Well, time for the disclaimer...I do not own any thing associated with Digimon in general, nya.
Part 6: The Disastrous Beach Party!
It was a nice, sunny Monday in Odaiba, where we see a 17-year-old, glasses wearing boy headed towards a certain Martial Arts dojo.
"This ought to be interesting," Jou muttered as he made his way towards the school.
It didn't take long before the boy reached the school, meeting Iori outside of it.
"Hi, Jou-san!"
"Hey, Iori-kun. I'm ready for my first day of work."
"Sure thing, come right up."
The two entered the school and walked up the steps and greeted Grandfather Chikara Hida. Jou bowed politely and thanked the old man for letting him work there for the summer. He could use the extra cash, of course, but he would also be learning about the Martial Arts and its history at the same time.
It was Iori's grandfather's idea to have Jou work there for the summer. Iori mentioned to his grandfather how Jou wanted to become a doctor and how he was going to attend college after he graduated from High School that next year, which meant that he was going to need some kind of extra cash for materials. After hearing that, the old man asked Jou if he would like to work for him for the summer instead of just volunteering.
"I am ready to start working for you, sir."
"Sure thing, Jou. First, we must get all of the equipment ready for the pupils that will be attending today's lessons and then after that, we must keep plenty of liquids nearby so that no one gets too thirsty or dehydrated during our sessions and we all know what the best drink is..."
"Ojiisama," Iori groaned while shaking his head.
"*Prune Juice!"
"Oh brother," the younger boy muttered under his breath.
"Prune juice?" Jou asked in bewilderment.
"So, Jou, your first task is to go buy a few packs of prune juice."
"Oh-kay," Jou said slowly and with uncertainty. He was wondering if Mr. Hida was being serious, if he was just joking around, or either testing him.
"Iori, go along with him to make sure he picks up the right brand and have it put on my tab."
"Yes, grandfather," Iori responded unenthusiastically.
The two left and headed towards the Ai-Mart, the convenience store that was run by Miyako's family, which was right under the apartment complex that Iori, Miyako, and Takeru lived in.
"Do we really have to buy prune juice? Was your grandfather seriouis?"
"Nah," Iori said with reassurance. "We'll just get those energy drinks that come in the packs like prune juice does for the pupils. Ojiisama never notices since his eye sight is starting to go. He needs glasses, but he refuses to buy them since he's so stubborn."
"How can a man so wise refuse to get glasses if he needs them?"
"Like I said, stubbornness. He's very stubborn. That's also why he insists on giving his students prune juice instead of bottled water. Just because he really likes prunes and prune like products, he insists on torturing everyone else with them."
The two continued to walk until they reached the store, which was very close by. The two were now shopping around for drinks.
"Hey Jou-san, I just realized something."
"What?" Jou asked, picking up a juice pack.
"I forgot to give my plane ticket to Miyako-san."
"Come to think of it, I did too. Oh well, we'll find something to do with them."
The two had all of the drinks they needed and went up to the counter. Miyako's mother was running the counter today.
"Ohayou gozaimasu, Inoue-san," Iori greeted politely.
"Hi there Iori, Jou. Are these drinks for your grandfather's students, Iori?"
"Yep."
"Okay," the woman said as she started to ring up the amount on the cash register. "The total is the same price as usual."
"Could you put it on my grandfather's tab, please?"
"Sure thing," the woman nodded. "Your grandfather is a man of honor and always keeps his word."
"So in other words, he always pays on time?" Jou asked.
"Bingo!" Mrs. Inoue smiled.
"Arigatou," Iori bowed.
"Doumo," Jou bowed.
"You're very welcome. By the way, how come you two didn't go on that trip?"
"Well, I promised to help ojiisama during my summer break."
"I had too much summer work assigned from school."
"I know what that's like. I remember that in my last year of high school, I had a lot of work to do over my summer break. No time for fun at all that summer."
"I'm glad I don't have to worry about that stuff yet."
"Consider yourself lucky, Iori-kun. I still have the rest of 11th grade and then 12th next year to worry about."
"Well, we better get going, Mrs. Inoue. Thank you for the stuff," Iori told her.
"No problem," she smiled.
The two exited the store and headed back to the dojo.
