A/n: Changing up the format (yea, something new and different for me.) Because I actually felt like I needed to answer reviews a little bit. So, Reviews:

Akira Nishikawa;He is hard to defend… isn't he? I had such a hard time writing that scene, Yama's been my favorite since I watched the show when I was younger. Ah, good times. I took what you said to heart, and I've re- vamped this chapter a bit (this is the part where everyone says uh-oh.) to fit a better plot line better then the one I had. So, enjoy! And thank you so much for reviewing!

Angelwahalla and Spazwahalla;The twins are everywhere. I didn't think they'd actually talk to Yamato, but there you go, surprises around every corner. I'm pretty positive they won't be back they fulfilled their jobs as filler characters. Thanks for reviewing!

OK, now my usual long rambling speech. Here we are with the next chapter! This one will be named, Cain? And the next chapter will be Matt? Because I had two chapters full of twin-ey goodness and I never named a chapter after them. They won't be in either chapter though, maybe the epilogue that I'm planning on writing. We'll see. It's sad to think I only have this chapter, and two more (if I do write the epilogue that is.) and then its over. Hey, anyone out there think I should write a little pre- story about Takeru and Daisuke? I'm sure that'd be fun, neither of them is quite as angsty as Yama and Ken, so I'm sure it'd be light- hearted. So any votes? Leave a review you know you want to! Anyhow, I give you 'Cain?'


Enough is enough. I'm tiered of running around. I like Yamato, and I'm fairly sure he likes me. This has to stop.

Ken sat up with a start when his alarm went off. He moaned and rolled over, looking at the clock. Ten- thirty, damn. Time to get up and face the inevitable, today he was going to talk to Yamato. They needed to sort stuff out, and Ken wasn't going to be ignored or blown off. He had listened to Yamato when the blonde had wanted to explain- well ok, maybe he had to be chased around a bit and have his ankle sprained – but he had listened to Yamato after a while.

He nodded his head, affirming that he was right and pushing down the doubt he had, he made his way to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready to leave. If he was lucky then Yamato would be home right now and he wouldn't have to deal with the painstaking task of tracking the blonde down. That would be highly difficult and annoying. He frowned thinking that Yamato may actually be hiding from him. 'Maybe this was a bad idea', he thought shampooing his hair. He shook his head again sending little bubbles flying through the shower.

No, it needed to be done. If he was to get anywhere in fixing the mistake, he needed to talk to Yamato. Even if Yamato still said no after listening. He wanted to talk about it. He was tired of hiding. He quickly brushed his teeth and got dressed, not bothering to fix his hair- he never usually did- it'd dry fine enough. He marched to the door and promptly opened it to Taichi, standing on his door step panting. "Why is it every time I've opened the door in the past three weeks, someone- usually someone I don't want to see- has already been waiting for me?" Ken asked, his voice monotone as he moved to let Taichi through, and shut the door behind him.

"Takeru. Told me. You. Were. Going to. See Yama. Had to tell you first." Taichi said, painting between every other word. Had he really ran all the way here? Ken wondered as he waited silently and patiently for Taichi to catch his breath and explain what exactly he needed to be told. It took only a minute or so, but it felt like an eternity, until Taichi was able to talk. "Before you went gallivant (1) off trying to fix things, I wanted to make sure you knew why Yamato blew you off the other day." Tai said, standing awkwardly in the door way. Ken – realizing the seriousness- offered him a chair at his table.

"Before I start, promise me this – no interruption, and try not to get too angry." Tai said, Ken nodded, mumbling 'I promise.' "Good, Ok, how do I say this? Well, Yamato was at my house the other day moping about – well you know that- and I decided to be the good friend and get his mind off of it by playing some video games and, well it seemed to work, then he got all sad again and said something along the lines of your relationship being easy once the two of you started dating.

"Then I went into a speech about relationships being hard, and how sometimes they just don't work out, and how they can leave emotional scars that can't fade. When I finished, he- He kissed me." Tai paused for a breath, looking for the reaction from Ken. Ken; however, as promised did not interrupt, or look in the least bit mad. Tai breathed a sigh of relief before continuing. "Of course, I jumped back- I mean ew he's my best friend- and shortly after it seemed to dawn on him what he'd done, and he jumped back and started to freak. I tried to calm him down, and tell him that it was alright but he's convinced that he cheated on you.

"So when he saw you walking down the street, he thought it would be better to blow you off and make you so mad at him that he wouldn't have to tell you about the kiss." Tai finished, waiting for the inevitable anger to seep from the bluenette, however Ken seemed relatively calm.

"Oh, well he didn't cheat on me. I took care of that problem with my motor mouth. I'd broken up with him before this happened I assume?" Ken asked, Tai nodded his head in agreement. "Well then. I think I know exactly what I'm going to say to him. Thanks Tai." Ken said getting up and opening the door for the brunette, and existing right behind him. "That was very eye opening."

"What are you going to do?" Tai asked wearily. He didn't like the calm demeanor that Ken had taken on. It seemed way too unnatural.

"I'm going to do what I should have done when this whole mess started. I love him. It needs to be done." Ken said, Tai's eyes widened in shock. Had ken just said love? Before Taichi could ask; Ken had disappeared down the hallway.

