(A/N: I have never been to Japan, in a Japanese airport or on a flight from Japan to New York. Everything that has to do with any of these things are simply guesses of mine. And the flight leaves at like 9 o'clock at night.)

It was the first week of summer vacation. The Japanese Digidestined were currently in the airport, getting ready to visit the formerly Japanese digidestined, Mimi, in America. Tai, Matt, TK, Kari, Joe, Izzy, Sora, Yolei, Cody, Davis, and Ken put their luggage on the conveyor belt and went successfully through security.

"What gate is ours?" Tai asked Joe. Joe checked the tickets.

"A-4," he answered. Joe had been dubbed 'The Responsible, Reliable Chaperone' by the Digidestined parents. For some of them, the fact that Joe was going was the only reason that they let their children travel halfway around the world without adult supervision.

They made their way over to the gate and checked in.

"What seats do we have?" Matt asked the check-in lady.

She popped her gum and told him in an uninterested voice that, since they had ordered their tickets so much in advance, they all got seats together, taking up almost two full rows. When the eleven sat down in the waiting area, Joe took out a pad of paper and a pencil.

"What are you doing?" asked Sora.

"I'm making a seating chart. Otherwise we may have trouble deciding where to sit. It could cause arguments, and trust me, we don't want to have to try to sort it out in that tiny little aisle while holding up a bunch of passengers."

Sora thought of Davis and agreed that it was a good idea. Sure enough, it did cause some arguments. Joe got them all sorted out, and the seating chart was finally agreed upon. Davis, Kari, and TK were to sit on the left side of the plane, across the aisle from Ken, Cody, and Yolei. Behind them, on the left side, were Matt, Sora, and Tai. Finally, across from them were Joe and Izzy. The seating chart worked well, and they were able to get on the plane without causing a commotion.

"I get the window seat!" called Davis as he rushed to claim it. "In your face, TJ!" TK shrugged as he took the seat in the aisle, with Kari in between the two boys to keep them apart.

"Can I have the aisle seat?" Sora asked her two friends.

"Only if I can have the middle seat." Answered Tai, "I want to sit behind Kari to make sure TK and Davis don't try anything." So Matt got to sit by the window.

Unfortunately, Joe and Izzy didn't have that privilege. They had found that a big, fat guy, who was snoring loudly against the wall, occupied the window seat.

"Well, go ahead Izzy."

"Why do I have to sit by him?"

"Because you're smaller." Joe replied. Poor Izzy couldn't argue with that. He climbed in and sat uncomfortably beside the large man.

In front of them, Cody was happily fastening his seat belt. This was his first ride on an airplane, and Yolei and Ken had graciously given him the seat by the window. Yolei sat in the middle for no particular reason, and Ken was by the aisle.

The plane rolled backward, heading toward the runway.

"We're moving!" Cody cried excitedly. Yolei stared. "This really is your first plane trip, isn't it?"

"Hold my hand, Kari, so you won't be scared."

"I'm not scared." Kari recoiled, disgusted, away from Davis' hand. And the only way she could back away from Davis was to back in to TK. She didn't act like it was a big deal, and TK didn't seem to mind.

Flick. "Ow!" Davis cried. Flick. "Cut it out Tai!" Flick. "Stop flicking me!"

"Lay off my sister, Davis!" Flick.

"Ow!"

The plane took off. Izzy waited patiently for the flight attendants to say that electrical devices could be turned on, his laptop in his bag. He put down his tray table so he could set the laptop on it. The fat guy immediately stirred and turned so that his head was resting on Izzy's tray table. Izzy looked helplessly toward Joe, who shrugged sympathetically. "I hope you brought a book."

Sora glanced up from her book at Tai and Matt. Tai had stopped bothering Davis and was playing his Gameboy. Matt was watching the in-flight movie. Sora looked at the TV screen and plugged a pair of headphones in the sockets.

"Uhh...Matt?"

"Yeah Sora?"

"Why are you watching the movie? It's in English."

"So?"

"Do you understand English?"

"No."

"Oh." She let him do his thing and went back to her book.

Kari, TK, and Davis were playing Go Fish.

"Davis, do you have any threes?" asked TK.

"Go fish."

"Davis, do you have any threes?" asked Kari.

"Here you go Kari." TK glared at Davis, and Davis glared back. Kari sat back and waited, annoyed, for the staring contest to end.

An hour later, the flight attendant cane to give them drinks.

"For free?" Cody was thrilled.

"Yes, for free." Yolei said exasperatedly. Cody stuck out his tongue at her. She crossed her eyes at him. They exchanged making faces at each other. Ken watched, amused at their little game, and the forgotten flight attendant went on to Izzy and Joe without giving them any drinks.

Izzy reached to take his drink and put it on his tray table, only to find that his 'friend' had taken up half of it, and his friend's drool had taken up the rest of it.

"Eww." Izzy snatched the airsickness bag from Joe's hand (they had hit turbulence) and said, "I think I need this more than you." The flight attendant saw what happened and smiled kindly. "Excuse me sir," she said to the guy, who woke with a start, "Perhaps you'll be more comfortable over there." She pointed to an empty row of seats. The guy seemed glad to have a whole row to himself and squeezed out, muttering something inaudible. The flight attendant wiped Izzy's tray table with soap and left. "Much better." Izzy sighed and stretched out in his newly acquired space.

Sora closed her book and yawned. She checked her watch. 11:00. She looked at Matt and Tai. Matt was leaning against the wall, arms crossed, eyes closed. Tai had his pillow on his tray table, asleep. She grinned, yawned again, and followed Tai's example.

Kari was pulled away from the movie she was watching on Izzy's laptop as the sleeping Davis slid onto her shoulder. "Gross!" she said, and pushed him back over to his seat. She leaned back and watched the rest of her movie.

Yolei looked at Cody. The youngest digidestined had tired himself out, and was sleeping peacefully. Yolei covered him with a blanket, and turned to discover that Ken was watching her. He smiled. She turned red.

"What?"

"You're so sweet."

"Well, he was cold."

"Still."

She smiled back.

Joe got up to go to the bathroom, and to make sure everyone was asleep. It was almost midnight. Joe knew that normally, when they all got together, they'd be up until two or three in the morning, but everyone had been running around all day, getting ready for this trip. Kari and TK had been out cold ever since Kari's movie ended. Her head was resting on his shoulder, unintentionally, Joe guessed, but he hoped that they woke up before Tai did, or else he would knock TK into the middle of next week for 'trying something.' Ken and Yolei had drifted off after talking awhile, and Sora, Tai, and Matt had been asleep for at least an hour. Joe returned to his seat. Izzy had spread out in the empty seat, and was breathing deeply. Joe wondered for an instant why he had ever let Izzy talk him into taking the aisle seat before he, too, drifted off.