Standard Disclaimer: I do not own the Digital Monsters TV show.
Author's Notes: BLERGH. Late updates! They BUUUUUUUURN!
But anyhow, I'VE GOT A JOB! (does a dance)
To the reviews!
Bluesv20: Laughter ensues. :P
duskmon87: You gave more than one review per chapter. Thus I kicked you off a cliff. :P
Dark Qiviut: Heh. These pranks will be a tad more…complex.
Ninetalesuk: Survival of the funniest!
Cloud-821: Eh, it was hard to make a Momoe-centered chapter, so I focused it on some other characters as well.
Anthony1: It was hard to write about Momoe; because in my timeline, she's basically Jun with the female Inoue temper built in (not like the show had a comprehensive model of her character). As for chapters left, there are about five or so left.
Ficmaster: Oh, he'll pull of SOMETHING all right… ;)
Yamimaru: (blinks at the sight of the Digiegg) …okay…
Sora Potter: Three chapters from now, it'll be over.
Crimson G: The 'thugs' will have their own role to play in a later tale.
simply just being: Welcome to Housemates!
Dot Cubed: Actually the bucket would've been redundant. The flypaper has a nasty side-effect. ;)
MajinMewtwo: Hey, it made him a memorable character. Also, Mr. Bishop will reappear in a later tale.
Digi fan: KIDS NEXT DOOR! BATTLE STATIONS!
Yami Vizzini: Takenawa will have his own unique twist…
Silver Warrior: But before Yolei comes…THE PARENTS!
SamuraiSirius: Welcome SS! I caught your review of Revision.
As for your 'opposites-attract' comment, that's quite true. Never thought of it like that…and I have to say there will NOT be a World Tour a la Season 02. (boots you twice off a cliff)
Begin!
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Chapter 23: The Prankster Strikes Back
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/Soccer Field, Odaiba School, Odaiba, Monday, December 5th, 12:03 PM/
Kari had learned a while ago that whenever Yolei grinned mischievously, it meant she had exacted revenge upon someone.
Given the recent string of pranks being inflicted between her and Davis, it was most likely that she had just exacted vengeance upon the Child of Miracles.
Question was, how?
Kari Kamiya thought in silence as she bit into her blueberry bagel; the others were watching as their partners competed against each other in a soccer game.
It was Agumon, Gabumon, Biyomon, Palmon, Gomamon, and Tentomon versus Veemon, Armadillomon, Hawkmon, Patamon, Gatomon, and Impmon (he had been forced to join, lest he suffer the wrath of a Gatomon mauling).
Daichi chuckled as Impmon cursed out Gabumon, who had kicked the soccer battle at his head. In response, Gatomon kicked him upside the head. "Well, this isn't your average soccer game…"
"Not in the least," commented Cody as he sipped some apple juice.
Yolei nodded as she glanced around her…and she suddenly snorted and laughed, nearly choking on her food. Davis was walking towards the group, looking generally ticked off to no end.
TK turned around, managing to get out, "Hey Dav-" His voice died in his throat. The moment he saw Davis, he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"PUT A SOCK IN IT TF," growled Davis as stood above the others, not bothering to take a seat.
Kari frowned as she turned to face Davis. "What's the big…deal…?" The Child of Light couldn't believe what she was seeing.
DAVIS' EYEBROWS WERE GONE.
Seriously; there was nothing there but skin (shows you what happens when you pull flypaper off your face). His lack of eyebrows just made his scowl look so…hilarious…and…she couldn't…hold it…
"…hu hu hu…HA HA HA!" Kari giggled helplessly, joining TK and Yolei in their mirthful laughter. By this time, Daichi and Cody had noticed Davis. The former was laughing his butt off. The latter lightly smiled.
Davis' eyebrow twitched…wait. He didn't have an eyebrow. His SKIN twitched…no, that doesn't sound good either. Bleh. Just read. "Not helping guys…"
"Sorry man…it's just so frickin' funny to see you without any brows," muttered Daichi as he wiped a tear from his eye. "What happened?"
Davis pointed a finger at Yolei.
