Digimon
Soccer is a game of Love
Setting: After Dark Master Saga
Tai walked down the street of his home. It was Wednesday and there's been no school 'cause it was a holiday. Tai yawned in boredom as he passed by a soccer field where a game was going on.
Then not too long after, he looked at a figure that was coming closer and closer to him. "Sora," Tai exclaimed surprised.
"Come play with us," Sora invited.
"Nah, I'll probably beat you guys so bad, you'll all be crying for your mommies so I best not," Tai teased with a grin as he started to walk back.
"Come and show us then," Sora challenged knowing he couldn't resist any challenge.
"What did you say?" Tai asked firmly with a grin.
"You heard me... "Captain" Sora nodded with a sarcastic gesture. Tai thought for a moment, then grinned. "Okay, but just do me a favor," Tai said confidently as he approached her.
"Oh, and what's that Kamiya?" Sora asked playing along.
Tai bent over and whispered in her ear. "Don't cry too hard," Tai grinned as he patted her on the back then walked to the field.
"Oh please Tai," Sora rolled her eyes as she turned around and followed. "Hey guys!" Sora yelled to the guy's team.
"Whatcha want Sora?" Matt asked annoyingly.
"It seems your Captain's back," Sora replied as she pointed to Tai who was approaching his team.
Sora's team blushed and fainted in the sight of Tai.
"Thank God," Izzy sighed in relief. Tai took his position and reassembled them. "Okay let's go!" Tai cheered as he clapped.
"Okay girls, if you want to win the game next Friday, you'll have to get over Tai," Sora demanded.
"Okay," the girls replied disappointed.
The game started and Tai's team had no problem scoring their first goal. All of them were practicing because the next Friday was the soccer game that would prove their skill if they won. The winning team of that game will represent the school in the provincial championship. They played until lunch. Tai's team won 2 - 1. Tai scored all the way from defense right before the buzzer.
"Good game Sora," Tai smiled at her as he hugged her.
"Good game Tai," Sora smiled as she hugged him back. Tai smile changed into a grin. "Don't cry now," Tai laughed while still hugging her. Sora's smile wiped off her face in a second. She whacked him at the back of the head and walked home.
After the game, everyone headed home and Matt approached Tai. "Hey Kamiya!" Matt yelled out to him. "Yeah," Tai turned around. "I'll call you later I wanna tell you something," Matt reluctantly replied. "Okay see you guys," Tai waved and left for home.
When Tai arrived home, he saw his dad working on the computer downstairs. He headed upstairs to the kitchen and saw his mom pouting with her arms crossed. Tai was shocked.
"TAI!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!" Mrs. Kamiya yelled at Tai.
"I was playing soccer with Sora and the others," Tai stuttered shaken by his mom's words.
"Didn't I tell you to be home by 11:30am." his mom asked enraged.
"Yes..." Tai answered softly.
"And what time is it now Tai?" his mom asked firmly as she pointed to the clock without taking her eyes off Tai.
"12:45pm." Tai replied as he looked down.
"Tai, How am I supposed-" his mom started.
"But it's not my fault. Sora told me to stay because-" Tai interrupted.
"Sora? You'd rather take the order of another kid than your mother," his mom asked after interrupting Tai. "Up to your room, you're not going to have lunch today," she concluded. Tai walked to his room and slammed his door. Tai's dad came up slightly after with an odd face.
"What happened?" Mr. Kamiya asked curiously.
"Your son's being led astray by a woman," Mrs. Kamiya sighed as she walked into the dining shaking her head. Kari, eating her lunch, heard her mom's theory and grew curious. So she went up to his room and heard Tai talking to Matt on the phone. So she sat outside his door and listened.
"A woman is leading my son astray?!? I must have missed something," Mr. Kamiya thought to himself.
"So what did you want to tell me Matt?" Tai asked.
"Oh...I like this girl...and I want you to...a...get her to like me..." Matt delayed his words. "And who's this girl Matt?" Tai backfired with a question. "...Mimi" Matt replied silently.
Tai was shocked he fell off his bed. He liked Mimi!?!? He found that weird because he and Mimi hardly ever talked. "I guess it was because he was shy."
"You want me, to get Mimi to like you?!? But Matt, she hates you!" Tai pointed out.
"That's why your supposed to get her to like me you dork! Geez, are those goggles cutting off the circulation to your brain or what?" Matt groaned in annoyance.
"I'm not wearing my goggles!" Tai replied.
"Even worse! Now you're just plain stupid," Matt laughed hysterically.
"Do you want me to hang up? Yeah, I could let you meet my dialtone," Tai replied sarcastically.
"No no no, sorry but can you at least try?" Matt asked innocently.
"I'll try," Tai sighed. "I gotta go."
"Okay bye," Matt hung up.
Tai took a deep breath and decided to see Sora. He exited his room and saw Kari sitting out listening. He gave her the eyebrow. "Uh...Kari? What are you doing there?" Tai asked curiously.
"Uh... just eating," Kari replied nervously.
"You weren't listening to my conversation with Matt did you?" Tai asked in suspicion.
"Oh no, I wasn't listening to your conversation about how Matt likes Mimi and all that stuff," Kari nodded her head happily.
"Alright Kari, just do everyone a favor and don't tell anyone," Tai sighed as he walked out the door.
"Okay," Kari smiled.
