A/N~ Sorry that it took so long to do, but it is finally out, the next chapter in the ongoing saga!
The Elite
Chapter 9
Sora slowly crept towards her room. Dinner had been reaffirming in a way that it had never been. The whole group was re-united in the old ways and it helped her spirits immensely. She stopped for a moment above deck and looked out at the stars, sighing at their beauty. There was always something that took her breath away about the stars. She could always lay out and stare for hours.
Finally pulling herself from her daze she walked to where her room was. She guessed that Tai and Matt were already in bed, where she should be. She opened her door and stepped inside, sighing in exhaustion. It had been a long day.
As she was shutting the door, a hand wrapped around her waist and pulled her against a wall, and another hand clamped down on her mouth.
"I suggest that you resist struggling, there is no use, because soon you will be dead. If you die, then the others will not be able to unite, and they can not go on without you, the most important link in this." The man tightened his grip on her as she struggled, but he had caught her off guard and threw her onto the bed. Her eyes widened at his intent and she tried to get up, but he delivered a sharp blow to her head that rendered her defenseless.
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Tai walked down the deck towards his room. He was exhausted, but it was time that he told Sora how he felt. The way that she had made everyone else laugh had caused his heart to swell with pride and love towards her. It was time he told her of this, before anything else happened to her.
He passed his own room and walked towards her door. He knocked, "Sora, if you have a minute, then I'd like to talk to you about something." Silence greeted him. He knew that she had just come up here, because he had seen her and thus she should still be awake. He knocked again and thought maybe she wasn't in there and turned away from the door. It was then that he heard a muffled cry for help from inside the room.
He turned back towards the door and pushed into the room to see Sora, pinned on the bed, by a man. Leaping to action, he plowed into the man and forced him off of Sora. He hauled the man up and hit him, over and over again until the man was bloody and bruised and unconscious.
It was then that Matt entered the room and saw what had happened and went to Tai. "I'll take over from here, I think you have other things to take care of." He nodded towards where Sora was huddled in a ball on the bed. Matt dragged the man out of the room, kicking him as he went and shut the door behind him, giving Sora one last look.
Tai went immediately to where Sora was wrapped in a ball, and took her into his lap and wrapped his arms around her. She was shaking with her sobs and cried against his chest. He held her that way for what seemed like hours before she quieted. "Sora, honey, I need you to answer me. Did he do anything to you?"
She looked up at him with swollen red eyes and said, "No, you got in here before he could." And with that she kissed him. It was a kiss of passion and fear, but one of need. He wrapped his arms tighter around her and kissed her back. After minutes of this continued kissing he stopped and hugged her against him.
"Sora, I need to tell you something." She looked up at him in question and with something else in her eyes. He could tell it was love and it gave him the courage he needed to continue on with what he had to say. "Sora, I have come to the realization that I love you, that I have always loved you. I know that I have messed up, but if you could just give me another chance, it would be much appreciated. I can't stand seeing you unhappy like you have been. And tonight, I almost lost you. I couldn't stand that, Sora. I love you so much it hurts. Can you ever forgive me for what I have done you?"
She just stared at him for a few minutes and then a huge smile spread across her face. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him with so much passion that it almost knocked him over. They continued this until finally exhaustion overtook them and they fell asleep in each other's arms.
This was how the maid found them the next morning, sleeping with smiles on their faces in each other's arms.
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The training continued as the voyage took them closer and closer to Egypt, where their destiny awaited them. They still did not know what the traits they held were, but they knew that they were on the brink of it.
Sora and Tai grew closer and closer, and were always at each other's sides, supporting the group in their training. Matt and Tai were the best fighters, but Sora was close behind them. They were all anxious to see this temple and felt they were ready for it.
Finally they reached the port and were off the ship. As they stepped off the ship, the heat greeted them as did the throng of people. Tai took Sora by the hand and they went to the hotel that they were to be staying at, in order to rest up before the journey into the dessert.
They weren't sure why the assasin tried to kill Sora, or who he worked for, because he killed himself in the cell that he was contained in. When they asked Gennai about it, he just looked off and changed the subject. There were too many things that he wasn't telling them and Tai was growing more and more agitated by the day.
