A/N:

Hello all :) This is SoratoMusicStories here with my first story ever published, entitled: 'Just So you know Sora.' The inspiration for this story came from a well-liked song of mine. The original song is by Jesse McCartney. Keep in mind that this is just an intro chapter, and its main purpose is to serve as one that would explain what has happened thus far. So, don't be surprised to find that there is a shortage of dialoge. I'm still trying to develop a style of writing. I hope you enjoy and review if you so choose, though a review would be greatly apreciated. Thank you :)

Disclaimer: As you can probably tell, I am not Mr. Jesse McCartney, nor will I ever be for any period of time. The same goes for the creators and staff that help create the anime we all know as Digimon. I am merely a fan, just trying my hand at writing. In short, I do not own anything that is or ever will be mentioned in my stories. The only thing I would like to call mine is the storyline. Thank you.

Note: On 7/15/13, this chapter was revised. Thank you.

When Sora starts to doubt her relationship with Tai, its partly because of a music video made by Matt suggesting hidden feelings, as she tries to sort out her feelings; Matt suddenly leaves for a possibily permant job in New York. Will they end up together?

Just so you know Sora

Chapter 1: Busy

"Have you guys seen Matt's new song? Its pretty catchy." asked Hikari 'Kari' Kamiya, while flipping through a Times magazine.

The DigiDestined, both the new and old, give or take a few absentees, were all currently in the living room of the Izumi residence, everyone seemingly lost in their own worlds. Seven years ago, the group of kids now called the original DigiDestined, had all enrolled in a summer camp, not expecting to be transported into a parallel universe where animal-like creatures called digimon roamed- the Digital World. But, as odd as it seemed, they were curious to find that they were the supposed prophetic 'chosen ones' that had the responsibility of saving the said Digital World, dubbed Digi-World for short. Even though they were still in the process of figuring out exactly what they had gotten sucked into, they managed to save the Digi-World with the help of their own 'digimon', which was short for digital monster.

Now in the year of 2010, the majority of the original DigiDestined were 18. The exceptions were Joe, who was 19 and preparing for when he was going to enter college next fall, Mimi and Izzy, both 17 whom are still on their senior year along with Tai, Matt, and Sora. Since the original digimon of the DigiDestined were no longer able to digivolve to their ultimate levels, having sacrificed the privilage in order to save the Sovereigns, the new DigiDestined came to be.

Davis Motomiya (Tai's apprentice in manner and dress style), Yolei Inoue (who was practically Mimi with glasses), Cody Hiro (a stickler for the rules like Joe with the urge to question things, keen common sense like Izzy), Ken Ichijouji, Takeru 'Tk' Takashi (the younger brother/happier version of Matt), and finally, aforementioned Hikari 'Kari' Kamiya the kindhearted DigiDestined, representing Sora, were referred to the 'new' DigiDestined.

It was a late Sunday afternoon, and the gang decided that a meet up was in store, even despite some being busy.

Joe was absent from the gathering due to his busy schedule of panicked studying and research on the college he was planning to enter. Even though the others thought that it was odd, studying so you could be ready for studies that were going to take place five months from now, it didn't stop Joe from readying himself. He had made a point that with high school over for him, and five free months (he graduated early due to already earning all of his necessary credits before the end of the year), he could use the time to bulk up on facts about both medicine and veterinary services, since he was planning to study veterinary arts after college.

The reason? He just thought that if he was going to be a doctor for the Digital World, that he'd benefit from animal treatment experience. And due to his plans, he rarely had time to just hang with the others or even get to see them for the matter.

If anyone could count on meeting him everyday, at the same time, it was Starbucks employees. There numerous nights in which Joe just stayed up with cups of coffee littering his desk where a desktop computer was nearly on all night and day. Teetering on the edge of friends, Joe & the employees across the street from his apartment knew each other's names by heart

Another DigiDestined, Tai, was also missing from the Izumi household. The eldest Kamiya, now eighteen and significantly more mature than he was before, was actually away on a business entrepreneurship experience trip funded by a sponsor college. He and twelve other students from their school were picked for leadership capability, exceptional time management in classes and interests factors. The trip had already taken up a day, today marked the second, and the group was due back on Tuesday.

