu: In America, yes. In Japan? Uh... again, no idea. I REALLY should get Yuki's opinion on this fic...

"You wicked, wicked girl! You must love making my precious boy look like the bad guy, don't you? I get complaints from the school every single day because of you trying to pin everything on him!" The woman screeched angrily. Yun was beyond shocked now, and her mother has just about had it. She pushed the other woman away in a fit of anger.

"How dare you slap my daughter? She hasn't done anything wrong! It's your son who keeps terrorizing her! Don't you see?" Yun's mother screamed back.

"Stop trying to pin everything on my boy! As far as I'm concerned you obviously didn't discipline your kid correctly! It's no wonder my Nenji's having a hard time in school!" The woman, who is apparently Nenji's mother, screamed.

"YOU DON'T DISCIPLINE YOUR OWN KID PROPERLY YOU WITCH! Yun, go inside, NOW!" Yun's mother yelled at Nenji's mother, then advised Yun to go inside the house.

Kudzu: How old is Reddit again? Cause I swear this is starting to read like an Entitled Parents post...

Yun sure did not hesitate. She dashed into the house, threw her things on the living room floor, ran to her room, shut the door, and finally cried. She could feel huge tears streaming down her stinging cheeks. She fell to her knees in both humiliation and total abject. But even in her room she could hear her mother and Nenji's mother screaming at each other. This was another problem. Even though Nenji always bullied her, his parents always thought she was the one bullying him. This was because Nenji had a way of manipulating his own parents into believing everything he said. She couldn't understand what she had done to deserve all of this.

Tina: Again, how the hell did this woman even find Yun's home?

Percy: Didn't know you could swear, Starling.

Tina: I'm thirteen, I'm allowed to say some swear words.

"Get off my lawn right now or I'm calling the police!" She heard her mother yell loud enough for even Yun to hear her. But then again, Yun is quite sensitive to loud noise so she could pretty much hear anything. Yun's sobbing became quite loud, and she buried her head into her arms and her bed.

"Why? Why? What did I ever do...that was so bad?" Yun wailed as she let all of her feelings of dejection, abject, and helplessness out of her broken heart. She wished she wasn't so cowardly and sensitive, but she never was very good at standing up for her self and having people see other people's real intentions. After a good 15 minutes she could feel her chest hurting, so she decided to stop crying. She left a big spot on her bed, but she didn't care. It's her bed, so she could do whatever she wanted with it. She saw her stuffed animals and pillows lying on the floor.

Sheena: She just *Decided* to stop crying after fifteen minutes? That sounds... off to me somehow.

But something was strange.

Yun noticed something very odd. As she looked closer, she saw that she had something extra lying inside her pile of stuffed animals. She pulled it out. She couldn't believe what she was seeing before her eyes. A rather large light pink egg with pale green streaks and spots all over it. Most notable of all, it felt very warm.

Astamon: Finally, we get to the mian event!

"What's this doing here?" She asked herself as she felt the strange egg. Considering how hard and warm it felt, she was sure that this egg was real, and that her mind wasn't playing tricks on her. Even so, for some strange reason, her chest began to feel warm and fluttery. She looked down at the egg with soft eyes and she very gently cradled it in her arms.

'I'm sure this egg is real. But I wonder what's inside of it? I don't know what's inside, but whatever it is, it's making me feel warm and fuzzy inside, and I really need to feel this way right now,' Yun thought as she lovingly cradled the egg in her arms. The egg seemed to make her feel at ease, mollifying her and healing her internal and emotional pain. She didn't know why, but she seemed to be loving it.

Sheena: Percy, all this seem off to you too, right?

Percy: Yeah, love, definitely something off. Sure, I assume each universe has different methods of digidestined or whatever getting partner digimon, I mean, in our fic, ours popped right out of our D-watches. *holds up his black and purple D-Watch as an example*

Tina: Indeed, *adjusts her own red and gold watch* Though, while you two got eggs, my partner came out at rookie level.

Then, all of a sudden, it wiggled!

"Wha? What?"

After that, it glowed! A bright, cream-colored, radiant light enveloped the egg, shining brightly and brilliantly! It glowed so much that Yun had to cover her eyes. The glow seemed to envelop the entire room!

SHING!

Soon, the glow finally faded and Yun had the courage to open her eyes again. To her surprise, the egg wasn't there anymore, but she became more surprised by what it left behind!

Two small creatures were sleeping right in front of her. Both shaped like circles, both with one tail, and both with horns on their heads. The one that's a very pale yellow color has one horn on it's head while the chocolate brown one has three horns on it's head. She could not believe what just happened. But she knew what she saw, and knew for a fact that her mind wasn't playing tricks on her. But even with this strange revelation, she still very slowly and gently cradled the two creatures in her arms. They were very small, the size of both her palms, and felt very soft, like fur on a newborn kitten, and most certainly...

