Last Week: Sora was hoping to wake up Friday morning with a head of rejuvenated hair. Instead, she woke up with a shiny bald head! Later on, things broke loose around the time of the big game. Biyomon and Palmon tried to snoop around Ms. Mackenzie's room, but were nearly caught. They managed to escape and went completely unnoticed…or were they? Having gotten sick of cleaning out Gatomon's litter box, Renamon began to let the mischievous Impmon get in her head. The last sound we heard from her was the buzzing of an electric razor. And Henry's caught in the middle of a spat between Ken and Yolei. He's still set to go out with her on Saturday night, but now Ken and Davis have a plan…to make it the worst date of Yolei's life. And Kari ran into Rika and Ryo, who were heading into the game. Rika overhead a small exchange between Ryo and Kari…which made her rather suspicious.


Digimon: The College Years

Episode 21- The Compatibility Test


Yolei tried on a new black dress. "How does this look on me?"

Catherine nodded and sighed. "You look charming. Very nice, Yolei."

"What's eating you, Catherine?" Yolei grinned. "Don't you know what an enviable position you're in? You're about to have a night out with two very handsome guys. Most women would love to be in your place."

"They can have my place!" Catherine huffed as she reached over for a blue dress. She looked in the mirror and shook her head before putting the dress back. "I'd feel much better if those two would stop fighting over me and just give me some space. It's gotten out of control. And frankly, things would be a lot better if you had just asked one of them out for me instead of asking out Henry."

"Henry just happened to be in the right place at the right time," Yolei said. "And besides, I didn't want to deprive you of a fun night out."

"Oh yes…fun for all," Catherine muttered sarcastically. She took out a green dress and shuddered before putting it back. "I wish there was an easy way to do this. I wish there was a way to make my decision a little easier."

Yolei suddenly got an idea. She walked towards her bed, which had a huge mess underneath it. Amazingly, among the clutter of dirty clothes and junk, she found exactly what she was looking for. She took an old "Seventeen" magazine. She turned to page 99 and found just the thing that would help Catherine on this night.

"Here. Try this."

Catherine took the magazine and sweatdropped. "The Compatibility Test? Yolei, has it really come to this? Now I'm going to judge these two based on a cheesy magazine quiz?"

"Pretty much."

Catherine shrugged. "Beats any of my other ideas."

"All you have to do is memorize these questions. And just at any random time, ask one of them and see how they answer. Keep a mental note of who's got the most points and, at the end of night, dump whoever loses."

"Does that really work?" Catherine asked skeptically.

"Hey…I've seen this work with some people."

"Oh yeah? Who?"

Yolei hastily changed the subject. "How does this dress look on me?"

"I already told you! You look charming!"

"Oh yeah. In that case, I'd better go meet Henry. Good luck on your date."

"Yolei, don't walk out that…"

Yolei zipped out of the room. She didn't want to have to make up anything else. Besides, she was already late for her date. Henry was waiting.

"I don't know about this, Takato. Should I go through with this?"

To say Henry, dressed in a long-sleeved shirt and khakis, was nervous about this would be an understatement. It wasn't the thought of dating Yolei, but it was the thought of knowing full well that he was nothing more than a decoy. It was obvious that Yolei was only dating him to make Ken jealous while Ken and Davis already told him that they had something planned for this date. Henry must have felt like nothing more than a pawn and Takato sympathized with his friend. Of course, that didn't make the situation any less funny.

"Well, you've got nothing better to do," Takato grinned. "Besides, maybe you'll find a nice girl at the restaurant."

"Oh, that's good. And what am I supposed to say? I'm on a date, but it's really not?"

"Uh…sounds good. I'm sure Yolei will understand."

Just then, someone knocked on the door. Knowing who it was, Henry slowly walked to the door. He opened the door…

"Hey, great to see you! You ready? I'm starved! Let's go!"

Yolei pulled Henry out of the room by the collar in the blink of an eye. Takato snickered as he thought about poor Henry's dilemma. He had a feeling that Henry would not forget this night for a long time.

Takato smiled. "There goes a real ladies' man. I guess it's just the three of us tonight, Guilmon."

Guilmon put on his OU sweater. "Actually, I have to practice."

"Huh? You just practiced yesterday!"

"I know, but we're having one more practice session and the cheerleaders and I are having pizza afterwards."

