Standard Disclaimer: Toei…I don't own Digimon. Search your feelings, you know it to be true!
Author's Notes: Saw Revenge of the Sith. If you like action, space battles, duels, good music, and Star Wars, you have to see this movie. Even so, it was embarrassing to see politically motivated lines in a Star Wars movie. Even though the lines were few, they momentarily reminded me of reality, even though movies are supposed to help me escape reality.
Ah well (awaits the fall TV series).
In other news, my SAT scores have arrived! My total score is 1990. I'm in the top five percent in the country! WOO!
And one more thing, concerning the late update: I've recently gotten an old Super Nintendo as well as a used copy of Super Metroid. PURE FUN. Since it's used, there's a few graphical glitches (screen's blacked out in the first fight with Ridley, but he always escapes, so it's no biggie; the screen flashes in the fight with the Torizo after getting the bombs…and the biggest glitch is in the fight against Draygon in Maridia. If it weren't for the easy method of beating him with the grapple beam, I would never have beaten him.). Even so…it's pure fun.
To the reviews!
Dark Qiviut: Nah. I sort of dropped out of Sonic fanfiction. Still, I've heard of NetRaptor.
Anthony1: Simple, yet effective.
Yamimaru: (blinks) My reviewer is carrying out a story within a review. X.X
Cloud-821: I'm sad to say that 4Kids HAS acquired the rights to Naruto.
…(snickers, then bursts) HAHA! I'm just joshing with you. Shopro/Viz acquired the rights…they've dubbed anime like Zatch Bell, Sonic X, and Inuyasha. Well, that's ShoPro anyhow…don't know much about Viz though. They've got a lot of good manga releases though (they're the ones behind Shonen Jump and the American translation of Naruto). Still, much better then 4Kids. Plus, Cartoon Network's trying to get a TV-PG slot on Toonami for Naruto. If not, then it'll be relegated to TV-Y7.
Kmoney: That point is touched on in this chapter!
Ninetalesuk: On to Star Wars for a moment…why not name Episode II 'Clone Wars' instead of 'Attack of the Clones'?
Trey Miller: Thanks.
feral-halliwell: Don't you mean 'Veemon and Daichi's mother'?
duskmon87: Darkheart's fate is unknown…for now.
Dot Cubed: You seem to get too attached to my characters. O.o;
ficmaster: Para! Graphs! P-A-R-A-G-R-A-P-H-S! Go TEAM!
BrokenAngel01: Welcome!
Chosen Child of Darkness: Oh really? Show me where Davis would be mean enough to use drugs. Show me. And besides, even if there is at least one druggie in every school, do you think I'm write about that side of reality in a K+ story?
Yami Vizzini: Um…EARTHQUAKE!
Digi fan: ACCEPTANCE!
Silver Warrior: Davis is so dead, his destiny is in heaven!
Begin!
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Chapter 17: Attack of the Pranks
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/Hallway, Odaiba School, Odaiba, 7:45 AM/
Yolei grumbled as she walked through the hallway, her footsteps full of purpose. That, or she was just upset.
She had reason to be. None of her non-Digidestined friends had agreed to help her out. Why? Because after getting beaten up by Waya, he had their sympathy. Of course, she had also been able to tell that they admired Davis for his outburst in the hall last Saturday.
Yolei knew that was wonderful for them to admire Davis' courage for standing up for what he knew was true…but still! This derailed her revenge! Darn it…I can't carry it out without someone helping me…
Aside from the Digidestined, Ruka Haruko (remember the costume contest finalist who dressed as a European Queen) was her only friend within Mrs. Hakashi's homeroom class…and she had been of those asked to implement her pranks, since she couldn't do them herself. Ruka had denied.
Yolei grumbled; not only had she not been able to get any friends to implement her pranks, but she had yet to run into a non-Digidestined guy from Davis' homeroom class. Darn it…darn it darn it darn it…without a guy, I can't use my locker room prank…
Slam.
Yolei blinked as she saw a familiar black-haired boy shut his locker: Daichi Etsuya.
The Child of Caring suddenly grinned. Yes! I can kill two birds with one stone! He can do the pranks I needed my friends to do…and he can do the locker room prank!
As Daichi prepared to walk away, a hand suddenly clutched his shirt collar. "Hey…who the-" He tilted his head around, preparing to give whoever grabbed him a verbal thrashing.