"Consider your first task done. We have enough drinks to last us the next couple of weeks, and all of the prune juice is for my grandfather." Iori shuddered a bit at the thought of drinking all of that prune juice. He calmed down a bit and continued. "And all of the fruit juices and energy drinks are for the students."
"But you technically did everything."
"It doesn't matter too much, let's just hurry back."
The older boy nodded and hurried along...
Now that we know what the two Sincere and Reliable ones of the group are up to, let's get back to the others...
The hostess was sitting at the kitchen table, in a depressed mood, along with Hikari and Sora, whom of which were trying to cheer her up...
"What a disastrous night," Mimi groaned, resting her head in her hands.
Flashback>
It was now late in the afternoon and Mimi decided to start the beach party up.
"Okay everyone, time for my beach party!" the girl announced. "Everyone go throw on your swimsuits and meet me down on the beach!"
Everyone did as she said, excited over the thought, although Izzy was a bit reluctant to participate. He wasn't really a party person. Besides, he didn't want to do anything including Miyako. He was still a bit mad at her for what she said on the plane and embarrassing him, but not as mad as he was at himself. He hated the fact that he and Miyako had, had an argument. He had argued with Taichi a lot of times, but it never made him feel as bad as he did now.
He shrugged it off and walked off to get ready. He figured that Mimi wasn't going to let him sit around and do nothing--Miyako too for that matter, if the two were on speaking terms.
After a while, all of the kids were on the beach, dressed for the occasion of course. Mimi had the music blasting and Matt had started up a bonfire since it was getting a bit dark out.
Izzy shook his head at the group and walked off. He just wasn't in the mood to party. It wasn't his style, but whenever he was involved in a social activity, such as a party, he normally attempted to try to fit in or find someone to talk with that he knew, etc., but this time, he treated everyone as if they were strangers to him.
Miyako had forgotten all about Izzy and their argument since she had talked with Ken. He cheered her up. He was also dancing with her now--that was another reason why Izzy had wandered off. He despised the sight of Miyako and Ken acting so chummy with one another, not that he hated Ken or anything. He got along pretty well with him.
After a while, everyone had stopped dancing and started to swim, eat the food Matt was barbequing, and do other things that one would when on the beach.
"Hey, where's Izzy?" Mimi asked while looking around.
Izzy could hear everyone from his "hiding spot," I guess you could call it. He was just a little ways down the beach from them, but since it was kind of dark, no one could see him.
"You know, I haven't seen him," Sora said.
"Me neither," the others responded.
Mimi then asked Miyako if she had seen Izzy, which resulted in the girl stubbornly crossing her arms and sneering.
"Miyako?"
"He's probably off doing something perverted!"
The girl was obviously still upset with Izzy and was mad at everything she had said to him, but she still couldn't forgive him because of what he said back. It really hurt her and she wasn't expecting Izzy to argue back, she was expecting him to just say, "I'm sorry," just to end the argument and to end the discussion, like he would with any other person, but this time, he just didn't...
When she sat down beside Koushirou on the plane, she was actually planning on apologizing to him, but since Izzy started talking first, throwing insults out to her, she retaliated the best way she knew how...insulting back.
"Honestly Miyako," Mimi said, surprised at her young friend's attitude.
"It's probably true! He'd rather spend time alone with his computer than with people or maybe he's attacking some other helpless victim, trying to take advantage of them."
The girl went on and on with her accusations of Izzy. The more she talked, the worse Izzy felt. Not only was Miyako insulting him and degrading his character, she was making him look like some sex crazed maniac, which he was not. He was the perfect gentleman, as lots of people have pointed out. The redhead then couldn't take the insults anymore and walked back towards where the others were...
The others just saw the look on Izzy's face and remained quiet as he approached the still talking Miyako, who stopped talking abruptly.
"Izzy!" the girl said in surprise.
"Hi, Miyako. I hope you're happy going around telling everybody that I'm a pervert! Well, I have one thing to say to you. If you're going to go around telling people that I'm a pervert, which you claim is the truth, then I'll just tell people the truth about you."
The girl looked at Izzy wondering what he could've meant. The others were just as curious.
"I'm sorry, Miyako, but everyone knows that you're easy," the boy said with no feeling. "Lost of boys in school say so."
The girl stood there, shocked at the accusation, just as the others were. That was definitely not like Izzy. He would never say such a thing.
"But, but, that's not true!"