"TAI! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!?" Mrs. Kamiya ordered an answer.
"Sorry mom, gotta go see you at dinner," Tai gave a fake salute.
"Okay, but be home by 7:00pm. THIS time," his mom sighed in defeat.
So Tai headed to Sora's place. 'Okay, what am I gonna say? Umm Matt likes Mimi and I was kinda hoping you could help me out,' Tai thought to himself. "Nah... that won't do," Tai sighed.
Tai thought of a bunch of things to say but before he knew it, he approached Sora's house. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. To his surprise, Sora answered the door. "Tai?!?" Sora exclaimed about his visit. "What are you doing here?" Sora asked surprised.
"Oh I was just checking on how you took the defeat," Tai teased.
Sora grew annoyed. "Ugh!" Sora grumbled.
"Oh don't worry. I got some tissue in my bag if you ran out you know," Tai continued. Sora was about to slam the door on him but he pushed to the door a little bit so it wouldn't close.
"Wait! I was just kidding! You know me," Tai laughed while he spoke.
"Alright, alright what do ya want Tai?" Sora asked impatiently.
"I just wanted to talk to ya 'cause I was bored," Tai replied.
"And you couldn't do that over that phone?" Sora answered back.
"Nah, I had to get out, my mom was mad at me," Tai said embarrassed.
"Why?" Sora asked with concern.
"'Cause I was late coming home at 11:30 for lunch," Tai grumbled.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Sora apologized quickly.
"It's okay, she'll get over it," Tai smiled to not worry her.
"Come on in!" Sora invited. "Make yourself at home," Sora said as she went into the kitchen to get some drinks. Tai sat on the couch in her living room and looked around.
Sora went into her kitchen where her mom was already making drinks.
"So? Who's the visitor?" Miss Takenouchi asked anxiously.
"Oh, just Tai," Sora answered.
"Oh? Why is he here?" Miss Takenouchi asked again in curiosity.
"Mom, he's just bored, don't try anything," Sora warned her mom while rolling her eyes.
Tai looked around and was getting rather sleepy until he came to this one picture on a counter he didn't see too far away. He approached it and looked at it carefully. First there was a thousands of trophies on the table. All of them were from soccer. Then in front of them all was a single picture of a cooler of water poured onto Sora. Tai laughed a little bit then shook his head. 'Sora...she'll never change.' Soon after he looked Sora came out with some iced tea on a tray. Tai immediately stood up.
"Oh, I hope you weren't bored," Sora said worried.
"Nope, not at all," Tai assured her. "I was just looking at your soccer collection over there," Tai pointed out.
"Oh," Sora said giggling.
"So, what happened in this picture here?" Tai asked pointing to the picture where a cooler of water was being poured onto Sora.
"Well, we were at the biggest game of our lives," Sora began as she started to stand up. "Time was running out, we had ten seconds left," Sora started to run replaying the game. "I was running side with my partner assisting her. We reached to net," Sora continued. "She didn't have a good angle so she passed it to me with 2 seconds left," Sora was reaching the end. "I took the shot without aiming 'cause I was in a panic. I amazingly got it in and our team won the game!!!" Sora cheered putting her hands in the air cheering.
Tai gave her an odd face and then gave a fake smile. "Yeah... that's good to hear," Tai said sarcastically.
"But that wasn't all of it!" Sora continued, ignoring Tai sarcastic remark. "Then they carried me off to the stands, and poured coolers of water and ice all over me!" Sora concluded angrily.
"Oh..." Tai said as he glanced at the iced tea beside him. "Yeah my congratulations. Why don't I pour my iced tea on you," Tai laughed with a grin.
Sora stopped then looked at Tai, walked over and whacked Tai at the back of his head. "Don't even think it!" Sora warned him as she sat down to catch her breath. Tai unfortunately was still laughing and then fell off the couch. Tai shook his head. "Woah, okay I'm cool now," Tai said quickly then sat back on the couch. Sora looked at him with a serious face. "You done?" Sora began to crack up.
"Yeah, I'm done...." Tai replied.
Tai and Sora continued to talk. But Sora then realized that her mom was peeking at them from time to time and this gave her an uncomfortable feeling. She stood up, walked over t Tai and asked him quietly. "Wanna go some place else cause my mom's keeping peeking at us," Sora suggested.
"Yeah sure no prob," Tai agreed.
Sora then yelled out to her mom "MOM, TAI AND I ARE GOING FOR A WALK OKAY?"
"Uh...sure you guys no problem, have fun," Ms.Takenouchi replied.
"I'll be back before dinner," Sora told her mom, before closing the door behind her.
"So, uh where are we going?" Tai asked in interest.
"I don't have a clue, I just had to get out of there," Sora sighed.
"Ha! I know how you feel," Tai chuckled agreeing with her.
"So, why don't we go to the park, and play soccer?" Sora suggested.
"Yeah," Tai began with a grin. "I guess some people aren't satisfied with being beaten just once," Tai shook his head sadly. Sora whacked him at the back of his head again.
"What? What?" Tai started. "Geez Sora I know the truth hurts and all but-" Tai continued.
"Give it up Tai!!" Sora interrupted as she whacked him over and over again.
"Okay, sowie" Tai apologized with an innocent smile.
