A.N: Well, here's the chapter you all have asked for! This is longer than the last chapter. I listened to every one of your reviews and decided to put some things in that you suggested. Thank you all!! Please enjoy….

As Simple As A Date Can Be

Sora was surprised that Tai would actually go out spying. It didn't seem like him. But when he told her it was for Kari's date, Sora understood.

"Tai, just let her have some fun," chuckled the red-haired girl. She tried to reassure her friend that the date was going to be fine, but it wasn't working to well.

"Please Sora," Tai begged. "If I call anyone else to help me spy, they'll think I'm nuts!"

"You are nuts Tai," Said Sora who had already started pulling on her sneakers. "But, if it means so much to you, I'll go."

Tai's face became bright. If his friend wasn't going to go, he would have just stayed at home and worried for a few hours. But now, everything changed.

"Alright. I'll go down to your floor in five minutes," The teenage boy stated. He was glad that the Takenouchi family only lived a floor down from them. "And don't worry about spy gear. I have that taken care of."

Giving a heavy sigh, Sora hung up the phone and grabbed an orange jacket. This was going to be a long night.

-

Tai placed the phone back into its holder and went to his room. He dove under his bed and began to dig through miscellaneous objects and knick-knacks until he found what he wanted. It was a fairly small dust-covered box that Tai had bought three years ago from a magazine. It read on top: 'Older Brother Spy Kit'.

'I knew this would come in handy,' thought Tai gleefully as he picked it up along with his jacket. Then he raced out the door, almost forgetting to lock it.

When he reached the next floor, Sora was waiting. She didn't look too happy.

"I still think Kari can take care of herself. I mean, if it was Davis she went out with I would worry, but this is TK…" Tai rummaging through his small box made her stop.

"Huh? Did you say something?" Tai asked completely not hearing what she had said. Fuming slightly, Sora began walking off. Following right behind her was Tai. "Hey! Wait for me!"

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The two were walking down Shunia Street and came to a stop at the corner. That was when realization hit Sora. She turned to Tai as they waited for the crossing sign to change. Then she asked him.

"Uhh… Tai…. Do you know where they were going to go?"

Tai smiled. He knew where they were. It was all thanks to a little gadget that he had bought separate of the kit. He hooked it onto Kari's sweater just before her and TK had left. "Two words, Sora: Tracking device."

He took a little beeping, radio-looking, machine out of his pocket and handed it to Sora. He told her that the blue light was Kari's tracking device and the yellow one was theirs. The seven-teen year old looked to the screen.

"It's saying that they are on Hesynia Avenue. But, more specifically, they are in that new restaurant," spoke Sora. "If I recall, it's called 'Louise's Kitchen'."

The crosswalk sign allowed the two to cross, and Tai asked Sora, "How do you know the name?"

"Oh. Yolei just got a job there as a waitress," After Sora said that, she looked at her brown haired friend's expression. "Oh no. You are not going to drag Yolei into this whole thing to, are you?"

Laughing, Tai replied, "Of course not. But…. she can get up close to the table and find out what's going on."

He picked up his pace and continued on towards the café. "Why am I helping you again?" Called a fairly mad girl from behind him.

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The café was bustling and the small couple of TK and Kari were lucky to receive a seat. The table was located semi in the center of the room.

"Maybe I should have chosen a different place to eat," TK though out loud as the waiters passed by them quickly. Kari smiled at her date and picked up a menu. She had heard that this place was supposed to have wonderful food.

"I think that 'Louise's Kitchen' is just fine, TK," Kari said sweetly. That made the young teenage boy less anxious. As long as Kari was happy, he was happy.

He picked up his menu too, and began skimming it for a nice meal.

Little did the two on the date know, was that they were being watched.

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The two older digi-destined had just stepped into the restaurant. While Sora went over to the main desk to see if any reservations were needed to get in, Tai snuck behind a fairly big plant. When Sora saw him she hit his elbow.

"Put the binoculars away, Tai," She ordered. "They are in plain sight."

Reluctantly, Tai placed the binoculars back in his coat pocket. He then caught a glimpse of a girl walking around from table to table wearing a waitress outfit. Right away he could tell, by her blue bandana, that it was Yolei.

"Be right back…. Oh! And stay low," whispered the brunette, who started off in the opposite direction.

Before the redhead could do anything, he was out of sight. Then she went back to the seating host. So far, the café was packed to maximum capacity.

-

"Hey, TK?" Kari asked, without moving the menu away from her face. TK looked up to her. "Does Matt have a date with… I don't know… Sora tonight?"

"Not that I know of, why?"

