Silver: First off, we're sorry that this story came out so late- you already know, Renaki has finally graduated from college. And because of that, you're not only getting this story, but 7 others as a bonus!
First, In this special Valentine's Day one-shot, all of us are planning some special surprises for each other. Not only that, there's another special celebration going on in Foxwood Village.
Of course, other than that, they'll be a few other surprises within the gang, but in order to find those out, let's get started!
(warning: there will be a little bit of Yaoi with Sensei MageRonomon and another character, so please don't flame me for that...)
10. (Iwai de Aikou-Festival of Love)
ooo Maliha's POV ooo
The weather was becoming warmer as spring was a few weeks away. Tayla and I were visiting Silver in the real world, and the three of us were talking about out plans for Valentine's Day.
Of course as all of you know, Silver celebrated her first V-day with Lisa last year, but we also have our own way of celebrating in Foxwood Village, but you'll find out about that soon.
"So, Silver; can you clue us in on your surprise for Lisa this year?" Tayla inquired.
Silver shrugged. "Dunno, but I'm not sure if I can even top her surprise from last year…of course, our secret place is still special to us, after all." She smirked as we giggled softly.
"Hey, why don't you invite her to the Iwai de Aikou carnival in Foxwood Village that day? I'm sure she'd love it!" I grinned. (A/N: in case you all are wondering, Iwai de Aikou literally means Festival of Love)
"Great idea, Maliha; it's been a while since I celebrated Iwai de Aikou, and it'd be a way to introduce Lisa to one of the most popular festivals in Foxwood."
"Yeah, and maybe you'll find Lisa a gift there, too-it's a win-win."
"Alright; I'll tell Lisa about it as soon as I get back to her place." She smiled as soon as we rounded the next corner.
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As soon as we went out into the town square, however, we suddenly stopped short. We saw Lisa was also out and about, but to our surprise, she wasn't alone. There was another digimon with her, but he wasn't familiar to us-this one looked like a Ronomon, but he had yellow fur cascading down his body, and he also had black markings and armguards. The twosome was holding hands much to Silver's shock.
"What's Lisa doing with that other digimon?" Silver pondered.
I smirked to myself. "You're not jealous of him, are you, Silv?" Tayla snickered softly as Silver scowled.
"Of course, not-I was just curious, that's all." She replied as she poked her head back around the corner as the twosome continued walking down the street.
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ooo Normal POV ooo
I soon looked up and spotted Silver's head looking at us around the corner. I turned to my friend. "Heh, something told me that Silver couldn't resist spying on me for long." I shook my head as Silver tried to stay out of sight. "It's too late, Silv. I saw you there-come on out."
He smirked as well, sensing two others with her. "You too, Tay. You too, Maliha."
The three Renamons then came out in front of us. Maliha and Tayla obviously looked dumbfounded as their names were called.
"Hey. Wait a minute…how did you already know our names?" Tayla asked him, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, did Lisa tell you about us or something?"
I tried my best not to laugh at that, as a look in my eyes said that I knew something that they didn't. "C'mon-you guys really don't recognize him?" all three of them only shook their heads.
He let out a sarcastic gasp "Are you sure you really don't recognize your own tamer?" he finished, looking at Maliha and Tayla.
All of them gasped in shock. "NATSUKE!?" They all had stunned looks on their faces.
We both laughed at their expressions. "Yeah, it's me alright."
"But-but when did this happen?!" Silver inquired him.
"It must've happened last night when I went to bed, because the moment I woke up this morning, I found out I was a digimon!" He grinned, his new tail twitching excitedly.
"This is great! Congratulations, Natsuke!" Maliha said happily, she Silver and Tayla giving him a hug. He chuckled softly, hugging back.
"Thanks you guys." He smirked, sending me a mental link. 'Do you think we should tell them the other news, Lisa?'
I blushed slightly, giggling softly nonetheless. 'If you want to we can.' Silver noticed my giggle, cocking her head slightly.
