Hey there peeps! Sorry so late, I've been seriously busy with school. *Sigh* Grade 11 is so stressfull! My musical ended and it was great! I've got the whole plot for this story now, so hopefully I won't run into writer's block, which has been keeping me from writing the story. Let's go go go!

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, so ya can't sue me! Hahaha! Nyah nyah ny nyah nyah! Pbthhhhhh!

Rival Schools- Part Five
By Lanni (fishilicious@hotmail.com)

Everyone was chatting loudly as Ms Fuji walked into the theatre.

"People, people! Quiet please!"She said as she stood infront of the cast. They kept chatting, not noticing that she was there. "I'm trying to talk right now?!?!"She raised her voice a little then sweatdropped. The teenagers were still chatting. "SILENCE NOW!!!!" Everyone just looked at her with wide eyes as they turned towards her. "That's better...." To Matt, the teacher's voice sounded muffled as he slowly leaned towards Tai. "So, we got all of our pranks organized?"

"Yup, they're all set up and ready to be launched."

"So, that's what the prank is really all about?"Sora whispered.

"Yup,"Mimi whispered back"So simple, yet so devious!" The girls giggled as they tried to listen to what Ms Fuji was saying.

"Hmmm....so, let me get this straight again...the itching powder will disturb the guys during the game while I steal the spotlight. That's it? Just to show the guys up?"

"Uh huh"Kari pipped in"and then at the end of the whole deal....bam! There, Sora Takenouchi apears, bowing for her audience." The girl giggled some more, attracting the attention of a certain drama teacher.

"Girls! I'd appreciate some attention!"Ms Fuji sternly said as she held onto her clipboard. The girls settled down while she looked at her list."Thank you. Now, today will be half production, half practice. The people I want to work with right now is Tai and Sora. We have to work over that scene where Tony meets Polly for the first time....again...."

Sora rolled her eyes. It was begining to be a real drag and she did not want to be stuck with Mr. Big Hair. She didn't want to put with his bragging and Ms Fuji's bad temper lately.

"Matt and Mimi" Ms Fuji continued "later, I want to work with you two on your song. There needs to be some fixing up in there...."

Mimi was getting sick of the song, but she did like getting close to Matt, and well, he liked her company, too.

"....and everyone else will do production work." Ms Fuji finished as she looked up from her clipboard. "LET'S MOVE IT!"
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Upstage, a few kids were busy painting the backdrop and some mime boxes.
"How's it goin' up there, Kari?"TK asked as looked up at her as he applied blue paint to a mime box.

"It's okay, I'm still trying to get used to being up this high."she said a bit shakily as she slowly painted a soft cloud on the backdrop.

"Don't worry! I'll catch ya if ya fall!"Davis said as he leaned on the scaffold. Unfortunately, he forgot to put the saftey lock on. *Uh oh* The wheels started to move and the scaffold slowly rolled to the right, passing TK in the process.

"Davis, ya twit!"TK said as he dropped his paintbrush and held the scaffold still as he put the saftey lock on two of the wheels while Davis did the other two, blushing like crazy.

*You guys.....*Kari thought as she smiled to herself. "Thanks TK." Davis growled at him, firmimg his grip on his paintbrush. Kari sighed "...And I forgive you, Davis, for accidently pushing the scaffold"

"Thanks" Davis said all dreamy-like, looking up at her. She looked at her painting and realised that while the scaffold rolled, her brush was still on the backdrop, leaving a long, wide, white line across a blue sky.
*Oh great. I gotta fix this up*Kari thought as she climbed her way down the 11 foot high scaffold and went in search for blue paint. TK and Davis watched her walk away.

"Tai and Matt don't have to have all of the fun pulling pranks."Davis slyly said.

TK chuckled."Yeah, but I think that'll be all for me. I'll leave the destructive stuff to them."

"Yeah" Davis aggreed suddenly noticing that he was getting chummy with TK. He added,"And anyways, I'd never really do anything to hurt Kari's feelings."

"You and me both"TK said. Davis grunted as he went to his mime box that wasn't even half painted yet.

Further downstage, Sora was sitting down, putting on her character shoes (A/N: If you ever notice in your school musical, sometimes the girls will wear black shoes. They're like dance shoes.)

