A.N: Okay, sorry this took so long to update. I hope you enjoy this chapter…

As Simple As A Date Can Be

The sky was still blue but was slightly turning pink. A cool breeze swept through the city. Two people kept walking down the street. They were on their way to the central city park.

"So…." TK started. "Umm…. I…. Uhh…." 'What should I say now? This was a lot easier at dinner,'

Kari smiled at his goofy words. She was going to say something, but found that she had a hard time, too. "Well… um…."

A silence soon overcame them. And it was going so well at dinner, too.

Finally, a suitable topic came to TK's mind. "So, Tai didn't seem to happy when I came over to your apartment earlier…" The blonde started to ponder over whether the old digimon leader was still his friend.

Kari smiled and laughed shortly. "Oh, TK. He was just acting like a weirdo. You know, like always?" She couldn't help but laugh at her own joke. TK smiled while feeling a little better. "Tai is just protective, but you don't have to worry. He knows to trust you. That is why he is probably laying asleep on the couch in our living room with the channel left on a soccer game right now."

-

"Sora… Come on," Tai urged as he scrambled down the road with a beeping tracking device in hand. "They are moving fast." He turned to see his auburn haired friend hopping down the sidewalk, trying to pull on a sneaker.

"What happened to your shoe?" Tai inquired. Sora let out a huff as she straightened it out.

"On the last block…" She said bluntly with a hint of hidden anger in her voice. "Remember how you nearly pulled me into the brick building as you rounded that corner so fast!"

Thinking for a second, Tai scratched his head. That was when the beeping device lost its signal and he became frantic. He remembered. "I have no clue what you're talking about!" he spoke as innocently as possible.

Giving a glare, Sora looked at the device. "Are they nearing the park yet?" Tai shook his head 'No'. "Then Tai, why don't we take the shortcut? When we were kids, we'd always take that back route to reach to park. It cuts almost ten minutes off the normal time."

Still shaking his head, Tai answered. "No. What if they don't go directly to the park? Do you know what could happen to them if we don't stay on course?"

"Hmmm…. Well, they could stop for ice-cream, TK could buy pretty daisies for her, they could laugh happily in each other's company…." Sora watched Tai's face. She could not help saying what she was going to say next. " TK could propose to her and they would elope and then go on… their honeymoon!"

"NANANANANA! NOT LISTENING!" The soccer boy shouted while nearly sprinting off down the road, holding the silver device in front of him. Smirking, the older girl followed Tai down the sidewalk. Just because she was dragged on this spy mission didn't mean she couldn't have a little fun.

-

"-And then, he says 'That's not a digimon, it's my wife!'" TK began cracking up after Kari finished her joke. Both were in a laughing fit. As the laughter continued and so did their feet, TK's mind began wondering things. Pathetic things, really.

'Hey, what if she thinks I am only laughing to be polite? Oh no, then she'll think I have no backbone. If I stop laughing, though, she'll think I don't care. But it was funny. Now what? Oh, I wonder what she's thinking about now………..' He lowered his laugh to a chuckle to stay in the middle of his thoughts.

'It would be funny if TK was consulting whether or not to laugh at my corny joke. That would be so funny, but cute….' Kari thought amusingly as the two stopped at the crosswalk.

"Hey! I can see the park," TK said happily. Sure enough, further away was the glimpse of a few trees. "Just another street down and we'll be there."

The light turned green, and the two crossed.

-

Tai galloped down the sidewalk. His hair was falling in his eyes, but he had to catch up to his sister and friend. At that time, he was a good 15 yards away from them. Tai began to panic. 'Hurry Tai! They are to far ahead. I can barely see them.'

After some more seconds of running, he caught up and was a reasonable distance behind the two. Once, Kari looked back fore she thought she saw someone. To avoid his capture, Tai dove behind a garbage can.

'Ewww….' He thought disgustedly. Daring to peak out, he saw TK and Kari arrive at the park entrance.

