A/N: Okie, I didn't do the second chapter because the ideas didn't fit. So, I wrote the sequel to Dawn a Cold Night instead. I'm not finished with the ideas for the sequel to Fishing for Life, so I'll have to post this for the meanwhile. Oh, and this ficcie (as well as my past Digi-ficcies) is AU [Alternate Universe] because it simply does NOT follow the TV show.

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. Toei, Saban, Fox, etc. do.

Note: Uh…I dunno what to call kabuki school, so if you may, can you put that in the review pleez?

Upon a Stormy Night

Sequel to Dawn a Cold Night

Chapter 1: And so it Begins…

By: rukimakino

Four years have past since that one Valentines Day that Lee Jenrya and Makino Ruki spent together. Their friendship has grown ever since, and both are very close friends. Still, they aren't a couple, but they hang out with each other every now and then.

One summer afternoon, Jenrya is sitting on the couch of his apartment. His older brother and sister already moved out a few months ago into their own apartments; leaving only him and his younger sister, Shuichon to live with their parents.

Jenrya was watching TV on the couch when his younger sister, Shuichon came home from kabuki school (A/N: I call it that. Kabuki means traditional play with music. So, it's like theater school). She carried her large, pink duffel bag, with all of her belongings for ballet, tap dancing, gymnastics, karate, and theater, and threw it on the floor. It landed with a thud. Shuichon sighed loudly and threw herself on the couch, pooped out from the day. She lay with her arms and legs spread out and eyes shut tight.

Jenrya glanced at his sister and said, "So, Shuichon, how was your day?"

Shuichon replied annoyed, "Well, besides being very tired because of going to ballet lessons at six AM, then tap dancing at seven-thirty, gymnastics at nine, karate at eleven, then kabuki at one till four…I'm fine, thank-you."

Jenrya smiled at his younger sister and chuckled. "I don't know how you get through the day like this. That's one heck of a schedule!" commented Jen.

Shuichon groaned and covered her face with her hand. She whined, "Jen, please don't remind me! I'm too tired to think anymore…" Then, "Well, how was your day?"

Jenrya smiled again. "Not as hectic as yours, but still nice."

"Lemme guess. You went out with Ruki and she said how much she loved you and you both made out for the whole day," Shuichon said sarcastically.

Jenrya shoved his younger sister's legs a bit angrily, but not hard, and she got the point. He didn't like it when someone made fun of his friend, Ruki. She was everything he liked in a girl, and he cared about her very much.

He said, "No. But we did go out to the park and talk."

Shuichon sighed and sat up, propping her cheek in her left hand. She said, "That's nice. Well, when I was walking to kabuki school, I met this weird guy…he said something about the theater." She furrowed her brows, looked at the wooden floor, and thought for a moment. She continued, "Something about what happened to the owner's great aunt that used to own the place. It's pretty weird how I met him."

*Flashback*

A girl with pink hair walked towards the kabuki school carrying a large, pink, duffel bag. It looked heavy, but she carried on her shoulder with ease. A guy with short, dark brown hair, covered by a green hat walked a few feet behind her. He was about her age- around eleven years old. She was walking fast, but that was her normal pace, since she could never seem to walk slower.

The girl, Shuichon Lee, stopped walking, turned around, and asked, "What do you want?"

The guy looked at her with his deep reddish-brown eyes and replied, "I'm Akechi Tsune. I suppose you're name is Lee Shuichon, is it not?"

Shuichon arched one eyebrow suspiciously and asked, "How do you know my name, Tsune? Have we met before?"

Tsune grinned and said, "Oh, I've met you a few times, or rather, I saw you. Shuichon, do you know what happened to the owner of that kabuki school's great aunt?"

"No," Shuichon said slowly. "Why? What happened to her?"

Tsune continued, "Well, she was murdered in one of the rooms…I think it was the director's office. Quite interesting, indeed, how she died. Still, no one knows who was the murderer. But some say that they could hear her shrieks at night in that office…Shrieking his name."

"Okay…pretty spooky, but you told me this because…?"

He smiled and walked closer to her. "Because you should be careful in that school. It may be haunted."

Shuichon's eyes grew wide and she turned her head to glance at the school. But when she looked back, the guy was gone.

*End of flashback*

Jenrya arched an eyebrow at his younger sister, who was now leaning back on the couch; eyes closed and arms behind her head.

