The whole house was abuzz with excited teenagers talking and playing in their three designated rooms. Kyrene only allowed them the living room, game room, and movie room.

The living room was mainly for eating and socializing, being furnished with a couch, three armchairs, a large TV on a stand, and a long coffee table. The game room was full of thin, tall TVs with different games systems hooked to them and a large oak bookshelf full of games against the wall near the door. The movie room, where most of the music was coming from, had a large flat screen TV with all-room surround sound that made the house vibrate, as well as an empty floor space for dancing. The usual furnishing was up against the walls.

One teenage girl, Hatred, was lounging in an armchair in the living room, watching the activity with distaste. Her eyes were covered by her black bangs, which reached down to her nose; the rest of her hair was up in a ponytail. She wore a black sleeveless dress and black knee-high platform boots. She took several sips of her beer. "Stupid kids."

Kyrene, along with Jeran, was setting out replacement appetizers. Then Kyrene went about from every group of teens, making sure they were happy and getting whatever they asked for.

Hatred watched her, shaking her head. "Pathetic. To think, I used to hate that poor used soul."

Kyrene walked up to Hatred. "Hello. Would you like anything?"

Hatred shook her head. "No. Don't you know they're just using you?"

"Huh?" Kyrene asked blankly.

Hatred made a sweeping motion with one arm. "Everyone here is using you. Duh! They only like you 'cause ya got money."

Kyrene smiled. "Oh, don't be silly! Now, I need to go check on my other guests, please excuse me."

Hatred watched as Kyrene hurried off, smacking her forehead and shaking her head. "So pure yet so stupid. I'd better help her out."

Later, after the party, Kyrene was picking trash up from the living room. Hatred walked in and started picking beer bottles and soda cans from the floor.

"Oh, um…y, you don't have to do that, miss."

Hatred lifted her head to see Kyrene standing before her. "I can do it if I wanna."

"Oh…but that's my job," Kyrene said softly. "You can go home if you want.

"Hell no! I'm stayin' here if ya don't mind!"

Kyrene blinked in surprise then smiled. "Ok. Stay as long as you like. You can play video games or something else instead, if you like."

"Nah, I'm fine." Hatred replied as she continued picking things up from the floor and depositing them in the trashcan.

Kyrene shrugged and continued with her work.

Impy appeared at the top step. "Kyrene! I'm hungry! Get me somethin' ta eat!"

Kyrene dropped everything she was carrying and hurried towards the stairs. "Coming!"

Hatred looked up at the Digimon in surprise. "Him again? I thought Cen killed him. Oh, well. Guess she'll haveta try again." she muttered to herself.

Kyrene halted at the bottom step. "What would you like?"

"Ice cream."

"Alright. Coming right up!" Kyrene said as she headed off to the kitchen.

Impy snickered. "She's sucha suck up. Hehe!"

"That's so pathetic, Impmon. Using that poor girl like that. But of course, that's your nature, isn't it?" Hatred said coolly.

"What? Of course it is! Stupid humans!"

"You're so full of yourself. Don't worry. Cen won't be so kind the next time you battle."

Impy scoffed. "Ha! As if! Your Digimon's so weak. I can beat her easily!"

Hatred chuckled. "Really? Is that why you got your ass beat last time?"

Impy clenched his fists and ground his teeth together angrily.

"Impy! I have your ice cream!" Kyrene called as she walked into the room.

"Alright!" Impy jumped up on the banister and slid down. He snatched the bowl from Kyrene's hands and put his face in it. He pulled his face out suddenly, making a face of disgust and holding it out at arms length. "Bleh! What the hell is this crap?!" he demanded.

"I, it's cookie dough ice cream…." Kyrene replied shakily.

"I hate it! Get me somethin' else, pronto!"

"Y, yes Impy! I'm so sorry." Kyrene said as she took the bowl from Impy and hurried from the room.

Impy wiped the cold, creamy liquid from his face with a gloved paw and wiped it on the side of an armchair.

Hatred shook her head and picked up the trash Kyrene had dropped earlier. "Stupid moron."

Kyrene returned a few moments later with a new bowl of ice cream. "Ok. Do you like chocolate?" she asked tentatively.

"Yeah! Gimme!" Impy demanded, holding out his paws.

Kyrene handed him the bowl and watched as he devoured the contents with lighting speed. When he was finished, he handed the bowl back to her and started up the stairs.

