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AUTHOR'S NOTE
Yeah! Finally, fourth chapter up! Woo hoo! I am really, really ill today. So I got stay home from school! Yeah! That's always a joy. Just to let you know, right no it's February 24, 2003. It might be once I get done with the chapter. And yes for the same reason as last time. I don't want to repeat myself on that part. Well, it's the chapter you've not been waiting for! The celebration! Don't worry though. THIS IS NOT THE LAST CHAPTER! More will be headed your way. I think. You know, that is if I'm not all too lazy and stuff. And sorry I don't know how to spell everyone's last name. I'm not sure what Cody's last name is, so I'll just say its Hida. Well, read on!
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CHAPTER 4
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Title of Chapter- PARTAY!
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"Welcome to the Ishida kingdom!" cried out Jun, in her more annoying voice, as the carriage neared. To that voice King Malcolm, Queen Nancy, T.K., Kari, Davis, King Motomiya, Queen Motomiya, Tai, and Mimi quickly ran outside. The carriage neared closer, followed by lots of other carriages, from the same kingdom. You could tell, because it was the same design of the carriage. Then the carriage stopped in front of the castle. The brilliant beauty of the horses that pulled the carriage awed everyone. It was nighttime now, so it was even more pleasing to the eye to see. They were magnificent white horses, with a beautiful white mane that blew where the wind blew. In this 'early night' as some would call it, it seemed to be more of a bluish color. If you just placed a horn on the horse's head, it would have appeared as if they were unicorns and not horses, they were that beautiful.
'Wow, they must come from one of the wealthier kingdoms!' thought T.K. as he looked at the horses.
Finally, the doorman, got off his seat and approached the carriage to open the door, for the royals. Outside stepped a lovely queen, followed by a king. Then the doorman obediently said, "I present to you, King Ishida, King Motomiya, Queen Ishida, and Queen Motomiya the rulers of the Ichijouchi Kingdom, King and Queen Ichijouchi!" Politely, the rulers greeted one another and the children politely bowed or curtsied. Then that carriage rode away, followed by another carriage, from the same kingdom. The doorman quickly took his place again as the next carriage stopped. Then he said, "I now have the honor to introduce you to the only heir of the Ichijouchi kingdom, Prince Ken Ichijouchi!" The Prince stepped out of this carriage and looked around. 'Nice castle," he thought, 'though it has some really cheesy decorations.' He went over to greet the rulers of the Ishida and Motomiya kingdom and their children, along with Mimi, Kari, and Tai. He kissed Kari and Mimi on the hand, to be polite you know. Tai and Davis, however, being really thickheaded (a/n: This is not an insult, I love Tai, but Davis , well um... yeah.) took this the wrong way and glared at him. Jun noticed this and when it came time for Ken to greet her, by kissing her hand, she was excited to she the look of jealousy on his face. Ken kissed her hand. Matt looked at this. 'Please let that sweep her off her feet and make her fall in love with him!' he prayed to himself. As soon as Ken kissed Jun's hand however, he quickly turned away to spit. 'What an awful taste!' he thought to himself. Jun being simple-minded (a/n: this is an insult to Jun! Sorry Jun fans, IF there are any!) took this as a compliment and blushed. Ken finished greeting the boys, with shaking their hands.
"Well, now that, that meeting is over. Let's go inside for a feast!" King Malcolm declared.
"Well, your majesty, if you wouldn't mind, I think that the kids will wait out here for the other guests to arrive." Kari suggested.
"Are you sure, because it is awfully cold out here." King Malcolm persisted.
As if that commented was the trigger, T.K. and Davis simultaneously said, "I'm up for it!"
"Very well then, you should stay." King Malcolm said.
"Yeah, you guys can freeze your butts off. I'm going inside." Jun said.
"Then I'll stay outside and wait!" Matt instantly cried.
"Oh then me too!" Jun said, changing her mind. Matt got a stress mark, anime style on his face.
"Yeah me too." Said Tai.
"Yeah, I want to stay outside too." Mimi said, after Tai.
"I'll stay outside too, you know to get to know the kids better." Ken said to his parents. His parents nodded and the adults all headed inside.
Once all the adults were inside, the kids rested on the chairs, the servants had brought out for them, to sit on, duh. Then there was an awkward silence. Then Mimi broke it. "So you're the only heir to the Ichijouchi Kingdom huh? I heard that was the second largest kingdom, after the Takenouchi Kingdom, of course."
Ken blushed, "Yeah it is." He said. Then there were more awkward silences. So then he said, "So is it you and you who are getting married?" he said, pointing to Matt and Mimi, because he knew that Matt was the eldest son of this kingdom. He knew this because his hair color was so much similar to that of Queen Nancy. And to Mimi because Kari, seemed to be more into T.K., whom he figured was the other son of this kingdom, because his hair color matched Matt's and Queen Nancy's! He didn't really think Jun was the princess type, so he didn't even bother to figure out who she was. Everyone began to giggle at Ken's comment. Ken blushed, because, he didn't know what was going on. Then he saw *her.* Jun. She was about ready to pounce on him and attack him. Then her head got bigger, anime style. (a/n: You know, when they get mad, their head gets bigger and they start to yell and all these stress marks appear and their teeth shows a whole lot.)
She started to yell, "WHAT? AM I NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MATT? IT'S ME! ME! ME, I TELL YOU! I AM THE ONE THAT IS GETTING MARRIED, NOT HER! DO YOU HEAR ME? ME! ME! MEEEEE! UNDERSTAND?"
Ken nodded quickly, and nervously. And tried to manage a smile. Luckily for him another carriage arrived on scene. Everyone was giggling at the little conversation, and then adjusted their attention to the carriages, riding in. There were fewer carriages this time and the carriage's itself, were decoratively pretty, but not as nice as the carriages from the Ichijouchi Kingdom. They seem to look safer to the eye, however, like they can withstand anything and still not have a scratch on them. Then, the trumpets sounded. The first carriage stopped, again in front of the castle. Then, the doorman for that kingdom stepped out. "I present to you King and Queen Koushiro." He announced. (a/n: I am way confused with Izzy and his names. So like, what's really his Japanese first name? What about his last? I have no clue, so if you could help, that would mean so much. Oh yeah and sorry if Koushiro is not his last name, but for now can you just pretend it is? Thanks!) Suddenly a King and Queen stepped out, just like last time. They looked confused, however.
"I don't mean to be rude, but where are the adults?" the King asked to Matt.
"Oh, sorry. I don't mean to be rude myself, you know, without introducing myself. I'm Prince Yamato Ishida, eldest son of this here kingdom. If you are looking for the other royals, they are inside." Matt said as he motioned into the castle.
"Oh thank you. And congratulations, are you not the one getting married?" The Queen asked.
