Disclaimer: I… don't own digimon, if I did I would be… how should I put this… firing the people who took out the Taiora part in second season Digimon! Now I'll never ever see Tai give Sora a kiss!
WTL: Hewo! This is the Taiora part! Man, just knowing myself I'm going to make this so SAPPY!
Chibi Blaze: -_-?
Biyo: -_-?
Li: Typical!
WTL: Now Li be nice! Why won't you admit that you like hm… someone named SAKURA!
Li: :blush:
WTL: he he he Anyway I think I'll just get on with writing the story! By the way, I'm dedicating this part to Firenze (for reviewing a lot of my fics), Romance Queen (I didn't make you wait another month!), Catgirl Queen of Taiora (I didn't mean to steal your fic title!), Sora Kamiya (Taiora is the bomb!), Mystical Dreamer (Thanx for making me actually get cracking on the next couple parts), Michelle (here's the Taiora), Aushie (Taiora!). If I forgot anything I'm ssssssoooooooo sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Home For Christmas
8:00 p.m., the living room, Sora…
Sora sat lounging on the sofa, her diary closed and locked on her lap. Her pen rested neatly on the diary as she stared off into space dreaming and thinking. I'm so happy that Tai's back to his old self again! Finally I can get close to him again! Just like when we were little kids.
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Little Sora sat swinging back and forth on the swings. The park was empty, no one went to the park the day before Christmas. It had stopped snowing earlier that morning, and the park looked so beautiful. The only problem was that Sora was beginning to get lonely. As she moved up and down on the cold swing, she heard the creak creak of rusty links. Giving a great big sigh, Sora jumped off the swing into the soft snow, just as she was about to leave and head back home, she heard someone calling.
"Wait! Hey you! Wait!" Sora turned around to see a boy about her age. He had a big mop of unruly messy hair, and a pair of goggles hanging loosely around his neck. He was holding her hat! He ran up to her, and gave her the hat.
"Thank you-" Sora realized she didn't know this new boys name!
"Taichi Kamiya, but you can call me Tai!" He flashed her a grin that melted her lilttle kid heart.
"Thank you Tai, my name's Sora Takenouchi, but you can call me Sora!" Flashing him back a smile she placed her hat on her head, and was just about to turn away when he said, "Do you wanna play with me?"
Sora was a little uncertain about staying but then she looked up into his warm laughing brown eyes and felt reassured. Giving a nod she grinned and threw a snowball at him. That was the beginning of a long friendship.
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Sora smiled at that happy memory, and shook her head to clear it. Surveying the room she noticed all the changed that had transformed the room from a Christmas filled room, to a warm comfortable room. The Christmas tree was gone, but the spicy scent of pine needles still lingered like an old friends, and a fire always crackled cheerfully in the fireplace. The mistletoe had been taken down (much to everyone's disappointment) but the memories of all the stolen kisses still remained in the minds of the digidestined. Not to mention the laughter and happiness of Christmas morning when everyone opened their Christmas presents.
Grinning Sora gathered her diary and pen in her hand, and turned around to leave the room. In the doorway stood Tai! She hadn't seen him much since the little ice-skating incident, (Kari wouldn't let her anywhere near him) and she was relieved that he was all right. Running towards him, she gave him a great big hug and whispered in his ear, "Tai! I'm so happy you're all right! I was so worried about you!"
Hugging back, Tai breathed in the sweet scent of flowers that emanated from Sora, smiling back at her he whispered back, "Glad to know that you care!"
Releasing Tai from her arms, she led him around to the sofa, forgetting completely about the diary that she left lying around on the floor. Forcing him to sit, she sat relatively near him. "Of course I care! What kind of friend would I be if I didn't!"
"Oh I don't know! Maybe a distant, icy queen?" Tai smirked.
Flushing Sora, shot back, "Well it wasn't my fault that you wouldn't believe me those first couple times I went and told you what your friends were doing!"
Not ready to be defeated by a girl Tai shot back, "Well you do have to admit that you were acting super jealous!"
Eyes flaming Sora spat out, "You oblivious little jerk! Hello?! I walked in limping with a black eye! You were just to into your soccer friends to notice!"
Tai felt anger boiling up, and he returned, "Well I'm sorry Miss High and Mighty!! You know what, you're just a spoiled brat who cries whenever things don't go her way! Hah! Mimi wasn't even that bad!" (no offense to any Mimi lovers out there I had to heighten the feeling of the moment! Pleez forgive me!)
Sora felt tears start to well up in her eyes, but she blinked them away quickly so that Tai wouldn't see her crying. "Tai I can't believe you just said that! What happened to the Tai that I used to know? The one where when he saw a lonely girl went and played with her? The one who cared most about his sister and friends? The one who had the courage to show his soft side, and the one who really knew who his friends were?!" With those few choice words, she rushed out of the room past a shell shocked Kari and T.K.. Stopping midway on the stairs she said one more thing before hurrying up to her room, throwing herself into her bed and locking the door. "Tai you don't deserve the crest of Courage anymore!" (Firenze, I know this sounds totally like what Tai said in your story, but I wrote this before I read your fic, and all I have to say is that I didn't mean to!)
