"A birthday Kristy will never forget"
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Thomas and Goamon stepped into the DATS office, Marcus and Agumon both there to greet them with smiles and looks of great respect.
"Welcome back to DATS, sir." They said.
"We've been waiting for you." Marcus said.
"With open arms, sir." Agumon said.
Thomas reeled back in shock at how the two were acting so out of character while Goamon sensed some foul play.
Yoshi and Lalamon looked over in surprise while Daisuke and Dorugamon were trying not to laugh at the looks of the blue duo's faces.
"So, sir, you must be pretty tired. Have some tea while it's still warm." Marcus said as the dino held a tray with a cup of green tea on it.
"Fresh brew." Agumon said.
"Uh, thank you?" Thomas said as he forced a grin while the left side of his face twitched.
"I just have one small question; what's the catch, Marcus?" Thomas asked.
"You don't have to catch anything. We're doing all the throwing." Agumon said making Goamon sweat drop.
"No, that's not what he means." The dog said.
"Agumon, what I mean by 'catch' is…why are you being so nice to me, Marcus? Because you never do anything without an ulterior motive." Thomas sneered as he got right up in Marcus' face, the brunette holding his hands up in a defensive way.
"Oh, come on. You think too much, Tommy, buddy." Marcus said looking away.
"Thoommass." The blonde said with a twitch.
"I'd be careful if I were you, sir. Something sure smells fishy around here." Goamon said.
"That's just…my cologne." Marcus said.
"Wow, he figured it out just by the smell." Agumon said as Marcus grabbed him, covering his mouth.
"Quiet!" he hissed.
"There's no point denying it. Even a little kid could figure out you're up to no good. Just get to it." Thomas said crossing his arms.
Before anyone could answer, Daisuke and Dorugamon finally reached their limits and burst out in laughter, making everyone look over at the lavender duo.
"I-I'm sorry, but I c-couldn't h-hold it in." the girl gasped.
"A-Allow me to shine some light on the situation." Dorugamon said after he got his laughter under control.
"Marcus needs to take a makeup exam tomorrow or else he's looking at summer school or repeating the grade." He said.
The blonde male nodded in understanding as he sat down in his chair and sipped at the tea he was given.
"Well, I can't help." Thomas said.
"I haven't asked anything yet." Marcus said annoyed.
"I know I have somewhat of a scholary reputation, Marcus, but even I can't do the impossible and teach you how to study." Thomas said.
"How true." Yoshi smiled playfully.
"He's good, but not that good." Lalamon said shaking her head.
"This isn't about studying." Marcus said.
"Then what is it about?" Thomas asked as he saw the sincere look on the other boy's face.
"Well, I have something big to ask you. A favour." The green eyes male said.
"All right, let's hear it." Thomas said as he narrowed his eyes.
"Well, tomorrow is Kristy's birthday and-"
"Kristy? Your little sister, right?" the blonde asked.
"Yeah, good memory." Agumon smiled.
"Well, I just need…a babysitter for her. Just until my makeup exam is over." Marcus said.
"That's simple enough. Do you know any good babysitters?" Thomas asked looking over at the Pink Tamer.
"I would be happy to do it." Yoshi said.
"But she comes at a pretty price." Lalamon said making the Lavender Tamer laugh with her dragon.
"Hey, don't say something like that!" Yoshi scolded.
"So you'll do it for free?" her partner asked.
"I didn't say that." Yoshi said.
"It can't be Yoshi." Marcus said making the pink team gasp in confusion.
"I need someone who can…act like…a big brother. Dai's already the big sister, but everyone needs an older brother too. I need you, Thomas." Marcus said bowing with a hopeful smile.
"Can you pretend to be a member of my family tomorrow?" he asked.
Thomas kept quiet as he seemed to think this over, the Orange Tamer's words striking a cord in him.
"We'll see." He said.
Later on, Thomas had given the cousins a ride home and brought the blonde inside to meet the family.
"Why do I have to come to your house today? Her birthday's not until tomorrow." He said.
"Kristy can be tough, so we wanted her to approve you first." Agumon said.
"Tough? It's a good thing I haven't said yes to this assignment yet." Thomas said.
"She's not that bad. Come on in. I'm home!" Marcus called as the group walked inside.
