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Hey! I really want to thank everyone who reviewed! Thanks, again and again. thumbs up And by the way, Cresent-Wish-Forever, I've been thinking and I think that Tai's the kind of ghost that's full colour and solid. I mean he's somehow holding a spatula and wearing an apron, right? Thanks for reviewing by the way! And, GundamKnight, thanks for being so subtle and nice about the situation. I've never watched Casper before or at least, I don't remember anything about it. (you spelled 'mess' wrong by the way, unless you meant 'miss') I'm not fully aware of how the whole Casper series goes, so let's just cross my fingers and pray that my ideas are utmost original. Thanks for reviewing!
"'Occer?"
"Ya, tell me how you died." Mimi states strongly. Tai remains silent for a few seconds until he wrinkles his eyebrows and starts slowly.
"Well, truthfully, Mimi," Tai pauses at her name as if he wasn't sure whether that was really her name. Mimi nods lightly and Tai continues. "I only remember bits and pieces, but more and more's coming to me. Umm...let's see, I remember playing soccer with my friends at the park...and then I shot a three-pointer!" Tai smiles proudly and looks at Mimi with a cocky expression on his face.
Mimi furrows her brows and smirks, "continue."
"Well, after that fabulous three-pointer," Tai pauses again, hoping for maybe a praise this time. When none came he grimaces and carries on. "Then, the game went on...my team won, of course." He adds with a smirk. Mimi drums her fingers impatiently on her knee. Tai sees this and speeds up his story. "Then something about the soccer ball, and I was looking for it. Something happened and I was trapped and I was dead."
"Huh, Whoa," Mimi shakes her head slightly, trying to shake the sleep out of her head, "did I miss something, or was that last part was really confusing..."
"I know, there's like this huge chunk of my memory missing, and I'm recovering bits and pieces just now and yesterday night." Mimi gives Tai a mystified look and stands up. She picks up a fork on the counter and pokes at the burnt pancakes absentmindedly, deep in thought.
"Hmm, well, if you remember anything...you can tell me. I'm really curious to know, and maybe I can even help you remember!" Mimi smiles kindly and continues to poke at the pancakes. "Can ghosts really eat?" She asks curiously. Tai stands next to her and picks up another fork. He stabs at a piece and plops it in his mouth.
"Ah cours" He manages to say with his mouth full. After a few chews, Tai's eyes go round and he spits it into the garbage bin beside him. "Blah, forgot about the salt." Mimi never noticed the garbage bin, she peers inside and finds that it was already half-full with pancakes. They mostly consist of a few burnt ones and nice, tasty looking ones. Mimi assumes that salt where also added to those.
"I really don't think we're gonna get anywhere with these pancakes. Let's eat at the Sugar Bowl. Think my friends are going to be there too. You can meet them! And then we can walk around to see if you'll remember anything!" Mimi adds excitedly. "Let's go!" She scrambles for her jacket, but then paces back and says sheepishly, "I'll need to change first."
After a long period of rummaging through her closet for the perfect tee to wear, she sets off to the Sugar Bowl with Tai right behind her. "And that's my school!" Mimi shows Tai as they walk down the street. "And there's the park! And our soccer field!" Mimi blushes slightly, "We have a great soccer team, with many of our school's star players, like Matt." She adds quietly. Tai looks at Mimi rolling his eyes and mutters under his breath what dreadfully sounds like "girls".
Mimi manages to push her way through the crowd of people at the Sugar Bowl entrance. Tai follows her as he walks through people and tables. The people he passes shivers involuntarily but makes nothing of it and goes on their way. After a few confused looks from Mimi over her shoulder, Tai quietly whispers to her ear, "They can't see or hear me." Mimi nods mutely as she makes her way to the back of the restaurant.
"Mimi!" Sora shouts from the table hidden far into the corners of the café. "Over here!" Mimi waves and carefully needles her way through the crowds.
"Hey, Sora," Mimi says breathlessly, "how'd you manage to get a table?" Sora grins happily and rolls her eyes playfully.
