Thanks all who reviewed! Also, thanks to Aoi senshi for the welcome (smiles) Here is the second chapter, as promised and now I shall get on to the story.
Third chapter in the making.
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, Sketchers, Tootsie Roll, Milkshake, Snoopy, OR Josie and the Pussy Cats. But I down own a crazy puppy and some blue flip flops.
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Once Upon Fiesta
:: Bust a Move ::
Friday 9:45 PM
"PEPSI! YOU LITTLE TURD! GIVE ME BACK MY ARM WARMER!!!"
Mimi smiled as she heard Sora flip out on Pepsi from outside her bedroom. "How does this look Slush?"
Slush looked up from the multi-colored pink rug at the foot of Mimi's bed. Mimi wore blue jeans with neon pink traces and a one-sleeved white shirt that had '89' printed on the front in pink. Her hair was tied up in a high pony tail with a few strands down the side of her face. "Woof!"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Slush nodded his head down and up, his blue and green eyes beaming.
"Aww thanks buddy," Mimi rubbed his ear and his tail wagged in return.
Mimi came out her bedroom to find Sora glaring at Pepsi from behind the big screen TV. Pepsi stared straight back at her from the couch with a red and golden striped arm warmer in her mouth. Sora was wearing a red tube top, a dark jean miniskirt with a yellow star on the back pocket, and white Sketchers. She had a red and yellow striped arm warmer that stopped a little past her elbows, and she was clearly missing one. Other than that, Mimi though Sora's outfit was divine.
"Oh! I almost forgot." Mimi ran back to her bed room in search of an accessory.
Meanwhile Sora fought her battle with Pepsi to try and get her arm warmer back. Sora won the battle when she nearly suffocated Pepsi with a pillow that forced her to loosen her grip.
"Ha Ha, you stupid little mutt. Sora always wins, especially over dumb rats like you." Sora smiled over an exhausted little poodle. But as she walked away, Pepsi jumped on her foot and slobbered over her sparkling white Sketchers. "Damn you, Pepsi! Damn you!"
Mimi returned trying to put on a silver chain necklace that had a small silver crown on it.
"Cute outfit and necklace," Sora said to Mimi. "But what's with the crown?"
"Have ya ever heard of Cinderella?"
"What?"
"Never mind."
"Why? Do ya wanna be a princess and marry Prince Charming?"
"Something like that."
"Well, come on, we're gonna be late."
"How can we be late? Fiesta closes at two thirty in the morning," Mimi checked herself over with the glass door to the balcony. "Look at this place," Mimi said looking out to the city. Through the night, it shown all its lights and neon signs. A beautiful view they had over the big city from their balcony.
"Yep," Sora said, taking time out to admire the city. "That's Lost Angels."
"Wooof! Woof!" Slush alarmed the girls of the time. He had Mimi's watch in his mouth.
"Oh yeah! Come on Sora let's go!" Mimi said getting piped up for tonight.
"Okie Hokie."
10:15 PM
"GO SORA! GO SORA! GO SORA!!!" The crowd and a bunch of Sora and Mimi's new club friends were cheering Sora on.
I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU BEEN TOLD
IT AINT THE BUTTERFLY,
ITS THE TOOTSIE ROLL.
"Go Sora! You breakin' it down gurl!" said A'Deana, one of their new club friends.
"Hey, this isn't right." Mimi thought to herself.
Mimi jumped in front of Sora doing a dance of her own. Nobody saw it before, and nobody knew what to think of it either.
TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT
TO THE RIGHT, TO THE RIGHT
TO THE FRONT, TO THE FRONT
TO THE BACK, TO THE BACK
NOW SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE
BABY, SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE, SLIDE
"Oh yeah!" Mimi yelled throwing her hands in the air. She knew everybody was watching her in confusion. But, hey, she got the attention, she just needed to make it good. "Yeah, Baby!!!"
Everyone paused for a moment with twisted expressions.
'She just has to have it all,' Sora thought, but smiled. 'Well, that's Mimi.' She continued to dance.
