I'm really excited to be putting this story up! It's my first extended story and my first Adventure story. As always, please review it so I know what you think!

And now for the sad part, the disclaimer. I don't own Digimon.

The large group of teenagers cheered as their friend blew out the candles on his birthday cake. The young blonde blushed, hoping that they weren't causing too much of a disturbance in the restaurant. He was flattered that they were making such a big deal for him today, but it was so much more than he had expected when he woke up that morning.

"So what did you wish for T.K.?" asked a boy with large, bushy brown hair sitting next to him.

"Tai, he obviously can't tell you. Otherwise it won't come true," responded a girl with short, orange hair, while rolling her eyes.

"It doesn't matter. T.V. will never be cooler than me, so his wish is pointless," smirked another boy, with spikey, maroon hair.

"SHUT UP DAVIS!" everyone except the birthday boy yelled.

T.K. laughed and stood up, wanting to thank everyone for coming out. He looked around the table at all of his friends. On his immediate left was Tai, who had the same confident grin he always had on, but looked odd wearing an expensive blazer. Next to Tai was Sora, who had shocked everybody by wearing a stunningly beautiful red dress. Yolei and Ken were holding hands and looked extremely cute, wearing a dress and shirt of the same, dark green colour. Davis was sitting next to them, and had pleasantly surprised everybody by not wearing any soccer apparel or his goggles. Cody, likely in an attempt to make up for Davis, was wearing a dark blue suit, which accented how much he had grown recently. Izzy, had attracted looks from several of the other girls in the restaurant when he walked in looking incredibly smooth with a classic shirt, tie and vest combination. Then finally, on his other side, T.K. looked at Kari, who looked incredibly pretty in a pink, sleeveless blouse and a white skirt.

"First off, I need to thank you all for coming. This is way too nice just to celebrate my fifteenth birthday," T.K. said, "I know we all wish Matt, Joe, and Mimi were here, but it's alright. They've all already sent me birthday wishes today."

"I get why Mimi and Joe aren't here," Davis interrupted, "You know, one's at university and the other's in America, but why couldn't Matt make it? I mean, I had to skip playing soccer tonight to be here!"

"Don't be a prat Davis!" Yolei snapped at him.

"It's fine Yolei," T.K. chuckled, "Davis, for the last time, Matt's in Kyoto, doing an audition for university. He and I celebrated my birthday two days ago before he left."

"And if you have to ask one more time, I won't talk to you for a whole week," Kari added.

Everyone laughed at how Davis would go crazy with Kari ignoring him for a week. T.K. smiled at his best friend, and she slyly winked back at him. When everyone calmed down, T.K. continued.

"Like I was saying, thank you so much for doing this. I had no idea what Kari had in mind when she mentioned 'hanging out'. I really wish that I had some way to repay you guys for all of this. You all mean so much to me. I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to be put with. I hope nothing ever changes."

The group cheered as he sat down, and T.K. cut the cake, giving everyone a slice. As they all continued to eat, T.K. looked at his watch, and realised with a pang that they'd have to leave soon.

"Man, I really wish we didn't have school tomorrow. This is way too much fun to end," he said.

"It is a shame," Ken responded, "If your birthday was Friday or Saturday instead of Tuesday then we could have had a much bigger party."

"Hey, why don't we do that then?" Kari squealed.

"Do what?" Davis asked.

Cody rolled his eyes, "She's saying we should continue T.K.'s party on the weekend."

"But his birthday is today," Davis said, "That's why we're doing this now, isn't it?"

"Davis, it isn't a rule that you have to celebrate someone's birthday on the actual day, you can celebrate it whenever you want," Sora informed him, with a look of pity in her eyes.

"Really? That's allowed?" he asked.

Tai shook his head at Davis, "There is no way I'm ever letting you date my sister."

The group laughed again, and Kari turned to T.K.

"So, what do you want to do birthday boy?"

Before T.K. could answer Davis interrupted again.

"Why does he get to decide? If we're all hanging out shouldn't we decide together?"

"Davis, just stop talking," Ken sighed, "T.K. what do you want to do?"

"Well, it's been a couple months since we went to the DigiWorld. So maybe we could all go for a visit on Saturday! We could spend all day there and even spend the night if we have to!"

They younger DigiDestined all agreed with excitement, but Tai, Sora and Izzy looked a little put out.

"Aww that's a shame, I won't be able to make it. I'm starting my new I.T. internship on Saturday," Izzy said.

"Sora and I can't make it either. We've got to finish our project on mythical gods," Tai added.

"Start our project more like," Sora mumbled.

"I told you I'm not doing any Gods of Love!" Tai shot at her.

"And I told YOU that it's impossible to find any Gods of Courage!" She shot back.

"Jeez, would you two just get a room already?" Izzy cut in.

Tai and Sora blushed and looked in opposite directions while everyone laughed.

