Written: o9.o3.o6
NOTE: xxxxx means the change of the song or lyrics & 'WDC' means the World Dance Competition!
(a/n)
WOOHOO! This story has reached over its 100th mark! THANKS for all of you guys who are STILL reading this story and have been really patient with my infrequent updates. I can't believe people are still reading this ancient story! Haha! Hope you like this chapter ;D
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LIMITZ II
Mood Swings
By flipstahhz
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Fuming, she stomped out of the room. Her English class had finally come to its end. Her arms gripped tightly around the bundles of textbooks she held against her chest. Saturday classes certainly annoyed her. Even though it was her first one, she knew it would take more than a while to get used to the whole idea. The expression 'it irritated her to tears' suited the situation…but Hikari Kamiya wasn't one for tears. The girl rarely cried.
She was a strong individual that kept her emotions and feelings locked up in a cage or she could be either a feisty beast slicing insults at anyone she came across. It simply depended on her mood, basically…but right now her current mood could be only described as utterly aggravated. Sure, TK could probably stand hours of discussing a stupid novel and later being assessed on an essay based on the book…but she, on the other hand, couldn't. She was more of a mathematical person, than and English one. Then again, both were disturbing. She preferred photography.
To sum it all up, English simply wasn't her subject and there was nothing else to it. Having it on Saturday morning was just an abrupt jolt to the ordinary system of having a 'rest' on the weekends.
Throughout English class she had also been revealed to everyone's secret admiring towards TK. It was an all girls' school after all, and a new addition to the boy's campus was like bees finding their honey. Only yesterday all girls had spotted the new boy…and yet he was causing such a commotion. Not like she cared or anything… She already was aware of TK's good looks and that he could get any girl he wanted. Yet she couldn't help but feel wavered a bit.
Another concern that disturbed Kari's normal train of thoughts was Catherine. Yeah, she had no problems with Catherine…but she just couldn't help but feel suspicious of how close and intimate both she and TK were at ballroom practice. How did TK know her?
Was she jealous? She didn't know…
She grunted, trying to no think about it too much. But as she continued to tread along she could feel a constant agonizing throbbing in her feet. Darn Daisuke. During dance practice yesterday, Daisuke had succeeded in accidentally landing on her toes on numerous occasions. She noted to herself that she'd dance with another person when the next ballroom dancing session would commence.
" Hikari!"
She didn't bother to face the person whom had called out her name aloud. " It's Kari, Catherine."
" No, it's Cat."
Kari rolled her eyes, she obviously was in no joking mood. She was still dwelling in the 'aggravated' mood.
" What's up with you today?" 'Cat' muttered a question.
"Nothing," she grumbled in reply that was half true. " Just adjusting to this lousy school."
" Right on, sister! High-five!"
Kari stared blankly at the over hyperactive Catherine for a while. Catherine's lips were drawn out in a wide radiant smile and her eyes glittered brightly.
Her…to compete against for TK? Hell no she, Kari Kamiya, would win.
Catherine may be blonde….but she was certainly deadly and petrifying once anyone would ever get on her bad side.
Even though her brother was completely confident in what he did, she didn't exactly carry the same courage Tai owned. Sure, she up for fights once in a while…but Kari already knew when she was no competition. She was a failure in the making.
Hold up…
Kari blinked. Why did she want to compete against Catherine for TK? Why did she even want TK? Surely, she had him enough when they were going out a couple of years back…and when they were inseparable best friends…but…
" Don't leave me hangin'!"
She didn't know how long she had spaced out. Kari shrugged the hesitation aside and returned Catherine a high-five. She couldn't resist losing Catherine's friendship over TK – the stupid guy. The pair walked down the corridors and entered their dormitory. Kari felt her cell phone vibrate once. She quickly checked the message out.
Dance practice…
She groaned in annoyance. Even though she hated to admit it, Kari needed to ask Catherine a favour. Stuff her pride in being snobby and jealous (or whatever it was) of Catherine – she needed a favour.
" Catherine?"
Blue eyes, similar to TK's, focused into her brown ones. " Yeah?"
" Could…could you help me to sneak out tonight?"
She straightaway nodded in response. " It's my expertise…but what for?"
Kari had mentioned to Catherine that she was apart of a dance group a couple of times. " I've got dance prac."
" Oh yeah, you're part of LimitZ, right? TK's group, yeah?"
" That's right," she said, bemused.
Kari didn't understand how Catherine knew about it since she hadn't even fully explained what type of dance group she was in, how TK was also apart of the dance crew and how Catherine also knew the dance group's name. Perhaps TK had told her about it…
But how much had he told?
Surely TK couldn't have told her all this in the small amount of time they had at dance practice yesterday, especially when they were focused in learning new dance moves.
Then again, she remembered seeing both Catherine and TK hug as well. They must have known each other once before. But Kari didn't understand. Kari knew all of TK's friends considering they were in her group of friends as well. And…she was…or is (she truly didn't know where both TK and her relationship stood) TK's best friend…she would of known or even heard about Catherine considering she had such a fiery personality.