They approached the soccer field. The sky was starting to turn gray, but they thought nothing of it. They started to play, Tai was beating her, (as usual) 3-2.
"I'm gonna beat you this time Kamiya!" Sora warned, as she ran to his net.
"Okay, if you say so," Tai replied as he waited in his net.
Then out of nowhere, it starts to rain. It was pouring down really hard. Just like in the movies, it was really strange.
"Oh great," Tai complained while they ran to their school.
"Yeah, I know," Sora started. "And I was just about to beat you," She continued.
"You wish," Tai replied as he put his jacket over the two of them.
They were running until they reached their school. They sat near the doors, so they wouldn't get wet from the rain.
"Aww man, I didn't see that one coming," Tai complained as he looked around.
"Yeah, it seems like we're gonna be stuck here for awhile," Sora pointed out.
"Even better," Tai replied sarcastically.
"At least I'm not alone, that would suck!" Sora replied trying to be positive.
"Plus..." Tai began smiling. "You have the privilege of being stuck with the one and only-" Tai continued.
"Tai STOP!" Sora whined plugging her ears. Sora began whacking him.
"TAICHI KAMIYA!" Tai concluded as Sora was hitting him.
"Your crazy!" Sora said as she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.
"Well I have about..." Tai started looking at his watch. "15 minutes till I get it from my mom," Tai sighed worried.
"Hopefully the rain will stop by then," Sora said trying to comfort Tai.
'I gotta ask some questions about Mimi for Matt. Now is a good time.' Tai thought to himself.
"So, how's Mimi?" Tai asked trying to start a conversation.
"Mimi? She's okay, the same as usual," Sora giggled.
"And what's that?" Tai asked confused.
"Perky, and obsessed with fashion and nails," Sora replied rolling her eyes.
"Hmm, she hasn't changed much," Tai pointed out. "So, do you and Mimi have a lot in common?" Tai asked, throwing another question at her.
Sora started to laugh. "No, not really," Sora replied as she continued to laugh.
"But you guys are such good friends," Tai pointed out confused.
"Yeah, but good friends don't always have things in common," Sora said lecturing Tai. "Mimi is just Mimi, she's always there for me when I need her, and she's so understanding," Sora continued.
"And I bet having the crest of sincerity helps too huh?" Tai shrugged.
"You bet," Sora replied smiling. "But she also has those annoying sides," Sora sighed.
"What do you mean?" Tai asked confused once again.
"Well, she's fashion crazy, nail crazy, boy crazy-" Sora began.
"Boy crazy?!" Tai asked on Matt's behalf.
"Yeah, I mean she talks about guys all the time," Sora complained.
"Like who?" Tai asked anxiously.
"I can't tell you! Mimi's my friend," Sora pointed out.
"Right," Tai sighed.
"But it's kinda weird..." Sora started. "She talks about all the guys, except..." Sora paused.
"Except who?" Tai said excited. 'Now I know why girls like to gossip, it's so fun' Tai thought to himself.
"Except...Matt," Sora concluded.
"So, what do you think that means?" Tai asked confused.
"Maybe nothing, I just noticed it now," Sora said calmly.
All of a sudden the rain stopped, and then sun started to peek through the clouds.
"Hey look!" Tai said pointing to the sun. "It stopped raining!" Tai concluded smiling.
"Yeah, what time is it?" Sora asked.
"Uh...we got 5 minutes to get home," Tai replied worried.
"Great..." Sora replied sarcastically.
"Since I'm gonna be late anyway, I might as well walk you home first," Tai suggested.
"You sure? I don't want you to be yelled at once again," Sora gave a sad face.
"Yeah, don't worry," Tai comforted her with his smile.
"Alright," Sora replied, feeling sorry for Tai.
They both started walking towards Sora's house. They continued to talk about Mimi.
"So, do you think Mimi likes anyone?" Tai asked, trying not to give anything away.
"Hmm...I really don't know Tai," Sora replied, trying to think about the question. "Why? Do you like Mimi?" Sora teased.
"Me?! No way!" Tai quickly answered. "Not that there's anything wrong with Mimi," Tai corrected himself.
"Just wondering," Sora smiled.
"How about Matt?" Tai asked.
"What about Matt?" Sora asked confused.
"Well, do you think Matt likes Mimi?" Tai said rephrasing his question.
Sora started to laugh. "Well, I don't know, I mean I'd think out of everyone in the world, you'd be the one to know who Matt likes," Sora pointed out.
"That's true," Tai replied agreeing with Sora.
"But to be honest with you," Sora began. "I'm don't think he does, I mean, he doesn't even talk to her, or hang out with her at games," Sora concluded.
"Yeah, I know," Tai replied agreeing with Sora once again. "Hey, here's your house," Tai pointed out to change the subject.
"Alright," Sora replied sighing.
Tai walked Sora to the door and gave her a hug, and left for home.
After Sora shut the door behind her, her Mom was standing right infront of her.
"Oh! Mom! You scared me," Sora said as she tried to catch he breath.
"So, did you have fun?" Ms.Takenouchi asked in curiosity.
"Mom," Sora began rolling her eyes. "It was raining, fun wouldn't be the first thing that happened," Sora responded, as she headed towards the kitchen.
"Oh, c'mon Sora," Ms.Takenouchi whined as she followed Sora. "Tell your mother what happened," Ms. Takenouchi concluded.
