Disclaimer: Digimon does not belong to me. That's not really a shock, a lot of things don't
belong to me.
Author's Notes: This is it! The final chapter! This is where everyone lives happily ever
after, or I kill someone off and they all go on in eternal torment. Exciting, isn't it? Oh, and
by the way, I got a lot of questions concerning the giant penguin. I figured you guys
would know me well enough by now. Anyway, I've decided that my next fic is going to
involve the giant penguin, so look forward to it! Since this is the final installment, I can't
really ask for a specific number of reviews, but I'd sure love to get a whole lot of them! I
shall now continue on with the conclusion to this riveting tale.
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Chapter Six-The Big Ending
Things had calmed back down a bit, and the rest of the gang was congratulating Tai
and Sora for finally getting together. After about a half-hour of celebrating, Tai said they
should get back to the game.
"It's my turn now, isn't it?" he asked with a sly look on his face. "All right, Mimi; truth
or dare?"
Mimi thought for a moment, then she finally uttered, "Truth."
Tai's grin widened. "Why were you in such a hurry to get back here ahead of your
family?"
Mimi was quick to answer, but she stuttered a little. "Well, I uh, I just wanted to come
back and see you all."
"Yeah yeah, we know that," Tai wasn't satisfied at all with her answer. "But what was
the main reason?"
Mimi could see that there was no getting out of this, so she decided to tell the truth
and get it over with. "Well, the main reason. . .I wanted to see Matt." She blushed madly
as soon as she said this, then looked over at Matt who was sitting to the left of her. He
just smiled and put his arm around her waist.
"Oh really?" he teased. "You should've just said so." Mimi blushed even brighter, and
everyone had a good laugh. When things finally started to die down, Mimi cleared her
throat to get everyone's attention.
"I believe it's my turn now," she stated. Then she looked over to TK, a wicked grin
forming on her face.
Suddenly Matt gasped, and remembered her words from the other day. *I'll get that
information one way or another..* Matt grew worried.
"TK, truth or dare?" Mimi said.
"Truth." Mimi's wry smile got even bigger, and it was obvious she was about to pull
something.
Matt's eyes went wide. `She would!'
And sure enough, she did. "TK, what was this so-called secret plan of yours?"
TK gulped, then he glared daggers at Matt and Izzy, both of whom looked nervous.
Izzy was waving his hands in front of him and shaking his head, while Matt had his eyes
rolled back and was `innocently' rocking back and forth. TK stared at him with a look that
said `I'm going to kill you!' Nobody else seemed to pick up on any of this.
"What secret plan, TK?" asked Tai. He was sitting with Sora in his lap, and both of
them were only half paying attention to the game.
"Yeah, what secret plan?" Kari looked at her boyfriend deviously. She had a pretty
good idea, but she was enjoying watching TK roast.
"Well," TK began uneasily, "I had a plan to get Sora and Tai together."
"WHAT!?" came the shocked cry from the two aforementioned. Now they were
paying attention.
"Yeah, heh heh. . ." TK scratched the back of his head anxiously. "Well, you see. . .Tai
had helped me and Kari so much, that. . .that I wanted to do the same for him."
"Aww, that's so sweet," Sora said with a big smile on her face. "Thanks, TK!" Tai
nodded in agreement, but didn't get a chance to say anything as Sora pulled him into
another kiss.
"Ahem," Mimi cleared her throat again. "That's nice, but I already knew that. I want to
know exactly what your plan was." Silence retook the room, and all eyes were on TK
once more. He appeared even more flushed than he had been a minute ago.
"All right," he finally gave in, "The whole thing happened like this:"
FLASHBACK
The little bell above the door rang as TK entered the Takenouchi flower shop. He took
a deep breath, then walked up to the counter to find Sora there to greet him.
"Hey TK, how can I help you?"
"Well, I want some flowers for Kari," he said simply.
"Again?" Sora chuckled. TK merely smiled and nodded. Sora clicked her tongue and
shook her head. "You're going to spoil that girl," she teased.
"I know," TK replied with a sigh. He was quite pleased with himself. He was
accomplishing his mission and spoiling Kari at the same time! It was a brilliant plan!
"Let me guess," Sora interrupted his thoughts, "long-stemmed roses?"
"Twelve please!"
"Whoa, TK! Howcome I never got a guy like you?"
TK hid his crooked smile. "Oh, I'm sure you will," he said. With that, Sora went back
to get the flowers he'd asked for. When she left, TK looked around and realized with a
sudden dread that his plan might not be possible.
"Hey Sora, where's your mom?" he called to her.
"Oh, she's out of town visiting family. She's gonna bring some of the back for my
birthday on Wednesday!" she yelled back.
`Perfect!' TK thought. `This could work out even better than I'd planned! I just hope
Tai's smart enough to pick up on it!' "Hey Sora, can I use your bathroom?" he called.