Unless TK was hiding Catherine from her all this time…
She didn't know what to believe these days. She hadn't even expected Taichi to say he was sorry in America. She had always thought Tai's pride would never let him ask for her forgiveness for being a dunce of a brother…but apparently, she was wrong. Now both Tai and her were close siblings as they had been before all the drama. She was starting to wonder when TK and Matt would push their grudges aside. Men always held grudges long. She sniggered.
" Kari, stop spacing out! I'm here, you know? You were speaking to me…HELLO!"
Kari laughed. Even though Catherine held a mysterious aura she knew she needed the blonde girl's help.
" About sneakin' out of St. Marg's…"
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Taichi Kamiya laid on his back throwing his old soccer ball up and down in a repetitive pattern. Half of him wanted to do something with his spare Saturday time, but the other half wanted to laze around – which he was currently doing. His mother told him to clean his room because he wasn't doing anything, but he objected that he was tossing his soccer ball up and down. Then his mother told him off, saying that in soccer your hands aren't supposed to touch the ball.
He had got rolled by his own mother – the pure humiliation.
He was about to visit Mimi, but he thought Mimi would want time to herself in getting ready and preparing to go back to school. He would badger Sora, but she was working at the Florist shop again. While…he could just verse Yamato again on the play station…he was sick of seeing his roommate, and he was presently speaking to someone on the phone. And his mother, you ask? Well…he didn't want to take part of creating a natural disaster in the kitchen. He didn't want to learn to become a worse cook from his mother.
Darn he was bored.
He was so bored that when he had thrown the soccer ball for the ten millionth time, he had forgotten to catch it…sending it to fall straight onto his face. He cursed in pain as he fell off his mattress, onto the carpet, to search for the soccer ball that had rolled under his bed. His hand reached in and retrieved something from the dust balls.
His goggles…
His neutral expression broke into a grin. He hadn't seen the goggles for over five years now. It was his trademark and inspiration…even though he didn't know or remember the reason why.
It was just him...
Tai had misplaced it somewhere, forgetting completely where he had put it. He played with it for a bit, washed it in the bathroom and once it was clean (meaning, no speck of dust was left on it after the precious item had been dormant for five long years) he tore his red bandana off and replaced it with his endearing goggles.
Great…now he had forgotten where he had put his soccer ball…
He frowned. That sucked. He just hoped it wouldn't take him five more years to find it…cause he really needed his special basketball to teach the teenagers at high school…since he was the P.E teacher. He smiled. Who would of thought that the Taichi Kamiya would become a teacher!
Someone knocked on the bathroom door. Before Tai had the chance to reply, it was rudely opened.
" Knock before you enter, Matt you fool!" Taichi declared then modeled his hairdo with a flick of his head. " I found my goggles!"
" You look ridiculous wearin' those goggles. It was better that you had lost them for good!"
Yamato gulped when he felt Taichi stare daggers into his heart. " I was kidding!"
" Who's on the phone?"
" Oh…it's for you," Yamato scratched his head. Taichi observed his best friend – Yamato was looking rather edgy.
" But the phone didn't even ring!" Tai protested.
" As soon as I hung up, it rang," Yamato reassured, then handed out the home phone to him. " Just …here."
The blond haired boy gave a weak wave and walked out of the bathroom. Tai didn't know what the hell was up with Yamato, but he'd speak to him later. Tai never understood why his best friend always tended to not show or speak out what he was feeling.
" Taichi Kamiya speakin'," he held the receiver to his ear as he looked in the bathroom mirror again to see how he looked with the new (well, actually old) accessory to his brown locks of hair.
" Tai, it'd Drew."
The familiar voice shocked him. It had been a while since he had spoken to Andrew…it was strange too. The last time he had seen Andrew was at the previous WDC held at America. He was the man that loved Mimi as much as he did. He didn't understand why Drew was ringing him, of all people, up…
" Drew, if you're looking for Mimi's phone number it's 685-"
" Tai, I want to speak to you."
He gulped. Tai crossed his fingers together. Drew's tone of voice was serious, not friendly. Something was up. He wished that Mimi hadn't told Andrew what he had done to her at Jyou's party…because then he would have to prepare to purchase hearing aids by the yelling and lecturing Andrew would patronize him with.
" What about?" he squeaked. " Meems?"
" No," the other line paused. " About Detour – the winners from last WDC, you know?"
Tai cringed. Though he was forgetful, there was no way in hell he would forget the people who had overrode LimitZ. But he didn't comprehend why Andrew had made such a hassle to get his phone number in Japan just to speak about Detour. Sure, Detour was a great dance group…but what else did he have to know? Well, Tai knew that every one of the LimitZ dancers had to step up in order to defeat Detour in the upcoming WDC in Japan. LimitZ had one goal in mind – to claim the World Dance Champions once again.
" You know them, right?"
" Yeah," Tai replied tersely, " Why?"
" Apparently, they've got new crew members…"
" Why?" he asked. " They've got less members than us…yet they still managed to kick our butts. Why do they need more?"
