Wow, would you look at that? I, MissNovelist, the procrastinator of all procrastinators, have posted another chapter to a story within a mere two days! Of course, I actually wrote chapter 5 about 4 days back but I didn't have the time to post it with school starting and all. But this is still a miracle! XD I'm trying to keep this thing going, posting chapters faster that is. I hope I can stick to it :P Yes, well, one more chapter to go! So read this one now!

Disclaimer: Okay, I'm really tired of putting this disclaimer thingy in, and I'm pretty sure that after 6 chapters of this romantic drama type story called "True Love," you would know that I own absolutely nothing in this story besides the writing. I'm also pretty sure that you know who the rightful owners of everything I do not own are. .:pauses:. And yes I do realize that I could've just said, "See past chapters"! Leave me alone! :P

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"Italics" indicates phone conversation

True Love: Chapter 6 – The Breakup

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It had been two days after the gang had their trip to the carnival, and ever since then both Matt and Sora had been deep in thought. The two hadn't seen each other since that night, and they had been too caught up in their thoughts to even notice.

Matt paced around his room, pondering whether or not he should do what he wanted to do. What he wanted to do was break up with Sora. That "spark" that was there before wasn't present anymore.

"Should I do it or not?" Matt thought aloud to himself. "I really want to, but I'm scared of what it might do to Sora. I don't want to hurt her feelings or anything. I still want her to be my friend after this, but I'm afraid she'll be too heartbroken for that to happen."

Matt sat down on his bed in frustration. He hated what he had gotten himself into. If only he had been true to Mimi and never kissed Sora in the first place. If only Sora and himself had realized their mistake earlier and fixed it then. If only...

"Love stinks!"

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Sora lay on her bed, lost in thought. She wanted to be with Tai again, not with Matt. What she thought was actually love with Matt was only puppy love...or rather...denial. Denial to the fact that Tai was the one the redhead was to be with.

~ So do I really want to breakup with Matt? Yeah...I think I do. I guess...I guess it was never meant to be. So how exactly am I supposed to break the news to him? *When* am I supposed to break the news to him? I mean should I wait a while? But...I've thought this through, and I've made a decision. I know what I want to do...but what if I hurt him? I don't want to do that! ~

Sora sat up, wondering about what to do. "Why can't love be easy?"

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TK and Kari were in the park on one of their...well, let's just say outings. The two were walking side by side and talking about what had happened on their group trip.

"So, do you think the plan worked?" TK asked.

"Well...maybe. But maybe it didn't work out as well as we thought it would. Even though we did see Sora attempt to kiss my brother, he pushed her back cause he said it was wrong. And the two are only friends as of now. As for your brother and Mimi...well, they're just friends too, according to Ken, Davis, and Cody."

TK sighed and looked up at the sky. "I just hope things work out. I mean like we said before, they were perfect couples!" The hat donning blonde sighed again and said this with pride, "Well I'm not just gonna stand around here and watch them never resolve their love problems! I'm gonna do something about it!"

Kari looked at him, raised a brow, and placed her hands on her hips. "And exactly *what* are you going to do about it 'oh fearless one who resolves love', hm?"

"I have no clue, but I'm going to try something anyway!" he exclaimed while Kari sweatdropped in the background.

"You're hopeless TK."

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Matt was still sitting on his bed, and his expression was blank as if he were thinking very hard about something. But then again, that's what he was doing. It was very quiet in his room, and the rock star didn't move a muscle.

*RING*

The loud ring of the telephone broke his train of thoughts, and he got up to answer it.

"Ishida residence."

"Hi Matt. This is Sora."

~ Sora... ~ "Oh, hi Sora."

"Can you meet me at the park in an hour? Please? It's important."

~ Important, huh? Well, I've got to tell her my news too so I might as well go. ~ "Sure thing."

"Thanks Matt...I'll see you in an hour, okay?"

"Okay. See you then."

"Bye."

As Sora said bye, Matt put the phone back on its hook. ~ So I guess this is it. I'm going to tell her how I feel. Hopefully I don't hurt her... ~

An Hour Later

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Sora was seated on a bench at the park. She was looking at her surroundings while she was waiting for Matt. Besides the trees and flowers, she saw couples. Happy couples. She felt bad inside as all these couples brought back memories of what she had done to Tai. She felt like she was going to cry, but then she saw a familiar blonde boy.

"Hey Sora."

"Hi Matt. Sit down."

Matt nodded and sat down next to the brown-eyed redhead. "Um, Sora. I know you're the one who invited me here, but...."

"We need to talk," the two finally said in unison.

Matt looked at Sora in surprise and quickly replied, "Um, you go first. You're the one who wanted me to come, after all."

Sora shook her head. "No, no. You go. I'm pretty sure whatever you have to tell me is a lot better than what I have to say."

~ Boy, you've got it so wrong Sora... ~ Matt slowly nodded and began speaking. "Um, okay...the thing is Sora...um. This is really hard for me to say, but...things aren't working out right. I'm really sorry, and I don't what to hurt your feelings, but I think that it would be for the best if we broke up. I'm really sorry."

Sora looked at Matt with a blank expression, but it slowly turned into a smile. She hugged him tightly, and the boy wondered what he had done to make Sora react that way.

