Hey everybody! Chapter three is now ready for takeoff! But before we do that, let's answer the reviews shall we?

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Emiru Yagami: Tai should be an A&F boy. He's sooooooooooooo adorable!!!! Which is why I wrote it into this chapter. It's nice that Mimi and Sora help out. After all, no one does it better then those two!

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Matt's POV

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Thursday, May 8th, 9 days until my birthday. Then I'll be the same age as Tai. Which is good because he's one of those people who like to gloat about being older, even if it was only by a few months. But he's dumb sometimes anyway, so it shouldn't matter to me. But everything about him matters. We walked towards the mall in silence, another thing that was bugging me. Tai never shuts up. We entered the mall and started to walk around.

"Hey Tai, why are you shopping anyway?" I asked him. He blushed a bit and stared at the ground.

"Well, Sora and I were down here last Saturday. And she saw something that she wanted me to do. So now I'm roped into doing it and she said that I need a new look." He explained, still keeping his head low.

"What do you have to do?" I asked him. He blushed even more. What the hell is with him and blushing today?

"I....She's making me enter a male model contest!" he burst out suddenly, his face resembling a tomato with brown hair. All I could do was stare at him. And laugh my ass off.

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Oh my god. I just told Matt about the male model contest and now he's just laughing at me. I've never felt so embarrassed in my life. Well, maybe that's because I'm doing it for him, but still!

"YOU CAN STOP LAUGHING AT ANY TIME MATT!" I exclaimed. His laughter died down.

"Sorry Tai. I just thought that was kind of interesting. When is it?" he asked me.

"When's what?" I replied. He rolled his eyes.

"The contest, nimrod." He said.

"OH! It's on the 17th. Why?" I asked him. He stared at me for a bit, then shook his head.

"Irony never fails to amaze me." He said.

"What's that suppose to mean?" I asked him. He looked over at me and smiled.

"Tai, I'm one of the judges for the contest." He said. Time totally stopped. Wait....did he just say what I think he just said?

"You...You're a judge?" I stammered a bit. He nodded his blonde head.

"Yea. They needed someone to be a teenage judge. So they got lead singer of the Teenage Wolves to do it." He smirked a bit. (A/N: I don't know how old Matt was when the Teenage Wolves started, but let's pretend this is when they were only famous in town, not around the world or country.)

"Um...wow. This is kinda weird." I said awkwardly. He shrugged his shoulders.

"Not really. I think you would make a good model." He said. I just stared at him and thought about that.

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Oh man. Did I just tell him he'd make a good model? What the hell? It's not really a big deal, I mean, he would make a good model, but me actually telling him is a different story! I need to find something to distract me. Then I remembered why I was here in the first place.

"Hey Tai, what kind of clothes are you looking for exactly?" I asked my non- enthusiastic friend. He shrugged and continued walking.

"I really have no idea. Whatever looks good I guess." He replied.

"What about here?" I pointed to a store. He looked in my direction and his eyes widened in shock.

"WHAT? Matt, you aren't serious are you? I don't wanna be a prep!" he exclaimed.

"Hey shut up. I shop here too, so you KNOW they will make you look good." I explained to him.

"Get over yourself." He murmured as we entered Abercrombie and Fitch. (A/N: I personally don't have anything against A & F, but I'm gonna make Tai not like it. =D)

"Oh relax, T. Come on." I said as I dragged him to the boys department. I started looking through the racks of clothes and randomly throwing stuff out.

"Here, go try these on." I said shoving a pile of clothes into his hands. "And come back out here so I can see what you look like." I added.

"Jeez, you're starting to sound like my mom." He said under his breath as he closed the door to the dressing room. I started looking around some more for anything that he would look good in. All right, so I was looking for something I would look good in. So sue me.

"Matt?" I heard Tai say softly. I turned around and looked at him. I didn't say anything for a long time, too impressed by what I saw.

"Wow. Tai, that looks really good on you." I finally said. And it did look nice. He had on a pair of blue jeans that appeared faded on the thigh to the knee and had a tiny flare. I'll admit, they flare looked kind of girly, but for some reason, it suited him perfectly. And then he had on an olive green tanktop with the words Abercrombie Soccer and a 10 in white letters. (A/N: if you can't imagine Tai's clothes, go to abercrombiekids.com and look for destroyed flares and a stoningwall soccer tee. Something like that.)

"You think so?" he asked softly. He sounded so innocent and well...cute. Kind of shy. Which is strange because Tai is anything BUT shy.