"Well that's a shame," T.K. said, "Because I kind of thought that we could go back and visit File Island! Give the new guys a tour of where OUR journey began."

"Whoa, that's awesome!" Yolei cried out.

"Brilliant idea T.K." Cody added.

"Prodigious!" Izzy finished.

"Alright that settles it! On Saturday we're going to File Island," T.K. announced.

"Hey T.A. are there any romantic spots on File Island?" Davis asked looking at Kari.

"If there are, you'll be visiting them alone," Kari giggled.

With that, they ended their dinner and took care of the bill. T.K. wanted to pay his own share, but eventually was convinced by the others to let Kari pay for him, while Tai had to threaten Davis to make sure he paid for his own meal. They gathered up all the leftovers, and slowly walked out of the restaurant.

"Does anybody other than Sora and Izzy want a ride home?" Tai asked.

"No thanks Tai, I have to take the bus anyway," Ken said.

"And the rest of us live fairly close by so we can walk," Cody added.

"Alright. Come on Kari."

Kari shook her head, "No I'm gonna walk home with these guys."

Tai scowled, "I don't think so. It's dangerous."

"We'll be around to protect her," came a new voice.

Everyone turned to see a white cat jump out of a nearby tree and land right in front of Kari. It was quickly followed by a furry orange and white creature with bat like wings for ears.

"Gatomon! What are you doing here?" Kari asked her Digimon.

"And I thought I told you to stay at home Patamon," T.K. said, with a smile on his face.

"It's you're birthday T.K.! I have to make sure nothing happens to you!" Patamon announced proudly, hovering in front of T.K.

"Plus you wanted to make sure I brought you enough food didn't you? You really are a little pig sometimes," T.K. laughed.

Patamon scowled with a small, *PAH* hit T.K. with a mini Boom Bubble before settling down on his head.

"Haha, alright," Tai laughed, "As long as you've got these two, and someone walks you home, then I guess you're fine Kari."

"Don't worry Tai, I'll look after her!" Davis declared.

"T.K., you walk her home. And make sure Davis stays at least five feet away at all times," Tai growled.

The group laughed as Tai, Sora and Izzy got into Tai's car and drove off.

"Well, I guess I should get going too," Ken informed them, "I don't want to be stuck on the bus too late. Plus, Minomon is probably getting pretty hungry. I'll see you guys on Saturday!"

He leaned over to Yolei, kissing her cheek, then turned around and left. The other five teenagers began walking home themselves. They walked slowly, partially because the food they were carrying slowed them down, but mainly because they were having too much fun.

After a few minutes, T.K.'s D-Terminal chimed, and he pulled it out. He smiled after reading the message, typed a response, and put it away.

"Another birthday wish from the other DigiDestined?" Yolei asked.

"Yup, they've been coming in at really random times, but they keep me smiling," T.K. laughed.

"Who sent that one?" Patamon asked

"Catherine," T.K. replied, blushing slightly.

The group all laughed at their blonde friend. Ever since going to France, it appeared that Catherine had developed a small crush on T.K., and they all loved to tease him about it.

"Let's see what it says!" Davis shouted, grabbing the D-Terminal out of T.K.'s pocket.

"Hey, Davis! Give that back," T.K. cried out, "Patamon get it!"

"No way, I wanna know what it says too!" the Digimon said.

"Guys, leave it alone! It's T.K.'s business! We don't need to hear it," Kari scorned them.

"Too late," Gatomon told her as Davis opened up the device and began to read, in a horrible French girl voice.

"Bonjour T.K.! I hope you had a lovely birthday today! I wish I could've been there to celebrate with you. I will talk to you soon! Love Catherine. Aww, how cute, she's already saying love!" Davis sniggered, "Let's see what your reply was T.E."

"NO!" Kari yelled as she grabbed the D-Terminal from Davis and gave it back to her best friend, "You really can be a jerk sometimes Davis!"

"It's fine Kari, it's not a big deal," T.K. told her calmly.

"But that e-mail is your business. It's not like the rest of us are supposed to know about it," she replied, with a hint of resentment in her voice.

T.K. wrapped his arm around his friend's shoulder, "Relax Kari. You're not allowed to be upset by anything today. Not even Davis."

Kari smiled and nodded as they continued on.

Eventually, they reached the intersection where they always split up.

"Well, I guess we'll see you two tomorrow," Cody said to Davis and Kari.

"You mean three. I'm not going anywhere without T.K. escorting me," Kari said giggling.

Yolei smirked at her friend, while Davis groaned and T.K. laughed. "Well, I guess I'll see you in class then Kari. I hope you had a good day today T.K. And again, Happy Birthday!" She finished, while giving him a hug.

"Yeah, hope it was the best one yet," Cody told him as he offered his hand for a high-five.

"It's definitely a contender!" T.K. exclaimed as his hand met Cody's with a loud clap, "See you tomorrow! Tell Poromon and Upamon I liked their gifts!"