"Sure it isn't. You dress as if you want every boy to notice you!"
"I do not! My skirts aren't that short!"
"You show off more than what you should, which means you're definitely easy."
The girl looked at Izzy, wondering if he was playing, but the look on his face said otherwise. His expression was indeed serious, but his eyes looked as if it was filled with hurt...like he had been deceived by someone important to him, but Miyako didn't seem to notice that.
The boy then turned away and ran back towards the beach house. Everyone was still flabbergasted by what happened. Miyako felt as if she wanted to cry...one of her best friends had just indirectly called her a "slut," which she was not. Sure her skirt was a bit on the "short" side, but that was only because she was tall for a second year Junior High girl and she hadn't gotten her uniform altered yet; same with some of her regular clothes. She had an unexpected growth spurt, but she never felt her skirts were all that short...
Ken walked over to Miyako and placed a hand on her shoulder. The girl shook her head and ran off, tears flooding her eyes. She was too upset to talk right now. She hated herself for accusing Izzy of being a pervert. Deep down, she knew it wasn't true. She really felt that she wasn't worthy to possess the "Digimental of Purity." She was being very selfish and was on a definite ego trip, which is why she started arguing with Izzy to begin with.
Izzy ended up going back to the room he was staying in, the one Mimi showed him to earlier, and slammed the door. He hated himself even more. He hated the fact that he had said those things to Miyako. He just wasn't himself. He was just mad at her, yet, at the same time, he wasn't. He just wanted to make her feel bad for everything she had said about him, but now he was wondering if he had gone too far. He knew it wasn't true. As a matter of fact, whenever anyone said anything bad about Miyako or even what Izzy himself had accused Miyako of, he would defend her. The girl was pretty pure when it came to those kinds of things and he, of all people, knew that....
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"Don't blame yourself, Mimi-san," Hikari said with a gentle smile, patting the older girl on the back. "It's not your fault that both Miyako-san and Koushirou-san ruined the mood of the party."
"Yes it is! I'm the hostess! My job is to keep everyone entertained and happy."
"If they aren't willing to cooperate, then you can't blame yourself for it," Sora told her.
"I guess," she frowned.
A certain big-haired boy entered the room that Mimi, Sora, and Hikari were in, which was the kitchen. He went over to the fridge and took out a soda.
"You shouldn't get so down, Mimi," Taichi said while popping the top on the soda. "Sora and Kari are right. "It's not your fault that Miyako and Koushirou are acting like a couple of spoiled brats. Miyako just got embarrassed and I guess my teasing didn't help. Instead of Izzy backing down from an argument, like he would normally, he just argued back, but his ego was probably crushed when Miyako accused him of those things."
The boy started to down the soda...taking gulp after gulp...
"I guess you guys are right."
"Of course," Hikari smiled.
Tai spit out the soda he was drinking into the nearby sink.
"Ick, what is this stuff?!" he asked, walking over to where the girls were. "It's all chunky and stuff!"
Kari and Sora started to laugh at Tai.
"You should always look at labels before you start drinking stuff out of a fridge, Tai," Sora said between laughs.
"Um, that's a health drink that Michael's father used to endorse," Mimi explained. "It's not very good or tasty and is filled with tofu, carrots, tomatoes, wheat germ, rutabagas, stuff like that. It's supposed to grow hair on your chest if you're a man and it's supposed to make you stronger."
The girl then got a pondering look.
"What's wrong?" Hikari asked.
"Hmm, I wonder how long it's been there. They haven't used this beach house in over a year and that drink hasn't been sold or made in over a year either. I bet that drink is spoiled now."
"Ack, I've been poisoned!!"
The boy ran to the sink and filled up a glass with water to get the awful taste from out of his mouth. While this was happening, Yamato walked in shaking his head at what he had just witnessed in the room he had just left. Ken walked in shortly behind him.
"Anyone know what's up with Takeru and Daisuke?" Yamato asked. "They're eyeing each other like a couple of Hawkmon or something, like they don't trust each other."
"I don't even want to know," Hikari sighed.
"It's that bet they have going on probably," Ken said while taking a seat at the table.
"What bet?" Sora asked.
"The two bet each other that they could go throughout this entire trip without wearing their favorite ensemble--for Takaishi, it's that hat of his, for Motomiya, it's his goggles that Yagami gave him--the winner has to be the other's slave for an entire month."
