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Love
is Worth Everything
Book 1:
Love's a Risk Worth Taking
By: Emily Ishida
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?" Sora
Takenouchi recited in front of her bedroom mirror. She had been practicing for
the school play "Snow White" for a long time with Mimi Tachikawa, who was
playing the part of Snow White. Sora was the evil queen.
"Iie, Iie! You need to add more pride to it! Sound like you think of
yourself as the most beautiful damn thing on the planet, and sound like you're
expecting that stupid mirror to say, 'You are, beautiful queen!' or
something like that!" Mimi corrected. Sora wasn't too thrilled with playing
the part of the evil queen, and had been hoping to play as Snow White, because
Yamato Ishida was playing the part of the prince.
"Mimi! I don't need your lectures! And who are you to say my
mirror's stupid?" Sora hissed, gazing adoringly at her large mirror,
decorated neatly with Yamato photos of him as a friend and a rock star. Mimi
rolled her eyes secretly. It seems like she made a shrine to him! Mimi
thought with a soft giggle. Her soft pink hair rolled off her shoulders as she
lifted her head up to watch a little spider crawl along the ceiling.
"I was talking about the mirror for the play, Sora."
"Oh," Sora blushed a little, then recited again, with more pride,
just like Mimi had said. "Hey, that does sound more evil!"
"See? I act all the time. Especially when I'm around boring boys,"
Mimi bragged. Sora just rolled her eyes. Then, suddenly thinking of Matt in a
prince outfit, she became jealous again.
"What's wrong?" Mimi asked curiously. Actually, Mimi had known that
Sora was jealous, but because she acted around people all the time, she
pretended not to know, just to feel lucky that SHE was Snow White, and Matt was
HER prince. Not Sora's.
"Gomen. I shouldn't be so jealous of my best friend. It's
just that you know I've had a crush on Matt since we first went to the Digital
World. Now that we're in college, it's a larger chance for you to get
married to him because you're a model. I think it's not fare that they chose
you to be the main character because you're famous," Sora explained, looking
into the mirror and sighing. Sora was hoping Mimi would give up her role as Snow
White, but she said something almost as effective.
"Well, I can't give up my part, but I promise that even if I do like
Matt too, I won't lead him on, okay?" Mimi placed her left hand on Sora's
right shoulder, assuring her that she wasn't going to lead him on. "I
promise."
"Okay," Sora smiled, hugging Mimi with a sigh. "Domo
arigato gozaimasu."
"Do itashimashite," Mimi whispered, stroking the back of
Sora's head. "I know how you must feel."
"Well, let's get back to rehearsing, okay?" Sora giggled, putting
on her costume to make it more effective. Mimi nodded and began her lines.
"Does this look okay?" Taichi Kamiya heard from behind him. Tai was
so wrapped up in getting his huntsman costume on that he had to turn around
slowly to not rip the fabric.
"It looks fine," Tai grumbled, feeling envious of how stunning Matt
looked in a prince outfit. Tai had badly wanted to change the story just a
little…there was a prince, who was forced to work by his evil stepfather, the
king, and another prince comes to him when hearing the sound of his voice from
the other side of a stone wall, and in the end both princes fell in love and
lived happily ever after. A small smile made its way across his face thinking
about how he would feel if Matt was looking over him, as he pretended to be in a
deep sleep, and Matt's lips came closer to Tai's soon pressed against his…
"Hey Tai! Get over here! I need help with this crown," Matt called.
Tai finished putting on the outfit and walked over to Matt, who was fidgeting
with a broken crown.
"What's the problem?" Tai asked. Examining it carefully, his hand
touching Matt's. he ran his fingers over his hand on purpose, but then
apologized to make it sound like an accident.
"It's broken here," Matt pointed out a broken edge where the crown
came together. Tai grabbed some packaging tape and mended it, taking it from
Matt's hands and placing it on Matt's head. How Tai loved the fragrance of
Matt's shampoo.
"This way, no one can see the crack!" Tai smiled, yet inside he was
heartbroken. Mimi is so lucky to have a prince like Yamato. Tai thought
sadly.
"Uh, Matt, I need to talk to you," Tai murmured. Matt stopped his
practice and turned to Tai the way he always did.
"Hai? What do you want?" Matt joked with sarcasm. Tai laughed a
little.
"Uh, I have a confession, I…" at that point Tai chickened out.
