Everyone's favorite computer genius just got brought home by the cops! Where did we all go wrong! :-p lol

In ref to one person's review, I am the same exact way! I love it when Koushirou or Jou ends up in some kind of trouble since they're the "good" ones of the group. lol You have to love the goody two shoes messing up. lol. I guess I owe you all an apology. I've been so wrapped up with other things, the anime X for one ^^, I must thank my pal DavidAP for that! He's the one that got me into it! lol I kinda slacked off with this fic. My other ones too. Just to let you all know, if you ever want to know when I update this fic, or any other fic, just check my ff.net bio, or leave your e-mail so I can inform you of when I actually upload a new part. I have a mailing list that I use to inform everyone of when I update any of my fics. That is one feature I miss that ff.net no longer has for free. I relied on Author Alerts a lot, not only with my fics for people to read, but with everyone else's as well for me to read.

Oh, I just thought I'd inform you that I am writing on a Joumi fic and I have uploaded the first two parts to it. Jou is trying to find a way to impress Mimi, but surprisingly, the one to give him the "good" advice, isn't all that much of an expert on the subject of love. If any of you are interested, read. ^_^

Well, like I always say, I do not anything dealing with Digimon in general.
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Part 22: Koushirou's Resignation! "I Am No Longer An Izumi!"

The two started to head towards their room to go to bed, until they heard a knock at their front door.

"I wonder who that could be this time of night."

The man shrugged, as he went to the door and asked who it was with Mrs. Izumi right by his side. She was curious too.

"Who is there?" he asked.

"This is Officer Touchika of the Odaiba Police Force, sir."

"The police?" Mrs. Izumi wondered. "Why would they be here?"

"We have your son..."

"What!?!" the two parents said in unison and shock.

They opened the door and sure enough, there stood a semi tall, redheaded 14-year-old boy, with a goofy, nervous, grin on his face with a cop standing right behind him.

"Koushirou!!!" Mrs. Izumi said in dissapointment.

"Um...hi?" the boy sweat dropped nervously.

The two adults were in incredible shock. Their only child was being brought home by the police! They imagined that that could never happen to their child, mainly because he never caused trouble.

Of course nearby neighbors of the Izumis heard the commotion and saw the flashing red lights outside and were nosing around. They were also surprised to see a cop standing at the door of the Izumis with Koushirou as if he had just been escorted home.
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"Usa-san, look out the window at the Izumi's," a neighbor of the Izumis' told another neighbor over the phone.

"Oh my goodness, Yori-san!" Usa said in surprise as she looked out of her window. "Is that a police officer at their home?!?"

"Yes, I can't believe it!" Yori said in amazement. "Their son is being escorted by a cop!"

"Hold on, Yori-san, I have another call." The woman changed over to the other line to see who it was that called her. It was another neighbor of hers and she was telling her the news. "Yes, I know, Mako-san!"

"It's a shock," Mako said. "The Izumis are the perfect family!"

"There has been a lot of arguing going on over there I hear," Yori told the other two. "And Yoshie-san hasn't been her usual outgoing self when at the market."

"Strange," Mako said. She then got another call. "Hold on, I have another call." She checked to see who it was, who was also blabbing away over what she was seeing. "Yes, I know, Mina-san. We are all shocked."

"What in the world did that boy do?" Mina asked.

"I'm going to talk with Yoshie-san in the morning when we go marketing," Mako decided. "We always go on Thursday."

"I just may join you," Mina said. "I normally go on Fridays, but I'll make an exception this time!"

More and more gossipy housewives of the apartment complex, which was quite a bit here, kept making calls, talking about seeing the Izumi's son being escorted home by a cop.
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"What was he doing?" Mrs. Izumi asked with no emotion.

"We caught your son at Odaiba Junior High. He was lucky that we wasn't shot by us! As you know, there have been a lot of break-ins in the school districts around here and we thought that your son was the one responsible for them since he was in the school's computer lab. Not to worry though, his story checked out so he's okay."

"Um, thank you officer," Mr. Izumi said, still a bit shocked over the situation.

"Sure thing," the officer said. He then tipped his hat to them. "G'night sir, madam..."

"I don't sense anything good about it," Koushirou muttered to himself.

After the cop left, a couple of exasperated, not to mention disappointed, parents looked at their young, will probably not reach the age of 15, son.

"Maybe Officer Touchika will arrest me if I chase him down with my bike and cause a ruckus and get me on a disturbing the peace charge," Koushirou said to himself, trying to find a way out the situation he was in. "Anything is better than staying here with these two right now!"

