Reliable Love: A Sora and Joe Love Story

Ok, so it all started like this.

Tai and Matt turned out to be bi and became more than just friends. (Gross. Now I have no one to be with!)

Mimi and Izzy became an item. (I never thought this might happen.)

T.K. and Kari were more than just happy together. (Cute.)

I'm 18 and I'm all alone. (So is Joe, but he's not depressed and not 18 either; lucky him!)

I'm so depressed, I need something to lighten me up…guess nothing good happens to me…WAAAAAHH!!!!

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Chapter One: Lighten Up A Little

Sora sighed as she packed the last of her things and put them all in her bag, she going to take a trip to a nice and peaceful place, maybe that would get her out of her depression. Ever since that day…the day Tai and Matt revealed their secret, Sora had been depressed; not only is she not going to be Mrs. Ishida or Tai's girl, the two people who could be something in her life were…together. Which meant that Tai and Matt were bi or gay or whatever! Sora thought slowly. She shook her head, she had to get Matt and Tai out of her head, yes they were perfect in every way and form (Well, Matt at least), but she's going on vacation! Vacations are for people who want to take their minds off things, and this would be a VERY good start. She shook her head again.

Ding-dong!

"I'll get it!" Yelled Sora and ran down to open the door, she was surprised to see who it was…

"Huh? Oh…hi Matt." She said, slowly, trying to put on a smile.

Matt smiled back, he looked nervous, "Um…Hi Sora, can I…um…come in?" He said. She nodded and stood aside to let him come in, closed the door behind them, and led him to the living room. Matt seated himself on one of the sofas as Sora sat opposite to him.

"Yes Matt?" Sora said, careful not to sound bored or rude.

Matt fiddled more with his fingers before finally raising his head and meeting Sora's confused eyes, "Um…Sora, I came to…um…well…" He stopped for a moment and then stood up. He walked to a nearby window and looked outside, he ran a his fingers through his hair, took a deep breathe and then finally, talked. "Well, I came to do this."

Sora looked at Matt strangely, but just as her lips moved to form a question, Matt charged at her and picked her up; Sora started screaming and hitting him but all Matt did was advance to the door and carry her outside.

He let her go when they reached the car. Sora glared at Matt and whoever was in the car waiting for her. "What do you think you're doing Matt?" She yelled at him.

"Well…" Matt said slowly. "It's like this…we're here to-" He was interrupted by Sora.


"We? What do you mea…we?" She asked suspiciously.

Matt became extra nervous and stayed quiet until the person in the car started to speak. "It's me Sora, Tai. 'We' means me and Matt here, we're taking all of us back to the Digital World." He looked up and took of the hood that was hiding his face to reveal his identity. "And if you think I'm the only one in the car, look in the back."

And she did so.

And what she saw was a bunch of other people with hoods pulled up to cover their faces. Matt gave her a jacket, like the one Tai had on. She sighed and put it on, not caring about the color, (which was white-silver with red on the lines, and in the middle the picture of her crest, a heart) and went in the car. Matt put his jacket on, pulled the hood over his head and went behind the wheel.

"Ok DD's!" Tai said, "We're going back home! And with Izzy's help of course." Everybody groaned, including Matt as he started the engine and hit it off.

Sora sighed, this was going to be a looong trip, and oh did she wish she could kill Tai. But a voice next to her, who was grumpy and loud as a whisper, made her feel a bit…relaxed. "Don't worry Sora, I want to kill him too."

She smiled to herself. Joe said the funniest things.

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We reached Izzy's house after a long hour of driving. Matt said that he was going to take a short cut to Izzy's house. Yeah right. (Rolls eyes) He ended up taking the extra long way to there. Typical Yamato, huh?

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"Matt…" Started Izzy slowly, "That's not the way to my house."

Matt shot Izzy a deadly look and he quickly shut up. After some time, Tai turned around to look at us, "Are you all ready?" He said. The Digidestined became confused, not that Tai could see the expression on their faces, but from the way they all tilted their heads shift their weight uncomfortably, Tai knew they were confused. He shook his head. "Um, Izzy, tell us where the nearest Digi Port is…"

Izzy nodded and got out his laptop, after typing things on it, he finally said, "Right in front of you, Tai." Tai nodded.

