Sillie: Taichi? Are you all right now?
Taichi: Yeah… I think so…
Yama: :: hugs Taichi :: You better finish this story soon….
Sillie: He! I'm the author! I can make this story as long as I want! :: glares at Yama ::
Taichi: :: gives Sillie his puppy dog eyes ::
Sillie: Oh, all right… this will be the last chapter…
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon * cries *
Ball Masque (chapter 6)
The rest of the gang was babbling happily, and hadn't noticed that Davis and Ken had disappeared too. Suddenly, Davis came storming in, dragging Ken behind him.
He stopped in front of Mimi, and said: "Would you please com with us?" Mimi looked at Davis, and asked: "Why?"
"Taichi needs your expertise…" Ken said. "My expertise?" "Yeah…" Davis said, "Would you please come?" He gave her his puppy dog eyes. He knew she couldn't resist them. Nobody could. He was proven right.
"Oh… okay, I'll come." Mimi said. Davis grinned. "Oh! Bring your bag!"
They walked back to the toilets. When Davis wanted to enter the boy's room, Mimi said: "Wait… that's the boys room…" "Yeah, I know…" Davis said. "I don't go in there!" Mimi said.
Davis looked at Ken, and winked. Ken understood, and he grinned. "Yes you are…" Davis said, and he opened the door. Before Mimi could react, she was pushed inside by Ken.
"Wha…?" She squeaked. Davis and Ken followed her in, and closed the door. Recovered from the shock, Mimi looked around. She spotted Tai at the sinks, in the arms of Matt.
She couldn't see his face, but she could see he was shaking slightly. She took a few hesitant steps forward. "Taichi?"
Matt looked up, and smiled sadly at her. Then Taichi turned, and she gasped. He looked horrible! His eyes where red, and his face was a bit blotchy from crying. Two black stripes where running down his cheeks.
"Oh my god… Taichi! What happened?" She ran up to him, and hugged him tightly. "Please tell me…" Taichi hugged back, and told her the whole story. When he was finished, Mimi shook her head.
"Oh Tai… Are you alright now?" They let go of each other, and Tai nodded. "Yeah… Yama was here to comfort me…"
Matt blushed, and Mimi had to giggle. "What's so funny?" Matt asked. Mimi grinned at him. "I just thought… the sight of you, mad, is going to hunt them in their dreams… You look really scary when you're mad…"
Matt glared at her, but when he heard Tai giggle, and then laugh, he had to smile too. Mimi winked at him, and turned her attention to Tai.
"Okay, let's patch you up…" She got her bag, and pulled out all sorts of make up. First she cleaned Tai's face, and then she started to put some new make up on.
Matt, Ken and Davis where looking with great interest. It was really fascinating to see how make up could change some one.
When Mimi was finished, you could hardly see Tai had been crying. His eyes where still a bit red, but you had to get close to see it. Tai smiled, and gave Mimi a brief hug.
"Thanks, you're great!" he said. "You sure are.." Matt said in awe. Mimi blushed a bit. "Thanks… Now, let's get going! They're going to announce who won the contest very soon!"
Mimi quickly put all her stuff back in her bag, and they quickly went back to the table where the rest of the gang was.
When they sat down, Sora looked at them. "What took you so long?" When nobody answered she looked at Tai. He had his head turned down. "Taichi…"
He looked up, and she looked in his eyes. Then her eyes widened a bit. "Taichi! Have you been…?" She fell silent. "Have I been what?" Tai asked. His voice still sounded a bit hoarse.
"You have!" Sora exclaimed, "You have been crying! What happened?" By now, the whole gang was looking at them. Tai closed his eyes, and whispered: "I don't want to talk about it…"
Sora was getting really worried now. "But.." She was interrupted by Matt. "He said that he didn't want to talk about it!" Matt was sitting next to Tai, and Sora was at the other side, so Tai had his back slightly turned to Matt.
Matt wrapped his arms around Tai's waist, and laid his head on Tai's neck. Then he glared at Sora. But she wasn't going to let it pass so easily.
"Tai's my friend too! I want to know what happened, so I can help!" Matt sighted, and his expression softened a bit. He whispered something in Tai's ear. Tai smiled softly and nodded. He still had his eyes closed.
"Alright…" Mat said in a hushed voice. He sighted again, and pulled Tai closer to him. "Three boys violated Taichi. They tried to… to rape him…"
"WHAT!!" Sora yelled. "Ssst!! Not so loud!!" Sora slammed a hand over her mouth, and Mat continued.
"When I came barging in, they where laying on the floor. Two of the boys where holding his wrists, and the third boy was straddling him. That boy has been following Taichi for a while now. When I came in, he already was pulling Taichi's underwear down."
Matt's voice started to weaver. "If I'd come any later, or not at all, they would have…. Would have…"
At this point, Matt couldn't continue. A tear slid down his cheek, and he quickly buried his face in Tai's neck. He didn't want anybody to see him cry.
