The Greatest Of These is Love
Chapter 3
By:LaurasPoetryCorner
Disclaimer: Digimon isn't mine and so I don't own it. None of the characters belong to me, except Neerin here (:p)
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"Sora can I talk to you for a minute?" Tai asked as he pulled her to a desolate corner of the school. The school bell had rang the last time today, meaning school was out.
"What is it Tai? You seem troubled about something." Sora said studying his face.
"It's that Neerin guy. I don't have a good feeling about him. He's trouble. I think you guys shouldn't get too close." Tai said. He noticed that he was still holding Sora's arm.
Sora yanked her arm away. "Tai.....what's the matter with you? Neerin is a perfectly fine person. I'm surprised you're telling me this. And that close stuff......I've just met him, I'm not crazy. Taichi, I can take of myself."
Sora said Taichi......Tai was really in deep water now.
"Sora, I'm just concerned, that's all. Why are you so mad at me all of the sudden?"
" Why are you judging someone Tai? What's he done to you?" Sora asked enraged.
"Look. Today in home ec, he knew my last name..."
Sora cut him off. "Half of the school knows your last name Taichi."
"No. Sora.....he knew my last name. "
"That's strange. No one knows your real last name but Matt, Joe, Kari,your parents, of course,and Me ." Sora thought a bit." It still doesn't mean that you should judge Tai."
"Sora listen to me!" Tai put his hand on her shoulder.
"I am, and this conversation is through." Sora pulled his hand off and ran to the outside of the school.
"Sora!" Tai yelled. She had already walked out the door. Tai banged the wall with his fist and started walking out the door of the high school.
"Um...Sora, I wounded if you could show me around Odaiba a little bit. I mean, I moved here yesterday and I'm at a lost where things are and what shops there are and other things like that." Neerin said to Sora.
"Sure. I'd love to." Sora replied. " First I have to do an errand for Mr. Fujoki. Then I'll come and take you around. Does that sound okay?"
"Sure."
Sora walked over to the small office of their High school.
"I knew she wouldn't let me down. All I have to do is make her trust me and pretend that I'm friend. Then I can do what I was sent to do."
Neerin got out his laptop again and entered the same floppy he had used before school. He typed "Taichi Yagami" A blue light blinked.
"So, Tai, you are also one of the chosen. But don't worry, I don't need you, just your precious little crush. She is as strong as all of you combined. " Neerin said to himself. A smile crept upon his face as he typed Yamato Ishida and saw another blue light.
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"Ready?" Neerin asked as Sora walked by him.
Sora nodded. " I'm sorry it took so long. Mr.Fujoki just kept giving me one task after another. I called my mom and told her that I was showing you around while I was at the office."
" Oh, that's okay. Let's go."
"Wait, let's start this way." Sora took his hand and led him in the other direction.
Neerin felt a rush of warmth go through his body. Wait, that wasn't right, this was just an act put on to cover up his plan. He had no feelings. He had no friends. Neerin shook the thoughts out of his mind.
"This is the bakery. Some of the stuff here is expensive, but most of the little snacks are at a good price. Would you like to go in and see the inside?" Sora led him in. Neerin noticed that she was still holding his hand. Neerin let go.
"Would you like something to snack on?" Sora asked, opening her backpack for a few Zen.
"Sure."
" There's lots of stuff, just pick something, it's on me." Sora told him.
Neerin browsed the delicacies and decided on a sweet rice ball.
"What about that one." Neerin told her.
"That one's really good." Sora went to the registers "Two sweet rice balls please. Number seven in the right window. "
"I should pay..." Neerin told her taking out his wallet.
"No, I'm going to. It will be a little treat for me making a new friend and for you coming to Odaiba."
Sora paid the lady and thanked her. She handed Neerin his snack as they journeyed around part of Odaiba. They stopped at every place nearby and slightly window shopped at the others. Both of their feet hurt, but they ventured on.
Neerin glanced at his watch. It was five thirty. "Sora, I think that I should be heading home now."
Sora looked at his watch. You're right. I had no idea it was that late already. We had a lot of fun didn't we?"
