A Seraphic Tale Chapter 5

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 Kudzu: So... Joining me today is Splashmon, and ONLY Splashmon. Mainly because this chapter is one of the darker ones in the fic.

Splash: Oh really? And we're only in chapter five! What could be so dark about it?

Kudzu: There are slurs from my world in it, and I will be censoring them. As well as a a few other things that will be making me all out the writer. Mainly the slurs when they show up.

Splashmon: *Frowns: So I assume the slurs are used by someone meant to be evil?

Kudzu: Yep.

Splashmon: *Frowns harder* Classy.

Kudzu: *Sighs* Gods above and below, give me strength for this one- roll episode. Once again, the first set of Author's Notes are cut because they mention the writer's personal life.

EPISODE 5: A Miracle And The Light

Splashmon: I highly doubt there are miracles in this chapter.

Yun had the dream again. The dream where she was in the place with cream-colored trees, egg-shaped lights, colors of multifarious colors, and the boy surrounded by small creatures singing a song. Nothing about the dream had changed one bit, except...it somehow became just a trifle clearer than the other times she dreamt it before. Somehow, the boy with the many wings singing looked a bit more lucid. Yun could see he has beautiful pale brown hair in a strange style, and strange, purple tattoos on the left side of his body. But that was all she could decipher. Nonetheless, she could still smell the scent of honey in the air, feel the warmth, holiness, and tenderness of the area, and hear the beautiful song mollifying her and putting her in a state of relaxation and bliss.

Splashmon: As I recall, Lucemon is one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, correct?

Kudzu: Yup, Lucemon is based on Lucifer, a fallen angel. While his rookie form, shown here is listed as an angelic vaccine, he is still considered one of the Seven Great Demon Lords, and has the Sin of Pride.

Splashmon: So, for all we know, the song he's singing could be brainwashing Yun?

Kudzu: Huh, didn't think about that one, good catch. Oh, and before I forget- Lucemon's hair is blonde, not light brown.

Unfortunately, it was not to last, as Yun had to wake up for her final school day of the week. Tomorrow was the weekend, and she had been looking forward to it for quite some time. It was when she could do whatever she wanted, when she wanted, without hindrance or difficulty or delay at all. As Yun woke up, with Terriermon and Lopmon lying on both sides of her, she rubbed her eyes trying to wake herself up. She saw that the clock on her night stand read 6:22 AM.

Splashmon: Hopefully the writer remembered that is when the sun is already starting to rise, if it hasn't risen already.

Kudzu: Probably not.

"I had...the dream again," Yun murmured to herself quietly and softly. After she said that, she felt something stirring on her left side. It was Lopmon, waking up.

"A dream? What was the dream?" Lopmon asked softly as she awakened. And apparently Terriermon seemed to be curious as well, as he woke up right after she did.

"Dream? What dream?" Terriermon asked, feeling a little weary and rubbing his eyes.

"Oh! I don't think I've told you. The night before you came to my house, I had this lovely dream. I've had it all week. I dreamt that I woke up in this beautiful place. I don't know the name of it, but it was the loveliest, holiest, tenderest, wonderfulest, most peaceful, most carefree, and the most beautiful place in all the world! Blossoming from the ground were lots of flowers. Flowers, flowers, flowers! In very many colors, like pink and blue and white and yellow! The trees are tall and filled with cream colored leaves that look like vanilla and little egg-shaped lights. I don't know if they were lanterns or not, but they were beautiful. Wafting through the air are the smells of honey, freshly baked bread straight from the oven, fresh cut roses, and that scent that appears after it rains. I saw some monsters which I think were Digimon dancing in a circle around a young boy with blonde hair, purple tattoos and many white wings like an angel's wings and they were all singing a very wonderful song!" Yun rambled joyously, while trying to be quiet. Although Lopmon and Terriermon had awakened from their dormant state, they were awake and attentive enough to listen to Yun's story. And quite curious they were, indeed! They were absorbed and entranced by Yun's descriptions and the somewhat dramatic flair in her voice as she spoke of the dream. Lopmon smiled.

Splashmon: I'm pretty sure the green of leaves is important for photosynthesis, if my reading up on Earth Science means anything.

Kudzu: Yeah, if the leaves are "Cream-Colored" as Yun states, then logically, they can't photosynthesize. So, those trees are most likely dead. Also, while vanilla-flavored things are white or cream-colored, actual vanilla pods and beans are black, and vanilla extract is a very dark brown in color.

"That must have been a wonderful dream!" Lopmon said with her tiny, rosy pink paws clasped together.

Splashmon: Not really, the song was practically hypnotizing Yun, so she may be brainwashed in the waking world.

"Can you sing the song for us?" Terriermon asked, tugging on her sleeveless white and periwinkle blue pajama shirt. Yun's cheeks became pink and rosy, almost like Lopmon's paws and collar.

"I...I don't know. I don't like singing in front of people," Yun replied, feeling a little shy.

Kudzu: Oh, NOW she feels shy? After seemingly being outgoing in past chapters?

"Come on! It's okay! Sing it? Please?" Terriermon importuned cutely with a smile on his face. Lopmon was not having it.

"Terriermon. You shouldn't force her to do something she doesn't want to. If she doesn't want to sing, then she doesn't have to. You wouldn't like it if I made you do something you didn't want to, would you?" Lopmon told him sternly in a soft but disapproving tone of voice.

Splashmon: While Lopmon is correct, I will say that sometimes people will have to do something they don't want to do to survive. It's in the nature of sapient beings to do so.

"But I wanna hear the song!" Terriermon whined a bit. Yun laughed at their cute little sibling squabble.

Splashmon: Yes, revel in the discord Yun, expose your true nature.

Kudzu: Splash, while I'll admit that Yun is a sue, I would also like to point out that squabbles are not always cute or funny. They can after all lead to emotional pain as well. Oh, and Terriermon feels more like a kid than Yun and Lopmon.

"Alright. I'll make an exception. I'll sing," Yun told them with a smile. Lopmon felt a little crestfallen upon seeing Yun give in to Terriermon's demand, but there wasn't much she could do now but listen to Yun sing.

Splashmon: Yun would make a terrible mother if she can't put her foot down to her own digimon.

Kudzu: *dryly* Then how else will we know that she's so good and sweet? After all, everyone knows that those that are pure of heart are doormats.

And listen they both did.

"Oh, the million points of light.
Oh, the many lights in the sky.
Oh, how they light the night sky.
Oh, they are called stars.

They shine and illuminate each other,
As if they're affirming each other's existence.
But one star shines purely and brilliantly.
That star is you.

You are the star that makes me heart sing.
You are the star that lights my world.
You are the star that lights my world of darkness and despair.
You are at peace, and make me feel harmony.
Your mercy gave me freedom and faith.
Your grace and strength-"

Splash: Tell me, was this stolen from somewhre?

Kudzu: *shrugs* I have absolutely no idea, but it feels like it, doesn't it?

Lopmon and Terriermon were absorbed. Totally absorbed by the song. Not just because of how beautiful and inspiring and encouraging it sounded and not because of the lyrics. It was because Yun was singing it in a very sweet voice. As Yun sang, she seemed to not care about Lopmon and Terriermon listening to her. She was never fond of drawing attention to herself, and she unknowingly did this very frequently and she did not like it at all. Doing her favorite things in front of people, especially those she disliked with a passion, was what she absolutely hated the most. She preferred doing her favorite things, like drawing and reading and talking about anime and manga, by herself or in front of her friends. Thankfully, Lopmon and Terriermon became great friends to her and she was loving it. Yun had intended to sing the entire song to her cute, floppy earred friends. Unfortunately, she was not able to do so.

Splashmon: Yes, she's not fond of drawing attention to herself, and yet it gets drawn to her anyway. 

Kudzu: Yes, how talented our heroine is... *Gags* she has no real flaws, does she?

Splashmon: Most likely.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

A loud, pounding noise on Yun's bedroom door stopped Yun from singing any further. She, Lopmon, and Terriermon all gasped with shock and fear as the banging noise made it's way on the door. Yun hugged both of them and looked at the door.

"Shut your giant pie-hole already, you freakin' annoying little brat!"

Splashmon: And who is this?

Kudzu: A stressed out teenage scapegoat.

Splashmon: A scapegoat?

Kudzu: Basically, Ayaka is the older sibling who gets hated on by everybody because Yun is the golden child of the family.

Splash: Poor dear, if we can, do you think we can take her out of this fic? I could replace her with one of my Drippin Familiars, and no one would ever notice!~

Kudzu: We'll see, though interfering with a fic takes a lot of power in the complex.

A loud, grating, choleric voice permeated the halcyon atmosphere that is Yun's room through the other side of the door. Another female, very likely older than Yun, was on the other side.

"Ayaka! Stop yelling! You'll wake your sister up!" Yun's mother said, also on the other side.

"She's already up! Didn't you hear her awful singing just now?"

"How long are you going to keep this up? I know you feel awful about your bad grades, and that's fine, but-"

"Well, I'm sorry I'm not that little brat in there who thinks she's better than me!"

Splashmon: Well, someone's not a morning person.

Kudzu: She's the buttmonkey of the story, it's only going to get worse for her.

Splashmon: Poor dear, she must be somewhat aware of what's going to happen to her.

Kudzu: Yup, and we already see that Yun's parents are already playing favorites as well. After all, Yun is the Golden Child of her family, even if she won't admit it.

"AYAKA!"

With the stomping of feet and a loud slam of the door, Yun and her floppy earred friends were rendered totally silent with fear and shock. After a short while, Terriermon gathered the mettle to be the first to speak.

"Umm...who was that?" Terriermon asked softly, with a touch of fear in his small voice. Yun sighed.

"That's...my big sister, Ayaka," Yun replied.

Lopmon was mad.

"I'm outraged! She had the audacity to call you annoying, a brat, and dismiss your singing as awful! What unnecessary animosity!" Lopmon declared.

Splashmon: Yes, yes, Lopmon, suck up to Mommy Yun. *waves his hand dismissively*

"I know. She's been like that for quite a while. Nobody knows why. Not even my parents, though I did find out her grades in school are pretty bad," Yun told her. Lopmon turned and looked Yun straight in the eye with a kind of courage burning in her eyes like a flame in a campfire.

Splashmon: *raises an eyebrow in intrigue* My, my, Ayaka is angry, and her parents don't even try to figure out what's wrong besides her grades? *leans forward with a grin* Sounds... quite telling to Ayaka's home situation.

"Perhaps whatever she's been through has not been her intention, but calling people names and judging them so harshly is not acceptable in my book! Yun, you're not annoying or a brat, and your singing isn't awful! You're kind and gentle and warm-hearted and you don't consider yourself better than others and you never brag about anything in a cruel and maligned way! I simply do not see why she should treat you with such merciless cruelty!" Lopmon edicted very lucidly, without hesitation.

Kudzu: Cleary the idea of Show Don't Tell has never crossed the writer's mind.

"I agree. Though we sisters kind of do that. Kinda like how you and Terriermon tend to squabble from time to time," Yun told her with a trifle doubt in her voice.

"Yes, that is true, but I don't treat Terriermon harshly or call him horrible names or point out his flaws straight to his face! I try to be as patient and kind as possible, without nagging all the time!" Lopmon explained.

Splashmon: *Sighs dramatically* Yes, yes, but even you have a breaking point, Lopmon- everyone does. Then again, patience and kindness can only go so far before you must be blunt and call someone out.

"That's one thing I love about ya, Lopmon!" Terriermon told her.

Kudzu: *As Terriermon* Yes! I just love how you don't call me out on my BS!

"I should probably get ready," Yun said as she got up from her bed.

"Whaaaaat? You're gonna go to school again?" Terriermon asked, feeling worried about her.