*Might as well go talk to her. Seeing that she is my partner. Nothing personal, only business.* Tai thought as he walked up to her. Sora then stretched out her left leg and held it in place, feeling the tension.*....Nice legs...*He grinned *What the hell?....Where did that come from?.....Man, Tai......hormones getting the best of you.....again.....* "Hey"

Sora looked up at the guy that was starring at her *If he's gonna start bragging again, I'm outtie.* She closed her eyes tightly *.....for the sake of the musical.....* "...Yo..."She turned away from him, continuing to stretch.

"Look,"Tai sat down beside her "I don't like being here and it's plain enough to see that we're the only couple that doesn't like each other. I don't bug you, you don't bug me. Simple as that, right?" *Maybe being sincere with her will take suspicion away from the upcoming prank*

*What's up with the act, Tai?....if he is just pretending to be genuine, then he's good....heh, oh yeah...it's acting...that's why he got the damn lead.....*"Right, and we are doing this for marks and a credit, so I guess if we just stay out of each others hair for the next five months, then this will be as smooth as silk."

"Yeah. Yeah, just leave out our petty differences behind and ya know, just perform and do what we're told."

"Yup"*What's he trying to get at though?....heh, yeah, oh yeah....i know what he's trying to do...he's gonna loosen me up, make me feel all comfortable, then he pulls a quick one on me saying how great his school is....well, I'll be ready....* Sora switched legs and started stretching her right leg, still turned away from Tai.

"You must really like to warm up the legs, and you know how, too." *Keep the smooth talk up, Tai. Just take her suspicion away....* "I guess from dancing, tennis, and soccer. Although, I guess you don't play that sport-"

"SPEAKING of which..." Sora cut him off *I swear, he was that close to executing an insult*"...I heard your soccer team has a new member."

"Uh, y-yeah"Tai said blinking "H-how did you know?"

"The rumor mill told me" Sora said as she snickered to herself. *No way you're gonna brag or make fun of me this time*

Tai was still kinda mad that he had to share his title of soccer captain with a new guy. He didn't want to approach the subject. "So, what's up with Ms Fuji, lately? Is she in some bad mood or what?"

Sora breathed a big sigh, wanting to get this subject off her chest as she finally turned towards Tai. "Yeah, I dunno. Maybe she's got a bad case of PMS or something."

"Yeah, or maybe she's a major control freak." They both laughed at the thought, bringing relief to both of them, and forgetting their conversation just a few moments ago. Unfortunately, Ms Fuji was standing right behind them, hearing the whole thing.

"Mr Kamiya, Miss Takenouchi!"she raised her voice,"let's get to work!" The two teenagers stood up, bracing themselves for Tsunami Fuji.

In the audience, Matt and Mimi were practing some of their lines. Matt didn't know why, but he was always a tad bit nervous when he was around Mimi. *god, this never happens to da man...I was never nervous with my old girlfriends, why am I all edgy with her?...* Mimi giggled as she took a look at the script, realizing what the lines were. *wow....that's such a pretty laugh....*

"Kay, Matt, let's start on page 9, when you first enter"Mimi said.

"Alright"he said as he flipped through his script"...Guess who?!?"

"Oh, Bobby! You scared me!"Mimi said with enthusiasim."If Madame Dubonnet found us together like this, she'd make me leave under a cloud!" Matt had to say his line next, but he was way too busy paying attention to Mimi, instead of looking at his script. Mimi looked up from her lines to catch Matt starring at her. "....Matt? You okay?" she said.

"Uh...yeah, yeah, I'm cool" He took a deep breath "D-d-do you w-w-w" *damn, why am I stuttering?!?!*

"Do I what?"Mimi asked looking right at him.

"D-d-do you w-w-WANT"Matt said almost shouting the last word, he gulped and continued"to g-g-go out s-s-s-s-s-ome t-t-ti-t-t-time?"he almost fainted just trying to get the word out.

"Oh, I'd love, too!"Mimi exclaimed with a simle. Matt sighed with relief. "...but" Mimi continued. Matt could just hear the words 'i can't' comming out of her mouth. "....can we get out of here, because all of these light changes are giving me a headache!" He sighed again looking to the back of the theatre where a few people were.

"Yeah, guys! What's up?" He shouted to a few people in 'the box'. (A/N:That's where there lighting and sound is controlled."

"Sorry!"Izzy yelled through a window"We're just testing out some light changes with the lighting director."

