I guess at this point I should address something that I should have mentioned in the first chapter. Despite the title, this story does not necessarily take place in the timeframe of one week. At the moment, my current plan has a much larger timeframe, but I have no idea weather or not I will scale it down for any reason. The main reason I entitled it "One Week" is because, as I have said, the plot loosely follows that of the song "One Week", which was in the Digimon movie, and I couldn't think of any names that would fit the story, other than that of the song it's based on. And once again, I don't own Digimon, or the song "One Week". However Walter is mine. And I will specify now, in case anyone wants to, I'm fine with Walter being used in other fics weather it's a large role, or a cameo, or a reference, as long as whoever uses him lets me know first. Anyway, enough about that, onto chapter 4.

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One Week

Chapter Four: Fist fight

Walter hung up his phone. Tai and Sora were staring at him, in complete disbelief that he had actually called Matt. He slid the phone in his pocket.

"You Two have a nice day now," He said as he turned to walk to the door. The two were surprised at how much Walter knew. He must have been there for a while. When he called Matt, he had basically been able to describe the entire previous night and this morning almost flawlessly.

He had almost gotten out of the door, due to the stupor Tai and Sora were in. Right as he reached for the knob, Tai snapped out of it, and ran up to him, and grabbed him by his collar.

"Why the hell did you do that?" Tai screamed in Walter's face, "We would have told him ourselves!"

"I'm sure you would have," Walter said, dripping with sarcasm, as he knocked Tai's hands off of him.

"I thought you were my friend," Sora said as she began to walk towards the two.

"I am, or at least was," Walter said, "But Matt signs my paychecks. I owe him more than I owe either of you."

Walter began walking to the door, and Tai put a hand on his shoulder to stop him. Walter crouched to the ground, and extended his leg and knocked Tai's feet out from under him. "Don't ever touch me again," Walter said as he stood back up, and straightened out his shirt. Walter turned around, and slammed the door behind him as he walked out.

"Damn," Tai said as he got up, "That guy's fast."

"Not to mention a really good kick," Sora said, and the two laughed for a moment, then remembered their situation, and stopped.

"Listen, Sora," Tai said. "I'll go home. You can come with me if you want, or you can stay here and wait for Matt."

"I'll wait for Matt here and apologize for both of us, then I'll come over to your house. I have an odd feeling that Matt doesn't want me to live here anymore." Sora said.

"I'll help you pack. Matt won't be back for at least a few hours, even if he leaves right now."

"I don't have much here. It won't take us long."

After about half an hour, all of Sora's things were packed. Tai gave her a kiss, and then walked to the door.

"I'll be waiting for you," he said, as he walked out of the door and closed it. Sora sighed. She was happy about how everything turned out with Tai, but just about everything else was sad. She sat down on the couch, and not feeling like watching TV, she just sat there until Matt came back.

She looked up as she heard the door open, and realized the disadvantage of listening to a phone conversation one sidedly. She had figured Matt would be more sad than angry, because it had been a short phone call after Walter finished talking, and she didn't hear Matt raise his voice. However, looking now, she saw what Walter had only heard. She could now see the incredible amount of rage on Matt's face.

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Tai came home to a dark house. It was still early in the after noon, only about 12:30. He walked inside, and knocked on Kari's door. He heard what sounded like a yelp from inside, and the sound of two people scrambling out of bed.

"Kari, is T.K. still in there with you?" Tai asked, as the door opened, and Kari looked out.

"No Tai, no one's here," he heard T.K. say from inside. Kari turned bright red, and Tai laughed.

"Good for you T.K.!" Tai said, as T.K. walked to the door.

"T.K., why did you do that?" Kari asked, exasperatedly.

"Oh come on Kari, you and I both know I'll get more points with Tai for being honest than for lying about sleeping with you…" T.K. stopped as Kari elbowed him in the ribs. Tai laughed again.

"I guess you're probably pretty mad at me right now?" T.K. asked.

"Not really, but even if I was, I wouldn't touch a hair on your head." Tai said.

"Why not?"

"Because T.K., your brother's going to beat the living shit out of me as it is, and I don't want to make him angrier." Tai said as he walked away, ignoring Kari and T.K.'s question of "What did you do?"