"Yes. I don't like to, but thankfully today's the last school day of this week. Tomorrow I'll get to play with you for the entire weekend! Just wait until I get back, okay? I know it's hard, but good things come to those who wait!" Yun told him reassuringly as she got herself dressed. She put on a short-sleeved white shirt, a sleeveless red vest with a hood, blue capris, her white and maroon sneakers and a pair of socks with pink, purple, and blue circles all over them. She ran into the kitchen and saw her mom making breakfast and her dad reading the newspaper.

Kudzu: HOLD IT! I may not know much about Japanese schools, but I'm pretty sure that Saturdays are schooldays in Japan, while in America at least, Saturdays aren't a school day. Therefore, the author is treating a Japanese school as an American one!

"Morning!" She said.

"Good morning, sweetheart," Yun's dad said in a nice voice. Yun's mom sighed as she gave Yun a plate with buttered toast on it.

"Yun...I suppose you heard Ayaka yelling just now?" Yun's mom asked.

Splashmon: See how they comfort their younger daughter, Yun, while they chew out their older daughter without even trying to figure out Ayaka's situation. *Disgusted* This kind of favoritism makes me ill.

"Yeah. I did. Sorry," Yun replied as she took her plate, grabbed a knife, and proceeded to grab a banana.

"It's not your fault, sweetie. I just don't know what's making her yell at people all the time! It's really making me mad!" Yun's mother said in a slightly irritated voice.

Kudzu: If you don't know what's making your daughter mad, then, I dunno... Why don't you try and find out?

Splashmon: Because that would take attention away from Yun, of course. And we simply can't have that!

"Hey Hisako. Did you call that tutor?" Yun's dad asked as he saw Yun cutting up the banana pieces.

"Yes I did, Teruki. She said she's free on Tuesday and to come to the library at around 5:00 PM. I plan to tell Ayaka about it when she gets home...if she doesn't yell at me, of course," Hisako said to her husband, Teruki, as Yun ran to her room.

Splashmon: While I can see that they're paying lip service to their older daughter by getting her a tutor for her grades, it feels like am empty gesture to me.

She split her breakfast among her floppy earred friends. They seemed to like the very soft and lightly buttered toast and the banana pieces. Yun wanted them to eat healthy so they could get through the day, even though they had to be confined to her room all the time. She felt bad about it, but what else could she do that could make sure they didn't get spotted by her family? She opened the window that's near her bed.

"Why are you opening the window?" Terriermon asked after he swallowed a piece of banana.

"It's so you two can have some fresh air or so you can leap down into the backyard and play when Mom and Dad aren't home. I don't recommend going out now, but if you do, you can hide in the tiger lily bush under this window or next to the little tree with the hummingbird feeder. Their bushes are very dense so you can easily hide in them without difficulty," Yun explained as she got her stuff together.

Splashmon: I sense that this will backfire, won't it?

Kudzu: I read ahead and yeah, it will. Got to get the family in on the secret somehow, after all.

"Alright. I'll be leaving now. You two be good while I'm gone!" Yun told them.

"Have a nice day at school. We shall patiently await your return!" Lopmon said with a smile.

"Bye-bye!" Terriermon said, saying farewell with a more simplistic approach. Yun smiled and left for school, her least favorite place.

Well, school isn't EXACTLY her least favorite place, but it was becoming close to winning the award for Yun's Most Hated Place In The World. The only things that topped it were places that were extremely loud or overun by vulgar and wicked people, like rap concerts. They were especially loud, and Yun couldn't possibly handle a loud concert with loud booming music, one-second long flashings of multi-colored lights, screaming fans, and her most hated genre of music: rap. Thankfully, upon stepping foot on the hard blacktop, she saw her favorite group of friends huddled together. She approached them with a smile, and they all welcomed her, even Minako and Kosuke, who hadn't been in the mood for talking with her before.

Kudzu: Okay, I may not like Rap Music either, but I'm pretty sure the people running those kinds of concerts aren't evil people. They're promoters and electricians and staff just doing their job for the venue. Yes, some rap may be vulgar, as the narration puts it, but here's the thing- you don't have to listen to it if you don't want to unless someone is cranking the noise up super loud that it disturbs the peace.

Splashmon: Aren't concerts in general also loud?

Kudzu: Yes, because you need to get the sound out to a bunch of people, same with anything related to Theatre. You're going to encounter loud noises, no matter where ya go. 

But Yun realized someone was missing.

"Where's Mel-chan?" Yun asked, becoming cognizant of the fact that Melody is not among her favorite group of friends.

"She's probably sick. There's been some kind of virus going around lately," Kosuke told her.

Splashmon: Is the virus going to be plot relevant, or is it just an excuse for why Miss Melody isn't around?

Kudzu: I don't think it's plot relevant, but jot it down in the notes in case it is.

Splashmon: Gladly, *Summons a blue blob and after putting it in a mannequin he summoned, has it write the notes for him*

"I know! My mom's been puking and having stomach aches since yesterday," Rena said in a worried voice.

Splashmon: Sounds like a stomach bug to me.

"I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's probably just a regular stomach virus. Symptoms normally include vomiting and diarrhea. As long as you get lots of rest, you'll be better before the weekend comes," Minako explained calmly in a nice voice. She's the smart one of the group. Much smarter than Yun, who normally gets good grades in school (except for math, which she hates). Of course, Minako didn't refer to anyone in particular regarding her explanation.

Splashmon: Pardon me, but is an Eleven Year old supposed to know what symptoms are?

Kudzu: I think it's to show how smart Minako is.

"Whee! I NEVER get sick! I haven't gotten sick since I was two!" Riku exclaimed with his right hand raised up in the air.

"That's because all you ever do is run around and make trouble every day!" Rena retorted sharply.

"I dare you to say that again!" Riku retorted back at her.

"Well, Rikkun is always physically active so I don't think germs have the time to get inside his system," Otoya said.

Kudzu: Not how it works. Physical activity doesn't always mean you've got a healthy immune system.

"That's a nice way of putting it!" Riku said.

"So...are we gonna have a Digimon Brigade meeting over the weekend?" Yun asked.

"I'm not doing anything so I wouldn't mind having one," Kosuke said.

"Me neither," Minako said.

"Would Sunday be good?" Yun asked.

"Yeah! Sure!" Riku said.

"That's cool with me!" Kosuke said.

"Fine with me!" Minako said.

"Alright! So the next Digimon Brigade meeting will be held this Sunday!" Yun said.

Splashmon: Was there a real point to this?

Kudzu: Calm before the storm, my bastard, calm before the storm.

Splashmon: Oh dear. *Actually looks worried*

Yun wanted to talk with everyone more, but the bell rang so they couldn't. Everyone had to go to their homerooms and get through the entire school day. The weekend is tomorrow, so everyone was looking forward to it...and becoming rather impatient about it's arrival. But Yun got through the morning just fine...until 4th period, that is.

Kudzu: *Grimaces* Here it comes, the fic's first instance of slurs, which again, will be censored.

It was math class for Yun, Otoya, and Riku, and the teacher, Mrs. Takahashi, was going over the formulas for shapes.

"Alright! Who can tell me the area of a circle?" Mrs. Takahashi asked loudly.

Splashmon: Since when are eleven year old children taught the formulas for shapes? Isn't algebra and geometry formulas saved for high school?

Kudzu: That's how it was for me as I recall, then again I went to a kind of crappy private school, so things may be different for other schools nowadays. Then again, this fic was started in 2011, a year after I graduated from Highschool, so again, the author may have had a different experience with American Schools than I did.

Nobody responded. It was silent.

Splashmon: Probably because the teacher didn't teach them yet, *Smirks*

"Anyone?"

No response again.

"Oh, come on, people! We've been going over these all week!"

Kudzu: They're eleven, do you really expect them to remember that yet?

Yun didn't like the sound of her yelling so she covered her ears. To be truthful, she did know the formulas of the shapes. She had studied them all the time. She just wasn't sure if she could match the right formulas to the right shapes, even though she studied really hard. She didn't want to draw attention to herself by getting the answer wrong (like she always does in math class), so she remained silent, even though the silence was really irritating Mrs. Takahashi.

"Hmph! Looks like I'll have to pick," Mrs. Takahashi said as she looked around the room. She saw Seiko blowing her painted finger nails with a proud look on her face. "Shimizu!"

Splashmon: Oh! Is this the legendary Seiko I keep reading about in the notes? My, she seems like she'd be fun to rescue as well, if what you told me about her between chapters means anything.

Kudzu: Oh yeah, she does suffer in the fic like Ayaka. Sadly, it's still too early for us to interfere so... yeah.

"Wha!" Seiko yelped as she heard Mrs. Takahashi's voice and saw that she was looking right at her with an irritated look on her face.

"Care to tell me the area of a circle?" Mrs. Takahashi said sternly.

"Uhh...I think it's..." Seiko was becoming nervous. This little girl cared more about her appearance and physical beauty and popularity than about studying and reading books all the time. But now she was cornered and there was nothing she could do. "I think it's... 2 pi r?"

Most of the class laughed. Yun didn't.

Kudzu: Yes. Laugh at someone for a wrong answer that wasn't even a joke. At least Seiko attempted to guess correctly.

"No! That's the circumference! Really, Shimizu! You need to take your eyes off of your finger nails and put them in the books! Your grades are bad enough already!" Mrs. Takahashi yelled. Seiko slumped back into her seat, feeling very humiliated and abject.

Splashmon: Hmm... picking a student because she wasn't paying full attention? Why do I have this feeling of dread that this teacher is... oh, what was the term? Sue Groupie? *Examines his claws as the puppet he summoned keeps taking notes.*

Kudzu: Yup. And it's going to get bad in a bit as well.

Splashmon: Joy.

"Yes, Takahashi-sensei..." Seiko murmured.

Yun finally got her mettle together and took the plunge. She raised her left hand high into the air. Mrs. Takahashi noticed it.

"Wakamiya? Do you know the area of a circle?" She asked.

"It's...pi r squared," Yun said. Her hands were shaking, her head was throbbing, and she looked as though she might let out a cry at any moment. Thankfully enough, Mrs. Takahashi smiled.

Splashmon: My, shouldn't Yun go see the nurse for that headache she apparently has?

Kudzu: Oh, she'll go see the nurse alright... but not for that headache.

"That's right! Good job!" Mrs. Takahashi said with a smile. Yun breathed a huge sigh of relief as she sat down on her desk and looked at her notes. Mrs. Takahashi pulled out a big pile of papers from a bin next to her desk.

Splashmon: Probably not the Trash Bin, *smirks* Then again, Takahashi is clearly playing favorites here.

"Let's see if you all can complete this worksheet before the end of the period. You're free to use your notes. If you don't finish it in class, it'll be for homework over the weekend, and you surely don't want that, now do you?" Mrs. Takahashi explained as she passed out the papers to every student in the classroom. Once she was done, she returned to her desk.

Yun immediately began working on her worksheet while looking at her notes. Her notes are extremely detailed with a few spots here and there because of her angrily crossing out mistakes with her pencil, but she felt happy that she managed to put the right shapes with the right formulas. Plus, she had been studying all week (even Lopmon and Terriermon knew this). This worksheet was going to be a piece of cake! But she knew better than to be cocky and a tad over-confident. She never did like feeling confident because whenever she did feel confident about something the results she got were not what she wanted. Currently, she kepts her eyes solely on her notes and the workseet, nothing else. She focused and focused with all her might, at least hoping that completing this worksheet will bring her grade up.

Splashmon: I'm sorry, but why did she cross out notes with a pencil? Can't those be erased?

Kudzu: They can, Yun's probably just because she doesn't like the smell of burnt rubber or something. I dunno.

