Got another quote, hehe :P
"Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up."
-Anon
^_^ And this chapter isn't dedicated to Claire *gasps* :D It's dedicated to Ying-Fa ^_^ Azn Pride, aiight? *lafs* XD Lol :D Hope all u guys like it :)
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~~~Kamiya Residence, Saturday Night~~~
Tai lay in bed thinking, he had been doing that all day. He had a plan formulated.
"Tai?"
Kari's voice brought him back to the real world.
"Mmhmm?"
"I'm... I'm sorry about Sora and Matt, well, in your case, I hate seeing you so depressed, but, you have got to get over Sora!"
Tai just stared at her.
"C'mon Tai, Sora likes Matt, get over her!"
"Good idea, but the thing is, I already have"
This time Kari stared at him, wide-eyed.
Tai smiled, "Why so surprised?"
Kari sniggered, "Oh, I don't know"
"Yeah well... I'm over her, so don't worry bout me having any more fights with Matt. Hey, I got an idea, there's going to be a party at some warehouse kinda next Friday, why don't you ask Sora for me if she and Matt would like to come?"
"Huh?" Kari said, disbelieving.
"Party. Invite Matt and Sora"
"This is a trick, huh?"
"No"
"Oh come on... What kind of party?"
"What do you mean?"
"What kind of party? Odaiba?"
"Yeah, it's an Odaiba party, not Rydell..."
"I don't exactly think your friends will like Matt there..."
"They practically listen to whatever I say, I'll make sure they'll leave Matt alone. I just want him to come so we can rekindle our friendship, is all... But if you have a problem with that-"
"No, it's just- ... Ok, I'll ask Sora..."
"Cool"
"... Why this complete turnaround all of a sudden?"
Tai smirked, "Just changed my opinion bout Matt... Do you wanna know something interesting?"
"What?"
Tai lifted up his pillow and grabbed his dad's dairy, throwing it at Kari.
"Here, read it"
Kari looked at it curiously.
"What is it?"
"A book"
Kari rolled her eyes.
"I can see that"
"Dad's diary"
"Where'd you get it?" Kari demanded.
"His room, where else?"
"You've been snooping?!"
"I was bored"
"You haven't read it, have you!?"
"Course I did, and I think you should"
"No way, it's dad's! Diaries are PRIVATE!"
Tai shrugged, "Hey, if ya don't wanna read it, don't, I'm going ta watch TV, seeya"
Tai got up and walked out of the room. After he was gone, Kari had the intention to return it to her dad, but, she was a tad bit curious... So she tucked it away under her own pillow instead...
~*~
Tai looked around the empty living room then picked up the phone and dialled.
"Hey Jeshi, it's me Tai..."
~~~Sunday Morning~~~
"Hello?" Matt said as he picked up the phone.
"Hey!"
"Sora" Matt smiled.
"Yep, it's me. I've got some good news!"
"Oh really?" Matt said, amused.
"Yes! There's a party this Friday, I wasn't planning to go before, but Tai wants us to go"
"Tai?" Matt's mood immediately went sour.
"Look, Tai says he wants to really try and get our friendships back to order, well, that's what Kari says anyway"
"I don't know..."
Should I tell her Tai paid me a visit yesterday? And he wasn't exactly friendly either.
"Please? I really want to fix our relationships, I want you and Tai to be friends again. Pretty please? It would mean a lot to me"
"Where is it?"
"... Odaiba"
"Odaiba!? You seriously want me to go there!?"
"I can't help it if the party is in Odaiba... Nothing will happen, maybe people won't even recognise you?"
"Sora, please, as if"
"Well someone surely is egotistical" Sora said, chuckling.
"Well, I prefer to call it overly confident" Matt said, smiling.
"Aww, so cute"
"C'mon, anyways..."
"Please, please, please!?"
"Are you sure Tai isn't, well, psycho?"
"I believe in him... Please?"
"What about his friends? You know how many goons are gonna be there? If it's an Odaiba party, then I'm guessing all the jocks are gonna be there"
"What if they are?"
"Hello, one guy here, against tons of jocks"
"There'll be other people..."
"Like who?"
"... The rest of Odaiba High's students..."
"Oh, I feel so much better"
"C'mon Matt, nothing will happen, Tai just wants to make up. He'll keep the other guys off you..."
Matt sighed, "Do you really want me to go?"
"Yes"
"Fine, if you feel so deeply about it, I'll go, I suppose"
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"This is not for Tai, it's for you"
"You're so sweet, I'm glad you're mine..."
"Me too... Me too"
~~~The Party, Friday Night (Wow, what a skip ~_^)~~~
"When's Ishida gonna get here?" Jeshi demanded.