Everyone had slowly developed a smile, realizing her new "shakin' twist slide" looked pretty fun. And everyone, even the DJ and people at the bar, had to give into the rhythm after seeing Mimi's new dance.
Later
Sora had taken a break from all the dancing and sat down at the bar. Neon blue and green lights ran throughout the counter of the bar. Sora thought it was nice and funky, and added a look-of-the-future appearance to it.
"Hey, Sori, whatever they call you, if you're not gonna order a drink, pick your butt up and park it somewhere else, or I'll do it for you. Got it?" A huge guy with frightening muscles punched his fist in his other hand.
"Uh- um, ye- yes sir." Sora stuttered, trying to force her legs to get up and flee.
"Give it a rest, Tiny. Do you have to intimidate every person who sits down?" A guy with wild brown hair and chocolate eyes pushed Tiny out the way. "Sorry, bout him. He thinks he's all big and bad just because he used to be a pro wrestler."
Sora gulped. "Wrestler? Pro wrestler?"
"Yeah, he retired a year ago to live a party life. As a bartender."
Sora looked at the man's face with a big smile on it as he put a hand behind his big hair. "Hey, I've seen you before."
"So you remember." He smiled back.
"Yeah you were the guy who got ran over by the taxi."
"Oh, that." His smile faded a bit and his voice trailed off.
"Yeah, that was great. You made my day." Sora said smiling, bringing his smile back.
"My name's Tai. Tai Kimiyah."
"Sora Takenouchi."
"Yeah, I know. So does everybody in the club."
"Hee, hee. So I'm famous now?" Sora asked, delighted that she was a popular dancer at Fiesta.
"Yep, I guess you could say that." Tai said observing three other women at the bar discussing Sora and Mimi. "So, you gonna order a drink?"
"Um, what all do ya have."
Tai sighed. "To make things simple, we got all the beers, and alcohols, and many flavored smoothies, all cokes and sodas, any drink, whatever. Basically, we got everything. You just name it and we'll serve it up."
"Hmm," Sora said, thinking of something they may not have. "I'll take a triple thick strawberry-grape, pina coloda cheeseburger shake. Topped with whipped cream, pickles and bacon."
When she looked back to Tai, he had a twisted and grossed-out expression on his face. "..."
"What?" Sora asked innocently.
"You sure? I mean, coming right up..."
"Mimi do you have a boyfriend?"
"No, James, I don't and if you're trying to hook me up, forget it." Mimi said to a dude with big, brown dread locks.
"Aww, Tootsie, that's really cold."
"Nothing personal. Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Yeah, but she's in Jamaica right now. She's gone to get the kids. And the baby crocodiles. We have a large family."
"Oh... I see..." Mimi tried to keep her beat, but Fiesta was getting very crowded.
"HEY! 'Tootsie Roll,' You think you're all hot now, don't ya?" A woman followed by two other women made their way to her.
The first woman was tall. She had long dark brown hair and nearly black eyes. She had a half-smile, a mischievous one, like she had a plan of some sort. She wore a beige tank top that looped down, just below the top of her breasts. Her capris were leather and corresponded with the leather texture of her black sandals. Her name was Bianca.
The woman to her right had short, brown hair and resembled Josie from Josie and the Pussy Cats. Her eyes were greenish-brown. She was shorter than the first. She wore a dark red miniskirt with a black three-quarter shirt that had a low collar. She seemed like she knew something that nobody else did. The look on her face taunted, "Somebody's in trouble!" Her name was Dana.
The woman to the left was blonde with long hair in curls. She wore a white, frilly skirt that stopped midway past her knees. Her shoes were yellow flip flops that matched her yellow tank top. On her tank top read in white army numbers "69". She sucked a big, red lollipop and laughed at everything. Don't let her innocent appearance fool you; she is no virgin. This ditz's name was Mallory.
Bianca, Dana, and Mallory were the best dancers at Fiesta. They, like Mimi and Sora, got paid to dance. And after hearing all this talk about Mimi and Sora be "so hot" Bianca was pretty much sick of this talk she considered nonsense. So, being that bad girl she has always been, she decides to put them in their place.