"Hi again." Kristy smiled at the blonde as he sat down at the table with her, Daisuke and Dorugamon.
"I'm Thomas H. Norstein. Sorry for my rudeness the other day when we met by my car." He said to Sarah.
"Oh, no worries. So tell me, are you, Dai and Marcus good friends?" Sarah asked.
"Uh, yeah." Thomas said unsure.
"Thomas agreed to be hanging out with you on your birthday tomorrow. He'll be taking my place until I get back. Isn't that great?" Marcus asked.
Kristy gasped happily as Sarah set down some tea.
"Yeah, all right. I'm so happy." She said.
"No. Uh, I still…haven't-"Thomas trailed off.
"Son." Sarah said as she handed him his tea.
"It isn't a problem for you, is it?" she asked with a kind smile and tilted her head to the side.
The blonde seemed to be blushing and was speechless before he stood up with a confident look on his face.
"I swear. I Thomas H. Norstein will put everything I have into making Kristy's birthday the best one ever." He said as he flipped his bangs and his white teeth sparkled in a charming way.
Marcus' mouth was opened in shock and was disturbed with the change in attitude while Daisuke was trying not to laugh as she held her hand over her mouth.
"Thomas!" Kristy cheered as she hugged him around the waist.
"Thank you so much. Hey, Thomas, do you have a funny friend like Agumon and Dorugamon that hangs around with you?" she asked.
"Funny friend? Oh, you mean my partner." Thomas smiled.
"His digimon is named Goamon." Agumon said.
"Show me, show me, show me!" Kristy giggled as she jumped up and down while still hugging the amused blonde.
"OK. Goamon: Realize!" he said holding up his digvice.
Data particles swarmed around as the dog appeared looking ready to assist.
"Sir, yes sir." He said.
"Oh, he's so cute!" Kristy squealed.
"Uh, nice to meet you." Goamon said with a blush.
He had never experienced this before.
"It's a talking dog." The girl said as the dino laughed.
"She called you a dog." He laughed.
"Would a dog wear boxing gloves?" Goamon asked.
"Better start making dinner if I have to eat some time this century." Sarah said standing up.
"In that case, we'll take our leave of you now." Thomas said.
"No! Stay and eat dinner with us, Thomas." Kristy begged.
"Thanks, but I still have some work to do." He said.
"Oh, come on, Tommy boy." Daisuke said standing up and stepping up behind Kristy and placed her hands on her cousin's shoulders.
"Come join us. It'll be fun." The 14 year old said with a sweet smile.
The blonde blushed at the look she had.
Even though she had the ugly scar, it didn't take away her beauty at all, it just made her seem more beautiful.
"Well, sure." He agreed.
Sarah chuckled at this as she went to go make the food, Dorugamon following to help her out as the others all cleared off the table and set the plates and eating utensils to use.
When the food was done, everyone sat down to eat.
"Here, Goamon. Open wide. Ahhh." Kristy smiled at the blushing dog as she held out a roll for him to eat.
"Hey, Agumon, you took my share again!" Marcus complained.
"Not me, Boss." Agumon mumbled as he chewed.
"Must you even act this way when we have guests? Honestly, who taught you manners; an ape?" Dorugamon asked.
"What was that?!" the orange duo yelled.
Daisuke laughed at them as she then caught Thomas staring at an old picture of the Damon family when their father was still around.
"Thomas? Thomas!" Marcus called gaining the blonde's attention.
"Anything wrong with the food?" he asked.
"If you want, I can make you something else." Sarah said.
"That's not it at all. I'm just… You see, I've just grown accustomed to eating alone, that's all." Thomas said smiling sadly.
Everyone was confused at this while Daisuke looked down in sympathy since she normally ate alone when she lived with her parents and sister.
It wasn't because Jun was trying to be mean, she just didn't like how empty and alone it felt with only the two girls when their parents would rather be out with other people to eat.
Jun would often go over to her friend's house to eat while Daisuke stayed home alone for a few hours and ate whatever she made until Jun came home with some leftovers her friend's mother gave her and fed it to Daisuke.
It's been like that ever since she was a baby really.
The Motomiyas weren't meant to be parents.
Mrs. Motomiya used to be a loving and kind mother, but over the years her selfish husband's influence changed her.
The truth was, Jun had fought for Daisuke to stay in Odaiba and even offered for her little sister to live with her and her boyfriend, Jim Kido, but wasn't able to win this battle.