"What's up, Lisa? Is there something else you guys have to tell us?" It was then I got nervous, because something had happened a few nights before Natsuke had changed to his new form…something that might change everything between Silver's and my relationship forever and not only that, the relationship between Maliha, Tayla and Natsuke, too…or so I thought…
"Yeah, there is, Silv…" Natsuke held my hand in his paw as the others sensed my nervousness. "A few nights ago…Natsuke asked me to be his girlfriend…" the three vixens gasped softly the minute they heard this.
"Woah…you're kidding me…" Maliha said in disbelief. I shook my head.
"No, guys, it's true…"
"And what did you say?" Silver inquired with a hint of curiousness in her voice. I had a crimson face as said these next few words. "I said yes…" I closed my eyes as the girls' eyes widened. Natsuke blushed deeply, too as his tail wrapped around my waist.
"Heh, wow…Natsuke; we had no idea you felt so strongly about Lisa before…" Tayla replied, needless to say all three of them were surprised, no more than Silver.
"Yeah, that's for sure…" Silver apparently didn't know what else to say about this. I noticed this and went over to her.
"You're not upset about this, are you, Silv?" I lowered my head, closing my eyes at the possible backlash from her.
"No, not at all…" My eyes immediately snapped open at this. "Besides, I know that even though that you and Natsuke are a couple now, that this won't change our relationship between us." She smiled at me lovingly, having said the exact thing I was going to say if she didn't respond earlier. I smiled back, giving her a loving embrace.
"Well put, Silv." Natsuke smiled, giving Maliha and Tayla a loving embrace of his own. "And it's double for me."
Maliha and Tayla smiled warmly at him. "We know, Natsuke; besides, we don't mind sharing you if Silver doesn't mind sharing Lisa." They giggled softly to themselves.
"And I certainly don't mind sharing her if you two are sharing Natsuke. It just makes our family bigger, that's all."
'Wow; those guys took it better than I thought they would…' I thought, sighing to myself in relief.
'See, Lisa, I told you, you worry too much…' Natsuke smirked to himself.
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ooo Sakuya's POV ooo
Meanwhile, in Foxwood Village, I was heading downstairs to Kuri's workshop in the garage with Sakura in tow. He was finishing his work on rebuilding BlackWargreymon. Kuri was standing in front of a portal computer, which was the first one he designed, preparing for BlackWargreymon's data to be reformed. Sakura cooed softly as the glass tube that was to contain him, lit up and the code began to assemble.
I joined Kuri at his side. "Everything's just about finished, love?" He nodded as BlackWargreymon formed in the chamber.
"At least I don't need as big a chamber for him as I did Machinedramon."
Sakura looked on as he was finally reconfigured in the chamber, but soon began to whimper softly, burying her head in my fur. Kuri had removed BlackWargreymon's armor, seeing what he looked like under it; he was at least gracious enough to give the big reptile some pants. The chamber opened up.
"Welcome out of rehab." Kuri smiled, reaching up to wake the big guy.
"Damn, why'd I have to wake up when I was dreaming?" BlackWargreymon sweatdropped as he began to wake up, beginning to figure out where he was.
"Sorry about that. Did everything come back?"
He nodded. "I think so; I don't think anything's missing from my system."
Kuri smiled. "And how do you feel?"
"I feel a lot better than I was a month ago, that's for sure."
"Good, good. No violent urges, angry thoughts, anything like that?"
"No, not at all."
"Hmm, good then. It seems my new program has worked for two now."
I then looked down at Sakura, whose head was still buried in my fur. "Something tells me that Sakura's still not convinced that BlackWargreymon's not evil anymore, love." I chuckled softly.
"Well, let's let him prove it, then."
"Hmm…perhaps if you could put me through some kind of test, sire; one that can show your daughter I'm not evil."
Kuri nodded a bit in agreement. "All right, then." He went across the room and stood still. "Go ahead and attack. If you are no longer like that, you'll either refuse, or stop short of a hit."
