Blast: this will be the first goddamn long chapter I'll ever post! To think
I even finish this in only an hour and a half! I don't own Digimon, I never
will!
~~ CHAPTER V: OUTING
Back at the gallery, the three spend their time at the stables. No one was expected to go at the gallery since most rich people are just inside their homes at the moment.
"You know, staying around here will only kill time," Tai said, mounting his brown Thoroughbred for the third time because the horse has gone somewhat crazy and kept throwing him through stacks of hay. "And sooner or later, Their Majesties will come here."
"Ask me if I give a damn." Matt said, stroking his own brown Clydesdale's long white mane. The royal family was generous enough to let the Kamiya's handle the royal stables, which are situated near the Kamiya mansion.
"It's good that no one will bother going here today." Hikari said, taking brushes and giving each to the men and started brushing her own black Clydesdale's ivory mane. "We have the day to clean the porcelain and ceramics His Majesty Prince Takeru destroyed, and also find that girl you were going gaga over."
"If only you saw Lady Sora." Taichi said, sighing. "It was only a year ago I last saw her, I'd be willing to bet that she hadn't change."
"Lady Mimi, Lady Sora and their father are the only decent people inside the Takenouchi estate." Hikari grumbled. "I saw the new Lady of the mansion and her second daughter. Good lord, the Lady was pretty, but she was rude. Her daughter, Jun was quite as rude as mother, and a hell lot uglier!"
"Hikari!" Taichi exclaimed, nearly bursting into laughter. "Don't speak to her sister that way!"
"But it's true!" Hikari defended, giggling. She stopped. "Okay, you. Is it me, or are you really telling so much about Lady Sora."
Taichi glared at his sister. But the younger brunette returned it with a sweet smile. "Oh. Denying that you fell for the young heiress years ago, eh, brother?"
Taichi snorted. "I don't deny the fact that I like Lady Sora, but that's past, and I want what's best for my buddy, that's why I want him to meet her!"
"You mean, you actually met the heiress?" Matt asked. Sure, maybe the noble bloods have been wandering the town, but he never saw any of the Takenouchi's in the gallery.
"Met her? I talked to her!" Taichi answered, grinning. "Our fathers are good friends in merchandise and trade! Used to camp out here with her and Hikari when we were still six."
"Why didn't you told me about her before! We were friends since ten, and you never mentioned that you had a girlfriend years ago?!" Matt asked, registering everything the conversation.
"You never asked." Tai answered, shrugging his shoulders. Matt fell down anime style. "Well, I thought you never had interest in women."
"That girl is the first woman I've set my eyes on!" Matt said, thinking about that cinnamon haired servant with bloody red pools. "I get more and more crazy, and I really wanted to see her!"
Hikari had gone inside while they were talking and heard the last sentence. "You wished to see her?"
"Yes."
"You are in luck, Matt." She said. "The servant is with the other members of the family. Some of the families who are friends with the Takenouchi's are staying there at their place. She is accompanying them."
Matt ran to the gallery without a second thought.
Sora and the rest of the children were requested to go out. Well, except Sam and Jun, who are requested by Lady Ichijouji and Mistress Takenouchi to stay. Hikari briefed the four present of the things expected to happen, well, except for the fact that Matt is a prince.
"So we have to keep this for ourselves, okay?" Sora said. The three grinned.
"Quite a lovely time to polish your acting skills, young ones." Mimi said. Miyako and Ken nodded. "Your mothers will be so damn proud of you."
"Tell me about it after you graduate." Sora said, containing her giggles.
"Tell you about what?" a new voice interrupted. Sora and the others quickly turned around and saw Matt.
"Oh, I didn't know that you were here." Sora said, somewhat looking relieved. "Nice to meet you again, Matt."
"Ah, yes. The owner in this here gallery is my best friend." Matt said. "I think you know Taichi."
Sora bit her lip for a second, remembering the facts of her life ten years ago with Taichi. But she smiled. "How would I not know the young man who was a good friend of the Lady?"
