*Hey again everyone. I'm sorry for taking forever to update this. I came to a slight block trying to think of other things I can put in here so you can guess who the narrator is telling the story. Just to let you know, this has already happened and Mimi and Jou are already together, but the narrator is just telling the story of how they got together. There's another hint in here, but I'm not going to hint at that because you would get it right off. Maybe after Jou gets advice from the last person-I don't know who that's going to be yet lol-I'll give you the hint. So for now, just keep on guessing. I'm surprised none of you have made guesses yet. lol Now, like always, I don't own any of these characters or places associated with the game, manga, anime, etc., and I never will. :-p*

Part 4: The Advice of Yagami!

The shadowy person chuckled a bit while staring at the photo of Jou with his messed up hair.

"He was such a fool for listening to Yamato-san and even more of a fool for letting him do that to him!" The person then sighed. "After that incident, Mimi-san and the others were still quite surprised over the look and performance of Jou-san."
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"I still can't believe that Jou-senpai dressed up that way just to sing," Miyako said while walking down the street.

"I know," Iori agreed. "Jou-san looked very strange. I still feel that as his friends and as fellow Chosens, we should go see how he is doing. We are obligated to."

"You are truly showing off your sincerity trait, Iori-kun," Ken noted.

"Maybe so," Iori started, "but I still feel that we should go check up on him."

"Yeah!" Mimi agreed.

"Miyako-san," a small bird started, "why was Jou-san singing the way that he was? He woke me up from my nap!"

During their entire time at the Odaiba Pizza Palace, Miyako had Poromon with her, but he was in her backpack sleeping. After they left, he evolved to Hawkmon. The other Digimon were in the Digital World, Wormmon included, which was a surprise to everyone since he always stuck by Ken's side.

"We have no idea," the girl told her Digimon companion.

"We should still check on Jou-senpai before going to the Planetarium," Mimi stated.

"I don't think we should," Ken said. "He will probably be fine."

"Ichijouji-san is right," Koushirou agreed. "Jou-san is probably doing fine."

"How can you be so sure?" Mimi asked her redheaded companion.

"I don't, really," he shrugged, "but you can't run over there just because of him probably feeling a tad bit silly for embarassing himself up on stage."

"I still don't know," Mimi muttered.

Once again, Ken, Miyako, and Koushirou had to persuade both Iori and Mimi to stop worrying about Jou and to just go to the Planetarium.
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"It took a lot of persuasion," the shadowy figure started, "but they were convinced once again."

The person then turned the page of the photo album to show Jou in his normal attire; hair, clothes, and all.

"Jou-san is back to normal," the shadowy person started, "but he's about to make another mistake."

The person sighed.

"He didn't learn his lesson, apparently," the person frowned. "The next person he goes to gives even worse advice."

The person then laughed.

"Well, at least he didn't get as traumatized as he did when seeking advice from Yamato-san."
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Jou had just left his home once again to go off in search of another friend of his in hopes of getting some real advice that wouldn't involve him having to go to a therapist for the rest of his life.

"I thought I was never going to get all of those chemicals from out of my hair. It took me about an hour, but I finally got all of it out!" Jou said while running his fingers through his normal-styled hair. "And those hideous clothes have been burnt in the fire place and will never again see the light of day."

He smiled at that, but then soon frowned.

"Jou no baka (Stupid Jou)!!" he said to himself. "How could I embarass myself in front of Mimi-kun like that and how could I let Yamato do that to me! I got my hair back to normal but it still has that weird smell to it! I bet Mimi-kun thinks I'm some kind of a nut!"

The boy then shook his head.

"No," Jou said with determination, his right fist bawled up. "I will obtain my goal of getting her the best White Day present to show how I truly feel!"

The boy then started to laugh out loudly shouting, "I know I will!" Everyone in the streets looked over at the strange boy who turned red from embarassment. He then quieted down and continued to make his way over to the Taichi's.
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Over at the Yagami home...

"Koushirou isn't there?"

"No, I'm sorry, he isn't here, Taichi."

"Okay. Thank you Mrs. Izumi," Tai said as he hanged up the phone. "Aww man! For once in my life, I need Koushirou and he's not around!"

Seventeen year old Yagami Taichi, star, male athlete of Odaiba High, had finished up his date early. He remembered he had an assignment to work on for his class and the only person he knew of, other than Miyako, that could help him out with his computer was Koushirou. His computer was giving him a bit of trouble. He was hoping that he would have spent the day at home, but that wasn't the case obviously.

"Well, I guess I could always go over to Sora's to get this assignment done," the boy smiled. "Or either get her to come back over here."