The living room, Tai Kamiya….
Tai sat frozen on the couch, Sora's words ringing through his head. She was wrong! He still deserved the Crest of Courage, didn't he? Had he really changed all that much? Groaning he just put his head in his hands. He felt a pair of hands take his hands in theirs, and bring them from his face. Looking up into reflections of his own brown eyes, he suddenly realized what he had been doing to everybody around him.
"Oh Kari! What have I done? I've turned into a Paul clone!" (Tai)
Kari just gave him a wistful smile, and murmured, "Good to know you've finally realized what's going on!"
Looking away from him, Kari looked at T.K. and said, "T.K. stay with Tai. I think that Sora needs me more than Tai does right now. Besides I think it'd be a good time for a little heart to heart."
With that Kari swept out of the room leaving T.K. and Tai behind. Tai gave T.K. a weak smile, as he came and sat down by Tai. "Well T.K. I really blew it this time."
"Uh huh. What I don't get is why you said all those things to her? You know she really does love you! Its obvious to everyone except for you." T.K. shook his head, and continued. "You know what she said was true. You have changed, it's like you lost all your emotions. You haven't lost your trademark courage, but you've forgotten everything else. You've forgotten about everything else, especially love. That's what makes it so hard for her. She loves you! Why can't love her back?"
"But I do! I do…" Tai trailed off as he tried reassure himself.
"Do you? Compare your love to Matt and Mimi's, or Izzy and Yolei's, or even mine and Kari's. When you look at our love, you see that it is selfless love, unrequited love, and well, just the love that shows that you'll care for her for the rest of your days, through all the good and bad."
T.K. smiled as he saw the impact he had made on Tai. Who would have thought that the boy he used to look up to was getting advice from him! T.K. hoped that Tai would be able to sort through his feelings because he knew that Sora and Tai both loved each other, he just hoped that they would be able to achieve it by crossing all their obstacles. God knows that they had enough of their own. Giving Tai a pat on the back T.K, got up to leave, but then he spotted Sora's diary on the floor. Picking it up he handed it to Tai who sat staring off into space in the living room, then he exited the room, making sure that no one entered the room.
Sora's room…
Kari knocked quietly on the door, and after hearing Sora getting up to unlock the door, she entered the room. Sora wasn't crying anymore, but she was staring out the window. Kari moved next to her, and gently sat beside her on the bed.
"I just don't know what I've been doing wrong!" Sora said quietly shaking her head. "I just start to believe that I can start to trust him but then he starts off and starts to insult and just treats me like cr--!"
Kari stared shocked at Sora's choice of words. She must be really distraught! "Sora he's just getting there. He might take a while to get there, where he used to be."
Sora just wiped a tell tale tear from her eye and said to Kari, "I know I know, but what frightens me is that I don't know if it'll ever be the same again! I'm just not sure if I'll ever be able to trust in him and believe in him the way that I used to! You know what I mean?"
Kari nodded, and stayed silent as Sora continued to tell her story, "I mean how can you learn to trust your friend again if he let you down once already? My mind is screaming at me telling me to give up on him, but my heart just won't listen it just keeps telling me to give him one more chance. What should I do Kari?"
Kari stayed silent for a while then said to her, "Sora you know, I always looked up to you and Mimi, but probably you more then Mimi. Mimi just wasn't the same as you were, you were always like a big sister to me, and the one thing you taught me that I'll always remember is that when you don't know what to do, trust your instincts and listen to your heart, don't shut it out. That helped me out of more tight spaces then you can imagine, but I have my own bit of advice to give. If your love is really pure and whole then you have the power to forgive, and you'll love whomever you choose from his worst faults to his best features."
With those few choice words Kari left Sora to delve deeper into her thoughts. Just as Kari left, she heard Sora whisper, "Thank you Kari! Leave it to you to shine some light through the darkness."
3:00 a.m. the next day…
Sora rose from her bed, and silently tread downstairs. She wrapped her robe around her and tucked her hair behind her ears. Once she reached the living room, she smiled softly as she saw Tai sleeping not so peacefully on the sofa. She had forgotten how loud he snored! Tiptoeing slowly up to him, she studied his still figure. His brown hair was as messy as ever and his nose was still as strongly defined as ever, and his mouth was set in a stubborn line. His whole body was muscular from all the sports he played, and she couldn't resist tucking one strand of hair away from his face. Just as she was about to withdraw her hand she felt a hand grip it. Startled she realized that Tai was awake.
"Hey." (Tai)
"Did I wake you?" (Sora)
"No, more like gently pulled me into a dream world." (Tai)
Sora smiled at his words, and then she noticed her diary on the floor by the sofa. "Thank you Tai for finding my diary! I thought that I had lost it!"
