The bully brutally pushed the smaller boy against the wall. "Listen up, punk!" he growled. "I want your lunch money, and I want it now!"
Toshi was shaking under the gaze of the bigger, older and more muscular brute in front of him. "B-b-but Mom didn't give me any money this morning..."
The bully grinned. "If you don't pay, you have to bear the consequences..." And he pulled back his fist.
Toshi winced and closed his eyes, expecting the painful blow to happen any minute.
Instead, the bully suddenly let go of him. Toshi opened his eyes and saw how a winged girl, who didn't look older than him, had appeared between him and the mean bully... and she had shoved him away from him.
The troublemaker gritted his teeth. "Hey, back off! If you think I wouldn't hit you because you're a girl, you're wrong!"
Toshi blinked in surprise. Didn't he see that she was a Digimon?
The girl looked down at the brute sternly. "You've been a baaad boy," she said while holding on to her harp. "You leave that poor boy alone, or I'm gonna punish you!"
The bully grinned. "Punish me? You're just a weak freak girl with wings, what could you do? Call for your Mommy? Or throw your prissy little harp at me?"
"You have been warned," the girl sighed. "Now it is you who will have to bear the consequences." And she started playing her harp.
The melody sounded beautiful, but Toshi could see how weird, colorful strings and floating notes were coming out of the instrument. They were circling the confused thug and blinded him with bright flashes.
"Hey! Hey, cut that out... get those things off me! Hey, I'm not afraid of you, freak-girl... stop... STOP THAT!"
The angel girl smiled. "From now on, you will be shy and afraid from anyone who's older and bigger than you. And you will do anything to avoid being hurt."
Suddenly, the bigger boy started sweating. "Y-you think I'll believe that? I... I'm not scared... You hear me? I'm n-not scared..."
"Hey, what's going on here?" another voice shouted. To Toshi's amazement, there was another angel child coming around the corner. This time, it was a boy, though, and instead of a harp, he was carrying a golden wand.
The girl smiled. "Good timing, brother! I have just delivered punishment on the sinful actions of this villain."
"A-another one of those Digimon freaks?" the bully stuttered. "L-leave me the heck alone!"
The angel boy turned towards him and smiled. "You're gonna let him live through the same stuff his victims have to endure? Good idea, I just fear there won't be too many boy in his class he's gonna be afraid of. He's pretty big, isn't he?"
The ChibiAngewomon frowned. "You're right... poo, it's not fair, I wanted to punish him..."
The TinyAngemon smirked. "I have an idea. If he's too big to be afraid of anybody, I'll just have to... make him smaller."
"Great idea!" his female companion squealed.
The angelic boy raised his wand. Unlike the harps of their female counterparts, which only could change a person's mind, the male angel kids could actually change a person's body by using their wands. They weren't really strong fighters, but... by using their angelic aura, a gift from their superior, they could stop most humans and weak Digimons from attacking them.
"Frightened and nervous you will be in mind, so you will also look the part," the TinyAngemon smiled while waving around his wand. A small, shining circle came flying from its tip and when it hit the bully, it expanded and descended on his head.
The bully gulped. "Wh-what are you doing to me... stop that... please, don't... MOMMY!"
The girl giggled. "Too late to beg for mercy, I have warned you."
"AAAAAAAAHHH!"
Toshi watched with awe as the glowing circle slowly moved down along the body of his tormentor... and while it was passing him, it changed his appearance.
And when the glowing circle reached the ground, it simply disappeared.
The ChibiAngewomon stopped playing. The magical notes disappeared as well.
Toshi couldn't believe his eyes. In front of him, a tiny little girl was standing, her long, brown her in a ponytail that was adorned with a cute, pink little bow. She was also wearing a short skirt.
The new girl's eyes teared up. "Wh-what did you do to me?" she sniffled. "I want my mommy..."
"It is your own fault," the angel girl told her as they looked down at her petite form. "You brought this upon yourself. Maybe in the future you will be nicer to other people."
"She will have to," her male counterpart grinned. "Without any help, she will have a hard time against all those school bullies who will try to push her around."
Toshi nervously took a step back when the angel girl turned around to smile at him. "Don't you want to be part of this? After all, it was you he threatened."
Toshi was a bit afraid of the Digimons' weird powers... but the more he thought about it, the bigger the grin on his face was getting. After all, he had been bullied for two years by the bigger boy... now it was payback time.
Still, when he stood in front of the frightened girl who was as cute as a button, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her. So he decided not to do anything too drastic and just came very close to her.
