# Forgotten memories

The small five year old girl watches the boy with her emerald green eyes, she watches as the boy kicks the black and white ball across the wet grass and towards his friend. The girl's short blonde hair hits her face as the breeze whizzes past her. She ties her hair up in pigtails and continues to watch the two boys with amusement. She sat on the swing wriggling around in it trying to move herself since her legs were to short. She suddenly feels someone next to her, the girl quickly turns around to find a girl her age sitting down on the swing.
"Hello Izumi" she greets her. Izumi smiles at the girl "Please, call me Zoe" she says, the girl next to her smiles as she attempts to fix her long auburn hair that was left loosely over her eyes and shoulders. She tucks her hair behind her ear and grabs a hair tie from her pocket, she then ties her hair up in a pony tail.
"That's better" the girl says allowing the breeze to hit her face. The girls amber eyes stare back at Zoe as she smiles at her.
"You remember me from kindergarten today?" she asks "Of course...Sora right" Zoe says as Sora nods. "So...do you wanna be buddies?" Sora asks shyly. "Okey dokey" Zoe says smiling. "What are you looking at?" Sora asks her curiously "Those two boys" Zoe says pointing at the two boys. "Let's go says hi" Sora suggests, Zoe nods and they both jump off their swings, their shoes hitting the soft sand as they run over to the boys.

The boy's hazel eyes stare back at his friend as the wind blows on his short wavy brown hair, causing it too cover his eyes and kick his soccer ball at the head of his wild brown haired friend.
'Takuya! Try kicking the ball at my feet" his friend says shaking his head. He runs over to retrieve the ball. Takuya stares angrily at the ball pouting, he finally remembers something. He quickly runs to his backpack and grabs his black baseball hat he places it on his head and turns it around. "Hurry Tai!" Takuya calls. Tai's chocolate eyes hastily search for the soccer ball in the bush.
'Takuya...I can't find it" Tai whines. Takuya runs over to his side the two boys endlessly search in the bush. "My mommy's gonna be really mad at me" Takuya says tears beginning to form in his eyes as he bites his lip. "Don't worry we'll find it" Tai says reassuringly.

Zoe and Sora make their way across the field looking at the two boys in the bush. One of the boys wore a black hat over their short brown hair and had on a red shirt with beige shorts. He wore black tennis shoes over his long white socks. The other boy has wild brown hair and wore a blue sweater with two orange stars on each shoulder. He also wore blue pants and white tennis shoes. Both boys had their backs turned away from the girls as they approached them.
"Hello" they both say at the same time making Tai and Takuya jump. They quickly turn around and stare at the two girls. One of the girls has short blonde hair tied up in pigtails and a purple shirt with white shorts and white tennis shoes with purple stripes. The other girl has long auburn hair tied up into a pony tail and wore a red shirt with blue overalls and black tennis shoes. Takuya narrows his eyes at the two girls "Hi" he says still staring at them.
"Do you need help with something?" Sora asks politely. Tai and Takuya exchange glances and then stare back at the girls.
"We don't need help from girls" Tai says pouting. "And why not?" Zoe asks placing her hands on her hips while Sora does the same.
"Because girls have cooties" Takuya says crossing his arms over his chest as Tai does the same.
"We do not have cooties" Sora and Zoe say angrily "Do too" Tai and Takuya defend "Do not"
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"DO TOO" "Okay...okay, how about this we'll all look for what ever you lost girls against the boys and if we girls win it will prove that we do not have cooties!" Sora says reasonably. The other three nod in agreement. "We lost our soccer ball" Tai says and Zoe and Sora sprint into action searching every bush while Takuya and Tai stand in the very same spot thinking about what had happened to the ball. After ten minutes Sora and Zoe had succeeded. "Hah! We won!" exclaims Zoe throwing the ball at a mad Takuya. "Fine...I'm sorry" Takuya says and Tai says nothing, he elbows Tai in the ribs.
"Yeah...sorry" he says wincing in pain. "I bet we can beat you at soccer" Zoe smirks "No way" Takuya says shaking his head. "Yeah...we can beat a bunch of girls any time" Tai says confidently. "Prove it" Sora says grinning. The boy's agree on a game. Zoe and Takuya play as goalies while Sora and Tai battle it out on the field. Tai runs past Sora, guiding the ball towards Zoe , his eyes concentrating on one part of the so called 'goal'. He gets ready to kick the ball when suddenly he finds himself stumbling over his own feat as Sora glides on the grass kicking the ball away from Tai. She stares back at him as she makes her way towards Takuya the ball rolling as she takes it to the 'goal'. Tai quickly scrambles to his feat and runs after Sora, his heart beating fast as she kicks the ball at Takuya. He sprints, jumping in the air and hitting the ball with his head causing it to narrowly miss the 'goal'. Tai and Takuya smile at Zoe and Sora's surprised faces. The game ended like this Girls-1 Boys-1 Both teams were devastated that they had tied. "You girls are pretty good..." Tai says as the four of them sat in the sand box. "You know for girls" Takuya says earning himself a light smack on the head from Zoe, causing him to smile. "And you boys are pretty good too" Sora says digging her hands in the sand.
"You know for boys" Zoe adds and all of them burst out laughing. They all turn to look up at the sky, it was no longer blue but more like a blend of pink and orange as the bright sun begins to set. "Zoe...time to go"
"Sora...let's go"
"Tai"
"Takuya!" The voices of their mothers echo around the empty park. The group stare at each other as they all climb out of the sandbox. "Bye" Sora and Zoe sigh as they walk away towards their mothers. The boys nod and began walking towards their moms. Sora and Zoe walk half way towards their mothers when they hear voices calling them.
"Wait"
"Come back!" the two girls turn around surprised to find Tai and Takuya running after them a single white rose in each of their hands. They stop in front of them, panting. "Here you go" they smile and hand the girls the roses. They gratefully take them.
"But...why?" the girls ask staring at their beautiful white roses.
"For an everlasting..." Tai begins "Friendship" Takuya ends. Sora and Zoe smile at each other.
"Thank you" Zoe says giving Takuya a peck on the cheek. He blushes and Zoe finds it odd that she too had turned a faint shade of pink.
"Thank you" Sora says kissing Tai on the cheek. They both turn away from each other as they feel their faces burn up.

"TAI"
"TAKUYA" came the voices of their irritated mothers.
"By the way...I'm Takuya Kanbara"

"I'm Izumi Orimoto...but call me Zoe"

"Taichi Kamiya...but call me Tai"

"I'm Sora Takenouchi"

They all turn around away from each other and walk away awaiting the day they'll all meet again.