After the skirmish with Shadi, the next few days have been quiet.

But a new craze has been going around the school.

Digital Pets.
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It was during breaktime, and Joanna was just checking up on her Digital Pet along with Yugi.

She had by that time pulled out her own Pet along with Yugi.

"If you properly care for it you'll get a good outcome," Yugi added. "It's like it's your child."

"Yeah," agreed Joanna. "Right now I'm devoting half my day to her. Though, I'm amazed that she doesn't disturb me during school or study time."

"Sounds like your pet is well behaved, Joanna

"What a waste!" yelled Tristan who had came in at that moment making people around them sweatdrop before they went to take care of their own Pets. "To waste time on that...truly a waste of youth! Useless! Depravity!"

"What was that?" Joanna asked as Tristan walked over to them.

"You didn't have to say all that," scolded Tea.

"Tristan, this is fun," Yugi told him.

"No, I have no interest," stated Tristan.

"You mean you couldn't get one, right?" asked Joey. "It's sold out everywhere."

"I did not become a Beautification Member to clean up Digital Pet droppings," Tristan informed Joey. "What I must clean is not the Digital World! Even if the temptation of Digital Pets spread to all humanity...I will remain in reality and continue picking up trash one piece at a time! I, Beautification Member...as Tristan Taylor!"

"Good morning," Miho greeted as she finally showed up for school.

"Miho-chan, good morning..."

"What do you mean "good morning"?" Anzu asked with a raised eyebrow. "Second period is already over." Joanna added.

"Well...it's hard to take care of her," answered Miho as she showed them her Digital Pet that was a head with feet and hair that has a bow in it. "She also slept late last night."

Miho smiled at them while Tristan went gaga over her.

"So you're doing it too, Miho-chan?" asked Yugi.

"Because I definitely want to go to Australia," answered Miho.

"Australia?" asked Tea.

"Here," Miho said as she held up a poster. "This. Didn't you know? It's this Sunday...A pet competition. And the prize is an Australia trip!"

"I see," sighed Joanna before she looked over at the other students. "So that's why everyone else is so desperate."

"But...Miho is tired. I wonder if there's someone who can raise my pet so that it can win the prize for me? And the Australia trip is for a pair."

"Pair?" Tristan asked when he finally snapped out of his daze before he grabbed Miho's hand. "Miho-chan, leave it to me. I swear as a Beautification Member that I will make you win!"

"Really?" Miho asked with a squeal while the others watched.

"Hey!" Joanna called out. "What was all that before about humanity?"

"I just realized it," answered Tristan. "There is no difference between reality and the digital world."

"Oh, really?" Tea asked.

"Yes, there is," the two said at the same time.

"Good luck, Tristan," Miho told him with a smile.

"Haiyama-kun!" Yugi called when he spotted a boy wearing glasses this made both Kamilah and Yoru look over. "Haiyama-kun, aren't you going to play with Digital Pets?"

"I don't have one," Haiyama answered.

"Haiyama, you there?" a male from the door asked as he looked in.

Both Joanna had stood up when she noticed who was at the door in case she had to get violent.

"Kujirada-kun," Haiyama said in surprised when he saw the other boy.

"Come here for a bit," Kujirada told him.

Haiyama agreed tamely before he ran over to Kujirada.

"Haiyama-kun..."
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Joanna just stood next to Yugi who was sneaking along the wall till the reached the boy's restroom which they saw the two boys enter. Yugi opened the door and looked in while the tomboy just stood against the wall with her arms crossed.

"Could that be a kickback?" Yugi asked when he pulled back quickly just before Kujirada walked out with Haiyama following shortly after. "Haiyama-kun..."

"Ah, Yugi-kun?" Haiyama asked when he turned around, but his eyes widen slightly when he noticed Joanna. "Joanna-chan?"

"Are you...umm..."

"You saw?" Haiyama asked Yugi at once which made Yugi to nod his head. "Yugi-kun, don't tell anyone! Don't! Don't!"

"But..."

"I don't want anyone to know," Haiyama told him looking worried which made Yugi nod again. "Thank you. Bye."

"Haiyama-kun," Yugi whispered making Joanna watch Haiyama walk away with sadness. "Haiyama-kun!" The other boy stopped. "Ummm...you know...If you ever want to talk, you can come to me any time. We're classmates after all."

Haiyama turned around with a smile.

"Thank you," he said. "You sure are nice, Yugi-kun."

"Not really..." Yugi tried to say as he blushed. "Oh right..." He reached into his pocket as he ran up to Haiyama. "Haiyama." He came to stop in front of the other boy with the item that he had taken out of his pocket. "I have plenty of these. You can have this one." Yugi placed the item in Haiyama's hands. "Let's enter the contest together." He then ran back over to Joanna. "Bye!"

