::Losing Sight of Fate::
::Chapter 7- twilight first light::
This chapter was Rewritten (or, restyled you could say) on the 22nd of November)
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Authors Notes-Hello again, it is me. I think I have a problem with writing a lot in this A/N sections.
Basically, I haven't been writing this as much as I would want to, because I just started my 2nd story, which is going to be a medieval Takari fic.
=)
Still a few more chapters to write, but from now on there is going to be much more Takari, and most likely more Sorato. YAY!
Happiness. These last few chapters have taken so long to arrive, at least that is how I feel.
Once again, thanks heaps to every person who has reviewed. You guys light up my day, and give me the inspiration I need to keep writing.
(great, now I am getting all soppy, lets just say it is in preparation for this chapter)
Right, now onto the story.
Please continue to Review!
Em
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Hikari laughed with glee as she ran up the stony front steps of Takeru's house.
"I beat you Ta…" She started yelling through fits of giggles, before feeling a strong pair of arms go around her waist. Her heart fluttered as she squealed in delight and Takeru looked into her with his huge cerulean eyes, they twinkled and sparkled with happiness and teasing as she felt her body lift from the ground, and squealed more as she was spun around, and dropped onto the path below the steps.
"I think not." He stated, his smile beaming across his face, and his voice victorious.
"No fair, Takaishi! You cheated!" The brunette yelled at Takeru, who just smiled as he opened the door and gestured inside.
"Ladies first.." He said sweetly and the teenage girl walked in with her nose up in the air. Kari glared at him in mockery.
"Don't think your off the hook yet, Takaishi!" She smirked evilly at him. There was such joy in her heart though; she had almost forgotten how much fun they always had when they were together. It had always been like that, they had never fought, not once, just mock fights in which they laugh over mistakes they make and their own reactions. 'This is how a relationship is supposed to be. After knowing Takeru, I don't think I would have it any other way.' She thought blissfully as her smirk turned into laughter.
By the time Koji, Takuya and Zoe reached them, the 2 were laughing like little children. In fits of giggles while the others just sat and watched, confused and bewildered by what was so funny.
"We better not leave them alone anymore. It could be dangerous." Koji said with his eyebrows raised.
"Ya, your right Koj… I don't think Takeru's breathed for a while." Takuya said, an amused smile was on his face as he watched the 2 best friends try to gain consciousness.
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Sora didn't arrive back home till 10 minutes later, by the time she opened the door everyone was conscious again, and sitting down having a nice spot of afternoon tea.
Takeru looked up at her with eyebrows raised. "We were starting to think you were lost, which is pretty pathetic seeing it's a straight footpath."
Sora snorted and rolled her eyes as she threw the pen in the bin.
Takeru looked up at her again. "I'll take that as an 'I wasn't lost, dear Takeru' "
"I ran out of ink." She said shortly, brushing her firey orange hair away from her face.
"Well that's good!" Kari suddenly said happily, her smile brightening up the room from Sora's deadly death glares.
"how?" The red head asked, disbelieving.
"If it hadn't run out of ink you probably never would have gotten away!" She smiled before turning back to a chocolate chip cookie and nibbling the edges of it.
Sora just rolled her eyes again. She muttered softly in an evil voice, and in Japanese. "Now I know why Yama is always complaining to me"
Takeru stopped staring at Kari, and turned to look at Sora, who was staring wickedly at the cookies and drink, as she continued to mutter curses in Japanese.
"Bad mood." Hikari said softly and shortly to Takeru, who nodded his head vigorously.
"I'll say." He replied quietly back "How long does it last?" he continued; he had never seen Sora like this.
"Couple minutes, you know Sora, she can never be negative for long." She stopped nibbling the cookie and smiled broadly at the sandy-blond haired boy, who couldn't help but smile happily back! They stayed in this position for a quite a while. They were so cheerful just to be together and get lost in each other's eyes, mesmerized by one-another, yet totally oblivious to the fact that the other is acting just the same way.
Sora suddenly smiled.
"Why was I angry again? I've forgotten." She asked, perplexed as she scratched her head in confusion. "Oh Well. It was no fun anyway." She shrugged her shoulders, making her orange hair wave silkily, and she turned around to Takeru and Hikari who were staring at each other, smiling.
"ummmm?" she asked, sort of wanting an explanation, but not quite sure how to ask 'why is my boyfriends brother and my bestfriends sister staring at each other enthusiastically like they won the lotto or something??'. She looked at Takuya, who was having an interesting conversation with Koji and Zoe.
The 3 just shrugged their shoulders.
"I dunno…" Takuya started. "They've just been like that for a couple of minutes.
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Takeru's little world of Hikari… (A.K.A Takeru's thoughts)
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Takeru stared deeply into sparkling crimson eyes of his best friend. He felt a flutter in his heart as he looked at her, looking at him, looking at her (A/N you get the point), and seemed to drown in his feelings of love that he tried so hard to keep inside.
