A/N: Well, this is the last part! I'd say it has more romance than humor. Lots of mimato, just to let you know! Hope ya like this! ^.^
"Um... Matt?" Mimi calls out, still in the dressing room.
"Yeah?" Matt responds in the room right next to her.
"Uh... I'm sorry...."
Kind of taken aback by the statement, it takes him awhile to reply, "Um, why?" 'She's apologizing?' he questions himself.
"Well... you know... for everything...." she mumbles.
"What?"
"For everything...." she says a little louder.
"What?! I can't hear you," he shouts.
"FOR EVERYTHING!" she yells so that everyone in the store could hear, "MATT, YOU *KNOW* THIS ISN'T REAL EASY FOR ME!"
"Is everything alright in there?" the photographer asks.
"Er, um... yes!" she calls out.
Matt was grinning the entire time. He had heard Mimi apologize... he just wanted to hear it over again a couple of times.
"It's ok, Mimi. I forgive you..." he walks out of the dressing room.
"Ok," she smiles, "Now it's your turn."
"My turn?!"
"Yeah, your turn to apologize..."
"To apologize?!"
"Uh huh.::pause:: well?"
"WHY?!"
"Matt! *I* said sorry! Now *you* say sorry! It's only fair!"
"::pause::"
"Matt!"
"Fine.....I'm sorry ::pause:: don't know why though," he mutters the last part.
"Good!" she smiles happily and walks out of the room.
They're eyes lock, "Whoa....."
"I see you two are ready! Come on!" starts to walk away.
Matt: "..........."
Mimi: ".........."
He turns around and notices them not following him, "::pause:: Come on..."
Matt: "........."
Mimi: "........."
"Hello?" he sighs then gives a loud whistle.
"What......?" they murmer.
"Alright, now let's," turns to see them staring at eachother again, "go..."
5 min. Later.......
"Ok, both of you link your arms and start walking down the aisle ::pause:: STOP STARING AT EACHOTHER!!!"
They get shocked back to reality.
"Oh..."
"Ok..."
They begin to walk, arm in arm, down the aisle. Everything was going in slow mo. for them and they were unusually nervous even for something so unreal. Bright flashes were everywhere, illuminating the entire place. They were in a trance, so to speak, forgetting it wasn't the actual thing. It was very peculiar, though, how such circumstances could get them into such a mess.
They begin to reach the bottom, both somewhat unsure of what to do. They come to a stop and stare, their eyes asking the each other what to do. They begin to close in instinctively, time passes so slowly, each barely konws what the other is doing. They come closer and are just about to close in that final inch when *FLASH* Each quickly opens their eyes, sees how close they are, yell out, then topple backwards.
"Thank you very much for your help. We're done so you can go change then leave. Good bye, and thank you again!"
Both get up holding their heads in their hands and mumble, "What?"
~*
"Come on, Davis.... let's go..." Yolei says nervously.
"Fine..... WAIT! Look at that!"
"At what?!"
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!! I *CAN'T* BELIEVE THIS!!!"
"WHAT, Davis?!"
Starts to sob.... "AT THAT!!! ::points over to the movie theater::"
Over to the movie theater....
"T.K!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DIED!!!!!!!! ::pause:: HOW COULD THEY DIE?!?!?!?!" Kari wails while squeezing him hard.
"Kari.... it's ok, it's just a movie..." T.K. says trying to comfort her.
"But! But!.....HOW COULD THEY?!?!?!?!" hugs him tighter.
"It's-" but he was cut off....
"HEY YOU!!! THE ONE WITH THE HAIR!!! ::everyone turns around, Yolei rolls her eyes:: YEAH, YOU!!! YOU *BETTER* STAY AWAY FROM KARI!!! YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Davis!!! Let's go!!! The security guard can be anywhere!!!" Turns to Davis and sees he's still shouting.
"COME ON!!!"
Pulls him away while he's still yelling, "DID YOU SEE THAT? DID YOU *SEE* THAT?!"
Over to Kari and T.K.
Kari: "blink"
T.K.: "blink blink"
Kari: "......Riiiiiiight...."
T.K.: "Wanna go back to the bench?"
Kari: "Ok."
~*
"Joe...."
".... What?"
"Would you get out from behind that potted plant?"
"Is she.......... gone?"
"Yes, she's gone...."
"Phew!" he gets up, looks around, then his face turns pale as he starts to run in the opposite direction......again.
"Joe? What happened? ::turns around:: WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?!"
"From behind that bench ::points::"
"Damn it!" and starts running to catch up with Joe.
"Wait for *me*!!!" starts running after them.
"NO, WE *WON'T*!!!" they call out behind them.
~*
"Tai...... are you sure you got enough orange tape recorders?" she looks at him strangely.
"Yes, Sora.... I'm sure ::pause:: Look!"
"What happened?"
"It's the bench....... and no one's there ::pause:: WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!" he runs to the bench and keeps on yelling, "WE WON!!!" then he turns to see Izzy and Cody walking out from the pet shop.
"Hey, Tai!" Izzy calls out, "I see you finally made it!"
