Smile

By ~*Sora*~

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Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.

Chapter 3

Previously...

"Sora, I have a feeling that we've met before. Were you at the market this morning with Mimi?"

"Yes, how did you know?" asked Sora.

"Don't you recognize me?" asked Matt as he took of his mask.

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You're that guy I saw this morning at the stand."

"Yeah."

"Huh? DO you mean the girl you were talking about this morning was Sora?" asked Tai.

"Yes. By the way Sora, that necklace looks lovely on you."

"Thank you," said Sora as she blushed a light shade of red. With their conversation they didn't even hear the music start until they saw couples starting to dance.

"Sora, would you do me the pleasure of dancing with me?" asked Matt as he held out his hand.

"Of course," said Sora as she took Matt's hand, and he led her to the dance floor.

"Lady Hikari," started T.K.

"Call me Kari," suggested Kari.

"Kari, would you like to dance with me?" asked T.K.

"I thought you'd never ask," said Kari as they walked on to the dance floor too. Now Kari and T.K. are dancing, and so are Sora and Matt, and Yolei and Ken.

"Wow Sora, you are so light on your feet," complimented Matt.

"Thank you, so are you, said Sora as she gazed into his eyes, those deep sapphire eyes that she couldn't help but get lost in. She finally got out of her trance when the music stopped and everyone was either chattering or getting refreshments.

"Sora, honey, there is someone that would like to meet you, well actually a couple people," said Queen Lillian Takenouchi as she gestured to the suitors behind her. "This is Sir Richard of Kyoto. Behind him are Prince Jonathan, Lord Anthony, and Prince Michael. They would all like to get to know you better, so why don't you dance with them."

"But mother, I am already dancing with Lord Yamato," said Sora.

"I know, but this is very important for your future and our future," Said Lillian," and Yamato I am very sorry about this, but don't worry, it looks like you've got a few admirers of you own over there." As Matt looked over to where Lillian was referring to, he saw a bunch of ladies smiling at him and waving and batting their eyelashes.

"Sora, come on now. We musn't keep our guests waiting."

"Yes mother," Sora said sadly, "Sorry Matt, but I have to go. It was fun dancing with you, and maybe you could come visit Mimi and me here the next time Kari or Tai come."

"Yeah, it was fun for me too. Don't worry, I'll be sure to come the next time Tai or Kari come," said Matt.

"Bye," said Sora as she walked off.

"Bye," said Matt as he continued to watch the girl of his dreams walk away.

"Mother, why did you do that?" asked Sora.

"What do you mean dear?" asked Lillian.

"I was talking to Matt and then you came over with a bunch of guys behind you."

"Well they were all very eager to meet you and you know that you are going to have to pick a husband soon, so why not meet some people tonight?"

"Yes, I know you mean well, but I kinda like Matt and we were getting along so well," said Sora. Sora saw her mother's face fall and asked, "Mother, what's wrong?"

"Oh Sora, I don't know how to say this but you can't be anymore to him than friends."

"Why?" asked Sora.

"You just can't, so go and talk to those nice gentlemen who are waiting for you."

"Yes mother," Sora said dully while still pondering why her mother had said that. For the next hour of the evening, T.K. danced and remained with Kari as well as Yolei with Ken. Davis was trying to impress the ladies and Mimi was talking to some guys. Matt was with a couple of girl who kept flirting with him. He was with some of the prettiest girls, yet he kept looking back at her. She was dancing with different princes and lords and getting to know them better. "And I heard that she's going to..." chattered the girls around him. Matt sighed and wondered 'don't they have anything more interesting t do?' His thoughts were interrupted as someone walked to the front of the room and said, "For a different experience and to make tonight more lively, we would like for some of you to sing. You can request some of you friends to sing, and to make it more interesting, they can't back out."

"I request that Mimi sings," said Sora. The man gave Mimi the microphone as she made her way to the front of the room.

(A/N: Lets just pretend the have microphones back then and there are some of the songs from today like by Brittney Spears, Christina Aguilera, etc… that are in it. Also they have some of the music we have. After all, this is my story.)

Mimi started singing 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' and started dancing to it. Just as she finished, everyone was clapping. "Thank you," said Mimi. Mimi walked over to Kari and Sora. "You were great Mimi!" exclaimed Kari. "Yeah, and those dance moves were awesome," said Sora. "Thanks you guys," said Mimi, "but Sora I'm going to get back at you for calling me." Just as Mimi was about to request that Sora sing, someone else had already had a request. Matt Still sat there with the group of girls who won't leave him alone. He was bored out of his wits with their chattering and trying to impress him. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard something that definitely woke him up. It wasn't a very pleasant sound either. "I would like to dedicate this song to Matt. I love you Matt!" yelled Jun. She started singing 'Crazy' by Brittney Spears, and at the end of her performance, the audience was dumbfounded. Matt thought that the glass was going to shatter. "Thank you," said the announcer with a disturb
ed look of his face, "and that was, uh, Lady Jun Motamiya. Could we give a hand please?" Only a few claps could be heard in the silence. "Well, okay, how about our next performance? Any requests?

"I request that Sora sings," yelled Tai.

As Sora walked to the front she thought, 'Tai, I'll get you for this.' The man gave Sora the microphone and asked her what song she was going to sing, then turned on the music. Sora stated singing, "Don't let me be the last to know" by Brittney Spears.

A/N: I am not one of those Brittney Spears fans. I mean her songs are okay, but I'm not obessed with them or something. These songs just popped up in my mind, and I thought they would be good songs for them to sing alone. Okay, I'm rambling again. I bet you guys would just like to back to the story right?