"Sure, go ahead!" she responded. TK laughed at his own cunning then took off down
the hall that led toward Sora's house. He knew where the bathroom was, but he just
passed on by it. He went out into the kitchen, and looked around until he discovered what
he was looking for: Sora's mom's address book. He flipped through it until he found the
number he was looking for: Sora's grandmother. He quickly wrote the number down, then
headed back out front to the store so Sora wouldn't get suspicious. She was just coming
out with the roses when he returned.
"Here you go TK," she said cheerily. TK reached in his pocket to get out the money to
pay for the flowers, but she stopped him. "Don't worry about it," she said. "Just think of it
as a congratulations present from me to you and Kari."
"Thanks, Sora!" he said as he took the flowers and turned to leave. "I'll see you later!"
he rushed out of the store, eager to put his newly revised plan into action.
As soon as he got home he called Kari in order to ask her to come over later. He
sighed in disappointment when she wasn't home. He decided to mope about it later
though as he took the slip of paper with the phone number on it out of his pocket and
dialed the number. Much to his good fortune, Sora's mother answered the phone.
"Hello? Ms. Takenouchi? This is Takeru Takaishi, one of Sora's friends."
"Oh hello, Takeru!" Ms. Takenouchi answered, a little baffled as to why he was calling
her there.
"You're probably wondering why I called you at your mother's house," TK said.
"I must admit I was curios," she answered, a bit of amusement in her voice.
"Well," the young boy continued, "I'm trying to set up something for Sora's birthday."
"Oh how nice of you!" the older woman squealed happily.
"The only thing is, it's a secret. You see we're trying to set up Sora and Tai."
"Really!?" Ms. Takenouchi was really excited now. She had watched her daughter and
Tai grow up together, and knew they were just right for each other. She was ready to do
anything TK asked her to help. "What do want me to do?" she asked anxiously.
"Well, you were planning on coming home and bringing some of your family on her
birthday, right?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Well, I'd like to ask you to wait a day."
"What? Why?" Ms. Takenouchi was confused again.
"It's simple," TK explained. "When Sora finds out that you won't be back for her
birthday, she'll be upset. Tai, being the good best friend that he is, will comfort her, and
most likely offer to spend the day with her so she won't be alone on her birthday. I'll make
sure nobody else steps in."
"How are you going to do that?" Sora's mother asked.
TK thought for a moment. "Hmmm. How about I have them plan a party for the next
day. They'll all be so busy, that only Tai will be able to stay with her. . ." he heard the
door open and close, and he knew Kari had arrived. He heard Ms. Takenouchi ask about
waiting another day to come. ". . .so the next day then? Great, thanks! I really appreciate
it! I know they will, too! Bye!" He hung up the phone and went out into his very messy
living room to meet Kari.
"Who was that TK?" she asked when she saw him.
"Oh, no one," he said. He didn't think he did a very good job covering.
END FLASHBACK
"So that's who you were talking to!" Kari exclaimed. She sounded almost relieved.
TK couldn't help but laugh. "What? Were you worried I was cheating on you or
something?"
Kari looked down at the floor, a little embarrassed, and nudged him with her hip. He
slid his arm around her shoulder as was his custom for apologizing after teasing her, and
she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Excuse me," butted in Tai, "but you mean to tell me you orchestrated this whole
thing?"
Sora put her hands on her hips as she remained in Tai's lap. "What, are you mad at him
or something?" she demanded. She tried to sound hurt, but her amusement shone though.
"No! I was just a little shocked, that's all!"
"Mm-hmm." Sora uttered with a hint of cuteness and a twinge of sarcasm. She reached
up and wrapped her arms around Tai's neck, and pulled him into a long, passionate kiss.
Kari, who had by this time made her way into TK's lap, looked up at him, and the two
shrugged at each other. "When in Rome. . ." Kari said, and the two of them mimicked Tai
and Sora's actions.
Everyone else just kind of looked at each other, not really sure what to do. They felt a
tad awkward in this situation. When the two couples finally parted, all they all had looks
of absolute satisfaction on there faces.
TK took a moment to catch his breath, and then said, "Well, I guess it's my turn again!
Matt, truth or dare?"
In a position such as this, Matt was like Tai. He would always choose dare. TK's
instincts apparently were bang -on because Matt replied a moment later.
"Dare." He sounded just as cool and confident as he always did. If only he knew what
his scheming little brother had in store for him.
TK cracked a half smile as he told Matt what he had to do. "You see that closet over
there?" he pointed to a door behind Matt. "You have to go in there with Mimi for ten
whole minutes."
"WHAT!?" Matt's eyes looked as though they were about to shoot outward from his
face. Mimi was blushing madly.
"You heard him Matt," said Tai, laughing. "Now hurry on up and get in there!"
The two victims got up and slowly made their way over to the closet, a look of
embarrassment evident on both their faces. As the door was shut, Tai started his
stopwatch. There was to be no cheating.
