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The Magic Shop






"Wow....He looks a bit....Upset"




Sora and Aiko were crowded around the crystal ball, each staring wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the scene that was replaying itself for the fifth time before their eyes. The crystal ball was glowing a brilliant shade of orange around the edges because of over-use, and Sora herself was begining to sweat from the exertion of keeping the spell up for this long.




"What do you think happened to make him this...cranky?" Aiko eyed Sora carefully next to her, before looking back at the now blazing orange ball. "I really wouldn't call this kind of behaviour cranky Sor. It looks more like an insanely mad temper tantrum to me." Aiko said this just as the crystal ball showed Ohayo lift his mahogany desk with his own strength and magic and sent it flying across the room and out the window of his 18-storey appartment.




"Maybe we should stop the replays...I'm getting a bit drained." Aiko looked Sora over and nodded. She then watched as Sora let her hands, which had been previously placed just above the magic ball fall to her sides. The image of Ohayo and his ransacked appartment faded immediately after and the orange tinge began to disappear.




"What could have made him so mad?" Sora asked again, eyes still locked to the crystal ball. "I don't know...But I have to say I have never seen him so angry before. The Sisters are going to have to stop him before he makes too much of a scene and attracts any unwanted attention." Sora smiled at the thought, it was about time someone had a word with him.




"Thats all nice and everything, but I still want to know what happe-" Sora was cut of when a voice came from the doorway of their shop. It was filled with pain and regret but it held strength. "I let him go" said the voice.




"Mom? What are you talking about?" Aiko quietly and discreetely backed away into the other room. She didn't want to interrupt what was sure to be a heart-to-heart, mother-daughter talk.




"I let him go Sora. I realized that he only wanted me for my part of this shop, and that it was all he loved. He only wanted my possesions. Oh Sora...I'm so blind! Will you ever forgive me?" Sora looked at her mother curiously. This had come straight out of the blue, she didn't know how to handle it. She watched her mother's dark eyes fill with tears, watched as she swept her chestnut hair out of face and as her graceful form slumped a bit lower than usual.




"Oh Mom...Don't be sorry. When..How did you find out about his love for possesions? It wasn't from me- was it?" Her mother shook her head slowly, she seemed a bit unsure of herself. She then moved over to a nearby chair and sat down, unawares of the amount of dust that would be found on her pants afterwards. Sora walked over to her mother and kneeled on the ground nearby, staring up at her reassuringly.




"Don't feel bad mom. He's the one that should be hitting himself for being so stupid as to let you get away." Sora considered telling her about the scene she had just witnessed in the crystal ball only moments before, but decided against it after remembering that her mother had once forbidden her from spying on people.




"Do you need anything?" The words broke Sora's lips in a whisper, piercing the silence that had taken up residence in the room. "No, but thank you. I just wanted to tell you the news. Its kind of funny actually, I am upset, but not as much as I thought I would be. Maybe its because I know this is all for the best." She sighed and straightened herself on the chair. "Life goes on" She said quietly, fixing her gaze on a pile of boxes on the other side of the room.




"That it does mom, that it does." replied Sora, unable to contain the happiness in her voice. Her mother shot her a looked that ressembled annoyed, but looked more pleased than anything. "You haven't been down here in months mom, does the place look any different?" Her mother moved her head so she could take in the entire room, piles and everything.




"I think I'm going to be busy for the next few days" she replied, frowning at a spider that was scuttling across the floor before them. "Busy doing what?" asked Sora, still feeling the wave of happiness that had broken over her the moment her mom had said that she and Ohayo were no longer an 'item'.




"I hadn't realized this place was so disorganized...I'll have to fix that. Maybe I'll start studying magic again too. I don't know how you ever got so ahead of me, you made the oath at the same time I did. But I guess lately my time's been spent mostly on...other things. I still can't believe you're a Crimson eye...And me still only Hazel...Oh well, its as good a time as any to start catching up!" Her mother then looked around the room once more, sweeping her eyes over everything. "Where to start, where to start..." she mumbled before getting up and making her way over to the nearest pile of boxes. She tripped twice over various things before reaching her destination.




