Somewhere in a lab in the middle of the night, somebody was working with electronics and other computers. This person was a man, but his work was disturbed when he heard his phone go off and saw the caller I.D. said it was Lita.

"Oh! Goodie!" The man said as he reached for his phone and answered it. "Hi, Hi, Hi. It's nice to hear from you. Me-oh-mi." When Lita heard that, she was about ready to end the call right then and there. "No. Lita, wait. Please don't hang up. It's been so long since I heard from you, my precious little sister." Lita needed his help so she decided to continue the call.

"Hey, Wade. I need your help with something." Lita said.

"Let me guess. I think I already know. You want one, don't you? Your own personal I.S." Wade said. "I was actually waiting for you to call me about that." Lita was a little surprised to hear that he got it right and he was prepared. "I actually have one for you. It still needs a few adjustments, but it's near completion. I call it the Red Wyvern." Lita is done not being a benefit to Davis and she's going to change that.

…..

I.S. Academy

Another day at the academy was coming as the sun began to rise. Davis and Ichika were still sound asleep. Davis sleep was disturbed when he felt a leg hit him against his head.

"DemiVeemon, keep your legs off me." Davis said, but he realized that the leg was too long to be DemiVeemon's. He shot straight up when he realized something was wrong and saw someone else was in his bed with him. It started to move and come out of the covers and saw it was Fria wearing a sports top and boxer briefs.

"Is it morning already?" Fria said.

"Fria?!" Davis shouted and woke up DemiVeemon and Ichika.

"What's wrong, Davis?" Ichika said, but got spooked when he saw Fria.

"What the hell are you doing in my bed?" Davis said.

"Well, I've declared you as my bride and it's common for married couples to be in the same bed." Fria said.

"First, it's the girl who is called the bride. Second, we're too young to be married. Third, you tried to kill me!" Davis said. He stopped when he took a look at what she was wearing. "Wait a minute! Those are my clothes!"

"Oh yes. I hear that the woman sometimes wears the clothes of the man." Fria said.

"Where are you even getting these ridiculous ideas?" Davis said.

"From Laura Bodewig." Fria said.

"Of course. It makes sense if Laura is the one behind it." Ichika said and heard some groaning in his own bed. He saw Laura rise up from it with her in cat pajamas.

"Is it morning now?" Laura asked.

"Aw! You're here too?!" Ichika said.

….

Lunch

Davis and Ichika gathered their friends together for lunch outside. While they were all gathered together, Ichika and Davis were giving Laura a piece of their minds about hers and Fria's behavior.

"What the hell?!" Davis said. "Do you know anything about personal boundaries? What are you teaching Fria anyway?"

"The things needed to be a proper bride. Perhaps the four of us should consider working on each other's marriages." Laura said.

"We're not married!" Both of the guys shouted.

"Houki, we don't know Laura as well as the rest of you." Lita said. "Is she usually like this?"

"Sadly." Houki said with some annoyance.

"Laura still has a lot to learn about being a proper girl in society. She comes from a pretty rough past herself." Charlotte said.

"Like where does she get the idea that Ichika's all hers?" Rin said.

"Indeed. If Ichika's going to belong to anyone, it's going to be me." Cecilia said, but the other four just glared at her.

"One thing for sure about each one of them is that things are never dull." Kimi said.

"You are correct about that." Serene said.

"Such strange behavior you all have." All of them were surprised when they took a look and noticed Fria has come out and joined them. All of them put their guard up and was ready for a fight.

"Guys, hold on a minute." Davis said as he stood between them. Since he learned about Fria's past, he's a little more sympathetic towards her. "Let's at least see what she wants."

"I just wish to join you for lunch is all." Fria said. "I wish to know more about this strength you told me about. This strength in friendship."

"Is that all? Well, you can start by making friends." Davis said as he allowed her to join them, but he noticed the death glares Houki and the others were giving her. "You might want to be careful around the upperclassmen. Some of them are still upset about what you did to Ichika." He allowed Fria to join them, but some of them still kept their guard up around her.

