I took down my story "Valentines and Computers Don't Mix" for a VERY good reason. That reason is...um....well....cuz I felt like it!! And I think I can do a lot better on it. It'll be back up soon and better than ever. It'll be a little late for Valentine's Day...but who cares? Neway, I've thought of doing this story for a LONG time and I finally got up the courage to write it. I know it sucks and I can't type and I have bad grammar...but bear with me, please?? READ AND REVIEW!!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Digimon...I could buy it, but I don't think 79 cents is enough to buy it. But hey, a girl can dream, right?
WARNING: This is a TOTAL Taiora and Matt's the bad guy. Sorry, I love Mat as much as the next person, but he was the only person I could use to be the evil person. SORRY SORRY SORRY!! But if you love Taiora, this is a MUST READ!!
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Sorry Doesn't Cut It
By: lily-angel
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"There is no truth in truce...the only real truth you will ever know is in love." - Lindsay Goins
The sun rose quietly over the castle and it's inhabitants. A beautiful teenage princess sat, watching the serenity of the scene. She noted all the colors - pastal pinks, vivid oranges, and a small hint of the previous blue-black. The morning sunshine lit up her auburn hair, making it glitter like the night stars.
Usually, the princess would've been inside the castle, probably helping the servants make breakfast. But, today, she just had to watch the sunset. Even though she was a princess, she did not approve of the social system.
Her name was Sora Takenouchi, Princess of the Takenouchi Kingdom, but she was not concieted. She did not think that servants or peasants (she hated that word) were less of people than she was. Her parents, on the other hand, had different plans. They strictly believed in the law that no noble was to marry but anther noble, a peasant couldn't marry aniy other but a peasant...so on.
Sora shook those thoughts out of her head for now. All she wanted to do was to enjoy the sunset.
She slowly put her hand on her lap, resting it lightly on the hilt of her sword. She smiled at this. It was also against her parents wishes that she study swordplay. Many, many times they tried to stop her, by taking away her sword or making it illegal. Every time, though, it did not work, so they finally gave up and let her, much to their dismay.
Sora sighed and suddenly, felt the cold smoothness of a sword on her throat. "Don't move, Princess, or I'll kill you now."
She smiled and said, "Oh, no, please don't do that." Then, in one swift move, she came out from in front of him, tripped him, and had her sword at his throat. "Who are you and who sent you?"
"I am but a simple man mad at the government."
"Yeah, right. Just leave and if I ever see you around here EVER again, I will personally kill you."
The man got up and started sulking away. *I never thought kidnapping the princess would be that hard! No one ever told me she knew how to use a sword!! The Boss is going to kill me!*
"Goodbye, Princess."
"Yeah, whatever."
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"That's it, Sora. I'm getting you a bodyguard."
"Father, no! I don't need one. I took care of him by myself and I don't need anyone to get in my way!"
"I'm sorry, Sora," her father, the King, said, "but it has to be done. This is the third attempt on your life and I don't want anything to happen to you. You know that we are in a war with the Ishida Kingdom and many of our people aren't happy with it. They may try to kill you to get to me."
"Mother, stop him, please?"
"I'm sorry, dear. You and Biyomon need protection. Your father's right."
Sora looked down at her Digimon partner, Biyomon. She didn't know why she had a Digimon. There were only 12 known in the world, and they were all given to children. Sora sighed, knowing that there was no way to get her parents to change thier minds. "Fine. When do I meet this bodyguard?"
"Right now. Taichi, come in here, please."
Sora watched the door open as a boy, looking about her age, walked in. Right behind him was a Digimon called Agumon. She was shocked at this because she had only seen her own Biyomon. He had wild brown hair and gorgeous chocolate eyes. Sora couldn't stop staring at him. She had no clue what this feeling was. It was like she knew he was going to be important to her.
Taichi bowed slowly, "Sire?"
"Taichi, this is my daughter, Sora. You will be her new bodyguard. I want you to be with her at all times. I will have a cot set up in her chambers for you to sleep in."
"Yes, your majesty."
"You both may go now."
Sora finally got over her shock and bowed to her parents. She walked out, Taichi only a few steps behind her.