The soccer team were occupying several couches in a corner.
"Soon, and call him Matt" Tai said.
"Whatever" Jeshi said, shaking a bit.
"What's wrong?" Tai smirked.
"What?"
"You seem a bit nervous"
"I am not" Jeshi said with annoyance.
"Yeah, right. We're not gonna get caught or anything, I've got it all worked out, and besides, it's not like what we're doing is so wrong, well, not really where we're concerned, you weren't nervous last time"
"Didn't you hear me!?"
"Ok ok" Tai smirked, "Calm down Jeshi, I'm gonna go to the door, Sora and Matt should be here right about now"
Tai stood up.
"You guys ready?"
"Yeah" his teammates chorused.
"Good"
Tai headed for the front door. Once he reached it, he looked out the window. Tai smirked.
"Just in time..."
Matt and Sora were just walking across the front yard towards the front door. Tai opened the door just as Matt was about to open it.
"Hey, so glad you guys could come!" Tai said cheerily.
"Hey Tai" Sora said warmly.
"Hi" Matt said flatly.
Sora nudged him. Matt looked at Tai warily.
"Come in" Tai said, moving out of the way.
"As much as I want to hang with you Matt, the whole purpose for you coming here was to make up and get along with Tai, so I'll catch you later, k?" Sora said.
Matt frowned.
"Oh come on, don't be such a baby" Sora said.
"I'm not, it's just..."
Matt glanced at Tai who seemed to have a neutral look on his face. Tai was looking as if he was studying him, intently. That kinda freaks him out, and he did not feel very comfortable with Tai.
"Come on Matt" Sora whispered.
Matt looked at Tai one more time.
"Ok, fine" Matt sighed.
"That's a good boy" Sora joked.
Matt smiled then kissed her, noticing Tai turning away with a frown. They pulled apart and Sora said bye and headed into the throng of people.
Matt turned to Tai warily.
"So?"
Tai didn't respond but looked Matt up and down. That just made Matt feel even more uncomfortable.
"Ok, what the fuck are you doing!?" Matt demanded.
Tai looked up at him and forced himself to stay calm.
"Touché" Tai said.
Matt rolled his eyes.
"Come on" Tai said, walking off in the direction of his friends.
"Where are you going?" Matt called after him.
Tai looked back at him, "I said, come on"
Matt reluctantly followed him. Tai led him to the other soccer players.
"Guys" Tai started, "This is Matt, as you all know"
All eyes turned to Matt. He usually wouldn't feel nervous about that, he was used to getting peoples attentions but these guys used to be his friends, but they helped Tai beat him up so he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.
A round of 'hey's were heard.
"Take a seat" Jeshi said, smiling.
Tai sat down and motioned for Matt to sit next to him, so he did.
"Hey, about before, no hard feelings, right?" Tai said.
"Yeah" Jeshi chimed in as the rest of the guys nodded their heads.
"Uh, sure, no hard feelings" Matt mutered, not sure of what to say.
"Come on, lighten up, this is a party, have some fun" Jeshi said.
"Right on" Rairi Ehomoto added.
"Want something to drink?" Taji Akao asked, handing Matt a glass full of coke.
Well, at least Matt thought it was coke, until that is, he tasted it. It was tequila. He almost spurted it out from the surprise. He looked up from his glass, everyone was watching him. He looked at Tai.
"What? Can't handle a little alcohol?" Tai asked, smiling.
"No" Matt said, putting the glass on the table, "But why won't you guys have some, then?"
"Who says we aren't?" Tai said, and grabbed another filled glass and downing it, "See?"
The other guys also grabbed their own cups and drunk some. But the truth was, while Matt was drinking tequila, the rest of them were only drinking coke.
Soon, the guys talked normally among each other, to keep the mood as light as possible while Taji kept refilling Matt's glass of alcohol. Matt knew he was drinking way more than he should, but since the other guys were downing their drinks one after the other, he thought he should keep up so he just kept drinking.
~*~
Kari typed away at the computer in her room she shared with Tai. She was talking to T.K through MSN. But something nagged at her. Her father's diary. She had kept her curiosity to the limit ever since Saturday but she couldn't handle it anymore. She wrote to T.K telling him to hold on. Quickly, she grabbed the diary from underneath her pillow, and flipped through page after page. After a while, she just sat there, shocked. She then slowly made her way back to the computer.
T.K's Angel says :
I'm bck
Kari's Boi says :
Finally, I've bin w8ing like half of 4eva
T.K's Angel says :
Sorry............ I have sumthin 2 tell u
Kari's Boi says :
Wot?
