Part 2: Invitations!
Sora ran up the steps to the Yagami's apartment. Tai saw Sora and gladly opened the door for her.
"You just couldn't wait to see me," Taichi beamed.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Sora said rushed, walking into the apartment. "Did you get a letter from Mimi-chan?"
"Oh, yeah, I got an email from her just a while ago. Why are you so hyped up?"
"Tai, we only have one day to get ready!!"
"It's a costume party, how much getting ready can one person take for a costume party?"
"Well, I don't have a costume and everyone is supposed to wear a mask; but it isn't really necessary."
"I'm not worried about it at all. I'll come up with something." He then thought for a moment. "Maybe I'll dress up as Frankenstein and then you can dress as my beautiful wife." He then gave out a spooky laugh.
"I don't think so," Sora laughed.
"Well then, what do you want to go as?"
"Beauty and the Beast."
"Uh-uh," Taichi shook his head. "I'm too handsome to dress as a beast."
"So I see," Sora smiled while hugging on the taller boy.
The two then started to kiss, but was soon interrupted by Kari who had returned home.
"Oh guys, please," the girl groaned while shutting the front door. "Give it a rest."
The two broke it and said "hi"
"Did you get an invite to Mimi's party on Saturday night?"
The two nodded.
"Same here. I'm just trying to think of what to dress as."
"How about a light bulb since you can glow," Taichi joked, wearing the same goofy look he always wore after he said something, well, goofy.
Kari punched Tai in the arm and headed to her room.
"That was mean, Tai."
"She knows I'm only kidding around," Taichi assured his acquaintance. "Now you go think about what we're going to wear for Saturday. My mind is really a blank."
"I wonder why she waited so late to invite us and why she wants a costume party. Halloween isn't for months."
The boy shrugged.
"Well, Mimi already told us about the entertainment."
"I wonder how Matt took the news," Taichi laughed.
****
Right after Matt's band practice...
"Hey, Yamato," Takashi called, "there's a letter here and it's addressed to you."
"Cool," Yamato said as he put down his guitar to look over the letter. "Hey guys, it's an invitation to a costume party and we're all invited!"
"Who is the invite from," Takashi asked as he packed up some equipment.
"It's from my old friend, Mimi. She's back in town and is throwing a party." He then read the rest of the invitation. "WHAT!! YAMATO AND THE TEENAGE WOLVES WILL BE PERFORMING!!"
"What?" Yutaka questioned.
"Talk about unfair," Akira muttered. "I know your friend is cute, and how I would do anything for her, but still…" the boy shook his head.
"Well guys…wanna play?" Yamato asked, folding up the invitation.
"It's not like we have much of a choice," Yutaka pointed out.
"She drafted us!" Akira complained.
"I think it would be nice to perform for her party," Takashi responded quietly.
"Yeah, I suppose," Yamato agreed. "We just have to come up with costumes."
"I already have the perfect theme since it's a costume party!" Yutaka beamed. "Let's dress as Teenage Werewolves!"
"Right on!!" Akira said, giving Yutaka a high 5. "Not a bad idea."
"We should figure out what pieces we are going to play and worry about the costumes later," Takashi informed them.
"I agree." Yamato then sighed a bit. "Boy do we have a lot
of work to do."
****
"He probably took it okay," Taichi concluded.
"Well, back to brainstorming on costume ideas…"
****
Same day, only late in the evening...
Jou was at Izzy's, getting help with a computer assignment. They were also talking about Mimi's party.
"Yeah, I got an invite too," Koushirou said as he typed something up on his computer, "but I don't know about going."
"It isn't often that we get to see Mimi. Why don't you want to go?" Jou asked, seated comfortably in the other computer chair beside his younger friend. "It's not like you have anything else better to do on a Saturday night, and it won't have any effect with school since it's being thrown Saturday night and not during the day when we're in school."
"I know, it's just not going to be right," the computer genius sighed.
"What do you mean?"
"Remember those emails I told you about?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, this 'secret admirer' of mine started talking about Mimi's party in the most recent one, meaning that this girl isn't just some crazed online girl who 'claims' to know me. She really does know me and she's going to be at that party! The strange thing is that she told me about the party before I got my invite from Mimi."
"Wow!!"
"She wants to meet me Saturday night."
"Cool, I wish I had a girl problem like that."
Koushirou frowned slightly.
"What is the problem? I would call that lucky! I wish I knew a girl that was interested in me like that!"
"I guess I'm just a bit nervous. I don't know what to say or what to do or anything. I have no experience when it comes to girls," he responded shortly. He then asked, "Besides, what would Miyako think?"
"I'm the last person you should get advice from since I'm just as inexperienced with girls as you, but I feel that you should go and see who this girl is before you make any judgment on her, and what about Miyako?"
"She might not like me going with another girl," he responded uneasily. "I'm sure she was invited, what would she say if she saw me?"
"You worry about her too much," Jou noted. "I've always noticed that about you. Anyway, it's not like the two of you are romantically involved with one another, so it shouldn't matter."
"Well, um, she's my friend, so why wouldn't I? She-she's such a nice girl, and-and I wouldn't want to, um, upset her or-or something."
"If you say so," Jou smirked knowingly at his young friend, who was now scarlet and sweating immensely. He then looked down at his watch. "Well, I have to get going. Thanks for the help." He then laughed a bit. "It's hard to believe that most of my friends at my school can't get this stuff and then they think I'm crazy because I ask a Junior High kid to help me with it. When it comes to good grades, I don't care who I go to for help, even if it is someone younger than me."