Mimi could barely hold her laughter. The situation is very ironic. Here they are, plastered with their stupid lies, and all they could talk about is her own boyfriend. "Guys, I think I'll go outside to the stables and talk to the Lord Kamiya and his sister. Mother has something for him to do." She said, quietly making an exit, and out to the stables, and into the barnyard, where she found Taichi. That's where she started laughing. "Goodness, Taichi! You didn't told him?!"
"Mimi, Matt believed that Sora is a servant." Taichi said. "And probably Sora told him so. And Mimi, I believe we need to talk."
"About what?"
"Mimi, Matt is out hiding."
"Why? Is he a criminal or something?"
"NO, love, he isn't." Tai sat down on the large stock of hay. "Matt is out hiding from the crown."
"What? Why the crown-no, he isn't?" Mimi realized in shock. Taichi nodded.
"Yes, he is. He is the crown prince of this kingdom, Prince Yamato Ishida." He sighed. "He wasn't so sure if he would give out his identity, and that's what happened."
"OH boy, trouble is on the way, love." Mimi said, sitting down with him. Those two, known by lies, are smittened with each other. Cupid sure knows how to pick his arrows. "Oh, and, Taichi, mother requested you to paint the gardens, she wanted it as a present for a friend."
"I'll come to your house tomorrow." Taichi smiled. "Well, it's been a long time since I've visited that place, well, as far as I could remember."
"Thank you, Taichi."
As Taichi and Mimi situated themselves at the barnyard, Sora, Matt, Miyako, and Ken were out in the fields. (AN: Coincidence? Find anything? LOL, oh and if you're wondering, Miyako will be the same thing in all my medieval stories. She got not glasses, okay?) Both the older teens are nervous of what they're going to say, until Matt snapped out with the question that haunted his mind last night.
"Umm, I didn't quite catch your name yesterday." He said. Sora snapped and pleaded at the two younger children through her eyes. Miyako nodded.
"Fauna..." she said, not quite sure of the taste in her mouth. "is my name."
Matt smiled. "Fauna. A lovely name for one such as yourself." He remarked.
Sora found herself blushing. 'Sora, snapped out of it! That's your mother's name, for crying out loud!' She smiled sweetly. Her thoughts were crashed when she saw a horse galloping towards her. Her memories kicked in, and she met halfway with the golden coated horse. "Oh, hello!"
Matt blinked. He never saw such a woman handle a horse. And wait a darn minute! That palomino belonged to the Lord Takenouchi! "Uh?"
Sora stroked the horse's silver mane. "How are you? Did Lord Kamiya treat you right? Lady Sora will never forgive me if you aren't in the best condition!"
A few seconds ago, Miyako and Ken felt like dying. But the third sentence relieved them of their tension. That palomino was Sora's favorite, and they remembered stories of Taichi and Sora when they were still young, and saw the little thing born into the world.
Matt came forward and touched the horse. "I was just wondering, does the lady treat you right?"
"Who, may I ask?" she asked, turning to him.
"Lady Sora, I mean." He stammered. He wanted to know if his best friend was telling him right.
Sora had a tight smile on her lips. "I don't know to others, but Lady Sora is a very kind person. It's such a shame that she is away. I'm sure that you two will get along wonderfully."
"As Taichi Kamiya had told me." Matt said. Sora looked at him and wondered what her good childhood friend had told the young man. "He kept telling me stories of Sora and himself while they were young. And also, let's keep this for ourselves, Taichi had a crush on her!"
The next events happened quite fast. Sora blushed furiously, Miyako and Ken weren't able to hold their laughter and went into a full blown laughing fit. They rolled down the soft green grass and leaned on each other, trying to stop laughing. Matt looked absolutely confused.
"Um, anyone care to tell me what I said wrong?" he asked.
Sora retained her self and smiled. "Oh, no, they were thinking something else." She said. "And no, you didn't say anything wrong. We just didn't know about that fleeting fantasy Lord Kamiya had for the Lady." 'And also, Taichi is already taken. I don't think I'll want to talk about him.'
