I have come to the conclusion that I'm not going to write the little bit where TK and his friends reconcile. It really wouldn't add much to the story and I've been trying to make it sound good enough to put in, but it's not working. So, being the Executive Producer and all, I am cutting it. Here's the synopsis: It took a little while, but the boys have come to peace. Everyone was sad, everyone cried, it's over. TK said he'll think about playing in the next game. There. That will about cover it.

"TK, do you really believe them?" Iori asked as TK showed the three other boys out and closed the door behind them.

"Yeah, I think I do. I'm not really sure why, but I do. I guess it's one of those gut feelings like you get sometimes." TK locked the doors and turned back to face Iori, who was still sitting in the comfy chair.

"Maybe I'm rubbing off on you, huh?"

"Maybe. Maybe you're contagious or something," TK said with a big grin. He walked over to Iori's chair and sat half on him and half on the chair.

"Aaah! Good grief, TK, you're squishing me. How many pieces of pizza did you eat today?"

"Only five." Iori looked at him with a face full of disbelief.

"Uh huh."

"Okay, six and a half."

"Sheesh. What were they topped with? Cement?"

"Are you trying to call me fat or something?"

"No, TK. I'm not trying to do anything. You are squishing me flat so you do the math."

"So do you want me to get up?"

"Yes!" Iori groaned as TK leaned a bit further in. Doing all he could, Iori reached his hands to TK's sides and began to mercilessly tickle TK's ribs. TK was soon laughing so hard he was crying, but he still refused to move off Iori. Finally, Iori's actions bore fruit. TK got up when he couldn't get a breath in from laughing so hard. Iori had a big dramatic scene once he'd moved, making TK laugh even harder.

Once TK had recovered, he wiped the tears out of his eyes and looked at Iori. "That was so evil, Iori, tickling me like that. You're lucky I didn't pee myself."

"Why do you think I stopped, TK? You were sitting on me, afterall, so who would have gotten wet beside you?"

"Good point Iori. Good point." TK leaned over the back of the chair Iori sat in and wrapped his arms around the boy.

"TK? What's on the agenda for tonight?"

"I figure that we can watch a few movies, make some hot chocolate and popcorn, and relax. We have all tonight and part of tomorrow before the big party."

"Do you think that Daisuke will have picked up his part of the list?" Iori was suddenly concerned that their friend might drop the ball.

"Believe me, if he somehow forgets, it'll be a miracle. Kari and Sora said that they were going to call him every half hour to remind him. Tai and Koushirou are supposed to take him out tonight, so it's almost impossible for him to mess it up."

"Okay. I guess he'll pull through then."

"He better. Anyway, ready for that hot chocolate, Iori-chan?"

"I sure am, TK. How about I make it while you pick us out a movie?"

"Right." Iori headed into the kitchen and began assembling the ingredients. Kahlua, Bailey's. No, just kidding. Milk and chocolate and marshmallows. Iori busied himself warming the milk in the microwave while TK perused the stack of DVDs he had set near the tv.

Hmmm.what should we watch? TK looked past the stack of Disney movies his mum bought on a regular basis. The only funny one was Emperor's New Groove. Would he like this one? TK picked up Pulp Fiction and considered it. "Hey Iori, have you ever seen Pulp Fiction?" he walked into the kitchen and saw Iori just stirring in marshmallows.

"No, I've not seen it, actually. From every time I've heard Tai quote it though it sounds funny."

"It's a bit bloody, but overall funny as hell." Iori agreed to watch it and the two of them settled in for a night of cuddling and movie watching.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ And now over to the Izumi residence, a little earlier that day.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"So boys, what are your plans for tonight?" Mara asked a few minutes after the color withdrew from her son's face after the mention of The Talk.

"Well, we're on Daisuke duty for tonight," Tai told her. He saw Mara's look of confusion. "We're taking him out so that he can get the things he's supposed to bring to the party tomorrow at Sora's." Mara just laughed. She had known Daisuke now for a few years and he was surely the most irresponsible of all the kids. Irresponsible in a cute way, however.

"So how long do you figure you'll be out? Twelve hours?" Mara was grinning at them.

"I hope not that long. Maybe only six or seven." Koushirou grinned at her and Tai agreed. "He only needs to pick a few things up, and as long as he's gotten Kari a gift, we'll be fine."

"So I'll see you two some time tomorrow."