Currently, Taichi had the entire place to himself. His father was working that day and his mother had gone out to do some grocery shopping. Hikari was also out for the day with her good friend, Daisuke. Taichi wasn't much for hanging around by himself and found it incredibly boring, so he called Sora up to invite her to come back over and to forget about his assignment. The only time he didn't mind being by himself at his home, was when Sora was with him or any other friend for that matter.

"Great, Sora is coming right over," Taichi smiled. "Now we can officially finish our date."

The boy was about to get a few things set up, when he heard the doorbell ring.

"That was fast," Taichi said to himself. He then smiled a bit. "She just can't resist me." He then smiled a mischevious grin. "I think I'll surprise her."

Taichi went over to the door, closed his eyes, and opened it. He then grabbed the person that was there and dipped them, about to give the person a nice, long passionate kiss.

"You must be wearing heels," Taichi noted."You seem taller than what you were earlier, and you must've been working out too because you feel a bit muscular." He then sniffed a bit. "And your hair smells funny too. Are you using a new shampoo?"

"TAICHI!!" the person screamed out in fear. "STOP IT!! LET ME GO!!"

"What's wrong Sora?" Taichi asked, his eyes still closed, ready to kiss his victim. "Your voice sounds funny. Do you have a cold or something?"

"TAICHI, I AM NOT SORA!!"

The younger boy opened his eyes and screamed at whom he was holding.

"JOU!?!"

He turned lose of Jou and the blue-haired doctor-in-training tumbled to the floor.

"What's the big idea," Jou shouted at Taichi.

"I thought you were someone else," Taichi said in a defensive tone. "No offense, Jou, but you aren't my type!"

"None taken!" Jou shouted back.

Jou then started to mutter a bit under his breath, wondering if he made a mistake seeking out the advice of Taichi. Taichi noticed that Jou looked a bit stressed and of course offered to help him out.

"What are you doing here," Taichi asked while helping Jou up. "Is something wrong?"

"Well, sort of," Jou said brushing himself off.

This time, Jou decided not to beat around the bush and to just come right out and tell Taichi about his predicament.

"I needed some advice," Jou explained to Taichi.

"You came to me for advice," Taichi said in amazement. "Cool!"

The boy then smiled at his older friend.

"I am the wisest of them all, as you know."

"Yeah, sure," Jou said in a sarcastic manner.

"What kind of advice do you need," Taichi asked, ignoring Jou's sarcastic remark.

"I sorta need advice about girls," Jou said nervously.

"Girls, huh?" the big haired boy said. "Jou, my friend, you came to the right place! I know all there is to know about girls!"

"Really?"

"Of course," Taichi said with a smirk. "Who would know more than me!"

"Yeah, I wonder," Jou muttered sarcastically.

"What exactly do you want to know?" Taichi asked in a serious tone.

Jou started to run his hand through his hair nervously.

"Well, I want a girl to notice me, but I have no idea on how to do that."

"That's all," Taichi laughed. "That's not too serious a problem."

"It isn't?"

The young soccer player shook his head.

"Nope, of course not," Taichi assured him. "I can help you out with that problem."

"Thank you," Jou said.

"No problem," Taichi told the boy.

"So, what do I do?" Jou asked.

"Girls love guys who act nice, cool, and suave."

"'Nice, cool, and suave'?"

"Of course," Taichi said with a sparkle in his eye.

All of a sudden, the scene changed. Jou had a feeling of dread when this started to happen.

"No, not again!" the boy shouted.

The two were now standing in front of a flashy building, but not flashy like the one Yamato had taken him to. He noticed a few familiar landmarks and instantly realized that he was in London, England, and on the inside of the building, he saw a bunch of people playing cards and other games such as that.

"A casino," Jou said, looking around. "What are we doing here?"

Jou then turned to get a look at Taichi. His outfit wasn't as traumatizing as Yamato's was, but it was still different for a person like Taichi.

"A tuxedo?"

Taichi was dressed in an expensive looking tuxedo with a bow tie and a pair of shiny, black leather shoes. Taichi's hair was slicked back as well and he had a rose in his breast pocket.

"How do you like my place," Taichi asked Jou.

"Um, so far so good," Jou stated as they walked in, "but how is this going to help get girls to notice me?"

"I'm glad you asked me that," Taichi said in a heroic, overly-confident voice. "Stick with me and you'll get all of the girls to notice you."

The boy could only shrug at Taichi. He had no idea what he had in mind, but his fantasy seemed a lot less scary compared to Yamato's.

A bunch of girls in skimpy looking outfits crowded around Taichi, who was smiling and just looking cool.

"It's all in the attitude, Jou," Taichi told him. "Girls love cool guys."