"Finally?"
"Yeah, Cody and I were just waiting to see who would come next when he said he wanted to see some of the pets, and he bought one too!"
"What did you get Cody?" Sora asks.
He pulls open the lid to reveal....
"A SNAKE!!!" she screams and hugs onto Tai.
Tai smiles, "I think I'm gonna like this thing...." and he goes to pet it.........then the snake makes a lunge for Tai's hand.......
"AH!!!!"
Cody smiles and begins to stroke the snake, "He doesn't like you....."
~*
"What the heck?! What do you mean you don't have any Cucumber Melon body splash!"
"I'm sorry, but we don't have any left."
"But-"
"If that's all you're intending to get, then I suggest you leave."
"HOW COULD-"
"Mimi, come on. Let's just go...."
She opens her mouth to object, but a "Fine" comes out instead.
They leave the store and Matt's the first one to speak.
"Might as well try to find the orange tape recorder..."
"Yeah..."
Silence..........
That's how it pretty much went. They'd just say a couple of words to each other and then... nothingness... They really didn't want to bring up what happened before... so silence takes its place...
~*
"Davis, can we *please* just forget about the scavenger hunt!" Yolei pleads.
"Why?"
"BECAUSE THE SECURITY GUARD IS GOING TO COME AND TAKE US TO JAIL!!!!!! THE FORTUNE COOKIE'S GONNA COME TRUE!!!!!...............stupid fortune cookie...."
"Yolei, *nothing's* gonna happen.... don't worry ::turns around and sees security guard:: Aw, fu-::looks at Yolei's shocked face:: What? I was just gonna say fudge... but anyway...... why don't we just go....."
"Why?"
"Why? ::nervous laughter:: No reason... You were right, let's forget about the hunt
"....You just agreed with me....... What happened?"
".......just run."
"But-"
"RUN!"
~*
Matt: "........."
Mimi: ".........."
Store Manager: "........."
Matt: "::pause:: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU JUST SOLD OUT ALL THE ORANGE TAPE RECORDERS YOU HAVE?!?!?!"
"I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have a new shipment in next week..."
"WE DON'T NEED ONE NEXT WEEK!!!"
"Matt... relax...."
"NO!"
"Matt!" she looks at him sternly, "There's nothing we can do!"
"::sigh:: Fine................BUT-"
"NO!"
"::pause:: Ok, let's just leave................to the Hallmark store...."
~*
You can see four people huddled up together nervously while six others just stare down at them.
"Well, everyone's here....... 'cept for Matt and Mimi....." Kari states.
"LET'S GO!" Davis, Yolei, Ken, and Joe shout at the same time.
"Why in such a hurry?" Izzy asks, "Plus, we can't just leave them..."
".................Yes, we can....."
Everyone standing give them weird looks.
"Ok, look. Why don't we go on ahead of them? I mean, they can catch up, can't they?" Yolei say ::sees no one's taking it into consideration:: "PLEASE!!!! LET'S JUST LEAVE THIS PLACE!!!"
"I agree," Davis, Joe, and Ken all say.
"Well.... we *can* leave a message on one of those tape recorders... and Matt *did* say he brought his wallet ::can hear Tai laughing in the background:: to get a taxi..." Sora states.
"That's true..."
"PLEASE!!!"
"Fine, let's leave a recording then...."
"THANK YOU!!!"
Tai looks at them and whispers to Izzy, "Are they ok?"
~*
"Hey, are you kids from that scavenger hunt?" the cashier asks.
"Yeah..."
"Well, this is for you ::hands them a card::"
"Oh, thank you," Mimi says.
They look at the cover that has 'Congratulations!' boldly written on it.
"Congratulations on finishing the scavenger hunt... now make it back to the bench to see if you won the surprise..." Matt read aloud.
"Yeah, but we didn't finish..."
"Who cares? Let's just forget about this..."
"Fine... "
After taking awhile to find the right bench, they walk up to it.
"Look! An orange tape recorder!" Mimi cries.
"Yeah... I'm surprised no one stole it..."
"Look! It says 'Play Me'!"
"*Ok*.....::presses the play button::"
"Hey Mimi! Hey Matt! This is Sora, um, we left before you guys got here.... SORRY! ::can here a staticy sound:: HA! MATT! I BEAT YOU!!! *I BEAT YOU*!!! Oh..... and aren't you missing something? ::insane laughter:: ::can here the static again and then Sora's voice is put back on:: Er... excuse Tai.... Well, we'll be at the Sea Side Restaurant..... you know...and we figured it was ok since you brought you wallet and all, Matt ::can hear Tai laughing:: Sorry again! ::can hear Yolei screaming, "OH MY GOD!!! IT'S THE SECURITY GUARD!!!" in the background:: Uh-oh! Gotta go! See ya guys there!" and the tape ended.
"They left us?!...........They left us?! HOW COULD THEY LEAVE US?!?!" Mimi yells.
"Don't worry, we'll just get a taxi ::looks for wallet:: SHIT!"
Mimi stares at him, "........What do you mean...."