" You see, Tai," Andrew said slowly. " My brother – Acey -"
" ACEY? What has that PUNK got to do with anything," Tai scowled, then he linked it. " SHIT! You're not telling me…there's now way in hell…did …no…is he one of the new members of Detour?"
" Straight on."
" Fuck," Tai cursed. " Well…at least now that I get a better chance to see him…I'll beat him up senseless in payback for my leg getting shot up."
" Tai…"
" And what he did to Mimi…"
" Tai," Andrew interrupted. " He's my brother…and even I am ashamed what he did to Mimi. But, Tai…you can't take him for granted."
" I think I know that."
" He's got some plan up his sleeve…even some members from his clan has joined Detour. I just…well…I just wanted to warn you about it."
" Is that it? But…Jasmine's the only girl in that group, I do recall. She's also the leader…I can't figure why'd she suddenly add them to the crew."
" If you were a leader, you'd do what's best for the crew," Andrew spoke his thoughts. " I think Acey blackmailed her into it because Jasmine's brother left the crew when we all know that Jasmine's little brother was a darn good dancer equaling TK's skills when it came to break-dancing."
" Blackmail?"
" He's good at it," Andrew sighed. " If I stayed back, and hadn't moved…I'm pretty sure he would of done anything in his way to kill me."
" But he's your brother."
" So what?" he said lividly. " It doesn't make a difference, he doesn't care."
" Oh," Tai said quietly, he wasn't sure how to respond. And being sensitive and comforting wouldn't work on Andrew – especially when he knew the whole reality of the situation between his own brother and himself.
" Well…I just wanted to tell you it all…just to warn you who you're up against now. Take this seriously. Even though my brother practically looks stoned most of the time, he's a good dancer as any one of you LimitZ people are. I'll ring you up if I hear more," Andrew said.
" Thanks. I owe you, man," Tai laughed.
" I'm doing it for Mimi too. Her safety is my priority now, even though she's miles away," Drew muttered. Tai knew that the guy still carried a flame for his girlfriend.
" Tai, one more thing before I go."
" Yes?"
" Just…I …just don't tell Mimi or anyone else what I just told you. I don't want her to get all worried about it…you know the effect Acey has on her. He's hurt her so much…and I don't want her to go through that whole ordeal all over again. Don't tell her about Acey."
" I know," the phone hung up after Tai's reply. Tai sighed to himself, " After what you just told me…I wasn't going to tell her about Acey anyway…"
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" OUCH!" he hollered, gripping his arm in agony as he firmly bit his lips.
His friend lashed his strands of brown hair away from his face as he concentrated in continuing to dab on his bruises on his arm. Takeru Takaishi winced, still groaning. He leaned back and forward on his bed.
" Keep still, TK!" muttered Daisuke.
" How can I fuckin' keep still when my body aches like hell! Stop being a darn nurse and bandage me up already. Stuff putting the darn antiseptics!" he growled through gritted teeth.
" Well it was your own fault! You're the one that stepped in and got yourself into the mess," Daisuke proceeded in lecturing. " I mean, seriously Teeks…you got a bad temper. You should learn to control that anger."
" I'm not that bad," TK denied grumpily, folding his arms together then began a swearing fit when he felt his arms ache more considering there were no Band-Aids on his slight wounds.
Daisuke shook his head disapprovingly and began to play his part as a nurse. " I don't even know why you got all worked up over it. Benjamin and those other guys just stated the obvious!"
" Ahh…don't let you be in my roster to kill as well, Dai."
" I don't think you're in no condition to take a healthy competitor," Daisuke winked as he suddenly gripped TK's arm causing the blond headed adolescent to yelp. " Especially when I have this advantage."
" Bitch! You're such a tight ass."
" Cut the insults, TK. Just accept it. You've still got the hots for Kari," Daisuke chuckled. " Why else did you bash the crap out of Benjamin when he only said -"
" Whatever," TK jibed. " Plus, you should be happy I bet Benjamin up!"
" No, you guys were even. I don't even know why you're sulking over these wounds when they're so small," sighed the brunette haired boy. The then patted the Band-Aids proudly. " Done!"
" Good," TK said tersely.
" A thanks would do," Daisuke rolled his eyes. " But you're TK – the arrogant bastard – my friend."
" Shut up."
Daisuke sat next to him on the bed. " So…what's up with that? You still haven't answered me."
" And I don't plan to."
" C'mon TK, you're my best friend!"
" So what?"
" Spill it," Daisuke muttered. " I don't understand why they think Kari's hot…what about that other chick that was all over you?"
" God, you're disgusting," TK grunted. " That's my cousin."
" So that's why," Daisuke looked thoughtful for second then continued to plough on. "Then why didn't you bash Benjamin up when he called her a bitch."
" She doesn't need protecting. Catherine can look after herself," TK shrugged. " She's a strong one and usually gets her way when she sets her mind to it. While…while Kari…she doesn't understand some stuff. Someone needs to protect her….plus…she's my fake cousin. People will look suspicious if I don't do anything after I heard Benjamin badmouthing and wanting to sleep with Hikari."
" What a fag."
