"Courting Miss Mimi" -- Part 2
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Table of Contents for Part 2
1 Three Girls and an American
2 Fighting for Attention
3 A Private Serenade
4 Scoring Love
5 Dinner and a Movie
6 A Little Too Close for Comfort
7 Ask the Love Dummy!
8 Mimi's Final Decision
Part 2, Chapter 2 - Fighting for Attention
It's back to this series once again! Four, count 'em, four new chapters this time around,
beginning with this one and one more today, with two more tomorrow.
When we last left this fanfic, Mimi, Yolei, Kari, and Michael are on their way to the
local high school carnival. Matt, Izzy, and the other Digidestined have been left out to
dry... all except Joe, who arrived at the airport late and is still trying to track down Mimi.
Who will gain the upper hand on the competition?
Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fanfic belong to me. And no, Jun does not
make an appearance in this chapter or any other chapter in this fanfic! So all of you Jun
lovers get away! Unless you don't mind admiring Davis. That's different.
***
July 14th, Odaiba High School
Mimi, Yolei, Kari, and Michael had just arrived at the entrance to the carnival. They
hand over their tickets before entering. Once inside, they start to enjoy the sights.
"So," Yolei began, examining the map that were given at the front gate, "where do you
guys want to go first?"
"I'm hungry!" Mimi exclaimed. "I guess it's time for my breakfast."
"Me too," Michael added, holding his stomach in pain.
"I'm heading over to the Ferris wheel," Kari said. "Want to come, Yolei?"
"Well, actually, I was planning on going with..."
"Good!" Kari said with a smile, dragging Yolei away. "We'll catch up with you two in
half an hour!"
Yolei continued to protest, but she couldn't break out of Kari's grip.
"Shall we?" Michael asked, leading Mimi off to the nearest noodle stand. There didn't
happen to be a line, so they could order their food right away. "Any suggestions, Mimi?
I've never eaten Japanese."
"You're silly. It's just like eating those microwave instant soup cups I've seen at the
grocery stores in America. Just pick one."
"But I can't read Japanese!"
"Oops. I guess I forgot."
"Maybe I'll just get what you're getting."
"Fine by me."
"May I take your order?" asked the cheery high school student behind the counter.
"Two orders of East Coast Osaka Noodles, please!"
"It'll take a few minutes. That'll be 1250 yen."
Mimi begins checking her purse... only to discover that she had forgotten to change her
money at the airport.
"Oh no! All I have are American dollars!"
"Me too!" Michael exclaimed, discovering that he too forgot.
"So much for a good meal," Mimi sighed, dejectedly.
"Then I guess I'd better not deny you it then."
The two turn around and see a blue haired teenager pay for the meal and then some.
"Better make it three orders of East Coast Osaka Noodles."
"Joe!"
Mimi runs over and gives Joe a big hug. That makes Michael a bit jealous.
"I thought you were going to meet me at the airport like everyone else!"
"I'm sorry Mimi, but by the time I got there, all of you were already gone."
"If that's the case, how did you get here so fast?"
"I drove him," said Jim, Joe's old brother, as he walked up to the trio.
"That's so sweet of you!"
"I was on my way here to go to the carnival myself, but when Joe told me about his
predicament... well, I couldn't exactly let my younger brother let the girl of his dreams
get away."
Joe begins to blush. "Okay big brother, you've helped enough already!"
"Sorry about that," Jim apologized, realizing that his younger brother had yet to admit his
feelings for Mimi. "I'm going to go find my classmates. Make sure to find me when
you're ready to go... okay?"
"I will. Thanks!"
Joe waves goodbye to his brother as he sneaks off to enjoy the carnival. Joe, Mimi, and
Michael get their bowls full of noodles and head over to a nearby table. Of course, the
boys sit on either side of Mimi as they begin to enjoy their meal.
"What is in this soup?" Michael asked as he took a sip of his noodles.
"Let's see..." Joe said, beginning to think. "Noodles, chopped up spinach, pieces of crab
meat, and two small rolls of sushi, cut up."
"Sushi? What's that?"
