Fujieda Yoshino

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Character Name: Fujieda Yoshino
Series: Digimon Savers
Gender: Female
Age & Canon Point: 23; series epilogue
Requested Sponsor: Topaz
Entry position (Cadet, SeeD, Instructor, other): Cadet
History: (Note - some of the notes about her early life are headcanon extrapolated from the character's canonical background.)

Yoshino was born as the youngest of three sisters. As a child, she was motivated to excel by her parents - they were by no means abusive, but their desire to see their daughter succeed wore heavily upon Yoshino, and created a lingering sense of self doubt that stayed with her all of her life.

As a young girl, Yoshino went to school with a young boy named Hitoshi Hanamura. Hitoshi was picked on for being overweight, and Yoshino was one of the few other students that was kind to him. This would have an impact on an event later in her life.

One night, during a piano recital, Yoshino was overcome by her anxieties, and was unable to play, effectively embarrassing herself in front of a large group of people. After the recital, she stayed alone backstage, where she was moved to tears. Then, however, a mysterious voice called out to her, leading her back to the piano she'd been unable to play before. Yoshino was able to play it as the voice sang along with her. Then, an egg appeared from a ray of light that had been shining down on her, seemingly connected to the voice that had contacted her.

The egg was a Digi-Egg - one that hatched into a digimon called Budmon. Though the circumstances for Budmon's appearance were very mysterious, she and Yoshino became fast friends. When Budmon evolved into Lalamon, the song that hey had performed together became the basis for Lalamon's own "Sing a Song" attack.

With her partner, Yoshino drew the attention of an organization that was dedicated to investigating phenomena related to Digimon and the Digital World. This organization was called DATS (Digital Accident Tactics Squad). Yoshino was confirmed to have a Digi-Soul, which in her world, was able to trigger a digimon's evolution. Lalamon and Yoshino had formed something more than an emotional connection - or perhaps, this second connection was due to that emotional bond.

When Lalamon was proven to not be a danger to humans, she was allowed to stay with Yoshino. This widened the gulf between her and her family, who were taken aback by the digimon. When Yoshino turned sixteen, she became a member of DATS herself, and lived there until she became a legal adult and moved into her own apartment. Though she was a competent agent, her sense of doubt kept her from excelling, and she did not begin to reach her full potential until some time later.

As a member of DATS, she formed a friendship with her commanding officer, Rentarou Satsuma, whom she came to see as a father figure.

After two years as a member of DATS, Yoshino remained in her position as a field agent. The greatest adventure of her life would not begin, however, until the day when she and Lalamon investigated a digimon that had been code-named "Raptor-1." The so-called Raptor-1 had escaped from DATS, and when she and Lalamon found him, she found that Raptor-1, or Agumon as he was properly called, had engaged a human in battle.

This human was named Masaru Daimon, and prior to facing Raptor-1, he had engaged a number of rival students in combat. Masaru and Raptor-1 battled each other to a draw while Yoshino looked on, and once it was finished, she and her partner attempted to arrest them. They escaped, and Yoshino was forced to approach Masaru on her own. She told him about DATS, and asked him to turn over Agumon. When this didn't work, she lied to him about Digimon needing a special food made only at DATS to avoid starvation. Masaru agreed to go with her, and learned more from Captain Satsuma. However, this meeting was interrupted by Agumon's supposed attack of a hamburger restaurant. Yoshino and Masaru went to investigate, and discovered the real perpetrator was a digimon called Cockatorimon. Yoshino was kept from participating in the battle, and was forced to watch as Masaru evolved his new partner to GeoGreymon for the first time.

Almost immediately after these events, Yoshino was ordered to live with Masaru and his family until she managed to convince him and Agumon to join DATS. At this time, Yoshino developed a friendly relationship with Masaru's mother, Sayuri, and his sister, Chika. Later, Masaru and Yoshino investigated a Digimon related event at Chika's school. A digimon called Kunemon had fed into the desires of a young student and devoured the school pets that he had been charged with taking care of, and attacked Yoshino and Masaru when this was discovered. Yoshino attempted to stop the digimon by evolving her partner to Sunflowmon, but in the end, it once again came down to Masaru and Agumon to win the day.