"All right Sora," Tai whispered. "The park is big and we'll need to stay close at all times as to not be found. And…. Sora?"

Tai turned behind him and was surprised to not see his best friend. "Uhh… Sora?" 'Uh oh. What corner did I lose her on now?'

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Tai pulled out his Walkie-Talkie. "Hello? Sora? Are you there?"

"…Yeah. Where are you?" Came the girl's worried voice. "TK and Kari are already in the park."

Tai's eyes shot open as he stood up and faced the park. "You mean you're there? How'd you get there so fast?"

There was an exasperated sigh on the other end of the small device.

"Remember the short cut you wouldn't allow us to take? I took it and arrived here just in time to see the cute couple pass. Right now I am hiding behind a tree near the-" A tap on the shoulder made Sora jump.

Turning around swiftly, she came face to face with Tai. "Wha? How did you get here so fast?"

Tai's face gained a proud look. He was about to say how he 'heroically' moved so fast when Sora took the tracking device from him.

"Never mind that. I guess we should keep going," she said. Face faulting, Tai hurried up a step behind her.

-

Tai flipped through his booklet as he allowed Sora to hold the tracking device and lead them through the maze of trees.

'Oh, I see!' Tai thought while reading a paragraph entitled: Little Sis Goes to Watch Sunset With Date. 'Wow, this is amazing how this book is so precise!'

Skimming down the pages gave Tai some thought of how to handle anything drastic. After finishing the very long paragraph, Tai flipped to the front. One of the chapters in the index was called: Sis Eloping with Boyfriend. With widening eyes, Tai prayed that that would be something he'd never have to read.

"I think they are stopping," Sora's voice brought him back to reality.

"What? Where? When? Why? How?" Tai ran in front of her just to feel a hand on his neck yank him back. He fell on his bum with a thud. He looked up, perplexed, to his friend.

Growling, Sora pointed around the tree they were behind. Just about 5 feet away sat TK and Kari on a bench.

"Oops. That was close. He he he... I guess you are finally getting into the whole spy thing huh, Sora?" Tai said as he stood up from the dirty ground.

Trying to hold back a smile, Sora spoke. "Well, maybe a little."

"Welcome to the dark side," Tai teased. The two 'spies' then turned to peak around the tree. Sora knelt in the grass to best hide herself. Tai, on the other hand, had his big, bushy hair sticking out from the side of the tree. There was no hope for that anyway. The tree's massive branches stretched out in all directions, so the two were covered by shade.

"Now, we just have to be quiet…"

"Hey guys!" Called a loud voice. Sora and Tai froze in place as fear crept into them. Not him. Anybody but him.

Cracking his head around slightly, Tai greeted him with a 'Shhh!'. The boy was about to open his mouth again, but Sora had rushed up to him. She clamped her hand onto his mouth.

"Davis, I think you should go over to the… um…. Lake and uh… get a hot dog," She whispered in his ear.

Furrowing his brow, the boy known as Davis moved away. "I am not dumb you know. Why don't you just tell me what's up?" His voice was hushed too.

'I don't give this kid enough credit,' Tai thought proudly as he watched his younger friend. "Davis, sometimes I underestimate you. You and I are a lot alike though."

Davis then asked what was up. Hesitantly, Sora showed him the sight on the other side of the tree. Upon seeing the couple, Davis's eyes bulged out of their sockets. He tried to race out to them, but Sora held his shirt back.

"Wow, even I am not that bad-" Tai was cut short as he saw that TK had his arm around Kari's waist. His eyes bulged out and he tried to get to them. He found that he was soon stuck in the same position as Davis: Frantically pulling with Sora holding his shirt back.

"Just what I need," Sora growled as she pulled the two boys back and out of sight. "Two immature boys. I am going to have to start a baby-sitting service." She laughed at her joke while the spiky haired guys glared at her.

Davis then spoke up quietly. "Please say that Kari and TB are not on a… da-date." He watched the faces of the original digidestined.