He looks up at her, "I don't have my wallet..."
"WHAT?! WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THEN?!"
"YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY WITH YO?!"
"NO! I DIDN'T BRING MY PURSE!"
Matt takes in a deep breath, "It's ok..."
"HOW CAN THIS BE OK?!"
"I'M *TRYING* TO STAY COOL HERE!"
"WELL, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU?!"
"Fine!" starts walking to the exit.
"Where are you going?!"
"If we want to meet up with them, we better get going.."
"What do you mean?!"
"We're walking..."
"WALKING?! BUT.......I'M WEARING HEELS!"
~*
"Matt.... what if some psycho comes and picks us up?"
"Don't worry... that's not gonna happen..."
"But-"
"Shut up and keep on hitch hiking..."
She sticks her tongue out at him.
~*
"Matt... I'm tired........."
"So?"
"Carry me?" she asks sweetly
"What the heck?!"
"PLEASE!!!"
"No way..."
"Please?" and walks up closely to him so that they were about an inch away.
He swallows down hard, "N-no...."
"Are you sure, Matt?" she whispers.
"Y-yes..."
"Ok..." then she walks away from him.
"WAIT!"
~*
"Mimi..."
"Yes?"
"Are you not tired yet?"
"Hmm, why?"
"Because *I'm* getting tired!"
"Aww... but I'm so comfortable...::looks at his face:: fine...."
"Thank you..."
"But... when I get tired again..."
"NO!"
~*
Over at the restaurant...
"Hey.... Matt and Mimi should've been here by now..." Kari says, "Do you think they're ok?"
Everyone looks at eachother, "Yeah..."
~*
"MATT! THIS SUCKS!"
"I KNOW THAT!"
"THEN DO SOMETHING!!!"
"WHAT CAN I DO?!?! Plus, look on the bright side..."
"Bright side? ..........There's a bright side?"
"Um...... we didn't meet any psycho killers, did we?"
"No....... not yet...."
"See, bright side!"
~*
At the restaurant...
"Uh-oh..... it's raining...." Joe states.
"Oh my gosh! What if Matt *doesn't* have his wallet and what if Mimi didn't have any money with her and what if they couldn't get a taxi and now they're outside walking in the rain!" Yolei screams.
They all look at Tai who has fallen off his chair and is laughing uncontrolably.
"You exaggerate too much, Yolei..."
~*
"Oh.... my.....God................IT'S RAINING!!!!!!!!!" Mimi sobs, "So much for the 'bright side' *huh* Matt!"
"..........."
"::sniff:: Ok..... how much farther is the restaurant?"
"I don't know! Maybe two miles?"
"Two miles?! .....In the rain?! NO!!! ::sob::"
"LOOK, MIMI!!! WOULD YOU STOP WHINING?!?! I mean, *sure* this hasn't been the *greatest* experience in the world but would you *please* just stop?! God, you drive me crazy! And the worst thing about it is that I think I like it too! I mean, before this entire thing I couldn't *stand* you and now, after this *stupid* scavenger hunt I don't know what to think anymore! Somehow you've manipulated me so that every little thing you do, even if it makes me want to scream at the top of my lungs, turns me on! I don't know why, but it does! So just stop whatever you're doing so that everthing would go back to how it was before, when both of us couldn't look at eachother without throwing an insult!"
"................. I turn you on?"
"Huh? Yeah...."
"MATT!" and she runs up to him and squeezes him hard.
"Mimi?" he says shocked but couldn't say anything else 'cause she had already pressed her lips tightly onto his. Caught totally off guard, what else could he do? Yeah, he kissed her back.
Next thing they know, a pair of headlights flash before their eyes... they look....
"AHHHHHH!!!!!! IT'S A PSYCHO KILLER!!!!!!!!"
".....................Dad?!"
"AHHHHHH-.....What? Oh ::pause:: Hi, Mr. Ishida.::nervous laughter::"
"Yeah... hi, dad.::more nervous laughter::"
"::looks at them strangely::.......Hi......"
Silence........
They quietly begin to make their way over to the car, open the door, and sit down.
They start driving along...........
Silence........ except for the windshield wipers........this lasts for awhile....
"So," Mr. Ishida starts off calmly, "what were you two doing out there?"
"Nothing!" the shout together.
"That didn't *look* like nothing to me...."
They blush.
"We'll finish this discussion at home, won't we, Matt?"
"Um.... sure, dad..."
"That reminds me.... where's my credit card?"
Matt's face turned pale, "C-credit card?!"
"Yes, I need them now..."
"Oh............well....... it's with somebody else-"
"WHAT?!"
"For safe keeping!"
"And with whom?"
"Uh.........you remember Tai..."
"The kid with the hair?"
"Yeah, dad, the kid with the hair."
"Well, why should *he* be keeping it? Why couldn't you?"
"Uh..... I'll tell you when we have that conversation later..."
Mr. Ishida thinks for a second, "Alright..."
"Matt, remember? The Sea Side Restaurant!"
"Oh yeah... dad, we need to go there."
"Why?"