Takato couldn't believe this. In the span of a few weeks, Guilmon had become one of the most popular guys at the university. And yet nobody had even realized that he wasn't even a student!

"Fine, go on," Takato grumbled. "I'll stay here with Terriermon."

"But Terriermon isn't here, Takato."

Takato blinked. "What do you mean Terriermon isn't here?"

"He said he wanted to do something to help Henry on his date."

Takato's eyes widened. "HELP?"

"Yeah. He wants Henry and this girl to hit it off. He says he wants this to be the best date he ever had…because he wants Henry to remove his punishment."

Takato couldn't believe it. If Terriermon was trying to make this date with Henry the best…and Ken and Davis were trying to make it the worst…

"I can't believe you did that to me!!" Gatomon shouted for the millionth time.

"I already said I was sorry, cat," Renamon snickered. "How many more times do I have to apologize?"

Gatomon knew her rivalry with Renamon was heated, but she had no idea that things would have ever reached such a fevered pitch. Now Gatomon found herself wearing one of Kari's coats to cover up the job Renamon did with that electric razor.

"Until it grows back! I can't believe you did that to me!! Look, I know I said you had to learn to stop using fighting to solve your problems, but this is NOT what I had in mind!"

"I said I was sorry. I honestly think it's a good look for you."

Gatomon opened up her coat. "You think THIS is a good look for me?!?!"

Renamon tried to hold in her laughter, but couldn't. The fox had done quite a job with that electric razor. In fact…she had shaved off all of Gatomon's fur…with the exception of her bikini area. Gatomon was beyond embarrassed that she was nearly left completely bald with the exception of this ersatz fur bikini.

Finally, Renamon just fell over laughing. Gatomon turned around and saw Impmon and Calumon both laughing hysterically. Calumon fell over on his back and was holding his stomach and Impmon was nearly in tears.

Impmon whistled seductively. "Flaunt it, baby!"

Gatomon slapped Impmon upside the head with one of her gloved hands. As for Renamon, she was laughing harder than she ever had been.

"It's nice to see you finally got yourself a sense of humor," Gatomon snarled. "Even if it is a morbid one."

"But technically, I didn't touch you," Renamon pointed out. "It was all the razor, so I'm still here. A rather convenient loophole. Maybe I can't physically tear you to shreds, but I can still make your stay here as 'pleasant' as possible. That is, unless you decide you'd rather go home."

"Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you?" Gatomon grumbled. "I hope you don't think I'm just going to take this lying down."

"You probably could. And you could get yourself a tan while you're at it," Calumon cracked. That drew even more laughter.

Gatomon shrugged and walked over to Kari, who was sitting at her desk and chewing her pen. Kari was sitting over her laptop, which was opened to a blank Microsoft Word document.

"Kari, how long do you think it'll take for this to grow back?" Gatomon asked.

No response. Kari just chewed her pen.

"Kari?"

Nothing. Kari just kept chewing as the pen got more and more teethmarks.

"KARI!"

Kari finally got out of her trance. "Huh? Did you say something, Gatomon?"

"Will you look at me?!" Gatomon cried indignantly. "I look awful!"

Kari examined Gatomon's body. "Well…I wouldn't go that far. It could be worse. Just don't worry about it too much. It'll grow back soon and in the meantime, I don't want you causing trouble."

"This isn't fair! You're saying I should just let her get away with this?"

Kari didn't get to answer that question because someone knocked on the door. Gatomon felt frustrated that her complaints were going unheard. She wanted to retaliate more than anything.

Kari opened the door and found her roommate. "Oh hi Jeri."

"Kari, I need to go pick some things up at the store. I need you to come with me."

Kari hesitated. "Jeri, I don't know. I really should start…"

"You can tell me all about it on the way to the store."

"Jeri…!"

Jeri dragged Kari out and once again, it looked like the procrastination bug had bitten. Gatomon now found herself alone with Renamon, Impmon, and Calumon since Rika was running some errands back in West Shinjuku.

Gatomon knew she couldn't physically harm Renamon without being forced to go back home. So she just wanted to leave a simple warning.

"I don't know how I'll do it, Foxy. But I'll get you for this."

"Oh, get a tan, whitey," Renamon quipped.

That got a huge laugh out of Impmon. "You hear that, Calumon? Renamon's got jokes!"

"I never thought I'd see the day," Calumon replied.

Gatomon just grumbled under her breath. She wasn't about to take this lying down. The rivalry had just gotten intense.