"Sorry, Davis. They are," Sora said, trying to make her friend feel better.

"But… Do they really really like each other?" Davis asked Tai and Sora.

Tai turned his head to Sora. "Yeah, do they?" Sora took a glance around the tree to see the cute couple.

"I think they do… But then again, that is my opinion."

"I just hope TH doesn't do anything bad," stated Davis boldly. No way would he let the blonde boy get away with it if he did.

"Hey, Davis," Tai asked while stepping closer to the boy. "How would you like to go spying with us? You know, just to make sure nothing bad does happen."

"Oh boy! Would I!" Nearly shouting, Davis agreed. Sora shook her head. When was this going to end?

-

TK kept his arm around his date's waist. He was very tense. 'What if she doesn't want this? Maybe I should take my arm back. But what if she doesn't want me to? I need a hint here. I don't want to make her uncomfortable. Maybe I should take it away…' TK felt Kari lean more onto him. '…Or maybe not.'

"I never knew how great this spot was to watch a sunset," Kari sighed while snuggling a little closer to TK. TK agreed. From where they were, they could see the sun setting over the park lake. Beautiful golds and yellows, which were reflected in the water, danced on the trees while the wind rustled through the leaves. A perfect sight indeed.

Kari yawned a tired yawn and rested her head on TK's shoulder. Smiling softly, TK rested his head on hers.

-

"All right Davis, here's your costume," Said Tai handing a costume of a sort to Davis.

"Where did you get that old thing?" Sora asked as Tai held up his spy kit.

Smiling he said, "This box holds all of your spy needs, Sora. Didn't I tell you before?"

Davis pulled the brown over coat over himself. Then he took an odd looking brown hat with a feather and placed it atop of his head. Tai handed him a newspaper that had two eyeholes in the front.

"Okay Agent 006…You know what to do?" Tai, who was trying to sound like a secret agent, asked Davis.

"Not a clue captain!" Davis said standing up. "But I'll wing it."

"Okay. Now everyone, into positions," said Tai. He started to climb up the tree the group had been hiding behind. Davis took off from the other side of the tree. Sora looked confused.

"And what am I supposed to do?" She whispered to Tai who sat on a branch in the tree. Tai threw a book down to her.

"Read pages 67b to 71c," He ordered quietly. Sora opened the handbook to the page she was told. It was entitled: In Case of Emergency!

'Oh brother…'

-

Davis held the newspaper to his face. He strolled slowly down the path and sneaked a couple of glances at the couple. First, he felt angry with TJ… TK. But he saw Kari's smile and his heart warmed. As long as she was happy.

A few feet away from the two teens on their date was another bench. Davis took a seat there and pulled out a spare Walkie-Talkie.

"They are getting a little close there, Captain," Davis spoke in a hushed voice. Tai had received the message.

"Roger 006," Tai answered from a branch high up in the tree. At that point, he had another one of his brilliant plans. He was going to play 'Squirrel'.

Nearly silently, the brunette pulled out a bag of acorns: Courtesy of the 'Older Brother Spy Kit'. Also, attached to a stick was a stuffed squirrel.

'Hehe… This book has such great ideas,' he thought as he leaned forward with a couple of the nuts in his hands. Ever so slowly, he inched over the branch. Finally, when he was directly over his sister and friend, Tai dropped the acorns onto their heads.

The two teens immediately shot up and starred up. Their action only received more acorns to fall onto their heads from the leafy tree. TK became worried that they were under attack by someone or something.

"What in the world? Show yourself!" TK yelled as he stood in front of Kari. Both looked up to the tree. An odd, high-pitched squeak rang out and some leaves rustled. Then a squirrel poked its head out from the branch.

Kari began to laugh as she looked at TK's face and at the little rodent. "I guess this tree is occupied." She giggled. TK blushed from the slight embarrassment, but joined in laughing.

