I was reading some other Taitos when I thought of this and had to write it. Whether or not it becomes something more in entirely up to you guys. However, I probably won't update on it until my other stories are closer to being done, if you even want a chapter two. :)

For the first part of this story, the ITALICS are Matt's dream. Matt and Tai are 12, and Kari and T.K are 6.

I hope you enjoy. Reviews make me happy, plus, if you don't tell me you want another chapter, I'm not writing it!

My back connects with the ground and I grunt in pain. I kick the person who had knocked me down in the leg, bringing them down, too. This fight is out matched when another body throws themself at me, and starts aiming punches at my face, which, for the most part I manage to avoid. Until my hands are grabbed and yanked above my head. I look up with pleading eyes at brunette on top of me.

"Please, 'Chi."

I mouth. He stops, just for a second, which technically, is enough for me to throw him off balance with just my hips. But I don't.I just stare at him. And then he recovers and his fist connects with my head and I'm gone.

I wake up with a jerk. I check my clock, and realise the alarms just going to go off in a minute or two anyways.I get up and get ready for school. When I leave my room, the house is silent. I sneak into my brothers room, and gently shake him awake. This is a normal morning for us, not wanting to wake out parents up. T.K dresses in silence. We leave without breakfast, but it's early enough that we can stop and eat out somewhere. T.K gets a bagel from a little coffee shop on the way to school. He eats and walks at the same time.

"Hey, Takeru!"

A familiar voice says. T.K turns and looks at the owner. All is silent for a second, and then T.K sticks his tongue out at the approaching boy.

"Go away, Taichi. I don't like you anymore. You can leave Kari though...Right, Yama?"

He asks, looking up at me. I nod my head. Tai looks sincerly hurt by my brother's words. Kari is just confused. I hadn't actually seen Tai since I had gotten out of the hospital. The brunette had put me into a coma for two weeks, and today is my first day back at school after coming home.

"It was an accident."

Tai tries to explain to my brother.

"You still hurt my brother. Go away."

Kari looks horrified.

"You did that to Yamato?"

She accuses her big brother.

"It was an accident, Kari. Really. Right, Yama?"

I almost nod my head, willing to do anything, just for him to want to be near be again. I missed my best friend so much. But I can't. Everytime I fell for his kindness, he hurt me worse.

"No. It wasn't an accident."

The look on Tai's face means death for me later, but, whatever. At least Kari knows.

"I'm tell mom."

Tai's attention lands on his younger sister. Me and Takeru just turn around and keep walking. There's soft footsteps behind us, and Kari's hand slips into mine.

"I'm sorry, Yamato, I didn't know."

She is really sorry for her brother.

"It's okay, Kari. I don't even blame him, really. It's his friends. He just wants to fit in. Who doesn't?"

I know Taichi is close enough to hear me say this, but to Kari it doesn't make any sense, I mean, she is only six. Tai follows me, Kari and T.K to the younger kids school, where they are dropped off, and then I continue onto my school. Today, is particularily bad, thanks mostly to Tai, and I can't even hide the marks from Takeru, or my parents. Today is also the day I found out my parents are getting a divorce, and T.K and I are both leaving with our mom.

Four years later

I stare out the window of the bus as it pulls into the station. I can see my dad even from where I'm sitting. I grab my backpack and hop down the steps. My dad hugs me, which I return awkwardly.

"I'm glad you decided to come."

He says to me. And he really does seem cheerful.

"No problem, dad."

It's been four years since I've been back in this shitty town, and things had most definately changed since then. I wanted to dare Taichi Yagami and his friends to pick on me now. My dad eyes the ring on my lip and I raise my eyebrow at him.

"What?"

I ask. He shakes his head. We wait as my luggage is pulled off the bottom of the bus, and I grab my guitar, and my dad helps me with my suitcases. Once everything is safely loaded in, we get in, and we begin back to my dad's apartment. Although, I guess it's mine, too. The first few minutes is filled with awkward silence, so I turn the radio on, and scan through stations until I find the kind of music I like. I know right away that my dad has, indeed gotten better. For awhile after we left he drank a lot. He seems completely fine to me. When we get to the apartment we will now be sharing, I realise with disappointment I will not be allowed to get away with the stuff I did at my old house. Too many neighbours.

"Do you still like blue?"

My dad asks as we go up the stairs. My dad seems to have no problems with my two suitcases, so I stick to my backpack and guitar. I shrug.

"Yea, I guess."

