Disclaimer: Digimon, Taichi, Yamato, Daisuke, Takeru, and the other charas don't belong to me, though if they did I'd be in bishie heaven! ::grin:: And there would be a lot of yaoi romance, and other stuff of the sort. Definitely Taito and Daikeru... Heh heh. =)
Notes: This is a YAOI fanfic. Get the point..? Taito. Yup. A little Takari, although I hate the couple... Daikeru!!!!!!! ::grin:: On to the story. :) R&R, if you wanna. =)
Taichi Yagami paused in front of the mercantile. He wasn't sure whether he should go in or not. Well, since I DO need to get some more supplies... I guess it's worth the risk, he thought.
He walked into the store and looked around. It was packed, which was very strange for this time of day, this time of week. Hell, it was strange for the shop to ever be this full. And stranger yet, they were all men. Hmm. Very seldom did a man go shopping, unless he lived by himself, and not many men did. There had to be something going on...
"Tai!" a very familiar exclaimed. Oh, no.
"Hello, Davis," Tai said. He had been afraid that he would run into the other young man. If there was anything going on, Davis was sure to be a part of it. Then again, maybe he could find out what was going on here from him...
The mahagony haired boy sighed. "Man, it's a mess in here." Meet Daisuke Motomiya, nicknamed Davis, annoyance extroidinaire and loudmouth...
Tai nodded in agreement. He paused a moment before asking, "Davis, what's going on here?"
The young man stared at him, shock written all over his features. "You don't know?" he asked increduously.
"I just got back in town from visiting my family," Tai explained impatiently. He HAD told Davis that he had been going to visit his family... "I've been gone for a couple of weeks, if not more."
"Oh," Davis said nodding, "I remember now."
"So, what's going on?" Tai prodded. He was interested. It wasn't everyday that a whole group of men were gathered in a store.
"Three words, buddy - Mail Order Brides."
Tai stared at him blankly. "What's that mean?"
"It means women coming from other countries to be married to guys who pay their way across," a new voice added. Tai turned to see deep black eyes and red hair. Koushiro Izumi aka Izzy.
Davis nodded, aggreeing.
"Oh," Tai said. "So you guys are going to try it?" he could see Daivs going for it, but Izzy didn't seem like the type to get a "Mail Order Bride."
Izzy shrugged. "I'm not so sure. It doesn't appeal to me."
Davis sighed. "But I've been trying to get him to sign up. It would be a really good chance for him."
Izzy rolled his eyes. Tai frowned. "When's the last sign up day?" he curiously inquired.
Davis cleared his throat. "Actually- today. Are you going to sign up?"
Tai shrugged. "I don't know. Kinda like Izzy said - it doesn't appeal to me. Maybe. But you don't know. There's a big possibility that you wouldn't like any of them and they wouldn't like you."
"Aw, nevermind!" Davis turned to the shorter red head. "C'mon Izzy! I'm sure that you won't regret it!"
"You mean you won't," Izzy said, ever the calm.
"Bu-" Davis started. "What do you mean by that?"
"Izzy, stop being mean to Davis. You know he has a VERY small brain and limited intelligence," Tai said grinning.
"That's not funny," Davis said, with his ever present grin. "C'mon Izzy!"
"I will if Tai will."
"Tai-" Davis whined.
Tai put up his hands in defeat. "All right." He already had a headache, and Davis' whinig wouldn't make it any better. Besides, how hard could it be?
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Mimi Tachikawa sighed as she looked out at the ocean. Normally she wouldn't be all by herself on the deck, but she had needed some time to think. It had only been a couple of days since she'd left and already she was homesick. At least she had other people to talk to who could sympathize with her. There were nine other brides besides herself on the boat, and she knew eight of them.
She looked over to where the girl who she hadn't friended yet was standing. She never talked or anything. Mimi wondered why she'd come. Everybody else had shared their reasons by now, and none of them were so terrible. Just the usual, if there is a such thing as "usual."
Mimi turned her thoughts to the upcoming town. It would still be a while before they got there, but she couldn't help but worry. I hope that I find someone I like, she thought, and more importantly, who likes me. It would only be a few weeks more before they reached their destination, and then she would know...