Sheena: Wait, she gets two digimon partners!? Also, isn't Zerimon green instead of yellow?

Percy: Yeah, I'm calling a load of bull on this one, mate. Why does this kid get two digimon partners while the rest of us get only one?

Kudzu: My guess? Because Willis from Hurricane Touchdown- part of the first Digimon Movie to show in the states.

The Kids and their Digimon partners: *Looking in confusion*

Kudzu: Okay, so, in Digimon the heroes normally get one digimon, but Willis? He got twins because reasons. While Hurricane touchdown's status in canon is tenuous at best, especially since I've heard that the original Japanese version is as much a mess as the dubbed version, I'm just going to say that the author wanted Yun to be either a special Digidestined with two digimon partners, or was going off of the lore that Gummymon and Cocomon are twin digimon or something. 

"They're so cute!" She murmured to herself quietly and softly, hoping to not scare them or awaken them suddenly. Right when she laid eyes on these small round things, Yun fell in love. It was love at first sight. These cute little sleeping monsters already seemed to steal her broken heart and heal it with their very presence.

Then it happened! They both opened their eyes! Their eyes are black and beady, but they looked up at Yun, straight into her eyes, with a new sense of wonder and curiosity. Yun normally never liked making eye contact with people, but right when she gazed into their wondrous eyes she felt as if these small creatures were the answer to her greatest wish. It looked as if she were a mother who had just given birth to her first children, and Yun loved every moment of it. She smiled at them.

The kids: *Creeped out by the analogy*

The Digimon: *also creeped out by the analogy*

Kudzu: Let's... let's move on. Now.

"Hello. My name's Wakamiya Julia, but my friends call me Yun. It's...nice to meet you," Yun told them in a soft, dulcet, gentle voice so she wouldn't scare them. But the two dango-shaped animals smiled at her brightly and lovingly. It seemed they were quite interested in hearing what she had to say, even though they didn't look as if they would understand any of it.

Sheena: Yun isn't her real name?

Kudzu: I think Julia is used for another protag used by the author as well... not sure what to make of this factoid, really.

"I...I don't know what your names are, but I'm so glad you've come to be my friends."

Tina: You don't know they'll be your friends, Yun. For all you know, they could be there to cause trouble in your life.

Yun could feel herself bonding with these dango-shaped animals completely and without any hint of shyness, hesitation, or fear.

In fact, for the next two hours she sat in her room with them, talked with them, played with them, taught them everything she knew, read books to them, everything. That was all she did. She spent all those two hours with the strange animals. She loved them, and they seemed to love her back. Yun loved everything about them. The way they looked, the cute sounds they made, the way they bounced around, the way they observed everything around them and absorbed it all, everything seemed to click with them. Plus, they seemed to love her too. They loved to hear the sound of her talking, which to them was like hearing very beautiful music.

Percy: Alan Damon Piedmont, our resident SHIELD Agent, can hear instruments instead of human voices. He'd probably have things to sign out at that line, since well, he's mute and all.

But the crowning moment came when the brown one noticed the red mark on her face.

"What's wrong, little one?" Yun asked when she saw the little brown one acting up a bit. The brown one hopped on her shoulder and pointed, with its tail, to the mark on her face.

Sheena: Uh, she's eleven, right? Why does she sound like an adult here? I mean, shouldn't she be calling the twin digimon by cute names or something until they can talk on their own?

"Oh? This? Someone hit me right here. It doesn't hurt anymore, but-" Yun tried to say more, but was interrupted because of the little brown monster...blowing bubbles on it. Right as the rainbowy bubbles hit her cheek, the mark totally disappeared into thin air! It returned to being soft and tender, and the little brown one rubbed herself against it lovingly. This small, simple, tender act of kindness touched Yun's heart so much it brought her to tears.

Sheena: Pretty sure Cocomon don't have healing bubbles, but according to the lore *checks up information on her white D-Watch*, Cocomon, like most other baby digimon, blow acid bubbles.

"Oh, little one...thank you so much. You really are a sweetie. I wish I knew your name," Yun said as she caressed it. She made sure to love the pale green one too. But she knew she couldn't stay with them all the time.

"Yun! Dinner's ready!" Her mother called out.

"Coming mom!" Yun called back, then turned to the creatures. She gently placed them on her bed.

"I'll be downstairs for a little bit. Stay here and don't leave, okay? Be good while I'm gone. I'll be back, I promise," Yun told them softly and sweetly. The two dango-shaped animals nodded as if they understood and Yun decided to leave them in there. She felt a little bad about doing so, but she knew she had to for if they were to get out, her family might be startled.

Percy: And once she was gone, they pooped on her bed. Because baby digimon do that.

