After Takato had run home, he got another quick shower, applied his Axe deodorant and changed into his new outfit he bought the night before. He removed his goggles and he combed his hair to the side. It was now 6:30 He then placed his new shoes on and admired himself in the mirror.

"Man, I look good" he said confidently, emphasizing good.

"Aw, my baby boy is growing up" His mom said behind him, making him jump and blush.

"MOM!" He exclaimed, embarrassed. "Don't say stuff like that! It's embarrassing!"

"I'm sorry Takato, I just never thought I'd see the day you would willingly dress up this fancy for a girl" she replied hugging her son.

"Well come on big guy it's time for you to go, there's a pretty girl waiting patiently for you" his dad pointed out.

"Right, later Mom, later Dad" The brunette grabbed his wallet and phone, placed them in his pocket and ran out the door, careful not to scuff his shoes. He made his way towards Jeri's house. When he arrived he could see someone in the window by the door, lurking. He walked up the walkway cautiously and knocked on the door. When the door opened up, what stood before him was Jeri's father. He looked quite angry.

"H-Hey Mr. Katou, long time, no see…" he said nervously.

"Takato Matsuki, it's been a while" he replied cracking his knuckles, which cause Takato to turn slightly blue in fear. "Listen here kid, you do anything to hurt my daughter in any way…"

"I think I get the picture…"

"Good, because whatever happens to her, I'll do to you, ten-fold"

Takato gulped nervously. Then, Jeri walked up the hallway to the door with her hair let completely down and wearing a gold, strapless dress that stretched a little further down then her ordinary skirt with a sliver bow around her waist and bright red heels shoes. This outfit made Takato's face brighten up and smile.

"Daddy, quit scaring my date" she said running up and hugging Takato, making his face turn an unhealthy red. "Ok, by Daddy, I'll be back around midnight" she then walked up and kissed his cheek.

"Alright sweety, have a good time" he replied with a smile. She then walked down the steps, about to be followed by Takato but Mr. Katou grabbed his arm. "I know where you live kid"

"… and im glad we had this chance to chat" he then squirmed out of his grip and ran up to Jeri and they walked towards the park. Jeri and him walked silently, hand in hand.

'I hope my hand isn't sweating, she'll think I'm gross' Takato prayed in his head.

"So, Takato, why are we at the park?" Jeri asked as they arrived at the gate of park.

"Oh, we're meeting Henry and Rika here, they should be around here somewhere…" Takato scoped out the park and spotted two people over by the fountain, "There they are" he announced. He and Jeri quickly sprinted up to the two people. When they got there they realized it wasn't Rika and Henry and they began to laugh. Before them was Kazu wearing a light blue dress shirt, a black tie, beige pants and brown shoes and Kenta was wearing a baby blue tuxedo.

"Kazu, Kenta, I knew this was gonna happen eventually but I never expected it so soon" said a voice behind them followed by laughter.

"I know that evil laugh, hey Rika, nice to see ya" said Takato. Kazu and Kenta turned white as sheets.

Rika and Henry walked out of the shadows with Rika, having her hair down, wearing a red dress that stretched down to her thighs and she was also wearing her ordinary red sneakers.

"Before you even think about a thing, Kenta is not my date! Our mom's made us get dressed up and go to this stupid dance" Kazu yelled bitterly. "We're just waiting for you guys cause Takato said that you would be meeting here and we don't wanna have to walk in there this dressed up, alone!"

"Ok, we'll take you guys with us, Takato, Henry, Jeri, can I talk to you over by that lamppost over there?" said Rika with a slight smirk on her face. The three of them quickly caught on and matched her smirk with there's.

"Alright, you just wait here for a second…" Henry told the two of them.

"Ok…" they both replied.

The rest walked slowly over to the lamppost and then began running like the wind, leaving Kazu and Kenta, stunned, in the dust.

"How did we NOT see that coming?" Kazu asked him.

They boys then sighed and walked to the dance following their fast running friends.