"…I have a crush on Mimi, so don't lead her on, okay?" I hate you I
hate you I HATE you, Taichi Kamiya! Tai screamed to himself.
"Uh, okay! Don't worry, Tai. I won't!" Matt giggled, getting back
to his reciting.
If only you knew, Tai sighed to himself.
That night at the play, when everyone was ready for the big night, Sora
and Mimi were all worked up and nervous.
"Oh my GOD! There are at least three hundred people out there!" Sora
squealed. That was an exaggeration, but there were a good hundred and fifty
people out there, multiplied by two eyeballs each to watch them make a fool of
themselves made that three hundred eyes.
"I know! Isn't this SCARY?" Mimi shrieked. Her amber eyes were
shimmering with excitement and fear all at once, and Sora thought that was cute.
She sighed with affection.
"And now to give you what you've been waiting for," a small,
annoying man said from the center of the college gymnasium stage. "Our special
version of SNOW WHITE!" The man was trying desperately to amuse the crowd,
which had a backwards effect. Everyone, even the little man was relieved to see
him walk off the stage. Everyone took their positions from behind the curtains.
"Okay, good luck, Sora!" Matt whispered gently to Sora. Sora winked
at him to say "you too," and she took her position. Izzy Izuma, who was
playing as one of the dwarves, gave Yolei a short kiss for good luck. Yolei was
playing as the ugly little beggar lady that the evil queen turned into. Yolei
returned the kiss.
As the curtains rose, Mimi was by a well, singing a song and looking into
the well. Soon, she recited, "How I long for a handsome prince to take me away
from this evil prison. I think I'll make a wish, and maybe my wish will come
true," Mimi then looked deeper into the well, saying as cutely as possible,
"Magic well, I wish a charming prince will come, to take me away to his
kingdom and that I will find happiness within his arms!"
As Mimi went to a bucket of soapy water to wash some stairs, she suddenly
began to sing. The audience was amazed at the quality of her voice, matching
that of a small bird. That was Matt's hint to go out there. Matt stepped into
the blinding light of the stage. His crown looked perfect thanks to Taichi. Sora
waited in her position behind a cardboard tower, peering out of a cut window
standing on a ladder to make it look like she was inside it. She watched in
envy. Yet she loved the way Matt's walk made her weak in the knees. Not a
good time to fall for him…literally, FALL! Sora gained posture and waited
silently.
"Oh fair princess, I
could not help but hear your beautiful voice!" Matt said warmly. Many girls in
the audience fainted. Some teachers had to go to them and take them to the
nurse's office upstairs of the college.
"Handsome prince, surely you must be mistaking. I honestly do not have
a voice which matches that of heaven's angels, if that is what you think!"
Mimi called to Matt from the other side of the stage, dressed in rags and
looking like an abandoned doll. "Besides, how does this charming prince know
that I am a princess within these torn rags?" Mimi turned away from him,
looking out to the ceiling above the audience, in attempt to make him follow
her. Matt did proceed to follow her.
"I beg to differ, beautiful princess. Of course your voice is that of
an angel! I've never heard such joy in one's voice! How do I know you're a
princess? By the delicacy of your soft face! No princess holds such beauty
within her eyes OR heart."
"How do you know how my heart is?"
"Wild guess."
This was the first humorous line to the crowd. They laughed softly as the
play proceeded. After an hour or two, they were at the scene with the princess
lying asleep in the glass coffin. Seven dwarves, (which were Izzy, Ken, Cody,
Davis, Willis, Michael and a boy named Lewis,) stood weeping around the glass
coffin, which was laid upon a large stump in the middle of the forest.
From the shade of the trees, Matt, (known as Prince Charming,) stepped
into the light. He gasped in horror, (He's still acting, ^_~) running to the
coffin. Matt recited, "Snow White, beautiful, fragile and fair as she is, is
lying dead in a coffin? This cannot be true! The evil queen is dead, yet she
still lays resting soundly in this glass case? I shall kiss her lips one last
time, as this is the only time I will say to her that I love her." With that,
Matt leaned in, pressing his lips against Mimi's.