"Davis, what was she talking about?" Lita said. "Strength in friendship? What exactly is that?"

"Oh! That's just something my friends back home and I learned. We learned we're stronger when our bonds are stronger."

"Wow. That's a really nice thought." Ichika said. "You and all must be really close."

"Yeah. I have known these guys for some good years and a couple I've known for a lot longer." Davis said.

"Some childhood friends. That's just like us, Houki and Rin." Ichika said. Both of them did agree, but Houki and Rin glared at the other.

"Oh yeah! I remember you told me you were childhood friends with Houki and Rin." Davis said. "You know. That actually makes me think of Kari."

"Kari?!" All his classmates said.

"Davis, who is this Kari and why haven't we heard about her?" Serene said.

"Kari? She's actually my childhood friend. Truth be told, she was actually the first friend I ever had." Davis said.

"Is she? What's she like?" Houki asked.

"Kari's like the nicest person ever. She puts everyone above herself." Davis said. His classmates were getting uncomfortable with this, but Lita noticed something else going on with Davis.

"Are you….blushing?!" Lita said. "Davis, don't tell me you actually have feelings for this girl?" Lita and the others were really hoping he doesn't.

"That obvious huh?" Davis said and all five of them couldn't believe it.

"Oohoo! So you have a crush, do you?" Ichika said.

"Yeah, but I don't think it matters. She doesn't seem to notice and I think she has feelings for this other guy she's known pretty well named T.K." Davis said.

"Aw man. It must be hard having feelings for someone and them not realizing how you must feel." Ichika said.

'Like you can talk!' All five of his classmates thought at the same time.

"Still, Kari is amazing and her older brother is like my role model and they're both really close." Davis said. "In fact, all of us have been through a lot. I guess we could consider each other family." Hearing Lita talk about brother and family had a bit of an effect on her.

"Lita, are you okay?" Sierra asked and all of them look towards her.

"Yeah. I just think the whole big brother and family stuff might be a little overrated." Lita said.

"Say what?! Why would you say something like that?" Davis said. Lita looked around and saw they were all thinking the same thing.

"I told Houki. I might as well tell the rest of you." Lita said. "The truth is that both of my parents died when I was pretty young. I don't even remember them." This was a shock for those hearing it for the first time.

"You mean you don't have a family?" Davis asked.

"I do have an older brother named Wade, but he and I don't really see eye to eye." Lita said. All of them felt sorry for her.

"A sibling you don't get along with. I can relate." Davis said. "I have an older sister named Jun, but she's actually a major pain."

"So you got an older sister too? I guess I can see what you two are saying. I love my big sister, but Chifuyu could lighten up a little." Ichika said.

"Yeah and maybe you won't get pounded on your head so much. It might make you smarter." Rin said and all of them shared a laugh. Fria looked around for she was not too familiar with this situation.

'So this is what it's like to have friends.' Fria thought. 'They all laugh together and appears to have negative feelings when you're around them. Fascinating. I actually want to learn more because this seems a little enjoyable.'

…..

DemiVeemon

Ever since Davis was transferred to this academy, DemiVeemon has been spending a lot of time in Davis' room. It was driving him crazy to be stuck in such a small area since he needed to stay hidden.

"I miss Odaiba. At least when I had to hide, I had the other digimon to talk to." DemiVeemon complained. He then heard someone unlocking the door. "Someone's coming. Activating Stuffed Animal Mode." All he really did was fall on his back. The door opened up and Ichika and Cecilia came inside.

"Thank you for letting me borrow a couple of your books, Ichika." Cecilia said.

"No problem. Now where did I put those?" Ichika said as he looked around for them. As he was looking, Cecilia spotted DemiVeemon.

"My goodness! Ichika, what is this thing?" Cecilia said as she lifted him up. "It's so adorable!" She practically loved DemiVeemon as she hugged him to her chest.