"Uh..."

"Oh Matt! I was going to tell you the same thing!" the redhead exclaimed as she released the azure-eyed boy.

"You were?" he questioned.

Sora nodded happily. "I'm sorry if you think I'm talking this too lightly or anything, but I'm just so happy that you and I both agree on this! I mean, I had already broken Tai's heart, and I didn't want to break someone else's again."

"I know what you mean. So...I guess our relationship's over now, huh?"

"Yeah. I guess so. But we're still friends right?"

Matt nodded. "Absolutely." The two got up from the bench and hugged. "Come on, I'll walk you home," the boy said as he and Sora started walking.

"Okay," she agreed. Then she remembered something and stopped walking. "Wait a minute Matt."

"What?"

Sora looked down at her wrist and stared at the golden bracelet with an angel wing charm. She took it off and placed it in Matt's hand. "I guess I'm not your angel anymore. I'm pretty sure Mimi would want that back," Sora smiled.

Matt stared at the bracelet in his hand for a moment, and then back at Sora. He smiled at her, and the two continued walking.

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TK and Kari, who were still at the park, had just witnessed the whole thing. The "couple in denial" stared blankly at Matt and Sora until they walked away. The young teens looked at each other and slowly started to smile.

"YES!!!"

The two started jumping around, screaming, dancing, yelling, and anything else you could possibly do to celebrate. People started looking at them strangely, but they were too busy jumping up and down with delight to notice.

"Our plan worked! It actually worked!" TK yelled.

"I guess you won't have to be doing anything to solve their love problems anymore!" the brunette girl exclaimed while laughing.

"I guess so!" TK said with a smile.

The two stopped celebrating and sat on a nearby bench.

"So do you think we should tell everyone else?" TK asked.

"No way! Let them do it themselves...they might not want to tell everyone so soon, you know?" the girl said.

"Yeah, I guess that's true."

"It's true and you know it!" Kari exclaimed and stuck out her tongue at TK jokingly.

"Whatever."

Kari smiled, and suddenly started giggling madly.

"Uh...what's so funny?" TK asked, his confusion very noticeable on his face.

Kari finally managed to slightly control her laughter and managed to say, "You sounded just like your brother!"

TK stared at Kari blankly – who had once again started to laugh – and suddenly burst into a fit of giggles himself.

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"Mimi?"

"Yeah Ami?"

"I'm really bored!"

Mimi looked down at Ami – who was currently sprawled on the floor – and said, "Ami, you told me that five minutes ago!"

Ami looked at her chestnut-haired cousin who lying down on the couch of their living room. "Yeah, but there's practically nothing to do! I mean it's already late so we can't go to the mall or something like that, there aren't any good movies on, and we just went to the carnival yesterday! What else are we supposed to do?!"

"Ami...need I remind you...we don't even have a car!"

The black-haired 18 year old sighed and said, "Oh yeah, that's right. But I bet Joe could probably drive us around somewhere!"

"I'd hate to be a third-wheel Ami."

"What do you mean Meems? You wouldn't be a third-wheel! Well, actually, you kinda would...but that's not the point!"

Mimi giggled as her cousin blabbed on. Sometimes she wondered how Joe, the nervous wreck, made a perfect couple with talkative and daring, yet loveable Ami. It just goes to show how opposites attract. ~ Kinda like Matt and me...although, we weren't total opposites... ~

"Oh my gosh! I have the best idea!" the older of the two exclaimed.

"Um, what is it Ami?" Mimi asked, even though she was almost afraid to know the answer.

"We can have a party!"

"A party?! Hey, cool! But when could we have one?"

"How about tomorrow?" the purple-eyed teen suggested.

"Isn't that a little short notice?" Mimi asked.

"Well, yeah, but I'm completely bored out of my mind here!"

"Fine, we can have the party tomorrow. We'll just invite a few people," the honey-eyed 16 year old agreed.

"Whoo-hoo!" Ami exclaimed, getting up from her former position on the ground. "We're gonna have a party! We're gonna have a party! This so rocks! I've gotta call everyone! But wait, we've still gotta plan everything! Like the food! And music!"

Mimi looked at her cousin with slight amusement. She shook her head and started dialing a number one her phone while Ami just kept talking to no one in particular.

~ Hello, Kido residence. This is Joe speaking. ~

"Hey Joe. This is Mimi. I just thought I'd let you know that you're girlfriend's running around my house like a crazy person while she's talking to herself."

~ Uh, could you say that again? ~

"But never mind her. That's not the reason why I'm calling. Are you busy tomorrow?"

~ No. I don't think so. Why? ~

"How would you like to come to a party?"

To Be Continued

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Will Sora and Matt tell everyone about what happened? Will everything be back to normal with the two perfect couples at the party? Will Kari and TK ever stop being in denial and just tell each other how they feel? Will Ami ever stop running around and talking to herself? Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z! I mean, uh, find out in the next – and last – chapter of "True Love"! ^^;;; So how'd you like it? Too short? Too weird? Too [insert whatever you thought negatively of it here]? Tell me what you think!! TELL ME!!! .:cough:. Sooo...got any comments? Or how about the much-hated flames? Or maybe gummy bears!! Send them to alyssabautista@sbcglobal.net or just review the story! Ja ne!