Mimi was surprised at how long it took Matt to kiss her. Even the
audience was surprised. But as he lifted away from her, the audience then got
the idea that that was all apart of the play. Mimi's eyes fluttered open, and
she smiled at Matt. "My prince! You've come for me!" Mimi beamed, placing
her arms around Matt's neck slowly, as he lifted her from the coffin and onto
his horse. (Which was real, they had to be very careful about little droppings
though. ^^;)
The narrator, who was Kari, said as Mimi and Matt waved goodbye to the
so-called dwarves, "As Snow White and her prince rode happily into the warmth
of the evening sun, she and him lived happily ever after, and forever they shall
be happy within the walls of their castle together."
The audience exploded into a cheering frenzy. Every character stepped
onto the stage to bow. Tai looked in Matt's direction as he bowed, watching
Mimi and him come out hand in hand.
Later that night, when everyone was taking off their costumes, (which
were over their original clothes,) they were all congratulating each other. Cody
sat down with Izzy to have a drink, and Joe snuck in to congratulate them.
Luckily he didn't get caught.
"Good job Matt," Matt heard from behind him. It was Mimi. Matt smiled
at the sight of her face.
"Yeah, you too," Matt replied. Mimi blushed. She loved Matt's ice
blue eyes. Mimi then walked to Izzy to congratulate him. Matt watched her as she
laughed along with him.
I can't believe I promised Tai that I'd stay away from her,
Matt thought bitterly. He watches my every move like a vulture! Matt then
had an idea.
"Hey Mimi!" Matt called to her. Mimi walked over to him obediently.
"Hey, can I meet you at the park tonight around midnight? Tai won't let me
near you during his waking hours."
Mimi giggled at his remark. "Uh, I bet my dad will throw a fit but
alright. Sora won't let me near you either. In fact, I shouldn't be talking
to you. But I will. Mata aimasho!" Mimi waved and went to Sora. Matt was halfway
satisfied.
"What were you doing over there with Matt?" Sora hissed.
Mimi glared at Sora and replied,
"He's one of my best friends, Sora. Just because you like him doesn't mean
I can't say 'hi.' Sometimes you still act like a baby even if you are the
most mature of the group!"
Sora felt insulted and stormed
away. Mimi just sighed, looking over at Matt, shrugging. Tai saw this and went
to Matt, asking him the same thing.
"She's my friend, too Tai. I
can talk to whoever I want!" This time, Matt was the one who stormed off. Tai
just felt hurt. If only you knew, Matt. If only.
At midnight, Matt was waiting by
Mimi's favorite tree next to the lake. He shivered, but then he forced himself
to shake it off and stood still as stone. He had a deep green t-shirt, which he
realized wasn't the best choice because it would be hard for Mimi to see him.
I hope Tai doesn't find out
about this, Matt thought over and over. Soon he saw Mimi panting towards
him. She looked so good in her silver coat, which was of course expensive.
"Gomen, Matt! My dad didn't
get to sleep until 11:45, so it was hard to get out of the house!" Mimi
huffed. Matt just smiled. "My GOD you're not wearing a coat!"
"Ah I'll live," Matt smiled
coolly. He was actually half frozen because it was late fall, but he didn't
mind.
"No you won't! Luckily I
brought my spare silver coat just like this…it was a size too big, so I got
another one. Daddy said this big one could be used when I grew. I guess you're
lucky!" Mimi threw the coat over Matt's head. Matt responded by slipping his
arms into the sleeves. It was MUCH warmer. He thanked her and smiled. "What
was it you wanted to talk about?"
"This whole deal with Sora and
Tai," Matt grew tense and paced the cool grass, explaining as he went. Mimi
watched with her arms crossed, understanding every word. "They are basically
forbidding us to see each other. If they were really our friends they'd give
us the freedom to love whoever we want!" Matt stopped when he realized that
Mimi's eyebrow had raised. She knew what Matt accidentally said, and she was a
little surprised. "Oops," Matt murmured.
"What are you saying 'oops'
for?" Mimi asked with a beautiful smile. Matt was understanding where she was
heading with this and he shrugged, chuckling lightly and gathering her in his
arms.
"I guess I shouldn't go on
before I say something stupid, huh?" Matt laughed.
"Nah, I don't care! I feel the
same way."
"About Sora and Tai not being
fair or what I accidentally said?"
"Both."
Matt was a little shocked. He
looked at Mimi, who was smiling softly at him. She felt safe and content basking
in his warm embrace, and she knew she loved him.
Matt leaned in, just like he did
in the play, and melted her with one of his passionate
girls-would-faint-like-dead-flies kisses. Mimi returned his kiss by slipping her
tongue into his mouth. This sent shivers through Matt. He was so dazed by it
that he forgot to breathe and choked.