"Is that all, Impy?"

"Yeah, whatever. I'm goin' back ta bed."

"Alright. I'll be up to check on you in a bit," She turned to Hatred and sighed. "Poor guy. He's been hurt bad. I feel sorry for him."

"Don't bother. That one's a mean, insensitive jackass."

"Don't say that! You don't know him. He's not as mean as you think."

Hatred shook her head and walked away, knowing it was useless to argue with the girl. "She definitely needs help."

Impy was searching through Kyrene's dresser, trying to find something worth stealing. "Sheesh! Clothes clothes and more clothes! Ick! Wonder what's in da closet." He walked over to the closet and reached up for the handle.

Suddenly Kyrene appeared in the doorway. "Hey, Impy. How ya feelin'?"

Impy turned around, slightly startled. "Oh, um, better."

Kyrene smiled. "That's good. Having fun?"

"No. I'm bored!"

Kyrene straightened the sheet on the bed. "The game room is clean now. You could play in there if you want."

"I guess so."

"Alright. I could carry you, if you want me to."

"Whatever."

Kyrene walked over and picked Impy up, adjusting him so that he was nestled in the crook of her arm. "Comfy?" she asked him.

Impy shrugged. "I guess."

"If you aren't, I can fix it."

A small grin spread across Impy's face. "I wanna ride on yer shoulders!"

Kyrene's eyes widened slightly in surprise. "Oh? Um, Ok."

Kyrene helped Impy up onto her shoulders and went downstairs to the game room where Hatred was playing God of War 2 on a Playstation 2. She sat down beside Hatred. "Hi. Having fun?"

"Oh, yeah!"

Kyrene smiled. "That's good. Do you know when you're leaving? I could ask Jeran to drive you home. I'm pretty sure he won't mind."

"No!" Hatred cried, shaking her head vigorously. "No no no no no!"

Kyrene blinked in surprise. "No? Um, all right. Does that mean you're walking home?"

Before Hatred could answer Impy asked, "What's that?"

Kyrene and Hatred looked in the direction Impy was pointing to see a black ball with Monarch butterfly wings sprouting out of both sides of it.

"Er, that's my uh…ball." Hatred replied hesitantly.

Suddenly two orange eyes appeared. "Hewwo!" it squeaked.

Hatred groaned.

Kyrene jumped. "Oh my gosh!"

"Uh, Ok. It's a talkin' ball with eyes." Impy said.

"Who're you?" the creature asked.

"My name is Kyrene. What's yours?"

"Monarchiamon."

"Well whoop di doo. The pipsqueak has a name." Impy snickered.

"Dooo!" Monarchiamon began quivering with anger.

"Calm down, Monie. He ain't worth it."

Monarchiamon ceased her quivering. "Fine."

Impy grinned.

Kyrene reached up and patted Impy's back. "You wanna play something, Impy?"

"Nah, it's too much fun watching Hatred kill things."

"Alright. Would you like to get down?"

"Nope."

"Ok."

Monarchiamon, using her tiny, toeless paws, climbed up onto Kyrene's lap.

The three watched Hatred play for a while. Kyrene kept shutting her eyes when any gory scenes came up. Impy liked to mess with Kyrene by lying about when the scenes were finished, usually causing her to scream and cover her eyes. Kyrene never once yelled at Impy for what he did, but Hatred did.

"Impy stop it!"

"But it's fun hearing her scream!" Impy said defensively.

"And it's fun ta call you widdle Impy."

"That's ma name."

Hatred turned her head to look at Impy. "It is?" she asked in surprise. "Who named you that?"

"My brother." Impy grumbled.

"You got a brother?"

Impy rested his chin on the top of Kyrene's head. "Unfortunately. I hate 'im."

"But why?" Kyrene asked.

"Because he thinks he's better than everybody else. He Digivolved before me and rubbed it in my face. He can go ta hell for all I care."

"That doesn't sound very nice, Impy." Kyrene said quietly.

"Yeah, Impy!" Monarchiamon squeaked.

"Shut it pipsqueak." Impy mumbled, closing his eyes.

Kyrene smiled as she looked up at Impy. "Aww, you gettin' tired, sweetie?"

Her answer was a gentle snore.

Kyrene giggled. "Time for bed."

"C'ya." Hatred said, not looking away from the TV screen.