Kari motioned her hand to where Sora was standing in the main lobby. TK tilted his head. Normally Matt would make a big deal of his dates with his girlfriend.

"Think we should go talk to her?" TK asked Kari. Kari shook her head in response.

"If Sora's here, it must be a date…" She said as she finally decided on what to eat. The blonde boy turned back to the main lobby, but to his surprise, Sora was gone. He just brushed it off.

A few minutes later, a waitress came over to the table. "May I take your order?" She asked politely.

TK motioned for Kari to place her order. She said that a simple Cesar Salad would be fine. TK told the waitress that he wanted a plain chicken sandwich.

The blonde eighteen year old nodded and walked away.

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As the girl went over to the kitchen, she was pulled aside by her new friend.

"Yolei…. What's the matter?"

"Can I switch tables with you. Those two," She pointed to where Kari and TK were sitting. "Are my friends and they are on a date and… yeah."

The blonde waitress nodded and handed Yolei the dinner list. As Yolei's friend walked away, Tai and Sora came over.

"So, what should I look for when I go by them?" Yolei questioned Tai.

The boy thought for a second and said, "Just make sure that their hands and feet are not touching, that they don't look dreamily at each other, and be sure that TK keeps precise eye contact. I don't want him to lower his veiw-Oww." Sora whacked his head.

"Don't even think that little TK would do that, Tai!" She nearly yelled.

Scratching his head, Tai smiled innocently. The younger girl laughed at the two and walked off. She didn't mind being part of the spy action. It even seemed rather fun to watch her best friends on their first date. 'This will be fine as long as Davis doesn't find out…' Yolei thought gleefully.

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"So…. How are you and Patamon doing?" Kari asked. "It feels like forever since I have seen the little guy."

"We're doing fine. I think he misses hanging out with Gatomon though," Said TK.

"Well, we should bring them to the park or something. Then they could play and we could hang out," suggested Kari. TK nodded in agreement. He also blushed a little at the mention of 'we'.

"That sounds-" Yolei showing up in front of the table cut him off.

"Hello, Sir and Madam," She said trying to sound formal. "Your previous waitress had to uhh…. Go to… a waitress convention…" The two young teens stared at her, puzzled.

Yolei blushed after her excuse did not go to well. Then she continued. "Oh, and about the meals you had ordered. It seems that the kitchen ran out of that…. stuff. So as a compliment of the restaurant, we shall give you a free spaghetti meal."

Before TK or Kari could say anything, Yolei ran off.

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Sora was sitting on a bench in the lobby, admiring all the great smells from the kitchen. The older boy was just pacing back and forth near the door. He saw Yolei leave the order slip for one of the chefs. She then came over to her friends.

"So……..?" Tai began, trying to get the girl to say something. Yolei grinned happily and put her hands on her hips.

"They were just talking at the table and nothing else," She declared. Tai gave a sigh of relief while Sora spotted some sort of glisten in Yolei's eye, though. She was going to ask, when her friend continued.

"Yeah. It was actually quite boring. So I placed them an order of spaghetti. You know like in the "Lady and the Tramp". I think that that part is so-"

"YOU DID WHAT?" Tai exclaimed loud enough for a few customers to look their way. Tai quieted down just as Yolei remembered she had to go wait on other tables. When she was gone Tai looked from behind the front lobby plant to over at the young couple.

Sora placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay Tai. Maybe we should just go home now. I mean, what can we do?" Inside she was thankful.

Tai was very close to nodding, when his hand went into his pocket. Instantly, an idea came to his mind. He pulled out the book that came with the spy kit. After flipping through a few pages he stopped. The chapter was titled: "Food Interference."

'Have you followed your younger sister on her first date to a restaurant? Did you ask a friend to wait on them and they go and order spaghetti? Here is how you can intercept the chances of them meeting in a small kiss….'

Tai read down the page and silently slipped away. The auburn haired girl sighed and crouched behind the plant to be a look out for Tai. For some reason, she knew he had to be doing something drastic.

After a couple of minutes, there had been no sign of her soccer-playing friend. Sora tried to take more of a look around the building, but from her position, it was impossible. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Yolei walk by with a hot plate of spaghetti. As she approached the table, Sora saw some unruly brown hair: Tai!

As the plate was set down, Sora watched the protective big brother crawl under a table. Sora gasped at her friend's actions. Intensively, she watched as Tai lifted the tablecloth and did a dodge roll under another table.

'He isn't doing what I think he's doing… is he?' worried the red haired girl.

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"Wow. This looks great!" exclaimed Kari and TK simultaneously. They put their forks into the big plate of noodles.

Kari brought a small bite to her mouth. She smiled as she tasted it. "This is wonderful. Try it, TK."

