For anyone paying attention, in wrote a sidetrack to this called "Operation: Vacation!" I hope you'll like that humorous and interesting twist I added into it in the end. I certainly enjoyed it!


Tara was nervous.

Just only a week before, the Digigang had come back from their interrupted vacation to Japan. Upon arrival to Odaiba, Izzy had recently finished making papers for Tara to go to school this year. That, and she also had to beg her mother pratically 50 times before she gave in. Good thing they only live a few blocks away from the school.

She was now wearing her real world attire: purple headband, a purple vest, blue shirt, blue skort-a skirt with shorts underneath-, and purple trainers.

"So why are we here so early?"

Davis began to lay out the rules "One: Since people rarely ever show up at this hour, it's way more easier to sneak into the computer lab."

"Lesson Two:" Kari said. "We have a lot of time to ourselves, so we use it to discus plans for when we go to the Digital World."

Cody continued. "Three: We can always go to the computer lab if there's an emergency, so nobody would ask us where we are."

"Four: We've got to teach you the ropes around here, so that you know what to do if you're stuck." Yolei added.

TK said, "And then there's number Five: Act like regular kids for a change."

Tara nodded. "Got it."

"We need you to get in with the drill, so follow our lead, okay?" Davis asked.

"Okay. So we first need to get the Digimon in the computer lab, right?"

"That's right, Tara." Cody nodded.

"And we can skip lessons two to three, and probably four, unless it's an emergency." Yolei said.

They began to sneak through the halls of the winding school, until they reached their destination.

Davis smiled. "This is a piece of-"

Gatomon perked her ears up. "Quiet! I hear someone talking!"

"Really?" Kari peaked around the corner. "It's Mr. Fujiama and Ms. Tikate!"

Patamon sighed. "How are we going to get them away from the lab without being caught?"

"Never fear," Moonmon said. "'cause Tara and I already have a plan for this outcome!"

Tara gave her Digimon to Kari, and walked out.

TK had a panic attack. "Are you crazy?! You're gonna get us discovered!"

Tara winked at him. "What do you think the 'plan' is for then?"

She walked up to the two teachers, and breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh good! I thought I was going to get lost here forever!"

Mr. Fujiama blinked at her. "Sorry, but are you new?"

"Yes, and apparently I got lost on trying to find my classroom."

"But you do realize that you're very early, right?" Ms. Tikate.

"Huh?" Tara looked at her watch. "I thought I was going to be late for class! Scratch that, I think I forgot to change the time on my watch again!"

The teachers laughed.

"Welcome to our school, now about your class, which is it again?"

"Oh, it's ummm. . ."-she glanced at the schedule at hand- "Class A-7."

"That's not to far from here. But I can see why you got lost, these halls can be a labyrinth sometimes!" Mr. Fujiama exclaimed, walking and talking with her.

"Like the one in Theseus and the Minotaur?"

Ms. Tikate smiled. "It's good to know that the new student is at least polite and has good taste in literature. Unlike the last one. . . "

Tara chuckled on the inside. Wasn't it Davis who was that new kid? "Actually, I'm particularly fond of literature. Have you ever seen that spectacular performance of 'Romeo and Juliet'? It is by far one of the best works of the great bard William Shakespeare. . ." Tara glanced back at her friends hiding behind the corner and winked.

"Ah yes!" Ms. Tikate clapped her hands in excitement. "The famous tragedy of the two star-crossed lovers." She had a dreamy expression in her eyes.

Mr. Fujiama chuckled. "She's going to be the top of her class this year. I just know it!"

"'Top of my class'? The odds of that occurring are 20 percent at the highest!"

"Looks like we've got our own Ken Ichijouji in our school!"

Tara winced a bit. Her wounds from the whipping she received when she was his prisoner had not fully healed yet. "Ken Ichijouji? As in THE Ken Ichijouji? You must be joking! I would be much easier to compare with a third grader!"

The three kept on chatting away like old friends. Soon enough, they reached the door to Tara's new classroom.

"It's been very nice knowing that a person at your age is so interested in school!" Ms. Tikate glowed.

"Now what was your name again, young lady?" Mr. Fujiama inquired.

"Tara, sir. Tara Niyaki."

"Well, it's been a pleasure to meet you. I look forward to seeing you again this semester!" Ms. Tikate said cheerfully.

"You too!" Tara smiled, as she slipped inside her new classroom. She breathed out a sigh a relief, and slumped to the floor. "That was close," she muttered.

She got up and glanced around. "I hope the others are okay."

She explored a bit of her surroundings to get familiar with it. When she found that it was a regular classroom, she decided to see the school grounds from the huge windows. Wow, she thought. You could see everything from up here! Sh looked around a bit more. Her gaze finally landed on her friends walking out of the building. Judging by from them scratching their heads and looking around, she'd say they were probably searching for her. She knocked on the glass a few times to get their attention.

In just about no time, they arrived in the room.

Tara smiled. "Took you guys long enough."

TK smiled sheepishly. "We had trouble finding out which class you were until you started knocking on the windows."

The Digidestined continued talking about Tara's life before she met them. They found out that she can cook. When they asked her how well her cooking is, they gobbled down the sandwiches she made for them.

"So, I take it you like them then?" Tara asked.

Davis swallowed a bite. "Love it would be more like it."

TK smiled brightly at the newest member of their crew. "Tastes like Matt's cooking! Down to the last morsel!"

