A/N: Next Chapter! You doing good. Your almost there.


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And so they went on just about any and every ride they could go on. From the crusading Batman ride, to the unsuspecting Mr. Freeze, they concurred them all.

As they got of a small ride called the run away mini train, Zoe and Takuya were mirthfully giggling and laughing at each others reactions that they previously experienced on the rides.

"Ha ha, you should have seen the look on your face when we took that steep dive." Takuya teased Zoe as he reenacted her face as it turned to sheer terror.

"Oh yeah? Well at least I didn't scream like a little girl on the superman tower!" Zoe countered. She put Takuya back in his place.

"I wasn't screaming... I was singing. Yeah that's right. I was singing... to calm my nervous." Takuya explained although he was lying.

"Well if that is how you sound when your singing, I'd hate to hear you actually yelling." Zoe wondered. Takuya stared at her.

"Ha ha your not funny. I'll have you know that I have a pretty singing voice." Takuya surprisingly informed. He had to emphasize the "pretty" part. "So I've been told... by my mom."

"Yeeeeah...right." Zoe discredited him as she turned her attention to the food court, " Hey, lets go get a bite while we're at it." She suggested as they walked over to the food court like two happy kids in a candy store. (Mmm Cau-ndy).

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"This is the best hot dog that I've had in a while." Takuya said aloud as he took a big bite.

Zoe laughed, "Better than the ones at school, that's for sure."

After they finished eating, they sort of stared at each other half mindfully, not knowing why they were staring. After a while of a subconscious eye staring contest, they finally looked away from each other.

"Well... this has been some day so far." Takuya pointed out as he looked into the distance beside him.

Zoe reached and placed her hand on Takuya's, "I'm..." she stammered for a bit, "I'm glad that you could make it here with me." She smiled a little with that innocent smile she smiles every so often.

"Oh there's no need to thank me for coming.... cause I really didn't have a choice." He beamed a smile and both of them laughed.

Zoe looked over her shoulder and looked back at Takuya with a smile that was irresistible.

"Whada ya say you go and win me something?" she asked but more like insisted to Takuya.

Takuya couldn't help but cringe slightly.

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"This one should be good." Zoe mentioned to Takuya as they got in front of a basketball goal shoot out.

"Five dollars for three shots." The spotter told Takuya. Takuya then looked back at Zoe for confirmation. "Do it." She softly demanded.

Takuya sighed and handed over five dollars to the guy. "Alright, here then."

Takuya took one of the balls and got ready to shoot it.

"I want the big pink bunny." Zoe requested to Takuya from the side lines. Takuya was feeling distracted a little as he shot the first one and missed.

"COME ON, Takuya! You can do it!" Zoe encouraged on the side like a cheerleader.

"You know, this would have been easier if this were soccer. All I would have to do is kick it." Takuya pointed out as he focused back on the goal.

"But it isn't" the employed station worker smart mouthed. Takuya glared at him a little and shot the ball only to miss it again and now the pressure started to build up.

Zoe was clapping on the side. "What are you clapping for?" Takuya asked.

"Don't worry. I believe in you." Zoe clapped with encouragement, "You-can-do-it!" (LOL the water boy. OK, it might be an inside joke if you haven't seen the movie.)

Takuya focused back on the goal and span the ball in his hand. Meanwhile, Zoe came up to him and softly kissed him on the cheek. "For me..." she softly yet seductively whispered into his ear.

By now a surge of sensation was tingling all over Takuya's body as he tried to regain his composure. "Uhm... well... uh... wow." He looked back at Zoe as she stood there smiling. He looked back at the goal and dribbled the ball over and over. He dribbled it for several minutes. He then practiced shooting the ball, repeatedly.

"COME ON ALREADY!" the serene, little Zoe didn't sound so pleasant anymore as she got impatient, waiting for Takuya's long attempt to shoot the ball.

Takuya managed to throw it without thinking since he was startled by Zoe's shouting. He looked back at her and slanted his eyes. "Thanks a lot. Looks like you won't be winning anything." Little did he know that the ball swished as it went into the goal, but Takuya didn't see it.

"Wow, your the first winner all day. Choose your prize already." The guy told Takuya, who was baffled. Still shocked, he chose the big pink bunny that was about the size of Zoe. Now that is one big bunny.

"Ooooo thanks." She took the stuffed bunny and hugged it to death.

"Ahem, don't you think someone else deserves a hug?" Takuya teased.

"Oh, thanks Takuya." She squeezed Takuya in her grasp as she hugged him. He actually felt good on the inside.

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After playing a few arcade games they approached the (*Space Odyssey 3000 Opening song*) air hockey station.

"I'll cream you." Zoe was referring to beating Takuya in a game of air hockey.

"Psh we'll see." Takuya said as he placed the coins in to get it ready.

As they started, Takuya was getting the upper hand at a score of 5 to 2, but that was when Zoe caught up and made it a tie game of 5 to 5.

"This is the tie breaker." Zoe was getting real competitive as she put her game face on.

