This is a tribute to a great author, Michelle Stanton. She's really great, I remember her story about a Masquerade party, but with Jonny Quest. Although she never finished it, I would like to thank her for insipiring me to become an author. Thank you, were ever you are. Tai, Sora, Matt, Mimi, and Izzy are seniors. Joe is in his first year of college, and TK and Kari are freshmen.
Sora Takenouchi, holder of the crest of love, captian of the girls soccer team, honoroll student, rushed down the halls of Obadia High School. "I can't believe I'm late on the last day of school!" she screamed. One of the teachers poked his head out of his classroom and gave her a hard glare. Sora skidded to a walk. "Heh heh, sorry Mr. Johanson." Mr. Johanson nodded and closed the door. No sooner had the door clicked shut was Sora running again like she was about to score a goal to win the Championship with ten seconds on the clock. She made a sharp turn around the corner when :BANG!: She was hit and sent sliding down the hallway. Stopping, she looked over at the person who was sent flying into the water fountain. Behind the long masses of brown hair, her friend Taichi Kamiya was fishing his paper out of the water. "Oh geez, sorry Tai. Guess I'm not the only one late for homeroom." Tai smiled and shook his head, getting some of his papers and his binder. Sora also did so. They weren't even paying attention to each other, until they bumped heads, sending the papers flying...again. "At this rate we'll never get to homeroom." Sora said, slightly exsaperated. "Come on, let's go. You know how Mrs. Tomimiko can be." Sora nodded as she and Tai grabbed their papers and rushed off down the hall.Excuses and Masquerades part 1
Mrs. Tomimko looked at the door as the late bell rang. Homeroom was the last class of the day because of the last day of school. Year books had been sighed, graduation was yesterday, and now everyone was itching to leave for the summer. Pushing her graying black hair behind her ear, she adjusted her glasses and checked her watch. Then she took one step back and waited. Suddenly, a rush of footsteps could be heard outside the door. It flew open, papers flying all over the place. Two blurs slid right past were Mrs. Tomimiko had just been standing, knocked over a desk, a chair, and landed with a huge thud at the opposite side of the room. The class was snikering. Tai stood up, brushing his hair out of his eyes, then Sora, who was dusting herself off. "Well, well, well. Mr. Kamiya and Ms. Takenouchi. Decided to join us today, huh? Did your science project get away or are you two just late from flirting?" Everyone, minus Tai, Sora, and Mrs. Tomimko started cracking up with laughter. Matt, Mimi, and Izzy, who were also in the same homeroom, were rolling on the floor. Mrs. Tomimiko checked the damage done. "Well, I must say Mr. Kamiya, that was one of your most extrodinary entrances, but I'm pretty sure that the window one was the best." By now, everyone was rolling on the floor, and Sora giggled despite herself. Tai just blushed even redder. Everyone remembered that day. His science project had gotten away, and, being the courageous person that he was, he went to get it. It flew onto the third story window ledge. He had carefully gotten out and walked over, grabbed the bird, and was about to go back when the janitor shut the window. He knew he was late, but now he was stuck outside on a window ledge! Edging slowly over to the nearest open window, he hopped inside, which happened to be his homeroom. Mrs. Tomimko was really freaked out. "MR. KAMIYA!" Tai snapped out of his memory and looked around, only to see that Sora had already taken his seat, and that everyone was staring at him. Also that Mrs. Tomimiko was yelling in his ear. He jumped up and ran to his seat next to Matt, who was still laughing. He stopped, looked over at Tai, then started laughing all over again. Tai rolled his eyes and smacked his head, which didn't stop him from laughing. Mrs. Tomimiko cleared her throat, and stared at Matt, which shut him up immediatly. "Now, as everyone knows, on the last day of school, I give seniors in my homeroom trophies for achievements. I choose carefully, taking all the people that I had for six years in a row, picking the best atrubutes for everything. Now, I will give out the first trophy." While everyone clapped, Mrs. Tomimiko pulled out a trophy with a large smile on it. "The first trophy is the Wise Guy trophy." Everyone clapped. "This trophy goes to...Mr. Yamato Ishida, the only guy who, for all the six years I have known him, has had at least ONE smart remark or joke everyday." Everyone clapped, the guys shouted, and the girls swooned, much to Mimi's dismay. Matt hopped out of his seat and took his award, making a quick bow, and stood behind Mrs. Tomimko. "Now, the second award is the fashion award." Several popular girls flipped their hair back, straighted their skirts, and smiled. "This award goes to, Ms. Mimi Tachikawa, who has never worn the same outfit to school twice!" Mimi stood up, and smiled, curtsied, and stood next to Matt, who gave her hand a little squeze. Many of the girls in the class, who were members of either the 'I Love Matt' club, the 'I love Izzy' club, or the 'I love Tai' club were growling at Mimi. The guys were making cat calls and hooting. "Now, the next award is the Smarty Pants award, which goes to, without a doubt, Mr. Koushiro Izzumi, who not only got a perfect score on ALL his tests this year, but also on his SAT's!" Izzy blushed at so much applauding, admiring remarks, and other stuff as he stood next to Mimi and Matt. They nudged his shoulder and gave a thumbs up. "The next award is the sweetie-pie award." Everyone looked at Sora, who wasn't paying attention, because she was daydreaming. Matt stepped up. "Thank you, thank you, I would like to thank all the little people-" "Matt, you didn't win." Matt's jaw dropped and he turned his nose up. "Well