"You got presents from Digimon?" Davis asked T.K. as they parted ways with Cody and Yolei.

"Yeah, Poromon gave me two intertwined feathers to stick in my hat that he pulled out as Hawkmon, and Upamon made me some sushi," T.K. told him.

"And Patamon and I snuck into a store and got T.K. a new hat!" Gatomon announced proudly.

"Wait, you stole a hat?!" Kari cried out.

"No, not technically," Patamon said looking guilty, "I grabbed the hat and Gatomon snuck some money into the cash register. We were quite sneaky about it!"

"Where'd you get the money from?" Davis asked.

"From my wallet," Kari said glaring down at Gatomon, "I was wondering why I had less money."

"You would've spent it on T.K. anyway," Gatomon retorted smiling.

"Man, now I feel really bad that I didn't get you anything T.A." Davis said solemnly.

"As you should," Kari said glaring at him.

"Hey, you didn't get him anything either!" Davis retorted.

Kari blushed, and was starting to look down in shame when T.K. responded to him.

"She already gave me my present before we went out Davis. She wanted it to be a secret."

"Oh really? What was it?"

"You are aware of what a secret is, right?" T.K. asked with his eyebrows raised.

Davis turned away and pouted. While he did so, Kari looked up at T.K. and smiled, and he winked back.

I'm so lucky he's always willing to cover for me. Kari thought.

After a few more minutes of walking, they arrived at Davis' apartment building. He gave T.K. a fist bump and moved in to give Kari a hug before T.K. stopped him.

"Sorry Davis, I gave my word to Tai."

"Awww come on!"

"Davis, if you just go home now, I promise I'll give you a kiss on T.K.'s next fifteenth birthday." Kari said with a sly grin on her face.

"Deal!" Davis shouted, and he turned to leave. T.K. looked at Kari, who winked at him. Just as they were about to turn the corner, they heard a shout of, "HEY WAIT A MINUTE!" and the two friends burst out laughing along with their Digimon.

They continued on in silence for a few minutes. Kari and T.K. had long ago passed the stage of constantly needing to talk when they were with each other. They understood that sometimes, just enjoying someone's company was more than enough.

As they arrived on Kari's street, Gatomon turned to Patamon.

"Hey, I bet you I can run to the building faster than you can fly there!" she challenged.

"You're on!" he responded and leapt off of T.K.'s head, flying as fast as he could.

"No fair I didn't say 'Go'!" Gatomon shouted, charging after him.

"They certainly are energetic aren't they?" T.K. asked Kari.

"Yeah, I know. They always seem to have a bit more left in the tank," Kari giggled.

"Thanks for doing this Kari. You really didn't need to spend the effort on arranging this."

"I know I didn't have to silly! I wanted to! It's what you do for your best friend. Especially since I, you know, dropped the ball and couldn't find you a present," she finished blushing.

T.K. stopped walking, put his bag down, and pulled Kari into a strong hug. Kari instantly dropped her own bag and wrapped her arms around T.K.

"Kari, I've told you a hundred times, you never need to get me anything. As long as I get to spend time with you, then it's a good day."

"But you always do so much for me, and I never do enough in return," Kari said, her voice quivering.

"Stop it Kari. I don't want to be the reason you're upset. But if it really means that much to you, just get me something later. It's not like there's only one day a year when you can give someone a present."

Kari lifted her head and looked into T.K.'s clear blue eyes, and smiled. She leaned in, and kissed him lightly on the cheek, before resting her head on his chest.

"I'm so glad that you're my best friend T.K."

"Same goes for me Kari," he replied soothingly.

After they broke apart, they picked up their bags, and finished the walk to Kari's apartment building. They arrived to see Gatomon and Patamon laying on the ground, both out of breath.

"Who won?" T.K. asked them smiling.

"I did!" they responded at the same time.

T.K. and Kari laughed.

"Come on, let's get you upstairs so you can eat," Kari said as she picked up Gatomon.

As T.K. picked up Patamon and placed him on his head, he turned to his best friend.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Absolutely," she smiled, "I wish it were Saturday though,"

"Yeah, me too."

They gave each other one last hug and Kari turned and walked into her building. T.K. stood there for a moment, smiling before starting to walk home.

"What's on Saturday T.K.?" Patamon asked.

"We're all taking the day to go to the DigiWorld," T.K. told his partner.

"Oh that'll be cool," Patamon yawned.

"Yup, but you seem pretty tired. Get some sleep buddy."

They walked in silence for a while when Patamon spoke again.

"Did you have a good birthday T.K.?" He asked drowsily.

T.K. unconsciously brushed his cheek where Kari had kissed him.

"Best one yet."

I hope you guys liked Chapter One!

I know there wasn't a lot of Adventure or Romance in it but we'll get there, I promise.

Let me know what you think!