Ken and Miyako were able to stop their laughing spree and stand up. "Um, we would like to discuss something with Hikari Kamiya." Ken said. "So, I may suggest that you two go galloping in the fields." Miyako added. "Lady Louise is quite strict with the rules, I hope you're not bending any of those."
"Oh why should I?" Sora retorted. "I never come close in taking in her damn rules." Seeing Matt, she retaliated. "Oh, I'm sorry. I feel like cussing the mistress right now while I had the chance."
Miyako shakes her head. Knowing Sora, she probably wants to go with her uncle, now the Royal King in the South Kingdom. "Why, Fauna? Do you...?"
"If anything happens within your stay," Sora declared. "That certain thing you've been thinking will be the first thing I'm going to do."
"But..."
"It's not as if we'll be saying goodbye, are we?" the older teen asked, smiling. Miyako smiled. "Now, go along you two. I have things to discuss with Matt."
Ken and Miyako looked at each other, and then ran back to the house, singing, "Matt and Fauna, walking on the plains! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, and then comes marriage! And then comes the junior in a baby carriage!"
Sora flushed brightly at the thought, and shakes her head wildly. "Damn kids." Meanwhile, Matt was grinning as he placed a hand on the palomino.
"Um, Fauna, you said we have something to discuss." He said. Sora looked at him.
"Actually, I was trying to shoo those two." Sora replied. They began walking in the opposite direction with the horse following behind them. "I know that they have more things to discuss for themselves than we have."
"You know, for a woman your age, you sure have a lot to say for the mistress." Matt said. "Why hate her in the first place?"
"You wouldn't understand the last thing about torture, Matt." Sora replied. "I would love to go with Lady Mimi out here, than to stay in that house with her. She could take it for all I cared! And also, she thinks she's the owner, but she's not! Lady Sora doesn't even have the right to go home!"
Matt stared at the girl, surprised. "Would Lady Sora be a better landlady?"
"That will be told in time." She answered, annoyed that they were still talking about her stepmother. "So, Matt, why are you in the forest at that time? Where do you live?"
"Um, I was out scouting for boars." Matt lied. "I don't have a house. I usually stay in with one of my friends in this village, and go back to hunt boars again." 'Good cover up, you lousy excuse for a prince!'
Sora nodded. "You know, I never had a good conversation like this since...um, I don't even remember!"
Matt chuckled. "Do you have a family?"
That question struck her. Does she have a family? She asked herself. "All of them are dead."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"It's okay, but I really don't want to discuss about them now."
They stopped at the side of the fields, where there is the first part of the forest. "I...have something to tell you, Fauna..."
Sora looked at him. "Huh?"
Matt down on a fallen tree trunk. "Fauna, I don't know how to say this."
"Please, you have nothing to be afraid of." Sora said, sitting down beside him. A little part of her head bonked. 'Even if he declares his love to you?'
"You know, before I met you, I never had interest with girls." Matt started. "They come fawning over me, but I never batted an eye. Which is the prime reason why Taichi never told me that he met Lady Sora. But now, you come. I don't know, but you...your aura, it seems so comforting." He paused, and took Sora's hand with his own. Sora didn't seem to flinch at the touch. "Your judgement to speak out really fascinates me. Even though it was only yesterday we met, I can't stop thinking about you. Damn, I wasn't able to sleep last night because of it!"
"Matt..."
Silence reigned over them for minutes. They just sat there, looking at each other, talking with their minds. After those minutes, Matt slowly cupped her angelic face with his free hand. The next thing Sora knew, he pressed his lips to hers. For the moment, Sora's mind was shouting that this wasn't right, but all her thoughts drowned when she realized she kissed him back. Her free hand went to the back of Matt's head, and stroking his blonde hair.
Matt's hand fell down her shoulder and stopped midway and went to her spine. Without a second thought, he pulled Sora closer to him, as he deepened their very first kiss.
A young heiress, past darkened by slavery.
A crowned prince, desperate to be free.
Those two souls were marked on the tablet of truth, that no matter what lie covers, they'd end up together.
~~
Blast: What? Am I doing things fast forward? Well, you readers be happy about this. I'm thinking of this all night long, and typed it first thing in the morning! Reviews please!