Jou nodded as he took notes.

"Let's go have ourselves a drink," Taichi suggested.

"Okay," Jou agreed. He was really hoping that this fantasy of Taichi's wouldn't result in him needing therapy.

Taichi led Jou over to the bar, girls blowing kisses and shouting at Taichi as he passed by. He just winked at them and clicked his tongue. This caused some of the girls to faint.

"Click tongue and wink at the girls while wearing a fancy looking tuxedo," Jou said out aloud as he took notes.

"Hey, bartender," Taichi shouted, hitting his hand down on the table.

The bartender walked up to Taichi and Jou.

"Taichi!" Jou exclaimed. "You aren't allowed to drink alcohol!"

"Quit being a party pooper, Jou," Taichi told him. "I want a drink!"

"But..."

"Never mind that," Taichi interrupted.

"What will it be," the bartender asked.

Taichi looked at the bartender and said, "One Dry Martini." He then looked over at the girls that were behind him. "Shaken, not stirred."

Jou face faulted from Taichi's response as the girls sighed in awe.

"One glass of milk, coming up," the bartender said.

"I said a Martini!" Taichi corrected.

"And I said a glass of milk," the bartender argued back.

"Do you not know who I am?" Taichi asked.

The bartneder sighed.

"The name is Taichi," he started while acting as if he was god's gift to women, "Yagami Taichi."

"I know who you are, Taichi!" the bartender shouted. "And I say you're getting a glass of milk!"

Taichi face faulted from the response.

"And while you're at it," the bartender shouted down to Taichi, "you should go back home! You know you aren't allowed in here!"

"What?!?" the boy said, picking himself up.

Taichi got a better look at the person behind the counter and screamed.

"Kaasan!!! What are you doing here!"

"I could ask the same of you, young man," said an annoyed Mrs. Yagami with her hands on her hips. "Go home this instant young man! You know you shouldn't be drinking Martinis or any other alcoholic beverage for that matter!"

"But, but..."

"Now!!"

"Yes, mom," the boy sighed.

He turned and walked away.

"Even in my dreams, my mother ruins my fun for them," Taichi muttered. He then turned to Jou and said, in a gloomy manner, "Let's go, Jou."

"Okay," Jou agreed.

"I didn't even get to play on the slot machines," Taichi muttered.

"Wait, what about the girls?" Jou asked.

"Oh yeah!" the boy exclaimed. "I'm supposed to be showing you how to get girls to notice you. You saw how suave I was acting, right?"

He nodded.

"That's all there is to it, and dressing nicely of course."

Taichi pulled the collar of his tux as more girls crowded around him.

"Let's get to my car," Taichi said.

"Car!!!" Jou said in surprise.

Taichi ran ahead of Jou and hopped into his Ferrari.

"A Ferrari!! How can you afford a Ferrari!"

"Never mind that," Taichi said. "Get in."

"But you don't have your license yet," Jou shouted out nervously. "What if you get a ticket!"

"Boy, you sure know how to have fun," Taichi muttered sarcastically.

"I am only taking caution," Jou said in a proud manner.

"That's something else you need to work on," Taichi said while turning the key in the ignition. "You need to learn how to walk on the wild side sometimes too. Girls like guys who like to have fun and those who like to take chances; not guys who hang around the house all day playing it safe. You have to be cool and suave, remember? You can't be cool and suave if you don't want to live a bit dangerously and earn the name 'Danger' like me."

"But your name isn't "Danger," it's Taichi!"

"Danger's my middle name," Taichi smirked and said in a sweet tone as the girls screamed for him.

Jou just rolled his eyes and hopped into the front seat of the Ferrari. All of the girls, that could, hopped into the backseat. The top was down, so a lot of the girls were in the car. After everyone was settled, Taichi put his foot down on the accelerator and pulled off into the brightly lit streets of London. All of the girls were hugging on Taichi as he drove, the speedometer reading going higher and higher.

"Taichi," Jou shouted. "You are going over the speed limit!"

"I'm living on the wild side, Jou," Taichi said between the smothering hugs of the girls. "I'm living dangerously."

"More like stupidly," Jou shouted at him.

"Yes, mom," Taichi mocked.

"Hey! I'm just being cautious!"

"Wild side, Jou, wild side," Taichi repeated. "Girls like guys who live dangerously, dress nice, and act suave."

Jou wanted out. He wasn't ready to die yet and he surely didn't want to die in a car crash. The older boy then noticed something up ahead that Taichi didn't. It was a person standing out in the middle of the road.

"Taichi, look out!!"

"Huh?" the boy asked while looking ahead.

