1.1 Chapter Two: Not So Perfect
*RING, RING*
"Izzy, someone's at the door. I'll drop by the lab later." Joe hung up the phone. 'This is just great. Me and Izzy could have finally become chick-magnets but no, Tai had to screw it up.'
Joe opened the door. The briefcase was shoved into his hands, and before he could speak, he saw Tai running off towards the street…and danger.
"TAI! WAIT!"
But it was too late. Tai was already pelting down the street, towards Sora's house.
Soon he reached the door he sought, with no problems.
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
Ms. Takenouchi opened the door. "Hello, Tai. Sora's not home…" then Ms. Takenouchi got a whiff of the aphrodisiac. Her eyes flashed, and she got a coy smile on her face. "…But she should be home soon. Why don't you sit down." Ms. Takenouchi smiled coyly.
"Uh…thanks." Tai sat himself down on the couch. "Um, I was just wondering, do you know where Sora is?"
"I think she went shopping with Mimi. But, you know what Tai?"
"Um, what?"
"I've always wondered what it would be like to kiss a younger man." Ms. Takenouchi walked towards Tai, the coy smile still on her face.
"Ms. Takenouchi! Control yourself!" Tai was starting to back up on the couch.
"Come on Tai, just one little kiss."
"Ms. Takenouchi!" Tai was scrambling for the door. He quickly reached it.
"Come on."
"EEEEK!" Tai fumbled with the doorknob, and finally managed to get it open…and escape.
Tai stood, panting, on the sidewalk. "I'm glad I got out of there. I've got to find Sora, and quick, before something else happens.
Tai walked hurriedly down the streets, trying to ignore the rather seductive gazes of the women on the sidewalks.
Then he ran into someone.
"Hey, Tai," Kari said to her older brother.
"Hi sis."
Then Kari got a whiff of the aphrodisiac. Her eyes flashed and she got a coy smile on her face.
"Kari…?" Tai started to back away.
'All women….' Izzy's message ran over and over in his mind.
Tai started to run. His side started to ache, his muscles were burning, but he couldn't stop. 'For the love of God,' he thought, 'don't let her catch me.'
Tai finally leaned against a wall and tried to catch his breath. 'Dear Lord, that was close.' He wiped the sweat from his brow.
"Hey, Tai. You mind helping us with these."
Tai looked over and saw Ken and Yolei, each with a mountain of packages.
"Uh, sure." Tai was uneasy.
Yolei and Ken both dropped most of their packages into his arms. He groaned under the weight.
Suddenly, Yolei got a whiff of the aphrodisiac. Her eyes flashed, and she got a coy smile.
"I'm certain you could handle those packages."
"Hey! I'm carrying some over here!" Ken yelled.
"Yeah, right." Yolei totally ignored her boyfriend.
The three walked towards Yolei's apartment and Tai struggled under the weight.
"Come on in." Yolei opened the door and stepped inside. But as soon as Tai was inside…she slammed the door in Ken's face.
"Hey! Yolei! Let me in!"
But Yolei ignored the frantic cries of her boyfriend.
Tai dropped the packages and swallowed hard. "Are you feeling okay, Yolei?"
"Oh, I'm fine Tai."
"I think I should go now."
"Oh? I think you should stay." The girl lunged at him, and tackled him to the couch.
"Yolei!"
The girl ignored him and ripped open his shirt.
"AHHHHH!" Tai quickly darted away and jumped out the window, running from the angry Ken.
Tai kept running, and found himself outside…Mimi's house.
Unfortunately for Tai, he didn't remember the disastrous effects this could have…and he walked up to the door.
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
"Hello?" the rather ditzy girl stuck her head out the door.
"Uh, hi Mimi. Do you know where Sora is?"
"Uh, no…" then Mimi got (you guessed it) a whiff of the aphrodisiac. Her eyes flashed and she got a coy smile. "…But I can call her up on her cell phone for you. Just wait here." She pointed to a couch.
"Uh, okay…." Tai obediently sat down.
Mimi, however, didn't get the phone, but instead bolted towards Tai and wrapped her arms around him.
"Mimi!" Tai struggled to break her grip, but she just wouldn't let go.
"How 'bout a kiss, handsome." Mimi leaned towards him.
"Help!"
At this precise moment, Palmon walked in. "Mimi I…woah!"
"Palmon, help me!" Tai choked out.
"Right. Cover your nose. STINKING GAS!"
Tai quickly covered his nose as the intoxicating odor filled the room. Mimi's eyes flashed again, and she immediately let go.
"Woah! Tai, where'd you come from!?"
"Um, don't ask. Could you just tell me where Sora is?" Tai's voice was nasally, considering he was still closing his nose.
"Uh…sure. She was at the 'Cocoa Café' last time I saw her."
"Thanks, Mimi. You two Palmon." Tai dashed out the door.
"Strange. Very strange."
