This is it. The last ever chapter of Haha Moments. Please pause for a moment of silence.

Okay, that's over. Go ahead, and hopefully destroy that silence with laughter. That's the purpose of this story, after all. A quick smile in the middle of life. I hope it worked.

Sentimentality later. Go ahead and read this. I've actually been working on this one for months, adding random bits here and there, once I realized what I wanted the last chapter to be. I don't think it can beat Chapter 100, but I'll let you decide...oh, and I apologize for the length. I got carried away...

Everyone. Go back and read Chapter 1. I know, that was ages ago...but reread it right now.

Back from that detour? Okay...read the last chapter. What are you waiting for?

"But that picture is…is…" Kari said, frowning as she struggled to find the right word.

I decided to try to help her out. "Pathetic? Embarrassing? The end of my life?"

"Cute."

"It is not cute! It's an abomination! I was six years old!"

She giggled. "Exactly. What happened to you?"

"Wha—hey!"

From behind the front door, a scuffle could be heard. "Kari? Is that you?"

Kari bit her lip and looked at the door. I ran over and covered her mouth with my hand. "Not. A. Word. We're not here," I whispered.

Above the pounding, Mimi's voice could be made out. "Is anybody there?"

"Nope!" Agumon said happily. I glared at him. He cocked his head at me. "What did I do wrong, Tai? I told them that no one was here?"

I rolled my eyes. "You just fell for the oldest trick in the book. Great. Just great."

"Tai! Open this door this instant!" Sora screamed.

"We know you're in there! You shut the door in our faces!" Mimi added, still laughing. Another loud bang sounded on the door. Personally, I was surprised it was still holding under all of this pressure.

I let go of Kari, who looked curiously at the door. "I didn't think they'd try to break down the door…" she said sheepishly.

"That's what girls do. 'I am woman, here me roar,' all that jazz," I explained, rubbing my forehead. Perfect timing: at that moment, Mimi let out a roar of frustration. "See what I mean?"

"What's going on?" came a new voice from outside our apartment door.

This day was just getting better and better.

"Hello, Izzy," Sora said. I could practically hear the smile in her voice. "Tai locked us out."

"Well, it is his apartment…why are you trying to get in his home in the first place?" Izzy asked. I started to freak out more than before. If they told him…

"Oh, no reason," Mimi answered lightly. I began breathing again. "Kari just showed us this adorable picture."

Great. Just great.

"What picture?" Izzy asked. Great. He was curious. Now nothing would stop him from finding the picture and ruining my life.

"Well..." Sora began, "help us get in, and we'll show you."

I backed away from the door slowly. "Kari," I whispered, "what did you do with it?"

"With what?" she asked innocently. A little too innocently.

"The picture! What else would I be looking for at the moment?" I all but screamed. The voices at the door quieted down for a moment, then continued. It didn't sound as though Izzy was partaking in the pounding of the door just yet, but he could jump in at any moment-his curiosity made even him irrational. And the poor door was doomed if another person joined them...

"It's in the scrapbook."

"What?" I looked to my sister.

She shrugged. "The picture of you in the puppy costume. I put it back with Mom's scrapbook of pictures from your childhood..."

Oh, geez. If Sora and Mimi got hold of that book, I would be a dead man walking. I didn't even want to think about what embarrassing photos resided in it.

Before I could worry too much about that end-of-the-world situation, I heard another pair of voices.

"Sora! Mimi! Izzy!"

"...why are you all pounding on Tai's door?"

Life likes to mock me, doesn't it? The newest members of this entourage were none other than TK and Matt.

"I'm not pounding on the door...I'm, er, knocking politely..." Izzy said. He almost sounded sheepish.

"...right. Why are you politely pounding on the door, then?" Matt asked skeptically. I couldn't blame him. I was wondering the same myself-okay, so they wanted to see the photo, but was it really that important?

"No reason in particular," Sora responded, almost as nonchalantly as Mimi had sounded when Izzy had asked. "What are you doing here?

"TK and I were in the neighborhood, and we thought it would be nice to stop by and visit."

"Hmmm...that actually makes sense," Sora said.

"Why did you think we were here?" TK asked her.

"I thought Tai had called you to come and help him fight us off," she responded.

"...why are you here? Can you please just answer that question?" Matt asked, sounding more confused than ever.

Throughout this exchange, Kari, Agumon, Gatomon (she was peeking from behind a doorway, probably debating amongst herself whether or not to be annoyed that we were disrupting her sleep, or to just be amused by the proceedings), and I just listened. Kari was on the verge of giggling; a quick glare from me did nothing to stop silent laughter from escaping her.