"All right." Staring Kuri down, he tried to gear up his Terra Destroyer attack, but his conscience kept telling him not to, no matter how many times he tried. Meanwhile, Kuri stood defenseless for about five minutes. Finally BlackWargreymon stood down. "I can't…I just can't attack you, sire…I'm not like that anymore…"
Sakura's ears perked up looking to him, now feeling safer than she was before. "Well, I guess that proved it." I smiled as the little kit cooed softly.
"At least he won't need a massive repair bay." Kuri thought aloud.
"Is there anything I can do to make up for trying to attack the village? I feel guilty for that and I apologize."
"Hmm, well ya gotta name a side form, well; I'll say calling you as your name is a little long."
" Well, I do like the idea of just being called Wargreymon…it wouldn't make much sense calling me BlackWargreymon, seeing as I'm not evil anymore."
Kuri shrugged. "You still got the look. Eh, we can say you're a Goth punk now."
"That sounds good to me." He smirked.
"No taking care of you gear either, I see." Kuri said, taking a look at Wargreymon's armor.
He sweatdropped a bit. "Heh, well it has been a while."
I smiled. "Well, Kuri can fix it up for you later; and you can stay in a room next to ours in the meantime. However, right now, we have to get ready for the Iwai de Aikou festival that's coming up."
Kuri and Wargreymon stopped short, blinking as they cocked their heads. "The I-what de-who now??" Kuri asked confused. I blushed slightly as I realized I had forgotten something important…I facepawed with embarrassment.
"Heh, oops; I can't believe I forgot to tell you about Foxwood's most popular holiday…"
Kuri laughed softly. "It's alright, hun."
Wargreymon smiled. "Yeah, at least now you can tell both of us." I nodded. "Well, Iwai de Aikou means 'festival of love.' We celebrate it every year on February, as I mentioned before, it's Foxwood's most popular holiday." I explained as we all headed back upstairs. Kuri nodded in understanding.
"It sounds similar to Valentine's Day back in the real world. On that day, humans exchange gifts, such as flowers and candy, symbolizing their love for each other."
"Well, we do that here, too; we also have a carnival that day as well."
"Hehe, sounds like fun. Looks like I might have to come up with something to add to it."
I nodded, chuckling as Sakura gurgled happily, obviously liking the sound of that. "The rest of our friends are coming over soon, so hopefully they'll have ideas of their own to add to the carnival as well."
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Later that day, all of our friends arrived at the palace, all of them obviously excited about Iwai de Aikou and the upcoming festival as well. (Maliha, Tayla and Silver had explained things to everyone before they had arrived). As we were enjoying our Japanese-style lunch that the chefs had prepared earlier, all of our friends gave some very interesting suggestions for not only the carnival, but for other things we could do that day as well.
"Hehe, sounds like we've got some great things to look forward to in a few days, doesn't it, hun?" Kuri grinned as he finished eating his rice balls.
I nodded. "It certainly does; not only do we have the carnival, we also have a karaoke contest, and a co-play costume contest for couples as well; not to mention the party that we'll be having here that night, too."
Maliha grinned. "And don't forget the Night Mall that's set up on the Eve of Iwai de Aikou. That's always a big hit every year."
Taka blinked. "The Night Mall? What's that, Maliha?" he asked, curiously.
"Well, every year on the Eve of Iwai de Aikou, there are special booths set up in Cherry Blossom Park that sell all kinds of gifts that we give to each other the next day, even those for the younger kits, too."
Tayla nodded. "Yeah, but of course there is a popular gift that's only given during Iwai de Aikou, and that's the Cataylite stone." She and the other Renas in the room soon smiled at the thought.
Kuri blinked in confusion. "The what?"
I smiled, conjuring a treasure chest-like container, opening it, revealing the stone as everyone took a look inside.
"This is the Cataylite stone, well an example of one, anyway; there are many varieties, and they all have different meanings." That particular stone was red and it had little orange highlights. "This particular stone means marriage...and it was one of the last things Masaharu gave to me a few years ago..."