On any other night, it would have been a simple night of miniature golf. But for TK, it was so much more. This was his chance to make an impression on lovely Catherine. The only fly in the ointment was knowing that Tai would also be right there and he would obviously have the same goal in mind.

Already TK felt like he was losing points, because he couldn't drive tonight. The car was still in the shop after the whole racing fiasco. However, Tai couldn't take anyone on that motorcycle of his either. TK should have taken that chance to borrow a friend's car, but Ken needed his tonight and Davis's car was also in the shop after the Digimon had their joyride to Shibuya U. Tai, on the other hand, DID borrow a car…from TK's own brother, Matt.

Catherine looked exasperated for whatever reason. It looked like she wasn't into the idea of going out tonight. But here she was, most likely because she didn't want to back out of her promise.

Catherine cleared her throat. "You know, gentlemen, it's nice to finally get away from the pressures of studying. I could use the break." She looked out the window. "Would you look at that? It's a pigeon. You know, I was just curious, what bird would you rather be: the dove or the hawk?"

TK blinked. "Uh…come again?"

"Answer the question.."

TK thought about it. "Uh…dove."

"Sounds like something I'd expect out of you," Tai said. "Just call me a hawk."

"Hmm…very revealing," Catherine muttered to herself.

TK didn't know what to make of any of that. Maybe it was just an ice breaker. Regardless, it momentarily got him to stop thinking about Tai and how his presence would make this night so much harder.

Finally, they reached the new miniature golf course that had just been constructed in Odaiba about a week ago. Tai and TK got out of the car and both raced over to be the first to open Catherine's door.

"I was here first, TK!"

"No, I was!"

"I was!"

"I was!"

While TK and Tai fought over the door, Catherine just groaned and opened the door herself. She stepped out while TK and Tai were still fighting.

"Are you two coming?" Catherine grumbled.

TK and Tai turned to see the open door. Tai sheepishly pushed the door and closed it. Now that they had arrived, they both leisurely made their way into the course.

The course was filling up fast as people ranging from families coming out for a family activity to dating couples arrived. TK and Tai walked up to the register and both slammed down their money at the same time, hoping to be the first to treat. The cashier sweatdropped and took the money before giving them equal change.

When TK was handed his putter, he felt like clubbing Tai over the head. But that wasn't in his good nature, so he restrained himself easily. The three reached the first hole, which was a simple flat strip that banked 45 degrees to the left. Since ladies went first, Catherine took her position and, for TK and Tai, this was the perfect opportunity to look good.

"I can help you with your form, Catherine," TK offered.

"I'm a better golfer than TK," Tai countered. "Let me help."

Catherine groaned again before hitting the ball herself. The ball rolled down the strip and hit the 45 degree bank perfectly in the middle. The ball, decreasing in speed ever so slightly, rolled down the second half of the bank…and fell into the hole. Catherine had hit a hole-in-one.

"I probably should have told you," Catherine grinned. "I've been miniature golfing since I was a little girl back in France. So who wants to go next?"

Tai and TK just blinked and pointed at each other. Finally, TK just shrugged and walked up with his putter. As he hit the ball, some music started sounding over the loudspeaker. The ball rolled down and hit the bank before stopping just short of the hole.

"I do like this song," Catherine suddenly said. "You know, that brings me to something I was thinking of. Who do you find more attractive, Brittany Spears or Mandy Moore?"

Tai was about to take his putt, but stopped upon hearing that question. He gave a confused shrug. "Uh…what?"

TK thought about that. "I don't know. Mandy Moore's the innocent type and I love that kind of girl."

"Brittany Spears," Tai answered. "I love a girl with those kinds of moves!"

Catherine furrowed her brow. "Very interesting, gentlemen."

These questions were…curious, to say the least. TK didn't understand where they came from, but as long as he kept having fun with Catherine, he wouldn't mind.

Of course, he couldn't deny how good a putter she was.

Davis peeked his head out from his hiding place. "They just sat down."

"Davis, I can't believe you did this," Ken sighed. "What if we get caught?"

Davis knew how to get his mind working when he was motivated and, tonight, he was more than motivated. He borrowed the proper attire for each one of them and had Ken dressed in a gray vest with a red shirt underneath to go with a pair of slacks along with a fake beard. Ken was disguised as a valet.

