Authors note:

This is a digimon fic which is quite yama-centric, it is an AU set after adventure but before 02. It is a Yamora even though I prefer Yamachi, both relations work really well in my head but Yamora really fits this fic to a T. Maybe I'll get to write a Yamachi in the future. In this fic 02 doesn't exist because though I did like some of the characters I tended to hate the story, however all characters maintain their physical appearance from 02. This is what happens when my mind won't let me rest until I DO something with the ideas in my head. It starts out slow and light hearted but don't let that fool you, it will get very dark later on. It can get quite horrific so I advice those with a weak temperament to avoid this fic. Characters can be a little OOC though I try to avoid it.
I will be using Japanese names except for Tai and Joe because I like them short.

I'll establish the ages here, if it isn't quite accurate just bear with me.
Tai, Yamato, Sora, Mimi, Koushirou - 17
Joe - 18
Hikari, Takeru - 14

well that's enough rambling from me, on with the fic!

Ishitikai

Chapter one - Underage drinking is wrong, but it happens.

"This can't end well..."

Yamato sighed, shaking his head as Tai proceeded to chug the insane amount of liver destroying liquid; after accomplishing his goal Tai let out a satisfied sigh and slapped Yamato on the back "Oh come on Yama lighten up, I mean it was you who suggested this little shin dig, besides I can handle a looot more then a little community cup!"

"Oh I'm sure you can, you handled it soooo well last time." Yamato retorted. Tai merely scoffed and turned back to the circular table they were seated at. He wore a dark blue long sleeved shirt with white writing proclaiming "Tough shoes" and his favourite pair of dark blue trousers. Yamato was sitting beside him on his right wearing a black muscle top which hugged his firm torso snugly and tight denim black jeans held up by a thick blue belt with silver wolf carvings along the sides looking fairly smug with his recent comment. Joe was seated on Tai's left, he wore a simple white T-shirt with light blue cotton trousers and he was fidgeting slightly in his seat as he examined the can of beer in front of him. Mimi sat opposite Tai, she had a lilac dress on with long flowing sleeves that cut off at the shoulders, the fabric looked as light as air and gave her a summery appearance. Her light brown hair was clipped back on either side with heart shaped hair clips preventing her long fringe from failing over her eyes, she was currently giving Joe a half hearted glare. Sora was sitting between Yamato and Mimi wearing a lemon blouse which had cupped sleeves and large ruffles at the front that cascaded down her chest, the blue jeans she wore showed off her generous curves. She was currently occupying her time by chewing on her straw which extended out of a tall glass of liquid that had a slightly green tint to it. In the centre of the table lay a sad looking pile of jenga blocks, each one had a number from one to eight scrawled on its side.

"Taiii you, you knocked it over so you 'hic' you have to build it back up!" Mimi moaned, resting her elbow on the table in order to prop her head up with her hand while her other hand possessively grasped a glass containing a sweet smelling pink liquid. "Those are the rules!" she squealed.

"I told you guys this was a bad idea, drinking jenga is a serious hazard to our health!" Joe moaned, Mimi sneered at him before commenting "If you didn't cheat so, so much by sipping on your...your...your drink like a LIGHTWEIGHT you wouldn't be worrying so much!"

Yamato chuckled to himself as Mimi finished her tirade before beginning to aid Tai in the reconstruction of the jenga tower "Mimi's right" he proclaimed with a sly grin, "besides you survived the last time we did this, you definitely faired much better then our great leader here."

Tai shot him a deathly glare at that before hissing in response "As I recall, yama, you were just as out of it as I was mister..." Tai closed his eyes, tossed his head back and waved an accusing finger back and forth before putting on his best Yamato impersonation voice and continuing "...I have an idea, lets go out on the balcony and set off those fireworks my dad gave me!" Yamato's grin faltered as he winced at the memory...