" I know, that's why he deserved getting bashed up. Maybe I'll borrow Catherine's dye and slide it into his shampoo," TK remarked, contemplating. A pleased look wavered his face. " You know, she's the one that spilled dye into those three girls' shampoo yesterday. I'm so proud of her. She learns from the one and only."
" Moron…how cocky are you?" Daisuke laughed. " Though…that was pretty skilled of her. Something in a girl that guys should admire, all right. Your cousin is hot!"
TK glared.
" Not KARI!" Daisuke chuckled nervously. " I mean…the other one. Your other real cousin!"
TK sneered. " You like Catherine?"
" I don't know…she's pretty hot."
" Looks can be deceiving."
" I think that I know that!" Daisuke exclaimed. " Gee TK! I thought you were an angel from heaven when I first saw you…until I realized that you were actually a devil in paradise. That's when I learnt the darn lesson. But…you're all cool that I think she's hot and all…you're not going to be beat me up?"
" How can I, under this condition?" TK snickered. " I'm alright with it. I'm just scared for you."
" Scared for me?" Daisuke stared at him, confused. " And why is that?"
" Why do your reckon everyone of the guys look scared of her?" TK laughed. " She's every guy's dream. Blue eyes. Blond hair. Intelligent. And so forth…golly, I feel grossed out describing my cuz."
" Yet?"
" Well…she's got almost a worse reputation that me," TK sniggered. " Because everyone tries to pick her up…well…she can be really dangerous. No one sees her for her. While the other girls at her school rebelled on her because they were all jealous of her looks."
" Serious?"
" Girls can be strange."
" I figured that out when Jun left my family," Daisuke frowned.
" Dai…just…I don't know. If you hurt her feelings…I'll crash you. Literally. She's like a younger sister I've never had. She's been hurt before, you know?" TK said modestly.
Daisuke stared at him, startled. Daisuke had never seen TK so humble in a while…it was disgustingly cute and really un-TK like.
" But Teeks, I was just saying she was hot. I didn't mean that I wanted to date her -"
" I'm not an idiot as you think I am, Dai. I saw that look you gave when you first saw her," TK chuckled. " Give her a chance. She gets lonely with he lack of friends. Even if you don't want a girlfriend…just be a sort of confidant to her because when Kari and I won't be here….you'll be there. She can't live by herself. She's done that for too long now…and she'll crash soon."
" How can you be sure she'll crash?"
" I know her too well," TK stretched. " Now that she's latched to Kari…she'll get lost if Kari leaves her or even I leaving her as well. We've still got LimitZ to think about too, besides school…you know? I'm unsure why I'm still attending school when I'm constantly transferring and scheduled up with dance competitions."
Daisuke blinked. He didn't understand what was going on with TK. It had been a while since he had heard TK talk so warmheartedly. He couldn't help but ask, " What's a confidant, TK? Why has your vocabulary expanded all of a sudden."
TK blushed. Sometimes he'd slip up here and there. He liked sticking to the casual vocabulary that was spoken everyday…but sometimes he couldn't help but slip into his own world. Even though he hated admitting it to Yamato, he still had some sort of surge and love for writing. No one knew what he did when he closed everyone off and would lock himself in his dorm at times. Old habits died hard, he guessed.
" A confidant?"
TK shrugged. It wasn't like Daisuke would bag him. Daisuke had somewhat knew about the one on one discussions he would have with their old English teacher back in America.
" A confidant is a person that someone shares a secret or private matter with. They are trusted not to repeat this secret or private matter to anyone else."
" Knew you had it in you," Daisuke laughed.
Even though TK's body was killing him…he felt somewhat at peace for that short moment. Talking to Daisuke was always refreshing. He wasn't Matt who'd be overprotective. He wasn't Hikari who'd whine and always check up on him. He wasn't Catherine who was too strong spirited for his own good.
" Thanks Dai."
" What for?"
" It's nothing," TK smiled.
" You know," Daisuke stuck his tongue out. " You should smile more often instead of looking always pissed off. You've got a killer smile for the ladies."
" Shut up."
" Oh, you're back to your old self!"
The two boys chattered for a while until someone urgently knocked on TK's dorm.
" TK?"
" Hold on, Codes!" TK recognized the younger boy's voice. He slumped towards the door and opened it wide.
Clutched in the younger boys hand was his cell phone, and his face was pasted with seriousness. Then again, TK recalled, that was Cody Hida. He was a serious boy.
" What is it?"
" It's Kari."
" What, did something happen?" TK looked panicked. He never could tell how serious the situation was with Cody.
" Calm down, Teeks," Daisuke said, sauntering off to where the other boys stood. He had been introduced to Cody during dinner the previous night. " So…what's up, Cody?"
" Kari. I don't know. She said for you to meet her at the front gate. Something about take away! I don't know!"
" Take-away? Kari? WHAT?" TK didn't understand. " Is she out there? What happens if she gets caught?"
" I don't know!"
" Let's just go and see for ourselves!" Daisuke said. He was the one that was the most relaxed and calm out of the trio.