The Child of Caring shrugged. "Revenge dear boy. You PUT MY CLOTHES UP FOR DISPLAY ON THE SCHOOL FLAG!"
"Eh, you got em' down," grumbled Davis. In the background, Palmon yelped as Agumon accidentally set her on fire; then again, he tended to get a bit serious when playing soccer. How was he supposed to fight down the impulse to use his Pepper Breath?
Cody sighed as he rubbed his temples. "I thought you two had stopped the pranking…"
Yolei irritably muttered, "Not my fault Davis started it up again."
"THAT'S A LIE!" roared Davis. "YOU started it up again!"
"Nuh uh!"
"Yeah huh!"
"Nuh uh!"
"Yeah huh!"
"Did not!"
"Did to!"
"Did not!"
"Did to!"
"Not!"
"To!"
"Not!"
"To!"
"Jerk!"
"Idiot!"
"Dipwad!"
"Uglyface!"
"I'M NOT UGLY!"
"Sure coulda fooled me!"
"RAAAAARGH!" roared both Davis and Yolei as they started wailing on each other, somehow creating a comical 'cartoon dust cloud'.
TK and Cody sighed as Daichi and Kari tried to pull Davis and Yolei apart. The Child of Hope asked, "Do you think they'll ever quit?"
"Probably not," replied the Child of Humility.
Suddenly, a shout caught their attention. "HEADS UP!"
Everyone impulsively looked at the source of the voice-
SLAM!
Yolei yelped as a soccer ball slammed into her head, sending her to the ground with a thud. Her eyes spun as the soccer ball rolled away. A bashful Veemon chirped, "Sorry." Maybe I shouldn't have used my V-Headbutt.
Meanwhile, a pained moan escaped Yolei's mouth. Even his partner hit me in the head with a ball… Well, at least Veemon had apologized, unlike Davis.
Davis (after getting a quick snicker, of course) sat down and quietly ate at his lunch, contemplating his revenge upon Yolei Inoue. If you thought the Prankster was done…then you're dead wrong.
He just needed an idea…
Then, it suddenly struck. Bingo! A mischievous smile came to his face; his next prank would require some more help…but it would be worth it.
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/Computer Lab, Odaiba School, Odaiba, 3:54 PM/
Davis stared quietly at the computer; the computer lab was utterly empty. Veemon wasn't with him; he was watching Tai's soccer game with the others. Normally, Davis wouldn't miss a game of Tai's for anything…
But he had something big in mind.
He accessed the Digital World Grid Map on the computer the Digidestined always used, and selected File Island. "Digiport open!"
One flash later, and he was gone.
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Throughout the next few days, Davis kept going to File Island…
Why?
No one knows…
But the fruits of his labors will be revealed tonight.
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/Yolei's Room, Inoue Apartment, Odaiba, Saturdaty, December 10th, 10:01 PM/
Yolei Inoue sighed as she rubbed her neck, staring outside her window. The sky was dark, and the stars were out in full force. "Such a nice night…"
"You sound upset Yolei," chirped Poromon as he snuggled into one of the pillows.
Yolei shrugged as she got into bed, her room as silent as it was dark (and it was quite dark, due to turned off lights). "Eh…I guess it's Davis."
"Did you prank him again?"
"No," pointedly said the Child of Caring. "It's just that Davis has been visiting the Digital World all this week, going there for at least an hour after school. I know he's up to something…I KNOW it!"
Poromon shrugged. "What if he just likes to visit?"
"Without taking his partner?"
Poromon didn't have a comeback for that.
Yolei just sighed as she got under her covers. "I'll just sleep…I'm too tired anyways…good night Poromon."
"Good night Yolei."
Within moments, the two were asleep.
But one hour later, Davis Inoue snuck in…wearing the Armor of Miracles. He had been planning this all week. He knew it by heart now.
He quietly snuck over to Yolei's computer and turned on the monitor. Good. She didn't turn her computer off. Then again, Yolei usually only turned off the monitor before sleeping; she didn't like to go through the three-minute start-up every time she turned her computer on.
He opened a small folder under the 'My Documents' shortcut on the desktop; the folder was titled 'DWGM'. Inside the folder were all the files necessary for using the Digital World Grid Map.
