DISCLAIMER: Okay, here we go again - I don't own Digimon, and I'm not making money off of this story, so pleeeeease don't sue me.

A/N: Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! Seriously, I'm overjoyed. I'd like to thank each and every person for their review, every one has encouraged me, I hope that all of you that have read my story so far continue to read. Oh, something has come to my attention JUST as I'm writing. I notice that I'm writing with a mix of the Japanese and English names.but eh, you'll just have to deal with it I guess.

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Operation: Ishida Date

Matt and Jun walked out of Matt's car and up to Silhouette, one of the most expensive restaurants in town. It was located on the lake, with the windows looking out over a beautiful view.

"Oh my gosh Matt, you're taking me to Silhouette? This is like the most exclusive restaurant in town! You have to get reservations months in advance. But you didn't know that were going to have a date.how'd you."

"Uh, well."

"Oh I know! Silly me, you must have just told the reservation guy that you were Matt Ishida from The Teenage Wolves!"

"Heh heh, um, well actually."

"Hey Matt!" a voice interrupted. Matt and Jun turned around to see from whom the voice was coming from. To Jun's surprise, it was.

"Izzy! My man!" exclaimed Matt as the two shook hands.

"Hey Izzy.why are dressed like that?" asked Jun. Izzy was wearing a white dress shirt, with black pants and black tie, and for once, didn't have a laptop in his hands.

"Huh? Sorry, do I know you?"

"You dork, it's me, Jun."

"Jun?!" Izzy exclaimed. "Who, you look totally different. Hey Matt, what are you doing here with Jun? I thought you said you had a blind date."

"Uh.well you see, Jun is my blind date."

"Huh? I don't get it.well I guess you can just tell me later."

"Alright. Anyway, were you able to get me a table?"

"But of course! I'm an assistant manager here!" Izzy replied. Matt gave him a questioning look."

"You fuddled with the reservations using your laptop."

"Uh, yeah, how'd you know?"

"Lucky guess."

"Anyway, right this way.Lilly will be your waitress tonight."

The couple was led to their table, by a window looking out over the lake, of course. 'That Izzy, he sure does goes all the way when doing a friend a favor,' thought Matt.

"Oh, the view's so beautiful," remarked Jun. She was resting her head on the backs of her hands and looking out at the lake. It was quite a sight. The rain had stopped, and the clouds had cleared a little, allowing the moon to shine down on the sparkling water.

"Not as beautiful as you," Matt quipped back. 'Wait a minute, did I just say that?' Matt thought. 'It must have been an automatic, reaction type of thing.but I guess I do mean it, she does look pretty tonight. And she's being quite charming.wait, wait Matt, this is Jun, remember?! But still.'

Meanwhile, Jun was in shock herself, and her face was glowing bright red. She turned her head away from the lake and from Matt. 'Oh my gosh, I can't believe he said that! Matt Ishida told me I was beautiful? Maybe he just said that to make me feel better, or cause he felt guilty for being mean to me earlier. That's probably it.but then again, maybe."

"Are you ready to order?" asked the waitress. She was a welcome relief to the silence. The two broke out of thought and ordered. Matt decided to have a steak and shrimp plate, and Jun ordered crab.

"Very good, I'll be back soon with your orders," said the waitress before she walked away.

"Um, so, yeah.you know what I just realized Jun?"

"What?"

"Well, I don't know anything about you. I mean, you're my fan club president, and I see you all the time, but I really don't know anything about you, so, tell me."

"Tell you?"

"Yeah, tell me all about you."

"Uh, well, it might take a while.I mean, you want to know all about me?"

"Yeah, we have time."

"Hmm, okay." And with that, Jun proceeded to tell Matt all about herself. Matt was surprised at exactly how much he didn't know about her. No, Jun wasn't going to be a professional groupee. As a matter of fact, she wanted to be a musician too, but not a rocker. Jun was a pianist, and training to be a performer of classical piano. There was a lot of other stuff too. She enjoyed drawing. She had been in track for years before spending all her free time on the fan club. She didn't get along with her mom. She was on even worse terms with her dad. And she constantly worried about Davis.

Matt opened up too, and by the time dinner arrived, the two were talking and laughing like they were old friends. And they were looking at each other like they were in love.

"Hmm.this is kinda hard," Jun said as she tried to break open the crab legs.

"Let me help," replied Matt as he reached over the table. But just as he got to Jun's plate, she broke the shell open.and splattered crab bits all over Matt's hands, arms, shirt, and face.

"Oops, I'm sorry."

"Um, it's okay, I'll just." Matt paused when he started to hear.laughter. It was Jun. She was giggling like crazy. "Hey, are you laughing at me?"

