I woke up the next morning and everything had seemed to calm down. I tried calling Yuzuki to see if we could hang out but the call wouldn't go through. I turned on the tv and changed it to the news channel to see if there were any monster sightings, there weren't any yet thankfully. The tv started to flicker then it shut off suddenly. "That was weird." My mom said

"How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough to see you break the tv."

"I wasn't the cause of this!" I went to the kitchen to see if any of the other electronics were acting weird, and they were, all the clocks on the electronics had been reset. "Mom! Check every room to make sure no wild animals got in!"

"Why would there be wild animals in the apartment?"

"I'll explain later I have to go now though!" I dashed out searching for a digimon. I knew there had to be one nearby because my grandpa told me that when electric surges happened it was most likely the case of a digimon. I searched, I looked down at the ground from my apartment's floor and saw nothing. There was no commotion throughout the complex. I assumed nothing had happened, so I went home. I came home to this

"Explain to me again why I had to search for wild animals?"

"About that... I got you! It was just a joke!" I did want to tell her the truth but I knew she would never believe me, because she never believed grandpa Izzy either.

"Well it wasn't very funny."

"Sorry mom." I went to my room and sat on my bed, but when I sat down something that was there shifted. I checked underneath me and the cover but nothing was there. I heard some sort of growling noise, thinking it was me I cleared my throat, but that wasn't the source of the sound. I searched my room top to bottom except one place, under my bed. I looked to see two shiny bulbs in the darkness, it lunged at me and scratched my face, I tried to grab it but it was to fast. I couldn't find it, so I gave up searching for now. When I went to get a snack I was surprised all there were was empty boxes and bags. Someone had eaten all my snack cakes to!

"What is going on here?!" I shouted

"What is wrong Michi?"

"You ate all my snacks!"

"I didn't touch your snacks!"

"Then who did?"

"Maybe you were sllep-eating instead of sleep-walking." I heard crinkling from the back of the cupboard, like the sound of WRAPPERS. I threw out all of the random boxes of food to see quite the site, a koal- no a digimon, a koala digimon, sleeping on a pile of wrappers.

"Never mind mom, I think I was just sleep eating." I quickly cleaned up the mess I made and then moved the digimon to my room. When it woke up it just stared at me with its big eyes. So I decided to start talking "What is wrong with you? First you scratch me, then you eat all my snacks, and before all that you were sleeping in my bed.

"You are not nice."

"Huh? Did you just speak?"

"Yea dummy, and it's not my fault that I was sleepy, hungry, and scared. It is all your fault."

"How is it my fault?"

"Because you wanted me to be here Michi."

"I don't recall wanting a puny digimon like you."

*Hmph* "I could be more powerful than you could imagine."

"Like I would ever believe you."

"It is not nice to assume."

"Whatever, just tell me, how am I supposed to send you back?"

"You are stuck with me and besides you need me."

"Need you, for what?"

"I don't know that yet but we will know soon enough."

"I guess for now I'll take you to Yuzuki's place and see what I should do with you." I motioned to my open backpack "Now get in."

"Couldn't you put a blanket in it first, I like to sleep when I travel." I shoved a blanket in it.

"There. Happy?"

"Quite happy actually." he hopped in and curled up in a ball. Then I closed it for the most part, I left part of it open so he could breath. I told my mom I was going to Yuzuki's to study then I left. When I was passing the park I saw Kiku and she saw me. She followed me quite a ways before I turned and said

"What do you want Kiku?"

"I know you are hiding something in the bag." she said in a playful tone.

"I don't have time for this Kiku." I groaned

"I just wanna know what is in your bag MIchi."

"It is only books Kiku, okay? Now could you please leav-" I turned to confront her, but she wasn't behind me. "Where did yo-"

"Gotcha!" she grabbed me and snatched my backpack off of my shoulders and threw to the ground.

"What is wrong with you Kiku?! Give me it back!"

"Well you weren't being compliant, soooo I had to use force." she giggled. She opened my bag and when she peered in it wasn't the surprised look I was exspecting.

"Awwww how dissapointing, Michi doesn't anything but a dusty old rag."*Hmph* she drops the back back on the ground and casuallt walks off like nothing had ever happened. I picked up the bag and whispered

"Are you okay?"

"Yea I am fine, but what is her problem?"

"I have no clue."

Yuzuki had texted me and told me she was at the garden so that is where I headed, when I got there she seemed really indulged in her notebook.

"What are up to?"

"Just trying to figure out how this thing works."

"What thing, where is it?"

"The 'Digi-Gate' as Dracmon called it."

"Okay but where is it!?"

"It is supposedly a gate that leads to the digital world according to Dracmon, but it doesn't seem to do anything besides this." She sticks her digivice out into the air, I can see a shimmering motion in the shape of an arch.

"Yea Jijimon told me when there is no other way to the Digital World humans would use these digi-gates instead of through the internet." Dracmon exclaimed.

"Who in the hell is Jijimon if I may ask?" Phascomon pops out of my bag and hops over to Yuzuki and jumps in her lap.

"Who is this surprise guest?"

"Hi my name is Phascomon, and to answer your question Michi, Jijimon is an old and wise digimon who knows a lot more than you do."

"Now what is that supposed to mean, twerp?" I growled

"Don't be mean Michi, he is as sweet as can be."

"All he is is a puny little runt."

"He doesn't mean that Phascomon, he is just jealous."

"Well whatever, have you found anything else out about the gate."

"Well I am thinking it needs more input, or power so to speak."

"That makes sense in a way I guess." there was a long silence, Yuzuki just stared at her notebook. "You okay Yuzuki?" I tried to ignore the fact that she was being creepy and walked up to where the arch was. I held up my digivice to see what it shine again.

"I've got it! Why don't we try our digivices at the same time!"

"Worth a shot." she stood next to me and held out her digivice along with mine. It started to shimmer brighter and brighter

Then suddenly...

NOTHING

"No! No! No! I thought for sure it would work! Meet me back here around 8:00 tomorrow morning!"

"Okay whatever you say... crazy"

"I heard that!" she yelled as she ran

"Hey! Yuzuki! Wait for me!" Dracmon shouted as he ran after her.