A/N: One of the too many people who don't own Digimon.

Please note that updates have been/are/will be every Friday, BST (British Summer Time).

Also, in this chapter, all Digimon are in their rookie forms, with the exception of Upamon and Poromon, unless stated otherwise.

Miracle Sister

Section I: Jun Motomiya

Part III: Elite Group

Next morning, Jun woke approximately two hours before she had to leave for school. Just in time. She tended to her morning necessities and then cleared her work, readying her bag for school. Neither Davis nor DemiVeemon stirred in their sleep, let alone awaken.

When she was done, which was an hour later, Jun set out for making breakfast, realising that tomorrow's breakfast would be the last before she needed to go out and do the grocery again.

The smell of breakfast woke up Davis and DemiVeemon, which caused Jun to smirk in triumph.

After breakfast, the Motomiya siblings left for school, DemiVeemon safely tucked in Davis' arms. What with the reveal of Digimon, the DigiDestined were able to take their partners with them to school. However, the Digimon had to wait away in an empty classroom, but could reunite with their human partners at lunch and any other free time. Gym was an exception, as the students didn't have to concentrate on paper and pen, Digimon were able to roam the gymnasium, (sometimes participate) and watch their human partners in action. (And on some occasion, cheer them on. Rather loudly, in some cases, as Jun had heard.)

Jun wondered if any of the DigiDestined received any fame, or other special treatment for saving the world and being the only ones to have Digimon partners. Davis hadn't told her anything else.

She wondered if the Original DigiDestined received the same privileges, since their Digimon partners weren't in the human world as frequently as the New DigiDestined. Jun wondered why that was.

There were no DigiDestined at her high school, and Jun didn't know if she was supposed to be relieved or disappointed. She went with relieved since she saw more than enough of DemiVeemon every day. Because as adorable and harmless as he was, she didn't want him hindering her studies either. He did enough of that at home.

Jun and Davis parted ways, due to their schools being different and Jun made sure to tell Davis that he wasn't allowed to go to the Digital World without telling her. Davis refused until Jun threatened him with a lack of food for the rest of the week.

Satisfied, Jun continued to walk to school, meeting up with Momoe Inoue on the way. Jun updated Momoe on everything that happened yesterday, including both the soccer match and the ruined grocery trip. She also added in how she would have to use up her allowance for food.

Momoe offered her a discount at her family store and Jun thanked Momoe endlessly, dubbing her a saviour.

Momoe then went on to ask about the Digimon attack and asked the same question Flamedramon had. What was a Digimon doing in the real world?

Jun shrugged it off; she didn't like getting involved with Digimon.

Momoe then asked her if that Digimon attack was going to be on the news, throwing Jun into a panicked frenzy about her appearance on television.

Jun changed the subject by asking Momoe what they were doing today. Momoe disappointed her by saying that it was her brother Mantarou's turn to help out at the store but he was ill (disgustingly sneezing all over everything within three feet of him) so as the second oldest, it was Momoe's job to cover for him first.

Jun was disappointed, but Momoe cheered her up saying that although tomorrow it was her turn at the store again, she could swap days with Chizuru or Yolei so Momoe and Jun could go grocery shopping tomorrow and after that, they could go to the mall, as Momoe's treat.

Honestly, Jun didn't know what she'd do without Momoe Inoue.

Jun dropped Momoe off at the Inoue family store and then walked home alone, constantly checking to realise that Davis had not contacted her about going to the Digital World, which meant he was in the real world.

Good.

Jun took her time getting home, relinquishing in the peace of solitude. She felt some comfort in the fact that the today and tomorrow were all planned out for her, without surprises. And due to it being a week of school, Davis wouldn't dream of sneaking away to the Digital World. He had enough sense to see that, and even if he wasn't in the right state of mind, the soccer freak wouldn't let him. And to Davis, the soccer freak's word was God's word.

Though the soccer freak encouraged things in Davis that Jun didn't approve of, he did have his useful moments.

As Jun walked home, she passed by many shops, all filled with items that taunted her: she couldn't buy anything until her grocery was over and done with, all for the sake of her brother. And he didn't even know.

She wondered why she hadn't told him the truth.

Actually, she had stopped telling him the truth about a lot of things, not things that would get her into trouble, but things that she did as an older sister for her only baby brother.

Jun entered the building, remembering that Davis would be home before her, if he hadn't gone out with his friends. Davis' school was closer to home, after all.