"Why yes I am." Matt replied.
"Oh how sweet! Who is the lovely princess?" The queen said. Then she looked at the girls. "I can tell that no matter which one you marry, you will have a beautiful bride." Then she saw Jun and was about to shriek, but came to her senses.
"Oh, this is the 'lovely princess' I am to marry." Matt replied unenthusiastically motioning to Jun. The King and Queen let out a little squeak, when they saw Jun.
"Oh how lovely. I hope you two will have a great marriage!" The Queen tried to say, with a little truth, as she and the King were walking toward the entrance. Then she suddenly stopped and turned around. "Oh and before I forget. My son, Izzy, is in the next carriage. He is the heir to the kingdom. I hope you all get along." She finished as she turned back around and into the castle. Then, the next carriage drew nearer. It stopped. The doorman came out, and you know the routine by now, he presented him. "His Royal Highness, Prince Izumi Koushiro!" Then, out stepped a wild haired boy, with red hair. He didn't look anything like the queen and the King, they just before saw.
"Hello all." He said, enthusiastically. He looked at the castle. "My, my what compelling ornamentations you contain in the castle." He said, trying to sound a little true, to the hideous decorations. "As you should have previously identified, I am Prince Izumi Koushiro, eldest son of the Koushiro Kingdom, as well as the successor of the throne. However, you may perhaps refer to me as Izzy."
"Hey Izzy." Everyone said cheerfully.
"I'm Mimi Tachikawa. I'm the daughter of Lord Tachikawa of the Ishida Kingdom." Mimi obviously said. Then she introduced everyone else, and pointed to them. "This is Taichi Kamiya. He is the eldest son of Lord Kamiya of the Ishida Kingdom. You can call him Tai. Right next to him is Hikari Kamiya, she's Tai's little sister. You could call her Kari. And to my right is Prince Takeru Ishida. He's the prince of this kingdom. But he's not the one getting married. You can call him T.K. That prince over there," Mimi said, pointing to Matt. "is the one getting married. He's the oldest prince in this kingdom. And that lovely creature over there, next to him is Princess Jun Motomiya. She's the one getting married to him. And finally this is Prince Ken Ichijouchi. He just got here too, like about a half an hour ago."
"Oh please to meet all of your acquaintances." Izzy said. "Is this everyone that's here yet?"
"You forgot about me!" Davis said, stepping out, from behind Mimi. "I'm Prince Daisuke Motomiya. I'm the brother of Jun. Call me Davis though, because I like that better."
"Please to meet you Davis." Izzy said, shaking Davis' hand. "But I never got your name." Izzy said, pointing to Matt.
"Oh me? I'm Yamato, but please, call me Matt." Matt said. Then there was an awkward silence. "So are you the only heir to your kingdom as well as Ken?" Matt asked casually.
"Well, technically, no. But, I have a sister. She is a couple years elder than I. She was determined to learn of medicine instead of being a majestic. She sought after becoming a doctor. You see The Koushiro kingdom is exceedingly sophisticated in various categories of technology, from stagecoach blueprints being safer to the medicine field. And so she wanted to investigate it. My parents were not so happy with this situation and disowned her. So I technically am the only heir." Izzy replied, sadly.
"Oh." Everyone said comfortingly. Then T.K. said, "So...how many kingdoms are left? You know, that are coming."
Mimi began, "Well, there's the Hida Kingdom, the Yamaguchi Kingdom, and of course, the all powerful, Takenouchi Kingdom." (a/n: I made that up, you know the Yamaguchi Kingdom. I thought maybe, someone from there could be a love interest for Izzy, don't worry about Joe, though, I already got a love interest planned out for him. Tell me if want Izzy to have a love interest!)
"Yeah, I wonder if they're coming. You know, the Takenouchi Kingdom. I hear that they get in an awful lot of fights and always have these events that the royals have to get involved in and the royals are always busy." Kari said.
"If you were from that kingdom, who wouldn't be busy, I mean look at the King. He gots like what? Seven wives? I don't know, maybe even more. That's a lot of nagging. And like what? Nine daughters. Imagine all that time trying to find suitors for each one. And on top of that he's a king, so he has to deal with the people's problems too." Davis said, relaxing in a chair.
"Yeah, huh?" T.K. said.
"I wasn't talking to you, T.L. I was talking to Kari." Davis said.
"Well, the way your posture was, slouching in that chair, with your hands behind your head, and your eyes half open, it seemed like you were talking to everybody." T.K. shot back.
"Just shut up T.B. It's not like you have manners." Davis said yawning.
T.K. just glared at him and then stated, "I have betters manners around royalty than you."
"Sure you do T.M." Davis replied.
"I do." T.K. shot back.
"You don't." Davis said back.
"I do." T.K. shot back.
"You don't." Davis said back.
"I do." T.K. shot back.
"You don't." Davis said back.
"I do." T.K. shot back.
"You don't." Davis said back.
"I do." T.K. said yet again
Just then, Kari said. "Will you two, just shut up?" Then, they both just stopped and looked at Kari and smiled.
"Anything for my love." Davis said to Kari.
"Oh please." T.K. said. Just then, another 'carriage train' came. "Who is that?"
"I don't know." Tai said.
"Beats me." Matt said.
The carriage, pulled up to the castle. The fanciness of it was in between the last two carriages. There was one carriage for what looked like, royals. And another for, maybe servants. And three for luggage. The first carriage stopped and a doorman came, yadda, yadda, you know the drill. He opened the door and said, "His Royal Majesty, King Hida." Then, out stepped an old man, dressed, royally of course. "Hello." He said.
Matt, remember his rude manners this time introduced himself right off the bat. "Hello, King Hida and welcome to my parents kingdom. I am Prince Yamato Ishida, the eldest son of this kingdom. This is my brother Prince Takeru Ishida. And if you are wondering, the adults are inside."
"Ah, I see you have already planned out your impression. Good. I like that. It shows great wisdom." The King said as he walked inside.
"Grandpa, wait for me!" came a cry from the carriage. Then out came a little boy and he ran to his grandpa. The king turned around.
"Ah, my grandson, you should stay here and get acquainted with the other children." The King told the little boy assuring.
The boy looked at everyone, behind him. "But Grandpa, they don't look like kids to me. Why can't I just go inside with you?" The boy said.
"Because if you are to be king, you must learn to work your social skills. I know you don' like to be around new people, but remember that it is always good to meet new people. Do you want Joe to stay with you?" The king said. The boy nodded. "Very well." The king said as he looked at his doorman and nodded. The doorman nodded and quickly ran to the next carriage. "Remember though, to introduce yourself to everyone and state who you are."
"Yes, sir." The boy said obediently.
