The Vanilla Kou
Chapter Two: Sand, Sun, and Sea
--One Week Ago--
"So how's the job suiting you so far?" Matt asked as he and Tai sat in the local Ice Cream parlor
"Great, still getting along well with everyone." Tai said
"How's that Mimi girl you told me about?" Matt asked
"Fine, why?" Tai replied
"No reason." Matt said quickly turning away.
"You know, you can come in and actually meet her." Tai said
"Yeah, I'll do that soon." Matt said
"So how's the band going?" Tai asked
"Good, we've got a gig in a week, can you make it?" Matt asked
"Sorry man, the owner of the Kou is sending all of the employees to the beach, I already said I'd be there."
--Present Day--
Tai cheered as he jumped off the bus onto the sandy beach, followed quickly by Sora and then by the rest of the Kou Employees.
"Haha! I love the beach!" Tai shouted as he ran through the sand, Sora running beside him laughing.
"Man would you look at those two?" Yoshi said as she laid out her towel.
"Come on Yoshi, they're just having fun, not that you'd know anything about that." Marcus said sitting down
"Excuse me?" Yoshi shouted
A few feet away Henry sighed "They're at it again."
"Those two are like natural born enemies." Jeri said giggling
Takato nodded as he laid down on his towel.
After Tai laid out his towel and set up an umbrella for himself and Sora he turned to her and said "Race you to the water!"
"You are on Kamiya!" Sora said
"Alright, ready set go!" Tai shouted before taking off
"Tai wait I need to get into my bikini!" Sora shouted though it was too late Tai was already in the water.
He resurfaced and looked back at Sora "Did I hear 'Bikini'?"
"You dork!" Sora shouted running after him leaving her tee-shirt and shorts behind.
Tai laughed as Sora jumped in the water beside him and splashed him as she did. Tai splashed her back when she resurfaced. So began the massive splash war of 2009, by the end, not even the innocent onlookers were left dry. A cease fire agreement was only formed when neutral party Takato announced the food was ready. Tai and Sora got out of the water laughing and ignoring the glares from the casualties. After drying off they both grabbed one of the plates Takato had prepared and sat down on their towels under their umbrella.
"I used to play like that when I was little. My friend and I would laugh and play every day until he moved, I never found out where he moved to, I can't even remember his name."
"I know how you feel, there was a girl I played with when I was little, but my father got a new job in this district so we had to move." Tai said
(DT: Hey, you there, yes, you in front of the computer I know it's pretty obvious who they're talking about but no telling them!)
Once they were done eating Mimi called them over for a game of volleyball. The team captains were Takato and Henry, and when Tai and Sora got over to the group they had already begun choosing their teams. In the end Tai and Sora ended up on different teams, and so the cease fire ended and the wars began again, this time each side being armed with nothing but their strength, and one ball between them.
The game started and Sora's team got an early lead but Tai battled back and tied the score before long. This back and forth score change continued until one by one each and every player left the court except Tai and Sora. They played with every bit of the ferocity they had at the beginning of the game. However all too soon, for Tai and Sora anyway, it grew too dark for them to see the ball anymore.
"How about we call it a draw?" Tai suggested
"No way, keep playing or forfeit!" Sora demanded
"Come on Sora, we can barely even see the ball anymore!" Tai said
"Oh alright!" Sora conceded "It's a tie."
Tai fell onto his back and laughed "That was a great game Sora."
"I would have won it too!" Sora said
"Sure." Tai said "Sure."
Silence fell between them for a moment before Sora looked to the sky and noticed something. "Tai! The sun's setting! Come on!" she shouted pulling Tai to the biggest hill on the beach.
They quietly sat there watching the sun slowly set, dyeing the sky brilliant oranges and pinks.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Sora asked
Tai chuckled and said "Wow Sora that sounded downright girly."
Sora blushed and said "Shut up, I can have a girly side if I want to."
Tai just chuckled again and watched the sun go down.
Sora looked away from the sunset and at Tai, this proved to be a mistake. He looked so handsome in that light. Strong yet gentle. Sora was hypnotized and kept staring until Tai noticed and said "Why are you looking at me?"
Sora blushed and quickly formed a lie in her head "I wasn't, I thought I saw a dolphin jump in the ocean."
"Seriously?" Tai said immediately turning to look at the waves.
Yep… Strong, gentle, and gullible as a two year old.
DT: Well here's the August issue, and what better day to release it that August 1st, the day the original Digidestined started their adventure. I hope your looking forward to next month's installment, it's going to be called "Takato's Issues" but that's the only spoiler you get. Well, Happy Digimon day everyone, but not even today do I own Digimon!