"Raw fish," Mimi said while picking up her chopsticks and beginning to eat. "Man, I
haven't eaten with these in years!"
Michael's face turned an ugly shade of green. He hopped out of his seat and started
looking for the nearest bathroom. Mimi and Joe could only laugh at his predicament.
"I forgot that Michael said he had never eaten anything Japanese before," Mimi giggled.
"It probably would've helped if you remembered. I don't think he liked it when you told
him what sushi is."
"Well, it's his fault for asking!"
Joe and Mimi start to catch up on old times. They were trying to find out what they had
been up to in the past two years. Elsewhere on the carnival grounds, Yolei had caught
Joe's appearance while she was up on the Ferris wheel. She was upset over watching Joe
earn some points with Mimi, but there was nothing she could do. Kari kept dragging her
from one place to another.
"Come on, Yolei!" Kari said, whining like she was still five years old. "Let's go over to
the fishing stands!"
"No way!" Yolei shouted. "I'm tired of being dragged around! I want to go back to
where Mimi is!"
"Oh, come on! It'll be fun!"
As Yolei continues her attempts to escape from Kari, she suddenly gets a brainstorm.
"If I catch a whole bag full of fish, maybe Mimi will pay a whole lot more attention to
me!" she thought. Kari became quite surprised when Yolei stopped resisting. "Let's go
fishing!"
"Are you sure?" Kari asked.
"Yeah! Didn't you want to go there just a minute ago?"
"Of course, but..."
"Let's go then! We've got things to do and places to see! The carnival won't be open all
night, so let's go, go, go!" Kari was now the one hesitantly resisting as Yolei pushed her
onward.
Back with Mimi and Joe, who are finishing up their meals just as Michael returns.
"You okay?" a concerned Joe asked.
"I'm fine!" Michael yelled back. "I just need to rest for awhile, that's all."
"Oh."
"Hey, I've got an idea!" Mimi shouted. "Why don't we find one of those ring toss
booths? I adore the stuffed animals they always give out to the winners!"
Michael's face suddenly brightened up. He liked the idea. Mimi was practically handing
him another chance to impress her. Was she really that interested in him?
"Joe, I challenge you!"
"Challenge me?" Joe asked in confusion.
Michael grabs Joe by the arm and starts dragging him towards the nearest ring toss booth.
"Wait, what are you challenging me to?"
"You'll see."
"Hey!" Mimi cried out. "Wait for me!"
It only takes them a minute or so to find a ring toss booth. Michael orders Joe to take all
of his money and put it on the counter. Joe does so without objection.
"Okay... now what?"
"Like I said before, I challenge you!"
"You mean at a game of ring toss?"
"You got it!"
On the wall behind the booth attendants were three rows of poles sticking out. Each row
was at a certain height and a certain distance away. Michael was looking at the top row,
which was six inches higher than he was. It was also a good eight feet away. Above the
pole he was eyeing was a giant stuffed panda bear. He turns to Joe and points at the
panda.
"First one to get a ring around that pole and win the panda wins Mimi. You game?"
Joe didn't want to reduce Mimi to the status of a simple prize for the winner. But it
doesn't look like Michael was going to give it up that easily. Joe reluctantly accepts.
The two boys pay the attendants five yen for three rings.
"You know, this isn't necessary you two. I really don't need that panda. Or any other
stuffed animal, for that matter. Stop, please!"
Michael and Joe ignore Mimi as they begin throwing ring after ring at the pole in
question. Mimi could only watched as the two teenagers tried again and again to put the
ring around the pole, but to no avail.
After what seemed like forever, Kari and Yolei return, only to find Mimi sitting on a
nearby bench.
"Mimi?" Kari said. "What are you doing over here? And where's Michael?"
"Over there with Joe," Mimi replied, pointing to the booth where the two were still
dueling.
"When did Joe get here?" Kari queried.
"Just after you two went your separate ways."
"Look at what I got!" Yolei said with a smile, holding up a small plastic bag filled with
water and two goldfish. "And they're just for you, Mimi!"
"Thank you, Yolei. I don't know what to say."
