"That is great news Tyler. No, I have don t have any why the virus would suddenly slow down. What did Scott have to say about it? A miracle? I guess it really doesn't matter as long as it saves the business." Laura stated.
She continued to listen to Tyler but glanced at Matt who was having a difficult time controlling himself. At any moment, Lucky knew he would burst out laughing.
"So what you're telling me is that some how a shield was put up in our security system? But how? And more importantly by whom?"
At that point, Matt lost it. He doubled over with laughter. Lucky picked up a pillow of the couch and launched it at her boyfriend. It connected with the side of his head. Matt stared at the object and then without thinking of the consequences, beamed it back at her.
"I guess you re right… it doesn't matter as long… Ouch. Matt I am so going to kill you. Sorry about that Tyler. Matt decided to whack me with a pillow. "
"You started it." Matt countered.
Lucky glared at him. "So with this new defense, are we protected from anything else getting into the you system? We are? Great. Okay, call me if you learn anything else. Okay, bye."
Matt knew he was in trouble as soon as Laura shut off her phone. He quickly scampered from the room.
"Oh Yamato," using Matt s real name. "When I find you, it is so on."
"Catch me if you can!" he shouted from some where in the house.
"Don t forget Matt, I run track in the spring. I can out run you any day of the week musician - boy."
"I'm so scared."
"You should be." Laura closed her eyes and tried to sense Matt's presence like she did the night he was attacked. It didn't work. 'That is strange.'
"He's down in my room." whispered TK as he walked by her.
"Thanks TK." called Laura as she ran down the hall.
"TK! You little traitor. If I live through this you are so dead!" A loud thump echoed down the hall.
"Don t worry TK, he won't live."
Curiosity got the better of TK. He had to see what those two were up too. He walked into his room and swore he was in the middle of World War 3. Both Matt and Laura were smacking one another with his pillows. Neither seemed to be winning.
After a moment, Matt saw his little brother. "TK, so glad you could join us." he said, advancing toward him.
"TK catch!"? shouted Laura as she threw him another pillow.
"Hey this isn't fair. It's two on one."
"You started it Ishida." TK replied.
"That is right." added Lucky, who was standing right behind Matt. "Ready TK?"
"You bet."
Lucky swung high and TK went low, nailing Matt from both angles. As soon as Matt fell to the ground, Laura and TK dove on top of him.
"Give it up bro."
"NEVER."
"Why do people always pick the hard way?"
"To make it interesting I guess. What should we do to him Lucky?"
"That's a good question. What can we subject him too? I know. TK is my phone on the dresser of there?"
"Yeah."
"Grab it for me will you."
"What are planning to do, Laura?" asked Matt who was still pinned to the ground.
"Nothing, just calling your girlfriend."
"But you're my.. .oh hell no."
TK handed Laura her cell. "I know Davis number too. Called it many times looking for him."
"Great… what's the number so I can call Jun."
"645-6923"
"Laura, you wouldn't."
"Hello? Davis? This is Lucky. Is your sister around? She is? Great. Can I talk to her? Thanks."
"Come on Laura. Even I don't deserve this. TK can't you talk some sense into her?"
TK just shook his head no.
"Hello Jun? It is Laura. How are you. I'm fine thanks. Hey I was wondering if you would like to come over and see Matt. He's just lying around so I know that he'd love to see you so you two can do something together. You'll be over in 15? Great. Can t wait to see you. Bye." Laura disconnected the call.
"I can't believe you just did that to me. I'm really considering breaking up with you now."
"Come on Matt you know you would never do that."
"Try me TK."
"I mean if Laura actually placed the call, then I could understand."
It took Matt about 2 seconds to process what TK said. He flipped over, tossing Laura and TK off him. "You didn't place the call?"
"Nope." Lucky said with a small laugh.
"Why you little…" Matt grabbed her and started to tickle her endlessly.
"Stop it… I m sorry…I swear." Lucky screamed in between her panting.
"You promise never to do that again?"
"YES!"
"Good."
"How come…I only...get punished?"
"In due time TK will get what is coming to him. Don't go to sleep tonight, squirt."
After a few minutes, Laura finally regained her breath. Suddenly, her phone ran. "If it is Tyler Matt, try not to laugh. It is hard enough lying to him without you laughing."
"Sure Lucky."
"Hello?"
"I'm back."
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me young Laura. I'm back."
