"GOAL!" Calumon shouted. "Goal, goal! Takato's team has won!"
"Yeah, I knew it!" Takato whooped as he jumped into the air. "We are the best, aren't we, bro?"
"You said it," Guilmon smirked.
Kazu and Kenta, who were both in the opposing team, sighed. "Oh well," Kazu said. "Good game, Takato!"
"And since Takato is the captain of his team..." Calumon spoke up as he came floating towards them.
"Hey!" Miki shouted. "Who went and made him captain?"
"He can still play better than any of us, so calm down, okay?" her girlfriend told her. Hearing that, the young ToyAgumon reluctantly kept her mouth shut.
"And what's the big prize you promised?" Takato asked with a big grin.
"Yeah, yeah, what is it?" Guilmon asked. Since he was Takato's brother, he got to share the prize with him, whatever it was.
Calumon smiled and out of nowhere, he pulled a small device dangling from a cord. "It's... the DIGITAL STABILIZER!"
The players of both teams were dumbstruck. "Eh, and what does it do?" Kenta finally asked.
Calumon held up the little device for everyone to see. "Using this nifty little device, Hybrids like Guilmon and Takato can always control their digivolution. Once they have reached a new level, they can always easily reach that level by using this little tool."
"WHAT?" Kazu gaped. "So the only one who can make use of that thing is Takato? What use is such a thing for me when I'm not a Hybrid?"
"You cheated, Calumon!" Miki shouted. "You knew from the very beginning that Takato would win."
"What are you complaining about?" Kenta asked. "You are on the winning side. But what was our captain supposed to do with that thing?"
Calumon grinned. "Well... it's still a nice accessory, don't you think?" And he hung the Digital Stabilizer around his neck.
"That's not fair..." Kazu whined. "Takato always gets the coolest stuff..."
"No moping," Calumon shouted. "Because... I have a consolation prize for everybody else!" And he floated over to a big basket he had covered with a piece of cloth. He pulled it off... and threw the chocolate bars that had been hidden underneath to the children.
"All right!" Kenta cheered. "Now we're talking!"
Miki grinned. "Well, it's not a cool, electronic gadget... but it's chocolate, what else do you need?"
"Hey, can you throw me one of these?" their substitute teacher shouted from the sidelines of the court.
Kazu grinned. "Sorry, 'Miss Nalamon'," he said. "But this chocolate is for soccer players only!" And he hungrily bit into his bar.
"Awww, no fair..." Jeri whined.
Terriermon giggled. "Well, that's the price of adulthood, I guess. Mou-man-tai!"
"Miss... MISS NALAMON!"
Jeri winced when she heard the voice of the principal. "Oops..." she said. "Busted..."
The Principal Todo was standing behind her, his arms crossed, a stern look on his face. "In all of my career, I have NEVER... what is the meaning of this? Why are your students playing when they are supposed to study?"
Nalamon turned around and chuckled nervously. "Well, you see, I thought we all could take a little break..."
"That's what recess is for, as you should know," Todo grumbled. "Listen up, I only accepted you as a substitute teacher for today because Miss Asaji praised your abilities as a teacher... her voice sounded a bit weird at the phone, but still, I believed that there should be no reason why I shouldn't believe in her words."
Jeri gulped. If the principal found out that it was Kei who had called him (she had disguised her voice to sound like her foster mother), they would all be in a heap of trouble.
"So, I am waiting for an explanation," the principal said sternly.
"W-well, you see, I... ummm..." Jeri helplessly looked over to her friends, but there wasn't much they could do.
"Hey, maybe if I distract the principal..." Terriermon whispered.
"Please don't..." Takato groaned. "I don't want to cause any more trouble than we are already in..."
But before Jeri could come up with any excuse, a sleek red shape came jumping over the wall of the school compound. It was a dinosaur woman with daggers in her belt.
"Ah, there you are, boys!" Mie said as she spotted her sons. "Excuse me... Mr. Todo?"
