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The snow from the heavens covers the world with a blanket of peaceful bliss, bringing people closer to one another and letting new relationships sprout out beneath the frigid cold of life. It shall now take its rest from its endless task of innocence and let's the silver rays of the moon take its place.
- Hoshino Yukino -
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~ * ~ Welcome to one of Hoshino Yukino's special fics ~ * ~
~ * ~ Controlled by Hoshino Yukino's alter ego "silver moonlight" ~ * ~
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The moon shines so bright and covers the whole world with soft rays of light. It comes and goes along with the romances that make our world go round. The silver rays of the moon shall bring forth new relationships and new friendships that would only be realized through the nights that pass by. This is the reality of silver moonlight!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. I'm just using the characters to satisfy my hunger for spice in my life. I also do not own Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Spiderman or A Walk to Remember… This is my third fic in Digimon and is not related to any of the other sagas that were already written by me.
Please review… Flames are accepted but please don't make them too harsh...
Pairings: Takari and Taiora so far
Rating: PG to PG-13
Genre: Romance/Comedy
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Writer's Block
-Daily Life Blues-
By silver moonlight
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It was a bright and sunny Saturday morning in Odaiba and the smell of fresh green grass filled the whole city as the rainy days of spring came to an end. The alarm clock in the Yagami residence rang out loudly, waking up the inhabitants of the room that two siblings shared. The wild-haired boy then woke up, his usual sleepy and groggy attitude that he always possessed in weekday mornings replaced by the cheerful and excited mood that he always displayed on wonderful weekend mornings. He rushed down his bed and dashed towards the bathroom.
His little sister then slowly stirred from her sleep by the incessant ringing of the alarm clock and turned it off.
She looked at the clock at stared at disbelief since it was only seven in the morning, Tai usually slept until nine or ten until he woke up when it was a Saturday.
"Oni-chan, why are you up so early today?"
Tai smiled at her from the bathroom and pointed at the calendar near the wall.
"We have a soccer game today and I have to play…"
Kari nodded, she had forgotten all about it. Tai had told her about the game weeks ago and she just forgot about it with all the things she was doing at school.
"Do you want me to come and watch you play?"
Tai thought about it a moment and walked out of the bathroom already dressed in his soccer attire.
"If you want to come then I won't stop you, but I think it would be better if you stayed at home…"
Kari looked at Tai strangely, wondering why Tai wouldn't want her to attend the game, when it suddenly hit her.
"You're going out with Sora after the game, aren't you? And you don't want your little sister bugging you when you're with her, right?"
Tai's cheeks began to glow when he heard Kari's snide remark but decided not to let his sister get the better of him and tackled her to the ground, tickling her mercilessly.
"Alright… Alright… You win…" Kari said in between bouts of laughter.
Tai slowly stood up with a wide grin on his face and grabbed his soccer bag that was beside his bed.
"I'll be back to change and then be back again by lunch time to pick you up and we'll have lunch with the other digi-destined since mom and dad will be gone until later at night since they have to visit one of our relatives…"
Kari smiled as she slowly lifted herself up. She was happy that they were eating with the other digi-destined since that meant that she wouldn't need to cook the food that her mom had left for the both of them.
"In that case, I'll try to finish up my assignments while I wait for you to come back…"
Tai then suddenly turned back to face her and looked at her strangely, dropping his soccer bag on the floor.
"But I thought you finished all of it last night since you said that you're going to watch a movie with Takeru on Sunday…"
"Oni-chan! Baka! Baka! Baka!" shouted Kari, giving Tai one of her rare death glares, "You know for a fact that our school is sponsoring a trip to the kindergarten and that Mizuki-sensei asked me to write a story for the kindergartners… And by the way you hogged the computer last night, how could I have written anything?"
"Okay! Okay! I remember already… Sheesh! You didn't have to shout!" remarked Tai, covering his ears.
"And… I don't think of Takeru that way, we're just friends…" continued Kari, a light blush forming on her cheeks as she uttered the last few words.
