Hello everyone! 8D Time for the party chapter, hooray!

But first. There is some urgent business we must attend to.

Thank you to Depthmon, Khajmer, mcr-rules089, Oversized Bucket, blessed-with-a-curse, The Illustionest, Iris Violetta, and Savi2070. You guys are so cool. ;3

Specific questions/whatever in your reviews!:

Khajmer: Hehe, you caught that, huh? I did that as a kind of ironic thingy. Thinking back on it, I probably shouldn't have done that seeing as I'm trying to stick to their characters sans Digital World. But it's not like Cody saw Ken in any acts of evil or whatever, so... yeah. x3

Oversized Bucket: No, Yolei isn't going... She just likes to tell everyone that she was "invited" (meaning she could have forced Davis, her slave, to invite her if she wanted to). And yes, there will be two party chapters in a row, then it'll break off and go to Cody's house, then back... There will also be some more stuff that night that doesn't take place at Kyo's or Cody's house... Hehe... Anyway, I hope you like the first party chapter!

blessed-with-a-curse: Haha, Cody has SUCH a schoolgirl crush on Ken. Guess he and Yolei will have to fight over him... But yeah, Yolei is really obvious. Ken is a genius except when it comes to seeing that girls like him.

Iris Violetta: Yay! I hope you like this chapter, which mentions (I went back to check xD) four of the original Digidestined - not including TK and Kari, of course. Two of those four are actually in it, and they won't be in the party much because of...erm...something I can't give away yet. But they'll be coming back in soon! Sora and Izzy still have to make their first appearances.

Savi2070: Aw, thanks. ;3 I'm glad you're addicted! Muahaha... xD That makes me feel special, especially since you're not even into Digimon fanfics... Yay I feel loved!

If you couldn't tell, the edit slash preview window thing isn't letting me bold, underline, or italicize. So um yeah. And I was too dumb to type this in Word. And too lazy to go back now. Sorry if it's ugly. xD

To catch you up: Cody was having another awkward freshman-but-really-much-younger-and-even-shorter moment, and his grandfather and mother decided to torture him by forcing him to invite Ken over for a sleepover. Cody stressed over this the whole day, but when Seminar Groups got out and it was time to go home, Cody finally got the courage to ask Ken over! Ken accepted in his non-awkward manner, of course. And while Cody and Ken are at the former's house, and Yolei is hanging out with her best friends Saku and Aya, Kyo will be throwing one of his infamous parties... Attended, of course, by such glamorous characters as the well-loved soccer captain Taichi Kamiya and the legendary musician Yamato Ishida; their (respective) siblings the goody-two-shoes Hikari Kamiya and the mysterious New Student Takeru Takaishi; the-guys'-best-friend tennis star Sora Takenouchi and her best friend and polar opposite, the pink-wearing queen of the school, Mimi Tachikawa; the Mimi-wannabe Miku, who already has a worse reputation as a freshman than her senior idol, and her easygoing best friend Kaoru; ummm some random soccer people; others; etc; etc.

That was incredibly long. o-o;

Here we go!

:: twenty-four : party time : davis ::

PARTY TIME!

We all met up at the Kamiya apartment after we'd changed for the party. I was the first one there (besides Kari's friends, who were getting ready with her, and Tai) and Kari answered the door, still in her school uniform.

I glanced at it, and she said, "I'm still trying to decide what to wear!"

"Oh, okay," I said. "Hey, I brought these for you!" I handed her a small box of chocolates that I'd picked up on the way there.

"Wow, thanks!" she said with a big smile. "Kaoru and Miku and I love these. You must know that from when you and Miku went out, right? What a good memory, and you're so thoughtful!"

Damn. She didn't realize they were just for her? Oh well, maybe she did and she just wanted to… share. She was nice like that. I sat in their living room with Tai as the girls got ready in Kari and Tai's room. Tai wore his soccer jacket from last year over a red T-shirt and baggy blue jeans. I grinned to see I was wearing almost the exact same thing, but I didn't have a jacket and my shirt was blue. Tai and I talked about soccer until the doorbell rang. It was Yamato and TK. Yamato wore black jeans, a black leather jacket, and a navy blue shirt. TK was wearing a long-sleeved green shirt and a black jacket over it, as well as black jeans. It looked like Yamato had helped dress TK.

