"So today Japan's economy is growing in the world…" I tuned the teacher out and began to fiddle with my digital pet Rion again. She was cute you have to admit. She was a circle-like creature with spiky hair in a ponytail on the right side of her head.
I went to feed her when I heard the teacher shout at Joey.
"I'm telling you not to do it during class!" He shouted after punching Joey on the head. I gulped and fed her quickly and turned it off.
After class. The bell rings.
"Stupid. Why didn't you turn it off?" Tea asked and I whistled innocently.
"It won't grow when da switch is off!" Joey defended. "I want it to hurry and grow!"
"Well it takes time. It can't be helped." Tea held up her orange one and I looked at my purple one. "Well I guess that's its cute point."
I nodded and began to play with Rion.
"If you properly take care of it you'll get a good outcome!" Yugi told us. "It's like it's your child."
"Yeah!" Joey agreed. "Right now I'm devoting half of my day to him!"
The door slammed open revealing Tristan in flames. "What a waste!" The fire disappeared. "To waste time on that…Truly a waste of youth! Useless! Depravity!" He shouted and walked over here.
"What was dat?!" Joey asked. I grew angry.
"You didn't have to say that!" I shouted at Tristan. Man…he's so friggin annoying in Season 0
"Yeah, this is fun." Yugi said. He stopped walking.
"No. I have no interest."
"Ya mean ya couldn't get one right, Tristan?" Joey asked. "It's sold out everywhere." Tristan smiled.
"I did not become a beautification member to clean up digital pet droppings." He told us. "What I must clean is the real world! Even if the droppings of digital pets spread all over humanity, I will remain in reality and continue picking up trash one piece at a time! I, beautification member, Tristan Taylor!" Just then Miho came in and I stopped messing with my pet.
"Good Morning!" Tristan blushed.
"M-Miho…Good Morning."
"What do you mean Good Morning?" Tea asked. "Second period is over."
Miho smiled and took out a digital pet. "Well…it's hard to take care of her. She also slept late last night!"
Tristan gained hearts in his eyes.
"So you're doing it to Miho!?" Yugi asked. She nodded.
"I definitely want to go to Australia!" I blinked but realized what she meant. 'Anime today huh?
"Australia?" Tea asked. Miho held up a poster.
"Here. Look at this. Didn't you know? It's this Sunday. A pet competition." Miho explained and did a twirl. "And the prize is an Australia trip!"
"I see. So that's why Joey is so desperate." Tea said. He laughed.
"Well, I couldn't go on a foreign trip without this device!"
"But Miho is tired…" Miho mumbled. "I wonder if there is someone who can raise my pet so that it can win the prize for me? And the Australian trip is for a pair." Tristan stopped moving back and forth and took Miho's hands in his.
"Just leave it to me, Miho!" He told her. "I swear as a beautification member I will make you win!" Miho smiled and squealed.
"Really!?" She asked. We watched the scene unimpressed.
"Hey!" Joey called. "What was all that before about humanity!?" I smacked the back of his head.
He glared. "What was that for!?"
"Don't ask him that! You'll make him go on another rant again!"
"I just realized it," Tristan began and I sighed, taking a seat. "There is no difference between reality and the digital world."
"Oh, really?" I asked yawning.
"Good luck Tristan." Miho said. I began to fiddle with Rion again. I tuned most of the conversation out.
I looked up and noticed Yugi was gone. My eyes widened. Gah! Did he follow that whale and the pipsqueak?
"Taking the day off to raise a child." The teacher read, surprised. "What's that supposed to mean?" He demanded.
Me, Joey, and Tea gained looks of distress on our faces.
"It can't be…" Joey mumbled.
"He would, wouldn't he?" I asked.
After school two days later…
"Man, what is Tristan thinkin'?" Joey complained. "He hasn't been to school since that time."
Miho smiled. "I can't wait until the contest." We stopped walking when we saw a bunch of kids piled at a store window. I blinked.
"What could it be?" Yugi asked. We walked forward to see what they were looking at. It was a gold digital pet device. I gasped.
That means…Man how much this episode bugs me!
"AH! A Gold pet!" Yugi shouted in shock.
"What is that?" Tea asked.
I looked at her. "A limited edition digital pet. Only a hundred were sold."
"They say you can raise an amazing pet!" Yugi exclaimed. Joey gasped.
"So you're saying that there's no way you can lose the contest?"
"I want! I want!" Miho said.
"But it's 500 thousand yen." Yugi told them sadly. Joey froze and sweatdropped.
"500 thousand yen!"
I shrugged. "It's a premium item after all."
Just then a guy pushed Miho and a bunch of kids away.
"Move!"
"Isn't that Kujirada?" Joey asked. I blinked.
"Doesn't that mean whale?" I said confused as we backed away. I nearly gagged when I saw the guy. He's grosser looking than he was in the anime and manga! I thought, disgusted.
"That gold pet is mine!" He shouted, breaking the glass and taking the gold pet.
The shopkeeper, an old man, came out screaming. "HEY!"
"Price of wares and repairs." Kujirada said and threw a whole bunch of money in the air. He began to laugh and walked away.
"That bastard…" Joey trailed off. "He didn't even have money to buy lunch before. Just rice money.
"So disgusting." I said with a disturbed look on my face as he walked off.
"But it was said before. He used to be a good kid, before he suddenly went wild." Tea explained. "He was forced to change schools."
"I wonder what happened?" Miho wondered.