"Yea. Looks great. What about the khaki cargo pants?" I asked him.

"They looked ok. How much money do we have?" he questioned. I counted the money Sora gave us and then added up the total cost for the shirt and the two pants.

"We have enough to buy them and ice cream." I said, hinting to him what I wanted. He grinned and went back in to change. He came back out of the room and paid for the clothes. Then we walked out and down the mall.

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Tai and Matt headed down the main walkway, Tai carrying the bags and Matt with his hands in his pockets. They arrived at the food court and sat down.

"So what do we want for food?" Tai asked.

"Ice cream, duh. I've been sugar-deprived for a while." Matt replied as he rested his head on the table.

"You ok? You're acting kinda out of it." Tai said worriedly. Matt nodded.

"Yea, just kind of tired. Damn school work and dad's psycho schedule have kept me up for a while." He replied. Tai nodded in understandment.

"Don't worry about it. I'll be back in a bit. Let me guess, rocky road ice cream?" he asked. Matt nodded.

"Of course. What else would I have?" he smiled. Tai laughed and walked away from the table. He started walking to the Baskin-Robins stand when he suddenly crashed into someone.

"Sorry." Tai apologized and started walking again. Only he didn't get very far.

"Where exactly do you think you're going, Kamiya?" a low voice growled at him. Tai looked back and came face-to-face with Kei Hirotami. 'Crap. Just what I need, Kei and his shit.' Tai thought to himself.

"What do you want Kei?" Tai growled back. Tai didn't like Kei very much. And Kei despised Tai. All because of soccer. Both of them tried out for the team, and Tai got the last spot, bumping Kei off the rank. Kei got pissed and now took every opportunity to pick a fight with him. And that wasn't good in Tai's case because Kei was way bigger then him. He outweighed Tai by about 40 pounds, and was a good 6 inches taller. He also had lots of muscles that looked like they hurt. Of course, Tai would never want to find out.

"I wanna kick your ass. You should know that by now." Kei answered as he slowly approached Tai.

"You've tried once, you've tried many times. And you failed. Just give up and get over it." Tai replied as he backed away slower. Kei advanced upon him. His black and blue hair fell into his face, causing his red eyes to stand out even more. (A/N: and just in case there is anyone out there who might get the idea, this Kei has no reference to the Kai from BeyBlade. Very different person.) He had finally backed Tai into a corner, blocking the way out.

"Well well well. Looks like you're caught. No pretty boy to rescue you this time." Kei snarled. Tai's eyes darted around the room, looking for an escape route. Suddenly, Kei threw a punch.

"Tai look out!" a voice shouted from behind him. Tai looked up and saw Kei's fist flying at him. He grabbed it before it made contact and twisted. Kei yelped in pain and used the other fist to punch Tai in the face. Tai stumbled back a bit, releasing Kei's fist. 'This is gonna hurt.' Tai thought to himself. Kei had him cornered again.

"It's lights out, Kamiya." Kei hissed as he stepped in front of Tai's face. Tai punched him in the nose. This distracted him for a bit. Then he recovered and grabbed both of Tai's wrists. He smiled evilly and bit his wrist. Tai cried out in pain and rage. He swiftly brought his knee up and made contact. Kei howled in pain and fell to the floor. Tai took this opportunity and ran as fast as he could to Matt. He grabbed his bags and Matt's arm and started running again.

"Tai, what are you doing?" Matt yelled over the noise as he struggled to keep up with his companion.

"Just keep running!" Tai replied.

"What did you do?" Matt asked as he got his arm away from Tai.

"Kei. Started a fight." Tai said as he continued to run.

"That explains what happened to your eye." Matt replied.

"Yea. He grabbed my wrists and bit it. So I kicked him in the nuts. And now...." Tai was interrupted.

"HEY! GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE, KAMIYA!" Kei shouted as he came into view.

"Shit!" Tai exclaimed as he ran faster.

"Tai! I can't believe you! We are so screwed!" Matt yelled at him.

"Well, it can't get worse." Tai replied. Suddenly they heard sirens.

"HEY! NO RUNNING! GET BACK HERE!" a security guard spotted them. Matt glared at Tai. Tai shrugged and ran faster. The two of them ran out the mall and down the street. Tai glanced over his shoulder and saw that Kei was still following them.

"Matt! Hurry up!" Tai hollered behind him. Matt groaned and ran after him. They ran all the way to Tai and Sora's apartment complex and ran up to Sora's apartment. The door was unlocked and they ran inside. They finally stopped running and collapsed on the couch.