"Um, yes?" the principal asked. He was surprised that Mrs. Matsuki was coming in the middle of school yet again. "What brings you here?"
Mie smiled. "I'm terribly sorry, but there is an emergency... and I need my sons and their team to deal with it."
Takato and Guilmon looked at each other in surprise. "Now what's wrong?" Takato whispered. Guilmon shrugged.
Principal Todo frowned. "Mrs. Matsuki, I can't say I am too happy with this. This is the second emergency in this month... at this rate, the children will miss important lessons."
"I wouldn't come to get them if it wasn't really important," Mie explained and gave the principal a small envelope. "Here's a statement of the Digimon Police Force that we need their help in a case... and here's an explanation from Magnadramon herself."
'A good thing Alice brought quite a few of these things from her mother,' Mie thought.
Of course, the principal knew who this powerful Mega Digimon was, and like any other citizen of Tokyo, he also knew how important the work of the Digimon Police Force was.
He sighed. "Fine, fine... I don't think that this class would be able to concentrate for the rest of the day anyway. Okay, class... you are dismissed for today."
The yard was filled with the cheers of Takato's classmates as they grabbed their stuff and left the school compounds in a hurry. Only Takato, Guilmon and Terriermon stayed behind... and of course, Nalamon.
Mie nodded. "Thanks for the cooperation, principal. Should we go, kids? Oh..." When she saw Jeri, she stared at her for a moment.
Then she smiled. "Nice clothes, Jeri! But can you de-digivolve for now? I think you all can better fit in my car when you're your normal size."
The principal's eyes bulged out. "Wh-whaaaat?"
Jeri giggled nervously. "Um... April Fool?"
"I can't believe you kids did that!" Mie grumbled as they were driving through town. "And you of all people, Jeri... I thought you were the most responsible one."
"Please don't be mad, Mom!" Guilmon said. "We were just trying out the capabilities of the RPG Maker."
"Well, I think there could have been a good number of other ways you could have tested that," Mie scolded. "I had to use all of my charm to persuade the principal not to keep you in school for today after all."
"Well, at least we won't get any detention..." Takato sighed.
Mie glared at her son. "Who said you wouldn't? The next day of school, all of you will stay behind after class is over."
"You can't be serious, Mom..." Takato groaned.
"I'm innocent!" Terriermon claimed and pointed at his friends accusingly. "They forced me!"
"Please, don't tell my parents..." Jeri pleaded. While she believed her mother could be dealt with, she knew how rigorous her father could be in such affairs...
Mie looked at her sternly. "I won't tell him," she finally said. "But I can't do anything about it if Principal Todo decides to call your parents."
Realizing that Jeri was feeling very guilty about this whole thing, Takato quickly changed subjects. "H-hey, where are you taking us anyway?"
Mie sighed. "Jeri's father, Harmony's mother, Rika's father and I decided that since you have fought the Demon Lords... you should be present during the interrogation of Barbamon."
Everyone gasped. "Mom!" Guilmon shouted. "Does that mean you really caught him? And by yourselves?"
Again, he winced under the frown his mother gave him. "Sorry, Mom... didn't mean it like that..."
"It's not like you think," Mie explained. "We found him, trapped in a cage of light, like the ones the Angel Digimon are using... but he was regressed to his Rookie level."
"WHAT?" Takato shouted. "You mean to tell me that the all-powerful Demon Lord... the long wanted criminal... and Rika's grandpa... is now a Rookie?"
"Yes, he is... but he's still the same old bastard he always has been. We believe that he had been working with somebody, and this person has betrayed him. I don't know how he could have turned an aged Digimon like him into a Rookie... it's unheard of, even in the Digital World."
"Well, we can reach the Mega Level, after all... and we're still not as experienced as you or your teammates," Terriermon pointed out.
Mie nodded. "Yes, that's another reason why Taomon wanted you to be present. Right now, Mayumi is on her way to fetch Harmony, as well as Roshi's daughters..."
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