"Um, hehehe, uh, hehe, no, hahahahaha."

"Well, we'll see who's laughing now." Matt grabbed a shrimp, and flicked it at Jun. It flew threw the air and landed on Jun's chest. Then, it slid down, into her dress.

"Matt!!!" screamed Jun. As she tried to discreetly remove the shrimp, Matt busted up laughing. It wasn't long before Izzy came over to see what the commotion was about.

"Guys, keep it down! This is a high class establishment, I don't want to have to kick." SPLAT! Izzy's face was hit by a piece of crab meat before he could finish. "Jeez Matt, grow up!" Izzy stormed away. Matt and Jun watched him leave before giggling again.

"Oh wow, that was so funny. Did you see the look on his face?" asked Matt.

"Oh yeah, he didn't look too happy," giggled Jun. She turned back to what was left of her food. As she reached for her fork, Jun knocked over the butter. 'Uh oh, I'm making more of a mess,' she thought. Soon, Jun had knocked over her water, wine, and even a plate. With every mishap, she became embarrassed, making her more nervous, and thus, more clumsy. Matt thought all the spilling was funny, but noticed after a while that Jun wasn't talking much anymore, and was blushing in embarrassment. He asked for the check, paid for dinner, and led Jun out the door.

"Hey Jun."

"Yes Matt?"

"Are you tired?"

'Oh, well I suppose this is how the date's gonna end,' thought Jun. 'I should just tell him that I am tired and that I want to go home, that way he won't feel bad.'

"Well."

"Cause if you aren't, I thought we could go to a movie."

"Huh? Oh, well, yeah, okay!" exlaimed Jun. "Hmm.I guess I was wrong."

"About what?"

"Oh, did I say that out loud? Heh heh, oh, nothing," replied Jun, smiling.

Matt drove with Jun to the theatre. It was packed, except for a showing for a French romantic comedy. The two decided to go to that one.

"It's supposed to be real good!"

"It had better be," said Matt. "I'm not exactly a fan of romantic movies."

An hour and a half later.

"This movie is sooo good!" whispered Matt to Jun.

"I'm glad you like it."

Jun reached into the big tub of popcorn she and Matt got. As she reached in, her fingertips touched Matt's. Jun pulled away quickly and blushed. 'Boy, today's been my day for blushing,' she thought to herself. As she put her arm back on the armrest, Jun felt Matt hands touch her own. Jun, surprised to say the least, threw her arm up into the air, knocking the popcorn up with it. The kernels went flying all over and around Matt.

"Ohh Matt, I'm sorry!" apologized Jun. Matt just grinned back, while a barrage of shhhes and laughs attacked the two. A few minutes later, while the credits started to roll, the two ran out of the screening room to avoid being eyed by the people sitting around them.

"Well that was fun!"

"Oh, I'm sorry.again, Matt."

"Eh, it's okay. Let's go for a walk - the park's just across the street." Matt took her hand and led her to the park. This time, when his hand touched her's, Jun didn't throw it off.

They walked together without saying a word. Jun was thinking about how she made a fool of herself, at least, in her eyes, and also about getting to hold her longtime crush's hand. Matt was thinking how strange it was that he was having feelings for the girl that for the longest time annoyed him to no ends. And then, the rain came.

"Oh no, it's drizzling!"

"That's alright, let's get back to my car," replied Matt. He took off his sports coat and held it over Jun's head as they ran back through the park. As they swiftly made their way back, Jun slipped on the moist ground.

"Uhh!" she grunted, before falling into a puddle of mud. The dark stuff drenched Jun, who was now seated in the puddle.

"Oh no!! Just look at me!" Jun held up her arms and looked at her dress while still sitting in the mud. Then she started to cry. 'This was my one chance! This could have been a perfect night! But every step of the way, I kept messing things up,' she thought. Then, June felt mud splash in her face. She looked up to see.Matt in the mud beside her!

"Matt! What are you doing?!"

"Nothing.I just thought I'd join you down here. It's actually quite nice. I didn't know what I'd been missing all these years trying staying away from puddles of mud." Matt smiled at Jun. Jun couldn't help but laugh through the tears that were still coming down her face. Then, Matt stood up and held out his hand, and for the second time that day, he picked Jun up and walked her to his car.

As they drove, Matt asked Jun, "Is it okay if we stop by Tai's real quick? I need to pick up some notes from him."

"Uh huh, sure." replied Jun, who was half asleep on the newspapers placed in the passenger's side seat. As Matt called Tai on his cell to meet him downstairs, Jun thought, 'Matt's such a sweet guy. I can't believe he jumped in the mud with me! You know, he'd make just a great.'

"Friend?" finished Matt.

