"Poor Sora," Matt thought, gazing over his shoulder. "She could really use a friend now!" He looked down at his crest dangling from his neck. "Oh yeah," he said to himself,"Duh!"
He slowed down until he was parallel to her. "Hey, Sora, how are you feeling?"
"Fine," she said, flatly, without looking at him.
"Sora, except for Mimi and Tai, we all know you like him."
"So?" she said.
Matt moved over and placed his arm around her shoulder. "Please talk to me, Sora."
Sora lifted her head and stared him in the eyes. Matt could see the pain her eyes reflected. Suddenly, he felt a feeling stir inside of him. He reached over and kissed her on the lips. "What?" he asked himself.
"Huh?" Sora asked herself. Though it was a surprise and she though of Matt as just a friend, she didn't push away.
They pulled apart. "What just happened?" Matt asked her.
"I...I don't know. I was hopping you could tell me." Matt noticed that the others were far in front of them. "I think we'd better catch up to them." "Right," Sora said.
Later that night, they stopped for camp in a deep forest. It was after diner when Tai and Mimi went somewhere together. Matt and Sora stared at each other through the camp fire. "What happened earlier today?" Matt asked himself. "Do I like Sora, or is it something else?"
Sora stared at him. "Why do I feel myself becoming attracted to him? A large part of my heart still feels for Tai, but some of it feels for Matt, and that part is starting to grow."
Sora couldn't take it anymore. She felt like her head was going to exploded. She couldn't sort out all those feelings. She felt herself slip deeper into depression.
"I love you so much!" Mimi said, kissing Tai on the lips.
"I love you too!" he said, grabbing her and kissing her madly. This was great! He had a girlfriend! Life couldn't get any better than this.
They continued to make out, when Mimi started to peel off Tai's shirt. He broke the kiss away. "What are you doing?" he asked.
"I...I don't know," she said, handing him his shirt back. "I guess we got carried away. What do you say we give it a break for now, before our hormones get the better of us?"
"Sure," he said, walking her back to camp.
"We're back," he said.
Sora looked up. She felt her heart twist and turn when she saw that he had lipstick all over his face. "Oh no!" she said,"They were...."
"Sora..?"Matt said, sitting down next to her.
"I...I just.." she whispered to him,"Its like I just want to punch their lights out!"
Matt held her hand. "I'm here for you."
"I know," she sniffled, "Thank you."
The group suddenly heard a crunch of a branch in the forest. "What was that?" Mimi asked, jumping behind Tai and grabbing his shoulder.
They stared at the part of the forest they heard the sound from a minute longer before a voice above them said,"You won't find anything there, but up here..? That's a different story."
"Ladydevimon!" Gatomon said, staring at her.
Ladydevimon smiled. "I'd like to introduce a few friends!"
"Garbegemon, huh?" Tai said, "Well, we've dealt with them before!"
"This time its different thought! Garbegemon, kidnap Tai's girlfriend, the one called Mimi!"
The trio of Garbegemon looked at each other. "Mimi?!" they asked.
"Arg!" Tai said, stepping away from his girlfriend,"Why does everyone keep doing that?"
"Ask your friends!" Ladydevimon said, swooping down and grabbing Mimi. It was her intention for the Garbegemon to grab her, but since Tai stepped away from her, it was easy.
"Mimi!" Tai and Palmon cried.
"Tai, help me!" she cried as she was carried away.
to be continued....