"That's the stupidest thing I ever heard of!" Hikari said in disgust. "Who initiated this bet?"
"I don't remember. I think it was Takaishi, but I was still sleepy at the time and I really didn't care, but does it really matter? They both agreed to it."
"What's wrong with you, Tai?" Yamato laughed, noticing his friend over at the sink. "Trying out for the part of a camel on us in case we end up in the desert."
"Very funny," Taichi wheezed in a raspy voice like he had just swallowed something very hot.
"I could use a drink, where are they?"
Mimi was about to warn Matt about the health drinks and to look in the bottom of the fridge for juices and sodas, until Tai smirked and stepped in, motioning Mimi not to say anything.
"I'll show you," Taichi offered. "This place is totally stocked!!"
The boy went over to the fridge and showed him all of the drinks.
"Wow, this is pretty cool."
He then did the same thing Tai did and took out a can, without looking to see what it is.
"Thanks, Tai."
"You're welcome," Taichi smiled mischievously.
The boy started to gulp down the drink...he then spit it out in the sink and screamed in disgust. Tai snickered.
"What the hell was that!?" Yamato coughed.
"Tai, that was mean of you to trick him like that."
"You didn't stop him, did you?"
Sora couldn't say anything. She thought the joke was funny herself, but Tai's reaction was funnier to her.
Mimi then told him the same thing she had Tai.
"You're dead, Yagami," Yamato started, his voice just as raspy as Tai's was earlier, "but first, I need some water."
Matt ran to the sink and drank tons of water, like Tai had...
"What's the deal, Matt?" Taichi asked with a smirk. "Trying to turn into a camel on us in case we end up lost in the desert?"
Matt just gave Tai an evil stare and continued drinking the water.
"I hope there's nothing else messed up in that drink that could cause some kind of a strange side effect."
"Such as?" Ken asked.
"I think steroids are in that drink and those two did drink a lot of it."
"What's the big deal about steroids?" Hikari asked innocently. "I heard they aren't all that good for you. Are they deathly?"
Tai screamed out in fear and said, "No, it can cause something even worse than death to happen!"
"What?" Hikari asked, still not understanding.
"Nothing much, Hikari-san," Ken responded cooly. "It just causes a bit of shrinkage."
"How can you say that in such a calm manner!?" Taichi asked.
"I didn't drink it," Ken said with a Kaizer-like smirk, "you guys did."
"You mean my brother is going to shrink and turn into a midget?"
Everyone nearly face faulted from her response.
"What?"
"Um, this effect only happens to guys, Hikari-chan...this shrinking thing to a certain part of their body," Sora informed her with a sweat drop.
"OH!" Kari then came to a realization, catching on to what Sora was saying. "Oh!"
"We didn't drink that much, maybe there's still hope," Yamato said.
"Maybe we can take some kind of a pill or a drink to prevent it from happening!" Taichi said. "I couldn't live with such a defect!"
"What if there's a side effect from that!?!"
"Of course you have to use steroids for a long time for that to happen," Mimi laughed. "Besides, I don't think that's even true."
"You had me worried for nothing!" Taichi shouted, throwing his arms up into the air.
"Hey, why don't you keep on drinking the drinks and see if it's true or not," Mimi joked while standing up. "I'm sure someone here could keep tabs on it, especially since you drank more than Yamato, meaning the effects will be more noticeable with you."
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that," Taichi said, giving Mimi an, 'I can't believe you said that,' look.
"You know, size doesn't really matter," Sora stated wisely, knowingly, uneasily, and a bit awkwardly - due to the subject of discussion.
"Speak for yourself," Taichi muttered.
"Anyway," Yamato sweat dropped, ignoring everything that was said by both Mimi and Sora, "now that I know I'm not going to shrink and ruin any chances that I may have at happiness or dating or marriage in the future, what are we doing today?"
"Sightsee, then tomorrow, we're going on a boat ride."
"Like a cruise?" Hikari asked.
"Yep," Mimi nodded.
"Ooh, can I be the captain?"
"Um, Tai, do you even know how to operate a boat?" Mimi asked.
"No, but I'm sure I could swing it."
"Yeah, swing is right into an iceberg and cause a shipwreck," Yamato remarked sarcastically.
