(A/N – Hey guys! After a small setback namely Hurricane Rita knocking out the power in my house every thirty seconds I finally managed to deliver chapter 11 of "Nine Months…" on time…relatively. I am so sorry for the delay, guys, and I hope this chapter, as well as future chapters, make up for it! I'm coming down to the end, and, while I appreciate each and every one of your reviews, I really need more feedback about what you liked and what you didn't like! Thanks in advance, and please enjoy!)

Nine Months In the Socks of the Motamiya's: Chapter 11
"Will someone please remind me why we're taking the stairs," Davis asked, as they passed a sign that read 3rd floor. "When there's a perfectly functioning elevator that goes all the way up to the top?"

"Because we don't want the security guard to see us. He may try and call the girls and let them know what we're up to." Tai said, as he climbed out ahead of the group.

"I don't think I've ever been this pumped up before in all my life!" Joe said, as they trooped up the stairwell.

"Not since that time you decided to wear white socks instead of blue, huh?" Matt said, jabbing Joe in the ribs. "Oh, you were way out of control then."

"Oh, shut up."

Tai shushed them all as they reached the 5th floor door. "We're here. Quiet down. Izzy, get your stuff ready."

Izzy unzipped his backpack and pulled out his laptop as the group pushed open the door that lead out to a long breezeway with a row of doors along the side. At Tai's signal, they stooped down and slowly began creeping along the brick wall.

"Izzy, are you ready yet? We're almost there!" Tai hissed, looking back at the redhead.

"Amost done. I have to warm up the camera first." Izzy said, furiously typing on his keyboard. "I'll be done in thirty seconds."

"Well, hurry up! We're here already!" Tai hissed, pointing up to the nameplate outside the apartment door.

"Davis, look in my backpack and grab the camera." Izzy said, eyes riveted to the screen.

The brunette dug around in the backpack and pulled out a long thin black cable, abut the same thickness as a pen with a clear glass tip on the front. "Is this it?" he asked, reaching it to him.

"Yeah, that's it. Beautiful." Izzy said, plugging in the USB cable into his laptop. "We'll be ready to go in two shakes of a Biomon's tail feathers."

"Good, because they're laughing and giggling away in here!" Tai whispered his ear against the door. "They're talking about the juicy stuff in here!"

"We're all ready to go, Tai," Izzy said, scooting up along side him, with the camera in his hands. "All we have to do is crack the door open and squeeze the camera inside. A crack is all I need."

Tai nervously edged his hand along the top of the door to the knob and gingerly turned it, wincing at the small click the latch gave as it disengaged from the doorframe. He gave a very small tug, causing a bright beam of light to shine out.

"… brand-new world,

The beginning of a new dream,

The journey will always

Continue to take us to our goal..."

"What song is that they're listening too?" Matt said as pop music flowed out the small crack in the door.

"Hmm…sounds like V6. 'Brand New World'," Davis replied, slowly bobbing his head to the beat.

"BRAND NEW WORLD!" Matt hissed, causing Tai to glare at him angrily. "V6 stole the number one spot from us for 3 weeks on the charts with that song! We always come a tight second to them! How could they go to the enemy!"

"Shut up, Matt!" Tai hissed as Izzy began feeding the camera through the door. "We're going online in a few minutes! Nurse your ego some other time!"

"Tai, you can close the door a little bit now," Izzy whispered, returning to his laptop. "But just enough so we can move the camera around inside."

"You got it computer dude." Tai said, gently closing the door. "How's that?"

"We got graphics, we got sound…beautiful!" Izzy proclaimed quietly, staring at the screen. "Check it out guys!"

The group huddled around Izzy's screen as the red head typed in one final command. "And here we go."

"Uh, Izzy…all I see is white." Davis said, pointing to the blank screen. "What's going on?"

"Hang on a sec," Izzy muttered, fingers clicking on the keyboard. "It may be the white balance, but I made sure everything was adjusted before we put the camera in."

"I think I see the problem." Tai said, pulling the camera back out the door to reveal more of the picture.

"Shopping bags," TK sighed, running a hand through his blonde hair. "Should've know."

"Yeah, but what would they be doing in the doorway?" Tai asked, scratching his chin thoughtfully. "They would have brought them into the living room."

"Well, this works for our advantage, guys." Izzy said, looking up. "Tai, you can camouflage the camera by pushing it through the bags and hiding it."

"Great idea, Izzy."

Tai began pushing the cable through the door, while watching the display on the laptop screen, maneuvering the device through a blanket of bags and clothes.

"Good grief, what DIDN'T they buy?" Tai exclaimed, as he maneuvered the camera past another bag. "It looks like they hit each maternity, girly store, and baby store in the mall…on all THREE levels!"

"No telling," Izzy sighed, rubbing his eyes. "Hold up Tai, I think we reached an opening in the bags. Move a bit to the left…a bit more…STOP! RIGHT THERE!"

Tai quickly dropped the cable and leaned in on the screen. "Perfect spot, Izzy! The camera is well covered and we can see inside the living room."

"It looks kinda blurry," Davis said, squinting at the screen. "What is that big blob right there behind the couch?"

Izzy tapped a button on the keyboard rapidly, bringing the picture into focus. "Uh, Davis. That big blob is your wife."

The guys snickered, quickly covering their mouths.

"Hey, there's Sora, and there's Yolei," Joe pointed out on the screen as two figures walked into frame. "What is that they're doing?"

"Look like they're rubbing something on somebody's arms," TK said, studying the figures on the screen. "Probably giving there friends a makeover or something."

"I wonder if it's someone we know?" Matt asked, cocking his head to one side. "I can't see them very well from this angle."

Tai tapped Izzy on the shoulder. "Can we get audio, man?"