"Thank you for the meal. We have to be going now. Let's go, Goamon." Thomas said as he stood up, giving a short bow to the family before he and his partner left the table.
"Sir, yes sir." Goamon said.
Marcus and Agumon ran out to see them off while Daisuke excused herself from the table to go shower.
Dorugamon watched her with worry, then went to wait in her room.
When she came out of the shower, she curled up in bed with him and told her dragon what was on her mind and he nodded in understanding.
(The next day…)
"He's late and he's going to make me late for school." Marcus scowled with his arms crossed while the girls stood beside him.
Daisuke was dressed in a black spaghetti strapped shirt, light pink jeans and blue convers, her hair down from it's usual ponytail.
"Finally, here he comes." Marcus said as a black car drove down the street.
"You're late, pal." He said.
The car door opened and Thomas stepped out dressed in white shoes, white dress pants, pink shirt, white coat, a red bowtie and was even holding a bouquet of white calla lilies and pink roses.
He looked every bit of the 21st century version of a prince.
"Happy birthday, Kristy and many happy returns." He said kneeling down and handing the bouquet to the birthday girl.
"Oh, thank you." Kristy said as she accepted the flowers.
"I promise you that today will be the best birthday you've ever had and will remember it for the rest of your life." Thomas swore.
"I can't wait, Thomas." Kristy said.
"You're a very special person, Thomas. We leave ourselves in your capable hands." Sarah said.
"I planned the whole day." Thomas said as he stood up, his butler standing behind him.
"By the way, Sarah, these are for you." He said as the butler handed Thomas a bouquet of violets, a red tulips and daisies to present to the mother/aunt.
"What? You're so sweet and it's not even my birthday." Sarah said as she took the flowers.
"This is my thanks for dinner yesterday." He said.
The blonde reached behind his back as the butler handed him a third bouquet.
"Of course I wouldn't forget our fearless and beautiful leader." Thomas said presenting the bouquet of orange marigolds, bluebells and a single blue rose.
He handed them over to Daisuke, whose cheeks were tinted pink as she accepted the bouquet.
"Um, thanks." She said.
"If you give me flowers, you're toast. Boy, when you do something, you do it." Marcus deadpanned.
"I told you before; I am the master of the well-made plan." Thomas said making Daisuke chuckle softly.
"What a guy." Marcus said.
"Marcus! School, you're going to be late if you don't leave right now." Sarah said as she showed off her wrist watch.
"Oh, I gotta go. Thanks again, Thomas. I'm off to take that stupid makeup exam. I'm gonna ace it." Marcus said with a thumbs up.
"That's the spirit." Thomas said as the two boys bumped fists.
"Not really spirit. More like him getting tutored for hours upon hours by my friend Izzy. He's a Digidestind and the child of Knowledge." Daisuke explained.
"He's pretty harsh when it comes to studying." Marcus whined.
"See ya." He said with a wave as he walked off to go to school.
"OK, Kristy, time to put your birthday plan into action." Thomas said.
"Yep. We're off to the arcade." Daisuke said startling him.
"That's exactly what I wanted. Let's get moving." Kristy smiled as she clung to her cousin's right hand.
"Um, but…"Thomas trailed off.
"Thomas, it is her birthday. She told Dai everything she wanted to do." Sarah said.
"Um, sure. It's her birthday. We'll do what she wants." Thomas said with a sweat drop.
So they all went off on the day to celebrate.
Thomas seemed to be embarrassing himself since he couldn't pay for the stuff at the arcade and the nice little family restaurant they went to eat at with his credit cards, so Sarah and Daisuke had to pay, which the women were fine with.
It is Kristy's birthday, the day that is dedicated all about her and what she wants, so the women didn't care about paying for the stuff she wants.
"Thank you for paying for lunch, Sarah." Thomas said as he walked slumped over as we went down the street.
"Oh, don't worry. It's the least I could do since you planned such a magnificent birthday for Kristy." The brunette said as Daisuke gave the B-day girl a piggyback ride.
The blonde straightened up as he got this determined look on his face making the girls all stop to watch him.
"Well, Kristy, if there's any other place you'd like to go, now's the time request it." he said with a smile.
Kristy placed a pointer finger to her lip as she thought it over.