(At the dance with Jeri, Takato, Henry and Rika)

The dance was being held in the school's gym. The walls were decorated with streamers and balloons, the lights were flashing and cool dance music was being played loudly. Takato and the others admired how much was done in just one day. Takato then noticed Ms. Asaji sitting in a chair depressed.

"Ms. Asaji? What are you doing here, I thought you were going to Maui last night?" Takato asked the gloomy teacher.

"My flight was canceled because of a stupid little volcanic eruption. It only melted one of Hawaii's island's so why did they cancel all flights?" she replied. "Anyway, now I have to work at this dance to raise back the money I lost on that stupid plane ticket."

"Wow, bad luck, too bad…" Rika replied. "OH Party Rock Anthem is playing! Dance with me Henry" she demanded, grabbing him by the arm and dragging him onto the dance floor.

"Have fun guys, WAH!" Henry shouted to the others before Rika dragged him out of sight.

"Well, later Ms. Asaji, we're gonna go dance" Jeri said to the depressed teacher.

"Whatever…" she replied coldly. The two brunettes walked away from the depressed teacher and began dancing. Takato couldn't take his mind off of how sad Ms. Asaji was.

"What's the matter Takato?" Jeri asked, concerned with her date. "Am I dancing wrong?"

"Huh? Oh no, you're a great dancer" he replied blushing nervously. "I just feel bad that Ms. Asaji's have having such a terrible time, I mean look at her, she's even more dreary then the time Kazu found out his favorite soda was discontinued"

"Yeah he was upset about that… he was so shocked he built a tree house and lived in it for a week"

"Exactly, I helped him out of that tree house and I need to help Ms. Asaji out of her slump. I'll be right back Jeri, I'm so sorry but it just doesn't feel right not doing anything when I know I could do something"

"It's alright Takato, that's why I like you, your selfless, you never put yourself before anyone else" she replies, giving him a hug, causing him to blush. He then smiles and hugs her back.

"I promise you I'll be back in just a minute" he says before turning around and maneuvering his way around everyone to his homeroom teacher. He walks out of the crowd and over to Ms. Asaji.

"What do you want Takato" she asked very coldly.

"I want you to cheer up, so your trip to Hawaii was canceled because of a volcanic eruption melting an entire island, so what. I know you always wanted to go there but you need to learn how to have fun even though you're surrounded by 200 kids. I am because I have someone here that's special to me, maybe you could find someone here that you can dance with"

Ms. Asaji remains silent for a second, then sighs with a smile. "You know what Takato, you're just too nice for your own good" she says slightly happy.

"Well how about that, you are capable of smiling" he says with a laugh.

"Don't push it"

"Sorry… so what do ya say, are you gonna try and have a good time tonight?" he asks.

"Alright, I'll try" she replies.

"Great, and if you don't mind I have a suggestion…" the brunette grinned evily.

(Later on in the night…)

Everyone in the gym was laughing at what they were spectating. Kazu and Kenta were dancing badly under a spotlight (Very badly I might add) by themselves with everyone laughing and taking pictures and videos of the two. Even Ms. Asaji was laughing her heart out at the sight.

"I must admit Takato, this is cheering me up immensely" she admitted in between laughs.

"I told you, now if you'll excuse me I have a pretty girl waiting for me" he replies with equal laugh. He then shoves his way through the crowd back to Jeri.

"Jeri, again I am REALLY sorry that I ditched you like that I-" the brunette was cut off by something pressing up against his lips. That something turned out to be Jeri's lips! He was shocked by what was happening, but he decided to just go with it and kiss her back. Jeri then unlocked her lips from his and looked right into his eyes lovingly.

"Takato, I'm glad that you did something to help someone else, I really am. I wanted to get to know the real you, I wanted to see if you really were a good person you appeared to be or if you were secretly just like Kazu, and now I know you are a really nice person and that would put himself in harm's way to save someone in need."

