Past and Present Prologue

July 2000 22nd…..

Seventeen year old Taichi Yagami looked around his room, he glanced down at a envelop that lay on his desk sighing he looked around again. 'Man…please be good news, please be good news.' He thought silently. "Anything to leave Obadia" He replied out loud to himself. He inhaled one huge gulp of air and exhaled it. Picking up a pencil he threaded it underneath the piece of flap that held the contents that could literally change his life in it.

Taichi pulled the paper out of the envelope he then discarded the envelope in the trash can. Then he began to read it. His facial expression went from nervous to happy smile. "YES!" he jumped up into the air.

"Taichi honey what it is?" his mother called from the living.

Taichi ran into the family room, "I've got it! I've got!" he cried out happily he gave the note to his dad to read.

Hikari came out of her room to see what he was talking about. "Taichi what's your problem?" she asked.

"I got the soccer scholarship!" he said. His father hugged him and congratulated him. All of them did.

Hikari sighed, she shook her head. He's got want he wanted to get away from here she mused but she was going to miss her brother she wished he didn't have to go about it like this. She knocked on his door.

"Yeah, come in," he called from inside.

Hikari opened the door she saw him put his phone down then raised her eye brows at him, "Who were you calling?" she asked.

"I was going to call Koushiro not that it is any of your business." Taichi said a little irritated. He already had an idea where the topic of the discussion was going to begin.

She simply sighed, "Taichi I know the real reason, and it doesn't have to be like this." She said.

"How do you know? And it does its going to have to because no one is stopping me. Not even you Hikari." He looked down at the phone on his desk next to the computer.

"It's about Sora and Yamato," she said plainly, "it's no surprise Taichi that you're upset and hurt."

"You don't know any thing about it. I want you to drop it please. Its Sora's decision if she wanted to be with Yamato, hell I'm not going to stop her. I want her to be happy." He said having turned away from his sister.

Hikari sighed, "Where is your school?" she asked.

"UCLA, it's a school in America." He said.

August 06th 2000
Tai's last day in Obadia…

Tai finished the last note, he put it into an envelope, he was crying now…he hadn't thought it would be this hard to leave behind family and friends what was left of them, but it was.

Airport…..

Mrs. Yagami hugged her son tightly tears trickled down her face as she did, "Be sure to write and call if you can from time to time."

Taichi pulled away from her, "Don't cry, I'll make sure I will write and call send an email as well." He told her calmly.

His father then his sister gave him a departing hug before she ended the hug, "I love you Taichi you know that. And please call and write don't forget." She replied.

Now boarding flight 1167 to Los Angeles California.

"That's my flight, bye I'll miss you all." He said starting toward the gate. As he turned and started to the gate he heard a voice in the background, "Taichi WAIT!" He froze then turned around and saw Yamato running down the corridor Sora was with him running just as fast. With out another glance he turned around and continued to the gate where the stewardess took his ticket tore it and he passed through.

"Taichi!" Sora shouted she stopped huffing and puffing next to Hikari who sadly smiled down at her.

Koushiro looked at the both of them, "Taichi wanted me to give you these." He said handing them both envelops.

The chosen children now watched as one of them left Japan, Sora felt hurt by what he did to them, "Why didn't he tell us?" she questioned confused as she wiped the tears from her cheeks. She fell back into Yamato's arms as he just sighed.

"You should read the letters then you will know," Hikari said then turned to her parents and they began to leave. Leaving Sora and Yamato there alone, Sora left his side and walked toward the terminal window she saw the American airlines jet that Taichi had boarded take off the run way. Little did she know this would be the last she saw of Taichi Yagami for the next fourteen years…

To Be Continued…