The phone slowly slipped out of Lucky's hand. If she wasn't already on the floor she would have collapsed. Instead, she started to shake violently.
"Laura, what's wrong?"
Lucky turned to face Matt. Instead of answering him, she flung herself into his arms and cried.
"Shhh, it will be okay." Matt whispered, stroking Laura's sandy brown hair. His blue eyes met with TK's. What was wrong. What did the caller say that upset Lucky so badly.
"Laura, what is wrong? Who was that on the phone? Was it your stalker?" TK asked gently.
Lucky nodded her head yes. Her voice was failing her at the current moment.
"What did he say?"
Laura mumbled her reply into Matt's black shirt.
"Come again Lucky."
Laura raised her face to look both Matt and TK in the face. Her violet eyes were glazed over with unshed tears. "I'm back."
"I'm back...no way. You don't think. No Laura, she's gone." exclaimed Matt.
"She's back…I know it…that phone call confirms it."
"Can you be totally sure though that it was Lady Myotismon?" asked TK.
Laura paused before answering. "I guess not, but she called me young Laura. And you know she had a thing about adding young before all of our names."
"That's true, she did. She called me young Matt all the time. It was really annoying. But that doesn't mean that your stalker is her, Lucky. Someone could have overheard her call you that and is using it to scare you."
"Normally I would agree with you Matt, but there's one small problem with that theory. If you and the Elders are correct about my stalker being human, how would they know what she called me if all our battles took place in the Digital World?"
"Maybe they over heard her call you young when you fought her the first time." countered TK.
"Then why wait so long to attack me?"
"Good point…I honestly don't know. I don't have answer for you Lucky."
"I wasn't expecting one Matt. No one can answer the questions we have except my stalker. Unfortunately for us, I think Davis was right by saying that I need to end this thing now. The only problem, I can't. I have no idea how to challenge him. The digimon, human, whatever is holding all the cards…not me."
"That's very true. But we still need to think of a way to call out the stalker."
"Does anyone else think this conversation is being to sound like a very bad old west movie?"
"TK!"
"Well it is to me."
"Matt don't get to mad at him, he is right after all. It does sound like a showdown. One of us lives and the other dies. Figuratively speaking of course. I have no intention of killing my stalker."
"You might not, but I sure do. No one attacks you like this and gets away with it. Not while I'm here."
"Same for me."
"Thanks guys, but I think we are over looking a major problem."
"What is that?"
"If and I'll stress if, this is Lady Myotismon, then we can't beat her. We need our digimon. Wouldn't we?"
"It's a definite possibility. Unless, Lucky do you think you could use your powers to hold off her until the digimon arrived."
"I guess so TK, but I've never tried using by abilities by myself…I always had the Elders to help."
"Can you do it here?"
"Think about it bro, if she asks her the Elders help here, they won't. It is to big of a risk. We going on her powers alone."
"Yeah, but the Elders always did say that my gifts were strong enough to destroy her."
"But do you know all of your powers?"
"No, only the basic defense… nothing really strong. I haven't studied with the Elders enough."
"So you doubt you could hold Lady Myotismon for long?"
"Correct."
"I think we need to get Izzy and the others over here tomorrow to strategize."
"Before we were in the old west, now we're going to war."
"TK!"
"What did I say this time?"
"Alright…tomorrow we'll meet at the café and discuss what to do. In the mean time however," Matt said, slyly picking up a pillow.
"What?" asked Lucky.
The next thing she knew, Matt whacked her upside her head. Starting another pillow fight that lasted half the night.
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"Hey everyone."
"Hey Mia, what s up?"
"Not to much. Haven't seen any of you in a while. I thought something happened."
'She doesn't know the half of it.' "Nah, I don't know about the others, but I had a lot of work and it sort of kept me away."
"Oh, so what does everyone want?"
After placing their orders, the DigiDestineds got down to work.
"I am theorizing that this meeting is about making a plan to incarcerate Lucky s stalker correct?"
"What did you say Izzy?" asked Tai and Davis simultaneously.
"He said that he believes that this meeting is about calling out her stalker and how we are planning to do it." answered Yolei.
"Oh."
"So what is the plan"
"Well, this is what Matt, TK, and I came up with night. The next time that my friend gets a hold of me, I tell him that I want this to end and now. I name a place and hopes he or she meets me there. Now, while I confront this human, all of you will be there for backup. Now if my stalker turns out to be a digimon, then I have to use my powers. It is your jobs to get your digimon, along with Cubbiemon, here for backup."