"Why is the room spinning?" Tai moaned from his relaxed position on a leather couch in the centre of the living area of Yamato's apartment. He was wearing an orange T-shirt which had 'I don't give a cheesit' scrawled across the front in bold black letters. He had loose blue jeans which looked a bit worse for wear adorning his muscular legs. His feet dangled off of the armrest while he smothered himself with one of the couches two stiff leather pillows in an attempt to force the room to remain stationary. Sora sat on the floor looking slightly exasperated as Mimi "improved" her hair through the use of an obscene amount of hairspray and pink clips. She was dressed in an oversized dark blue wool jumper which slipped off one of her shoulders partially revealing a thin black bra strap. She worn creamy yellow short shorts with slightly frayed edges "You aren't doinganythintoocrazy are ya Mimi?" She slurred as she tried to turn her head to see what her supposedly good friend was doing to her hair.

"Why Sora I dooooooo believe you are druunnkk, and doontcha trust me?" Mimi playfully snapped throwing her arm against her forehead before leaning back and fluttering her eyelids in a poor attempt at looking outraged at Sora's distrust. She was perched on the only seat on the couch currently unoccupied by Tai with Sora sitting on the floor in front of her. Her light pink blouse had the first two buttons undone revealing a hint of her generous cleavage. Her short, deep pink skirt barely reached halfway down her milky thighs. The knee high socks she wore were a dull shade of white with oversize barbie pink bows at the top on either side.

"Now Mimi," Joe chimed from his position on the floor beside the couch, he wore a crisp white shirt and deep blue trousers. "We are alll drunk! This is a party right!" He laughed out the last line as he attempted to stand, bracing himself against the couch as he did so.

"Jeez check out captain obvious over here" Mimi giggled before turning her attention back to Sora's hair. Tai, feeling decidedly better now that the room had decided to stop spinning, swung his legs around and gingerly pushed himself off of the couch "Imma gonna go get another beer and find out whats keeping our host" He muttered before heading off into the kitchen. Upon entering he noticed Yamato was nowhere in sight so after grabbing a beer from the fridge he stumbled towards Yamato's room, nearly tripping on Sora in the process. His head began to spin slightly as he shoved open the door before ducking swiftly as a pair of old shoes flew towards his face.

"Hey watch it Yama! What the hell are you doing anyway?" Tai glanced around the room, he noticed Takeru sitting on the edge of Yamato's bed sniggering slightly. He was adorned in a light green T-shirt with dark green rims, his khaki shorts reached just past his knees revealing his tanned calves. Tai looked over to see what Takeru found so hilarious, he was rewarded for his efforts with the site of Yamato's back as he haphazardly tossed various objects over his shoulder as he searched through the closet on the far side of the room. "Whatcha looking for?" after a few seconds passed with no response Tai turned to Takeru "What's he looking for?"

Takeru lolled his head towards Tai before replying "He was insisting he was perfectly capable of playing his harmonica when I stated he is in no state to do so, so he decided to prove it to me. Only he can't find it."

"Ahh I see, but isn't that it sticking out of his back pocket?" Tai observed.

"SHHHHHHH! I want him to figure it out on his own!" Takeru whispered frantically, luckily for him Yamato didn't seem to hear them as he pulled a large rectangular box out from the mess he had created. "I had totally forgotten about these!" he exclaimed as he stood up, still holding the mysterious box. He spun around and nearly fell on top of Takeru before steadying himself, his chest muscles flexed beneath his black turtle neck as he did so. The deep black jeans he worn fit him perfectly, complimenting his hips nicely. A thick silver skull served as the buckle for his blood red belt.

"Woah there Nii-chan you almost crushed me." Takeru jeered with poorly concealed mirth. Tai eyed the box suspiciously from his position in the doorway, he grinned when Yamato held the box up for inspection.

"Boy's we have a REAL party now" Yamato announced causing Takeru's smile to gradually decrease before fading completely. Tai rubbed his hands together before letting out a sinister sounding laugh as Yamato strolled past him into the living room.

