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Yamato: you mean torture us.
Yeah. . .and your point?
"-and so tonight Slade's goons came back to try and finish Taichi here off and were-thank God- unsuccessful," Yamato finished.
"And so that's where we are right now," Taichi added. Both of the older siblings looked up into the faces of their younger siblings. Both were open mouthed and shocked by the entire story.
"Uh. . . I. . .uhm. . ." T.K. stuttered.
"He means, wow I think," Kari put in quickly.
"Yeah, er. . .what she said," T.K. put in awkwardly. There was a long, uncomfortable silence following the story as each child thought of everything.
"So!" Yamato chirped jumping up, "Who's hungry!" he clapped his hands together as a joke making Taichi, Kari, and T.K. laugh.
"I am Yama!" Taichi said jumping up. T.K. and Kari just stared as their brothers went into the kitchen to prepare the dinner. T.K. rolled his eyes then turned to Kari who looked a little pale to him.
"Kari," he inquired gently, "are you okay?"
Kari snapped her head up and managed to smile at T.K. "I guess so. . . I'm just a bit scared I guess."
"Scared? For yourself?" T.K. asked.
"Well. . .yes, but for Taichi too," Kari replied.
"Taichi can take care of himself, and he has Yama to protect him, so you don't need to worry about him," T.K. said reassuringly. Kari smiled slightly as T.K. continued, "and as for you, you know I would NEVER let anything happen to you Kari."
"What if you can't protect me T.K.?" Kari asked.
"I would gladly give my own life, to know that you would be safe Kari. Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you. I'd die first," T.K. said softly smiling at his long time best friend. Kari's smile grew.
"Thanks T.K."
T.K. smiled then looked around the apartment. "Let's try and clean this place up Kari," he suggested. Kari smiled.
"Good thinking," she replied. Both the younger siblings then cleaned the apartment before settling down to dinner with their brothers.
Dinner that night was uneventful, and after some idle chit chat, and about an hour of T.V., T.K. and Kari retired to T.K.'s room, leaving Taichi and Yamato to put the door back on it's hinges, and repair some of the damage done to different parts of the apartment. After a couple hours, the two friends decided that enough work had been done, and retired to Yamato's room to sleep.
The next morning, T.K. and Kari awoke to hear their siblings talking in the living room. T.K. yawned and looked at the clock realizing it was very early in the morning for either one of the older boys to be awake. T.K. stretched and stood with Kari before walking out into the living room to see what was going on.
As their siblings entered, Yamato and Taichi looked up and smiled. "G'morning!" Taichi chirped. T.K. waved half-heartedly while Kari smiled and chirped a greeting right back.
"What's going on?" T.K. inquired suspiciously. Yamato and Taichi looked at each other in surprise before turning back to T.K.
"Why do you assume anything is going on?" Taichi asked.
"Because, it's too early for you guys to be up on your own," T.K. responded. Taichi and Yamato grinned.
"Actually we were discussing what to do today," Yamato responded.
"But today is a school day, shouldn't you guys be going to school?" Kari asked.
"We thought about that, but seeing as yesterday Taichi was questioned by the police, AND considering last night's events, we both think it's a good idea for Taichi to stay out of places where these creeps will know he's going to be." Yamato explained.
"So. . .we're not going to school today?" T.K. asked excitedly.
"No, you both are still going to go to school today. I want you to act as normal as possible, draw no attention to yourselves, and do NOT tell anyone else about this!" Yamato responded.
"But how are you not going to get detention for ditching Taichi? You remember what Mom said!" Kari exclaimed.
"I think Mom would understand first of all, second of all Kari, we're gonna call ourselves in sick," Taichi responded, "just go to school and learn or something okay?"
Kari laughed and nodded. The two younger ones went back to T.K.'s room to get ready for school. Taichi's smile faded and he turned to Yamato. "Do you think it's a good idea to let Kari and T.K. go to school by themselves?" he asked.
"I think it'll be fine Taichi," Yamato responded, "I think they'll be more interested in me and you than in our siblings. Besides T.K. won't let anything happen to his little girlfriend." Yamato smirked impishly.
Taichi didn't get a chance to respond as Kari and T.K. emerged from T.K.'s room and gathered their things.
"Have fun at school children," Taichi said patting both of them on the head.
"Remember to share your toys and enjoy yourselves," Yamato joked.
"Yama, I haven't enjoyed school since 3rd grade when Kari put paste in my hair." T.K. said.
"Hey! At the time you liked it!" Kari replied laughing and walking out the door.
"I did not!" T.K. called running after her.
"Did too."
"Did not."
"Did too!"
"Did. NOT!"
The rest of the argument was cut off as the door closed leaving Yamato and Taichi to clean the rest of the apartment and decide what they were going to do that day.
After Taichi and Yamato had cleaned and fixed up the rest of the apartment as much as they could, the pair sat down to decide how to spend their day. "We could see a movie," Yamato suggested.
"What one?" Taichi inquired.