Right after TK had pulled a jacket on (to hide his little wounds), the three headed out of the dorm into the sunshine outside. It was nearly the end of their lunchtime break and other students of the school were still out. Both TK and Daisuke had free periods for the rest of the day – meaning no school until Monday since there were never classes on Sunday. A bunch of people had suspiciously crowded around near the gate.
" Kari," TK muttered. He ran through the crowd to get a better view.
Sure enough, there was Kari. Her hair was tied up into side ponytail. She was wearing an undistinguishable hat that faltered over most of her face and she carried three plastic bags of 'take-away.'
" I didn't know she worked," Daisuke scratched his head. It was TK's time to roll his eyes.
" This order is for Mr. Takaishi!" she said. " Is there a Mr. Takaishi, here?"
" He's here!" Cody said as he pulled TK closer towards the gate. TK could see Kari staring at the three of them in identification.
They waited until the crowds of boys left, sadly muttering that the take-away food wouldn't be theirs.
" Why are you sneaking out of campus! If you get caught-"
" TK, shut your trap and let me explain," Kari sighed. " Mimi wants us to attend dance prac tonight, that's why I asked Catherine to cover for me and give me advice how to sneak out from my campus…you need to get out of here too so we can meet up at our house."
" You live together?" Daisuke questioned.
" Yeah, their parents are Yamato and my foster parents…tell you later about it," TK muttered. He turned back to Kari, " So what's the plan?"
" I rang up a taxi," Kari shrugged. " It's coming in about five minutes. Find a way to get out!"
" Great, tell me last minute," TK fumed. " Could you at least give me the fake take-away food to make it less obvious that you just came here for a chat."
Kari jarred her arm through the gate, luckily fitting the plastic bags as Cody accepted them.
Kari commented, " It's real take-away, by the way."
" Great!" Daisuke's looked at the bags longingly.
" I'll converse with the teacher on yard duty while you get over to the fence. Daisuke, do something to attract the few pupils outside. Perhaps offer them take-away!"
" NO!" Daisuke frowned. " I'm hungry."
TK grinned, lips doing the opposite to Daisuke, " Share and be a good boy."
" You owe me, Teeks!"
" I know," TK muttered. " You'd better have a good effect in covering for me, Dai."
Once the plan was set, Cody and Daisuke said bye to both TK and Kari. Cody took his job seriously in talking to the teacher on yard duty while Daisuke announced " WHO WANTS TO PLAY SOCCER.'
TK snickered. It was clear that Daisuke didn't want to share the take-away and resorted to another plan.
" Hurry up, TK!"
TK climbed up the fence, jumping over it and landing next to Kari. In timing, the taxi came and they immediately jumped in and shutting the doors behind them.
" Odaiba please," Kari instructed to the cab driver.
TK leaned back against his seat, breathing deeply and watching Kari take a hair tie out of her hair, letting her brown locks fall over her shoulder.
" A horrible disguise, you know."
" Tell that to Catherine."
He could sense a bit of bitterness in her voice, but he decided to let it go. He decided to stay on a positive note after the conversation he had with Daisuke.
" Why didn't you just wear our uniform, tied your hair back and disguise yourself as a guy? It would have been quicker since our P.E uniform is exactly the same as your girls school."
" Well, sorry for valuing being a lady," she said.
" More like a squealing schoolgirl."
" I don't squeal," she stated confidently.
It was true. Kari hardly squealed. And TK knew that. But things could easily change…
He began tickling her. Soon enough high-pitched squeals filled the taxi even causing the taxi driver to tell them off because he was becoming rather aggravated that he couldn't concentrate on the road.
Oh well, now at least TK knew that Kari was capable of squealing. But he didn't understand why he wanted to know why
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Little angels
Whisper softly
While my heart melts
For you and I'll see
Only sunshine
Only moonlight
For the first time its real
And the higher you take me
The more that you make me
Feel so hazy
Tell me what this means
I got jet lag and I never even left the ground
See it's like that every time you come around
Oh, I'm so hung over and I never even touched a drop
See I can't get enough
This must be love
Sora switched the radio off, causing Joss Stone's voice to evaporate from the florist shop. She was in no mood for love songs…not with the clear image of Yamato kissing Lyn the previous night. She sighed, rocking on her chair.
She didn't know what to do. Retail was a tiring business, but it was just as tiring waiting for people to actually enter the store. It had been almost an hour since a customer had walked in. And it was definitely a bad thing.
She felt as if she was regretting the decision to continue her mother's business. But she was doing this for her mother…and that's what made her happy.
She decided to take her lunch break. After sticking 'back in 5 minutes' on the glass door and locking it, she headed to the back room of the store, munching on her sandwich that she had made earlier. As she ate, she spotted wool and knitting sticks cramped in the corner of the room. Even though Sora had cleared out the store, she had forgotten her mother's knitting kit. She sighed, getting off her stool and approaching it with caution as if it was going to bite her.
What was she scared of?
She observed it, taking it from the ground. She stood there for a while not noticing that she had been stuck in transit until she was rudely awaken from her thoughts with someone knocking loudly on the glass door. She staggered out the private room and frowned seeing a girl that she didn't want to see. She pulled the door open.
