Rumpleteasza: Good evening, bebs! More comments to answer. Makes me feel All special, like. Right, Sapphire Angel and Hailz... No Mimato. I'm sorry, I like to please readers, and thank you so much for reviewing, but... (winces) I won't say what I think of Mimato because I'll get flamed. Charger26, no fear, there will be Takari. 13, Kali, DramaQueenie: I'm not saying whether it's Taiora, Sorato or Taito, purely because I am in a contrary mood and it might ruin the suspense. But I can safely say that there are bits of all three to come thrown in around the place. To all the rest of you, You're obviously excellent people, and if I was Gimli I'd tell you that I hoped your beard would never grow thin etc., but as I'd guess most of you are teenaged girls, you might actually find that a bit offensive.
That said, enjoy.
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Chapter Six – Saturday!
Mimi stirred and yawned, the morning sunlight filtering through her gauzy pink curtains. For a moment she lay there, drowsy and warm. Then her eyes flew wide open and she bolted upright in the bed.
"It's Saturday!"
"Mimi, honey?" Mrs Tachikawa called through the door. "Are you ok?"
The duvet was floundered aside in a whirl of pastel colour. Mrs Tachikawa got an impression of the door being flung open and a blur of pink throwing its arms around her neck.
"It's Saturday! It's Saturday!" Mimi shrieked, near-throttling her mother before whisking downstairs in her marshmallow pyjamas to the kitchen. Mrs Tachikawa stared after her.
"But…" she murmured to herself, confused. She looked at her watch. It was 8:10.
"But… there's no school on Saturday…"
"Ok, men!" Tai yelled. In the distance, a squadron of military drums could be heard. "Move out!"
"Where are those drums coming from?" Asked TK, looking around warily.
Tai ignored him. "This is it, men! Our most important covert operation to date! 'Operation Girly Day Out'!"
"Tai?" asked Izzy, plucking at his shirt. "I wholeheartedly applaud your enthusiasm, but do we really have to wear camouflage suits?"
"Yes!" Tai snapped. "Do you want them to see us or not? If we're gonna do this, we're gonna do it right. Any questions?"
"Yeah, plenty," Joe grumbled. "How come you couldn't at least get them in cotton? I'm allergic to polyester."
"Aren't these suits going to make us even more conspicuous?" Matt pointed out. "We're in a city, not up a mountain."
Tai made an impatient noise in the back of his throat. "Just go with it, guys. Now let's move out! Destination – The Mall!"
Humming softly, Mimi stood in front of the mirror in the hallway, putting the finishing touches to her hair and makeup. Satisfied, she stepped back and surveyed herself. "Perfect…"
The doorbell rang. Mimi let out a high pitched squeal and bolted for the front door, tugging it open to reveal four figures standing there.
"Mimi!" Yolei screeched.
The group dissolved into a giggling, screaming mass as the girls greeted eachother in the traditional way – ie. ear-shattering squeals and excited jumping.
"Hey, Jun, you made it!" Mimi beamed.
"Thanks somuch for inviting me!" Jun gushed. "You guys are the best! This is going to be so cool!"
"I know!" Mimi cried. "We're going to have, like, the best time!"
The squealing began again.
Rumpleteasza: Oh, GOD... when I was typing Mimi's mum sayin "But... there's no school on Saturday..." I just couldn't get the image of that Father Ted episode with Bishop Brennan and the rabbits out of my head. Where Ted thinks the rabbits are in the room, and tries to keep Len out by saying he needs to go to the toilet in there... and when Len finally goes in and shuts the door, he looks around with a really spooked expression and says quietly; "But... there's no toilet in here..."
I've sprayed tea all over my keyboard now. Thanks a lot, Len.