"Good, now on you go." The King said as he nudge the boy the other way and turned around to go inside.
The boy turned around. He looked around. The he spotted the doorman coming in with a blue-haired fella. 'It's Joe!' the boy thought. Joe came next to him and kneeled beside him.
Then Joe said to the boy, "How about we introduce ourselves?" The boy nodded. "You want to go first, or me?"
"You," the boy said.
"Okay then," Joe said and stood up to face everyone. "Hello all. I am Joe Kido. I am the doctor-in-training of the Hida Kingdom."
Then the little boy stepped up and said, "Hi. Um...I'm the heir to the Kingdom and uh...my name is Cody...but my real name is Iori Hida...um I uh... want you all to call me Cody though."
"Awe, you are so cute!" Mimi and Kari said. Cody blushed.
Joe cleared his throat and then said, "Well now, that we introduced ourselves. How about you introduce yourselves?"
"Oh sure!" Mimi said. "I'm Mimi Tachikawa. The daughter of Lord Tachikawa of the Ishida Kingdom. To my right is Prince Takeru Ishida. He's the prince of this kingdom. But he's not the one getting married. You can call him T.K. That prince over there, is the other Prince of this kingdom. He's the one getting married. His name is Yamato, but call him Matt. This is Taichi Kamiya. He is the son of Lord Kamiya of the Ishida Kingdom. You can call him Tai. Right next to him is Hikari Kamiya, she's Tai's little sister. You could call her Kari. And that is Princess Jun Motomiya. She's the one getting married to Matt. That's Daisuke, Jun's brother, but call him Davis. That's Prince Izumi Koushiro, he got here about a half an hour ago, call him Izzy. And finally this is Prince Ken Ichijouchi. He just got here too, like about an hour ago."
"I prefer to be called Prince Davis, if I do say so myself." Davis said snobbishly. Everyone got a stress mark.
"I prefer Davis, if you don't mind me calling you that." Kari said.
"*You* can call me whatever your little heart desires." Davis said. Then everyone got another stress mark.
Suddenly, another carriage arrived. "That was quick." T.K. said.
The carriages stopped in front of the castle again. They were as decorative as the last set of carriage, except it looked like they had more luggage carriages. The first carriage stopped and out stepped a Queen and a King.
"Hello everyone," the Queen said. "I am Queen Yamaguchi of the Yamaguchi kingdom. This is my husband. I am guessing that you are the Prince of this kingdom," she said, pointing to Matt. "And the adults are inside?" Matt nodded. "Good, nice to meet you all!" She said as she and the king walked inside.
'Cool, why couldn't they all be like that?' Matt thought to himself.
Then, a doorman came out. "May I present to you Prince Patrick, Princess Heidi, and little Princess Janine and Prince Maximillian." Out stepped, four royals.
"Hello." Said one.
"Hey." Said another.
"Hi." Said, yet another
"Hey everyone." Said a little girl. She looked about Cody's age. (a/n: they are so not going to be love interests though. Just like friends only!)
"Hey, I'm Prince Patrick. I prefer to be called that. Don't ask me questions. Don't touch me. Don't look at me. And don't talk to me unless it's an absolute emergency." Said the eldest boy, who looked around, Matt and Tai's age.
"What's his problem?" Mimi whispered to Tai. Tai shrugged his shoulders.
"Hi! I'm Princess Heidi. You can call me, just Heidi though, depending on how nice you are. I am sorry for Patrick's behavior. He's always cranky. I'm his twin. Feel free to talk to me about anything!" Heidi said smiling.
"I'm Janine. I'm nine years old." Said the little girl.
"Hey, the names Max. Don't call me Maximillian. That's my only request." Said the boy, about T.K. and Davis' age.
"Hey, I'm Mimi Tachikawa. I'm the daughter of Lord Tachikawa of the Ishida Kingdom." Mimi obviously said. Then she introduced everyone else, and pointed to them. "This is Taichi Kamiya. He is the eldest son of Lord Kamiya of the Ishida Kingdom. You can call him Tai. Right next to him is Hikari Kamiya, she's Tai's little sister. You could call her Kari. And to my right is Prince Takeru Ishida. He's the prince of this kingdom. But he's not the one getting married. You can call him T.K. That prince over there," Mimi said, pointing to Matt. "is the one getting married. He's the oldest prince in this kingdom. And that lovely creature over there, next to him is Princess Jun Motomiya. She's the one getting married to him. That's Daisuke, Jun's brother, but call him Prince Davis. He likes it that way. That's Prince Izumi Koushiro, he got here about a forty minutes ago, call him Izzy. That's soon-to-be Dr. Joe Kido and Prince Iori Hida, but call him Cody, they got here like ten minutes ago. And finally this is Prince Ken Ichijouchi. He just got here too, like about a hour and ten minutes ago." (a/n: This paragraph, was basically a copy and paste, from my previous introduction paragraphs. I just didn't want to keep on re-writing it.)
"Okay, now we all are introduced, let's go inside!" Tai said, walking toward the entrance.
"What about the people from the Takenouchi Kingdom?" Kari asked.
"Oh yeah huh?" Tai said, blushing slightly and walking back.
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"It's been a while. Are we lost?" Yolie asked Sora, attentively.
"I don't know let me ask the driver." Said a peasant dressed Sora. She then stuck her head outside the carriage window and said to the young horse driver, "How much longer will it be until we get there?"
"Not a long while, my lady. I was lost for quite a while, because I have never been to the Ishida Kingdom, but I think I found a way there. I predict that it might take about two more hours to get there." He replied.
"Very well then." Sora said.
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"So how long is it gonna be?" Tai said.
"For what?" Kari asked.
"For the people from the Takenouchi kingdom to get here." Tai answered.
"I hope soon, because everyone else has arrived. But I bet soon too, because everyone else arrived." Kari answered.
"Huh?" Tai asked.
"Never mind." Kari said.
"Okay." Tai replied.
"So what do you guys want to do? Wait? Talk? Or what?" Matt asked.
"Let's wait, I mean, we did wait for everyone else. So we should wait. Maybe we should talk! Okay, I want to ask some people questions!" Mimi squeaked.
"About what?" Tai asked.
"Well, in case you haven't noticed, there are people from other kingdom's here. I want to ask them questions, dork. Put two and two together." Mimi said. "So... what should I ask?"
"Ask anything, I am willing to answer questions of any sort." Heidi said.
"Okay, then, why don't you tell me the history of your kingdom?" Mimi said.
"Oh, well, the Yamaguchi kingdom, was found by a great man, by the name of Henry Yamaguchi. He found the-"
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"And that's the history of our kingdom." Heidi finished. All the boys were half asleep.
"Um, good story?" Mimi said and asked all at once. Then she nudged Tai. He woke up.
