Taichi and Sora walked hand-and-hand around the Sholang Mall.
"Tomorrow is the anniversary." Sora smiled.
"Yeah I know. Did you know Joe and Mimi are together?" Taichi smiled gently. "They are! How sweet! We all knew that Joe liked Mimi. Seems like we're all getting together."
Taichi smiled. "Yeah maybe what if I play guitar?"
Sora groaned. "You'll break my ears!" Taichi pretended to be offended and began to tickle her. Sora struck back.
"Hey I'm really ticklish!" Taichi shouted.
"Alright come on babe I give!" Taichi shouted.
Sora grinned mischievously. "OH how I love to hear you beg!" He ruffled her hair roughly. "I just combed that!" Sora protested. Taichi stuck out his tongue at Sora.
"Ohhh anata!" Sora growled. "If your brain were half as big as your hair.." Taichi shrugged. Sora chased Taichi playfully to the rose garden. Joe and Mimi were having a good time just talking for the moment being.
"So, for my seventeenth birthday I'm having this huge party. You're going to be there right?"
Joe smirked. "Of course no, I'd never think of it." Joe said sarcastically. Mimi playfully shoved him.
"Oh you can be so sarcastic, that's why I love you though." Mimi teased Joe. Joe tried to avoid her, but couldn't.
"Kissing you is becoming an addiction." Joe sighed happily.
Mimi winked. "I know and I like it." Joe grabbed her and gave her a deep kiss. Mimi loved the way Joe kissed.
'Um, not only is Mimi beautiful but also she's a dynamite kisser!' Joe thought.
Sora looked around and her eyes glistened. "Oh it's the rose garden! It's so beautiful!" Sora sat down on a bench.
Taichi looked at the roses. "They are gorgeous, you know only one thing could make this place more perfect."
Sora looked puzzled. "Nani?"
Taichi sat next to her and placed an arm around her, "Anata", Taichi responded. Sora blushed.
"Oh Taichi." Sora placed her head on Taichi's shoulder and he placed his hand on her knee. Joe and Mimi walked by the pair and they both smiled in unison. "Aww! I knew that they would be together someday!" Mimi cooed.
"Yeah way to go Taichi." Joe flashed him a thumbs up. Sora spotted Mimi and Joe. Taichi and Sora blushed madly and broke apart.
"Konban wa! It's been awhile since I've seen you guys around!" Sora cried happily.
"Hey what's up?" Joe shook Taichi's hand.
"Oh just looking at the roses. Seems you guys had the same idea as we did." Tai replied. Sora nodded.
"Actually ours was an accident." Sora smiled and Taichi returned the gesture. Mimi was bursting with excitement. "Yamato is having a concert tonight! I'm going for sure! Do you want to come Sora, Taichi?" Sora grimaced and Taichi looked embarrassed. They both knew Yamato was still raging mad about him and Sora being an item.
"Um I can't. I need to help my mom in the flower shop tonight." Sora lied. Mimi looked a bit disappointed.
"That's okay. June will be there you can't go Joe, Taichi?" Taichi simply shook his head.
"I wish I could go, demo I need to study." Joe looked at the ground sheepishly. Mimi raised an eyebrow. "Nani? Naze? It's summer!" Joe grinned sheepishly.
"I'm taking summer classes because I volunteered for them Mimi." Joe gave an embarrassed smile.
Mimi fell over in stupidity. "UH! I must be the only girl with a boyfriend who volunteers for summer school!" Joe shrugged and everyone else laughed.
"Why did you bring me to this particular spot Takeru?" Takeru peered into Hikari's eyes. Hikari melted.
Hikari loved Takeru's eyes, 'I could stare into his eyes forever', she thought. "This is where we first met, Every time I'm here I think of you, and since it's our anniversary." Hikari smiled and hugged him.
"You remembered! Oh Takeru! Here I got you a present!" Hikari handed him a wrapped gift.
Takeru opened it. "It's that charm we saw at that new place. How'd you know? Ariagto, I love it!" Takeru hugged her and gave her a present. Hikari opened it. "This is a diamond necklace of Gatomon. Did you have this made especially for me?"
Takeru nodded. "I thought that you would like it."
Hikari smiled. "You guessed right, honestly you spoil me." Hikari kissed him and they held each other tight.
After Joe took Mimi home, Mimi had walked to the concert with June.
"Yamato is so much a rock star! I hope I can get an autograph! Yamato's such a hottie! " June gushed on and on about how great Yamato was.
"He's got a great band. Yamato's the lead singer naturally." Mimi told June.
"I don't care as much about the music as I do about seeing Yamato!" June sighed dreamily. Mimi shook her head in an amused sort of way.
"Don't you wish he was your boyfriend?" June asked the older girl curiously. Mimi smiled.
"No because I've already got the greatest guy ever." Mimi gave a dreamy smile as she answered. June and Mimi went inside and took their seats. The concert was really cool. There were a lot of girls screaming Yamato's name. Mimi drifted into thoughts of Joe. Daisuke had come, mostly because Hikari was coming after her date with Takeru. 'I love this necklace Takeru gave me, he's so sweet! Takeru never forgets our anniversary.' Hikari smiled thinking happily of her long-term boyfriend.