"You know, some of us actually wake up early enough to save a table for our friends." She teases. She looks at her watch casually and starts packing her things. "I've got soccer practice in a few, wanna come watch?"
Umm, I'm kindda hungry, I'll catch up with you later." Mimi replies, stealing a glance at Tai, who has taken a seat beside her.
"Alright then, see ya around." Sora waves and forces her way towards the entrance.
"So, what should we have?" Mimi asks Tai cheerfully as she reaches for a menu.
"Umm, you can choose." Tai replies absentmindedly as he looks around the café.
"Alright then." Mimi waves to a waitress who was just passing their table (who was looking absolutely hassled as she pushes her way through the crowds with plates in her hands) "Versity! Over here!" The waitress nods their way and sets the plates down at the next table. "Here you go, ladies! Cheese omelet, and for you, corn beef sandwich. Enjoy!" Versity adds cheerfully. She strolls over to Mimi's table and smiles sweetly. "Morning, Mimi! Nice to see you join us. What will it be today?" "Umm, two strawberry smoothies and two bacon and egg sandwiches please." Mimi replies thoughtfully. Versity jots it down but raises her eyebrows. "You ordering for you and a friend?" Mimi jumps at that question, but then realizes that Versity had said a friend, not your friend. Mimi looks at Tai and smiles sheepishly. "Uhh, ya." Versity smiles warmly and moves her way into the crowd, clutching the order in her hand tightly as if in fear of losing it along the way. "For a minute there, I thought she could see you." Mimi whispers quietly to Tai. "Not a chance." Tai says with a wink. Mimi laughs politely and a few people nearby looks at her. Mimi pretends to makes herself comfortable and starts setting out napkins in front of each of them. From the corner of her mouth she hisses furiously at Tai. "Can't you make yourself visible or something, people's looking at me like an insane loner or something." Tai shrugs and puts on an innocent face. "Really sorry, Mimi. But I can't really control it. I don't know how. I think the only reason why you can see me is because you released my soul from my soccer ball." "Right, the 'TC ball'. I'm guessing it said Taichi before the marker rubbed off." Tai nods. "I loved that old ball, when we get back, I can point to you all the grass stains and marks! There's this red smudge there from when I kicked the ball clean outta the field!" Tai continues to speak fondly of his 'old pal', as he later referred the ball as. "Is it always so crowded here?" Tai asks as he scans the whole restaurant. Mimi startles from her daydreams and answers quietly, barely moving her lips.
"Mmm, not really, guess it's because of the long weekend." Mimi answers. "It is Sunday after all." The crowd was starting to thin out as it was breakfast time, however, none of the tables were ever empty. Versity walks casually around the Sugar Bowl now and soon she strolls over to Mimi's table and sets down two plates and two smoothies.
"Enjoy!" She chirps sweetly. She fumbles around with her apron and looks around. "Never have I seen a busier day! It's not even noon yet and people are still coming and going. If I were you people, I'd sleep in, how I've missed that. But then again, more people would mean –coming! –more tips!" Versity winks and strides to the table that called. Mimi laughs and sticks a straw in her smoothie and sips quietly. Tai, however, starts chowing down on the sandwiches. Mimi tries to start a conversation, but once, Tai forgot to swallow and ended up spitting onto the table. Everything was rather quiet after that, but Tai breaks the silence (at their table) a few times apologizing for the 'Flying Bacon and Egg Incident', as he named it.
Mimi was halfway through her meal when Matt and his friends enter the café. "It's Matt!" Mimi whispers furiously to Tai. Tai rolls his eye, oblivious to Mimi. Mimi bows her head and stares at the rest of her sandwich. From the corner of her eyes she sees Matt's feet move closer and closer.