"It is a decent plan, except for two things. One, where will you meet where people won't see you and two can you battle if it is Lady Myotismon" questioned Ken.
"I was thinking the outskirts of town, near my house. It s pretty secluded and there are placing where all of you could hide. And to answer you second question Ken, I hope so. I think I can but I can't say for certain. However, knowing how much trouble she caused, I think I would be able to battle."
"So what do we do now?" asked Mimi.
"Wait until the staler calls I guess." said Joe.
"In the mean time," stated Sora. "I know what we girls can do."
"What?" asked Kari.
"Go shopping. The Winter dance is this weekend. I know we have a huge problem on our hands, but it will look really weird if we didn't so up with our dates."
"That is true. Besides, I think we all deserve one day off and who knows, maybe by then, this will be all taken care of." said Cody.
"Okay, when do we go shopping?" exclaimed Mimi.
"Right now. Mia!" shouted Sora.
"Yeah!"
"Want to come dress shopping with us?"
"Sure, I get off work in a half hour."
"Great."
(Half Hour Later)
"So who is everyone going with?" asked Mia.
"I'm going with Tai" said Sora. "TK is taking Kari. Ken asked Yolei. Mimi and Izzy decided to go with one another. Um, Cody is taking a girl named Gaia, and Davis is escorting a girl named Staci. And finally, Lucky here is going with Matt."
"So that is what, 6 dresses we need to find?"
"Yeah, but we have Mimi with us… it won t take long."
After 3 hours, everyone but Lucky had a dress.
Sora decided on a deep ice blue dress that was long and flowed at the end. It had a scoop neck but had a high back. The silt of the gown came up to the back of her left thigh. In all, it was fairly simple, but when she walked in it, the dress appeared opaque and captured the light. When it did, Sora appeared to be glowing. She prayed that Tai would like her in it.
Kari's dress was a bit more decorative. Her dress was silver and form fitting. The straps were spaghetti and made from pink and yellow rhinestones. The dress itself had tiny silver sparkles embedded into the material. The dress also came with elbow high silver white glove that had a pink trim near the elbow.
Yolei picked a dress that was two piece and gold. The top piece of the gown was backless and tied around her neck. The bottom half was long and flowed and had a short train to it. It too had gold sparkles that shone whenever Yolei moved.. She had found gold shoes to match as well.
Mimi's gown was rich pink that straight and form fitting. It had tiny clear beads sewn all over the front. The front of the dress was v-shaped that was lined with tiny white roses. The silt in the dress came up to the back of her knee. A pink scarf of the same color came with it.
Mia's dress was the stylist one of the group. It was a dark purple and had one strap that ran from her left shoulder to her right side. The bottom part of the gown also had purple and blue glitter on it that changed color as the light reflected off it. She had found long silver gloves with a purple trim that matched the dress perfectly.
"Don t worry Lucky, we'll find you a dress."
"I'm not concerned. Don't worry. How about this one?"
"No, green washes out your complexion."
"Okay."
"How about this gown guys." said Yolei, holding up a black dress.
"I like it, try it on Laura." said Mimi.
"Alright, but I never was one for black."
A few minutes later, Lucky returned. "Well, what do you think?"
"You want my honest opinion? Matt is going to die when he sees you in that." said Yolei.
"I take it then that this is the dress I should be buying?"
"YES" exclaimed the others said laughing.
"And here I thought you said black wasn't your color." said Mia.
"It wasn't. But for one night, it is." Laura replied, paying for her new gown.
The teens laughed and exited the dress shop. They began to walk to the nearest restaurant, since shopping had made them all extremely hungry.
"I can t wait for the dance. I am so glad I came in now." squealed Mimi.
"Oh you just wanted an excuse to buy a new dress." teased Sora.
"Well, that was an added bonus."
"Mimi, you never cease to amaze me."
"I have to keep all of you on your toes. Wouldn't want you to get bored with life or anything." Mimi stated. Then she noticed Laura. "You okay Lucky."
Lucky glanced up. "Yeah, I just got the feeling that we were being watched."
Lucky had everyone's attention now. "Do you think it s the guys?" asked Yolei.
"No, this person is making me extremely uncomfortable. I think it may .. "she trailed off when she remembered that Mia was present.
"Maybe who?" asked Mia.
"A stranger."