The ex-bully trembled and moved her little hands up to her face. Toshi stopped just in front of her face and grinned.
"Boo!" he said.
The new girl gave up a little squeak of terror and ran away as fast as her little feet could carry her.
The angel boy wrinkled his nose. "She peed her panties..."
The ChibiAngewomon giggled. "Well, I guess she'll have to change them, then."
They both looked down at Toshi. "Say, don't you want to join us as well? We are helping people in need with the abilities our leader Ai gave to us. We will spread justice through this town. Don't you wanna help us?"
Toshi thought about it. Then he grinned. "Will I get a cool wand like yours?"
"You're intolerable!" the housewife shouted, her face red with anger. "You're barely doing anything to find a job, you always hang around with your lazy friends and drink... I can't believe I married you!"
"Now see here, woman!" her drunk husband yelled from his seat in front of the TV, after guzzling down another gulp of beer. "I'm the man in this damned house and I can do whatever I want. If you and that brat weren't too lazy, you could do anything by yourself. I have a job and I'm the one who's earning the money here, so you better shut up and let me watch my soccer match!"
"I can't believe you would say that," his wife cried. "Your daughter is barely ten, what do you expect her to do? You could have a much better job, but what did you choose? Working at a gas station! We won't get rich with that!"
"There it is! It's always the money! You're just after my money, aren't you? Greedy, ungrateful bitch! Leave me alone and go back to the kitchen or I'm gonna slap you!"
Mai was crouching in a corner of the kitchen while she listened to her parents' fight. Did they have to do that ever day? Why couldn't they get along? She sniffled. And why was Daddy so angry? Did she do anything wrong?
She also wished her parents would play with her more often... but they even forgot her last birthday. She wished someone would make them get along with each other...
"That's enough!" a firm voice spoke up.
Mai's parents stopped arguing and looked up to the ceiling, where the voice had come from. They were surprised when they saw the two little angels that were floating above their heads.
The girl frowned. "You two should be ashamed of yourself. Your daughter is afraid of you, don't you notice?"
"Who are you to tell me what to do, you winged brat?" Mai's father snapped, his mind still in a haze from all the alcohol he had consumed. "This is my house, and in my house, we follow my rules!"
"Your rules?" his wife shouted. "You don't even care what your family does, all you do is sitting on your lazy ass and drink beer."
"You are not better than your husband," the boy angel grumbled. "You always complain and never do anything. You don't care for your child anymore and always order her around."
"I love my child!" Mai's mother protested. "Is it my fault that she's getting worse and worse at school? Somebody has to tell her when she's made a mistake."
"You have to learn how to get along with other, both of you!" the TinyAngemon told them. "You are a family, for Ai's sake, act like one!"
"You don't know anything about our family!" Mai's mother cried.
"That's right, I know what's best for us," her husband babbled. "So get out of here before I call the police!"
The two angels sighed and looked at each other.
"It's no use," the ChibiAngewomon said. "They won't listen."
"Yeah," her male companion nodded. "And they still fight with each other... like cat and dog." He then chuckled. "Hey, Manami, I just got an idea." He looked over to where Mai was crouching. "Hey, you like animals, don't you?"
"Um, yes!" Mai spoke up meekly. "I wanted to have a doggy or a kitty, but Mommy and Daddy never allowed me to have one..."
"Well, you're in luck then!" he grinned. "Because you're about to have BOTH!" And he shot two rings of light at the surprised parents, while his female counterpart started playing her harp.
And after they were done, a confused beagle was sitting in front of the TV, while his wife had turned into a little calico cat. At first, they stared at each other in confusion, then they started barking and hissing at the Digimon Angels.
Manami frowned at them. "You will stop that at once. You will behave and act like good little pets. You will not fight and play with your daughter whenever she wants."
The two animals shook their heads in confusion, then their behavior changed. The beagle panted happily as he jumped down from the chair, and the little cat walked over to her daughter and rubbed her head against her legs while purring.
Mai giggled. "Oh, you're so cute like this, Mommy!" She petted her mother, and her purring increased in volume. "And you too, Daddy!" she scratched the beagle behind his ears. He wagged his tail.
Manami smiled. "What a nice, happy family!"
"We can make sure that other families will be as happy as yours!" her companion said. "You wanna join us, Mai?"
Mai thought about it. "Well, I can always ask the neighbors to take care of Mommy and Daddy... so sure, why not? Sounds like fun!"
Manami smiled. "Then welcome in our circle, sister! Come along with us and we take you to the great Ai, who will make you one of us."
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