The two of them then headed back to the others to continue with the day.

...My Line...

"Order! Respect!"

Joanna sat in her set after the bell rung with her books out and ready.

"Okay, let's begin home room," the teachers told them with a smile. "Uh?" Everyone then looked back at the empty set in confusion. "Where's Tristan?"

"He left this," one of the male students answered as he stood up with a latter in hand.

"Taking the day off to raise a child?" the teacher asked confused.

"Sensei!" A student called as she raised her hand from her set next to Yugi. "I think he meant Digital Pet!"

"What's that supposed to mean?" the teacher asked angrily.

"It can't be," groaned Joanna as she hung her head in exasperation.

...My Line...

It was the next day, and school had just let out and right now the rest of the gang was walking home without Tristan the whole time.

"Man, what is that Tristan, guy thinking?" Joanna asked. "He hasn't been to school since that time."

"I look forward to the contest," sighed Miho.

"What could it be?" Yugi asked when they noticed a group of kids standing around a window of a store so the group walked up to see what was going only for Yugi to get surprised. "A gold pet!"

"What is that?" Tea asked confused.

"Oh," said Yugi as he looked at the girls. "A limited edition Digital Pet, only a hundred were sold. They say you can raise an amazing pet!"

"So you're saying with that there's no way you can lose the contest?" asked Joey in surprise.

"I want! I want!"

Joanna reached over and gently smacked Miho upside the head before giving her a glare that made her back off. "There's a problem with that. It's worth 50,000 yen."

"50,000 yen?!" asked Miho in shock.

"It's a premium item after all," said Yugi.

Miho looked at the gold pet in sadness when all of a sudden she was pushed out of the way along with the other kids.

"Move!" an all to familiar voice yelled. "Move!"

"Kujirada?" Joanna asked as he moved out of the way with the others.

"The Gold Pet is mine!" Kujirada told them all before he put his hand through the glass and taking the pet.

"Hey!" the store employee yelled as he came out.

"Price of the wares and repairs," Kujirada told him as he let money to ran down.

"Got it, got it, got it!" The man said in a frenzy, grabbing the money.

Joanna glared at the guy while standing slightly in front of Yugi who to was glaring at Kujirada as he turned around and laughed while walking away.

"Something's wrong." She said gaining the others attention. "That bastard...he didn't even have money to buy lunch before. Just rice money."

"But, it was said before," Tea started to explain. "He used to be a good kid, then he suddenly went wild. He was forced to change schools."

"I wonder what happened?" Miho asked.

'Wait, could it be...?' Joanna thought as she recalled Hayama. She'd have a keep an eye on him as well.

...My Line...

The next day one could find the gang hanging out in class as the break bell rung. Joanna sat with Yugi  taking care of their Digital Pets.

"How cute!" yelled Miho as she watched Yugi's pet eat. "It's eating!"

"I call him Yu-2," Yugi told the two girls.

"Yu-2?" Tea asked with a smile. "Mine is pretty good, too. Here."

She then took out her pet and showed them the pet that looked like a head with a ribbon and feet.

"Tea's is cute too," Miho sighed.

"Her name is Sumomo," said Anzu with a smile. "I'm pretty proud of her."

"Here's mine." Joanna said. (Picture a Mega Diancie.) "Her name is Dia short for Diamond."

"Wow! She's pretty." Tea said.

"Yo, Yugi. Mind if we do a data exchange? We can make both of ours grow."

"Yu-2 is kind of timid, so it'd be nice to have Dia's characteristics," agreed Yugi.

"Alright then...link up!"

The two of them linked up their Digital Pet's and they watched as Dia walked onto Yu-2's screen.

Everyone watched as Dia walked onto Yu-2's screen and gave him a peck on the cheek which made Yu-2 to blush before he hugged Dia. By now both Yugi and Joanna couldn't look at each other with blushing as they unlinked their Pets once Dia returned.

"What does that mean when two Pets do that?" Miho asked.

"I guess it means that they like each other as more than friends." Tea smiled, Yugi and Joanna still blushing.

"Oi! Joanna! I think my Pet should meet yours!" Kujirada said as he walked up to them.

"Kujirada-kun!" yelled Yugi in surprise.

"The contest winner is definitely going to be me," he told them with a smirk while holding up his digital pet.

"Kujirada, don't get a big head just cause you got a Gold Pet," Joanna told him. "There's no way someone like you could raise one! Besides, I don't think Dia would be interested."

"Oh, really?" Kujirada asked. "This is my ultimate pet! He's DevilMaster!"

