Hello, yet another random fic about the digi-destined not doing much! It has my own character in, Vay. She was introduced in the Protector Saga (incomplete) so you may want to read that to get the gist of who she is, but you don't really have to. She's also in my Pokémon and Digimon crossover, you can read that too (again. No pressure to read it ^-^)
Sorry that it took me an über-long time to get this chapter out, but I'm way busy at Uni and stuff. Sorry again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of the characters or places and such. Only Vay is my own creation. Please don't sue me; I'm actually a vagrant.
Lentil soup.
Everyone called out goodbyes as the five younger digi-destined left the residence to go to the park. Vay yawned widely as she sat back on the couch and stretched her legs out over Matt and Izzy.
"So what's to be done first?" Tai asked as he looked around the group.
"I think we should do what we actually came here to do in the first place, before we got side-tracked by all the wild sex and such," Sora said with a wide grin.
Everyone looked a little confused.
"What was that again?" Joe asked as he scratched his head.
"Got me," Vay said as she stretched out further.
"Fool," Matt snorted as he poked her in the stomach.
"Ack!" Vay exclaimed as she scrunched up into a ball.
"We're here to talk about your first day back to school," Matt elaborated.
"Oh yeah," Vay exclaimed as she stretched out again. She thumped herself in the side of the head and stuck out her tongue.
"Yes indeed," Tai said with a short laugh and a shake of his head, "but first, does anyone want to brave any of the food."
There were murmurs of assent throughout the group as they all stood and made their way to the kitchen area. Vay wandered over to the hob and stared into the vast pot.
"Erm, Tai," she said as she took a step back.
"Yep, yep," Tai answered as he stood next to her and slung an arm around her shoulders.
"What is that?" she asked, pointing at the big pot. Tai leaned forward and looked in.
"That, my dear, is the lentil soup."
Vay grabbed the spoon and stirred the soup a little.
"It's a little bit thick, isn't it?" she asked as she stuck the spoon into the soup vertically, and it stayed vertical.
"Maybe just a bit," Tai answered, "just ignore it, it'll go away eventually."
They both slowly backed away from the soup.
"Looks like its salad people," Joe said as they all stared at the large bowl of salad in front of them.
"Snack-a-licous," Vay said sarcastically, earning her a nudge in the ribs from Tai on one side and Matt on the other.
"Bring it into the living room would you Joe?" Tai said grabbing Vay's arm and dragging her back to the living area, "And would you grab some plates and cutlery please Sora?"
"Sure thing," she answered as she rummaged around the kitchen collecting the utensils.
The salad was brought forth and dished out. Everyone sat around munching away.
"So," Mimi said glancing around at the group, "How do you feel about going back to school?"
The question was obviously addressed to Vay. She speared a tomato and munched on it quietly for a while.
"Well, I can't say I'm really nervous," she answered with a shrug.
"I would be," Sora said shuddering, "I always dread the first day of school, you know, will I be in classes with my friends, will I make new friends…"
"Will I be able to find them in the crowded cafeteria," Izzy added with a half-smile.
"Yeah, I guess," Vay said as she stretched out across the couch again, "but I've never really had a first day, I can't remember my first day of elementary."
"I'd think you'd be terrified then," Joe said in amazement, "a completely brand new experience to face and overcome."
"Some of us aren't afraid of a challenge," Vay countered with a grin.
"That's the attitude," Matt laughed as he lifted her legs and sat down on the couch as well, "There isn't anything to be worried about, and we'll all be there anyway, well except Joe… and Mimi… so three of us will be there," he finished lamely.
"Three's enough," Tai said with a wide smile.
"The rents are, of course, going mental over the whole thing," she said as she stuck out her tongue in disgust.
"You can't really blame them, they've only just got you back," Sora said, "They're probably terrified of losing you again."
"I understand that, but I've been self sufficient for nearly my whole life, I don't need them to over protect me, it's suffocating!" she answered.
"Well soon you'll have the joy of the school day to escape to," Izzy said, smiling.
"I guess I will, however, the uniform sucks."
"It sucks?" Sora said, astonished.
"The girls version does, the whole green thing is not working for me and what's with the green blouse thing and the blue cravat? It's funked up weird," Vay said with a shake of her head.
"I'd never even given it a thought," Sora said as she gazed incredulously at Tai.
Tai laughed out loud at Sora's expression, "It is a little funky."
"Aren't you worried your going to be way behind with the work?" Joe asked as he pushed his salad around the plate.
"Nah, Gennai kept me up to speed, I should be fine, it's not rocket science," Vay said as she munched on some more salad, "Well, not until I get to University it isn't."
"You're planning on taking rocket science?" Mimi asked in amazement.
"Yeah, why not, as good a choice as any, but at the moment I'll concentrate on just high school."
"Have you got everything you need?" Sora asked, putting her finished salad to one side.
"Like what?" Vay asked as she sat up properly, crossing her legs.
"Well, your uniform, stationary, paper, textbooks, files, notebooks, a schoolbag, to name but a few," she answered as she ticked things off on her fingers. Vay paled slightly.
"I have a uniform…" she said quietly. Everyone face vaulted but quickly recovered. Sora turned to Mimi, "Shopping trip?"
"Shopping trip," Mimi confirmed with a nod of her head.
"Oh boy," Izzy said scratching the back of his head.
"I'll have to go home first, you know, get money out of the parents for this. There's no way I'm paying," Vay said as she stood up, "I'll run home and get that then come back here and we can all go."
"I'll come with you, since we live in the same building, I wouldn't mind a little money myself," Matt said as he stood as well.
"All right," she answered as she grabbed her coat.
"That's right, you do live in the same building," Tai said looking back and forth between them.
"Yes Tai, what a brilliant deduction, I'll bring you back a present," Vay laughed as she patted him on the head.
"Up yours," Tai said scornfully, "I was saying that because, as you do live in the same building, why didn't you two come together?"
Matt and Vay tripped and then looked at each other puzzled for a while.
"He makes a good point," Matt said with a nod.
"I didn't even think," Vay said as she scratched her head, "I just arranged to meet Sora and Mimi."
The rest of the company face vaulted.
"Just… hurry up," Tai said as he recovered.
"All right, in a few," Vay said as she waved and pulled Matt through the front door.
The rest of the group watched them leave.
"Mental that one, I'm telling you," Joe said as he wiped a hand over his face.
"Who? Matt or Vay?" Mimi asked.
"Well Matt is a little on the side of the crazies, but her, wow!" he answered, throwing his arms in the air.
"Yeah," Tai said fondly, "but that's why we love her."
Sora nodded and smiled, as did Izzy and Mimi.
"And Matt too, for that matter," Izzy added.
"I think we're all a little crazy, I know I am," Tai said as he lay across the now vacated sofa.
"I think I'm more eccentric than crazy," Izzy said musingly.
"Why's that?" Sora asked.
"Well, not blowing my own horn or anything…"
"That would be a gift indeed," Tai said with a dirty grin, earning him a slap from Sora.
"As I was saying. I'm a bit of a genius, and aren't smart people who are crazy described as eccentric?" Izzy finished.
"I suppose he's right," Joe ventured.
"Who's up for some gaming madness?" Tai asked as he jumped up from the sofa. There were general murmurs of agreement as Tai skidded into his room and brought out his Gamecube (1).
"Mario Kart Double Dash anyone?" he asked as he brandished the game.
AN: I know it's a weird place to stop, but I am a weird person so it all balances out nicely ;)
I'd like to thank miaow227 and Ginger-chan for reviewing my first chapter, they are stars!!!
(1) I do not own the rights to Gamecube or any of the games created for it, they are the property of Nintendo and other people.