"I think we better get out of here then. It is not safe." said Kari.
"Yeah, I agree let's go."
The group started walking again, only this time, heading towards Lucky's. 'I guess my feeling was wrong. There is no one around. Suddenly, a caped figure shot past the girls, causing them to gasp.'
"Whoa, the phantom of the opera is here in Japan. Somehow I think he is in the wrong city." exclaimed Mia.
Laura knew better. It s time to end this. "Take this." Laura said, thrusting her gown into Mimi hands. She took off running.
"Lucky! Where are you going?"
"To end this."
"What? Laura, get back here." screamed Sora. But it was too late. Lucky was half way down the next block. "Mia, call Tai and let him know what is going on. I'm going after Lucky." She had her dress to Mimi as well.
"I'm coming with you." shouted Kari and Yolei.
"Hand me your dresses, I'll stay with Mia."
Kari and Yolei forked over their gowns and along with Sora took off in hot pursuit of Lucky and the caped figure.
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"She did what?" exclaimed Tai. He bit back a few chose words at that moment. "Okay Mia, we'll be right down. Don t worry, I'm sure they'll be okay." 'What have you gotten yourself into this time Lucky?'
"Who was that Tai?" asked Matt.
"Mia. Come on the girls are in trouble."
"What happened." pondered Izzy as he threw on his shoes.
"Apparently the girls came across a caped figured. And your girlfriend Matt suddenly got brave and started after it. Sora, my sister, and Yolei went after her."
"Lucky did what!" Matt said in disbelief as he ran outside, followed by the others.
"I guess this means the final battle is starting." said Davis.
That made Matt stop, which started a chain reaction. Soon, everyone had collided.
"Gee Matt care to tell us the next time your planning to stop suddenly?" Tai comment, rubbing his head which had gotten bumped in the confusion.
Matt to his credit, ignored Tai. "What did you say Davis?"
"That the final battle is happening now."
It took everyone about a millisecond to realize what Matt already had.
"She going in the by herself. No one is there to protect her. This wasn't in the plan. The digimon haven t been contacted. Even if I did that now, there is no way we could get all of the gathered and ready to fight in a matter of minutes." Izzy said.
"I know that is why I froze. She is walking straight into a trap. Come on… we have to get downtown and now, before Lucky manages to get herself killed."
She continued to listen to Tyler but glanced at Matt who was having a difficult time controlling himself. At any moment, Lucky knew he would burst out laughing.
"So what you're telling me is that some how a shield was put up in our security system? But how? And more importantly by whom?"
At that point, Matt lost it. He doubled over with laughter. Lucky picked up a pillow of the couch and launched it at her boyfriend. It connected with the side of his head. Matt stared at the object and then without thinking of the consequences, beamed it back at her.
"I guess you re right… it doesn't matter as long… Ouch. Matt I am so going to kill you. Sorry about that Tyler. Matt decided to whack me with a pillow. "
"You started it." Matt countered.
Lucky glared at him. "So with this new defense, are we protected from anything else getting into the you system? We are? Great. Okay, call me if you learn anything else. Okay, bye."
Matt knew he was in trouble as soon as Laura shut off her phone. He quickly scampered from the room.
"Oh Yamato," using Matt s real name. "When I find you, it is so on."
"Catch me if you can!" he shouted from some where in the house.
"Don t forget Matt, I run track in the spring. I can out run you any day of the week musician - boy."
"I'm so scared."
"You should be." Laura closed her eyes and tried to sense Matt's presence like she did the night he was attacked. It didn't work. 'That is strange.'
"He's down in my room." whispered TK as he walked by her.
"Thanks TK." called Laura as she ran down the hall.
"TK! You little traitor. If I live through this you are so dead!" A loud thump echoed down the hall.
"Don t worry TK, he won't live."
Curiosity got the better of TK. He had to see what those two were up too. He walked into his room and swore he was in the middle of World War 3. Both Matt and Laura were smacking one another with his pillows. Neither seemed to be winning.
After a moment, Matt saw his little brother. "TK, so glad you could join us." he said, advancing toward him.
"TK catch!"? shouted Laura as she threw him another pillow.
"Hey this isn't fair. It's two on one."
"You started it Ishida." TK replied.
"That is right." added Lucky, who was standing right behind Matt. "Ready TK?"
"You bet."
Lucky swung high and TK went low, nailing Matt from both angles. As soon as Matt fell to the ground, Laura and TK dove on top of him.
