Whoa. this has really been a long time since I updated so . cuz exam u see.. forgive k?? aniwaez. the nxt part of the story gets interesting..

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"We're here! Finally here! After a hot afternoon walk and a long queue for the stupid, dumb tickets, we finally made it into the Theme Park itself!" Mimi spread her hands and absorbed the atmosphere of the park. "What a lovely day it is! Come guys! Which ride do you want to go on now? Hurry up! We don't have much time!"

"This one!" Taichi was running towards a roller coaster which had high drops and 360-degree turns. Jumping into the queue, he waited for the rest, "How 'bout it? Nice right?"

"Taichi! Are you crazy? This ride totally freaks me out!" Mimi stared at the rollar coaster tracks in amazement. "Just look at the size of it!"

"Hey!" Taichi held his hand to his heart, "Courage remember?" Grinning widely, he pulled a white-faced Jou along and got into the front cart.

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Sora stared at the massive structure in front of her. What is that stupid Tai trying to do? Kill us? She sighed. Hmm, maybe if I sit together with Mimi, we can scream together! And really loud. She smiled at that thought and turned around to look for Mimi.

To her dismay, she saw Mimi getting into a cart near the front with Koushiru. She stared at them. What am I going to do now? I can't sit this ride on my own! I'll propably not come out alive! And I can't go back out now! Oh no! I'm so dead!

Sora stood motionless on the spot and was on the verge of tears when suddenly, a strong hand gripped her and pushed her into one of the middle carts.

"It's not so scary in the middle as compared to the front or the back."

Sora turned around and saw Yamato grinning while trying to get in after her. "Buckle up!" The person maintaining the ride called out. Yamato moved about in his seat and tried to make himself comfatable as Sora pulled the handle bar down to prevent them from falling out.

"Wow, Yamato! You definitely have grown fatter since last time. The most this bar can go till it reaches you is far from you is really far from me. If I fall out, you are dead. So you better protect me." Sora smirked at him and tried to put on a brasve front even though her insides were churning from the fear that haunted her with the fact that she was in the cart, going through the scary moment. "Wait, by the way, why did you guess that I was scared of this ride?"

Yamato looked at her. It was the first time she had spoken to him ever since he first saw her in Mimi's room. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your face showed it and I think you should start getting ready for the ride as it is starting."

Sora gulped at those words. She could not believe that she actually agreed to go on this ride. She gripped the handle bar tighter as the carts began to move.

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Sora observed the tracks in front of the roallar coaster as it moved upwards. Scanning through the whole maze of metal, she noticed that once they stopped 'climbing' up, the tracks would turn about for awhile before plunging down a steep slope. The tracks would be straight again, occasionally some bumps until it reached the 360-degrees loops. Apart from the steep slope, she also hated this. This was getting too much for her. There were 2 consecutive loops! How was she going to survive them both?

Her stomach muscles tightened as the rollar coaster reached its peak and started turning around. Her knuckles on the handle bar whitened as her grip increased and she waited helplessly for the steep plunge.

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Yamato stared at the girl beside him. Was it his imagination or was she shivering? And why are her knuckles on the handle bars white? Is she really that scared? He managed to catch a glance of her face which was nearly green and comfirmed his suspicions.

What can I do? Protect her? Well, she told me to do it! Yamato struggled with his thoughts as to what he should do to help her nerves as well as not making it obvious that he was trying to flirt. I don't even have a clue to whether she likes me or not!

Just protect her, you ass!

Yeah! Maybe I should just put my arm around her to keep her safe. At least she won't feel alone on this ride and knows that there is someone there for her.

Yamato stared at the tracks as the rollar coaster made its way sround the last turn. Putting an arm around her and holding on to the handle bar on the other side of her, he whispered into her ear, "Get ready, Sora!" as the rollar coaster plunged downwards.