"*Pant* I think, *pant* *pant* we lost *pant* them." Hikari took ragged breaths, her palms on her thighs as she leaned against Takeru for support. He nodded agreement, taking in gulps of air. Once the two had caught their breaths, Takeru shot Hikari a rueful grin. Her heartbeat quickened at the sight of the endearing expression she loved so much on her boyfriend's face. She mentally forced herself to calm down.

"Just our luck...we finally get together, and our brothers find out." He said, rubbing the back of his head.

Hikari grinned wryly. "Yeah...and by our older brothers no less. Well, we should be thankful. I mean, at least it's not Daisuke following us!" Laughing, the two linked hands, and ran off to find some new amusement.

Ken woefully shook his head. Of the human pair, he was the only one who had heard Hikari's innocent statement. "If she only knew..." He muttered.

"Did you say something, Ken?" Daisuke looked up at the raven-haired boy from his crouching position on the ground. When Ken shook his head, Daisuke shrugged, and turned back to Chibimon and Menomon. "Sorry we had to leave you back there, you two, but I don't think they allow digimon on that ride." He grinned, rubbing the back of his head. "Heck, they don't let pets period into this park, and that's probably what they'd take you to be!"

'Run! Get away while you still can! Hurry!' Ken mentally urged the fleeing couple. Just then, Daisuke looked up.

"Hey, there they go! Come on, Ken! We can't let them get away!" He scooped up the two In-Training digimon, and shoved them into Ken's bag. Shouldering it, he took off after Hikari and Takeru. Ken sighed, and raced after Daisuke.

"You're lucky you got off so easy! I don't ever want to see you two in this amusement park again, young men! You should be ashamed of yourselves; just what were you trying to pull? Never mind, just get out of my sight!"

Both Yamato and Taichi hung their heads, muttering a "Yes, sir." They then slouched away from the Security Booth just outside the fair, where they had been detained for fifteen minutes of lecturing after being caught fighting in the Tunnel of Love.

"This is all your fault." Taichi told the blonde, his face a storm cloud.

Yamato threw his an incredulous glance, his blue eyes wide with disgusted amazement. "What do you mean, my fault? You're the one who started it!"

"Did not!"

"Did-I am so not going to get into this." Yamato looked away, and checked his watch.

Taichi had apparently become bored for the moment with placing the blame on his friend, and asked him, "What time is it?"

"It's about three. Man, Takeru and Hikari are probably going to be in there for hours still...and we can't go back in!" He said.

The storm clouds returned to Taichi's face. "There's got to be a way to get back inside! We need to find someone who can...get us...back in..." He and Yamato locked gazes.

"Koushiro!" They both exclaimed at the same time.

"Only Takeru and Hikari would unknowingly cause this much trouble..." Iori noted, as he and Miyako trailed Daisuke and Ken, discreetly.

Miyako nodded her agreement. "I wonder what Taichi and Yamato did in that ride, anyway, to get the security guards rushing over there." She wondered aloud. Every now and then, she glanced casually around at any men they passed. Iori, as always, noticed this, and said nothing.

At that moment, Miyako happened to glanced around once more, and spotted a familiar head of star-spangled pink hair. Her eyes widened, and she reached down to tug Iori's sleeve. "Hey, isn't that Mimi? MIMI!" She yelled, waving wildly to the teenage girl. Iori sweatdropped. Then he saw a strange sight.

"Hey, isn't that Jyou next to that huge man?"

Over at the 'Strong Man Test of Strength', Sora glanced around, and spotted Miyako and Iori. She tugged Mimi's sleeve, who turned and finally heard her name being called.

"Oh, Jyou!" Mimi exclaimed, "look, it's Miyako and Iori!"

"One minute, Mimi." The boy replied, frowning in concentration. He fixed a look on the large attendant next to him. "I'm gonna get it this time."

"It's your money."

Jyou pulled the mallet up and slammed it down with all his might onto the pad. The bullet ran up the meter, and Jyou stared at it with an intensity that almost made Sora laugh. Almost. She didn't want to hurt her friend's feelings, after all.

Miyako and Iori had arrived just in time to hear the bell ping, and Jyou let out a whoop.

"Yes! Who's the man?" He exulted, and this time, Sora didn't hold in her giggles. Mimi laughed outright.

"So, who's the prize going to go to this time?" The attendant asked with a grin, holding a stuffed bird. Mimi already clutched a large stuffed dog, and Jyou made a show of presenting the bird to Sora.

"Well," Sora said with a laugh, thanking him and accepting gift, "it did only take you fifteen tries, Jyou, and you did accomplish your goal!"

Mimi punched him in the shoulder. "What a man!" Jyou blushed. Then he noticed Miyako and Iori, staring and trying not to stare at his behavior.

"Hey you two, you're here, too, huh?" He gave Miyako an uneasy glance. "You didn't want one too, did you?"

Miyako's mouth curled into a wicked grin. "Thanks Jyou, but...can I have try, mister?"

The attendant handed the purple-haired girl the mallet with a smile, and Miyako gripped the handle with ease. "Here we GO!" She yelled, bringing it down with a slam onto the pad. The bullet shot up into the bell, with a loud clang.

"Congratulations, little lady." The attendant handed her a different stuffed bird. Miyako smiled with triumph, and Jyou glanced at her with shock.

"Now who's the man?" Mimi muttered to Sora with a grin, who tried to muffle her giggles as the enlarged group walked away from the booth.

By this time, Hikari and Takeru knew they were in trouble. "I jinxed us." Hikari muttered. "I should never have said that 'at least Daisuke isn't following us'. Oh god, why?"

"Let's look on the bright side," Takeru suggested, although he was inwardly cursing. "At least Ken is with him-he should be able to hold him back in some way." He didn't add, 'I hope.'

"We have to lose them. Where can we lose them?" Hikari chanted, and scanned the park around them. Her eyes lighted on a large attraction. "Takeru..." She began, staring at the spinning disk. "You aren't afraid of heights, are you? Or get motion-sickness?"

Takeru followed her gaze to the screaming Gravitron, then grinned at his girlfriend.