After this, Masaru decided to join DATS, and Yoshino served alongside him and their other teammate, Touma H. Norstein, who returned to DATS Japan from Europe some time later.
Some time later, Yoshino's childhood friend, Hitoshi Hanamura (now known by the stage name of Neon), became suspected of harboring a Digimon. Because of their past relationship, Yoshino went undercover, and struck up a relationship with him. This drew a good deal of unwanted publicity towards her, and what's more, her feelings towards Neon began to interfere with the case. In the end, Neon and his digimon were exposed, and Yoshino was forced to perform the difficult task of erasing his memory.

Time went on, and Yoshino became increasingly doubtful of her performance, especially in comparison to Touma and Masaru, who were quickly advancing in terms of strength. Eventually, Yoshino, Lalamon, and their team-mates were give a mission to go to their universe's Digital World and stop a digimon called Mercurimon, who they mistakenly believed to be eroding the barrier between the two worlds. There, they encountered a young boy named Ikuto Noguchi, who had been stranded there for much of his life and was hostile towards human beings.

The group escaped Ikuto, and began traveling towards Mercurimon's location. Along the way, they would stumble into various traps, including one waiting for them in a ravine controlled by a digimon called MetalPhantomon. After MetalPhantomon's servants captured them, the Cyborg Digimon attempted to absorb their hearts and trapped all three humans in their nightmares. Yoshino was forced to relive one of her more traumatizing childhood memories. After the group escaped, Yoshino quickly fell ill, having apparently contracted a virus native to the Digital World. Yoshino would later transfer the virus to Ikuto in a second encounter, which forced Ikuto's partner Falcomon to help Masaru and Touma find the cure for it.

After Yoshino recovered, her feelings of doubt had become almost overwhelming. Ikuto and Falcomon attacked them again… but their battle was interrupted by the traitorous Gotsumon, who one of Mercurimon's minions, and his Mammon subordinate. Yoshino, Touma, Lalamon, and Gaomon were separated from Masaru, and Touma became injured. Yoshino's anxieties overwhelmed her, which made her unable to act when Lalamon was forced to defend them Mammon. However, Lalamon used her "Sing a Song" attack, which rekindled Yoshino's memories of their first meeting. Realizing what Lalamon meant to her, Yoshino snapped out it, and upon realizing her inner strength, summoned the next stage of her Digi-Soul. She evolved Lalamon to her Perfect stage, Lilamon, and together, they stopped Mammon.

Their mission went on, and eventually, they discovered that Mercurimon was innocent, and that the real villain was a man named Akihiro Kurata. They also gained Ikuto's trust at one point, and after Mercurimon was tragically killed by Kurata's creations, they all became a single team. In their attempts to stop Kurata, they were labeled as traitors by the Japanese government thanks to the man's machinations. They later escaped to the Digital World, where they became the targets of Kurata's minions: Kouki, Ivan, and Nanami. It was in a battle with these three that Yoshino and her comrades first triggered their "Ultimate" Digi-Souls, which allowed their partners to evolve to the Ultimate level for the first time (in Lalamon's case, a digimon called Rosemon). After this, the group became the defenders of their Digital World's "Holy Capital", which rested on the back of a digimon called ElDoradimon. This became the site of a great battle between them and Kurata's forces, and Yoshino personally battled Ivan, who had become enamored with her. Together, Yoshino and Lalamon defeated Ivan's powered up form, BioSpinomon.