After a while, she finally finished. She looked at the clock and surprisingly enough, it read 11:34 AM, and 4th period doesn't end until 11:56 AM! Surprised she was, as she is the first to finish. She got out from her desk, gave her worksheet to Mrs. Takahashi and proceeded to walk back to her desk and read one of her mangas, Ouran High School Host Club(1). It was right when she passed Nenji's desk that she saw a big black and white sneaker come toward her in a swift manner.

Splashmon: How has Nenji not been expelled? He just attacked a student. Again.

Kudzu: Because the Author said so. Also, prepare yourself, cause Nenji is the one who delivers the slurs.

Splashmon: *frowns* Classy.

As quickly as she saw it, she quickly hopped away from it. She somehow managed to avoid tripping over it. Feeling relieved, though she absolutely refused to show it with her face, she made it to her desk unscathed and proceeded to read her manga.

Unfortunately, tripping Yun and making her fall flat on her face onto the floor wasn't what Nenji wanted at all. When he saw Yun successfully avoid what he really wanted to do, he became absolutely choleric, his blemished face beet red with rancor and anger. He dashed out of his seat, ran toward Yun, and attempted to kick her! THIS was what he really wanted.

"Kyah!"

He landed a foot on her stomach.

Both sporkers: *Eyes widen and jaws slack*

Splashmon's puppet: *Still taking notes*

"OWW!"

Yun yelped loudly, feeling the hard, merciless blow on her abdomen. Otoya and Riku, appalled by this cold-hearted act of violence, rushed in to drag the volatile Nenji away from the innocuous Yun, who is struggling to breathe. The entire class was consumed by shocked "Oohs" and "Ahhs" upon seeing Nenji's bold and violent deed. Nenji struggled and tried to break from Otoya and Riku's clutches, but the two certainly were not going to let him go, and so was Mrs. Takahashi, who is just as appalled as the rest of the class.

Splashmon: *frowns* I don't think oohing and ahing are what should be done in this situation.

Kudzu: Yun is a sue and must suffer at the hands of bullies for being misunderstood. *gags* Also, Quite sure this is an expellable offense.

"Nemoto! What was that for? Why did you do that?" Mrs. Takahashi yelled as she approached Yun and tried to help her breathe.

"You a big fat BLEEP! Quit thinkin' yer so smart and bein' a little miss goody-two-shoes! Yous white trash! You oughta die already!" Nenji yelled as he tried to break free from Otoya and Riku's grasp.

Splashmon: *Glares* This is racist, correct?

Kudzu: Eyup. Also, Nenji just wished death upon a child. Again, why hasn't he been expelled already outside of the Author needing some obvious conflict?

"Nemoto Nenji! That is IT! I've had just about enough of you! You're coming with me to the principal's office right NOW! And I'm calling your mother!" Mrs. Takahashi yelled angrily, her teeth gritting together like the fangs of a hungry wolf, as she grabbed Nenji by the arm and attempted to drag him to the principal's office. Riku and Otoya were quite reluctant to let him go, but they had to.

And that was a mistake.

As soon as Nenji was free, he literally punched Mrs. Takahashi straight in the stomach, causing her to lose her ability to breath.

"Shut up, ya old hag!"

Kudzu: Now THAT is going to get Nenji expelled in the real world. Attacking a teacher like that? Hoooboy is that going to cause issues.

"Oh my God! Takahashi-sensei!" Some female students who witnessed this awful act ran to Mrs. Takahashi's aid. Otoya and Riku proceeded to grab him again as he tried to run toward Yun and give her a beating.

"You hit a teacher! You're awful, Nemoto!" Otoya exclaimed.

"Yeah! Nobody beats up my friend under my watch!" Riku yelled, loudly and right next to Nenji's ear in an attempt to scare him a little. But Nenji was NOT having it. Not only that, Yun was trying to get away.

Finally, he broke from their clutches and proceeded to grab Yun's hair.

"AGH! MY HAIR!" Yun yelped.

"BLEEP! BLEEP! Quit thinkin' yer so perfect just because you finished before all the rest of us!" Nenji mocked in a voice full of rancor and with an incensed expression.

"I don't think I'm smarter than anybody! I just happened to finish my worksheet! That's all! Is that really so wrong to you!"

"That's what I hate about ya the worst! You need to know yer place, yo! BLEEP! Baby! Stupid! Freak of nature! Human trash!"

Splashmon: I am appalled at this! Using slurs is on thing, but as a Gentleman Bastard, I will say that while resorting to insults is normal for a child, Nenji's antics feel like he's gotten them from somewhere else. Perhaps his parents who went straight to punish Yun for something Nenji brought upon himself? Honestly, saying slurs is crass and not very polite. And while I am a Bastard, I also go out of my way to be an equal-opportunity one as it is the Gentlemanly thing to do! However, I also go more for backhanded compliments and sarcasm, while you try and fail miserably to go straight for the kill. *Glares* You, Mister Nemoto, need to learn some proper manners, and also learn when best to strike against your enemies. After all, hold your friends close and your enemies closer, so pretend to be their friend, rather than attacking them outright. It is after all, the Gentleman Bastard's way.

Otoya and Riku pushed him off of Yun. Otoya tended to Yun while Riku and Nenji got themselves caught in a full on brouhaha, which was thankfully broken up by another teacher who came because a student went out of the classroom and brought him here. Riku and Nenji were taken to the principal's office, Otoya took Yun and Mrs. Takahashi to the nurse, and the teacher who broke up the fight decided to watch over the classroom.

Splashmon: Tell me, does Mister Nemoto get expelled after this?

Kudzu: Nope, because he's a bully that somehow escapes the severe consequences of his actions.

Splashmon: Pity. I may have to sneak into that world later to teach him a lesson.

Kudzu: I'll try and write up the spitefic later.

Splashmon: Good and I'll kidn- I mean, liberate Miss Ayaka as well so she can join us in the sporking chamber.

Kudzu: Good call.

Behind the scenes, Seiko was watching the whole thing with a wicked expression on her face.

'What a loser! She totally deserved all that! My friends are so gonna wanna hear about this!' Seiko thought to herself silently as she went back to polishing her fingernails with hot pink paint.

Splashmon: Oh, I like her style, perhaps I should paint my nails as well!~

Kudzu: She suffers a bit too, you know that right?

Splashmon: She can't possibly be any worse than Mister Nemoto!~

Kudzu: We'll see.

Meanwhile, as the epic schoolroom fracas of the century erupted in Yun's classroom, at home, Terriermon and Lopmon remained in Yun's room, oblivious to what was going on. Lopmon is sitting on Yun's bed, happily reading one of Yun's books, The Birds' Christmas Carol(2), while Terriermon is looking up at the opened window with a rather impatient look on his face. A lot of things were going through his little mind. He was becoming very very tired of being cooped up in Yun's room all the time. Sure, he liked Yun's halcyon and quiet room with lots of books and stuffed animals and toys and pretty things, but he's one of those lively and carefree Digimon who just love being outside just as much as they like being inside at times, and he sure wasn't liking being inside right now. For a whole 8 hours at that! Yes, he knew the consequences would be perilous if he were to be caught outside by humans who didn't understand Digimon or simply did not like them, and he understood very well that Yun's intentions are good. He understood that with utmost certainty. Unfortunately, looking up at that open window seemed to make him snap a little inside.

"Urgh! I'm so sick and tired of being cooped up for a whole 8 hours! I'm a goin' outside!" Terriermon edicted as he decided to climb up to the window and leap out from it. Lopmon immediately heard him and grabbed his long left ear and dropped him to the floor.

"No, Terriermon! You mustn't! Yun's parents will find out that we talk and walk and all those things! You know what will happen!" Lopmon told him sternly.

Splashmon: You don't know that for sure, for all you know-- wait, is this the part where the digimon are revealed to Yun's family?

Kudzu: Eyup. *whips up popcorn with her magic.* I love being a writer, I'm basically a god of my own world.

Splashmon: Remember thou are mortal!~ *salts his bowl of popcorn and starts munching.*

"I know, Lopmon! I know Yun's keeping us in her room all the time for good reasons, and I know she feels bad about it too, and I don't mind! But sometimes I just wanna get out and be free once in a while! There's only so much you can tolerate at one time!" Terriermon retaliated.

Splashmon: And Terriermon is showing a rebellious streak! *Laughs* Come Terriermon, come to the Dark Side and enjoy the freedom it provides! Embrace your free will and don't be like your sycophant of a sister!

Kudzu: *Shakes her head* Sometimes I wonder how I came up with you...

Splashmon: Weren't you inspired by my presence in Digimon Fusion? I figured you just took that version of me, and decided to run wild.

Kudzu: Ah, good point.

"You do remember earlier when Yun's older sister was yelling, right? We certainly don't want our identities to be discovered by someone like her! The repercussions could be absolutely dreadful! She slammed the door so hard even we could hear it, and we're on the other side of the house!" Lopmon explained.

"I honestly don't care if I do get caught by her! She needs to be taught a lesson anyway! And I just wanna go outside and play around! I'll be careful! If I see Yun's parents or sister, I can just hide in the tiger lily bushes! Their leaves are really dense, as Yun says!" Little Terriermon replied back as he hopped up to the window and was about to jump out of it...but something stopped him from doing so.

Kudzu: I had tiger lilies growing at my house, and I'm pretty sure they grow in grass produced by their bulbs, not bushes.

Splashmon: This writer is just full of fails, isn't she?

Kudzu: No comment. Though, I will say that Terriermon saying that Ayaka needs to learn a lesson just for being in a bad mood in the morning is... unfortunate.

Splashmon: You're my writer, I'm sure with your words I'll valiantly rescue her from a dark fate... even if I will have to replace her with my one of my Drippin Familiars and a puppet body so that no one will notice.

Kudzu: Right.

Down below him was another tiger lily bush, but about 6 feet from his left was Teruki, working on what appears to be a go-kart with a happy smile on his face.

"I wonder what he's working on," Terriermon said in a very soft whisper, so Teruki would not hear him. Thankfully he didn't and continued to work on the shiny red and white go-kart with a black 59 painted on the front.

"If memory serves me right, Yun says it's a go-kart. Her father loves go-kart racing," Lopmon explained softly as she followed Terriermon and stood quietly next to him on the windowsill.

Terriermon watched with awe the spirited and energetic Wakamiya Teruki working on his beloved race car. A lean looking man he is, with short black hair and eyes as light as blue as the sky at mid-day. His eyes looked as if they actually had stars in them. He's wearing nothing but a short-sleeved grey shirt with a picture of a red, white, and orange race car on it along with brown khaki shorts, lighter brown shoes, tall white socks, and a beige hat with a napkin-like covering on the back, which covered his neck. It's probably there to protect him from the sun's rays. Terriermon watched as Teruki adjusted the black rubber wheels on his go-kart, put various parts together like a puzzle, and put it in the red trailer. After he finished, he wiped the sweat off his forehead with his arm.

Kudzu: Maybe he's getting his Mario cosplay ready so he can do Mario Kart in real life.

Splashmon: Is that a thing?

Kudzu: from what I can tell, it became a big thing in 2018, so since this fic takes place during the 2010s, Teruki is busy trying to get it to take off. That's my theory anyway.

"Well, that's done and over with! Now I can finally-" Teruki said with a spec of pleasure and joy in his rich voice, but he was not given the opportunity to complete his sentence because he saw his wife Hisako running toward him with a very shocked and appalled look plastered all over her face.

Splashmon: She found out her husband was a secret crossdresser!

Kudzu: *Chokes on her coffee*

"TERUKIIIIIII!"

Hisako's loud voice made Teruki gasp.

"Wha-What is it, Hisako?" Teruki asked.

Splashmon: *As Teruki* I can explain the sexy dress, I swear!

"The school just called! Nemoto went wild and attacked Yun in class!"

The sudden ill tidings brought to him not only made Teruki appalled beyond his control, but Terriermon and Lopmon as well.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAT?"