"Forgot to…" Mimi whispered.
"Breathe," Matt finished,
whispering back. She smiled and they tried again. This time Matt nearly made her
choke with how long he was kissing her. They both laughed at this.
"Vice-versa, huh?"
"Hai," Mimi giggled.
"You know, Mimi, Sora and Tai
are really going to hate us for breaking our promises," Matt pointed out.
"So what? It's a risk, right?
Love's a risk worth taking!" Mimi corrected, loosing herself into another
kiss of Matt's. Matt was satisfied. They were so wrapped up in it that they
fell asleep. Matt's back was against the tree, and Mimi was in his arms. They
stayed like this all through the night.
The next morning, there were
people in the park, unaware that the two were there. It was Mimi who woke up
first. She looked around, watching a lady with her dog walk by.
"Matt! Matt wake up!" Mimi
urged quietly, shaking him. He jerked awake. They both were frozen with worry.
Even though Mimi was in her first year of college, she still lived with her
parents because she was still looking for a suitable house. Matt's dad always
checked up on him every morning at seven before he left for work, and it was
6:43 a.m. The sun was luckily bright.
"Oh my God," Matt sighed. He
pulled Mimi up, but they both stood up too quickly, because they plopped back on
the ground as dizzy as spin toys. They stood up more slowly and jumped into
Matt's ice blue convertible, and he got Mimi home in time.
As Matt was driving away, he saw
in his rear-view mirror Mimi's father raging out of the front door as Mimi
reached for the doorknob. He watched as Mr. Tachikawa flared at his daughter.
Matt suddenly felt the need to help her, and he turned around quickly.
"Mr. Tachikawa I can explain,"
Matt panted as he raced to the door.
"Oh I bet you can! Look at my
daughter! She looks like she slept in a closet! She's worn an her hair's a
mess! You dirty rebel of a baka! Rock star or not you cannot, I mean CANNOT do this to my
daughter!"
"You're jumping to
conclusions, sir! I didn't-"
"SHUT UP! I don't want to hear
any excuses! I know you did! Get out! OUT!" Mr. Tachikawa raged more. He even
threw a fist at Matt, but Matt caught Mimi's father's fist and let him
stumble and fall to the ground. Mimi watched in horror.
"DADDY!
Tomeru! Dozo!" Mimi
kept on shouting, but Mr. Tachikawa kept making attempts to tear Matt apart, and
Matt refused to hurt him. Event though he wanted to, he couldn't hurt Mimi's
father.
In a matter of minutes, Mrs.
Tachikawa came out, worried and shocked. She pulled Matt away as Mr. Tachikawa
threw himself at Matt one last time. But he fell face first into the soil. Matt
now had a cut on his arm from Mr. Tachikawa's pen in his shirt pocket, many
bruises and a bloody nose and lip.
"Honey, what are you DOING?"
Mrs. Tachikawa burst.
"That rebel…he's not allowed
here…especially after what he did to MIMI!" Mimi's father hissed, pointing
at him as he spoke. Mimi tried to explain it, but he refused to listen. Instead,
he grabbed Mimi harshly by her arms, her back facing Mr. Tachikawa. He threw her
towards the door, and she tripped and tumbled over the steps that led to the
door. She cried hard, and Mr. Tachikawa kicked her and raged at her.
"DADDY! Daddy STOP!" Mimi
begged.
"IIE! How could you let him do
that to you? Are you completely stupid? Do you think that you can just walk away
expecting to not get pregnant? You made the biggest mistake, Mimi Tachikawa!
You'll never live in this house again!" Mr. Tachikawa screamed as he threw
his hardest kick into Mimi's side. She was so beaten that when Mr. Tachikawa
stopped, realizing what he had just done, she was unconscious.
"How DARE you! How COULD you?"
Mrs. Tachikawa cried, slapping Mr. Tachikawa across the face and running to
Mimi's side. But leaving Matt to stand free wasn't the best choice, because
Mimi's father attacked him again. Matt then knew that if he didn't protect
himself he could get hurt badly. So he returned the punch by throwing one into
Mr. Tachikawa's jaw. But Mr. Tachikawa had Matt so beaten that it didn't do
any good.
Luckily, Mr. Ishida was driving to
work, passing the Tachikawa home. He saw Matt being beat upon by the man, and he
flew out of the car and hit Mr. Tachikawa's back with his briefcase.
