Tai & Sora

By Kumquat Queen

of

FREAKSHOW

A/N: I know I promised you another chapter, but in honor of Halloween, I'm writing this little tidbit instead. I'm not sure how they celebrate Halloween in Japan, but for the sake of the story. Also, I planned (and wrote) review responses into the next chapter, and if you're good I'll get it up tonight.

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CUE OPENING THEME, JAZZY, PIANO

A MONTAGE PLAYS ACROSS THE SCREEN:

TAI AND SORA

STARRING:

TAI KAMIYA (A CLIP OF TAI LAUGHING GOOD-NATUREDLY)

SORA TAKENOUCHI (A CLIP OF SORA MAKING CRAZY GESTURES WITH HER ARMS)

KARI KAMIYA (A CLIP OF KARI LAUGHING IN AN ELEVATOR)

MATT ISHIDA (A CLIP OF MATT MAKING AN ENTRANCE INTO TAI AND SORA'S APARTMENT)

TAKERU "TK" TAKEISHI ( A CLIP OF TK DOING A SPIT TAKE)

(FINALLY A CLIP OF THE FIVE EATING PIZZA, TALKING AND LAUGHING)

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Episode 5: "Sick Or Sweet!"

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An the Sasaki mansion, it was bussiness as usual. Kenzo was away on bussiness, his kids were at school, Kari was sober....hey wait....Kari? SOBER? Maybe it wasn't bussiness as usual.

"Hehehe..." Kari stumbled clumsily into the lounge, collapsing onto a luxurious chintz armchair. "Oh, I am stone cold..."

"Miss Kari!" Lupita rushed into the room. "My god, I can't smell the alcohol on your breath! You reek of sobriety! Quick, someone get me a bottle of Johnny Walker, and seven shots of Smirnoff Ice! Hurry!"

At that moment, a very tired TK plodded into the room. "Lupita, what's wrong. Has Gardener been giving you those funky leaves he's been growing, because I thought I burned those..." Seeing the sight in front of him, he shook of the early afternoon cobwebs and immediatly started firing. "Ohmygod, what happened? Was she drinking Straight coffee again? Did she mix up her pills with TicTacs? Tell me!"

Lupita just glared at him. "Be quiet, you loudmouthed Boybitch. Can't you see she's in trouble? She crept in this morning, sober out of her mind."

TK gasoed loudly. "I never thought we'd have to deal with this. Our little girl, staying out all night...getting sober! I can't believe this. I just...." At that point, TK started to hyperventilate. Lupita got up, calmly walked over to him, and slapped him.

"Pull yourself together! If not for me, then for her!" Lupita shouted.

"You're right. As always." TK calmed himself down. Maid rushed into the room with a cart full of alchohol.

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As Lupita and TK dealt with their respective situation, Tai, Sora, and Matt were disussing what to do with theirs.

"I don't know. Halloween is just so pass'e." Tai sighed, "Let's do something original, something that's never been tried."

"Tai, last year we sacrificed stuffed goats to the festival of Samhain. It's gonna be pretty hard to top that." Matt spoke sagely.

"Oh!" Sora spoke up, "I have an idea. How about we get a big pumpkin-"

"No." Matt and Tai interupted Sora before she could finish.

"What?! You didn't even-"

"No."

"But I just think-"

"Listen Sora," Matt chimed in, "all of your ideas eventually end with us wearing pillow cases over our naughty places. And even though it sounds fun, Halloween is about sugar highs and and a morning drunk. We should go down to the parade on Apple Blossom Avenue. There'll be beer, candy, and drag queens. It'll be fun!"

"Well, I could use an excuse to break out my gold tube top and silvery mini-skirt. Sure, why not?"

"Hey wait!" Tai protested. "Sure, you two ladies might love it, but I'm a lawyer! I have a reputation. Don't I at least get a say in where we g-"

"No."

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"And we are very disappointed in you! We're worried sick, and you come home in that state!" Lupita and TK were lecturing Kari. "Anyone could have convinced you to become a missionary in Tahiti, and we'd never know what happened!"

"I'm sorry," Kari sheided her face from her housekeeper and her best friend. "It'll never happen again. I was out, I was thirsty, so I got some ginger ale! Nobody told me that it was a dry bar! What could I have done. I've been banned from every club in Tokyo except seven, they're all 70 blocks from here!"

"You could've called us, we would have come and got you!" TK said sternly.

"And you're damn right it'll never happen again. You kno you're supposed to carry a bottle of vanilla extract around for this sorty of thing!" Lupita was mad.

"I know, I know. Can you ever forgive me?"

"Oh, Kar..." TK smiled, "You know we can!" And the three shared a warm hug.

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Meanwhile, at the parade, Sora, Tai, and Matt were partying hard. Sora had downed about four margeritas, and had been named 'Keg Queen.' Matt and Tai were at a food table, dancing to a beat.

"See?" Matt said, "Wasn't this a good idea?"

"Ok, ok," Tai conceded. "You were right, I'm having fun." Tai tossed back another shot of tequila. "This is pretty cool."

All of a sudden, Matt looked panicked. "Um....Tai, you might want to look..." Matt pointed over to the liquor stand.

Sora was on top of the stand. And speaking of tops, hers was off, getting tossed to an onlooker. She was dancing and flashing passerby.

Oh yeah. This had been one memorable Halloween.