Jyou Kido has been dying of boredom ever since summer break started 2 weeks ago. Casually seating on his study chair with his arms to the back of his nape and his feet planted on his desk, the lengthy teen let out a huff.

"Man.." He muttered. "The boredom is really killing me."

While he didn't look like someone who had a life other than indulging on studying and projects, Jyou really enjoys hanging out and exploring places around the many different districts in Japan. If one were to ask about whether he would enjoy these kind of venturing out before his digital world days, then he would have fit into the stereotypes of nerds and bookworms who preferred the quiet comfort and solitary that a home provided. But since then he's been feeling more adventurous.

While he could have asked Taichi and the gang to chill out, their schedules were mostly packed with other things and seeing that he didn't had much friend other than them, he had no one else to go out with. The only time that he did hang out with the gang during this summer break was a week before and even so it didn't involve getting out of the house. (Sleepover/movie marathon.)

Speaking of which, it reminded Jyou about what happened to Hikari that very night.

Jyou sighed. While the girl was lucky enough to have Taichi and the others come in the nick of time to save her, she was pretty scarred by the events of that night and was really upset at the lost of her beloved pet cat Meeko.

"I hope she's doing better." He softly mutters under his breath.

Ah, who was he kidding? With Taichi with her at home taking care of her and Takeru constantly making trips over to their house to make sure she was okay and comforted, he was pretty sure she will do just fine and pull through.

Jyou's train of thoughts was abruptly interrupted when his cell phone started ringing. Clearing his throat, he flip open his phone before clicking on the answer button.

"Hi." He spoke.

"Hi Jyou." A voice spoke, and Jyou's face immediately lid up upon recognizing the voice. It was an uncle he knew.

This said uncle, known as Kenzaki, owned a stationary shop, one that Jyou frequent often in the past. He had since become friends with the friendly owner and has even been to his home on several occasions, meeting the guy's wife and 2 adorable kids.

"Hi Kenzaki-San! To what do I have the pleasure of having this call?" Jyou replied courteously.

He heard Kenzaki chuckling.

"Come on kiddo, still so formal after all these years?"

"Well, it's a given." Jyou answered. "You're my elder, it's only right that I speak to you with respect."

Kenzaki chuckled once more.

"Anyways Jyou, I'm calling to ask a favor of you. I hope I'm not bothering you."

"Please, not at all." Jyou assured. "What do you need of me?"

"Well, would you mind coming to my house this evening around 7pm? I need help with my 2 kids." Kenzaki asked. "You see, the wife and I are celebrating our 10th anniversary tonight. And we haven't been able to find a babysitter to help take care of our kids."

"Say no more Kenzaki-san." Jyou replied immediately. "I'll come over tonight then. I have nothing to do these days. Summer break has been a little boring for me. So I'm looking forward to get out of house and have something to do."

"Oh thank you so much Jyou! Sorry for imposing on you short notice."

"It's alright." Jyou smiled. "See you soon."

Jyou walked up the little flight of stairs, stopping awhile later when he was at the front door.

He adjusted his bearings before pressing on the doorbell to the big mansion. A little while later, a silhouette formed from beyond the glass marble door.

"Jyou!" Kenzaki said rather warm heartedly, embracing Jyou in a hug which he returned.

"Hi Kenzaki-san! It's been awhile!" Jyou said elatedly as he noticed the older man dressed in what appears to be appropriate for a classy dinner.

"You're looking good Kenzaki-san." He complimented him.

"Oh please." Kenzaki laughed as he stepped aside to allow Jyou into his house. The older man glanced at his golden Rolex watch, a slight frown formed on the wrinkles of the man as he realized the time that Jyou had arrived.

"Hey kiddo." He started. "I told you to be here at 7pm. Not 6.45pm."

Jyou let out a little laugh before replying him. "Yeah, well I thought I came by earlier so that you could spend more time alone with your wife."

The man in turn could only shake his head as he smiled at Jyou.

"Always such a thoughtful chap eh?" He said.

"Honey, are you ready to leave?" A female voice came booming in from the back. Soon another

Figure appeared beside Kenzaki, with the said Figure being the middle aged man's wife. She was looking rather ravishing for her age.

Jyou smiled politely once more, giving a slight bow.

"Good evening Sakura-san." Jyou greeted.

"And good evening to you too Jyou." Sakura greeted back "We're really thankful to have you watch the 2 monkeys on such short notice."

"It's really no big deal at all."

Sakura smiled before turning her attention back to her husband, tugging on his sleeves and adjusting his tie before the couple started making their way out of the house, but not before thanking him again.

"The kids had their dinner already, so all you need to do is just make sure that they get to bed by 9.30pm. If you need anything, just give old Kenzaki-san a call alright?" Kenzaki said.