"Guys I just found the means to make this night the most memorable one yet! Let's go and...!" Yamato stopped speaking abruptly when his eyes fell on Sora. Everyone in the living room including her gazed at him expectantly, waiting for him to continue. He swallowed hard as he stared at her head; her reddish locks of hair had been piled up on her head and bared a striking resemblance to a wasps nest. The various pink clips poked out of the mess at odd angles caused him to wonder how they were holding the thing up at all.

"You ok?" she queried from her position on the floor. After overcoming the initial shock he and Tai, who had come to stand beside him and was also currently fixated on Sora's predicament, turned their heads slowly toward one another. As soon as crystal blue orbs meet chocolate brown ones both boy's burst out in rapturous laughter; Tai clasped his stomach while Yamato tried to stop himself by covering his mouth with one hand. Sora blinked a few times before catching on to the reason for their outburst. She slowly got up from the floor before clenching her hands into tight fists and spinning around sharply to face Mimi. Upon getting a full view of the back of the issue Tai and Yamato laughed even harder and began to struggle to stay on their feet.

"Mimi..." Sora began through clenched teeth. Mimi looked up at her innocently, tilting her pink cowboy hat back and crossing her legs. The motion caused her skirt to ride up slightly, revealing even more of her shapely pearly white thighs. Joe's face went through six shades of red before settling on tomato as he redirected his gaze to fall anywhere but there. Luckily for him no one seemed to notice as Sora continued "...WHAT. HAVE. YOU. DONE!" Sora's tone remained even and threatening but Mimi was still unfazed. Tai and Yamato continued to snigger behind her back which only caused her to grind her teeth together. "FIX IT!" she almost yelled. To her surprise Mimi swiftly stood up, grabbing the brush that had been lying beside her simultaneously as she did so.

"I was just having a little fun." She huffed as she proceeded to whip Sora around and in a whirl of pink clips, hair pulling and Sora's various exclamations of "OUCH!" and "EKK!" managed to produce a neat high topped bun. A thick lock of hair fell across the left half of Sora's face in a light curl, complementing her heart shaped face whilst drawing attention to her reddish/brown eyes. All the males feel silent after witnessing Mimi's amazing feat. Yamato couldn't pull his eyes away from Sora's face, his heart almost skipped a beat at the transformation and before he could stop himself he began examining her features, from her large oval eyes to her slightly moist, delicately pink lips which seemed to shine in the soft light of the room. She broke out in a soft pink blush when she noticed his mesmerised stare and he responded in turn. This happened in the space of a minute, then the short silence was broken when a wide eyed Takeru spoke in a tone so quiet it was almost a whisper

"Mimi...are you magic?"

Everyone slowly turned to T.K and promptly erupted in laughter. Mimi wiped a tear from her light brown eye before casting Yamato a sideways glance and asking "So what's in the box?"

Yamato took a few deep breaths to stop himself from laughing some more before looking back to the box in his hands as if it were some sort of foreign entity, recognition slowly dawned as he remembered what he had been trying to do before he had spotted Sora. An evil smirk quickly spread across his face, he made sure he had everyone's full attention before opening the box revealing its rather dangerous contents. Joe turned a deathly shade of white, Mimi raised both of her hands to her mouth to stifle a giggle and Sora raised one eyebrow incredulously.

"Well guys I do believe we have a balcony." Yamato drawled as he strolled past his captive audience towards the glass doors separating him from his goal. He slide the door open with his right hand while cradling the box with his left. "Care to join me?"

"Nii-chan I think this is a very bad idea." Takeru stated.

"Listen to him Yamato you could seriously hurt yourself!" Joe added. Sora, Mimi and Tai exchanged a look before following Yamato out onto the balcony, he had already managed to prop half of the objects in question against the railings. He lit the first one using matches he had found in the box despite various protests from Joe and Takeru, before scampering back to join the group in the doorway. The fuse disintegrated quickly causing the firework to shoot out narrowly missing a building but managing to climb high into the air before exploding with an ear popping bang, producing bright green flashes in the sky. Everyone let out a collective gasp as it did so, before cheering at their success. "Did you see that? It almost hit the building!" Joe groaned.