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The courage that had brought Ken to Yamato's door seemed to have failed him, as he stood outside, trying to decide whether or not he should knock. On the one hand, he still didn't know how this conversation would go. Many possible outcomes could occur. On the other, if he didn't do it now, he would never do it. Gritting his teeth, he knocked on the door. "Its unlocked." He heard faintly. He grabbed the handle and pushed, surprised – even with the forewarning- when the door swung open.

He walked in cautiously to find Yamato sitting on the couch- his hair done like always not a strand out of place and his cloths neat and tidy- playing what appeared to be Zelda. Ken wondered for a brief moment if Yamato just got up every morning and got dressed and primed for the sake of looking good. "Takeru warned me you were coming." Yamato said, as if reading Ken's mind.

"And you didn't run for the hills?" Ken asked, his voice only slightly jaded. Yamato winced slightly, but answered the rhetorical question with a nod of his head. He sighed and got off the couch to shut off his game, before motioning Ken to join him in the living room. He then retreated back to his couch, and sat cross-legged, waiting patiently for Ken to say something again. "I wanted to apologies. I should have never said what I did, nor should I have run from you all that time ago when you tried to apologies to me. I understand what you meant the other day, and hoped you could forgive me."

"I do forgive you. I forgave you along time ago. It's just. Well I Kis-

"I know, you kissed Tai, you don't need to apologies for that though. That's another one that falls on my shoulders. I told you that we'd broken up. Therefore you are fair game for anyone you want to kiss." Ken said, his face showing as little emotion as he could. Yamato shook his head though.

"That's not the only thing. I mean, I lead you on for the longest time because I was scared that you'd only rebounded on me from Daisuke. That's just down right mean." Yamato said, looking up to the ceiling. "Not to mention, I laid subliminal messages in everything I said to you. With what you were going through that couldn't have helped you with Daisuke much."

"Well, I like you now. So I'd say it was a good distraction. I didn't need to be pining over something I probably couldn't have. You gave me something to long over that was worth it. Besides, if I would have just liked you in the first place, and ignored Daisuke, you wouldn't have had to do that." Ken countered, daring Yamato to challenge that one.

"We're sure messed up aren't we? Its like we don't know up from down any more because of this." Yamato said his eyes sad. "I'm not sure if I could go on another date again. I mean we haven't had much success with conversations have we?" He finished sadly; a hurtful realization had started to bubble up in him.

"I know what you mean. I'm not sure I can trust you. With the way you hinted, and then kissing Tai. Yamato what's happening right now?" Ken asked the same feeling welling up in him.

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"You think the worst is happening?" Tai said, grabbing an Oreo from the bag on the counter. Next to him, Takeru nodded silently. "I can't believe these two drove themselves to this. I mean, what even happened?"

"Well, they spent so much time fretting over simple mistakes they both made, that they accidentally fell into big mistakes that neither of them knows how to fix. It's inevitable what happens next." Akira said, eating another Oreo, then handing one to Daisuke. The four boys' had gathered at Akira's house to wait out the conversation that Ken and Yamato were no doubt having. "I don't think they can fix it. They've done way too much damage trying to stop the cracks, like nailing a nail into a dam to plug a hole."

"Well, it's only a dam right?" Daisuke said, throwing his cookie back onto the counter, his anticipation seemed to have eaten up his apatite. "They can be rebuilt cant they?" He questioned. "I mean, it can't be the end just because one dam broke, they have to keep trying."

"There is only so many times you can re- build before you have to move onto something else Dai" Takeru said sadly, the other two boys nodded in agreement. "After a while it just becomes a lost cause. Why keep rebuilding something that refuses to stand in the first place?"

"Thomas Edison once said "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" when he was trying to prefect the light bulb. Maybe instead of giving up just try stone instead of wood to build the dam." Daisuke said angrily getting up and grabbing his shoes, fully intending to leave. "Takeru, you of all people should have the hope." And with that final word, Daisuke closed the door, leaving three boys all blinking and feeling worse then before.

"He's probably right." Takeru said. "He usually is we should have more hope. I mean, its Ken and Yamato, they're both stubborn as hell, I'm sure they'll find away through this."

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"I think- we're figuring out that this isn't working, and its not going to." Yamato said at long last. His face fell. He never thought he'd be admitting that out loud to Ken. He fully intended it to say it out loud. "I mean, if I can't talk things through I don't want to be in a relationship."

"And if I can't trust you I don't think I can either." Ken said, getting up to head towards the door. "I guess this is it."

"I think I love you." Yamato blurted out suddenly.

"I think I love you too, Yama. Unfortunately more often then not, you have to let the ones you love go."

"You're the one walking away." Yamato said quietly.

"You're the one letting me. (2) I'm sorry Yamato. Its over." And with that, Ken walked out of the door, shutting it he slid down, and tears began to fall.


A/n: Well, there is the end of Chapter 8. I hoped you guys liked it. Read and review please, grammar corrections, and all that jazz are greatly appriciated. Tell me waht you think about the prequil to this with Takeru and Daisuke, and of course what you think about this chapter. See you next chapter. I'm not sure when I'll be able to update. It'll be anywhere from tomorrow night, to next week sometime. I'll shoot for tomorrow night. I'm sure you guys are itching to know what happens after this.

1: So I looked at the synonyms to this word, just to make sure it was the one I was looking for, and the list seriously went like this: Gad about, travel, wander, paint the town red. If anyone can explain that last one to me, I'd love to hear the explanation.

2: If anyone can tell me where I stole these two break up lines from "You're the one walking away" and "You're the one letting me" and who said them I'll give them a cookie.