Part 7: Day 1 in Paradise…The Shopping Trip and Dinner!
The group was now in town, sightseeing and buying souvenirs and clothes. Hikari used this to her advantage; her two lovesick slaves were doing practically everything for her. They were in a gift shop now.
"I wonder what Iori would like," Daisuke muttered while looking around.
"How about key chain," Takeru suggested.
"People always buy key chains as souvenirs when they can't think of anything else to get!"
"I know what we could get Jou."
"Me too!"
"A book on the history of this place," the two said together.
"I think I'll get Iori a T-shirt," Daisuke finally decided.
"I'm getting him a key chain."
"Ooh," Hikari responded slyly as she looked over some jewelry, "this is cute."
"Whatever it is, I'll get it for you Kari!" Daisuke offered, running to her side.
"Bug off! I'm buying her whatever she wants!"
"No you're not!"
"Yes I am!"
"Play you for it."
The blonde nodded. Kari shook her head at the two, but still thought it was cute that they were so anxious to go out of their way just for her.
"Ready?" Takeru asked.
"Ready!" Daisuke nodded.
"Jan-ken poi!!"
Daisuke threw out rock and Takeru threw out paper...
"Yeah!" Takeru cheered.
"Aww man," Daisuke groaned over the loss.
"Okay Kari, what is it that you would like?"
"That pretty ring with the blue stone in it," she smiled sweetly.
TK nodded and agreed to buy it. He picked up the ring that Kari was referring to and nearly fainted because of the price. He knew about American currency. Daisuke snickered a bit and went back to shopping for Iori. Takeru, reluctantly, paid for the ring, but the plus side out of the situation was that he got a hug out of Kari.
Mimi was with Sora shopping around for something to wear.
"I don't know," Sora said while looking at skirt. "What do you think about this one?"
"I dunno, I don't think green is your color."
"You know what, I think I'm going to buy me a sundress and a straw hat."
"Yeah, it's one of the 'coolest' things to wear around here on warm days!"
"Exactly what I was thinking! I'll get this yellow sundress."
"Definitely," Mimi nodded. "Yellow is more your color."
"Cool, let's go buy it."
Matt and Tai were looking at magazines...not those kinds you pervs. :-p
"How about this magazine?" Taichi asked. "It's about the biggest soccer stars of the world."
"But it's in English."
"We have Izzy, remember? He can translate it for us."
"Where is he anyway?"
"Beats me," Taichi shrugged while looking through the sports magazine he had just picked up. "Probably hacking into government files again."
"That's mean; you know he doesn't do that."
"I know, I know. Just kidding around."
"Well, I'm getting this magazine on the latest in music equipment," he said, picking up a magazine. "I could use some new equipment and this will help me figure out which I should get."
"C'mon, let's go pay for it."
"Oh no you don't," Yamato interpolated. "You don't know a thing about American Currency...let's just go and get Mimi."
"Okay, okay."
The two walked off to the other part of the store where the clothes were. They figured that Mimi would be on that side of the store.
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Miyako was with Ken looking at T-shirts.
"I wouldn't mind this T-shirt. It'd make a good souvenir."
"Yeah, it would," Miyako nodded in agreement. "I think I'll buy me a new hat. I'm getting a bit tired of this blue beret of mine. I've worn it for years."
The girl eyed out a hat and tried it on. It was purplish and fashionable. It reminded her of Izzy for some reason and decided right then and there that she wanted to buy it. She took it off the rack and tried it on.
"I like this one."
"It suits you," Ken complimented.
The girl smiled and then looked at the price and frowned. Ken and Miyako knew about American currency as well.
"This costs way too much! I can't afford this! The T-shirts are cheaper!"
"Then stick with a shirt instead of a hat."
"I guess I should, but I really wanted that beret," Miyako sighed. She then thought, "Izzy probably would've liked it." She shook of her thoughts of Izzy and said, "Well, I'll go and get that postcard and send it off to Iori."
