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~*project:: mimi*~
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chapter four::
::practice::
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As Yamato finished the final notes of the song, the room was filled with applause.

Yamato and his band, "The Teenage Wolves" had just finished rehearsing their 3-song
set for the contest that would occur at the end of the month.

So who were the lucky ones able to attend such a rehearsal?

Taichi, Sora, Koushiro, and Daisuke-tachi. Jyou was too busy with some schoolwork to attend
and Mimi was (of course!) still in America. The Teenage Wolves didn't want anyone spying on
their new material... Even if only one song was new.

"I still don't understand why your keeping this song so secretive..." One of Yamato's
band members, Takashi, complained.

"Hey, isn't this song the one that Yamato wrote with that one girl from America?" Another
band member, Akira, noticed.

The final member, Yutaka, noticed also and gave off a grin. "It's like he likes her or something."

Yamato glared, "I hope you know that I can hear all of you... Now, let's start again from
the top..."

"Wow..." Miyako observed. "Yamato's really taking this seriously." This was the 4th time
the band had started from 'the top'.

"Yeah, he is." Takeru began. "Oniichan has been praticing non-stop, even when his band
members aren't around."

Taichi grinned, "That's because he wants to make a good impression when he sings that new
song that he and Mimi wrote."

"Yeah, oniichan really wants to win this contest." Takeru finished.

"That's not all he wants, right Yamato?" Taichi waved to Yamato.

Yamato just glared in return. He couldn't mess this up, not even if it was just a
rehearsal. Taichi might try to distract him in the real thing, in front of Mimi,
he'd just have to learn how to ignore Taichi...

"Yeah, I bet that if someone messes up one note, Yamato's gonna make them start all over,
because he wants it perfect when Mimi's in the audience... I mean she wrote the song and
I bet that she wouldn't Yamato's voice to ruin it..."

Koushiro paused, "Mimi's coming back? I thought she wasn't coming back until Spring Break?"

"Yeah, but she's gonna come back just to see Yamato play!"

"Really?" Iori asked.

"Mimi's so nice!" Miyako glowed. "...Maybe we could go shopping together.

"Yeah, you and Mimi could go shopping for some new outfits to see the concert in! I'm
sure Ken_and_Yamato would love that!"

Ken and Yamato both blushed, but Yamato was bit more on the angry side than embarassed.

...but, sometimes Taichi was a hard thing to ignore.

"Taichi!" Yamato yelled once the song ended, "Will you please, keep your mouth shut while
I'm rehearsing! It's distracting."

Taichi grinned, "And what if I don't?"

Sora glanced at her watch and stood up, "I have to go... I almost completely forgot that
I have to get home early tonight because I'm going to have dinner with my mom..."

"Don't you have dinner with her everynight?" Taichi asked.

"Don't be sarcastic Taichi! It's her BIRTHDAY tonight!" Sora rolled her eyes. "Well,
I'm going now. Bye."

"Hey Taichi!" Yamato smiled. "Why don't you walk Sora home?"

"Sora, you should start walking... I might catch up with you in a little." Taichi said.

"Okay." Sora sighed as she walked out the door.

Taichi then pulled Yamato off the stage [by hand!] and into the backroom.

"I can't walk Sora home!" Taichi yelled.

"Why not? You did it yesterday." Yamato replied with confusion.

"Yeah, but yesterday she told me who she liked."

Yamato blinked, "You mean it's not you?"

Taichi shook his head, "Man... Um... She likes you."

"What?"

"Sora_likes_you. She told me herself."

"Wait a minute, she already knows that I like Mimi, so why would she think..."

"I'm telling you Yamato, girls are weird."

"What are we going to do about this?"

"You lost the bet Yamato..."

"Wait a second! I never lose a bet, Taichi, you know that. Everytime we bet on something
I win... It's been the same since we were little... Don't think I'll lose this one. I'll
find a way around this."

Taichi gave Yamato a funny look, "How exactly will you do that?"

Yamato shrugged, "I'll talk to her."

"You can't do that!" Taichi protested. "I, kinda, sorta, promised Sora that I wouldn't
tell you..."

"Well, go catch up with her and try to fix it! I'm not losing this bet that easily."

Taichi sighed, "I guess I don't have much of a choice..."

"That's right." Yamato said as he walked Taichi to the door.

"Hikari, when are you going home?" Taichi asked before leaving.

"In an hour or so." Hikari replied. "I'll be fine."

Taichi smiled, but as he walked out the door he heard this conversation:

"Maybe I should start a band!" Daisuke yelled.

"Why?" Ken asked.

"Maybe then I could get a hot chick, like Hikari!"

"Daisuke, I'm not a chick." Hikari protested.

Takeru sweatdropped, "Daisuke, have you ever heard yourself sing?"

"Yeah, I bet you that it's much better than your singing!"

Hikari giggled.

"This is something I have to see." Miyako smiled.

Taichi just shook his head... 'Daisuke is a funny guy...'

Taichi began running until he could see Sora...

"Sorry that took so long." Taichi apologized.

"It's okay." Sora smiled. "Did Yamato say anything about me?"

"Er, not really..."

"Oh."

"So, what are you and your mom doing?"

"We're going to cook dinner together. Not the biggest celebration, but she's teaching
me a new recipe... It's a mother-daughter thing."

"Oh... That's cool."

"Yeah, I guess..."

"Sora..."

"What?"

"Nothing... You're going to Yamato's concert right?"

Sora nodded, "I wouldn't miss it for anything!"

They reached Sora's door.

"I know that you like Yamato and all, not like it's a big deal to me or anything, but,
do you maybe want to sit together?"

"Sure..." Sora smiled as she inserted the key into her door. "It might be fun."

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Later that night...

Taichi sighed as he finished his homework.

Hikari entered the room... "Sorry, I'm so late, but you see... After the rehearsal
we all went to the park..." Hikari sat on her bed... Hikari and Taichi shared a bunkbed.

"Oh." Taichi replied as he put everything away. "Did Mom yell at you?"

"Once... She told me not to do it again and then that was it."

"Oh."

"Oniichan, are you upset about the bet?"

"What make you say that?!" Taichi blushed. "Hey! How do you know about that?"

"Takeru told me. He told me that Yamato was sure that he would win! I told him that my
oniichan isn't as stupid as he looks."

"Is that so?"

Hikari nodded.

Taichi smiled... "Anyway, I have a phone call to make."

Taichi picked up the phone and began to dial Mimi's number.

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A/N: Sorry that took so long! I did so much last week...
I got to see the 3rd and 4th Digimon movies in Japanese
(no subs ;_;) last week! Wow... even though I couldn't
understand most of it... (lol) I loved it!

Also, I'm *pretty sure* that Hikari and Takeru call
their brothers ::oniichan::... I know it's either
oniichan or oniisan, but it sounds more like oniichan.
For those that don't know, oniichan is big brother is
Japanese.

I know how Fanfiction.net has been having problems lately
and it's hard to know when stories have been updated
(my favorites list is cut off after the 10th story!)
so if you'll e-mail me at SupergirlTachikawa@hotmail.com
I'll e-mail you whenever I add a new chapter to this
story!

Thanks for reading and please review!

Next chapter will be out soon and I PROMISE that there will be more
Mimato... (it's just so hard when she's in America half the time!)

::tried to put this up several times, but ff.net was down::