Because of his increasing maturity, Tai and Sora had managed to maintain a relationship for the past four months, to the dismay of their friends. Most thought that the cliché of 'guy picking on girl because its how he shows his feelings' was too far of a stretch to work, but it turned out to be so when Tai had approached Sora shyly, sincerely.

Things started off well, they went on outings often, Tai escorting her every morning to school, despite teasing. Until recently, the relationship seemed to be progressing alright- but Tai, after some self reflecftion, began to realize that maybe he felt for Sora in a way that was not the least bit romantic.

He was only partially working up the courage (ironically, this was what he was known for) to tell Sora his predicament when he starting picking up on Matt's not so well hidden feelings. He was almost absolutely positive that Matt harbored feelings for Sora, in every facial expression, every tuck of the hands and the small things that were uncontrollable, Matt without speaking a word said 'I'm not agreeing to this'.

When weighing himself against his childhood friend, he realized that Matt has the potential to become a better fit for Sora. Tai didn't doubt his feelings, he liked her for sure, but he knew that their relationship was not going to become long-term when facing facts. They were good friends, but both hesitated to do any intimate things and to initiate much to change their friendship lifestyle into a romantic one. He didn't blame Sora, but he knew that their relationship was likely to be just a confused stage in teenage hormones and feelings.

And while Tai had come to an almost conclusive end to their relationship, Sora wasn't exactly at a sure answer for her problems. She had been sure her feelings toward Tai at the start of their relationship, but had only just lately started having second thoughts. The reason for the majority of her uncertainty? The answer could be summed up into one name: Matt.

Of course, before Tai and Sora had begun dating, there was teasing revolving around the two, still though, more comments were directed towards Matt & Sora than there ever were towards the brunette and her as a couple. Mimi (as helpful as she was), was the reason to blame for most of the teasing and horseplay.

Yes, Sora's very own pink haired friend had started most (if not all) the lines that were now well-known inside jokes amongst the DigiDestined. It was normal for Mimi to be the one to occasionally bringing the subject of Matt and Sora up whenever the gang got together. And after countless joke and funplay, she was beginning to think deeper into the reason why her relationship with Tai was less noticeable to others, when Matt and her had drawn an imaginary line.

Sora had at first, denied any feelings between the two with unwavering confidence, of which she was now lacking. Did she have romantic feelings towards Matt? If so, did Matt feel the same? The situation began to weigh on her, causing her to stress more so now that the end of the year was coming to a close. Would they try a long distance relationship? Who was they? She knew, and Tai knew their dreams were in different genres, and distance would become a factor within a matter of months. Dedication would be essential to staying together then.

Whenever her thoughts began to stray towards Matt, a feeling of uncertainty hit her and, she forced the subject out of her mind repeatedly. Knowing still that she'd have to come to terms with the questions & uncertainties eventually, but choosing to opt out because things were beginning to be too much to handle.

In the life of Mimi , the former honey brown brunette, was now also attached. She was nearing her three-month anniversary, in strong committed relationship with the DigiDestineds' resident technician and was head over heels- dare she say it? In love with Koushiro Izumi.

Ever since an incident involving a bad breakup and near-complete meltdown from Mimi, and since a new side of Izzy seen by her acted as a pillar of strength and a shoulder to cry on, the two had been dating. Evidently, the relationship between the two completely different people, with two completely different lifestyles, would be able to sustain a faithful relationship for the time being.

Aside from Izzy, another important thing that had entered the well reputable Queen Bee's life, was a new hobby- culinary.

-KM-

The DigiDestined, at first, were slightly skeptical when Mimi decided to take over Matt's role of preparing the meals at their gatherings. She had been recently always found in the kitchen apart from Izzy, and been seen prepping small dishes, but her friends where still not completely sold that Mimi equaled delicious food.

Naturally, when Mimi came out of the Ishida kitchen proudly show-casing a large covered plate, the majority of the DigiDestined, as ridiculous as they felt, were a bit scared to find out what was waiting for them.

"Everyone, gather! The fabulous Mimi Tachikawa's legendary first dish is about to be tasted!"

Mimi reached behind her, grabbing bandanas from her chef's apron, holding them high. "Who's going to be the first to try?" She looked around and everyone passed glances at their neighbor. The room occupants sweat dropped.