"I know. I want to see fireworks, ones that go BOOM with green and orange lights." She said excitedly.
"Whoo hoo! To the amusement park we go!" Daisuke cheered as she started running off with Kristy on her back, her giggles and whoops of excitement filling the air as Thomas and Sarah followed behind them.
They went on nearly every ride that was there.
The rollercoaster was Daisuke's favorite part because Thomas was really freaked out about it and grabbed at her hand, then when it was over, he turned dark red and apologized for it.
Then the haunted house had Kristy and Daisuke both laughing hard when Thomas and Sarah hid behind the two girls as a zombie popped out at them from the darkness.
After they went on the carousel and had some ice cream, Kristy and Daisuke sharing a large sundae while Thomas looked a bit sick from how much sugar the cousins were having.
The child of Miracles never had this much fun on any of her birthdays, so she was happy to have some fun with her little cousin and make sure she enjoyed hers to the fullest.
As it started to get dark, the group went to the Ferris wheel so that they could get a better view of the fireworks when they started up.
"Wow, pretty. You can see the whole town. I think I can see my whole house from here. Look, Mom, is that it?" Kristy said as she looked at all of the lights in the dark.
"Let's see." Sarah said.
Daisuke smiled at the little girl from her place next to Thomas, who seemed to be off in his own little world.
Whatever it was seemed to be sad as he looked down at his feet and it made Daisuke frown in worry at the look he had.
Soon enough, even the cousin and aunt seemed to realize that their friend's mind was elsewhere.
"Thomas?" Kristy asked making him gasp and look at the females.
"Are you OK? You look so sad. Are you not having fun?" she asked.
"On the contrary, I can't remember that last time had this much fun." Thomas said with a sincere smile.
He really is hiding something from them, wasn't he?
But then again, so was Daisuke.
'If I were to tell Marcus something about what happened to me before I fell into my coma, he would probably freak out and so would Dorugamon.' Daisuke thought.
Just then, the sound of booming made thee group all turn to see what was going on.
"Fireworks? They started early." Kristy said as Thomas stood up to take a look.
"No, it's a digimon." He said making Daisuke gasp as she looked over to see it.
It was just a weird digimon that was a huge orange with red sunglasses, red gloves, big lips, fuzzy eyebrows and had a thin line of hair wrapped around his head like he was balding.
"That guy is freaky. Citramon is a Champion level and his citric acid is very explosive." Daisuke said as the cart they were in came down to the ground so they could get out.
"Thomas, be careful." Sarah said as he jumped out.
"You two need to get out of here. Hurry up and tell everyone else in the amusement park to get out too." He said.
"No, Thomas." Kristy whimpered.
"I'll be fine, don't worry. This is what I do." He said.
"I'm coming with you and don't even think about arguing, Tommy boy." Daisuke said as she jumped down next to him.
"Wouldn't plan on it." he said.
The two of us then started running off, a man calling after them as they went, green lights flashing from where Citramon was dropping bombs.
The duo stopped where they saw Citramon and he turned to the two humans.
"Prepare to get juiced!" he said.
"Dude, that is so wrong." Daisuke deadpanned.
"This is gonna be tough." Tomas said.
"Ready when you are, sir." Goamon said from his digivice.
"I'm ready to assist you, Lady Dai." Dorugamon said from her digivice.
They both held up their digivices.
"Goamon/Dorugamon: Realize!" the two Tamers called.
The data particles swarmed as the two digimon came out.
"Sir, yes sir." Goamon said.
"At your service, Lady Dai." Durogamon said.
"He's tart. Careful." The dog said.
"We'll stay clear of the juice. This is Norstein and Motomiya. There's a digimon on a rampage in area U308. The target is Citramon. Requesting area be shut down immediately." Thomas said into his earpiece.
"Confirmed. Area U308 will be vacated." Came Miki's voice.
During this, Citramon got bored and pulled out more green bombs.
"Thomas, Daisuke. Don't do anything until the others get there." Sampson's voice said.
"I'm sorry, sir, but this fight has become a personal matter for me." The blonde said making Goamon, Dorugamon and Daisuke look at him in shock.
"Keep your personal feelings out of this. Stand by. Back up in on the way." Sampson said.
"It's not my intention to disobey orders, sir, but I'm taking this digimon down alone." Thomas said.