Kuri nodded a bit. "I see."
Mohatu and Imani smiled. "And as Sakuya mentioned before, there are different Cataylite stones as well, and some of them mean friendship, and there is even one that congratulates a digimon for digivolving for the first time; we gave each of our daughters one the first time they digivolved to Renamon."
"Hmm…makes me wonder if there was supposed to be one at my coronation, of course, we never officially did that."
I smiled. "Yes, that's true...and speaking of which..."I then conjured a box, handing it to Kuri. "The advisors and I picked one up for you a while back; but I wanted to surprise you."
Kuri blinked softly, opening the box. The stone was similar to the one I had, except his had little black highlights instead of orange. "Wow…"
"I hope you like it, love; we picked it out especially for you." I chuckled softly at his expression.
"I do wonder if these have special properties; and I can tell, as these are my colors."
"Well, I wouldn't know that in particular…my great-grandmother was the one that discovered the Cataylite stone when she and my great-grandfather founded Foxwood." I explained. "Sorry I couldn't tell you more…"
"It's ok; we understand, Sakuya." Luna smiled.
"If I ever have a dream visit from those two, I'll be sure to find out more about them."
"Oh, I almost forgot-on the Eve of Iwai de Aikou, all of the best Taomon sorceresses put a spell on the sky so that it could rain red and pink rose petals until the holiday is over; it's sort of a tradition in our village."
Kuri smiled. "That sounds cool; and I'm guessing Imani's going to be participating in that, too?" This made Imani blush slightly as she chuckled softly. "That's right, Kuri; and of course the female advisors will be taking part in the ceremony that day as well."
"I know one thing's for sure; I can't wait for Iwai de Aikou to get here." Edwardia grinned as the others agreed, all of the couples already making plans for that day as well.
"Looks like this will be a holiday to remember." Kuri smiled, chuckling to himself. He soon blushed as I snuggled next to him.
"It certainly will be, love. It certainly will be."
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ooo Luna's POV ooo
The next two weeks went by faster than any of us had expected; and finally, it was the Eve of Iwai de Aikou. All of us had made plans to go to the Night Mall at around sunset. All of us had made plans to surprise each other as well. Of course, I had a BIG surprise in store for Taka, too…but naturally, I wanted to wait until the big day to tell him and everyone else (except Edwardia, of course, she already knew since I had told her a few days before what it was).
While Kuri was still in the palace, everyone else was outside getting ready to go. There was a large platform in the middle of Town Square where all of the best Taomon sorceresses had gathered and were now getting ready to perform their spell.
Mike looked around, seeing that all of the citizens had gathered but Kuri still hadn't shown up. "Huh, I wonder where Kuri is..."
Mohatu looked as well. "He did say it would only take a few minutes for whatever it was he had to do..."
At that moment, he finally came out of the palace, along with Tai, one of Mohatu's students. "Sorry about that, everyone-I was helping Tai here with one of his gifts for the holiday tomorrow."
Lady Sakuya chuckled softly, holding little Sakura in her arms. "It's Iwai de Aikou, love-don't worry; you'll get it eventually." she smiled as Sakura gurgled happily, seeing her daddy.
Kuri sweatdropped. "Heh, I hope so..." he then blinked softly, seeing that the Taomons had gotten into position just as they had rehearsed weeks before.
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ooo Imani's POV ooo
As all of us Taomons had gotten in a circle, Mizuki (Sakuya's top advisor and the best sorceress in Foxwood) came up with a large brush in hand-similar to the one used for our Talisman of Light attack; as soon as she did, everyone turned their attention to the stage.
She then took a huge leap into the air, followed by myself, Ami and Kaede (two more of Sakuya's advisors); using quick brushstrokes, we began to draw an alchemy circle in the air, of course this only took a few minutes for us. Next we landed near the other Taomons as we all closed our eyes, producing red talismans in our paws; then concentrating all of our powers together, the talismans combined to create one huge talisman. All of us opened our eyes, using our powers to levitate the talisman after it was complete.