"Uh....... 'cause that's where everyone else is!"
".... Is that Tai guy there?"
"......Yeah..."
"Ok..... just get me my credit card...."
"...Sure..."
In Matt's mind, 'DAMN IT!!! I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead....'
At the Restaurant~*
They all get out of the car and walk up to the entrance only to see everyone at the front of it.
"What happened," Matt asks.
"Er.... we got kicked out," Izzy says.
"Why?"
" 'Cause Cody's stupid snake got loose..." Tai answers.
"CODY HAS A SNAKE?!" Mimi shrieks.
"Don't worry... it's in it's box....." Joe replies.
"Why didn't you guys just go?" Matt says with a hint of anger in his tone.
"Matt! Would we *ever* do a thing like that?!" Tai asks.
Mimi and Matt just stare angrily.
Mr. Ishida coughs in the background.
"Oh, um, Tai?"
"What?"
"Can I have my wallet back?"
"What?!" Tai's voice is strangely pitched.
"You know... the wallet that has my dad's credit cards in them..."
"::nevous laughter:: What are you talking about, Matt?"
See's his dad staring down at him angrily, then slaps himself in the forehead, "Tai, can I talk to you for a second....... over there...."
So they go away from the group.
"MATT, I PROMISE YOU I DIDN'T TAKE YOUR WALLET, WHOEVER SAID SO IS LYING........ you're believing this, right?"
"God....... I'm dead.... I told my dad that you were keeping my wallet just to give me some time........and now....... I'll be dead......"
"Oh... ::sighs in relief:: Is *that* it?! ::Matt gives him a weird look:: Did you check your pockets?"
"No, Tai... I didn't ::sees Tai actually believing it:: Of course I did!"
"Well, try again..."
"What?"
"Just try!"
::checks pockets.......then takes out a wallet::
"OH MY GOD!!! IT WAS WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME!!! But....how? That's weird.... ::walks back to the group confused::
Making sure that he was gone, Tai looked around carefully then pulls out a book entitled "The 411 on Pick Pocketing" He smiles to himself, "*You* are gonna get me *very* far...." Then after hiding the book once more, returns back to the others.
~*
"MIMI!!! WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU!!!!" wails Sora.
"OH! I'M GONNA MISS ALL OF YOU GUYS TOO!!!!" she cries, "::sniff:: And Sora, you *better* let me know the latest advancements of your relationship between you and Tai......ok?!"
"Mimi," Sora mumbles, "Not so loud..."
She goes and hugs everyone, sobbing as she goes along, and then she gets to Matt.
"Bye..." she whispers, then hands him a note.
Next thing he knows, she's on the plane ready to take off.
He unfolds the note...
Matt,
Well, I didn't expect *any* of this when I came here, but... I'm glad it happened or else we still wouldn't be talking to eachother, would we? Why did we get mad at eachother again? After this entire thing I've totally forgotten. It's kinda weird though... But this *has* been the greatest experience I've had in a long time. Thanks, I won't *ever* forget it. Matt... I really don't know how to explain my feelings on a piece of paper but don't worry... when I come back.... you'll see...
Till next time....
XOXO
Mimi
Finishing the letter, he folds it back up and puts it in his pocket smiling.
"IZZY!!!! KEN!!!!!" Yolei shouts as she runs up and hugs them both. They squirm in her grasp, "When do you think Mimi's gonna come back?!" she smiles but then Ken breaks free and starts to run away....yelling or something.... "Oh...." Yolei says sadly, "Ken got away.....::turns to Izzy then smiles:: But I still have you!!! ::squeezes him hard:: Izzy.... you know that bridal store? ::he nods:: I think we should visit it. ::gives a shocked look:: You know.... for the future....::gets all starry eyed and squeezes him harder::"
"Yolei.... you're cutting off my circulation...." he manages to get out, but she was too busy hugging him to hear what he was saying.
"Uh huh......::in fantasy land:: We're cutting the cake..... again....::smiles::"
~*
You can see a young man walking down a city street, smelling the sweet fragrance that's scented in the air. Everywhere around, people were quickly rushing back and forth, hurrying down to the subway, running rapidly across the x-ing. Pushing, shoving, anything not to be late. He was the only one walking soundly in total contempt, taking in anything and everything of his surroundings. Gazing at the sky blue atmosphere above. It was absolute tranquility.
He slowly makes his way to a magazine rack. He looks at each, but one particularly catches his eye. He buys it immediately.
What he has in his hands is the latest issue of Teen Magazine. He reads the caption- Think you can be as cute as this couple walking down the aisle? Take the quiz and see if wedding bells are ringing in your future with that certain special someone.
He smiles inwardly as he fingers the note in his pocket, "Till next time..."
A/N: AHHHH!!!! THAT SUCKED!!!! Er... I rushed to finish this so yeah... sorry! . But I'm done! Finally! Thank you everyone who *actually* read the entire fic and reviewed! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! You *can't* believe how much that means to me! This fic goes out to all of you guys ^.~ r and r! please, tell me what you think! yeah... even though it *is* dumb... :P Thanks!
