Part 8: A Three-Hour Tour...
Tentomon: Why does that sound familiar?
Gomamon: Yeah, like it's from a TV show or something.
Palmon: Why are we here?
Tentomon: Because we're curious about the title.
Hawkmon: What kind of a title is that anyway?
Wormmon: Maybe my Ken-chan knows!
Armadimon: Or maybe Iori!
Piyomon: I bet it means that they're going on a tour for three hours.
V-mon: No way, that's too obvious!
Patamon: Maybe there's some hidden symbolism within the title that the readers have to somehow figure out.
Everyone gives Patamon a look.
Patamon: What?
Tentomon: Only I'm supposed to say things like that! I'm the knowledgeable one!
RP: HOLD it! What are you all doing here? This fic doesn't concern you all this time.
All Digis: We're curious about the title...
RP: Hey, leave the worrying about the title to the readers, now shoo on back to Vegas. *To get that completely, you'd have to read the last chapter of my fic, A Typical Day in Odaiba!, which I don't think is all that good. ^^*
Tentomon: We would, but we ran out of things to bet.
RP: You guys are broke?
All Digis: (Nods and frowns)
RP: Well, since I'm in a good mood, here...
::Writes in that they get 13,000 in American dollars::
RP: There ya go, now each of you have exactly $1,000 to spend and bet.
Betamon: Thanks RP!
Agumon: Isn't she great guys!
Tailmon: Definitely the greatest!
V-mon: Not as great as you, Tailmon. ^_^
Tailmon: Um...yeah...
RP: Now, all of you shoo so I can finish this fic.
All Digis: Okay!
*They all take off*
RP: Good, now let's get this part started!
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Earlier that Monday afternoon in Odaiba...
"Okay, Jou-san, it's time for our break!"
"Whew, good," Jou sighed out in relief. "This Kendo and Martial Arts stuff is hard."
The two boys were now resting and eating some lunch prepared for them by Iori's grandfather, which caused both boys to frown. Everything was made from prunes.
"It's good once you get used to it," Iori told Jou while holding his nose, glad that he could always go home to his mother's cooking.
"Have you gotten used to it?" Jou asked, holding his nose from the terrible smell the food was giving off.
"No," the boy admitted. He then muttered, "But my body has become immune to it."
"Want to go out for a bite to eat?"
"Sure!" Iori said excitedly. He stood up and rushed to put his Kendo gear away. "Ojiisama, we are going out for our lunch break."
"You don't want any of my Prune Surprise and Prune juice? I even made a special dessert for you. Prune Bread topped with Prune flavored honey." He then wisely stated, "It is very healthy for you and is nature's treat."
"Um, well...I just thought we'd try something different since it's Jou's first day, grandfather," Iori said quickly with a nervous sweat drop, hoping to get away from the prune dishes.
"If you must, then go right ahead," he smiled at him. "It is his first day."
"Thank you very much, ojiisama!" Iori bowed gratefully.
The two boys put their equipment up and left.
"I have this feeling that we won't be able to get away with this everyday."
"No way," Iori sighed, wishing that they could.
The two walked a couple of blocks to a burger joint.
"Since it was my idea to eat out, I'll treat."
"Wow, thanks Jou-san!"
"No problem."
The two ordered their food and sat down at a booth to eat it. Iori enjoyed the burger, fries, and shake very much. It was better than his usual dosage of prunes.
"This is much better than grandfather's Prune Surprise Casserole!" Iori said as he started to eat his fries. "Thank you so much for treating me!"
"Yeah," Jou said while staring out into space.
"Maybe we can talk ojiisama into letting us do this all the time."
"Yeah..."
The younger boy noticed Jou's spaced-out look and how the conversation was onesided as he continued to eat. He noticed that Jou hadn't touched any of his food. Iori was almost finished with his.
"A meteor just hit the school and now you can't go anymore."
"Yeah..."
"I accidentally destroyed all of your homework assignments on your computer and broke the floppy that had all of your backup homework."
"Yeah..."
"I destroyed the entire computer that your homework assignments are on."
"Yeah..."
"Hello, what's wrong?" Iori asked while waving his hand in front of Jou's face. "I just said I destroyed your homework and your computer, and that you have no way of getting it back."
"Yeah..."