"Well, MR IZUMI," Ms Fuji shouted from the stage, sheilding her eyes so she can see the back of the theatre,"can you people back there please stop it right now and save it for later?!?! We are trying to concentrate and not get a headache at the same time!!!"

"Yeesh"Izzy mumbled as he shut everything off in the box."I guess we can go help the others paint or something. You go, Yolei. I just have to do a few more things."

"Okay"Yolei said as she walked out the door. Izzy chuckled to himself as he typed up a few codes onto a computer."Looks like my part of the prank is done...."

"AUUUGHH!"Ms Fuji yelled as she grabbed her hair."Where's the love, Tai? This is love at first sight!!! I don't see it! I don't think you do either! Again!"

Tai was about to blow up at her, but he just continued with his lines.*You want love, huh? I'll give it to ya..*

Sora looked at her script and then said her line "Won't you come, too?"

Tai was still a little pissed off at Ms Fuji, but his determination settled him down "Me? Come to the ball?"

"Yes. Why not? I've got an extra ticket, and -Oh dear, you must think me terribly forward."

*Here we go* He took hold of Sora's hands and pulled her up close. He looked her right into the eye, putting Sora into a trance. *...those eyes again....*she thought. Tai said,"No, I don't. I think you're terribly-"

"Yes?" she choked out. Then their song began. They went through their song perfectly, filling the theatre will a beautiful sound. Everyone stopped what they were doing to watch the two teenagers. It looked like they really were falling for each other. Then the dancing part came up. Tai and Sora, being the dancers they were (A/N: Remember the boggie in chapter 3?), looked like they floated on stage. They manuvered their way around the scaffold, between mime boxes, and through people that were painting but were occupied looking at them.

*Hey...maybe Tai's idea of doing what we're told might just work....*Sora thought as she kept her eyes on the guy she was dancing with.

*....heh....this will show Fuji.....*Tai thought,*...Sora's not a bad dancer....not bad at all.....* Everyone just stared in awe and were assured that this musical would go off without a hitch....or so they thought. The song ended and everyone applauded. Ms Fuji, though, wasn't as pleased as everyone else.

"Trying to show Ms Fuji up, huh?"Sora asked.

"Yep, and well, like I said, if we just do what we're told, everything will be fine."He grinned making Sora blush, just a little. They stared at each other a bit, but it was interupted by a now fumming mad teacher.

"That was NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!" Ms Fuji yelled,"We are THIS CLOSE"she held up her index finger and thumb close together,"to production week and we are THIS CLOSE" she then threw her arms up in a big y shape "to get everything TOGETHER!!!" Tai couldn't take it any longer.

"No offense, Ms Fuji, but you're being a real pain! We all heard you! You don't think we're trying our hardest. We didn't even do anything bad, and you're all over us! What's your friggin' problem?!?!"He yelled. All attention was directed to the brewing argument.

*She so deserves this...*Tai and Sora thought at the same time.

"I am not going to contiune this conversation with you any longer MR KAMIYA! I knew you'd be trouble! Just stay put and I'll get to you later!" She stomped off, going upstage looking at the backdrop. Tai just watched her go, then he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Thanks...."Sora said as she blushed a little"...for standing up for the whole cast...".

"Yeah, no problem."Tai said, his back turned on her, watching his plan come alive.

"SO,"Ms Fuji said as she walked up to the painting teens,"how is our backdrop doing?"She wacked her hand on the huge board. A creaking could be heard. Then the backdrop swayed and started to fall.

"RUN!" TK yelled as he and everyone else that was painting ran away from the backdrop.

"OH NO!!!"Kari screamed as the backdrop fell, tipping the scaffold in the process. She was thrown off, flying through the air.

"KARI!!!!"Tai screamed. He ran and dived, catching his younger sister. "You okay?" He panted.

Her eyes narrowed, shooting daggers into his eyes."Tai.."she raised her voice but then lowered it"...I can't believe you would do this..." He lowered his head, casting a shadow on his face. Some people watched Tai catch Kari, but everyone else was watching what was happening to the backdrop.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"Ms Fuji yelled as she looked up and watched an 11 foot metal scaffold and a 15 foot wooden backdrop decend right on top of her.
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And there we go! A little longer than my previous chapters, but this was all apart of the set up! And yeah, I usually end a chapter on a funny note, but this was good, too. I'll probably start chapter 6 tommorow, or the day after that. Ja ne! and don't forget to review!