"Um... Matt?" Mimi calls out, still in the dressing room.
"Yeah?" Matt responds in the room right next to her.
"Uh... I'm sorry...."
Kind of taken aback by the statement, it takes him awhile to reply, "Um, why?" 'She's apologizing?' he questions himself.
"Well... you know... for everything...." she mumbles.
"What?"
"For everything...." she says a little louder.
"What?! I can't hear you," he shouts.
"FOR EVERYTHING!" she yells so that everyone in the store could hear, "MATT, YOU *KNOW* THIS ISN'T REAL EASY FOR ME!"
"Is everything alright in there?" the photographer asks.
"Er, um... yes!" she calls out.
Matt was grinning the entire time. He had heard Mimi apologize... he just wanted to hear it over again a couple of times.
"It's ok, Mimi. I forgive you..." he walks out of the dressing room.
"Ok," she smiles, "Now it's your turn."
"My turn?!"
"Yeah, your turn to apologize..."
"To apologize?!"
"Uh huh.::pause:: well?"
"WHY?!"
"Matt! *I* said sorry! Now *you* say sorry! It's only fair!"
"::pause::"
"Matt!"
"Fine.....I'm sorry ::pause:: don't know why though," he mutters the last part.
"Good!" she smiles happily and walks out of the room.
They're eyes lock, "Whoa....."
"I see you two are ready! Come on!" starts to walk away.
Matt: "..........."
Mimi: ".........."
He turns around and notices them not following him, "::pause:: Come on..."
Matt: "........."
Mimi: "........."
"Hello?" he sighs then gives a loud whistle.
"What......?" they murmer.
"Alright, now let's," turns to see them staring at eachother again, "go..."
5 min. Later.......
"Ok, both of you link your arms and start walking down the aisle ::pause:: STOP STARING AT EACHOTHER!!!"
They get shocked back to reality.
"Oh..."
"Ok..."
They begin to walk, arm in arm, down the aisle. Everything was going in slow mo. for them and they were unusually nervous even for something so unreal. Bright flashes were everywhere, illuminating the entire place. They were in a trance, so to speak, forgetting it wasn't the actual thing. It was very peculiar, though, how such circumstances could get them into such a mess.
They begin to reach the bottom, both somewhat unsure of what to do. They come to a stop and stare, their eyes asking the each other what to do. They begin to close in instinctively, time passes so slowly, each barely konws what the other is doing. They come closer and are just about to close in that final inch when *FLASH* Each quickly opens their eyes, sees how close they are, yell out, then topple backwards.
"Thank you very much for your help. We're done so you can go change then leave. Good bye, and thank you again!"
Both get up holding their heads in their hands and mumble, "What?"
~*
"Come on, Davis.... let's go..." Yolei says nervously.
"Fine..... WAIT! Look at that!"
"At what?!"
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!! I *CAN'T* BELIEVE THIS!!!"
"WHAT, Davis?!"
Starts to sob.... "AT THAT!!! ::points over to the movie theater::"
Over to the movie theater....
"T.K!!!!!!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DIED!!!!!!!! ::pause:: HOW COULD THEY DIE?!?!?!?!" Kari wails while squeezing him hard.
"Kari.... it's ok, it's just a movie..." T.K. says trying to comfort her.
"But! But!.....HOW COULD THEY?!?!?!?!" hugs him tighter.
"It's-" but he was cut off....
"HEY YOU!!! THE ONE WITH THE HAIR!!! ::everyone turns around, Yolei rolls her eyes:: YEAH, YOU!!! YOU *BETTER* STAY AWAY FROM KARI!!! YOU HEAR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Davis!!! Let's go!!! The security guard can be anywhere!!!" Turns to Davis and sees he's still shouting.
"COME ON!!!"
Pulls him away while he's still yelling, "DID YOU SEE THAT? DID YOU *SEE* THAT?!"
Over to Kari and T.K.
Kari: "blink"
T.K.: "blink blink"
Kari: "......Riiiiiiight...."
T.K.: "Wanna go back to the bench?"
Kari: "Ok."
~*
"Joe...."
".... What?"
"Would you get out from behind that potted plant?"
"Is she.......... gone?"
"Yes, she's gone...."
"Phew!" he gets up, looks around, then his face turns pale as he starts to run in the opposite direction......again.
"Joe? What happened? ::turns around:: WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?!"
"From behind that bench ::points::"
"Damn it!" and starts running to catch up with Joe.
"Wait for *me*!!!" starts running after them.
"NO, WE *WON'T*!!!" they call out behind them.
~*
"Tai...... are you sure you got enough orange tape recorders?" she looks at him strangely.
"Yes, Sora.... I'm sure ::pause:: Look!"
"What happened?"
"It's the bench....... and no one's there ::pause:: WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!" he runs to the bench and keeps on yelling, "WE WON!!!" then he turns to see Izzy and Cody walking out from the pet shop.
"Hey, Tai!" Izzy calls out, "I see you finally made it!"
"Finally?"