Neerin couldn't help but smile.
"Would you like me to walk you home, Sora?"
Sora smiled. "Okay."
Before the both of them knew it, they were at Sora's house. "Would you like to come in for a while? I bet my mom would like to meet you...and my dad, if he's home yet"
"No, I've really got to be heading back." Neerin replied. "Thank you. I enjoyed it."
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Neerin opened the door to his apartment. "I'm home mom."
Neerin's mom rushed up to Neerin. "Hurry, hide this some where. You know what your father will do with it if he sees it" Neerin's mom gave him some money and he quickly hid it.
Mrs. Kanimasa went back to the stove and checked her soup. She prepared the dishes and put them on the table. Her hands shook badly as she put the last plate down. They were bruised badly.
Neerin rushed out and went to his mom. "Is there anything else?"
"No son, go do your homework. We still have an hour before your father returns.
Neerin took out his math sheet and attacked the math problems quickly. He was done in no time at all.
Mrs. Kanimasa sat down next to her son and watched him zip through the questions. "I'm so proud of you, Neerin. If only I could do more for my son. You don't deserve to be in this kind of mess. Your father was so..so..nice. Then as the years came by and the bad business. He took to whiskey. I begged him to stop for our little boy, but the alcohol had already screwed up his mind."
"Mom, it's okay."
"I want you to study hard, Neerin. I want you to get a good job and when you are old enough to move out, I want you to get out of this mess. I'll miss you, but I don't want you to come back. Ever. Do you hear me? Don't mess up your life like your father did."
"Okay."
"So, how was your day at school. I'm sorry we had to move, but your father had problems and we had to move out. "
"It was okay. School is boring. I.....I met someone today. I don't get it. She talks to me for a little bit and then she already considers me her.....her..friend."
His mom smiled. "She must be very friendly. You are friends to everyone you meet. What's her name?"
"Sora."
"That's pretty. She's named after the sky."
"She's about the only one I got to talk to. The teachers there are a little better than at my old school. Sora showed me around Odaiba a little bit. That's why I'm home late."
"Where did you go to around Odaiba?"
"Lots of places. She just showed me around. There were stores and shops and booths and a park. I walked her to her house and then came home."
"I'd like to meet her. She seems like a nice girl. Maybe you'll invite her over someday when your father isn't here, like on the weekends. Every Saturday and Sunday he has to go for meetings.
Just then a man burst through the door. He walked crookedly and held a glass bottle. He kicked off his shoes and sat at the table. "Where's my food, woman? "
Mrs. Kanimasa rushed to the stove and put some soup in a bowl and filled another bowl with rice.
" This is what you call soup? This tastes like water. What do you do all day. I go and earn the money and you just sit on your *** all day."
"Maybe if you didn't drink so much you could taste things." Neerin's mom said madly.
Mr. Kanimasa slapped his wife's face. "Shut up. I drink to feel better. Just looking at you and that worm over there want to make me die."
"He's not a worm, he's your son. How can you say that to him?"
"I can call him whatever the H**L I want! " Mr. Kanimasa stood up and pushed his wife to the wall. She squinted her eyes and clenched her fist in pain.
Neerin ran up to her. "Stop it! You cant do that! "
"Oh yeah?" Mr. Kanimasa threw his son to the ground. "She is just a thing to make me dinner and to keep the house in order. But you, you don't do anything here. You just sleep and eat here, and do you pay me or help me in anyway? Hunh? You're more useless than your mother. Who knows you? The world could care less that you were even born. Go to your room!"
Neerin grabbed his stuff and ran to his room. His father's words rang 'the world could care less that you were born.'
Neerin hardened his heart and turned on his laptop. He placed a small device next to it and a small screen appeared. A figure moved in there, he was hidden in a shadow so that none could see his face.
"The world has not been too good for you I presume. Have you found any chosen children?" A male voice said from the screen.
"Yes. Three of them. One of them just happened to be Sora Takenouchi, master."
"Ah, good. "
"Shall I capture her tomorrow, master?"
"No, I want you to wait until things will not be that suspicious. You have acted nice in front of her haven't you? She does not detect anything"
"No Master."