As they fell asleep that night, none of the Elite had a good feeling about the oncoming journey. But despite their exhaustion thus far, each of them had dreams that helped reveal things that they never knew about themselves, their traits.
The next morning Gennai grouped them together and said as he always did, "Well, have any of you learned why you are so special?"
To his suprise they each had an answer. Mimi went first, "I had a dream last night that I was the only person in the world that was genuine in what I said and did. I spoke the truth about everything, but no one else was like me."
Gennai answered, "Yes my dear, you have the gift of sincerity, like none other. Other's hold your traits in part, but you posses them the most genuinely."
Joe was the next to go, "I had a dream that everyone in the world was leaning on me, and was depending on me, because they felt that they could without hesitation."
"Yes, you have the gift of reliability."
TK and Kari revealed that they were in each other's dreams and that they had dreamed that they were the only ones that believed in good anymore.
"You have the gift of hope, Tk; and you, Kari, have the gift of light."
Izzy was the next to go and said the he knew he had the gift of knowledge. Gennai just chuckled and nodded.
It was Matt who went next. "I dreamed that I loved someone so much, but I gave them up so as not to ruin my friendship with those involved."
Everyone grew silent and Sora looked at him with a sadness in her eyes. Gennai answered, "You have the gift of friendship, Matthew."
There was silence for a few more minutes and Sora spoke, "My dream was of all of you, and how much I cared for you all."
"You, my dear, have the gift of love. Your love is what will pull this group along through it's hard times. You remind me of the love of my life and I know you can handle this gift extremely well." Gennai said and then kissed her on the forehead. He had a glint of sadness in his eye and Sora hugged him back.
Tai spoke, "My dream was of rushing into danger without fear, or regret."
"Yes, my boy. You have the gift of courage. It is a curse in a way, but you will learn to balance it out." Then turning to the other's he said, "It is good that you have dreamed these things. This proves that you are the chosen ones. Thus we must continue on our journey to the temple. I realize that you don't wish to do this. But consider it an old man's last request to continue on a mythical journey and be the biggest adventure of your life."
He turned and went to his camel and they all followed suit, into an unknown future.
A/N ~ Sorry it was so short. Please review!
The Elite
Chapter 9
Sora slowly crept towards her room. Dinner had been reaffirming in a way that it had never been. The whole group was re-united in the old ways and it helped her spirits immensely. She stopped for a moment above deck and looked out at the stars, sighing at their beauty. There was always something that took her breath away about the stars. She could always lay out and stare for hours.
Finally pulling herself from her daze she walked to where her room was. She guessed that Tai and Matt were already in bed, where she should be. She opened her door and stepped inside, sighing in exhaustion. It had been a long day.
As she was shutting the door, a hand wrapped around her waist and pulled her against a wall, and another hand clamped down on her mouth.
"I suggest that you resist struggling, there is no use, because soon you will be dead. If you die, then the others will not be able to unite, and they can not go on without you, the most important link in this." The man tightened his grip on her as she struggled, but he had caught her off guard and threw her onto the bed. Her eyes widened at his intent and she tried to get up, but he delivered a sharp blow to her head that rendered her defenseless.
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Tai walked down the deck towards his room. He was exhausted, but it was time that he told Sora how he felt. The way that she had made everyone else laugh had caused his heart to swell with pride and love towards her. It was time he told her of this, before anything else happened to her.
He passed his own room and walked towards her door. He knocked, "Sora, if you have a minute, then I'd like to talk to you about something." Silence greeted him. He knew that she had just come up here, because he had seen her and thus she should still be awake. He knocked again and thought maybe she wasn't in there and turned away from the door. It was then that he heard a muffled cry for help from inside the room.
He turned back towards the door and pushed into the room to see Sora, pinned on the bed, by a man. Leaping to action, he plowed into the man and forced him off of Sora. He hauled the man up and hit him, over and over again until the man was bloody and bruised and unconscious.
It was then that Matt entered the room and saw what had happened and went to Tai. "I'll take over from here, I think you have other things to take care of." He nodded towards where Sora was huddled in a ball on the bed. Matt dragged the man out of the room, kicking him as he went and shut the door behind him, giving Sora one last look.