"I am NEVER EVER going shopping with you again." Matt stated as he panted.

"How was I suppose to know he would be around?" Tai whined.

"Hey guys. Back so soon?" Sora said as she walked into the room.

"Yea, seeing as how Tai almost got us killed!" Matt shouted.

"Quit exaggerating." Tai snapped. He felt his eye and winced.

"Tai, what happened to your eye?" Sora said as she walked over to him.

"Kei was at the mall and he punched me." He explained to her.

"Are you ok?" she asked worriedly.

"Yea, I'll be fine." He replied with his hand still covering his eye.

"Let me see." She said as she gently removed his hand. His eye was a nice shade of blue, black, and purple.

"Better put some ice on it to make the swelling die down." She said. "I'll go get you some." She told him as she started to get up.

"Already ahead of you, Sora." A new voice said. Mimi walked over to them.

"Here Tai." She said, handing him the ice bag.

"Thanks Mimi. When did you get in?" Tai asked as he placed the bag on the bruise.

"Not very long ago. Hey Matt." She greeted her friend.

"Hey Meems. Long time no see." Matt said.

"Anyway, what exactly happened?" Mimi asked them as she and Sora sat down.

"Well, we went to the food court and I went to go buy something to eat. I left Matt at the table and headed to Baskin-Robins. Then I bump into Kei and he goes crazy. Backs me into a corner and punches me. I block the first one, punches my eye with the other one. I punch him in the nose, he grabs both wrists. He bites one of them, I kick him in the nuts. Then I ran back to Matt." Tai explained.

"Then he starts running from Kei, who started chasing us. Then security started chasing us for running to begin with. We run out of the mall and run down the street. Kei's still chasing us. We run up here and here we are now." Matt finished.

"Yikes. Sounds like you guys had quite a day." Sora commented.

"Hell yea." They said simultaneously.

"Did you at least get some shopping done?" Mimi asked.

"Yea. Matt dragged me into A&F." Tai groaned. He showed them the shirt and pants.

"Awesome. They look good." Sora said. Mimi nodded in agreement. Matt stretched and stood up.

"I better get going guys. I told my mom I'd pick up TK from practice today. See ya later." He said as he headed towards the door. They exchanged good-byes and Matt left.

"Did you enjoy today, Tai?" Sora asked. Tai shrugged.

"You mean before or after the Kei run-in?" he asked.

"Before." She answered laughing.

"Yea I guess. But there's a problem." He said.

"What problem?" Mimi asked.

"Matt's a judge for the contest." Tai said. Mimi and Sora exchanged glances.

"Really? That's kind of cool." Mimi said.

"NO! Not cool! That's not a good thing." Tai exclaimed.

"Tai. If Matt's a judge, you'll get his attention even more. Calm down. I thought that's what you wanted." Sora reminded him.

"Maybe. He said I would make a good model." Tai replied. Sora smiled.

"See? Sounds like it's working." She said. Tai shrugged and stood up.

"Who knows. I'm gonna go home and figure out how to explain my eye to my mom. See ya later." Tai said.

"Bye Tai." The girls called after him. They heard the door shut and sat on the couch.

"That's step 2 completed." Sora said as she turned on the TV.

"How many steps do you have?" Mimi asked her.

"5 for right now. Step 5 being they are together." She explained. Mimi sat quiet for a while thinking about what Sora said. Finally she spoke again.

"You knew Matt was a judge didn't you?" she asked. Sora smiled.

"Maybe." She replied slyly. They both started to laugh. They sat watching TV for a while when Mimi spoke again.

"What do we do now?" She asked.

"Step three." Sora simply replied.

"What's step three?" Mimi asked.

"Wait until tomorrow. Then you shall see." She said. Mimi just stared at her and pondered over step three.

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That's all folks! Sorry if it seemed kind of rushed and boring. I'm suppose to be writing my dumb English final (curse you Romeo and Juliet) but I had to get the chapter out. So it might seem weird since I wrote it all today. Trust me, the next chapter will be MUCH better. Please review though so I can write it. See, my computer only runs on review fuel, so I need reviews in order to type it.

Ryamon: Don't you mean that YOU need review fuel to write it?

Ok fine. So I feel unsure of my writing if no one reviews. So sue me!

Ryamon: For what? You don't have anything!

Oh shut up Ryamon. See y'all later! Ixi_Vulpix.