She entered the apartment and was met with noise. Not the usual noise, but the noise of voices. Talking. Chatting. Giggling. Laughing. Some yelling.

Jun set her bag on the kitchen counter and followed the noise to its source: Davis' room.

Without knocking, Jun opened the door to Davis' room and stared in shock.

The DigiDestined.

All of them. All ten of them. And Davis.

Momoe's sister. Ken Ichijouji. Jim's brother. Matt. Matt's girlfriend. Matt's brother. The nice girl. The small, quiet kid. The soccer freak. That kid with the laptop. And Davis.

And all their partner Digimon.

They were all sat quite comfortably, spread around the room. Their bags and other personal items lay in a pile in a corner and the laptop kid had his laptop out (surprise, surprise).

"Jun!" Veemon greeted, breaking the awkward silence, "You're home! What took you so long?"

Jun didn't reply, but asked to talk to Davis, alone.

He came out silently and she closed the door, arms folded ready for an explanation.

"I wanted to tell them about the attack yesterday." Davis started, "But then the computer room was closed and there was nowhere else to go. Mom and Dad weren't home and school was nearby so I thought this'd be easiest."

He gave a sheepish shrug, hoping for acceptance. Jun sighed and massaged her forehead.

"Oh, and Ken's staying overnight."

"What?!"

"His parents aren't home." Davis explained, more shy than sheepish, "I thought he'd be lonely."

Jun groaned. She didn't care if they could hear her through the door, or if they were purposefully listening in.

She stared down at her brother, who looked as sheepish and uncomfortable as the time he broke Mom's favourite vase.

"I'll let you off this one time." Jun said, as Davis looked up in glad surprise, "But if you ever do this again — much less without giving me a warning … !"

"Okay, okay. Got it. It won't happen again! DigiDestined's honour!" Davis then grinned, "Thanks Jun!"

And then he was back in his room; in his elite group of friends.

Partly to get her mind off the current situation, and partly to avoid her brother's guests, Jun decided to take a nice, long shower.

She didn't come out for an hour. But at long last, she had convinced herself that she couldn't hide in there forever. Plus, she was feeling hungry and there was no doubt Veemon was going to come knocking on her door asking her when dinner was.

So, after getting dressed, Jun headed for the kitchen. As much as she didn't like the DigiDestined, Jun had grown a soft spot for Veemon; and Veemon was very thorough about including his friends in everything he did. Even eating, which Jun found quite surprising, since she had learned the hard way why you do not disturb a Digimon eating.

Even if they've just hatched out of a DigiEgg.

Jun felt more like a mother than a sister, hearing the voices of children as she stayed alone in the kitchen, cooking. She had started off preparing a small meal, but then she had remembered Veemon's appetite and after having seen Davis pack for that trip to the Digital World three months ago, she hadn't needed to ask if all Digimon had the same bottomless pit of a black hole for a stomach.

Besides, she was going to do the grocery tomorrow anyway. Might as well use up the ingredients before they expire.

Jun couldn't make out what the DigiDestined were saying, but they had been talking for two hours now. She was almost finished with dinner, and she was surprised no one had reacted to the smell of food.

It must be something really serious, Jun thought, if it meant Davis and Veemon hadn't been attracted to the smell of food. Then again, Jun added, maybe the open window letting out most of the delicious smells was the reason Davis and Veemon couldn't smell the food as well through the closed bedroom door.

Or they were deeply concentrating on something else.

At this thought, Jun reprimanded herself, but she didn't know what for.

That was another thing. Ever since she had found out about the DigiDestined's double lives, she had started reprimanding herself, without knowing what for.

The sound of a door opening broke Jun out of her thoughts.

It was Veemon.

Catching sight of the feast Jun had managed to prepare, Veemon's eyes shone.

"Is that … ?"

Jun laughed.

"Come on," she said as she headed for the living room area, "you can help set up."

Wordlessly, Veemon helped Jun move the coffee table from the living room and against the wall. The blue Digimon then helped set the food and plates and glasses down on the floor where the coffee table had been, so everyone could sit down and have dinner as though they were on a picnic. Of course, there were incidences where Jun had to reprimand Veemon for trying to eat.