As soon as they got out of the throne room, she spoke. "Okay, here are the rules: 1. You will not call me 'princess'. My name is Sora, so you will call me that. and 2. Um....Well, there isn't a two yet, but there will be!"
Taichi smiled. He didn't think the princess would be this cool about this. "Prin...uh, I mean Sora, why is it that your parents gave you a bodyguard? Word around the castle is that you do your own thing, with or without permission. I didn't think that you of all people would need my help."
"Well, there have been three times when someone tried to kill me. The most recent was this morning. My parents don't think I can handle it."
"Yes, I know how that is. My little sister, Kari, is just like you. You would love her."
"You have a little sister?"
"Yeah. I hated to leave her, but I wanted to live in the castle so much and become a knight, so I had to leave. Both of us were heartbroken. Even little Gatomon was devasted to see Agumon go."
"Both of you have Digimon?"
"Yeah, I don't know why, either. It's just one day we were walking in the forest and we met them. When did you meet Biyomon?"
"I was walking out in the dark and I fell into a pond and back then, I couldn't swim. Biyomon saved my life. She's stayed by my side since then."
Sora looked at him and saw the gold ring on a chain around his neck. "What is that for?" she asked curiously.
"Oh, this? My sister gave it to me when I left. I will never part with it." Taichi looked down at the floor, when he noticed the sheath at her waist, "Do you...how did you....isn't it...?" he babbled, pointing at it.
Sora looked down and saw what he was talking about, "Oh, that. I don't know, I just love it. I know it's supposed to be illegal, but my parents don't care. I love the thrill and the rush you get when fighting. Do you understand that?"
"Absolutely. That's why I wanted to train to become a knight. The feeling of doing something so right is...great."
Sora laughed and looked at Taichi. She had never talked so comfortably with someone like this. She had a feeling that this friendship was going to last forever.
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The man Sora had caught trying to kill her was actually named Bihernam. He slowly made his way to talk to his boss. There was no way he was going to understand this.
"You have failed me."
"My king," Bihernam bowed, "I had no clue the Princess Sora would fight me back. I did not watch her for long enough. Five me one more month and she shall be dead."
"You have tried three times already and each time failed. I will find another way to capture the princess. Leave me now." King Ishida had to find some way to get the Takenouchi land. He knew it would not be easy: they had a sizable army and the support of their people. But it had to be done. If they captured Sora, both the royals and the peasants alike would do all to save her. She was beautiful and passionate about her beliefs. She treated everyone the same, from nobles to servants.
But that was also the problem with her. She was also an adventurous sixteen year old and...
*Wait, sixteen...* the evil king thought, *Yamato is sixteen also...that is useful.*
"Guard! Send the prince in!" he bellowed.
"Yes, sire!"
Kind Ishida waited until his son came into the throne room.
"Come here, Yamato."
The young prince say next to his father. "Yes?"
"How do you feel about getting married?"
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One month later...
"Come on, Tai, you slow poke!"
"I'm...going...*pant*...as fast...as...I...*pant*...can!"
"They're going to catch us!"
"There's...the stables! Come on!" Tai yelled as he grabbed Sora's hand and rushed towards the stables.
"Tai! There's only one horse!" Sora yelled as they ran into the stables.
"Who cares! Come on!" he said, already on the horse. He held out his hand and helped her up behind him. He gathered up the reins and kicked the horse. "Yah!"
"Ah!" Sora yelped and wrapped her arms around Tai. Both blushed a light pink.
The horse galloped out of the stables and out of the castle gates.
"Sora! Taichi! You will not get out of your studies that easily!" their professor yelled as they ran away. Both teens laughed and set out for their 'spot'.
Their hangout place was an abandoned shack in the middle of a forest. They went there everytime they ran away from the castle life. Even though it had only been a month. Taichi Yagami and Sora Takenouchi were the best of best friends.
"Tai! Where the heck did you learn how to ride?!"
Later...
"There it is, Sora!" Tai pointed to the shack.
"Let's tie up the horse and get inside. It's getting kinda cold out here." Sora rubbed her arms frantically, trying to stay warm.
"Here," Tai said as he wrapped his jacket around her shivering figure. "Does that help?" he smiled.