"For all the marbles." Takuya waited for her to serve.

She lowered her head and smirked at Takuya as if she he had this game in the bag. Takuya looked back and scoffed. That was when Zoe quickly smooched her lips towards Takuya which threw him off guard as he raised his eye brow. Seeing her only chance, she served it quickly and scored on him, making her win the game.

"YES! I WON!" Zoe cheered as she jumped around Takuya, who was stunned and shocked.

"You... you cheated." He complained by trying to find excuses.

"Face it, Takuya. I beat you!" Zoe repeated like a broken record.

"You lost to a girl!" some random kid laughed and pointed to Takuya's face as he ran by. Zoe was never going to live this one down

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Takuya was still shocked that he lost to Zoe as they approached a water ride called, Splash. It was getting dark, and pretty soon they would have to go home.

"I can't believe I lost to a girl..." Takuya mumbled to himself. Zoe broke Takuya's conversation with himself.

"Ready to get wet?" she said playfully as she held on to her bunny.

"I think you should find a place for that thing before we get on." Takuya suggested.

"Yeah, I think your right."

Before they got on the ride, Zoe placed her bunny in a secure place. Then they sat down on the boat-like ride along with a few others as it set off onto the ramp... very slowly.

"So you think we'll get wet?" Zoe asked Takuya.

"Not that much." Takuya hoped.

"I don't know about that. They say your whole body can get drenched." A complete stranger mentioned as he over heard their conversation.

"Uh gee, thanks?" Takuya replied as if the guy was being helpful. Takuya didn't want to get too wet on the ride.

To make the story short, they climbed up the ramp, ever so slowly.

"Oh crap! Oh crap! Oh crap, oh crap, OH CRAP!" Takuya repeated as they steadily got to the climax of the incline. During Takuya's panic attack, his hand, unconsciously, found its way on Zoe's lap, but Zoe didn't really notice it... that much.

Suddenly, in a blurring second, the boat went plunging down in a sudden rush that got everyone on the boat drenched, soaking, wet. This showed why the ride earned its name, Splash.

"OH my gosh!" both Zoe and Takuya yelled as the water poured on them like a water fall.

"Told you!" the stranger shouted, from earlier.

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Takuya and Zoe were now walking on the bridge over the splash ride. Zoe held her bunny away from her drenched, cold body.

"Now I'm all wet! That's the last time I'm listening to you to ride a water ride!"

Takuya didn't bother responding as he tried to wring his jacket. Another wave of splashes came crashing into them. This was not their lucky day.

"Sorry about my hand roaming its way on your leg..." Takuya apologized, "I was real nervous."

That was the most unlikeliest think to say after a moment like that.

"Oh I could tell... especially when you were grabbing too hard." Zoe didn't seem too upset.

Meanwhile, they approached a restroom to dry off. Zoe walked into the girls restroom and Takuya followed. He wasn't looking as he continued wringing his clothes, and was met by a bunch of screaming girls, including Zoe, as they kicked him out.

"Sorry..." he yelled across his shoulder. He walked into the correct restroom, afterwards.

As he walked in, he saw a small kid with sun glasses and an orange conductors looking hat. He seemed familiar to Takuya, but Takuya didn't get a chance to observe more as the kid ran out the door.

"Hmmm... weird." Takuya thought.

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After the whole incident, the both of them resumed their theme park tour.

"I see you tried to join me in the restroom." Zoe teased.

"Uh hu hu... yeah." Takuya laughed nervously as he rubbed for the back of his neck.

"There he goes!" a mob of girls said as they pointed towards Takuya's direction.

Takuya and Zoe turned around. "I wonder who the luck guy is?" Takuya wondered, but little did he realize he was the lucky guy.

"I think its you!" Zoe informed him. Takuya then walked towards the girls direction. "No wait-" Zoe tried to call him back.

"OK ladies, one at a time." Takuya boasted as he tried to show off his good looks. He thought they wanted to get his autograph or something. Too bad that the girls weren't interested in meeting him though. They were more like ready to give him a bloody beat down for trying to go into the girls restroom.

"Oh we'll beat you up all right! One at a time!" the lead girl said. It seemed like the fan girls turned into a mad mob of girls as a whole team chased after him.

"OH CRAP! Run Zoe! They're after us!" Takuya quickly turned around and sprint into a run. He ran past Zoe and grabbed her hand, and both of them were in the run for their lives.

"What are you talking about? They're after you!" Zoe reminded him.

"Who cares! Just RUN!" Takuya ordered. And so both of them ran for their very lives around the theme park.

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"No running!" a worker said as he held a sign, but Takuya nor Zoe listened. The worker sighed audibly, "I hate my job."

It was tough for Zoe to hold onto the big bunny and Takuya at the same time as they jerked and juked oncoming people.

"Takuya! I don't think I can hold onto this bunny much longer. Ima have to let go-"

"What! You can't! I worked too hard to get it for you!" Takuya yelled over his shoulder amusingly.

"Come back here you pervert!" the group of girls were gaining on them- I mean him, Takuya.