"You won't get caught if you act naturally," Davis explained. "Just park cars like any other regular valet guy. And I'll be right here in the kitchen."

Davis had a disguise of his own. He was dressed in a chef's outfit and had a fake mustache and oversized chef's hat. Ken had been asking him all night how he pulled this off, but Davis had his methods, which he wouldn't elaborate on.

"Ok, for the sake of argument, let's just say we won't get caught," Ken sighed. "What exactly IS your plan, Davis?"

"It's really easy! All I have to do is try and reenact every little thing that's ever gone wrong on all of MY dates!"

"That could take all night."

Davis sweatdropped. "Ok, then I only chose the most embarrassing moments. So you just stay here and watch the fireworks while I fix everything and I'll make sure Yolei appreciates you a lot more by the end of the night."

Ken smirked. "I'm sure you know EXACTLY what you're doing."

With everyone in position, Davis headed into the restaurant's kitchen. The time for this night to go spiraling down was now.

Yolei took another sip of her soda. The more she looked at Henry, the more she couldn't help but notice how nervous he looked. She was starting to feel guilty. He had to be an innocent bystander in this whole stupid fight with Ken. He probably didn't even want to be here to begin with.

"Henry…I'm having a really good time."

Henry looked up from his soda and smiled. "Oh…I'm glad you're having fun. I'm having a pretty good time, too."

Yolei was starting to get hungry. But instead of the main course coming out, the chef came out with a giant bowl of soup.

"Hot soup!"

Henry coughed. "Oh…excuse me…"

Henry got out of his chair, but with a bad sense of timing. When he stuck his chair out, it moved right into the chef's path. The chef hit the chair and the bowl of soup flew out of his hand and onto his head.

"HEY!!"

The bowl of soup was now over Henry's head and completely covering his face. When Yolei saw the soup drip from the bowl and his clothes, she should have been shocked…but instead found herself snickering.

"The bowl isn't supposed to go ON ME!!" Henry growled. "It's supposed to go on…………uh……the table!"

The chef turned around and had his back to Yolei and Henry. "Uh, sorry dude…er…monsieur. I'd…better get your meals."

The chef ran off while Henry removed the bowl of soup from his head. Yolei grabbed her napkin and started cleaning Henry up.

"Bad luck?" Yolei asked.

"You might say that," Henry muttered.

After wiping Henry off, Yolei sat down. "Don't worry about it. It's not like anything else could go wrong, right?"

Davis walked back into the kitchen, avoiding the other chefs as he went along. He was supposed to spill the soup on Yolei, but inadvertently dumped it on Henry. But it was only a minor setback, because that wasn't all Davis had up his sleeve. He got the main course ready and if there was anything he had learned on some of his most disastrous dates, it was that bad food usually made for a bad time.

With that in mind, Davis made sure to get only the most burnt steaks he could find. The steaks he found for Henry and Yolei were nearly pitch black. He grabbed the metal pans and covered the steaks, but didn't quite get to deliver them just yet. He put the entrées on a cart just as he got a call.

"Hey chef! Your soup's bubbling!"

Davis turned around and realized they meant him. And indeed his soup was bubbling and on the verge of spilling. He wasted no time in attending to his soup, while leaving his steaks unattended.

But he knew no one would touch those burnt steaks with a ten foot pole.

It took some effort, but Terriermon had managed to sneak out of the dorm and to the restaurant where Henry was having his date. While he had believed in his partner more than anybody, he knew there would be no harm in helping Shinjuku High's most eligible bachelor get a leg up on this night.

So Terriermon hid amongst the pots and pans in the kitchen while chefs and waiters scrambled to serve everyone in the busy restaurant in a timely fashion. Terriermon went unnoticed as he walked towards a cart that had the name 'Wong' on it. He peeked under the pans and saw two pitch black steaks. They were horribly burnt.

Terriermon gagged and looked over to the next cart. He peeked under those pans to see fresh steaks, roasted to perfection. He was tempted to eat them himself. But instead, Terriermon switched pans and put the good steaks in Henry's cart.

There was only one thing left to make this night a success for Henry. Knowing what needed to be done, Terriermon ran out of the kitchen and headed outside.

As TK reached the 9th hole, he started to wonder if this was the best idea. He never claimed to be the best miniature golfer in the world, but he didn't think he was this bad. Each hole was a par 3 and TK was 16 over par. Although he could still catch Tai, who was 15 over par. Catherine, on the other hand, was a different story. She was 7 under par and had pretty much clinched the game for her. TK and Tai could only be amazed at how badly they were losing to a girl.