"Oops. That actually belongs to Davis." Ichika said as he took DemiVeemon back. "Let's keep this a secret. He doesn't want anyone to know about this."

"I see, but I must ask him where he got it." Cecilia said and reached for DemiVeemon's face and started squeezing and stretching his cheeks and it really hurt. "It feels so plushy. I simply must have one of my own." Cecilia kept playing around DemiVeemon's face. He was trying his best not to do anything, but Cecilia was hurting him and he just couldn't take it.

"Hey! Quit pulling my cheeks!" DemiVeemon shouted, but that ended up being a mistake. Ichika and Cecilia couldn't believe what they just saw and heard.

"Did this thing just….talk?" Cecilia said.

"I think so." Ichika said.

"Oops." DemiVeemon said. Ichika tossed DemiVeemon as he and Cecilia screamed. DemiVeemon got out of that room as fast as he could and he knew he needed to find Davis.

"That thing is alive?! Ichika, what was that thing?" Cecilia said.

"I don't know, but I know we better catch it." Ichika said and the two of the started to chase after him. As DemiVeemon was running, a lot of the girls saw him and were all wondering the same thing.

"What is that?"

"Is that a rabbit?"

"Aw! I think it's one of those dangerous digimon I heard on the news." DemiVeemon was in so much trouble. He just needed to find Davis and do something.

"How hard can it be to find a guy in a school filled with girls?" DemiVeemon said. DemiVeemon searched around and went in one room, but he came hopping out with his face all red. "That was the bathroom!"

…

Davis

After class, Davis and the others were all hanging outside together and weren't aware of what was going on.

"So what do you all want to do now?" Davis asked.

"I've got to work on some of my kendo training. I'll see you guys later." Houki said, but before she could leave, she just received a strange message. "That's weird. I just got the message of a strange creature being spotted around the campus. It's small, blue, white, and hops like a rabbit." When Davis heard the description, only one thing popped into his head and he didn't like it.

"That's certainly strange." Charlotte said.

"It's probably just a rabbit someone spilled paint on." Kimi said.

"They also heard it talking." Houki said.

'Oh man. Please don't let it be who I think it is.' Davis thought.

"Davis!" All of them looked down the road and saw Ichika and Cecilia.

"What's with you two?" Lita asked.

"Davis, what the heck is with that stuffed animal of yours?!" Ichika said. All eyes turned to him and Davis knew he needed to act fast.

"Ichika! You weren't suppose to say anything about it." Davis said.

"Don't play coy. Ichika and I were in your room and that thing was walking and talking." Cecilia said. "We tried to go after it, but we lost it. Now what the devil is it?"

"Davis, what are they talking about?" Sierra questioned and everyone was wondering the same thing. Davis didn't know how he was going to get out of this one. Soon, they heard some commotion and soon spotted DemiVeemon came out. That just made things worse. DemiVeemon looked around and saw Davis.

"Davis!" DemiVeemon went right over to him and hopped right in his arms.

"What are you doing out?!" Davis said.

"Davis, what is that thing?!" Rin said. Davis was starting to panic and didn't know what to do. It was about to get worse as he heard a crowd coming their way.

"Later. Right now, we've got to hide!" Davis said and ran off with DemiVeemon in his arms. All of them were curious and decided to follow him.

"Davis, where are you going?" Sierra asked.

"I just need to find a place to lay low for a while." Davis said. He looked around for a place to hide and spotted the monorail. It was there only chance. "I guess we'll have to head into town." All of them ran for the monorail and were careful not to let anyone see them. They all got right on just as the Monorail was leaving and were heading off the island.

"I believe we're in the clear." Fria said.

"Phew." Davis said as he and the rest of them took a seat. Then, he held DemiVeemon to him and was real mad. "What were you thinking?! Why didn't you stay in the room?"

"Don't look at me. Blame the tall blonde." DemiVeemon said as he pointed to Cecilia. "She was pulling on my face."

"Davis! What the hell is that thing?!" Lita said as they were all a little spooked by him. Davis saw no other way out of this for him.

