Thanks for my reviews-
Kawaii-Q- thanks for loving my fic, The Matt bit was supposed to make him seem insensitive "There's no chance of you getting pregnant again." Meaning he doesn't have to use contraception. Okay *^_^*
Tai's girl- you'll just have to find out this chapter is pure Taiora cuteness though *^_~*
Agumon 2004- You don't have to write the Sorato parts after I write them I have read a Taiora or look at the Taiora pictures to stop feeling Sorato-fied *^.^*
DigiDestined of Courage- This chapter is pure Taiora, it's full of little idea's that popped into my normally warped mind. Its glad to know Blackterriermon hasn't got the chainsaw anymore, I was getting a bit worried, I don't like to anger digimon especially a psychopathic one !!! Momentai *^u^* love that word.
Helios- A valid point, things do speed up after this chapter I just wanted to you to get the idea and complications behind there love. I thought I did put some Sorato in the first chapter, but like I said thanks for pointing that out next time I write I'll bear that in mind *^U^*
Sweet Dark Angel 009- Bless Tai so clue less. Bless you for getting emotional. Hmmmm to kill Matt or not to kill Matt that is the question you'll have to find out. Yeah Sora's attitude is scaring people. Matt and Sora are smooching like little (clue less) love birds because they are supposed to be together and I like annoying you (and everyone else *^_^*) when you all want the Taiora moments which you will be getting I assure you. As you can probably tell this is my next chapter I'm not sure about wonderful though *^o^*.
Next chapter
Chapter 9- Another Place Another Time
Sora sat on the Sofa watching TV, her stomach seemed always to be continually bulging and 5 months along she was continually reminded of its presence. Matt again had left without telling her where he was or when he would be back, ever since she'd told him about her choice to put the baby up for adoption it was as if he didn't care. Sora was aware of the night dragging on and the normal routine of what had been happening carried on as follows
Matt would leave
Sora would wait up for him watching TV
Matt would come home drunk
Or
Sometimes not until the next morning.
Her mind kept bombarding her with the words "Another time another place" and she let her mind drift in that other time when her friendship had meant the world to her and all she had to worry about was what she would receive for Christmas.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Tai, I don't want to go in." A seven year old Sora said shivering slightly in her blue swimming costume.
"Why not." Tai said treading water, the pool wasn't too deep, just deep enough for Tai to brush the bottom with his toes.
"Because." Sora said trying not to make eye contact with her friend.
"Because why?" Tai asked becoming curious, placing his beloved goggles over his eyes..
"Because because." Sora said running out of excuses
"Because because why?" Tai replied deliberately trying to be annoying swimming on his back.
"Just because" Sora said without looking him in the eye, unknown to Sora, Tai had dipped under water and before she could react he had a firm grip on her leg and had pulled her in. Desperate to surface she clung to Tai tightly, throwing her arms around his neck for support.
"TAI!!!!!!" Sora screamed through tears.
"What the-" Tai said just realising that she was crying.
"Just get me out." She sobbed. Struggling slightly Tai managed to tread water over to the side and place her on the side of the pool.
"Sora I'm really sorry."
"I told you I didn't want to go in." Sora sniffled wiping away her tears.
"I'm sorry." Tai pleaded desperate to make things right again. "What's wrong."
"I.... Can't swim, daddy was meant to teach me but when he and momma broke up, he kind of, forgot." Sora stuttered.
"I'm sorry, why didn't you tell me."
"You didn't ask."
"I'm sorry."
"Tai you can stop saying sorry now." Sora said smiling slightly.
"Friends then." Tai said holding out his pinkie finger.
"Well durr, I can't get rid of you that easily." Sora replied putting her pinkie finger in his.
"I know, I could teach you."
"You." Sora said rasing an eyebrow.
"I'll have you know I've nearly got all my swimming badges." Tai said puffing his chest out in the water.
"Fine, but can we go to the shallower end?"
"Sure." Tai said swimming along side Sora as she walked to a shallower spot.
Clumsily Tai climbed out the side of the pool and took Sora's hand. "All right we jump on three."
"One."
"Two"
"Three." They both said simultaneously before both jumping in, they were still holding hands when they rose the surface. Both could stand up the water just coming up to there chins.
