** A Taiora for everyone!! I think I'm warming up to Taiora a lot more now! I used to be all Sorato, but now I think I like Taiora and Mimato better. Oh well. Here's another fic by me, centered around World War 2. Tai and Matt are both in the United States Army. Mimi is a nurse who is stationed at a base on the coast of California. Sora is a citizen of California, and lives with her family on the base. When war breaks out between Japan and America, these four people's lives will change forever. Please read and review, five will ensure a future chapter. **


War Torn

Chapter One: Matt's Hot Dish


Tai Kamiya dropped to the ground and fired his weapon, aiming for his target as he was fired upon. Dirt clung in the creases of his brow as he wiped the beads of sweat from his face. His large brown eyes focused on his target as he released round after round from his machine. Suddenly the firing stopped, and Tai was congratulated by his commander.


"Nicely done, Kamiya. You've got a natural eye for combat." The commander stated as he patted the eighteen year old on the back. Tai smiled in reply and walked off the firing range, his gun in hand. He checked the weapon in at the firing station's office, then walked toward a large white building. Tai was about to step inside the building when he was cut off by a tall blonde with dazzling blue eyes.


"Hey Tai, what's happening?" the yellow haired boy asked.


"Nothing much Matt. Just going into my barrack to grab my shower kit so I can wash the filth off of me." Tai replied. Matt grinned an ornery smile and punched at Tai, who dodged him effortlessly.


"Well, I got us some dates for the night!!" Matt said triumphantly. Tai rolled his eyes and went into the barrack, Matt hot on his heels.


"What if I told you I was busy tonight?" Tai asked the teen. Matt looked at Tai and rolled his eyes.


"You're never busy unless I find someone to make you busy. So you'll go, right?" Matt replied. Tai picked through his footlocker, tossing his shower kit and a towel onto his neatly made bed.


"What does she look like?" Tai asked. Matt grinned and sat down on Tai's bed.


"Well, the one I'm taking out is a cute little blonde, and you're taking her friend. They're both nurses, Tai! How cool is that?" Matt asked. Tai smiled slightly.


"What does she look like? What's her name?" Tai asked again. Matt sighed loudly, his crystal blue eyes lit up with excitement.


"Her name's Mimi, and she's about five foot five, brown hair, brown eyes, and a figure to kill for! I mean, she's no Candie, but hey, she's a pretty hot dish!" Matt said, his eyes twinkling.


"I take it Candie is the name of your date?" Tai asked. Matt nodded and closed his eyes.


"Oh yes. . .Candie is a gorgeous young woman! She's about five seven, long legs, green eyes and an absolutely dazzling smile! And man, is she hot! I would have given her to you, but I thought to myself 'Matt' I thought 'This is your shot at the most lovely creature known to man! Go get her!'. And I did." Matt cried, smoothing his medium length hair down with his hands. Tai smiled at his long time friend, then got up, heading for the showers.


"So you never even met this Mimi girl, did you?" Tai asked skeptically.


"Well, it's like this: Candie and I met last night at a club, and we hit it off. I asked her out for tonight, and she said she'd only go if I found a date for her friend too." Matt explained.


"So basically, you're sending me out on a blind date with someone you could fall head over heels for just as quickly as you did Candie?" Tai asked beginning to jog a little faster. Matt began to jog also, but found himself slipping farther and farther away from his best friend.


"So Tai, you gonna come?" Matt asked loudly, chasing after Tai. Tai turned back to say yes, but knocked into someone, falling to the ground and taking the other person with him. Tai looked up into a pair of rust colored eyes belonging to a young woman around his age.


"I'm . . .I'm terribly sorry Miss. . . ." Tai stammered, his eyes glued to her face. The girl stared down at Tai, then quickly jumped off of him, getting to her feet.


"It's okay, I wasn't paying attention. . ." she said, turning suddenly and walking away. Tai got up and watched her leave. He couldn't get her sparkling brownish colored eyes out of his mind, nor could he rid the image of her auburn hair. Matt stood next to Tai and shook his head.


"Clumsy Tai! And you didn't catch her name! Damn, she was hot too! But a civilian? Don't think so. Not for me. Or you. Now hurry up and shower, we have to be at the nurses quarters in an hour!" Matt stated, pushing a still dazed Tai toward the showers.


** So here's what's going on right now: Tai and Matt are 18 years old. Tai is in the Army, and we don't know what Matt does quite yet. Matt has set Tai up with Mimi, and himself up with someone else. Tai has run into Sora (*literally*), but doesn't know her yet. Now, one may ask "When's there going to be Taiora/Mimato?". Well my friends, the answer to that will come after I receive five reviews for this fic! And NO, this is not going to be a rip off of Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is going to be mentioned, but keep in mind no one's at Pearl Harbor, they're all in California. Everything in this fic will have to do with the war in Europe, not Japan. At least not yet. I don't know, I might end up sending one of the boys to Japan, but I'm not sure yet. Anyway, review this for me, and another chapter will be on its way!! **