We came out with the next part! We came out with the next part! Do-da do-da day! (Maggie's idea…)

Dedication: To Mo. Here ya go so stop bitching! (Once again, Maggie. I ::I being Kara aka Gatomon_1:: do not swear. ^-~) And remember, you can talk to me any time!!!!!

~*Just can't Hide*~

"No, Sora, no! You're doing it wrong! If you do it like that, it'll all cave in! See?" with that, Tai reached one hand towards the leaning tower of sand that slightly resembled a castle. Poking on finger into the soft sand, Tai tried to make a window. Sora just sat back patiently, anticipating what was about to happen.

"I won a sand castle making contest, once, Sora," Tai informed her.

"Um, Tai? Wasn't that a sand pile contest? If I recall, you were the fastest to cave in you're sand 'castle.'"

Tai's face turned bright red. "No, uh…um…I think that was Matt…yeah, yeah! It was Matt!"

And he watched as the 'towering pile of sand,' toppled over…into a smaller pile of sand.

With a groan of misery, he turned away, hiding his face in his hands.

"It's all right Tai," Sora smiled knowingly burying her hands into the ruined pile of sand that was meant to be Tai's masterpiece.

Tai sighed but still did not turn to face her.

Sora shook her head, delicately sculpting the sand. She worked quickly, and it became obvious that that she was no novice sand castle builder.

"Here Tai, I'll show you," Sora offered when the basics of the castle had been completed.

Tai turned around and to his astonishment the once pile of sand had taken on the shape of a rough castle. "How did you…?"

"I use to go the beach with a few friends when I was little, and well, I was never one to lay around cooking in the sun so I made sand castles instead."

"Really? That's amazing!" Tai exclaimed.

Sora blushed profusely, and, trying to get the attention off her, she took Tai's hand in her own. "Here, I'll show you how," she said again, guiding Tai's fingers into the sand to make a small window.

They continued for quiet some time, Sora guiding Tai's hands through the sand and Tai sitting happily beside her with a love stricken look etched on his face.

"There we're finished," Sora announced to Tai's dismay, he was quiet content with what they were doing.

"I'm all dirty," Tai stated the obvious when he looked at the hand that Sora had released.

"Huh, I wonder why?" Sora chuckled sarcastically.

"Hey, why don't we go wash off in the ocean?" Tai suggested looking longingly at the large body of water in front of them.

"Actually I think it's a gulf Tai…." Sora trailed off.

"I think someone's been spending way too much time around Izzy," Tai smiled, then frowned at his mistake.

He had forgotten in the few short hours that he had been with Sora that Izzy and Joe had been missing, and the comment he had just made made their disappearance that much more obvious.

Tai looked at Sora and saw the misery in her eyes that she was trying so hard to hide. "I'm sorry Sora, I shouldn't have said that."

"It's all right Tai. I know we'll find them soon," Sora replied but the hope was gone from her features.

Without another word Tai took Sora's hand and pulled her into him. He smiled at her, a downhearted smile, but a smile none-the-less, and brushed away her bangs. "It'll be all right Sora. We'll find Izzy and Joe and we'll all be together again."

"But what if someone has them?" Sora questioned, her eyes tearing up.

"Nobody can hide forever Sora," Tai insisted, "if anyone has them, we'll find them.

With that Tai kissed Sora, a deep, sensual kiss that calmed the fears that were ripping them apart inside.

Pulling away Tai grinned at her, "So what do you say we go wash off?"

"Sounds good to me," Sora agreed.

They strolled down to the water at a leisurely pace and washed themselves in that cool water with a few splashes thrown in between.

"I'll be back Tai, I just want to check something," Sora murmured, a flicker in the forest catching her eye for the fourth time.

"Check what?" Tai asked curiously.

"I don't know yet, I just want to see something."

"Do you want me to come with you?" Tai asked.

"Ummm… no, I think I can handle it, it's probably nothing."

Sora walked towards the clearly marked tree line at brisk pace. After a few feet the thick forest brush that lined the forest floor gave way to a small dirt path.

"How odd…" Sora muttered following the path when she saw the flicker up ahead. "Is there someone there? Hello!"

Nothing. Until she saw the blood covered body.

Matt.

~*~

"Hmmm…a toughie," Jun murmured, squinting at the glossy page of the magazine she was reading. "Angel, princess, or goddess…where's the 'All of the above,' box?"

With a sigh of disgust, she hurled the quiz away, just as she heard a scream sound from a few yards away. With a gleeful smile, Jun stepped out of her leaf-covered-fort. "That must be our newest guest!"

She had left Matt only a few yards away from her fort and so proceeded to prance to her planned staging area in which she would capture Sora.

Sora was on the ground next to Matt, most likely checking if he was alive. Of course he would be, Jun wouldn't go through all the trouble of taking out the obstacles only to have her one and only soul mate die on her.

"Ready Jun," Jun grinned, picking up a rope attached to a trap she had set previously.

Sora was on her feet now, sprinting towards the beach, most likely to fetch that weird boyfriend of hers.

"I don't think so!" Jun hollered, pulling the rope hard the second Sora stepped into her trap.

A net wrapped around Sora and pulled her up into the trees so she was hanging just a few feet above the ground.

"I got her!" Jun screamed in joy dancing around Sora. "I caught me a Sora!"

"Jun!" Sora screamed, startled and outraged. "Get me down, now!"

"Naughty, naughty, you didn't say please," Jun shook her finger at Sora as she continued dancing.

"Tai! TAI!" Sora started calling.

"NO! NO! NO!" Jun cocked her fist back and hit Sora in the side as hard as she could. "You'll ruin everything!"

Sora gasped in pain but she kept screaming Tai's name.

"That's it!" Jun spat, picking up a stout branch and lifting it over her shoulder.

Jun swung fast and hard, then again, and again, and again. Sora did everything to keep conscious but her thoughts were slipping away from her and darkness was closing in.

Once Jun was sure that Sora was unconscious Jun released her and her body hit the ground with a sickening dull thump.

"I caught me a Sora, do-da, do-da!" Jun sang as she began dragging Sora back to her concealed fort. "I caught me Sora, do-da, do-da, day!"

~*~

"Sora…Sora? This isn't funny anymore…Sora, where are you?

With a dejected sigh, Tai kicked at the sand, his eyes still scanning the horizon, looking for any sign of Sora. "Okay, you can come out now! I give up! You win!"

No answer, except for the wind in the trees, and the waves on the sand. Dead silence…everywhere. And it was easy to tell…even for Tai…that Sora was not there.

To be continued…

HAHAHAHAHA! Yes, we've decided to leave you all hanging there…hahahahahahahaha! El Chumba is coming!!!!! What will you do? (That was Maggie…please don't ask…)

Maggie: Ask! Ask!

Kara: You don't want to know. It involves a complicated explanation about

Gachpxly-od. (Pronounced Gu-awd) Yes, we're crazy, thanks for asking. ^.~