"Okay, I'm going to pull you along you just, keep a float and kick your legs." Tai said and he began to pull her along. After a short while Sora could just doggy paddle from one side of the pool to the other, Tai always by her side encouraging her all the way.
"Great Sora now we can go on the chute." Tai said pointing towards the big swirly chute at the end of the swimming baths.
"Sure okay." Sora said uncertainly racing Tai towards the big chute.
After the disappointment of having to wait in line for a while, it was Sora's turn Tai prodding her to go. The life guard watched curiously as Sora nervously sat waiting to go.
'Scuse me miss." The life guard said kindly. "Are you going to be all right."
"Sure." Sora said trying to disguise her nervousness.
"I mean if you want miss your boyfriend can go down with you." The lifeguard said looking at Tai. "One in front one behind."
"Cool." Tai said running towards the chute to sit behind Sora, putting his arms around her waist before kicking off. The pair screamed in delight as they whizzed down the chute, it was only when they splashed into the plunge pool that they realised what the life guard had said and blushed slightly before racing back towards the chute to have another go the faint blush gradually leaving there cheeks.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sora stared at the clock, she felt as if every tick was ticking her life away and closer towards the truth she would have to eventually tell Matt. Trying to focus her mind on other things she looked towards the package that had come the other week the day before her birthday, before she hadn't wanted to open it as the stamp indicated it had come from America. Somehow the package always stuck in her mind no matter how she tried to block it out, walking over to the package she opened it carefully not wanting to harm what was inside. Upon opening there were two boxes one gold with stars tied with a white ribbon and one long and silver tied with a red ribbon. Inside the gold box was the single Bring me to life by Evanescence with a note reading.
Remember
In the silver box was a delicate pressed white rose with a note bearing the words.
Tai
X
Sora re read the words remember, puzzled about there meaning. Holding the rose it gently brushed her stomach, instantly she felt the baby react, she could feel it moving again inside of her. Still curious of the words meaning she sat down on the sofa and began to drift in her thoughts again to another place another time.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"And those flowers are." A 6 year old Tai said pointing to a yellow flower.
"There tulips." Sora replied taking off her small apron and replacing it with her warm winter coat, after a morning of helping her mother around the flower shop (unwillingly might I add) she was finally allowed out to play with Taichi.
"And these ones." Tai said pointing to a purple flower.
"Lavender." Sora replied
"And these are" Tai said again pointing to another flower this time red.
"There red roses." Sora replied sighing slightly.
"So these must white roses." Tai correctly stated.
"Yup there my favourite."
"Why?" Tai asked wondering how his best friend could even like a flower.
"Because there pretty." Sora said practically dragging Tai out of the shop before he asked another dumb question.
Walking down the street towards the park with a soccer ball under Sora's arm they turned the corner to face the west side of the park which contained the flower beds.
"I guess the white roses are pretty." Tai whispered not wanting anyone else to hear him admit he liked flowers and worse he thought they were pretty.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End Of Flasback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sora sat back down on the sofa, letting her mind wonder back to another time another place of what happened at the end of that day her and Taichi went to the park.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Tai, its late lets go back." Sora said becoming worried as the darkness of night settled around them.
"Sora I lost your soccer ball and I'm going to find it." Tai replied going deeper into the bushes. "Besides" He called "I want to borrow it anyway."
"Tai wait up." Sora said following Tai further into the bushes.
Deeper into the bushes the two went searching for the soccer ball until the darkness made it practically impossible for them to see no more than a foot in front of them. The cold December air began to get to them and it wasn't long before it got to Tai's chest despite his padded winter coat.
"Tai come on we can look for it in the morning." Sora sat patting her friend on the back.
"No we're finding it now." He spluttered stubbornly. The clung on to each others hands in a bid not to lose each other and for comfort, eventually they came to the pond and in the middle was the soccer ball.
"Yeah we found it now we can get home." Sora said tugging Tai in the opposite direction.
"Sora stop it I have to get the ball." He snapped determinedly starting to cough again.
