Luckily for Henry and Lopmon, neither of his parents were home yet, so he was able to get inside, hide the present inside his room and leave without being held up. He knew that trying to wrap the present while he was there was only going to invite more problems, so he decided to do it once he got back from the grocery store.

So, as he and Lopmon began making their way back to the park, Henry pulled out his cell phone and dialed Takato's number, doing as he promised and letting Takato know once he was done gift shopping.

"Hello?"

"Hey Takato, it's me. Just calling to let you know I'm heading back to the park to pick up Suzie."

"Oh, good. That's great."

Henry was about to hang up when he noticed the tone of Takato's voice.

"Is something up, Takato? You seem a little distracted."

It was then that he heard a strangled yell coming from the other end of the line. At first Henry was worried that it might have been Suzie, but then he realized that voice was much too nasally to be his sister.

"I'd better go, Henry." said Takato quickly.

Before Henry could try to get some answers out of Takato, the line immediately went dead, signaling that Takato had ended the call. Caught off guard, Henry stood there for a moment, staring at his open phone in shock, before finally shaking his head to clear his thoughts.

"Come on, Lopmon. I think we might need to save Terriermon from my sister."

Although Lopmon looked a little curious as she wondered what was going on, she willingly hopped down from Henry's shoulder and allowed him to carry her so that he could pick up speed and get to the park quicker.


When he finally managed to reach the park and find where Takato was, his jaw nearly dropped when he took in the sight in front of him.

Takato was busy trying to coax Suzie down from the monkey bars, where she had Terriermon within her grasp so that the Digimon couldn't escape. The surprising thing, though, was that Terriermon had a frilly pink dress and a tiara on, and he looked none too happy as he sat there.

Guilmon, meanwhile, somehow managed to get his head stuck inside one of the holes on the side of the dome, and he was currently desperately trying to pull himself out. Apparently Guilmon must have tried to climb up to help Takato out, but slipped.

After a few more seconds of taking in the scene in front of him, Henry decided that he needed to take action, so he walked towards Takato.

"Need some help?"

Takato nearly jumped, not expecting Henry to be right behind him. Thankfully, Henry didn't look too annoyed, so Takato relayed everything that happened.

"Everything was alright at first after you left. Both Suzie and Terriermon were being pretty pleasant, so I was hoping that things would stay smooth so that I wouldn't have to worry about more than just keeping an eye on her."

"So…I'm guessing that didn't happen?"

Takato shook his head, which didn't surprise Henry.

"I don't know where Suzie was carrying it, but she pulled out that dress that Terriermon's wearing right now, and he flipped! I tried to convince him to play along, but he was having none of it. Suzie ended up grabbing Terriermon and now they're up there playing prom."

Takato glanced towards Suzie for a moment before leaning over towards Henry, whispering into his ear.

"I'm pretty sure she's not doing it right, though."

Henry chose to ignore Takato's comment. Before he could say anything else, though, he was interrupted by Guilmon.

"Takato, help me! I'm stuck!"

Henry shook his head, wondering what kind of mess he's gotten himself into, before finally taking charge.

"Alright Takato, you go help get Guilmon unstuck. I'll try and get Suzie down."

Takato nodded before rushing over towards Guilmon, pulling as he tried to direct Guilmon to position his head so that it could slip out easier.

As for Henry, he walked up to the jungle gym, intending to talk Suzie down from her perch. He considered attempting to climb up after her, but then he figured that would only cause more problems, so he remained standing at the bottom.

"Hey, Suzie? Would you mind explaining to your brother what you're doing up there?"

Henry immediately winced, not liking how he said that last sentence, but thankfully Suzie didn't notice.

"Henwy, you're back! Terriewmon was being a naughty little king, so I had to show him how royalty is supposed to behave."

Henry looked down at Terriermon, who was now struggling, trying to get out of Suzie's grasp, but she held on tight. He knew that trying to convince her to release Terriermon wasn't going to work, considering she was pretty stubborn for a seven-year old, so Henry went with the only option he could think of, as he turned towards Lopmon.

"Lopmon, I think you should probably get back to Suzie before things get hairy."

Lopmon nodded, and hopped up the monkey bars, balancing on the top bar as she stood in front of Suzie.

"Suzie? I'm back, see? You can let go of Terriermon now."

Although she was a little hesitant after seeing what Terriermon was going through, she willingly presented herself to Suzie, who quickly released Terriermon.