"Hey, umm, hi! Sorry, but you mind if we sit. All the other tables are full" Matt asks as he taps Mimi's shoulder hesitantly. "Ur." Mimi says weakly. "Pardon?" "S-sure." Mimi nods and moves over, shoving Tai into a tiny space against the wall. "Hey, aren't you Sora's friend—" one of the boys says. "Kiki?" Mimi finally looks up and forces a laugh. "Mimi." Mimi squeaks, her voice a notch too high. Matt laughs and slaps his friend. "Don't joke around with Mimi here." He says jokingly. Mimi can feel her face go hot as she sat there. Mimi went even redder (if possible) when Matt's shoulders keep rubbing against hers as he jokes and laugh with his friends. Once, Matt's friend (Kenneth, Mimi just learned) tells a joke and Matt howls with laughter knocking into Mimi. "Whoops, very sorry, Mimi. He apologies and shifts further away from Mimi. "No," Mimi says suddenly, blushing furiously. "I-it's alright." Mimi tries to sit closer to the wall, seeing that Matt was sitting at the tip of the seat. "Hey!" Tai yells loudly, his voice oblivious to the others around the café. "I know I'm not exactly solid, but it's really creepy seeing you go through me like that." Mimi scowls at Tai and moves back to her original spot. Her shoulder against Matt's again. Mimi sighs with happiness. "So Mimi, did you watch the game yesterday?" Matt asks suddenly. "What's your team?" "M-my team?!" Mimi squeaks. "Ya, your fav soccer team." "Huh...'Occer? Uhh...m-my favorite team's..." 'Uh oh' Mimi thinks 'what teams ARE there?' Mimi looks at each boy nervously, then met Matt's gaze beside her. "Its'..."
Blah! This present tense thing is really getting on my nerves! I guess it wasn't as simple as putting 's' on all the verbs. I think it's time I switch to past tense. Oh and by the way, next chappie might have some soccer talk in it, so if anyone is kind enough to help me with some tips on teams, rules and anything soccery, please help me! And by the way, does anyone know how to put those stars up on ? The Shift-8 stars? Because I've been rereading my fics online and it's pretty confusing without them shrugs -- see what I mean? Nothing's indicating the actions or separating the paragraphs.
Hey! I really want to thank everyone who reviewed! Thanks, again and again. thumbs up And by the way, Cresent-Wish-Forever, I've been thinking and I think that Tai's the kind of ghost that's full colour and solid. I mean he's somehow holding a spatula and wearing an apron, right? Thanks for reviewing by the way! And, GundamKnight, thanks for being so subtle and nice about the situation. I've never watched Casper before or at least, I don't remember anything about it. (you spelled 'mess' wrong by the way, unless you meant 'miss') I'm not fully aware of how the whole Casper series goes, so let's just cross my fingers and pray that my ideas are utmost original. Thanks for reviewing!
"'Occer?"
"Ya, tell me how you died." Mimi states strongly. Tai remains silent for a few seconds until he wrinkles his eyebrows and starts slowly.
"Well, truthfully, Mimi," Tai pauses at her name as if he wasn't sure whether that was really her name. Mimi nods lightly and Tai continues. "I only remember bits and pieces, but more and more's coming to me. Umm...let's see, I remember playing soccer with my friends at the park...and then I shot a three-pointer!" Tai smiles proudly and looks at Mimi with a cocky expression on his face.
Mimi furrows her brows and smirks, "continue."
"Well, after that fabulous three-pointer," Tai pauses again, hoping for maybe a praise this time. When none came he grimaces and carries on. "Then, the game went on...my team won, of course." He adds with a smirk. Mimi drums her fingers impatiently on her knee. Tai sees this and speeds up his story. "Then something about the soccer ball, and I was looking for it. Something happened and I was trapped and I was dead."
"Huh, Whoa," Mimi shakes her head slightly, trying to shake the sleep out of her head, "did I miss something, or was that last part was really confusing..."
"I know, there's like this huge chunk of my memory missing, and I'm recovering bits and pieces just now and yesterday night." Mimi gives Tai a mystified look and stands up. She picks up a fork on the counter and pokes at the burnt pancakes absentmindedly, deep in thought.
