It was a beautiful day to be in a park. The sky was clear, with a few small clouds in the air. The day was a comfortable temperature. The slightest breeze blew through the air. Families shared bonding time with lovely picnics carrying vast amounts of food and stories. Yes, it was the perfect day to go to a park.

"Bitchface!"

Scratch that.

"Whore!"

A pair of arguing teens broke the serenity of the park in which Yolei Inoue, Kari Kamiya, T.K. Takaishi and Ken Ichijouji presently occupied. Kari and Yolei continued to throw insults at one another while their respective partners looked on in mild shock, bugged eyes and everything.

Ken turned to T.K. "Uh...how did this happen?"

"I'm not too sure," T.K. shrugged. "One minute, they were making fun of some random girl. Next minute, this."

"Who said what?"

"Well, the girl they were talking about was wearing a purple skirt neither really liked," T.K. explained. "Kari said it reminded her of Yolei's hair. Words were exchanged, and now they look like they're ready to kill each other."

Ken merely nodded, still not quite understanding why his girlfriend was currently upset at one of her closest friends.

Yolei leaned in close, mere inches away from Kari's face.

"A whore, am I? At least I'm not throwing myself over my boyfriend every chance I get, now am I?" She sneered, referring to the frequent makeout sessions Kari and T.K. tended to have.

"Maybe not, but I'm not the one who jumped on a random stranger just because I happened to see him on TV!" Kari fired back, shoving the lavender-haired girl out of her face.

Ken winced, hoping that wasn't why he and Yolei were together.

"Uh..." T.K. spoke up. "Maybe we should separate them..."

"No way. You don't want to get in Yolei's way when she gets angry."

"Oh?"

"Things tend to start flying, and they're usually aimed at the closest person's head."

"Makes me glad I don't have to go through that. Kari just scratches the hell out of you. I think she's been taking lessons from Gatomon."

Meanwhile, back at the farm, Yolei looked at Kari incredulously. How DARE that pink-loving louse touch her with those impure hands? Who knows where they've been?

"You did NOT just shove me!"

Kari quickly walked up into Yolei's face.

"Sure did, bitch! And I'll do it again!" Making good on her statement, Kari gave Yolei yet another forceful shove.

"Oh, you're dead now." Yolei growled. She looked just over Kari's shoulder and pointed. "Hey, what's that?"

Ken, T.K., and Kari all turned to see what she was pointing at. Turned out to be nothing, because Yolei took advantage of the situation to let loose the fiercest battle cry she could possibly muster and tackle Kari to the ground.

Hair was pulled. Fingernails slashed at skin. Bodies rolled around on the grass, trying to gain the upper hand on the other. At one point, Yolei tried to bite Kari's arm, only to get her eyes poked out. T.K. and Ken couldn't do anything but watch as their girlfriends tried to kill one another.

"Hey, Ken..."

"Yeah?"

"Shouldn't we do something to stop them?"

"Is either of them bleeding?"

"No."

"Then shut up and watch the show."

The brawl continued for what seemed to be an eternity, though it was closer to ten minutes. The girls eventually slowed their fighting, exhaustion starting to set in. Yolei managed to mount Kari and wrap her hands around Kari's neck, cutting off Kari's air supply. Ken decided then that enough was enough. He ran over to the girls and yanked Yolei from her perch. T.K. ran over to a coughing and gagging Kari. Once she stopped and was able to breathe again, he helped her onto her feet.

Ken was having trouble holding his own girlfriend back. Yolei gained a second wind when Ken pulled her off and tried over and over to lunge at the source of her rage. Ken did his best to hold her back.

"Let me go, dammit!" Yolei screamed, trying to get around her boyfriend. "I'll strangle her with that stupid camera string!"

"Yolei, stop it!" Ken yelled.

Despite being choked moments earlier, Kari heard what Yolei had to say and started toward the other girl again. T.K. had to step in and hold Kari back.

"Oh yeah, bitch?" Kari screamed herself. "I'll take that retarded bandanna off your head and shove it your throat!"

"That's enough, Kari!" T.K. admonished.

Kari instantly spun around to face T.K.

"Why are you defending her?" She asked incredulously. "She just tried to kill me!"

"Over idiocy that you started!" T.K. answered.

"Oh, so now I'm an idiot?"

"That's not what I'm saying!"

"Then what are you saying?"

"That you need to calm down before one of you does something that you'll either regret or get in serious trouble for."

Kari and T.K. stared at one another, neither moving an inch.

Yolei had given up on trying to get past Ken. Instead, she opted to take her shots in another manner.

"Y'know," she sneered, a wicked grin on her face. "You're pretty ugly when you get mad."

Kari's eyebrow twitched. "What was that?"

"You kinda remind me of a certain Digimon. Now, which one was it again...?" Yolei put a finger to her lip, feigning thought. Ken paled. He knew where this was going. "Oh! Now I remember! You look a lot like that LadyDev-mmmph!"

Ken slapped his hand over Yolei's mouth, cutting her off. "Don't go there." He whispered.

T.K. looked at Kari to see her reaction. Kari hung her head low, forcing her bangs to cover her hatred-filled eyes. Her hands were balled up into fists and shaking with rage.

"Ken," she growled. "Take your hand off Yolei's mouth."

Ken sweatdropped. "I don't think that's-"

"NOW!" Kari screamed, causing the other three to jump. Ken complied, backing away as he removed his hand. T.K. followed Ken's lead and took a couple of steps back.

"Now then. Go ahead, Yolei. Finish what you were saying."