As the rest of the group waited for Mimi and Matt to come out, they sat around, telling
jokes, and just generally having fun. It had been a while since anyone had experienced this
much festivity. Even Davis was having a good time. Apparently he was good on his word
about not moping over Kari anymore. When the ten minutes were up, Tai yelled for them
to come out. He didn't want to open the door without warning them, since nobody
actually knew what was going on in there, and they didn't want to `interrupt' anything. A
few seconds later, the two teenagers emerged from the closet. There clothes were a little
mussed, as was their hair and Mimi's makeup. They got a few snickers and a few cheers
from the rest of the group.
Matt looked over at his little brother and mouthed the words, "You're dead."
Underneath it, TK could easily tell he was smiling.
So the party went on, and Matt and Mimi told about what happened in the closet. Well,
*some* of what happened in the closet, anyway. It seems that after sitting in there talking
for a minute or so, the topic came up of Mimi's comment earlier about coming back to see
him. She admitted to having a crush on him, and then he surprised her by saying that he
had one on her, too! They had slowly moved together and shared a light, tender kiss, and
things had heated up from there. By the time Tai yelled for them, they were rolling around
on the floor. They were a little taken aback, as the time spent in there did not seem
anywhere near ten minutes. Reluctantly they had gotten up and walked out, and the party
had resumed.
It was now nearing midnight, and some people had to go home. The only ones who got
to stay were the one's whose parents were not around, namely the three couples. (How
convenient.) Matt and Mimi refused to call themselves a couple just yet.
"We just like each other, that's all," Mimi said. "We've got nothing compared to what
you guys have," she said, indicating TK and Kari as well as Tai and Sora.
Joe could have stayed too, but he said he didn't feel like it. "I'd just be in the way," he
said. "I'd feel like a seventh wheel."
So they all left, leaving the four young lovers and the two newly proclaimed crush-
holders to themselves. The six of them settled down on the couch, which was still a little
wobbly after Monday's incident. Each girl sat on her guy's lap, and they started to watch a
movie. They didn't even know what movie it was, and to tell the truth, they didn't really
care. It was just some old American movie dubbed in Japanese. Not very well, either.
After the movie was over, they were all getting a tad sleepy. Kari whispered something in
TK's ear and he nodded.
"Hey you guys," he said. "We've got a couple of sleeping bags in the," he stifled a
laugh, "in the closet. What do you say we share `em?"
Tai would normally have pounced on TK for even suggesting this, but he didn't for
three reasons: First, it was Kari herself who had suggested it to him. Second, he knew he
could trust TK, and more importantly, he knew that TK cared enough about Kari that
even if she got out of control, he wouldn't take advantage of her. Third: the idea of
sharing a sleeping bag with Sora appealed to him greatly. For these reasons, he didn't even
suggest that he disliked the idea.
Sora, meanwhile, was loving the idea. She giggled wildly, and then looked at the boy
of her dreams. "How `bout it, Tai?" she asked flirtatiously.
"Sounds like a good idea to me!" Tai said enthusiastically.
Matt and Mimi looked at each other nervously. She pleaded to him with her eyes, and
he got the message.
"If it's all the same to you guys," he said, "I think we'll pass on this one. Mimi can
sleep in my bed, and I'll take TK's." This was the gentlemanly thing to do, as his bed was
larger than TK's.
"Thanks, Matt," Mimi whispered to him. He gave her a little hug.
"Hey, no problem you guys!" said Tai. "We understand totally! After all, you two just
got together three hours ago!" The two blushed again, and Sora gave Tai a playful shove.
"Tai, you baka! Leave those two alone!"
After that discussion, TK went to the closet to retrieve the sleeping bags. When he
opened the door, he found the closet was a mess! All of its contents were strewn about all
over the place! It made the mess on Monday look like a straightened out file cabinet!
"Good God!" TK exclaimed as he beheld the chaos before him. "What were you two
doing in here!?" Nobody answered him, so he simply picked up two sleeping bags and
trudged back towards the living room with them.
"Here we go!" he said as he plopped them down on the ground.
"I think we should put them on opposite sides of the room, don't you?" Tai suggested.
"Good idea, Tai," TK agreed. He left one sleeping bag there with them, and took the
other one over to the other end of the room. Kari followed him.
"Oh no!" she exclaimed. "TK, what are we going to sleep in? None of us girls brought
any pajamas!"
"That's okay," TK said, "Matt and I have some old baggy clothes that you guys can
wear." He went into his room to get an old T-shirt and some baggy pants for Kari, and
Matt went off to get some for Sora and Mimi. They came back and delivered the clothing,
and the girls went into Matt's room to change, leaving the guys out in the living room.
Tai looked over at TK. "You'd better not try anything with my sister," he said semi-
scoldingly. There was a tint of humor in his voice also.
"I won't, Tai," TK answered sincerely. "You wouldn't try any thing with Sora, would
you?"
Tai shook his head earnestly, and slapped TK on the back. "You're a good guy, TK,"
he said.
The girls came back out, and all three guy's jaws nearly hit the floor. They were
dressed in oversized, simple, baggy clothing, but that was just it. As far as any of those
three were concerned, their girls had never looked lovelier.
