1 The Greatest Of These is Love

Disclaimer: (Tai in a western accent) : This girl don't own us. She dun own digimon either. She aint that lucky. But she still make stories called fanfics 'bout us cuz she like digimon so much.



By:LaurasPoetryCorner

"So you forgive me Sora?" Tai said into the phone. "Kay. See ya tomorrow....bye"

Tai hung the phone in relief. Sora wasn't mad at him anymore. I wish she knew that I only do these things because I care for her....If I could just tell her someday......

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"Wake up, son it's time for school." Mrs. Kanimasa shook her son's shoulder attempting to wake him up.

Neerin looked up at his mother. " Mom, you're more bruised than yesterday.

What happened?"

Neerin's mom looked to the floor. "Your father was still a little drunk from yesterday and I suggested that he take the subway or something. He got mad.....It doesn't hurt that much, really... I just need to put some tiger balm on it and drink some tea. "

Neerin sprung out of bed with anger. "Don't worry Mom, he'll be out of our lives soon enough.

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"That is why my theory is that the egg comes first" Izzy said to Sora.

"No, the chicken came first. You cant have an egg without a chicken. If man were created as men and then gave offspring, I belive that the chicken was first created and then there were many chickens and they multiplied as they mated." Sora told him back.

"Yes, but we must start from step one and that would be the egg."

"Eggs need warmth or need to be incubated. Without a chicken, it would not hatch anyway. Babies cant survive without their parents. Therefore if they were first grown they would be able to live and if they were not yet hatched, they would not live. " Sora told back to Izzy.

Mr. Iyami clapped his hands. "Great science argument! I think both of you deserve an "A" on your argument that you were assigned. How many agree with Sora now and say that Chickens came before the egg?"

Seventy-five percent of the class raised their hands.

"And who believes that Mr. Izumi is still correct?"

The other twenty-five percent raised their hands.

"No way! I did my research, I did the study I...I....." Izzy complained.

"Mr. Izumi it is okay. This was only a science argument. No one knows for sure. You both have received A's." Mr. Iyami reminded. "Okay, now I'll collect the papers you did for homework."

Mr. Iyami stopped at Neerin's desk. "Neerin Yourunoki...I thought it was Kanimasa..."

"It's Yourunoki...got a problem with that?" Neerin said in a hostile voice that scared everyone in class, including the teacher.

" Please do not answer me that way Neerin." Mr. Iyami replied in the calmest voice that he could.

"Yes, Sir."

"Class dismissed."

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Neerin went to get his books from his locker. His lock was stuck. Neerin gave it a couple of bangs. Izzy and Sora walked down the hall.

"Is everything okay, Neerin?" Sora asked in a concerned manner.

Neerin gave Sora an angry glare. "Does it look like everything is going all right?"

"I'm sorry....Come on Izzy, let's go..." Sora grabbed Izzy's arm and started off.

"Wait." Neerin walked up to them. "I apologize for my rudeness, Sora..and you are..." Neerin pointed to Izzy.

"Well, my name is Koushiro, but I prefer Izzy. Izzy Izumi" Izzy told Neerin. "Nice to meet you."

"I've got to get to next class. I'll see you later, Sora." Izzy said as he started off again.

"Bye Izzy." Sora called out.

"So, is there anything that I can do to help?" Sora asked nicely.

" Not unless you can kill my...Mr. Kanimasa for me." Neerin thought to himself.

"No." Neerin replied ." Thanks for asking though. I've got to get my books."

"Okay, but remember....friends are always there for each other...I'm here to listen if you have anything to say......" Sora reminded. She headed down the hall for Writing.

" Why must she be so nice to me? I am her enemy. She thinks that I am her friend, but I am the complete opposite.... How stupid...of course she is nice. What is she the holder of? Love. Love....humpf ! Only the lucky are loved. I live in a world of hate. No one loves me and no one ever will......." Neerin thought to himself.

Sora grabbed her folder and text book harder. "Poor Neerin. Who knows what he might be going through. He shows so many emotions at one time..Hate...Sadness..a little bit of hope... I wish I could help him. It's like he doesn't think anyone will care..."