"Will do Kenzaki-san." Jyou assured him as he adjusted his spectacles.

With that, Jyou ushered the duo out and closed the door shut, waving them goodbye.

It was only a matter of time till he heard shrills of joy and meekness sounding throughout the hallway.

"Jyou Oni-chan is here!"

Jyou found his hands preoccupied with 2 little bundles of joy (or as he liked to call them). Laughing, he carries both twins into his hands.

"Hi Kenji, Hi Kushino." the crest bearer of reliability replied. The twins were both 6 and were rather obedient for their age due to their parent's upbringing.

Letting them down, he allowed them to drag him into the living room, where the TV was neatly placed in the middle of the room. Jyou spend the next hour or so watching various kinds of kid's channel, namely a few more well known ones like cartoon's network or Nickelodeon.

While the kids did enjoy their time watching their shows, Jyou gradually found himself drowning into boredom, some of those cartoons did bring back a sense of nostalgia but boy was he way past the age to be engross by it. It was only a matter of time before he whipped out his phone and started using it, the kids having been so engrossed in their cartoon shows to notice him tuning out to do his own stuff.

It wasn't long till both kids started to yawn. Jyou caught notice of it and looked down towards his watch.

09.25pm.

It was nearing bed time for the kiddos.

"Alright kids, I think we better get ready for bed." He said. "You 2 must be tired from all the cartoons."

"Can you carry us up to our bed Jyou Oni-chan?" The duo replied in unison.

Jyou gave a gentle smile before nodding his head.

"Let's get you both washed up first alright?"

After what seems like an eternity, Jyou found himself dragging his feet down the stairs. He brought his hands back as he started to stretch them. The kids have insisted he told them a bed time story before they turn it for the night. Jyou didn't know how many stories he told however, all he knew was that it took them more than 3 stories before they slowly drifted off to a quiet slumber.

'buzz buzz'

Jyou felt a vibration on his left thigh. He dug his hand into his jean's pocket, fishing out his phone to see who was calling him.

It was koushiro.

"Hi Koushiro-Kun."

"Good evening Jyou-san." Koushiro replied. "Sorry to bother you. But I just want to let you know, I finally manage to figure out what's wrong with your laptop."

"Oh you did?" Jyou's face brightened up. "That's great!"

"Yeap, I have made the necessary changes and it's working just fine."

"Oh thank you so much Koushiro-kun! You're a life saver!" Jyou chuckled. "I owe you one. I know! I will buy you a scrumptious meal tomorrow evening!"

Jyou heard the younger teen laughing.

"It's alright Jyou-san really.. Anything for a close friend. At least you won't have to frown upon the laptop shutting down on itself anymore. Well, probably for a few more months or so. And you can start catching up on your shows again."

He chuckled at the sentence.

"Thanks so much again Koushiro-CRAPPPP!" Jyou shrieked mid-sentence as he opened the door to the living room.

"What's wrong? Is everything okay Jyou-san?" Koushiro enquired.

Jyou took a minute to calm his nerves down, placing a hand over his chests as he starts to mildly stroke away the lingering heart attack he felt just awhile ago.

"Y-yea." He replied back after he got back his composure. "It's just that I'm baby seating for an old friend of mine. I didn't know he had an ugly looking clown statue."

"Oh. I see." Koushiro answered. "Well at least nothing bad happened."

"Yea I guess. The thing scared the hell out of me."

Koushiro merely let out a light hearted laugh. "So anyways, I guess I'll be hanging up then Jyou-san. Sorry to impose on you at such a late hour."

"No worries." Jyou replied. "See you then Koushiro-kun"

"Bye."

Jyou placed his phone back into his pocket before staring at the clown statue again.

Damn, the thing was freaky. Has it always been in the living room? He couldn't quite recall but then again, Kenzaki's living room has loads of stuffs in it.

Making his way to the sofa, Jyou planted his butt onto the sofa. He reached for the remote and casually switched on the television, hopping from channels to channels until he found one to his liking. Jyou leaned back into a more comfortable position as his eyes focused on the sitcom he was currently watching.

Yet, as time pass by he couldn't help but feel a little spooked out by the clown statue. He didn't know how to describe it, but he felt that he was being watched by the hideous clown.

"Damn it." Jyou cursed, which was something really rare for him to do. "I'm losing my nerves all because of a damn statue."

The scrawny teen switched off the television. He felt really silly for being scared by a mere statue but he couldn't shake off the feeling. Clapping his hands on his thighs, Jyou stood up from his seat and started making his way out of the room, walking past the clown statue. He flicked the switch off, but not before looking back at the darn thing for one last time. He felt himself shiver from the vibes he was getting.

As he entered the kitchen, which was directly opposite the guest room he was in seconds ago, he fished out his hand phone for the second time in the evening and started dialing Kenzaki's cell phone.