Teruki and Terriermon both screamed their lungs out in unison. But it seemed Terriermon outshouted Teruki because his voice is so high, and it caught their attention. Both Teruki and Hisako turned to look at the two floppy eared stuffed animals standing on the windowsill.

Surprised, Terriermon slipped and was about to fall.

"Terriermon!" Lopmon jumped in and grabbed Terriermon's right ear and tried to pull him up, but he's too heavy. Sadly for the both of them, they both fell off the window and PLOP! into the tiger lily bush. It broke their fall, so they weren't hurt.

"Ugh! That was stupid!" Terriermon exclaimed, not knowing that Hisako and Teruki were looking right down at him and Lopmon with shocked, curious, and confused faces...until it was too late.

Kudzu: *As Hisako* Those dolls just talked, right?

Splashmon: *As Teruki* Yes Dear, it seems we'll have to talk to Yun when she gets home. Though I could have sworn she said Melody gave them to her!

Kudzu: *as Hisako* My! And I'm sure our daughter Ayaka will no doubt suffer for it as well, aren't we wonderful parents?

Splashmon: *As Terkuki* Indeed we are, dear!~

Kudzu: We're awful, aren't we?

Splash: I certainly am, but you're the one playing along with it.

The two floppy eared rabbits finally realized that the worst happened.

"OH NOOOOOO!" Both of them yelled, fearing the repercussions that were to follow.

Oddly enough, Hisako seemed to shift her focus away from the two floppy earred rabbits and focused more on Teruki.

Splashmon: *As Teruki* Shit! This wasn't enough of a distraction from the dress!

Kudzu: You're going to stick with the crossdresser theory, aren't you?

Splashmon: All beings, men and women deserve a chance to be fabulous, *flips hair* Besides, we don't know what he does for a living, now do we?

Kudzu: That's fair.

"I'm gonna run to the school and get Yun out of there!" Hisako said as she literally dashed back into the house, leaving Teruki alone with Terriermon and Lopmon.

"Wait! Come back!" All three of them yelled, with Teruki shocked with the fact that they could talk.

Splashmon: *as Teruki* Oh right, I'm left alone with Harvey and the White Rabbit. Shit.

Kudzu: *giggles*

Hisako literally put her shoes on, grabbed her car keys, got in the car, and drove away all in less than a minute. Well, it takes about five minutes to get to the school by car if one were to really step on the gas, and Hisako had absolutely no problem with getting there. Once she got in, she immediately set for the nurse's office. In a flash, she arrived and saw a crying Yun, a surprised Otoya, a very ticked off Riku, an alert and attentive Mrs. Takahashi, and the young female nurse with the maroon braids and rectangle-shaped glasses. Yun sat on a chair and cried into her hands while Otoya sat next to her and rubbed her back.

"YUN!"

"MOM!"

Yun and her mother embraced each other, and Yun cried wildly and passionately into her mother's chest. After a good cry, Yun finally became calm. Hisako turned to Otoya and Riku.

Splashmon: And how long did this cry last?

Kudzu: I'd say about a minute after her mom arrived. Which is not a good sign for Yun.

Splashmon: Well, she is the love interest of Lucemon in this story, so it makes sense that she's got certain tendencies.

"Can anyone tell me what happened?" Yun's mother asked in a quiet but very stern voice.

It was Riku who took the epic plunge.

"Oh, you flipping bet I'll tell ya the whole story of what happened in that classroom! All we were doing is some work in math class! I only got half my sheet done, and a lot of my answers were probably wrong even though I tried to take as good notes as possible, but Yun finished her worksheet 20 minutes before class ended. She took her sheet and gave it to Takahashi-sensei here and was gonna get back to her desk. That Nemoto brat tried to kick her before she got to her desk, but she avoided it and got there safely. Then he exploded like the volcano on Mt. Vesuvius and kicked Yun straight in the stomach!" Here, Hisako gasped with horror. "Otoya and I stopped him from doing anymore damage, but he kept saying stuff like "yous always thinkin' yer so smart and so much better than us!" and "you're so BLEEP!" and "you're white trash!" and "you oughta die already!" Takahashi-sensei tried to take him to the office, but he punched her right in the gut! He punched her so hard even she couldn't breathe! We held him back again and Yun tried to escape the classroom. There was noise and yellin' and everything! I think she wanted to get away from the noise, but then he started pulling her hair and calling her names again! I couldn't take it anymore and gave him a good fistful of my special flaming fist attack! I swear, I wanted to turn that kid into my mom's roasted chicken meat with Corona-"

Splashmon: Careful Riku, you almost spilled the secret!~

Kudzu: Just wait until later. Yun's got some splainin to do when she gets home!

Riku wasn't able to finish his story because Otoya quickly put a hand over his mouth upon hearing that he was going to mention Coronamon, and revealing a Digimon's existence was against the rules of the Digimon Brigade.

Splash: A rule that Yun broke without knowing, but I have a feeling she'll get no consequences from it.

Kudzu: This is the Yun Show after all.

"The whole thing was a big, awful mess, Wakamiya-san! The whole entire brouhaha!" Otoya finished the story with her own little ending to the tale. Yun was sniveling and whimpering throughout the entire thing.

Splashmon: Oh yes, drum up sympathy, why don't you?

"Terriermon...Lopmon..." Yun murmured softly and sadly, but Hisako and Otoya seemed to hear it.

"Who are Terriermon and Lopmon?" Hisako asked, having the strange feeling that she might actually know who they are, but she needed a little confirmation first. That thought was interrupted by Mrs. Takahashi who stood up.

"Wakamiya-san...I am so terribly sorry that this happened. I had no idea something like this was going to happen," Mrs. Takahashi said in a rueful tone.

Splashmon: You wouldn't have to have dealt with the little brat if you'd simply expelled him. After all, you also should have stepped in the moment the shoe was thrown in the beginning.

"It's not your fault. Lots of unexpected stuff happens," Hisako told her kindly.

"Yes, but it's my job to make sure the kids get a decent education and learn in a peaceful environment. That's what schools are for! To give kids an education! I do know one thing for sure...I'm not going to stand by any longer! I am going to call that boy's mother and give her my own little fistful! I don't care if she keeps threatening to sue the school, and I say screw this school's reputation! Bullying is absolutely NOT tolerated under my watchful eye, and I refuse to stand by and let it happen anymore! That woman needs to take that boy's durned behavior problems seriously!" Mrs. Takahashi edicted proudly and with great courage. Yun was impressed. She sure didn't expect a teacher of all people to care about her problems and make an attempt to help them. None of the teachers she had in the past would bother helping her at all, only with schoolwork. Hisako turned to her wound up daughter.

Kudzu: Ah, so that's why Nemoto wasn't expelled- his mother threatened to sue the school. I'm sorry, but since this story is supposedly set in Japan, is the threat of a lawsuit for a school a thing?

Splashmon: Probably, but there were witnesses to Nemoto's attack, they could speak against him if the police got involved, or an investigation occurred.

Kudzu: Which won't happen because the author needs her drama fix and needs an atagonist besides Seiko in Yun's school life outside of the digimon shenanigans.

"Yun...we're gonna go home now, okay?" Hisako told her.

But the response she got was absolutely nothing she ever expected. Not even Otoya, Riku, Mrs. Takahashi, or even the nurse, saw it coming.

"...No."

"No?"

"I'll...stay."

"WHAAAAAAT?" All five of them shouted in unison.

Splashmon: Yun hates loud noises, correct?

Kudzu: So says the narration and Yun herself.

Splash: So, why didn't the text say Yun's reaction to the sudden shouting?

Kudzu: Yeah, that's a good point...

"You're out of your mind, Yun-chan! Nemoto's gonna beat you up again and Shimizu's gonna make nasty rumors about you! Do you seriously want to trud through the rest of an already horrid school day?" Otoya asked.

Splashmon: All valid points, but Yun's not going to listen, I assume?

Kudzu: Eyup, and just wait until you see her reason for it.

"Yeah! No way would I want to stay in a place I hated to be! Absolutely not!" Riku exclaimed.

"I agree. You should go home for now," The nurse said.

"I second the notion," Mrs. Takahashi said.

"I'm staying. I'll get through the rest of the school day!" Yun edicted lucidly, without one trace of her voice quivering. Her mother was absolutely shocked.

"Are you sure?" Hisako asked.

"Yes. I am."

"I really don't think this is a good idea, Yun!"

"Today I get my English test back. I really need to know what I got on it because I studied really, really hard! Please, Mom? Can I stay at school?"

Splashmon: That's her reason? Because she wants to know her grade on a test?

Kudzu: Eyup.

Splashmon: *frowns* It'd make more sense if she stayed to stand up to her bullies, but no, it needs to be her English Test Grade.

Hisako couldn't believe what she was hearing. Normally Yun would immediately decide on going home whenever she either got sick or was just having a really, really horrid day, like she's having now. But staying at school even after she got repeatedly attacked by her worst enemy? Hisako had a very hard time believing what her daughter was saying. But once Yun had an idea in her head, she would never let it go, even if someone were to give her a million bucks. Yun is quite the stubborn one. Hisako sighed.

"Alright. I'll let you stay until three. But if you're gonna stay, then I will too!" Hisako replied.

Splashmon: I'm sorry, is that even allowed in a Japanese school?

Kudzu: Let me check! *Googles* Huh, can't find anything about that, but I did learn that Japanese students are encouraged to walk to school without their parents. So, no, I don't think Hisako is allowed to be at her daughter's school.

"But...won't you get in trouble?" Yun asked.

"I can always get an observer's sticker from the main office," Hisako replied.

Kudzu: Again, I don't think that's allowed, but I need someone more versed in Japanese School culture than I am to be sure.

"Yeah. You can do that," Otoya said.

"That's pretty plausible," Mrs. Takahashi said.

But Riku was absolutely flabbergasted!

"No way! Yun, you're seriously letting your mom stay with you throughout the entire school day? If my parents were to watch me throughout the entire school day I'd be super duper embarrassed, partly because they'd criticize me before the teachers would and partly because they always make me look bad in front of the others, and the others would laugh at me too! And besides, Shimizu likes to hide her snooty mean girl side whenever parents are around!" Riku explained.

Splashmon: It seems Riku has some sense here.

Kudzu: Watch as everyone refutes his common sense for the Author's Bias.

"Seiko's never met my mother. She'll just think she's some observer or something," Yun said.

"That's true," Otoya said.

"I think it's about time we returned to class, shall we?" Mrs. Takahashi said as she stood up.

"Be careful now," The braided nurse advised with a worried tone in her voice.

So Hisako got an observer's sticker from the office without difficulty. The bell rang right when Mrs. Takahashi entered the door so everyone went to lunch. Yun, Otoya, and Riku made sure to get their things before they left. Hisako noticed that Melody isn't here at school today. So, Yun, Otoya, and Riku met up with Rena, Kosuke, and Minako and told them everything. They were absolutely appalled.

Kudzu: Also, in Japan lunch is eaten in the classroom, instead of a cafeteria. Also, I don't think there's a recess for Japanese school kids? At least, I couldn't find any sign of it in my quick google check for Japanese Schools.

"WHAT! ARE YOU SERIOUS?" All three of them yelped in unison.

"Unfortunately, yes. You should've seen Nemoto's face. He was beet red! He looked like he was about to explode like Mt. Vesuvius!" Otoya told them.

Kosuke clenched his fist and gritted his teeth.

"Why that fat pig...! I oughta give him my own fistful!" Kosuke exclaimed.

Splashmon: A fistful of what?

Kudzu: *shrugs* The author is trying to sound smart again, I think.

"I wish Melody-chan were here. She'd give him the best fistful anyone could ever give! She's good at that! She's taking karate lessons, isn't she?" Rena said as she took a bite of her fruit gummies.