"Jou-san?"
"Oh, huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just wish I were on that trip with the others. I was looking so forward to this trip until I got all of that schoolwork and I really wanted to see Mimi-kun. It's been a long time since I've seen her last," he explained to him. "It's been too long...the girl is always on my mind now-a-days," he muttered to himself.
"Well, I'm sure you'll get to see her another time."
"Lucky Izzy...he gets to see her," he muttered.
"Huh?"
"Oh, sorry again," Jou apologized as he took a sip of his drink. "I was just thinking about how much fun I could be having right now with the others."
"I wish we could've gone too. I'm sure the beaches are really nice there."
"Yeah," Jou nodded. He looked at his watch and nearly choked on his drink. "Aww, we're late and I haven't even gotten half way through my burger."
"That's because you were daydreaming the entire time. I'm finished."
"Looks like I'm going to have to carry this stuff with me."
"Yep. Hurry! We have to go!"
The boy nodded and grabbed his food and both hurried back to Iori's grandfather's dojo...
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Back to Mimi and the others after the party on the island...
"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...
"All aboard," Jason called.
"Whoa, this thing is huge!" Taichi exclaimed.
"Yeah, and this is just a yacht!" Sora agreed.
The group was now sailing home and exploring the big yacht.
"This is fun!" Daisuke laughed playfully as he let the wind hit his face. "I've never been on a cruise ship before!"
"Anyone up for a game of shuffleboard?"
"Shuffleboard?" Hikari asked. She then laughed, "Oniichan, you don't know how to play shuffleboard."
"Well, we are on a fancy looking boat and those old people on TV always play shuffleboard."
"Tai, there's no shuffleboard on this yacht," Mimi explained to him, laughing a a bit herself. "It's not even the size of a typical cruise ship. This is just a really big yacht."
Izzy had once again isolated himself from everyone, still holding on to the nicely wrapped box with purple ribbon. He sat there, staring down at it, sighing.
"Hey Mimi, can we get some music while we sail back?"
"Sure thing, Matt. We're going to be a while anyway since we're not going back to shore."
"Where are we going then?"
"Back to the beach house, Daisuke."
Yamato turned on some music to help liven things up. Everyone was dancing around, having fun, except for Ken and Koushirou. Koushirou was still a far ways off from everyone and Ken had been sitting the entire time with a frown on his face. The others noticed.
"Hey, what's the matter?" Hikari asked in concern. "Get up and dance with me."
Daisuke and Takeru were, once again, embarrassing themselves over who gets to dance with her, so she was avoiding them.
"I dunno," he sighed uneasily. "I just don't like the idea of sailing at night. It's very dark out."
"But there's a big, beautiful moon out, so it's not too dark."
"I guess, but I still have the feeling something isn't quite right."
Kari shrugged.
"Cheer up. Don't turn into Izzy on us," she told him.
"Speaking of Izumi, where is he?" Ken asked.
"On the other side of the ship holding a package," Sora said, walking up with Tai by her side. "I noticed he had it earlier. He just won't let it go."
"He's acting stranger than usual," Taichi muttered.
"Do you think he's still mad?" Hikari asked her brother.
"Maybe, but why would he be avoiding us?" Taichi asked. "Miyako's the one who pissed him off, not us. He's been the invisible man this entire day!"
"I guess we should just give him his space. When he's ready to join us, he will."
"Yeah, Ichijouji-kun is right," Sora nodded in agreement. "We should all just back off."
"Speaking of people who never back off," Taichi started, "where's Miyako?"
"Probably with Mimi-san and Yamato-san," Hikari responded.
"Wouldn't him and Mimi make the cutest couple," Taichi teased.
"Don't you start anything, Tai!" Sora scolded. "Look at the damage you did with Miyako-chan and Koushirou-kun. You accused them of making a cute couple and look what happened!"
"Matt and me?" Mimi walked over, overhearing what was said. "Did Tai just say that Matt and me would make a cute couple?"
"Did you say something about me?" Yamato walked over, hearing his name mentioned.
"Tai just said that you and Mimi would make a cute couple," Sora told him.
"He's nice and all," Mimi laughed slightly, "but I don't think he's my type."
Matt forced out a laugh since he didn't see what was so funny.