"We just talked and played soccer," Sora assured her.
"Fine," Ms. Takenouchi replied disappointed.
"Thank you," Sora responded as she sighed in relief. "I'm going up to my room," Sora concluded.
Tai thought about everything Sora said about Mimi and Matt, as he walked toward home.
'I wonder if Matt stands a chance with Mimi,' Tai thought worried.
He kept on thinking things like that. Things about Matt not standing a chance. He thought about it all the way home.
"Mom, I'm home!" Tai yelled out as he opened the door. Soon he realized he didn't need to yell because his Mom was standing right infront of the door. Tai gulped.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?" Mrs. Kamiya asked in annoyance.
"Uh, I had to walk Sora home, because it just finished raining, and it was along the way too," Tai assured her.
"Oh Tai," Mrs.Kamiya sighed. "It's just that you were late this morning, and I hoped you learned you lesson, then you come home late again," Mrs. Kamiya concluded.
"Yeah, I know Mom," Tai began. "But it rained," Tai pointed out.
"Yes, that's why I'm not as mad as I would've been," Mrs. Kamiya replied. "Just go up to your room, and change into some dry clothes okay?" Mrs. Kamiya told him as she kissed him on the forehead.
"Alright," Tai responded as he headed towards his room.
When Tai left the room, his Father walked towards his Mom.
"So, what happened?" Mr.Kamiya asked.
"Oh, he just came home late again that's all," Mrs.Kamiya replied sighing.
"Sora?" Mr.Kamiya asked.
"Yeah," Mrs.Kamiya replied shaking her head in disappointment. "Do you think he-" Mr.Kamiya began.
"I don't know what to think," Mrs.Kamiya interrupted. "I don't know if he likes her, or they're just close friends," Mrs. Kamiya concluded.
"Oh well, I guess we'll find out sooner or later," Mr. Kamiya sighed.
"The thing is," Mrs.Kamiya began. "I don't know if I want to find out," She finished with a small laugh.
Kari who heard the whole thing once again, headed towards Tai's room. When she got there, she heard Tai talking to Matt on the phone again.
"...Uh yeah I got some things about Mimi from Sora today," Kari heard her brother tell Matt.
"Yeah so, what did she say?" Matt asked in excitement.
"Well, buddy," Tai started to laugh.
"What?!" Matt asked surprised.
"You gotta talk to her man!" Tai finished before he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"Huh?" Matt asked confused.
"Well, nobody thinks you like Mimi," Tai told his clueless friend.
"So?" Matt asked. "That's good," Matt said confidently.
"No, that's bad, Romeo!" Tai yelled.
"Why?" Matt asked in confusion.
"Well, if she thinks you don't like her, do you think she's gonna try to make you like her?" Tai pointed out.
"Well Tai," Matt began.
"What!" Tai asked in annoyance.
"That's what I'm trying to make you do!" Matt replied. "I'm trying to make you, make Mimi like me!!" Matt yelled at his queer friend.
"Oh yeah..." Tai replied feeling stupid. "But its Mimi we're talking about here!" Tai pointed out trying to make himself feel less stupid.
"That's not the point!" Matt said in annoyance.
"I know, but do you get the point of what I'm trying to say?" Tai asked.
"Not really," Matt replied still confused.
"Well, I'm saying you gotta talk to her, hang around her more, get to know eachother better," Tai began. "Even if I, or Sora tells her that you like her, she won't believe any of us. I may tell her all these good and wonderful stuff about you and how nice you are, she won't believe me until you act on the qualities which we gave you. You won't stand a chance if you don't even talk to her at lunch time!" Tai concluded.
"That's true," Matt said sadly. "Thanks buddy," Matt said feeling a little better.
"No problem," Tai began. " 'Cause I know you'd do the same for me," Tai pointed out.
"Yeah, I would," Matt began. " That's 'cause I'm such a nice guy-"
"Don't even try to be like me," Tai complained while rolling his eyes.
"Sure, it really ain't my style," Matt responded.
"Tell me about it," Tai said starting laugh.
"Hey Tai, I gotta go," Matt began. "Gotta go eat," Matt concluded.
"Alright, see ya at school tomorrow," Tai began. "Oh and bring your Mimi act with ya," Tai said laughing.
"IT AIN'T AN ACT!" Matt corrected.
"Whatever you wanna call it, just get your act together by tomorrow," Tai warned.
"I will," Matt mumbled. "Bye,"
"Bye," Tai responded.
They both put down the phone. He then walked out of his room slowly to go watch something downstairs. Once he opened the door..... POOF! There was Kari standing there with an innocent but BIG smile on her face.
"WHOA KARI!" Tai yelled as he fell backward.
"So Tai, did you tell Matt all the details?" Kari said excitedly.
"......."
"Uh... Tai? You okay?" Kari asked with a slight concern in her voice.
Tai got up slowly panting then he glanced at Kari. "Geez Kari, I think you better find yourself another hobby," Tai gasped for air while holding his heart.
"Oh... sorry," Kari giggled a little.
"It's okay Kari," Tai forgave Kari. "I'm sure you had something better to do than listen to my conversation with Matt and scare me half to death afterwards," Tai added sarcastically. Tai kissed her on the forehead then left to watch a movie in his living room. He lay down on his couch getting comfortable but fell asleep before the credits of the movie he was watching could finish.