"Hey, guys!" Tai greeted them. "The girls are still getting ready, but you know how girls are. I bet Sora is gonna be so late to the party."

"Sora's not the kind of girl who's obsessed with her appearance," Yamato said dubiously.

"I know! But she's coming with Mimi." They both laughed.

"Dude, are you gonna make your move on Miku tonight?" I whispered to TK, who sat down next to me. I knew how thin the walls were in these apartments.

He shrugged. "I dunno. I haven't known her that long yet… Shouldn't I get to know her better before I do?" He glanced to Yamato, as if he'd told TK that he should.

I shook my head. "Nah, with Miku you gotta move fast. Before she gets bored and moves onto someone else!" I laughed. "That's what she did with me. I don't care anymore, though. I'm glad."

"Really?" he asked, like he couldn't believe anyone could be glad they weren't with Miku. "Why?"

I shrugged, smiling. "She's just not the girl for me, that's all."

"Well, I guess I'm glad she's not with you anymore too," TK laughed and stopped talking so quietly. "So how far is Kyo's house?"

"Dude, here's the thing, it's pretty damn far. There's no way to take the subway there either. I wanted to drive but the only guys who can drive are Tai and Yamato, and they're definitely not the designated driver type, you know?"

"Yeah… I didn't think my brother was. How long does it take to walk?" TK asked.

I shrugged. "Maybe like a half an hour. It's actually a short distance, but it's all uphill, which is fucking annoying."

"Are they ready yet?" Yamato asked. "What's taking them so long?"

"What, worried that some other guy's gonna hit on Sora?" Tai teased. I knew he and Yamato had this whole love triangle shit with Sora. She was cool, but if I had to go for any senior it would be her best friend Mimi. Nowshe's hot. Not that I'd go for her over Kari, though.

"It's not effortless being gorgeous!" Miku called back from Kari's room. "It takes awhile, Matty! But we're done!" She opened the door and stepped out. "No oogling, please."

Miku, as usual, was dressed in some tiny tight thing. Her tank top was striped with purple and black and cut off somewhere before her belly button. She wore a black skirt that looked impossible to walk in and purple heels that looked just as difficult. She stood with a confident smile.

"Okay, okay," I said, eager to see Kari. "Can you move or something? You're blocking the door."

She looked annoyed. "You know I'm hot, Davis. Don't deny it." But she moved away to go near TK so Kari and Kaoru could get out, too. They were wearing much less trashy clothes. Kaoru had on jeans and a light blue tanktop that actually covered her stomach (unlike Miku's). She was cute, but Kari… she looked the best of all three by far.

Kari wore a tight, light pink tank top and a black skirt that fell to about her knees. Over her shirt was a black jacket. Okay, so her outfit was nothing special, but she still looked really pretty. She wore a black choker around her neck that had a light pink star-shaped stone on it. Miku had evidently done her makeup and hair: I dunno what she did to her eyes, but they stood out a lot more. And she must have been wearing lipstick or something. Her shoulder length brown hair was usually very straight, but now it was wavy. How had Miku done that all so fast?

"Finally," Yamato said. "Let's go." I noticed that TK was the only one actually checking Miku out. I wasn't sure if that made her annoyed, because she loves to be the center of attention. I really didn't care, and drifted over to Kari.

"I found something," she said, giggling.

"You look great," I said. "Really, really… uh, great…"

"Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself!"

Did that mean she thought I was hot? Did that mean she liked me? Whatever, she'd just complimented me! Yes! I was going to stay next to her the whole time at the party. It was gonna be awesome. Fucking awesome.

-x-

Once we got there, both Tai and Yamato left to find Sora. Miku led TK to go sit on the couch with her and talk. So me and Kari and Kaoru were all together, which was annoying. How was I supposed to get Kari all to myself? It was kind of hard to flirt with her when Kaoru was there the whole time.

I told them I'd be right back, then went through the huge house, looking for someone who could help. I found Nao, basically my lifesaver. "Hey, Nao! Dude, I totally forgot you had a crush on Kaoru."

He glanced around. "Not so loud, Davis!" Nao was kinda shy for being so popular. He was even blushing and shit.

"Well, she's here… The thing is, I'm trying to get some quality alone time with Kari, you know? And Kaoru's kind of there too… So it's like this total win-win situation if you, like, come up and ask if she wants a tour of the house, or something. Only don't do the whole 'this is the bedroom and my feet are kinda tired so let's sit down on the bed and later make out' thing, okay?"

