The Crest of Love and Courage
Part Two
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The Romance of Tai and Sora
Hi, this is my first attempt at writing fan-fiction, so please whether it be bad or good I'd really like to get some feedback, well all you Sora and Tai fans enjoy. Mail your comments to me at Huntress28@hotmail.com.
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Matt was sitting beside the lake thinking back to the scene at the camp. "You're jealous aren't you?" Mimi's words stayed in his head. "Wonderful, now Mimi thinks I'm jealous of Tai and Sora." Matt said aloud, staring at the night sky. Am I jealous, thought Matt. I don't know anymore. Matt tried to clear the thoughts out of his head, but he couldn't seem to shake them. I am jealous of Tai and Sora, Matt thought after reasoning with himself. But why? he wondered. Suddenly the bushes behind him started to rustle. Great, he thought, out in the middle of nowhere without my digimon, and probably with some evil digimon who most likely wants to make a bedtime snack out of me. This can't get any worse. Matt jumped up ready to fight whatever came through the bushes. Then he saw a giant pink hat coming through and finally Mimi stepped out.
"Hi Matt" Mimi said cheerfully.
Wonderful, thought Matt, it just got worse.
"Hey Matt, you feeling ok?" Mimi asked when she saw the far off look on his face. Matt looked down at Mimi who looked back at him, her eyes wide with concern.
"I'm fine Mimi. Why don't you go back to camp?" Matt replied, turning his back to her and looking out towards the lake again.
Mimi just watched him. He wasn't as mad as before, but there was still something wrong. She could feel it, but when he told her to leave and then turning his back on her, she had just about had it. "Look Matt," Mimi started to yell. "I came all the way out her to see if you were Ok, and you treat me like one of Joe's allergic reactions. You are being rude and self-centered and if you wanted me to go back to camp, you could at least have offered to walk me there to make sure I got there safely." Mimi stood looking at him on the verge of tears. She waited for him to say something.
Matt turned around to look at Mimi. "Look who's talking about being rude and self-centered." he replied coldly.
Mimi just looked at him, her jaw dropped. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. She felt the tears running down her face. She turned and ran. How could he be so cruel to me? thought Mimi as she raced blindly through the forest. When she finally stopped to catch a breather, she noticed that she must have run off the trail, because the camp was no where nearby. "Great, now I'm lost." Mimi said out loud. After checking her surroundings, she finally decided it would be better if she just stayed there for the night. Mimi sat down next to a big tree. Finally she lied down slowly and drifted into sleep. "Matt," Mimi whispered sleepily. "Why do you hate me when I like you so much?" Mimi cried a bit more before sleep overtook her, and she slept a dreamless sleep.
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Matt watched Mimi run off crying. He tried to call out to her, but she was already gone. "I could just kick myself." Matt said aloud. She was just trying to help, he thought. I'd better go apologize, I didn't mean to hurt her. Matt started to walk down the trails. He knew he was jealous of Tai and Sora, it was because they had each other. Matt never really felt like he had anyone in his life, with the exception of TK, his parents split up and he always felt that he was responsible for TK. He was always trying to make TK feel better, even though he felt terrible. There was no one to help Matt deal with the divorce, and he just grew more and more distant from everyone. It was his way of keeping himself from getting hurt, by not letting anyone get close to him. Now it was all coming back to haunt him. He wanted to have someone that he could care about, and would care about him too, just like the way Sora and Tai had each other.
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Matt finally approached the camp site. Tai was standing guard, actually it was more like sitting guard next to a sleeping Sora. He looked up when Matt walked closer to them and gave him a kind of questioning look. Matt ignored him and scanned the sleeping bodies, but Mimi wasn't there. He checked again, but still no Mimi.
"Tai, didn't Mimi come back to camp yet?" asked Matt, looking a bit worried.
"No, last time I saw her she was looking for you." Tai replied.
Oh no, Matt thought. She didn't come back, maybe I was too mean to her. I shouldn't have said those things. Now she's gone and I didn't even get a chance to say sorry. Matt rammed his fist into a nearby tree in frustration.
"Take it easy, Matt." said Tai. "She's probably just wandered off the trail."
Matt looked down at Tai. "You think so?" asked Matt.
"Definitely," replied Tai. "We all know that Mimi's sense of direction isn't always there."
Matt looked at Tai again, then over to the trail. "I guess we'd better go find her then." replied Matt.
"OK fine but you'll have to go Matt," Tai said. "I've got to keep watch and everyone else is asleep." Matt turned and looked at Tai, who was wearing a goofy grin.
"Fine." Matt replied. He looked out to the trail. I'm really sorry Mimi. I'll make it up to you. With that Matt headed back down the trail.
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Matt retraced his steps back to the lake, then walked back down the trail looking down at the ground the entire time. Finally after a couple of minutes, Matt noticed a break in the trail. Broken branches and leaves scattered everywhere marked the place. The trial was easy enough to follow so Matt decided to go on. I hope this was Mimi's doing and not some mean tempered digimon, thought Matt, making his way carefully through the small bushes and trees. He had been walking for about five minutes when he came across a clearing with a large tree in the middle. Then he spotted something pink at the base of the tree. Mimi, thought Matt as he rushed forward.