" Sora! Oh…you work here, I didn't know that!" she babbled on. " It's been 10 minutes now…so I thought…you know…I really need your help"
Rosalyn pushed her way in, closing the door behind her.
Sora couldn't help but watch the girl continue speaking. Rosalyn didn't look an ounce guilty. She was pretty, Sora had to admit. But why hadn't Yamato told her earlier that she had a relationship with her? Why did Yamato wait for her to get hurt?
" Sora?"
" Oh sorry," she stuttered. As much as Sora liked it, she really wanted to be a clear out bitch to Rosalyn…but she didn't understand why she couldn't do it. Rosalyn…this girl…she was too nice to hold a grudge against and be angry at.
" So…I know I'm late on this and really last minute….but there's this funeral that's going to be held tomorrow and well…one of the family member's has left me in charge with it…cause he's pretty broken about it and lacking cash at the moment," Rosalyn explained. " Well…I was wondering if it's possible if I could order 250 white roses for the event."
Sora blinked. " Yeah, you're lucky. I've got about one hundred roses in season at my backyard that I was intending to bring in tomorrow to sell, but I guess they belong to you now. While…the other hundred and fifty I can order for you at this other big company who seem never to be stockless."
" Are you sure about this? It's so much of a hassle," Lyn laughed quietly, scratching her fringe away from her emerald eyes. " I mean…since you're really close to him and all."
" Pardon?" Sora interrogated. The auburn headed female had already made her way to the back of the desk, ready to make the phone call to order the one hundred and fifty roses.
Sora didn't get a reply. She frowned. Something was going on and she had to know.
" Who's funeral is it going to be for?"
Rosalyn gaped. " Oh my god, I thought… that idiot …"
" Just tell me Lyn, I don't like being left in the dark."
" Since I'm sick of hiding this, Sora…Yamato's one of my best friends," Lyn shrugged. " I don't know what he's said about me to you or if he even mentioned me to you…but…he's got his reasons."
Sora didn't understand what she was talking about. What did Matt have related to the funeral?
She continued, " I thought he would of told you all by now…or even TK could of told. Trust Matt to hold something in like that. What an idiot!"
" What do you mean?" the auburn headed woman arched an eyebrow.
" Sora…tomorrow is Yamato's mother's funeral."
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This time, no one was lacking from the group. They were all together once again, united. TK and Kari had been missing for a couple of days, but it felt like weeks. Before Yamato had gotten to greet TK, he had straight away headed to his room and put on a jumper over his school shirt uniform.
What was TK hiding?
Could it be hickeys? Were Kari and he finally back together?
He didn't know. But he did notice his younger brother wincing every one again when he moved. So he had lined out the 'hickeys' suspicion away. But it was still a hopeful possibility. Tai and him still were looking forward to be brother-in-laws…not that it mattered. They saw each other as brothers, anyway.
As usual, Sora was avoiding his eye contact. He stared back at Tai. He had enough problems to deal with. His mother's funeral was tomorrow…and he still hadn't broken it out to the other LimitZ dancers. He knew TK wouldn't want to take the burden to break the bad news…so he had no choice but to do it. Yet, he hadn't.
Even his old members of the Teenage Wolves knew about it. He'd have to break it out to them after the practice to keep everyone in a good vibe because he didn't want to let them lose concentration in their training. Even though it sounded bad, Yamato felt some sort of relief that his mother died. Sure, he was all sad about it. But half of him felt numb…he understood TK probably didn't even remember her because he was so young when both their parents had left them. He was in grief…but the other side was calm. Perhaps he was glad that his mother could finally rest in peace after how his father treated her like shit. It should have been his father that had died.
His mother was innocent and only dragged into the mess because he was in love with his dad too much to let him go. But it did hurt that she left her own children…for their immature selfish father. Yamato sighed. Luckily, his thoughts were interrupted.
" For now, this is all we've got!" Yamato watched his best friend announce to the other LimitZ dancers in Sora's garage (considering she didn't have a car). " We'll find a better place to practice right now…but this is all that is available to us at the moment. We've trained in harder conditions, so I figured we can deal with this!"
Taichi was always good at speeches and being the team's leader. Yamato admired his best friend.
" We can deal with it!" Kari chirped up with a broad grin. " It's like old times…before we came famous. We'd always dance and practice here."
Yamato felt as if he was the least enthusiastic person there. TK seemed happy too. He didn't comprehend what was going on. Did everyone get high before they attended the practice, or what? TK happy? Hell it been such a long time since Yamato had seen such a thing.
" Okay," Mimi spoke up. " I'm going to play this song. It's got an okay beat to warm up to…and then we can get serious."
TK turned on the CD player.
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Yo,
Tell me fellas have you seen her? (Seen her)
It was about five minutes ago
When I seen the hottest chick
That young'n
Never seen before
I said Yo,
tell your girls i wanna meet you (meet you)
On a second thought that ain't the way to go
I got give her game proper
Spit it so she'll get it
There she is I got to stop her
The crew practiced on the moves that they were rusty on, loosening up and feeling the music.
" We need to train on our lifts!" Taichi shouted over the booming rhythm as he lowered the volume. " You never know, Mimi, Sora and Kari might of gained weight!"