TK gazed at Kari, love adorning his eyes. She looked so cute dressed like that! And
she didn't have any makeup on, either. TK was loving every minute of this. She came over
and placed a light kiss on his lips, then motioned to their sleeping bag.
"Shall we?"
"Let's," TK replied as he removed his outer layer of clothing. Kari blushed at the sight,
which made him blush. They both climbed into the bag, eyes locked on each other's faces,
without saying a word.
Matt looked at Mimi. There she was, standing in front of him, in his old clothes. He
really had missed her, and was beyond happy that she was back to stay. What's more, is
she and him were dating now! He'd had a few girlfriends before, but they were all barely a
step up from being groupies. With Mimi, he actually liked her, and she actually liked him.
Furthermore, there was actually a little bit of history to back up that attraction. Nothing
like Tai and Sora had of course, or even TK and Kari, but still it was there. He went over
to her and gave her a goodnight kiss. They whispered good-night to each other before
heading off to their separate rooms.
Tai was staring at Sora, and falling in love with her all over again. She was wearing a
long whit T-shirt, and blue flannel sleep bottoms. She smiled at him sweetly, and he
returned it.
"So how do I look?" she asked.
"You have never looked more beautiful," he said as he slowly walked over to her and
she encircled her arms around his neck. What came next is obvious. When they parted, she
moved her head over to the side a little, so her mouth was right up against his ear.
"And this is all there is," she whispered seductively, almost too quiet for him to hear. It
took him a few moments to catch her meaning, but when he did his eyes went wide.
"You mean-"
He was cut off by a nod from her. "All that's under here is me," she said. "Now don't
go getting any ideas," she scolded playfully as her tone shifted to a teasing one. It shifted
back to one of pure love just as quickly. "I just want to be that much closer to you
tonight."
Tai looked into her eyes as she said this. Those beautiful, ruby-red eyes. He couldn't
believe how lucky he truly was to have found a girl whom he loved with all his heart and
soul, and on top of that, one who loved him back. The two shared another deep,
passionate kiss, and then practically melted into their sleeping bag. There they lay, in each
other's arms.
"I could get used to this," Tai said. This was to be their second night in a row together,
and they were loving every minute of it. They lay there for a while, tickling each other,
giving each other little kisses in different places, and then finally they started drifting off to
the land of dreams.
"I love you, Taichi Kamiya."
"I love you too, Sora Takenouchi."
They nodded off, and were with each other once again, in their dreams.
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The next day was the day of the big game. The game that should have been one week
earlier, but apparently there had been an instance of vandalism in the school gym. The
game was about to begin, and TK was sitting off to the side, ready to go in. He was the
only freshman on the team, but he was good. The coach said he could easily be the captain
of the team by his junior year if he wanted to.
He, Davis and Ken were the only freshman on any varsity team that year. He for
basketball, and the other two for soccer. Davis played on the JV team for basketball, and
was trying to get TK to join soccer. He had managed to make the freshman team that year
with the things he had learned over the years from Davis and Tai, but he didn't take it. He
said he wanted more practice.
As the team took to the court, all of the digidestined cheered for their friend. Kari sat
up front with Yolei, and Tai sat next to the with Sora snuggled up to him. The rest of
them sat one row behind, and Matt had his arm around Mimi. The game started, and TK
showed why he had made varsity. He was one of the three best players on the team, and
the other two were upperclassmen. When the game was over, Odaiba High had won 86-
52. They more than trounced the other team. As soon as the final buzzer went, Kari
jumped out of her seat and ran down to congratulate TK. When she jumped on him and he
embraced her, he thought about how lucky he was. He then remembered that it was only
one week ago that his life had become perfect. He thought about what she had said she
was going to do, and then realized she was doing it right now. In only one week, she had
made him the happiest guy in the world. (Well, as far as he says, anyway. Tai might be
some good competition for that.) Keeping his arms around Kari, he looked up at Sora and
Tai. He had his arm around her, and the two were standing up, cheering and waving at
him. `Thanks, Tai,' he silently expressed his gratitude toward the person who had made
this all possible. `And I hope you like your return favor.' He then looked over at his
brother, who was standing next to Mimi and the two of them were shouting their lungs
out. `I'm glad you're happy too, bro,' he thought. He then returned his attention to Kari,
and he picked her up and spun her around. She whooped with joy. There they were, two
people who were destined to be together, happier than was ever thought humanly
possible. And it had only been one week. They still had a lifetime to spend with each
other.
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That's it! No questions this time! I'm done! I would like to close with a little personal
message: I would like to dedicate this fic to any and all out there who have ever fallen in
love with their best friend. Isn't it great? Furthermore, I would like to say that this is how
I think things really should be on that show with a poorly written ending. Anyway, the
story is over. I would like to write a sequel someday, but I will only do it if enough people
ask for it. I won't tell you how much enough is, I'll just decide for myself when I see ho
popular this is. Thanks for all the reviews and support you guys gave me! I had a blast
writing this! See you next time. . .
belong to me.