Now hold on! Since when did Yolei's computer have the Grid Map?
Well, Davis had thought this plan out very carefully. To utilize it, he would need to access the Digital World from Yolei's computer. So what did he do? Grab a blank CD from the computer lab's storage closet, copy the Digital World Grid Map and all necessary files onto it, and then paste the files onto Yolei's computer. Heh. And she thought I was a dipwad.
That was a little pet peeve Davis had; over his life, a lot of people had underestimated his intelligence. So what if he had bad grades in math? Math was boring! He might not have had good grades, but he wasn't stupid. Occasionally lacking in common sense, yes. But not stupid.
Okay. File Island… Davis stepped away as he slowly picked up Yolei's bed, putting his strength to good use. He gently shifted it closer to the bed, trying not to jar Yolei OR Poromon into awakening. Finally, he gently set the two down in front of the computer. He grabbed Yolei's D-3, put it on her bed, and grabbed the foot of the bed while aiming his own D-3 at the monitor.
"Digiport open."
Although the words came out as a whisper, the light was just as bright as always.
Davis smiled as his physical being shifted and transformed into data during the passage through the Digiport; after dropping Yolei off, he would get to work filling out the rest of his plan.
When the flash faded, Davis – and the bed Yolei and Poromon slept on – were gone.
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Morning.
Yolei's face twitched as she felt a slight breeze run across her face. Ah…the wind feels good…
Wait.
Yolei's eyes opened. There shouldn't have been any wind in her room.
The moment she sat up, she saw why.
She saw nothing but the sky and clouds. Feeling a sense of apprehension, she gazed over the side of her bed…and shrieked.
Poromon yelped as the shriek awoke him. "AH! WHO! WHAT! WHERE! WHEN!"
Her bed…was sitting on the very peak of Infinity Mountain…and it was barely wide enough to hold her bed. Her mind was racing; most of its processing ability was focused on dealing with her sudden panic of being precariously perched on a mountaintop. How…how…?
Then it clicked.
Her fear gave way to anger.
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!"
Meanwhile, in Primary Village, Elecmon's ears pricked. Huh. I thought I heard a scream.
Suddenly…
"WAAAAAH!"
Elecmon paled at the sound of a crying Punimon. Moments later, the rest of the Baby Digimon were awoken by the crying, and thus THEY cried. Aw man! They weren't supposed to wake up for another hour!
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/Outside Cave, File Island, Sunday, December 11th, 6:09 AM/
Yolei remained silent as her partner set her down outside a familiar cave. "Okay…I remember that a digiport was right inside this cave. Now…mind going to get my bed?"
"Of course not Yolei," replied Silphymon, the Ultimate form of Hawkmon. The bipedal birdman took to the air and sped off toward the top of Infinity Mountain. Meanwhile, the Child of Caring leaned against the rim of the cave's mouth, teeth chattering; a red T-shirt was not warm enough for the cooler weather of morning. Davis…I am going to get you for this…
This time, Yolei had a good reason to be angry. This 'prank' had been dangerous. She could've lost her life. What if she had rolled off the edge and fallen down the mountainside? She intended to have a good talking-to with her 'brother'…and she would make sure to include a few knuckle sandwiches with that talking-to…
Sniff. Sniff-sniff.
Yolei blinked; why did she smell smoke? And why was it suddenly getting hotter?
She looked down…and paled at the sight of her red shirt being eaten by fire from the bottom rim down. "AIIIIIE!" She burst off towards the nearby stream, her mind screaming 'PUT THE FLAME OUT! PUT THE FLAME OUT!'
Meanwhile, a certain fire Digimon known as Meramon poked his head out from a nearby bush, a grin on his face. There. That should do it.
With his task complete, the Champion Digimon happily walked away and went about eating his Twinkie, only one of a whole box that Davis had given him in return for putting the girl's shirt on fire.
Minutes later, a very irate Yolei Inoue stomped back towards the cave. Why was she irate?
Well, for one, her entire shirt now consisted of nothing more than a burnt rag, clenched angrily in her hands. As a result – yes, you guessed right – she was now wearing nothing more than a bra and underwear.