"Yep that's me, and I definitely know the real you, you really like me for who I am and not a single thing more" He replied happily.

"Thanks, now let's go dance, I love this song" she cheered.

Takato gave a small laugh before nodding following Jeri to a secluded area of the gym.

Meanwhile with Rika and Henry...

"Man I just love this song, I listen to it all the time" Rika exclaimed with a smile while she danced across from Henry.

"Same" Henry replied with an equally happy smile. He then looked up at the DJ booth and saw who was running it, then he froze up. "No way…"

"What?" she asked the bluenette.

"I can't believe HE'S the DJ" he replied pointing to the DJ booth. Rika looked in the direction he was pointing and was suddenly filled with unexpected rage. In the DJ booth before them was none other than a brown, spikey-haired boy by the name of Ryo Akiyama! Ryo looked up and noticed the two and smiled.

"Hey guys, I didn't know you went to this school, talk about a coincidence huh" he said happily and laughed while the two just stood there in disbelief.

"Yeah, coincidence… more like a misfortunate turn of events…" Rika muttered.

"Oh come on Rika, are you still made because I beat you in that tournament 2 years ago?"

"I'm gonna go with yes…" Henry answered for her. "Anyway, what are you doing her being the DJ, Ryo?"

"Well, Monodramon ate the couch and I got this job as a DJ so I could pay for it, I told dad not to let him sleep on the couch or he'd eat it" he sighed "And to tell you the truth Rika, it was a fluke I won, I just began to learn how to play back then and it's a miracle that I made it that far" he said with a dumb expression on his face and a blush on his cheeks, which was unable to be seen due to the fact that the lights were dimmed in the gym.

"Really? Then you won't mind if I go against you tomorrow then?" Rika challenge the spikey haired brunette.

"Alright if that's what you want, but can you please stop hating me after that's done?" he asked.

"Who said I hate you?" she replied confused.

"Well you seem to glare at me and are always eager to punch me and other reasons that would lead you to hate me"

"Oh no Ryo, she does that to everyone, even me and I'm her date" Henry added.

"Oh well then…" he was blushing deeper now and it was actually visible because it was that deep "That might have been useful information because I've been trying my hardest to make her like me"

"And by trying your hardest you mean constantly flirting with me?" said the red head with a slight smirk.

"Yep, pretty much…"

"Well nice try, but flirting has no effect on me. Anyway see ya later Ryo, come on Henry let's dance" she then dragged the bluenette back to the dance floor and they began to dance again.

They all enjoyed the many songs that DJ Ryo (Lol) played on his equipment. They all danced the night away and had a blast. It was 11: 57 and the dance was almost over. Right now Ryo was playing a slow song "Like a Rose" by A1. Takato and Henry were slow dancing with Jeri and Henry.

"Takato I gotta say I had a lot of fun dancing with you tonight" Jeri said with a loving gaze.

'As I look into your eyes, I see an angel in disguise, sent from god above for me to love, to hold and idolize'

"I know how you feel, I had a great time with you too" Takato replied with an equally loving gaze of his own. They both held each other close.

'As I hold your body near, I see this month through to a year, I've been forever wrong, till life is gone, to keep ya loving me'

"Henry, even though I didn't wanna come here tonight, I still had a wonderful time" Rika said as she danced, her head resting against his chest.

'Now I finally found my way too lead me down this lonely road'

"I feel he same way, this may just be the best night of my life" he replied holding his arms tightly around her waist.

'All I have to do is follow you, to lighten up my load'

Takato and Henry looked into Jeri and Rika's eyes and vise versa and inched closer to each other.

'You treat me like a rose, you gave me room to grow, you shone the light of love on me, you gave me air so I can breathe, you open doors I close, in a world where anything goes'

Takato and Henry were now kissing Jeri and Rika with a loving passion that was very strong.

'Within this bed of earth just like a rose'

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And that's it for this story, thanks for reading and be sure to check out the rest of my stories. See ya next time!