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A few hours later, the doorbell rang. Tai stood up. He was figuring Sora had arrived. He walked to the front door, and opened it. Matt stood there, and Sora was behind him crying.

"Tai," Matt said as he put a hand on Tai's shoulder, "We need to talk."

"Yeah, okay Matt…." Tai was beginning to say, but suddenly he found himself lying on the ground. He didn't see Matt's fist coming as he had punched Tai in the face, but he saw the clenched fist in Matt's hand, felt the sting on his face, and put two and two together to fill in the blanks.

"Okay, I probably deserved that," Tai said, " But I'm really sorry Matt."

"You son of a bitch!" Matt screamed as he tackled Tai, and began punching him. Tai pulled his legs towards his chest, and kicked Matt off.

"Calm down Matt! Can't we talk like adults?" Tai pleaded, but it was no use. Matt punched Tai in the stomach, and for the third time that day, Tai once again fell to the ground. Matt began trying to kick him, but Tai grabbed his leg, and pulled Matt to the ground. Tai stood up.

"Matt! Calm down!" Tai screamed, as Matt punched Tai in the shin, toppling him over. Tai fell, and while falling delivered a punch to Matt's stomach. Tai knocked the wind out of him, and Matt lashed out, smacking Tai across the face. Matt stood up, and kicked Tai in the chest, knocking him back a few feet.

By this time, their brawl had taken them away from the door, and into the center of the room. Matt and Tai were so wrapped up in their fight, that they didn't hear Sora screaming for them to stop. Tai once again got to his feet, and this time he acted as if he was about to punch Matt in the gut, and instead delivered an uppercut to Matt's jaw. Tai could hear a click, as Matt was knocked to the ground. Matt stood up, and spit some blood out of his mouth. 'This is getting out of hand' Tai thought.

Matt once again tackled Tai, which, Tai thought, seemed like Matt's best move, and maybe even his only one. This time however, Matt tackled him into the glass stand he kept his plants on. The glass shattered, and the plants spilled everywhere. Matt punched Tai in the face, and Tai kicked Matt in the stomach. Both

"Matt, for the love of god, calm down!" Tai screamed, but to no avail, as Matt punched Tai across the face. Tai regained his composure, and tackled Matt to the ground, and he tried to pin him down.

"Matt! Stop it already!" Tai screamed, as Matt grabbed Tai's face and shoved it back. Matt rolled out from under Tai, and fell onto Tai with his elbow. Matt knew he was reacting badly, but he also knew he just couldn't stop. Tai however, had decided that enough was enough, and their fight needed to end. Tai stood up, and Matt went to punch him in the face again. Timing it perfectly, Tai grabbed Matt's hand, whirled Matt behind his back, and using his arm to hold Matt's upper arm in place, Tai pulled up on Matt's hand.

Tai let go after he heard the disgusting cracking noise he had been going for. Tai had hoped that breaking Matt's arm would stop him. What he hadn't counted on was that it would make Matt's anger double. Matt once again charged Tai, and slammed him against the wall. Tai could feel the wall giving, and he knew he needed to stop Matt.

Tai turned around, and Matt delivered the hardest punch he could to Tai's shoulder. Tai hit against his lamp, and fell to the ground. The lamp fell right on Tai's shoulder. The pain was excruciating. Matt let Tai stand up, and he once more ran at Tai. He had his hand back to punch Tai, and was going through with it when Sora ran between them and took the hit.

Matt stood, looking in horror, as Sora fell, and was caught by Tai.

"Matt, you worthless, filthy son of a bitch!" Tai yelled, "Look at what you've done!" Sora was crying, both from being upset, and from the physical pain. Her cheek was turning a purplish color, and she winced when Tai ran his hand over it. Matt collapsed to his knees.

"What have I done…?" he said quietly, as he began to cry, "Oh god, Sora, I didn't, I thought, I'm so sorry."

"Matt," Tai said as he looked up, "Now would be a really good time to leave. You've done enough bad here already."

The anger returned to Matt's eyes, although a bit diminished. "Yeah, fine Tai, I'll leave. 'Cause I'm the only villain here. My best friend definitely didn't sleep with my girl-friend or anything!"

"Grow up Matt!" Tai yelled, "You're the only one here I see hitting girls!"

"Oh, about her," Matt said while standing up, "You can keep her, because she certainly isn't welcome at my house any more. All of her stuff is just outside the door."

