Me: As usual, I don't own Digimon, blah, blah, blah. Davis, would you care to read the summary for this chapter?
Davis: (sniffs) I'm not speaking to you!
Me: (rolls eyes) He's upset because of the ending to Chapter IV. Tai?
Tai: Sure. (reads) "Matt tries to figure out a way to apologize to Mimi without sounding like a total spaz. Yolei tells Tai and Sora what happened between Davis, Kari and T.K. and they decide to step in and help out. As for Izzy and Joe-they're still in the computer store." Are we gonna see Izzy and Joe again?
Me: You know Izzy better than I do.
Tai: Right. I'd better send out a search party.
Digimon
Trip to America
Chapter V-Decisions, decisions, decisions!
"…And that's what happened." Concluded Yolei calmly as she eyed Tai and Sora with a worried look in her eyes.
"Poor Davis. He gave up a chance at love to make Kari happy." replied Sora sadly.
"Maybe not! It's time for us to help him out." declared Tai heatedly.
"And how do you plan to do that? You've spent almost all your resources on getting Matt and Mimi together." explained Agumon.
"Matt can handle himself from here on out. I'll talk to Davis and Sora can do…whatever it is girls do-with Kari."
Sora eyed Tai with a half-frown.
"What exactly do you mean 'whatever it is girls do,' Tai?"
Tai instantly sweat-dropped. "Not like that! I meant as in…uhh…"
"Yes?"
Tai pulled Sora into a kiss. That seemed to be the only way to calm her down-from Tai's point of view.
"I'm gonna leave before I throw up on your bed, Sora. See you later."
Sora waved in response to Yolei's departure.
"OK, Matt. You've apologized to girls before. This can't be any different, right? Of course not! This is MIMI we're talking about here! Wait-what if she doesn't talk to me? What if she has me thrown out? What if-"
"What if the sky fell on top of us? Calm down, Matt!" insists Gabumon from inside Matt's guitar case.
"I can't, Gabumon! I've never been so worried about what a girl's going to say to me before! And-when did you get in there?"
"Around the time Mimi threw that spaghetti sauce on you and left."
Matt groaned. That's why that thing had been heavy to move!
"If Mimi cares about you the same way as you, then she'll understand your apology." Remarked Gabumon calmly.
Matt smiled. "You're right, Gabumon! And I know just how to do it."
"Hey, Davis. You feeling OK?" Tai asked calmly as he appeared in Davis' room with light lipstick over his cheeks.
"I should ask you that question. How come you have lipstick-oh. You've been with Sora, haven't you?" remarked Davis with a small smile.
Tai blushed and tried in vain to rid himself of the lipstick. "This isn't about me and Sora! It's about you and Kari. Why would you give up so quickly after you'd admitted your feelings to her?" he asked.
"'Cause I saw she was torn between me and T.A.! There's no way she could've made a choice between him and me right then, so I backed down. Guess I chickened out, huh?"
Tai smiled. "That was a brave decision you made, Davis. What made you do that?"
"T.K.'s known her longer than I have. I didn't meet Kari 'til I was 10! 9, actually. But I always imagined that we'd get married some day and you could be my best man."
"It doesn't matter who's known who longer. The truth of the matter is this-you've got to fight for what you want. Although in Kari's case, fighting might not be the brightest idea."
"You mean I should take a chance, kiss the one I love and be damned with the consequences?" asked Davis in amazement.
"Something like that."
"I can't believe I had you drag me to some computer store when I could be outside-"
"Standing in the rain getting soaked instead of being inside, where it's safe and warm? You're welcome." declared Izzy calmly, oblivious to Joe's earlier fits of anger. "Now, let's go find someplace to eat.
"Finally! I'm starved. I'll have a steak, without the sirloin." Tentomon said.
"We're not going to have steak. We're going Italian and getting spaghetti-that is, after I finish loading this uplink on my computer."
Joe, Tentomon and Gomamon grabbed Izzy-and his computer-and dragged him out of the store.
"WAIT! I WASN'T FINISHED DOWNLOADING YET!"
Mimi had finally cleaned all the spaghetti out of her hair when the phone rang. Already upset at Matt and hurt by his earlier reactions, she decided not to answer it. Moments later, the machine picked it up.
"Hey, Mimi. It's me. I know you're still mad at me, otherwise I'd be talking to you. So, here goes: I love you. I love every inch of you, from your pink hair down to those shoes you're wearing right now. I know I don't deserve a chance at love after everything that's happened to me, but if you're willing to go out tomorrow around 2:00 at wherever you want to go, that's fine with me. I've gotta go." (click; beep)
"Hey, Kari. Is something wrong?"
"Hmm? Oh, hi Sora. Kind of. I'm confused."
"About what?" Sora gave Kari her full attention.
"Well…Davis admitted that he loved me since we met, but T.K. burst in on us and told me that he loved me too. Then Davis said that if his future lied with me, he'd wish us luck and left. Later, when T.K. and I came to talk to him, we found him crying in Yolei's arms. I don't know what to do!" cried Kari worriedly.
"Calm down. When I had to make a decision between Tai and Matt, I weighed the pros and cons of both of them. I asked myself which one made me feel special whenever I was around them. I also asked myself which one had saved me on numerous occasions." explained Sora.
"Obviously, you chose Tai!" laughed Kari.
"Right. I realized that what I had with Matt was a wanting to belong-when one special boy already belonged to me-just like I belong with him. Just figure out which one would make you happier." That said, Sora got up and left.
"Hmm." Kari got up and picked up a piece of paper and wrote on it:
"How I feel around Davis." On the other side, she wrote, "How I feel around T.K."
Smiling to herself, Kari started writing.
Chapter VI-Kari's Decision up soon! R&R! Flames aren't permitted. Don't like, don't read.