-

Up in the tree, Tai was watching nervously. 'I think they bought it…' he thought thankfully. The book was right about how to break up the 'cuddling moment'. Up the path a little, Tai good see Davis shaking with laughter. If the newspaper were not in front of him, the couple would have definitely noticed him.

'Oh, if he gives me away….' Tai angrily thought as TK and Kari spoke to each other quietly.

-

"Let's go further down to the lake," suggested TK. "There are fewer trees and so no one will pop in unexpectedly." He referred to the little gray rodent.

Kari nodded, and then linked her arm with his. "We better go now. The sun is setting fast." The sun was almost below the horizon, but the pinks still lingered in the darkening sky. TK smiled and nodded. The two then walked off.

Once they two passed by the other bench, Davis got up. He quickly trotted over to where Sora was sitting and still reading the book.

"I guess I won't need these anymore," said Davis while pulling off the jacket and hat. Sora looked up at the tree where Tai was still located. She eyed the clothing in Davis's hands and then the book.

"What's wrong?" wondered Davis.

"Davis," She said easily. "Pick up the jacket." The goggle-boy did as he was told. "Now hold one end in each hand, like a net." Hesitantly, the boy did that. "Take… three steps to your left." Davis listened again.

"Now what?"

"Ahh…" the auburn haired girl sighed and smirked knowingly. "Just wait…"

-

"All right guys!" came Tai's voice from up in the tall tree. "I am coming down now."

'Wow, that worked so well. I never thought that they would really buy the fake squirrel act. It must have looked pretty life like.' He looked to where he thought he left the stuffed animal.

The bag of left over acorns had a tail leaning out of it. "Ah. Right. I put it there so I wouldn't lose it." Taking a footstep down to be on a lower branch was his first step. Then Tai reached forward to grab the tail and bag so he could begin his trip down the tree branches.

A glimpse of something 'stuffed' gained his attention just as he gripped tightly onto the tail and bag. On the ground was a stuffed squirrel.

'Uh oh-' Tai's thoughts were ended abruptly as the tail in his hands wiggled and squirmed violently. The surprise was not over for the poor teen as a live squirrel jumped out of the bag and leaped at the bushy haired boy!

Tai dodged the attack as best as he could by leaning back on the tree branch. The gray squirrel missed him but Earth has those nasty laws of gravity and force. Scrambling and flailing his arms out just wasted his energy as he was pulled downwards.

-

"Sora, what am I waiting fo- Ahhh!" Boom. Clunk. "Oww…" Came two digi-leaders' voices.

"That," Sora said simply while looking at the In Case of Emergency! page. 'Hmm… Maybe this book is useful for something.'

Then, the tracking device started up. Tai jumped from his position on the ground and ran over to it.

"Holy cow!" He shouted while looking out to the other side of the lake where two people sat. "How did they get that far so soon?" He didn't wait for a reply from his friends. He swiped up his kit and costumes and sped off.

Davis looked at Sora. She stood up and began off. "Come on. We got to make sure he doesn't hurt himself."

"Sorry, Sora," Davis said while looking disappointed. "I have to go home. The streetlights will be on soon. I promised my mom that I'd be home to help with supper."

Sora nodded understandingly. "Okay. See ya around Davis."

Davis walked away as Sora looked across the large lake to her young friends. 'Sweet puppy love…' She thought happily.

Then a shadowy figure moved from a tree behind the couple. Sora's eyes widened in fear, but then obtained a better look. No shadowy figure had that much spiky hair, unless his name was Taichi Kamiya.

"I swear I really should be paid for this…." She said as she ran off to the other side of the park.

A.N: Again, sorry for updating late. I had been slacking at the beginning of this so I tried to make the ending better. There will be one more chapter and if you've been waiting for the major TK/Kari part (hint hint), stay tuned for the next chapter.

Thank you all, very very much, for the reviews. They are much appreciated, especially when your fingers start cramping up from typing for two and half hours straight.

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