*RING, RING*
"Izzy, someone's at the door. I'll drop by the lab later." Joe hung up the phone. 'This is just great. Me and Izzy could have finally become chick-magnets but no, Tai had to screw it up.'
Joe opened the door. The briefcase was shoved into his hands, and before he could speak, he saw Tai running off towards the street…and danger.
"TAI! WAIT!"
But it was too late. Tai was already pelting down the street, towards Sora's house.
Soon he reached the door he sought, with no problems.
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
Ms. Takenouchi opened the door. "Hello, Tai. Sora's not home…" then Ms. Takenouchi got a whiff of the aphrodisiac. Her eyes flashed, and she got a coy smile on her face. "…But she should be home soon. Why don't you sit down." Ms. Takenouchi smiled coyly.
"Uh…thanks." Tai sat himself down on the couch. "Um, I was just wondering, do you know where Sora is?"
"I think she went shopping with Mimi. But, you know what Tai?"
"Um, what?"
"I've always wondered what it would be like to kiss a younger man." Ms. Takenouchi walked towards Tai, the coy smile still on her face.
"Ms. Takenouchi! Control yourself!" Tai was starting to back up on the couch.
"Come on Tai, just one little kiss."
"Ms. Takenouchi!" Tai was scrambling for the door. He quickly reached it.
"Come on."
"EEEEK!" Tai fumbled with the doorknob, and finally managed to get it open…and escape.
Tai stood, panting, on the sidewalk. "I'm glad I got out of there. I've got to find Sora, and quick, before something else happens.
Tai walked hurriedly down the streets, trying to ignore the rather seductive gazes of the women on the sidewalks.
Then he ran into someone.
"Hey, Tai," Kari said to her older brother.
"Hi sis."
Then Kari got a whiff of the aphrodisiac. Her eyes flashed and she got a coy smile on her face.
"Kari…?" Tai started to back away.
'All women….' Izzy's message ran over and over in his mind.
Tai started to run. His side started to ache, his muscles were burning, but he couldn't stop. 'For the love of God,' he thought, 'don't let her catch me.'
Tai finally leaned against a wall and tried to catch his breath. 'Dear Lord, that was close.' He wiped the sweat from his brow.
"Hey, Tai. You mind helping us with these."
Tai looked over and saw Ken and Yolei, each with a mountain of packages.
"Uh, sure." Tai was uneasy.
Yolei and Ken both dropped most of their packages into his arms. He groaned under the weight.
Suddenly, Yolei got a whiff of the aphrodisiac. Her eyes flashed, and she got a coy smile.
"I'm certain you could handle those packages."
"Hey! I'm carrying some over here!" Ken yelled.
"Yeah, right." Yolei totally ignored her boyfriend.
The three walked towards Yolei's apartment and Tai struggled under the weight.
"Come on in." Yolei opened the door and stepped inside. But as soon as Tai was inside…she slammed the door in Ken's face.
"Hey! Yolei! Let me in!"
But Yolei ignored the frantic cries of her boyfriend.
Tai dropped the packages and swallowed hard. "Are you feeling okay, Yolei?"
"Oh, I'm fine Tai."
"I think I should go now."
"Oh? I think you should stay." The girl lunged at him, and tackled him to the couch.
"Yolei!"
The girl ignored him and ripped open his shirt.
"AHHHHH!" Tai quickly darted away and jumped out the window, running from the angry Ken.
Tai kept running, and found himself outside…Mimi's house.
Unfortunately for Tai, he didn't remember the disastrous effects this could have…and he walked up to the door.
*KNOCK, KNOCK*
"Hello?" the rather ditzy girl stuck her head out the door.
"Uh, hi Mimi. Do you know where Sora is?"
"Uh, no…" then Mimi got (you guessed it) a whiff of the aphrodisiac. Her eyes flashed and she got a coy smile. "…But I can call her up on her cell phone for you. Just wait here." She pointed to a couch.
"Uh, okay…." Tai obediently sat down.
Mimi, however, didn't get the phone, but instead bolted towards Tai and wrapped her arms around him.
"Mimi!" Tai struggled to break her grip, but she just wouldn't let go.
"How 'bout a kiss, handsome." Mimi leaned towards him.
"Help!"
At this precise moment, Palmon walked in. "Mimi I…woah!"
"Palmon, help me!" Tai choked out.
"Right. Cover your nose. STINKING GAS!"
Tai quickly covered his nose as the intoxicating odor filled the room. Mimi's eyes flashed again, and she immediately let go.
"Woah! Tai, where'd you come from!?"
"Um, don't ask. Could you just tell me where Sora is?" Tai's voice was nasally, considering he was still closing his nose.
"Uh…sure. She was at the 'Cocoa Café' last time I saw her."
"Thanks, Mimi. You two Palmon." Tai dashed out the door.
"Strange. Very strange."