She returned the smile and blushed. "Yes, thank you."
Tai tied the reins onto a tree and led Sora into the house. Sora flopped down on the bed, totally worn out from running. "Tired?" Tai asked her as he sat down.
"Yeah. That one was close! The guards almost came close to catching us that time."
Tai laughed. "Yeah, well, you know your dad."
"Rules, rules, and even more rules!"
"Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you were a regular person?"
Sora looked at him, "Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you were a prince? Of course I do."
"What do you think would be different?"
"Well," she thought for a minute, "I wouldn't have met you, I wouldn't have learned swordplay...a lot, I guess. One good thing is that I'd be able to...oh, nevermind."
"What? I want to know. Please?" he put on his best puppy dog look.
"No...it's embarrassing."
"Please?? I won't laugh, I swear."
"No."
"Fine," he said, turning around, "I'll have to force it out of you."
"Oh, and just how are you going to do that?"
Quick as a flash, Tai was on top of Sora and had her arms pinned above her head with one hand. "You were saying?"
Sora squirmed and tired to get out of his grasp, but she knew it was all in vain; Tai was much stronger than she was.
"Now, please tell me. Or else."
"What is 'else'?"
"This." Tai took his free hand and started to tickle Sora's sides.
"No! Stop, please," she said between laughs, "Just let me ask you one thing before I tell you!"
"Okay," Tai stopped tickling her.
"How do you think your life would be different?"
"I'd probalby be Sir Taichi Yagami already...hey that's got a good ring to it...anyway, I don't know. There's one thing I wish though...but it's nothing..."
Sora took advantage of this pause. She pushed Tai off of her. "Ha!"
"Damn! Hey....I have an idea..."
"Really? That's a first..."
"Hey! And yes, I do."
"Well, what is it?"
"If you tell me what you were going to say, I'll tell you what I was going to say."
"Okay," Sora said, "but you first."
Tai nervously say down, "Well, you see, ever since I first me you, I..."
"Princess!"
Both Tai and Sora looked to see who was there. "Father...what...how...why are you here?"
"Agumon and Biyomon told me how to get here. King and Prince Ishida are here to sign a treaty and they said it was important that you were present."
"Alright. Come on, Tai."
"Yes, Princess." Tai always had to use formalities when around the King.
"We'll talk later, okay Tai?" Sora whispered to him.
He simply nodded in response.
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They all rode in silence until they came to the castle. This King led them up to the treaty room, but stopped just outside the huge doors.
"Taichi, you will stay here," the king said.
"But Father, he's supposed to be with me at all times!"
"No buts. Stay here," he pointed to Taichi.
*Oh, God, Sora. What's going to happen?* he thought as he slumped against the door.
Sora nerviously walked into the room. Already seated at the table were two blonde men. She assumed the younger one was the prince. What was his name again? Oh, yes, Yamato.
"Gentlemen, this is my daughter, Sora." Yamato got up and kissed her hand.
"You're very beautiful." Sora just pulled her hand from his grasp and sat down. Yamato shrugged it off.
"Now, why is my daughter important to this treaty?" the king asked.
"Well, you see," King Ishida started, "Yamato is old enough to be married and wherever we look, no one is good enough. Your daughter, Sora, on the other hand, is perfect."
"No, no, no. I can't...Father?" She looked in horror as she saw her father nod in agreement. "No...you can't...I'm already in..." she stopped, knowing better than to say 'I'm already in love with Taichi.'.
Tears weld up in her eyes. "I won't! I will not be forced into marraige!" She stood up and ran out the door.
Taichi looked up and saw a sobbing Sora run past him. "Sora!!" He got up and chased after her.
She ignored him and ran to her chambers and shut the door. Soon after, Tai was banging on the door.
"Sora, let me in, please! What's wrong?"
*Stupid, Tai,* she thought, *Always caring for me.* She got up slowly and opened the door behind her.
Sora was sitting on the bed, sobbing quietly to herself. Tai took her into his arms and let her cry it out. He didn't care how wet his shirt got. "Sora....what's wrong? What did they do?" he asked sincerely.