"TALISMAN SPELL!!" All of us shouted, the talisman went flying high and fast into the air, quickly merging with the alchemy circle, creating a huge burst of light. Everyone gasped in awe as the talisman merged with the circle; soon pink and red rose petals began to fall, raining down upon the village, as soon as that happened, cannons that surrounded the platform began to fire in pink, red and purple bursts of heart-shaped lights (apparently, Kuri had a paw in that little surprise) as everyone cheered, obviously having enjoyed that performance.
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ooo Kuri's POV ooo
Soon the performance was over and everyone headed over to the park to shop at the Night Mall. Then a sudden thought came to my mind as my ears lowered sadly.
Imani and the others noticed this, stopping short. "What's wrong, Kuri?
"Tomorrow is, the day she died..." I replied, looking up at the sky towards the heavens above. Sakuya blinked softly.
"You mean, it's the anniversary of Kagura's death...?" I nodded.
"Tomorrow is..." Sakuya placed a paw on my shoulder.
"Will you be alright, love?"
"I, I'll try to be..." I said, swearing to myself that I wouldn't break down as Sakura whimpered softly, sensing I was sad.
"Hey; Kagura wouldn't want you to be sad, Kuri." Lyoko said, trying to cheer me up. Her best friend, Kenny (who was a Ronomon with blue fur and purple markings) smiled at me.
"She's right, you know."
I smiled a bit, calming down some. "I know, just, one can't help it I guess."
Sarabi nodded. "We know, Kuri; it's always hard when someone you love dies." by the time we were finished talking, we had arrived at the Night Mall. I nodded softly as well.
"But you have to remember to be strong for them, even though it can be hard." Sakuya said as we made our way into the park.
The entire Night Mall had been decorated in honor of Iwai de Aikou, and there were many booths selling items of all kinds. Some of the citizens saw us coming and were wondering why I looked so sad, so I stood tall, deciding to hide that problem for now, and walked with the others.
Mohatu smiled as we all went about our business after a few moments, some of the gang broke up into different groups, looking around at all of the different booths; some of the booths were even selling food for those who wanted some.
"Well, we may as well take a look around, love." Sakuya smiled as she joined me at my side; I nodded as we went on our way. She then turned on a special screen toy I had invented just for Sakura the day when she was born as she gently placed the little kit into the stroller. The stroller was a run-of-the mill type, except it had hot rod flames, like the cars in my garage at the palace; and for a bit of goofiness, there were even spinners on the wheels as well. Sakura gurgled happily as she began to play with the toy, using her paws to make the different characters move across the screen.
ooo Taka's POV ooo
I had went off on my own in the park, looking for a gift for Luna, but so far I hadn't found anything yet. I then spotted Kuri and Sakuya in the distance. 'Hmm...maybe Kuri can help me look for something...' I headed over to him. Kuri looked down upon seeing me.
"Hmm? What's up, Taka?"
"Hey, Kuri? Do you think you can help me out a bit? I'm tryin' to find a gift for Luna, but I haven't had any luck yet."
"You can look with us if you want." he smiled. I nodded, smiling back.
"Sure; thanks." As I walked with them, a certain thought came to my mind. "Hey, have you noticed anything strange about Luna lately?"
Sakuya chuckled a bit. "No; we haven't noticed anything really."
"Nah, nothing really."
I blinked softly. "Well I have; she's been extremely happy lately...that and she's been having weird food cravings; like just a few days ago, she asked Edwardia if she can get a sardine milkshake." I shuddered at the thought, sticking my tongue out in disgust.
"A sardine milkshake??" Sakuya's own nose cringed at the thought. "Now I've heard everything..."
I nodded. "Yeah, tell me about it...I just wish I knew what was goin' on with her. "
"Don't worry, Taka." Kuri reassured me. "You'll find out soon enough."
"All right; if you say so...but somethin' fishy's goin; on, and it's not just the sardine milkshakes she's been havin'."
