Okay, everyone, repeat after me: Good job, crestoflight3!

You all say that? Good.

Why should you congratulate me? Well, I'm going to watch Digimon Tamers. I've watched up to episode 4 now. Not saying I'll like it or write about it, but, hey, I'm expanding my horizons. Be proud!

PS: That new Digivolution sequence really scares me…yeah.

Warning: I haven't been to a soccer game since elementary school, where I'd cheer on my best friend. Please don't get mad for my sincere lack of knowledge…

"Okay, I choose Matt."

"You would. I choose…Izzy."

"Okay, then, Kari!"

"How did I know? Hmmm…Mimi!"

"Joe."

"TK…you're with us!"

Tai gathered with his team, Sora with hers. "We start play in five," Sora said, calling out to Tai. Tai nodded and headed off to his side of the field, Sora heading to the other side with hers.

"Okay, team," Tai said, gathering the other three into a circle, "we have to beat Sora's team…"

"Why?" asked Matt. "She's going to pulverize you anyway."

Tai glared at his friend. "Besides the point. Come on! Joe, you're goalie. Matt, defense; Kari, offense; I'll be midfielder."

"Why does Kari get to be offense? I don't want to be defense!"

"Okay, fine. Kari, you're defense. Matt's being a sore loser, so he gets to be offense. If we lose because of you…."

"Hey, don't blame me!" Matt held his hands up, smiling.

At the other side of the field, Sora had gathered her team into a little circle of their own. "We're going to take Tai down! No excuses! No mistakes! We're the superior team!"

TK glanced at Izzy. "I've never seen her like this…"

Izzy nodded. "I think this is something those athletes face all the time."

"All right then! Izzy, you'll be goalie. You have experience on Tai's team, so you're our inside man. Mimi, you can be offense. TK, defense. I'll be midfielder, so everyone do your best."

"I'm scared of being offense!" Mimi wailed.

"Okay, then. TK, you mind being offense?" TK shook his head. "Mimi, if we lose the game because of you…"

"We won't!" She smiled.

"Okay, time to get this started. Positions, everyone!" Sora shouted, liking this feeling of control. Izzy and Joe took opposite goalie posts, made from a collection of rocks. The group had been planning on playing at the local school, but they found a track meet going on, and decided not to intervene. The central park was the next best place.

Sora and Tai met in the middle of the field, glaring daggers at each other. Kari took the ball and placed it in the center between them and ran back to where she was guarding TK.

"Everyone ready?" Came a voice from the sidelines. The Digimon were going to watch, with Tentomon acting as referee and scorekeeper. "On your mark…get set…one second…wait for it, wait for it…GO!"

Sora and Tai both kicked for possession of the ball, Sora ultimately winning. She passed the ball to TK, who dribbled it toward the goalie box. Sora took it back and made a shot, but Joe caught it and threw it to Kari, who passed it to Tai.

Tai took it to Matt, who tried to make a shot. He ended up tripping on the ball, however, and Mimi passed it back to Sora. This next time around, Joe missed, and the score became 1-0.

Tai took the ball back to the center, and he gained possession this time around. Not passing to Matt, he ran across the field, outmaneuvering Mimi and Sora. His shot missed, however, and Mimi gained control of the ball. Matt stole it from her, and made his shot from the side; this time it went in. 1-1.

In this manner the game was played. A team would gain possession of the ball, only to have it stolen away a little while later. Only three of the children were on an actual soccer team: Tai, Sora, and Izzy. Matt and TK, however, were fast enough to stay in, Mimi was trying her best, Joe was being coached by Gomamon behind him, and Kari had years of practice with her brother to help her out. This wasn't a professional game, but it was better than a school gym class one; in this game, everyone was trying their best.

On the sidelines, Palmon and Biyomon were trying their hands—wings, claws, whatever they were—at cheerleading. Mimi had lent them some cheering poms, and they were flailing their arms—wings, claws, whatever they were—in the air, shouting encouragement at their partners' team. Patamon was beside them, throwing out a Boom Bubble every time either team scored; he didn't grasp the concept of winning a game yet.