"Yeah, probably." Tai and Koushirou both smiled. Daisuke was so..Daisuke-ish. "He's supposed to call me sometime in the not too distant future," Koushirou said as he glanced at the clock, which read almost 3. He, Tai, and Mara all shared a glance. "I'll go on and call him," Koushirou said and got up and headed for the phone.

"Daisuke? Daisuke? You have to turn down your radio, Daisuke, I can barely hear you." Tai and Mara were grinning along with Koushirou. Phone calls to the Motomiya household were always 'interesting'.

"It's me, Daisuke, Koushirou. Koushirou! Right. Koushirou Izumi." Koushirou rolled his eyes while a voice barked out of the other end of the phone. "I'm calling to remind you that we're going out today to get our supplies. You didn't forget, did you?"

"No I haven't forgot! Sora won't quit calling me!" Daisuke's voice was quite audible as he spoke. More grinned filled the Izumi house.

"Alright. So, when are you coming over? Okay. We'll be waiting." Koushirou hung the phone up and wiped his brow. "He said he'd be here in about 10 minutes."

"Half hour?" Tai asked.

"I'm betting closer to 45." Mara had to add her bet into the pot. "Koushirou?"

"I'm giving him 20."

They settled in to watch a bit of tv while they waited. Exactly 22 minutes later there was a 'thud' outside the door, followed by a polite knocking.

"Well I'll be," Mara said, "he's way early." Koushirou hopped up and went to the door. He opened it and the three of them saw Daisuke wiping the seat of his pants.

"You okay?" Koushirou asked, trying to hold in a smile.

"Oh, yeah. Just had a little slip in the water over there." Koushirou looked but saw no water. He let it slide and let Daisuke in.

"Hello, Tai, Mrs. Izumi," he said as he stepped into the room.

"Hi, Daisuke. It's been a while. How are you doing?"

"Oh, pretty good, Mrs. Izumi. You know, good."

"Well, we'd better go," Tai said. "It's supposed to get ugly later on tonight." He stood up and put his shoes on, as did Koushirou. They grabbed their coats and after waving goodbye to Mara, headed out.

They chatted as they made their way to the stairs and saw that it was beginning to snow as they stepped outside. "Look, it's snowing!" Daisuke said and stuck his tongue out in an attempt to catch one. With his head tilted back he wasn't paying attention to where he was going and if it weren't for an alert Koushirou, he would have walked right into a mail box.

"Careful, Dai-chan." Koushirou said as he steered him around it.

"Oh, I saw it, really." Daisuke was trying to play it off, with little success.

"Of course you did," Tai said and they walked on down the road.

The trio had almost reached the store when Daisuke stopped dead in the road. He was busy staring at the car waiting at a stop light near them. Koushirou and Tai had kept going and were a few steps ahead before they turned around and saw him standing.

"Dai-chan?" Koushirou said as he stepped back. He followed Daisuke's gaze and saw a man busy rooting in his nose for treasure. (I was in traffic today and saw the guy in the car across from me doing this, so I had to stick it in.)

"Does he think we can't see him?" Koushirou was starting to laugh at the man's total lack of etiquette. "Hey!" Daisuke yelled, "you're not invisible, you know! You're just nasty." The three boys watched as the man continued his nasal prospecting and then groaned aloud as he studied the fruits of his labor.

"I hope he doesn't eat that," Tai said, disgusted but unable to look away.

"Yeah, that would make him go from gross, to, uh, grosser."

"Good one, Dai, let's go." Koushirou put a hand on his shoulder and started to lead him away.

"No, I have to see what he does with it!" Daisuke exclaimed. He shrugged Koushirou's hand off and was rewarded with the sight of the hand disappearing below view and coming back up clean.

"EEEE! He wiped it on the seat. How foul can he be?" Koushirou asked and Tai and Mini-Tai laughed hysterically. "He could have at least flicked it out the window or something."

Koushirou only shook his head and wondered if there might have been some mix up at the hospital and that Daisuke was really Tai's brother. The light turned green and the nasty guy pulled off. They crossed the last few blocks and arrived just as the snow was starting to pick up.

They stepped into Miyako's store and were unprepared for her sudden appearance in front of them. It was like she magically appeared in the blink of an eye.

"Hey guys, hey Daisuke." Miyako was busy batting her eyelashes at Daisuke who was purposely looking away.