Instantly, Jun sat up, and confused, look at Matt.

"You were talking in your sleep I guess.anyway, we're here. Matt got out of the car. "Tai's right over there in the front lawn." Matt pointed at a figure standing in the apartment complex's lawn. "I'll be right back." Matt walked away from his car.

"Baka! Baka! Baka!" yelled Jun as she hit herself in the head.

As Matt walked toward the figure and near the complex's lights, he noticed that it wasn't one figure, but three. Tai was standing with Kari and Sora.

"Hey Matt!" greeted Sora.

"Oh, hey Sora, what's up?"

"Not much. I heard you just went out on a date with Jun. Hmm.why are you so muddy?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Well, you'll have to tell me about it later, I was just leaving." She hugged Matt (Sora never minded getting muddy anyway), then said bye to Kari and hugged her too. Then she moved towards Tai.

"And again Tai, thanks." She kissed Tai quickly on the cheek, hugged him, and ran to her car.

"You dawggg!" exclaimed Matt as he tapped Tai on the back. "I thought you'd never have the guts to ask out Sora!"

"She was up in Tai's room, with the door locked, for like 2 hours!" inserted Kari.

"Shut up Kari, you're such a brat. And Matt, it's not like that at all."

"Whatever dude, I know what I just saw."

"You know what, Matt? Sometimes you can be a real jerk."

Matt suddenly shoved Tai. Tai nearly fell down, but regained his balance and pushed Matt right back.

"Oh no.not again," Kari sighed.

Soon, the two boys were rolling on the ground. Jun saw the fighting, and ran up to Kari.

"What happened?"

"I really don't know.these two are always going at it."

"We have to stop them!"

"But it's so funny!"

"What? But."

"Don't worry Jun, just watch."

The two boys tussled on the ground. They rolled back and forth throwing punches, and occasionally landing them.

"Dude, watch my hair! You'll mess it up!"

"Oh yeah? Take this gel-head!"

"Oh, now you really got me mad."

"My goggles, my goggles!"

"Hey! No kicking! You have an unfair advantage!"

"Give me back my goggles!"

It was quite a ridiculous sight. The two were on their feet now. Matt was holding the goggles out of Tai's reach, while Tai started heading Matt like he was a soccer ball. Too bad it doesn't hurt as much when you head-butt somebody in their arms and back, instead of on their head.

"Hey, no heading either! That's not fair!"

"What is fair to you? It's not my fault that the only thing you can do play the guitar!"

"Um.that was quite lame."

Tai and Matt stopped fighting and stood looking at each other. Then suddenly, they started laughing.

"What's happening?" asked Jun.

"Well, they've grown up enough to not take their fights seriously. They just haven't grown up enough to stop fighting entirely," replied Kari.

"Alright dude, here's my notes - don't lose them!"

"Alright Tai - hey, so what happened with Sora?"

"Umm.I'll tell you another time."

"Yeah, sure.you're telling me tomorrow, after my concert!"

"Oh man, that's tomorrow night?!"

"You forgot?"

"Uh, noooo.I'll be there, and I'll bring everybody."

"Alright, you'd better. I'll see you then, dude." Matt and Tai gave each other quick, manly hugs, and then Matt departed with Jun quickly in toe. But before they left, Jun looked back at Tai. He matched her gaze. Matt and Kari both caught this brief look.

'What was that?!' thought Kari as she walked back up to her apartment with Tai.

'Hmm, I wonder.' thought Matt. He drove Jun home and walked her to the door.

"I had a lot of fun Matt."

"I did too. You're great."

Jun bowed her head slightly and blushed.again. As she lifted her head up, she saw Matt's face coming towards her. She froze. She couldn't move. Then, lightly, Matt kissed her on the cheek.

"Well, goodnight Jun. I'll see you at the concert tomorrow. You should hang out with Tai and everybody."

Jun was grasping her cheek. Through the emotions flying up in her, Jun was somehow able to wave goodbye to her date. Then she found her way to her room, flopped on her bed, and proceeded to lie there awake for the next three hours.

What will happen at the concert? What were Tai and Sora doing in his room? And what was with that look Tai and Jun shared? Next time, on another exciting episode of "Digimon, Operation: Ishida Date"

To Be Continued.

Alright, and the verdict is.good? Bad? In between? Please leave some feedback, it helps me improve on my writing. I don't know what I feel about this chapter. As I was writing it, I felt that there was simultaneously too much to write and too little to write. I felt like I was rushing the scenes, but that not enough interesting stuff was going on. Anyway, I hope it's alright. Once again, PLEASE leave some feedback, it encourages me to keep writing - whether or not it's positive or negative (as long as the negative comments are constructive).