She sniffled and looked him in the eyes. "They...they..." she looked down, "I have to marry Prince Yamato."
Tai looked at her, shocked. He recovered from his shock and lifted her chin. "Why don't you want to marry him? He's a prince and he'll treat you great," he said, a hint of sadness and jealousy in his voice.
"I don't love him! And I don't want to be forced into something like that. And, I'm already in love with someone else I couldn't bear to leave."
Tai's heart sank when he heard that. "May I ask who he is?"
Sora looked up at him and smiled. "His name is Taichi Yagami."
Tai felt like jumping for joy at that moment. But instead, he lifted her chin again, and gently placed his lips on hers. It was a short, sweet kiss, but full of love.
Sora stared deep into Tai's eyes, surprised yet happy about what he had just done.
"Tai..."
"I'm sorry, Sora. I knew I shouldn't have done that. It's against the law." Tai got up and started towards the door.
"No, Tai. That's not what I was going to say." She got up and walked towards him.
Taichi stopped suddenly and turned around to face her. "What were you going to say?"
"Thank you."
Tai smiled and walked closer to her. "You're welcome."
Sora sighed and laid on her bed. "What are we going to do, Tai?"
"What do you mean?"
"Waht do we do about Yamato? I know my father and he's going to agree to the marraige."
"Let's run away," Tai got up and ran his hand through his hair. He couldn't believe what he had just said...but, wait. They had nothing here. Why not leave? "We can go and live together where no one knows you're a princess."
"But...wh...what about becoming a knight? That's your dream and if you desert the castle, it'll never come true."
"I don't care," he cupped her face in his hands, "You are all I care about. As long as I have you, nothing else is important."
Sora smiled and passionately kissed Taichi. She wrapped he arms around his neck as he wrapped his muscular arms around her slender waist.
"As long as we have each other.," she whispered in his ear.
Shora pulled him away a little and looked deep into his chocolate eyes. "Go and get what you need from the servant's quarters. We'll leave tonight. Meet me here in an hour."
Tai nodded and started out the door. He whipped around and ran back to her. He hugged her tightly and whipsered, "I love you."
Sora smiled and whispered back, "I love you, too."
Tai held onto her and didn't want to leave her, not even for a minute.
"Tai, go, so we can leave."
"But..." he used his puppy eyes again.
"No buts, mister," Sora giggled, "Go, please?"
"I'm going," Tai put a look of defeat on his face as he walked out the door and ran to the servant's quarters.
*You will not interfere with our plans, you lowly servant boy,* Yamato thought.
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"Mmm, mmm...mmm, mmm," Sora hummed a lovely melody as she put a few of her most prized possesions in her bag. She had found her true love and nothing was going to stop her.
"Hello, Sora."
She turned around and saw a dark figure in the doorway. "Tai is that you?" she asked as she cautiously walked towards it.
"No," he said as he stepped into the light, "But close."
"Yamato..." she gasped.
"The one and only," he laughed, "I heard a very interesting conversation. You and your personal bodyguard...oh, what's his name...Taichi, yes! That's it....are planning to run away and elope," he grabbed her chin and made her face him, "Now, you aren't planning to break the law, are you? Wait, you already have!"
"Let go of me, Yamato!" She raised her hand and brought it down as hard as she could across his face.
Yamato grabbed his cheek in pain. "You little wench!" he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him, "You listen and you listen good. You WILL marry me and you WILL help us capture you father's land. If any of that gets out, I will personally kill your boyfriend and have thown thrown in jail for sociallizing with a commoner." He roughly placed his lips on hers and forced her into a loveless kiss.
"No! I will not let you! Taichi and I are running away and nothing you do will stop us!" she spat in his face as she pushed him away.
"You naive little girl. If I cannot kill Taichi, I will kill your father, mother and your little friend Biyomon."
"You..."
"Say what you want, Princess, but it will not change my mind." He slapped her and she fell onto her bed, tears streaming down her face. "I will be back in one hour and if you or Taichi is not here, you mother and father are dead."
"You bastard!" Sora said to him.
"I'd watch you tongue, Sora, after all, I am your fiancee." he snarled. Yamato laughed and walked out, leaving a crying Sora on her bed.