"Who said that you weren't? You're the one who started becoming defensive here…" remarked Tai, prolonging his last few words as he realized why Kari was acting that way.
"Uh oh…" remarked Kari softly, realizing that she had just made a very big mistake just then.
A large evil grin formed on Tai's face and he continued, "So, you like him, don't you? And by the way you're blushing, you haven't told him yet, have you?"
Kari blushed even more furiously than before, her face now redder than a beet. She sighed, knowing that Tai was able to figure about what she really felt about a certain blonde-haired boy.
"Well? I guess I'll take your silence as a yes… Have you told him that you liked him already?"
Kari shook her head, her face still flushed with a bright red color.
"Umm …" whispered Kari, her heart beating at 100 miles an hour, "I haven't told him yet…"
"Well, do it soon!" remarked Tai, making his way to the door.
Kari sweatdropped. Tai's as impulsive as always, she thought. She was about to go to the bathroom when she saw Tai suddenly appear in front of her.
"What are you doing back here?" snapped a surprised Kari.
"I forgot my soccer bag… I put it down when we were talking awhile ago…"
Kari looked at her brother strangely, "Stop acting so childish, Tai… You're already in High School and you still forget stuff like that!"
"Mou! Mou! You don't have to bite my head off… Sheesh! You sound like mom!" remarked Tai, making his way to the door, "Ja ne!"
Kari sighed as he heard the door finally slam close and began preparing herself for the day that was in front of her.
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Kari sat silently in front of the computer, trying to write a story she had to submit to her teacher that Monday morning. Kari had her eyes glued to monitor, her eyes watching and reading the words that were slowly appearing on the monitor as her fingers crawled through the keyboard. She had no idea of what story she was going to write and tried to write freestyle, typing whatever came into her mind. She stopped momentarily after finishing her first paragraph and sighed softly.
I just can't seem to think of anything, thought Kari, scanning through what she had already written and deleting what seemed to be wrong.
"All I need is a good idea and I can have this story running like a… umm… running…" thought Kari out loud, "Why couldn't Mizuki-sensei have just asked me to take pictures or just read a story than to write a story?!"
Kari sighed softly and stood up from her seat, deciding to take a break. She had already spent a whole hour on the story and yet the story she was writing was going nowhere, all she had finished writing was the first paragraph, which was about five sentences long.
She walked herself to the refrigerator and grabbed the lone soda can amongst the nutritious food and drinks that her mom always buys. It's a good thing we're eating out today or I would have to listen to Tai complain about the food again, Kari thought walking over to the sofa. She popped the soda can open and sat on the couch in front of the TV and sighed once more. This is hopeless, she thought, her gaze going back to the computer which was only a few steps away. She grabbed the remote control beside her and turned on the TV, hoping that something that could inspire her would be on. She began channel surfing hoping to find something good but all that were on were not helping at all.
Kari sighed and leaned her neck backwards, her finger pressing the off button on the remote control.
"Reruns… All they're showing are reruns and none of them can be used for a children's story… This is so hopeless… Sigh…"
Kari took another sip at her soda and wondered whether or not she'd be able to finish the story by Monday. The doorbell suddenly rang and Kari instinctively stood up and answered the door.
"Coming…" said Kari instinctively, wondering who it could be.
Kari rushed to the door and opened it, surprised to see a smiling Takeru in front of the door.
"Hi Kari! I know it's Saturday and all and well… Is it okay if I asked you for some help with something?" asked Takeru politely, showing a small but thick novel in his right hand.
Kari looked at the book for the moment and read the title, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
"Charles Dickens, eh? What is it for, Takeru-chan? Mizuki-sensei didn't assign us any home reading assignments for English Class…"
"It's not really an assignment but three days ago, Mizuki-sensei offered both the basketball and soccer team members some extra credits to pull up their… well… pretty low scores…"
"Why do you need the bonus points anyway, Takeru? You never got a grade lower than B+ in English before… You're not failing in class, are you? You should have told me so that I could have helped you much earlier than now…"
Takeru smiled, amazed at how caring Kari can be towards her friends. He had always liked Kari ever since they were young and were fighting against evil Digimon. They had pretty much grown up since that time and their friendship developed as well, but he had always hoped that they would become more than just childhood friends.