"Do you think you can teach me how to cook like this?" Kari asked. "That way, me and Tai won't have to worry about my mom's cooking!"

They all laughed, as they heard the tales of their everyday lives. It was fun for once. At least they weren't off defending the Digiworld from some Digimaniac trying to take over or destroy it.

Time flew by, and soon, the bell for the beginning of school rang. Everyone took their seats, as the teacher came in.

"Good morning class." He greeted.

"Good morning Mr. Hiro." The class echoed back.

"Now take out your pencils, erasers, and wits, because we're having a back-to-school pop quiz!"

The class groaned.

Davis leaned into the seat in front of him where Tara was. "Think you can survive this?"

Tara smirked. "I'll try my best!"

"Good. 'Cause you're going to need all the luck you can get!" Kari whispered.

"Who was the greatest swordsman in all of Japan in the 1500's?"

Tara shot up her hand.

The teacher looked at her, and said, "Yes?"

"Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

"Correct. Moving on, what is ten fifths divided by two?"

Tara shot her hand up again as soon as the question was said.

"Yes?"

"One."

This time, everyone looked at her. How can she have calculated the answer so fast?

Mr. Hiro, who had a hard time understanding this, said, "C-correct." he shook his head. He decided to try a science question. "Which atoms make up one molecule of water?"

Everyone looked at the purple-clad girl expectantly. "Two hydrogen and one oxygen atom."

He tried something harder. "Where is Shakespeare's grave?"

Everyone snickered. There was no way can she figure this one out.

"Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-Upon-Avalon, England."

They were all shocked. So much for the thought that the new kid couldn't even figure the question out.

Mr. Hiro tried something only a college or high school student would know. " When and who invented the first laser?"

"Archimedes, at approximately 214 B.C. Plus, did you know he also created the Antikythera, or the world's very first computer?"

Mr. Hiro stood as still as the stone on Shakespeare's grave. Aside from the few moaning sounds he made.

"M-Mr. Hiro?" A student asked.

David got up from his seat, and waved a hand in front of his face. "Hello? Anybody in there?" When all he got in reply was a moan, he turned to class and shrugged. "I think Tara broke him."

As if to prove Davis' theory, he fainted right on spot.

"Should we go and get the nurse?" A girl asked asked.

"Later. For now, we could do anything we want!" One of the classmates said.

"Three cheers for the girl who literally knocked Mr. Hiro off his feet!" A boy yelled.

Everyone joined in the cheer. "Hip hip, HOORAY! Hip hip, HOORAY! Hip hip,-"

Davis, TK, and Kari all cried out: "Way to go Tara!"

For the next forty minutes or so, the entire class was goofing off. Kari, TK, and Davis on the other hand, was grilling Tara with one too many questions.

"How in the world did you do all of that?" TK asked in wide-eyed amazement.

"It helps if you read a lot."

"Well," Kari smiled. "It sure paid off! Look at what happened to Mr. Hiro!" She said, gesturing to the still unconscious teacher.

Davis placed a hand on his chin. "Do you think you can do that with our next teacher too?"

"Don't push your luck Davis. I can only do this once a week, or else the teachers will get suspicious of our class."

The bell rang, saying it was time for another forty-five minutes of torture. The class all groaned, but thanked Tara for knocking the teacher out of commission for a day or so.

The day droned on as usual, and soon the bell rang for lunch.

Tara, TK, Kari, and Davis all rushed to the courtyard to the rocks under a tree. When they got there, Cody and Yolei had already started to eating their lunch.

Cody looked up from his curry. "Oh. You're here. How'd classes go?"

Davis was bubbling with excitement. "You should've been there for our first class!"

Kari giggled. "What he's trying to say is that Tara knocked our teacher out."

Yolei spit out the water she was drinking and swiveled to Tara. "You punched a teacher?!"

Tara waved her hands in disagreement. "No! Why would a punch a teacher on my first day? Heck, why would I punch a teacher at all?"

"She just answered all the questions the teacher threw at her, and fainted." TK explained.

Yolei was unimpressed. "Like. . . ?"

"Really, really hard ones." Davis answered.

"She had answered a question about some samurai, calculated the answer to a math problem at the speed of lightning, then a science question none of us even knew about, not to mention where Shakespeare's grave was, and to top it all off, I'm pretty sure she answered a question that was for high school or college students." TK clarified.

Cody and Yolei was in shock. "Wow. . . "

Kari nodded. "And that's what knocked our teacher out up until tomorrow."

Cody blinked. "Tara, are you sure that you're not another Digidestined of Knowledge?"

"Positive."

It went on like that for the rest of the afternoon. Tara quickly getting on the teachers' good sides, the class avoiding any more back-to-school tests or quizzes, and for once school was actually fun. As soon as the bell rang, and the Digidestined all ran to the computer lab.

Tara opened the door, and was surprised when Moonmon jumped into her arms yelling out, "Tara's back! Tara's back!"

"Shhh! Moonmon, be quiet or else the whole school will hear you!" Tara scolded.

"Sorry."

"Is everyone ready to go?" TK asked.

"Go where?" Tara asked, confused.

Davis smacked his head. "We forgot. We're going to the Digiworld today, to help repair the damage Ken did."

"But how are we going to get there?"

Yolei winked. "Just follow us. Let's gooooo!" She held up her red Digivice up to the screen, and a flash of light filled the room. Next thing you know, they, along with the Digimon, had vanished.