"Come on Joe live a little! Yama give me a match it's my turn." Tai exclaimed. Yamato shrugged before tossing him the matchbox. Tai placed the second firework in the same place Yamato had set the first one off. He lit the fuse less carefully then Yamato had, once it was lit he turned to run back to the group only to trip on the box as he did so. In mid fall his foot slipped trying to gain purchase on the slippery wooden surface of the floor causing it to nudge the precariously placed firework. From his position on the floor his eyes widened in shock as the firework rolled towards him, the menacing looking tip was aimed directly at his side.

"TAI!" Yamato yelled. Pure instinct took over as he ran forward, jumping over Tai and kicking the firework off the balcony just as the fuse finished its bleak course. Mimi screamed as they all hit the deck when the firework shot past them through the open door into the apartment, it deflected off the living room wall, zipping through the hallway past the two bedrooms before deflecting off of the ceiling in the bathroom and landing in the toilet. No one spoke as they exchanged worried looks and waited for the unavoidable blast. When nothing happened they slowly got to their feet and cautiously entered the apartment. They silently made their way to the bathroom with Tai and Yamato in the lead, at the door Tai opened it carefully and popped his head inside.

"Huh...water must have defused it." He breathed.

Everyone let out a relieved sigh. Mimi leaned on Joe who was shaking, Takeru sank to his knees taking calming breaths, Sora shook her head before plopping on the floor, Tai turned to Yamato before wiping the visible sweat from his forehead as Yamato braced his back against the wall.

"My god Tai, I'm as stupid as you are." Yamato let out shakily with a small smile.

"Hey, I would say thanks for saving me but since this was your idea I think I should hit you instead." Tai responded with a small smile of his own, before his face turned an abrupt shade of green. He jumped to the toilet barely managing to spill the contents of his stomach into it. Yamato examined everyone's exhausted looking facing before doubling over in laughter, Sora let out a small laugh of her own and Takeru soon joined her. Mimi laughed into Joes shoulder has he let out a small laugh before announcing "I think that's enough for one day."

"...Yeah that was quite a day, we were really lucky." Yamato sighed as he stretched out. Tai stared at the newly stacked jenga tower he and Yamato had just finished creating before creasing his brow in concentration.

"I remember Hikari wasn't there because she was helping her friend finish a paper, but why wasn't Koushirou there?"

Everyone paused for a moment to consider the question, except for Sora who continued chewing on her straw.

"I don't know lets ask him when he wakes up." Yamato announced remembering how Koushirou had went to "rest his eyes" on the couch after repeatedly getting rule number four (take a shot) and finishing a FULL glass of whiskey. Mimi nodded her head sagely in agreement; Yamato chose this moment to go check on Takeru and Hikari who had declined to join them for the game, preferring to play 'cards' together in his room instead. Yamato didn't believe this farce for a second so he braced himself before knocking on the door, he felt quite perturbed that he actually had had to knock to gain access to his own room. After a lot of rustling and a loud thump a pair of eyes peered at him from the thin slit in the door, after they had widened in recognition the door flew open to reveal Takeru.

"Good he's still fully clothed." Yamato mentally breathed when he cast a glance over his brother, his forest green tank top had ridden up slightly but his khaki green trousers that were riddled with various zippers and pockets were still firmly in place. Yamato leaned over Takeru's shoulder to peek into the room, he spotted Hikari sitting stiffly at the end of the bed, her auburn locks looked slightly ruffled and her chest rose and fell in poorly stifled deep breaths. The tags she always worn clunk together softly with each breath and Yamato couldn't help but notice her deep maroon tank top was on backwards. The loose mahogany quarter length trousers she wore were held in place by a delicate rosy belt which had, to Yamato's slight alarm, been taken out of its first loop.