"Oh, there's the soda. I'll be back in a minute." Daisuke was gone in a flash, leaving the other two boys to fend for themselves against her. Miyako watched him run off, likely undressing him with her eyes as far as Koushirou and Tai could tell.

"So, um, Miyako, are you ready for the party tomorrow?" Koushirou asked her, breaking the uncomfortable silence that fell on them once Daisuke left.

"Of course. I just can't wait until I see what Daisuke got me. I'm sure I will love it."

The two boys looked at each other in disbelief. Did she just say what I think she said? both of their eyes flashed at each other. Surely she's not that dense, unable to see that he likes her about as much as a booster shot

"Do either of you two know what he got me? I know you won't tell me, but just give me a hint," Miyako was nearly begging, pulling on their arms and giving them puppy dog eyes.

"Uh, no, actually I don't think we do."

"Oh come on. I know he's at least told you something about it."

Koushirou thought back to a phone call he had with Daisuke a day before. He described in great detail to Koushirou all the stores he went into trying to find the perfect gift for Kari. Not for Miyako, but Kari. Koushirou barely held a grin in when he thought about Daisuke's trip through a particularly girly store and the odd looks he got when he looked through the lingerie.

"They all looked at me like I was going to go try it on or something. Okay, so I did think about it, but it's not like I did it. I'm sure I'm not the first guy to ever go in there," Daisuke had told Koushirou.

Koushirou had to muffle his mouth to keep from laughing at Daisuke then and now as well. "All I know, Miyako, is that he went shopping. It might have been for anyone." That was all he needed to say. Miyako went quiet, certain that it was for her. She had the big dreamy eyes that she seemed to have whenever Daisuke was around these days.

"Okay," Tai said, sort of creeped out by the expression on Miyako's face. "we're going to do our shopping now." He grabbed Koushirou's arm and pulled him away. "She scares me sometime, Kou-chan," Tai said and mock- shuddered.

"Sometime?"

"Okay. Most of the time." The two boys caught up with Daisuke and began loading down with the needed supplies, mostly chips and soda.

"Hey Dai, how about you go up and ring this up for us?" Tai asked, loving the look on the other boy's face.

"How about not?"

"Oh come on, she might give you a discount, for a kiss."

"Um, no. She's not the one I would like to kiss."

"My sister gets that honor, right?" Tai asked with a grin.

"Maybe." That was all Daisuke said as he slowly started the walk up to the counter, head hung low like he was walking to the gallows. Tai and Koushirou let him walk ahead.

"Who knows, Tai-chan, you might have him for brother in law eventually."

"I don't know about that, Koushirou. Let's just wait and see what happens tomorrow night."

By the time the two of them reached the counter, Daisuke was being checked out, both figuratively and realistically, by Miyako. She was talking to him like her mouth was on fire and the words couldn't jump out fast enough. Daisuke answered with a few 'yeses' and head shakes and made his way for the door as quickly as he could. He waited for the other two, nervously tapping his feet.

"Isn't Daisuke the sweetest and cutest boy on earth?" Miyako asked as she scanned their purchases in the computer and bagged them.

"Oh, sure he is," Tai told him while thinking something different. He is cute, but not cuter than my Kou-chan

"Oh yeah. Sweet as candy," Koushirou told her while also thinking different. Sure Dai-chan is sweet, but not as sweet as Taichi.

They paid for their junk food and wished her well and made their way to the door. Daisuke opened it and let them out and after giving one last look at a madly waving Miyako, walked out behind them.

"Look at the snow come down!" Koushirou said as gazed over the white landscape. "We need to make a snowman you guys!"

"That's a great idea," Tai said. "You in, Daisuke?"

"I don't know. I should get home before it gets too heavy."

"Don't worry about that. We can go to my place and you can just stay over there if things get too bad. What do you think about that?"

"That would be cool!" The three of them went off, eager to return it Koushirou's.

Sorry this took so long to get up. With my new job and all, it's been hard to find time to write. Well, hope you enjoyed this. There might be one more small chapter before the party, depending on if I keep the Daikari in mind or decide to switch to Daisomeone else. You all have a bit longer to suggest a song for the two couples' first dance. I have to ideas, but maybe you can suggest a better one.

Real quick--- you guys have to go read this fic. It's about the original DigiDestined and it is very good. The First of the DigiDestined by Silverdiva7. It is wonderful. Okay. I'm off to work now. Bye bye.