(After school)

"If I tell her, I will become weak to the enemy, if I leave the thoughts inside my head..I might end up killing someone."

" Hey Neerin. " Sora waved from the crowd. Neerin waved back and headed for her direction.

"Could we talk somewhere?"

"Sure."

Neerin and Sora walked away from the crowd. "So what did you want to say?"

"My cousin, he, her dad abuses his mom and she hates her dad now. "

"Can't she ca..."

"M.....Her dad said that if anyone ever reported this to the police, he'd kill his son. "

"How sad!"

"Her dad drinks too much and that's when he starts battering. "

"They have a hotline for the abused. They'd take your cousin and her mom to their center or to a house so that her dad doesn't know where they are. They'll catch him and put him behind bars."

"It isn't that easy!" Neerin yelled back.

"I know....I'm sorry. I'm really glad you told me. I'm sorry I cant really help. You must really love your cousin to care that much and to make her problem part of yours. I knew that you had some reason for being angry. I wish that somebody cared that much for me.....to care about my problems...to try to help. Your a very good person for doing so."

"Thank you..for listening. Listening is also what good friend does. I don't know what I would of done if I hadn't told you. I'd probably go crazy. As for the caring part, Sora, I care..."Neerin told Sora.

Sora smiled.

A little while of silence passed

Neerin and Sora leaned closer together. Their faces almost touched. Neerin put his arms on Sora's shoulder. Sora knew what he was going to do. He was going to kiss her. Sora felt as if she did want the kiss, but backed away, slowly. Neerin was surprised.

" It isn't right.....I've only known you for a few days...maybe when I get to know you better okay?" Sora apologized. "I'm really sorry. Really....." Sora walked away and headed home.

Neerin stood there. Too shocked to move, to disappointed to talk. Too mad at himself to cry.

"I was so stupid...." Neerin finally said. Neerin headed for his house.

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Neerin walked into his bedroom and huddled in the corner. He felt so stupid for trying to kiss her.

"How could I even think of doing that? What if he knew that I tried? The master would be mad. To think that I actually thought that somebody was loving me? What a fool I am. I tried to kiss her.....She doesn't love me, just like everyone else...."



Neerin inserted his device into his laptop as he had done last night.

"What has happened today? Have you located any other digidestined?" The muffled voice on the screen asked harshly.

" Not much for me to report today, master. I thought that I had found another digidestined, but when I entered the floppy, there was no Koushiro Izumi, only Koushiro Tanaka."

"Ah, he is adopted. I should of changed that part for you boy. He is another digidestined. I remember. Is he called "Izzy"?"

"Yes, master." Neerin answered.

"Very nice, Neerin, but I wonder, I feel as if you are hiding something from me that has to do with all this. Are you sure that you are reporting everything? You know what will happen if you are not telling the truth."

"I have not said a word that is false, master." Neerin replied.

"Report tomorrow." The dark voice said as the screen disappeared and Neerin detached the device.

Neerin turned out the lights and crawled into his bed. He thought about the part he didn't tell his boss, the part of having feelings for the holder of love. He frowned and turned in his bed. "Stupid Sora, why do you have to be so likeable?"

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Sora hugged Carrot, her plush bunny that Tai had given her about ten years ago.

(Flash back)

"Here you go carrot!" Tai said to Sora as he handed her the birthday present.

"Cawrit Cawrit," little Kari mocked.

"I'm not a carrot!" Sora said madly. "You said that when I'm six, you would stop calling me that. I am six today, Taichi Kamiya !"

" It's not my fault that your hair is the same color as a carrot. I'll stop calling you carrot after open the present." Tai told her.

Sora opened her present. "Oohh, what a cute little bunny!" Sora exclaimed.

"If you promise to call the bunny, 'Carrot', I'll let it have the name." Tai teased.

"Thanks Tai, for Carrot."

"I bought it myself." Tai said proudly.

"Really? Must of used all your 'lowence money that you got."

"Well, I was trying my luck to get you somthin' and I got it out of the crank machine at the mall."

Sora folded her hands.

"But I wasted one whole dollar trying to get it and I only got it because of the good luck of getting my best friend somthin' for her birthday."

Sora smiled. "Fine, thank you Tai."