"Huh what? What? What did I miss?" Tai asked.
"Well, Heidi here has just finished her lovely story of the history of her kingdom." Mimi spoke.
"Oh, good story." Tai said as he stretched in his chair. Then he remembered about the time. "So what time is it?" he asked.
"It's been an hour, since she told her story." A yawning Matt said.
"I am tired. Why don't we just go inside. I bet you the Takenouchi's aren't even coming." Said a stretching and yawning Kari.
"Yeah, they'll find their way inside. Let's just go inside. We've waited long enough." Mimi said getting up from her chair.
"Okay." Everyone agreed and picked up their chairs and went inside.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Inside $#$#$#$#$#$
"Okay, Kari and I will show Heidi and Janine their quarters and help them get dressed for the ball." Mimi said as she pointed to everyone. "And Matt, you and T.K. show Izzy, Ken, Patrick, Cody, Joe, and Max around. We'll meet back around a half an hour. Matt, has your servants brought everyone's stuff in their quarters?"
"Yeah, I think." Matt said as he and the boys walked up the stairs, so he could show them around.
"Great, Let's go girls! Have you figured out what to wear yet?" Mimi asked, once the boys were gone. The girls shook their heads. "Really? This will be so much fun!" Mimi said as she grabbed Heidi and Janine's hand and ran off.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Kari said as she ran after them.
"Hey, wait about me?" Jun said as she just stood there, crossing her arms.
"You can get ready on your own, bye!" Kari said.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Outside The Quarters $#$#$#$#$#$
"Okay, so I'll go and help with Heidi and you help Janine? Okay?" Mimi said to Kari. Kari nodded and they walked into separate quarters.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Inside Heidi's Quarters $#$#$#$#$#$
"Okay, I'm thinking green." Mimi said analyzing Heidi.
"Green?" Heidi asked.
"Of course green. It would go so great with your black hair! We should get it to have gold lining too!" Mimi said in delight.
"But, I don't have a green dress. And when is this ball? Isn't it tonight? We couldn't get a dress made in time for it. It's already so late." Said a sad Heidi.
"Oh...then you can borrow mine! I have so many dresses and I'm staying here in the castle too, you know until the wedding. I'll go get one." Mimi said as she ran off before Heidi could say thanks.
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"Here it is. Isn't it cute? It'll look fabulous on you! You can wear it. I'll step outside so you can change." Mimi said, when she came back.
"Thank you so much. It is greatly appreciated." Heidi said.
"Your welcome!" Mimi said as she walked outside. Then she noticed Kari was still in Janine's quarters, so she went inside.
"There. How does that look?" Kari said to Janine.
Janine examined herself in the mirror. "I don't like it." She said.
"Why not?" Kari asked.
"Why not? Look at that color, it so does not match her complexion." Mimi said, behind them.
"Oh, hey Mimi. Can I get some help?" Kari asked.
"Oh Kari dear, you need some help. You could have invoked the fashion guards." Mimi said as she went up to Janine. "Let's see, let's see. Where is your clothing?"
"Over there." Janine pointed.
"Okay, then," Mimi said as she walked over to where the little girl pointed. She then spotted a pink dress. "This'll do."
"Perfect!" Kari said.
"Okay." Janine said as she got the dress from Mimi. "Can I get a little privacy?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, sorry, we're going." Mimi said as she pushed Kari outside and ran along.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Outside The Quarters $#$#$#$#$#$
"So, now that they are getting dressed, why don't we get dressed?" Mimi asked.
"Yeah, good idea. See you in ten minutes." Kari said as she walked off.
"Bye." Mimi said as she turned around and ran into her quarters.
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"Done." Heidi said as she stepped outside.
"Finished." Said Janine as she opened the door.
"I'm back!" Mimi said and she went outside her room.
"Here!" Kari said as she came back. "Looks like everyone is done. Let's go down stairs and meet up with everyone else."
"Okay." Everyone said as they all followed Kari down stairs.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Downstairs $#$#$#$#$#$
"Everyone isn't down here yet." Mimi said as she came downstairs.
"Yeah, I know, but it's only been twenty minutes, you said to meet us in a half an hour." Kari said.
"Yeah, but they're boys, how long does it take to get dressed?" Mimi said as she crossed her arms.
"We're here!" Matt said, as he came downstairs with the boys.
"Wow! Mimi, you look, wow!" Tai said as he went up to Mimi.
"Thanks! You look good too." Mimi answered as she blushed.
Tai blushed and said, "May I accompany you inside, my lady?"
"Of course you may, you'll be my date." Mimi said as she blushed. Then, they walked inside.
"Kari, you look great. Can I take you inside as your date, mon ami?" Davis said to Kari, trying to make his voice in a sexy tone.
"Um, actually, I wanted T.K. to come in with me." Kari said as she looked at T.K. and blushed.
"Um, sure." T.K. said as he blushed as well and took Kari's hand and walked inside.
"What? You want to take T.D. instead?" Davis said as walked inside too.
"Well, now that all the lovebirds are gone, let's all go in." Matt said as he was about to go inside.
"WAIT FOR ME!!!!!!!!" A voice cried.
Matt immediately turned around. 'Jun!' he thought. 'Oh great!'
Jun went up to Matt. "escort me inside, will ya?" she said.
"Whatever Matt said as he and everyone else walked inside, with Jun tagging along.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Inside The Ballroom$#$#$#$#$#$
"So I guess those people from the Takenouchi Kingdom aren't coming?" Kari said.
"Yeah probably." Mimi said.
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"We are finally here!" Yolie said as the coach drew nearer to the castle.
"Great." Said a nervous Sora.
"Sora, are you nervous?" Yolie asked.
"A little." Sora replied.
"Well, don't be, they're gonna love you in there." Yolie said, cheerfully.
"I sure hope so." Said Sora said she stepped outside the carriage.
TO BE CONTINUED
AUTHOR'S NOTE
I am finally done with this chapter. Finally! And it's March 1, 2003! It took me a while to write. It's longer than my usual chapters though. More to come don't worry. I won't probably update until next weekend sometime. Sorry this took so long to get out. I got some MICHI and TAKARI in it this time. KENYAKO and SORATO in the next chapter...maybe. Not as much JUNATO in this chapter, thank god! But I don't use his name in a bad way. I am so glad this chapter is done. Sorry I took so long to get it out, I've been very busy. I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner. There will be a next chapter. Anyways, please, read and review, positively! Thanks! Bye~Im4everaqt
CLIFFHANGER NOTES
What will the others think of Sora? Will she impress or distress? What's about to happen at the ball? How is the wedding planning going to go? Where will love bloom? Who's the character that's going to appear in one of the upcoming chapters?