"Remember, If you follow my plan, I'll take your father out of your life and you and your mother can continue living in peace. This is what you want?"
"Yes."
"That is all. Report tomorrow." The figure and the window dissevered. Neerin detached the little device off his laptop.
Neerin crept out of his room and went to look at his parents. His mother was crouched in a corner, crying. His good for nothing father was sleeping from his drunkenness. The same old routine that happened every Monday ,Wednesday, and Friday.
Neerin went over to his mother and tried to comfort her. "Mom. It'll be okay. "
"No it wont." She said between her sobs. "Look at how we're living: in constant fear."
"Why don't you call the police?"
"The last time I tried, your father caught me and hit me badly. He said if I ever tried again, he'll kill you. He knows that you mean everything to me. That's why he treats you that way."
"Stop saying 'your father', Mom. From now on, he's no relation to me."
"Neerin, he's your father whether you like it or not. You can't control that part." His mother told him.
"My father? My Father? What kind of father treats his wife like that? What kind of father tells his son that he wishes that his son was never born? I'm ashamed to admit that my last name is Kanimasa! From now on, I'm Neerin Yourunoki."
"Son......."
Neerin went back to his room and slammed the door shut.
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Kari plopped on Tai's bed. "Whatcha' doing Tai?"
"Nothing."
"That sounds like a lot of fun." Kari said in a manner that showed her disappointment."Why are you doing nothing?"
"Because there is nothing to do." Tai answered back.
"Well, finish doing nothing so you can start doing something." Kari told him as she got off the bed."I'm gonna go call Sora."
"No! Dont!" Tai warned.
"Why not?" Kari crossed her arms and waited for an answer.
"I think she's mad at me."
Kari smiled slightly. "I knew there was a reason why you were doing nothing."
"So now you know what it is, so leave me alone!"
"There isn't a chance you would want to talk on the phone with her and apologize, would there?" Kari teased.
Tai got up and patted his sister on the head like a puppy. "You know me way to well."
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A/N: Just wait for the next part ;)
Chapter 3
By:LaurasPoetryCorner
Disclaimer: Digimon isn't mine and so I don't own it. None of the characters belong to me, except Neerin here (:p)
Ooooo(O)o(O)ooooooO
"Sora can I talk to you for a minute?" Tai asked as he pulled her to a desolate corner of the school. The school bell had rang the last time today, meaning school was out.
"What is it Tai? You seem troubled about something." Sora said studying his face.
"It's that Neerin guy. I don't have a good feeling about him. He's trouble. I think you guys shouldn't get too close." Tai said. He noticed that he was still holding Sora's arm.
Sora yanked her arm away. "Tai.....what's the matter with you? Neerin is a perfectly fine person. I'm surprised you're telling me this. And that close stuff......I've just met him, I'm not crazy. Taichi, I can take of myself."
Sora said Taichi......Tai was really in deep water now.
"Sora, I'm just concerned, that's all. Why are you so mad at me all of the sudden?"
" Why are you judging someone Tai? What's he done to you?" Sora asked enraged.
"Look. Today in home ec, he knew my last name..."
Sora cut him off. "Half of the school knows your last name Taichi."
"No. Sora.....he knew my last name. "
"That's strange. No one knows your real last name but Matt, Joe, Kari,your parents, of course,and Me ." Sora thought a bit." It still doesn't mean that you should judge Tai."
"Sora listen to me!" Tai put his hand on her shoulder.
"I am, and this conversation is through." Sora pulled his hand off and ran to the outside of the school.
"Sora!" Tai yelled. She had already walked out the door. Tai banged the wall with his fist and started walking out the door of the high school.
"Um...Sora, I wounded if you could show me around Odaiba a little bit. I mean, I moved here yesterday and I'm at a lost where things are and what shops there are and other things like that." Neerin said to Sora.
"Sure. I'd love to." Sora replied. " First I have to do an errand for Mr. Fujoki. Then I'll come and take you around. Does that sound okay?"
"Sure."
Sora walked over to the small office of their High school.