"Heck no, I'm not failing at all… In fact, Miss Mizuki said that I don't need to do the book report anymore."
"Then why?" asked Kari, relieved to find out that Takeru wasn't really failing and curious why Takeru still wanted to do it since he never really liked making book reports and neither did she, unless it was required of them.
"It's just that all of my other team mates who need to do it are making me feel guilty and so, I agreed to do the book report with them…"
"How nice of your teammates to ask you to do that!" remarked Kari sarcastically, both of them laughing at her sarcastic remark.
"Well, yeah… But I already promised them that I'll do it…"
"Well… I still have a story to write…" continued Kari, a large grin still on her face.
"That's okay! I'll just see you later at lunch… Maybe you can help me by then and if not then I'll just think of some way to have it done…" said Takeru, his smile still not wavering, "Well, I guess I'll go now…"
Takeru slowly started to move away, turning his body away from the door. Takeru was about to leave when a hand grabbed his hand, stopping him.
"Matte (Wait!)…"
'So should I help him?' thought Kari, 'I still have to write my story… What should I do? Help a friend that I incidentally like or try to rack my brain for a story for the whole morning?
'No contest! I'll help Takeru! That way I'll be hitting two birds with one stone… I'll be able to help him and I'll be able to spend some more time with him, too! Who cares about that story? I can always finish it later!'
Takeru turned back and blushed when his eyes locked with Kari's.
"I didn't say that I couldn't help you with your book report, did I?"
"But what about the story you had to write…"
Kari smiled, amazed by the sheer innocence and naïveté that Takeru was showing her.
'Kawaii!!!' she thought, all other thought leaving her mind.
"I could always do that later…" replied Kari, "I don't have an idea on what to write right now anyway…"
"I still don't think that I'm being fair with you! I know! I'll help you write your story after you help me with my book report, agreed?"
"Agreed!"
"Then it's settled then…" concluded Takeru, his usual calming smile forming in his face.
"Hey! What are friends for?" replied Kari, suddenly feeling depressed that they were going to be just friends and nothing more than that if she didn't act soon.
'Friends… Just friends…' thought Takeru, 'Sigh… I really have to tell her what I feel about her soon or we're going to end up as just friends all right!'
"Yeah! What are friends for?" remarked Takeru, blushing slightly as he remembered that Kari was still holding his hand.
"Uh, Kari… Don't you think it's time to let go of my hand now…" said a still-blushing Takeru, pointing at Kari's hand which was still holding his tightly.
"Oh!" replied Kari, quickly letting go of his hand and laughed lightly, "Gomen… Gomen…"
Takeru smiled, the feeling of her hand on his was great, although his wrist was a bit red and numb right now.
"That's okay!"
"Why don't you come on in and let's talk more about your book report?"
"Sure!"
Kari smiled happily. This day was going to be nice after all, she thought, I'm going to be all to spend some time with Takeru.
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Kari placed a pitcher of ice water on the living room table served on a steel tray that was embroidered around the edges. She brought out two glasses from the cupboard and placed it on the tray as well.
"I'm sorry that I can only serve you water, but my mom doesn't really like softdrinks or juice," said Kari, apologizing for the lack of things to drink, "And unfortunately, I drank the last can of soda in the refrigerator."
"Unless of course, you'd like to sample her famous Pickle Juice…" continued Kari jokingly, laughing at her own joke.
"No, thank you! Water will be just fine…" replied Takeru, laughing at the joke that Kari had just made.
"Want anything to eat?" asked Kari as she checked through the refrigerator, "On second thought, maybe it would be better if we just focus on your book report and talk about food later… All my mom has in the refrigerator right now are vegetables…"
Takeru looked at the disappointed expression on her face and said, "That's okay, Kari! I'm not hungry anyway… You don't have to worry about me…"
Kari made her way back to the living room where Takeru was waiting for her and sat down.