I say, not really sure why it matters. It turns out the reason he asked is because my room had been painted blue. I stare at it with wide eyes. It almost matched the color of my room back with mom. The room is fairly large, surprisingly. My bed is big. Probably a queen. I have a long dresser with a mirror on it, a tall dresser, which has a lave lamp on it, and two bedside tables, plus a desk, which is empty right now. But that's okay, because my laptop is in my bag.

"Wow, dad. Cool."

I say, although it is mostly just for his benefit.

"We'll get the T.V and a stand for it tomorrow."

He says. I hadn't even noticed the lack of that, but I guess it was normal for a teenaged boy to want a T.V.

"To be honest I'd rather a stereo,"

I say.

"We can get you that, too."

He says. I agree with a nod of my head. With that, my dad leaves me to unpack my stuff. It doesn't take long, because it's mostly just clothes. And stuff for my hair, plus my guitar. Which really, isin't much, since my guitar is accoustic. My dad knocks on my door about an hour later.

"Hey, do you mind if we just go out for dinner? I'm not much of a cook."

He says with a sheepish grin at me. I shrug.

"Whatever. I'll be ready in a minute."

I search the house, and find my dads room, his study, and the bathroom. Which was my reason for the self tour. I fix my hair in the mirror, and glance over my apperance. I don't look as bad as I had thought I would. I decide there's no need for a change, however, I do go back to my room, and get the once peice of jewlery I own that doesn't involve a needle and hole to wear. It's just a bracelet, I put it on. I find my dad, and head back to the car. He takes me to a little resturant not far from the house. As we're seated my eyes connect with a girl that seems familiar, as she walks past.

"Yamato?"

She asks. At her voice everything falls into place.

"Kari!"

I say with a grin. The girl, who is now twelve, rushes to hug me. I hug her back, and she smiles at me after releasing me.

"Hello ,"

She greets my father with a polite smile.

"Is T.K here, too?"

She asks. I shake my head.

"Just me, sorry."

I slide over so she can sit in our booth with us, which she does. We talk, mostly about T.K, but just the same we catch up. Although none of it is about my life. Just her's and T.K's, which is fine. I noticed she does not however, mention her big brother. My dad has that 'proud father' look at his face at how easily I open up to Kari, explain to her about the divorce and the move. Kari goes to stand.

"Well, I should probably get back to dinner. You should come see mom, and Taichi."

She adds the last part with a little thought. I slide out of the booth and follow her to her parents.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs Yagami."

I say. They don't recognise me, but say hello politely, anyway. Taichi is not at the table. Kari notices, too. She apperently did not realise that her parents don't know who I am. Taichi choses to make an appereance then. He stops when he actually looks up and sees me. I raise an eyebrow at him. His skin pales.

"Hi, 'Chi."

His eyes snap to my blue ones in shock at the old pet name. His parents realise who I am with happy gasps of my name.

"Don't be rude, Taichi."

His dad snaps at him.

"Hey, Y-Yam-mato."

He stutters and fumbles over my name. I've never heard him use my name before. He had always called me Yama, or Matt.

"Are you going to be around long?"

Mrs. Yagami asks me.

"Oh, yea. I moved in with my dad. Had enough of being with just my mom. Not to be rude, but you know, it was a bit weird. She just never actually..got me."

I explain. Kari's eyes light up. Taichi looks..even more depressed. If that's possible.

"Well, maybe you can come hang out with Taichi sometime! Every Saturday we ha-"

"Why would he want to do that? No one wants to hang out with Taichi."

Taichi's father cut his mother off, and this makes me raise my eyebrow in confusion at Kari, since Taichi's eye are on the empty place infront of his face. Kari looks upset at his dad's words, and you know, I never was like Taichi. Although orginally my plan had been to upset..

"I'd love to."

I tell them. His mom beams, and Taichi's eyes snap up to me, wide shocked orbs of brown.

"Has Tai eaten yet? I'd love to borrow him if he hasn't."

I know I'm getting my way before I even finish the question, and the brunette slides away from his family. I say goodbye to the Yagami's, with a promise to Kari that I would see her again soon. Then Tai and I head back to my dad. The look on Taichi's face is evident.

"Taichi's gonna eat with us."

I inform my dad, pushing Taichi into the booth before me so he can't escape me.

"Why?"

My dad asks, out of pure shock.

"Because I want him to. Please?"