"I knew she wouldn't let me down. All I have to do is make her trust me and pretend that I'm friend. Then I can do what I was sent to do."
Neerin got out his laptop again and entered the same floppy he had used before school. He typed "Taichi Yagami" A blue light blinked.
"So, Tai, you are also one of the chosen. But don't worry, I don't need you, just your precious little crush. She is as strong as all of you combined. " Neerin said to himself. A smile crept upon his face as he typed Yamato Ishida and saw another blue light.
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"Ready?" Neerin asked as Sora walked by him.
Sora nodded. " I'm sorry it took so long. Mr.Fujoki just kept giving me one task after another. I called my mom and told her that I was showing you around while I was at the office."
" Oh, that's okay. Let's go."
"Wait, let's start this way." Sora took his hand and led him in the other direction.
Neerin felt a rush of warmth go through his body. Wait, that wasn't right, this was just an act put on to cover up his plan. He had no feelings. He had no friends. Neerin shook the thoughts out of his mind.
"This is the bakery. Some of the stuff here is expensive, but most of the little snacks are at a good price. Would you like to go in and see the inside?" Sora led him in. Neerin noticed that she was still holding his hand. Neerin let go.
"Would you like something to snack on?" Sora asked, opening her backpack for a few Zen.
"Sure."
" There's lots of stuff, just pick something, it's on me." Sora told him.
Neerin browsed the delicacies and decided on a sweet rice ball.
"What about that one." Neerin told her.
"That one's really good." Sora went to the registers "Two sweet rice balls please. Number seven in the right window. "
"I should pay..." Neerin told her taking out his wallet.
"No, I'm going to. It will be a little treat for me making a new friend and for you coming to Odaiba."
Sora paid the lady and thanked her. She handed Neerin his snack as they journeyed around part of Odaiba. They stopped at every place nearby and slightly window shopped at the others. Both of their feet hurt, but they ventured on.
Neerin glanced at his watch. It was five thirty. "Sora, I think that I should be heading home now."
Sora looked at his watch. You're right. I had no idea it was that late already. We had a lot of fun didn't we?"
Neerin couldn't help but smile.
"Would you like me to walk you home, Sora?"
Sora smiled. "Okay."
Before the both of them knew it, they were at Sora's house. "Would you like to come in for a while? I bet my mom would like to meet you...and my dad, if he's home yet"
"No, I've really got to be heading back." Neerin replied. "Thank you. I enjoyed it."
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Neerin opened the door to his apartment. "I'm home mom."
Neerin's mom rushed up to Neerin. "Hurry, hide this some where. You know what your father will do with it if he sees it" Neerin's mom gave him some money and he quickly hid it.
Mrs. Kanimasa went back to the stove and checked her soup. She prepared the dishes and put them on the table. Her hands shook badly as she put the last plate down. They were bruised badly.
Neerin rushed out and went to his mom. "Is there anything else?"
"No son, go do your homework. We still have an hour before your father returns.
Neerin took out his math sheet and attacked the math problems quickly. He was done in no time at all.
Mrs. Kanimasa sat down next to her son and watched him zip through the questions. "I'm so proud of you, Neerin. If only I could do more for my son. You don't deserve to be in this kind of mess. Your father was so..so..nice. Then as the years came by and the bad business. He took to whiskey. I begged him to stop for our little boy, but the alcohol had already screwed up his mind."
"Mom, it's okay."
"I want you to study hard, Neerin. I want you to get a good job and when you are old enough to move out, I want you to get out of this mess. I'll miss you, but I don't want you to come back. Ever. Do you hear me? Don't mess up your life like your father did."
"Okay."
"So, how was your day at school. I'm sorry we had to move, but your father had problems and we had to move out. "
"It was okay. School is boring. I.....I met someone today. I don't get it. She talks to me for a little bit and then she already considers me her.....her..friend."
His mom smiled. "She must be very friendly. You are friends to everyone you meet. What's her name?"
"Sora."
"That's pretty. She's named after the sky."
"She's about the only one I got to talk to. The teachers there are a little better than at my old school. Sora showed me around Odaiba a little bit. That's why I'm home late."