Sora laughed quietly watching her mother in action. She could find a flee on a dog if she set her mind to it. But now with Ohayo forgotten, she had a lot more free time to work. Sora then began quietly to back out of the room, intent on not getting called upon to help with the cleaning. She could, of course, easily clean this place magically- but her mother didn't go for the easy way out, and that had passed itself onto her daughter as well.




Sora suddenly felt a hand wrap around her wrist before she felt the tug that pulled her past the curtain and into the back room. Her eyes travelled up the arm and to the face of its owner. "Tai?! What are you doing back here?" Sora sputtered out the question as quickly as humanly possible and began to wait for his reply, silently noting how nervous he seemed to be from his sweaty palms to the scared look on his face.




"Sorry if I'm bothering you...But this is important. I think Matt is going to kill you." Her first impulse was to laugh, not because he wouldn't dare to kill her- because she thought he would given the right motivation- but because she could destroy him before he even reached the door to the shop.




"Tai..." spoke Sora calmly "Why do you think Matt might want to kill me?" Tai looked straight into her eyes and spoke softly, as if he didn't want anyone to hear even if there was no one else in the room. With the exception of Aiko, who was in the far corner of the room pretending not to be noticed. But she already knew what Tai was going to say anyway, Sora could tell.




"Remember I said that Matt was a bit peeved when he thought you put the spell on him....Well, I may have been a bit wrong when I said that. It seems he may be a bit more than just annoyed...Like maybe, vengeful, angry, and prepared to commit mass murder. I don't think he likes to be double-crossed very much, but its just an assumption." Sora could almost feel Aiko roll her eyes on the other side of the room and she laughed despite herself. "Its not funny Sora, I'm trying to be serious here!"




"I'm sorry Tai...I guess I just don't see you as a serious kind of person." answered Sora solenmly, biting her lip to hold back the laughter that was once again surfacing in her throat. "Well you better start!" snapped Tai angrily "Because Matt's on his way here right now and I don't think its going to be a social call." Sora didn't seem that surprised or upset by the news that Matt, someone she felt she was falling in love with, was coming over to do her in. This was because of his motivation. If he didn't feel strongly for her, then he wouldn't bother with her.




"When do you suppose he'll get here?" asked Sora, not really paying attention. Her thoughts were whipped quickly back to reality, however, when the curtain behind her moved to the side to emit into the room the person they had just been talking about. Matt gave a sudden cry of outburst: "Sora, we need to talk!" Before the innevitable, "Tai?! What the hell are you doing here?"




"One thing at a time please." said Sora reasonably, regaining herself from the sudden appearance of the all-famous Matt "So what would you like to do first: Talk with me or find out why Tai's here?" Matt's face became red with anger. "I would like to know why Tai is here?" he said through gritted teeth. He reminded the others of a tiger in a cage, ready to inflict serious pain on the person who put him there.




"Tai, would you like to take this one?" Sora stepped to the side so Tai and Matt could have a good look at each other, winking to Aiko as she did so.




"W-Well Matt...I've known Sora, here, for a long time" he sputtered, looking at the floor. At this moment, he seemed much smaller than Matt.




"That does not answer my question Taichi" said Matt angrily, glaring at both Sora and Tai. Neither Tai nor Matt had realized that Aiko was in the room with them as well, but that was all for the best at the moment.




"Fine. But I don't see why I have to explain myself to you. I met Sora when we were just beginning highschool. I guess you could say she kind of...helped me out." Tai looked up to meet Matt's glare with an equally cold one. He had been working on it while his hung towards the ground and it finally seemed ready to test.




"Thats really nice and all Tai, but I don't believe you. Why would you be so cruel to her if you guys were friends?" Tai's glare seemed to be working, because Matt's voice sounded a bit less edgy than it had before.




"I don't see you being any more nicer to her since she started making that spell for you. You still pretend she isn't part of our world and completely ignore her at school. Don't feel bad though, I understand it completely. But maybe you better explain why you ignore her to...Well, her." Tai indicated towards Sora, who frowned at him and stuck out her tongue. "Way to change the subject Taichi" she whispered to him, too softly for Matt to hear.