I add after. Like I said, I'm not Taichi. And he looked like he needed to escape. I had never been cruel. I could get nasty. I'm a boy. Of course I can, but I'm not mean for no reason. Plus, I really did miss him. I wanted to be friends again. If he'd apologise for putting me in a coma. I still had nightmares about the look on his face when he hit me that last time.

"But he pu-"

"That was four years ago."

Automatically defending the boy. Taichi offers me a weak smile, which I return. Mine is much more brilliant, and I don't even have to see it. Taichi's eyes wander, mostly on the table. I look through the menu, and decide on something basic. Just some pasta. Taichi orders the cheapest thing on the menu. Salad.

"You don't like vegetables, Taichi."

I say. Which is true. Even I know that. He just shrugs. I look at the menu, and reorder for the boy. When he looks at me I know he still has the same taste, and I have just ordered something he enjoys. His eyes dart back down to the table when he notices me looking back at him. His fingers touching my wrist makes me jump. He pulls away.

"You scared me Taichi, it's okay."

I pull the bracelet off and hand it to him to look at. He recognises it at once, and gives back. I don't miss the blush in his cheeks. My dad asks both me and Taichi questions. School, sports, girls, music. Taichi just shrugs most of them off. I don't remember him ever being this quiet before. Ever. That is my first clue something is wrong. The waitress brings us our food, then, causing my dad's questions to be silenced momentarily. The second clue, is when his dad says his name, and he jumps so violently that he gets his food in his lap and I get water all over mine.

"Taichi."

His dad says annoyed.

"I'm so sorry, Ya-ma-mato?"

He somehow managed to turn my name into a question as he stumbles to say the unfamiliar name.

"Just Matt. And it's fine. Not like it's going to stain or anything."

I say with a sigh. It's not much water, but it is cold. Taichi scrambles to get his food back on his plate. I dry the wet spot the best I can, all the while Taichi stares at his own lap, which will be stained. Taichi's dad is still standing there, and I realise Kari and her mom are standing by the door. I slide out of the booth, and let Taichi pass me. He mumbles a soft goodbye, and they leave. I sit back down to finish my pasta. My dad looks just as confused as I do, but neither of us mention it. We finish eating, my dad pays, and we head back home. I have a quick shower, say goodnight and climb into bed. Tomorrow is the first day of my last year at school. I wake up to the annoying beep of an alarm clock that I had purposely left on the other side of the room, so I actually had to get up to turn it off. I sigh, it's too early. I put on my school uniform, which is new to me. After that, I grab stuff to fix my hair up and head to the bathroom. I style my hair to perfection, which takes less time today then normal. I debate on breakfast, just standing in the bathroom, when my dad wakes by he glances at me.

"I'll drive you,"

My dad says, sleep heavy in his words.

"Kay,"

I say, not bothering to argue with him. I decide against breakfast and brush me teeth instead. The braceley glitters on my wrist as the light bounces around it. I put my hair products in my room, and empty the contents of my backpack onto my bed. I put notebooks, and pencils in the place of my own personal note book, which is filled with songs, my ipod, which makes it back into the bag, and my laptop. I also grab my phone. When I leave my room, my dad is drinking coffee.

"I'll wait outside."

I tell him. I walk out the front door, and lean over the little balcony that's there, and look down. Directly below me are two brunettes. One is taller then the other. The taller one has wild hair that sticks out in all directions, the shorter one has tame, light brown hair, that is styled. I recognise the two of them instantly. I open my door and call out to my dad.

"I'm going to walk with Taichi and Kari."

"Wait, Yamato! We nee-"

I close the door, and dash down the steps in time to catch the two of them. They're not that far ahead of me.

"Karri!"

I half sing. She spins around, followed by Taichi, who spins back around right away. I catch up with them, and I can see a bruise on Taichi's right shoulder, except it's mostly covered by his shirt, so I don't ask about it. I walk beside Kari, Taichi is on her other side, and silence is all around us. I bite my lip.

"I don't have to walk with you guys.."

I inform them, not bothering to hide how upset that would actually make me. I'll be completely honest with you, I love Taichi. I have for as long as I can remember. However, that doesn't mean I actually have forgiven him for putting me in a coma four years ago. And he will pay for it, of at least apologise. I have a soft spot for him, and to see him as distressed as he is makes me feel bad for thinking about getting back at him. We drop Kari off, and she gives both of us a quick hug and a goodbye. Once she's out of ear shot, Taichi looks me dead in the face.

"Don't be seen with me, okay? It won't be good for you."

What the fuck does that mean? The brunette walks away from me after he says it, without looking back.