Luckily Izzy, being the friend that he was, took one for the team. "You know what? I'll go first!" he told his girlfriend, earing an eye smile from her and secret glances of appreciation from the rest of the DigiDestined. A few sighs of relief were snuck out.

Grabbing a yellow bandana, Mimi blindfolded Izzy, "It's a surprise dish."

The computer tech nervously bobbed his Adam's apple, his mind relating 'surprise' with a long list of things that were not good for ideal to think of when preparing to eat. As he was trying to brace himself, he was surprised to hear a voice speak up, volunteering to join the redhead in the first-time dish tasting.

"Oooh Matt! You'd better be honest, from one chef to another! Eeee! I'm so excited for you guys to finally be able to taste the food!"

Chuckles, nervous laced, "Mimi, do I need the blindfold if I've been in the kitchen with you since forever?"

"Course! I practiced this dish on the side, I'm sure you'll be surprised!"

Izzy's head followed the sounds of a chair being pulled out, and vaguely heard Matt mumble some words to him, causing him to smirk.

"I'm not owing you another favor..." He adjusted his chair watched as his eyes were covered by a blue bandana in the minute following Matt's inside joke to Izzy. The two sat, hearing everything as Mimi prepared the food so they could begin the taste-testing.

For the others curiosity peaked as to what the dish actually was, and seeing that Mimi had the dish shielded from view before being blindfolded, it nearly drove the tasters nerves over the edge. The others began to feel their pain.

Feeding them with some difficulty (she was up-side down), the first actual dish from Mimi was tasted.

As the two bit into the food, their faces gradually lit up in delight and astonishment.

-MS-

Mimi had officially started her Culinary Art lessons with Matt every Tuesday, a few weeks prior to the event. She was learning to tap into her 'natural cooking abilities' as Matt put it. Izzy might've been jealous of their close relationship ( there were times Matt stood close behind Mimi, his hand over hers to guide the mixing, or taste-testing the food, and not to mention, they had their share of food fights involving flour and eggs whenever Matt somehow offended Mimi. The image, was obvious ), had it not been for a few things.

He'd weighed the 'hands-on' (literally) professional instructor she had originally, compared to a trusted friend of his, and the choice seemed obvious. Not to mention, he had no reason not to trust in Mimi. The answer was simple, he knew that worrying was useless, he was glad that his life was working out well and that Mimi was able to pursue her interests. He was pretty level-headed when it came to the time she spent with Matt each Tuesday.

Besides, on his agenda came a heavy work load nearly of tutoring, Debate team, Student Council, multiple AP classes, volunteer work and Tech club to worry about. Not to mention, he also had to manage a freelance job of fixing computers as well as relationship with someone who needed attention and affection almost periodically, everyday. In summation, Izzy was a very busy guy. Still, incredibly, he was rarely ever absent from down time with the gang. He believed that relationships were not about having time for each other, but making time. His effort was sometimes accidentally taken for granted of, but the DigiDestined knew that Izzy was honestly, worth superhuman standards, as a friend and to Mimi, a lover.

Tk, now lead forward for the high school's sophomore basketball team, had lately been on a busy schedule too. A winning streak against their rival schools ever since he started his position spoke mountains of the dedication he showed to his team and the sport. Before, the team was a unacknowledged group, and few if any, were proud enough to wear their colors at the games. This has changed immensely since the younger Ishida joined.

After the first four consecutive wins, people finally started to feel proud to be from Larson High. When he 'tried out' for the position, there was barely anyone present and everyone who showed up got a spot on the team. At the time, Larson's Boys basketball team barely had enough players to be qualified (as a team), and now new additions were always being made to the basketball team, most of the original halfhearted players, booted.

Everything seemed to be going good for the fifteen year old. He was finally dating Kari, to the delight of their peers and admittedly, their parents. When they first announced that they had gotten together, near-everyone took tease with 'It was about time.' Many were glad that they had finally stopped 'dancing around each other', and became the endearingly sweet couple in school and outside of.

The only one that ever really had something against it was Davis Motomiya, the somewhat awkward, goofy admiree of Tai. Even he, after time, and after competitions and arguments with Tk, finally gave up, seeing that , the pair really did seemed to be a match made in heaven.