I soon ended up finding my gift for Luna, as the others found gifts for each other, too; even Kuri managed to buy something Sakuya was looking at, of course he hid it well, as not to spoil the surprise. After a couple of hours, since everyone was too tired to head back home, we all spent the night at the palace. Needless to say, we were all looking forward to the day ahead.
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ooo (Scene blackens to the next day) Sakuya's POV ooo
Outside, the rose petals continue d to fall as I was sound asleep, having a dream visit with Masaharu at that very moment. A smile was on my face as my ears twitched every now and again, but I was having a peaceful dream nonetheless. Meanwhile, Kuri was in the same sort of dream with his former mate, Kagura.
I soon started to wake up, but the smile was still on my face as I stretched a bit; Kuri started to do the same as he let out small yawn. "Good morning, love." I gave him a loving kiss on the lips, making him blush and murr deeply in return.
"Morning."
"I see you were having a dream visit with Kagura; I just had one with Masaharu myself." I looked to Kuri as he nodded. My ears soon lowered slightly. "Believe it or not, something happened to me as well...it was six years ago today when Masaharu first proposed to me..." I looked out the window as tears streamed down my face.
Kuri held me close. "And it was two years ago today Kagura lost her life..."
My body shook a little during these next few words. "We were to be married a few days later, but he was called into battle the next day...he was killed in action three weeks later..." I began to cry softly as Kuri kept me close.
"Sick sense of humor alright..."
"I, I only wish I knew who his killer was...maybe then I could do something..."
Kuri frowned. "I doubt it would make a difference. My mate's killer, well, she killed herself, and, well, i guess it was to deny me of doing it myself."
"I guess you're right...it's just, on days like today, those memories just come back to me..." I managed to pull myself together after a few moments as Kuri nodded softly. I wiped the tears from my eyes, sighing a bit. "but, I know he wouldn't want me to be sad..and I know I have to be strong for Masaharu...just as you have to be strong for Kagura..."
"I try, but that foundation does get shaken."
My ears soon perked up as I could hear Sakura crying in her room; a smile came back on my face as I got up. "Well, I'd better go feed Sakura now." I walked out of the mainchambers as Kuri sat up a bit.
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As I made my way through the hall, I noticed some of the kits playing in the hallway; some of them were even giving each other their gifts for Iwai de Aikou. I went into Sakura's room, gently cradling the little kit in my arms as she began to enjoy her breakfast, purring softly all the while.
Kuri was reading in his easy chair as I came into the room; a few minutes later, Sakura was finished with her breakfast as she let out her usual sigh of content. I chuckled softly as she let out a small burp as I patted her on the back.
"Do you think we should wait on the others to arrive before we open our gifts, or do you think we should open them now?" I smiled as Sakura gurgled happily the minute she saw her daddy.
"Hmm, I'll let that be up to you." Kuri replied, setting his book aside.
I nodded, smiling as I conjured a gift bag I had received at the Night Mall the night before.
"Well, we may as well do it now, then." I smiled as I handed it to him. Kuri nodded as well, passing one to me.
I opened mine first as I began to take out the items; inside were a few of the necklaces I was looking at before (apparently, he couldn't decide on just one) also there was a special crystal as well as as a familiar looking container. I looked inside the container, gasping in awe as I found a silver charm bracelet with a yin-yang and a pentagram charm attached to it. "Kuri; these are lovely; thank you." I gave him a kiss on the lips as he chuckled softly.
"I couldn't decide on just one, so, heh, decided to get both."
I smiled. "That was a good choice, love." I then conjured a little something for Sakura as well, a new teddy bear for her collection; the bear was white with brown eyes and a red nose, which was shaped like a heart; the bear was also holding a large red heart in its paws as well. " I managed to pick this up for Sakura as well." I chuckled, seeing Sakura's eyes sparkle the moment she saw it; I gave her the bear as she gave it a big hug, cooing happily all the while.
