A few days later came. It was Thursday evening. Tai and Matt came over for dinner.

"Yeah, so, Mimi broke up with me." Everyone spit out his or her rice, except Tai, who already knew, at Matt's sudden outburst. "It's no big deal." He said, "She just wasn't the right girl for me. I wasn't the right guy for her. So we broke up. It was surprising, really, how we could go back to being friends so quickly."

"Were you upset?" Asked Kari, concerned.

"No. I would've broken up with her if she hadn't said something first."

"Well that's good." Said TK.

"Yeah. But there is one thing I miss."

"What?" Asked TK.

"Her cooking is so much better than yours."

TK glared at his brother and opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the telephone. He put up a finger in a silent 'one-minute' sign and picked it up.

"Hello? Oh, hi Dr. Greystone. What a pleasant surprise." He put his hand over the receiver and shushed Matt and Tai, who were laughing at how syrupy TK sounded. "Our test results? Okay, let's hear 'em… Good… Yes, we do… Really? Great, thanks!" He hung up and said to a now silent room, "Kari, you are carrying a healthy baby boy!" Everyone went crazy, and the shocking news Matt had told them was forgotten.

"Hello, Baby Tai!" Tai cooed to Kari's belly. "We can't wait to meet you!"

"Baby TAI!?!" TK and Matt shouted.

"Who says the baby's named after you?" Matt pushed Tai out of the way. "Hey, Baby Matt! What's up!"

"Move!" Tai and Matt got into a fight over who got to talk to the baby next, Kari caught in the middle until TK rescued her. He carried her over to the sofa and laid her down.

"There," he said, "Now I can talk to baby TK."

"Baby TK!" Kari couldn't believe it.

"I'm kidding, love." He kissed her. She kissed back until she realized that Matt and Tai were watching them. She pushed TK away.

"Do you mind?" She asked her brother.

"Not at all. Please continue."

"I'll take care of it." TK got up and guided them in the direction of the door. He opened it to find Sora on the doorstep, finger hovering an inch from the doorbell, looking at him, startled.

"Sora. What a pleasant surprise!" TK hurried her inside, out of the July heat.

"I brought you something." She explained. "Oh, hi boys. Matt, I'm so sorry about you and Mimi."

"Don't be. We aren't exactly a match made in heaven."

"Wow. It's so relieving that you both have the same outlook on this." It seemed that Sora was as concerned as Kari had been. Romances always changed their group, especially when they didn't work out.

"Sora!" Kari said excitedly, sitting up, "It's a BOY!"

"Aaahhh!!!" Sora screeched. The two had a little shrieking fit ("Oooh, that is sooo cute!" and "I am soooo excited!").

"I am soooo glad it's not a girl." Matt said, mocking the two, while TK and Tai nodded in agreement.

"This is such a coincidence. Because I brought you a baby name book." Sora said when they had settled.

"You'd better start looking for names for it." Matt asked when they finally settled down.

"It's not an 'it' anymore, it's a him." Kari objected.

"And don't you forget it!" Tai scolded. "And why do they need a name book? His name is Tai, Jr."

"No way!" Said Matt.

"Well, what else?"

"It's up to TK and Kari." They shot Matt thankful looks.

"What happened to 'Baby Matt?'" Tai asked.

"I was kidding. Weren't you?"

"No."

"Tai," Sora reasoned, "When you have children, you can name them whatever you want. But this is Kari's baby."

"Can Kari's baby be named Tai, Jr.?"

"Only if she wants him to be."

"Kari? TK?"

"No." They said in unison.

"Darn."

"Matt's right, though. We should start looking." TK said.

"Okay, let's see here…" Kari opened the book, "How about Kenzabur?"

"What kind of a book did you buy Sora?" Tai rounded on her.

"What do you mean? It's a decent name."

"I am not having a nephew named Kenzabur!"

"Fine." Kari looked again. "How about Juro?"

"Sounds to much like Joe." TK complained.

"Oh, so now you're going to name him after Joe?" Tai complained.

"Yukiro? It means, 'gets what he wants.'"

"Our son will not be spoiled."

"I don't know… With a friend like Mimi…"

"We aren't getting anywhere with you picking the names," TK took the book. "Okay, let's see… Nazomi? It means hope."

"That's perfect!" Kari exclaimed.

"Oh wait… it's a girl name."

"Give me that!" Matt snatched the book from TK. "Tomo. I like that name."

"What does it mean?"

"Twin."

"Good heavens, no!" Said Kari. "Let's hope not!"

"Zinan? It means 'second son.' Oh. Guess not."

"Let me see!" Tai grabbed the book from Matt. "Tai? It means 'good-looking one.'"

"No!"

"Fine. Akira means anchor."

"Anchor? Not a chance." The name choosing went on.

"Matsua?"

"Kanko?"

"Oda?"

"Ikku?"

"Ooo, I like this one. Katai!" Tai beamed.

"Tai, no."

"You guys," Kari said finally, "We don't have to pick tonight. We have eight months."

TK checked his watch. "Woah! It got late. Kari needs her sleep." He turned to the others. "Leave."

"TK!" Kari hit him with the pad of paper they were using to write names down on.

"No, he's right Kari. Time to call it a day." Everyone left. Kari and TK checked on Patamon and Gatomon in their room. They were asleep, both curled around the egg to keep it warm. Then they went to bed themselves. Just before Kari fell asleep she heard TK say, "I don't know. I kinda liked Kenzabur."


Well, it took a while to get this chapter out. One very terrible rough draft and a lot of Japanese baby name websites produced this one. Hope you liked it!