"The Beautiful Genius is a Monster?!"
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That day at school, the teachers were setting out lists of the students' academic levels.
Yolei was excited and was hoping that she had gotten the girls' number one spot while everyone knew that Ken would have gotten the boys' number one spot.
Daisy didn't much care for it, but since Yolei was excited, everyone had to go along with her or else she would bother them about it.
Pushing through the crowd of girls, Yolei forced her way to the front and was searching for her name on the list.
"Remind me again on why this is so important?" Luna asked.
Luna had managed to sneak into the school, being shown how by the Digimon, and was hiding in Daisy's shirt while the girl held DemiVeemon.
"It's just something the kids like doing." Poromon told the cat.
He had been left behind by Yolei and was resting on Kari's shoulder while Gatomon was curled up in her human's arms.
"The list is meant to show the students what curricular level they're at right now. It's important to know this so they can work well enough to graduate and get into good high schools and universities." Minomon explained.
"I see. And where are you on this list, Daisy?" Luna asked the girl.
"I'm not sure. As long as I'm not under the 100s, I'm fine." Daisy informed.
"I doubt you'll be down there. You've been getting pretty good grades lately." Gatomon commented.
"I'm sure you did, fine." TK placed a hand on Daisy's shoulder and smiled down at her.
"Let's just hope Yolei got number 1 or we'll all being hearing her complain." Patamon joked.
"Patamon." TK lightly scolded.
The group chuckled at that and then turned their attention to the crowd of students.
Some were cheering over getting high marks while other were sulking over the terrible ones they had gotten.
"What? You've got to be kidding me!" Yolei complained.
Everyone turned to look at the lilac haired girl who looked to be frustrated.
"Uh oh. Something went wrong." Daisy said.
The students seemed to move out of the way to allow the annoyed girl to storm over to her friends and Poromon flew to his human to see why she was feeling this way.
"Are you all right, Yolei?" Poromon asked.
"No, I am not okay." Yolei growled.
Grabbing at Poromon, she squished the bird to her chest making him whine.
He should be used to this considering the child of Love and Sincerity has been doing this to him ever since she first found him a few years ago.
"What happened?" Ken asked her, hoping to calm her down.
"I got the number 2 spot! Can you believe that?" Yolei complained.
"If you got the second spot, then who got the first?" Kari questioned.
"Some transfer student named Amy Mizuno." Yolei rolled her eyes.
"Amy who? Who is that?" Daisy raised an eyebrow.
Kari gave her an amused expression.
"Amy Mizuno is a new transfer student. She came from a different school that was filled with a bunch of scholar students. All of them are very intelligent, but she transferred here. No one knows why." Kari shrugged her shoulders.
"Some people say she transferred here because she failed out of the school." Yolei said.
"Really? Maybe she just couldn't deal with all those snooty smart kids." Daisy suggested.
"It is possible. Most of the prodigies I met weren't very nice. They were difficult to deal with." Ken added.
Sensing a familiar presence, Daisy looked off to the side and found a pretty girl with blue hair cut into a bob and blue eyes standing off to the side, staring out a window.
As she stared at the girl, Daisy felt a vision from the Silver Millennium take over.
She saw the Moon Princess sitting in a library while a girl wearing a blue gown sat down beside her, placing a large book on the desk.
"Daisy, what's wrong?" TK asked when he noticed how out of it the girl was.
Shaking her head, Daisy looked up at TK, then turned her attention back onto the blue haired girl.
"Who is that girl?" Daisy asked.
Surprised by the sudden question, the group looked over to see who their friend was staring at.
"That's Amy." Kari told her.
"Yeah, little miss number 1." Yolei pouted.
Ken sighed at the way his girlfriend was behaving.
He hoped she wouldn't try and start trouble with the other girl.
Watching Amy from afar, Daisy noticed that the girl seemed to have a sad air around her.
Also, it seemed like she didn't have any friends and some of the students appeared to be whispering about her and that tugged at the child of Miracles' heart strings.