The boy, too, agreed with his date after he tried some. They continued to eat, occasionally blushing if they caught the other's eye.

It was going fine, until a slight bump was felt under the table. It was a good thing that the restaurant was noisy, or the couple may have heard the "Owww" muttered by Tai.

Both of the kids did not find the bump to be a fuss over. They continued to eat their meal, until both started on the same noodle. Not noticing it, they kept eating until their faces were inches apart.

From afar, Sora sighed happily at the sight. What ever Tai had planned was not going to work. At least that's what Sora thought before she saw a hand and head rise up from the other side of the table. In their hands were a scissors. There was a small 'snip' as the scissors cut the noodle before the couple could meet at the middle.

TK and Kari didn't see the boy for they were gazing around the restaurant.

Tai ducked back under the table and would occasionally check to see if they were going to catch the same noodle again. Finally, they finished the meal. Tai breathed out happily as Yolei came to take the plate away. But, now came the hard part. He had to get away.

'All right, Tai. Just go out from the backside and they won't see you…' Tai thought as he tried his best at turning under the table. By accident, he bumped against TK's leg.

'Oh no. If he thought that was Kari….' Thought Tai as he gritted his teeth. Then he put to much weight on his one hand and stumbled a bit. He hit Kari's leg by accident that time.

He mentally was cursing at himself. This was not what he wanted to do. He began to crawl away from the feet as fast as he could. Then he felt two feet tap him lightly from each side. Above he could hear quick apologies.

Tai thought quickly. 'I need a diversion. Maybe Sora has an idea.'

The boy pulled out his walkie-talkie. There was a beep and he sent a signal to Sora.

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Beep. Beep. Beep. Sora heard a tiny sound emitting from Tai's backpack. He had left it with her so he wouldn't lose it.

She opened the bag and pulled out a small walkie-talkie. "Hello?" she asked into it.

"Sora," came a whisper of Tai's voice. "Need… Distraction… Oww… They're playing…. Oww… Footsie!"

"Uhh… Alright," Sora said while holding down the talk button. She had to think of something that wouldn't get her caught. The worst thing was that Yolei had left for her brake.

Thinking fast, she saw a waiter go by. The idea came to her in a flash. She jumped to her feet and ran over to the man. When Sora got to him, she whispered in his ear.

-

'Oww… Where is she?' Tai thought angrily. Just as his mind was formulating a plan, he heard music and voices.

"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you…"

'Ah…. So that is her plan,' He thought while climbing out from under the table. Doing his fast dodge roll to a nearby plant, he took a glance back towards TK and Kari. Both were watching the group of waiters and waitresses that had gathered around them to sing 'Happy Birthday' to TK.

Slowly sneaking away, he finally made it back to the front lobby. There, he met up with his best friend.

"Tai! That was probably the dumbest thing I have ever seen you do!" Sora exclaimed.

Tai put his hand behind his head and laughed nervously. "Dumb as in a good or bad way?"

Holding back the urge to whack some sense into his head, Sora leaned back against a wall. She looked over to the fourteen year olds.

"Well, now what? They will be finishing here soon, I am guessing," she said looking back at Tai.

"Well, we'll just have to follow them until they go home," He said boldly.

Sora looked skeptically at her friend. "But… Shouldn't you be home when Kari gets there?"

"Don't worry," He said while giving a wave of his hand. "I already have that planned-- Get down!"

Before she could react, Tai pushed her behind a bench and got by her side. They peered out through the cracks of the wooden bench. They watched as Kari and TK walked through the lobby and over to the door.

"This was fun," Kari stated as they headed out. TK laughed as he quickly paid the bill and caught up to Kari.

"Now what are you up too doing?" The blonde boy asked calmly. "It's just about 6:30."

Pulling her sweater around herself, Kari answered, "The park. How does that sound?"

TK smiled. "Great idea. The sun will be setting soon, too." He said knowing how much the brunette girl loved sunsets.

"Yeah. We have to watch it!" she exclaimed excitedly. TK grabbed to door handle and opened the door. He let Kari go before him and he soon followed.

For the teens that were still in hiding, they were whispering quietly. After a few seconds of disputing, Tai pleaded. "Please Sora… Just for a little longer." He was holding the beeping tracking device in his hand.

"Tai, can we just give it a rest and-" The face he was giving her was of the saddest puppy-dog eyes she had ever seen. Tai knew that she was powerless to it.

"Fine. To the park…. And then we'll end it," she said barely getting to finish her sentence as Tai pulled her up and out the doors.

A.N: Wow. This has another chapter written all over it. I hope this was good…. A little long…. But I thought it was pretty good. Please review.