I never! Hmph!" Then he stepped back next to Mimi, smiling as the class laughed at his antics. ":ahem: the REAL winner," she cast a look at Matt, "is Ms. Sora Takenouchi, who had atleast one congratulations, comfort, or just a plain 'hi' for everyone during these six years!" The whole class clapped, well, except for the 'I love Tai' club members, who were jealous that Tai was clapping the loudest. She walked up, blushing the whole way, and stood next to Izzy. Izzy had a growth spurt as soon as they got back from the digiworld, so he was the same size as the others. "Now, last but not least, the award you've all been waiting for, the Hot-shot award." Everyone cheered, as some popular guys got ready to stand up if they were choosen. "This award goes to an athletic person, smart, talented, and good hearted, not to mention interesting." One of the girls stood up. "But I thought that Matt was already choosen." She flashed a big smile at Matt, but much to her dismay, he was whispering to Mimi. She frowned and sat down, pouting. "Anyway, this award goes to, none other than Mr. Taichi Kamiya, who has one of the most interesting characters in school!" Everyone clapped, especially the other digidestined. All the guys cheered and applauded, being that Tai knew everyone, and all the girls swooned, because, well...causes Tai's a hottie. Tai took his award and stood next to Sora, a huge smile on his face. Matt punched him lightly in the shoulder, Izzy gave him a high-five, Mimi flashed a big smile, giving him a thumbs up, and Sora gave him a noggy on the head. Everyone was clapping until the last bell rang, letting them leave school. A loud cheer erupted from the entire school, mainly from the seniors, because they would no longer be in school. The only reason Izzy was a senior was because he had skipped a grade, and would have skipped one more, but decided not to so he could be with his friends. Joe was already in college, and TK and Kari were freshmen. All the digidestined in Mrs. Tomimiko's class left, laughing and hugging and even kissing (namely Mimi and Matt, who had just gotten together in class, which was why Matt had been whispering to her in the first place.), as they ran out the door.
Joe, TK, Kari, and Joe's girlfriend Amy were all waiting outside the door. Joe had gotten out early so that he could be there for the last day of school. He was studying to be a doctor, having gotten over the blood thing, and now he was one of the colleges most promising students. They all hugged and laughed as they walked down the stairs.
Joe handed Amy the camera as he ran back up the stairs. She had insisted that they take an all digidestined picture. Aiming the camera, she focused the zoom and made sure that everything was set. "Alright, jump and say cheese!"
"Motzerella!" Tai said, letting his hair fly up.
"Swiss!" shouted Sora as she jumped down the stairs.
"Edam!" Izzy said, dropping his book and jumping.
"American!" TK said.
"Gorgonzola!" Kari yelled, laughing.
"Jack!" Mimi shouted, letting her hair fly up. Some guy turned around. "What?"
"Limburger!" Joe said, lossing his glasses.
"Cheddar!" Matt yelled.
Amy snapped the picture with her polariod, laughing as they all landed gracefully, except for Joe, who couldn't see very well without his glasses and landing with a :THUD:. She helped him up, and they all looked at the picture. Izzy took it, and smiled. "I'm going to blow this up and-" "BLOW THE PICTURE UP?!" TK asked/shouted, astonished that Izzy would do that. Kari put her hand on his shoulder. "He means enlarge it." TK blushed. "Oh." "Anyway, I'm going to enlarge it, then give every one a big picture, okay?" Everyone nodded and smiled, glad that Izzy always came up with good ideas. "Oh yeah!" Mimi said, taking her backpack and pulling out eight invitations. "I want EVERYONE to come to my Masquerade party. It might be the last time we see eachother before Chirstmas and I want to have a big party. All the seniors were invited, except for a few people..." Everyone knew that she didn't invite Mary Graci, a total snob, president of the 'I love Matt' club, shocking blond hair, bright green eyed girl that almost all the guys would give a kidney to go out with. Almost, all the guys, because she had asked Matt several times and was greeted with the same answer: No. Everyone else was coming. Before Mimi and Matt turned away to finish handing out invitations, she turned around. "Remember, no carpooling, or costume showing, or couples. And have fake names and anything else to make sure that noone can tell who you are." They all nodded, saying their goodbyes and rushing home.
Tai and Kari were walking home, talking about the party. "Kari, if you want, I can take you their and let you go in first." Kari shook her head. "Thanks anyway, Tai. But I'm going to take the bus. Besides, I want this to be fun. But I'll let you see my costume." Tai smiled. "Okay, if you want."
Finally, the day of the Masquerade party had arrived, and everything was all set at the Kamiya household. Tai made the final adjustments to his costume. He was dressed like James Bond in those movies, with a secret spy outfit, and a water gun in his inside coat pocket. Over his eyes, he had a white mask. He strolled out of his room, occasionally pointing his gun somewhere, smiled, blew it off, and carefully stuck it back in his pocket. He knocked on Kari's door room. Since a few years ago, they got different rooms. "Kari, I'm leaving." Kari stepped out of the room. She had on a light pink kimono, with slippers. Her hair had a flower in it, and she had a delicate mask with flowers over her eyes. Tai smiled and gave her a bow. "And what might your name be, miss?" "My name is Sakura. And you are?" "Agent 008, Edge, Li Edge." Kari, er...Sakura giggled. "Alright Mr. Edge, see you at the party!" Li waved goodbye. "Bye, Sakura!" And with that, Li walked out the door.
End of Part one,
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