Author's Notes: This is it! The final chapter! This is where everyone lives happily ever
after, or I kill someone off and they all go on in eternal torment. Exciting, isn't it? Oh, and
by the way, I got a lot of questions concerning the giant penguin. I figured you guys
would know me well enough by now. Anyway, I've decided that my next fic is going to
involve the giant penguin, so look forward to it! Since this is the final installment, I can't
really ask for a specific number of reviews, but I'd sure love to get a whole lot of them! I
shall now continue on with the conclusion to this riveting tale.
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Chapter Six-The Big Ending
Things had calmed back down a bit, and the rest of the gang was congratulating Tai
and Sora for finally getting together. After about a half-hour of celebrating, Tai said they
should get back to the game.
"It's my turn now, isn't it?" he asked with a sly look on his face. "All right, Mimi; truth
or dare?"
Mimi thought for a moment, then she finally uttered, "Truth."
Tai's grin widened. "Why were you in such a hurry to get back here ahead of your
family?"
Mimi was quick to answer, but she stuttered a little. "Well, I uh, I just wanted to come
back and see you all."
"Yeah yeah, we know that," Tai wasn't satisfied at all with her answer. "But what was
the main reason?"
Mimi could see that there was no getting out of this, so she decided to tell the truth
and get it over with. "Well, the main reason. . .I wanted to see Matt." She blushed madly
as soon as she said this, then looked over at Matt who was sitting to the left of her. He
just smiled and put his arm around her waist.
"Oh really?" he teased. "You should've just said so." Mimi blushed even brighter, and
everyone had a good laugh. When things finally started to die down, Mimi cleared her
throat to get everyone's attention.
"I believe it's my turn now," she stated. Then she looked over to TK, a wicked grin
forming on her face.
Suddenly Matt gasped, and remembered her words from the other day. *I'll get that
information one way or another..* Matt grew worried.
"TK, truth or dare?" Mimi said.
"Truth." Mimi's wry smile got even bigger, and it was obvious she was about to pull
something.
Matt's eyes went wide. `She would!'
And sure enough, she did. "TK, what was this so-called secret plan of yours?"
TK gulped, then he glared daggers at Matt and Izzy, both of whom looked nervous.
Izzy was waving his hands in front of him and shaking his head, while Matt had his eyes
rolled back and was `innocently' rocking back and forth. TK stared at him with a look that
said `I'm going to kill you!' Nobody else seemed to pick up on any of this.
"What secret plan, TK?" asked Tai. He was sitting with Sora in his lap, and both of
them were only half paying attention to the game.
"Yeah, what secret plan?" Kari looked at her boyfriend deviously. She had a pretty
good idea, but she was enjoying watching TK roast.
"Well," TK began uneasily, "I had a plan to get Sora and Tai together."
"WHAT!?" came the shocked cry from the two aforementioned. Now they were
paying attention.
"Yeah, heh heh. . ." TK scratched the back of his head anxiously. "Well, you see. . .Tai
had helped me and Kari so much, that. . .that I wanted to do the same for him."
"Aww, that's so sweet," Sora said with a big smile on her face. "Thanks, TK!" Tai
nodded in agreement, but didn't get a chance to say anything as Sora pulled him into
another kiss.
"Ahem," Mimi cleared her throat again. "That's nice, but I already knew that. I want to
know exactly what your plan was." Silence retook the room, and all eyes were on TK
once more. He appeared even more flushed than he had been a minute ago.
"All right," he finally gave in, "The whole thing happened like this:"
FLASHBACK
The little bell above the door rang as TK entered the Takenouchi flower shop. He took
a deep breath, then walked up to the counter to find Sora there to greet him.
"Hey TK, how can I help you?"
"Well, I want some flowers for Kari," he said simply.
"Again?" Sora chuckled. TK merely smiled and nodded. Sora clicked her tongue and
shook her head. "You're going to spoil that girl," she teased.
"I know," TK replied with a sigh. He was quite pleased with himself. He was
accomplishing his mission and spoiling Kari at the same time! It was a brilliant plan!
"Let me guess," Sora interrupted his thoughts, "long-stemmed roses?"
"Twelve please!"
"Whoa, TK! Howcome I never got a guy like you?"
TK hid his crooked smile. "Oh, I'm sure you will," he said. With that, Sora went back
to get the flowers he'd asked for. When she left, TK looked around and realized with a
sudden dread that his plan might not be possible.
"Hey Sora, where's your mom?" he called to her.
"Oh, she's out of town visiting family. She's gonna bring some of the back for my
birthday on Wednesday!" she yelled back.
`Perfect!' TK thought. `This could work out even better than I'd planned! I just hope
Tai's smart enough to pick up on it!' "Hey Sora, can I use your bathroom?" he called.