Joanna made a face at the pet that Kujirada had raised that looked some kind of alien.

"He looks like he has a lousy personality," stated Tea.

"If you pay money you can learn plenty of secrets," Kujirada told them.

"Money?"

"His strength ain't just for show," Kujirada stated as he then took Tea's digital pet from her and linked it up to his own. "Go, DevilMaster!"

"My Sumomo-chan!" cried Tea in horror as her digital pet was deleted.

"DevilMaster grows by eating other Digital Pets," Kujirada informed them.

"Kujirada, you bastard!" yelled Joanna.

"The Australia trip is mine," laughed Kujirada. "Don't worry about it."

"How mean Kujirada!"

"Yeah," Miho agreed with Yugi. "How can you use the pets that others raise to go to Australia!"

"You're one to talk," Tea told her.

"Kujirada-kun...everyone raised their Digital Pets with care. It's so wrong to eat them!" Yugi yelled.

"Shut up!" Kujirada told Yugi. "In this world, those who have money win!" He then moved to take Yugi's pet. "I'll eat yours too!"

"Leave him alone!" Joanna yelled as she got in front of her friend. "No one messes with my friends and their pets and get's away with it." She then held up her own pet. "Try picking on some one you can stand up to you."

Kujirada just laughed as they hooked up their digital pets. Everyone watched as Dia kicked DevilMaster in the stomach before she jumped into the air and preformed a jewel attack making the evil pet crash into the ground. The others cheered at this before Dia went in for the finisher by unleashing a powerful blast from her jewel crown at DevilMaster which resoluted into his deletion.

"No!" Kujirada yelled.

"Never mess with my friends again," smirked Joanna.

"Damn it," growled Kujirada as he walked away.

"Joanna, you're so amazing!"
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"That was great work, Joanna," Tristan told the tomboy as he walked over to them with his eyes closed.

"Thanks Tristan," she said with a smile.

"Tristan!" the others all yelled.

"When did you get here?" Tea asked him.

"Just now," he answered before he opened his eyes to show how tired he was. "I have raised the ultimate pet. Three days without sleep or rest...this is the ultimate creation! Digital Super Ichigo!"

The Digital Pet had a plump body with two arms, a broom attached to it right hand, two legs with feet, and a strawberry shape head. This had the others either snickering or giggling in the girls cases. It took a lot for Joanna not to laugh.

"I should have you know that Super Ichigo does not allow trash to exist," explained Tristan. "He's truly the Beautification Member of the Digital World."

"That truly just like Tristan," sighed Tea.

It was then that they all heard something fall to the ground making them to turn around.

"Haiyama, what's wrong?" Tristan asked confused.

"No...nothing..."

...My Line...

It was after school and Joanna told the others that she needed to get home and that she'll see them tomorrow before taking off. However, half way to there, Joanna was struck from behind and fall unconscious.

...My Line...

 Yugi was walking home when they noticed Kujirada running in front of them carrying a large bag over his shoulder.

"What was that?" Yugi asked himself before he spotted something on the ground.

'This is...one of Joanna's cards! Does this mean...?! Joanna!' Yugi thought frantically as he followed.

...My Line...

"Ow, my head," groaned Joanna as she regained conscious with her hand on her head. Once she was setting up, the tomboy looked around the place with a look of confusion. "Where am I?"

Just then she noticed Kujirada, but it looked like he hadn't noticed her yet when he suddenly collapsed allowing her to see the whip marks on his back.

'What?! A brute like him?! How...?'

"Joanna-chan. Welcome."

There was a snap of a whip making Joanna look up at the sound to see Haiyama with the whip in hand.

"Haiyama?" Joanna asked confused, but she noticed that he had a crazed smile on his face. 'He's acting different'. "Why are you here?"

"My pet is pretty pathetic isn't he?" Haiyama asked her. "I was just punishing him."

"What was that?"

"He was my pet," Haiyama informed her. "He always had an inferiority complex...so I used money as a feed to make him grow. It was pretty interesting."

"Don't tell me...you...!"

"But...He lost to a mere Digital Pet. He's useless. I want a strong pet!"

"You bastard!" Joanna yelled as she stood up. "How can you treat humans as pets?! Your rotten!"

"What's wrong with that?" Haiyama asked her. "Using sweet feed to raise it, it's fun. But, I did a poor job raising him. He had to transfer schools. And he got hospitalized."

"What?" Joanna asked. "So his change of attitude...it was your fault? Unforgivable! I want nothing to do with guys like you!"

"Can you do it?" Haiyama asked. "At any rate let me thank you for taking care of my pet."