"So what's troubling you?"
"Well, for one, I don't understand the second ending. What is Charles Dickens trying to say? That Estella and Pip are finally going to get married or is he saying that Estella and Pip have a new beginning that awaits the both of them?"
"Did you just swallow the whole novel or something?" joked Kari, lightening up the mood, "Okay, it's like this…"
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"Tadaima!" shouted Tai, opening the front door and stepping into the house.
Tai slowly removed his shoes and wiped the sweat out of his brow. It had been a nice soccer match, he thought. Tai slowly made his way to the living room where he saw Takeru and Kari sitting, talking and laughing at the same time.
"What are you two doing?"
Both of them turned their heads back and saw Tai standing by the edge of the room, staring at them intently.
"You're home early, oni-chan…" replied Kari, hoping that Tai wouldn't do anything stupid to ruin that day.
"Ohayo, Taichi-sempai…" greeted Takeru, his eyes focused on the expression on Tai's face.
Tai looked at them for a little while longer and laughed at the scared expressions on their faces. He didn't really want to scare them anyway, he thought, all he wanted was to make sure they weren't doing anything stupid.
"Ohayo, Takeru-kun… You don't have to call me sempai… It just sounds to formal, just call me Tai…"
"Hai, Tai…"
"So, what are you two doing?"
"I'm helping Takeru with his book report and after that, he'll help me with my story…" replied Kari, glad that his brother didn't act impulsively at that moment.
"I see…" said Tai, "Takeru, would it be too much if I ask you to take my sister to the place where we're eating lunch? That way, I wouldn't have to come back here and fetch her and you wouldn't have to go to the place alone…"
'What was her brother doing? Setting them up?' she thought, wondering how Takeru would react.
"Not at all. I'd love to take her there…" replied a blushing Takeru, wondering what Kari was feeling at that very same moment.
'What is Takeru saying? He thinks of me as a friend, right?' thought Kari, blood running in to fill her cheeks.
'Both of them are blushing' thought Tai, 'This would be easier than I thought it would be…'
"Okay then… Go back to what you were doing and after I change, I'll leave the two of you alone…"
Tai then made his way to his room and changed, emerging from it only minutes later dressed up in a tight-fitting dark green V-neck T-shirt and clay colored cargo pants.
"Just don't do anything stupid together, you two!" Tai shouted, rushing out of the front door to meet up with Sora who was waiting for him at the Movie Theater.
Takeru and Kari looked at each other and laughed.
"What was that all about?" asked Takeru, still laughing.
Kari looked at Takeru straight in his cerulean colored eyes and couldn't help but smile.
"I don't really know but my oni-chan acts so weird sometimes, doesn't he?"
"Well, my oni-chan, acts like that too…"
"So, where were we again?" asked Kari, pointing at the novel, which was left alone all that time.
"Um… I don't really remember…" replied Takeru, his eyes forming two thin lines as he smiled.
Kari looked at Takeru sternly and raised her eyebrow jokingly.
"What? Is it that horrible to forget something like that?" remarked Takeru, "Hmm… I think we were already discussing the last requirement of the book report, which was the ABC summary…"
A small smile began to form on Kari's face. This has been going quite well, she thought. They were almost finished with the book report and they still had about 2 hours left before they were going to go to lunch with the other digidestined.
"What is an ABC summary again?"
Takeru shined an evil grin and found this an opportunity to get back at her.
"Now, who's the forgetful one here?"
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Sora stood outside the Movie Theater, the soles of her rubber shoes tapping the sidewalk. She glanced at her watch and quickly looked around. Still no sign of Tai anywhere, she thought.
"Where could he be?" she said whispering, "It's been twenty minutes now and he still isn't here…"
Sora took another quick glance at her watch and sighed softly, running her hand through her orange locks. Suddenly, her eyes were covered with someone's hands.
"Guess who?"
"Tai! Stop playing around! I know it's you…" replied Sora jokingly as she removed the hands from her eyes, "You're the only one who'd do that in public and survive to live the next day…"
Tai smirked and playfully replied, "Is that a threat?"