"Sure, go ahead!" she responded. TK laughed at his own cunning then took off down
the hall that led toward Sora's house. He knew where the bathroom was, but he just
passed on by it. He went out into the kitchen, and looked around until he discovered what
he was looking for: Sora's mom's address book. He flipped through it until he found the
number he was looking for: Sora's grandmother. He quickly wrote the number down, then
headed back out front to the store so Sora wouldn't get suspicious. She was just coming
out with the roses when he returned.
"Here you go TK," she said cheerily. TK reached in his pocket to get out the money to
pay for the flowers, but she stopped him. "Don't worry about it," she said. "Just think of it
as a congratulations present from me to you and Kari."
"Thanks, Sora!" he said as he took the flowers and turned to leave. "I'll see you later!"
he rushed out of the store, eager to put his newly revised plan into action.
As soon as he got home he called Kari in order to ask her to come over later. He
sighed in disappointment when she wasn't home. He decided to mope about it later
though as he took the slip of paper with the phone number on it out of his pocket and
dialed the number. Much to his good fortune, Sora's mother answered the phone.
"Hello? Ms. Takenouchi? This is Takeru Takaishi, one of Sora's friends."
"Oh hello, Takeru!" Ms. Takenouchi answered, a little baffled as to why he was calling
her there.
"You're probably wondering why I called you at your mother's house," TK said.
"I must admit I was curios," she answered, a bit of amusement in her voice.
"Well," the young boy continued, "I'm trying to set up something for Sora's birthday."
"Oh how nice of you!" the older woman squealed happily.
"The only thing is, it's a secret. You see we're trying to set up Sora and Tai."
"Really!?" Ms. Takenouchi was really excited now. She had watched her daughter and
Tai grow up together, and knew they were just right for each other. She was ready to do
anything TK asked her to help. "What do want me to do?" she asked anxiously.
"Well, you were planning on coming home and bringing some of your family on her
birthday, right?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Well, I'd like to ask you to wait a day."
"What? Why?" Ms. Takenouchi was confused again.
"It's simple," TK explained. "When Sora finds out that you won't be back for her
birthday, she'll be upset. Tai, being the good best friend that he is, will comfort her, and
most likely offer to spend the day with her so she won't be alone on her birthday. I'll make
sure nobody else steps in."
"How are you going to do that?" Sora's mother asked.
TK thought for a moment. "Hmmm. How about I have them plan a party for the next
day. They'll all be so busy, that only Tai will be able to stay with her. . ." he heard the
door open and close, and he knew Kari had arrived. He heard Ms. Takenouchi ask about
waiting another day to come. ". . .so the next day then? Great, thanks! I really appreciate
it! I know they will, too! Bye!" He hung up the phone and went out into his very messy
living room to meet Kari.
"Who was that TK?" she asked when she saw him.
"Oh, no one," he said. He didn't think he did a very good job covering.
END FLASHBACK
"So that's who you were talking to!" Kari exclaimed. She sounded almost relieved.
TK couldn't help but laugh. "What? Were you worried I was cheating on you or
something?"
Kari looked down at the floor, a little embarrassed, and nudged him with her hip. He
slid his arm around her shoulder as was his custom for apologizing after teasing her, and
she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Excuse me," butted in Tai, "but you mean to tell me you orchestrated this whole
thing?"
Sora put her hands on her hips as she remained in Tai's lap. "What, are you mad at him
or something?" she demanded. She tried to sound hurt, but her amusement shone though.
"No! I was just a little shocked, that's all!"
"Mm-hmm." Sora uttered with a hint of cuteness and a twinge of sarcasm. She reached
up and wrapped her arms around Tai's neck, and pulled him into a long, passionate kiss.
Kari, who had by this time made her way into TK's lap, looked up at him, and the two
shrugged at each other. "When in Rome. . ." Kari said, and the two of them mimicked Tai
and Sora's actions.
Everyone else just kind of looked at each other, not really sure what to do. They felt a
tad awkward in this situation. When the two couples finally parted, all they all had looks
of absolute satisfaction on there faces.
TK took a moment to catch his breath, and then said, "Well, I guess it's my turn again!
Matt, truth or dare?"
In a position such as this, Matt was like Tai. He would always choose dare. TK's
instincts apparently were bang -on because Matt replied a moment later.
"Dare." He sounded just as cool and confident as he always did. If only he knew what
his scheming little brother had in store for him.
TK cracked a half smile as he told Matt what he had to do. "You see that closet over
there?" he pointed to a door behind Matt. "You have to go in there with Mimi for ten
whole minutes."
"WHAT!?" Matt's eyes looked as though they were about to shoot outward from his
face. Mimi was blushing madly.
"You heard him Matt," said Tai, laughing. "Now hurry on up and get in there!"
The two victims got up and slowly made their way over to the closet, a look of
embarrassment evident on both their faces. As the door was shut, Tai started his
stopwatch. There was to be no cheating.