"Yeah, Cody and I were just waiting to see who would come next when he said he wanted to see some of the pets, and he bought one too!"
"What did you get Cody?" Sora asks.
He pulls open the lid to reveal....
"A SNAKE!!!" she screams and hugs onto Tai.
Tai smiles, "I think I'm gonna like this thing...." and he goes to pet it.........then the snake makes a lunge for Tai's hand.......
"AH!!!!"
Cody smiles and begins to stroke the snake, "He doesn't like you....."
~*
"What the heck?! What do you mean you don't have any Cucumber Melon body splash!"
"I'm sorry, but we don't have any left."
"But-"
"If that's all you're intending to get, then I suggest you leave."
"HOW COULD-"
"Mimi, come on. Let's just go...."
She opens her mouth to object, but a "Fine" comes out instead.
They leave the store and Matt's the first one to speak.
"Might as well try to find the orange tape recorder..."
"Yeah..."
Silence..........
That's how it pretty much went. They'd just say a couple of words to each other and then... nothingness... They really didn't want to bring up what happened before... so silence takes its place...
~*
"Davis, can we *please* just forget about the scavenger hunt!" Yolei pleads.
"Why?"
"BECAUSE THE SECURITY GUARD IS GOING TO COME AND TAKE US TO JAIL!!!!!! THE FORTUNE COOKIE'S GONNA COME TRUE!!!!!...............stupid fortune cookie...."
"Yolei, *nothing's* gonna happen.... don't worry ::turns around and sees security guard:: Aw, fu-::looks at Yolei's shocked face:: What? I was just gonna say fudge... but anyway...... why don't we just go....."
"Why?"
"Why? ::nervous laughter:: No reason... You were right, let's forget about the hunt
"....You just agreed with me....... What happened?"
".......just run."
"But-"
"RUN!"
~*
Matt: "........."
Mimi: ".........."
Store Manager: "........."
Matt: "::pause:: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU JUST SOLD OUT ALL THE ORANGE TAPE RECORDERS YOU HAVE?!?!?!"
"I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have a new shipment in next week..."
"WE DON'T NEED ONE NEXT WEEK!!!"
"Matt... relax...."
"NO!"
"Matt!" she looks at him sternly, "There's nothing we can do!"
"::sigh:: Fine................BUT-"
"NO!"
"::pause:: Ok, let's just leave................to the Hallmark store...."
~*
You can see four people huddled up together nervously while six others just stare down at them.
"Well, everyone's here....... 'cept for Matt and Mimi....." Kari states.
"LET'S GO!" Davis, Yolei, Ken, and Joe shout at the same time.
"Why in such a hurry?" Izzy asks, "Plus, we can't just leave them..."
".................Yes, we can....."
Everyone standing give them weird looks.
"Ok, look. Why don't we go on ahead of them? I mean, they can catch up, can't they?" Yolei say ::sees no one's taking it into consideration:: "PLEASE!!!! LET'S JUST LEAVE THIS PLACE!!!"
"I agree," Davis, Joe, and Ken all say.
"Well.... we *can* leave a message on one of those tape recorders... and Matt *did* say he brought his wallet ::can hear Tai laughing in the background:: to get a taxi..." Sora states.
"That's true..."
"PLEASE!!!"
"Fine, let's leave a recording then...."
"THANK YOU!!!"
Tai looks at them and whispers to Izzy, "Are they ok?"
~*
"Hey, are you kids from that scavenger hunt?" the cashier asks.
"Yeah..."
"Well, this is for you ::hands them a card::"
"Oh, thank you," Mimi says.
They look at the cover that has 'Congratulations!' boldly written on it.
"Congratulations on finishing the scavenger hunt... now make it back to the bench to see if you won the surprise..." Matt read aloud.
"Yeah, but we didn't finish..."
"Who cares? Let's just forget about this..."
"Fine... "
After taking awhile to find the right bench, they walk up to it.
"Look! An orange tape recorder!" Mimi cries.
"Yeah... I'm surprised no one stole it..."
"Look! It says 'Play Me'!"
"*Ok*.....::presses the play button::"
"Hey Mimi! Hey Matt! This is Sora, um, we left before you guys got here.... SORRY! ::can here a staticy sound:: HA! MATT! I BEAT YOU!!! *I BEAT YOU*!!! Oh..... and aren't you missing something? ::insane laughter:: ::can here the static again and then Sora's voice is put back on:: Er... excuse Tai.... Well, we'll be at the Sea Side Restaurant..... you know...and we figured it was ok since you brought you wallet and all, Matt ::can hear Tai laughing:: Sorry again! ::can hear Yolei screaming, "OH MY GOD!!! IT'S THE SECURITY GUARD!!!" in the background:: Uh-oh! Gotta go! See ya guys there!" and the tape ended.
"They left us?!...........They left us?! HOW COULD THEY LEAVE US?!?!" Mimi yells.
"Don't worry, we'll just get a taxi ::looks for wallet:: SHIT!"
Mimi stares at him, "........What do you mean...."
He looks up at her, "I don't have my wallet..."
"WHAT?! WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO THEN?!"
"YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY WITH YO?!"
"NO! I DIDN'T BRING MY PURSE!"
Matt takes in a deep breath, "It's ok..."
"HOW CAN THIS BE OK?!"
"I'M *TRYING* TO STAY COOL HERE!"
"WELL, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW, ARE YOU?!"
"Fine!" starts walking to the exit.
"Where are you going?!"
"If we want to meet up with them, we better get going.."
"What do you mean?!"
"We're walking..."
"WALKING?! BUT.......I'M WEARING HEELS!"
~*
"Matt.... what if some psycho comes and picks us up?"
"Don't worry... that's not gonna happen..."
"But-"
"Shut up and keep on hitch hiking..."
She sticks her tongue out at him.
~*
"Matt... I'm tired........."
"So?"
"Carry me?" she asks sweetly
"What the heck?!"
"PLEASE!!!"
"No way..."
"Please?" and walks up closely to him so that they were about an inch away.
He swallows down hard, "N-no...."
"Are you sure, Matt?" she whispers.
"Y-yes..."
"Ok..." then she walks away from him.
"WAIT!"
~*
"Mimi..."
"Yes?"
"Are you not tired yet?"
"Hmm, why?"
"Because *I'm* getting tired!"
"Aww... but I'm so comfortable...::looks at his face:: fine...."
"Thank you..."
"But... when I get tired again..."
"NO!"
~*
Over at the restaurant...
"Hey.... Matt and Mimi should've been here by now..." Kari says, "Do you think they're ok?"
Everyone looks at eachother, "Yeah..."
~*
"MATT! THIS SUCKS!"
"I KNOW THAT!"
"THEN DO SOMETHING!!!"
"WHAT CAN I DO?!?! Plus, look on the bright side..."
"Bright side? ..........There's a bright side?"
"Um...... we didn't meet any psycho killers, did we?"
"No....... not yet...."
"See, bright side!"
~*
At the restaurant...
"Uh-oh..... it's raining...." Joe states.
"Oh my gosh! What if Matt *doesn't* have his wallet and what if Mimi didn't have any money with her and what if they couldn't get a taxi and now they're outside walking in the rain!" Yolei screams.
They all look at Tai who has fallen off his chair and is laughing uncontrolably.
"You exaggerate too much, Yolei..."
~*
"Oh.... my.....God................IT'S RAINING!!!!!!!!!" Mimi sobs, "So much for the 'bright side' *huh* Matt!"
"..........."
"::sniff:: Ok..... how much farther is the restaurant?"
"I don't know! Maybe two miles?"
"Two miles?! .....In the rain?! NO!!! ::sob::"
"LOOK, MIMI!!! WOULD YOU STOP WHINING?!?! I mean, *sure* this hasn't been the *greatest* experience in the world but would you *please* just stop?! God, you drive me crazy! And the worst thing about it is that I think I like it too! I mean, before this entire thing I couldn't *stand* you and now, after this *stupid* scavenger hunt I don't know what to think anymore! Somehow you've manipulated me so that every little thing you do, even if it makes me want to scream at the top of my lungs, turns me on! I don't know why, but it does! So just stop whatever you're doing so that everthing would go back to how it was before, when both of us couldn't look at eachother without throwing an insult!"
"................. I turn you on?"
"Huh? Yeah...."
"MATT!" and she runs up to him and squeezes him hard.
"Mimi?" he says shocked but couldn't say anything else 'cause she had already pressed her lips tightly onto his. Caught totally off guard, what else could he do? Yeah, he kissed her back.
Next thing they know, a pair of headlights flash before their eyes... they look....
"AHHHHHH!!!!!! IT'S A PSYCHO KILLER!!!!!!!!"
".....................Dad?!"
"AHHHHHH-.....What? Oh ::pause:: Hi, Mr. Ishida.::nervous laughter::"
"Yeah... hi, dad.::more nervous laughter::"
"::looks at them strangely::.......Hi......"
Silence........
They quietly begin to make their way over to the car, open the door, and sit down.
They start driving along...........
Silence........ except for the windshield wipers........this lasts for awhile....
"So," Mr. Ishida starts off calmly, "what were you two doing out there?"
"Nothing!" the shout together.
"That didn't *look* like nothing to me...."
They blush.
"We'll finish this discussion at home, won't we, Matt?"
"Um.... sure, dad..."
"That reminds me.... where's my credit card?"
Matt's face turned pale, "C-credit card?!"
"Yes, I need them now..."
"Oh............well....... it's with somebody else-"
"WHAT?!"
"For safe keeping!"
"And with whom?"
"Uh.........you remember Tai..."
"The kid with the hair?"
"Yeah, dad, the kid with the hair."
"Well, why should *he* be keeping it? Why couldn't you?"
"Uh..... I'll tell you when we have that conversation later..."
Mr. Ishida thinks for a second, "Alright..."
"Matt, remember? The Sea Side Restaurant!"
"Oh yeah... dad, we need to go there."
"Why?"
"Uh....... 'cause that's where everyone else is!"