Soccer is a game of Love
Setting: After Dark Master Saga
Tai walked down the street of his home. It was Wednesday and there's been no school 'cause it was a holiday. Tai yawned in boredom as he passed by a soccer field where a game was going on.
Then not too long after, he looked at a figure that was coming closer and closer to him. "Sora," Tai exclaimed surprised.
"Come play with us," Sora invited.
"Nah, I'll probably beat you guys so bad, you'll all be crying for your mommies so I best not," Tai teased with a grin as he started to walk back.
"Come and show us then," Sora challenged knowing he couldn't resist any challenge.
"What did you say?" Tai asked firmly with a grin.
"You heard me... "Captain" Sora nodded with a sarcastic gesture. Tai thought for a moment, then grinned. "Okay, but just do me a favor," Tai said confidently as he approached her.
"Oh, and what's that Kamiya?" Sora asked playing along.
Tai bent over and whispered in her ear. "Don't cry too hard," Tai grinned as he patted her on the back then walked to the field.
"Oh please Tai," Sora rolled her eyes as she turned around and followed. "Hey guys!" Sora yelled to the guy's team.
"Whatcha want Sora?" Matt asked annoyingly.
"It seems your Captain's back," Sora replied as she pointed to Tai who was approaching his team.
Sora's team blushed and fainted in the sight of Tai.
"Thank God," Izzy sighed in relief. Tai took his position and reassembled them. "Okay let's go!" Tai cheered as he clapped.
"Okay girls, if you want to win the game next Friday, you'll have to get over Tai," Sora demanded.
"Okay," the girls replied disappointed.
The game started and Tai's team had no problem scoring their first goal. All of them were practicing because the next Friday was the soccer game that would prove their skill if they won. The winning team of that game will represent the school in the provincial championship. They played until lunch. Tai's team won 2 - 1. Tai scored all the way from defense right before the buzzer.
"Good game Sora," Tai smiled at her as he hugged her.
"Good game Tai," Sora smiled as she hugged him back. Tai smile changed into a grin. "Don't cry now," Tai laughed while still hugging her. Sora's smile wiped off her face in a second. She whacked him at the back of the head and walked home.
After the game, everyone headed home and Matt approached Tai. "Hey Kamiya!" Matt yelled out to him. "Yeah," Tai turned around. "I'll call you later I wanna tell you something," Matt reluctantly replied. "Okay see you guys," Tai waved and left for home.
When Tai arrived home, he saw his dad working on the computer downstairs. He headed upstairs to the kitchen and saw his mom pouting with her arms crossed. Tai was shocked.
"TAI!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!" Mrs. Kamiya yelled at Tai.
"I was playing soccer with Sora and the others," Tai stuttered shaken by his mom's words.
"Didn't I tell you to be home by 11:30am." his mom asked enraged.
"Yes..." Tai answered softly.
"And what time is it now Tai?" his mom asked firmly as she pointed to the clock without taking her eyes off Tai.
"12:45pm." Tai replied as he looked down.
"Tai, How am I supposed-" his mom started.
"But it's not my fault. Sora told me to stay because-" Tai interrupted.
"Sora? You'd rather take the order of another kid than your mother," his mom asked after interrupting Tai. "Up to your room, you're not going to have lunch today," she concluded. Tai walked to his room and slammed his door. Tai's dad came up slightly after with an odd face.
"What happened?" Mr. Kamiya asked curiously.
"Your son's being led astray by a woman," Mrs. Kamiya sighed as she walked into the dining shaking her head. Kari, eating her lunch, heard her mom's theory and grew curious. So she went up to his room and heard Tai talking to Matt on the phone. So she sat outside his door and listened.
"A woman is leading my son astray?!? I must have missed something," Mr. Kamiya thought to himself.
"So what did you want to tell me Matt?" Tai asked.
"Oh...I like this girl...and I want you to...a...get her to like me..." Matt delayed his words. "And who's this girl Matt?" Tai backfired with a question. "...Mimi" Matt replied silently.
Tai was shocked he fell off his bed. He liked Mimi!?!? He found that weird because he and Mimi hardly ever talked. "I guess it was because he was shy."
"You want me, to get Mimi to like you?!? But Matt, she hates you!" Tai pointed out.
"That's why your supposed to get her to like me you dork! Geez, are those goggles cutting off the circulation to your brain or what?" Matt groaned in annoyance.
"I'm not wearing my goggles!" Tai replied.
"Even worse! Now you're just plain stupid," Matt laughed hysterically.
"Do you want me to hang up? Yeah, I could let you meet my dialtone," Tai replied sarcastically.
"No no no, sorry but can you at least try?" Matt asked innocently.
"I'll try," Tai sighed. "I gotta go."
"Okay bye," Matt hung up.
Tai took a deep breath and decided to see Sora. He exited his room and saw Kari sitting out listening. He gave her the eyebrow. "Uh...Kari? What are you doing there?" Tai asked curiously.
"Uh... just eating," Kari replied nervously.
"You weren't listening to my conversation with Matt did you?" Tai asked in suspicion.
"Oh no, I wasn't listening to your conversation about how Matt likes Mimi and all that stuff," Kari nodded her head happily.
"Alright Kari, just do everyone a favor and don't tell anyone," Tai sighed as he walked out the door.
"Okay," Kari smiled.