Fortunately for Yun, her favorite dinner was being served: her mother's special pinwheel noodles!

'I'm definitely going to give some to them!' Yun thought as she chowed down HARD on the chicken and corn and pinwheel noodles. To her, these things were like tasting heaven itself. It didn't take long for her to finish, and she got another plate just for them, but she didn't tell her mom and sister that. Another fortunate thing was that she didn't have any homework today so she could easily return to the little animals without difficulty.

But it was when she returned that she stumbled upon something shocking, leaving her frozen in her tracks.

Percy: Come on poop!

Kudamon: *groans* Zero's rubbed off on you, hasn't he?

The little dango-shaped animals got bigger! Changed shape and color, even! Instead of being shaped like dango, they now looked like very large sour patch kids with heads and little floppy ears. Instead of pale yellow and chocolate brown, they turned pale green and light pink, just like the colors of the egg. At first, Yun was quite surprised. But after a short while, she returned to herself. She was still happy with the fact that they patiently but eagerly awaited her return. Plus they hadn't gotten TOTALLY big. They were still the size of both her palms put together.

Sheena: *looking at her watch's screen* Aren't Chocomon brown too?

Kudzu: There was a pink one in Hurricane Touchdown.

Sheena: Oh.

Percy: *grumbles about his failed prediction*

Tina and Kudamon: *shake their heads and sigh*

"I'm back! And I brought something really yummy!" She crooned sweetly, in a sweet tone normally used to talk to a kindergarten aged girl. She set the plate on her bed, sat on the bed, and proceeded to give the blobs a feeding. She did give them crackers to eat once, but she knew it wasn't enought to keep them full, healthy, or satisfied. Thankfully enough, the blobs took VERY kindly to the chicken, corn, and pinwheel noodles, just like she did when her mom first made them. Yun watched them happily as they finished their hearty meal and flopped onto the bed feeling very satisfied. Yun chuckled sweetly at them, which made the pink one stand back up and look at her.

"I do wish I could do more for you. I'm nothing but a helpless girl who can't do anything right, and even when I try to do it right like people say I always get yelled at. I seem to be trapped in a whirlwind of eternal disaster and despair. Well, not everything in my life is bad! I have my family, some of my friends, my books and games and anime, and now I have you two!" Yun told them with a smile. She didn't want to let herself be overcome by her sadness from earlier, and felt grateful for having these two blob monsters take her mind off of it. She loved them and wanted to do more for them.

And love them she did. And her efforts paid off with aplomb.

"Yun!"

It came straight out of the pink blob's mouth. Yun gasped when she heard her own name come out from the pink blob in the cutest, sweetest, gentlest voice she had ever heard. It sounded like a little bell with a rich, sonorous chime. Of course, it sounded more like a little 5 year old girl.

"Yun! Yun!"

The blob talked again and again, repeating her name with a smile. Yun's heart became lighter and warmer as her feelings for these two blobs were finally being returned. She smiled at them. The pale green blob awoke with a start.

"That's right. I'm Yun," Yun replied softly.

The pink blob hopped and hopped.

"Kokomon!" The pink blob squeaked again and did a little back flip.

"Is that your name? Kokomon?" Yun asked.

"Kokomon...love...Yun!" The pink blob, finally known as Kokomon, squeaked again, trying to hop toward Yun's face as if she were trying to give her a kiss.

"I love you too, Kokomon!" Yun said to sweet little Kokomon.

"Kokomon love Yun!" She said again. This time...

"Gum-Gummymon!" The pale green blob spoke this time! Gummymon, the pale green blob, sounds like a little four year old boy. Yun laughed joyously upon hearing them squeak their first words.

"Gummymon love Yun!" Gummymon said, following Kokomon's lead.

"Hello Kokomon and Gummymon. I'm Yun. Let's be friends, shall we?" Yun said to them. Kokomon and Gummymon hopped around joysously.

"Friend! Friend!" They both yelped in unison, making Yun laugh even more.

Astamon, Kudamon, and Rhinemon: *Glares, feeling insulted about how in-training digimon are portrayed so far.*

The kids: *Looking sick at how too much fluff is shown just now.*

In response to their first words, Yun decided to spend the rest of the day with them. With each word and sentence she said, it seemed that Kokomon and Gummymon were catching on quite quickly. By the time night fell, the both of them could speak in simple compound sentences. Yun loved the sounds of their voices and how they tried to copy some of the big words she said (which she learned from her books) and how they tried to read her books. She spent some time teaching them the alphabet and how to read. They learned it quite quickly and efficiently, which surprised Yun. But she didn't mind. She felt happy with being able to raise two little blobs and not get yelled at or pushed away for her kind efforts. She felt appreciated and loved, which made her happiest.