"Oh Mimi, all of the work I did just to catch these fish is thanks enough for me!"
"I sincerely hope so. It took Yolei twenty minutes to catch just those two!"
"Hey Kari! I don't see you with any fish!"
"And that's only because I gave my five fish to a small girl who was struggling to get
even one. I didn't want her to go home without anything."
"Five? That's pretty good, Kari."
"Thanks Mimi! I knew you'd think highly of me!"
"Hey! I'm the one that brought you the fish, not Kari!"
"Okay Yolei, settle down! I like the fish!"
All of a sudden, Yolei is knocked out of the way by both Michael and Joe... each of
whom are holding up a small teddy bear and presenting it to Mimi.
"Oh. What happened to the panda?"
"The attendants got tired of us," Michael began.
"So they just gave us these bears, provided we left them alone," Joe finished.
"Thank you! Both of you!"
Mimi gets up out of her seat and gives Michael and Joe a hug at the same time. This, of
course, makes Yolei jealous as she rights herself after getting knocked down.
"Wait a minute! I was here first! I have the fish!" Yolei yelled, holding her bag up.
"Teddy bears last longer than fish!" Michael yelled back, holding up his teddy bear.
"Why did I even do this?" Joe asked himself, dropping the teddy bear in his hand
involuntarily. "This isn't my style at all." He then turns towards Yolei and Michael and
repeats himself out loud. "This isn't my style!"
"Why are you all fighting?" Mimi asked the quarreling trio. "I love all of your gifts!
There's no need to fight over who's is better!"
"Why is Mimi giving me advice about handling Davis and TK?" Kari thought. "She
seems to be having trouble resolving her own conflicts. Between Michael and Joe, and
Matt and Izzy, who aren't here, and..." Kari stopped. She then deduced the obvious.
"Hold up! There's no way! Yolei can't have feelings for Mimi too. Can she?"
Kari continued to ponder her thought as Joe, Michael, and Yolei argued on and on, with
Mimi trying to break them up.
To be continued...
Copyright Date: 12/13/01
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Table of Contents for Part 2
1 Three Girls and an American
2 Fighting for Attention
3 A Private Serenade
4 Scoring Love
5 Dinner and a Movie
6 A Little Too Close for Comfort
7 Ask the Love Dummy!
8 Mimi's Final Decision
Part 2, Chapter 2 - Fighting for Attention
It's back to this series once again! Four, count 'em, four new chapters this time around,
beginning with this one and one more today, with two more tomorrow.
When we last left this fanfic, Mimi, Yolei, Kari, and Michael are on their way to the
local high school carnival. Matt, Izzy, and the other Digidestined have been left out to
dry... all except Joe, who arrived at the airport late and is still trying to track down Mimi.
Who will gain the upper hand on the competition?
Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fanfic belong to me. And no, Jun does not
make an appearance in this chapter or any other chapter in this fanfic! So all of you Jun
lovers get away! Unless you don't mind admiring Davis. That's different.
***
July 14th, Odaiba High School
Mimi, Yolei, Kari, and Michael had just arrived at the entrance to the carnival. They
hand over their tickets before entering. Once inside, they start to enjoy the sights.
"So," Yolei began, examining the map that were given at the front gate, "where do you
guys want to go first?"
"I'm hungry!" Mimi exclaimed. "I guess it's time for my breakfast."
"Me too," Michael added, holding his stomach in pain.
"I'm heading over to the Ferris wheel," Kari said. "Want to come, Yolei?"
"Well, actually, I was planning on going with..."
"Good!" Kari said with a smile, dragging Yolei away. "We'll catch up with you two in
half an hour!"
Yolei continued to protest, but she couldn't break out of Kari's grip.
"Shall we?" Michael asked, leading Mimi off to the nearest noodle stand. There didn't
happen to be a line, so they could order their food right away. "Any suggestions, Mimi?
I've never eaten Japanese."
"You're silly. It's just like eating those microwave instant soup cups I've seen at the
grocery stores in America. Just pick one."
"But I can't read Japanese!"