As the rest of the group waited for Mimi and Matt to come out, they sat around, telling
jokes, and just generally having fun. It had been a while since anyone had experienced this
much festivity. Even Davis was having a good time. Apparently he was good on his word
about not moping over Kari anymore. When the ten minutes were up, Tai yelled for them
to come out. He didn't want to open the door without warning them, since nobody
actually knew what was going on in there, and they didn't want to `interrupt' anything. A
few seconds later, the two teenagers emerged from the closet. There clothes were a little
mussed, as was their hair and Mimi's makeup. They got a few snickers and a few cheers
from the rest of the group.
Matt looked over at his little brother and mouthed the words, "You're dead."
Underneath it, TK could easily tell he was smiling.
So the party went on, and Matt and Mimi told about what happened in the closet. Well,
*some* of what happened in the closet, anyway. It seems that after sitting in there talking
for a minute or so, the topic came up of Mimi's comment earlier about coming back to see
him. She admitted to having a crush on him, and then he surprised her by saying that he
had one on her, too! They had slowly moved together and shared a light, tender kiss, and
things had heated up from there. By the time Tai yelled for them, they were rolling around
on the floor. They were a little taken aback, as the time spent in there did not seem
anywhere near ten minutes. Reluctantly they had gotten up and walked out, and the party
had resumed.
It was now nearing midnight, and some people had to go home. The only ones who got
to stay were the one's whose parents were not around, namely the three couples. (How
convenient.) Matt and Mimi refused to call themselves a couple just yet.
"We just like each other, that's all," Mimi said. "We've got nothing compared to what
you guys have," she said, indicating TK and Kari as well as Tai and Sora.
Joe could have stayed too, but he said he didn't feel like it. "I'd just be in the way," he
said. "I'd feel like a seventh wheel."
So they all left, leaving the four young lovers and the two newly proclaimed crush-
holders to themselves. The six of them settled down on the couch, which was still a little
wobbly after Monday's incident. Each girl sat on her guy's lap, and they started to watch a
movie. They didn't even know what movie it was, and to tell the truth, they didn't really
care. It was just some old American movie dubbed in Japanese. Not very well, either.
After the movie was over, they were all getting a tad sleepy. Kari whispered something in
TK's ear and he nodded.
"Hey you guys," he said. "We've got a couple of sleeping bags in the," he stifled a
laugh, "in the closet. What do you say we share `em?"
Tai would normally have pounced on TK for even suggesting this, but he didn't for
three reasons: First, it was Kari herself who had suggested it to him. Second, he knew he
could trust TK, and more importantly, he knew that TK cared enough about Kari that
even if she got out of control, he wouldn't take advantage of her. Third: the idea of
sharing a sleeping bag with Sora appealed to him greatly. For these reasons, he didn't even
suggest that he disliked the idea.
Sora, meanwhile, was loving the idea. She giggled wildly, and then looked at the boy
of her dreams. "How `bout it, Tai?" she asked flirtatiously.
"Sounds like a good idea to me!" Tai said enthusiastically.
Matt and Mimi looked at each other nervously. She pleaded to him with her eyes, and
he got the message.
"If it's all the same to you guys," he said, "I think we'll pass on this one. Mimi can
sleep in my bed, and I'll take TK's." This was the gentlemanly thing to do, as his bed was
larger than TK's.
"Thanks, Matt," Mimi whispered to him. He gave her a little hug.
"Hey, no problem you guys!" said Tai. "We understand totally! After all, you two just
got together three hours ago!" The two blushed again, and Sora gave Tai a playful shove.
"Tai, you baka! Leave those two alone!"
After that discussion, TK went to the closet to retrieve the sleeping bags. When he
opened the door, he found the closet was a mess! All of its contents were strewn about all
over the place! It made the mess on Monday look like a straightened out file cabinet!
"Good God!" TK exclaimed as he beheld the chaos before him. "What were you two
doing in here!?" Nobody answered him, so he simply picked up two sleeping bags and
trudged back towards the living room with them.
"Here we go!" he said as he plopped them down on the ground.
"I think we should put them on opposite sides of the room, don't you?" Tai suggested.
"Good idea, Tai," TK agreed. He left one sleeping bag there with them, and took the
other one over to the other end of the room. Kari followed him.
"Oh no!" she exclaimed. "TK, what are we going to sleep in? None of us girls brought
any pajamas!"
"That's okay," TK said, "Matt and I have some old baggy clothes that you guys can
wear." He went into his room to get an old T-shirt and some baggy pants for Kari, and
Matt went off to get some for Sora and Mimi. They came back and delivered the clothing,
and the girls went into Matt's room to change, leaving the guys out in the living room.
Tai looked over at TK. "You'd better not try anything with my sister," he said semi-
scoldingly. There was a tint of humor in his voice also.
"I won't, Tai," TK answered sincerely. "You wouldn't try any thing with Sora, would
you?"
Tai shook his head earnestly, and slapped TK on the back. "You're a good guy, TK,"
he said.
The girls came back out, and all three guy's jaws nearly hit the floor. They were
dressed in oversized, simple, baggy clothing, but that was just it. As far as any of those
three were concerned, their girls had never looked lovelier.