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Yeah! Finally, fourth chapter up! Woo hoo! I am really, really ill today. So I got stay home from school! Yeah! That's always a joy. Just to let you know, right no it's February 24, 2003. It might be once I get done with the chapter. And yes for the same reason as last time. I don't want to repeat myself on that part. Well, it's the chapter you've not been waiting for! The celebration! Don't worry though. THIS IS NOT THE LAST CHAPTER! More will be headed your way. I think. You know, that is if I'm not all too lazy and stuff. And sorry I don't know how to spell everyone's last name. I'm not sure what Cody's last name is, so I'll just say its Hida. Well, read on!
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CHAPTER 4
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Title of Chapter- PARTAY!
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"Welcome to the Ishida kingdom!" cried out Jun, in her more annoying voice, as the carriage neared. To that voice King Malcolm, Queen Nancy, T.K., Kari, Davis, King Motomiya, Queen Motomiya, Tai, and Mimi quickly ran outside. The carriage neared closer, followed by lots of other carriages, from the same kingdom. You could tell, because it was the same design of the carriage. Then the carriage stopped in front of the castle. The brilliant beauty of the horses that pulled the carriage awed everyone. It was nighttime now, so it was even more pleasing to the eye to see. They were magnificent white horses, with a beautiful white mane that blew where the wind blew. In this 'early night' as some would call it, it seemed to be more of a bluish color. If you just placed a horn on the horse's head, it would have appeared as if they were unicorns and not horses, they were that beautiful.
'Wow, they must come from one of the wealthier kingdoms!' thought T.K. as he looked at the horses.
Finally, the doorman, got off his seat and approached the carriage to open the door, for the royals. Outside stepped a lovely queen, followed by a king. Then the doorman obediently said, "I present to you, King Ishida, King Motomiya, Queen Ishida, and Queen Motomiya the rulers of the Ichijouchi Kingdom, King and Queen Ichijouchi!" Politely, the rulers greeted one another and the children politely bowed or curtsied. Then that carriage rode away, followed by another carriage, from the same kingdom. The doorman quickly took his place again as the next carriage stopped. Then he said, "I now have the honor to introduce you to the only heir of the Ichijouchi kingdom, Prince Ken Ichijouchi!" The Prince stepped out of this carriage and looked around. 'Nice castle," he thought, 'though it has some really cheesy decorations.' He went over to greet the rulers of the Ishida and Motomiya kingdom and their children, along with Mimi, Kari, and Tai. He kissed Kari and Mimi on the hand, to be polite you know. Tai and Davis, however, being really thickheaded (a/n: This is not an insult, I love Tai, but Davis , well um... yeah.) took this the wrong way and glared at him. Jun noticed this and when it came time for Ken to greet her, by kissing her hand, she was excited to she the look of jealousy on his face. Ken kissed her hand. Matt looked at this. 'Please let that sweep her off her feet and make her fall in love with him!' he prayed to himself. As soon as Ken kissed Jun's hand however, he quickly turned away to spit. 'What an awful taste!' he thought to himself. Jun being simple-minded (a/n: this is an insult to Jun! Sorry Jun fans, IF there are any!) took this as a compliment and blushed. Ken finished greeting the boys, with shaking their hands.
"Well, now that, that meeting is over. Let's go inside for a feast!" King Malcolm declared.
"Well, your majesty, if you wouldn't mind, I think that the kids will wait out here for the other guests to arrive." Kari suggested.
"Are you sure, because it is awfully cold out here." King Malcolm persisted.
As if that commented was the trigger, T.K. and Davis simultaneously said, "I'm up for it!"
"Very well then, you should stay." King Malcolm said.
"Yeah, you guys can freeze your butts off. I'm going inside." Jun said.
"Then I'll stay outside and wait!" Matt instantly cried.
"Oh then me too!" Jun said, changing her mind. Matt got a stress mark, anime style on his face.
"Yeah me too." Said Tai.
"Yeah, I want to stay outside too." Mimi said, after Tai.
"I'll stay outside too, you know to get to know the kids better." Ken said to his parents. His parents nodded and the adults all headed inside.
Once all the adults were inside, the kids rested on the chairs, the servants had brought out for them, to sit on, duh. Then there was an awkward silence. Then Mimi broke it. "So you're the only heir to the Ichijouchi Kingdom huh? I heard that was the second largest kingdom, after the Takenouchi Kingdom, of course."
Ken blushed, "Yeah it is." He said. Then there were more awkward silences. So then he said, "So is it you and you who are getting married?" he said, pointing to Matt and Mimi, because he knew that Matt was the eldest son of this kingdom. He knew this because his hair color was so much similar to that of Queen Nancy. And to Mimi because Kari, seemed to be more into T.K., whom he figured was the other son of this kingdom, because his hair color matched Matt's and Queen Nancy's! He didn't really think Jun was the princess type, so he didn't even bother to figure out who she was. Everyone began to giggle at Ken's comment. Ken blushed, because, he didn't know what was going on. Then he saw *her.* Jun. She was about ready to pounce on him and attack him. Then her head got bigger, anime style. (a/n: You know, when they get mad, their head gets bigger and they start to yell and all these stress marks appear and their teeth shows a whole lot.)
She started to yell, "WHAT? AM I NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MATT? IT'S ME! ME! ME, I TELL YOU! I AM THE ONE THAT IS GETTING MARRIED, NOT HER! DO YOU HEAR ME? ME! ME! MEEEEE! UNDERSTAND?"
Ken nodded quickly, and nervously. And tried to manage a smile. Luckily for him another carriage arrived on scene. Everyone was giggling at the little conversation, and then adjusted their attention to the carriages, riding in. There were fewer carriages this time and the carriage's itself, were decoratively pretty, but not as nice as the carriages from the Ichijouchi Kingdom. They seem to look safer to the eye, however, like they can withstand anything and still not have a scratch on them. Then, the trumpets sounded. The first carriage stopped, again in front of the castle. Then, the doorman for that kingdom stepped out. "I present to you King and Queen Koushiro." He announced. (a/n: I am way confused with Izzy and his names. So like, what's really his Japanese first name? What about his last? I have no clue, so if you could help, that would mean so much. Oh yeah and sorry if Koushiro is not his last name, but for now can you just pretend it is? Thanks!) Suddenly a King and Queen stepped out, just like last time. They looked confused, however.
"I don't mean to be rude, but where are the adults?" the King asked to Matt.
"Oh, sorry. I don't mean to be rude myself, you know, without introducing myself. I'm Prince Yamato Ishida, eldest son of this here kingdom. If you are looking for the other royals, they are inside." Matt said as he motioned into the castle.
"Oh thank you. And congratulations, are you not the one getting married?" The Queen asked.