He saw what Jou had now. A figure was in the middle of the road just standing there. Taichi was currently going as fast as the speedometer would go and stopping wasn't going to be easy. He put on brakes hard to avoid hitting the person. He came very close to hitting the person, but luckily he didn't and stopped within a quarter of an inch of the person.

"TAICHI," the person shouted with her hands on her hips. "What are you doing with all of those girls!"

"Sora?" Jou and Taichi said together.

"Well!" the girl demanded sternly while tapping her foot.

"It's not what you think, Sora," Taichi said in a defensive tone. "These are all of Jou's girls!"

"Oh really?" Sora said, her arms folded across her chest.

Taichi got out of the car and handed the rose he had to Sora and took out a diamond.

"What is this for?" Sora asked in surprise at the diamond.

"Well, diamonds are forever, just like your beauty and just as we will be."

She smiled at him and gave him a hug while Jou gagged at the corny, "diamonds are forever," line. All of a sudden, everything went back to normal and Jou and Taichi were back in the living room of the Yagami home.

"We're back!" Jou said happily.

"What were you two doing," Sora asked. "I rang the bell and knocked, but I didn't get an answer. I knew that you wouldn't just leave knowing that I was coming over, so I just let myself in. The door was unlocked."

"I was just helping Jou out and giving him some advice," Taichi told her.

"Really," the young girl asked. "What kind?"

"Just some guy stuff that you wouldn't understand," Taichi told her.
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"I personally think that asking a person such as Sora-san would have been a great idea for Jou-san," the shadowy figure said. "Due to his situation, asking a female would have probably gotten him better advice than these guys who know practically nothing."

The shadowy person shook their head at the situation.

"It would have been the logical thing to do," the shadowy person said, "but I guess when it comes to love and crushes and worrying about impressing the one you truly admire, there's no room for logic..."
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"I don't think I want to know," Sora chuckled. "You guys looked as if you were playing some kind of a game. You looked as if you were driving and Jou was your petrified passenger."

"Ha-ha," Taichi laughed sarcastically.

"Jou-senpai, are you okay," Sora asked, noticing how scared Jou looked. He was still a bit nervous from the car incident and Taichi driving so fast.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Jou assured the 17-year-old Tennis Star of Odaiba High.

"Hey, what's that weird smell," Sora asked while sniffing the air.

"I was going to ask the same exact thing," Taichi said, sniffing the air as well.

"It's my hair," Jou sighed. "It's a long story and I don't want to get into it."

Taichi laughed a bit. Jou shot him an annoyed look.

"Sorry," Taichi apologized with a chuckle.

"Well, I better get going."

"Okay," both said.

"Don't forget, Jou," Taichi started while giving him a thumbs-up, "act cool and suave and dress nice."

"Right, Taichi," the older boy said as he left.

"Cool and suave?" Sora asked.

"Guy stuff," Taichi said.

"What kind of 'guy stuff' and what was wrong with him?"

"If you must know," Taichi started, "I was giving Jou advice about girls."

The girl started to laugh.

"You, girls?"

"He wanted to know how to get girls interested in him," Taichi continued, ignoring Sora's laughter. "I told him that girls like guys who live dangerously, act suave, dress nicely, and just looks good in general-like yours truly here."

Sora took a deep breath and laughed again.

"What?" Taichi asked.

"I can't believe you told him something like that!"

"Why not," Taichi asked. "It's true."

"Boys are so clueless," Sora said with a giggle. "Taichi, do you honestly believe that I like you because of those things?"

"Well, um yeah," Taichi said while putting a hand in the back of his head nervously. "Don't all girls like that?"

"This one doesn't," Sora told him with a smile. "I like you for you."

"You do?"

"You sound surprised," Sora noted. "Girls don't go for all of that fancy stuff, unless they're shallow or something like that. They like a guy because of the type of person he is, not because of how he may dress or because of how cool he may act."

"Aww, what do you know," Taichi joked. "You're just a girl."

Sora was about to playfully hit him, but Taichi caught her hand and kissed her before she had the chance to. She gave into the kiss and wrapped her arms around him. After they broke the kiss, Taichi smiled at her.

"We can now finish our date," he smirked.

Sora gave him a wicked smile, grabbed his hand, and pulled him out of the living room towards his room...
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"Hmm, maybe Taichi is right," Jou said while walking away from the Yagami home. "Maybe I am too cautious. Maybe I should act as he did."

He started to wonder a bit.

"I wonder if I can still wear my tuxedo," he said out aloud.

With that, Jou hurried himself home to find a Tuxedo to put on to try once again to impress the pretty and popular Tachikawa Mimi...