The 9th hole was a giant replica of Godzilla lying on his stomach. The ball was supposed to be hit into the Godzilla's mouth and the ball would come out through a hole at the tail and towards the hole. Catherine went first, just like she did every other hole. She tapped the ball and it went in a straight line towards the mouth. The ball went into the Godzilla mouth and came out of the hole on the other end and stopped inches from the hole.

"How does she do that?" Tai whispered.

"I think the French must be made for this game or something," TK whispered back.

Tai was next and as he went to putt, Catherine picked a nearby flower from the ground. She sniffed the flower and sighed deeply before picking the petals one-by-one.

"Gentlemen, I just love flowers. If you could give me any flower in the world, what would it be?"

Tai thought about that. "A red rose. It's beautiful…like you." He tapped the ball and it went into the Godzilla mouth before coming out the other end. The ball ended up colliding with Catherine's ball and pushed it into the hole, giving Catherine another hole-in-one. Tai's jaw dropped open. "You've got to be kidding me!"

"This is too easy," Catherine laughed as she updated the scorecard. "What about you, TK?"

TK went up to take his turn. "Well, I like roses and everything. But to me, something like that sounds too cliché. Why do guys always have to buy roses? Why not a daisy? Or a tulip? Or a dandelion? Or a sunflower? Something more original?"

Catherine beamed. "Very interesting way of looking at it."

TK hit his ball and it rolled down towards the mouth. It nearly stopped before finally going in and coming out the other end. It was about to go in the hole until a squirrel ran out of a bush and picked it up. The squirrel ran over to Catherine and dropped the ball at her feet.

"HEY! That's not fair!" TK exclaimed.

"It's perfectly legal," Tai smirked. "You're already one stroke in the hole."

TK adjusted his white hat and grumbled to himself as he walked over to play the ball where it lied. At this rate, he'd be sure to break a course record and it wouldn't be a positive one.

So far things were going fairly well, but Davis knew it was just about time to kick things up a notch to make sure Yolei's night was truly disastrous. One of the things he had to do was deliver the terrible dinner. So he grabbed the cart that had Henry and Yolei's dishes on it and rolled it over towards them.

Henry was still trying to dry himself off while Yolei nearly drooled at the sight of the plates. Davis placed the pans on the table and got ready to lift the lids.

"Your meals!"

Davis lifted the pans, but was shocked to see that under those pans were two delicious-looking steaks that were cooked to perfection. They looked and smelled so good that he was almost tempted to take a bite himself. He couldn't understand it. He knew he had switched the steaks to the burnt chunks of meat.

"Hey, this looks delicious!" Yolei grinned. "Thanks a lot!"

Davis and Henry exchanged nervous glances. This wasn't going in their favor. Davis realized that he'd have to resort to drastic measures.

He quickly rolled the cart back to the kitchen and waited until no one was looking before heading over towards the fire alarm. Another sure disaster would be the fire alarm being pulled and the sprinklers showering Yolei's dress. So once nobody was looking, Davis pulled the fire alarm.

The deafening sound of the fire alarm filled the restaurant. And just as Davis hoped, the sprinklers from the ceiling went off. But to his shock, every sprinkler went off…except the one hanging above Henry and Yolei. Everyone eating in the restaurant was soaked, but Henry and Yolei were dry as a bone. Davis was in disbelief.

By all means, everything that could possibly go wrong with this date should have been going wrong. Yet somehow…they were getting lucky.

When the fire alarm went off, Ken peeked into the restaurant door. The sprinklers had gone off and were leaving everyone drenched…with the exception of Henry and Yolei. It looked like Davis was trying his best, but luck was playing a huge part in making this all go right…for Yolei.

A moment later, Yolei got to her feet and started leading Henry to the exit. Ken knew that if she spotted him, she'd immediately recognize him. Ken leaped behind a palm plant and waited as they exited the restaurant.

Henry stepped into the parking lot as his car was being brought around. When it arrived, he went straight towards his own seat. Ken had to admire Henry for forgoing the usual gentlemanly action. But then Yolei opened her door and gasped.

"Henry! Roses!"

Henry was caught off-guard. "Huh?"