"Yeah...ehehehe." He then gave Mimi a sly look and said, "But you'll never know until you actually date me."
"Mr. Ishida, are you asking me out?" Mimi asked playfully.
"Um, no," he said nervously. "Of course not...I'm just saying you'll never know if I'm not your type unless you date me."
"That's true," Mimi said quietly, spacing out. 'I really wish Jou was here. I really miss him. I was hoping to hang out with Izzy, my other favorite guy, but he's all depressed. I wonder if I should go talk with him.'
"Mimi?" Yamato called, breaking Mimi from her thoughts.
"Oh, huh?"
"I asked if you would like to dance with me for a while."
'I wish I could get Izzy to do dance with me," she muttered to herself. "Sure," she smiled at Yamato.
Matt grabbed Mimi's hand and the two started to dance to the Calypso type music playing. While they were dancing, Miyako was wandering around, thinking about Izzy. She really wished that he would lighten up.
'What have I done? I bet he's never going to speak to me again now. He's been avoiding me all day. Even during dinner he did. All he did was keep to himself, holding some stupid package. Probably something for senpai (Jou) or Iori, but he wouldn't get it nicely wrapped just for them. I know; it's probably something for his mother.'
The young girl's concentration was broken by the sounds of clapping. She turned her head to see what was up.
"Wow, you two danced great!" Sora complimented.
"If we had a dance contest, they would definitely win it!" Hikari smiled.
"Yeah, good job, Mimi, Yamato..." Taichi told the two.
"So, how's about a date, Mimi?"
She stared admiringly at Izzy before responding.
"I'll have to get back to you on that."
"Sure," he shrugged.
The girl walked off and headed down to the other end of the yacht where Izzy was sitting, staring out at the sea, holding his package. Miyako saw Mimi and followed closely behind and listened in.
"Izzy!"
"Huh?" He looked to see who had called him. "Oh, hey Mimi."
"Why don't you come and join us? You have to be bored sitting down here by yourself, and everyone misses you."
"That's odd...you're the only person who's approached me to try and get me to do anything." He then muttered sarcastically, "They sure miss me alright."
"It's true, they do!" Mimi insisted. "It's just that Ken, as well as the others, feels that you need your space. I hate seeing one of my favorite guys like this."
"Favorite guys?"
"Yes, you're one of my favorite guys, is there anything wrong with that?"
****
'What is she saying? Is she interested in him romantically?
She sure is acting like it, but I shouldn't care about that. That's
their business...'
****
"Well, I'm just surprised, that's all. I never thought I was
one of your favorite guys."
"Well, you are, along with Jou-senpai."
"You like the nerdy ones of the group," Koushirou said with a small chuckle.
"I can't help what I like," Mimi said a bit nervously. "You guys are my friends."
"Nice," Koushirou said slowly while staring at Mimi.
She then gave him a hug.
"Yeah, buddy, you should really join us."
****
'She hugged him! How dare Mimi hugs him! She can have any
boy she wants, but there she is hugging on Izzy! She already has
Matt swooning over her!' She then sighed sadly, as she remained in
her thoughts. 'And Izzy looks like he's enjoying the hug...'
At that point, Miyako turned her back on them and just sat there, feeling
depressed, but not entirely sure why.
****
"You really want me to join you?" Koushirou blushed slighty, due to
Mimi's hug.
"Of course! I enjoy having you around."
"Well, okay. I'll join because of you, but if you don't mind, I'd like to sit here for a while longer...to think some things over."
"I understand," she said while standing up. She then smiled and said, "I'll be waiting for you."
"Okay," he nodded.
Mimi walked back to the other part of the yacht where the others were, passing an arguing Daisuke and Takeru in the process.
"Hey, where'd you run off to?" Yamato asked, running up to Mimi.
"Just...taking care of some things," she said slowly.
"Oh," Yamato responded plainly. "So...want to dance some more?"
"I was hoping Izzy would come down here, but he's still sitting there, holding that package."
"I wouldn't worry about him."
"I guess..."
"Hey Mimi-san, have you seen Miyako-san?" Ken asked. "I would really like to talk with her and---"
"Hey, Ichijouji-kun, why did you run off?" Ken heard a girl say.
'Oh no, not Hikari-san again!' he groaned inwardly in dread.
"I just thought that we could hang out some more."