"What the hell are you doing?"
Mr. Ishida boomed. He had Mr. Tachikawa on his back, Mr. Ishida over him,
holding his arms down and yelling in his face.
"Your son has done something
awful to my daughter! I could KILL him!"
"Leave Matt out of your anger,
Mr. Tachikawa! I'm sure it can be handled!" Mr. Ishida yelled again. But Mr.
Tachikawa refused to give up. He kneed Mr. Ishida in between the legs and
punched him.
When Mr. Ishida had Mr. Tachikawa
worn an beaten from the battle, he stood in front of his grown son, eyes set
aflame and his deadly glare set on Matt. But Matt didn't look away. He stood,
knowing exactly what his was assuming because he saw Mimi lying
motionless on the ground. "What is the meaning of this, Yamato Ishida?"
"It can all be explained,
Dad," Matt replied confidently. "Let me start by saying that you cannot
assume something just because of what the whole situation LOOKS like, you have
to go deeper than that, Dad. Just like when I had a crush on a certain girl in 1st
grade, and this not-so-great-looking girl liked me, too. You said to me, 'You
cannot judge a book by it's cover, Matt. Therefore, you cannot judge this girl
by her looks. You have to go deeper than that.' This is exactly like that."
Mr. Ishida was stunned. But he
never let his glare falter or focus on anything else but Matt. "Explain,
then."
Matt told Mr. Ishida about Sora
and Tai's unfairness and Matt meeting Mimi in the park at midnight. He even
included how the whole thing started with the play, and how it ended with Mr.
Tachikawa beating and kicking his daughter, causing her to fall unconscious. Mr.
Tachikawa was silent as he listened.
"I understand, Matt," Mr.
Ishida murmured. He watched Mrs. Tachikawa sigh in relief, but still with tears
streaming down her face as Mimi lay still. Mr. Tachikawa looked as if he was
guilty. But he still held a fire inside of him.
"I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT!
What a pathetic excuse to cover up having sex with my daughter before she's
even married! You bastard of a rebel!" Mr. Tachikawa yelled.
"I have a dad, you know! Choose
your words more wisely!" Matt fumed back.
"You won't in a minute!" Mr.
Tachikawa and Mr. Ishida then returned to a raging battle. Suddenly, sirens
could be heard, and police were surrounding the building. Mr. Tachikawa was sent
to jail after a long explanation, and Mr. Ishida was sent to the hospital after
being thrown to a rock and breaking his arm. Matt was fine, and Mimi had a
doctor come to the house.
Three weeks later, Matt and Mimi
were sitting on a park bench, eating ice cream. It turned out that Izzy was the
one who called the police, because he was walking by at the time.
"Matt, I've never seen my
father act that way. He use to be so nice. Now look at him," Mimi was so
depressed that she lay her head on Matt's shoulder. Matt held her, taking
another bite of his ice cream then throwing the rest in a garbage can.
"I know. I never suspected it,
either. But remember, it was discovered that he had been drinking and he lost
control," Matt explained.
"But he's
never drunk a beer in his whole life!"
"Unfortunately
this was the first time."
Mimi started to
sob lightly, then stopped when she felt Matt's index finger slip under her
chin and her head lifted by it. Matt looked into her eyes, and whispered,
"Mimi, remember that you have at least someone who loves you. MANY people who
love you actually. Including me."
"Of course you
love me, you're my best friend, and-" Mimi was cut off when Matt placed his
lips upon hers. S
"Aishiteru
Mimi," Matt whispered in Mimi's ear.
"Aishiteru
Yamato," Mimi answered. She and him shared another round of passion on that park bench.
And inside Matt's mind, he remembered the words Mimi had used that night in
the park…Love's a risk worth taking.
*~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~*
Well? How was it?
I know the father was out of character, but in order to make this story fit the
title sometimes ya gotta change things...so don't sue me, got it? Well, if you
have any comments please review or email me at: ButterflyBaby12345@hotmail.com
Ja
ne!
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Translations:
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Gomen
= I'm sorry
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Domo
arigato gozaimasu = Thank you very much
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Do
itashimashite = You're welcome
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Hai
= Yes
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Mata
aimasho = See you later
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Baka
= Idiot/fool
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Tomeru
= Stop
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Dozo
= Please
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Iie
= No
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Aishiteru = "I love you"
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Ja
ne = Another term for "good bye"