Because I don't feel like writing 'chan' and 'kun' after various characters names all the time, this is a list of the following 'nicknames' I've derived from each character's name:
Hikari- Hi
Jyou- (none)
Koushiro- Kou
Mimi- Mi
Taichi- Tai
Takeru- Take
Sora- (none)
Yamato- Yama
Oh, and Jyou's brother Jim- since I don't know Jim's Japanese name, his new name is "Jimu".
~Thanks
Chapter II
"C'mon, Tai!" Hikari yelled outside his bedroom door.
"I'm coming!" he replied, slipping into his jeans. He zipped them up and proceeded to put on his sneakers. Taichi had had a lot of time to try and decide what he was going to be. He wanted be like one of his role models. But the question was, which one? And which costume could be made with relative ease? It wasn't that Taichi didn't have anything to choose from. He just wanted to ease the burden on his mother because she had to make Hikari's costume as well. Taichi slipped into a shirt and jacket. He tugged the wrinkles out of it; proud of his choice. Taichi picked up the fingerless gloves from the bed to slip them on. He'd had a couple of weeks to think about it. Taichi took off his goggles. He took the bandana that Agumon held for him and tied it around his forehead. Taichi admired his costume in the mirror.
Yup, he couldn't have possibly chosen a better costume.
"So, you're going, now?" Agumon asked rhetorically.
Taichi nodded. "Yup. Just as soon as Hi and I drop you and Gatomon off at Jyou's."
"Tai!" Hikari yelled impatiently.
"Okay!"
"Be careful, Tai," Agumon said. "You have your crest and digivice, don't you?"
Taichi gestured to under his shirt and in his jeans pocket. "Sure do, don't worry."
The two exited the room and entered the kitchen. Hikari sat on a stool while her mom applied the make-up spread out on the counter. She noticed Taichi out of the corner of her eye and tried to look at him.
"Be still." Mom told her. "Or you'll mess it all up...There."
Mom let her go. Hikari jumped off, ran to Taichi and spun in a circle for him. "What do you think?"
Taichi looked her up and down. She had on her black ballerina slippers and white socks over her black spandex pants. She wore a light pink tutu secured to her waist by thick, bunched pink fabric (the same color as the bandana she always wore around her neck) that tied back into a large bow. A long black cat tail was pinned to the bow's underside. She also wore a black leotard, the one she used for ballet, and of course that pink bandana around her neck. She had on white gloves with black paw prints on the bottom. Hikari had a black button nose and two whiskers painted on each cheek. On her head sat black cat ears with white tips. Taichi smiled. She looked just like Gatomon. "You look really nice, Hi."
She smiled. "You too, Tai."
The gang was already waiting for them in the subway station. It wasn't too busy now, that would be good for catching the next subway. Mimi looked really wonderful with her burgundy and pink kimono. She had her hair up in a bun, and had on attractive red lipstick that certainly drew attention to her. Taichi smiled. Koushiro had on the typical brown business suit and red tie. He had an eye patch on his right eye and a pirate's scar on his left cheek. He wore with all this his old purple sneakers. Taichi smiled at the comical sight. He pointed to Koushiro's briefcase. "What's with that?"
"It's my computer." He replied.
"You're taking your computer?"
"Why not?"
Forget it. Taichi looked then to Takeru, who looked less than happy. But why? His costume was great and obviously had a lot of work put into it. Takeru had his old sneakers (of course), brown shorts, and a green long-sleeved shirt with a yellow turtle's underside printed on it. On his back was a flat cardboard turtle shell covered in a fabric, turtle shell print. Actually, Taichi thought that the print looked like the skilled hand of airbrush artist. He had purple bandanas around his elbows and knees and around his forehead. In his hand was a miniature, toy bo.
As if being able to read Taichi's mind, Yamato said, "Mom got Michaelangelo mixed up with Donatello."
"Yeah..." Takeru sighed, looking thoughtfully at his bo a moment. "But at least I got a cool bo!"
Yamato nodded and smiled, glad his brother had cheered up a bit.
Taichi then looked to Yamato, who was wearing gray armor with a broadsword on his back. "Hey, Yamato, I didn't think you were into-"
"My mom made it for me."
"Well, that's cool. What are you?"
"Can't you tell? I'm a warrior, Tai." He said a little indignant.
Even Taichi could've guessed THAT. "A warrior of what?"
"Just a warrior! Does it really matter?"
What was he getting mad for? "Is that thing real?"
