The Crest of Virtue

By: Lady Tiger LiLy

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Disclaimer: I own what I own.

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Chapter 8: Dear Journal

Click clack, click clack.

Tera was sitting on her bed in Cody's room with her laptop on her lap. Wearing a soft, warm sweater, she typed thoughtfully.

Dear Journal,

Sorry for not writing in so long! I'm terrible at that! Well, let me sum up what's been happening! Thanksgiving just ended. I had forgot that the Japanese probably wouldn't celebrate Thanksgiving! But my aunt made a delicious dinner so they could celebrate my American holiday with me! I've never had Thanksgiving with sushi!

It's been starting to snow this week! It first started when I was walking home with Cody. I told him that when we get enough snow, I'd make him a snowman out on the terrace. Upamon and Konekomon are outside on the terrace right now, trying to catch the snowflakes on their tongues. Upamon and Konekomon STILL get into my pocky once in a while! Konekomon has been getting out more; roaming the city with Gatomon.

I've been doing some sightseeing myself. Taichi and I have been seeing each other for a while now. We occasionally go see a movie or get something to eat. One time, he gave me the choice of where we should go and I decided we could just go for a walk in the park. I think he found it boring until I took his hand. We talked about whatever we thought about as we walked and held each other's hand. It was the first time we held hands. There were some kids on the playground that shouted something about 'cooties' when they saw us walk by. Tai started playing around and shouted "Ew! Cooties!" and ran off to the playground (where soon after, the kids ran off so they wouldn't get the 'cooties'). I laughed and chased after him. We then sat together on the abandoned merry-go-round as it slowly turned.

I asked Tai playfully if he thought I had cooties and he said, "I don't mind getting your cooties! How you get them is fun." Tai grinned, leaned in towards me, and he kissed me.

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Dear Journal,

Christmas came and went. It was fun while it lasted. Cody and I made some stockings for Upamon and Konekomon! The Digimon were very happy with them! For their Christmas present, Cody and I bought them their very own boxes of pocky! Sadly, it didn't even last them for that day.

Soon after Christmas, Konekomon and I flew to America to see my family for two weeks for the holiday break. Tai was a little distraught about my leaving, but I assured him I would be back in no time. While I was in America, I had a second Christmas with my mother and brother. My dad was unable to fly over for the holidays.

It sounds like everyone had a great Christmas. Things went well for me too. I got to visit all my friends and had no run-ins with Brian. After New Years, Konekomon and I had a safe trip back to Japan.

School had already started by the time I got back so I missed the first two days back. Jen was kind enough to help be get back on track with schoolwork and soon things were back to how they were, really. Tai I think missed me the most! When I saw him at school, he gave the biggest hug and asked me about my trip. I gladly filled in everyone during lunch.

PS: It started snowing again, here in Japan, and Tai, that baka, beaned me with a snowball! Oh, I'm going to get him back good for it!

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Dear Journal,

I successfully got my vengeance on Tai! I managed to bean him in the side of the face with a snowball after school. But since throwing snowballs on school campus is not allowed, I had to do it quickly before I got caught. That'll teach him to throw snowballs at me!

With the snow we've been having, I told Konekomon she wasn't allowed to go about the city. I was afraid of her getting lost since most everything is covered in snow so some city landmarks would be hard to identify. Konekomon and Upamon have been mostly playing in the snow on the terrace. Cody and I would occasionally join them and make small snowmen. We also tried to make snowmon for our Digimon. The snow is pretty, but I'm ready for spring to come. I can only handle so much of winter cold.

Bye for now!

Tera

PS: Valentine's Day is next month and our school is having a dance! For some reason, I'm actually looking forward to it! Also, the drama department is still working hard on the play. Did I forget to mention that? Yolei presented to our teacher a play she had written and she thought it was a wonderful little play. So our teacher talked to the school board and they said it would be alright to perform it in front of the school! Auditions were opened to everyone who wanted to try out. Yolei and our drama teacher, Mrs. Fuyu, had to choose the cast. Me, Yukio, this guy Li, TK, and this girl Rem got the main rolls! It's going to be so awesome once it's all done!

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Sorry for the long update! This chapter was just to get everyone up to speed! Please review! Thanks!

Tiger LiLy =^..^=