His voice died in his throat at the sight of Yolei's penetrating glare. Not good…
Yolei growled, "You're the only known pickpocket I know of that Davis would go to for help." Daichi paled. Shoot…she knows that I helped Davis with his pranks!
"However…" Yolei's face suddenly lit up as she pulled a twenty dollar bill out of her pocket. "I'll give you 20 bucks if you agree to prank Davis for me…and if you fulfill them all, I'll give you 20 more bucks. This is coming from my own allowance…so I expect results!"
Daichi sweatdropped. "Huh…?"
"Look. Davis pranked me, so I'm going to get my revenge on him." As Yolei spoke, she glanced around, making sure no one was eavesdropping. "None of my friends in Davis' class wanted to help out, and I needed to find a guy to bribe to help out with one prank. Since you're male, AND in Davis' class, you can do my pranks for me!"
Daichi Etsuya sweatdropped again. "…so you're bribing me to carry out your revenge, correct?"
Yolei nodded.
Daichi weighed the options in his head. On one hand, Davis would be subject to torture of hilarious consequences. On the other hand, he would have to deal with Yolei's terrifying glare again.
He quickly chose the former. Besides, in all honesty, Davis was going to get paid back anyway; at least this way, he would stay out of it. Plus, 40 bucks was 40 bucks.
Daichi sighed. "Fine…" He swiped the 20-dollar bill. "What do I do?"
Yolei grinned as she reached into her backpack and pulled out a sheet of paper, as well as a brown paper bag full of stuff. "Follow the instructions on the sheet of paper to the letter. I'll know whether or not if you succeeded by lunchtime. So long!"
Daichi sweatdropped as Yolei hopped off. Yeesh…no wonder Davis is scared of her. Those eyes…eep.
He quietly glanced at the sheet of paper. There were five pranks listed on it. "Hmm…"
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/Homeroom, Odaiba School, 7:59 AM/
Davis quickly ran into the classroom. Get to the seat get to the seat get to the seat…
RRRRRRIIINNNNNGGG!
Davis sat down in his seat immediately. Yes! Beat the bell!
Mrs. Hakashi calmly walked into the room. "Hello class. Time for roll call."
As Mrs. Hakashi called out names, Davis sighed with relief. Whoo…I shouldn't have been so cautious. Then again, he had every reason to.
After walking past Yolei earlier in the hallway, he had suddenly remembered; she would undoubtedly be out for revenge. So he had walked slowly towards the classroom, making sure nothing out of the ordinary would leap out at him. Of course, this took him longer to get through the hallway…so when it became 7:58, he just decided 'to heck with it!' and booked it.
He was untouched.
"Davis Inoue."
"Here," replied Davis as he sighed. Whew…I'm safe…
Davis didn't catch Daichi looking at him momentarily.
So that was how class went. Mrs. Hakashi went into a small preview about trigonometry (the subject itself was beyond most of the people in the class), giving them all hints about what would come in the future. By the time she finished explaining the 'sine, cosine, and tanget', the bell rang.
RRRRRRIIINNNNNGGG!
YES! Davis nearly leapt for joy at the sound of the bell. Trigonometry equaled boring in his book! He quickly stood…only to find himself yanked back down. Huh?
As everyone filed out of the classroom, Davis tried to get out of his chair. Finally, he looked down…and saw hardened white paste sticking him to the chair by the seat of his pants.
Someone had put glue on the seat.
Davis could only think of one culprit: Yolei. Clever…can't figure out how she managed to get this one prepared. But if this is all she's got…weak!
The Child of Miracles grunted as he ripped himself out of his seat. His pants were intact…but there was hardened glue stuck to it. He quietly sweatdropped. Okay…no biggie.
He quietly picked at the chunks of petrified glue as he walked through the hall (drawing the odd eye or two). By the time he reached his next class, only a few chunks remained attached to his pants. Okay…I'm good. He grinned as he walked into the science lab. Davis grinned; Yolei had to do better than that if she wanted to prank him!
And all the while, Daichi watched silently as he walked in.
RRRRRRIIINNNNNGGG!
Time for the second prank, thought Daichi.