"It's a BROADSWORD, Tai." He said. "And its wood. How do you think I got passed the metal detectors?"
Okay, okay already. Taichi quickly searched the premises for Sora. On a green bench not far from him she sat watching the people gathering to wait for the subway. Taichi's heart melted at the sight of her. Sora seemed to be glowing; she was extraordinaire, beautiful...
Perfect.
Sora wore tan sandals and a long, ankle length holy-white robe tied by golden twine, and her sleeves were three-quarters in length, exposing the delicate flesh of her arms and hands. Upon her breast rested a shimmering cross necklace. Her back adorned with small, glittering wings of white. Her amber hair and eyes off-set the trend of neutral colors in a heavenly blaze. She was obviously an angel, and as Taichi had always envisioned one to be.
Taichi turned away, feeling his face flush. He felt a little light-headed from his racing heart. How could he say anything to her; to such an embodiment of pure beauty? "Come on. We don't want to miss the subway car..."
"Tai, the sub isn't even here yet," Yamato said, making Taichi feel like a total idiot.
"Oh, yeah..." He gave a nervous laugh and tugged on his collar for some air. From behind him he could hear Hikari say, "Wow, Sora, you look really great!" And Sora reply, "Thanks! I saw them in a magazine once." At the sing-song sound of her mystical voice Taichi felt his entire body flush.
There was a ton of kids lined up at the entrance. They were things such as witches, warlocks, cats, lions, Gojira, fairy tale characters, even pumpkins, and unaccountably more. The carnival looked pretty big here from the outside. Although Taichi couldn't really tell, considering that the entire thing was surrounded by a very tall, wood plank fence painted a dark brown with graffiti art all over it. The group reached the entrance where there was a booth at which Taichi paid for himself and Hikari, and received two orange tickets with the words "admit one" printed in black. Cool. Well, not really, Taichi was just excited. The gate itself had an arch that looked like jagged vampire's teeth. In red, running paint was the word, "welcome". There on the right was a tall, purple and white clown with clear wings jutting out of his shoulders. They reminded Taichi of maybe fire, the way the wings were so straight. They looked sharp, like the man could cut something with them. He had on a silver, faceless mask. It struck Taichi as eerie that the guy only had one eye; the left eye was just a black mystery. Must just be black cloth over that eye, but, man, it did look scary. Scary is what Halloween was all about, though, wasn't it? Then the dude fit in perfectly. He offered every kid a map, which Koushiro excepted. It seemed to Taichi that the purple clown eyed him in particular as he passed, but Taichi just shrugged it off. Must be that one eye thing. Must be.
The gang walked down a path guided by the ten foot fence. It was dark down this passage because its narrowness cut out much of the carnivals lights, and supplied no light of its own other than the glow-in-the-dark graffiti of mean-looking eyes and like on the walls. The place opened up into a large court Koushiro said was called the "Witching Hour". In the distance there was a huge black cauldron set in the court's center. Around it were one-story buildings that adorned the signs of gift shops.
The group approached the cauldron, and there stood a hunchback. He had a gold clock in his left hand, and his right hand behind his back. He had a monticule for his right eye, and the gold chain attached down to a pocket of his gray jacket. He didn't wear a business suit like Koushiro did, but it was fancy looking none-the-less. The hunchback had huge feet which with his short, bulky body, made him look rather awkward.
"Welcome!" He greeted with an aristocratic air. "Welcome to the All Hallow's Eve Carnival of Spooks. We hope you enjoy yourselves!" The hunchback noted the groups approach, led naturally by Taichi. "Hello, hello! Ah, what a diverse group of Halloweeners! I see we have-"
"Oops!" Mimi cried out as she stumbled over her own feet. She slammed into the man, knocking them both over, causing something to fly out of the hunchback's right hand. She got off of him. "I'm so, so sorry!"
"Oh! Oh drat it!" the hunchback cursed as he scrambled over the ground for whatever it was that he'd lost. He clumsily got to him feet, remembering his 'guests'. The man dusted himself off. He smiled. "It's- it's alright, my dear. Now, where was I? Oh yes. I see we have here a very beautiful geisha, a glorious angel, a pretty little cat, a ninja turtle, a...pirate businessman? And a warrior..."
"See, Tai," Yamato said, "HE knew."
The hunchback paused, starring at Taichi, "...and...and what are you, son?"
Taichi felt exasperated. How could anyone NOT know? "I'm..."
Hikari spoke up for him. "He's Satoshi from Pokemon!"