"Tai...I'm so sorry.." she whispered as she sobbed.
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So....? I know it's bad so review, complain, even flame if you want. I don't care! As long as I get, oh let's say 5 reviews I'll put the next chapter up!
yours truly and forever
lily-angel
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Digimon...I could buy it, but I don't think 79 cents is enough to buy it. But hey, a girl can dream, right?
WARNING: This is a TOTAL Taiora and Matt's the bad guy. Sorry, I love Mat as much as the next person, but he was the only person I could use to be the evil person. SORRY SORRY SORRY!! But if you love Taiora, this is a MUST READ!!
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Sorry Doesn't Cut It
By: lily-angel
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"There is no truth in truce...the only real truth you will ever know is in love." - Lindsay Goins
The sun rose quietly over the castle and it's inhabitants. A beautiful teenage princess sat, watching the serenity of the scene. She noted all the colors - pastal pinks, vivid oranges, and a small hint of the previous blue-black. The morning sunshine lit up her auburn hair, making it glitter like the night stars.
Usually, the princess would've been inside the castle, probably helping the servants make breakfast. But, today, she just had to watch the sunset. Even though she was a princess, she did not approve of the social system.
Her name was Sora Takenouchi, Princess of the Takenouchi Kingdom, but she was not concieted. She did not think that servants or peasants (she hated that word) were less of people than she was. Her parents, on the other hand, had different plans. They strictly believed in the law that no noble was to marry but anther noble, a peasant couldn't marry aniy other but a peasant...so on.
Sora shook those thoughts out of her head for now. All she wanted to do was to enjoy the sunset.
She slowly put her hand on her lap, resting it lightly on the hilt of her sword. She smiled at this. It was also against her parents wishes that she study swordplay. Many, many times they tried to stop her, by taking away her sword or making it illegal. Every time, though, it did not work, so they finally gave up and let her, much to their dismay.
Sora sighed and suddenly, felt the cold smoothness of a sword on her throat. "Don't move, Princess, or I'll kill you now."
She smiled and said, "Oh, no, please don't do that." Then, in one swift move, she came out from in front of him, tripped him, and had her sword at his throat. "Who are you and who sent you?"
"I am but a simple man mad at the government."
"Yeah, right. Just leave and if I ever see you around here EVER again, I will personally kill you."
The man got up and started sulking away. *I never thought kidnapping the princess would be that hard! No one ever told me she knew how to use a sword!! The Boss is going to kill me!*
"Goodbye, Princess."
"Yeah, whatever."
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"That's it, Sora. I'm getting you a bodyguard."
"Father, no! I don't need one. I took care of him by myself and I don't need anyone to get in my way!"
"I'm sorry, Sora," her father, the King, said, "but it has to be done. This is the third attempt on your life and I don't want anything to happen to you. You know that we are in a war with the Ishida Kingdom and many of our people aren't happy with it. They may try to kill you to get to me."
"Mother, stop him, please?"
"I'm sorry, dear. You and Biyomon need protection. Your father's right."
Sora looked down at her Digimon partner, Biyomon. She didn't know why she had a Digimon. There were only 12 known in the world, and they were all given to children. Sora sighed, knowing that there was no way to get her parents to change thier minds. "Fine. When do I meet this bodyguard?"
"Right now. Taichi, come in here, please."
Sora watched the door open as a boy, looking about her age, walked in. Right behind him was a Digimon called Agumon. She was shocked at this because she had only seen her own Biyomon. He had wild brown hair and gorgeous chocolate eyes. Sora couldn't stop staring at him. She had no clue what this feeling was. It was like she knew he was going to be important to her.
Taichi bowed slowly, "Sire?"
"Taichi, this is my daughter, Sora. You will be her new bodyguard. I want you to be with her at all times. I will have a cot set up in her chambers for you to sleep in."
"Yes, your majesty."
"You both may go now."
Sora finally got over her shock and bowed to her parents. She walked out, Taichi only a few steps behind her.
As soon as they got out of the throne room, she spoke. "Okay, here are the rules: 1. You will not call me 'princess'. My name is Sora, so you will call me that. and 2. Um....Well, there isn't a two yet, but there will be!"