Kudzu: And how did her parents not check on her during this time, like, to remind her to bathe and get ready for bed and stuff?

Then another strange thing happened. As Kokomon and Gummymon were sound asleep in her bed, Yun was just about to go to sleep with them when she saw something glowing behind her pillow. She pulled out a small, egg-shaped white light. After a few seconds, it stopped glowing and it became a strange egg-shaped device with a small screen on it, some pink and green buttons, and a pink and green strap coming from the top of it. She wanted to tinker with it, but it was almost 9:00 and she didn't want to stay up late.

Percy: *Frowns at the digivice* So... can I just say that the D-Watch is better than the egg-digivice Yun just got?

Sheena: Yeah, it's a lot harder to lose track of or get stolen since we're wearing them, in my opinion.

Tina: Plus, it has a nice storage function in case our partners get tired while traveling, or need a quick escape from battle!

Kudzu: *Beams with pride*

'I could always look at it tomorrow after school,' Yun thought as she put it on her night stand, covered herself in her blankets, cradled the sleeping blobs in her arms, and finally fell asleep.

Like last night, Yun had the dream again. But unlike last night, she awoke to a small banging sound on her window.

She looked at the clock and it read 6:21 AM. She looked at the window next to her and saw Gummymon ramming his head against the glass. This made Yun gasp as she ran over to him and pulled him off.

Kudzu: 6:21 AM? pfft, that's not a bad time to be woken up, and depending on what her parents do for a living, they'd probably already be up and getting ready for the day, along with her older sister.

"Gummymon! What are you doing? Don't bang against the window like that! You'll wake everyone up!" Yun scolded him quietly so she wouldn't wake anyone up. Well, Kokomon woke up, but it was because of what Gummymon was doing earlier. Gummymon looked very worried.

Kudzu: See my previous comment.

"Out there! Out there!" He yelped. Yun looked out the window and saw nothing but her backyard, the big tree, the old picnic table, and the pine bush.

"I don't see anything, Gummymon," Yun said. But Gummymon was becoming persistent.

"Open! Open!" He yelped again. Although reluctant to do so, Yun opened the window anyway.

Right as she pushed it up, Gummymon hopped out the window and darted out the back gate in a flash.

"Gummymon! Come back!" Yun yelled loud enough for Gummymon to hear her. Kokomon approached her with a worried look on her face and with the egg-shaped device on her head.

"Goodness gracious! And on a school day too! Ugh. I guess I better go after him," Yun groaned as she decided to go after him. She put on a purple robe and her shoes, pulled out a small blue flashlight, very slowly walked out the back door, into the backyard, and out the back gate. She looked and looked, shining her flashlight in wherever direction she wanted to check, but no sign of Gummymon. Yun had never gone out the back gate before, in the early hours of the morning no less! She never even went outside further than the back or front yard at all! She wasn't one to go out much, but she needed to find Gummymon before anyone else could.

Percy: Wouldn't her parents be up by now, and wouldn't the sun be rising at 6:21 AM?

Kudzu: Pretty sure, yeah.

Percy: So, why is she acting like it's still the middle of the night?

Kudzu: *shrugs*

When she got to the woods, Kokomon gasped.

Kudzu: Woods? Where the hell is Yun living where there can be woods behind her house? I mean, I live out in the country side, but I'm pretty sure that Yun is in a town or something?

"Over there!" She yelped and pointed north. Yun didn't want to go into the woods, but she wanted to bring Gummymon back safely so she went in anyway.

Much to her relief, she found Gummymon, standing in the middle of a small clearing.

Much to her shock though, he was standing in front of something very ugly looking and very dangerous.

Astamon: *glares in disgust* Just cause a digimon ain't cute, doesn't mean it's evil.

Tina: I thought you were cute as a Phascomon...

Astamon: Thanks, Sweetheart, but this kid is startin' to get on my nerves.

This strange creature obviously looked like a goblin, with mossy green skin, glowing red eyes, a striking red mohawk on it's head, a brown vest, belt, and loin cloth and, what scared Yun the most, a big wooden club with nails on it in it's hand. And Gummymon was standing right in front of it with an angry look on his face.

'I've got to get Gummymon out of there! If that thing catches him-!' Yun thought as she finally sprung into action.

"Kokomon. Stay here, alright? I'm gonna get Gummymon out of there," Yun told Kokomon as she placed her behind a tree and ran toward the unsuspecting Gummymon. The strange, ugly creature roared and proceeded to attack.

"Gobli strike!" It yelled in a raspy voice as it attempted to throw it's club at Gummymon. Thankfully, Yun scooped him up just in time and took him to safety. She put him behind the same tree she put Kokomon.

Then, a small blue light appeared from the device and it floated about an inch from the screen. It showed the image of the creature, along with some text. Yun read it.