Tk and Kari, dubbed the name 'Takari' by the rest of the DigiDestined when referred to as a couple, were not the only ones romantically involved in the new DigiDestined team. Ken and Yolei, had been in a relationship for a while now, and had managed to defy the odds of different personalities alike Izzy and Mimi, and had been on the road to long lasting, for nearly two months, as of next week. The pair proved to be a entertaining couple, as the impulsive, flirty, and daring persona of Yolei contrasted with Ken's aloof behavior.

Amidst the group of friends gathered together, what exactly had been happening lately to the man of the hour? Yamato 'Matt' Ishida, had changed quite a bit since the trip to the Digital world seven years ago. Now, more social than before, he made progress on his thick skin demeanor most knew him as when meeting first. So far so, that his self-proclaimed 'charms' never seemed to fail to attract attention from the hundreds of hormone - driven fan girls that were always present at his concerts.

Matt had started a teen band, the Teenage Wolves with some close friends. The inspiration for the group's name came from during a movie with Malcom ('I Was a Teenage Wolf'), when he discovered that his father had past experience as a bass guitarist for his own band. Seeing how the wolfman character in the movie looked alike Gabumon's ultimate form, Matt made a executive decision to call the band the 'Teenage Wolves.' He wanted to dedicate the name to Gabumon.

As one could infer, the band was a huge success. They stayed that way too, up to the band's split. The necessities of a 'normal' life eventually caught up to the members. College, career alternatives, family, and hectic schedules just didn't seem to work with the celebrity lifestyle. Seeing this, Matt decided to name the elephant in the room, and suggest that the group split up. They all agreed, and had a final fundraising concert, auctioning off instruments, using the large sum of money to donate to several charities.

The news of the band's break up caused a lot of commotion, fans crying and wailing during their final stage.

Even though the rockstar lifestyle would be missed, the former band decided it was for the best. Akira was planning to study photography and film at a nearby college, Yutaka was planning to take his sixty seven year old adoptive mother on a series of trips around the world, Takashi was going to be staying in Arizona with his cousins while he worked on starting a chain of coffee shops of his own. While everyone else in the group had decided to break from the entertainment business, Matt; to the delight of the former band's fans, was planning to stay in the music industry as a solo artist for a while longer.

He had one solo album and a few singles released of his own already (his songs and CDs, known worldwide), and the once band of four sometimes got back together to reminisce, sometimes even to help charities and preform at special events.

Much like the other, growing members, Matt seemed to always make it priority to make it to the group's special events.

"Which one are talking about exactly Kari? Do you mean 'So Sick'?" Mimi questioned the brunette, nonchalantly flipping through a teen magazine.

"I think that song has already been on the radio for a while. She means something else, I think."

"Right. She means the song that Matt had recorded last week. What was it called?" Sora directed her question towards Kari.

"So... I take it you guys haven't seen it?"

"Been too busy."

"Didn't know he had a new song."

"Too flooded with work." Kari heaved a sigh, wondering if the gang was even keeping tabs on Matt.

"Okay then... since we're all free right now, why don't we watch it? asked Davis, doodling a haphazard tiger on his Chemistry notebook, despite the fact that he himself having said that he had work to be done.

"Uh, Davis? Not all of us are wasting our time right now." TK informed a bit harshly to Davis, the mentioned turning to look at his friend out through the opened patio doors. He bent his legs and sprung upwards, his elbow locked above his head, releasing the ball as it left it hands and sunk into the net at a perfect fifty degree angle.

"Alright. Since some of us are occupied right now, why don't we take sometime off whatever we're doing in thirty minutes just to watch Matt's video? He always tries his best to make it to our events and to keep up-to date on us, even with his schedule. Not all of us are as busy as he is, so I say we should try to keep updated on his things. It's the least we can do as friends."

Having caused them to feel bad about not trying to keep up with Matt, the teens unanimously agreed to the suggestion.

While Izzy took time hooking up the projector to his customed laptop (of which he'd assembled from several parts of different laptops & brands, choosing the best parts to make his own blend of computer parts), Tk stood up to turn off the lights, and returned to sit back down just in time for the tech to search YouTube, and after clicking on the thumbnail of Matt's latest song, sat down next to his girlfriend.

The video started.