"Give it up bro."
"NEVER."
"Why do people always pick the hard way?"
"To make it interesting I guess. What should we do to him Lucky?"
"That's a good question. What can we subject him too? I know. TK is my phone on the dresser of there?"
"Yeah."
"Grab it for me will you."
"What are planning to do, Laura?" asked Matt who was still pinned to the ground.
"Nothing, just calling your girlfriend."
"But you're my.. .oh hell no."
TK handed Laura her cell. "I know Davis number too. Called it many times looking for him."
"Great… what's the number so I can call Jun."
"645-6923"
"Laura, you wouldn't."
"Hello? Davis? This is Lucky. Is your sister around? She is? Great. Can I talk to her? Thanks."
"Come on Laura. Even I don't deserve this. TK can't you talk some sense into her?"
TK just shook his head no.
"Hello Jun? It is Laura. How are you. I'm fine thanks. Hey I was wondering if you would like to come over and see Matt. He's just lying around so I know that he'd love to see you so you two can do something together. You'll be over in 15? Great. Can t wait to see you. Bye." Laura disconnected the call.
"I can't believe you just did that to me. I'm really considering breaking up with you now."
"Come on Matt you know you would never do that."
"Try me TK."
"I mean if Laura actually placed the call, then I could understand."
It took Matt about 2 seconds to process what TK said. He flipped over, tossing Laura and TK off him. "You didn't place the call?"
"Nope." Lucky said with a small laugh.
"Why you little…" Matt grabbed her and started to tickle her endlessly.
"Stop it… I m sorry…I swear." Lucky screamed in between her panting.
"You promise never to do that again?"
"YES!"
"Good."
"How come…I only...get punished?"
"In due time TK will get what is coming to him. Don't go to sleep tonight, squirt."
After a few minutes, Laura finally regained her breath. Suddenly, her phone ran. "If it is Tyler Matt, try not to laugh. It is hard enough lying to him without you laughing."
"Sure Lucky."
"Hello?"
"I'm back."
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me young Laura. I'm back."
The phone slowly slipped out of Lucky's hand. If she wasn't already on the floor she would have collapsed. Instead, she started to shake violently.
"Laura, what's wrong?"
Lucky turned to face Matt. Instead of answering him, she flung herself into his arms and cried.
"Shhh, it will be okay." Matt whispered, stroking Laura's sandy brown hair. His blue eyes met with TK's. What was wrong. What did the caller say that upset Lucky so badly.
"Laura, what is wrong? Who was that on the phone? Was it your stalker?" TK asked gently.
Lucky nodded her head yes. Her voice was failing her at the current moment.
"What did he say?"
Laura mumbled her reply into Matt's black shirt.
"Come again Lucky."
Laura raised her face to look both Matt and TK in the face. Her violet eyes were glazed over with unshed tears. "I'm back."
"I'm back...no way. You don't think. No Laura, she's gone." exclaimed Matt.
"She's back…I know it…that phone call confirms it."
"Can you be totally sure though that it was Lady Myotismon?" asked TK.
Laura paused before answering. "I guess not, but she called me young Laura. And you know she had a thing about adding young before all of our names."
"That's true, she did. She called me young Matt all the time. It was really annoying. But that doesn't mean that your stalker is her, Lucky. Someone could have overheard her call you that and is using it to scare you."
"Normally I would agree with you Matt, but there's one small problem with that theory. If you and the Elders are correct about my stalker being human, how would they know what she called me if all our battles took place in the Digital World?"
"Maybe they over heard her call you young when you fought her the first time." countered TK.
"Then why wait so long to attack me?"
"Good point…I honestly don't know. I don't have answer for you Lucky."
"I wasn't expecting one Matt. No one can answer the questions we have except my stalker. Unfortunately for us, I think Davis was right by saying that I need to end this thing now. The only problem, I can't. I have no idea how to challenge him. The digimon, human, whatever is holding all the cards…not me."
"That's very true. But we still need to think of a way to call out the stalker."
"Does anyone else think this conversation is being to sound like a very bad old west movie?"
"TK!"
"Well it is to me."
"Matt don't get to mad at him, he is right after all. It does sound like a showdown. One of us lives and the other dies. Figuratively speaking of course. I have no intention of killing my stalker."
"You might not, but I sure do. No one attacks you like this and gets away with it. Not while I'm here."