~~ CHAPTER V: OUTING
Back at the gallery, the three spend their time at the stables. No one was expected to go at the gallery since most rich people are just inside their homes at the moment.
"You know, staying around here will only kill time," Tai said, mounting his brown Thoroughbred for the third time because the horse has gone somewhat crazy and kept throwing him through stacks of hay. "And sooner or later, Their Majesties will come here."
"Ask me if I give a damn." Matt said, stroking his own brown Clydesdale's long white mane. The royal family was generous enough to let the Kamiya's handle the royal stables, which are situated near the Kamiya mansion.
"It's good that no one will bother going here today." Hikari said, taking brushes and giving each to the men and started brushing her own black Clydesdale's ivory mane. "We have the day to clean the porcelain and ceramics His Majesty Prince Takeru destroyed, and also find that girl you were going gaga over."
"If only you saw Lady Sora." Taichi said, sighing. "It was only a year ago I last saw her, I'd be willing to bet that she hadn't change."
"Lady Mimi, Lady Sora and their father are the only decent people inside the Takenouchi estate." Hikari grumbled. "I saw the new Lady of the mansion and her second daughter. Good lord, the Lady was pretty, but she was rude. Her daughter, Jun was quite as rude as mother, and a hell lot uglier!"
"Hikari!" Taichi exclaimed, nearly bursting into laughter. "Don't speak to her sister that way!"
"But it's true!" Hikari defended, giggling. She stopped. "Okay, you. Is it me, or are you really telling so much about Lady Sora."
Taichi glared at his sister. But the younger brunette returned it with a sweet smile. "Oh. Denying that you fell for the young heiress years ago, eh, brother?"
Taichi snorted. "I don't deny the fact that I like Lady Sora, but that's past, and I want what's best for my buddy, that's why I want him to meet her!"
"You mean, you actually met the heiress?" Matt asked. Sure, maybe the noble bloods have been wandering the town, but he never saw any of the Takenouchi's in the gallery.
"Met her? I talked to her!" Taichi answered, grinning. "Our fathers are good friends in merchandise and trade! Used to camp out here with her and Hikari when we were still six."
"Why didn't you told me about her before! We were friends since ten, and you never mentioned that you had a girlfriend years ago?!" Matt asked, registering everything the conversation.
"You never asked." Tai answered, shrugging his shoulders. Matt fell down anime style. "Well, I thought you never had interest in women."
"That girl is the first woman I've set my eyes on!" Matt said, thinking about that cinnamon haired servant with bloody red pools. "I get more and more crazy, and I really wanted to see her!"
Hikari had gone inside while they were talking and heard the last sentence. "You wished to see her?"
"Yes."
"You are in luck, Matt." She said. "The servant is with the other members of the family. Some of the families who are friends with the Takenouchi's are staying there at their place. She is accompanying them."
Matt ran to the gallery without a second thought.
Sora and the rest of the children were requested to go out. Well, except Sam and Jun, who are requested by Lady Ichijouji and Mistress Takenouchi to stay. Hikari briefed the four present of the things expected to happen, well, except for the fact that Matt is a prince.
"So we have to keep this for ourselves, okay?" Sora said. The three grinned.
"Quite a lovely time to polish your acting skills, young ones." Mimi said. Miyako and Ken nodded. "Your mothers will be so damn proud of you."
"Tell me about it after you graduate." Sora said, containing her giggles.
"Tell you about what?" a new voice interrupted. Sora and the others quickly turned around and saw Matt.
"Oh, I didn't know that you were here." Sora said, somewhat looking relieved. "Nice to meet you again, Matt."
"Ah, yes. The owner in this here gallery is my best friend." Matt said. "I think you know Taichi."
Sora bit her lip for a second, remembering the facts of her life ten years ago with Taichi. But she smiled. "How would I not know the young man who was a good friend of the Lady?"