"Where did you go to around Odaiba?"
"Lots of places. She just showed me around. There were stores and shops and booths and a park. I walked her to her house and then came home."
"I'd like to meet her. She seems like a nice girl. Maybe you'll invite her over someday when your father isn't here, like on the weekends. Every Saturday and Sunday he has to go for meetings.
Just then a man burst through the door. He walked crookedly and held a glass bottle. He kicked off his shoes and sat at the table. "Where's my food, woman? "
Mrs. Kanimasa rushed to the stove and put some soup in a bowl and filled another bowl with rice.
" This is what you call soup? This tastes like water. What do you do all day. I go and earn the money and you just sit on your *** all day."
"Maybe if you didn't drink so much you could taste things." Neerin's mom said madly.
Mr. Kanimasa slapped his wife's face. "Shut up. I drink to feel better. Just looking at you and that worm over there want to make me die."
"He's not a worm, he's your son. How can you say that to him?"
"I can call him whatever the H**L I want! " Mr. Kanimasa stood up and pushed his wife to the wall. She squinted her eyes and clenched her fist in pain.
Neerin ran up to her. "Stop it! You cant do that! "
"Oh yeah?" Mr. Kanimasa threw his son to the ground. "She is just a thing to make me dinner and to keep the house in order. But you, you don't do anything here. You just sleep and eat here, and do you pay me or help me in anyway? Hunh? You're more useless than your mother. Who knows you? The world could care less that you were even born. Go to your room!"
Neerin grabbed his stuff and ran to his room. His father's words rang 'the world could care less that you were born.'
Neerin hardened his heart and turned on his laptop. He placed a small device next to it and a small screen appeared. A figure moved in there, he was hidden in a shadow so that none could see his face.
"The world has not been too good for you I presume. Have you found any chosen children?" A male voice said from the screen.
"Yes. Three of them. One of them just happened to be Sora Takenouchi, master."
"Ah, good. "
"Shall I capture her tomorrow, master?"
"No, I want you to wait until things will not be that suspicious. You have acted nice in front of her haven't you? She does not detect anything"
"No Master."
"Remember, If you follow my plan, I'll take your father out of your life and you and your mother can continue living in peace. This is what you want?"
"Yes."
"That is all. Report tomorrow." The figure and the window dissevered. Neerin detached the little device off his laptop.
Neerin crept out of his room and went to look at his parents. His mother was crouched in a corner, crying. His good for nothing father was sleeping from his drunkenness. The same old routine that happened every Monday ,Wednesday, and Friday.
Neerin went over to his mother and tried to comfort her. "Mom. It'll be okay. "
"No it wont." She said between her sobs. "Look at how we're living: in constant fear."
"Why don't you call the police?"
"The last time I tried, your father caught me and hit me badly. He said if I ever tried again, he'll kill you. He knows that you mean everything to me. That's why he treats you that way."
"Stop saying 'your father', Mom. From now on, he's no relation to me."
"Neerin, he's your father whether you like it or not. You can't control that part." His mother told him.
"My father? My Father? What kind of father treats his wife like that? What kind of father tells his son that he wishes that his son was never born? I'm ashamed to admit that my last name is Kanimasa! From now on, I'm Neerin Yourunoki."
"Son......."
Neerin went back to his room and slammed the door shut.
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Kari plopped on Tai's bed. "Whatcha' doing Tai?"
"Nothing."
"That sounds like a lot of fun." Kari said in a manner that showed her disappointment."Why are you doing nothing?"
"Because there is nothing to do." Tai answered back.
"Well, finish doing nothing so you can start doing something." Kari told him as she got off the bed."I'm gonna go call Sora."
"No! Dont!" Tai warned.
"Why not?" Kari crossed her arms and waited for an answer.
"I think she's mad at me."
Kari smiled slightly. "I knew there was a reason why you were doing nothing."
"So now you know what it is, so leave me alone!"
"There isn't a chance you would want to talk on the phone with her and apologize, would there?" Kari teased.
Tai got up and patted his sister on the head like a puppy. "You know me way to well."
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A/N: Just wait for the next part ;)