Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.

Warnings: none.

~Spirit talking to human~

*Thoughts*

Kouji walked around the park looking at his D-tector. He had just found out his father and step-mother were going to the orphanage to adopt a daughter. *Why would they want a daughter?* Kouji thought.

~Are all humans outside the team this confusing?" Lobomon asked Kouji threw there link.

*No, just some.* Kouji replied, he knew his spirits could here his thoughts.

~We should get home, they'll be back soon.~ Kendogarurumon said.

'Right, let's go.' Kouji replied sadly and started home, when he got there he found his parents in the living room with a girl. She had light blue hair that flowed like water, she wore a blue shirt with similar pants and had midnight blue eyes.

"Hi, are you Kouji?" She asked, Kouji nodded coldly, she reminded him of Ranamon. "I'm Arial, nice to meet ya sugar." Even more like Ranamon, Kouji took a step back but refused to back down to much.

"Please don't talk like that, it reminds me of another girl I didn't get along with very well." Kouji said before going to his room, only to find two beds. "Dad, I am not sharing my room with a girl." Kouji yelled from the stairway.

"It's just until she gets settled." His dad said.

"I'm staying with a friend until then." Kouji said going to the door.

"No, you will stay here and help her adjust." His dad said.

"Fine, but I'm keeping my D-tector with me at all times." Kouji said.

"You do most of the time anyway." His step-mother said.

"What's a D-tector?" Arial asked. Kouji ignored her and opened the door.

"Where are you going?" His dad asked firmly.

"To a friends house, I'll be back around eight." Kouji said and closed the door before they could protest.

~Kouji, I don't trust that girl.~ Lobomon said.

*I know, nether do I, she's a bit to much like Rainamon.* Kouji thought shivering at the mention of the legendary warrior of water. He hurried to Kouichi's house and sat down with the team after saying hello to his mother.

"Kouji, what took you so long?" Tommy asked.

"A girl named Arial." Kouji replied.

"Like the little mermaid?" Takuya asked.

"She acts more like Ranamon." Kouji said, a shiver ran through the team. "She even talks like her, it's creepy."

"Kouji, phone." Kouichi's mother called.

"Coming mom." Kouji said, even with a step-mother he still insisted on calling her 'mom' He took the phone and put it to his ear. "Hello."

"Kouji, it's dad. Come home now, your mother and I have been called away and you need to watch Arial." Kouji's dad said.

"Dad I'm with my friends, and she is only my step-mother." Kouji said but sighed and said he'd be right there. He called goodbye to the others and hurried home.

"Hi doll, mom and dad left and they said you had to stay here." Arial said Kouji just grunted and walked past her. "That wasn't very nice." Kouji just walked to his room and locked the door.

"I'm not a baby-setter Arial, take care of yourself." Kouji yelled through the door before turning on some music and laying on his bed. His dad and step-mom got back at nine and he came out to leave.

"Mom, dad, Kouji wouldn't do anything with me, he just stayed in his room." Arial said.

"Kouji, you were supposed to take care of her." Kouji's dad said. "You are grounded, no going to friends houses or talking on phone for a week."

"You should have left the brat at the orphanage where she belongs." Kouji said earning himself another three weeks of grounding. He went to his room in silence and got out his D-tector. "Lobomon, Kendogarurumon, help me out here. What can I do, she's just like Ranamon, and that one nearly killed me." Kuoji didn't notice the girl walk in and just kept talking. "I hate her already, why couldn't dad have just left her behind, and now I can't even see the team, what am I going to do abought that girl." Kouji looked up when he heard someone moving.

"Do you really hate me?" Arial asked fighting tears. Kouji looked at her for a few seconds and turned over on his side with his back to her unsure how to answer. Arial took this as a yes and left the room.

To be continued . . .

This is an AU. In this story D-tectors did not turn into phones. Kouji is still a little shaken from the four bad warriors and Airal reminds him to much of Ranamon. That's why he dislikes her.