"I guess we'll have to wait until they come out the other end." Yamato said, as he and Taichi watched their younger siblings disappear into the darkened Tunnel of Love. Taichi glared angrily.

"No way! There's far too much trouble they can get into in there!"

Narrowing his eyes, Taichi grabbed Yamato's arm. "We're going in there after them!"

"Taichi, I never knew you felt about me that way." Yamato joked.

Taichi cuffed him. "I need a partner in there, and you've just been promoted." He started dragging the blond up to the attendant.

"Hey, wait, I never agreed to this!"

"Two, please." Taichi told the attendant with a smile. Yamato had ceased his struggling and was now pouting at the ground.

The attendant raised an eyebrow, but gestured to the next boat after taking their tickets. As Yamato and Taichi entered the Tunnel, Yamato said ominously, "You better hope this NEVER gets out, Taichi, or I'm gonna kick your-"


"Miyako, isn't that Daisuke over there?"

Miyako once again snapped her attention away from a couple of guys she was covertly watching. "Huh? Oh, you've spotted him, Iori?"

Iori nodded and pointed to a familiar be-goggled brunette head. "And I think that's Ken, too." He got up, and looked over at Miyako. "Well? Are we going to follow them?"

With one last reluctant glance at the teenage boys, Miyako sighed and got up. "Of course. Let's go."


Ken, meanwhile, was trying desperately to keep Daisuke from doing something disastrous. They had found Hikari and Takeru.

"Daisuke, just leave it. We can wait for them at the other end!" Neither of them noticed Taichi drag Yamato onto the ride. "You know you can't get on there."

Daisuke shook his head stubbornly. "No way am I letting HIM out of my
sight with Hikari, now that I've found them!"

"Exactly what do you plan on doing?" Ken asked, exasperated. "You can't get on the ride without a partner!" He noticed the look Daisuke was giving him. "A FEMALE partner!" He added hastily.

"Now where does it say that?" Daisuke asked innocently. "Besides, you look girlish enough!"

"ExCUSE me?" Ken demanded. Daisuke just grabbed his arm and dragged him up to the attendant.

"Me and my GIRLFRIEND would like to ride, please!" Daisuke said cheerfully, elbowing Ken for good measure.

The attendant just looked at them. "Okaay..." She took their tickets, and the 'couple' hopped into the swan boat, the brunette far more enthusiastic then the reluctant raven haired 'girl'.

"This shift is just getting weirder, and weirder..."


"I can't believe they all did that!" Miyako exclaimed with large eyes.

"I didn't know that Taichi and Yamato were here, too." Iori commented.

Miyako groaned. "Oh, I want to see what happens! It's so not fair!" She whined, then glanced down at Iori. A calculated gleam lit her eyes and Iori back away slightly.

"Oh, no. I'm not going in there. I'm a way too young for you, Miyako."

Miyako pouted. "This is not fair." She sulkily repeated.


Meanwhile, inside the Tunnel of Love...

Hikari sighed with contentment, cuddling up to Takeru, who wrapped his arm around her, leaning his head on hers. 'This is bliss.' She smiled to herself, closing her eyes.

A good number of meters back, Taichi watched the two from the shadows, his boat he shared with the sullen Yamato drifting slowly. "That kid is getting a WAY to close to MY sister..." He grumbled, earning a glare from Yamato.

"That kid just happens to be MY little brother, goggle-brains." He growled. "And your so-called innocent sister is the one who's getting close, so shove off it, Taichi."

"You shove off it!" Taichi snapped back.

"Make me!" Yamato replied heatedly. He shoved Taichi, the boat rocking slightly. Taichi growled and shoved back.


Meanwhile, just around the last corner, Daisuke was getting angry.

"I can't see them! Where are they? What is that TP doing to Hikari?"

"Daisuke, getting upset about it isn't going to help." Ken told him tiredly.

"Oh yes it is! The whole reason I got on the stupid ride was to make sure TJ kept his hands off my girl!"

"She's NOT your girl, Daisuke. She's Takeru's girl."

Daisuke grumbled angrily, folding his arms. Just then they came around the bend.

Ken's eyes widened with amazement. "Is that Yamato and Taichi?"

Daisuke forgot his anger for a moment to gape at the two older boys. "What are they doing?" He choked out.


By this time, both boys were standing, albeit precariously, in the boat. They had also completely forgotten that their siblings were actually in the vicinity, and had thrown caution to the wind.

"Your sister would be way more likely to make a move then my little brother!" Yamato shoved Taichi.

Taichi wobbled a bit, and the boat rocked beneath their feet, but miraculously stayed afloat. "No way! I've seen you around girls, Yamato! And Takeru's gonna be just like his older brother, right?" Taichi shoved Yamato harder, causing the boat to rock even more.

"Oh yeah?" Shove.

"Yeah!" Shove.

"Oh YEAH?" Shove.

"YEAH!" Shove.

"OH YEAH?" Yamato's fist connected with Taichi's cheek. The boat began to rock wildly. "DON'T EVEN GO THERE, YOU GOGGLE-WEARING, SORA LOVING, GEL-HAIRED, uh..." Yamato paused for a split-second to think. "FREAK!"

SPLASH!

Taichi fell overboard, the boat turned over, and with it, Yamato went flying into the shallow water. He burst from the water to engage in a free-for-all-wrestling match with the brunette.

By the time the boys had gotten started on "Oh yeah?", Hikari and Takeru's attention had been pulled off each other and onto their siblings
fighting.

"Isn't that...?" Takeru whispered.

"Oh, no..." Hikari's face turned pale with horror. "TK, we've got to get out of here. Now. My brother is following us."

"As with mine. I think their attention's diverted enough. Let's start paddling." The two pre-teens starting to push their hands through the water, speeding up the boat as fast as they could.

This action did not go unnoticed by Daisuke, who by this time had managed to creep his and Ken's boat past the involved Taichi and Yamato.

"There's Hikari!" He whispered excitedly to Ken, who sweatdropped.

"Oh no..."

Daisuke began copying the two ahead, paddling through the water with his hands. "C'mon, Ken, help me! We can't lose them!" Reluctantly, Ken began to paddle.