Taichi smiled. He didn't think the princess would be this cool about this. "Prin...uh, I mean Sora, why is it that your parents gave you a bodyguard? Word around the castle is that you do your own thing, with or without permission. I didn't think that you of all people would need my help."
"Well, there have been three times when someone tried to kill me. The most recent was this morning. My parents don't think I can handle it."
"Yes, I know how that is. My little sister, Kari, is just like you. You would love her."
"You have a little sister?"
"Yeah. I hated to leave her, but I wanted to live in the castle so much and become a knight, so I had to leave. Both of us were heartbroken. Even little Gatomon was devasted to see Agumon go."
"Both of you have Digimon?"
"Yeah, I don't know why, either. It's just one day we were walking in the forest and we met them. When did you meet Biyomon?"
"I was walking out in the dark and I fell into a pond and back then, I couldn't swim. Biyomon saved my life. She's stayed by my side since then."
Sora looked at him and saw the gold ring on a chain around his neck. "What is that for?" she asked curiously.
"Oh, this? My sister gave it to me when I left. I will never part with it." Taichi looked down at the floor, when he noticed the sheath at her waist, "Do you...how did you....isn't it...?" he babbled, pointing at it.
Sora looked down and saw what he was talking about, "Oh, that. I don't know, I just love it. I know it's supposed to be illegal, but my parents don't care. I love the thrill and the rush you get when fighting. Do you understand that?"
"Absolutely. That's why I wanted to train to become a knight. The feeling of doing something so right is...great."
Sora laughed and looked at Taichi. She had never talked so comfortably with someone like this. She had a feeling that this friendship was going to last forever.
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The man Sora had caught trying to kill her was actually named Bihernam. He slowly made his way to talk to his boss. There was no way he was going to understand this.
"You have failed me."
"My king," Bihernam bowed, "I had no clue the Princess Sora would fight me back. I did not watch her for long enough. Five me one more month and she shall be dead."
"You have tried three times already and each time failed. I will find another way to capture the princess. Leave me now." King Ishida had to find some way to get the Takenouchi land. He knew it would not be easy: they had a sizable army and the support of their people. But it had to be done. If they captured Sora, both the royals and the peasants alike would do all to save her. She was beautiful and passionate about her beliefs. She treated everyone the same, from nobles to servants.
But that was also the problem with her. She was also an adventurous sixteen year old and...
*Wait, sixteen...* the evil king thought, *Yamato is sixteen also...that is useful.*
"Guard! Send the prince in!" he bellowed.
"Yes, sire!"
Kind Ishida waited until his son came into the throne room.
"Come here, Yamato."
The young prince say next to his father. "Yes?"
"How do you feel about getting married?"
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One month later...
"Come on, Tai, you slow poke!"
"I'm...going...*pant*...as fast...as...I...*pant*...can!"
"They're going to catch us!"
"There's...the stables! Come on!" Tai yelled as he grabbed Sora's hand and rushed towards the stables.
"Tai! There's only one horse!" Sora yelled as they ran into the stables.
"Who cares! Come on!" he said, already on the horse. He held out his hand and helped her up behind him. He gathered up the reins and kicked the horse. "Yah!"
"Ah!" Sora yelped and wrapped her arms around Tai. Both blushed a light pink.
The horse galloped out of the stables and out of the castle gates.
"Sora! Taichi! You will not get out of your studies that easily!" their professor yelled as they ran away. Both teens laughed and set out for their 'spot'.
Their hangout place was an abandoned shack in the middle of a forest. They went there everytime they ran away from the castle life. Even though it had only been a month. Taichi Yagami and Sora Takenouchi were the best of best friends.
"Tai! Where the heck did you learn how to ride?!"
Later...
"There it is, Sora!" Tai pointed to the shack.
"Let's tie up the horse and get inside. It's getting kinda cold out here." Sora rubbed her arms frantically, trying to stay warm.
"Here," Tai said as he wrapped his jacket around her shivering figure. "Does that help?" he smiled.
She returned the smile and blushed. "Yes, thank you."
Tai tied the reins onto a tree and led Sora into the house. Sora flopped down on the bed, totally worn out from running. "Tired?" Tai asked her as he sat down.