The boy noticed the looks on his parents' faces.

"I have disappointed them again," he sighed.

Mr. Izumi was about to say something but Mrs. Izumi didn't give him the chance to!
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RP: I think I hear the Taps theme playing. >_

Koushirou: (Sarcastic tone) Oh, thank you so much RP for the reassurance on my not getting out of here alive.

RP: Oh you are so welcome. Besides, you actually think that you will?!? You were just brought home by the cops and you were grounded at the time and you have been keeping secrets and lying!! :-p

Koushirou: -_-
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"Don't you say anything, young man!" the woman argued. "Boy do you have a lot of explaining to do! I want you to tell me what exactly was going through your head when breaking into your own school!"

"I told you that I needed my English textbook!"

"More lies?!? When are you going to stop!?! I know that you wouldn't get yourself into trouble over some irrelevant book! Do you think your father and I are stupid? Do you know how embarrassed I was to see my son being escorted home for committing a crime?!? You are so lucky that you weren't charged with anything. The officer that just left said that you could have been killed!! You are lucky that they didn't shoot you! My son would never do something so, so…so stupid and inconsiderate! What were you thinking!"

The boy lowered his head. He hadn't been thinking of the consequences, but he did have a reason for going to his school.

"You weren't thinking, that's not like you," the woman continued. "What is wrong with you? Embarrassing your father and me like that! What will the neighbors think of such a thing? I know Mina-san probably saw you! She's the town gossip! I can't face anybody now because of you, Koushirou! First you lie, now you are breaking into places! What are you going to do next, steal?"

"Gomen nasai," the boy apologized quietly.

"How do I know that you aren't lying now? I don't even want to look at you right now! You aren't my son, you are some clone of him! My son would never do the things that you have been doing lately!"

Mr. Izumi, who had been quiet the entire time, spoke up. The woman was being pretty harsh and hard on Koushirou, but her mood was certainly understandable. She was mad but from the things she was saying, pretty much, showed that she was more so disappointed than anything else.

"Koushirou, are you keeping secrets because of your friend Mimi?" he asked.

"What does Mimi-san have to do with anything?" Koushirou asked in defense. "She hasn't done anything wrong."

"Then why are you keeping so many secrets from us?" the man asked. "I really feel that we should talk about whatever your problem is, unless you don't have anything to say to us."

The boy lowered his head and muttered, "No." The man sighed as he looked at his only son. He was really hoping that Koushirou would open up and get whatever it was that was bothering him out in the open. He still remained calm, though.

"I think you should go to your room now, Koushirou, while your mother and I discuss what we should do with you."

"Oh yeah, that reminds me," the woman started, growing irritable again, "I want to know how you got out and I want you to unlock your door right now! Your secret keeping days are over! Until you prove that you are my son again and can earn my trust again, just forget about keeping your door locked and no phone until I say so and you can kiss your computers goodbye!"

The man frowned at his wife. He wanted to get Koushirou out before his wife says more things that she would probably regret saying later after she cools down.

Koushirou, on the other hand, had grown annoyed with her yelling at him as if everything he had done was his fault. He knew that it was partially, but it was his parents' even more for not being honest with him. He then did something that surprised not only himself, but his parents as well. He argued back; worse than what he had when he first gotten grounded. He also said some things that he knew--not in his current state, though--that he would regret ever saying later.

"You know, it would not bother me in the least if you disowned me as your son! Maybe if you two hope enough, you'll have yourselves a son of your own to make up for the disappointment and embarassment I am to you!"

"Koushirou, stop talking like that!"

The boy ignored her and kept going. He was upset that his mother had pretty much admitted to wanting to disown him. The one person he could turn to for guidance, understanding, and love, hated him in his eyes.

"Hey, when you have your new son, he can take my room seeing as how I do not plan on staying around here anyway! I know you two are getting sick of my lies, but I am getting pretty sick and tired of yours! I do learn from the best in the 'lying' department since two liars are raising me!"

Both of his parents were shocked at the tone Koushirou was using with them. They weren't used of him speaking in such manner. The boy had done something he never had before, insult them.

"What are you talking about?" Mr. Izumi asked. "How dare you accuse your mother and me of being liars! We do not keep secrets from you!"

"See, you are lying to me right now! You two have been lying to me as far back as I can remember! As soon as you two stop lying to me, I will start telling you what I have been doing these past few days! I lost my trust in you two, years ago!"