TK gazed at Kari, love adorning his eyes. She looked so cute dressed like that! And
she didn't have any makeup on, either. TK was loving every minute of this. She came over
and placed a light kiss on his lips, then motioned to their sleeping bag.
"Shall we?"
"Let's," TK replied as he removed his outer layer of clothing. Kari blushed at the sight,
which made him blush. They both climbed into the bag, eyes locked on each other's faces,
without saying a word.
Matt looked at Mimi. There she was, standing in front of him, in his old clothes. He
really had missed her, and was beyond happy that she was back to stay. What's more, is
she and him were dating now! He'd had a few girlfriends before, but they were all barely a
step up from being groupies. With Mimi, he actually liked her, and she actually liked him.
Furthermore, there was actually a little bit of history to back up that attraction. Nothing
like Tai and Sora had of course, or even TK and Kari, but still it was there. He went over
to her and gave her a goodnight kiss. They whispered good-night to each other before
heading off to their separate rooms.
Tai was staring at Sora, and falling in love with her all over again. She was wearing a
long whit T-shirt, and blue flannel sleep bottoms. She smiled at him sweetly, and he
returned it.
"So how do I look?" she asked.
"You have never looked more beautiful," he said as he slowly walked over to her and
she encircled her arms around his neck. What came next is obvious. When they parted, she
moved her head over to the side a little, so her mouth was right up against his ear.
"And this is all there is," she whispered seductively, almost too quiet for him to hear. It
took him a few moments to catch her meaning, but when he did his eyes went wide.
"You mean-"
He was cut off by a nod from her. "All that's under here is me," she said. "Now don't
go getting any ideas," she scolded playfully as her tone shifted to a teasing one. It shifted
back to one of pure love just as quickly. "I just want to be that much closer to you
tonight."
Tai looked into her eyes as she said this. Those beautiful, ruby-red eyes. He couldn't
believe how lucky he truly was to have found a girl whom he loved with all his heart and
soul, and on top of that, one who loved him back. The two shared another deep,
passionate kiss, and then practically melted into their sleeping bag. There they lay, in each
other's arms.
"I could get used to this," Tai said. This was to be their second night in a row together,
and they were loving every minute of it. They lay there for a while, tickling each other,
giving each other little kisses in different places, and then finally they started drifting off to
the land of dreams.
"I love you, Taichi Kamiya."
"I love you too, Sora Takenouchi."
They nodded off, and were with each other once again, in their dreams.
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The next day was the day of the big game. The game that should have been one week
earlier, but apparently there had been an instance of vandalism in the school gym. The
game was about to begin, and TK was sitting off to the side, ready to go in. He was the
only freshman on the team, but he was good. The coach said he could easily be the captain
of the team by his junior year if he wanted to.
He, Davis and Ken were the only freshman on any varsity team that year. He for
basketball, and the other two for soccer. Davis played on the JV team for basketball, and
was trying to get TK to join soccer. He had managed to make the freshman team that year
with the things he had learned over the years from Davis and Tai, but he didn't take it. He
said he wanted more practice.
As the team took to the court, all of the digidestined cheered for their friend. Kari sat
up front with Yolei, and Tai sat next to the with Sora snuggled up to him. The rest of
them sat one row behind, and Matt had his arm around Mimi. The game started, and TK
showed why he had made varsity. He was one of the three best players on the team, and
the other two were upperclassmen. When the game was over, Odaiba High had won 86-
52. They more than trounced the other team. As soon as the final buzzer went, Kari
jumped out of her seat and ran down to congratulate TK. When she jumped on him and he
embraced her, he thought about how lucky he was. He then remembered that it was only
one week ago that his life had become perfect. He thought about what she had said she
was going to do, and then realized she was doing it right now. In only one week, she had
made him the happiest guy in the world. (Well, as far as he says, anyway. Tai might be
some good competition for that.) Keeping his arms around Kari, he looked up at Sora and
Tai. He had his arm around her, and the two were standing up, cheering and waving at
him. `Thanks, Tai,' he silently expressed his gratitude toward the person who had made
this all possible. `And I hope you like your return favor.' He then looked over at his
brother, who was standing next to Mimi and the two of them were shouting their lungs
out. `I'm glad you're happy too, bro,' he thought. He then returned his attention to Kari,
and he picked her up and spun her around. She whooped with joy. There they were, two
people who were destined to be together, happier than was ever thought humanly
possible. And it had only been one week. They still had a lifetime to spend with each
other.
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That's it! No questions this time! I'm done! I would like to close with a little personal
message: I would like to dedicate this fic to any and all out there who have ever fallen in
love with their best friend. Isn't it great? Furthermore, I would like to say that this is how
I think things really should be on that show with a poorly written ending. Anyway, the
story is over. I would like to write a sequel someday, but I will only do it if enough people
ask for it. I won't tell you how much enough is, I'll just decide for myself when I see ho
popular this is. Thanks for all the reviews and support you guys gave me! I had a blast
writing this! See you next time. . .