"TAI! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!?" Mrs. Kamiya ordered an answer.
"Sorry mom, gotta go see you at dinner," Tai gave a fake salute.
"Okay, but be home by 7:00pm. THIS time," his mom sighed in defeat.
So Tai headed to Sora's place. 'Okay, what am I gonna say? Umm Matt likes Mimi and I was kinda hoping you could help me out,' Tai thought to himself. "Nah... that won't do," Tai sighed.
Tai thought of a bunch of things to say but before he knew it, he approached Sora's house. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door. To his surprise, Sora answered the door. "Tai?!?" Sora exclaimed about his visit. "What are you doing here?" Sora asked surprised.
"Oh I was just checking on how you took the defeat," Tai teased.
Sora grew annoyed. "Ugh!" Sora grumbled.
"Oh don't worry. I got some tissue in my bag if you ran out you know," Tai continued. Sora was about to slam the door on him but he pushed to the door a little bit so it wouldn't close.
"Wait! I was just kidding! You know me," Tai laughed while he spoke.
"Alright, alright what do ya want Tai?" Sora asked impatiently.
"I just wanted to talk to ya 'cause I was bored," Tai replied.
"And you couldn't do that over that phone?" Sora answered back.
"Nah, I had to get out, my mom was mad at me," Tai said embarrassed.
"Why?" Sora asked with concern.
"'Cause I was late coming home at 11:30 for lunch," Tai grumbled.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" Sora apologized quickly.
"It's okay, she'll get over it," Tai smiled to not worry her.
"Come on in!" Sora invited. "Make yourself at home," Sora said as she went into the kitchen to get some drinks. Tai sat on the couch in her living room and looked around.
Sora went into her kitchen where her mom was already making drinks.
"So? Who's the visitor?" Miss Takenouchi asked anxiously.
"Oh, just Tai," Sora answered.
"Oh? Why is he here?" Miss Takenouchi asked again in curiosity.
"Mom, he's just bored, don't try anything," Sora warned her mom while rolling her eyes.
Tai looked around and was getting rather sleepy until he came to this one picture on a counter he didn't see too far away. He approached it and looked at it carefully. First there was a thousands of trophies on the table. All of them were from soccer. Then in front of them all was a single picture of a cooler of water poured onto Sora. Tai laughed a little bit then shook his head. 'Sora...she'll never change.' Soon after he looked Sora came out with some iced tea on a tray. Tai immediately stood up.
"Oh, I hope you weren't bored," Sora said worried.
"Nope, not at all," Tai assured her. "I was just looking at your soccer collection over there," Tai pointed out.
"Oh," Sora said giggling.
"So, what happened in this picture here?" Tai asked pointing to the picture where a cooler of water was being poured onto Sora.
"Well, we were at the biggest game of our lives," Sora began as she started to stand up. "Time was running out, we had ten seconds left," Sora started to run replaying the game. "I was running side with my partner assisting her. We reached to net," Sora continued. "She didn't have a good angle so she passed it to me with 2 seconds left," Sora was reaching the end. "I took the shot without aiming 'cause I was in a panic. I amazingly got it in and our team won the game!!!" Sora cheered putting her hands in the air cheering.
Tai gave her an odd face and then gave a fake smile. "Yeah... that's good to hear," Tai said sarcastically.
"But that wasn't all of it!" Sora continued, ignoring Tai sarcastic remark. "Then they carried me off to the stands, and poured coolers of water and ice all over me!" Sora concluded angrily.
"Oh..." Tai said as he glanced at the iced tea beside him. "Yeah my congratulations. Why don't I pour my iced tea on you," Tai laughed with a grin.
Sora stopped then looked at Tai, walked over and whacked Tai at the back of his head. "Don't even think it!" Sora warned him as she sat down to catch her breath. Tai unfortunately was still laughing and then fell off the couch. Tai shook his head. "Woah, okay I'm cool now," Tai said quickly then sat back on the couch. Sora looked at him with a serious face. "You done?" Sora began to crack up.
"Yeah, I'm done...." Tai replied.
Tai and Sora continued to talk. But Sora then realized that her mom was peeking at them from time to time and this gave her an uncomfortable feeling. She stood up, walked over t Tai and asked him quietly. "Wanna go some place else cause my mom's keeping peeking at us," Sora suggested.
"Yeah sure no prob," Tai agreed.
Sora then yelled out to her mom "MOM, TAI AND I ARE GOING FOR A WALK OKAY?"
"Uh...sure you guys no problem, have fun," Ms.Takenouchi replied.
"I'll be back before dinner," Sora told her mom, before closing the door behind her.
"So, uh where are we going?" Tai asked in interest.
"I don't have a clue, I just had to get out of there," Sora sighed.
"Ha! I know how you feel," Tai chuckled agreeing with her.
"So, why don't we go to the park, and play soccer?" Sora suggested.
"Yeah," Tai began with a grin. "I guess some people aren't satisfied with being beaten just once," Tai shook his head sadly. Sora whacked him at the back of his head again.
"What? What?" Tai started. "Geez Sora I know the truth hurts and all but-" Tai continued.
"Give it up Tai!!" Sora interrupted as she whacked him over and over again.
"Okay, sowie" Tai apologized with an innocent smile.
They approached the soccer field. The sky was starting to turn gray, but they thought nothing of it. They started to play, Tai was beating her, (as usual) 3-2.