"Ah Jyou-san." Kenzaki answered moments later. "Is everything alright?"

"Y-Yea, the kids are sleeping already." He replied half heartedly, all the while looking back at the guest room where the hideous statue was.

There was a short moment of awkward silence.

"Hey kid, what's up? Everything okay?" the older man asked with a hint of concern lacing over his voice.

"Yeah, everything is okay." Jyou cracked up an awkward laugh. "Well, this is just going to sound really really silly. But I'm getting freaked out a little by the clown statue you've got in your guest room."

"Sorry, a what?"

"You know the creepy looking clown statue in your guest room. Please don't be offended." Jyou said, his eyes never leaving the guest room.

Jyou waited patiently for his reply, Kenzaki haven't given him any reply whatsoever and Jyou feared he might have upset the older man's feelings unintentionally.

"Kenzaki-san I'm-"

"Jyou." Kenzaki cut him over the line. Jyou thought he detected a slight hint of fear in the older man's voice.

What came shortly after was a horrifying revelation.

"We don't have a clown statue at home."

Jyou froze at that very sentenced.

"JYOU!" Kenzaki said in a desperate tone. "Hurry up to the kid's room, lock the door behind you and call the police! Keep it together! We're on our way back!"

"JYOU!" Kenzaki called out his name once more when he didn't answered.

"Y-Yes!" Jyou stuttered.

As he let down his hand with the phone tightly grasped in it, Jyou tried his very best to stay calm and composed. He had to, even if he was a nervous piece of crack. He had to make sure whoever this person was, that he never know of his new found knowledge. One cock up on his side and he could kiss his and the kid's ass goodbye.

However, rather than heeding Kenzaki advice Jyou made a mad dash for the stairs. He skipped a few polished wooden steps as he ascended, all the while muttering both God's and Gomamon's name. Jyou entered the kid's room and abruptly shut the door tight. He clumsily back away from the door and felt himself bumped into the kid's drawer when there wasn't any more room left to move back.

"Jyou Oni-Chan?"

Jyou turned to face both Kenji and Kushina who had stirred from their sleep due to his actions. The twins were staring at him, wondering what was going on. Before Jyou could reply them, he heard feet scuffling from the first floor up the stairs.

"SHIT!" He exclaimed.

Thinking fast, he proceeded to push the twins' wardrobe against the door, barricading themselves in just before the clown intruder had chance to get in.

BAM!

"AH!" The twins screamed. Jyou himself jolted away from the door, joining the kids and adopting a defensive stance should the need to defend them arise, though he didn't feel like he could even at all defend himself from whoever was trying to harm them.

BAM!

There was another violent knock to the door and all 3 of them screamed in unison once more as they began cowering in fear. The intruder was working his way with the door knob.

"Jyou Oni-Chan" the twins croaked as tears begin to form in their eyes.

"I-it's going to be alright!" Jyou said, trying to sound brave for the kids but even he could tell that from his voice that he didn't at all sound confident.

"Open up little piggies." A voice spoke, with a rather devious sounding laughter shorted after.

Jyou felt his blood ran cold upon hearing it. By now the kids are crying hysterically in his arms and there was nothing he could do to calm them. How could he when there was a mad man dressed up as a clown trying to kill them?

'CRACK!'

Not good! The door is almost giving in!

"Oh God!" Jyou cried out.

Just then, sounds of sirens started resonating throughout the neighborhood and a series of blue and red lights caught the corner of Jyou's eyes. He diverted his attention towards the window and his face immediately lit up.

Help has arrived.

While Jyou was in the horrifying situation, Kenzaki called the police while making his way back to the house with his wife. The kids and he managed to escape out of what would have ended up in a mass killing due to his actions.

Jyou watched from the steps of the entrance as the police whisked the clown intruder away. Letting out a sigh, he focused his attention towards Kenzaki and his family. He couldn't quite believe what just happened, being so close to death and all. Kenzaki noticed him staring at them and beckoned Jyou to come.

"Thank you so much kiddo!" Kenzaki said gratefully, hugging the teen. "We wouldn't know what we would have done if it wasn't for you."

"No worries at all Kenzaki-San." Jyou replied "I'm just glad everything is back to normal."

It turns out that this clown intruder had been hiding in the premises of Kenzaki's house for a whole week, and taking advantage of its massive space and rooms, he managed to avoid detection from any of the family members. Well, the twins have spotted him quite a number of times but when they told their parents about it, they passed it off as a joke. They only started taking things seriously when Jyou called to complain about the same clown statue that their kids have been telling them the whole week. The clown intruder was just moving around the guest room when Jyou entered unceremoniously and as such he just froze in place.

This story is based on the story of the clown statue. As with the previous story in chapter 1, there are many variations to this but I opted to take a less horrible outcome for our hero. Cheers guys!