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Dedication for this Chapter goes out to the DigiElite, the coolest group of writers that I know…especially the ones that bothered to review this story…

Sora Takenouchi felt like her insides had been turned to Jello as she ran away from the Ishida family apartment. Matt was always faithful as a friend - he had the Crest of Friendship, for crying out loud! – but perhaps he just couldn't handle himself in a serious relationship. Or what if…what if…

"What if it's me?" she wondered out loud.

"It's not you," said a familiar voice behind her.

Sora spun around, expecting to see Matt, but instead saw TK, a look of utmost concern on his face.

"It could never be you, Sora. You're everything a guy could ask for in a girlfriend. You just came at…at a bad time, that's all," TK said, fighting the urge to break down and confess his desire for Sora to her.

"Bad time?" Sora asked, frowning. "What's time got to do with it? Matt likes Jun, not me, and that's all there is to it. Time is not the issue here, Matt just HATES me."

"Sora…" TK said, searching for the right thing to say. He settled on a seemingly innocent statement that would have unforeseen consequences: "I'm sorry, Sora. Trust me, it's not your fault."

"TK…you're so sweet," said Sora. "I wish I could believe you. But I know what I saw, and I know what I heard, and it's over between your brother and me. But thanks for trying to cheer me up, TK. You're a true friend," and with that, Sora gave TK a quick kiss on his cheek and ran off into the night.

TK reached up and slowly touched the spot where Sora had kissed him…it had been soft, and sweet, and TK knew beyond all doubt he was in love. He stood there on the balcony of the apartment building for five minutes, still touching that same spot and feeling at peace with the world. His peace was cut short by a voice of purest venom behind him.

"I saw that, TK."

TK turned around to see his brother, face still red from being slapped, and positively fuming with anger. "I went out after you two as soon as I could get myself off the floor," he said, his voice quavering with anger. "I saw you two talking, so I watched from around the corner of the building. And she kissed you, TK."

TK could only nod. He and never seen Matt this angry before, never, and that included the time TK had dropped his car keys down the garbage disposal by "accident" after a particularly brutal argument.

"TK, you have always been there to help me. You helped me out just tonight, when Jun came calling. But now, you're crossing lines that no man who wants to reach the age of 17 should ever cross. You are to stay away from Sora until I have this thing sorted out, do you undersatnd me? And I WILL sort this out, TK, you just wait and see. It's not open season on my girlfriend yet, oh no. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding, but I don't want to catch you even looking at her funny, or you will be worse than dead. Am I clear?"

TK was speechless. It was only a misunderstanding, and yet…what if it wasn't? What if Sora really was through with Matt? She could love a guy like him, he knew she could…but he couldn't afford to make Matt even more angry than he already was, so he nodded again.

"Good, then," said Matt, and he stalked back to the apartment.

* * *

"Sora, I'm really not a relationship specialist, and I'm not supposed to…"

"I don't care, Joe. I know I can trust you, and you're a licensed psychiatrist, and I want your advice now," said Sora.

Joe Kido frowned at his longtime friend. He was a psychiatrist, but he wasn't supposed to take cases in which he had a personal interest, such as being friends with people who were involved, because it could bias his decisions. He had tried to explain this to Sora, but she was too distraught to have any part of it.

"Look, Sora," Joe began again, "I can't offer you counseling as a a psychiatrist in this case. But I can offer you advice as a friend with psychiatric training. Is that okay?"

"I'll take what I can get, Joe," said Sora. "Thanks."

"OK, so about Matt. What made you think he was being unfaithful?"

"I found Jun Motomiya's hair scrunchie on his dresser. He admitted it was hers, and that she had just been there. I had heard her telling her friends how she and Matt were 'an item', but I never believed it before!"

Joe closed his eyes and thought for a minute. "It seems pretty cut-and-dry, but things are rarely as they so readily appear. Although the evidence all points heavily in one direction, you may still be jumping to conclusions. All you know as of now is that Jun was at the Ishida apartment, and she took off her scrunchie. Is that really enough to suggest Matt's guilty of the alleged crime?"

Sora thought for a moment. "I guess not. But if that's not what happened, then what did?"

"Did you try asking Matt?" Joe asked with suspicion.

"Of course!" Sora said defensively. "At least, I think I did…wait, did I?"

"As I feared," said Joe with a sigh. "You were so angry that you let your emotions run the show, and you never did the reasonable thing by asking Matt for his side of the story. You do love him, right?"

"Of course," said Sora quickly.

"Then why wouldn't you be willing to accept an explanation of how you could be mistaken in your thoughts?" Joe asked.

Sora stood up quickly. "Oh my gosh, Joe, you're right! I have to find Matt right now!" And with that, she exited the room posthaste.

* * *

"I can't tell her. But I have to! I may never have another chance like this!" said TK to himself in his room. "I need to confess to Sora, I need to get this off my chest!" But then, he thought of Matt. "He told me to saty away. Sora was his first, and he is my brother. I can't do this to him…but it's love! I can't deny love…or can I? Grrr…" TK was being torn in two from the inside. He would have to choose between his brother and the love of his life. Suddenly, he exited his room. He walked out of the apartment, and called back to his brother, "I'm going out to get some fresh air!" He knew what he had to do.

Matt wasn't fooled for a second. He knew where TK was going, and he wasn't going to le him get away with it. He got up off the couch and silenly stole out the door.

Sora was walking along the road back to her apartment building. It was getting dark, and the street lights had just come on. She would see Matt tomorrow at school, and she would talk to him then.

"Sora! Sora, wait up!" came a voice from behind her.

Sora spun around to see Takeru Takaishi behind her, clutching his side and panting.

"TK, hi! What can I do for you?"

"There's something I…I need to tell you…" he began.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" As quick as lightning, a green and white streak that was the infuriated Yamato Ishida shot from a bush acroos the street.

He never even saw the headlights.

A/N – Whew! I think this is my favorite chapter so far. Nice little cliffhanger at the end there. You've done the Read part, so now comes the Review part. Just click that little button right over there and you're on your way!