At first she was a little nervous about singing in front of that big of a crowd and she had to admit, her singing wasn't the best. Unlike Mimi, she was sometimes off pitch, and Tai took an advantage of that and called her up, but he hadn't heard her sing since she was 5 and neither have any of the other friends. Amusingly, she sang great, as well as Mimi, maybe even better. Roars of clapping could be hard throughout the echoy room. Matt thought she had the most angelic and beautiful voice he ever heard. "Wow, Sora, that was amazing!" exclaimed Mimi.

"That was wonderful Sora! I never knew you could sing like that!" exclaimed Kari.

A voice behind them said, "Me either did I. They turned around and saw Tai, Izzy, Joe, and Matt.

"Of course you didn't Tai. You haven't heard me since I was what? 5? Besides I really got you didn't I? And what was the meaning of sending me up there?" exclaimed Sora angrily.

"Woah Sora, calm down," said Tai, "I just thought the princess should at least sing."

"You thought I was going to make a fool of myself didn't you?" asked Sora as Tai blushed and was too embarrassed to say a comeback.

"Hey Matt, how about you sing?" asked T.K.

"Only if three other guys go up with me. I need four people all together to sing this song."

"Is it the one you wrote?" asked T.K

"Yeah."

"Wow, you write your own songs?" asked Mimi.

"Yeah," replied Matt, "It's kind of like a hobby of mine."

"That is so cool," said Mimi.

"Okay, who's going to volunteer?" asked Sora.

"T.K., since it was your suggestion, I volunteer you," said Matt.

"How about you Ken?" asked Yolei with a big pleading eye and stars in them. Ken sweatdropped, but agreed.

"Oh Tai," started Sora with that look in her eyes.

"What? Oh no, no, no, no, no!" exclaimed Tai, "I am NOT singing!"

"Do you want me to tell those girls you little secret?" asked Sora with a smirk on his face.

"Okay, okay, just don't tell them," pleaded Tai.

"What's the secret?" T.K. asked Kari.

"I don't know," said Kari.

"What is it Sora?" asked Kari.

"Sora, you said you wouldn't tell," pleaded Tai.

"I know, sorry guys, but I promised."

"We have another performance. Here is Lord Taichi, Yamato, Takeru, and Ken. They will be singing 'Turn Around' by Lord Yamato.

Yamato begins singing and later the others join him.

You gotta boy, (Matt sings alone)
You gotta girl,
Sitting underneath a tree ,
And even though
You may think
This is the way things should be,
You can't take nothing for granted, (the others join him in singing)
You've got to live life today,
I turn around,
I can see what's behind me,
I turn back around,
I can see what's ahead,
And if you don't believe,
I've been here
All along
Just turn around
Just turn around... (Matt singing alone)

Large rounds of applause could be heard afterwards.

"Thank you," said the guys as they made their way back to the girls. "So, what did you guys think?" asked Matt.

"I LOVED it!" exclaimed Mimi.

"Yeah, me too," said Kari.

"Sora, how about you?" asked Tai.

"I thought you guys was wonderful!" said Sora, "and I loved the song too."

Awhile passes and people are still singing and dancing. Most were laughing and enjoying themselves. However the night was almost over.

"To finish the night off, Lady Hikari, Lady Mimi, Lady Yolei, and Princess Sora re going to sing, 'It was all a dream' by Dream," said the announcer.

A/N: Is that song by Dream? I'm not sure, but I think it is, or something like that. Please tell me in your reviews if you know what I' m talking about J

The girls walked to the front and started singing as some of the guests started dancing. After awhile the four girls loosened up (stopped being nervous) and danced to the music. After when the ball was over and everybody started leaving, Kari came up to Sora and said, "Guess what Sora! Your dad invited us to stay tonight since he decided it's not very comfortable sleeping in a carriage for a couple of hours."

"Are T.K. and Yamato staying too?" asked Sora.

"Yup, and so are their parents and some of the other guests who live far away," replied Kari.

'Great," said Sora, "and maybe you, Mimi, and Yolei can stay in my room tonight and we can have a sleep over. After all, my room is huge and the floor is very clean and soft."

"Cool," said Kari, "I'll go tell Mimi and Yolei."
Sora watched Kari walk off to find Mimi and Yolei, and her mind wandered back to her mother's words again, about only being friends with Yamato. Her thoughts were interpreted when Kari came back with the two girls.

"Sora, Kari told me about the sleep over! Isn't it great? We haven't had one of those in awhile," said Mimi very excited about the whole thing. The girls excused themselves and headed towards Sora's room.

What is Lillian's reason? How will the sleep over turn out? Will I ever stop asking so many questions? Find out next chapter ~_~
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By the way, here is an update of the votes for who Mimi will be with:

3 votes for Joe
3 votes for Izzy

Please get your votes in cause the next chapter will be the last time you can vote for her in this story and we have a tie right now.
Oh and to people who are waiting for 'Who would have thought?' It's going to be out tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, but I keep having new ideas and want to write new stories like 'Chains of Love'. By the way, I'm glad you guys like it and think it's funny, but I'm kinda having a writers block on it cause I think the show is canceled or changed to a new time so I don't know when it's on anymore. If you know, please tell me in your reviews and I would also appreciate it if I got some ideas from you guys of what you would like to happen in 'Chains of Love' for their activities. For example, swimming, fishing, canoeing, have a picnic, etc... Well, that's about it and I hope you guys will continue reading the story ~_*
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~*Sora*~