"I'm gonna beat you this time Kamiya!" Sora warned, as she ran to his net.
"Okay, if you say so," Tai replied as he waited in his net.
Then out of nowhere, it starts to rain. It was pouring down really hard. Just like in the movies, it was really strange.
"Oh great," Tai complained while they ran to their school.
"Yeah, I know," Sora started. "And I was just about to beat you," She continued.
"You wish," Tai replied as he put his jacket over the two of them.
They were running until they reached their school. They sat near the doors, so they wouldn't get wet from the rain.
"Aww man, I didn't see that one coming," Tai complained as he looked around.
"Yeah, it seems like we're gonna be stuck here for awhile," Sora pointed out.
"Even better," Tai replied sarcastically.
"At least I'm not alone, that would suck!" Sora replied trying to be positive.
"Plus..." Tai began smiling. "You have the privilege of being stuck with the one and only-" Tai continued.
"Tai STOP!" Sora whined plugging her ears. Sora began whacking him.
"TAICHI KAMIYA!" Tai concluded as Sora was hitting him.
"Your crazy!" Sora said as she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.
"Well I have about..." Tai started looking at his watch. "15 minutes till I get it from my mom," Tai sighed worried.
"Hopefully the rain will stop by then," Sora said trying to comfort Tai.
'I gotta ask some questions about Mimi for Matt. Now is a good time.' Tai thought to himself.
"So, how's Mimi?" Tai asked trying to start a conversation.
"Mimi? She's okay, the same as usual," Sora giggled.
"And what's that?" Tai asked confused.
"Perky, and obsessed with fashion and nails," Sora replied rolling her eyes.
"Hmm, she hasn't changed much," Tai pointed out. "So, do you and Mimi have a lot in common?" Tai asked, throwing another question at her.
Sora started to laugh. "No, not really," Sora replied as she continued to laugh.
"But you guys are such good friends," Tai pointed out confused.
"Yeah, but good friends don't always have things in common," Sora said lecturing Tai. "Mimi is just Mimi, she's always there for me when I need her, and she's so understanding," Sora continued.
"And I bet having the crest of sincerity helps too huh?" Tai shrugged.
"You bet," Sora replied smiling. "But she also has those annoying sides," Sora sighed.
"What do you mean?" Tai asked confused once again.
"Well, she's fashion crazy, nail crazy, boy crazy-" Sora began.
"Boy crazy?!" Tai asked on Matt's behalf.
"Yeah, I mean she talks about guys all the time," Sora complained.
"Like who?" Tai asked anxiously.
"I can't tell you! Mimi's my friend," Sora pointed out.
"Right," Tai sighed.
"But it's kinda weird..." Sora started. "She talks about all the guys, except..." Sora paused.
"Except who?" Tai said excited. 'Now I know why girls like to gossip, it's so fun' Tai thought to himself.
"Except...Matt," Sora concluded.
"So, what do you think that means?" Tai asked confused.
"Maybe nothing, I just noticed it now," Sora said calmly.
All of a sudden the rain stopped, and then sun started to peek through the clouds.
"Hey look!" Tai said pointing to the sun. "It stopped raining!" Tai concluded smiling.
"Yeah, what time is it?" Sora asked.
"Uh...we got 5 minutes to get home," Tai replied worried.
"Great..." Sora replied sarcastically.
"Since I'm gonna be late anyway, I might as well walk you home first," Tai suggested.
"You sure? I don't want you to be yelled at once again," Sora gave a sad face.
"Yeah, don't worry," Tai comforted her with his smile.
"Alright," Sora replied, feeling sorry for Tai.
They both started walking towards Sora's house. They continued to talk about Mimi.
"So, do you think Mimi likes anyone?" Tai asked, trying not to give anything away.
"Hmm...I really don't know Tai," Sora replied, trying to think about the question. "Why? Do you like Mimi?" Sora teased.
"Me?! No way!" Tai quickly answered. "Not that there's anything wrong with Mimi," Tai corrected himself.
"Just wondering," Sora smiled.
"How about Matt?" Tai asked.
"What about Matt?" Sora asked confused.
"Well, do you think Matt likes Mimi?" Tai said rephrasing his question.
Sora started to laugh. "Well, I don't know, I mean I'd think out of everyone in the world, you'd be the one to know who Matt likes," Sora pointed out.
"That's true," Tai replied agreeing with Sora.
"But to be honest with you," Sora began. "I'm don't think he does, I mean, he doesn't even talk to her, or hang out with her at games," Sora concluded.
"Yeah, I know," Tai replied agreeing with Sora once again. "Hey, here's your house," Tai pointed out to change the subject.
"Alright," Sora replied sighing.
Tai walked Sora to the door and gave her a hug, and left for home.
After Sora shut the door behind her, her Mom was standing right infront of her.
"Oh! Mom! You scared me," Sora said as she tried to catch he breath.
"So, did you have fun?" Ms.Takenouchi asked in curiosity.
"Mom," Sora began rolling her eyes. "It was raining, fun wouldn't be the first thing that happened," Sora responded, as she headed towards the kitchen.
"Oh, c'mon Sora," Ms.Takenouchi whined as she followed Sora. "Tell your mother what happened," Ms. Takenouchi concluded.