"No, I'm telling you for the last time, do not proceed until back up arrives-"
Thomas cut him off by turning his earpiece off.
"Well, that took some guts." The girl said.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Sir, yes sir." Goamon said.
"Wait, we need to be careful. This guy's filled with an explosive juice that'll blow this whole place up." Daisuke said catching the male's arm as he looked over to me.
"So let's take him to the air." Dorugamon said.
Thomas and Daisuke smiled at him for that.
"DNA: CHARGE!" Thomas said as his hand glowed with blue data and he placed it into his digivice.
"Goamon digivolve to…GOAGAMON!"
The dog used his Spiral Blow to send Citramon up in the air, then Goagamon and Dorugamon both went in for the final blow and the orange digimon exploded into orange and green lights in the sky.
Daisuke cheered and threw her arms around Thomas in excitement at the sight and the win as the boy blushed from the show of affection, the lights from the bombs and fireworks going off at the same time.
"That's our boys." she said.
Dorugamon flew over to us with the digi egg in his arms.
"Let's go check on Kristy and Miss Sarah." He said as Daisuke let go of Thomas and kissed her dragon's nose.
After everything settled down, the digimon were back in their digivices as Thomas and Daisuke walked back to find Kristy and Sarah as the girl held the white and red egg.
"Thomas, Dai! Here!" Kristy called as they saw the police still around and there was even police tape around the area.
"Sorry, I tried but I guess I can't make all of Kristy's birthday wishes come true." Thomas said.
"Oh, Thomas, what're you talking about, silly? Your birthday plans today were magnificent." Sarah said making him look at her confused.
"Thomas, Thomas." Kristy called making him kneel down in front of her.
"Yes, Kristy?" he asked.
"Thank you. Those fireworks were the best ever and so are you." Kristy said as she then kissed his cheek and made him blush.
Sarah and Daisuke chuckled softly as Thomas touched his cheek after Kristy pulled away.
"I'm getting kind of hungry again." Kristy said.
"Well, I could eat." Sarah said.
"Kicking butt always gets me hungry." Daisuke said.
"Really? There's a French restaurant I know that-"Thomas was stopped by Sarah placing a finger on his lips to stop him.
"I have a better idea. I want to thank you for all you've done. How would you like me to make you a home cooked meal?" she asked.
"Sure, sounds great." The blushing blonde smiled.
(Later at the Damon home…)
Marcus, Agumon, Yoshi and Lalamon were already at the house waiting on the last members to arrive so that they could have dinner, cake and Kristy could open the presents she had gotten.
She blew out the 8 candles on her strawberry short cake and everyone let lose the streamers that were in a small cup thing they had got at a dollar store.
"Happy birthday. Many happy returns." Everyone said with the digimon out.
"Here's a little something Lalamon and I picked out together." Yoshi said as she held a wrapped present that was yellow with a red ribbon.
"I would have helped wrap it too, but I don't have hands." Lalamon said.
"Thanks a lot." Kristy said as she accepted the gift.
"Kristy, I'm really sorry I was late. I hope I didn't ruin your birthday by breaking my promise to spend time with you today." Marcus said with a sheepish smile as Agumon ate all of the fried eggs while his partner wasn't looking.
"Mm-mm. you didn't ruin it, we had lots of fun. Right, didn't we, Thomas?" the girl asked with a bright smile to the blonde.
"Yeah." He blinked his blue eyes with a blush while Daisuke and Sarah giggled.
"Really? That's good to hear." Marcus said in surprise, but then glared as he saw Agumon going for the last fried egg and grabbed his paw.
"Hey, you hog, you ate my eggs!" he yelled.
"Oh, were those your eggs?" Agumon asked.
They then watched with wide eyes as Thomas reached over with his chopsticks to take the last fried egg and popped in into his mouth and chewed it with a thoughtful look on his face before he swallowed.
"Ah, so good." He sighed making Daisuke and Dorugamon laugh.
"Hey, no fair, Thomas! You took advantage of my temporary confusion." Marcus accused.
"Confusion is never temporary with you, Marcus." Thomas said.
"Oh, that does it. No desert for you!" Marcus yelled.
"Marcus, stop, you're embarrassing me!" Kristy whined.
Everyone then started laughing as they went about enjoying their night.
To be continued…