Sora picked it up and was just about to leave, when she heard Tai say, "Wait! Stay here with me?"
"Sure." (Sora)
Sitting down on the sofa, Sora tucked her diary inside her robe. Tai took a deep breath and said, "Sora?"
"Hm?" (Sora)
"I just want to tell you that I'm sorry for all the things that I said earlier today." (Tai)
"Sh! I forgave you already I just hope you can forgive me for everything I said!" (Sora)
"I couldn't stay mad at you!" (Tai) *A/N oh gawd, that was overly sappy, even for me!*
"I have a late Christmas present for you Sora." (Tai)
"Oh Tai you didn't have to." (Sora)
"Trust me, I just didn't know what to give you until the days after Christmas, and then I just didn't know how to give it to you after all that, so here." (Tai)
Sora picked up the present and slowly unwrapped the present. Sitting in her lap was a shiny oak, jewelry box. Looking with shining eyes at Tai, she opened it, and found a… tape! Picking it up she slid it into the tape player, and felt Tai put his arm around her as the music started to play.
The snow is falling,
The city is white,
Your eyes are shining,
Like diamonds to night.
And we're all alone,
There's no one home,
You're finally in my arms again.
Tai finally felt whole again, just like when he was younger. He was sitting here with his best friend, the person he loved most. He remembered the way her eyes shined when she found the jewelry box that he had given her, like rubies! His ice queen had finally thawed toward him, now if only he could say the words…
The night is silent,
And Christmas is here,
I couldn't ask for more,
Then having you here.
Sora heard the music playing and swirling almost as if were leaving sparkling trails of glitter around the room. It was as if the magic of Christmas was still in the room. She couldn't believe that she was sitting there back in her love's arms, or rather her best friends arms, just like when they were younger…
'Cuz I love you girl,
I always will,
And now I know the moment is right,
The moment is right.
Cuz I've been waiting to give this gift tonight,
I'm down on my knees there's no better time.
It's something to last for as long as you live
Tonight I'm going to give all my heart indeed.
Tai cuddled her a little closer and realized finally just how much Sora meant to him. Thinking back to what T.K. had said earlier, he knew that he was right and that he would give everything in the world to make Sora be happy, and he knew that even if she didn't love him back, he would still cherish and watch over her, for the sake of whomever she chose to love…
I thought I'd give you something shiny and new.
I tried to find something worthy of you,
But I realize, when I looked inside,
There're somethings that money can't buy.
Oh no
I feel the magic whenever you're near,
I feel it even more this time of the year,
Sora felt Tai pull her closer, and she smiled. Realizing that what Kari had said was right she snuggled up closer next to him, with the jewelry box on her lap. She had forgiven for everything he had done earlier, and loved him all the more for it, and knew that no matter what he did to her she would still love him. To her he was priceless.
'Cuz I love you girl,
I always will,
And now I know the moment is right,
The moment is right.
Cuz I've been waiting to give this gift tonight,
I'm down on my knees there's no better time.
It's something to last for as long as you live
Tonight I'm going to give all my heart indeed.
Tai gently reached toward Sora's hand and taking it in his, he opened the jewelry box, and lifted the tray. Grinning at her gasp, he lifted the delicate silver necklace out and gently put it on her slender neck. The chain glittered like spun glass, and it was so delicate that it looked like a spider's thread. On the necklace was the most beautiful pendant, it looked exactly like the crest of love, and around it were the other crests, smaller and finer.
You know I'll always be true to you,
And you know I'm the one you can turn to,
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere you know that I'll always be there.
"Oh Tai!" Sora gasped. It was beautiful! Looking up and lifting up the pendant, she just knew how much it must of cost him. Not to mention the beautiful song and the jewelry box, now there was just one more thing that she had to do…
'Cuz I love you girl,
I always will,
And now I know the moment is right,
The moment is right.
"Sora I promise that I will always be here, no matter what. I'll never ever hurt you again. Sora I love you."
Cuz I've been waiting to give this gift tonight,
I'm down on my knees there's no better time.
It's something to last for as long as you live
Tonight I'm going to give all my heart indeed.
"I doubt that you'll never hurt me again, but I know one thing for sure, I'll love you till the day I die!"
Then looking at each other, they felt the magic lingering in the room, as the song ended, and it seemed to wind about them as they leaned toward each other. Tai looked up into Sora's ruby red eyes, and felt reassured, as she looked up into his chocolate brown eyes. Locking lips they shared a kiss, unlike any they had ever shared before, for this was the kiss of true love. Unable to be changed, or matched by any other before or too come.
Finally coming up from the kiss, they smiled and sat happily together. The magic not leaving the room until Kari and T.K. entered the room in the morning, smiling happily at the happy couple.
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WTL: Well that was overly sappy. Man, I think I was high or something… anyway, two more parts left! Do you notice that I seem to be stuck on the living room? It's like magic or something… well R&R! Flames are welcome! They can't compare to the fever I think I'm getting!