A/N: Wow people- chill! I don't think I've ever gotten so many death threats for a story! I mean come on- Do I look like the kind of author that would do that and make a sad ending?? Um…. No! But if it keeps up- I can be quite evil-

…and then a large asteroid came and hit the earth and they all died! The end :)

Jk ;) so let's try and write kate 'nice' reviews and not threats on her personage… personally I've already accepted the fact that I'm going to die sometime- but not anytime soon…. I mean I still have the world to conquer! I want to be the best world dictator ever - so I can't kick off yet. And my friend Alex already has that honor, I guess… he says the minute I start my already planned out world take over plot, he'll come for me :) And you don't want a hyper Asian boy after you! Bad thing!

Ok- I'm going to put down the sugar now…. "FOCUS!"

Disclaimer: Me no own, you no sue!

PS- Sorry for the wait- but ff.net wasn't letting me upload files- it was really annoying…but anyway- enjoy

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Chapter 5

"Sora, you really need to eat a lot more." The doctor said as he showed her the second set of ultrasound pictures of her child. "The baby is getting sufficient nutrients, but your body is not."

Sora nodded. She knew she wasn't eating enough, but she no longer felt alive anymore. It had been so long since Tai held her, or anyone else of her friends, except her father and Mimi. She felt so cold.

"If you intend to keep this baby alive and healthy- you need to take extra care of yourself. If you suffer, the baby is lost as well."

"I understand. I will try to take better care of myself." She replied with a fake smile.

"Are things going ok at your home. You said you recently moved here, how is the father taking the move?"

"Father?" Sora looked at him. "The baby's father isn't here…" She said trying to keep the tears from coming.

"I'm deeply sorry, I didn't know. This is just another reason that you need to take better care of yourself. The baby will only have you to look after him or her."

"I know. And I will." Sora reassured the doctor before leaving the doctor's office for the day.

'Sora, you will get it together!' She scolded herself as she walked out to the car.

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"Mr. Takenouchi?" Tai called into the room after knocking on the door and getting no response. "Hello?"

"It looks like he isn't here." Justin said as the three entered the neatly arranged office.

On the desk sat a few pictures. While Kari and Justin sat down in the chairs to wait, Tai picked up the picture of Sora. It was recent. The swell of her stomach told him that it must have been taken with in the past week or so. It was of her sitting in a rocking chair that over looked a park. Tai stared at her tired looking eyes. The smile on her face was a forced one. Even he could see that much. She looked awfully pale. No longer was the radiant glow of life on her creamy skin. It brought tears to Tai's eyes at the suffering she must be going through, and he was the cause.

Would she forgive him, he wondered as he looked at the picture.

"My… my baby…" He said in a voice that shook with sorrow and a little joy at seeing her again.

"No, she's my baby." Came a voice from the door.

"Mr. Takenouchi?" Kari and Justin stood up.

"Why did you come?" He said in an irritated voice. He recognized Taichi as the same little boy who had always played with Sora in their youth, and the source of all his daughters pain at the present.

"We need to talk to you for a moment." Justin quickly said trying to get the man's eyes off of Taichi.

The man ignored him and walked straight for Tai. Tai couldn't help but feel the anger in the man's eyes.

"I'd like to say it was good to see you again Taichi… things have so drastically changed. Before I thought you were the man who would take care of my daughter. But now I only see the child that broke her heart and causes her to continue to suffer everyday by herself. Why are you here?"

"Mr. Takenouchi, I know you must hate me right now- but please. Sora means the world to me… I regret ever hurting her. I've suffered too, but I can see that she has had the worst of it…I want to make up for what I foolishly passed aside."

"I would like to believe you Taichi, but I'm not sure it's me you need to prove that to." He said as he sat down at his desk. Tai stood there waiting for the man to continue, but he didn't.

"Mr. Takenouchi, I need to see her. Please, we came all this way to set things right."

"We've been trying to find her ever since she left Japan Mr. Takenouchi." Justin added.

"Who are you two by the way?" Mr. Takenouchi looked over to the two that now stood behind Tai.

"My name is Justin Matasmoto. I'm a friend of Sora's. We lived next door to each other when you and Mrs. Takenouchi separated."

"And I'm Tai's sister Kari. Sora's like a big sister to me. Please, can we see her. We're all so worried about her back home."

"Kari, Justin, could you please leave me and Taichi alone for a moment. I need to talk to him, man to man."

Looking at Tai, who gave a nod, Kari and Justin exited and waited out in the hall.

"Now Taichi." Mr. Takenouchi began. "I really don't know what to say to you. On the one hand I want to beat the living daylights out of you for doing this to my daughter. Not only making her pregnant, but acting so childish afterwards. But then there is the part of me that wants her to be happy. She's miserable here. Anyone who knows her can see that. She always was a strong willed and stubborn girl, but neither of us knew how fragile she really was until this." The man rubbed his eyes and gave a sigh.