"Hey Hikari where'd you get the necklace? From T.E.?" As usual Daisuke was trying to flirt with Hikari. Hikari ignored him. After the show June rushed backstage to get Yamato's autograph. Mimi reluctantly followed. Yamato spotted June and got sweatdrops.
"Uh heh heh June long time no see. What's up?" Yamato asked nervously. June threw herself at Yamato. Yamato sweated while June was going ballistic.
"I'm free Friday! Or Saturday!" June tossed suggestions into the air. Yamato handed her an autograph. He watched her run off still going ballistic.
"I usually don't get off that easy." Yamato sighed in relief, and then froze in place when Mimi walked in the room. Her dazzling smile, radiant beauty, and kind expression made her the center of attention. Yamato never noticed how attractive she was.
"Mimi, did you catch my show?"
Mimi nodded. "Hai, it was great. You band's awesome. I love the music."
Yamato smiled. "Arigato, I was thinking we could use a girl in the band. You have a really beautiful voice."
Mimi blushed. "It's been a long time since I've sung, but arigato." Mimi and Yamato talked for a few more moments, but by accident that turned into an hour. Yamato became more entranced by Mimi. 'What a beauty queen!' Yamato thought to himself.
"Well I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow at the picnic." Mimi replied as she went home and bade Yamato goodnight.
The next day everyone showed up for the anniversary, except Ken. Even Yamato was there.
"Mina-san! We're all here! Hey guys!" Mimi waved at everyone happily, and was sitting next to Joe. Sora was next to Taichi, and Hikari next to Takeru.
Izzy spotted Yolei. "Hey Yolei! Did you bring chow for us?" He called out.
Yolei winked. "Yep! I think my dad was relieved I didn't fill up another bag!" Daisuke grinned. "I can always count on you for a snack Yolei!" Daisuke was once again trying to flirt with Hikari and Takeru was getting quite irritated. Lori noticed this and sat between Daisuke and Hikari.
"So what's going on in the digital world these days?" Sora asked the new digidestined. Daisuke, Yolei, and Lori told everyone about their recent adventures.
"Daisuke almost made us Ninjamon chop suey because he had to play Mr. Heroic for Hikari!" Takeru teased. Hikari giggled.
"Hey T.E. you didn't have any ideas!" Daisuke jutted back. Everyone sighed. "You guys can argue some other time, I want to tell you how we defeated Blackwargreymon." Taichi said. The original digidestined eight smiled. It had been their big success.
"You guys sound so old when you call them the good ol' days!" Yolei joked. Lori laughed while Daisuke glared at Takeru. Hikari clutched Takeru's hand. While Daisuke was talking to Izzy Hikari kissed Takeru's cheek. Taichi instinctively had his arm around Sora; Sora was leaning on Taichi's shoulder. Yamato kept staring at Mimi. This was beginning to make Joe nervous.
'He's trying to get at my girl,' Joe thought. Mimi saw Joe's expression; she held his hand and gave him a kiss on the check to reassure him that she only loved him.
'I love you so much, Joe' Mimi thought. Joe smiled, knowing what she was thinking.
'I love you to,' he thought.
"Who wants some candy?" Mimi asked.
"Me!" everyone replied at once.
"Alright I'll go get some want to come Joe? Joe?" Mimi waved a hand in front of his face. Joe shook his head.
"I'll go." Yamato replied happily. Takeru, Hikari, Taichi, and Sora were surprised. Taichi knew Yamato was after Mimi.
"Um okay, I'll be right back." Mimi replied. Yamato bounded after Mimi.
"So why have you been avoiding me lately?" Yamato blurted out suddenly. Mimi frowned.
"Because you've been making passes at me! I love Joe. Joe's my boyfriend. We're just friends, Yamato." Mimi said in an exasperated tone.
"You're with Joe! That's even harder to believe than Taichi and Sora! What's so special about him?" Yamato asked in a huffy voice.
"He's sweet, kind, gently, and he loves me. That's special. He's one-of-a-kind." Mimi said proudly.
Yamato chuckled. "Demo, I love you to Mimi."
Mimi shook her head vigorously, "Iie, you're in love with my looks. Joe loves me for me. He respects me." Mimi pleaded with Yamato to knock off the flirting. Yamato still tried to convince Mimi he was better for her than Joe.
Back to the rest of the group:
Joe looked extremely nervous. "He's going to try to kiss her or something Taichi. Have you the way Yamato's been looking at Mimi today? I can't believe he's after Mimi." Sora and Taichi felt sorry for Joe. He had reason to worry. Sora knew better than anyone else what Yamato was capable of. But Sora also knew Mimi; she would refuse anything Yamato tried, because every time Sora talked to her, she gushed about being with Joe and how much of a sweetheart he was.
"Joe, don't worry. I know Mimi, and if Yamato makes moves on her she'll refuse. She's with you, besides every time I talk to her you're all she talks about." Sora reassured a worried looking Joe. Joe seemed to calm down somewhat.
"Yeah besides she'll make sure he backs off. We both know Mimi's one hell of a fighter when she wants to be." Taichi added. Sora smiled. Taichi always knew exactly what to say. She laid her head on his chest. Taichi blushed.
"You're right Taichi. Mimi's usually so sweet, but when she's mad she's a hurricane!" Joe joked.