"She looks kind of lonely." Daisy commented.
"I guess so." Kari commented.
As for Luna, she was observing the blue haired girl as well, feeling curious about her.
She could feel a certain energy around her and it made the cat feel suspicious over the girl and wondered if she had a connection to the Dark Kingdom.
As though she sensed she was being watched, Amy looked over at the DigiDestineds and their Digimon who all froze when they saw that they had been caught staring.
"So, uh, hey! Who wants to go to the arcade after school?" Daisy asked as she turned her attention back to her friends.
"Sounds like fun." TK jumped on board.
"Yeah, the guy who works there is a total cutie!" Yolei exclaimed making the girls giggle.
Ken didn't find it amusing at all and felt his eye twitch.
He really wished his girlfriend would stop commenting about other boys' attractiveness.
(After school…)
Yawning, Daisy walked out into the sunshine and started stretching.
It was now the end of the school day and she couldn't wait to head off to the arcade and have some fun before having to do her homework.
"Man, what a long day." Daisy yawned.
"Hey, where did Luna run off to? I haven't seen in a while." DemiVeemon commented.
"I'm not sure. Maybe she went back home." Daisy said.
Looking around as she waited for her friends to arrive and join her on the walk to the arcade, where Cody and Upamon would be waiting for them, Daisy took notice of Amy.
The girl was walking home alone.
"There's Amy. I don't get why she has no friends. She's pretty and smart. You'd think that'd be enough to get people's attention." Daisy commented.
"Maybe she's just shy." DemiVeemon suggested.
Still watching the blue haired girl as she walked off, Daisy took notice of a black blur attacking her.
Gasping, the duo of Miracles watched as Amy cried out in surprise at Luna landing on her shoulder.
Stunned that Luna would suddenly just attack someone out of the blue like that, the duo watched on to see how Amy would react.
Reaching up, Amy started petting Luna under her chin and the cat started to purr before she shook her head, trying to snap out of her moment of distraction.
"What is Luna up to?" DemiVeemon asked.
"Who knows?" Daisy shrugged.
Seeing how kind the blue haired girl was as she pet Luna, Daisy decided to make her presence known.
"Luna!" Daisy called.
Ears twitching, Luna meowed and jumped off of Amy's shoulder, running over to where Daisy knelt down.
"Hi there, I hope she didn't bother you. You're Amy, right? I'm Daisy." She stood up and smiled.
"Uh, hello there." Amy greeted.
"So, I heard you're new to school. How have you been liking it?" Daisy asked as she walked over to the girl.
"It's been fine. Some people have been friendlier than others." Amy said.
Daisy nodded at that.
She didn't know why, but she felt like she knew Amy from somewhere.
It was an odd feeling, but she had been feeling them ever since she started having visions of the princess.
"Daisy!" Someone called.
Looking behind her, Daisy saw TK and Patamon making their way over to them.
"Hey, my friends are all going to the arcade. Why don't you come with us?" Daisy offered.
TK, who had heard what Daisy had said, stopped beside her and smiled.
Ever since she had become a DigiDestined and got the Digi-Egg of Friendship, Daisy had developed a desire to make friends with plenty of other people.
She had reached out to Ken and Willis, offering them friendship and they accepted.
He shouldn't be surprised that she was now doing the same with Amy.
"Oh, I don't want to be a bother." Amy blushed bashfully.
"You wouldn't be a bother!" Daisy insisted.
"All of us are pretty friendly. We won't mind if you join us." TK added.
Amy looked between her two classmates, thinking over her choice.
They were both very kind and seemed sincere.
(Later on…)
The group were all at the arcade and were standing around a Sailor V video game, taking turns playing.
When Daisy introduced Amy to everyone, they had been surprised, but were kind to her, introducing themselves to her eagerly.
Yolei was currently playing the Sailor V game, trying to reach a new high score on it.