"Yeah. That one was close! The guards almost came close to catching us that time."
Tai laughed. "Yeah, well, you know your dad."
"Rules, rules, and even more rules!"
"Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you were a regular person?"
Sora looked at him, "Do you ever wonder what it would be like if you were a prince? Of course I do."
"What do you think would be different?"
"Well," she thought for a minute, "I wouldn't have met you, I wouldn't have learned swordplay...a lot, I guess. One good thing is that I'd be able to...oh, nevermind."
"What? I want to know. Please?" he put on his best puppy dog look.
"No...it's embarrassing."
"Please?? I won't laugh, I swear."
"No."
"Fine," he said, turning around, "I'll have to force it out of you."
"Oh, and just how are you going to do that?"
Quick as a flash, Tai was on top of Sora and had her arms pinned above her head with one hand. "You were saying?"
Sora squirmed and tired to get out of his grasp, but she knew it was all in vain; Tai was much stronger than she was.
"Now, please tell me. Or else."
"What is 'else'?"
"This." Tai took his free hand and started to tickle Sora's sides.
"No! Stop, please," she said between laughs, "Just let me ask you one thing before I tell you!"
"Okay," Tai stopped tickling her.
"How do you think your life would be different?"
"I'd probalby be Sir Taichi Yagami already...hey that's got a good ring to it...anyway, I don't know. There's one thing I wish though...but it's nothing..."
Sora took advantage of this pause. She pushed Tai off of her. "Ha!"
"Damn! Hey....I have an idea..."
"Really? That's a first..."
"Hey! And yes, I do."
"Well, what is it?"
"If you tell me what you were going to say, I'll tell you what I was going to say."
"Okay," Sora said, "but you first."
Tai nervously say down, "Well, you see, ever since I first me you, I..."
"Princess!"
Both Tai and Sora looked to see who was there. "Father...what...how...why are you here?"
"Agumon and Biyomon told me how to get here. King and Prince Ishida are here to sign a treaty and they said it was important that you were present."
"Alright. Come on, Tai."
"Yes, Princess." Tai always had to use formalities when around the King.
"We'll talk later, okay Tai?" Sora whispered to him.
He simply nodded in response.
*~*~*~*~*
They all rode in silence until they came to the castle. This King led them up to the treaty room, but stopped just outside the huge doors.
"Taichi, you will stay here," the king said.
"But Father, he's supposed to be with me at all times!"
"No buts. Stay here," he pointed to Taichi.
*Oh, God, Sora. What's going to happen?* he thought as he slumped against the door.
Sora nerviously walked into the room. Already seated at the table were two blonde men. She assumed the younger one was the prince. What was his name again? Oh, yes, Yamato.
"Gentlemen, this is my daughter, Sora." Yamato got up and kissed her hand.
"You're very beautiful." Sora just pulled her hand from his grasp and sat down. Yamato shrugged it off.
"Now, why is my daughter important to this treaty?" the king asked.
"Well, you see," King Ishida started, "Yamato is old enough to be married and wherever we look, no one is good enough. Your daughter, Sora, on the other hand, is perfect."
"No, no, no. I can't...Father?" She looked in horror as she saw her father nod in agreement. "No...you can't...I'm already in..." she stopped, knowing better than to say 'I'm already in love with Taichi.'.
Tears weld up in her eyes. "I won't! I will not be forced into marraige!" She stood up and ran out the door.
Taichi looked up and saw a sobbing Sora run past him. "Sora!!" He got up and chased after her.
She ignored him and ran to her chambers and shut the door. Soon after, Tai was banging on the door.
"Sora, let me in, please! What's wrong?"
*Stupid, Tai,* she thought, *Always caring for me.* She got up slowly and opened the door behind her.
Sora was sitting on the bed, sobbing quietly to herself. Tai took her into his arms and let her cry it out. He didn't care how wet his shirt got. "Sora....what's wrong? What did they do?" he asked sincerely.
She sniffled and looked him in the eyes. "They...they..." she looked down, "I have to marry Prince Yamato."
