During lunch, Jeri and Takato were sitting together at a table.
"What's going on here?" Takato whispered. "Is Miss Asaji wearing a costume? Don't tell me we're already preparing for Halloween..."
"Don't be silly, Takato," Jeri said. "And just where do you see a costume on her? She's wearing the very same flower dress that she always wears." She sighs. "She and every other Lillymon I've seen. You could think they might have a little bit more fashion sense."
"But... but what about Miki? Or about..."
"Hey guys!" A cheerful voice greeted them. "What's up?"
"Oh, there you are, Henry. Listen, my whole class has gone crazy. There's this whacked out Lillymon..."
He looked up and down the person that was standing in front of him. "You're not Henry..."
Terriermon blinked. "Who's that? And besides, that is no way you should talk about your teacher. Hey, what did she do? Give you additional homework? Mou-man-tai, everything's going to be all right."
"Terriermon?"
"Yup?"
"You're as big as me..."
"So I noticed."
"And you're walking freely around the school and everyone thinks it's okay?"
"Gee, thanks a lot," the rabbit/dog humanoid smirked. "I'll remember that when it's your next birthday. By the way, didn't Guilmon come to school today? That's the third time he's missing."
"Guilmon... goes to school?"
Jeri sighed. "Takato... not you too! Did you catch Rika's sickness?"
"The last time I checked, Amnesia wasn't contagious," Terriermon shook his head.
Suddenly, Takato grinned and chuckled. "Ahahaha! Now I get it! It's April Fool's Day, is it? Really, a good joke, guys. Just how many friends of yours did you fetch from the Digital World to take part in your little plot, Terriermon? Or was it Impmon's idea? I don't want to know what you paid Miss Asaji so she would be willing to let her use her classes for that..."
"Takatomon!" Jeri said.
The goggle-wearing boy was stunned. "What?"
----
"See, this is how I changed Takato's name," Kai told Ceratomon. "And now..." He pressed the 'Delete' button a few times. "Now it's back to normal."
The dinosaur warrior shook his head. "I'm sorry, Kai... I'm still not seeing anything on that screen except static..."
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"Takato, it's June 15th, not April 1st. And take a look around you... does it really look strange to you if Terriermon and Guilmon go to school? I mean, almost a third of the students and the staff are Digimon."
Takato looked around the cafeteria... and saw numerous Rookie Digimon sitting at the tables. Through the kitchen's glass panel, he saw an Octomon and a few humans preparing the Sushi for lunch. And in one corner of the room, he saw a Garbagemon in janitor's clothes mopping the floor (and dropping... unmentionables...)
Takato sighed. "It had just started to make sense... Oh well! Maybe reality will snap back to normal by tomorrow. I mean, it's kinda cool to have Digimon as teachers and student, so what's next? Batgirl as the school nurse?"
"I think he's going nuts," Terriermon whispered into Jeri's ear. "You think we should tell him about DemiDevimon and your new abilities?"
"I think we better wait, who knows what else he's gonna do. Probably doing the lambada in underpants on the cafeteria's tables..."
Terriermon shuddered. THAT image he didn't need in his head.
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The following classes were the same. Takato tried to pay attention, but every time his teacher asked him a question and he looked at her, he let out a startled yelp.
"Poor Takato..." Kenta whispered to Kazu. "Ya think he said something wrong to Rika and... ya know... she clonked him on the head or something?"
"Takato's head's as sturdy as cement," Kazu proclaimed. "She would need a sledgehammer for THAT bullhead."
Suddenly, the classroom's door opened. "Excuse me, Miss Asaji, but the principal told me Takato would be here... We have a case of urgent family emergency at home, may he leave early so I can take him with me?"
"(Sigh) Well, I know how chaotic it can be in a Digimon/human household, Mrs. Matsuki. Very well, just this once..."
If Takato had stared at Miss Asaji, by now his eyes were looking like they were ready to fall out of their sockets.
His Mom! Clad in her usual, everyday clothes. With orange-red scales covering her skin, a slender tail, claws on her feet and hands, and with a thin muzzle that looked like it was filled with tiny, pointy teeth. Altogether, her movement seemed pretty bird-like in the way her head was bobbing while she was walking.
Just like now, when she walked over to the desk of her older son, shook his shoulders and said: "C'mon, Takato! Get moving! Something happened back at home. Some winged Digimon appeared and wanted to kidnap Kai. But thanks to your brother, he's safe."
She didn't notice it, but behind her, a male Veemon was whistling while adoring her scaly behind. "Man..." he whispered to himself. "Takato has one hot Mom..."
His mind in a haze, Takato looked up at his Mom's saurian features. "I have a brother?"
"I think it's best I'll come along with them, Miss Asaji," Jeri quickly said and stood up. "It looks like Takato isn't quite himself today, and something similar happened to our friend Rika yesterday."
"I don't know, Jeri... Oh, very well, I know you're good friends with Takato and he HAS been acting weird lately. Okay, then go with him."
Compsomon Matsuki looked down at her son in worry. "Takato's sick? He didn't tell me about it at home... Poor sweetie!"
"I can go and help Takato too, you know?" Kazu shouted and stood up as well.
"Me too!" Kenta said.
"You both just sit down there this instant! Or I'll give you a taste of my Flower Cannon!"
(Gulp) "Yes, ma'am..."
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