It's been quite a while since Ken's last attempt to get to me, but that could be a bad thing instead of a good thing. It's been about three months now since I came home, and I couldn't be happier to be back.

(Me: Sorry if the time jump kinda confused anybody.) Everything is pretty much back to normal again, except for the fact that I have to keep an eye out nowadays for Ken Ichijouji.

School started a few weeks ago. It's going great. It turns out that the teacher I had last year, before my little "disappearance" that is, has switched to teaching one grade higher. So, the teacher I had in the 7th grade, Ms. Mizuno, is now my teacher again this year in the 8th grade. And boy, was she ever surprised to see me back.

(Me: Yes, I do mean Mizuno as in Ami Mizuno from "Sailor Moon", but no, this is not turning into a crossover. I just couldn't resist! It was too perfect!)

And guess what! It turns out that I've been going to the same school as Davis and them all along. It's kinda weird how I never noticed them before. I guess it's 'cause we never talked to each other or anything like that.

Oh well…Now, we're all the best of friends! We do a lot of stuff together. I guess we all have way more in common than we originally thought that we would.

And this year, it turns out that we're also all in the same class. Well, all those who are the same age as me, anyway. (Me: I know, I know, couldn't happen. But hey, let's just say that it has, for story purposes.)

How bizarre is that?! I still remember what Ms. Mizuno said when she saw how excited we all were over the coincidence.

"Oh no…This is going to be a long year…" she'd sighed as she smiled, shaking her head slightly. I only smiled back when I heard that and turned back to Yolei, who had been chatting away to me the entire time, completely unaware of what the teacher had just said about the situation at hand.

'She's probably right, ya know,' was what I was thinking to myself, smiling as I walked to school that day, reminiscing on what had happened a few weeks ago. Then I remembered something that had happened yesterday. Ms. Mizuno announced that some students from the college a couple of miles from here are coming to my school today.

She said that they were all coming for "a study of the behavioral habits of today's teens" or some crap like that. The people follow specific kids around all day and observe them or something like that. And I've been asked to let one of them follow me around all day today. 'Hm…I wonder what poor sucker's gonna get stuck following me around. They're gonna be bored outta their wits, that's for sure. Oh well…'

And, with that, I was at school. I went inside and got to class, still slightly wondering whom it would be.

As I sat down in my desk, which was, of course, right in the middle of all my other friends' desks, Yolei started to talk to me energetically. "Hey Crys, did you catch 'Fear Factor' last night?"

"Yeah," I replied, "it was awesome!"

"Dude, you could never get me to do that! I mean, letting someone put a bunch of snakes all over me? No friggin' way!" I'm really not surprised about that, knowing Yolei.

"That looked like so much fun!"

Yolei looked at me as if I'd suddenly grown a second head or something like that. "You're insane!"

"Yup!"

"Really? What was you're first clue?" We both turned to see TK smiling at us.

"Ha ha, very funny! Oh yeah? Well, what about the time that you thought no one else was around and I walked in on you wearing that stupid jester's hat, and dancing and singing along to—" TK clapped a hand over my mouth to shut me up.

He laughed nervously. "Let's not go into that right now," he said, while trying to keep me from pulling away from him.

I finally pulled his hand away from me after a few seconds, though. "Barney!"

He slapped his hand back over my mouth again. "Shut up, Crystal!"

Yolei was laughing her head off and so was I. TK sighed and removed his hand.

Then, Ms. Mizuno began to speak. "Good morning class. Today we're pleased to have some students from the local college here today. I hope you'll make them all feel welcome. They will be walking around the school, observing. And, as it turns out, one of our very own has been chosen to let one of these students follow her around—"

There was a knock on the door; whoever it was finally got here.

Ms. Mizuno went to the door and greeted the visitor. "Class, please make our guest feel welcome," she said as he walked in. I had turned around and was talking to Yolei as he did so. All of a sudden, I heard Kari gasp and everyone else in our group suddenly became quiet.

Yolei looked towards the front of the room and, almost instantly, her face took on an expression of alarm. I turned around to see what the big deal was with this surprise guest. And it was then that I received the shock of my life…

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A/N: Sorry guys, I couldn't resist. I had to leave it there. …Ohhhhhhhhhh! The mystery! Who is it? (Like you guys haven't already figured it out!) What's going to happen? Wanna find out? Dun dun duuuunnnn!!! Then, you'll have to wait for the next chapter!

Digimon Emperor: You're evil!

Yup!

Digimon Emperor: (Ignoring last thing said by Diva'sDream) I bet I know what's happening!

Gee, what a surprise! The "genius" has figured it out!

Digimon Emperor: Why you little— (Pulls out whip)

(Pulls out "War and Peace") Bring it on, Sparky!

Digimon Emperor: Ahhhh! (Runs away, covering head)

(Evil smile) Works every time! Bye!