That hit the young couple hard. They could tell by Koushirou's tone that he was quite serious. Neither one of them knew what to say.

"If you two will excuse me, I have to go find me a newer place to live. Fortunately, I have a lot of extra cash, not only from this past Sunday--which I still refuse to tell you two about--but the money that I have been saving for the past eight years of my life for just such an emergency or situation. I did want to go out on my own early in life, like when I started High School, but I guess this time is as good as any thanks to this conversation we have just had. At least now you will have your room free for your new child."

The boy started to head towards the front door of their apartment, muttering in annoyance about the entire situation. Mrs. Izumi looked like she was about to cry, but that soon turned to fury. Right now, all of her emotions were out of whack. She felt like crying, while at the same time, she was angry, while at the same time, furious enough to want to actually hit Koushirou for his selfishness. Mr. Izumi was just speechless. He felt useless in this situation since he couldn't figure out what to do or what to say.

"Izumi Koushirou, if you go out that door then it is true that you are not my son," Mrs. Izumi threatened. "My Koushirou wouldn't do something so rash!"

"Tell me something I don't already know!" boy shouted at her furiously. "Even if I don't walk out of that door, I still wouldn't be your son!"

With that, the boy walked out the door of the apartment, slamming it right behind him.

"Koushirou?" she asked, after the door closed.

Her eyes started to well up with tears. Reality had hit her finally and she was now going back to her sad state. Mr. Izumi knew that when she was pregnant before that she was very emotional, but she rarely got angered.

"What did I just do to Koushirou?" the woman cried. "I made him go away!"

Mr. Izumi held his wife in his arms as she cried on his shoulder muttering, "What did I do?" over and over again. The woman then broke away from her husband and got a look of worry on her face.

"Oh my gosh, we have to go and bring him back!" she panicked. "Who will make his lunches just the way he likes them! Who will do his laundry? Who will make his favorite style onigiri for him? He likes the strangest fillings for them!"

Before Mr. Izumi could respond to his panicky wife's statements, they heard a lock click. The sound came from Koushirou's bedroom door. The two looked to see Koushirou walking away from his room holding a few things, like his cell phone for one. He would have used it earlier to call everyone when looking for Mimi, but he couldn't due to a low battery. It had started to ring, but it cut right off. The battery was still low on it.

"I promise you that I will find a way of getting out of here by sometime tomorrow. I am sure that it will make you happy. I shall be a nuisance to you no more. I quit as your son!"

"Koushirou, stop being ridiculous! You are not a nuisance to us and you are not going anywhere except for to bed, which I feel would be a good idea as of the moment."

No one objected to his suggestion and did as he said. Koushirou headed towards his room and shut the door behind him, but he didn't lock it. Mr. and Mrs. Izumi headed towards their room so that they could talk about what had just happened. Everyone said stuff that neither of them meant. Mrs. Izumi didn't mean to make Koushirou feel unwanted or abandoned. She was just upset and embarrassed. It was like her perfect family was no more and it was the fault of her son. The only son she had had the honor of being blessed with after losing her own.

Mr. Izumi was pretty quiet over the entire thing and didn't know what to think. He just knew that him and his wife needed to talk about what had just happened.

"Where did we go wrong?" the woman asked quietly. "When did we lose him? When did he change the way that he has?"

"What is he keeping from us? Why does he think of us as 'liars?' What have we ever done to him to make him even get an idea like that!"

"I wish I knew," Mrs. Izumi said in between sobs. "We have always been open with him and honest."

"We'll figure something out, don't worry. We just don't know how to react to this since we have never encountered this before as parents."

"Has our family really grown that far apart?" Mrs. Izumi asked herself. "Have we really grown apart from Koushirou that much?"

The woman frowned some more and so did her husband. They were so upset over the situation that they hadn't even bothered to ask how Koushirou got back into his locked room.

"What was I thinking to say such things!" Mrs. Izumi cried to herself. "I'm sorry Koushirou!"
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Koushirou sat in his room, staring up at the ceiling. He was still mad at his parents. He had grown tired of them trying to get into his business. It was quite obvious that he wasn't thinking right. He would never say such things to the two people who took him in and raised him. Deep down, he knew they weren't bad.

"I can't wait to get out of this place!" he muttered angrily. "I was going to wait another year, but now is as good a time as any!"

With that, the boy punched his pillow, turned over and went to sleep...