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The Doctor, the Model, and the Rock Star
Part VI: Plan in Action
"Hey-hey!!!"
"What the--?"
"Oh, man!"
"(Laughing)"
"You are not my brother."
"And I thought my hair looked bad!"
"Tai! What the heck did you do?!" That was Matt of course. Tai had talked Matt into letting him be Mr. Hairdo, giving the blond a sample of a good 'do for that night's gig. The male population of the Japan-based Digidestined, excluding Cody and Ken, saw how Tai did it, but none of them understood how it worked. They didn't even want to know what inspired, motivated, or drove Tai into doing it.
Matt was now covered in mousse, gel, and a very strong smelling liquid. As he stepped in front of the mirror, anybody outside the apartment building would have heard this:
"TAAAAAIII!!!!!!"
Anybody looking in would have seen the rock star going for the better soccer player's throat.
"What the heck do you think you did, Kamiya?!" the former blond exclaimed. He was chasing Tai around the apartment, with his T-shirt covered in pink liquid. "You're just jealous because girls like blondes!!! You had to change it to pink!!! And you had to spike it!!!"
The others were only laughing while the two were running around the apartment, Tai literally running for his life.
"Some help here!" Tai shouted as he made a beeway for the bathroom. "I hate you guys!" Then the lock clicked.
Matt calmed down a little. "You know you're not going anywhere, Kamiya. Unless you're willing to stay there all afternoon. In that case, you'll miss the band at the club."
"You will too!" Tai pointed out. "I'm sure there's no way you'll go there looking like that."
Matt started banging on the door. "That's why you'll have to get out of there!!! Open up, Kamiya!!!"
The soccer player was only laughing inside. "Only if you promise not to kill me."
"Fat chance, airhead!!! Get out of there!!!" He continued to pound on the door.
And there was a knock on the other door, the front door. TK answered it. An old lady was standing in the hall.
"What's going on, dear?" she asked TK. "I can hear the walls pounding."
The other blond only smiled sheepishly. Joe came up from behind to explain. "We're sorry, ma'am. Our friend's trying hard not to kill the other one without breaking things. It'll stop in a minute or so."
Matt came to see who it was. The woman was shocked to see Matt in pink hair.
"Matt Ishida!" she gasped. "Why, you're father would not like this."
Matt backed up from view. "Mrs. Takamura, I don't like this either. Trust me. You won't see me like this after now." He ran to the bathroom again. "Tai!!! Get out of there or I'll break the door!"
"But won't you have to pay for the damage?" asked Davis.
Joe only sighed while closing the door.
Izzy and TK broke into peals of laughter, but Matt only gave them an angry look. He banged on the door again. "Tai!!! You'd better come out!!!"
"Hey, TK! Joe!" It was Tai. "Pull him aside, will you? I'll make a break for the door!"
Matt was grinning evilly. "We'll see if you come out alive!"
"Come on, Matt," TK said, calming down. "We can always wash it away."
Matt stubbornly crossed his arms and leaned by the wall. "Not after I kill him."
Izzy came into view. "I could go down by the store and buy a strong chemical to remove it."
Matt nodded. "And call the morgue too, because when you come back, Tai's dead!!!" He emphasized the words into the bathroom door. The phone rang, and Davis answered it.
"Hel--?"
"Is Mattie there?"
"June?!"
"Davis! What are you doing there?"
"The guys are having a pre-club party," he exaggerated.
June's tone changed into an angry one. "Put Matt Ishida on the phone. I want a word with him."
"Matt!" Davis called. "Phone!"
The former blond picked up the phone in the kitchen. "Matt here."
"Matt!" At the sound of her voice, his look turned sour. He was cursing Davis by looks.
Just then, the bathroom door opened and out rushed Tai. Matt instantly dropped the phone, letting it hang, and went after Tai.
"I'll see you later, Ishida!" Tai grinned, running out. Matt only stood in the hallway. "I'll get you later, Kamiya!" All apartment doors opened to see Matt, face burning.
"Be quiet!"
"Cody, are you sure this is going to work?"
"Uh… it should."
"You know, I'm really surprised you came up with this. Who would've expected?"
"I'm quite surprised myself. My grandfather's been giving me suspicious looks last night. I was off and on the phone."
"Kari, won't Tai hate me for this?"
"Don't worry, Yolei, I think he'll be happy with the outcome."
"But not with me."
"Hey, guys! I got the flowers from the shop!"
"Great! Now, put them on Sora's doorstep."
"Flowers from Sora's house to Sora's house. You're the mastermind behind all this?"
Kari smiled. "Isn't he cute?"
Cody blushed. "I'm just trying to help."
The other Digidestined laughed. "Don't worry, Cody," TK said. "I don't think they'll catch on to what's happening."
"I hope so."
"Well, I'll be going now," Davis announced.
"Don't forget the letter!" Kari came after him, holding out an envelope. "Tai wrote this ages ago, and he never gave it to her."
"You know, I have a feeling your brother will hate me for this. Absolutely hate me."
"No, he won't. He'll actually be thankful."
"Oh! I hope so." And he left.
"Cody, I have to go," TK said. "I could drop this off at Izzy's place, if you want."
The little cherub nodded.
Willis spoke up for the first time. "I can't believe someone your age can think up something like this."
"Well, he's exceptional," Yolei piped up from in front of the computer. "He's a Digidestined."
Willis smiled. "Where do you want the other flowers to go?" Cody whispered to Willis. "You want it on the same apartment building?" he whispered back. Cody nodded. "All right. I'll go. I'll meet you guys later." And he left.
"All done," Yolei said. "Anything more?"
The others shook their heads. "We'll go for now," TK announced. "We should get ready. It's in 2 hours. Wow… first time at a club. Should make it special."
"Are you sure you don't want to come, Cody?" Kari asked the youngest of them. "I'm sure you'll have fun there, even if you're younger than most."
Cody shook his head sadly. "It's hardly a place for fun for me. Tell me what happens."
The others nodded. Yolei said, "We'll meet tomorrow. I'm sure Tai and Sora would be hooked up by then." They said goodbye to Cody and left.
"Maybe I should go," he muttered to himself.
At six o' clock, the Digidestined originally invited to go were assembled in front of the club. There was a very, very long line, and the Digidestined went right to the front of the line.
"We're friends with the lead singer of the band," Joe told the lady on the door.
She looked at the clipboard on her hand. "Who are you? That's the password question."
"Digidestined?" Joe guessed.
"You don't know?" the lady asked him.
"Matt never told us anything about a password." He looked at the others. "Did he?" Everyone shook his or her head.
"Well, you got it right," the lady told him. "Go right in."
The group went in scattered. They were in the club. There was dry-ice smoke all around, and a stage at the center of the room. There was loud music playing, and everyone was dancing, even the lights.
"Digidestined?" a big, muscled guy asked them. Tai nodded confidently. "Matt Ishida has secured a table for you. It's at the front of the stage."
"Which front?" asked TK.
"You'll see a big table," he answered and left.
"Well, let's go!" Tai said, leading the way.
"Guys!" The Digidestined looked back. There was Cody, and everyone grinned at what they saw. Cody was dressed like a teenager, but he had the cherubic look on him. It was just the wings and the bows and arrows missing.
"Glad you could make it!" Izzy told him. The cherub of the night joined them. The new Digidestined only grinned at the night ahead of them.