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/Soccer Field, Odaiba School, Odaiba, 10:04 AM/
"I'm really starting to worry," muttered Poromon as he hovered quietly in the air, flapping his wings quickly. "Yolei's really hyped up on this 'revenge' thing."
Veemon smiled as he stood on his head, trying to stay up as long as possible. "Ah, you worry too much! I bet this whole thing will blow over in a few days. I mean, how many pranks could Davish and Yolei come up with?"
Poromon shrugged. " Beats me."
STOMP!
"You should really watch what you say," quipped Impmon, who had jumped on top of the little In-Training.
Poromon snapped at the purple Rookie. "OFF!"
"What's up with you Impmon?" asked Veemon.
Impmon impishly grinned (shot for pun) as he spoke. "Heh…heard something about 'pranks'. Mind enlightening me?"
CHOOM!
It was at this moment that a massive cloud of smoke erupted from an open window. The three Digimon simultaneously yelped, "WHAT THE?"
That window led to the science lab.
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/One Minute Ago/
/Science Lab, Odaiba School, Odaiba, 10:05AM/
Once again, Davis had paired up with Daichi. Today, they were mixing chemicals in test tubes. For the purpose of the class, the windows had all been opened…and Davis and Daichi were at the table nearest the window.
What Davis didn't know was that Daichi, when going to get the chemical test tubes needed for the experiment, he had also gotten a tube filled with liquid potassium nitrate. What he had done next was pour an equal amount of sugar into the tube…as per Yolei's instructions. He had mixed it, with Davis unknowledgeable of the sugar added. For all the boy knew, Daichi was just mixing a chemical for the assignment. He had been too busy to look anyway; the Child of Miracles was busy trying to follow the teacher's instructions.
After Daichi had mixed the substance together…all he had needed was an open flame. He quietly pulled a match out – provided by Yolei's bag of materials – and lit it by striking it on the side of the table.
He quickly leaned over to Davis – keeping the match hidden from view – and asked, "Say Davis…I don't know if you know it or not…but I saw Yolei in here earlier before homeroom class began…just to let you know."
Davis frowned; so Yolei had apparently been here… "Thanks man." She must've sabotaged something. Must be cautious…
"Hold this please Davis," said Daichi, keeping the match hidden. He held out his potassium nitrate/sugar tube, which Davis calmly grabbed.
The Child of Miracles looked at the odd mixture. "What is this?"
Daichi shrugged. "Don't exactly know myself…" He suddenly frowned, staring at the door to the science lab. "Is that…her?"
Davis quickly glared at the door. "Yolei? Where?"
It was at this moment that Daichi – unseen by anyone – dumped the lit match into the tube. And when an open flame encounters an even mixture of potassium nitrate and sugar…
CHOOM!
A cloud of smoke erupted from the tube, pelting Davis in the face. Everyone shrieked (Daichi included, to put up an act of innocence) as they rushed out of the room, science teacher included. The smoke drifted out of the room through the window.
When it cleared, Davis blinked; his face was black with smoke.
He growled; the only person he could think of was Yolei. That little…I'll get her for this! But then he grinned. Heh…but this still is nothing compared to my pranks! You'll have to do better than that Yolei!
He should really learn to know better.
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/Lunch Table, Odaiba School, Odaiba, 12:04 PM/
Yolei mentally smiled as she watched Davis stomp towards her. Looks like Daichi's gotten two of the pranks down…
Davis grimaced as he placed his lunch bag down, glaring down at his older 'sister'. "Alright Yolei…fess up. I KNOW you did it."
"Why Davis, whatever are you talking about?" replied Yolei in an innocent, sing-song voice.
Davis growled as he pulled a bottle of Pepsi out of the bag, twisted the cap open, and angrily took a chug. "You know what I mean! The glue on the seat, and the smoke in the lab! I know you did it, so tell me how!"
Yolei smiled innocently. "Well…if you really must know, I didn't do anything."
"LIAR!" roared Davis. Thankfully, the others were eating lunch with their partners, so they were unable to partake in this little 'tirade'. He grumpily pulled out a plastic tray and opened it, revealing fried chicken tenders. To his dismay, they had gotten cold. Darn it! I thought they'd stay warm enough to last past lunch! "Hold on…we'll continue this in a minute." With that said, Davis walked off to go to the school cafeteria, where there was a public microwave.