"If you think it is…" said Sora, "Anyway, I got us tickets for the 9:45 showing…"
"Exactly, what movie did you get us tickets for, anyway?" asked Tai, wondering if letting Sora pick the movie was actually a good idea.
"Um… Well, I thought that it would be better if we watched…" replied Sora slowly, "So I bought…"
Tai's eyes widened and thought, 'Could she have bought tickets for…'
Tai swallowed and asked, "Watched what? Don't tell me you bought tickets for 'A Walk to Remember'…"
"I didn't!" replied Sora immediately.
"Are you telling me this because I told you to tell me that you didn't or did you not buy tickets for it?" asked Tai, his words sounding like gibberish.
"I'm getting confused…" replied a confused Sora, "I just bought us some tickets for Spiderman…"
"Oh… Okay!" remarked a relieved Tai, "Want anything to go with the movie? Popcorn? Soda? Chips? Anything?"
"How about a kiss?" replied Sora, saying it as a joke.
"Sure! If you say so…" remarked Tai, giving Sora a light peck on the cheek.
"Hey! I didn't mean for you to take it seriously…" shouted a blushing Sora, trying to hide the fact that she actually liked the kiss that Tai had given her.
"Demo…" whined Tai, giving Sora the best of his puppy dog eyes, "All I did was did what you wanted…"
Sora lightly patted Tai on the head and laughingly said, "Okay! Just don't it again…"
"Hey! Don't mess up my hair… It takes me a long time to fix it, you know?" remarked Tai, running his hand through his hair to return it to its usual disarrayed look.
"Yeah right!" returned Sora, nudging Tai lightly on the ribs.
"Hey!"
"Enough of that… Let's just go in and find our seats already… The trailers are showing right about now…"
"Okay! Okay! I don't know why you'd like to watch the trailers…" complained Tai, checking his watch.
"What else is there to watch when we watch a movie?" interjected Sora, slightly irritated by Tai's attitude.
"Umm… The movie…" replied Tai sarcastically, giving Sora a weird glance.
"That was a rhetorical question, Tai… And besides, I mean other than the movie…" explained Sora, amazed and amused at how Tai took everything literally.
"Okay…" concluded Tai in disbelief at Sora's "weird" attitude.
"Let's just watch the movie, okay?" continued Tai, putting everything aside and just happy to be with Sora.
~ owari for now ~
Next Chapter: Matt and Mimi meet Tai and Sora at the movie theater… Koushiro, Ken and Yolei bring back more than just the blue ribbon from the science fair… TK stalls Kari and decides to do something surprising… Davis ends up with more than just a book report in his mind… And will Kari ever get rid of her writer's block? All these and more in the next chapter of Writer's Block…
Author's Notes:
Please read and review… Please, I beg of you... {big blue puppy dog eyes like Takeru's} Pweese... Pwetty Pweese... Heh heh... Please R & R!!!!!! I really would like to have some feedback about my stories so that I know what I can change and improve in the succeeding chapters… I'm sorry if this chapter was quite short/rushed for some but as ironic as it may seem I got writer's block in the middle of writing so I had to rush some of the parts. I'll try to make the next chapter longer or just about as long as this one, okay? I don't really hate the movie, "A Walk to Remember", okay? I'm just making Tai act that way because most of my friends act that way towards it. To tell you the truth, I don't really go for those kinds of movies anyway… I have just one simple request, if it isn't too much to ask of you people. If you have some extra time and like Takari, Taiora, Mimato or Kouyako, please read and review my other works, "Chocolates and a Bouquet of Flowers" (This is mainly a Takari story that is set on Valentine's Day) and its succeeding saga which is "Playing Games" (This, unlike CaaBoF, is mainly a Kouyako that is set a few weeks after "Chocolates and a Bouquet of Flowers". I'm sorry that it's still unfinished though). I would really appreciate your reading and reviewing it so that I can refine my writing style… Thank you…~ Ja Matte ~
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