Takuya saw that Zoe was struggling to keep up and was about to let go of the stuffed animal. He also saw that the mob was gaining on him.

"Hurry! Follow me!" Takuya commanded as he turned a sharp corner and knocked over a barrel of balls to slow them down. He then quickly turned around an unseen fence corner and took both of them behind it. They ran to the farthest corner and held still so that no one could hear them. They were both leaned against each others chest real close as they breathed heavily (That is the kind of moment you wished you had a breathe mint). They were starring at each other for a few seconds until Takuya heard something. This whole experience was very thrilling to both of them for some reason.

Nearby, a guy walked by and threw away a garbage bag in a trash canister, making it smell bad.

"Yuck! Good riddens!" the guy said and walked back to his job. Takuya and Zoe sighed in relief but still breathed heavily. The smell of the garbage was getting in their nose as they tried to hold their breathe which was pretty hard to do.

Meanwhile, the mob of girls were on the other side of the fence.

"Where'd he go?" one girl demanded.

"I think he went this way!" another girl said and they all followed in another direction. It looks like Takuya finally got rid of them.

"Phew, that was a close one." Takuya wiped his head. Zoe then slapped his forehead.

"Ow, what was that for?"

"For getting us chased around by a bunch of mad girls and having use smell other peoples garbage!"

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After they got out of that situation, they both strolled around the park to wind up the night. As they walked side by side, the connection between them seemed to grow more and more with each step.

Takuya had his hands in his pockets while Zoe struggled to hold the stuffed animal.

"Here, let me hold it." Takuya offered to help her.

"You sure it wont destroy your dignity to hold this thing?" Zoe joked.

"Come on. You want me to hold it for you or not?" Takuya re-offered his help.

"Ok." Zoe gave it to him since he had more strength to hold it for her.

As they continued walking around, Zoe started to shiver. She held her arms around her and her jaws kept chattering as she complained. Her clothes were still damp, causing her to be even colder.

"Gosh, its so cold!" she said as she hugged herself tighter.

Takuya, being the gentlemen he was, stopped in his place and placed the bunny down on the ground. Zoe watched and wondered what he was doing. He then took of his jacket and handed it to Zoe. To show even more chivalry, he walked behind her and placed the jacket on her so she could put it on.

"And who said chivalry is dead?" Takuya joked.

"Hmhm... thanks." Zoe complimented, "You know, this reminds me of the time Kouji gave me his jacket, back in the digital world."

"KOUJI?" Takuya was shocked that she would bring that up, " Forget about Kouji. That was years ago."

"I know but at least he was nice enough to lend me his jacket at the time." Zoe pestered.

"Hey, I would have lent you my jacket too, but...... mine had short sleeves." Takuya made up an excuse.

Zoe rolled her eyes, "Whatever, but thanks for the jacket though."

Takuya bowed like an obedient gentleman, "Your welcome."

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For their next fun, they spotted a picture booth right around the corner. In it were too couples that fled out the curtains when they were done taking pictures.

"We should try that." Zoe insisted, but Takuya was hesitant.

"Uhm, I'm not photogenic." He complained.

"Oh quit being a baby. They're not like they're professional pictures or anything. It just for fun." Zoe then pulled him over to the booth. She was the first to walk in and Takuya reluctantly followed.

The space was pretty cramped so there wasn't much room to move around. Takuya tried to butt his way in to a small seat next to Zoe.

"Oh my gosh Takuya, get your butt out of my face." Zoe was disgusted.

"Well excuuuuuse me. I'm just trying to sit down in this picture booth you thought we should be in together", Zoe blushed at that point, "SO I can rub my butt to whoever and wherever I want. Thank you very much." Takuya protested. He finally sat down and placed three quarters in the coin slot, making the booth light up and come alive as it started to take slow paced pictures.

While Zoe was smiling and posing animatively for the camera, Takuya held still through most of the shots with a nervous smile. Zoe continued posing as she tossed her hair and threw her hands in the air like a glamorous model with facial expressions, but Takuya couldn't help but stare and cringe at the camera while Zoe's hair flicked him in the face several times.

"Come on Takuya! Get into it! You've got to feel the camera presence. Its so... magical." Zoe encouraged him as she placed her arms around his neck and posed, and from then on Takuya started to improve. They took several more shots together by making funny faces, such as sticking their tongues out and blowing up there faces with wide eyes, as they interacting with the camera. Takuya even took of his goggles and placed them on Zoe's face along with his hat. It looked like Takuya finally overcame his non-photogenic self and started enjoying the photo shots more and more.

For their last picture frame, Zoe cleverly looked over at Takuya and planted a kiss on his cheek which caused him to blush madly. The camera took the last picture and went off. It then printed out all their pictures out in a row.

They both left the booth looking at the pictures that were taken and laughed and made comments on each one. But while they looked at the photos, Takuya glanced at Zoe and recalled what she did back in the booth. I guess something magical did happen in there.

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A/N: One last chapter to go... your almost there.