"Same for me."
"Thanks guys, but I think we are over looking a major problem."
"What is that?"
"If and I'll stress if, this is Lady Myotismon, then we can't beat her. We need our digimon. Wouldn't we?"
"It's a definite possibility. Unless, Lucky do you think you could use your powers to hold off her until the digimon arrived."
"I guess so TK, but I've never tried using by abilities by myself…I always had the Elders to help."
"Can you do it here?"
"Think about it bro, if she asks her the Elders help here, they won't. It is to big of a risk. We going on her powers alone."
"Yeah, but the Elders always did say that my gifts were strong enough to destroy her."
"But do you know all of your powers?"
"No, only the basic defense… nothing really strong. I haven't studied with the Elders enough."
"So you doubt you could hold Lady Myotismon for long?"
"Correct."
"I think we need to get Izzy and the others over here tomorrow to strategize."
"Before we were in the old west, now we're going to war."
"TK!"
"What did I say this time?"
"Alright…tomorrow we'll meet at the café and discuss what to do. In the mean time however," Matt said, slyly picking up a pillow.
"What?" asked Lucky.
The next thing she knew, Matt whacked her upside her head. Starting another pillow fight that lasted half the night.
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"Hey everyone."
"Hey Mia, what s up?"
"Not to much. Haven't seen any of you in a while. I thought something happened."
'She doesn't know the half of it.' "Nah, I don't know about the others, but I had a lot of work and it sort of kept me away."
"Oh, so what does everyone want?"
After placing their orders, the DigiDestineds got down to work.
"I am theorizing that this meeting is about making a plan to incarcerate Lucky s stalker correct?"
"What did you say Izzy?" asked Tai and Davis simultaneously.
"He said that he believes that this meeting is about calling out her stalker and how we are planning to do it." answered Yolei.
"Oh."
"So what is the plan"
"Well, this is what Matt, TK, and I came up with night. The next time that my friend gets a hold of me, I tell him that I want this to end and now. I name a place and hopes he or she meets me there. Now, while I confront this human, all of you will be there for backup. Now if my stalker turns out to be a digimon, then I have to use my powers. It is your jobs to get your digimon, along with Cubbiemon, here for backup."
"It is a decent plan, except for two things. One, where will you meet where people won't see you and two can you battle if it is Lady Myotismon" questioned Ken.
"I was thinking the outskirts of town, near my house. It s pretty secluded and there are placing where all of you could hide. And to answer you second question Ken, I hope so. I think I can but I can't say for certain. However, knowing how much trouble she caused, I think I would be able to battle."
"So what do we do now?" asked Mimi.
"Wait until the staler calls I guess." said Joe.
"In the mean time," stated Sora. "I know what we girls can do."
"What?" asked Kari.
"Go shopping. The Winter dance is this weekend. I know we have a huge problem on our hands, but it will look really weird if we didn't so up with our dates."
"That is true. Besides, I think we all deserve one day off and who knows, maybe by then, this will be all taken care of." said Cody.
"Okay, when do we go shopping?" exclaimed Mimi.
"Right now. Mia!" shouted Sora.
"Yeah!"
"Want to come dress shopping with us?"
"Sure, I get off work in a half hour."
"Great."
(Half Hour Later)
"So who is everyone going with?" asked Mia.
"I'm going with Tai" said Sora. "TK is taking Kari. Ken asked Yolei. Mimi and Izzy decided to go with one another. Um, Cody is taking a girl named Gaia, and Davis is escorting a girl named Staci. And finally, Lucky here is going with Matt."
"So that is what, 6 dresses we need to find?"
"Yeah, but we have Mimi with us… it won t take long."
After 3 hours, everyone but Lucky had a dress.
Sora decided on a deep ice blue dress that was long and flowed at the end. It had a scoop neck but had a high back. The silt of the gown came up to the back of her left thigh. In all, it was fairly simple, but when she walked in it, the dress appeared opaque and captured the light. When it did, Sora appeared to be glowing. She prayed that Tai would like her in it.
Kari's dress was a bit more decorative. Her dress was silver and form fitting. The straps were spaghetti and made from pink and yellow rhinestones. The dress itself had tiny silver sparkles embedded into the material. The dress also came with elbow high silver white glove that had a pink trim near the elbow.