"Goblimon. A Virus type. Rookie level. Evil Digimon. It's attacks are Gobli Strike and Gobli Bomb." She read.

This is when she realized it.

"EH? This is a Digimon! So Gummymon and Kokomon are...and this thing is a...digivice?" Yun yelped. But she didn't have time to ruminate any more because the mossy green monster, Goblimon, ran to attack her again!

Percy: Ya know, in our first fight against Opossumon, Sheena and I digivolved our partners to Rookie due to us wanting to protect the baby digimon. We also didn't panic like you did.

Sheena: Not everyone is from a world of superheroes, Percy, also, Yun? DO SOMETHING BESIDES PANIC!
 

"Gobli strike!" It roared. Yun grabbed the two blobs and quickly ran from it's attack.

'I can't leave this alone! I have to do something other than run! Oh! I know!' Yun thought as Goblimon kept following her with his club. She put Kokomon and Gummymon down, grabbed a thick tree branch, and approached the red eyed Goblimon.

"I've watched a lot of anime with characters sword fighting these days. Let's see if I picked up on any of it!" Yun exclaimed as she charged at Goblimon with the branch.

"YUN!" Both Kokomon and Gummymon yelled as Goblimon's club and Yun's tree branch collided with one another. Yun struggled to keep the mossy green goblin from even getting near her new blobby friends. She was never very strong physically, but something inside her stirred her to keep on defending her friends. She wanted to protect Kokomon and Gummymon, even if it would cost her her life!

Sheena: See! Fighting isn't so hard!

Percy: If Piedmon were here, he'd probably have a conniption about her stance or something.

"Don't ever come near my friends, you ugly beast!" Yun yelled as she tried to push Goblimon back.

"Gobli strike!" It yelled as it managed to push Yun away. But she wasn't going to give up. She ran toward it with the tree branch yet again, this time successfully managing to poke it in the forehead enough to make it stumble backward a few steps. But she knew this wasn't over. Even though she knew this, she had no idea what Goblimon had in store next! A second after she pushed it away, a big red flaming ball of fire floated over it's hand.

"Gobli bomb!" It roared as it threw the ball of fire at Yun. The ball of fire was too big and may very well be too strong for Yun's tree branch to handle. And Yun knew very well that grass was impeccably weak against fire. Plus it came so fast she couldn't run away fast enough. It was going to hit her.

"Bubblebeam!"

Kudzu: Yeah, just checked and neither Chocomon or Gummymon know Bubblebeam. I think the author is just making a pokemon reference in Digimon or something.

Before the firey ball hit her, a myriad of rainbowy shaded bubbles sprayed out from both Kokomon and Gummymon's mouths and managed to successfully turn the ball of fire into steam. Kokomon and Gummymon saved her. They stared at the rampant Goblimon with courageous looks in their eyes.

"Kokomon! Gummymon! Stay back!" Yun pleaded.

"No! We'll fight!" Gummymon yelped.

"We'll protect you, Yun!" Kokomon backed him up.

Yun couldn't understand. Goblimon is exactly her size while Kokomon and Gummymon are no bigger than one of her stuffed animals. There was no possible way these tiny, plushy, delicate little blobs could defeat a mossy green goblin with a wooden club and a red mohawk on it's head! Yun needed to protect them, but now it seems the blobs want to protect her!

Kudamon: Do not underestimate even the smallest of Digimon. Some of us may be cute, but we are also dangerous when provoked.

Percy: Even you, partner?

Kudamon: I am not cute, I am a Royal Knight in Rookie form. I'm still however, dangerous when provoked.

This is when the strangest thing happened.

"Oh my God! Yun?"

Yun turned around and saw...lo and behold, Minako, Melody, and Kosuke!

"Wha? Mina-chan? Melody-chan? Kosuke-kun? What are you three doing here?" Yun yelped.

"We were just about to ask you the same thing!" Kosuke replied loudly.

But what Yun noticed were the creatures sitting in front of them. The one in front of Minako is a green cat's head with pointed ears, big violet eyes, and a little tail with blue stripes on it. The one in front of Melody is a pink radish with blue leaves and blue eyes. The one in front of Kosuke is a tiny, white, toothy animal with two wiggly antennae. But before she could ask her friends about them, Goblimon attacked again.

The Kids: *surprised*

Sheena: Huh, surprised Yun wasn't the first to get a digimon partner.

Percy: No kidding. Still, she got two though, so she's obviously better than the rest.

"Gobli bomb!" It threw more balls of fire at them, which they all managed to evade.

"This isn't the time for questions!" Minako cried out.

"Yeah! No questions! Fight ugly Digimon!" The green cat's head exclaimed in a funny voice.

Melody stood in front of Goblimon by a few feet with the radish by her side.