Yamato caught Kari who looked a bit sickly and anxious. He also caught Mimi hitting Taichi hard on the head. Sora shrugged, walking towards him.
Yes, lifting the girls up straight and holding them for a long period had always been one of LimitZ's weaknesses.
He lifted her. From the last time he had carried Sora, it was the same. He was glad that she hadn't lost weight since she looked rather pale lately. But he could feel her body. She was tense.
" Why are you tense, Sora?" he couldn't help but ask. Even though they hadn't spoken ever since the bicker they had a while back, he couldn't keep his suspiciousness away. " Are you scared of me?"
" Yamato, shut up," she growled as she felt her body become lifted back to the ground.
" Why can't you tell me how you're feeling, what's the harm in that, huh?"
" Then," she barred her teeth dangerously. " Why the HELL haven't you told anyone that your mother died! Why the hell haven't you told anyone that her funeral is tomorrow, Yamato? Why the hell does Rosalyn know and none of us do…EXPLAIN that to me!"
A hushed silence fell upon them. Kari, Tai and Mimi stared at him in disbelief. How did Sora find out?
" What?" Tai murmered. He looked at everyone as well, but his eyes focused on the guilty Takeru and Yamato. " Is Sora right, Matt?"
He nodded, not knowing what else to do.
Everyone was in shock. Mimi already had started crying and TK had drifted in his own land, taking a few steps away from the rest of the group. But Sora kept going on…
" And your girlfriend - Rosalyn!" she stormed viciously.
" I don't HAVE a girl friend! Lyn's not my girlfriend!"
" You didn't even tell us! I had to see for myself when I caught you and her kissing last night! Sure, you can make an excuse about Jezebel -"
" Jezebel?" Mimi's eyes widened at her ex-bestfriends name being spoken, she stared at Yamato lividly.
" Make that darn excuse for all I care, that's understandable! But you can't do it this time. Why didn't you fucking stop leading me on! Stop being a coward and face the darn music!"
" Calm down, Sora," Yamato muttered.
" How can I fuckin' calm down?"
No one had seen Sora this mad before…
" Stop thinking that you are responsible and BE responsible! Or in other words stop being a bastard!"
" Stop being a bitch!" Yamato contorted, making things worse than it already was. " I was about to tell them about my mother after this dance session…"
" I DON'T CARE!" She screamed. " You could of told us earlier, Yamato! Earlier so we could of suffered all together instead of you taking the darn burden by yourself! I really hate you, you know? I don't even know why the hell I think of you! You're such a fucked up-"
" Sora, it's enough," Tai stated. " He's crying already. Stop it."
Yamato didn't notice until Tai had pointed out. Angrily, he wiped them away. He was glad, at least, that Sora had stopped screaming.
" At least Lyn doesn't have attitude problems like you do!" he resentfully spoke to cover up the fact that he had been crying, knowing that he'd make everything much worse.
" I'm fed up with all this shit!" she yelled. She walked out of the garage.
" I'll go after her," Mimi said.
Tai held her back with a hand, " Let her have some space."
" Yeah, since she's a stupid drama queen," Yamato insulted through gritted teeth.
" And you! You're not doing any good yourself!" Taichi said crossly. " You could of told us."
Yamato looked away, but he could hear hurt in Taichi's tone of voice.
" Why didn't you tell us?"
" I don't know," he said softly then snapped, " It's none of your darn business!"
Soon enough, Yamato had stormed out of the garage as well.
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" Damnit!" Taichi had his fists in balls. Questions surged his mind.
Why hadn't either TK or Yamato approached him earlier about this? Why did hell break loose now? What –
He felt someone embrace him from behind. Her sweet melodious voice whispered in his ear, " Let's go outside. It's a sunny day."
Taichi turned to TK who was being comforted by his sister. TK had broken into chocking sobs – something rarely TK exhibited.
" But...TK."
" He'll be fine, Tai. He's got Kari."
He let Mimi pull her out into the sun's rays as they sat in the grass within Sora's and now her backyard. They sat together on the grass for a few minutes, regarding the quietness (asides from the occasional crashing sounds here and there).
" That's Sora, isn't it?" Tai asked, already knowing the answers.
" Yeah," Mimi said replied briefly. " Just let her muster out her anger first, then we'll come in for moral support. How about Matt?"
" My guess is that he went to his old sensei's place. He always went there when things never went right. I guess he was the only one he could turn to when everything went bad. I couldn't even be there for him, at that time because I was self lavished in my own gang terrorizing the streets of Odaiba."
" But that's because your father was in hospital and in a terrible condition."
" Yet, I could have stayed," he said regretfully. " I could of stayed with him for his hours of his life. I could have been more of a brother instead of neglecting Kari – I could of."
" Stop blaming yourself, Tai," Mimi whispered again, her voice ever so soothing. " Let's change the subject…because I don't want my boyfriend to go through the self-flagellation stage."
" Choose a topic then."
" Who's Lyn?" she queried.
" It's actually Rosalyn," Tai laughed. " I used to have a crush on her."