"Hmm, well, if you remember anything...you can tell me. I'm really curious to know, and maybe I can even help you remember!" Mimi smiles kindly and continues to poke at the pancakes. "Can ghosts really eat?" She asks curiously. Tai stands next to her and picks up another fork. He stabs at a piece and plops it in his mouth.
"Ah cours" He manages to say with his mouth full. After a few chews, Tai's eyes go round and he spits it into the garbage bin beside him. "Blah, forgot about the salt." Mimi never noticed the garbage bin, she peers inside and finds that it was already half-full with pancakes. They mostly consist of a few burnt ones and nice, tasty looking ones. Mimi assumes that salt where also added to those.
"I really don't think we're gonna get anywhere with these pancakes. Let's eat at the Sugar Bowl. Think my friends are going to be there too. You can meet them! And then we can walk around to see if you'll remember anything!" Mimi adds excitedly. "Let's go!" She scrambles for her jacket, but then paces back and says sheepishly, "I'll need to change first."
After a long period of rummaging through her closet for the perfect tee to wear, she sets off to the Sugar Bowl with Tai right behind her. "And that's my school!" Mimi shows Tai as they walk down the street. "And there's the park! And our soccer field!" Mimi blushes slightly, "We have a great soccer team, with many of our school's star players, like Matt." She adds quietly. Tai looks at Mimi rolling his eyes and mutters under his breath what dreadfully sounds like "girls".
Mimi manages to push her way through the crowd of people at the Sugar Bowl entrance. Tai follows her as he walks through people and tables. The people he passes shivers involuntarily but makes nothing of it and goes on their way. After a few confused looks from Mimi over her shoulder, Tai quietly whispers to her ear, "They can't see or hear me." Mimi nods mutely as she makes her way to the back of the restaurant.
"Mimi!" Sora shouts from the table hidden far into the corners of the café. "Over here!" Mimi waves and carefully needles her way through the crowds.
"Hey, Sora," Mimi says breathlessly, "how'd you manage to get a table?" Sora grins happily and rolls her eyes playfully.
"You know, some of us actually wake up early enough to save a table for our friends." She teases. She looks at her watch casually and starts packing her things. "I've got soccer practice in a few, wanna come watch?"
Umm, I'm kindda hungry, I'll catch up with you later." Mimi replies, stealing a glance at Tai, who has taken a seat beside her.
"Alright then, see ya around." Sora waves and forces her way towards the entrance.
"So, what should we have?" Mimi asks Tai cheerfully as she reaches for a menu.
"Umm, you can choose." Tai replies absentmindedly as he looks around the café.
"Alright then." Mimi waves to a waitress who was just passing their table (who was looking absolutely hassled as she pushes her way through the crowds with plates in her hands) "Versity! Over here!" The waitress nods their way and sets the plates down at the next table. "Here you go, ladies! Cheese omelet, and for you, corn beef sandwich. Enjoy!" Versity adds cheerfully. She strolls over to Mimi's table and smiles sweetly. "Morning, Mimi! Nice to see you join us. What will it be today?" "Umm, two strawberry smoothies and two bacon and egg sandwiches please." Mimi replies thoughtfully. Versity jots it down but raises her eyebrows. "You ordering for you and a friend?" Mimi jumps at that question, but then realizes that Versity had said a friend, not your friend. Mimi looks at Tai and smiles sheepishly. "Uhh, ya." Versity smiles warmly and moves her way into the crowd, clutching the order in her hand tightly as if in fear of losing it along the way. "For a minute there, I thought she could see you." Mimi whispers quietly to Tai. "Not a chance." Tai says with a wink. Mimi laughs politely and a few people nearby looks at her. Mimi pretends to makes herself comfortable and starts setting out napkins in front of each of them. From the corner of her mouth she hisses furiously at Tai. "Can't you make yourself visible or something, people's looking at me like an insane loner or something." Tai shrugs and puts on an innocent face. "Really sorry, Mimi. But I can't really control it. I don't know how. I think the only reason why you can see me is because you released my soul from my soccer ball." "Right, the 'TC ball'. I'm guessing it said Taichi before the marker rubbed off." Tai nods. "I loved that old ball, when we get back, I can point to you all the grass stains and marks! There's this red smudge there from when I kicked the ball clean outta the field!" Tai continues to speak fondly of his 'old pal', as he later referred the ball as. "Is it always so crowded here?" Tai asks as he scans the whole restaurant. Mimi startles from her daydreams and answers quietly, barely moving her lips.