The girl sadly walked off with Ken, leaving the hat rack, but a mysterious person stepped up after they left and grabbed the hat...
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After everyone finished in the gift shop, and after Sora changed into her new outfit, they decided to sightsee some more. The place was really pretty with all of the white sandy beaches.
Mimi decided to take the group out to dinner to a private island that Michael and his family always went to, but in order to get there, they had to sail there. It wasn't too big a deal though. There were a lot of other tourists around too and only rich people attended this island or those who have the cash. Mimi was lucky though since she was such good friends with Michael and his family. It was already pretty dark out...it was pretty much dusk.
"Voila, welcome to the island!"
"This place is remarkable!" Yamato whistled.
"Yep," Mimi smiled. "Let's go and get some seats. This was my surprise for you all."
A man walked up and led the group down a sidewalk lit with small laterns and there was a big table set up for them. There were three extra chairs there since Michael, Iori, and Jou weren't there. Everyone took a seat.
Sora took the seat in between Yamato and Taichi. Beside Yamato, sat Takeru and Hikari and beside her was Daisuke. Beside Daisuke sat Ken and Miyako. Koushirou, who was holding a box, reluctantly took the seat beside Miyako. He was still feeling guilty and awkward being around her. Miyako didn't really seem to notice. She wasn't even really mad at Izzy anymore because of all that Ken had said, but she still felt that she should keep quiet around him. He hadn't really made any attempt to talk to her, so why should she try to talk with him...
"I hope you all will enjoy this. It's a traditional fish fry and there's a show too!"
"Cool, what kind of show?" Daisuke asked.
"A calypso band and there'll probably be other forms of entertainment too!"
"Cool!" everyone exclaimed.
Mimi took the seat right next to Izzy, which meant that he couldn't move if he wanted to.
All of the tables were nicely lit with candles due to night falling.
One of the announcers on stage took out the microphone and started to say some stuff.
"Hey there ladies and gentleman! Is everyone having a good time!"
"Yeah!" all of the tourists cheered.
"That's great everyone! And now, I would like to welcome a special girl who makes everybody smile and would do anything for her friends! Mimi Tachikawa!"
The girl smiled and ran up onto the stage.
"Hey there, Mimi."
"Hi there, Miguel."
"Mimi went through all of this trouble to give her friends the best time they've ever had!" the announcer told everyone.
A spotlight shined down on the table that the Chosens were sitting at. Everyone around them clapped. The young man then handed the microphone to Mimi.
"Hello every one. I just wanted to say that I'm glad that my friends could come and that I would do anything for them. Now, this song is for them."
The guys in the back counted off and started to play some music while Mimi started to sing a song called, Friend~Itsu Mademo Wasurenai~ by AiM.
*A/N: Hey, why not, she is Mimi's voice actress and she does sing that song. If you're wondering, that's the fourth movie-ending theme. More than likely, if I ever have a scene where Mimi is supposed to be singing something, I'm going to use a Maeda Ai (AiM) song since I like them so much. ^^*
Although, the only people that could understand the song entirely were Mimi's friends, the other tourists enjoyed the song too. Mimi had a nice singing voice and the music was nice. The band members were even singing backup for her.
After the song, she bowed and everyone clapped for her. She then went back to where her friends were and took her seat.
"That was great, Mimi!" Miyako complimented.
"Thanks a lot!" Sora thanked her.
"That was cool!" Hikari cheered.
"Nothing's too good for my friends!" Mimi smiled.
The group then sat down and enjoyed dinner. After doing all of the various activities on the island, it was time to go. The group had missed the boat that the tourists take so Mimi called up Jason to come and get them in the yacht. It didn't take long, but he got there.
"Everybody on!" Mimi instructed.
Everyone stepped up the ramp onto the exclusive yacht. Mimi introduced Jason to all of them who greeted him politely. After everyone got settled, Jason set sail onto dark ocean waters...