Chapter 5: The Farewell Party

Author's Note: This chapter happens at Joe's apartment, a day before TK and his mom leave for France. Ya know what that means? P-A-R-T-Y-T-I-M-E!!! Every Digidestined from Odiba was there (Ken lives there too now, 'coz he and his family moved. Don't ask when; they just did! Maybe I'll write a fan-fic about that some other time!), even Kari, who thought about not showing up. After a while, Kari finds it too painful to stay at the party so she fakes being sick and asks Tai to drive her home. But why does Kari do that? Find out in the next chapter! This chapter's written in Tai's POV, because it can't be in TK's 'coz he's not supposed to be there at the beginning when they're setting up the party, and Matt's distracting TK, so it can't be in his. Got it??? Good! This is the second and last chapter that's not in TK's or Kari's POV. BTW, I made Ken and Yolei wild party animals in this chapter. Their dancing, oh my gosh, can you just imagine that? Matt teaches Cody how to breakdance too. How cute is that? How does Matt know how to breakdance? He just does!

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Digimon but I don't. I don't have any ideas right now about how to change the first two seasons of Digimon…maybe next chapter, okay?

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TAI: Hey, Miss Wings, ya busy?
ME: (I look at my watch) Not really…although I do have to get ready for a party.
TAI: Speaking of party, you're gonna make sure Matt keeps TK out of the way for a while, right?
ME: Yeah, but I can only do so much!
TAI: What do you mean…?
ME: There's a price…I mean, TK said that if I told him what was going on, he'd give me a hundred bucks.
TAI: Wha!? *Okay, what price will she want me to pay?* (to me) Name it!
ME: (I smile) I dare you to moon everyone right now!
TAI: NO WAY! People could be out there right now!
ME: So? That's good! You're supposed to moon people! (I sigh) Okay, don't moon anyone…
TAI: (sighs in relief) Thanks!
ME: (I smile widely) What about stripping down to your undies???
TAI: NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! (runs away, screaming his head off)
ME: (I giggle) In the immortal words of Britney Spears…OOPS! I did it again! So, for those who want it, here's the fifth chapter of my story!

Always Hope And Light
by: Miss Wings Of Love

Chapter 5: The Farewell Party

I arrived at Joe's shortly after 2PM with Kari. She was still kinda preoccupied/confused but at least she agreed to have a little fun and join the party. When we got there, Izzy, Yolei and Ken were already there. Izzy had gathered everyone's partner Digimon with Yolei's D3 while she and Ken were doing something Sora and I would be doing…They were frenching in kitchen instead of taking care of the food. Kari and I helped Joe put up some decorations while Izzy kept the Digimon under control. Ken and Yolei were actually taking care of the food when I checked on them again.

"How's the food, you guys?" I asked the couple in the kitchen.

Yolei replied, "It's simply yummy!"

"Yeah, just fine!" Ken added.

"Is that the food or each other's lips?" Izzy wisecracked.

"Nice one, Iz!" I commented as we slapped fives.

I watched as Yolei and Ken both blushed like mad. Then I went back to the decorations.

"Hey, this would look nicer up there!" I said.

Kari sighed and rolled her eyes at me. She was still a little iffy about the party and my bossiness drives her nuts. Call it a two for one deal! I went over to the kitchen where Ken and Yolei tasted some of the food. I grabbed a chocolate covered rice cake and ate it.

"Hey, you guys, why don't come help us with decorations?" I asked them.

Yolei giggled as Ken whispered something in her ear. "Okay, in a sec!" she said.

At 2:30PM, Cody, Davis and Sora arrived. I went over to Sora and gave her a kiss, but Izzy interrupted us before I could actually french her.

"The Digimon are all here," he announced.

Each Digimon was reunited with their human partner except for Patomon and Gabumon. They were aware that TK and Matt would be coming later. Palmon was with Mimi in New York. Digimon and human alike, we all helped in getting Joe's place ready for a party.

I scanned the living room and found that Sora was at the stereo, putting a CD of Matt's band's music on.

"Hey," I said, "I didn't know you were into that kind of music."

She answered, "Sure I am!"

I grinned as I grabbed her and started to kiss her again.

"And I thought Ken and Yolei were bad when it comes to the kissing thing!" Joe remarked.

Sora pushed me away and started blushing like mad.

"Way to go, Joe!" I said, "Look what you did!"

"Nice one, Joe!" Izzy said, echoing my earlier comment. They couldn't slap fives though because Izzy was putting up some balloons at one end of the room while Joe was at the other end of the room, putting a bowl of chips on the coffee table.

At 3PM, all of us hid except for Joe. He waited for the doorbell to ring. While we were hiding in Joe's closet, Sora and I were frenching as well as Ken and Yolei. Well, the closet was dark and we couldn't see a thing but I could hear their whispering.

"Hmmm…" Yolei quietly said, "I never would have thought you'd be a good kisser, Ken!"

"You kiss better than the girl in my dreams!" Ken replied.

"Shh!!! You guys, what would your parents say?" I whispered to them as the doorbell rang, "Now, hush!"

Ken and Yolei stopped in time for us to hear Joe say, "Hey, you guys! What's up?"

We heard TK answer, "Oh, Matt drove me here 'coz I wanted to hang out with you before I left for France. I wanted to go earlier but he said that you were working, taking over someone's shift at the lab."

"Yeah, I just came home. I didn't even have time to turn on the lights!" Joe said with a nervous laugh.

They walked into the living room. TK flipped the light switch on and we popped out yelling, "SURPRISE!!!"

Patomon flew over to TK and landed on his head. "Come on, TK, it's party time!"

The party went on in full swing. The music was loud and people and Digimon started dancing. Veemon and Gatomon were being really cute, dancing together Hawkmon and Biyomon were dancing too. Armadillomon and the others were dancing by themselves. Ken and Yolei were doing amazing moves. Ken was grinding Yolei and Yolei was working her magic on Ken. I was with Sora of course; TK and Kari were together, cute as usual, while Matt was giving Izzy, Joe and Cody breakdancing lessons. Of course, it didn't appeal to Izzy or Joe but Cody really got into it. Everyone stopped as soon as he started. All of us Digidestined and our Digimon made a circle around him. Imagine that, Kendo Kid Cody, strutting his stuff on the dance floor! It was really cute, especially afterwards, when he walked around dizzy and fell over!

A couple of hours later, after the dancing stopped, and we started eating, I watched Kari with TK.

"So, would you really have to speak French?" I heard her say.

"Yeah, but I know some already…so it's okay…" was TK's answer.

As they went on, I realized that Kari was trying to make small talk. She wasn't every comfortable and it seemed like she wanted to leave. I listened to Kari and TK some more.

"Kari, are you okay?"

"I'm not feeling so well…I think I'm gonna ask Tai to take me home…"

"You're kidding! The party's just begun!"

"Yeah…"

"Am I gonna see you tomorrow, at the airport?"

"I don't know…"

Then I saw Kari head towards me.

She said, "Tai, I want you to take me home. I'm not feeling too well."

I knew what she was doing but I couldn't force her to stay and party some more so I said, "Okay, in a minute."

I went up to TK and Matt and told 'em, "I'm sorry…I wish Kari and I could stay longer."

"That's okay," Matt said with a knowing smile.

TK added, "As long as you bring her to the airport tomorrow, it's cool."

I assured TK, "No problem!"

Kari and I left Joe's apartment.