"But we're in a tropical climate," Ken pointed out.
"This is Tai we're talking about here," Yamato said with his arms crossed, smirking slightly. "He'd probably find a way to hit one anyway."
Tai stuck his tongue out at Matt.
"It's not safe, Tai. I have more experience than you sailing, and---"
"Well, I'll make sure to have my spot on the lifeboat ready," Yamato interrupted. "I have dibs on the first one!"
"Quiet you!" Mimi laughed as she playfully hit Matt, who also laughed. "I have lots of experience sailing. Michael has tons more, though, but I'm not going to be operating this boat. A young man named Jason McKenzie is. He works for Michael's family and normally sails their boats, whenever they use that big cruise-sized yacht of theirs."
"Oh, so I don't need to wear two life jackets after all," Yamato smirked.
"Remind me to toss you overboard once we get on," Mimi threatened, her right hand on her hip.
"Sure thing," Yamato responded playfully, "if you come along with me."
The girl stuck her tongue out at Matt and continued on.
"Now, let's get going."
"Wait, we can't leave without Miyako-san, Izumi, Motomiya, or Takaishi," Ken said.
"Why not leave Takeru and Daisuke," Hikari joked. "They're obviously busy with their bet."
"I'll go get Koushirou," Mimi offered. "Ken, you go get Miyako, and Hikari, you can get both Takeru and Daisuke. After you guys round up everyone, meet us out front. Our transportation awaits us!"
"Okay," the two nodded.
"Wait, has anyone talked with Izzy since those incidents he's had with Miyako?"
They all shook their heads.
"He's been too edgy to talk with," Taichi explained.
"Every time we ask what's wrong, he jumps down our throats for it and says that he doesn't want to talk about it," Yamato added.
"He's probably still embarassed," Taichi said sadly. "But that still doesn't explain what his deal was before we left."
"You were there, the stuff with Miyako."
"No, before that, Sora. The night before we left. He was edgy and short patient then," Taichi informed her.
"I talked with Miyako-san last night, but the conversation didn't last long," Hikari said quietly. "She was too upset to talk and this morning, I left her in the bath. She wasn't in the mood to talk, even though I tried very hard to."
"We should put those two in one of the bedrooms and lock the door!"
"Tai, where is your mind!" Sora asked in surprise.
"Not where yours is, obviously," he smirked.
Sora playfully hit Tai who laughed at her.
"You know what I mean!" the girl retorted. "We lock them in until they can come to terms with one another and stop arguing!"
"I still wonder what's been going on with Izzy lately," Yamato muttered.
Everyone shrugged and started to head out. Kari went to the living room where Takeru and Daisuke were, playing a game of Checkers. Neither one of them was any good at Chess and wouldn't be able to spot a winning move if their lives depended on it.
She told the two that Mimi said to go out front. Both boys agreed and ran up beside Kari. The girl shook her head and walked out, both boys trailing her...
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Ken was at the door of the room Miyako was sharing with Hikari. Everyone was sharing a room: Sora was sharing with Mimi, Taichi was sharing with Yamato, Jou would've been sharing with Koushirou, if Jou would've been there, Iori would've been sharing with Ken, if he would've been there, and Daisuke was sharing with Takeru. So right now, both Koushirou and Ken have rooms to themselves...
The boy knocked on the door and walked in. He saw that the beds were nicely made up and a few hair care products were laid out.
"Miyako-san, Miyako-san," he called.
The boy walked into the room a bit farther, but heard some crying.
"Miyako-san?" he called again.
He saw Miyako sitting in the bathroom that connected Mimi and Sora's room to Miyako and Kari's. She was sitting on the toilet, holding her knees up to her chest, and crying. She was already dressed...she was wearing a white T-shirt, a pair of blue jean shorts, and a blue beret on her head.
"Miyako, what's wrong?" Ken asked in alarm, running to her side.
The girl looked up, vision blurred, and saw Ken standing there.
"Ken," she said, removing her glasses and wiping her eyes, "what are you doing here?"
"We're about to go out sightseeing today, and I came up to get you."
"I'm not going anyplace today," the girl responded sullenly, trying not to cry any more than what she had. "I just want to go home."
"Why?"
"You heard what he said! He said that boys talk about me behind my back."
"So what if they do? You know it's not true."