Yolei reached into the front seat and pulled out a bouquet of flowers. Ken couldn't believe he was seeing that. And from the look on Henry's face, he couldn't believe it, either.

"I can't believe you did this," Yolei beamed. She walked over to Henry. "I was starting to think you didn't like me, but now I know better. They're beautiful. Thank you, Henry!"

Henry was stuck. "B-B-B-But…"

Henry couldn't get another word out. Yolei wrapped her arms around him and kissed him, much to Ken's chagrin. Ken could see everything collapse before his eyes. But what he found odd was that when Yolei released that kiss, Henry looked just as dumbfounded as he did. Ken was getting the feeling that Henry was completely unaware of how those roses appeared.

"Hey, Ken? Is everything going…uh oh."

Davis arrived just in time to see Yolei release the kiss. He was just as shocked as everyone else.

"Hey! What happened?!" Davis cried.

"I don't even know where to begin," Ken sighed.

"Where did those roses come from?" Davis asked.

Ken had no idea how to answer that. But then he looked towards the distance and saw a familiar someone riding on the back of a pickup truck.

"Davis, look at that!"

Davis and Ken both looked to see that Terriermon was riding away in the back of the pickup truck. The long-eared Digimon had been here the whole time and it was all starting to come together.

"I thought he was back in Henry's room!" Davis exclaimed.

"I'll bet you anything he snuck out," Ken assumed. "Well, that's just great! Thanks a lot, Davis!"

"Well…look at it this way. At least things…"

"DON'T SAY IT!!"

"Say what?"

"Don't say 'At least things can't get any worse'!"

As luck would have it, just as Ken said that, he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist. Ken turned around and sweatdropped when he saw Rosa was right there.

"Hi Ken!"

"How did you recognize me?" Ken asked nervously.

Rosa removed the fake beard and giggled. "I'd recognize you anywhere, mi amor. So what are you doing out here in that disguise?"

Ken didn't even know how to start explaining. He just stood frozen. It was Davis who ended up bailing him out.

"We were just leaving! Let's go, Ken!"

Knowing that another chance meeting with Rosa could only lead to disaster, Davis dragged Ken out by the arm. Luckily, with the crowd of people there that night, Davis managed to pull Ken out without being spotted by Yolei.

Having reached the 18th hole, the night was almost over. For TK, although he was having a good time, this was one miniature golf outing he wanted to forget. The only consolation was that he was leading Tai by one stroke.

The 18th hole was simple. It was just a zigzag that led to the hole. But there was one catch. If the ball was hit too hard, it'd slip off the course and fall into a creek. Catherine went first and, as she had been doing all night, she hit the ball just hard enough to land it inches from the hole.

TK was supposed to go next and he knew he was fighting for something on this night. He was fighting against Tai for the dubious "honor" of setting the record for worst score in course history. TK tapped the ball and he clearly got lucky, because the ball just rolled along until it stopped just an inch from the right of the hole.

Tai knew he had a tough task ahead of him, but as he walked over to putt third, Catherine asked another of her random questions.

"Gentlemen, I've had so much fun tonight. But I was just wondering…if you could have anything in the world…what would it be?"

Tai smirked. "Your heart, of course."

Catherine giggled. "What about you, TK?"

TK shrugged. That was too easy and it sounded like just another cheap romantic pickup line coming from Tai. TK had a different answer.

"If I could have anything in the world…I'd just want to make my family and friends happy."

Catherine was caught by surprise. "Oh, my! TK…that is very sweet."

Tai had his focus on the ball. He had an intense look on his face, determined to not come in last. After a few seconds, he finally hit the ball. The ball rolled down towards the hole, not quickly enough for anyone there. Finally, the ball reached the hole…but it hit TK's ball and fell into the hole. Tai had a hole-in-one while TK's ball rolled into the creek.

Tai's eyes widened. "I got a hole-in-one!"

So did TK's. "Hey! That's not fair!"

Tai obviously didn't hear any of it, because he was running around celebrating like he was Tiger Woods. "I got a hole-in-one! I got a hole-in-one! I did it! I did it! Yeah! I'm good!"

TK and Catherine both sweatdropped as Tai had broken into a victory dance.

"You want to remind him that he's 31 over par?" TK pointed out dryly.

"Let him have this one," Catherine sighed.

TK shook his head. He'd let Tai have this moment. The night had just about ended and with a splash. He couldn't believe he would have the worst score in course history.

But at least he had fun doing it.