"We just talked and played soccer," Sora assured her.
"Fine," Ms. Takenouchi replied disappointed.
"Thank you," Sora responded as she sighed in relief. "I'm going up to my room," Sora concluded.
Tai thought about everything Sora said about Mimi and Matt, as he walked toward home.
'I wonder if Matt stands a chance with Mimi,' Tai thought worried.
He kept on thinking things like that. Things about Matt not standing a chance. He thought about it all the way home.
"Mom, I'm home!" Tai yelled out as he opened the door. Soon he realized he didn't need to yell because his Mom was standing right infront of the door. Tai gulped.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!?" Mrs. Kamiya asked in annoyance.
"Uh, I had to walk Sora home, because it just finished raining, and it was along the way too," Tai assured her.
"Oh Tai," Mrs.Kamiya sighed. "It's just that you were late this morning, and I hoped you learned you lesson, then you come home late again," Mrs. Kamiya concluded.
"Yeah, I know Mom," Tai began. "But it rained," Tai pointed out.
"Yes, that's why I'm not as mad as I would've been," Mrs. Kamiya replied. "Just go up to your room, and change into some dry clothes okay?" Mrs. Kamiya told him as she kissed him on the forehead.
"Alright," Tai responded as he headed towards his room.
When Tai left the room, his Father walked towards his Mom.
"So, what happened?" Mr.Kamiya asked.
"Oh, he just came home late again that's all," Mrs.Kamiya replied sighing.
"Sora?" Mr.Kamiya asked.
"Yeah," Mrs.Kamiya replied shaking her head in disappointment. "Do you think he-" Mr.Kamiya began.
"I don't know what to think," Mrs.Kamiya interrupted. "I don't know if he likes her, or they're just close friends," Mrs. Kamiya concluded.
"Oh well, I guess we'll find out sooner or later," Mr. Kamiya sighed.
"The thing is," Mrs.Kamiya began. "I don't know if I want to find out," She finished with a small laugh.
Kari who heard the whole thing once again, headed towards Tai's room. When she got there, she heard Tai talking to Matt on the phone again.
"...Uh yeah I got some things about Mimi from Sora today," Kari heard her brother tell Matt.
"Yeah so, what did she say?" Matt asked in excitement.
"Well, buddy," Tai started to laugh.
"What?!" Matt asked surprised.
"You gotta talk to her man!" Tai finished before he burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"Huh?" Matt asked confused.
"Well, nobody thinks you like Mimi," Tai told his clueless friend.
"So?" Matt asked. "That's good," Matt said confidently.
"No, that's bad, Romeo!" Tai yelled.
"Why?" Matt asked in confusion.
"Well, if she thinks you don't like her, do you think she's gonna try to make you like her?" Tai pointed out.
"Well Tai," Matt began.
"What!" Tai asked in annoyance.
"That's what I'm trying to make you do!" Matt replied. "I'm trying to make you, make Mimi like me!!" Matt yelled at his queer friend.
"Oh yeah..." Tai replied feeling stupid. "But its Mimi we're talking about here!" Tai pointed out trying to make himself feel less stupid.
"That's not the point!" Matt said in annoyance.
"I know, but do you get the point of what I'm trying to say?" Tai asked.
"Not really," Matt replied still confused.
"Well, I'm saying you gotta talk to her, hang around her more, get to know eachother better," Tai began. "Even if I, or Sora tells her that you like her, she won't believe any of us. I may tell her all these good and wonderful stuff about you and how nice you are, she won't believe me until you act on the qualities which we gave you. You won't stand a chance if you don't even talk to her at lunch time!" Tai concluded.
"That's true," Matt said sadly. "Thanks buddy," Matt said feeling a little better.
"No problem," Tai began. " 'Cause I know you'd do the same for me," Tai pointed out.
"Yeah, I would," Matt began. " That's 'cause I'm such a nice guy-"
"Don't even try to be like me," Tai complained while rolling his eyes.
"Sure, it really ain't my style," Matt responded.
"Tell me about it," Tai said starting laugh.
"Hey Tai, I gotta go," Matt began. "Gotta go eat," Matt concluded.
"Alright, see ya at school tomorrow," Tai began. "Oh and bring your Mimi act with ya," Tai said laughing.
"IT AIN'T AN ACT!" Matt corrected.
"Whatever you wanna call it, just get your act together by tomorrow," Tai warned.
"I will," Matt mumbled. "Bye,"
"Bye," Tai responded.
They both put down the phone. He then walked out of his room slowly to go watch something downstairs. Once he opened the door..... POOF! There was Kari standing there with an innocent but BIG smile on her face.
"WHOA KARI!" Tai yelled as he fell backward.
"So Tai, did you tell Matt all the details?" Kari said excitedly.
"......."
"Uh... Tai? You okay?" Kari asked with a slight concern in her voice.
Tai got up slowly panting then he glanced at Kari. "Geez Kari, I think you better find yourself another hobby," Tai gasped for air while holding his heart.
"Oh... sorry," Kari giggled a little.
"It's okay Kari," Tai forgave Kari. "I'm sure you had something better to do than listen to my conversation with Matt and scare me half to death afterwards," Tai added sarcastically. Tai kissed her on the forehead then left to watch a movie in his living room. He lay down on his couch getting comfortable but fell asleep before the credits of the movie he was watching could finish.