Kuri smiled as he then whispered to me. "You forgot one, hon." he motioned to a treasure chest like container. I blinked softly as I opened the container; inside was a similar Cataylite stone like the one I had given him just a couple of days beforehand.
Sparkles appeared in my own eyes as I marveled at its beauty. "Oh, my god, Kuri; it's beautiful..." a grin soon spread across my face.
"I figured it was only fair, since well, you got me one, too." he gave me a loving embrace as I returned it.
"Thank you, love." he nodded deciding to open his gifts later.
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Sakura soon looked up at the two of us, smiling brightly; deciding to give the two of us a gift, too. "Da! Da! Ma! Ma!" she grinned; the two of us looked at her in shock.
"Wh, what did she just say..." I blinked, trying to catch that.
Kuri looked as well. "Let's see if she can repeat that..."
Sakura soon put on a determined face, really wanting to get it right this time. "Dada! Mama!" she said happily, giggling all the while. The two of us gasped, our tails frizzing, not believing what just happened.
"Kuri...Sakura just talked..! She said her first words!"
Kuri grinned at this as he got out his new video camera, making sure to that as I wrote that down in Sakura's baby book, the two of us giving her loving hugs and kisses soon afterwards as our friends soon started to arrive, deciding to give each other their own gifts as well, including our new friends, Tai and Sensei MageRonomon.
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ooo Sensei's POV ooo
I smiled as I looked on, seeing the youngsters give their gifts first; some of which were bought at the Night Mall, others bought weeks in advance. I then looked over to Tai, who was a Rageromon, and one of Mohatu's students; suddenly noticing how nervous he was. The two of us had become very good friends since Mohatu first introduced us many months ago after Kuri and Sakuya's wedding last year-secretly, however, over the past few weeks, I began feeling very strange around him, and I suddenly realized what that meant...I was in love with him. I blushed deeply as he then looked at me; I turned my head so that he would not notice, but I believe he caught a glimpse of my blush underneath my sapphire fur. At first I thought I would try and get a mental connection with him, to see what he was really feeling about me, but I soon brushed it off, deciding to wait to see what he would say later on. I then went back to watching the others.
Natsuke soon decided to give his gift to Lisa, which was a pink Cataylite stone; surprisingly, it was carved in the shape of a heart. She gasped as she saw this.
"Natsuke...it's beautiful..." she smiled in awe, "but how did you get the stone carved like this?"
Natsuke chuckled softly, looking over to Kuri as he smirked. "Hehe, actually, it was Kuri's idea for that one." he replied, winking at Kuri.
Kuri nodded, smiling. "In a way, it's a gift from both of us." he returned Lisa's embrace as she hugged the both of them.
Luna then decided to reveal her special news to Taka; she stepped forward. "Um, Taka; can I talk to you for a minute?" Taka blinked as he nodded softly.
"Sure, Luna; what's goin' on?" All of us smiled as we looked on.
"Well, you know how I've been acting a bit strange around you lately...? Well, there's a reason for that...I'm pregnant!" her smile grew even wider as Taka jumped back, wide-eyed.
"Wh, what?? You mean, I'm gonna be a dad!? That's awesome!" his tail twitched excitedly as we all laughed at his expression.
Luna giggled. "I've been pregnant for the past few weeks now."
"Oh, wow; this is incredible! Is the baby gonna be a boy or a girl?" Taka grinned, looking to her. Luna blushed deeply as we all wanted to know this as well; she cleared her throat.
"Um, actually, Taka...it's both...I'm gonna have twins!" the rest of the gang gasped at this as Taka's eyes widened even more as he gaped at her.
Kuri blinked softly. "Well, that's unexpected..."
"What...you're not serious..." Taka's tail frizzed the moment Luna nodded once again; as soon as she did, he ended up fainting in the process, obviously very shocked by that news.
Sakuya giggled to herself. "My goodness; I knew Taka would be surprised, but I didn't think he'd be that surprised." we all laughed softly to ourselves. A few minutes later, Taka finally snapped out of it, shaking himself out of his trance.