"I don't know. . .that one movie with that hot actress is out today," Yamato suggested.
"Isn't that some lame chick flick?"
"Yes it is, but maybe we could pick up some chicks at this 'lame chick flick'."
"Girls are the last things on my mind right now Yama."
". . ."
"What?"
"Er. . .something you want to tell me?"
"What? OH! SHUT UP YAMA!"
Yamato laughed before standing and stretching his arms. "Well, let's go, we'll go into the city anyways and find something to do."
"Okay," Taichi agreed standing up. The pair showered, dressed and then locked the door to the apartment before walking down into the city.
"That movie was REALLY lame," Taichi said with a yawn.
"Oh yeah," Yamato agreed.
"What now?" Taichi asked.
"I don't know. We could go get lunch or-"
"Or what Yama? There's nothing else to do. . ." There was a long pause as there was no response. "Yama?" Taichi turned around to find his friend was nowhere in sight. Nervously, Taichi looked around the street to find it very empty. Silently, Taichi cursed himself for going down this street as it was most times abandoned. "Y. . .Yama?" he called out.
Shaking, Taichi took a step back in the direction they had originated from. "Yama?" he called out again. There was no response at all. Taichi looked from left to right calling out his friends name until his eyes fell down an alleyway. His breath was taken away momentarily as his gaze fell upon his best friend pinned against the wall by Koujouro, a knife at the blonde's throat, and another hand covering the blonde's mouth. Yamato's eyes were wide in fear for Taichi as well as himself. Shibumi stood to the side smiling evilly.
"Hello Taichi," he greeted motioning for Taichi to come down the alleyway. Taichi complied growling low in his throat as his eyes continued to dart to his friend. The pair had a whole conversation with just their eyes. Taichi's eyes first inquired if Yamato was alright to which Yamato answered with a yes. Taichi then reassured Yamato that it would be alright before turning to Shibumi.
"H. . .Hello," Taichi greeted. He would have rather snarled something sarcastic, but restrained himself as he was reminded that these men killed everyday and would probably slit Yamato's throat if he was too saucy.
"Long time no see Taichi," Shibumi continued.
"I would have preferred it to be longer," Taichi muttered.
"Oooo Feisty today!" Koujouro laughed pressing the blade harder against Yamato's throat eliciting a fearful gasp from the older teen.
Taichi swallowed. "What do you want?" he demanded.
"Your cooperation," Shibumi said.
"On what?" Taichi asked.
"You saw something you shouldn't have young Taichi, that puts you in a very dangerous situation as we don't want to go to jail, and if you squeal on us, then we will be in jail for a very long time," Shibumi told Taichi.
"So what do you want me to do?" Taichi demanded again, glancing to the side to check on Yamato. When he glanced back, Shibumi was almost pressed against him. Taichi backed against the wall and growled.
"Keep your mouth shut," Shibumi replied, gripping Taichi's arm suddenly, "if you don't, desperate measures will be taken, clear?"
"Crystal," Taichi replied coolly.
"Consider this a warning," Koujouro hissed before striking Yamato in the head with the handle of the knife as Shibumi produced a knife and sliced Taichi's arm.
"YAMA!" Taichi exclaimed as his friend crumpled to the ground.
"REMEMBER WHAT I SAID TAICHI!" Shibumi shot back over his shoulder as he ran off.
Taichi gripped his bleeding arm as he slid next to Yamato who was groaning. "Yama?" Taichi inquired touching Yamato's shoulder gently.
"I'm okay," Yamato responded gripping his head, "let's get out of here."
"Okay," Taichi agreed standing and helping Yamato stand as well. Yamato took Taichi's hand to help himself up and jumped and stared down at his hand in horror as he realized what was on his hand.
"TAICHI! Are you okay?!" he exclaimed.
"Hai, let's get out of here," Taichi responded echoing what Yamato had said earlier.
The two walked briskly out of the alleyway and Taichi cried out as he connected with another solid body. Taichi and Yamato both gasped as they looked up into a familiar face in horror.
"Taichi! What are you doing here?"
CLIIIIFFFFIIIIEEEE!!! lol. SOOOOOOORRRRRRYYYYY about the long ass wait. Computer hates me . and so does my writers block! People did fuel my writer's block and so their un-motivating ((I just made up a word! lol!)) reviews sucked but I finally updated though! And I am trying really hard to continue writing. . . but I have no idea where this story is going. . .whether I want it to be long or shorter and whether or not I want a huuuge plot twist or make it normal. I'm hoping to have a tentative outline done by the end of next week, and that will make updating sooooo much easier! Please also keep in mind, I've been working a lot lately, and I have other stories for other genres ((not on )) that I'm working on as well, so it's quite hard to balance out my time. I promise to try harder, and now I have more time as I quit my job! I apologize sooo much for the long wait. . .you all did SUCH a great job of reviewing too! cry I feel so bad! Thanks to all who reviewed positively. To all of you who unmotivated me, try to be constructive okay?