Secondly, she had doused the fire by jumping into a stream. Due to the fact she wore such scanty clothing, she was now wet and freezing.
Yolei grumbled as she walked back to the cave quietly, her face etched into a deep, enraged scowl. I live to kill Davis, I live to kill Davis, I live to kill Davis-WHOA!
SMACK.
The Child of Caring groaned as she tripped over a small rock and fell onto the ground, the dew on the grass making her even MORE wet. She irritably stood up, rubbing her head. Great…without my glasses, it's hard to see!
Well, she did have ONE thing to be positive about: her hair. Although it was still far too short, her lavender hair was already growing back; no more spots were visible. As a matter of fact, the hair was mostly uniform now, looking a bit like Chizuru's hairstyle. Thank goodness I have quick-growing hair. At this rate, her hair would be at a shoulder-length within two weeks or so. Another month and it would be back to normal.
The Child of Caring found herself back at the cave. "Good…"
"Yolei!"
She glanced up to see Silphymon set down, bed held above his head. The Ultimate blinked at the sight of his partner. "…where are your clothes?"
"My shirt was suddenly set on fire, and I had to jump in a stream."
Silphymon sweatdropped. "…okay…" He calmly walked into the cave, with Yolei leading the way. The Child of Caring grabbed her D-3 from on her bed before aiming it for the TV. "Okay Silphymon…Digiport open!"
As the TV erupted with light, Silphymon blinked as he was pushed away. Yolei also blinked as someone unclipped her bra, startling her. "What the-?"
She was gone in moments.
When the light faded, Silphymon blinked; he put the bed down and stared at the one who had pushed him aside. "You."
Davis Inoue grinned as he floated in the air, a smile on his face. "Yo." Let's just hope this works as well as I hoped it would…
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/Ken's Room, Ichijouji Apartment, Tamachi, 6:45 AM/
Ken sighed as he walked into his room, wearing nothing but a towel around his waist. Ah…that was a good shower.
He glanced up at the top bunk to see that Minomon was still sleeping. I'll let him sleep a little longer… As for why the Child of Kindness was up this early, he had soccer practice. After all, tomorrow afternoon had a big game in store.
The dark-haired, purple-eyed boy reached into his dresser drawers and pulled out his soccer uniform. "Okay…" He quietly pulled the towel off and reached for his underwear-
A bright lash of light.
"Hmm?" Ken impulsively turned around to see someone appear out of his computer monitor. Astonishingly, it was Yolei Inoue.
Without her glasses.
In only her underwear.
With no bra on.
Yolei blinked as she stared at Ken. Ken blinked as he stared at Yolei.
Finally, redness erupted from Yolei's face out of sheer embarrassment. "EEEK!" She whirled around and yelled, "DIGIPORT OPEN!"
Ken Ichijouji, his face as red as a tomato, remained silent as he watched Yolei Inoue be swallowed by the Digiport's light.
He said nothing for several seconds.
Finally, he silently put his pajamas back on, slipped under his bed sheets, and turned to face the wall. His face – aside from the redness – showed no emotion. His thoughts, however, went something like this.
Only a dream, only a dream, only a dream, only a dream, only a dream…
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/Cave, File Island, 6:46 AM/
Yolei immediately scooped up her bra the moment she exited the Digiport, hurryingly clipping it back on. The blush had refused to leave her face as she looked up, seeing Davis Inoue floating in the air. To his credit though, he was facing the other way. "So. How'd it go?"
"HOW. DID. YOU. DO. THAT?" growled Yolei out of pure anger.
Davis smiled as he kept from looking at Yolei. "Well, I actually had Gennai program this Digiport to send whoever entered it to Ken's computer after I brought you here. It wasn't easy getting him to do it, I'll tell you that!"
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/Flashback/
"Checkmate."
"Am Idone yet?"
"Sorry. Fifty more chess games, boy!"
"Urgh…"
/End Flashback/
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Yolei's teeth gritted, "YOU…HOW DARE YOU…?"