"Um, I'm looking for Miyako."
"She's probably fine," Hikari smiled. She then grabbed Ken's hand. "Why not dance with me?"
"I'm sure that Takaishi or Motomiya would like to dance with you," Ken told Hikari, taking his hand back.
"Nah, not interested."
"Well, have any of you seen Miyako?" Ken asked, ignoring Kari.
"I saw her wandering around earlier like she wanted to be alone," Mimi told him.
"Maybe I should go talk with her. I know she's a bit upset and I hate to see her upset."
"You sure do think a lot about Miyako," Yamato iterated.
"Well, um...yeah, she's my friend," Ken responded with a nervous blush.
"I'm her friend too, but we should let her be by herself if she wants. She's a strong girl," Hikari said, giving Ken an reassuring smile.
"Yeah, I guess," Ken muttered, not at all convinced.
"So, Ichijouji-kun, want to hang out some more?"
Ken tried his best to come up with a reason not to.
"Well, um...I...er..."
"Hikari-chan...Hikari!"
"Daisuke-kun?" the girl asked, turning towards the person that was addressing her.
'Thank you Motomiya!' Ken silently praised.
"Wanna dance with me?" Daisuke asked her.
"Where's Takeru?" Yamato asked.
"I dunno, he started staring out at the water. I kept asking him what's wrong, but he ignored me, so I left him. So, Kari, want to dance with me?"
"Sorry, I already promised Ichijouji-kun that I'd dance with him."
"Oh no, it's okay!! Please, dance with Motomiya. As a matter of fact, spend the rest of the night with him. My, my, look at the time, gotta go."
The boy took off in a flash. Right after that, Takeru ran up to Mimi, ignoring Daisuke and Hikari's dancing to the fast, calypso like music.
"What's the matter, TK?" Mimi asked, noticing his worried look.
"I saw something out there and it's headed straight for us!"
"Don't be silly; Jason would've noticed something like that with all of those instruments."
"I'm serious, Mimi, something is headed towards us. It looks far off, but something is coming towards us!"
"What does it look like?"
"I dunno...another boat I guess."
"Now I know it's nothing. It's dark out and anyone sailing this time of night would have lights on."
"I guess..."
"Wow, this thing is great!" Taichi exclaimed while walking up to the group with Sora by his side.
"Where have you two been?" Yamato asked.
"Sora and me were looking in the rooms below deck. It's like we're in a miniature-floating hotel!"
"What's wrong, TK?" Sora asked.
"First Ichijouji seemed upset, not TK does," Taichi muttered.
"He said he saw something out on the ocean," Yamato explained.
"Buoys?" Daisuke asked, finally overhearing the conversation.
"No, something is coming towards us! I just know it and I think Ichijouji sensed it too! I have the feeling something bad is going to happen!"
"You worry too much, TK," Daisuke told him. "You're supposed to be the optimistic, hopeful one."
"Yeah," Hikari agreed. "Mimi's friend would know if something were wrong. Don't worry about it."
The boy then started dancing with Kari again, leaving TK with a distressed
look on his face. He really sensed they were in danger...
****
After Mimi left...
'I didn't realize Mimi cared about my well being so much. I didn't
even know she actually thought of me.' He then sighed.
'I wonder where Miyako is. She hasn't tried to talk to me at all
today. I don't blame her if she never wanted to talk to me again.
I said some pretty mean things to her...'
****
'Maybe I should go talk to him. I really should apologize
to him.'
****
'I should really apologize to her.' He looked down at his package.
'I just hope that this helps...'
****
'That does it, I'm going over there and I'm going to apologize!
This is my entire fault and I should be the one to apologize!'
****
'As soon as I get the nerve, I'm going to apologize to her.'
It didn't happen that way though. The two still kept the spots they were in and didn't approach one another, each still in deep thought. It took a good while, but Miyako finally approached Izzy.
"Iz--Izumi-senpai?" she called nervously.
The boy turned around and saw Miyako standing right in front of him.
"Mi--Miyako-kun!"
The two stood there, too nervous to say anything to each other. They knew what they wanted to say, but they just couldn't say it.
"So..." Miyako started, swinging her arms back and forth nervously.
"So..." Koushirou responded while nervously scratching his head.
"Well...um..."