"Yeah, she is. But she's sick at home right now. I would've loved to see her beat Nemoto into a bloody pulp!" Riku exclaimed.

"Rikkun. It's not nice to wish for pain on other people," Minako told him calmly and sternly while eating a piece of fried eggs.

"I don't care!" Riku replied back.

Hisako couldn't help but smile at the fact that Yun's friends truly do care for her, even if what they say sounds rather painful. After lunch ended, recess began and the kids played outside. Hisako followed. Kosuke sat next to Yun on a bench in front of the fence while Rena, Minako, and Otoya stood next to them. Rena was the first to speak.

"Hey Yun-chan! Lunamon's been asking about you. She wants to see you again," Rena told her with a smile.

Splashmon: Ah, looks like there's more asskissing!

Kudzu: Got to get that quota filled!

"Really? She does?" Yun asked.

"Yep!" Rena replied.

"Same with Salamon. You know how she's always looking for adventure," Minako told her.

"I wish you guys can come over to my house one of these days," Yun told them with a somewhat dejected look on her face.

"I sure wouldn't mind going to your house. Sometimes I get so sick and tired of being at home. I worry about Patamon all the time, leaving him at home," Kosuke said.

Splashmon: *checks the notes his puppet is writing still* According to previous notes, it says here that Kosuke's mother has a problem with alcohol, I wonder why he didn't mention her?

Kudzu: Embarrassment? Not the most dramatic time to mention it? I dunno.

Splashmon: Well, I hope it comes up soon, poor kid needs an adult in his life. Shame he's in Yun's band and I only have so many Drippin Familiars that can animate puppets so I can't save everyone.

Kudzu: How heroic of you to say.

Splashmon: Hey, I may be a bastard, but I do know when to draw the line, and I never involve children in my schemes if they can get killed. A bit hurt, but never killed!

"You know...the week after next, I'm off work, so maybe you all can come over around then," Hisako said. She didn't hear the bits about the Digimon.

Splashmon: I wonder how she missed the talks of Digimon?

Kudzu: *holds up a gem she got from Princess Tutu* Author's Bypass.

Splashmon: You've been waiting to use that one, haven't you?

Kudzu: Maybe.

Yun's face immediately beamed with joy.

"Really, Mom? Yay! Yippee! Thanks, Mom! You're the best!" Yun exclaimed joyously as she hugged her mother.

Soon, Yun and her friends chattered away happily, immediately making plans for the week after next. Hisako smiled brightly, feeling relieved and happy that her youngest daughter has finally recovered from such a terrible day, even though at the same time, she felt a little doubtful herself because of what she discovered. She was afraid to tell Yun outright because she was afraid Yun would take it the wrong way. Hisako felt it best if she saved it for when she got home, and she was determined to let Yun explain everything.

Kudzu: Splash, keep this last line in mind, cause there's going to be something from Yun that contradicts it later in the chapter.

Splashmon: Oh really?~ Well then, whatever could it be?

Unfortunately, her thoughts were interrupted when she heard Seiko and her friends, who are ironically enough standing 5 feet away from her, talking and gossiping amongst themselves.

Splashmon: *forced smile* Convenient. 

"WHAT! Are you serious? No way!" Two girls exclaimed with shocked faces.

"Oh yeah! You all should've seen it! It was so totally cool!" Seiko exclaimed while flinging one of her light brown curled pigtails out of her face and her dark brown eyes shining wickedly.

"You're right! I would've recorded it and put it on YouTube or something!" The girl with black hair tied in a ponytail with an orange scrunchie exclaimed ruefully.

Splashmon: Now that's just precious. I'd never openly plot to humiliate someone like that! I'd take it to my private chambers to plan, before getting in my target's good graces and tricking them into humiliating themselves through subterfuge and twisting my words to being exactly what they want to hear to encourage them to humiliate themselves. Unless it's Guiltaka of course, then I just taunt him into going along with my plan. *sighs happily* I do hope I can mess with him again in the future, he's just so fun to antagonize!~

Kudzu: You really do have a thing for him, don't you?

Splashmon: What can I say, an Antagonistic relationship is one to cherish like any other!

"I swear it'd get so many comments overnight it'd be unbelievable!" The girl with very short, curly blonde hair and a pretty ruby red bracelet on her right wrist exclaimed happily.

"Totally! That Wakamiya brat really needs to know her place! She, like, totally deserved that kick in the stomach! She always thinks she's so much smarter than us, turning in her worksheet with that proud look all over her dirty little face! It makes me sick! I'll bet she thinks she's too good for us! And I'll never forgive her for ratting me out that year! My special nail polish got taken away because of her! I'll get my revenge soon enough!" Seiko explained in a malicious and malinged tone, gibing at Yun all the way.

Splashmon: Oh my! She is petty! I think I'm going to have to give her pointers in how to better antagonize someone!~

Kudzu: Down boy.

Eavesdropping is wrong. Hisako knew this very well, but it wasn't her fault she heard the entire conversation. Seiko and her clique spoke in really loud voices so she could easily hear them. She was absolutely appalled. Shimizu Seiko, wanting to record a video of Yun's pain and suffering and post on a video sharing website for all to see and comment for her own personal self-satisfaction and to satisfy her long burning grudge! Hisako absolutely could not stand for this! Making sure she didn't blow up in a paroxysm of anger, she stood up and walked toward the giggling clique with a very stern look on her face. Seiko and her clique looked up once they felt her presence above them.

Splashmon: Do people actually do things like that?

Kudzu: Sadly, yes. It's a dumb thing to do, but sadly, some people are idiots.

Splashmon: I see.

"Wha...what's up?" Seiko asked.

"You know, you girls shouldn't be whispering and gossiping amongst yourselves like that. It doesn't make a good impression," Hisako told them very sternly in a low voice.

"What's it to you?" Seiko retorted, annoyed by her domineering presence.

"Gossiping makes people think you're talking bad about someone, and it's not nice to talk bad about someone you don't know. I knew better than to judge people so harshly. And besides, don't you have better things to talk about? Like boys or clothes or fashion or nail polish or all those things?" Hisako told them in an even lower, much more wicked voice.

Kudzu: You know, if some random adult showed up and chewed me out, I'd think something was up before going to a teacher- observer sticker or not.

The girl with the very short and curly blonde hair gave in.

"H-H-H-Hey, girls! Speaking of boys, my cousin has a boyfriend and he's super duper hot!"

Hisako decided she had enough and walked away.

Apparently Yun and everyone else saw the whole thing.

"Wow! You were so awesome back there, Wakamiya-san!" Otoya rejoiced in her bravery.

"I agree! It takes epic guts to do that!" Riku exclaimed.

"Amazing!" Minako said.

"You're awesome, Mom!" Yun said.

"I should do that next time I see kids picking on someone," Kosuke said.

Splashmon: Yes, rejoice in the power of the Sue's mother!

Finally, after a long and grueling final half of the school day, the final bell rang and it was finally over. Hisako and Yun got into the car and slowly drove away. Yun felt happy that school ended and the weekend is finally here. But she was unprepared for what was going to happen once she got home. Yun and Hisako didn't even get to the porch when they saw a very choleric and incensed Ayaka, red in the face with absolute anger, standing on the porch.

And Yun was horrified by what Ayaka was holding in both of her hands. She gasped. HARD.

"YUUUUUUUUUUN!"

Splashmon: *Grins* Yun is in trouble, isn't she!~

Kudzu: *sighs* You'd think that, but sadly, the Sue can't suffer for long.

Ayaka stomped toward Yun and Hisako, red as a boiler about to explode.

"Ayaka! Don't scream like that! Yun's had a bad day today!" Hisako tried to mollify her, but nothing worked.

Kudzu: What about Ayaka? Why don't you ask about her day, huh?

"YOU OWE US AN EXPLANATION FOR THESE!"

Ayaka hoisted Terriermon and Lopmon up to her face and clutched them by the ears. Tightly. So tight that it was actually hurting them.

It all came to Yun now.

Her family found out her secret.

Both Terriermon and Lopmon were looking very dejected and abject.

"I'm so sorry, Yun. We were found out," Terriermon murmured softly but sadly.

Yun, upon seeing the horrible sight of a helpless Terriermon and Lopmon held up in the air by their ears with such carelessness, finally snapped in a paroxysm of anger.

"LET THEM GO!" Yun screamed as she leaped toward Ayaka and literally confiscated Terriermon and Lopmon from her. She got them out of her clutches and held onto them tightly.

Splashmon: And once again, the shy Yun isn't acting very shy here.

Kudzu: Informed Attribute at its best, I believe.

"Don't ever hold them like that ever again!" Yun yelled.

"Did you really think you were gonna get away with this! Keeping a bunch of filthy beasts in your room and keeping us in the dark about it! You're such an annoying little pot hog!" Ayaka yelled.

Splashmon: What in blazes is a pot hog?

Kudzu: Let me check. *Googles* And nothing comes up. 

This angered Terriermon.

"Hey! Don't call Yun a pot hog!" Terriermon yelled back with aplomb.

Splashmon: *As Terriermon* I don't even know what that means!

"Alright! That's enough! Let's go inside!" Hisako broke up the yelling brouhaha and escorted them all inside. Ayaka absolutely wanted no part of the family's upcoming discussion about Terriermon and Lopmon.

"You're getting rid of those beasts TONIGHT, you spoiled brat!" Ayaka screamed angrily, without one spec of mercy or sympathy in her voice.

"They never even did anything to you!" Yun yelled back. Ayaka slammed the door to her room and stayed in there.

Splashmon: Sad as it is, I feel sorry for Ayaka here, it's the beginning of her life being turned upside down.

Kudzu: Eyup, and while she isn't handling the sudden change well, she's probably lashing out because of her parents' favortisim towards Yun the Golden Child.

Teruki is sitting at the dining room table with a calm look on his face, and Hisako sat next to him. Yun sat on the other side, clutching Terriermon and Lopmon tightly, but not to a point where it'd hurt them, like Ayaka did earlier. Yun felt utterly helpless now. Now her whole family knows about her Digimon. She couldn't do anything but face the music. She was going to lose them forever. Tears were starting to build up in the back of her eyes, ready to spill out at any moment. Terriermon and Lopmon could feel her insecurity and fear.

Splashmon: There's 112 chapters total in this story, you're not going to lose your partners, Yun.

Kudzu: That is true, but this is just some false tension, to be honest.

Teruki spoke first.

"Yun? Are you alright? I heard you had a bad day at school," Teruki said.

Kudzu: Splash, pay attention to how Yun's parents are acting, cause there's going to be an explosion soon.

Splash: Will do, *signals to his puppet to keep writing, the puppet having stopped to view things for a moment.*

"Yes. I did. Nemoto..." Yun replied softly.

"I know. Ummm...sorry if this is a bit awkward. Your little friends here...we found them under your window in the tiger lily bush. They're quite cute!" Teruki told her with a smile.

"Huh? Really? Uhh..." Yun didn't know what to say.

"Yun? Would you like to explain how you got them? We won't get mad. We promise," Hisako told her gently.

Yun was surprised. Now she was given an unlikely opportunity. She decided to go for it.

"Alright. I'll explain. But on one condition. Let me say it all. Don't interrupt me or get mad at anything I say. It's the truth. Please?"

"We promise," They both said in unison.

Yun poured out the tale of her encounter with Terriermon and Lopmon.

Kudzu: To save you all the wall of text, I'm going to split it up into chunks.

Splash: Good, otherwise we might miss some things!

"It was...earlier in the week that I found them. Mom, remember when you were fighting with Nemoto's mom on the front yard and told me to go to my room? That's where I found them as an egg. It was in my stuffed animals. I have no idea where it came from or how it got there, and I still don't know. Later, it hatched into two little Digimon, Conomon and Zerimon (she knew their names beforehand because she watched Digimon all the time and looked it up on the internet. But she didn't call them by their names when they hatched because she thought it'd be too much for their little minds to handle, so she ignored the pieces of knowledge).