Haiyama once again snapped his whip on the floor.

"Stop it!" Yugi yelled.

Joanna turned around in surprise to see Yugi standing there with a glare.

"Yugi!" she said in surprise. "Why are you here?"

"I was worried about Haiyama-kun then I found one of your cards...so I followed after Kujirada-kun," Yugi answered while Joanna just glared at the boy in front of her. "But, this is how it is...Haiyama-kun, this is wrong!"

"You saw me during feeding time didn't you?" Haiyama asked. "Oh, right. This childish game...let me return."

He then tossed the Digital Pet that Yugi gave onto the ground next to Kujirada.

"Haiyama-kun!" Yugi asked as he rushed forward.

"You shouldn't have been looking around!" Haiyama told him as he swung his whip at Yugi.

"YUGI!" Joanna yelled.

The whip sent him to the floor.

"Yugi!"

"What fools," stated Haiyama. "Completely worthless as a pet."

"You bastard!" Joanna yelled as she went to hit him before he launched his whip at her, but she just dodge it with ease before she hand spring back away form him to keep from getting hit in the face. 'Damn. I can't get close to him.'

"Joanna-chan, finished already?" Haiyama asked, however, Joanna was looking around the room to see if she can used anything to close enough. Meanwhile Yugi was trying to get back up. "Joanna-chan...actually I was getting bored of Kujirada. Won't you be my pet? That's why I had Kujirada get you."

"What was that?"

"To be honest, I became interested in you for quite a while. Wild, mysterious, but still pretty. It's fun when you get used to it," Haiyama told her. "The lifestyle of a pet. And for feed..." He creaked his whip that hit Yugi knocking him down again. "What do you think?"

This had Joanna growling under her breath.

"Haiyama...you're the only one I'll never forgive."

"A pet shouldn't look at it's master like that!" Haiyama yelled at her before he sent the whip at her which this time connected, sending her back until she hit the wall.

"Haiyama," she growled as she struggled to remain standing.

 Haiyama smirked. "Raising a resistant pet can be interesting. Time for the fun to start."

Joanna let out a gasp when she saw the glow of the Millennium Puzzle before it lit up Yami's face.

'Yami!' Joanna thought as Haiyama turned around.

"Yugi!"

"Now...it's game time," Yami stated with a smirk of his own.

"What?" Haiyama asked.

"Haiyama. Why don't you have your pet fight my pet?"

Yami picked up Haiyama's discarded Digital Pet and hooked Yugi's up with it. Then behind the two their Digital Pet's appeared though Joanna gagged when she saw Haiyama's pet.

"Sounds interesting," Haiyama told him. "I love this kind of thing. Go! Eat that loser!"

"Loser?" Yami asked as Haiyama's pet charged before Yu-2 did as well.

Kamilah watched in awe and surprise as the two pets went at each other before Yu-2 was hit.

"Such a weak loser is no match!" laughed Haiyama.

"It's okay...this loser can...beat you."

Yu-2 looked back at Yami and gave him a nod before going at the other pet again.

"The outcome is the same no matter how many times you try!" Haiyama yelled as both Joanna and Yami gasped when the ugly pet grabbed a hold of Yu-2 before they heard a beeping sound. "What?"

A smirk came to Yami's lips when he heard the sound.

"The effect of the data exchange has appeared," Yami answered him. "This is the sound that plays when a Digital Pet's evolves."

"What?" Haiyama asked. "Evolves?"

"Of course! The change caused by Dia's data has appeared!" Joanna answered.

Just then Yu-2 turned into a Digital Pet version of Yami with a jewel at the center of it's forehead.

"What?" Haiyama asked. "I sense great energy!" Yu-2 charged forward and nailed the other pet sending it to the ground. "What? Get up!"

Haiyama then used his whip to hit his pet two times.

"Haiyama, the match is over," Yami told him.

"Not yet!" Haiyama told him before he whipped his pet once again. "Alright, that's it!" The Pet rosed up, but instead of going after Yu-2, it went after Haiyama. "Stop! I raised you!"

"The door of darkness opens," Yami stated as it looked like the pet ate Haiyama. "Pets are free to choose who they point their fangs at. You forgot that, so you lose." Joanna managed to follow Yami as he walked over Haiyama who was on the ground having a nightmare. "There's more to pets then food and whips. Love is needed. Seems even in the end you never understood that." He then turned to look at the blonde who was holding her side. "Joanna?"

Joanna smiled at him when she noted the question in his voice.

"I'm fine Yami," she told him. "A little rest is all I need."

Yami just nodded before he returned Joanna's card. She looked at it and smiled.

'Gem Merchant. Thank you.'