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Mimi was having a nice dream. She was at the beach again but Matt was there and they were sitting together looking out towards the ocean. Matt was playing his harmonica, when he suddenly stopped. Mimi looked over at him wondering why he had stopped, but when she turned, Matt had also turned and was staring at her. He was smiling. Then he started leaning closer and closer...Then there was shaking and a voice calling her name. Mimi sat up, still groggy from sleep and quite upset.
"Why'd you wake me up? I was having such a wonderful dream. I was about to kiss Ma...ahh!" Mimi suddenly screamed when she realized who she was talking to. Mimi looked down and blushed about five different shades of red. Great, I hope he didn't realize I was talking about him, thought Mimi, who couldn't resist talking a peek at Matt.
He was still standing but was now looking in a different direction. After quite an awkward silence, Mimi spoke. "Well Matt, did you wake me up for a reason, or do you just enjoy bugging me?" Mimi looked up at Matt, waiting for him to say something.
Matt looked over at Mimi, who was still sitting by the tree. "Well I wouldn't have to wake you up if you hadn't gotten lost." Matt replied, looking away from her again.
"What?!" said a very angry Mimi. "Well, I wouldn't have gotten lost if you hadn't made me so angry."
"That's not an excuse, Mimi. It's your own fault." replied Matt calmly. "Come on, we'd better get back to camp before it gets any later." Matt started back to the broken branch trail that Mimi had made, but when he looked back to check if she was following, he found that she was gone. "Mimi," Matt said starting to get annoyed. He looked around for her but she was no where to be seen. Great, now where'd she go? thought Matt. I hope she's okay. Matt scanned the clearing again, making sure to be very quiet. Then he heard it. It was a muffled sound, but he knew where it was coming from. He walked back over to the large tree. He noticed that the base of it was huge as he slowly started to walk around it.
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Mimi was really upset. She couldn't believe Matt. I'm not going back with him, thought Mimi, as she ran and hid on the other side of the tree. She knew it wasn't a very good place, but she didn't care. All she could think about was how bad Matt was treating her. Once on the other side, Mimi sat down and began to cry. She put her face into her hands and tucked up her legs, trying not to make any noise. Mimi cried with a broken heart. The first person she ever cared about didn't care about her.
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Matt found Mimi there crying. She didn't see him because she was still covering her face. Matt felt guilty. She's so sad, and its all my fault, thought Matt. Idiot. Matt resisted the urge to hit himself in the head. Instead he walked over and sat down beside Mimi.
"Mimi," Matt said. Mimi looked up from crying, her eyes red and filled with unshed tears. She knew who it was, but she just couldn't resist looking up into his eyes. "Mimi..." Matt started. "I..I...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry." Matt started to fiddle with his hands. He wasn't very good at apologizing.
Mimi just looked up at him. She was confused, one minute he was mean to her and the next he was actually apologizing. Matt's never apologized to anyone, thought Mimi.
"OK," stammered Mimi.
"Good," said Matt, "now we better get back to camp." Mimi just sat there unmoving, no longer looking at Matt. "Mimi, come on. I said I was sorry." Matt said. Mimi was still looking away.
"You go back. I'm going to stay here tonight."
"But what if an evil digimon shows up. No one will be here to help you." Matt replied. Why doesn't that sound right? Matt just pushed the thought out of his head, and decided to concentrate on trying to get Mimi back to camp safely. Mimi still hadn't responded and showed no interest in his words or the situation she was in.
Matt was slowly losing his patience. "Fine," he said. "I'm going to go back then." Matt got up and began to slowly walk away, all the time watching Mimi for any movement.
"Well see you then." Mimi said not looking up.
Great, so much for reverse psychology, thought Matt. Now what am I supposed to do? Matt thought about it before coming up with the perfect plan. He walked back over to Mimi and sat down beside her.
"I thought you were leaving." said Mimi looking a little surprised.
"Well if you don't want to leave you're going to need someone to help you find your way back tomorrow morning or the gang just might leave without you." Matt answered leaning back against the tree with his arms behind his head. Mimi looked at him questioningly, but when he didn't continue she just shrugged.
"Fine, do whatever you want." With that Mimi turned around, her back facing Matt, and went to sleep.
Matt just watched her. Man, she must be really mad at me, thought Matt. He stared up into the starry sky, the moon was half hidden by mysterious clouds. Why do I feel the need to protect her? Thinking back to his conversation with Mimi earlier. "But what if an evil digimon shows up? No one will be here to protect you." What he had really wanted to say was "I won't be here to protect you..." Matt knew why he was so protective, but he didn't want to admit it to himself. Matt looked over at Mimi who was tossing and turning in her sleep. She's kinda cute, when she isn't always complaining, thought Matt. "I think I need some sleep," Matt said aloud. I can't believe I just thought that, wondered Matt as he lied down, still staring at the stars. Pondering over recent thoughts, he yawned sleepily. I'll figure it out tomorrow, he thought, slowly drifting off to sleep.
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Mimi was still tossing and turning. Matt had just turned over onto his side, trying to get comfortable when Mimi rolled over. She had rolled over right beside him, then snuggled up beside him and didn't move. Matt just lied there, not knowing whether or not to move. Although he wouldn't admit it to himself, he was kinda enjoying it; finally him and Mimi weren't arguing. Too bad she was asleep and he was to stubborn to do anything. Matt finally fell asleep with Mimi by his side. He slept a peaceful sleep.