Tai went immediately to where Sora was wrapped in a ball, and took her into his lap and wrapped his arms around her. She was shaking with her sobs and cried against his chest. He held her that way for what seemed like hours before she quieted. "Sora, honey, I need you to answer me. Did he do anything to you?"
She looked up at him with swollen red eyes and said, "No, you got in here before he could." And with that she kissed him. It was a kiss of passion and fear, but one of need. He wrapped his arms tighter around her and kissed her back. After minutes of this continued kissing he stopped and hugged her against him.
"Sora, I need to tell you something." She looked up at him in question and with something else in her eyes. He could tell it was love and it gave him the courage he needed to continue on with what he had to say. "Sora, I have come to the realization that I love you, that I have always loved you. I know that I have messed up, but if you could just give me another chance, it would be much appreciated. I can't stand seeing you unhappy like you have been. And tonight, I almost lost you. I couldn't stand that, Sora. I love you so much it hurts. Can you ever forgive me for what I have done you?"
She just stared at him for a few minutes and then a huge smile spread across her face. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him with so much passion that it almost knocked him over. They continued this until finally exhaustion overtook them and they fell asleep in each other's arms.
This was how the maid found them the next morning, sleeping with smiles on their faces in each other's arms.
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The training continued as the voyage took them closer and closer to Egypt, where their destiny awaited them. They still did not know what the traits they held were, but they knew that they were on the brink of it.
Sora and Tai grew closer and closer, and were always at each other's sides, supporting the group in their training. Matt and Tai were the best fighters, but Sora was close behind them. They were all anxious to see this temple and felt they were ready for it.
Finally they reached the port and were off the ship. As they stepped off the ship, the heat greeted them as did the throng of people. Tai took Sora by the hand and they went to the hotel that they were to be staying at, in order to rest up before the journey into the dessert.
They weren't sure why the assasin tried to kill Sora, or who he worked for, because he killed himself in the cell that he was contained in. When they asked Gennai about it, he just looked off and changed the subject. There were too many things that he wasn't telling them and Tai was growing more and more agitated by the day.
As they fell asleep that night, none of the Elite had a good feeling about the oncoming journey. But despite their exhaustion thus far, each of them had dreams that helped reveal things that they never knew about themselves, their traits.
The next morning Gennai grouped them together and said as he always did, "Well, have any of you learned why you are so special?"
To his suprise they each had an answer. Mimi went first, "I had a dream last night that I was the only person in the world that was genuine in what I said and did. I spoke the truth about everything, but no one else was like me."
Gennai answered, "Yes my dear, you have the gift of sincerity, like none other. Other's hold your traits in part, but you posses them the most genuinely."
Joe was the next to go, "I had a dream that everyone in the world was leaning on me, and was depending on me, because they felt that they could without hesitation."
"Yes, you have the gift of reliability."
TK and Kari revealed that they were in each other's dreams and that they had dreamed that they were the only ones that believed in good anymore.
"You have the gift of hope, Tk; and you, Kari, have the gift of light."
Izzy was the next to go and said the he knew he had the gift of knowledge. Gennai just chuckled and nodded.
It was Matt who went next. "I dreamed that I loved someone so much, but I gave them up so as not to ruin my friendship with those involved."
Everyone grew silent and Sora looked at him with a sadness in her eyes. Gennai answered, "You have the gift of friendship, Matthew."
There was silence for a few more minutes and Sora spoke, "My dream was of all of you, and how much I cared for you all."
"You, my dear, have the gift of love. Your love is what will pull this group along through it's hard times. You remind me of the love of my life and I know you can handle this gift extremely well." Gennai said and then kissed her on the forehead. He had a glint of sadness in his eye and Sora hugged him back.
Tai spoke, "My dream was of rushing into danger without fear, or regret."
"Yes, my boy. You have the gift of courage. It is a curse in a way, but you will learn to balance it out." Then turning to the other's he said, "It is good that you have dreamed these things. This proves that you are the chosen ones. Thus we must continue on our journey to the temple. I realize that you don't wish to do this. But consider it an old man's last request to continue on a mythical journey and be the biggest adventure of your life."
He turned and went to his camel and they all followed suit, into an unknown future.
A/N ~ Sorry it was so short. Please review!