Taichi returned home sighing. His mother sat in front of the television, cookies and milk ready.

"Hey, Taichi... How was school?"

He winced. Luckily for him, his mother hadn't noticed a thing. Only the look of disappointment on his face. Her response was the
assuring motherly smile and a soft pat on his shoulder.

"Detention..."he muttered, looking at the floor disappointed at himself.

"Taichi..." Mrs.. Yagami began, her eyes shining with compassion, "I don't know what to say..."

His eyes bore into the carpet. If he had the ability...maybe the carpet would have been set on fire. But then, he had received a tap on the shoulder.

"Well! There's no crying over spilt milk. What's done is done, as I always say... It must have beenfor something pointless anyway..."
Taichi smiled inside. She had took it well. Then again, she took many things well, and sometimes can be a little strange. Maybe more than a little.
And she had been right about the pointless thing. Taichi had not been trying to cheat and was pointed out guilty without questions. Though cheating off her paper may have helped his grade... Thank goodness his teacher hadn't thought of tearing it into shreds and planted a big fat zero on his grade grid for the semester.

After thanking his mom, and gotten a kiss on his forehead that he'd rather avoid, he went to his room. In his room stood his little sister, facing him, as if she'd been rehearsing the whole thing, or had been waiting in his messy room for some reason or another.

"You look a bit... upset.. It has something to do with school, doesn't it?"

"MM..." Taichi replied with a sigh, taking out a sheet of paper from his bookbag and threw it on the ground.

"A detention slip?" inquired Kari, her already huge eyes widening more as she eyed the slip in Taichi's hand, as if it was a new species. Without feeling a thing, the paper had been slid down his the elder brother's, and was now in the possession of the younger girl.

"Onii-san... Did you know, that it says, two days?"

"T-two!? Agh! I should have looked... I really thought it'd be only one!"

"I see that they don't cut you slack, even for being a star soccer player," she chortled, "On a most serious note... Why did you get it?"

A mumble escaped the goggle boy's mouth. The little girl only tilted her head.

"I said..." he paused, "That.....that they thought I was cheating off Sora's paper!"

"Sora's...? Taichi... cheating off your best friend's paper...."

"Honestly Hikari, cheating was the last thing in mind! I just wanted to see her handwriting..."

"Handwriting...." Hikari whispered before leaving his room.

Taichi sighed with relief. And he moved around his room, looking for that letter he received from Sora.

"Crap... I should clean the room! I know the letter has to be here! Letters' don't have legs!"

Outside his room, Hikari stood in front of the door. She listened to every word he said. A smile made it's way on her face.
One quite secretive.

The first day of detention went by fast. Sora assisted him the whole time there. Though Taichi mumbled, and complained about the heap
of work he had to do.

"Look on the bright side, Taichi, these are extra grades,"

Taichi snorted.

"Well, the whole stack for the day is done. Thanks for your help."

"Taichi... You're a bit surprised, why? I'm your best friend. I help when you need it." and she gave him a stunning smile.

A/n: YAY! Another chapter. X--X I know I called Hikari, Kari once... It's easier and shorter that way. So yeah... Taichi's mom
struck me as strange in the movie... With weird recipes and stuff... and maybe, a bit of her strangeness is from Ari's mom. Yep, too much Okage... feel sorry for me.