"Why yes I am." Matt replied.
"Oh how sweet! Who is the lovely princess?" The queen said. Then she looked at the girls. "I can tell that no matter which one you marry, you will have a beautiful bride." Then she saw Jun and was about to shriek, but came to her senses.
"Oh, this is the 'lovely princess' I am to marry." Matt replied unenthusiastically motioning to Jun. The King and Queen let out a little squeak, when they saw Jun.
"Oh how lovely. I hope you two will have a great marriage!" The Queen tried to say, with a little truth, as she and the King were walking toward the entrance. Then she suddenly stopped and turned around. "Oh and before I forget. My son, Izzy, is in the next carriage. He is the heir to the kingdom. I hope you all get along." She finished as she turned back around and into the castle. Then, the next carriage drew nearer. It stopped. The doorman came out, and you know the routine by now, he presented him. "His Royal Highness, Prince Izumi Koushiro!" Then, out stepped a wild haired boy, with red hair. He didn't look anything like the queen and the King, they just before saw.
"Hello all." He said, enthusiastically. He looked at the castle. "My, my what compelling ornamentations you contain in the castle." He said, trying to sound a little true, to the hideous decorations. "As you should have previously identified, I am Prince Izumi Koushiro, eldest son of the Koushiro Kingdom, as well as the successor of the throne. However, you may perhaps refer to me as Izzy."
"Hey Izzy." Everyone said cheerfully.
"I'm Mimi Tachikawa. I'm the daughter of Lord Tachikawa of the Ishida Kingdom." Mimi obviously said. Then she introduced everyone else, and pointed to them. "This is Taichi Kamiya. He is the eldest son of Lord Kamiya of the Ishida Kingdom. You can call him Tai. Right next to him is Hikari Kamiya, she's Tai's little sister. You could call her Kari. And to my right is Prince Takeru Ishida. He's the prince of this kingdom. But he's not the one getting married. You can call him T.K. That prince over there," Mimi said, pointing to Matt. "is the one getting married. He's the oldest prince in this kingdom. And that lovely creature over there, next to him is Princess Jun Motomiya. She's the one getting married to him. And finally this is Prince Ken Ichijouchi. He just got here too, like about a half an hour ago."
"Oh please to meet all of your acquaintances." Izzy said. "Is this everyone that's here yet?"
"You forgot about me!" Davis said, stepping out, from behind Mimi. "I'm Prince Daisuke Motomiya. I'm the brother of Jun. Call me Davis though, because I like that better."
"Please to meet you Davis." Izzy said, shaking Davis' hand. "But I never got your name." Izzy said, pointing to Matt.
"Oh me? I'm Yamato, but please, call me Matt." Matt said. Then there was an awkward silence. "So are you the only heir to your kingdom as well as Ken?" Matt asked casually.
"Well, technically, no. But, I have a sister. She is a couple years elder than I. She was determined to learn of medicine instead of being a majestic. She sought after becoming a doctor. You see The Koushiro kingdom is exceedingly sophisticated in various categories of technology, from stagecoach blueprints being safer to the medicine field. And so she wanted to investigate it. My parents were not so happy with this situation and disowned her. So I technically am the only heir." Izzy replied, sadly.
"Oh." Everyone said comfortingly. Then T.K. said, "So...how many kingdoms are left? You know, that are coming."
Mimi began, "Well, there's the Hida Kingdom, the Yamaguchi Kingdom, and of course, the all powerful, Takenouchi Kingdom." (a/n: I made that up, you know the Yamaguchi Kingdom. I thought maybe, someone from there could be a love interest for Izzy, don't worry about Joe, though, I already got a love interest planned out for him. Tell me if want Izzy to have a love interest!)
"Yeah, I wonder if they're coming. You know, the Takenouchi Kingdom. I hear that they get in an awful lot of fights and always have these events that the royals have to get involved in and the royals are always busy." Kari said.
"If you were from that kingdom, who wouldn't be busy, I mean look at the King. He gots like what? Seven wives? I don't know, maybe even more. That's a lot of nagging. And like what? Nine daughters. Imagine all that time trying to find suitors for each one. And on top of that he's a king, so he has to deal with the people's problems too." Davis said, relaxing in a chair.
"Yeah, huh?" T.K. said.
"I wasn't talking to you, T.L. I was talking to Kari." Davis said.
"Well, the way your posture was, slouching in that chair, with your hands behind your head, and your eyes half open, it seemed like you were talking to everybody." T.K. shot back.
"Just shut up T.B. It's not like you have manners." Davis said yawning.
T.K. just glared at him and then stated, "I have betters manners around royalty than you."
"Sure you do T.M." Davis replied.
"I do." T.K. shot back.
"You don't." Davis said back.
"I do." T.K. shot back.
"You don't." Davis said back.
"I do." T.K. shot back.
"You don't." Davis said back.
"I do." T.K. shot back.
"You don't." Davis said back.
"I do." T.K. said yet again
Just then, Kari said. "Will you two, just shut up?" Then, they both just stopped and looked at Kari and smiled.
"Anything for my love." Davis said to Kari.
"Oh please." T.K. said. Just then, another 'carriage train' came. "Who is that?"
"I don't know." Tai said.
"Beats me." Matt said.
The carriage, pulled up to the castle. The fanciness of it was in between the last two carriages. There was one carriage for what looked like, royals. And another for, maybe servants. And three for luggage. The first carriage stopped and a doorman came, yadda, yadda, you know the drill. He opened the door and said, "His Royal Majesty, King Hida." Then, out stepped an old man, dressed, royally of course. "Hello." He said.
Matt, remember his rude manners this time introduced himself right off the bat. "Hello, King Hida and welcome to my parents kingdom. I am Prince Yamato Ishida, the eldest son of this kingdom. This is my brother Prince Takeru Ishida. And if you are wondering, the adults are inside."
"Ah, I see you have already planned out your impression. Good. I like that. It shows great wisdom." The King said as he walked inside.
"Grandpa, wait for me!" came a cry from the carriage. Then out came a little boy and he ran to his grandpa. The king turned around.
"Ah, my grandson, you should stay here and get acquainted with the other children." The King told the little boy assuring.
The boy looked at everyone, behind him. "But Grandpa, they don't look like kids to me. Why can't I just go inside with you?" The boy said.
"Because if you are to be king, you must learn to work your social skills. I know you don' like to be around new people, but remember that it is always good to meet new people. Do you want Joe to stay with you?" The king said. The boy nodded. "Very well." The king said as he looked at his doorman and nodded. The doorman nodded and quickly ran to the next carriage. "Remember though, to introduce yourself to everyone and state who you are."
"Yes, sir." The boy said obediently.