He got lost in her eyes, those unique 2 wonders of the world, as they glitter eternally. 'I have to tell her, I can't just keep my feelings bottled up like this' he thought anxiously as the feeling grew.
'We've only been reunited for a short time, but still, it feels as if we have never parted. It feels as if Kari has always been here, like she moved to Australia with me, and she wasn't left behind. Yet although I think like this, I also feel like my heart is yearning for her, yearning for me to hold her hand, and to always be by her side. Like I haven't been with her for so long, I just want to be with her for every second until I know she is really here, until I know it isn't just some dream and that my alarm wont go off and she wont be here.'
The stare deepened, on both sides. 'Because I love her… and now, more than anything I wish she can know, I want her to know how I feel, cause I don't think I can stand anymore of this waiting, and praying, and just hoping, everyday.' He thought bitter sweetly
'I want, when my heart flutters as it does every time I am near her, I want to be able to express my feelings openly. To kiss her as a girlfriend, not just a best friend.'
His eyes could see all of Hikari's face, just like an angel, the 2 of them stood there, thinking breathlessly of one another, showing deep and pure affection, and they had no idea how the other felt.
Pity the rest of the world knew.
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Hikari's little world of Takeru (A.K.A Hikari's thoughts)
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Hikari looked at her Takeru's face with wonder. Her superb crimson eyes taking in all of his exquisite features, as in fear he might disappear. Her rubies met his sapphires, and couldn't leave, and didn't want to.
Her heart went all warm and fuzzy, the feeling she loved so much, the feeling she had forgotten about over the past 2 years, the feeling of such deep affection you never want to see the light of day without him. The feeling of unconditional love, the type of love she shared with Takeru, although he didn't know it.
' I want to tell him, oh of course I do! I was so stupid not to tell him before, I was planning to, but something always got in the way. And then he said he was leaving, and I was afraid, terrified, that if I told him now we would fight, I was afraid of the distance, and I was afraid of losing that much.' Kari's thoughts whirled around like a hurricane, as the love in her heart grew stronger with each passing second.
'But I shouldn't be making hollow excuses, there isn't any reason for me not to tell him, except for the fact that I am so frightened that he will hurt me, and without him, I am nothing, he is my hope, my inspiration, just knowing that he is alive, and that one day I will see him brightens up my day, helps me to find myself.' Hikari and Takeru were once again in their own little world of 'each other'.
' but if I love him so much, how can I be so afraid that anything will go wrong. We have known each other for over half our lives, I shouldn't be so afraid, I should just love him, as I do. I love him more than anything, he has changed so much, he isn't that immature little boy I used play with when I was young, now he's a teenager, and he's definitely the cutest one I know.' Her heart beat faster as the feelings intensified even more. 'I love him so much, I just don't know what to say.'
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The 2 best friends were dangerously close by now….
Suddenly Takeru and Hikari started to say something…
"Hikari I…" Takeru started, his voice wavering a little bit, but he stopped mid sentence and blushed when he heard Kari speaking at exactly the same time.
"Takeru I…" She acted the same as her best friend… they both probably would have finished saying something, if Zoe hadn't started to squeal, causing the 2 best friends to nearly jump out of their seats; they had forgotten anyone else was there.
Their eyes stopped gazing at each other, and they looked at their friends, Takuya and Koji were talking about something, and Sora was trying to calm down Zoe…
Interesting…….
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"Have you kids thought of sleeping arrangements yet?" Ms Takaishi asked the teenagers who were still talking to Kari and Sora around the coffee table.
"er. Not really." Takeru answered, puzzled.
"Well, our rooms are far too small to have more than one sleep in them, so I suppose you should all sleep here, in the family room." Takeru's mother continued; as she bent down to collect the now empty plates.
"Ok mum." T.K smiled "What about Sora?"
"I'll be taking her back to the house at around 7pm, but we will see her again, we will be staying with them for the holidays."
Takeru looked thoughtful "Well tomorrow is the last day of school… Why don't these guys sleep over for one more night, until the concert?"
"Yeah!" Takuya exclaimed loudly. "I forgot! It's the concert on Saturday night!!!!!!!!!"
Sora and Kari blushed a little.
"Im alright with that, as long as it is o.k with their parents." Ms Takaishi replied motherly (ignoring Takuya's comment). "If you want to?" she added.
"Yeah! That'd be great! It's the end of term, and it would be wonderful to have a break with all my friends!" Zoe nodded "But I think I should check with my parents first."
"I agree, it'd be cool to get away from home for another night. End of year nights are always annoying at my house, Shinya is always spoilt rotten, and I usually end up getting in trouble!" Takuya added, with his fists clenched.
