CHAPTER TEN: NIGHT OF IWAI DE AIKOU
"(Gasps) Oh Amethyst, you look beautiful!" Renamon said enthusiastically.
"You really think so," Amethyst said turning to face her older sister, cheeks flushed.
Renamon nodded her head in response. It was the night of Iwai de Aikou: The Festival of Love, in the Foxwood Village. As the festivities of such a joyous occasion commenced with the night's sky adorned with beautiful crimson red and pink flower petals and the air perfumed with the aroma of adore, Amethyst stood in her room facing her sister Renamon.
That night Heliotrope was taking Amethyst to an Iwai de Aikou carnival situated in the centre town of the Foxwood Village and Amethyst could no longer hold in her excitement. She had never been to an Iwai de Aikou carnival before and this was a once in a life time opportunity for her, even if it was with Helio.
"Are you sure that I look good in this, sis?" Amethyst inquired Renamon.
To go to the Iwai de Aikou carnival, Amethyst wore a pair of occasional lavender colored hand gloves that she only wore on special holidays or to just plainly go out with her friends. Amethyst also sported a lovely aqua cerulean Plumeria flower, which she had placed behind her left ear.
Renamon looked at Amethyst and smiled.
"You look wonderful Amethyst," Renamon answered, "just wonderful."
"Really?" Amethyst said disbelievingly.
"Would I lie to you Amethyst?" Renamon said.
"Well…no," Amethyst said, "however are you really, really sure I look good?"
"(Sighs) Yes Amethyst," Renamon answered exasperatedly.
"O…kay," Amethyst said, "if you say so Renamon."
Amethyst turned back to face the one mirror in her room. From there, she looked at herself once more and played with the flower behind her ear in a sort of nervous movement.
Renamon noticed this.
"Amethyst, are you nervous?" Renamon questioned.
Amethyst did not reply. She continued to play with the Plumeria behind her ear.
"Amethyst!" Renamon said loudly.
That snapped Amethyst right back to her senses.
"Huh? Did you say something Renamon?" Amethyst questioned looking back at her sister.
"Yes I did," Renamon said folding her arms, "as a matter of fact, I asked you a question."
"Well what was it?" Amethyst asked, turning her attention back to the mirror.
"I asked you if you were nervous," Renamon said.
"Nervous? About…what?" Amethyst questioned.
"Oh I don't know," Renamon said, "nervous about going out with Helio tonight."
Amethyst froze on the spot she stood in infront of the mirror.
"Wha…What makes you think I'm nervous about that?" Amethyst said.
Renamon shrugged. "I don't know, I'm just curious to know how you're feeling about tonight," Renamon answered, "after all, you are going out with a Renomon from your dojo…the same Renomon who was your rival at the Combat of the Ultimate Samaris competition and the same Renomon whom you said was not really your friend. Wouldn't you feel nervous about that?"
"N…No," Amethyst replied, "I am not nervous about going out with Helio."
"Are you sure?" Renamon questioned, "because if I was going out with a Renomon who use to be my rival I would be pretty nervous."
"Well…that's you big sis," Amethyst said, "as for me…I'm not nervous."
"Are you sure?" Renamon questioned, her expression filled with suspicion.
Amethyst nodded her head.
"Alright," Renamon said.
"Okay," Amethyst said.
"Well if you need me, I'll be downstairs," Renamon said.
"Okay," Amethyst said smiling at her sister, "would you call me when Helio gets here?"
"Sure," Renamon answered.
Renamon then turned to go out the door, only to turn back to look at Amethyst.
"Amethyst?" Renamon said.
"Yeah?" Amethyst replied as she tried on another flower to the Plumeria.
"You said that you weren't nervous to go out with Helio," Renamon said, "care to tell me why."
Amethyst sighed. "Always with the curious questions, eh sis?" Amethyst said.
"Sorry I guess my curiosity can get the best of me sometimes," Renamon said.
"I see," Amethyst said smiling.
"Just answer my question," Renamon said.
"Alright," Amethyst said, "if you must know Renamon, the reason I'm not so nervous to date Helio is because….well it's just Helio, so I really have nothing to be nervous about."
"Really!" Renamon said in disbelief.
"Yeah, look Renamon I've known Helio all my life ever since I was growing up as a Reremon so basically I have nothing to be scared about after all Helio and I are just…acquaintances," Amethyst answered.
"I see," Renamon said understandably.
"Now if it was a certain other Renomon whom I've know all my life," Amethyst continued, "and he was to ask me out to the Iwai de Aikou carnival then I would have been more than nervous, I would have been terrified out of my fur."
"This certain other Renomon," Renamon said, "is he the same one whom you were telling me about yesterday?"
"Yes, the exact same Renomon," Amethyst answered with a dreamy smile, "if he were to ask me to the carnival instead of Helio, my heart would have burned like the fires of a Flamedramon."
Renamon smirked. "Sounds like you really like this Renomon," she said.
Amethyst nodded, cheeks flushed. "Yes I do," Amethyst replied.
Renamon's smirk widened. "So…what's his name?" Renamon asked.
"Who's name?" Amethyst said looking at her sister practically puzzled.
"The name of the Renomon who you like," Renamon replied.
"Oh…him," Amethyst said, "er…you don't want to know his name."
"Yes I do," Renamon said, "I want to know the name of theRenamon who you are interested in."
Amethyst froze in place. "You…do?" she said.
Renamon nodded.
"Well…if you must know Renamon, the Renomon whom I am interested in, he…you already know him," Amethyst said.
"I do?" Renamon said confusedly.
"Yes you do," Amethyst answered, "look Renamon, you're my sister so I won't lie to you when I say this for you see big sis, apart from the love for the ninja arts and the desire to learn different techniques in the art of the Samari, you and I have another particular thing in common."
