Hey all!!! Another lovely addition (or so I think) -_- All you people who do appreciate this story and LIKE it, I appreciate your input on my stories. And the people in this story act a little different, so? What's wrong with them growing out of their personalities, my story, geesh! Btw, the Taiora in this story moves about twice as slow as the Mimato.sworriez!

Chapter 7

"So, Sora, what do you want to do?" Taichi asked expectantly. "The world is at our fingertips, my dear."

Sora nodded absently as if she was not listening. In fact, she really wasn't listening, as she wondered what Mimi was going to react to all of this. Mimi had been her best friend for ages, and she wasn't one to exactly burst with excitement if Sora had taken one of her men.

And.Mimi had been with Taichi for rather a long time. What would Mimi say to all this? But the desire to be with Taichi overcame her in the heat of the moment. She was so confused at her feelings, but looking at Taichi overcame her shyness and her uncertainty. He gave her wings when she was uncertain to fly. She had a smile on her face. They would pull through this together.

In Taichi's mind, there was a jumble of thoughts running at a million times a second. What was he to do? Caught between love and trust, he could only take Sora's hand into the darkness and hope for the best. Taichi couldn't believe that he did the unbelievable. He had betrayed Mimi's trust. What was going to stop him from betraying Sora's trust? He would never ever want to hurt Sora.

Sora meant so much to him. Even when he was with Mimi, he still longed for Sora's touch on his face. Taichi had been hurt by every time that he had seen Sora with another meaningless date. Every time someone had touched her face, caressed her, kissed her, a thousand swords had struck his heart. He would go through death than to see her with another man caressing what was rightfully his.

Yet, when he grew older, he would be ashamed that he turned away a beautiful lady, and settled for a less than perfect girl. His deepest heart told him that was not true. He loved this girl, this wonderfully crazy girl that sent him reeling from dizziness. Mimi was another matter to deal with. He was with Sora now, not her. He could still remember their carefree days when they were children, although Sora had forgotten.

*Flashback*

Late at night, Taichi and Sora were running on the beach again, playfully splashing water into each other faces. Deciding to have some fun, they ran to the tanning bed rooms. They giggled at the tanners and caused quite a ruckus in the tanning room. They squirted suntan lotion on the naked ladies backs. They giggled some more before they heard a loud stomping in the house and a noise that sounded like, "Whatarethosestupidkidsdoingagain?"

They quickly dashed out the tanning room to the sandy beaches for comfort. Taichi gaped at Sora and blushed like a bright red tomato. "What is it, Taichi?" Sora asked innocently, with her eyes as big as the moon itself.

Taichi tried to hide his face from her and mutter a "No" before he turned again to blush some more. "Oh my gahd! I know what happened! Those evil aliens did something to you, didn't they!" Sora exclaimed, "I know JUST the cure. Mimi explained it to me."

She ran a couple of steps before she found just what she was looking for. It was a smooth coral white with a pink interior shell. She started making up gibberish and throwing her hands up to embrace the shell. Taichi could only stare at her as she started chanting and imitating a Native American Pow-wow dance. His eyes were still innocent, with none of the hardness as in human adults.

Sora chanted in a monotone voice, "Hapaya! Hapaya! Leave my friend alone! Get away, evil demon!"

*End Flashback*

"So, babe, what do you think is on the schedule tonight?" Taichi drawled in a fake Southern accent.

Sora laughed. Taichi always knew how to ease the ice. "Hey, why don't we grab an ice-cream or something? I still am quite famished from that not-so-date date dinner."

Taichi adjusted his mirror and saw that they were quite close to an ice-cream place. "Sure, why not, maybe we could even go places, babe."

Sora chuckled and couldn't believe that he was still in his little fantasy Southern-belle world. "Why, mister, it wouldn't be appropriate for us to be see, suh. It sure wouldn't."

The ice-cream place was old and flashy. There was a big flashy sign that flashed a corny "Dream Cream. "They parked in a corner where no one was nearby. "Well, a gentleman sure wouldn't do this, would they?"

He leaned over and gave her a second kiss for the night. Sora was.pleasantly surprised. It was still full of the fire from earlier. When he pulled back, she embraced him to kiss him again. After a few long minutes, a whistle greeted them. They were being watched!

Taichi and Sora held their hands away and laughed a great big chuckle. They were like teenagers again. How disgraceful, being found making out by the ice-cream shop.

"Wait here, you want a mocha chocolate chip, right."

Sora nodded vigorously and told Taichi that she was going to the bathroom. When she went to the bathroom, she instantly heard a snarl. "Hey, pretty lady. I bet you have some change for me, right?"

Having left her purse in the car, she shook her head. Where was this noise coming from?

She got her answer quickly as the lime-green bathroom door opened. A man dressed raggedly who looked like he had not had food in days. He had dark brown matted hair that stuck into the corners of his collar of his flea-bitten shirt. The strange man looked at her hungrily. He approached her with a dull rusted pocketknife. He asked her again gruffly, "I know you got some money to spare. All you rich people have money to spare."

He waved the pocketknife in the air as if to emphasize his point. Sora's eyes widened. This man was crazy! What would he do to her? She clutched at her jacket in fear. She shoved her purse in the man's face and screamed.

The man grew angry and lunged at her. Sora's hands went behind her as if to find the bathroom door. The man grabbed her hair and looked at her with blood-shot eyes. He was going to kill her she just knew it.

She tried to inch her way to the door, but the man was watching her from the corner of his eye. He was the panther, while she was the lowly antelope. He lunged at her again, hoping to get another response from her.

Where was Taichi? Couldn't he save her?

Taichi was off at the counter at that moment, trying to balance two ice-cream cones in his hands at the same time. He was oblivious to as to where Sora was at the moment.

Meanwhile, Sora's eyes widened in fear as the man jumped for the kill.



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Explanation of periods- I use them so the characters can be more life like. I don't feel like writing like "She paused for a moment." If I used them for every single period, they would get dull and annoying. Yes, I have my own STYLE omg is that so wrong for me?

P.S. Sorry for snapping up there.I'm just tired of all the complaintish about the story..