"Sure. But we'll have to turn the volume way down so they won't hear us." Izzy said, turning a knob on the side of the laptop. "There. Activating audio mode now."

"Are you sure you had enough to eat? We have plenty more."

"Prodigious!" Izzy whispered excitedly. "We have full audio."

"Poor little thing. We really worked him to the bone, didn't we?"

"Yeah, but don't worry! We'll nurse him back to health, won't we girls?"

"Sure will!"

"It's a guy!" Tai exclaimed, his voice still at a whisper. "What are they doing with a guy at their slumber party when we weren't even invited!"

"I say we run inside and find out what the heck is going on." Davis said, pounding his fist in his hand.

"Not wise, man," Izzy said, studying the screen. "If we barge in there, the girls will find out that we were spying on them, and then we're screwed. Remember 'Fools walk in where angels fear to tread.'"

"Izzy's right," Tai said, setting a hand on Izzy's shoulder. "Let's see what's going on first. Can you get us a better visual of the living room?"

"Push the camera in a few more inches," Izzy ordered, as he typed on the keyboard. "I can use the zoom feature to enhance…just a bit more…right there. I got a full visual of the living room!"

"It's still blurry," Davis complained, squinting at the screen. "Can you clear it."

"Hold your digi-horses," the redhead growled, typing more commands on his laptop. "Rome wasn't built in a day. I got a shot of who's on the couch, all we have to do is clear it up."

"You know, you look a little bit sleepy, are you sure you don't want to lay down for a while?"

"No, no. I'm fine, really, you guys. You don't have to do all this--"

"Oh, no. We worked you too hard today, and you took very good care of us, so now it's your turn!"

"That's right, and besides, this is great practice for me, Sora and Yolei. Consider yourself a living test dummy."

"Why does that guys voice sound so familiar?" Matt said, as the picture started to clear and focus.

"We're about to find out right now," Izzy said, watching the picture slowly clear. "The picture is almost done clearing up…almost done…here we go…and…CODY!"

"CODY?" The guys whispered, eyes widened as the image on the screen cleared up. "OUR Cody!"

There, lying on the couch looking quite relaxed, yet a little embarrassed was Cody. A mound of pillows supported his head, arms, and feet, which were now being rubbed by Mimi. Kari was rubbing the teenager's skinny arms, which were slowly returning to their normal pink color. Sora was sitting off to the side with a rag and a bottle of pine cleaner, cleaning and polishing the long wooden sword Cody carried in his backpack to a beautiful shine.

"What are they doing to him!" Davis said, watching as Kari giggled on the screen. "They never did that for us…did they?"

"Mimi never did that for me," Izzy said, staring at the screen enviously. "The closest thing she ever came to that was washing my socks."

"Is that my yokata he's wearing?" Tai asked, his head cocked to one side. "That is my yokata! He's wearing my yokata!"

"Looks like they also got to your 'Box dude," Matt said, pointing to the small green and black console on the floor. "Hope you didn't have any saved games."

"Awww, man! I had just made it to the Central level and I just leveled up to the alchemy without circles level!" Tai groaned. "He better not have ruined my saved games!"

"No wonder Cody didn't come chill with us today!" Davis exclaimed softly.

"The girls must have gotten to him when he was in the mall." Izzy deduced.

"Hey guys, what's that chirping, beeping sound?"

"I don't know. It's the same sound TK's phone makes when it's near any kind of speaker."

All heads snapped back towards the blonde, who pulled his small cell phone out of his pocket.

"TK! Your phone! Shut it off!" Davis hissed, quickly returning his stare to the screen. "It's putting out a signal from the antenna that makes that sound around speakers!"

"Did TK leave his phone here?" Sora asked on the laptop screen.

"No, he normally takes it everywhere he goes." Yolei replied, walking towards the front door.

"She's coming this way!" Izzy hissed in a panic.

To Be Continued…

(A/N – Here we go guys! Time to answer the charges brought before me: otherwise known as answering my reviews:

Anthony1 – Cody blowing up was an idea that I had swimming in my head for quite a long time! I wanted Cody to stand up and shout, "I'm a character in this story too! I was on Digimon just as much as anyone else was! I demand that I be given a scene!" So I gave Cody three whole chapters, and a very nice treat in this one!

Paige34 – :pulls her up to her feet: You okay? We can't have you falling on the floor! You still have to finish your story! Anyway, as you've just seen, I've given our little ninja his just deserts! Originally, the guys were going to be coming from the movie theatre when they get the idea to crash the girls party, but, for some reason, my mind fell on my all time favorite card game "Uno", so I decided to have them at home playing the game. There's more to this scene than meets the eye, and there's a hidden message for Takari skeptics in that scene! See if you can find it before the release of the Directors edition!"

SomeoneInThePastOfEarth - :Looks at the bat and blinks: Have mercy on me…I have Lil' Slugger reading and reviewing my stories! Thanks for the cookie again!

JyouraKoumi – Yeah, Louisiana has had a lot of publicity lately. More so than I ever remember! And with this new hurricane (By the time this story is published, it's just calming down a bit) I wonder if N.O is even worth rebuilding. But that's a story for another day. Thanks for your review! You know you reviews are the first ones I look for with any new chapter! Thanks for sticking with it! KOUMI FAN FOR LIFE!

Dark Qiviut – NEVER apologize for being hyperactive! Apologize for the THINGS you do while hyperactive! Like I said above, Cody was due for something good to happen to him! The card game the guys are playing is called "Uno". It's a game that I love to play! The rules are a little complicated to type out here, so I'll just e-mail 'em to ya if you want!

FanFictionStoryRater – Huh? Umm…say something I guess. Speak your mind.

And to Sakuno629, Colormyworld, and warprince2000, and everyone else who read my story, I want to thank you so much! Stick around! It's only going to get better from here!)