"Um, what?" Mimi asked, irritated that someone would be so rude to approach her in such a way. She may like attention, but she didn't think at all that she was better than anyone else.
"Mimi." Bianca looked her over. "Where's the other one?"
"Oh, Sora? She's at the bar."
"Nope, I'm right here, Mimi." Sora approached. "And I just met Tai, he's so fun and crazy and-"
"Excuse me, but I was talking." Bianca interrupted.
"Yeah, she was talking." Dana backed her up.
"Then talk." Mimi got irritated.
Bianca, Dana and Mallory glared a Mimi before Bianca started speaking. "Since you two need help finding your place in Fiesta, we'll help you understand who's on top here. So, how about a little challenge?"
"You mean, dancing?" Mimi asked.
"Does she have to break it down to baby words for you?" Dana mouthed off.
"Look girl, you better watch your-" Sora was ready to pound Dana.
"Sora!" Mimi cut her off. "Don't waist your breath on her."
"Hahahahahaha!!" Mallory laughed out loud. "She said don't waist- waist your..." Mallory stopped when she saw that nobody was laughing and Bianca was shaking her head "no."
"So, you think you can handle a little challenge to put you in your place?" Bianca challenged.
"You mean to put you in your place." Mimi corrected.
"Can't we all just be friends?" Mallory asked with a puppy dog face. Her voice always seemed babyish.
"Um, excuse me, but I'm not exactly the fighting type. Mimi you can handle them right?" Sora said yawning.
"Of course." Mimi winked at Sora.
"Sure. You get em tigress," Sora winked back. It wasn't that Sora just chickened-out or anything, she just didn't think it made any sense to fight to show who's on top. Unless it was a friendly competition, like tennis or soccer.
"Can we start now?" Dana asked.
The song "Hey Mama" came on. "Yep " Mimi and Bianca said.
"Yay! We get to dance- Together!! We are bonding!!" Mallory cheered.
'Okay,' Mimi thought. 'So, it's three to one. Bring it on.'
Very soon, Mimi danced away her challenge, making her original moves and Bianca and the girls did the same. Everybody was cheering and 'OOOO'ing, thinking that one person made the best move, then the other would surprise the crowd with something better.
12:15 PM
"So who won?" Sora asked from the bar seat.
"Nobody. It was a tie." Mimi muttered, sitting down next to her. She had wanted to put Bianca in her place, but it was a tie. Or so thought Bianca and she. At least now Bianca knew that she wasn't that hot that she could degrade people like that.
"I'll say it was an intense battle." Tai said from behind the counter.
"Who are you?" Mimi asked, surprised.
"Yeah, I'll say you beat her to a pulp." said a blonde beside Tai.
"Who are you?" She asked even more surprised.
"Oh, Mimi this is Tai." Sora introduced.
"Tai, what kind of name is-" Mimi's eyes widened. "TAI!!!!!" Mimi jumped over the counter and gave Tai a huge hug.
"Um, have we met?" asked a confused Tai.
The blonde, wanting some affection too, spoke up. "I'm Matt. Matt Ishida." And he gave his million-dollar smile. Some girls at the bar and on the dance floor squealed when he did so.
Looking over Tai's shoulder, Mimi wanted to melt once she saw Matt. "Oh sorry, Tai. Don't you remember me? You used to live in my neighborhood, in Georgia?"
"Georgia... Georgia..." Tai scanned his memory. His eyes widened. "MIMI?!" He picked Mimi off the ground and gave her a huge hug. "It's been forever! Wow, you've gotten hot!"
Mimi blushed. "Um, Tai, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?"
"Oh, him? Matt? Come' ere buddy! Meet Mimi!"
"Hi." Matt said. A little nervous.
"Hi?" Mimi teased. "Hi is so short and stupid. How about something like 'Hey Princess!' or-"
"Or 'hey, babe.'" Matt teased in a slick tone. Even more girls squealed after he did so.
Mimi paused. "Oi, I like that."
"Tai, can I have another smoothie?" Sora asked sweetly.