Veemon had been the one who had initiated their friendship, and Jun had wished he hadn't. Her friendship with Veemon highlighted to Jun just how lonely she was in comparison to Davis and his too-large group of friends. The current moment was a clear example. Davis was in his room, surrounded by ten other humans and ten other Digimon, all of whom treasured Davis as a friend; and Jun was out in the living room, with no one to keep her company except Veemon. She didn't even know why Veemon went to such lengths just to befriend her. And she wasn't going to ask him either. She didn't need to know. His friendship was enough. She was grateful for it; it showed her that even if Davis was a DigiDestined, she was still a part of that too.

When Jun and Veemon were done, Veemon took his seat and Jun rolled her eyes at this as she headed for the door to her brother's room.

Needless to say, they were not expecting her again.

(As always.)

"You guys hungry?"

No one said anything for the longest while, and Jun almost felt offended.

"I thought it was my turn to cook?" Davis asked, confused.

"You looked a little busy." Jun deadpanned.

At her words, the DigiDestined all shifted their eyes in a kind of awkward but sheepish silence, looking like they wanted to be anywhere but here.

(Or that they wanted Jun and her intrusion gone.)

"Well, I'm not complaining!" Davis recovered. "Come on guys!"

Jun backed away from the door as Davis led his not-so-little army of friends out of his room and into the living room area. Veemon hadn't waited for anyone, and had started on his own.

If it had been any of the other DigiDestined's Digimon, Jun would have reprimanded them. But this was Veemon, whom she had a soft spot for. After all, he was the only one out of all the DigiDestined and their Digimon who tried to befriend her since this unbelievable revelation.

Jun watched on as all the DigiDestined seated themselves, their Digimon partners sitting right beside them. Some even sitting in their laps (e.g. Momoe's sister, the polite kid) or atop their heads (e.g. Matt's brother).

When they had all settled down, Davis started without waiting for anyone. He also playfully reprimanded Veemon for starting without him.

Satisfied with Davis' guests settled in, Jun silently headed for her room. But she was stopped by a voice.

"Jun, where are you going?" Matt Ishida, of all people, asked, "Aren't you going to eat too?"

She caught sight of his Digimon partner, animatedly chatting with the yellow dinosaur.

"I just have to take care of something first," Jun lied, "yell if you need anything."

And before she could be interrupted again, Jun disappeared behind her bedroom door.

Well, this is just great, thought Jun as she looked around her room. She had nothing to do, she couldn't call Momoe and she was trapped in her own bedroom, by Davis' friends at that.

Jun opened her bedroom window and let the cool air freshen her and her room. She closed her eyes, leaning her elbows on the window sill, her chin in her hands. She didn't have anything else to do, so she let her mind wander.

Jun didn't know how long she'd been in her room, or where her mind had actually wandered to. All she remembered was being at the window sill, and hearing the phone ring the next minute.

The situation registered in her mind and momentarily forgetting about that wretched elite group having rudely invading her home, Jun rushed out of her room as the ringing stopped.

Davis had answered the phone.

"Oh yeah, we're fine!" Davis spoke into the receiver, whilst trying to swallow something, "No, we haven't blown up anything! Honest!"

He paused.

"Okay, so maybe Flamedramon—"

Knowing where this sentence was headed, Jun reflexively pushed Davis out of the way and snatched the receiver from his grasp before he could finish.

"Hey!"

"Go eat." Jun commanded as she held the receiver against her ear.

It was her mother.

"What?!" Mrs Motomiya was panicked, "Flamedramon did what?! Who's Flamedramon?! Davis, what did you do?!"

"Mom, calm down," Jun soothed, "it's fine, nothing happened."

"Jun?" asked her mother, "Where's Davis?"

"He's fine too. He's not dead." Jun added that last part in, just in case.

Her mother sighed.

"Thank goodness." she replied, "What was Davis saying?"

"Oh nothing," Jun answered, "he was just trying to scare you, is all. He's bored."

"Well, if that's all …" the woman sounded like she didn't believe Jun, "Ah! Your father needs rescuing again."

Jun laughed, her father was a great man, but unfortunately for him, he was the victim of many of his sister-in-law's jokes and teases.

"Be safe kids." Mrs Motomiya finished, "I'll talk to you later."

Jun said goodbye to her mother and sighed in relief after she replaced the receiver.

She turned and looked to the group of DigiDestined. Davis was having a kind of eating match with Veemon; thankfully, he hadn't notice her lie to their mother. She didn't want to have to lie to him again, in explaining why.

"Ah, Jun!" Jim's brother spoke, "Are you going to join us now?"