"Can I have somthin back in return?" Tai asked.

Sora sighed." What?"

Tai pointed to his cheek. "A small lil' kiss for your best friend?"

Sora thought for a moment. "Fine."

Tai closed his eyes and waited.

Sora picked up Kari and whispered something into her ear. Kari gave Tai a drooly kiss.

Tai opened his eyes to see his friend carrying Kari and Kari about to give Tai another kiss on the cheek.

"Yuck! Sora!" Tai said disappointed.

Sora giggled like crazy.

"It's not funny." Tai said madly.

"I promise to give you a kiss when we're growed up." Sora told him.

"Promise?"

Sora held her right hand over her heart. "I promise!"

"It's time for cake!" Sora's mom announced.

(End of flashback)

Sora laughed at the memory.

"Stupid Tai! He hasn't asked for the kiss. He's probably forgot by now." Sora gave a sigh.

"I can't believe I almost kissed Neerin." Sora said to the bunny. "He's a nice guy, I just hope he doesn't get too nice."

Sora gave the bunny a hug and drifted off to sleep.



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Neerin walked down the hall to Home Ec. He wasn't in the mood to see Sora and she was in every single class he was. He was the one that changed his schedule. "Stupid me."

Neerin walked with his head hung low. School had always been boring for him. That's when a girl came running down the hall. She just happened to be Sora and she just happened to collide with the guy she hoped she didn't have to talk to for the day.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Sora bent down and grabbed her whisk bowl, and cookbook without looking at who she had bumped into to.

"Sora?"

"Neerin?"

"Um....I apologize for yesterday. I don't know what happened to me that made me want...."

"Just forget about it." Sora said cutting him off. "As long as it doesn't ruin our friendship, okay?"

"Okay. Thank you for forgiving me."Neerin said politely as he went into class.

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"Zee cook haz cookt a manifasic` hor devours! " Tai said in his weak french accent.

"Wee, blah blah blah blah......" that is totally not french. " Matt told Tai.

"Parlez vous Tai's french?"Sora joked to Matt.

"Nope."he replied.

Sora went bake to helping Jina with the cooking project.

" So what? I was just joking with my aimee`." Matt told Tai.

"No joking with my je` tai`me. I'm the one that's supposed to make her laugh." Tai answered.

"Since when did Sora become your love? Je`tai`me? Come on!" Neerin told Tai plainly. "We need to finish the recipe."

"Why do you have to be so serious? I never knew you knew french?"

"My mom made me take it. That and English of course."

"You're part french, aren't you Matt?" Neerin asked.

"Yeh."

"Do you have a brother? Or sister?" Neerin directed the question to both Tai and Matt.

"I've got a younger sister named Kari."

"Yeah, and I've got a little brother, TK"

"Hikari and Takeru?" Neerin checked.

"That's them! How did you know, Neerin?" Matt asked.

" I met them at the park last week when Sora was showing me around after school."He replied. Neerin sensed a pleasure at making Tai mad. It made him feel better in a bad way. To know that if he couldn't have Sora, no one would.

"Sora showed you around?"Tai asked feeling jealous.

"Yeah. Then, I walked her to her house and returned home. I kissed her good- nite" Neerin lied.

Tai's jaw dropped.

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"Hey Tai! Wait up." Sora called as she paced down the hall.

"Why?" Tai asked without looking back. He started to walk faster.

Sora caught up with him. "Aren't you glad to see me? Are you mad at me or something?"

"No,.... just disappointed. " Tai replied truthfully.

"Disappointed? At what?" Sora asked concerned.

"You...and that Neerin kid. You said you wouldn't get too close....."

"What?"

"I still don't really trust him Sora. I don't want you to get hurt."

"Tai!" Sora said madly.

Tai didn't let her finish. "I'm only telling you this because I care. You mean a lot to me. We used to be best friends........." Tai walked on.

"Tai!" You still are my best friend." Sora said softly.

"Oh yeah?" Tai couldn't hold it any longer. "Tell that to Neerin!" Tai ran off. If he had to say another word to her, he'd brake down.

"Why can't she just understand? If she cares that much about Neerin, I should be happy....but I'm not....because I care for her too. "

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