"Mr. Takenouchi?" Tai started out, not wanting the first option to be the chosen path.

"But you really do love her… I can tell you suffered yourself. Both your eyes look lost. That was the first thing I noticed when she came to live with me."

"I love your daughter with all my heart. I've been an empty shell without her."

"I know I haven't always been the best of father to Sora, so I can't say I always know what's best for her but now is not a good time to dump all this added pressure on her. Taichi, she's not dong to well. It's all been adding up on her and I think that you being here and the fights it will cause right off the bat, they just won't help her any."

"I know, but I need to be with her. I want so bad to be by her side during these hard times, she is carrying my child after all. I don't just need to be responsible because it is my child, but I want to be because I love her."

"And that's exactly what she isn't sure of. If you go to her now- she will think you are there only because you feel obligated. She doesn't want that. That's exactly the reason she left Japan and came here. I don't know what to do…I really don't."

"Can I at least write her a letter? We can take it slow. But just knowing that I love her and want her back… won't that help her?" Taichi suggested.

"I think that, this is an excellent idea." the other man smiled.

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The next day Mimi came to visit Sora in the afternoon.

"Hey Sora, how are you feeling?" Mimi asked as she entered Sora's bedroom. Sora was in bed, like the doctors had said.

"Hi Mimi." Sora said. She was glad her friend had decided to come over.

"You'll never guess what I have." The pink haired girl smiled. Behind her back she pulled a bouquet of red roses. "They're for you."

"For…me?" Sora asked a little stunned. No one else knew she was here except Mimi and her parents. "Who are they from?" Sora asked as she took the flowers and smelt them. It had been so long since she had gotten flowers.

"And that's not all." Mimi smiled. "I'll be right back." The girl practically bounced out of the room full of excitement. "Look! There's a few presents, and then a letter. But open the presents first." Mimi smiled.

Sora carefully opened the packages. In one there was a cute little blue jumper for the baby with soccer balls on the front. And then a pink little sleeper with the same design, incase the baby was a girl.

"These are so cute. Did you get them for the baby Mimi?" Sora asked as she held the two outfits to her face. They were nice and soft against her skin; they were perfect for the baby.

"Nope. It wasn't me." Mimi beamed. "But there's one more present and then the note. But I think you need to read the note now." A small gift bag adorned with those pink frilly things Mimi liked was set on her lap and a card was handed to her. "I'll be in the other room if you need me." Mimi smiled brightly.

Sora was left alone in her room. She wondered what Mimi was up to. She usually acted giggly and bubbly, but today there was something more. After trying to figure out what was up, Sora decided to open the letter.

"If you are still searching for the other half of your heart, please open the box and look out the window for it will be standing there, waiting for you."

Sora was confused again.

'What is this?' she wondered as she opened the small box the bag contained. What she saw in there both shocked her and made her heart flutter at the same time. Inside the small box sat the ring she had given back to Taichi before she left.

The day he had given her that ring seemed like so long ago. It was the very day she had confessed to him her love for him. He had given it to her and made her a promise on the ring. When she asked him, he told her how he had been holding on to that ring since they had come back from the digital world after defeating the dark masters.

"I will forever love you Sora. I always have and I will until my dying day." he had told her as he slipped it on her finger.

"Taichi?" She whispered. 'Could it be? Would he… did he really still love her?' She wondered as she got up and walked as fast as she could towards the large windows in her room. Unlatching the window frame, Sora walked out onto the tiny balcony. The sun warmed her cold skin, but the sun itself would never have warmed her as much as what awaited her outside.

Looking down onto the back gardens of the apartment complex, she saw a single figure kneeling on the lawn. Her heart felt like is skipped a beat as the figure lifted his head to show the pleading chocolate eyes before her. Sora couldn't breathe… tears began to fall from her tired orbs.

"Taichi?" She mouthed out.

"Sora, I love you Sora. Please forgive me." Tai yelled up to her. He could tell from where he was she was crying. He stood up and began to scale the fire escape ladders up to the fourth floor window where Sora stood.

As he climbed over the railing of the small balcony, he reached out to touch her face.

"Are… are you real?" She asked in a hushed voice. Her legs were shaking and her heart wouldn't stop pounding. Here before her was the cause of her pain, and the reason for her joy. She couldn't take it. It was just too much for her body and mind to process.

Tai grabbed her before she fell to the ground. She had fainted. To hold her in his arms again, Tai began to cry.

Mimi came in and helped Tai get Sora to her bed.

"Sora?" Tai called to her as he stroked her hair with one hand. He too was trembling like she had been.

"We need to get her to the hospital Tai, just in case." Mimi instructed. Tai nodded and picked her up in his arms. He protectively carried her downstairs and out to Mimi's car.