Yolei picked a dress that was two piece and gold. The top piece of the gown was backless and tied around her neck. The bottom half was long and flowed and had a short train to it. It too had gold sparkles that shone whenever Yolei moved.. She had found gold shoes to match as well.
Mimi's gown was rich pink that straight and form fitting. It had tiny clear beads sewn all over the front. The front of the dress was v-shaped that was lined with tiny white roses. The silt in the dress came up to the back of her knee. A pink scarf of the same color came with it.
Mia's dress was the stylist one of the group. It was a dark purple and had one strap that ran from her left shoulder to her right side. The bottom part of the gown also had purple and blue glitter on it that changed color as the light reflected off it. She had found long silver gloves with a purple trim that matched the dress perfectly.
"Don t worry Lucky, we'll find you a dress."
"I'm not concerned. Don't worry. How about this one?"
"No, green washes out your complexion."
"Okay."
"How about this gown guys." said Yolei, holding up a black dress.
"I like it, try it on Laura." said Mimi.
"Alright, but I never was one for black."
A few minutes later, Lucky returned. "Well, what do you think?"
"You want my honest opinion? Matt is going to die when he sees you in that." said Yolei.
"I take it then that this is the dress I should be buying?"
"YES" exclaimed the others said laughing.
"And here I thought you said black wasn't your color." said Mia.
"It wasn't. But for one night, it is." Laura replied, paying for her new gown.
The teens laughed and exited the dress shop. They began to walk to the nearest restaurant, since shopping had made them all extremely hungry.
"I can t wait for the dance. I am so glad I came in now." squealed Mimi.
"Oh you just wanted an excuse to buy a new dress." teased Sora.
"Well, that was an added bonus."
"Mimi, you never cease to amaze me."
"I have to keep all of you on your toes. Wouldn't want you to get bored with life or anything." Mimi stated. Then she noticed Laura. "You okay Lucky."
Lucky glanced up. "Yeah, I just got the feeling that we were being watched."
Lucky had everyone's attention now. "Do you think it s the guys?" asked Yolei.
"No, this person is making me extremely uncomfortable. I think it may .. "she trailed off when she remembered that Mia was present.
"Maybe who?" asked Mia.
"A stranger."
"I think we better get out of here then. It is not safe." said Kari.
"Yeah, I agree let's go."
The group started walking again, only this time, heading towards Lucky's. 'I guess my feeling was wrong. There is no one around. Suddenly, a caped figure shot past the girls, causing them to gasp.'
"Whoa, the phantom of the opera is here in Japan. Somehow I think he is in the wrong city." exclaimed Mia.
Laura knew better. It s time to end this. "Take this." Laura said, thrusting her gown into Mimi hands. She took off running.
"Lucky! Where are you going?"
"To end this."
"What? Laura, get back here." screamed Sora. But it was too late. Lucky was half way down the next block. "Mia, call Tai and let him know what is going on. I'm going after Lucky." She had her dress to Mimi as well.
"I'm coming with you." shouted Kari and Yolei.
"Hand me your dresses, I'll stay with Mia."
Kari and Yolei forked over their gowns and along with Sora took off in hot pursuit of Lucky and the caped figure.
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"She did what?" exclaimed Tai. He bit back a few chose words at that moment. "Okay Mia, we'll be right down. Don t worry, I'm sure they'll be okay." 'What have you gotten yourself into this time Lucky?'
"Who was that Tai?" asked Matt.
"Mia. Come on the girls are in trouble."
"What happened." pondered Izzy as he threw on his shoes.
"Apparently the girls came across a caped figured. And your girlfriend Matt suddenly got brave and started after it. Sora, my sister, and Yolei went after her."
"Lucky did what!" Matt said in disbelief as he ran outside, followed by the others.
"I guess this means the final battle is starting." said Davis.
That made Matt stop, which started a chain reaction. Soon, everyone had collided.
"Gee Matt care to tell us the next time your planning to stop suddenly?" Tai comment, rubbing his head which had gotten bumped in the confusion.
Matt to his credit, ignored Tai. "What did you say Davis?"
"That the final battle is happening now."
It took everyone about a millisecond to realize what Matt already had.
"She going in the by herself. No one is there to protect her. This wasn't in the plan. The digimon haven t been contacted. Even if I did that now, there is no way we could get all of the gathered and ready to fight in a matter of minutes." Izzy said.
"I know that is why I froze. She is walking straight into a trap. Come on… we have to get downtown and now, before Lucky manages to get herself killed."