This was not enough to save ElDoradimon, however, and Kurata used the digimon's life force to awaken a digimon called Belphemon. Belphemon was eventually defeated, though, through the power of Masaru and Agumon's final form, ShineGreymon Burst Mode. This came with a price, though, and ended up creating a huge rift between the Human and Digital Worlds. This earned the human world the malice of the "god" of the Digital World, Yggdrasil, who had come to inhabit the body of Masaru's father, Suguru Daimon. Yggdrasil ordered his servants, the Royal Knights, to destroy the human world, and the DATS team was forced to fend them off. It was through a battle with Duftmon that Yoshino was able to trigger Lalamon's own Burst Mode.

Eventually, Yggdrasil was separated from Suguru, and it ultimately met defeat at Masaru's hand. The barrier between worlds was repaired, and DATS made the decision to close off access to the Digital World. Yoshino and Lalamon went their separate ways, as the latter wanted to share everything she had learned alongside humans with the rest of her kind. Ultimately, Masaru went with Lalamon and the other Digimon, as he wanted to continue fighting alongside Agumon.

Five years later, Yoshino had joined the police force, working with her former comrades Miki and Megumi and Commander Satsuma to keep the peace. All the while, Yoshino continued to hone her skills for the day when she and Lalamon would be reunited, keeping close connections with the Daimon family and Touma in the process.

Garden History: N/A

Abilities & Physical Abnormalities: Yoshino's only personal power is Digi-Soul, which she uses in conjunction with her Digivice Burst to evolve Lalamon into her higher forms. It also increases Yoshino's abilities physically, equal to that of whatever level her partner is currently in. She is nowhere nearly as skilled a fighter as say, Touma or Masaru, but due to her training over the last five years, she is much more capable as a combatant than she used to be.

Lalamon, as a digimon, has more expansive abilities. In her base form, she can float off the ground and has the ability to fire explosive seeds from her mouth ("Nuts Shoot"), to sing a song that can put others to sleep ("Sing a Song"), and to spin the leaves on top of her head like a buzz-saw ("Lala Screw"). In her Adult form, Sunflowmon, she is a sort of sunflower, reptile hybrid that can both fly, launch beams of sunlight from her face ("Sunshine Beam"), and attack with the spiky thorns on the base of her tail. Sunflowmon is actually fairly weak as Adult digimon go, and is used less than her Perfect and Ultimate forms.

Said Perfect form, Lilamon, is much more capable as a fighter. She can fly like her previous forms, and shoot spheres of energy from her hands ("Marvel Shot") or thin, narrow beams ("Lila Shower"). She can also extend her arms and deliver strikes or wind gusts with them ("Beauty Slap"), or extend a dagger of energy from her open palm ("Lilac Dragger"). Finally, she can release a paralyzing pollen from the flower growing on her back as well ("Un Deux Pollen").

As Rosemon, she can (still) fly, and is equipped with two thorny weapons, one of which can wrap around the enemy and deliver a powerful shock ("Thorn Whipping"), and another which can extend and pierce the opponent with its blade ("Roses Rapier"). She can also call up thorny vines to form a protective shield or wrap around the opponent ("Ivy Hug"). Finally, her most powerful attack is "Forbidden Temptation", in which her entire body becomes a glowing, energized silhouette, releasing a blast of energy and rose petals from the jewel (called a "Tifaret") on her chest.

Finally, with the help of Yoshino, Rosemon is able to reach her final form, Burst Mode. In this state, Rosemon's colors change to black and white, and her cape becomes pure energy. In this form, she has the power to summon multiple "Tifaret" jewels and send them flying at the opponent, as well as to blow a kiss, summoning multiple hearts that then blast the opponent with energy beams ("Aguichant Lèvres").

Personality: Yoshino is the oldest of the protagonists in the series she originates from, and thus, tries to put on an air of being a mature, older sisterly figure. However, she also has some immature traits, such as messiness and laziness, and can easily be embarassed when such things come to light. Nevertheless, she is still supportive of those around her, even if it comes with a bit of bewilderment and sarcastic behavior. At her core, she is a kind and loving person, and deeply cherishes the people around her.