Splashmon: Is... is she saying the parentheses, or is that the author speaking to us?

Kudzu: The author, the parents don't hear that bit, I think. Also, a poorly done handwave, in my opinion.

Splashmon: How so?

Kudzu: Oh, just the way it's handled. You don't tack on an explanation in the middle of dialog in parantheses. In fact, it makes it looks like you were copying your author's notes when a character was speaking. It feels like someone asked about this detail, and this was the author's response to a plothole, which again, was handled poorly.

I...I was so happy. I could tell someone about my problems without them getting angry at me or interrupting me or brushing me off or telling me to shut up and stop complaining.

Splashmon: What about your friends? Yun, aren't you supposed to be very close to them?

Kudzu: In this moment, screw them, I guess.

I spent all my time with them and I wanted to teach them everything I knew, and I did. Then they digivolved into Kokomon and Gummymon. They started talking to me. My efforts paid off, and I was so happy when they called me by my name with such joy and happiness. It wasn't until the next morning that they became Terriermon and Lopmon, the way they are right now. They digivolved because they wanted to protect me from a Goblimon that was attacking me and going wild. I was so happy. I've been through a lot of horrid stuff in the past month, and I thought it would never end. I thought nobody would want to listen to me.

Kudzu: *Narrows eyes and adjusts her glasses* Yun, how exactly, besides bullying has your life sucked this past month? would you like to elaborate?

Sure I could've talked to my friends about it, but everyone's got a lot going on in their lives. Mina-chan's brother died,

Kudzu: And how is it that Yun learned this? And should she be telling her parents if they don't know this already? Also, why couldn't we get a Mina-centric chapter to learn this? Was the author hoping people wouldn't notice this detail in the wall of text here?

Kosuke-kun's mom is a hardcore alcoholic, Rena-chan's being picked on by kids in her dance studio, Riku tends to make things worse, not that he means it, Otoya-chan helps her father with the church, and Melody-chan was sick today. I kinda felt like everyone was drifting away from me.

Splashmon: "Everyone was drifting away from me." Bah, that's certainly code that they aren't paying much attention to her. *Glares* Yun, you're whining and trying to get sympathy from your parents, playing them like a fiddle because you know you can get away with it. And even if you aren't aware of what you're doing, it's still a bad move in my book- turning others pain into your own just to make you look like a good friend.

But then Lopmon and Terriermon came! My all-time favorite Digimon, coming alive! At first I didn't believe it myself. A fictional monster series becoming real. But I felt them, I fed them, I touched them, and I raised them from baby level to rookie level, and so I believed they're real. And they certainly are real since you can hear them talking and see them walking and stuff. I was so happy to finally have someone who's willing to listen to me kindly and understand me!"

Kudzu: Let's see how her parents react to this, shall we?

Hisako and Teruki remained silent throughout the whole thing. They absorbed and silently listened to Yun's story. They could see the pure honesty and agony in Yun's majestic green eyes. They could tell she was going to break like glass any minute now.

Hisako decided to speak.

"Yun...you know we've told you time and time again you're more than welcome to talk to us about anything," Hisako said softly.

Splashmon: That seems like a reasonable reaction.

Kudzu: Now, let's see and breakdown how Yun reacts to that.

"You say that, but every time I do you always yell or say things like "Shut up!" or "I have no time for this!" or "Nobody ever helps me out around here!" or "Quit complaining!" Plus you never let me finish whatever I have to say! You make it sound like anything I do or say to you makes you ticked off! That's why I say I'm misunderstood, because you always misunderstand me or mis-interpret practically anything I say! And you always think it's something bad when I don't mean it to be! I'm sick and tired of it!

Splashmon: And yet we've been shown the opposite so far, haven't we?

Kudzu: Eyup.

Plus, I try to talk to Ayaka but she keeps yelling at me and blaming me for everything that goes on. I know you guys have your own problems to deal with that's none of my affair, and I know that Ayaka's anger problems are taking a toll on you, and I get that! I know you guys have a lot on your plate, so I kept my mouth shut so you guys wouldn't have so much to worry about or get ticked off about! I don't mean to put any extraneous pressure on you both! I know I should put others before myself, and I do that, but...sometimes even I want a little someone to listen to me and cheer me up once in a while, and I haven't gotten that since I started school last month!

Splashmon: See how she blames Ayaka, who has indeed been acting angry, and also ignores the idea of talking to her friends to make her seem like the victim.

Kudzu: Not to mention she's supposed to be eleven, and ain't sounding like it! Here, she sounds more like a venting teenager than a kid.

Nemoto keeps getting more and more violent with me, Shimizu keeps making up bad rumors about me, and my friends all have unexpected problems that they have to deal with on their own. I just want a friend who understands me and listens to me, and I'm very happy that Lopmon and Terriermon are here! If you don't like them, that's fine. I never expected you to like them, but...please! More than anything...don't make me get rid of them! They're just small Digimon! I'll take super duper good care of them! I'm sorry I didn't tell you about them before. I was afraid you'd think they're filthy beasts like Ayaka does and tell me to get rid of them. Please don't make me get rid of them. We've bonded too much already! They'd be sad too! And they're not bad! They're very sweet little darlings here. They're the sweetest little things in the whole wide world, and I love them very much. They make me happier than anything."

Yun could feel the small tears streaming from her eyes, trickling down her cheeks, and falling on Terriermon and Lopmon's heads. Teruki and Hisako were both rendered silent. They had no idea Yun kept these two a secret from them. But if there's one thing they knew for sure, it's the fact that Yun was absolutely right about everything. Hisako decided to speak in regards to that.

Kudzu: See that last bit there, about how Yun is right about everything. That, right there, is a reason I feel like Yun is in fact, a sue. Her parents don't argue, they are understanding despite her words. They've been guilted by the tantrum she's throwing, and how Ayaka is treated awfully. This, is manipulation at its finest, and Yun is playing well into her role of being the poor little golden child just doing her best, while Ayaka is the Scapegoat.

Splashmon: Well, after this entry is done with, let's use tomorrow to write a spitefic to rescue her early, shall we?

Kudzu: Sure.

"You're right. We have been a little too selfish lately. We know you consider others' feelings before your own, and that's wonderful. We know you've been feeling alone lately, yet we haven't been very good role models, have we? We're sorry, dear. We all have days where nothing goes right and we just want someone to listen to us and comfort us when we're sad and want to let our pain out," Hisako explained kindly and softly.

"Aren't you...mad? That I kept them a secret?" Yun asked in a murmur.

"No. Not at all. We know your intentions were good. We know you're not the type who'd keep a secret for some malicious reason. You're just not the type. But I do wish you'd have told us earlier. We wouldn't have had any problem with it," Hisako explained.

"Y-Y-Yes you would've! Don't lie!" Yun exclaimed loudly.

"Yun. Calm down. Hisako says we wouldn't have had a problem with it because we figured they'd made you happy from the beginning. We didn't want to ruin that. We know how tough times have been for you, and it's alright. It's not your fault at all," Teruki explained kindly.

Yun couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Splashmon: Sure you couldn't. *flatly* It seems Yun has won in manipulating her parents, and is just playing a little extra to twist them further around her finger.

"Plus, you've got to admit..." She extended her arm out and gently poked Terriermon in the cheek with her finger. "They're soooo cute! They remind me of the dolls I had when I was your age! So adorable!"

Terriermon blushed and pushed Hisako's finger away. "No way! Stop! You're embarrassing me!"

Hisako chuckled.

"Yun...it's okay. You can keep them," Teruki said.

Yun's eyes widened. Big time.

"I...I can keep them? This...this can't be true! I must be dreaming!"

Splashmon: Yes, yes, ham it up further, why don't you?

"No, dear. You're not dreaming. And don't you dare slap yourself in the face or bang your head against the wall to confirm it. We've had enough of that."

Splashmon: *raises eyebrow* Care to elaborate on that Kudzu, because this is the first I've heard of Yun doing this.

Kudzu: Yun is autistc. Apparently, some autistic kids hurt themselves when they throw a tantrum. However, some people self harm for other reasons, Splash, and when Yun gets into a tantrum, it's going to get ugly.

Splashmon: *Frowns* I see.

Yun exploded. Not in a paroxysm of anger, but a paroxysm of absolute bliss and joy.

"YAAAAAAAY! Thanks sooooo much, Mom and Dad! I'm so sorry I caused all this trouble! I promise I'll take good care of them! I promise, cross my heart and hope to die!" Yun squeezed her parents and her two floppy eared friends hard. After a little bit, she let them go. Lopmon crawled out of Yun's arms and walked on the table.

Splashmon: Funny how her mood immediately went to a happy one.

Kudzu: Indeed.

"I believe it's time for me to introduce myself. Good evening, Hisako-san and Teruki-san. I am Lopmon. I am a rookie level, data attribute, animal Digimon. It's very nice to meet you, and thank you for giving me the opportunity to remain by Yun's side. I am truly grateful. She is certainly a kind and wonderful person. You've raised her well," Lopmon introduced herself in her clear, pretty voice, which seemed to sweep Hisako and Teruki off their feet.

"It's nice to meet you too, Lopmon, and thanks for the compliment," Hisako said as she extended her finger out for Lopmon to gently shake with her paws.

"You're welcome," Lopmon replied and shook Hisako's finger. Terriermon leaped on Teruki's head.

"Hi! I'm Terriermon! I saw you work on that big racing thingy!" Terriermon exclaimed happily.

"Oh? You mean my go-kart? I see! And it's nice to meet you, little guy!" Teruki replied sweetly.

Yun was absolutely nothing but happy. On the outside and on the inside. She could feel a huge pile of bricks being lifted off of her, she was that happy and deep deep DEEP into a state of absolute bliss and joy. Never could she have believed that her parents would actually approve of letting Lopmon and Terriermon stay with them, but they did! They did and so much more. They listened to Yun. They thought about her story. They didn't interrupt her or get mad at her. Yun felt as light as a feather, joyously floating aimlessly in the sky without a care in the entire world, just being happy to be alive.

But there was one person who saw this as nothing but the biggest calamity that had ever hit her...and it was morbidly blatant who that was.

Splashmon: *hums and looks at the screen with intrigue as he remains silent for the moment.*

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? YOU FREAKING CANNOT BE SERIOUS!"

It was Ayaka. Yun covered her ears immediately. She had come out.

"Weren't you working on your homework, dear?" Teruki asked, confused by her sudden presence.

"I come out here because I need to find my science binder and this is what I see! You freaking imbeciles allowing these filthy beasts to live under our roof!" Ayaka yelled.

"Hey! We don't call names in this house! And besides, I think it'd be lovely to have these little darlings here. They say the more the merrier, right?" Hisako replied strictly but kindly. But this made Ayaka all the more angrier.

"This is exactly why I hate you all! You're always taking her side!"

Splash: It seems that Ayaka is indeed the Scapegoat of a pair of Narcissist Parents.

Kudzu: I don't know if they're narcs, but the fact that they listened to Yun and didn't even consider Ayaka's feelings is pretty telling here.

"No we don't! We try to offer you all the help we can with your schoolwork but you push us away!"

Ayaka turned to a frightened Yun and Lopmon.

"Happy now! You're always getting all the attention! Everybody takes your side! You really are nothing but a spoiled brat with no social life and a freaking BLEEP!" Ayaka screamed her lungs out.

Splash: While the slur was uncalled for, I will admit that so far, things HAVE gone Yun's way, outside of the bullying. Though, I do disagree with the lack of Social Life since she does have friends... even if she doesn't think of them that much to throw a pity party.

But what she got was unexpected.

"HEY!" Terriermon leaped off of Teruki's head and...SLAP! He flung his ear at Ayaka's face, slapping her. He fell on the table afterward.