"Ok DD's!" Tai said, "Get out your Digivices, you know what to do now!"

All Digidestined groaned, but got out their Digivices anyway, they held it in front of them and bam! White light engulfed them and they transported to the Digi World, or what they thought was the Digi World.

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Thanks to the 'All Mighty Tai', we didn't reach the Digi World that we knew, but instead, we reached a more beautiful place.

Wait, I shouldn't thank Tai, it was Izzy's fault that we're here.

It was just so amazing, breathtaking, and magnificent! But as always, good things never last…

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Sora breathed heavily as she stared at what looked like a small lagoon. It was certainly better than the one back in the real world that's for sure. The water was so clean and water lilies grew everywhere. There were fireflies flying around adding to the beauty of that place. It was nighttime, and that was all that place needed to add to its perfectionism beauty.

"It's beautiful!" She heard Mimi say from somewhere.

"Like I've never seen before…" Izzy added.

Someone breathed in from behind her as well, when she turned around, she saw that it was Joe. Wearing a jacket, just like hers, but with the Reliability picture in the middle and dark blue on the outlines. She kept staring at him until he looked at her and said, "Gomamon told me about this place. He said that it was on another island, not the same one we go to every year."

Upon hearing this, Tai became confused and blamed it all on Izzy. "Izzy, where have you brought us!?" Tai asked, his eyes becoming wider by the second.

Izzy shrugged and opened his laptop and then looked up again at Tai, "To the Digi World Tai."

While Sora scanned her friends' clothes, she saw they were all wearing the same jacket she and Joe were wearing, just with different clothes and pictures in the middle. Hmm, I wonder who made them…

"Tai…" Sora whispered; they all looked at her. From the beginning of the trip, Sora never opened her mouth or talked while the other did. "Let's…stay here for a while, please?"

Tai's eyes stopped widening and began to decrease in size, while his mouth stayed open wide. It was Matt who replied to her question. "Of course Sora," He said, "Tai doesn't mind at all." He smiled to assure of that and Sora found herself staring at him and blushed heavily when she noticed so.

"So, exactly what DO we do?" Mimi asked. "I mean, we're stuck in this place, we have no Digimon…" All were glaring at Tai at this moment, even Matt. "And even more, Joe isn't prepared for all of this, he doesn't have his first aid kit and the necessary equipment!" Mimi was almost yelling at that point.

Joe only smiled calmly. "You're wrong Mimi, I do have my necessary equipment."

Mimi let a long sigh of relief, "Phew, a moment there I thought I was gonna die!"

Tai finally recovered from his state. "Ok guys, I think we should start by climbing that mountain over and then-" He was interrupted by Joe.

"No Tai, we AREN'T going to climb that mountain, we'll be staying here and enjoy what's left of our lives waiting for some kind of Digimon to come and eat us all while we're still so young."

Sora raised her eyebrow at Joe for a moment, just a minute ago she thought that he might have changed from the old hysterical boy that he used to be, but now, all hope of that has gone away.

"Joe…" Izzy started, "You don't have to yell next time, you're almost starting to look like your old self…"

Mimi began to sob, "Does this mean 'sob' that we're gonna die?" She asked. Izzy quickly went to his laptop, Mimi and the others all gathered behind him.

"Umm…guys…" He began. They all quit staring at the screen and looked at Izzy. "The Digi Port is closed…"

"Then open it!" Matt said.

Izzy shook his head, "I can't."

Mimi fell backwards and hit her bottom hard while Joe only slapped himself on the forehead and cursed, Matt lifted his eyebrow and then turned around from the rest of the group, and Tai started muttering something under his breath; only Sora stayed optimistic.

"Don't worry guys…" She said, "We'll live through this. We lived through harder, remember? How could this place be different from our past experiments?"

Everyone looked up at her, Mimi with a twinkle in her eyes and Tai with much confidence.

"Yeah!" Tai said, "We came here for a vacation, right? Then we'll have the best darn vacation we ever had!"

And they all regained their confidence back, only Joe stayed pessimistic. Sora finally got her wish; she did lighten up a little.

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Author's Note:

So, what do you think of the first chapter?

More romance in the second chapter.

And I think I'll make this a series, I mean, I think I'll write other love stories from other shows and/or video games. Any ideas?

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