As Terriermon ran as fast as humanly possible towards Henry, Suzie opened her arms, quickly standing up as she went to grab Lopmon. However, considering the fact that she was now only standing on one thin bar, she was immediately thrown off balance, and she began swaying wildly.

Thankfully, Henry noticed, and he quickly made his way up the jungle gym, barely managing to catch her just as she fell.

"That was close. Are you alright, Suzie?" asked Henry as he looked down at his sister.

Henry had a handful of her vest inside his fist, so it was difficult for her to be able to fully turn around, but she was able to turn her head and give Henry a smile.

"I'm fine. I just slipped a bit."

Henry sighed, relieved that nothing wrong happened. Thankfully, there wasn't that much distance between him and the ground, so he was able to carefully set Suzie back down to Earth and climb down after her.

After brushing himself off, Henry turned towards Suzie, who by this point had grabbed Lopmon and was standing next to him, a pleasant look on her face.

"You ready to go, Suzie? I have to go do some grocery shopping for Mom, and I was hoping that you two would help me out. How does that sound?"

Suzie nodded eagerly, while Lopmon simply watched Henry, having already known that she was going to go with them.

Henry was about to leave, when he suddenly realized that Terriermon wasn't with him. After looking around for a moment, worried for what might have happened to his partner, he eventually managed to find Terriermon in a heap on the ground, the dress in a pile near him.

He was confused for a moment, wondering why Terriermon was down there, before he suddenly realized that he might have accidentally moved out of the way when Terriermon was attempting to jump on to him.

"Sorry, Terriermon. I didn't mean to move out of your way." he said as he scratched at the back of his head.

After a few seconds of sitting in the dirt, Terriermon finally managed to pick himself up off of the ground and brush himself off. Even though he still looked a little huffy, he didn't seem too annoyed with the way he landed.

"It's fine, Henry. I guess I should've waited a few seconds while you caught Suzie."

Relieved that his partner wasn't mad at him, Henry lowered his arm to allow Terriermon to climb up on to his shoulder.

Before he could make a move to leave, though, his eyes soon fell on the dress that Terriermon was originally wearing.

"Hey Suzie? Where did you find this dress? I don't seem to remember you packing any of your dresses from home this morning."

Suzie opened her mouth to answer, but before she could, the two of them heard a yell, followed by a loud thump. Looking over in the direction of the noise, Henry saw that Takato must have managed to free Guilmon. He couldn't help but laugh, though, as he saw the position they were currently in.

Takato was splayed out on the ground, looking relieved that he managed to get Guilmon free, but at the same time annoyed that he was currently being pinned on the ground by the same Digimon, who was currently staring at the others with a giddy smile on his muzzle.

"Guilmon, can you get off…please?" asked Takato, barely managing to keep himself collected.

Guilmon hadn't realized that anyone was under him, so when he looked down, he nearly jumped when he saw Takato looking up at him.

"Oops. Sorry, Takato."

Guilmon picked himself up, letting Takato get up as well. After brushing himself off, he turned towards Henry.

"I actually do remember Suzie mentioning after you left that she brought this dress from your house."

Henry, caught off guard when he realized that one of her dresses was now ruined, turned towards Suzie, expecting her to be upset. However, surprisingly, she looked pretty normal. Still, wanting to avoid any problems in the future, Henry went to pick up the dress, tucking it over his arm.

"We'll stop over at the laundromat and get this thing washed. Hopefully it'll still be useable."

Henry looked over at Suzie, hoping that his answer would satisfy her, which it apparently did, as she still had a smile on her face.

Satisfied, Henry turned towards Takato.

"Thanks again for the help looking after Suzie, Takato. I'll see you later!"

"Hey wait a second! Aren't you going to invite us to her party?" asked Takato, gesturing towards Guilmon as if to include him in the group.

Henry paused, having completely forgotten about that face. However, he soon remembered something important his parents told him a couple of days ago. Sighing, he turned towards Takato.

"I'd love to invite you and the others to the party, Takato, but my parents really wanted this to be a family-centered birthday party, so only my family can be there. Hey, maybe they might let you guys come next year!"

Despite Henry's attempt to look on the bright side, both Takato and Guilmon looked pretty disappointed, so Henry figured it was best to leave, considering they were already behind schedule.

"Sorry guys. You know how my parents are sometimes."

Henry paused before finally beginning to lead Suzie out of the park.

"See you guys later."

As Henry and Suzie made their way back to the shopping district, Henry looked back towards the park, wishing that the last part of his conversation with Takato went a little better. It was too late to change anything, though, so he resolved to make things up with the two of them, no matter what it took.