Matt sweatdropped again. With the hall just about empty for the night, the RA was on the second floor tonight. After the disaster from a few days ago, he knew he had to be there for his girlfriend. And so he found himself in her room…watching her try on wigs.

"How does this look, Matt?"

Sora tried on a brunette wig with blond highlights. Matt looked to his left to see Mimi, Palmon, and Biyomon all giving the thumbs up. He looked to his right to see Izzy, Joe, Gomamon, and Tentomon giving a thumbs up. But Sora had her eyes on Matt.

Matt grinned. "Looks great!"

Sora adjusted the wig. "I like it, too. I just hope the wind doesn't blow it off."

"Try a hat to go with it," Mimi suggested.

"Hey! I just got an e-mail!"

"Izzy, do you ALWAYS carry that thing with you?" Mimi huffed. "It's like some things never change!"

Izzy didn't listen, but rather had his eyes on his laptop. "You guys might be interested in this. It's from Agumon and Gabumon!"

That got Matt's attention. "What?"

Everyone flocked over to the laptop as Izzy opened the e-mail. Indeed, it was from Agumon and Gabumon. And it looked like a distress call.


To the DigiDestined,

We know about the Digimon that have been released into your world and we know they're under the influence of Black Gears. We're sending you this urgent message to let you know that we've discovered who's behind it. Someone calling herself 'The Digimon Empress' is behind this and she's dressed just like the old Digimon Emperor. But we must also warn you of her crony known as ChaosGallantmon. He's a Mega Digimon with power unlike anything we've faced. Even as WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon, we couldn't beat him. He's extremely dangerous! Be on the look out for him! We don't have a motive for this Digimon Empress's actions, but we're convinced that the Digimon attacks will keep on coming. And since Gennai is out attempting to contact the four Digimon Sovereigns, we came to you. Keep your guard up, DigiDestined!

Agumon & Gabumon


"The Digimon Empress," Izzy repeated. "If she's human like the old Digimon Emperor, then that must be our mole!"

"A double agent?" Mimi thought. "Odaiba U student or faculty by day, Digimon Empress by night?"

"That's what it looks like," Joe answered. "We have to do something."

"But the e-mail doesn't give us any idea where to find her," Izzy pointed out. "She could be anywhere in the Digital World or anywhere in Odaiba!"

"Then we can't do anything besides wait," Matt said. "We wait for either another Digimon to attack or for Gennai to come back." He clenched his fist. "But this makes me feel helpless. It's like we're sitting ducks!"

"Don't call US helpless!" Palmon snapped. "We'll be ready for anything that comes our way and we'll find out what's going on sooner than you think!"

"Don't let the waiting get to you guys," Tentomon added. "You guys are college students. You've got a lot more to worry about, right?"

"You just HAD to remind me of that," Matt sighed. "I've got a report I need to do. I've got to get going."

"So we're not going to make any plans?" Joe asked. "We're just going to wait and see what happens?"

"We can't plan ahead," Matt answered. "We don't even know what we're up against. For that, we have to wait for something else to fall into place. But in the meantime, we'll just have to go on like we normally would. And for me, that means getting my report done…on a Saturday night."

Sora took Matt's arm. "I'll help you. Let's go."

Matt didn't want to say 'no' to Sora anytime soon. So he let her come along. They walked out of the room together and walked downstairs. When Matt reached his door, he went into his pocket for his keys, but as he was looking for them, he felt something bump his leg.

He looked down and saw a long-eared Digimon go into a stuffed animal act. At least he did, until he realized who Matt was.

"Oh, it's just you. Don't mind me. And if anyone asks, I was never here."

Terriermon scooted off towards Takato and Henry's room. Matt just shrugged and took out his key. He opened the door and let Sora walk in first (like any true gentleman would). The first thing Sora noticed was an empty container…of facial cream.

Sora read the label. "Reduces wrinkles."

Matt was astounded. "What?! Are you telling me Tai's STILL going through this aging complex?!"

"You're his roommate, not me," Sora replied.

Before Matt could say anything else or get started on his report, he saw two familiar figures stumble through the hall. Curiosity had gotten the better of Matt and Sora again as they poked their heads through the door and peeked out into the hall. They were just in time to see Davis and Ken…wearing bad disguises. Davis was dressed like a chef and Ken had a fake beard hanging loose from his chin.

"What's with you two?" Sora asked curiously.