Tai looked at her, shocked. He recovered from his shock and lifted her chin. "Why don't you want to marry him? He's a prince and he'll treat you great," he said, a hint of sadness and jealousy in his voice.
"I don't love him! And I don't want to be forced into something like that. And, I'm already in love with someone else I couldn't bear to leave."
Tai's heart sank when he heard that. "May I ask who he is?"
Sora looked up at him and smiled. "His name is Taichi Yagami."
Tai felt like jumping for joy at that moment. But instead, he lifted her chin again, and gently placed his lips on hers. It was a short, sweet kiss, but full of love.
Sora stared deep into Tai's eyes, surprised yet happy about what he had just done.
"Tai..."
"I'm sorry, Sora. I knew I shouldn't have done that. It's against the law." Tai got up and started towards the door.
"No, Tai. That's not what I was going to say." She got up and walked towards him.
Taichi stopped suddenly and turned around to face her. "What were you going to say?"
"Thank you."
Tai smiled and walked closer to her. "You're welcome."
Sora sighed and laid on her bed. "What are we going to do, Tai?"
"What do you mean?"
"Waht do we do about Yamato? I know my father and he's going to agree to the marraige."
"Let's run away," Tai got up and ran his hand through his hair. He couldn't believe what he had just said...but, wait. They had nothing here. Why not leave? "We can go and live together where no one knows you're a princess."
"But...wh...what about becoming a knight? That's your dream and if you desert the castle, it'll never come true."
"I don't care," he cupped her face in his hands, "You are all I care about. As long as I have you, nothing else is important."
Sora smiled and passionately kissed Taichi. She wrapped he arms around his neck as he wrapped his muscular arms around her slender waist.
"As long as we have each other.," she whispered in his ear.
Shora pulled him away a little and looked deep into his chocolate eyes. "Go and get what you need from the servant's quarters. We'll leave tonight. Meet me here in an hour."
Tai nodded and started out the door. He whipped around and ran back to her. He hugged her tightly and whipsered, "I love you."
Sora smiled and whispered back, "I love you, too."
Tai held onto her and didn't want to leave her, not even for a minute.
"Tai, go, so we can leave."
"But..." he used his puppy eyes again.
"No buts, mister," Sora giggled, "Go, please?"
"I'm going," Tai put a look of defeat on his face as he walked out the door and ran to the servant's quarters.
*You will not interfere with our plans, you lowly servant boy,* Yamato thought.
*~*~*~*~*
"Mmm, mmm...mmm, mmm," Sora hummed a lovely melody as she put a few of her most prized possesions in her bag. She had found her true love and nothing was going to stop her.
"Hello, Sora."
She turned around and saw a dark figure in the doorway. "Tai is that you?" she asked as she cautiously walked towards it.
"No," he said as he stepped into the light, "But close."
"Yamato..." she gasped.
"The one and only," he laughed, "I heard a very interesting conversation. You and your personal bodyguard...oh, what's his name...Taichi, yes! That's it....are planning to run away and elope," he grabbed her chin and made her face him, "Now, you aren't planning to break the law, are you? Wait, you already have!"
"Let go of me, Yamato!" She raised her hand and brought it down as hard as she could across his face.
Yamato grabbed his cheek in pain. "You little wench!" he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him, "You listen and you listen good. You WILL marry me and you WILL help us capture you father's land. If any of that gets out, I will personally kill your boyfriend and have thown thrown in jail for sociallizing with a commoner." He roughly placed his lips on hers and forced her into a loveless kiss.
"No! I will not let you! Taichi and I are running away and nothing you do will stop us!" she spat in his face as she pushed him away.
"You naive little girl. If I cannot kill Taichi, I will kill your father, mother and your little friend Biyomon."
"You..."
"Say what you want, Princess, but it will not change my mind." He slapped her and she fell onto her bed, tears streaming down her face. "I will be back in one hour and if you or Taichi is not here, you mother and father are dead."
"You bastard!" Sora said to him.
"I'd watch you tongue, Sora, after all, I am your fiancee." he snarled. Yamato laughed and walked out, leaving a crying Sora on her bed.
"Tai...I'm so sorry.." she whispered as she sobbed.
*~*~*~*~*
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