"Well, we won't be staying at this house, we will be staying at my brother's house." Takeru continued cautiously, he saw Koji's eyes widen in surprise.
"That's fine." Zoe told him, and Takuya nodded in agreement.
"Great!" Takeru's mother exclaimed "The phone is just in the kitchen."
She then pulled Takuya and Zoe away.
"Aren't you calling your parents Koji?" Kari looked across at the dark-haired boy his face was expressionless. ' He looks so familiar, but I cant remember where from. ' She thought.
"Yeah, when those guys are finished." Koji's navy eyes didn't waver from Takeru "First, Tee and I have to talk."
Takeru put his eyebrows up. "O.K then. Lets go into my room." The 2 made there way to Takeru's door. "Kari? Do you want to come?" She nodded her head vigorously and jumped up, following the boys into Takeru's room.
"FINE!" Sora shouted lonesomely from the coffee table. "JUST FORGET ABOUT ME!!!!!!"
But nobody heard her (or if they did, she was still left alone twiddling her thumbs).
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Koji stared at Takeru and Hikari, the room was dark (blinds were pulled), and a shadow was across their faces.
"For how long?" He started (A/N you know in that episode, when Koji and Takuya talk about Duskmon…. Yeh… like that)
Takeru was very confused.
"How long what?" he asked.
"How long has he been your brother?"
"What sort of question is that? Seeing as I'm the youngest Koji... All my life!"
Hikari smiled brightly… "Its dark in here! Lets put on some lights!" She skipped across the room and turned on the switch, brightening up the room, and ruining the atmosphere.
"Perfect" she concluded.
"Koji, he wasn't always a superstar though… When you meet him, just act like he is my brother." Takeru continued, after staring at Hikari for a few seconds.
"That's sort of hard to do Tee." Koji told him, his eyebrows up unbelievably.
"Not really, he is a real person Koji." T.K pointed out as Hikari skipped back to his side.
"And Takuya's role model."
Takeru thought for a bit.
"Yes, but Takuya cant sing."
"You have a point there." Koji nodded his head in agreement.
"KOJI!!!! YOUR TURN!" Takuya's voice could be heard from the kitchen.
"Koji, its nothing to worry about, I mean Matt already knows all about you guys, and he's looking forward to meeting you." Takeru told his friend.
"Just don't act like a try hard." Kari piped in.
Koji nodded, before they all headed for the door.
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"So, what are we going to do for the rest of the afternoon?" Kari asked once everyone had gained permission from their parents. She sat down next to Sora and Takeru.
"I dunno.." Takuya tried to think (A/N but failed miserable… BAD EMILY… STOP MAKING TAKUYA LOOK BAD…. Sorry… im not in a Takuya mood)
"well, we could always go for a walk…" Takeru offered an idea.
Takuya groaned loudly… "A wwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllkkk?"
T.K scowled at Takuya…. "To the Park…" he continued in an irritated voice.
"THE PARK!?" Takuya exclaimed horrendously
Takeru scowled at him once more.
"To play a game of SOCCER?" The blonde finally finished.
"YAY! GREAT IDEA TEE!!!" Takuya exclaimed, smiling happily. "I BOUGHT MY SOCCER BALL JUST IN CASE!"
Takeru sighed desperately frustrated... Takuya was beyond help now though.
"He reminds me of someone, and I don't think its good." Hikari scratched her head in confusion.
"Davis and Tai." Takeru told her, shaking his head hopelessly as Takuya ran to the door.
"Oh yeah… those soccer fanatics.." She smiled at Takeru. "We better go now, or we will be left behind!" He smiled back at her.
"COME ON YOU SLOWPOKES!" Takuya called out to them, they all sighed and headed to the door.
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They all walked slowly along the tattered footpath. The tree's were thick with bright green leaves, that were almost seethrough with the bright sun shining down on them. The sun was gradually getting lower and lower in the sky, as Hikari looked up at T.K.
She looked down at her shoes, blushing at the sight of her bestfriend. ' I cant believe i've only been here for one day, it seems like ive been with him forever.'
"What are you thinking, Hika?" Hikari heard Takeru's voice and her heart leaped.
"I'm thinking about how it feels like we were never apart." She smiled at him, she felt she could tell him anything at that moment, she always could, and she treasured that friendship they shared.
"Strange…" He said mysteriously.
"Whats strange?" She looked up at him.
He laughed "that's exactly what I was thinking."
"I'm so glad you're here… School was really boring without you." She looked up into his ocean blue eyes that were sparkling like the sun glistening off the sea.
"I missed you heaps too, I can't say school was too boring, but it was different, it was hollow." Takeru told her truthfully. "Cause I was missing my best friend."
He smiled down on her as they joined hands, and continued to trek to the park.