"Don't ask," Ken grumbled. "We'd be here all night. Have you seen Henry?"

As if on cue, Henry came through the hall, looking as if he were in a hypnotic trance. The first thing everyone noticed was that there was a lipstick mark on Henry's cheek.

"Henry, what happened?!" Ken demanded as he shook Henry frantically.

Henry shook himself out of his trance. "I thought you guys were going to get me OUT of this, not push me further in!"

"It wasn't us!" Davis pointed out. "My plan was perfect! It was Terriermon!"

Henry's jaw dropped open. "What?! TERRIERMON!"

The door to Henry's room opened as little Terriermon poked his head out. "Hey, stud! How was the date?"

"Terriermon, you…you…"

"No need to thank me for the roses, Henry. I'm just doing what I can to help my favorite bachelor."

Terriermon chuckled as he went back into the dorm room. Ken just threw his hands in the air in a motion of defeat and went back to his own room with Davis following.

"Ken, there's still more we could do! It's not over yet!"

"It can't be over, Ken!" Henry added. "You have to help me get out of this!"

"If Yolei wants you, what can I do?" Ken asked despondently.

Davis's face brightened. "I have an idea!"

"NO MORE IDEAS!!" Ken snapped.

Ken, Davis, and Henry all went back to Takato and Henry's room. Matt and Sora just watched the whole scene and shrugged. They had no idea where that even started and they weren't about to ask.

"Well…if there aren't anymore interruptions…" Matt began.

But there was one more interruption. It was from TK and Tai who were just walking in. And they both had lipstick marks of their own.

Sora shook her head. "That French girl?"

TK and Tai both nodded. Then they suddenly noticed each other's lipstick mark.

"Mine's bigger," Tai said.

"No, mine is!" TK shot back.

Matt couldn't resist getting in one crack. "So did she notice your wrinkles, Tai?"

"She didn't notice a single wrinkle," Tai said proudly. "That cream really works."

That's when TK reached into Tai's full head of hair and plucked something, getting a yelp from Tai. TK had pulled out a gray hair.

"But it looks like you need more 'Just For Men'," TK grinned.

Tai took the single gray hair from TK and shook his head. "Looks like I do. Excuse me."

Tai rushed into his room and shut the door, leaving Matt, Sora, and TK outside. Matt pounded on the door.

"TAI! I have to start my report!!"

Sora still couldn't believe what she saw. "TK…how did you do that? You found a lone gray hair out of that whole valley of hair on Tai's head?"

"It was sticking out like a sore thumb," TK answered casually.

Matt kept pounding on the door. He didn't need to waste anymore time on the count of Tai's ridiculous age complex.

"So how'd the date go?" Sora asked as Matt continued pounding.

TK thought about that. "It was a lot of fun and everything…but Catherine just asked the most random questions…"

Yolei walked through the door, feeling content after her date with Henry. She knew that this date was supposed to be a way to get Ken off her mind, but it turned out to be so much more. She never expected those roses and she never expected to have as good a time as she did. Henry was really a sweet guy.

When she walked into her dorm, she saw Catherine had already returned from her night out with Tai and TK. And she was looking through Yolei's magazine.

"How'd it go?" Yolei asked.

"It was so much fun!" Catherine said cheerfully. "But I have to admit that I personally couldn't make a choice between the two."

"That's what the quiz was for," Yolei grinned. "So what's the final score?"

Catherine made notes in the magazine and circled certain parts. She made the calculations…and sweatdropped.

"It's…TIED!"

"What? Let me see that!"

Yolei took the magazine. She looked at the answers that Catherine filled in and how they were to be scored. And indeed, the result was a tie.

"Well…how about that?"

Catherine grumbled. "Yes…how about that?"

Yolei wanted to think she had helped tonight, but it looked like she didn't make the choice any easier for Catherine. But she didn't let that bring her down.

After all, her own love life was looking up.


Next Week: Sunday is here and it's a PROCRASTINATOR'S NIGHTMARE! Time has finally caught up to Kari and she needs to do her report. But when a streak of bad luck hits her, she needs to hit the streets briefly before continuing. What she doesn't know is that the next servant of the unholy trio is out looking for her. What happens when Kari meets up with…Cherrymon: Master of Disguise? And what happens when everyone else has reports of their own to do? In fact, everyone has a report to do except Rika. How will Rika handle a certain procrastinator?


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