T.K's Angel says :
Ur bro is...
T.K's Angel says :
...............................................................
Kari's Boi says :
?
Kari's Boi says :
Is wot? Tell me
T.K's Angel says :
..................................
T.K's Angel says :
My bro
Kari's Boi says :
... Wot?
T.K's Angel says :
Well, half bro...
Kari's Boi says :
Wtf r u sayin? Xcuse d lang.
T.K's Angel says :
UR BRO IS MY HALF BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kari's Boi says :
...............................................??
T.K's Angel says :
. Neva mind! I have a bad feelin, g2g
Kari's Boi says :
W8! Where're ya goin
T.K's Angel says :
D party, CYA!
Kari's Boi says :
W8!
Kari's Boi says :
Kari! Wot party! The one Matt and Tai are at!?
This message could not be delivered to T.K's Angel, he or she appears to be offline.
Kari! Wot...
~*~
"So then he says, 'Wanna fuck?'" Jeshi said, as the other guys laughed.
Tai laughed along, and looked at Matt who was slumped back against the couch. He looked sleepy, just like drunks should. Tai looked at Jeshi, who quirked his eyebrows as if to say, 'Don't you think it's time?'. Tai shrugged a bit, and looked back at Matt. He was actually having second thoughts about beating Matt up again. But then he reminded himself what was wrong with his life with Matt's existence in it, causing him to get angry. Tai clenched his teeth at Matt, who could barely open his eyes. He turned back to Jeshi, and nodded his head. Jeshi grinned the biggest grin Tai had ever seen, and did a signal to tell the other guys that they were ready. They didn't take any chance that Matt might still hear what they were saying, and he probably could, so they used a signal.
Tai looked at the other people dancing and just hanging, making sure they weren't paying attention towards him and the other guys. Slowly, Tai got up.
"Matt, we're leaving, uh, I want you to meet some other people" Tai said nervously.
Matt furrowed his eyebrows.
"Why?" Matt said tiredly.
"Because, there are some people that want to meet you" Tai said, grabbing Matt's shirt and pulling him up, gently though.
"Fine" Matt said, standing up straight but then leaning on Tai for support.
Tai dragged him as discreetly as he could towards a door that was obscured from full view just a bit from the couches. The other guys were meant to make sure nobody went into that room, either because they were suspicious or to make out.
Jeshi got up holding his glass and walked after Matt and Tai. Tai turned his head around and saw Jeshi, who smiled. Tai faced back around the other way, and reached out to open the door.
"Who the hell is s'pose to be in there?" Matt slurred slightly.
"You'll see" Tai just answered.
Tai opened the door and went inside still dragging Matt.
Maybe we gave him a little too much to drink... I wanted him drunk enough so he couldn't actually stand up to me with great force, but I didn't want him to be totally defenceless, that's just cheating... Hell, who cares, I cheated before, I can cheat now...
Jeshi entered also, and closed the door behind him. The room was dark but not too dark that you couldn't see anything.
Matt opened his eyes as wide as he could, but could only see dark shades.
"Is it me, or is this room dark?"
"It's you" Tai whispered.
Tai just stood there for a while, staring at Matt.
Am I- Am I stalling?
Meanwhile, Jeshi was getting impatient.
"Tai!"
At the sound of Jeshi's voice, Tai immediately pushed all second thoughts out of his brain. Since he was still supporting Matt with his left side, he quickly brought his right hand up, across his body, and punched Matt in the stomach. Of course, Matt doubled over, but he was still holding onto Tai to stand upright at least. Tai grabbed Matt's hand which was gripping his shoulder, and pulled Matt up so he was facing him. Then kicked him in the gut, making Matt fall back down, on his hands and knees, to the ground in his drunken stupor. Tai then kicked out, hitting Matt's face and making him sprawl backwards with a thud. Blood dripped out of the corner of Matt's mouth as he landed.
Matt's whole face was stinging and it felt as if his brain had moved around. He stayed still, hoping all the pain would just go away and that his head would clear, although fat chance of that happening, he was drunk after all.
Tai grabbed hold of one of Matt's legs, and lifted it up high, making Matt's back bend.
Jeshi smirked, "What are you Tai? A wrestler?"
Tai smiled, and lifted Matt's leg even higher, as if Matt was just a rag doll. Matt's neck was bent now, only the top of his back and the back of his head were touching the ground.