"Oops. I guess I forgot."
"Maybe I'll just get what you're getting."
"Fine by me."
"May I take your order?" asked the cheery high school student behind the counter.
"Two orders of East Coast Osaka Noodles, please!"
"It'll take a few minutes. That'll be 1250 yen."
Mimi begins checking her purse... only to discover that she had forgotten to change her
money at the airport.
"Oh no! All I have are American dollars!"
"Me too!" Michael exclaimed, discovering that he too forgot.
"So much for a good meal," Mimi sighed, dejectedly.
"Then I guess I'd better not deny you it then."
The two turn around and see a blue haired teenager pay for the meal and then some.
"Better make it three orders of East Coast Osaka Noodles."
"Joe!"
Mimi runs over and gives Joe a big hug. That makes Michael a bit jealous.
"I thought you were going to meet me at the airport like everyone else!"
"I'm sorry Mimi, but by the time I got there, all of you were already gone."
"If that's the case, how did you get here so fast?"
"I drove him," said Jim, Joe's old brother, as he walked up to the trio.
"That's so sweet of you!"
"I was on my way here to go to the carnival myself, but when Joe told me about his
predicament... well, I couldn't exactly let my younger brother let the girl of his dreams
get away."
Joe begins to blush. "Okay big brother, you've helped enough already!"
"Sorry about that," Jim apologized, realizing that his younger brother had yet to admit his
feelings for Mimi. "I'm going to go find my classmates. Make sure to find me when
you're ready to go... okay?"
"I will. Thanks!"
Joe waves goodbye to his brother as he sneaks off to enjoy the carnival. Joe, Mimi, and
Michael get their bowls full of noodles and head over to a nearby table. Of course, the
boys sit on either side of Mimi as they begin to enjoy their meal.
"What is in this soup?" Michael asked as he took a sip of his noodles.
"Let's see..." Joe said, beginning to think. "Noodles, chopped up spinach, pieces of crab
meat, and two small rolls of sushi, cut up."
"Sushi? What's that?"
"Raw fish," Mimi said while picking up her chopsticks and beginning to eat. "Man, I
haven't eaten with these in years!"
Michael's face turned an ugly shade of green. He hopped out of his seat and started
looking for the nearest bathroom. Mimi and Joe could only laugh at his predicament.
"I forgot that Michael said he had never eaten anything Japanese before," Mimi giggled.
"It probably would've helped if you remembered. I don't think he liked it when you told
him what sushi is."
"Well, it's his fault for asking!"
Joe and Mimi start to catch up on old times. They were trying to find out what they had
been up to in the past two years. Elsewhere on the carnival grounds, Yolei had caught
Joe's appearance while she was up on the Ferris wheel. She was upset over watching Joe
earn some points with Mimi, but there was nothing she could do. Kari kept dragging her
from one place to another.
"Come on, Yolei!" Kari said, whining like she was still five years old. "Let's go over to
the fishing stands!"
"No way!" Yolei shouted. "I'm tired of being dragged around! I want to go back to
where Mimi is!"
"Oh, come on! It'll be fun!"
As Yolei continues her attempts to escape from Kari, she suddenly gets a brainstorm.
"If I catch a whole bag full of fish, maybe Mimi will pay a whole lot more attention to
me!" she thought. Kari became quite surprised when Yolei stopped resisting. "Let's go
fishing!"
"Are you sure?" Kari asked.
"Yeah! Didn't you want to go there just a minute ago?"
"Of course, but..."
"Let's go then! We've got things to do and places to see! The carnival won't be open all
night, so let's go, go, go!" Kari was now the one hesitantly resisting as Yolei pushed her
onward.
Back with Mimi and Joe, who are finishing up their meals just as Michael returns.
"You okay?" a concerned Joe asked.
"I'm fine!" Michael yelled back. "I just need to rest for awhile, that's all."
"Oh."
"Hey, I've got an idea!" Mimi shouted. "Why don't we find one of those ring toss
booths? I adore the stuffed animals they always give out to the winners!"