Luna was hidden in Daisy's school bag, hiding whenever the manager of the shop walked by.
"It was nice of you to ask me to come with you. I don't really get to have any time to relax." Amy said.
"It's nice being able to meet new people." Cody told her.
"I think it was nice of you to invite Amy to join us, Daisy. What compelled you to do it?" Kari asked.
"Honestly, I just got this feeling from her. Like I knew her from somewhere." Daisy informed.
"What?" Luna perked up at the news.
"What does that mean?" Gatomon questioned.
Yolei then cheered over her win making everyone look at her.
"Oh yeah, new high score! You want to try it, Amy?" Yolei asked the girl.
"Oh, um, all right. I've never played it before, though." Amy said.
"That's okay. Not all of us are good at video games. It's really only Yolei and Daisy who are good at it." Ken told her.
"Give it a try." TK insisted.
Nodding, Amy sat down in the seat Yolei offered her and started playing the game.
"Daisy, you should be careful around her. She may be an agent from the Dark Kingdom." Luna whispered to the raspberry haired girl.
Shock filled Daisy's core and she felt like cussing Luna out for suggesting such a thing.
She knew that Amy was a good person and couldn't be connected to the Dark Kingdom.
"Luna, there's no way. She's way too nice and shy. I think you're being paranoid." Daisy stated.
"It's not an issue to be paranoid, Daisy. We need to keep an eye out. The Dark Kingdom will do anything to find the princess and the crystal. They won't care who they step over or hurt. You should be careful and keep an eye on that girl." Luna advised.
"Fine." Daisy rolled her eyes.
She decided to agree with the black cat to give her some peace of mind.
"Wow, that's amazing!" Cody exclaimed.
Turning her attention back onto Amy, Daisy felt her jaw drop when she saw how well she was doing on the game.
"I thought you never played this before." She brought up.
"I haven't, but I'm pretty good with computers. I pick things up very fast. This is fun." Amy grinned.
"It looks like she's going to beat your high score, Yolei." Upamon spoke up.
Yolei growled under her breath and pouted over this fact.
"That is awesome! You're about to beat the high score. We should totally play against each other." Daisy leaned over Amy's shoulder.
Soon enough, a crowd began to gather around and watched what was happening.
They were all interested in how easily the blue haired girl was about to beat the high score.
Just then, Amy's wrist watch started to beep, and she checked it.
Eyes growing wide in surprise, she shot up from her seat and her character on the game was killed.
"Oh no, I'm late!" She exclaimed.
The people watching her all exclaimed in disappointment that she lost before she could manage the new high score.
Pushing her way through the crowd of people, Amy tried to rush out of the building and Daisy went after her, wondering whys he was in such a hurry.
"Please move, I need to leave." Amy said.
"Amy, what's going on? What's the rush?" Daisy asked.
She shoved her bag and DemiVeemon into TK's arms and he accepted them, watching as Daisy bent down to help Amy pick up her things that had spilled out of her bag.
"Oh, thank you." Amy smiled as Daisy helped her pack up her things.
"Why are you rushing out of here?" Daisy asked again.
"I have cram school." Amy answered.
"Seriously?" Daisy balked.
"Yeah. It's at the Crystal Seminar. It's the best cram school you can go to. You see, I want to be a doctor and I feel like this place can help me get into a good university." Amy explained.
"Wow, you sound a lot like Joe." Daisy commented.
Amy seemed confused over that, but simply smiled as she accepted her things and packed them back into her bag.
Daisy then walked Amy to the door and waved her off.
"See you tomorrow!" Daisy called.
"Good-bye!" Amy waved as she walked off.
The rest of the DigiDestineds started to walk over to the door to join Daisy, but Cody paused when he saw a computer disk laying on the ground.
Bending down, he picked it up and looked it over before joining the others.
"She seemed really nice." Minomon commented.
TK then handed Daisy's bag, which had Luna inside of it, and DemiVeemon back over to the girl.