Mimi could barely hold her laughter. The situation is very ironic. Here they are, plastered with their stupid lies, and all they could talk about is her own boyfriend. "Guys, I think I'll go outside to the stables and talk to the Lord Kamiya and his sister. Mother has something for him to do." She said, quietly making an exit, and out to the stables, and into the barnyard, where she found Taichi. That's where she started laughing. "Goodness, Taichi! You didn't told him?!"
"Mimi, Matt believed that Sora is a servant." Taichi said. "And probably Sora told him so. And Mimi, I believe we need to talk."
"About what?"
"Mimi, Matt is out hiding."
"Why? Is he a criminal or something?"
"NO, love, he isn't." Tai sat down on the large stock of hay. "Matt is out hiding from the crown."
"What? Why the crown-no, he isn't?" Mimi realized in shock. Taichi nodded.
"Yes, he is. He is the crown prince of this kingdom, Prince Yamato Ishida." He sighed. "He wasn't so sure if he would give out his identity, and that's what happened."
"OH boy, trouble is on the way, love." Mimi said, sitting down with him. Those two, known by lies, are smittened with each other. Cupid sure knows how to pick his arrows. "Oh, and, Taichi, mother requested you to paint the gardens, she wanted it as a present for a friend."
"I'll come to your house tomorrow." Taichi smiled. "Well, it's been a long time since I've visited that place, well, as far as I could remember."
"Thank you, Taichi."
As Taichi and Mimi situated themselves at the barnyard, Sora, Matt, Miyako, and Ken were out in the fields. (AN: Coincidence? Find anything? LOL, oh and if you're wondering, Miyako will be the same thing in all my medieval stories. She got not glasses, okay?) Both the older teens are nervous of what they're going to say, until Matt snapped out with the question that haunted his mind last night.
"Umm, I didn't quite catch your name yesterday." He said. Sora snapped and pleaded at the two younger children through her eyes. Miyako nodded.
"Fauna..." she said, not quite sure of the taste in her mouth. "is my name."
Matt smiled. "Fauna. A lovely name for one such as yourself." He remarked.
Sora found herself blushing. 'Sora, snapped out of it! That's your mother's name, for crying out loud!' She smiled sweetly. Her thoughts were crashed when she saw a horse galloping towards her. Her memories kicked in, and she met halfway with the golden coated horse. "Oh, hello!"
Matt blinked. He never saw such a woman handle a horse. And wait a darn minute! That palomino belonged to the Lord Takenouchi! "Uh?"
Sora stroked the horse's silver mane. "How are you? Did Lord Kamiya treat you right? Lady Sora will never forgive me if you aren't in the best condition!"
A few seconds ago, Miyako and Ken felt like dying. But the third sentence relieved them of their tension. That palomino was Sora's favorite, and they remembered stories of Taichi and Sora when they were still young, and saw the little thing born into the world.
Matt came forward and touched the horse. "I was just wondering, does the lady treat you right?"
"Who, may I ask?" she asked, turning to him.
"Lady Sora, I mean." He stammered. He wanted to know if his best friend was telling him right.
Sora had a tight smile on her lips. "I don't know to others, but Lady Sora is a very kind person. It's such a shame that she is away. I'm sure that you two will get along wonderfully."
"As Taichi Kamiya had told me." Matt said. Sora looked at him and wondered what her good childhood friend had told the young man. "He kept telling me stories of Sora and himself while they were young. And also, let's keep this for ourselves, Taichi had a crush on her!"
The next events happened quite fast. Sora blushed furiously, Miyako and Ken weren't able to hold their laughter and went into a full blown laughing fit. They rolled down the soft green grass and leaned on each other, trying to stop laughing. Matt looked absolutely confused.
"Um, anyone care to tell me what I said wrong?" he asked.
Sora retained her self and smiled. "Oh, no, they were thinking something else." She said. "And no, you didn't say anything wrong. We just didn't know about that fleeting fantasy Lord Kamiya had for the Lady." 'And also, Taichi is already taken. I don't think I'll want to talk about him.'
Ken and Miyako were able to stop their laughing spree and stand up. "Um, we would like to discuss something with Hikari Kamiya." Ken said. "So, I may suggest that you two go galloping in the fields." Miyako added. "Lady Louise is quite strict with the rules, I hope you're not bending any of those."