"Hey you! Your mohawk makes you look even uglier, even with your green skin! It looks like my mother's puke!" Melody yelled mercilessly, trying to ger Goblimon's attention. And she sure got it. Big time.

"Gobli strike!" It attempted to pummel her, but Melody jumped away, grabbed onto it's hair, and attempted to pull on it.

"Bubblebeam!" The pink radish blew bubbles into the Goblimon's eyes, making him roar in pain.

Kudzu: Again, I'm pretty sure Bubblebeam is a pokemon move.

As Melody and her Digimon (well, whatever the green cat head called it anyway) were distracting it, Minako and Kosuke attempted to help Yun.

"Are you okay?" Minako asked kindly.

"Yes. Thanks. But Kokomon and Gummymon! I have to protect them!" Yun said as Minako helped her out, but she was concerned about Kokomon and Gummymon, who are apparently watching as Melody and the pink radish are trying to teach it a lesson in pain.

Sheena: They seem to be fine without protection, but whatever.

"So it seems we all have Digimon here," Kosuke whispered.

Tina: As do we, and we're not part of your story, either.

"Lots of them! Yeah!" The little white toothy creature backed him up. But right as he said that, Goblimon managed to pry Melody off of his head and throw her at the trio.

Sheena: Well, at least Melody tried to fight back, so points for effort.

Percy: Kind of glad that Megan isn't here, she's not fond of Goblimon.

Tina: Oh yeah... I've heard what happened when her partner first digimon to Champion...

The kids: *shudder*

Astamon: Got to admit, if Megan and her partner were there, that Goblimon would be screwed over pretty quickly.

Kudamon: That is true, especially since Dorumon is able to access his Mega Form's Alpha InForce at any time.

Astamon: Well, that and he's also pretty damn brutal in a fight.

Kudamon: *Pauses for a moment, and sighs* That... that is very true.

"Ow! Melody-chan! Are you...alright?" Yun yelped as Melody fell on her.

"Sorry about that. And I'm fine...whoa!" Melody said as the angry Goblimon, it's eyes glowing redder and brighter than ever, towered over the quartet and prepared to finish them off.

Percy: Oi! Looks like the first boss is getting into a rage state! Also, I still think Melody is crushing on Yun.

"GOBLI BOMB!" It roared.

The quartet were trapped...or so they thought.

"NOOOOO!"

All five of the small Digimon screamed passionately as they stood in front of the raging Goblimon. Then, Yun's digivice glowed with a light dyed in a rainbow hue. And apparently so did the digivices of Melody, Minako, and Kosuke! Supposing they even had digivices! But Yun couldn't ask them about it, for everything was happening all at once. The lights from their digivices shot from the sky, then back onto the small Digimon, leaving even Goblimon awestruck.

Tina: Our D-Watches just fire the beam right at our partners, no need for them to shoot into the sky.

Gummymon glowed pale green. Kokomon glowed light pink. The green cat head glowed violet. The pink radish glowed red, and the little white toothy creature glowed mango oranges. The lights enveloped the small creatures, and then they grew bigger!

"Kokomon, digivolve to..."

The pink light surrounding Kokomon finally dissipated, and out came a brown rabbit with long floppy ears with pink stripes on its ears, pink paws and feet, a pink collar, and striking emerald green eyes.

"...Lopmon!"

"Gummymon, digivolve to..."

The pale green light surrounding Gummymon disappeared as well, and out came a pale yellow rabbit with long floppy ears with pale green stripes on them, pale green paws and feet, a pale green collar, and navy blue eyes like opals.

"...Terriermon!"

"Nyaromon, digivolve to..."

The violet purple light surrounding the green cat head, now Nyaromon (though not so much anymore), disappeared and out came a very cute pale yellow puppy with big lavendar eyes, rosy cheeks, and a golden collar around it's neck.

"...Salamon!"

"Tokomon, digivolve to..."

The mango orange light that had enveloped the white toothy Digimon, now Tokomon, faded and out came a small and cute guinea pig like thing, with the upper half of it's body orange and the bottom half white, with brown eyes and orange bat-like wings for ears.

"...Patamon!"

"Yokomon, digivolve to..."

The rose red light that had enveloped the pink radish, now Yokomon, faded and out came a fluffy pink bird with a red beak, red claws, a gold ring around one of it's yellow talons, a curly pink antenna with blue stripes on it, blue streaks on it's head, and violet eyes.

"...Biyomon!"

Kudzu: Writermon digivolve to Annoyedmon!~ Also, I really hope this doesn't happen too often, the audience can only take so much repetitiveness in a written work. Which is why I decided to only do the digivolve to bit only for debuting a new digivolution for you guys.