Earlier in her life, Yoshino was possessed by self doubt due to never being able to live up to her parents' expectations or her sisters' achievements. For a good number of years, she believed that she was inadequate compared to the likes of her comrades, Touma and Masaru. Her and Lalamon suffering numerous defeats as DATS members only added to this anxiety, and after her encounter with MetalPhantomon and subsequent illness, Yoshino became convinced she was worthless. However, Lalamon managed to remind Yoshino of what their bond meant to her, and she managed to overcome her issues and reach a new level of power.

Now, Yoshino is a much more confident and stable person. Since being seperated from Lalamon, she has grown further in her own way in the hopes that they meet again. As shown by the end of the series where she was able to use her digisoul physically, Yoshino is more willing to get her hands dirty, and has made an effort to improve her own fighting ability. She isn't at the level of other people she knows, but is nevertheless improving.

Finally, Yoshino has a strong sense of justice and duty, both due to her interactions with her comrades and basically growing up as a member for most of her life. She doesn't suffer those who commit injustice, and will fight against such people as strongly as anyone else. This is shown in her battle with Ivan, and her intolerance for his actions as an underling of Kurata's. Yoshino isn't as good at making dramatic speeches as, say, Masaru, but she'll fight just as hard all the same.

Lalamon Personality

Lalamon is Yoshino's Digimon partner and closest friend. The two have been together since Yoshino was a young child, and it goes without saying that the two of them care for one another deeply. Lalamon is also more savvy and clever than Yoshino, and contains a wicked streak that is masked by her normally sweet and amicable personality. When angered, Lalamon can become downright terrifying, as can be shown in the Savers movie when she angrily attacks a group of Goblimon with sausage nunchucks of all things. However, this is not to say Lalamon is entirely not what she seems... she's still supportive, kind, and helpful most of the time.

What are your plans for the character in-game? To have them acclimate to the setting and build friendships and new experiences.

Anything else? N/A



i) IC Questionnaire (can be found on the application page)

What do you prefer to be known as?

Yoshino. I'm also okay with Fujieda-san, if you prefer to use my family name.

How old are you?

Twenty-three.

Do you have any history in combat?

Yes, I do.

If so, have you ever killed?

... That's a difficult question due to the, erm, nature of the creatures we fought. But since it involves defeating them completely, I'd have to say yes.

i) How do you feel when you get involved in some project that calls for immediate and rapid activity?

I'm pretty used to it, so I'm usually able to leap right into it...

ii) Do you organize and initiate leisure activities?

Sometimes!

iii) What role do you take when working in a group?

I try to support everyone else and make sure they're holding out alright. I'm usually one of the oldest present, so that's my job, right?

iv) How talkative are you around other people?

Um, like what what do you mean? Do I talk to much, or am I friendly and outgoing...? Because I'm totally not the first thing... I don't try to gab too much on missions. But I do like to engage people!

v) What three things would you want to have with you on a desert island? State your reasoning.

Oh, that's kind of an odd question, isn't it? Well, let's see. Food and water are the most important things, so that's two. And I guess the third one would be a way of keeping cool so I don't get heat exhaustion. Or wait, would water cover that?

vi) Is it important to be liked by a wide range of people?

I'd say so!

vii) When the odds are against you, is it worth taking a chance?

[smiles] Yes, it is. A very important friend taught me that.

viii) Do you consider yourself to be an impulsive person?

Hm... no. But it's okay to be impulsive sometimes, right?

ix) Would you agree that planning things ahead takes the fun out of life?

Not really. You need to have an idea of what you're doing sometimes.

x) Do you like surprises?

Yes, when they're not awful.

xi) Do you sometimes wonder if there is something wrong with you?

... Um. No?

xii) Do you consider yourself to be smarter than your superiors, and disagree with their decisions?

No way! I trust people above me have earned their position, so I try to listen to them.

xiii) Lastly, how do you feel about cabbages?

... They're... alright I guess?

iv) Thread link

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