' I really don't mind where our friendship is heading at the moment. If it stays the same, I would be happy, because I would have my best-friend back, and he would continue to support me.' Hikari thought happily, enjoying the touch of his hand against her own. ' and if I tell him, and he returns the feelings, it will be even better, because I love him so much and I wouldn't have to pretend that he isn't more than just a friend in my eyes.'
She brushed away her chocolate hair from her face (with the hand not interlocked with Takeru's) and looked up at Takeru. She could see his golden hair, his ocean-sapphire eyes, and every feature, every part of him that made her love him so much. She felt her cheeks grow rosy and warm.
Takeru was looking at her the same way. Taking in every feature.
The group crossed the road, entering a large oval, with gumtree's close to the edge. The sun was low in the sky, and it was about 6pm, every grass stalk was reflecting a bright orange, and the whole sky was covered in an amazing sunset.
Zoe and Hikari watched as the boys, and Sora, ran off onto the field. Hikari watched Takeru, and only Takeru. He definitely wasn't the best on the field, she supposed he was still a basketball player, but to her, he was the cutest, and the nicest.
She could see his sandy blond hair and his face become silhouetted with the orange sky, making him light up, and making his handsome face glow. His hair flew in the wind, changing direction. Its colour was amazing in the orange light. With each thought Kari's feelings grew, and as she watched his graceful movements she began to realise how empty she had been without this boy, and how much she needed him.
She began to wonder how she ever lived without him.
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They didn't get much playing time, although they tried to fit in every second, it was extremely hard to play once the sun went down
One thing, the temperature dropped and they were all freezing to death.
Another reason- they couldn't see the ball, and it was beginning to get extremely frustrating.
They all seemed to be very happy when they left for home, Sora was picked up by Takeru's mother at the park, and taken back to the rented house.
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"You guys looked so funny after the sun went down!" Hikari teased as the group walked up the front steps.
"Yeah! You had no idea where the ball was" Zoe joined Hikari laughing endlessly.
"You wouldn't find it funny if it was you out there." Koji told them quietly, but deadly.
"Yeah…. But you've got to admit, we did look a bit like idiots." Takeru pointed out.
"I'll say." Hikari laughed. "It was the most amusing thing I have ever watched in my life!"
"Now that's going a bit overboard." Takuya said, he wasn't in the best of moods because they spent the last 10 minutes looking for his 'precious', which, ended up being in the middle of the field. He complained all the way home about stressing over his soccer ball for nothing.
Takeru just laughed as he fumbled with his keys and eventually opened the door.
"Evil girls first" He said graciously as Kari and Zoe walked in.
"Thankyou servant." Hikari said snobbishly .
"Your welcome, my evil mastermind." He replied, before entering after her.
They smiled at each other for a while, before sitting down.
"I'm so happy, Takeru. I'm so glad things can be back to just the way they were before you left." Kari told him as he put his arms around her, and she placed her head comfortably on his shoulder. She felt so secure, and so happy at that moment, they both did.
"Me too Hika, I'm so glad you were able to come with Yamato and Sora." He whispered into her ear, making her blush. He loved the fact that he was touching her again, that they were back together. He felt so protective at that moment, all he wanted to do was make her feel comfortable and happy, to give her some of that love he had been bottling up for so long.
That night, they both slept peacefully. Sleeping bags next to each other, and hands somehow interlocked the other in their sleep. They fell asleep happily because they were together, and they knew, that when they woke up, nothing would have changed.
They fell asleep loving each other, loving the fact that they could feel their loved ones presence. Loving every single thing about the other.
They fell asleep hoping, praying that one day they could be together, and that they could express their feelings openly to one another, because, these were feelings they had been trying to push away for 2 years.
For 2 years they had been hoping that when they woke up it would be gone, and they wouldn't be pining for the others touch.
But it had never gone, it had only grown stronger with the distance, and now they were together again, and in their heart they knew they would never be apart again.
They tried to gain up the courage.
To make their dreams come true.
To be in love, and to verbalise their feelings.
And so, the love only grows stronger, with each passing second.
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A/N:
YAY! I finally finished the chapter…. Sorry it took so long, I had a smally case of writers block… I had no idea what to write, I think it was because I had so many different idea's for this chapter. I'm really sorry, Matt will be coming into the story extremely soon, I thought about putting him in for this chapter, but then I decided that it would be better if he came in a later chapter
I'm sorry, but it will come… I promise… extremely soon.
Next chapter will most-likely be an EXTREMELY cute chapter, so keep checking back! It will be when Kari goes to school! YAY!
Neways, while you are waiting for the next chapter of this, please read my newest Fic (my second one!) Joyous Heartache. It is extremely cute. If you liked this story, you are sure to love Joyous Heartache.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! I don't mind, just tell me whether you liked it or not… I need reviews for the inspiration to keep writing this story…. ^-^… pretty please… I am begging you….
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