That is weird, thought Jen. I should keep an eye out on her. She might run into trouble.

"Jenrya…" Shuichon opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. "Do you think the school's haunted?"

Jenrya shut his eyes for a second and replied, "Nah, I don't think so. That guy was just trying to spook you out. Next time you see him, just ignore his comments about the school."

"But she was murdered! I asked our teacher if the owner's aunt was murdered in that old school, and she said yes!" Shuichon protested.

Jenrya shrugged and said, "Fine, believe what you want to believe, Shuichon. Oh yeah, next time you hear shrieks in the director's office, run all the way home and tell me, okay?"

Before Shuichon could protest again, the phone rang. Jenrya sat on the couch, slumped down lazily. He apparently wasn't going to answer the phone. Shuichon rolled her eyes and walked to the phone in the hallway.

The little pink-head picked up the phone and greeted, "Moshi-moshi. Lee residence."

"Shuichon, can I speak to Jenrya?" asked the voice over the phone.

"Hold on a sec." Shuichon put her hand over the mouth piece and yelled, "JEN!! RUKI'S ON THE PHONE!!!"

In less than a second, Jenrya was up on his feet and running to the phone. Shuichon held the phone out to her older brother and he grabbed it. Shuichon sighed and walked to her room.

Jenrya spoke up as soon as he got the phone. "Hello?!"

"Whoah, Jen! You must be happy to see someone," commented Ruki.

Jenrya laughed as he held the phone. "Mm-hmm, Shuichon just told me something funny about that theater she goes to, for school."

"She goes to kabuki school?" asked Ruki.

"Yeah," Jenrya replied quickly. Then, "You know what she said?"

"No. What?"

"She said that this weird guy, that was walking behind her, told her that the theater was haunted."

"Are you sure she said that?"

"Well, not exactly," Jenrya began, leaning on the wall. "First he said that the owner's aunt was murdered in the director's office. Then, he told Shuichon that it might be haunted."

"Whoah, that's spooky, not funny. Well, just so you know, I called because I was gonna ask you if you want to go out tonight, even thought we already hung out at the park a while ago."

Jenrya's eyes became wide. "Really?! Where to?"

There was a pause. Then, "How about if we go see a play? I heard there's one about this giraffe that turns into a woman. Then, she gets married to this man. It's called, Desert Dreams."

"Okay. Is it at West Shinjuku Theater?"

"Hai. And it starts at 7:15 PM. So, you wanna go?"

"Yeah. I'll go to your house at 6:30, or in about an hour. Okay, ja ne!"

"Ja ne, Jenrya!" Ruki said, before hanging up.

Jenrya hanged up the phone and did a mental back flip. He ran to his room and looked for some clothes in his cluttered wardrobe.

***

Meanwhile, Shuichon was in her room listening to some New Alternative music and lying down. She tried to sleep, but for some reason she couldn't. Her mind was full of thoughts of the theater. Shuichon lay staring at the ceiling, thinking about when she passed the director's office.

*Flashback*

Shuichon tiptoed towards the director's office. She peeked inside the small opening in the door, and saw a dusty room. There were some cobwebs over the desk and chair. Near the middle of the room, there were a few bloodstains on the once white carpet. The pink haired girl gasped when she saw the bloodstains. She knew it had to be the owner's aunt's blood on the carpet. Just then, Shuichon felt a cold chill on her spine. She squeaked and turned around slowly. Nothing; No one was there. The girl gulped and ran quickly down the stairs to the first floor.

*End of flashback*

Eventually, Shuichon fell asleep. Lopmon was in the living room reading a book when she decided to go take a nap. She walked into Shuichon's bedroom and opened the door. What she saw made her eyes grow very wide.

"Shuichon!" squeaked the little Digimon.

Lopmon ran up to her tamer's side and put her paw on Shuichon's forehead. Shuichon was very cold. In fact, she looked almost dead. Her lips were blue and her skin was very pale. Lopmon ran out of the room quickly to get Jenrya and Terriermon.

A/N: Whoah! Uh-oh, what happened to Shuichon? Will she be okay? That's why I'm going to work on the second chapter, peoples! ^_~ Oh, and is Lopmon a girl or boy? I watch the *coughs* dubs *coughs*, so I don't know what gender Lopmon is. Also, Akechi Tsune is my character. I own him. Now, please read n' review!! Thankies much for your cooperation! ^. ^

~rukimakino