SPOILER: There will be a showdown between Matt and his father in a few chapters to come.
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STONE SPIRIT/Part Eight
OMNISCIENT
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Davis leaped for the ball. He cringed as it bounced off the windshield of the white van that just drove in. " Sorry!" His arm shot above his head to wave his apology, but stopped half way up when he saw the driver was Izzy.
The sliding door of the van opened and TK popped out, followed by Yolei.
" TK?" Davis kicked the ball back to the field. " What are you doing here?"
TK didn't answer his question. " Do you know where Tai is?"
" He left with someone a while ago. Why?"
" Who was that someone?" Yolei asked, stepping up alongside TK.
Davis scratched the back of his head, trying to remember. " Long blonde hair.....looked sorta like Matt...."
" Where'd they go, Davis?!" TK burst, lurching forward and grabbing Davis by the collar of his soccer jersey.
Davis's eyes widened in surprise at TK's sudden action. " Uh....they might have gone to the park...."
Yolei shook her head. " We were just there."
" Okay.....maybe Tai's house....I dunno...TK? Could you, like, set me down?"
TK reluctantly lowered Davis and let go of his collar. " Yolei, tell Izzy we're going to Tai's house."
" What? Why? Is something wrong?" Davis asked.
TK snarled at him.
" I'll take that as a yes," Davis muttered, climbing in the van behind
him and Yolei.
KARI'S POV
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I watched Sora. Tears were sliding down her cheeks, and it was all I could do to keep them from sliding down mine. I had to be strong for her, so she herself could be strong.
Matt was going to be okay. Something told me he would. He had sounded so happy when he told me about Sora's pregnancy, and it sort of felt like my fault that all this had happened. I warned him something bad was going to happen, something worse happened. But it all had to turn out all right, it had to!
Yamato couldn't die on us.
OMNISCIENT
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" Is it out?"
Joe sat back and nodded. " Out, but not clean."
" You're not going to...." Yamato turned his head to the doctor. " Oh no, not the bactine."
" Considering what you've just gone through, it should be no sweat." Joe poured a little onto a cotton ball. " It's just a small sting."
" Yeah," Tai chimed in. " Like a bee sting."
Matt shut his eyes tight. " I've always hated bee stings."
" We all hate something at one point or another," Joe mumbled. " Now just hold still.....Tai! Hold on, Matt......Tai, what on earth do you think.......ACK! Clean it up! That stuff could stain the carpet!"
" It's all over my floor!"
" Well then clean it up!"
" With what?"
" Oh.....arg! Here....Matt, just hold on. This will take only a second......No, Tai! Not that stuff! It only makes it worse!"
" Oops. Sorry."
" All right, out! Out! Out, out, out, out, out!"
Matt smiled. Tai had just miraculously saved him one sting.
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" That's Tai's apartment building." Davis pointed out the window at a large building, covered in windows.
" I know, Davis. I've been here before," Izzy muttered.
" I was only trying to help-"
Yolei turned around in the passenger's seat. " Davis, you have a habit of being more of a bother than a helper."
" Yeah, I know." Davis shrugged. " Still, it doesn't hurt to try." His face lit up. " Hey, do think Kari's home?"
" Oh Davis."
" What?"
SORA'S POV
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Tai stormed out of his room angrily. His tension filled the room in an uncomfortable sort of way.
I wanted to ask him if Matt was all right, if my baby was going to be okay, but he stalked away quickly.
Kari stood, started to ask him something. He ignored her. God, Tai,
tell us something!
OMNISCIENT
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" Tai!" Kari reached for his arm. He pulled it away.
" What's wrong?" Sora asked. She had just finished the question when he left the room, entered the bathroom, and shut the door.
Kari looked at Sora. " Had to go to the bathroom bad?"
Sora didn't laugh. She shook her head, stood. " No, something's wrong." Her eyes glanced towards Tai's room. " I just hope it doesn't have to do with Matt."
" It doesn't," came Joe's voice.
Both Sora and Kari turned on their heels. Joe stood in Tai's doorway, Matt by his side. Yamato's hand was covering his shoulder, and at Sora's worried look, he muttered a disappointed, " He stung me anyway."
Sora laughed through a new wave of tears and jumped into his arms. She held him tightly. Joe backed away.
" Have you ever seen a happier sight?" he asked Kari.
" No." Kari crossed her arms, her face solemn. Joe could tell by her face that something wasn't right.
" What is it?" he asked softly.
Kari indicated Sora and Matt, muttered, " It's not going to last."
MATT'S POV
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I held Sora, close enough to feel her heart beating next to mine. Though both our tears were born of joy, Kari's words lingered in my mind.
" It's not going to last."
A/N: Sorry it's short. But they're always going to be short. Dunno why,
so please don't ask.