".... Is that Tai guy there?"
"......Yeah..."
"Ok..... just get me my credit card...."
"...Sure..."
In Matt's mind, 'DAMN IT!!! I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead....'
At the Restaurant~*
They all get out of the car and walk up to the entrance only to see everyone at the front of it.
"What happened," Matt asks.
"Er.... we got kicked out," Izzy says.
"Why?"
" 'Cause Cody's stupid snake got loose..." Tai answers.
"CODY HAS A SNAKE?!" Mimi shrieks.
"Don't worry... it's in it's box....." Joe replies.
"Why didn't you guys just go?" Matt says with a hint of anger in his tone.
"Matt! Would we *ever* do a thing like that?!" Tai asks.
Mimi and Matt just stare angrily.
Mr. Ishida coughs in the background.
"Oh, um, Tai?"
"What?"
"Can I have my wallet back?"
"What?!" Tai's voice is strangely pitched.
"You know... the wallet that has my dad's credit cards in them..."
"::nevous laughter:: What are you talking about, Matt?"
See's his dad staring down at him angrily, then slaps himself in the forehead, "Tai, can I talk to you for a second....... over there...."
So they go away from the group.
"MATT, I PROMISE YOU I DIDN'T TAKE YOUR WALLET, WHOEVER SAID SO IS LYING........ you're believing this, right?"
"God....... I'm dead.... I told my dad that you were keeping my wallet just to give me some time........and now....... I'll be dead......"
"Oh... ::sighs in relief:: Is *that* it?! ::Matt gives him a weird look:: Did you check your pockets?"
"No, Tai... I didn't ::sees Tai actually believing it:: Of course I did!"
"Well, try again..."
"What?"
"Just try!"
::checks pockets.......then takes out a wallet::
"OH MY GOD!!! IT WAS WITH ME THE WHOLE TIME!!! But....how? That's weird.... ::walks back to the group confused::
Making sure that he was gone, Tai looked around carefully then pulls out a book entitled "The 411 on Pick Pocketing" He smiles to himself, "*You* are gonna get me *very* far...." Then after hiding the book once more, returns back to the others.
~*
"MIMI!!! WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU!!!!" wails Sora.
"OH! I'M GONNA MISS ALL OF YOU GUYS TOO!!!!" she cries, "::sniff:: And Sora, you *better* let me know the latest advancements of your relationship between you and Tai......ok?!"
"Mimi," Sora mumbles, "Not so loud..."
She goes and hugs everyone, sobbing as she goes along, and then she gets to Matt.
"Bye..." she whispers, then hands him a note.
Next thing he knows, she's on the plane ready to take off.
He unfolds the note...
Matt,
Well, I didn't expect *any* of this when I came here, but... I'm glad it happened or else we still wouldn't be talking to eachother, would we? Why did we get mad at eachother again? After this entire thing I've totally forgotten. It's kinda weird though... But this *has* been the greatest experience I've had in a long time. Thanks, I won't *ever* forget it. Matt... I really don't know how to explain my feelings on a piece of paper but don't worry... when I come back.... you'll see...
Till next time....
XOXO
Mimi
Finishing the letter, he folds it back up and puts it in his pocket smiling.
"IZZY!!!! KEN!!!!!" Yolei shouts as she runs up and hugs them both. They squirm in her grasp, "When do you think Mimi's gonna come back?!" she smiles but then Ken breaks free and starts to run away....yelling or something.... "Oh...." Yolei says sadly, "Ken got away.....::turns to Izzy then smiles:: But I still have you!!! ::squeezes him hard:: Izzy.... you know that bridal store? ::he nods:: I think we should visit it. ::gives a shocked look:: You know.... for the future....::gets all starry eyed and squeezes him harder::"
"Yolei.... you're cutting off my circulation...." he manages to get out, but she was too busy hugging him to hear what he was saying.
"Uh huh......::in fantasy land:: We're cutting the cake..... again....::smiles::"
~*
You can see a young man walking down a city street, smelling the sweet fragrance that's scented in the air. Everywhere around, people were quickly rushing back and forth, hurrying down to the subway, running rapidly across the x-ing. Pushing, shoving, anything not to be late. He was the only one walking soundly in total contempt, taking in anything and everything of his surroundings. Gazing at the sky blue atmosphere above. It was absolute tranquility.
He slowly makes his way to a magazine rack. He looks at each, but one particularly catches his eye. He buys it immediately.
What he has in his hands is the latest issue of Teen Magazine. He reads the caption- Think you can be as cute as this couple walking down the aisle? Take the quiz and see if wedding bells are ringing in your future with that certain special someone.
He smiles inwardly as he fingers the note in his pocket, "Till next time..."
A/N: AHHHH!!!! THAT SUCKED!!!! Er... I rushed to finish this so yeah... sorry! . But I'm done! Finally! Thank you everyone who *actually* read the entire fic and reviewed! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! You *can't* believe how much that means to me! This fic goes out to all of you guys ^.~ r and r! please, tell me what you think! yeah... even though it *is* dumb... :P Thanks!