"Everyone, meet DemiVeemon. He's my digimon partner." Davis said.

"You're what?!" Sierra said.

"What's a digimon?" Laura asked.

"I think I heard about them on the news, but aren't they considered dangerous creatures?" Kimi questioned.

"This is going to take some explaining." Davis said.

…

The City

Davis and the others all made it and were walking by the river. As they were, Davis explained to them everything about DemiVeemon and everything else they would need to know.

"So you and your friends are known as the digidestined, where you each have digimon partners, and you protect both our world and their world?" Ichika said.

"That about sums it up." Davis said.

"That's some story!" Houki said.

"Truly fascinating." Fria said.

"But I thought all digimon were considered dangerous." Rin said.

"Dangerous?" Serene said as she took DemiVeemon and rubbed her face against his. "How can a cutie like this one be considered dangerous?"

"Well, there are some digimon that are a lot bigger and a lot scarier." Davis said. "There are also some that are good and some that are bad. The truth is my friends and I fight the bad digimon who want to destroy or take over both our worlds. We're actually hoping for a day where humans and digimon can live together, but there are so many humans that are afraid of digimon. They just don't understand."

"Well, that settles it." Ichika said as he saw how much it meant to them. "If DemiVeemon is your friend, he's ours too. It's as simple as that." Davis was astounded and saw that everyone felt the same as he did.

"Wow. Thanks you guys." Davis said and reached inside his pocket. "You want to see something cool?" Davis pulled out his D3 and DemiVeemon saw what was coming.

"Oh yeah!" DemiVeemon said as he jumped on the ground and began to glow.

"DemiVeemon digivolve to….Veemon"

"Aw! He got bigger!" Ichika said.

"Yeah. I'm Veemon now. It's call digivolving. It's a process digimon go through when we get stronger." Veemon said. "Some take a long time, but can stay like that. When we have human partners, we digivolve faster, but aren't really able to stay in those forms."

"And that's just one change. You want to see something really cool?" Davis asked.

"Like what?" Ichika said. Next thing he knew was that he was flying through the air on the back of ExVeemon as they flew just over the water. "Whoa!"

"You holding up okay?" ExVeemon asked.

"This….is….awesome!" Ichika shouted.

"Hold on tight. The fun is just beginning!" Exveemon said and flew straight into the air. This was more fun than riding an I.S. unit. The fun didn't stop there. Davis had him become Raidra and was giving Lita and Kimi a ride.

"This is so much fun!" Kimi said.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Lita said.

"No puking on the armor. I just got it washed." Raidramon said. It wasn't over as Flamedramon grabbed a hold of Sierra and Serene and gave them a ride by jumping around and holding onto them.

"Hang on." Flamedramon said as he jumped to great heights and gave both girls a good scare.

"Pretty cool? He's got a couple other forms, but we need our buddy Ken to do that." Davis said.

"I take back every bad thought I ever had about digimon." Kimi said. "They're amazing!"

"Who knows? You guys just might get your own digimon partners one day as well." Davis said and they all hoped so. That was just about when Ichika got a message.

"Chifuyu?" Ichika said and had a sharp pain come into his ears. "Sorry. Really? Um…okay. Yeah I know."

"What's going on?" Davis said.

"Well, Chifuyu says that given that has happened with the tournament, the attack, and some students claiming that they saw DemiVeemon, they're closing the school for student safety for about a week. All the students are allowed to head home during that time." Ichika said.

"A whole week of no school?! That is awesome!" Davis cheered. Perhaps it wasn't a bad thing that DemiVeemon got loose.

…..

Davis: Yeah. No school. It's nice to be home after so long. So much has happened these past few months. That school seemed like it could be paradise, but it's really a nightmare. Wait. What are the girls doing here? I thought they all would have went back to their home countries for this break. I just don't get girls sometimes, but at least I get to introduce all my friends.

Next Time: Pilots meet Destined

Even when I'm on break, I just can't seem to get away from the crazy.