Yolei hesitated for a moment. The look on Kari's face set off a red flag in her mind. Don't say it. She'll kill you!

"You look like LadyDevimon." She blurted before she could stop herself. Oh no...

Both Ken and T.K. paled. Ken pulled his D-Terminal from his pocket and started typing up an email. If Kari was going to do what he thought she was going to do, then he and T.K. were going to need as much backup as they could get.

Kari slowly stepped toward Yolei. Her eyes burned with rage. Her lips were so tightly squeezed together that they virtually disappeared from her face, leaving only a thin line where her mouth should be. Yolei took a step back. She matched Kari step for step until a tree impeded her retreat. The lavender-haired girl could only watch as a girl with a murderous expression slowly advanced on her. Once she was within an arm's reach, Kari slowly pulled a fist back.

Well, Yolei thought to herself, goodbye cruel world. It's been real.

Kari shot her fist forward. Yolei, Ken and T.K. all closed their eyes at once. Ken even shoved his face into his hands. He really didn't want to see Yolei getting hit by the last person he expected to throw a punch. A dull thump followed by silence graced their section of the park for what seemed to be an eternity. We seem to have a lot of eternities today, Ken mused to himself. Wait a minute. Silence?

He slowly removed his hands from his face, opening his eyes as he did. He turned to look at the tree his girlfriend backed herself up against. There, Kari and Yolei stood. Neither moved, making it look like they were frozen in time. Kari hadn't hit Yolei as expected. Instead, her fist landed on the tree behind Yolei, mere centimeters from her face. The bark on the tree cut her knuckles, causing blood to run down her fingers. Kari slowly turned her head to face Yolei, anger still burning in her eyes. Tears ran down her face. Kari opened her mouth slightly to speak.

"I hate you." She harshly whispered before running off. Yolei slid down the tree, her own face in an expression of terror.

"Kari!" T.K. called after his girlfriend as he gave chase. Ken ran up to his own partner.

"Hey, Yolei," He shook her shoulder a bit. "Are you alright?"

She didn't answer. Yolei was frozen in fear.

"Yolei..."he pulled her into a hug. "It's alright. It's over. You don't have to be scared anymore."

Yolei slowly wrapped her arms around Ken and buried her face in his shoulder. She didn't want him to see the tears that were running down her face.

"I saw my life flash before my eyes..."

"Well, it couldn't have taken too long to see." Ken chuckled, hoping to lighten the mood. Instead, he started to yelp in pain as Yolei tightened her hold on him, turning her loving embrace into a rib-crushing bear hug.

"It's not funny," she growled. "I really thought she was gonna kill me."

"Alright! Alright! I'm sorry!"

Yolei loosened her grip.

"You'll beat that bitch up for me, won't you?" she asked. Ken paled for the third time that day.

I'm gonna pass out at this rate. He thought to himself.

"No. I'm not going to put my hands on her or any other lady."

Yolei pushed Ken back slightly so that she could look him in the eyes.

"Then beat the crap outta her boyfriend. Make an example of what happens when you mess with us out of him."

"No way. I'm not going to beat up anybody. There's no point in it."

"What?" Yolei was upset by Ken's answer. "How can you let her get away with something like that? She nearly killed me!"

"And I'm grateful that she didn't. Look, I'll have a talk with T.K. about this tomorrow. For now, let's just go home and forget about what went on here, okay?" With that, he gave Yolei the sweetest smile he could.

Yolei pouted. "See, that's just not fair." Ken chuckled as he helped Yolei to her feet. He held her hand in his as they made their way toward the nearest bus station. Yolei leaned her head on his shoulder as they walked.

This, young Kari, is not over yet. A wicked grin flashed across her face, unnoticed by Ken.

Kari continued to run, just as the tears continued to flow from her eyes. She was oblivious to the voice calling out her name.

Just keep running, she told herself. Run until your legs fall off.

Life, however, didn't quite agree with that plan. She felt a hand take hold of one of her arms, forcing her to stop. Kari whirled around, ready to strike whoever it was that grabbed her. She stopped herself when she realized who it was.

"T.K..."

The young boy panted heavily. He ran as hard as he could just trying to catch up to Kari. Moments passed between the two, neither one speaking a word. T.K. pulled Kari into a hug. Kari immediately returned the embrace, crying into his shoulder.

"Shh.." T.K. cooed. "Everything's alright..."

"No it's not! You heard what she called me!"

"I know. She didn't mean it."

"And how do you know that? Did you read her mind?" Kari screamed, ignoring the amount of attention she was drawing to the young couple.

T.K. sighed. "No, I didn't. Then again, you didn't mean anything you said to her, did you?"

"Well, no..."

"Alright, then." T.K. smiled. "You said some harsh stuff yourself. So if you didn't mean any of it, then why would Yolei mean what she said?"

"I guess..." Kari replied, still slightly unconvinced.

"Oh come on, Kari. We both know Yolei doesn't have a mean bone in her body. Look, we'll talk to them tomorrow. Apologies will be exchanged, then we'll go get some pie. Everything'll be marshmallows and sunshine. You'll see."

Kari giggled. "You're hungry."

"Huh?" T.K. asked.

"You're ranting about food. You only do that when you're hungry."

As if to support her statement, T.K.'s stomach weighed in with its own opinion. T.K. reddened.

"I guess I am. Come on, let's go home and get something to eat."

"As long as you're buying." She giggled again.

T.K. wrapped an arm around Kari's waist. She did the same, leaning her head on his shoulder as they walked the nearest bus station. During the ride home, Kari couldn't help but harbor a tiny thought about the day's events.

This, little Inoue, is not over yet.