Agumon and Gabumon were cheering for their team, trying to stack on top of each other so one of them could be the right height. Needless to say, it wasn't exactly working. Gatomon, on the other hand, was curled up under a tree, trying to sleep. (AN, I think she has the right idea here…)

"7-6, Sora's team…" Tentomon called out.

"The Flying Pigs!"

The ball stopped temporarily as everyone turned to TK. Even Gatomon lifted up her head.

TK shrugged. "We're the Flying Pigs…"

"I thought we were the Pink Cactuses!" Mimi shouted.

"No, we were the Reigning Data…" Izzy said, looking confused.

Sora sighed. "Okay, we're the Flying Pink Reigning…DataCactus Pigs! Happy?"

The three team members nodded their assent.

Kari turned to Tai. "We don't have a team name…"

Joe chimed in. "How about the Fantastic Four?"

"Uh, Joe, we're losing," Matt said. "How about the Teenage Wolves?"

"I'm not a teenager though," Kari said.

"Um, then…Winning Wolves?"

The others nodded their assent. "Winning Wolves it is," Tai said, "but why we had to choose names this far in the game, I don't understand…"

"Okay, um, are you going to continue the game? Flying Pink Reigning DataCactus Pigs winning, 7 to 6…" Tentomon chuckled.

The game presumed, TK guarding Kari, Mimi guarding Matt, and Sora and Tai running the length of the field. Joe and Izzy tried to block the balls the best they could, resulting in several hits to the head.

At 16-15, Flying Pink Reigning DataCactus Pigs still in the lead, the ball was down by Joe. When Sora tried to score, he caught it (a little seal telling him which direction to go) and threw it to Kari. She kicked it out to the other side of the field, far away from Sora and Tai. Matt got to it first and kicked it directly into the goalpost, bypassing Izzy.

"16-16, tie between FPRDCP and Winning Wolves!" Tentomon shouted. Palmon and Biyomon had perfected a cheer: "Go, go Sora! Go, go Mimi! We know you can do it, cuz you're on the same teamie!" Patamon blew his Boom Bubble in the air in excitement, Agumon and Gabumon had given up getting on top of each other and now were doing a small victory dance, and Gatomon was, well, asleep.

Sora threw the ball up in frustration and kicked it to the sidelines. On top of the sleeping cat.

"Ah!" Gatomon woke up instantly, throwing her paws in front of her face.

"…well, that's one way to end a game…" Joe commented as the players went to see what remained of their ball. Gatomon's claws had pierced the soccer ball, flattening it immediately.

"Gatomon, that was my ball! I bought it with my own money!" Tai screamed at the kitty, who flung herself into Kari's waiting arms.

"Get a new one then. One that won't attack me, preferably," she said, yawning, prepared to begin a new nap on top of Kari, who smiled.

The others giggled. "Well, I guess it was a tie," Izzy said, looking at Tentomon. He nodded.

"Oh, well," Sora said. "We'll do this again next week." Matt and Mimi stared at her in disbelief.

"Again! But…" Mimi sighed. Everyone started to gather the belongings and get ready to leave.

"Tai, I'm sorry you couldn't complete the game," Agumon said, looking at his partner.

"That's okay, buddy. It was fun while it lasted. However…" Tai scratched his chin, a sure sign that a bad idea was coming. "Dedigivolve to Koromon."

Agumon looked confused. "Why?"

"Well, Koromon is like a little pink soccer ball with floppy ears…"

"Tai, I'm not going to act like a soccer ball! I don't want to get kicked around."

"…hey, it was worth a try. Let's go home, buddy."

The Destined and Digimon left the park, and the score remained 16-16.

Sorry if I completely butchered soccer! How did I do? It was actually a lot of fun to write…

Anyway, I'm not planning on uploading a bunch next week. Turnabout, pep band, finals…yeah. Just to warn you. So review in the meantime, and I'll upload for all my other stories…!