"I don't have to explain anything to you!" hissed Matt, rounding on Sora while his anger built up once more "You tricked me, I thought I could trust you! But there you go and stab me in the back....I thought I could count on your cooperation!"




"To what? Cooperate with you for what? To get a girl to want you for one night, only to toss her aside the next? Well, I know what you think, and I did not put a spell on you. I have no reason to. I can see why Mimi dislikes you so much now." Matt was taken aback. It was one thing to hear Sora say she disliked him, but to add Mimi into the bargain just showed how much she really thought of him. It hurt more than he would have liked.




"Listen Matt...I don't approve of what you're doing, but because you are a paying customer I'm willing to finish the spell. Although I'll tell you right now about the one catch that I should have explained to you before we started: If Mimi is already in love, then this spell will not work. Do you understand that?"




"There is no such thing as true love" answered Matt gruffly, and as if to make Sora pay for what she said, he nodded his head. "Lets finish this spell. Tai, go home"




Sora turned her attention on Tai, who seemed to want to stay and either watch what happened or protect his friend from Matt's wrath. "You can go Tai, I'll be fine." As she said this, Sora's eyes blazed brightly with fire and Tai, reluctantly, had to admit that he could do nothing for her that she couldn't do alone. As Tai turned on his heel and began walking to the door, Sora remembered to call over her shoulder: "You can leave now too, Aiko". Aiko then stepped out of the shadows and opened the back door. Tai stared after her dark figure dumbly, but kept on moving until both he and she were out the door and out of sight. The back door then clicked shut.




Sora and Matt had been glaring at each other the entire time, unblinking. They were in a competition and it was obvious who the winner would be when a piece of dust landed on Matt's dark lashes. Neither had realized what the were doing until he blinked and had brought both their minds back down to earth.




"Let's get this over with then." said Sora softly, not completely convinced that she wouldn't say anything to make Matt think that she had feelings for him. A voice in the back of her mind kept whispering 'He's gonna know...He's gonna know...' but Sora ignored it. Her heartbeat had increased since she and Matt had been left alone and she had become a bit more self-concious concerning her actions, but she didn't seem to mind.




Matt watched as Sora turned to her left and headed over towards the table he had begun to call 'theirs'. She spoke the word that disengaged the protection spell. He still couldn't decipher what it might be. Sora then reached for the mini-cauldron that had been moved to the middle of the dusty table and snatched the cup that had seemed to appear out of nowhere and was dangling in mid-air. It was more of a goblet than a cup, and it was kind of hard to describe. It seemed to be made of space itself, with little stars flickering in the blackness of it. If there had been no tiny flecks of flickering light, Matt would have thought that it had been made of nothing. It was without a doubt magical.




Sora then reached for the spoon-looking thing sticking out of the cauldron and lifted it out carefully, keeping the dark liquid carefully in the dipper. She poured it into the goblet slowly and once it was full, she put the spoon back into the cauldron. She then lifted the goblet up so that it was held out in front of both her and Matt, who was facing her. "Now do you want the first sip, or should I try it before you?" Matt just looked at her, confused. "Why do you need to have some? Shouldn't it be Mimi? Maybe you should explain what we're gonna have to do now...."




Sora looked reluctant at first, but only because she thought Matt would refuse to follow through if she did. This was the part of the spell she had been looking forward to, the part where she would find out for sure if she meant as much to Matt as he did to her. "After drinking this, we're going to have to kiss. Remember, you can back out any time"




Matt's mouth dropped to the ground as she said this and he made no move to hide his surprise, or his consent for that matter, when he answered "Of course I'm not going to back out! ...What does kissing you have to do with any of this anyway?" He looked down as he said this, it was as if he were embarrassed about asking such a strange question that Sora would no doubt know the answer to. He had lost his angry edge ages ago and was now just enjoying being in the other girl's presence.




"To make the spell work, we have just one more ingredient to add: a spark of passion. I have discovered over time that the best way to get this is to kiss. It works every time." replied Sora happily. She seemed pleased with herself at her discovery.