"Good, now on you go." The King said as he nudge the boy the other way and turned around to go inside.
The boy turned around. He looked around. The he spotted the doorman coming in with a blue-haired fella. 'It's Joe!' the boy thought. Joe came next to him and kneeled beside him.
Then Joe said to the boy, "How about we introduce ourselves?" The boy nodded. "You want to go first, or me?"
"You," the boy said.
"Okay then," Joe said and stood up to face everyone. "Hello all. I am Joe Kido. I am the doctor-in-training of the Hida Kingdom."
Then the little boy stepped up and said, "Hi. Um...I'm the heir to the Kingdom and uh...my name is Cody...but my real name is Iori Hida...um I uh... want you all to call me Cody though."
"Awe, you are so cute!" Mimi and Kari said. Cody blushed.
Joe cleared his throat and then said, "Well now, that we introduced ourselves. How about you introduce yourselves?"
"Oh sure!" Mimi said. "I'm Mimi Tachikawa. The daughter of Lord Tachikawa of the Ishida Kingdom. To my right is Prince Takeru Ishida. He's the prince of this kingdom. But he's not the one getting married. You can call him T.K. That prince over there, is the other Prince of this kingdom. He's the one getting married. His name is Yamato, but call him Matt. This is Taichi Kamiya. He is the son of Lord Kamiya of the Ishida Kingdom. You can call him Tai. Right next to him is Hikari Kamiya, she's Tai's little sister. You could call her Kari. And that is Princess Jun Motomiya. She's the one getting married to Matt. That's Daisuke, Jun's brother, but call him Davis. That's Prince Izumi Koushiro, he got here about a half an hour ago, call him Izzy. And finally this is Prince Ken Ichijouchi. He just got here too, like about an hour ago."
"I prefer to be called Prince Davis, if I do say so myself." Davis said snobbishly. Everyone got a stress mark.
"I prefer Davis, if you don't mind me calling you that." Kari said.
"*You* can call me whatever your little heart desires." Davis said. Then everyone got another stress mark.
Suddenly, another carriage arrived. "That was quick." T.K. said.
The carriages stopped in front of the castle again. They were as decorative as the last set of carriage, except it looked like they had more luggage carriages. The first carriage stopped and out stepped a Queen and a King.
"Hello everyone," the Queen said. "I am Queen Yamaguchi of the Yamaguchi kingdom. This is my husband. I am guessing that you are the Prince of this kingdom," she said, pointing to Matt. "And the adults are inside?" Matt nodded. "Good, nice to meet you all!" She said as she and the king walked inside.
'Cool, why couldn't they all be like that?' Matt thought to himself.
Then, a doorman came out. "May I present to you Prince Patrick, Princess Heidi, and little Princess Janine and Prince Maximillian." Out stepped, four royals.
"Hello." Said one.
"Hey." Said another.
"Hi." Said, yet another
"Hey everyone." Said a little girl. She looked about Cody's age. (a/n: they are so not going to be love interests though. Just like friends only!)
"Hey, I'm Prince Patrick. I prefer to be called that. Don't ask me questions. Don't touch me. Don't look at me. And don't talk to me unless it's an absolute emergency." Said the eldest boy, who looked around, Matt and Tai's age.
"What's his problem?" Mimi whispered to Tai. Tai shrugged his shoulders.
"Hi! I'm Princess Heidi. You can call me, just Heidi though, depending on how nice you are. I am sorry for Patrick's behavior. He's always cranky. I'm his twin. Feel free to talk to me about anything!" Heidi said smiling.
"I'm Janine. I'm nine years old." Said the little girl.
"Hey, the names Max. Don't call me Maximillian. That's my only request." Said the boy, about T.K. and Davis' age.
"Hey, I'm Mimi Tachikawa. I'm the daughter of Lord Tachikawa of the Ishida Kingdom." Mimi obviously said. Then she introduced everyone else, and pointed to them. "This is Taichi Kamiya. He is the eldest son of Lord Kamiya of the Ishida Kingdom. You can call him Tai. Right next to him is Hikari Kamiya, she's Tai's little sister. You could call her Kari. And to my right is Prince Takeru Ishida. He's the prince of this kingdom. But he's not the one getting married. You can call him T.K. That prince over there," Mimi said, pointing to Matt. "is the one getting married. He's the oldest prince in this kingdom. And that lovely creature over there, next to him is Princess Jun Motomiya. She's the one getting married to him. That's Daisuke, Jun's brother, but call him Prince Davis. He likes it that way. That's Prince Izumi Koushiro, he got here about a forty minutes ago, call him Izzy. That's soon-to-be Dr. Joe Kido and Prince Iori Hida, but call him Cody, they got here like ten minutes ago. And finally this is Prince Ken Ichijouchi. He just got here too, like about a hour and ten minutes ago." (a/n: This paragraph, was basically a copy and paste, from my previous introduction paragraphs. I just didn't want to keep on re-writing it.)
"Okay, now we all are introduced, let's go inside!" Tai said, walking toward the entrance.
"What about the people from the Takenouchi Kingdom?" Kari asked.
"Oh yeah huh?" Tai said, blushing slightly and walking back.
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"It's been a while. Are we lost?" Yolie asked Sora, attentively.
"I don't know let me ask the driver." Said a peasant dressed Sora. She then stuck her head outside the carriage window and said to the young horse driver, "How much longer will it be until we get there?"
"Not a long while, my lady. I was lost for quite a while, because I have never been to the Ishida Kingdom, but I think I found a way there. I predict that it might take about two more hours to get there." He replied.
"Very well then." Sora said.
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"So how long is it gonna be?" Tai said.
"For what?" Kari asked.
"For the people from the Takenouchi kingdom to get here." Tai answered.
"I hope soon, because everyone else has arrived. But I bet soon too, because everyone else arrived." Kari answered.
"Huh?" Tai asked.
"Never mind." Kari said.
"Okay." Tai replied.
"So what do you guys want to do? Wait? Talk? Or what?" Matt asked.
"Let's wait, I mean, we did wait for everyone else. So we should wait. Maybe we should talk! Okay, I want to ask some people questions!" Mimi squeaked.
"About what?" Tai asked.
"Well, in case you haven't noticed, there are people from other kingdom's here. I want to ask them questions, dork. Put two and two together." Mimi said. "So... what should I ask?"
"Ask anything, I am willing to answer questions of any sort." Heidi said.
"Okay, then, why don't you tell me the history of your kingdom?" Mimi said.
"Oh, well, the Yamaguchi kingdom, was found by a great man, by the name of Henry Yamaguchi. He found the-"
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"And that's the history of our kingdom." Heidi finished. All the boys were half asleep.
"Um, good story?" Mimi said and asked all at once. Then she nudged Tai. He woke up.