"Mmm, not really, guess it's because of the long weekend." Mimi answers. "It is Sunday after all." The crowd was starting to thin out as it was breakfast time, however, none of the tables were ever empty. Versity walks casually around the Sugar Bowl now and soon she strolls over to Mimi's table and sets down two plates and two smoothies.
"Enjoy!" She chirps sweetly. She fumbles around with her apron and looks around. "Never have I seen a busier day! It's not even noon yet and people are still coming and going. If I were you people, I'd sleep in, how I've missed that. But then again, more people would mean –coming! –more tips!" Versity winks and strides to the table that called. Mimi laughs and sticks a straw in her smoothie and sips quietly. Tai, however, starts chowing down on the sandwiches. Mimi tries to start a conversation, but once, Tai forgot to swallow and ended up spitting onto the table. Everything was rather quiet after that, but Tai breaks the silence (at their table) a few times apologizing for the 'Flying Bacon and Egg Incident', as he named it.
Mimi was halfway through her meal when Matt and his friends enter the café. "It's Matt!" Mimi whispers furiously to Tai. Tai rolls his eye, oblivious to Mimi. Mimi bows her head and stares at the rest of her sandwich. From the corner of her eyes she sees Matt's feet move closer and closer.
"Hey, umm, hi! Sorry, but you mind if we sit. All the other tables are full" Matt asks as he taps Mimi's shoulder hesitantly. "Ur." Mimi says weakly. "Pardon?" "S-sure." Mimi nods and moves over, shoving Tai into a tiny space against the wall. "Hey, aren't you Sora's friend—" one of the boys says. "Kiki?" Mimi finally looks up and forces a laugh. "Mimi." Mimi squeaks, her voice a notch too high. Matt laughs and slaps his friend. "Don't joke around with Mimi here." He says jokingly. Mimi can feel her face go hot as she sat there. Mimi went even redder (if possible) when Matt's shoulders keep rubbing against hers as he jokes and laugh with his friends. Once, Matt's friend (Kenneth, Mimi just learned) tells a joke and Matt howls with laughter knocking into Mimi. "Whoops, very sorry, Mimi. He apologies and shifts further away from Mimi. "No," Mimi says suddenly, blushing furiously. "I-it's alright." Mimi tries to sit closer to the wall, seeing that Matt was sitting at the tip of the seat. "Hey!" Tai yells loudly, his voice oblivious to the others around the café. "I know I'm not exactly solid, but it's really creepy seeing you go through me like that." Mimi scowls at Tai and moves back to her original spot. Her shoulder against Matt's again. Mimi sighs with happiness. "So Mimi, did you watch the game yesterday?" Matt asks suddenly. "What's your team?" "M-my team?!" Mimi squeaks. "Ya, your fav soccer team." "Huh...'Occer? Uhh...m-my favorite team's..." 'Uh oh' Mimi thinks 'what teams ARE there?' Mimi looks at each boy nervously, then met Matt's gaze beside her. "Its'..."
Blah! This present tense thing is really getting on my nerves! I guess it wasn't as simple as putting 's' on all the verbs. I think it's time I switch to past tense. Oh and by the way, next chappie might have some soccer talk in it, so if anyone is kind enough to help me with some tips on teams, rules and anything soccery, please help me! And by the way, does anyone know how to put those stars up on ? The Shift-8 stars? Because I've been rereading my fics online and it's pretty confusing without them shrugs -- see what I mean? Nothing's indicating the actions or separating the paragraphs.