"I see," Renamon said calmly, "and what thing is that?"
Amethyst lowered her face to Renamon before she answered the question. "You and I, Renamon," Amethyst began slowly, "we both have affection for…
Before Amethyst could have finished what she was saying, she was shortly interrupted by a sudden ringing noise from downstairs. It was the sound of the doorbell, which indicated the arrival of Heliotrope.
"That must be Helio," Amethyst said turning back to the mirror to do a final preparation. Dabbing a little powder on her face, Amethyst placed the Plumeria flower back behind her ear before turning to face Renamon.
"Well time for me to go, Helio's here," Amethyst announced, "I do hope he doesn't tease me about how I look or else I'll have no choice than to destroy him."
Renamon forced a smile. Amethyst then walked past Renamon, heading for downstairs. However, Renamon stopped Amethyst.
"Amethyst?" Renamon said.
"Yeah," Amethyst said glancing back at her sister.
"What were you going to say before?" Renamon questioned, "you were going to say that both you and I have affection for something? What is it?"
"Oh just forget I mentioned that Renamon," Amethyst said dismissively, "anyways I got to go, Helio is waiting for me."
With that, Amethyst turned on her heels and headed downstairs. Renamon blinked twice at her younger sister before following after her.
Downstairs in the lounge, both Amethyst and Renamon met Helio. He was engulfed in a conversation with Renomon. Helio looked up as the two Renamons entered the room and when he saw Amethyst, Helio smiled toothily.
"Hey look who finally came downstairs," Helio said teasingly facing Amethyst.
Amethyst glowered at Helio. "Ha! Ha! Very funny," she muttered sarcastically.
Renomon looked at Amethyst. When he saw how lovely she looked, Renomon smiled wholesomely.
"Well, well, well, of all the times I've seen you Amethyst, this is the prettiest you have been," Renomon said with a smile.
Amethyst's cheeks turned bright red at Renomon's compliment.
"Tha…Thanks Renomon," Amethyst said trying to conceal her red cheeks.
Helio's eyes narrowed a bit at Renomon as he saw how much he had made Amethyst smile at his compliment.
Neither Amethyst nor Renomon noticed this, yet Renamon did. However, she did not say a word.
"(Ahem) Well we best be off now Amethyst, don't want to be late for the carnival, don't we?" Helio said.
"Oh yeah, sure," Amethyst said reverting her attention to Helio.
"Goodbye Sensei Renomon, it was nice talking to you," Helio said to Renomon.
Renomon nodded his head. "Same here," the brown fox-type replied calmly.
Helio then turned to Renamon. "Goodbye Miss Renamon," he said, "great to see you again and Happy Iwai de Aikou."
Renamon giggled. "It's great to see you again too Helio," Renamon said, "and a happy Iwai de Aikou to you as well."
Helio smiled at Renamon before bowing before her and Renomon. After that, Helio walked out the hut.
"Goodbye Renamon, goodbye Renomon," Amethyst said as she made her way towards the door.
"Bye Amethyst," Renomon said.
"And have a wonderful night," Renamon said beaming at her sister.
Amethyst smiled back at Renamon and with a final wave, she walked out the door and into the night following Heliotrope.
As soon as the two adolescent fox-types had left the hut, Renomon turned to face Renamon. He wore a rather eerie grin on his face, which caught Renamon by surprise.
Renamon looked at Renomon strangely. "What?" she asked.
"Well…now that Amethyst and Helio are out enjoying their time tonight on Iwai de Aikou, it's time for us to enjoy ours," Renomon replied.
"Really now," Renamon saidflirtatious grin appearingon her face now, "so…what do you have in mind?"
"I was thinking that you and I should go for a walk," Renomon answered.
"A walk? A walk to where?" Renamon questioned.
"A walk to a special place that I know of," Renomon answered, "it's only a few miles away from my hut. It's a beautiful place, you'll absolutely love it."
"Oh sounds interesting," Renamon said, "what is this special place anyways?"
"I can't tell you," Renomon said his grin widening, "it's a surprise and the only way for you to find out about it is if you go for the walk with me."
"Well since you put it that way," Renamon said, "let's go."
"Great," Renomon said beaming at Renamon, "now grab a coat and we'll be on our way,"
Renamon nodded to Renomon. She walked over to the coat cupboard at the side of Renomon's weapon cabinet. From there, she pulled out onedragon skin coat and placed it on herself.
Renamon then walked back to meet Renomon and met the maroon fox by the door of the hut.
"Ready to go?" Renamon asked Renamon.
"Yes," Renamon answered.
"Good," Renomon answered, "now come on,"
Renomon walked out of the hut and into the darkness of the night. Closing the door behind her, Renamon walked outside before following after Renomon.
MistressPC: Sorry I took so long to update you guys. I suffered from writer's block for weeks. Now I'm sure some of you must be wondering when in the world, I am going to actually finish this story. Truth is...I have no idea.
Wolfemon: (snickers) Heh! Heh!
MistressPC: However, I am going to try and finish this as soon as I can.
Hits Wolfemon over the head with a rolled up paper.
Wolfemon: Hey!
MistressPC: I would also like to thank the following authors:
Spiritual Wolf, Kippi, Okami, Feral Halliwell,Anime-17, Kouji-wolf, Destiny Flame, Rogue Tramp (A.K.A. Fluffeh the Great) Madd the Sane, TUF STUF II-Henrika foreva, my friend Keyva from school, shenshen, Thunder Demon, Patamon299 and even...Digimon American Cager (now known as Cager of Dreams)
I would like to thank you all for reading and reviewing my stories Digital Romance and Digital Romance 2. I really apprecitate all of you reviews. I hope you all continue to read and review as the story progresses. You all ROCK! .