"Damn; what just hit me back there?"
Tayla smirked. "Hehe; Luna just said she was pregnant."
Taka nodded. "Yeah; that's what I thought..." fortunately, he managed to steady himself before he fainted again. "wow...th, this is a lot to take in; I mean, I had a feeling it was going to happen eventually, but I didn't think it would be this soon, though..."
Luna giggled softly. "Well, it's the best thing that's ever happened to me...well, that and becoming your mate, of course." She nuzzled him gently as he purred softly.
Everyone smiled warmly at the scene; my tail twitched slightly. 'I wonder if Tai and I will be like that someday...' I thought to myself. Suddenly Tai stood in front of me, clearing his throat.
"Hey, Sensei...remember when the two of us first met, and you revealed your dreams to me if you had ever found a mate in the future...?"
I blinked softly, noticing Tai's nervousness. "Tai? is something wrong?"
He shook his head. "No; not at all, Sensei...it's just..." he sighed a bit, catching his breath. "I want to make all of those dreams a reality for you..." Tai soon went down on one knee, catching everyone off guard, even me...(and not that many can do that, mind you) he conjured a box similar to the one Natsuke gave to Lisa, revealing a red Cataylite stone, which was carved in the shape of the yin-yang symbol. "Sensei...will you marry me?"
I gasped softly, not believing what I just heard...Tai was actually feeling the same way about me as I felt about him...tears of happiness began to stream from my eyes as I smiled lovingly at him.
"Yes, Tai…I will marry you." The two of us shared a loving embrace as everyone else applauded for us.
Kuri chuckled softly as Sakuya smiled. "Well, it looked like things worked out for everyone today, love."
He nodded softly as Tai and I shared a passionate kiss, murring deeply as we did so; not even minding the audience we had at that moment, the two of us very happy that our dreams had come true.
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ooo Lyoko's POV ooo
Later that evening, after the party we had at the palace, it was finally time for the carnival in the park. My eyes widened and I grinned as I looked around. "Wow, this is awesome!"
The entire park was decorated in honor of Iwai de Aikou; there were booths for games, food and even rides all over the place; there was even a roller coaster and a Ferris wheel, along with other rides you would see at an amusement park.
Kuri blinked at this. "Where did all this come from?"
Sakuya smirked. "All of this was done by alchemy, Kuri...of course, quite a few things had to be conjured overnight."
"That explains why the coaster looks to be all one piece..."
I giggled as Kenny and I soon went with the rest of the gang, all of us deciding what we should do first.
-Epilogue-
Everyone had a great time at the carnival; even Kuri and Daddy gave a performance together before the karaoke contest; of course, they were a big hit with everybody else. Kenny even won a huge teddy bear for me at one of the games before we went on the ferris wheel together...where he gave me a pink Cataylite stone asked me to be his girlfriend. I blushed deeply as I said yes, before giving him a kiss on the cheek. Steam even shot out of his ears and he blushed deeply too; he reminded me of Kuri when Sakuya first kissed him.
Even my big sisters, Ayame, Sasami, and Sarabi found boyfriends that night, and they got Cataylite stones, too; and Silver even gave Lisa a set of kissing bears she had one at one of the games, too. Surprisingly enough, the Tamers and their partners even showed up to celebrate with us from Japan.
At the karaoke contest, all of the couples sang one of their favorite songs; as a result, Lisa and Natsuke won 3rd place, Mommy and Daddy won 2nd , and as a big surprise, me and Kenny won 1st prize.
This was definitely one Iwai de Aikou celebration we'd never forget.
-Owari-
Phew, well that one's finished...only 7 more to go as promised.
Silver: hey, it's not your fault the one-shots took so long getting out; you did have your school work to get through with first.
You're right, Silv; hopefully this was worth the wait; of course, I'm not gonna put up any shout-outs for this or the next 5 one-shots, so that'll give the readers another opportunity to review. So until next time...
Both: SEE YA!!