"Oh why should I?" Sora retorted. "I never come close in taking in her damn rules." Seeing Matt, she retaliated. "Oh, I'm sorry. I feel like cussing the mistress right now while I had the chance."
Miyako shakes her head. Knowing Sora, she probably wants to go with her uncle, now the Royal King in the South Kingdom. "Why, Fauna? Do you...?"
"If anything happens within your stay," Sora declared. "That certain thing you've been thinking will be the first thing I'm going to do."
"But..."
"It's not as if we'll be saying goodbye, are we?" the older teen asked, smiling. Miyako smiled. "Now, go along you two. I have things to discuss with Matt."
Ken and Miyako looked at each other, and then ran back to the house, singing, "Matt and Fauna, walking on the plains! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, and then comes marriage! And then comes the junior in a baby carriage!"
Sora flushed brightly at the thought, and shakes her head wildly. "Damn kids." Meanwhile, Matt was grinning as he placed a hand on the palomino.
"Um, Fauna, you said we have something to discuss." He said. Sora looked at him.
"Actually, I was trying to shoo those two." Sora replied. They began walking in the opposite direction with the horse following behind them. "I know that they have more things to discuss for themselves than we have."
"You know, for a woman your age, you sure have a lot to say for the mistress." Matt said. "Why hate her in the first place?"
"You wouldn't understand the last thing about torture, Matt." Sora replied. "I would love to go with Lady Mimi out here, than to stay in that house with her. She could take it for all I cared! And also, she thinks she's the owner, but she's not! Lady Sora doesn't even have the right to go home!"
Matt stared at the girl, surprised. "Would Lady Sora be a better landlady?"
"That will be told in time." She answered, annoyed that they were still talking about her stepmother. "So, Matt, why are you in the forest at that time? Where do you live?"
"Um, I was out scouting for boars." Matt lied. "I don't have a house. I usually stay in with one of my friends in this village, and go back to hunt boars again." 'Good cover up, you lousy excuse for a prince!'
Sora nodded. "You know, I never had a good conversation like this since...um, I don't even remember!"
Matt chuckled. "Do you have a family?"
That question struck her. Does she have a family? She asked herself. "All of them are dead."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"It's okay, but I really don't want to discuss about them now."
They stopped at the side of the fields, where there is the first part of the forest. "I...have something to tell you, Fauna..."
Sora looked at him. "Huh?"
Matt down on a fallen tree trunk. "Fauna, I don't know how to say this."
"Please, you have nothing to be afraid of." Sora said, sitting down beside him. A little part of her head bonked. 'Even if he declares his love to you?'
"You know, before I met you, I never had interest with girls." Matt started. "They come fawning over me, but I never batted an eye. Which is the prime reason why Taichi never told me that he met Lady Sora. But now, you come. I don't know, but you...your aura, it seems so comforting." He paused, and took Sora's hand with his own. Sora didn't seem to flinch at the touch. "Your judgement to speak out really fascinates me. Even though it was only yesterday we met, I can't stop thinking about you. Damn, I wasn't able to sleep last night because of it!"
"Matt..."
Silence reigned over them for minutes. They just sat there, looking at each other, talking with their minds. After those minutes, Matt slowly cupped her angelic face with his free hand. The next thing Sora knew, he pressed his lips to hers. For the moment, Sora's mind was shouting that this wasn't right, but all her thoughts drowned when she realized she kissed him back. Her free hand went to the back of Matt's head, and stroking his blonde hair.
Matt's hand fell down her shoulder and stopped midway and went to her spine. Without a second thought, he pulled Sora closer to him, as he deepened their very first kiss.
A young heiress, past darkened by slavery.
A crowned prince, desperate to be free.
Those two souls were marked on the tablet of truth, that no matter what lie covers, they'd end up together.
~~
Blast: What? Am I doing things fast forward? Well, you readers be happy about this. I'm thinking of this all night long, and typed it first thing in the morning! Reviews please!