Moments after Davis entered the school, Daichi walked by the table and pulled out a bottle of ketchup Davis had brought along. Without pausing, he untwisted the cap and dumped a large amount of baking soda into it.
Yolei smiled as Daichi shook the bottle up and down, mixing the ketchup and the baking soda thoroughly together. "Thanks for helping out!" she said in a sweet voice.
Daichi cringed at the sound of that voice, remembering how scary she had been no more than a few hours ago. Geez…CREEPY…she's like a pendulum swinging between sweet and scary sour… Shaking off the shivers, he calmly said, "You still owe me twenty bucks." Impmon's partner quietly walked towards his own spot in the mass of lunch tables.
Moments later, Davis returned, his chicken tenders steaming hot. He sat down and reached for the ketchup bottle, glaring at Yolei all the while. "Just you wait Yolei…I'll find out how you did all that earlier…" He twisted the cap open, muttering, "Just you wai-"
SPLURT!
The ketchup suddenly exploded as Davis pulled off the cap. After all, baking soda is prone to do such a thing to the red condiment.
Davis – his face red with ketchup – glared at Yolei, who suddenly – yet sweetly – said, "Did I forget to say 'watch out'? Ooops." She quickly made a break for it.
"RAR!" roared Davis as he took chase. Moments later, Daichi walked by and slipped a small capsule into Davis' bottle of Pepsi. It was a laxative: good for one hour. Not as long lasting as the laxative Davis slipped Yolei in yesterday…but she has something else in mind…
The glue on the seat was the first prank…the smoke 'bomb' was the second…and the exploding ketchup was the third. The fourth one was actually THREE-in-one. Without talking, Daichi quietly walked towards the nearest men's restroom. Because in a few short minutes, it would be Davis' first destination.
A few minutes later, Davis angrily sat down at the table, grabbing a napkin to remove the ketchup from his face. "Stupid Yolei…" Yolei had managed to slip away…by running into the girls' restroom. No fair! She knows I can't go in there!
Davis angrily ate at his chicken, feeling more upset by the moment. But as he ate – with drinks of his Pepsi in between – he felt more at ease. Good, warm food always had that effect on him. Aah…that feels better. Several minutes later, he threw away his lunch bag. Now to think of revenge!
Squirk.
Davis recognized that sound. That horrible, awful, icky sound.
And it was emanating from him.
Without hesitation, he ran for the nearest restroom…just as Yolei had planned. As he entered, Davis' mind was in a furious whirl. That copycat! She swiped that prank from me!
He quickly unbuckled his pants and sat down on the seat.
SPLAT!
SPLAT!
That was the sound of two packets of ketchup bursting, having been put between the toilet and the knobs on the bottom of the toilet seat. Davis seethed as red paste slammed into and dribbled down the back of his legs. That…little…how could she? How could she violate the men's bathroom? Has she no shame?
For the next few minutes, Davis let nature run its course.
By the time there was a small break in the 'process', he reached for the toilet paper.
Davis blinked. No…no…please no…she wouldn't…she COULDN'T…
He looked over…and paled. The third part of the prank had been unveiled.
There was no toilet paper.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Meanwhile, on the other side of the brick wall separating the men's and the women's restrooms, Yolei was grinning. Yes! One more to go!
And the last one would be the most humiliating of all.
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/Gymnasium, Odaiba School, Odaiba, 1:34 PM/
Davis' eyebrow twitched as he stood on one side of the gymnasium, beside a bunch of other boys. On the other side were the rest of the boys in the current gym class. Running along the center of the large basketball court was a line of rubber balls.
Yes; today, the name of the game was dodgeball, followed by basketball. For the boys anyway; the girls were outside, doing aerobics and gymnastics.
And Davis intended to blow off some steam. He had almost missed half of the first period before someone went looking for him. When they had found Davis irritably sitting in the restroom nearest the outside lunch tables, the first order of business was getting toilet paper.
Davis grumbled as he stared at the rubber balls…and then he stared at the opposing team. He imagined that every single one of them was Yolei. GRR…
"And…start!" yelled the male P.E. teacher.
Davis was off like a bolt of lightning, outpacing everyone. Davis quickly swiped up FOUR balls, glaring at the opposing team of imaginary Yoleis. "RAAAAARGH! TAKE THIS!"
