Part 7

By Funkiechick

"Miss Takenouchi? No, she's not here. Why?" Shuutarou Mendou replied

to Tai's question with a raised eyebrow and a snooty voice.

"She ran out of my house upset," Tai said back, equally snooty.

"YOUR house?" Shuutarou's eyebrow twitched.

"Yes, she lives with ME!" Tai grinned at Shuutarou triumphantly.

"But she says you're barely friends. I'M the one that DATES her more

often," Shuutarou smiled back at Tai, just as triumphantly.

'So he's maybe a little better looking than me...and richer than

me...but he's a jerk..' Tai thought with anger.

"She says that does she??" Tai's eye twitched.

"Yes Kamiya, she DOES," Shuutarou said.

"Dating or STALKING, Mendou?" Tai smiled.

"I do NOT stalk Kamiya!!" Shuutarou yelled. *Twitch...Twitch*

"Really???"

"I AM stalked, Which I know would never happen to you considering my

superior good looks and abilities," Shuutarou raised his head high. Tai

twitched.

"Really? Stalked by WHAT, Mendou? Tramps??" Tai raised his own head

high.

"By what means....*twitch*...do you wish to further this dishonouring?"

Shuutarou asked, now face to face with Tai.

"I'm not here for a fight Mendou, but you better keeps your hands off of

Sora., or else...."

"Or else WHAT, Kamiya?"

"Or else I'll beat the CRAP...out of you..." Tai said, and he stopmed

out of Shuutarou's house.

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"Sora! Sora what's wrong?" Mimi asked the sobbing girl who had showed

up at her house so early in the morning.

"S...Sh-shuutarou-san asked me to be h-his steady!!!" Sora bawled.

"Why aren't you HAPPY girl?" Mimi asked.

"I said no!!!"

"WHAT? WHY?"

"Because of Tai!!!" Sora shouted Tai's name in frusteration.

"W-what did Tai do?"

"That's just it! He didn't DO ANYTHING!!" Sora burst into another fit

of tears.

"......eh?"

"I just saw his face EVERYWHERE I went.....and I said no,"

"Um...Sora...."

'Seeing his face everywhere? That's like, a sign of love, isn't it??'

"Y-yeah Mimi?"

"I think you're in love with Tai,"

THONK!!!!

"Sora!! Sora wake up!! It's just a theory!!!"

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"Sorry ma'am, I thought you were someone else," Tai said sheepishly.

"I'm the fifth person in this crowd of people you've asked boy!!!"

"Sixth actually. HEY! HEY SORA!!!" Tai ran off to another person he

thought was the beautiful girl.

"*SIGH* that boy has got it bad," The woman Tai had just mistaked for

Sora said,

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"Oooooooooowww, where am I?" Sora said groggily.

"Just outside of Tai's house, on the porch," Mimi answered.

".........eh?"

"You fainted Sora. Now give me the keys and I'll get you inside," Mimi

said. Sora wobbily stood up.

"I can do it myself," Sora said. She pulled out the keys, and unlocked

the door.

Mimi and Sora's eyes pretty much bulged out of their hands when they saw

Kari Kamiya and Daisuke Motomiya making out against the wall.

"DAISUKE!!!" Mimi and Sora both shouted.

Daisuke pulled away from Kari and fell onto his butt when he saw Mimi

and Sora.

"S-Sora! M-Mimi!!!" He shouted.

"Kari, if your brother see's Daisuke...Daisuke's dead..." Mimi said.

"You're right...Daisuke, you better leave," Kari said. Daisuke nodded,

and left the house without a word.

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Tai walked towards his house, and didn't even notice when Daisuke ran

past him. Tai looked up at his house, and stopped in his tracks.

Sora was waving goodbye to Mimi!!!

"SORA!!!"

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Sora looked up, and barely had time to see who had shouted her name.

Before she could say anything, she was in someone's arms. She allready knew

who it was.

"Tai..." Sora said quietly.

"I was so...I was....GOD SORA!!" Tai pushed Sora away so he had his

hands gripping her shoulders.

"I WAS SO WORRIED!!! I looked everywhere!!" Tai shook her shoulders.

Sora smiled.

"You were WORRIED about me?" Sora said slyly. Tai blushed.

"Yeah Tai, you were holding Sora pretty tight there," Mimi said behind

Tai. She hadn't left yet.

"My brother has allready gone through puberty!!" Kari said from behind

Sora.

"Lay off!! I..I was worried at all!!" Tai let go of Sora and stomped

into the house.;

Mimi winked at Sora and left. Sora went into the house, and locked the

door.

"Well, it's still early so I'll just be going back to bed. Be good

kiddies, " Kari said.

"I wouldn't talk Kari," Sora giggled. Kari blushed, and went into her

room, closing the door.

"Well...." Sora said, looking at Tai who was sitting on the couch.

"Well..." He mumbled back. Sora sat down next to him. She noticed his

shoulders tense up.

"I'm not going to KILL you Tai," Sora said.

"That's not the point," Tai said.

"What IS the point then??"

"The point is....are you ticklish?"

"What?- AAAH!!! TAI! CUT IT OUT!!"

Tai had started tickling Sora, who had burst into a fit of giggles.

Once he finally stopped, Sora was panting and laughing. Their faces

were very close, and they looked eachother in the eye. Sora closed her eyes

and leaned forward. Tai did the same.

And just before their lips met!!!!!......

Tai fell off the couch -_-....

"OOoouuuuccchhh," Tai winced.

"Klutz,"

"Oh shut up!!!" Tai got back up, and Sora did the same.

"I'm going back to bed, g'night jackass,"

"Sora......"

"Yeah..?"

"Um...I really WAS worried about you. I just...um...didn't want to

admit it..oh, FORGET IT!!!"

Tai was about to go back to his own room, when Sora spoke.

"Tai?"

"..Yeah..?"

"For being worried about me....um.."

Tai turned around. "Uh huh?"

"Thank you,"

Tai blushed again.

"Uh...sure....no prob," Tai babbled. Sora smiled, and walked back to

her room, and closed her door.

Tai watched her, smiled, and went into his own room.

'You know....maybe Mendou isn't better than me after all....' Tai

thought, and he fell asleep again.

.....Even though it was 10:45 AM.

END OF PART 7