"It'll cost ya a dance." Tai grinned like an idiot.
"You got it." Sora held out a hand a Tai took it, jumping over the counter and dancing her into the crowd.
"Do you wanna dance?" Mimi asked Matt, seeing that he wanted to be in the crowd.
"Yeah, I do. But I can't until my break." Matt said. 'Great, I miss the chance to dance with an incredibly cool girl, and I can't. Just because my break doesn't come till an hour.'
"Well, I'll just sit here with you," Mimi said looking over the drinks they had.
"Really?!" Matt almost choked. "I mean... if you want."
"What all do ya have?" Mimi asked, looking over all the drinks behind Matt.
"Everything." he sighed. "Please don't ask me what's everything."
Mimi laughed. "In that case I'll have..." Mimi looked around thinking what they may not have. "I'll have an extra fizz broccoli-steak pineapple-egg-and-cheese flavored margarita with onions and peaches topped with grass and gummy bears." Mimi smiled.
"No way!" Matt exclaimed. "I thought I was the only one who liked that!" He was smiling as he had already prepared half the 'beverage'.
For an hour, Mimi sat and talked with Matt. They talked of all the things they liked and disliked, and how they felt that Fiesta was definitely something very special. While they talked, both Matt and Mimi didn't even notice Fiesta getting crowded, with people signing on and off work. Mimi didn't even notice the many jealous glances Bianca and other girls gave her. And the second it was time for Matt's break, they were out on the dance floor, dancing to "I Like That."
2:45 AM
"Okay people, let's clear out. The place is clean enough." Roana said to the last of the remaining staff members. "Hey Sora, and Mimi, your paychecks are on the bar with Tiny."
"T-Tiny?" stuttered a timid Sora.
Mimi laughed. "You act like he's a big dude or something."
"He is." said Tai and Matt in a warning voice.
"Heehee! hiccup He's mys hero! He said ifs I- hiccup I step aways from him, hiccup he'd hook mes up with Snoopy!" slurred a laughing Mallory. She was smiling and her eyes were crossed.
"Is she...?" Mimi started.
"Yep." Matt finished. "She only drinks when Bianca and Dana aren't here."
"Oh," Mimi raised her eyebrow as a burly bouncer swept her out with his hands.
"TOOTSIE ROLL!" Mallory yelled back to Mimi. "SAVE ME! SAVE ME TOOTS!" Mimi cringed.
"Well, good night Fiesta," Mimi sighed. She thought if Fiesta were a person, she'd hug it 'goodnight'.
Matt jumped from over the counter so that he was respectfully close to Mimi. "So are you coming back?"
"Of course I am. This is my home now." Mimi said fingering her crown chain necklace. "I'm sure Sora loves it here too."
Matt and Mimi looked over to Tai and Sora. Tai was still behind the bar and Sora was scrabbling her number on a piece of paper to Tai.
"When will you come back?"
Mimi raised and eyebrow and smiled. "Can't get enough of me, can ya?" she said playfully.
"No." he said truthfully. A half smile was on his face and he stared at a random table in Fiesta.
Mimi saw the expression on his face. She could tell that he wanted to see her more. And before Matt could say anything more, she pulled him into a hug and smiled. "Goodnight." She said sweetly and sincerely. She pulled away.
"Night." He said back. His blonde hair was messy from dancing, and his body yearned to go to sleep, but his deep azure eyes were full of life when he stared into Mimi's honey ones.
"Come on, Mimi," Sora said from Fiesta's entrance. "Bye Tai, Matt, Roana," she gulped. "Tiny."
"Bye," They all said. Tiny just stared at her. Sora tried to shrug it off, but it clung on to her until she left the club with Mimi.
Mimi looked back. "This place is great," Mimi though aloud. Or did she mean Matt was great? She didn't know, but she did know she had to get some sleep because tomorrow Iquoa was to be at her house at 9 am.
So what'd ya think? Huhuhuhuh? lol. Anywayz, The next chapter is crazy and Iquoa comes into the picture. I live for reviews, and once again, thanks to everyone who reviewed.
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