"Hmmmm..." he stooped closer to Takeru's neck with a contemplative look plastered across his cool features. "I spy with my little eye..." Takeru immediately clasped a hand over the newly blooming bruise on his neck as his face turned to a shade of crimson, Hikari also blushed profusely before turning her head away and chewing on her cheek in embarrassment.

"Well you kids have fun..." Yamato gushed as he patted Takeru's shoulder and turned to make his exit "...just remember this is my room and Tai and I are only a door away." he warned lightly before heading back to the game, upon entering the kitchen he watched as the group held their breath in anticipation as Joe's quivering hand attempted to extract a particularly difficult looking jenga block. He swiftly pulled it out with a girlish "Eeeee"; the tower wobbled profusely but did not fall. He breathed a sigh of relief before reading out the number "It's a three; I get to pick three people to drink! Let's see…I guess Yamato and Tai are a given…" He slowly turned his head to face Mimi, she was looking at him in eager anticipation. He looked over at Sora who was still chewing on her straw with a far off look in her eyes. "Mimi is really drunk but Sora is even worse off…no choice I suppose." He concluded.

"…I'll be the third." Mimi scoffed but said nothing more, Tai and Yamato proceeded to chug their respective beers; finishing them almost simultaneously. Joe took a little longer but managed to finish his in one go.

Yamato had returned to his seat with three new beer bottles to replace the recently decimated ones. He grabbed a bottle opener and, holding all three in one hand, opened them and handed one to Tai and Joe. He held the cool beer with both hands, enjoying the feeling of the condensation against his skin. Even though it was fairly late in the evening the heat from the warm summer day had yet to dissipate, causing the apartment to become muggy and the air to feel thick. He began calmly peeling the label off his bottle, staring into the thick brown glass to observe the carbonated bubbles rise to the surface in steady streams.

"Yamaaa, earth to Yama!" He shot his head up as Tai waved a hand in front of his face.

"We think its time to call it quits, Mimi has ceased to function and Sora won't respond to standard stimulus." Tai sighed.

Yamato looked around the table noticing Mimi had passed out and Sora continued to chew on what once was her straw. Joe was trying to revive Mimi by gently shaking her shoulder, for a while nothing happened but just as Joe was about to give up her eyes shot open. "Time to go Mimi" Joe smiled at her; she gave him a blank look before nodding her head in agreement. "I'll take her home guys." Joe stated as he helped her up and out of the room.

"Well Koushirou can stay the night I suppose, my dad won't mind since he won't be back tonight and he has already claimed the couch." Yamato mused. He cocked his head towards Sora who had finally stopped chewing her straw to look at him. "Damn, why the hell is she looking at me like that? It's almost like she knows."His eyes took in the soft look of her lips that were pursed into an almost seductive smile; they followed the delicate curve of her cheek before coming to a stop as his eyes locked onto hers, for that split second he could almost swear she wanted him as much as he wanted her. The moment was broken as quickly as it began as she rose from the table, almost breaking into a run as she spun around to exit the kitchen. He could only sit there feeling as though his heart would burst; every pore in his body screamed at him to go after her, to act on these desires because it was what he wanted and for the first time he could let himself believe she just might want it to. Instead he was all to aware of Tai sitting beside him, an unreadable expression on his face as he too rose from the table.

"Listen Yama I'm going to take Sora and Hikari home, if Koushirou is staying you don't have enough room for all of us right?" Yamato opened his mouth to protest but Tai cut him off. "I'll be fine, we will get a cab. See you tomorrow ok? Hopefully Koushirou's hangover won't stop him from showing us that surprise he couldn't stop going on about!" Tai laughed as he exited.

"Alright then, just be careful when you get Hikari!" Yamato yelled after him. "That's right Koushirou promised a surprise, I wonder what he has in mind." He mused as he closed his eyes, turning his attention back to the way Sora had looked at him and what it could mean. The thought brought an unconscious smile to his lips as it seemed his situation was not as hopeless as it had once appeared.