Tai opened his eyes, and looked sadly at Sora. Then he turned, and pulled Matt close to him, whispering soothing words in his ear. Sora knew how hard this had to be for Matt.
He couldn't handle emotions very well. He never let anyone near him easily. He was afraid to be hurt. But when he let someone in, he would protect that someone with his live. And now he had almost been to late…
Sora stood, and walked up to Tai and Matt. She wrapped her arms around both of them, and hugged them tightly.
From the jury table, Mr. Otoshi was watching the gang with interest. What was going on there…?
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Ten minutes later, the mood had lightened up again. Sora had gotten Tai and Matt something to drink, and now they were talking about silly things.
At some point, Tai had to laugh so hard, Matt had to support him so he wouldn't fall of his chair. He also had a big grin on his face. Suddenly, they heard some sort of siren.
Everyone went silent, and one of the jury members started to talk. "Okay, we are going to announce the winners of the 'best clothed couple' award. He looked around the crowd. The third price went to a couple dressed as a bodybuilder and his coach (N/A: XD) and the second price went to a couple dressed as a rock star and his groupie. (They had been running around the hall and the girl had been screaming like a real fan girl. It had been a very funny sight…) (N/A: don't ask…)
"And now it's time to announce who won the first price… the winners are.. the vampire and his victim, Yamato Ishida and Taichi Kamiya!"
People outside thought a bomb had exploded, so much noise was coming from the hall. Tai and Matt where both pretty popular, and everybody was cheering loudly for them.
The digidestened where making the most noise. They where whistling and cheering loudly. Tai and Matt grinned at each other, and did a high five. Then they went up to the jury to collect their price. They heard some people talk to each other, as they passed by: "That girl is Taichi? Wow…." That made them grin even wider.
When they reached the jury, they where handed the price. It was a little statue of two people together. It was rather nice.
The announcement of the winners, also was the end of the party. The hall started to empty, and Tai and Matt wanted to go back to the other digidestened.
But Mr. Otoshi stopped them. "Would you both please wait? I have to ask you something." They looked at each other, surprised, but nodded. When the hall was almost empty, Mr. Otoshi returned to Tai and Matt.
"Okay… I want to know what happened tonight, because I'm sure something did happen." Tai and Matt looked at him with big eyes, and Matt wanted to say that nothing was wrong, but something in Mr. Otoshi's eyes told them he wouldn't buy that.
Matt sighted, and said: "Alright.. three boys have violated Taichi in the toilets.. they tried to rape him.." Mr Otoshi's eyes widened a bit, but he said nothing. "I was just in time to save him…"
It was silent for a while, then Mr. Otoshi spoke. "This is a very serious matter. Describe what these boys look like, and I will take care of it." Matt described what the boys looked like, and Mr. Otoshi nodded.
"I think I know who these boys are… they will hear from me…" Then he nodded to Tai and Matt. "You are brave boys…" Then he walked away, and Tai and Matt joined the rest of the gang.
"What was that all about?" Sora asked. "Mr. Otoshi new something was wrong… we told him what happened and he's going to take care of it…" Matt said. "Ah.. that's good." Sora smiled.
"Let's go." "Oh! Mimi! Is it all right if Taichi comes home with me? We will collect his stuff from your house later…" Matt asked.
"Yeah, that's alright. I'll see you guys tomorrow then!" She waved, and together with Sora, Izzy and Jolie, she disappeared in the night. "Let's go home too…" Matt said.
Whit six persons in Matt's car, it was a bit crowded, but it worked. They delivered Kari, T.K., Davis and Ken safely at home. When Matt and Tai arrived at home, they quickly went to bed.
(It took Tai a while to get rid of all the make up) They snuggled close together, and lay in silence for a while.
Suddenly, Tai spoke up. "I'm never going to wear a dress again…" Matt grinned. "Not even for me? You looked really cute in that dress, you know…" He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively, and Tai rolled his eyes.
Then he snuggled closer to Matt, and Matt whispered in his ear: "I love you Tai… more than anything else in the world…" "I love you too, Yama…"
Then Matt put out the lights with one arm, and they drifted of to sleep…
They later heard the three boys had been found, and where punished. They where suspended from school for a month, and they had to do odd jobs, like collecting dirt from gardens and such.
They never touched or came near Tai again…
* ~owari~ *
Sillie: yeah!! It's finished!!
Yama: Pfew… finally…
Taichi: Yess!!
Sillie: Don't you two like my story..? :: looks sad ::
Taichi: No! Yes !! Euh…
Yama: What he means is.. euh.. It's nice..
Sillie: Really?
Yama+ Taichi: Really…
Sillie: :: smiles ::
Yama+ Taichi : Pfew….
Sillie : Oh ! Thanks for all the reviews!! ^_^