"Well, whenever you need any more help, just ask," Koushirou offered. "I will always be here to help assist you with your computer work."
"Of course," Jou nodded. "Thanks again."
The blue-haired boy walked out of the room to go home. Izzy sat
in front of his computer and realized he had an email. He opened
it and read it...
~*~*~*~
Hi there, Koushirou,
I hope you're ready for Mimi's party on Saturday!! I sure am and I can't wait to meet you face to face!! Well, that's an understatement since I've known you for a long time. I really love all of your computer skills and everything. I also love how you say, "Prodigious"...
I really want to meet up with you, Izzy. I'm ready to face you. Will you meet with me? I think it would be nice if we met each other. I would stay on longer, but I have to go.
~Your Secret Admirer~
~*~*~*~
"This person must be a genius," Koushirou mumbled inwardly.
"I have been receiving emails like this for weeks from my 'secret admirer,'
and I am unable to trace this email back to the original sender.
She must be really smart to put up a firewall like that!
"I guess she isn't ready for me to know of her identity yet, but should I meet her or shouldn't I? Well, I don't feel that she's dangerous because she obviously knows Mimi since she was invited to the party and Mimi wouldn't invite crazy people to her party."
He sighed.
"But what about Miyako? Why do I feel as if I am deceiving her?"
Izzy then thought about Jou's attempted advice.
"Hmm, maybe I should go. Mimi would probably be disappointed if I didn't show up."
Right at that moment, he noticed he had an instant message from a PinkPrincess89.
Chat Mode On>
ComputerGenius89: Hey Mimi...
PinkPrincess89: Hey Izzy! How are you!
ComputerGenius89: I'm fine. I never noticed you used an '89 in your name too.
PinkPrincess89: u sure are unobservant. lol It's my year of birth, silly.
ComputerGenius89: Weird how we both thought of using that. So, what's new?
PinkPrincess89: Just wondering if you're still coming to my party on Saturday.
ComputerGenius89: Well...um...
PinkPrincess89: Izzy, don't you dare think about not coming!! I know you when it comes to parties!! If you don't come, I'll never speak to you again!!
ComputerGenius89: ^^' Okay, I'll come!! The thought hadn't even crossed my mind...
PinkPrincess89: ^_^
ComputerGenius89: How come you want to have a costume party?
PinkPrincess89: No reason. ^_^ I just thought it would be fun.
ComputerGenius89: I don't know about this "costume" thing...
PinkPrincesss89: I already knew you were going to have trouble picking out a costume, so I wanted to help you pick one out.
ComputerGenius89: Okay, but when can you get the time to do it?
PinkPrincess89: Tomorrow of course!! ^_^
ComputerGenius89: Okay...how about tomorrow after I get out of school?
PinkPrincess89: Can we meet sometime earlier?
ComputerGenius89: I don't know. If I didn't have school tomorrow, it would be no problem.
PinkPrincess89: Wait!!! What about lunch!!
ComputerGenius89: I guess I could. I have an hour lunchbreak.
Chat Mode Off>
"I guess that means no lunch with Miyako tomorrow," Koushirou stated somberly.
Chat Mode On>
PinkPrincess89: Great!! Daddy actually has a limo for me, so I could pick you up at your lunch break! Riding in a limo is going to be so much fun since I've never really done it before. He says I only turn 16 once! Anyway, what time is your break?
ComputerGenius89: 1:00 pm.
PinkPrincess89: Sugoi!! I'll come by your school at 12:50 and we'll go and find you a nice costume for my party! lol
ComputerGenius89: You sure are psyched about this party.
PinkPrincess89: Of course!! I'm expecting a lot of things to happen! ^_^
ComputerGenius89: ???
PinkPrincess89: Never mind. ^^
ComputerGenius89: Hey, remember a while ago I mentioned getting some emails from a secret admirer?
PinkPrincess89: Yeah. What about it?
ComputerGenius89: Well, this girl claims that she was invited to your party. Do you know of anyone that could've sent it?
PinkPrincess89: Sorry, can't help you there. I invited a lot of people and Michael did too. It could be almost anyone. Are you going to meet up with her?
ComputerGenius89: That's just the thing. I'm not so sure if I should. What would Miyako think?
PinkPrincess89: I'm sure she wouldn't mind. It's a party and you're going to have fun. Why not meet her? She's probably nice.
ComputerGenius89: I guess...
PinkPrincess89: That means we'll have to make the best of our limited time to get you the best costume ever!!
ComputerGenius89: x_x
PinkPrincess89: Hahaha, very funny Izumi. :~p Well, I have to get going now. Michael's back!! See ya tomorrow at 1:00!!
ComputerGenius89: Alright...bye...
:PinkPrincess89 has now logged off:
Chat Mode Off>
"I guess I'll just take Mimi's advice and just go and meet this person. What can it hurt? Miyako wouldn't mind…would she? Man, I hope not! It'll ruin my chances with her, not that she knows I'm alive or anything, but like Mimi said 'it's a party.' We're supposed to have fun, not worry…"
The young redhead shutdown his computer for the night and went on to bed...debating on whether or not he should meet this "mystery girl" that seemed to know a lot about him...