"The only reason it works is because men can't resist you..." muttered Matt quietly. But unfortunately for him, Sora overhead this and laughed. "What kind of men can't resist me? I'd love to know, because I obviously haven't met them yet." Matt just shrugged as a light blush stained his cheeks. As soon as he felt the heat on his face he cast his head downwards and pretended that something on the floor had caught his attention.




Sora watched him with interest for a few moments before shaking her head to clear her thoughts and coming back to the task at hand. "So are you gonna try this first, or will I have the pleasure?" Matt looked up then, the blush had disappeared and now he was on full alert. "There isn't anything poisonous in that..." he looked into the cauldron and shuddered "...stuff, is there?" Sora just shook her head, laughing lightly. "Do I have a reason to poison you?" she asked.




Matt cocked an eyebrow and looked at her seriously. "Do you?" he whispered. Sora once more shook her head in reply and Matt relaxed a little, letting his shoulders sag.




"Oh, before we take a sip of this lovely substance, I guess I should explain this a bit more. Nothing will happen after you drink this, except maybe a bad aftertaste and it may coat your throat. Anyway, we'll only have 30 seconds to kiss before the spell wears off. While we're doing that, kissing I mean, we'll both need to keep one hand each- your right, my left - on the goblet. Remember, if either of us lifts our hand off of this goblet, the spell will not work. Do you understand?" Matt nodded quickly. "If its okay with you then, I'll take the first sip"




Sora brought the cup to her lips as Matt watched, completely entranced with every move she made. After taking a sip from the goblet, it took all of her strength not to gag as the thick liquid swam slowly downwards, coating her throat as it went. She quickly passed the cup to Matt and he took a quick swig. He, unfortunatly, gagged on the liquid and they had to wait until he regained himself before finishing the spell for once and all.




"Ready?" gasped Sora, still a bit unsteady after drinking the potion. Matt couldn't answer, so he nodded. They both moved a step closer to one another. The world seemed to stop as their eyes locked. Both of their hands quickly reached out towards the goblet that had been put back down on the table and then they moved one final step to stand only centimeters apart...then......




Matt leaned into the final distance to meet Sora's lips. He had only meant it to be a tiny peck, but after the first taste of her he couldn't help himself. Both of their eyes closed and their free hands wrapped around one another. Matt began to feel a bit light-headed...something that had never happened to him with any other girl before. He liked it. But he suddenly felt Sora begin to pull away. His mind told him to let go too...but right now it wasn't his mind that was in control. He bit Sora's lip, not hard, but enough to show he didn't want her to stop. But still she pulled away and Matt couldn't stop her with only one of his hands....




He lifted his right hand off of the goblet with the knowledge of what effect that would have. In answer, Sora moved back into his embrace. They finished the kiss with both feeling very light-headed, and not due to the fact that they needed air desperately. Both opened their eyes a few minutes later, Sora confused and Matt finally feeling that he had the answers he needed.




"You lifted your hand...The spell isn't going to work." Sora frowned as she said this and tried to sound exasperrated, but it only came out as a breathy whisper. "I know...but...Now I know that doing that would be cruel...no, more than cruel. It would be evil to do that to Mimi and besides, she's already in love."




"But I thought that you didn't believe in...." Sora stopped as Matt put a finger to her lips. "You've changed my mind" Sora smiled at this, she couldn't help herself. Happiness was breaking over her like a wave and she could do nothing but smile.




At the same time she felt something new stir within her, a strange and foreign power that she had never felt before. Realization hit as she began to feel her crest glow. She looked at Matt and he seemed to know exactly what was happening. Sora Takenouchi was now the most powerful witch the world had seen in a long time.




"Hey, Sora!" Aiko called suddenly from the curtained doorway "If you guys are done, could you come and help Tai and me. Your mom recruited us for cleaning duty and I really don't think its fair that we have to do this by ourselves. Especially since it is your mother!"




"Coming!" called Matt, nodding to Aiko. "Ready to go use brooms for what they were made for?" Sora nodded, her smile still in place. They left the room hand-in-hand.




~~~~~THE END~~~~



A/N: How was it? I'm hoping good....Anyway, since this story is done I'm looking for new ideas so if you have any I'd love to hear them! (Full credit will be given) Remember to look out for my next story and this is minda, signing out! :)