The DigiDestined and their partners all turned to her, waiting for an answer. Jun was going to make up another excuse, but she was trapped under their gazes. There was no way out this time. She had no choice.

So with much regret, Jun joined them.

She received a place between Momoe's sister and the quiet kid.

The DigiDestined didn't wait for her; their conversations carried on like normal. Jun, in herself, ate her food without sound. At her first bite, Jun wondered how long she had been in her room, since her food was notably colder than when she had left it.

"We're very sorry." Jun turned to her right, where the quiet kid stared at his Digimon partner eat from his plate, "For intruding."

"It's fine." Jun replied, thankful that it was this kid she was stuck talking to (better him than anyone else here, actually), "You guys don't all gather like this unless it's really important, I know. Plus, Veemon seems to like it, so it's not all bad."

She added in a smile, just for good measure. And it seemed to work, because the quiet kid lit up and continued on politely telling his Digimon partner to stop stuffing his face.

"Jun, I have to say," Momoe's sister spoke with a mouthful from Jun's right, "your cooking is marvellous!"

"Thanks, but," Jun shielded her face with her arm, "looks like you've picked up Davis' eating habits."

"Sorry." Momoe's sister said again, and then swallowed.

Feeling obliged to continue this conversation, Jun broke their silence.

"So have you protected your room?" Jun asked, silently thanking Momoe for this piece of information, "Or has Mantarou disgustingly sneezed over everything?"

"Oh no, it's fine." the youngest Inoue replied, "Mom, Chizuru and Momoe won't let Mantarou leave his room. But Mom promised that when he gets better he's going to make up for all the days he missed at the store. I can't wait for that break!"

Jun and Momoe's sister laughed, which (unsurprisingly, enough) went unnoticed by the rest of the group.

The phone rang again. Jun answered before Davis could get up.

It was Chizuru Inoue.

She was clearly panicked; sprouting nonsense and speaking gibberish. All Jun understood was that Mantarou had done something and Yolei needed to get home as fast as she possibly could.

Jun delivered the message and Momoe's sister waved goodbye to all her friends, thanked Jun for the food and left with her Digimon partner, who because of the food, had evolved to the polite hawk Jun had first seen him as.

After that, a string of phone calls followed. Matt's girlfriend was needed at some flower shop or something. Matt's brother was needed to tend his exhausted mother. Mrs Kamiya called after, saying that if her son didn't come home and finish his work, she was going to have Miko sleep in his bed.

Jun didn't know what that meant, but it didn't matter because the soccer freak seemed to understand perfectly because he practically dragged his sister and their Digimon out the door, running home as fast as possible. He did have enough courtesy to say "thanks" as he rushed past Jun.

Matt and the quiet kid left together. The quiet kid was young so he needed to be home before it was too dark. Matt had to leave because his father had probably arrived from work and not eaten anything, so he walked the quiet kid home, as supervision.

Jim's brother and the kid with the laptop left last, but most politely.

As the door closed behind them, Jun turned around and saw Davis and Veemon collapsed on the floor side by side, their stomachs full. Meanwhile, Ken Ichijouji and his Digimon were helping each other clear the dishes.

Jun splashed water in Davis and Veemon's face which both woke up the duo and caused Ken Ichijouji and his Digimon to stop and look at them. Jun yelled at Davis to help clean up since Ken Ichijouji and his Digimon were the guests here and they shouldn't be working.

Thankfully, with the combined efforts of Davis and Ken Ichijouji and their Digimon, plus with what Ken Ichijouji and his Digimon had already done, they were finished; the kitchen area and living room area were squeaky clean within the hour.

Before Ken Ichijouji could become the fifth person to apologise for intruding, Jun disappeared into her bedroom, this time determined not to come out until morning.

But as Jun tucked herself in bed, the voices from Davis' room had not subsided. And although she didn't consciously know why, her heart felt heavy.

See, Jun's bed was positioned in her room in a way that she could make out the words from Davis' room if she really concentrated. Now although this counted as eavesdropping, Jun justified it with the fact that she was not only older but also, in charge.

And needless to say, Jun Motomiya did not like what she was hearing.

For neither the DigiDestined boys nor their Digimon partners had stopped talking about the Digital World, or their responsibilities towards it.

Jun ducked her head under her sheets and blocked out the words, trying to pretend she didn't have a brother.

It wasn't something hard to pretend, since that was how Jun felt most of the time.

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