Splash: *Sighs* and while Terriermon is the more proactive of Yun's partners, I fear he is turning into an attack dog for her.

Kudzu: I think he attacks Seiko in a future chapter as well.

Splash: Oh my!

"Don't ever call Yun a brat and a BLEEP! That's not nice! I oughta teach you a lesson!" Terriermon retaliated courageously and proudly, protecting Yun like she's his princess and he's the knight in shining armor. Ayaka scoffed at him.

"Hmph! I've got better things to do than deal with two imbeciles, a BLEEP! and two little beasts who need rabies shots!" Ayaka yelled as she stomped back to her room, slammed the door, and stayed there.

Splashmon: Ayaka knows when to pull back, at least. Still, she does need to watch her tone, even if her parents treat Yun well and her poorly while pretending to be nice to her, the poor girl seems to be the Scary Sue- if that's the correct term, and must always be in the wrong.

Kudzu: Pretty much, yeah.

"Now that was just uncalled for. On both sides, I mean," Lopmon said.

"I agree," Yun said.

Thankfully, the atmosphere returned to being cheery and halcyon, even though Yun had to mildly scold Terriermon for whacking Ayaka with his ear like that. Yun was just absolutely overjoyed. She gets to keep her new floppy eared friends! She felt eternally grateful to God for granting her wish. Another thing she felt happy about is the fact that from now own she won't have to keep them locked up in her room for 8 hours every day. She had felt bad about that for a long time, even though her intentions were good. Plus she figured there'd be a time when her secret would be sought out, but not this soon! Even so, she was happy that her parents didn't mind, even though even she thought it strange that they'd allow her to keep walking and talking animals that they'd never seen before. Perhaps it was because they knew her well enough to understand that she doesn't do things to cause anyone trouble. Yun finished her homework, ate dinner (Terriermon and Lopmon were invited to the table), and played with her floppy earred friends openly. And she felt no regret at all. Hisako and Teruki were happy seeing their youngest daughter have fun, even though the circumstances seemed quite odd to them. They paid no heed to the strangeness of the situation. Yun was sure that her weekend was going to be absolutely awesome!

Splashmon: Is this chapter over yet?

Kudzu: No, the author remembred this was a Digimon fic instead of a lifetime movie and decided to tack on another fight.

Splashmon: Joy.

But she had no idea what was going to happen in the morning.

At night, she had the dream again. But unlike before, she was awoken by Terriermon.

"Yun. Yun! Wake up!" She heard his sweet voice in her ear. She finally got up and rubbed her eyes.

"Whuh...what is it?" Yun asked in a weary murmur. Once she regained her sight, she was surprised to see Terriermon with a worried look on his face.

"There's a Digimon out there. I can feel it," He pointed to the window.

"Out where?"

"In the woods. Where the Goblimon was at!"

Splashmon: That's three fights in the woods now, can't the author think of anywhere else?

Kudzu: Got to keep the masquerade up somehow, I guess.

Not only that, her egg-shaped Digivice was glowing a bit as well. Knowing what these two signs meant (Terriermon sensing a presence and her digivice glowing), she knew this was unavoidable. She looked at her clock and it read 6:04 AM. Lopmon woke up as well.

Kudzu: Since when did the digivice glow to show that a digimon was around?

Splashmon: Until now, apparently.

"Urgh...I was having such a nice dream..." Lopmon murmured wearily, trying to wake herself up.

"Alright! You two stay put. Let me get myself ready first, then we'll find the Digimon and see if it has a black hexagon on it so we can destroy it and send it back to the Digital World," Yun told them. Terriermon nodded. Although Lopmon just woke up, she had heard the entire conversation. She also nodded, knowing this unavoidable situation coming up.

Yun threw on a short sleeved white robe over her white and blue pajamas, put on her shoes, grabbed her digivice, and her tiny flashlight. She was going to need all of these. She looked in the other rooms to make sure everyone was asleep. Thankfully they are. She grabbed Terriermon and Lopmon, very slowly unlocked the back door and walked out (she took the keys with her) onto the deck, through the back gate, and into the same entrance to the woods as before. She recognized this area from the time Terriermon, as Gummymon, went after the rogue Goblimon. But Yun could feel that...something was different from before.

Kudzu: And it still looks like the author still thinks that 6 in the morning is a time of darkness.

Splashmon: Indeed, unless the woods are notoriously thick at dawn, then I don't see the need for a flashlight.

She turned her flashlight on and ambled through the woods. She could see the clearing, but something was odd about it. She could feel it in her skin.

"It's up ahead!" Lopmon exclaimed.

It wasn't until they finally arrived that they saw what was wrong. And it left Yun frozen with fear.

Spider webs. Big, thick, white spider webs covered the entire clearing! The trees, the bark, everything! These aren't the tiny, mostly invisible spider webs you see in the corners of houses or gardens. These are HUGE white spider webs covering literally everything. It was so bright you could almost be blinded by their sheer, unrelenting whiteness.

Kudzu: *sideeyes Splashmon*

Splashmon: Oh please, even I'm not willing to make a joke so vulgar and easy. I do have some class you know.

Yun made the huge mistake of looking up at one particular tree.

Right when she laid her eyes on it, she instantaneously let out the loudest, most bloodcurtling scream she ever let out.

Right above her was the biggest, furriest, ugliest, and most petrifying spider she had ever seen in her entire life. Just looking at this ugly beast made her feel like tarantulas were walking down every single inch of her body, and she didn't like it. This tarantula like beast was about 20 times the size of a normal tarantula, about 20 feet bigger than Yun in terms of length and width. It has a yellow helmet with two horns similar to those of a bull on both sides, with nine glowing red eyes, sharp fangs on it's mouth, orange spiky hair on the back of it's head, six furry legs with red claws on each one, and a white skull imprinted on it's thorax. Stripes and chains of different colors were wrapped around it's legs, and black stripes were on it's horns. A very sharp, possibly poisonous red tail protruded from it's back.

Kudzu: If this was Australia, then the answer would be a flamethrower on sight, or a machinegun.

Splashmon: Was there any actual foreshadowing or mention that Yun was afraid of spiders before now?

Kudzu: Nope, nadda. Probably added to give her a flaw or something.

Yun was absolutely horrified beyond any fear she had ever felt before.

Both her floppy earred friends saw this. Lopmon ran to her aid while Terriermon proceeded to attack it.

"Poison thread!" The wild spider digimon shot a string from it's mouth.

"Blazing Fire!" Terriermon shot a big ball of orange fire at it, successfully reducing the thread to nothing.

"Yun! What's wrong! Are you alright!" Lopmon shook Yun, but to no avail.

"Sp-Sp-Sp-Sp-Sp-Sp-Spider...! Huge...ugly...spider...!" Yun was so petrified and overcome with fear that she couldn't even move from her spot. Her digivice fell out of her robe pocket, and a light showing the Digimon's information showed up. Yun saw this and picked it up.

"Do-Do-Do-Dokukukukuku...kugumon...cha-cha-champion level...virus attribubububububute...attacks are...p-p-p-p-poison thread...and poison c-c-c-c-c-c-cobweb..." Yun was so petrified she couldn't even talk right. Lopmon interpreted it.

"Dokugumon. Champion level. Virus attribute. Attacks are poison thread and poison cobweb," Lopmon said, then looked up at Yun. "Yun...are you afraid of spiders?"

"YES! YES I AM!" Yun screamed in a piercing voice that seemed to catch Dokugumon's attention.

Both sporkers: *facepalm*

Kudzu: I don't like spiders either, but I do try to kill them first when I see them crawling around the house.

"Poison thread!"

"Terrier Tornado!" Little Terriermon destroyed the thread that was aiming for Yun with aplomb. Lopmon took Yun to a nearby tree, out of Dokugumon's sight.

"Yun. Stay here. We'll fight it for you. If we see a black hexagon, we'll let you know!" Lopmon told her reassuringly and decided to go fight the ugly oversized tarantula.

"B-But Lopmon! Wait! It's too strong for the both of you!" Yun tried to call them back in her petrified voice, but they didn't listen.

Splashmon: Well, it is the digimon's job to protect their partner after all, so they're just doing their job by not following her orders here.

"Poison thread!"

"Freezing Snow!"

Lopmon froze Dokugumon's thread. Then she snapped a good piece of it off, and threw it right at Dokugumon's face. It managed to strike right in the eye above all it's other eyes, and it made Dokugumon scream in an absolutely horrid voice that made chills race down all of their spines.

"Ugh! This guy's one ugly bug! I wish I could squish him!" Terriermon said.

"Terriermon! Whatever you do, don't EVER let it go near Yun! She's morbidly scared of spiders!" Lopmon told him.

"You got it! Let's take this bug down!" Terriermon exclaimed. Both of them proceeded to attack.

"Blazing Fire!"

"Freezing Snow!"

"Poison Thread!"

Dokugumon, Lopmon, and Terriermon engaged in battle, and all Yun did was watch from the sidelines...and she wasn't liking it.

'How could I be so stupid? My dearest friends are in danger and yet I let my rabid fear of spiders get the better of me! And I can't just run away! Friends can't abandon each other!' Yun thought as she watched them fight. Soon, she saw Dokugumon shoot out a thread and it successfully got Terriermon stuck to a tree!

Kudzu: Ah, so that's why the fear felt shoehorned in, faux-drama.

"Terriermon!" Both Yun and Lopmon yelled in unison. Terriermon struggled to get out of the web.

"I-I-I'm okay!" He replied, flashing the peace sign with his free paw.

That did it for Yun. 'I'm not gonna stand by anymore! I'm gonna help them!' Yun exclaimed as she finally got out from the tree and walked toward the overgrown tarantula, who was eyeing Lopmon. HARD.

"My attacks don't seem to work anymore. He's just too strong!" Lopmon exclaimed.

"HEEEEEEY!"

Dokugumon turned around and saw Yun right behind it waving her arms in the air. Lopmon and Terriermon were absolutely stunned.

"Yun! Get out of there! You must hurry!" Lopmon shouted, but Yun didn't listen.

"Hey you! Giant overgrown tarantula who's all hopped up on steroids! You look like Frankenstein's brain after it got fried by a radioactive torpedo shot at you by the Soviets in 1971!" Yun yelled loud enough for even Dokugumon to hear. Lopmon and Terriermon had absolutely no idea what she was talking about, but Dokugumon turned around and started walking toward her. Whenever Dokugumon took a step, Yun took a step back. Lopmon freed Terriermon.

Splashmon: Wow. What burning insults. *unimpressed*

Kudzu: Frankenstein was the doctor, not the monster. Also, Author, your Americentrism is showing!~

"She's using herself as a decoy!" Lopmon said.

"We gotta help her! That's a dead end!" Terriermon shouted, pointing to the set of trees behind Yun being so close together that she would not be able to escape. Yun didn't know this.

"Come and get me, you rabid steroid junkie!" It wasn't until Yun felt the trees behind her that she realized she couldn't escape.

Splashmon: *Rolls eyes* Yes, such biting insults. Clearly you're a master of your craft.

"Spider web!" Dokugumon shot a thread at her and she became wrapped up in spider web.

"Agh!" Yun was all tied up...except for her left arm sticking out a little bit, which gave her an opportunity.

"I could use this to get out!" Yun proceeded to rip off the spider web with her left hand. She managed to take off enough for her right hand to be free. She didn't like how soft and slimy the web felt, but this was no time to be overcome by fear. Unfortunately, she saw Dokugumon's face right in front of hers, and the fear finally kicked back in.

Kudzu: Webs aren't slimy. They feel like walking into a wire depending on what part of the web you're walking into, not to mention they're sticky as well. I've walked into spider webs before, and I'm sure other people who've walked into a spider web knows how they feel like as well.

Dokugumon then stood itself up, revealing it's abdomen.