"If you'd like, you can stay here overnight. There's plenty of spare rooms upstairs." Kyrene said as she walked to the door.

"Awesome!"

Kyrene was walking up the stairs when Yukiara walked out of the kitchen.

"Ky! Dinner."

"Shhh!"

Yukiara blinked in surprise then spotted Impy. She smiled. "Aw, that's so cute." She giggled and went into the game room.

Kyrene went upstairs to her room and laid Impy on the bed then went back downstairs for dinner.

The next day Kyrene and Hatred were out hiking so Impy was being mischievous. He made huge messes in every room. He also turned on the TVs and upturned several potted plants.

Monarchiamon followed him everywhere saying each time, "You're cleaning that up, ya know."

Yukiara ended up cleaning every room but the kitchen, which Chinchi insisted on cleaning herself. Monarchiamon came up behind her with a miniature Dust buster. The tiny puffball greatly intrigued and fascinated the maid.

"I'm a hero!" Monarchiamon squeaked suddenly.

"Why is that?"

"'Cause I'm cleanin'."

"But I am too."

"I'm cleanin' more!" Monarchiamon squeaked happily.

Yukiara giggled. "You really are a strange little creature. Come now, it's time for lunch."

"Yay! Food!" Monarchiamon squealed, dropping the Dust buster and bolting for the kitchen.

Impy was already sitting at the table, eating a bowl of Ramen. He looked up at them as they walked in. He smirked. "Hey, guys. Been having fun?"

Yukiara frowned. "Yeah," she said sarcastically. "We've been having so much fun!"

"Yep!" Monarchiamon chirped happily as she flew up onto the table.

Impy snickered and continued eating.

Monarchiamon walked over and dunked her head into Impy's bowl, sucking noisily as she ate.

"Hey!" Impy cried. He folded his arms, slumping back in chair, grumbling darkly under his breath.

Yukiara giggled and took the bowl Chinchi was offering her. "Impy, you're really something."

Impy shrugged. "What can I say, I'm just too good."

Monarchiamon lifted her head from the bowl, juice dripped from her fur. "Hehe. You silly!"

"Shut it, puffball."

Monarchiamon went back to eating.

Impy jumped down from the chair and left the room. He went up to Kyrene's room and sat on the bed. Carefully, he peeled the bandages from his body and tossed them upon the floor. "Grr, I wish I was stronger, more powerful. Then I wouldn't haveta worry 'bout gettin' hurt so much. But I don't wanna leave here. It's nice being waited on and getting whatever I want. Maybe I can force Kyrene inta lettin' me stay after I Digivolve. Yeah," He lay back with his paws behind his head, one leg crossed over the other and a smirk upon his lips. "That'd be real easy. She's sucha pushover." He closed his eyes.

Kyrene and Hatred returned home an hour later. Hatred went to take a shower while Kyrene went up to her room. She found Impy fast asleep on her bed.

"Oh, don't you look cute. Hope he doesn't mind if I sleep next to him." She sat down beside Impy, giving him a thorough exam. "Wow," she said softly. "You're all healed. That's wonderful!" She smiled and lay down to sleep.

Later, when she awoke, Impy was gone. She went downstairs for dinner.

Impy, Hatred, and Monarchiamon were already in the kitchen chowing down on homemade stir-fry and rice.

"Hey, Ky. Up finally? Food's on the stove," Chinchi said. "Would you like me to fix your plate?"

"Yes please." Kyrene replied as she sat down in the chair between Hatred and Impy.

Chinchi smiled and went to work fixing Kyrene's plate.

"Have a nice nap?" Hatred asked.

"Yes, thank you."

Monarchiamon walked over to Kyrene, stopping just in front of her. "Pet me."

"Ok." Kyrene said. She picked the In-training up and set her on her lap, stroking the top of her furry body.

Monarchiamon giggled, smoke trailing from her nostrils.

Hatred tossed her head and sighed. Impy scoffed and continued eating.

"Tomorrow would you guys like to go for a walk?" Kyrene asked as she set Monarchiamon back on the table.

"Nah. I'm gonna be working-out."

Kyrene looked over at Impy. "What about you, sweetie? Feeling up to it?"

"Whatever."

Kyrene smiled. "Good! It'll be fun!"

"Whatever."

Kyrene took the plate from Chinchi and began eating.