By the time Davis' fellow teammates had arrived, he had thrown all but seven of the twenty available balls. TK – a fellow teammate – of Davis' sweatdropped. Yikes. What's gotten him upset?
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/Boys' Locker Room, Odaiba School, Odaiba, 1:58 PM/
Davis sighed as he let the warm water of the shower wash over him. Aah…that felt good. He had needed to let go of some steam.
As Davis let the sweat wash off him in the public shower room, he made sure to keep his chest aimed directly at the wall in front of him; he couldn't risk letting others see the Crest of Miracles lodged in his sternum.
Davis slightly winced as he rubbed his arms; he still couldn't quite forget the pain that came with claiming the Crest of Miracles. Unlike the other Digidestined, he had never received a tag. The Crest of Miracles was in an entirely different league than that of the others, with greater powers…and as such, claiming it was an entirely different matter. The pain of having it lodged within his sternum, becoming one with him…it hadn't quite been that pleasant.
Even so, the light show that had come with it had been quite impressive.
Davis sighed as he grabbed his dirty gym clothes from the nearby clothes bin, using a shirt to cover his chest…and, consequently, the Crest of Miracles.
As Davis entered the main locker room, he took note of all the boys getting out of their gym clothes and back into their usual clothing. He quickly walked to locker 115 – his own designated locker – and pulled it open; the gym room lockers had no locks.
He quickly put on his shirt first. Next came the underwear…
As soon as he put it on…he felt something squishy. Not to mention some powder. Huh?
You see, while Davis had been taking a shower, Daichi had implemented the last of Yolei's pranks. It involved putting two substances into Davis' underwear (although Daichi personally detested doing it, he knew he would catch flak from Yolei if he didn't. And would he risk her wrath? Heck no!). The first was itching powder. The second was a kind of balm for pain relief called Icy-Hot: it worked by cooling the area it was applied to, then becoming very hot. Daichi had applied all that Yolei had given him into Davis; underwear.
In a matter of moments, the Icy-Hot went into affect.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!"
Outside in the hall, Yolei – having left the girls' locker room further down the hall – smirked at the sound of Davis' scream. Looks like I owe Daichi twenty bucks.
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/Hallway, Odaiba School, Odaiba, 3:04 PM/
"Here you go."
Daichi was silent as Yolei handed him the rest of promised forty dollars. He sighed as he looked at the Child of Caring's happy grin. "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"
"Why shouldn't I? Davis started it," retorted Yolei.
"Well next time, get someone else to help out. I'm not going to do it anymore." With that said Daichi walked away, leaving Yolei behind. As he rounded the corner, he ran into Davis…who had obviously been eavesdropping, judging by the cold stare in his eyes. "Hello Davis."
Davis sighed regretfully. "Can't believe you, man…you sold me out for money!"
Without a word, Daichi handed Davis' the forty bucks. "I was going to give it you anyway. I guess you can call it compensation for all the pranks I put you through…although they were Yolei's ideas, technically."
"It makes sense how she got it all done though," remarked Davis. As much as he hated to admit…Yolei's laxative prank had one-upped his, considering the lack of toilet paper and the ketchup on the legs. And then there was the underwear thing… "I can't believe you put that stuff in my underwear! That's below the belt…literally!" And it still itched like crazy! The only thing keeping Davis from scratching himself was his pride…and his sheer willpower.
Daichi nervously scratched the back of his head. "Well, I will admit…I had trouble doing the last one. But dude…that girl creeps me out to no END!" He quietly glanced around the corner; to his relief, Yolei was gone. "Her mood swings from one spectrum to another so quickly it isn't even funny. And her glare…good grief, that's gonna be haunting me for awhile…well, hope the forty bucks makes up for the pranks. See ya." With that said, Daichi walked away.
As his friend walked away, Davis couldn't help but agree on some level. After all, Yolei had the propensity for being creepy AND vengeful. Some Child of Caring SHE is.
But there was one other thing that concerned Davis. Yolei had attained an ally for her pranks…
A small grin adorned his face. So that's her angle…well if she's going to get help…then so will I!
But first thing's first: he needed to go home and change his underwear.
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To be continued…
Next time…
Chapter 18: Bonding: Chizuru
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Author's Notes: Next chapter has Taekwondo…and more bonding!
See you soon, and please review!