That's when she saw it. The black hexagon. On it's abdomen.

"Poison Cobweb!"

Yun, feeling angry at herself for not being able to free herself quickly enough, braced for impact. She didn't feel it. But once she opened her eyes, she was horrified to see that...Lopmon took the hit! Somehow she got caught in the web on a tree, but somehow slipped off because the threads looked too thin. Yun could see all the scratches on her tiny body.

"Lopmon!" Yun finally freed her legs and ran to scoop the limp little Lopmon in her arms.

"Hey! Leave them alone, you beast!" Terriermon tried to attack, but Dokugumon rammed it's head at him, throwing him into a web on the top of a tree on the other side of the clearing. Yun was just ticked off. She clutched her helpless friend with her arms. With eyes full of anger and tears, she made full on eye contact with the beast.

"I HATE YOU! You're ugly and full of ugly hairs and meaner than a rabid dog! Your red hair makes you look like a hillbilly who lost his teeth and your fangs look like baby teeth! Nobody hurts my dearest friends! NOBODY! Not even an ugly overgrown tarantula who's hopped up on steroids like the junkie you are!" Yun yelled as loud as her voice could do. She wanted to go get Terriermon and save him, but she was unable to. Partly because he's in a web on top of a tree (she can't climb) and partly because her left leg is falling asleep and in pain. Lopmon looked up at Yun with her green eyes.

Splashmon: My, my, aren't you a judgemental little brat. *Steeples his fingers together* You don't know what this digimon has been through, and you don't know whether or not it's actually on steroids. Just because it's not appealing to your aesthetics doesn't mean it's evil and can't be trusted. You, little Yun, shouldn't judge by appearances. I may be a handsome digimon, but I am also a bastard and willing to admit I'm a bastard. *Sighs* but, sadly, this is your story, and as the center of this universe, you must be in the right no matter what. *In disgust* I'm looking forward to seeing you suffer when this story is over, and no one can save you.

"Yun...please...run away. We'll...handle it from here. Go on! You must hurry!" Lopmon told her, trying to raise her paw to Yun's tear stained cheek.

"NO! No way am I leaving you and Terriermon behind! Friends never abandon each other! They help each other and succor each other in times of tragedy and crisis! I'm not going to let you and Terriermon become spider breakfast! No! Absolutely not! We're in this together! That's what friends are for!" Yun screamed as she hugged Lopmon even closer. She wished she could hug Terriermon this way, but she couldn't. Lopmon was shocked and impressed at the same time. Yun is terrified of spiders, yet she used herself as a decoy so Terriermon and Lopmon could have a break and to protect them. Lopmon was so impressed by her partner's relentless courage that she actually understood why Yun did those things. Yun loved Lopmon and Terriermon. Possibly more than anything else in the world. She remembered all the things she told her parents. What struck Lopmon the most was when Yun said, "They're the sweetest little things in the whole wide world, and I love them very much. They make me very happy." Lopmon, warmed by the tenderness of those words, fell asleep in Yun's arms, right when Dokugumon is finally about to close in on them. Yun and Lopmon couldn't escape. It was over...that is, until Yun's digivice began to glow.

Splash: *dismissively* Yes, yes, power of friendship and all that. 

A rosy light pink light enveloped Yun's digivice, shot out from it, and hit Lopmon. Soon, it got so bright that even Dokugumon had to take a few steps backward. Yun saw it too, but it was too bright for her to handle. Lopmon floated into the air, consumed by the rosy light pink light. Even Terriermon woke up because of the light.

"Lopmon, digivolve to..."

Lopmon became bigger and bigger, and then the light finally dissipated. Out came a totally new Digimon! Yun, Terriermon, and even Dokugumon were surprised and rendered speechless. A very tall rabbit like Digimon, a little taller than Yun by two feet, appeared. Her face is purple like lilacs, with a white mouth and the tips of her ears are white. She wore a large and puffy yellow jump suit with a light blue bandana wrapped around her neck, red orange gloves, sharp silver metal gauntlets on her gloves, and black Chinese slippers.

"...Turuiemon!"

Kudzu: Funny how it's Lopmon who digivolves, and not Terriermon as well. Guess Yun only had enough hatred to fuel one digivolution.

Yun finally stood up, but she was still awestruck by Lopmon's digivolving.

"Turuiemon...you look awesome..." Yun murmured with a smile as she saw the awesomeness that is Turuiemon.

"Poison Thread!"

Turuiemon quickly grabbed Yun and leaped out of Dokugumon's way. Yun was impressed by how fast and agile Turuiemon is. She was reminded of Rena and Lekismon. Turuiemon hopped to the tree were Terriermon is trapped, used her gauntlets to free him, and very gently put him in Yun's arms.

"Here you go, little one," Turuiemon said in a lower, much more polite and lady-like voice than before. She sounded very grown up. Terriermon saw Turuiemon and was impressed.

Splashmon: "Little one?" Not "Brother?"

"Wow! You look awesome!" Terriermon exclaimed.

But Yun remembered something she needed to tell her friend.

"Turuiemon...the hexagon is on Dokugumon's abdomen," She told her.

"Thanks for telling me! I'll take care of it! Just stay put!" Turuiemon exclaimed as she hopped away.

"Hey! I wanna fight too!" Terriermon exclaimed as he leaped out of Yun's arms, much to her surprise, and ran after Turuiemon. Dokugumon finally caught sight of them.

"Poison thread!"

"Gauntlet Claw!"

Right when she jumped in the air, Dokugumon tried to attack her with his thread, but she successfully cut it with her gauntlets and hit him square in the face. She then proceeded to lift him up and throw him. Now he lay on his back, with his feet facing upward. Now they could get the hexagon.

"Ninja Fist!"

"Blazing Fire!"

Both Turuiemon and Terriermon attacked it at the same time. Their combined attacks made the hexagon disappear. Dokugumon's red eyes turned lime green, and somehow a digital portal appeared right under him, causing him to be swallowed by it. The cobwebs surrounding the clearing disappeared right along with it. Yun caught Terriermon right as he was about to collapse.

Splashmon: *sighs in relief* At least we don't have to deal with post-battle dialogue before having the victim of the day sent home. This chapter has dragged on long enough.

"Are you alright, little guy?" Yun asked softly.

"Yep! I'm alright!" Terriermon said. Yun looked up at Turuiemon who looked down at her with a rather stern look on her face.

"Yun...I laud you for your belief in me. But you should not have used yourself as a decoy like that. You could've been killed!" Turuiemon said sternly.

"I know. I'm sorry. But even in the face of fear, friends have to stick together no matter what! I didn't want to abandon you two!" Yun explained, feeling a little guilty. But Turuiemon rubbed Yun's head with her finger.

"You really are a true friend, Yun. I'm happy you're my partner. You're right. True friends stick together and help each other," Turuiemon said with a smile.

"I'm happy too! I love being with Yun! She's awesome!" Terriermon exclaimed.

Splashmon: Yes, yes, let's shill the sue.

Kudzu: *sighs* It's like Nero in FGO all over again.

"Oh, no no! I'm not awesome at all! You both were awesome!" Yun said.

Kudzu: How humble of you. *Forced smile*

"How about we get back home. I think some of us want to sleep in for another two hours," Turuiemon said.

"Yeah. Let's go home. But thank God! I don't ever want to be confronted by a giant overgrown tarantula ever again!" Yun exclaimed.

"By the way...what are steroids? And who are the Soviets?" Turuiemon asked.

"And who's Frankenstein? And what's a junkie?" Terriermon asked.

"I'll...tell you all later," Yun said, feeling very awkward because of the strange line of questioning.

Splashmon: Should Japanese children even know about the soviets?

Kudzu: Don't think they teach about the cold war in Japanese schools, so this is the writer's Americanism showing

Right when they entered through the back gate, Turuiemon digivolved back into Lopmon. And right when they walked into Yun's room, all three of them plopped into bed and fell asleep, happy to be home.

And Yun had the dream again.

Kudzu: And that's the end of the chapter. *To Splashmon* You get ready for transfer into the fic's universe, I'll handle the Author's Note.*

Splashmon: Gladly *has his puppet stop writing, extracts the Drippin piloting it and heads out of the room.*

Author's Note: YAY! I finished chapter 5! Wow! This has to be my longest chapter for this story yet! I'm glad I got the whole thing planned out though. And don't worry, I'm gonna shed some spotlight on Yun's friends soon! Please be patient! It's a good thing I have the next few chapters planned out! I better go now. I have anime I have to watch. I'll see you all later! Bye-bee!

Kudzu: So, you plotted everything out huh? Doesn't help that some things feel tacked on so far. In any case, I'm snipping the footnotes since they don't really add to the story so... yeah. I'm also starting to see why Yun wasn't well liked in the Das_Sporking version of the spork, besides her being a sue

Well, hopefully next time won't be as frustrating as this chapter was. No Chapter Sporking tomorrow since I need a break for a couple of days and work on my own stuff. So... yeah. Seeya when I seeya.

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[pan2000]

"Oh! I don't think I've told you. The night before you came to my house, I had this lovely dream. I've had it all week. I dreamt that I woke up in this beautiful place. I don't know the name of it, but it was the loveliest, holiest, tenderest, wonderfulest, most peaceful, most carefree, and the most beautiful place in all the world! Blossoming from the ground were lots of flowers. Flowers, flowers, flowers! In very many colors, like pink and blue and white and yellow! The trees are tall and filled with cream colored leaves that look like vanilla and little egg-shaped lights. I don't know if they were lanterns or not, but they were beautiful. Wafting through the air are the smells of honey, freshly baked bread straight from the oven, fresh cut roses, and that scent that appears after it rains. I saw some monsters which I think were Digimon dancing in a circle around a young boy with blonde hair, purple tattoos and many white wings like an angel's wings and they were all singing a very wonderful song!" Yun rambled joyously, while trying to be quiet. Although Lopmon and Terriermon had awakened from their dormant state, they were awake and attentive enough to listen to Yun's story. And quite curious they were, indeed! They were absorbed and entranced by Yun's descriptions and the somewhat dramatic flair in her voice as she spoke of the dream. Lopmon smiled.

Not a big fan of this prose.

"That's right! Good job!" Mrs. Takahashi said with a smile. Yun breathed a huge sigh of relief as she sat down on her desk and looked at her notes. Mrs. Takahashi pulled out a big pile of papers from a bin next to her desk.

While I see that the Sue is the one who answers correctly and eye it suspiciously, I like that the Suethor knows some math and that Yun didn't laugh at Seiko, meaning we are not supposed to do so.

"Nemoto! What was that for? Why did you do that?" Mrs. Takahashi yelled as she approached Yun and tried to help her breathe.

"You a big fat BLEEP! Quit thinkin' yer so smart and bein' a little miss goody-two-shoes! Yous white trash! You oughta die already!" Nenji yelled as he tried to break free from Otoya and Riku's grasp.

Give Nenji a break, he wanted to twirl his mustache!

While I don't like bullies, they are all miserable, this guy is already a Snidely Whiplash.

And who's Frankenstein? And what's a junkie?" Terriermon asked.

If the fic says Frankenstein is the monster and not the scientist that made him, I will not be happy.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? YOU FREAKING CANNOT BE SERIOUS!"

Yelled Darksydephil after getting hit with his own grenade and taking damage.


NO! No way am I leaving you and Terriermon behind! Friends never abandon each other! They help each other and succor each other in times of tragedy and crisis! I'm not going to let you and Terriermon become spider breakfast! No! Absolutely not! We're in this together! That's what friends are for!"

Should I say I completely agree, or that this could be far, far less redundant?


Splash: *dismissively* Yes, yes, power of friendship and all that.

While I believe friendship is an awesome force, it has become Deus Ex Machina and not original here, so Splash has a point.

Yun was truly a Sue now!