"What's up?"
"I'm fine. How about you?"
"I'm fine."
The two stood there once again in silence. Miyako really wanted to apologize to Izzy and she wanted to know what was going on between him and Mimi. It really bugged her to see Mimi hugging on Izzy like she had earlier. She didn't know why it did though. The same thing applied to Izzy when it came to Ken hanging out with Miyako. It really bugged him, but he didn't understand why.
The two were just about to speak up, until they both heard a scream
and the boat jerked, knocking the both of them over. Izzy dropped
his package, but went after it. When he did, the boat jerked again,
knocking him into the rail, causing him to hit his head, which resulted
in knocking him out. Miyako ran over to him to see what had happened,
when the same exact thing happened to her.
****
Sitting down at a table with a tea set...
Tentomon: (Sarcastic tone) Oh that is so original.
Gomamon: (Shaking his head/fake English accent) Tsk, Tsk, Tsk...such a tired and overused cliché, don't you think?
Tentomon: (Fake English accent) Oh, but of course.
Gomamon: (Takes a sip of some tea) My, my, my, this is rather good.
Hawkmon: (English Accent) Yes indeed, brewed by our own Betamon no doubt. Would you care for a spot of tea, Tentomon?
Tentomon: (Fake English accent) I would be delighted.
Betamon: (Fake English accent) How do you all like the crumpets? It's my own secret recipe.
Tentomon: (Fake English accent) Good, very good indeed. Now about this overused scenario...
RP: Tentomon...
Tentomon: We're leaving, we're leaving...(to the others/ditching the accent)...c'mon guys...
::They all leave::
****
"Oh no, we're hit!" Ken shouted in alarm.
"I just knew something was going to happen!" Takeru shouted out.
"How could we miss that?!" Mimi asked in surprise.
Jason ran up on deck.
"I don't know what happened, Miss Tachikawa! My instruments didn't detect that other boat."
"We're sinking fast!" Sora told them.
"They're sailing with no lights and don't have any of their instruments on, that's how I missed it on radar!"
"Don't panic everyone. Just don't panic!" Mimi told them, fear and panic in her voice.
"Everyone, get into your life jackets and hurry!" Jason instructed. "Get into the life raft! I already sent out a distress call, so we all should get saved in no time flat!"
Everyone ran to get the life jackets. By the time Kari got there, there were none left.
"Oh no, we're one short!" Hikari frowned. She then turned to Ken and innocently asked, "Do you think we could share one?"
Before Ken could respond, Daisuke spoke up.
"Here, take mine!" Daisuke instructed while taking his off.
'Thank you Motomiya!'
"But Daisuke---"
"Here, take it! You need it! Now hurry up and get in the raft! This boat is breaking to pieces!"
The girl didn't hesitate and took the jacket and did as Daisuke said.
Mimi was wandering around, looking for Izzy. She didn't see him earlier. She would've continued if Yamato and Jason hadn't dragged her off. Ken was also looking for Miyako, but Daisuke and TK dragged him off the ship.
It didn't take long, but everyone finally got into the raft and watched the beautiful boat sink, only boards and other debris were left.
"How could someone be so careless!" Mimi shouted angrily while crying. "Everyone knows that you're supposed to keep everything on when sailing and you're supposed to have your lights on at night!"
"Don't worry, Mimi," Yamato said while trying to comfort her a bit, "everyone is fine."
"How can you say that!" Ken asked angrily. "Miyako-san isn't here!"
"Oh my gosh!" Mimi said worriedly while looking around. "Koushirou isn't either. I was hoping that he had made it off with everyone else."
All of them looked towards the now sunken ship, tears forming in their eyes.
"They didn't...make...it," Taichi said as he lowered his head, starting to shed tears.
Mimi held her legs up to her chest and started crying while Matt hugged her. The girl didn't really mind because she was too upset to care.
"Oh Izzy, what have I done!" Mimi cried.
Ken was crying to himself as well as he stared out at the dark water.
"Miyako-san..."
'This is all my fault! I should've listened to Takeru! It's my fault that we lost Miyako and Koushirou!'
"We'll send out a search party for them after we get back to shore, Miss Tachikawa," Jason said quietly.
The girl didn't care; she just wanted Miyako and Koushirou back safe and sound...