The girl jerked her head up in surprise.
"You mean...those rumors that people speak of are true? Izzy wasn't making that up?"
The boy turned his head. That was the only answer Miyako needed, which caused her to cry again.
"They're just jerks. You do wear your skirts kind of short, but I know that you aren't 'easy' or anything like that. Most of the guys who believe that are guys who can't get dates themselves. Besides, no one really believes those rumors, those who count I mean. Everyone knows that you're a decent girl. You don't even date anyone. Why anyone would believe those rumors are dumb anyway." He then muttered, "Only boys you've turned down for dates, according to Daisuke and Takaishi."
Miyako still sniffled a bit, taking in all that Ken had said.
"Why would Izumi say something like that anyway? I've heard him defend Miyako before," Ken thought. "It was that time when my school was playing theirs in a soccer match and Takahiro was spreading those rumors about Miyako just because she turned down going on a date with him. He's a jerk anyway and has a bad rep. He always does something like that when he can't get his way."
"You mean, nobody believes those rumors?" Miyako finally spoke up.
"No way, everyone knows you don't go out with boys much and that it's pretty tough to get a date with you," Ken smirked. "I know you've never gone out with Takahiro, even though he says he did, which is how the stupid rumors started. I never believed them, though."
"That jerk! He always bugs me for a date, but I keep telling him no and that I don't like him in that way, even though it is considered rude to tell someone that! Oh wait until I get back home! I'll give him a piece of my mind with my fists!"
"You know how he is...it's his way or no way. All of the Nazowa brothers are like that. His two older brothers, Satoshi and Keitaro are worse."
"But how could he say such things about me? How could Izzy believe them?!"
"I know for a fact that he doesn't."
"But he---"
"You know what, never mind. Let's just get going. Mimi-san said to meet her in front. 'Our transportation awaits us!'"
The girl nodded and stood up, but washed her face first. She had been crying for quite a while and her face was stained with tears. After she finished, the two headed towards the bedroom door to leave. She then gave Ken a hug. The boy smiled.
"What's the hug for?"
"For cheering me up," she smiled at him. "Thank you."
He nodded and the two walked out of the room and headed towards the front door.
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The tan-haired girl, wearing the mid driff and white jean shorts, knocked on the door of Izumi Koushirou.
"Izzy, oh Izzy!"
It didn't take long, but Izzy answered the door. He saw Mimi smiling at him, like always.
"Hi, Mimi-san," he responded gloomily.
Mimi noticed that it looked like Izzy hadn't slept a wink and he looked incredibly depressed.
"Well, we're getting ready to leave and--"
"Go ahead."
"Koushirou, you can't stay cooped up in here all day."
"Why not?"
"Well, this is a vacation," she reminded him. "You're supposed to be enjoying yourself, not moping around."
Izzy walked away and sat down on the bed. Mimi walked in and sat down beside him.
"What's going on?"
"What kind of a question is that?" he asked in surprise. "You know what's going on."
"Maybe, but I just want to know what's going on with you and Miyako. This isn't like you."
"She started it!"
"But who's going to be mature enough to end it?"
The boy got quiet and then tried his best to change the subject.
"You know what...let's get going. I really don't feel like sitting around here all day."
The boy got up and headed towards the door while Mimi frowned. She just didn't understand what was up with Izzy. If he hadn't ended their first argument with an insult, it probably would've been over by now. She then got up and walked out front, where everyone was standing around in shock. There, in the front yard, was a helicopter. Izzy got a somewhat freaked out look on his face. Miyako glanced in his direction and noticed it.
"Oh no, Izzy's fear of flying!" Miyako thought in concern. "I hope he'll be all right."
"If I freak out in a plane, what makes them think I'll like a helicopter any better!" the boy muttered to himself. "I wish Miyako could sit with me. I'd feel better if she did..."
"Okay everyone," Mimi announced. "Hop in so we can go inland to sightsee and shop!"
Everyone hopped into the helicopter, along with a reluctant Izzy, and the pilot took off...
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Note: Here's something you may or may not know. In the original, that isn't really "prune juice," that Iori's grandfather drinks. They're really energy drinks, like "Gaytorade" or something along the lines of that. If I got my facts mixed up, which wouldn't surprise me, just correct me. As far as I know, they're really energy drinks.