Tai then grabbed hold of Matt's other leg as well, and then pushed, flinging Matt forward. Matt's body turned in a flip, and slid across the floor for a short distance. His neck was sore, and his face was bleeding, more specifically, his forehead, nose, lips, and chin. They had been skinned from the ground, you could see the ragged skin hanging off here and there but he resisted the urge to scream out, but instead groaned.
Slowly and carefully, Matt lifted himself off the ground, and stood up as well as he could. Tai and Jeshi watched him. Jeshi with cruel amusement, and Tai just staring quietly.
Shit, he looks bad... Maybe- maybe I shouldn't of-
"Tai?" Matt spoke, tasting his own blood from his bruised bleeding lips as he did.
"Who the hell said you could speak!?" Jeshi said, laughing, "Tai, aren't you going to continue?"
Tai forced a smirk, "Of course"
Matt's eyes flashed, "Fine, you want a fight, I'll give you a fight"
Jeshi smirked, "You're hardly up for it, Ishida. Hurt already, and drunk. Didn't your mummy ever tell you not to drink? Or was she just a two cent slut?"
Matt growled, and advanced on Jeshi, swaying from the effect of alcohol. Jeshi simply raised an eyebrow with a look of amusement on his face.
When Matt reached Jeshi, he swung out at him, but the alcohol was sinking into his system more and more as the time passed. Jeshi easily dodged the punch, then spilt the coke in his glass at Matt's face. Matt stepped back and bent over. Stinging pain from the soda washed over his face, he wanted so badly to cover his face but he knew if he touched it, it would sting even more.
"Jeshi, leave him alone!" Tai shouted, getting a look of surprise from Jeshi.
Tai smiled to cover his slip, "He's mine"
Jeshi smiled and nodded.
Ok, now what the hell was that!? Did I- did I actually care about Matt? But- but I can't, he's just- he's just- ... And I was beating him before and I didn't mind... Much...
Tai frowned.
Matt's just messing with my mind, it's just him and my stupid guilty conscience.
To prove to himself that was all, Tai immediately began stalking up to Matt who was still bent over, hands on his thighs, and squeezing his eyes shut. Tai grabbed Matt with both hands by his shirt collar, and flung him backwards away from Jeshi and to where Tai was originally.
Again, Matt skidded across the floor, this time on his back. Now his back in the shoulder blade area, the back of his head, and his elbows were stinging. His elbows were bleeding, and his shoulder blades were scraped through his white shirt.
Matt slowly brought his arm up to the back of his head. It felt warm and icky, like blood. Matt groaned again, then forced his eyes open, seeing Tai right above him. He noticed Tai wasn't smiling or anything, but seemed to be thinking.
Tai stared at Matt.
He's hurting... C'mon Kamiya! Get a grip, you DO NOT care about Matt!
Tai shook his head, and grabbed Matt up. With his left hand, he held onto the front of Matt's shirt, securing his grip on him. Then with his right hand, back handed Matt across the face.
Matt's a nobody to you! You don't give a shit about him! He's not someone you should care about!
Tai repeated his action.
He's not Sora.
Tai then brought his knee up into Matt's stomach.
He's not mum or dad.
Then Tai punched Matt as hard as he could, making Matt's face bleed even more.
He's not my sister Kari-
Tai stood still, with Matt still in his hold.
He's- he's... He's just...
Tai seemed to be lost in his thoughts, he hadn't striked Matt for a moment, and Matt took that as an opportunity to at least try to hit him back. Matt's right fist came up in a fast blur, and hit directly on Tai's cheek, making Tai stumble back and loosing his grip on Matt.
Bang!
Tai heard a shot ring through the air, loud and clear. He stood still, shocked, then heard the sound of something clattering to the ground. He slowly turned around and saw Jeshi shaking, a gun in front of him on the ground. He stared at the gun, then looked up at Jeshi. Then slowly, shaking a bit himself, turned back the other way towards Matt. He looked down and saw Matt, his eyes squeezed shut, and breathing heavily. His hands were overlapping each other on a spot near his side, just below his rib cage, Tai'd say, on his left side. Tai didn't even have to guess what happened, with Jeshi, the gun, and now Matt down on the ground, his hands covering a spot where a red scarlet colour was quickly spreading and seeping through his shirt.
... My brother...
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Hehe, how'd you guys liked that? :) Don't you just like Yama getting hurt? Lol, well I do :P This ISN'T the last chapter like I said, sorry ^_^' I fink next chapter will be... :D Oh, and the whole MSN thing, I know it doesn't exactly go like that but, wot the hell :D Plz review! :D Oh yeah, can someone plz tell me wot MST stands for and wot it means? -_-' Bai bai mah homebois and homegrls, aiight? Lol XD XD XD XD XD K, I'm done :D