Michael's face suddenly brightened up. He liked the idea. Mimi was practically handing
him another chance to impress her. Was she really that interested in him?
"Joe, I challenge you!"
"Challenge me?" Joe asked in confusion.
Michael grabs Joe by the arm and starts dragging him towards the nearest ring toss booth.
"Wait, what are you challenging me to?"
"You'll see."
"Hey!" Mimi cried out. "Wait for me!"
It only takes them a minute or so to find a ring toss booth. Michael orders Joe to take all
of his money and put it on the counter. Joe does so without objection.
"Okay... now what?"
"Like I said before, I challenge you!"
"You mean at a game of ring toss?"
"You got it!"
On the wall behind the booth attendants were three rows of poles sticking out. Each row
was at a certain height and a certain distance away. Michael was looking at the top row,
which was six inches higher than he was. It was also a good eight feet away. Above the
pole he was eyeing was a giant stuffed panda bear. He turns to Joe and points at the
panda.
"First one to get a ring around that pole and win the panda wins Mimi. You game?"
Joe didn't want to reduce Mimi to the status of a simple prize for the winner. But it
doesn't look like Michael was going to give it up that easily. Joe reluctantly accepts.
The two boys pay the attendants five yen for three rings.
"You know, this isn't necessary you two. I really don't need that panda. Or any other
stuffed animal, for that matter. Stop, please!"
Michael and Joe ignore Mimi as they begin throwing ring after ring at the pole in
question. Mimi could only watched as the two teenagers tried again and again to put the
ring around the pole, but to no avail.
After what seemed like forever, Kari and Yolei return, only to find Mimi sitting on a
nearby bench.
"Mimi?" Kari said. "What are you doing over here? And where's Michael?"
"Over there with Joe," Mimi replied, pointing to the booth where the two were still
dueling.
"When did Joe get here?" Kari queried.
"Just after you two went your separate ways."
"Look at what I got!" Yolei said with a smile, holding up a small plastic bag filled with
water and two goldfish. "And they're just for you, Mimi!"
"Thank you, Yolei. I don't know what to say."
"Oh Mimi, all of the work I did just to catch these fish is thanks enough for me!"
"I sincerely hope so. It took Yolei twenty minutes to catch just those two!"
"Hey Kari! I don't see you with any fish!"
"And that's only because I gave my five fish to a small girl who was struggling to get
even one. I didn't want her to go home without anything."
"Five? That's pretty good, Kari."
"Thanks Mimi! I knew you'd think highly of me!"
"Hey! I'm the one that brought you the fish, not Kari!"
"Okay Yolei, settle down! I like the fish!"
All of a sudden, Yolei is knocked out of the way by both Michael and Joe... each of
whom are holding up a small teddy bear and presenting it to Mimi.
"Oh. What happened to the panda?"
"The attendants got tired of us," Michael began.
"So they just gave us these bears, provided we left them alone," Joe finished.
"Thank you! Both of you!"
Mimi gets up out of her seat and gives Michael and Joe a hug at the same time. This, of
course, makes Yolei jealous as she rights herself after getting knocked down.
"Wait a minute! I was here first! I have the fish!" Yolei yelled, holding her bag up.
"Teddy bears last longer than fish!" Michael yelled back, holding up his teddy bear.
"Why did I even do this?" Joe asked himself, dropping the teddy bear in his hand
involuntarily. "This isn't my style at all." He then turns towards Yolei and Michael and
repeats himself out loud. "This isn't my style!"
"Why are you all fighting?" Mimi asked the quarreling trio. "I love all of your gifts!
There's no need to fight over who's is better!"
"Why is Mimi giving me advice about handling Davis and TK?" Kari thought. "She
seems to be having trouble resolving her own conflicts. Between Michael and Joe, and
Matt and Izzy, who aren't here, and..." Kari stopped. She then deduced the obvious.
"Hold up! There's no way! Yolei can't have feelings for Mimi too. Can she?"
Kari continued to ponder her thought as Joe, Michael, and Yolei argued on and on, with
Mimi trying to break them up.
To be continued...
Copyright Date: 12/13/01