"What's the matter? I thought that the embarrassment of appearing in Ken's room would be enough for you…unless…" Davis gaped as he connected the dots. "He was awake…"
Yolei's begrudgingly admitted, "Yeah…"
Davis suddenly blinked out of remembrance. "He sent an e-mail to all of us a few days ago…telling about a soccer game tomorrow…which meant that today would be a practice day…" It clicked. "He was getting dressed."
Yolei only mumbled, "Yeah…" The redness on her face continued to grow.
"And you were standing there."
"Yeah…"
"In your underwear."
"Yeah…"
"With your boobies showing."
Yolei's silence said it all.
Davis suddenly erupted into full-scale laughter. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh man…that turned out better than I ever imagined! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"You keep laughing, and I'll make sure your funeral takes place in a volcano," grumbled Yolei as she glared angrily at the Child of Miracles. "NOW GET ME HOME! I still have to get you back for leaving me on top of the mountain..."
Davis smiled as he light-heartedly spun in the air, giddy with excitement over how badly he had pranked Yolei. "Just think about the computer in your room, and your digivice will take you there. Simple as that!" He stretched his arms before adding, "Besides...I was watching you all night, making sure you wouldn't fall off. I may like pranking you...but I'm not stupid."
Yolei irritably grumbled as she turned to face Silphymon. "Let's go Silphymon." To be honest, she was too angry AND embarrassed to try and maul Davis at the moment; after all, she had witnessed Ken's rather buff bod…and he had been naked! NAKED! "Digiport open!"
One bright flash of light later, and the Child of Caring and her partner were gone.
Davis smiled as he finally fell to the ground, bawling with laughter. "Oh man…that was priceless…"
Too bad for Yolei. Especially seeing as how there was one more prank for her.
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/Yolei's Room, Inoue Apartment, Odaiba, 6:52 AM/
Yolei and Silphymon suddenly appeared in a very familiar place. The Child of Caring sighed out of relief. "Finally…my room…"
That's when her noise recoiled. WHAT IS THAT SMELL? It smelled like…feces…and sewage.
"Uh…Yolei?" muttered Silphymon. "Look down."
That's when she finally noticed the dozen Digimon sitting on her floor, a pile of pink poop sitting behind them. The Digimon…were Numemon.
The twelve sewer-dwelling Digimon chirped, "Hi!"
Yolei and Silphymon stared silently at them.
Moments later…
"GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT! DIGIPORT OPEN!"
The Numemon yelped as they were sent packing for the Digiport (which was fine by them; in return for making a mess on Yolei's carpet, they would all get a free trip to Little Edo in 01-111-NU, and they had sewers up the wazoo!). Yolei panted heavily out of exasperation; she had had enough for one day! And she hadn't even been up for an hour yet!
Suddenly, her nose twitched. "Eew…"
As Silpymon set down the bed in its proper place – and dedigivolved to Hawkmon – he stared at the large mound of pink poop. "Eck…what are we going to do about this Yolei?"
Yolei had her idea within moments.
What neither of them had realized was the fact that one of the Numemon had managed to elude them…sneak out of Yolei's window…slither down to the alley below…and slip under a manhole cover.
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The Numemon smiled as he slid down into Odaiba's sewer system. This was wonderful! The tunnels were so much larger than those back on File Island…and he doubted that the sewage was as plentiful in Little Edo as it was here!
As the little green Champion slurped at pasty green sewage, he traveled further downward into the water system. "I wonder what secrets these sewers hold?"
Finally, he noticed a layer of fog shrouding one tunnel.
"Huh. That's weird." The Numemon squinted as he tried to see what was in the fog…and when he did, he paled. "AH!" He slithered away-
SHICK!
The Numemon gagged as a rotting greenish-brown tentacle ripped into his body, pulling him back into the foggy tunnel. Not a sound was heard.
Until a sick, distorted chuckle was heard…followed by a demonic whisper.
"Yes…join us in death…when the time comes…we shall all rise…"
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To be continued…
Next time…
Chapter 24: Bonding: The Parents
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Author's Notes: Haven't forgotten about the Gravemon. But no, the Mind won't make his move just yet. Not in this story anyway.
And as for the pranks…well, Davis is quite the little mischief-maker, eh?
See you soon, and please review!