Sora, Izzy, and Mimi still hadn't answered Matt's justified question. He asked it again.

"One moment. We've got to wait until Joe arrives," Mimi responded.

Izzy sounded confused himself, which was always a dangerous sign. "Why do you think that Joe will arrive?"

"Because I called him to meet us here," Mimi answered simply.

I rolled my eyes. I couldn't do much more than that, however, because then I heard another voice.

"Mimi...Sora, Matt, TK, Izzy...um. Are we having a group meeting?" Joe asked.

"Not that I know of...what did Mimi tell you?" Matt asked. I could tell he was getting amused by this whole predicament.

I bet you anything that Joe scratched his head right then. "She just said that she and Sora were hanging out, and that I should help them with something. She didn't exactly specify what they needed help with."

I looked at Kari. "When did they have time to call him? They've been trying to break the door down for the last ten minutes!"

She shrugged and looked at the door in bewilderment.

I will admit, this was slightly amusing. We were having an unofficial get-together outside of my home. Kari and I were barricaded inside, and six of our best friends were probably going to break in at any moment.

A sudden burst of laughter sounded from outside the door. It appeared that Sora and Mimi had finally obliged Matt and explained the circumstances.

"Maybe we could sneak out a window?" I asked. I don't think I sounded too optimistic.

"Tai? You there?" came TK's high-pitched voice.

I sighed. "Where else would I be?" I called out to him.

Outside suddenly grew quieter. "Hah!" Sora said. "I knew you'd give up!"

"You're not in the apartment yet, are you?" I said.

She sounded smug. "'Yet' is a relative term. It won't be long now."

"Why do you say that?" I asked, looking up at the ceiling. It didn't have an answer.

Mimi did, however. "Because the door's opening the door as we speak."

I blinked. "Wha..." Gatomon was at the door, silently jumping up and undoing the lock and turning the handle. "Traitor!" I yelled as I lunged for the door.

Too late. It swung open. A stampede of people issued through-everyone who had been in the hallway during this exchange. Sora and Mimi looked especially triumphant, TK was joyful, Matt was amused, Izzy looked a little disoriented, and Joe just appeared to be exhausted.

I looked to my little sister's Digimon. "Why?"

"Tai, you're got the Crest of Courage. You're not going to hide away here forever," Gatomon answered, as if she had done me a personal favor. However, the glint in her eyes showed that she had done it for her own amusement. Typical.

I glared at her for a few seconds, then turned to the problem at hand. Namely, the six people who had entered, all of which were searching the room for any signs of an outdated picture.

"You'll never find it..." I taunted, hoping it would at least throw Joe off the hunt.

Instead, they all turned, in unison, to my little sister.

Kari grinned in apology at me, then started running to my parent's room.

Like Digimon, like partner. At least Agumon was still with me...on second glance, he was trailing TK as the household filed into the master bedroom.

When I finally got in there, it was all over. Mimi and TK had the photo book between them; everyone else was gathered around and behind the two, enjoying the skeptical. Kari, upon prodding from Matt or Izzy, was providing a running commentary on the pictures.

"...and that's when Tai was six; see, he's holding up his first baby tooth. Mom always said that he kept it with him for a week before he let the tooth fairy take it away. Look, that's when I was just a baby, Tai's holding me..."

"And this," Sora exclaimed as Mimi turned the page to the picture that had caused this mess, "is the most adorable picture ever."

I acted as any sane boy would do.

I ran as fast as I could.

And that's it. Yep. I blame Japanese chocolate for anything that doesn't make sense at the end. Hopefully, however, everything does make a bit of sense...

First of all, you have no idea how widely I smiled when I posted that last chapter, and got the email saying that 'Chapter 100 of Haha Moments' was posted. 100! Triple digits! I made it!

Second of all-wow. I'm a lot crazier than I realized. Somehow, we've reached the end. 101 chapters of randomness. I hope you've all enjoyed it somewhat. I know I had a great time coming up with this!

But, alas, we must part ways. Don't worry, I'm going to actually finish those fifty chapters of Type, and then I'll start posting a new story, this time adventure. I know: me, adventure? Impossible! In my defense, I never intended to write comedy. Let alone 100+ chapters of it. But from this day forward, Haha Moments is no more. *insert bawling here*

Oh, and I don't say this enough, but thanks to all of you who've ever read, reviewed, subscribed, and/or favorited this. It means everything to me. I would offer a hug for each of you, but, despite my efforts, I haven't worked out how to do that through a computer.

And I still don't have that time machine I so desperately wanted way back when. Oh, well. Some things will never change.

One last review? Pretty please? With sugar on top?