All the small Digimon digivolved and now they've become bigger, though they're still half the height of the kids and Goblimon. They still had the courageous look in their eyes. The children couldn't believe what they just witnessed. Even Goblimon was surprised. But something else seemed to catch Yun's attention.

On Goblimon's arm, the one holding the club, is a black hexagon with a strange black symbol on it resembling a human skull and some stripes surrounding it. This gave Yun an idea.

Percy: Yeah, we didn't run into many brainwashed digimon on our adventure, only like...what, two so far?

Sheena: Yeah, you with Apemon and me and Jean with Crusadermon. Oh! And Piedmon's black ring made three! *looks at Kudzu* So... why didn't we run into anymore brainwashed digimon after that?

Kudzu: Couldn't think of anything that could cause brainwashing after the Ring of Hope arc. Plus, I didn't want to rely on that too much, and felt that some digimon being assholes of their own volition would be more fun to write.

Tina: Fair enough. Speaking of- how's the Zamielmon arc coming?

Kudzu: *Types furiously* working on it!

"Everyone! Look! See that black hexagon on it's arm? I think that's why he's going crazy! We should destroy it!" Yun exclaimed as she pointed out the black thing on it's arm.

"Alright then! Let's do it! Everyone, attack!" Melody commanded. It was the pink bird, Biyomon, who attacked first.

"Feather strike!"

Small pink feathers turned into razor sharp arrows and ambushed Goblimon, one of which got lodged into it's arm, right into the black hexagon. But it didn't destroy it just yet.

Kudzu: Yeah, just checked Wikimon and Feather Strike isn't a move, looks like the author made it up.

Percy: Didn't you give Dominimon the move Golden Noose?

Kudzu: *realizes she's being a hypocrite at the moment.* Shit.

"Boom Bubble!"

Patamon inhaled a great ball of air, turned round like a ball, and shot out a big air bubble which landed right into Goblimon's face. It didn't hit the hexagon, but to Kosuke it was alright. But even though they attacked, Goblimon wasn't giving up. And it charged straight toward tiny Salamon.

"OH NO! Salamon!" Minako yelled, wanting to jump in and save the little puppy, but Melody held her back.

Oblivious to Minako's worry, Salamon was actually waiting for Goblimon to get close.

"Holy..."

"Gobli strike!"

"...ROAAAAAAAAAR!"

A HUGE and VERY LOUD roar came straight out from Salamon's mouth, causing Goblimon to stumble in pain and everyone else to cover their ears. Big things do come in small packages after all. And Salamon's Holy Roar attack is certainly a big thing coming from such a tiny little puppy Digimon.

Kudzu: Checking moves again, and sadly, Holy Roar is not one of Salamon/Plotmon's attacks. It howls, it punches, it tackles and fires holy laser beams, but sadly no holy Roar. Also, shuoldn't Yun's parents be looking for her by now?

Percy: Maybe they sleep like rocks or something.

Salamon's Holy Roar was apparently so strong that it knocked the club right out of Goblimon's hand.

This gave Terriermon and Lopmon their chance to attack.

"Freezing Snow!"

Kudzu: Probably me being pedantic at this point, but Lopmon, while able to use an ice attack, uses a move called Blazing Ice, not Freezing Snow.

"Blazing Fire!"

A big ball of ice shot out from Lopmon's mouth. A big sphere of fire shot out from Terriermon's mouth. Both of which hit Goblimon's arm and finally made the black hexagon dissipate into the air. Goblimon's eyes finally stopped glowing red and returned to being black and white.

"Wow! Did you all see that! We did it!" Yun cheered as she hugged Melody and rejoiced joyously. The Digimon quickly returned to their sides.

Sheena: Melody and the digimon did it, you stood back once your friends arrived.

Tina: Now, now, Sheena, for all we know partnered humans might have different ways of supporting their digimon than us.

Kudzu: Tina's right, outside of Data Squad's Marcus Damon, most people with digimon partners stand around and let the digimon do the fighting.

Sheena: That is so weird to me.

Then, Goblimon awoke with a start, looking around the clearing.

"Wha? Huh? What? Wha...what in the world am I doing here?" Goblimon asked in his raspy voice.

Everyone saw he looked confused. It was Yun who approached him.

"Ummm...excuse me, but...are you okay?" Yun asked sweetly.

"Whoa! I-I'm in the human world! No way! How could this be! I've gotta get back!" Goblimon confusedly looked around and then saw Yun's kind face looking down at him. Seeing the damage he'd done, with the holes and some tree branches being knocked down, he immediately became ridden with guilt and regret.

"I-I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to cause all this ruckus! I beseech your forgiveness, human! I'm not supposed to be here anyway! I'll humbly return to my own world!" Goblimon bowed and apologized in front of Yun. But she didn't get mad at him. In fact, she kneeled in front of him and stroke his mohawk, causing him to look up at her green eyes.