She raised an eyebrow.
" Of course I don't like her now. From what Sora said…she was caught with Yamato…so she's off limits…like she was back then…"
" Back then?" Mimi inquired.
" Yes, back then. Lyn and Matt were really close friends since they were young. I think Matt met me about the same time he met Lyn back in elementary, now that I think of it. Lyn was even an ex-member of the Teenage Wolves."
" Speed it along now…"
" Fine," Tai shrugged. " In other words…they dated for a couple of years. I really thought they'd stay together and even get married. But apparently I was wrong."
" What happened?"
" I guess they were too similar to each other. They'd get into lots of fights…and then Sora came along."
" Sora? How? She doesn't even seem to now Rosalyn until now," Mimi pointed out.
" That's probably true. What I mean is…during high school, Lyn moved to a private girls school (I think the one that Kari goes to now). And Sora…she moved to our school. She actually moved in a couple of months before you did after you transferred here from America."
" But I thought you knew her before then?"
" Yeah, I knew Sora before then. The thing is Yamato didn't know her before then. She was apart of my outside school soccer team. And I hadn't seen her for a while…until then."
" Then what?"
" The thing is….Yamato was so sure that he was in love with Sora," Taichi chuckled. " So…he broke up with Rosalyn. The more he knew Sora, the more he liked her."
" How bout Lyn?"
" I guess she was heart broken for a while," Tai yawned. The sky was starting to turn black. The afternoon had faded. " But…I'm pretty sure she's moved on. Everyone can't forget their first love."
" Can you?"
" I've never had a first love, Meems," Tai chuckled, then frowned. " Truthfully, I've only slept with girls. But…you, darling, are my first love."
Mimi laughed, but sided away from the love talk between him and her. He wanted to know more about Sora and Yamato.
" Then why doesn't Yamato just tell her and win her heart? Why doesn't he tell her that he dumped Rosalyn ages ago…just for her? He's had so many opportunities!"
" It's not that simple. For a long time, he's been dealing with a lot of angst lately…and depression as well. I think he's scared he'll hurt Sora which was why he's taking so darn long to confess."
" Just like TK takes from Yamato with Kari. I seriously that TK and Kari would get back together before I even knew I had feelings for you!"
" Same. But Yamato, man. It's like…today. He didn't tell us about TK and his mother…he didn't want to hurt us," Taichi sighed. " He's being selfish. Us, his friends, have the right to know. Even I was cut that he didn't tell even me…about it. I'm his best friend!"
" Yeah," Mimi said " Both Sora and Matt are stubborn individuals."
" I gotta agree with that," he responded. He leaned closer to her, stroking her back as they sat on the blades of green grass. " At least we've got our act together…"
" That's right. We've got our act together," she winked. He kissed her forehead, watching her in his arms as they stared at the stars.
He felt bad…keeping the secret from Mimi. He now understood what it was like to be in Yamato's position. But his problem concerned Acey. He couldn't tell anyone about him – especially Mimi. Mimi needed time…and Acey's case? He'd keep Andrew's promise, plus there were enough troubles as it was…
Acey would have to be on hold…
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An eventful chapter this one was. I know, there's a lot to be fixed up. And when I get time, I'll hopefully do so. Right now I'm only concerned about updating (without proofreading) and putting it up…because then if I proofread my chapters I'll take double how much times I usually update. And I update 'rarely' these days due to SCHOOL. Ha. I think this has now turned into the 'proper' sequel of LimitZ. Take in consideration of how LONG this chapter was! Haha. Thanks for reading this long never-ending chapter. Take care dears!
P.s. I don't think the next chapter will be as long
P.s.s. If any of you guys have forgotten the character's and who they are just ask me and I'll hopefully clarify it for you.
Rock-Angewomon (thanks for signing the guestbook! the sorato love? HAHAAH. It's obvious, from this chapter, it's still got a long time to go), Chocoboba (two days? woah. you must have been sitting on your buttocks long, i'm sorry for your misfortune! haha. thanks for reading both stories so far!), distanys of light n hope (woohoo! another new reviewer. lol. that's cute that u just found out how to give reviews. haha. i was so lost when i started out in this site that it wasn't funny. lol. yes, the WDC committee is terrible with dates), take the blame (i'll slip more about matt and lyn here and there and what happened between them. Glad you liked the chapter and thanks for signing the guestbook as well!), michi-fan (aha. drama. this story is turning into a really bad soap the more i look at it. sorato and takari? sigh. still got a while to wait. lol), Wishinstahhz (Only One is a great song. But then his voice gets whiney if u listen to it too much. But I still heart it! haha), Calmer of the Storm (Sora's got more issues in this chapter, dear. haha), JyouraKoumi (Still gotta while til Izzy makes another appearance, sorry cuz!) and miaow227 (ahah. i'm glad you noted the LONG ass chapters again, took a while for me to get back into the habit. Catherine may cause a 'tiny' problem. lol. Daisuke ballroom dancing is cute ;D LOL)
Songs Used:
Yo (Excuse Me Miss) – Chris Brown
Jet Lag – Joss Stone
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