"No I'll get it you wait here." She said rolling up her jeans and taking her shoes and socks off. By a glimpse of the moonlight she slowly walked into the pond hoping her feet and legs would become accustomed to the freezing temperature. Near the bushes she could see Tai coughing and watching her every movement, turning back to the ball she picked it up.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Sora heard Tai shout she turned around but found her friend had disappeared fearing the worst she made her way back up towards the spot Tai had once been. In desperation to find him she slipped on the smooth mood in the pond and fell, now drenched she picked her shoes and socks up and hurriedly made her way into the bush to find her friend searching frantically she juggled the ball and shoes in her hands when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"GET OFF ME!" She shrieked becoming scared, in defence she kicked and punched the person the hand belonged to screaming in the process.
"Its all right Tala I've found her." The person called dragging Sora out of the bushes kicking and screaming.
"SORA TAKENOUCHI." Sora heard the woman shout realising it was her mothers voice she stopped kicking and screaming and looked at her. "SORA TAKENOUCHI WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN." Her screamed grabbing her arm before pulling it away. "YOUR DRENCHED WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!"
"I fell in the pond." Sora replied honestly.
"WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN THE POND EXACTLY."
"We were looking for the soccer ball because I wanted to borrow it." Tai said innocently before he started to cough again.
"TAICHI KAMIYA." His own mother screeched. "I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU HAVE SEVERAL SOCCER BALL'S IN YOUR TOY BOX YOU KNOW YOUR SISTERS ILL AT THE MOMENT THE LAST THING I NEED IS YOU BEING ILL TOO AS A RESULT OF YOUR STUPIDITY WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN WE GET HOME." She finished leaving the young boy on the verge of tears.
"YOU TOO SORA KUMIKO TAKENOUCHI, YOU WAIT TILL YOU GET HOME YOUNG LADY." Mrs. Takenouchi added.
Silently the two walked home there mothers not far behind them exchanging there views on the punishment.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End Of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sora flicked from channel to channel trying to find a movie or show she could get into that would take her away from her thoughts until a certain theme tune took her deeper into them.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Semenaide kesanaide makenaide Dare datte motteru hazu yuzurenai mono." A 13 year old Sora sang into Kari's old hair brush jumping along with tai on the Kamiya's sofa.
"Aidake yumedake kimidake Soredake wa hanasanai donna toki demo." Tai sang jumping along with Sora.
"Naniga hoshii nanigashitai doko ni ikitai." Kari sang and jumped along with them.
"Yami o saite hashiri nukete tsukamitore Through The Night." They sang simultaneously before sitting down to watch Outlaw Star. Tai laying on the sofa all sprawled out, Sora sat on his legs and Kari sitting crossed legged on the floor brushing Meeko.
"The beautiful assassin." Tai read off the screen.
"Wow Tai can read." Sora added in mock surprise before receiving a cushion to the head. "Oooooo I like this one."
"Why?" Tai asked his gaze returning to the screen.
"Because this is the one about Suzuka."
"Who?"
"Twighlight Suzuka you prick."
"Oh."
The trio stayed in an unnatural silence until the bit where Gean and Suzuka start fighting in the moonlight.
"Oh yes I like this bit." Tai said with enthusiasm staring more closely at the screen.
"May I ask why." Kari asked.
"Because this is the bit where Gean pulls off Suzuka's Kimono, unfortunately you don't see anything but its all good." Tai replied casually.
"You pervert." Kari stated.
"What I can't help it if like Gean I've got a soft spot for women."
"Too bad they don't have a soft spot for you." She replied and continued to brush Meeko.
"Yeah well if I saw Aisha I wouldn't let her get away she's got the biggest jugs out of the lot of them, man there fine."
"God you and your perverted mind."
"Well then dear little sister of mine whose your favourite character."
"Melfina." She replied.
"Trust you to pick the innocent one." Sora said
"And you called me perverted when your favourite character spends half her time naked in a tube and she's got nothing to show she's flat chested so even I can't ogle."
"She's the navigator pervert." Kari defended.
"So your telling me you'd get in a tube naked to navigate a ship."
"Great so now your thinking perverted thoughts about your little sister how sick are you." Sora butted in mimicking Kari's disgusted face.
"So very sick, I can see it now envisioned perfectly in my mind Sora Takenouchi naked in a tube"
"Tai get those dirty thoughts of me out of your twisted head."