Percy: Uh... anyone else a bit creeped out by this?

Sheena: Yeah... a little bit. 

Kudzu: Purity Sues. They do this all the time.

Tina: Pardon me, but what's a purity sue?

Kudzu: Well... from what I can gather, a Purity Sue is a type of sue that can do no wrong because they're goodness always makes them right. Even though purity... probably doesn't work like that. I mean, think of Tandy- she has the crest of Purity, and y'all know what she's like, don't you?

Tina: Well, yes, she's kind, a bit of a diplomat, but also has a habit of doubting herself.

Kudzu: Indeed, she's flawed, unlike Yun who so far doesn't have flaws, I think?

Percy: This is going to get worse, isn't it, mate?

Kudzu: Possibly, yeah.

"It's alright. I think that black hexagon on your arm caused you to make this racket. But I forgive you. I don't know what you've gone through, but I don't think you're a bad Digimon. I'm sure you have your reasons for doing what you did," Yun told him softly. Goblimon blushed.

Sheena: This feels... a bit condescending to me.

Tina: I know Yun means well, but forgiveness isn't easily and always given. 

"Oh, no, it's...I should get back to my world now. Thanks for stopping me from doing something I might've regretted even more!" Goblimon said as he stood up, snapped his fingers, made a ripply blue hole in the ground, and hopped into it. Yun felt happy seeing that Goblimon turned back to normal.

Astamon: How do you know he's back to normal? You don't know if this is a side effect of him being brainwashed.

Percy: Yeah, you really have nothing to go off of from before he was brainwashed. He could even be a different digimon than he's acting now.

"Yun!" Terriermon and Lopmon were running toward her. Yun opened her arms in a welcoming fashion and allowed the two floppy eared rabbits to leap on her and embrace her.

"Terriermon! Lopmon! You two were absolutely wonderful! I love you little ones!" Yun exclaimed joyously as she hugged her two new floppy eared friends.

Sheena: Yun sounds like she's trying too hard to sound like an adult here...

Kudzu: Let's hope it doesn't get worse.

"So...exactly what were you doing here in the first place, Yun?" Minako asked.

"I was going to ask all of you that. But I think maybe we can explain things after school. Can we?" Yun said.

"I think it's a good idea. We'll meet in the gazebo at the park first thing tomorrow after school," Kosuke said.

"That sounds great," Melody said.

Soon, the four kids (and five Digimon) finally decided to go back home and get ready for the rest of the day.

Kudzu: And that's where the first chapter ends, the six of y'all can head out now, I'll handle the Author's note on my own.

The kids and their digimon: *Leaves*

Author's Note: Yay! I finished my first chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it, because there's going to be more to come! Look forward to it! By the way, my birthday's coming up. I'll be 18 years old! Plus I'll officially be a college freshman in the fall. Yay! I have to go now. I'm gonna read some manga! Read and review nicely please! NO FLAMES! Happy reading!

Kudzu: Okay, so while finishing a first chapter is always a great feeling, this story went on for a total of 112 chapters from what I can tell, so this author has written more for this fic than I have for Digivengers. Also, the No Flames request has me wary that the author might not accept criticism either constructive or non so... yeah. Time will tell on that.

All in all, this chapter was just... overly descriptive of Yun, and Yun herself didn't feel like a kid. Then again, while I know the writer has Autism, I will try my best to remain respectful of them as possible and focus on the writing and story itself. However, if certain issues come up, I'll be tackling those on my own, instead of through an OC cause well, I have absolutely no idea what kind of tone this writer was going for in A Seraphic Tale.

Anyway, that's all for now. Next time, we start up Chapter 2.

Comments

[pan2000]

It's possible, but no attacking the author, it isn't professional. Also, while I admit that going through hardship is a part of character growth, too much hardship and you can cause Audience Induced Apathy as well. Which is a bad thing in my book.

Especially since the author doesn't seem to be a bad person at all. And agree about the apathy.

Sheena: Melody and the digimon did it, you stood back once your friends arrived.

Tina: Now, now, Sheena, for all we know partnered humans might have different ways of supporting their digimon than us.

Kudzu: Tina's right, outside of Data Squad's Marcus Damon, most people with digimon partners stand around and let the digimon do the fighting.

That's weird to me too. I can only tolerate it in arenas designed only for the Digimon/Pokemon/whatever. It's also why I love Jojo: if you rely too much on your Stand and don't throw punches yourself, you lose.

This case, with her saying she won without doing a thing personally, is far better than when Rhymey did it.

Kudzu: Okay, so while finishing a first chapter is always a great feeling, this story went on for a total of 112 chapters

Still, from what I can see, it is not going to be as bad as another big badfic I know...