"That's your thing anyway," Nao said. "Sure, let's go!" He looked excited. Once he asked Kaoru if she wanted to see Kyo's house, she looked excited too. She sent Kari a wide-eyed smile and went off with Nao.

"Ahh, young love," I said with a grin. "Do you want a drink or something?"

Kari was watching someone over my shoulder. I looked behind me to see she was staring at TK and Miku. They were sitting pretty close together, and Miku's hand rested on TK's arm. She was going into make-a-move-mode now. I vaguely remembered it, though I didn't want to. These days, Miku was like puke and Kari was like… anti-puke. Or something.

"Kari? Do you?" I wondered why she was so obsessed with what they were doing.

"Huh? Sorry, Davis."

"Do you want a drink?"

"Oh, yeah." She still looked distracted. "Let's go… get one."

"Okay! I'll show you the kitchen!" I took her into the kitchen and showed her all the drinks in Kyo's huge fridge. It's pretty amazing… One wall of his kitchen is like a supermarket or something. It's all clear fridges. Kari was impressed.

"What do you recommend?" she asked.

"Well, I dunno. Are you the alcohol type?" I grinned.

She stared at me, like she'd thought this party was going to have balloon animals and party bags instead of alcohol. "Guess not," I said.

"No," she said quickly. "Tonight I might be."

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"I guess," she said. "I just…" She thought for a moment. "I really like TK."

"Wh-what?" I asked. Was she seriously confessing her love or whatever for TK? "You like him?" I sputtered. I couldn't believe it! What about me???

"Oh! As a friend!" she said quickly. "Um, yeah. And Miku is always so mean to guys she hooks up with, you know? I just don't want TK getting hurt."

Relieved, I nodded. "Yeah, she is a bitch like that. I mean, to guys sometimes. But what can you do about it? He likes her, and it seems like she likes him."

She looked down. "Yeah, I know. I can't do anything." She looked in the fridge. "If I were to be an alcohol type, what would you recommend?"

"Kyo doesn't have any fancy drinks or nothing like that. I think they're doing shots downstairs, in the room with the pool table. The billiard room? Anyway, you can't go wrong with good old beer," I said with a grin. She'd probably never had alcohol before, but she was in high school now. That was probably old enough. I mean, I'd had it before I was in high school. And Kari seemed worried about TK getting hurt by Miku, so drinking would loosen her up and we could have fun.

"Sounds good!" she said. I opened the fridge and got two beers. Luckily, Kyo had twist-offs and none of the fancy bottle cap kinds, so we opened them easily. I clinked my bottle together with Kari's. "To us!" I said as a dumb little toast.

"Uh, yeah!" she said, then drank from the bottle. After swallowing it, she made a face. "Not as sweet as I thought it would be."

"Hey, you want a sweeter drink? I can make you one!" I pulled a bottle of vodka out of the freezer section of the giant fridge, then got some orange juice from the fridge. "This is called a screwdriver," I said as Kari watched me mix the two liquids. I think I probably put in too much vodka, cause when she tasted it, she made another face.

"This is good," she said, surprising me. "A tiny bit bitter, but still good. You wanna go back to the living room area? I kind of want to sit down."

"Sure!" I led her back in there and we sat down on one of Kyo's many couches. "You know, I didn't want to say it in front of the others, but you look beautiful tonight!"

But she was watching TK and Miku instead. The smile fell off my face. Why was she so worried about TK? He could take care of himself. It wasn't like he wasn't into Miku. She wasn't about to rape him or anything! Why couldn't she pay attention to me?

"Um, Kari?" I asked. Had she even heard what I'd said?

"Sorry, what?" she asked. Then she drank the rest of her screwdriver in one gulp. I stared at her, smiling. Guess she liked it!

"I said you look beautiful tonight," I told her.

"Oh, thanks!" she said. "You're sweet, Davis…"

"Want another one?" I asked, pointing at her empty glass.

She smiled at me and gave me the glass. "So sweet."

Yes! Things were going great!

-x-

Were they, Davis, really?

Umm anyway. Kari's chapter is next! Let me know what you think of this chapter in your REVIEWS, please! Reviews, of course, are greatly loved and/or appreciated. Yay!