Matt stood up and walked out. Tai simply sat there holding Sora until she stopped crying. He kissed her forehead. It was about that time when Kari wandered out of her room.

"Hi Tai, what's all the noise about…" Kari looked around, and noticed all of the broken things. "Oh my god Tai, what did you do?" Kari noticed Sora and her cheek. "Tai Kamiya, did you do that to her?" Kari asked furiously.

"Shut up Kari, go back to your room." Tai said, looking up somewhat angrily.

"What happened?" Kari asked, again looking at all of the broken things.

"Your boyfriends brother got kind of pissed about something I may have done with Sora last night, but that's beyond the point. Go back to your room.

Kari looked surprised, then noticed that Tai wasn't holding Sora just comfortingly. "You're despicable Tai," she said as she walked back into her room.

"Are you okay?" Tai asked, as he ran his hand over her cheek again. She winced, but not as much as before.

"You should worry about yourself Tai," Sora said, as she got to her feet. Tai stood up and walked into the bathroom. He looked in the mirror. There was a small gash along his face from where he had hit the plant stand. He touched the back of his head, and looked at his fingers. There was blood on them. He had bruises all over his face from Matt's punches. He lifted his shirt, and found even more bruises from where Matt had repeatedly tackled him. Worst of all, he couldn't move his shoulder.

Tai walked out of the bathroom to where he saw Sora sitting on the couch, rocking back and forth. He had been planing to ask her if she could look for glass stuck in the back of his head, but she seemed like a much more pressing concern. He sat down and held her. He kissed her forehead, and rocked her back and forth, very slowly.

"Are you all right?" He asked, looking her in the eyes.

"Yeah," she responded weakly, "It's just…the dark masters were nothing compared to how scary that was. I thought he was going to kill you."

"I could have taken him," Tai said, jokingly, then looking at how serious Sora looked he added, "But yeah, so did I for a minute there."

"Oh," Sora said as she looked at his head, "You're bleeding!"

"Um, yeah, about that," Tai said, "I was going to ask if you could look to see if there's any glass stuck in the back of my head."

"Sure, turn around," Sora said, as Tai turned around, and she started leafing through his hair. After a minute or two, she smiled and said, "Nope, nothing."

"Phew! That's a relief!" Tai said, as he turned around to face her. "Now," he said, "Do you want to share a bed with me, or should I sleep on the couch?"

"What?" Sora asked, looking completely surprised.

"Well, I could understand if you wanted to take things slowly for a while," Tai said, trailing off.

"Um, yeah, Tai? Can I leave my stuff here for a little while?" Sora asked.

"Sora, you're more than welcome to live here. I don't mind you leaving your stuff here."

"I'm not ready to… that is, I need sometime alone Tai," Sora said.

"So you aren't ready to go out with me yet?" Tai asked, a little hurt.

"Yes," Sora said, and noticing how hurt Tai looked, "No, it's not like that Tai, I already said it at least three times. I love you. I just need sometime. But I want to leave my stuff here, because when I get back, this is where I want to live. With you."

"So how long will you be gone?" Tai asked, holding Sora's hand.

"No more than a couple of days. I just need to be alone for a little while," She said as she kissed Tai. He gave her a kiss of his own.

"You don't need to be alone Sora. I can help you through this," Tai said.

"Tai, I hope this is the last time I need to be alone to comfort myself. After I get back forward, I expect you to comfort me whenever I'm sad."

"Now that's my girl," Tai said. Sora stood up, and gave him another kiss.

"Could you help me get my stuff inside?" Sora asked, as Tai got up and walked to the door.

"If you need to go, go now, and I'll get all of your stuff inside," Tai said as he walked to the door.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive," Tai said.

"Thanks," Sora said as she kissed him again, and walked down to her car in the rain. Tai stood by the door until he heard the engine turn on and the car drive off.

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So, I realized Matt wasn't that hotheaded in the anime, so maybe this whole thing was a little out of character right? Well the way I see it, during the anime we never witnessed his best friend sleeping with his girlfriend, so we really can't tell how he would react. Considering Matt did hit Tai at least twice in the anime, I didn't think this was that farfetched. It might be a while before chapter five is up, but I'll try and get it done soon.