"Huh what? What? What did I miss?" Tai asked.
"Well, Heidi here has just finished her lovely story of the history of her kingdom." Mimi spoke.
"Oh, good story." Tai said as he stretched in his chair. Then he remembered about the time. "So what time is it?" he asked.
"It's been an hour, since she told her story." A yawning Matt said.
"I am tired. Why don't we just go inside. I bet you the Takenouchi's aren't even coming." Said a stretching and yawning Kari.
"Yeah, they'll find their way inside. Let's just go inside. We've waited long enough." Mimi said getting up from her chair.
"Okay." Everyone agreed and picked up their chairs and went inside.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Inside $#$#$#$#$#$
"Okay, Kari and I will show Heidi and Janine their quarters and help them get dressed for the ball." Mimi said as she pointed to everyone. "And Matt, you and T.K. show Izzy, Ken, Patrick, Cody, Joe, and Max around. We'll meet back around a half an hour. Matt, has your servants brought everyone's stuff in their quarters?"
"Yeah, I think." Matt said as he and the boys walked up the stairs, so he could show them around.
"Great, Let's go girls! Have you figured out what to wear yet?" Mimi asked, once the boys were gone. The girls shook their heads. "Really? This will be so much fun!" Mimi said as she grabbed Heidi and Janine's hand and ran off.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Kari said as she ran after them.
"Hey, wait about me?" Jun said as she just stood there, crossing her arms.
"You can get ready on your own, bye!" Kari said.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Outside The Quarters $#$#$#$#$#$
"Okay, so I'll go and help with Heidi and you help Janine? Okay?" Mimi said to Kari. Kari nodded and they walked into separate quarters.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Inside Heidi's Quarters $#$#$#$#$#$
"Okay, I'm thinking green." Mimi said analyzing Heidi.
"Green?" Heidi asked.
"Of course green. It would go so great with your black hair! We should get it to have gold lining too!" Mimi said in delight.
"But, I don't have a green dress. And when is this ball? Isn't it tonight? We couldn't get a dress made in time for it. It's already so late." Said a sad Heidi.
"Oh...then you can borrow mine! I have so many dresses and I'm staying here in the castle too, you know until the wedding. I'll go get one." Mimi said as she ran off before Heidi could say thanks.
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"Here it is. Isn't it cute? It'll look fabulous on you! You can wear it. I'll step outside so you can change." Mimi said, when she came back.
"Thank you so much. It is greatly appreciated." Heidi said.
"Your welcome!" Mimi said as she walked outside. Then she noticed Kari was still in Janine's quarters, so she went inside.
"There. How does that look?" Kari said to Janine.
Janine examined herself in the mirror. "I don't like it." She said.
"Why not?" Kari asked.
"Why not? Look at that color, it so does not match her complexion." Mimi said, behind them.
"Oh, hey Mimi. Can I get some help?" Kari asked.
"Oh Kari dear, you need some help. You could have invoked the fashion guards." Mimi said as she went up to Janine. "Let's see, let's see. Where is your clothing?"
"Over there." Janine pointed.
"Okay, then," Mimi said as she walked over to where the little girl pointed. She then spotted a pink dress. "This'll do."
"Perfect!" Kari said.
"Okay." Janine said as she got the dress from Mimi. "Can I get a little privacy?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, sorry, we're going." Mimi said as she pushed Kari outside and ran along.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Outside The Quarters $#$#$#$#$#$
"So, now that they are getting dressed, why don't we get dressed?" Mimi asked.
"Yeah, good idea. See you in ten minutes." Kari said as she walked off.
"Bye." Mimi said as she turned around and ran into her quarters.
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"Done." Heidi said as she stepped outside.
"Finished." Said Janine as she opened the door.
"I'm back!" Mimi said and she went outside her room.
"Here!" Kari said as she came back. "Looks like everyone is done. Let's go down stairs and meet up with everyone else."
"Okay." Everyone said as they all followed Kari down stairs.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Downstairs $#$#$#$#$#$
"Everyone isn't down here yet." Mimi said as she came downstairs.
"Yeah, I know, but it's only been twenty minutes, you said to meet us in a half an hour." Kari said.
"Yeah, but they're boys, how long does it take to get dressed?" Mimi said as she crossed her arms.
"We're here!" Matt said, as he came downstairs with the boys.
"Wow! Mimi, you look, wow!" Tai said as he went up to Mimi.
"Thanks! You look good too." Mimi answered as she blushed.
Tai blushed and said, "May I accompany you inside, my lady?"
"Of course you may, you'll be my date." Mimi said as she blushed. Then, they walked inside.
"Kari, you look great. Can I take you inside as your date, mon ami?" Davis said to Kari, trying to make his voice in a sexy tone.
"Um, actually, I wanted T.K. to come in with me." Kari said as she looked at T.K. and blushed.
"Um, sure." T.K. said as he blushed as well and took Kari's hand and walked inside.
"What? You want to take T.D. instead?" Davis said as walked inside too.
"Well, now that all the lovebirds are gone, let's all go in." Matt said as he was about to go inside.
"WAIT FOR ME!!!!!!!!" A voice cried.
Matt immediately turned around. 'Jun!' he thought. 'Oh great!'
Jun went up to Matt. "escort me inside, will ya?" she said.
"Whatever Matt said as he and everyone else walked inside, with Jun tagging along.
$#$#$#$#$#$ Inside The Ballroom$#$#$#$#$#$
"So I guess those people from the Takenouchi Kingdom aren't coming?" Kari said.
"Yeah probably." Mimi said.
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"We are finally here!" Yolie said as the coach drew nearer to the castle.
"Great." Said a nervous Sora.
"Sora, are you nervous?" Yolie asked.
"A little." Sora replied.
"Well, don't be, they're gonna love you in there." Yolie said, cheerfully.
"I sure hope so." Said Sora said she stepped outside the carriage.
TO BE CONTINUED
AUTHOR'S NOTE
I am finally done with this chapter. Finally! And it's March 1, 2003! It took me a while to write. It's longer than my usual chapters though. More to come don't worry. I won't probably update until next weekend sometime. Sorry this took so long to get out. I got some MICHI and TAKARI in it this time. KENYAKO and SORATO in the next chapter...maybe. Not as much JUNATO in this chapter, thank god! But I don't use his name in a bad way. I am so glad this chapter is done. Sorry I took so long to get it out, I've been very busy. I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner. There will be a next chapter. Anyways, please, read and review, positively! Thanks! Bye~Im4everaqt
CLIFFHANGER NOTES
What will the others think of Sora? Will she impress or distress? What's about to happen at the ball? How is the wedding planning going to go? Where will love bloom? Who's the character that's going to appear in one of the upcoming chapters?