"Is Amy going to spend more time with us?" DemiVeemon asked.
"Maybe." Daisy answered.
"Huh? Hey, Cody, what's that?" Patamon asked as he noticed the computer disk.
"I found it on the floor. It might be Amy's." Cody said.
"You think it's for her cram school?" Kari questioned.
"Uh oh. You think she'd get in trouble for not having the disk?" Daisy questioned.
"She just might. I heard that some cram school teachers can be pretty harsh. She could get into some serious trouble fi they found out she lost her disk." Yolei explained.
"Then we better hurry and catch up with Amy." Daisy decided.
"I can't come. I have to get to kendo practise right now. Sorry guys." Cody apologized.
"It's fine, Cody. You go right ahead. We'll see you tomorrow." TK smiled at his DNA partner.
"All right. Bye everyone. I hope you get Amy's disk back to her." Cody nodded and began to walk off.
"Let's go. I want to see this cram school for myself." Yolei said.
Everyone then took off in the direction of the cram school after Ken looked up the directions on his cellphone.
The group rushed off to the building and stared up at it, feeling curious over why a security guard was standing by the doors.
It seemed odd for a school to have one, but they assumed it was for a good reason.
"Now what are we going to do?" Kari asked.
"I doubt that security guard is going to let us just walk inside." Gatomon commented.
"But we have to get Amy's disk back to her." Daisy insisted.
"Aren't you guys too old to be playing with stuffed animals?" Someone spoke up.
The Digimon all froze when they heard the voice and went limp, taking on the soulless forms of plush toys.
Stunned that someone had snuck up on them, the group turned to find Darien standing there, taking his sunglasses off to look the group over.
Yolei automatically smiled at the handsome man which made Ken huff in jealousy.
"Hey, aren't you Jun's friend?" Daisy brought up.
"Yeah, the name's Darien. What are you kids all dong here?" He asked.
"Our friend goes to school here. We were just seeing her off." Kari answered.
"I see. You guys should probably get going, though. The security guard will get suspicious if you loiter around out here. Wouldn't want him to try and have you guys arresting or something." Darien advised.
"They wouldn't really do that would they?" TK asked.
"The people at this school are pretty weird. I've seen the students walking inside looking full of energy and excited to learn, but when they leave hours later, they're dead on their feet. Almost like the life has been sucked out of them." Darien narrowed his eyes.
That news caught Luna's attention and she poked her head out of Daisy's bag, looking over at the school with a suspicious expression.
"Thanks for the advice. We should probably get going now. It was nice to meet you." Ken nodded his head politely.
With hat said, the group all took off and made their way back to Kari's apartment since it was the closest.
As they went, Darien kept an eye on them, feeling curious over the group.
(The Kamiya residence…)
Kari had kicked her brother, Tai, out of their shared bedroom so that she and her friends would have some privacy.
"You really need your own room, Kari." Daisy commented.
"I know, but Dad doesn't want to give up his work space for any of us." Kari sighed.
Luna jumped over to the computer that was set up in the bedroom.
"Daisy, insert the disk into the computer." Luna said.
"What? Why?" Daisy asked.
"What that boy said about the cram school has me suspicious. I want to see if that place is connected to the Dark Kingdom." Luna explained.
"It is a possibility. The Dark Kingdom needs to collect human energy and people tend to pour all of their energy into studying. They probably found out about that and are using this cram school idea to collect human energy." Ken theorized.
"Yikes. Am I ever glad I never signed up for that." Yolei shuddered.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see." TK said as Yolei sat down at the computer.
She began looking over the disk, discovering everything she could about what was written on it and broke the code on it.
"Guys, cover your ears." Yole warned as a high-pitched whine came from the computer.
Everyone covered their ears, disturbed by the noise.
"What is this?" Daisy complained covering her ears.
"It must be a brainwashing program from the Dark Kingdom. Even if Amy isn't working for them, it's obvious that she's in danger." Luna stated.
To be continued…