"Make me." He replied before receiving a cushion to his face. And so it started to worst cushion war the Kamiya household had ever seen.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sora watched the ending credits with interest she had always, liked the ending pictures and the song. Giving up she turned off the TV and headed towards the bedroom alone. Looking at the Evanescence CD she placed it in her stereo and began to listen, once again became lost in her thoughts.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Bring me to life." A 14 year old Sora sang jumping on her bed.
"I've been living a lie there's nothing inside." Tai sang jumping on the bed with Sora
"There's nothing inside."
"Bring me to life. Frozen inside without your touch without your love darling only you are the life among the dead."
"All of this time I can't believe I couldn't see kept in the dark but you were there in front of me."
"I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems got to open my eyes to everything."
"With out voice without a soul."
"Don't let me die here."
"There must be something more."
"Bring me to life."
"Wake me up."
"Wake me up inside."
"I can't wake up."
"Wake me up inside."
"Save me
"Call my name and save me from the dark
"Wake me up."
"Bid my blood to run
"Can't wake up."
"Before I come undone."
"Save me"
"Save me from the nothing I've become."
They sang before collapsing on her bed side by side.
"I love that song." Tai said putting his arms behind his head.
"Same here."
"Hey Sora."
"Yeah Tai."
"Have you ever been kissed?"
"What like properly."
"Yeah, you know snogged?"
"Well no." Sora admitted "Have you?"
"No."
"No really." Sora said giving him a playful whack.
"Seriously!"
"Oh my God." Sora said beginning to giggle.
"Shut up you haven't been snogged either."
"Ha but I'm not the 'lady's man.'"
"Sure sure laugh it up."
The two lay in silence listening to the other songs on the radio. Mostly content with just being with each other, side by side they stared at the ceiling which was littered with illuminous stars that represented the outside night sky.
"Sora?"
"Yeah."
"Can I kiss you."
"What!" Sora said practically falling off the bed.
"I just want to see what its like."
"Tai have you gone mad."
"No, I'm just deprived of experience, please Sora."
"Do you really want to." Sora replied sighing slightly.
"Yes."
"Fine." Sora said both her and Tai kneeling now looking at each other unsure what to do. Slowly Tai tilted his head to his left as Sora tilted hers to her left copying his motion, so Tai tilted his head to his right and Sora copied, before he put his hands either side of her hid and tilted it the other way. Licking his lips he went to kiss her.
"Your not kissing me like that." Sora said pulling away.
"Why?" Tai said becoming frustrated.
"You just licked your lips, wipe that saliva off your lips then you can."
"Fine." Tai said wiping his lips dry with the back of his hand.
Before she could object once more Tai pressed his lips on hers, without warning he coaxed Sora's mouth open and slipped his tongue on top of hers. After realising what he'd done she pulled away.
"Tai!"
"It wasn't that bad was it?"
"No, I just don't want your tongue shoved in my mouth without warning."
"Why?"
"Because are spit will mix and that's just gross."
"Its meant to."
"Fine, fine." Sora said considering what he'd said.
"Want to try again?"
"Fine, the things I do for you." She sighed, watching Tai smirk before his lips pressed on hers.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~End Of Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sora turned the stereo off and got into bed. The night drew on and she couldn't sleep, Matt hadn't come home once again and she was trying not to result in crying herself to sleep again. Rubbing her bulging stomach in circular motions she began to sing-
I don't know
What words I can say
The wind has a way
To talk to me
Flowers sleep
A silent lullaby
I pray for reply
I'm ready
Quiet day calms me
Oh serenity
Someone
Please tell me
Ohmm, what is it, they say?
Maybe I will know one day--
After she had spoken the last word she felt a soft kick coming from the baby, she continued to sing letting the words of the song and the soft baby's kicks lull her to sleep. Cuddling the doll Mimi had brought her she fell asleep the soft kicks replacing the usual arm wrapped around her waist.
To be continued
Wow my longest chapter yet. Just a cute bit of fluff I thought up for all you nice reviewers okay
Please review
Luv
*^_^* sora_star_child *^_^*
P.s Disclaimer 2- I do not own outlaw star or melfina's song. I also don't own Evanescence and there Song, I own nothing basically except the plot.