Sorry for the delay, I wanted to get this chapter right I don't know if I succeeded thought…You'll have to read to find out.

Regarding updates. Right now, I don't know how long it will take me to update each chapter. I'm really busy with school stuff. (french is killing me!) But I'll always write little bits and things when I have the time.

Thanks for all of the wonderful reviews, and corrections…

Another boring chapter, Sorry guys!(and gals)

I also forgot a disclaimer last time. ^^" my bad. So here is the disclaimer.

Disclaimer: I do not own digimon, it's characters, or anything to do with it, I only own this story.

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Enough with my pointless scribbles, on with the show.

~enjoy!

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Walking down the street, Tai tried to keep his mind off of things. He didn't want to think about anything, and especially, not her. But trying not to think about the issue, made him think about it even more. He sighed in defeat, and sat on a nearby bench to gather his thoughts.

Tai was never one to be bothered by anything. He would usually let things go, live with it. But in the case of Sora Takenouchi, there was no ignoring it. Something about her got to him. At first, believe it or not, they were on 'okay' terms, of course, meaning that they were complete strangers. There was absolutely no need or reason to make an enemy of each other. Then one day , Sora announced that Tai was an eyesore. Not being ignored like he used to, he had suddenly become her enemy for reasons still unknown to Tai.

Thinking so much about these things, Tai ignored a very important detail that he shouldn't have.

Still staring off into nowhere, he suddenly noticed that all the light that had been shining around, had been blocked out. He looked up to meet the gaze of the ugliest thugs you could ever imagine. Finally realizing what he had done, he mentally slapped himself for being so careless. Now he had to let a bunch of low grade thugs beat him up, all because of that stupid girl!


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"I'm home," Tai announced as he closed his family's apartment door shut. He held onto his sore side and cringed as he bent down to place his shoes off to the side.

"You're home late." He heard his sister say from deeper inside the apartment. He could tell by the sound emitting from the room that she was watching TV.

Trying to avoid being seen the way he was, Tai decided to sneak by the family room where his sister was watching the television. "I was doing some work in the library," He lied as he slowly made his way down the hall.

Right as he stepped passed the family room, he heard his sister say rather loudly, "You got into a fight again didn't you?" This statement caused Tai to stop. Soon enough, his sister popped her head out of the doorway to confirm her suspicions. Seeing the state her brother was in, she smiled when she found out that she was right, but then frowned disapprovingly for the same reason. Every time something happened, she could always tell. Tai could never understand how she could always read him so accurately.

Tai always suspected that maybe she was partially psychic. Other's said that it was because the two of them had some sort of connection. Whatever it was, it never ceased to amaze him.

The truth was, Kari was a very good observer. She just needed to look at someone for a few seconds, listen to their tone of voice, and she could already tell what that person was all about. She could easily find hidden secrets about anyone, secrets that even they themselves might not have known or understood. No one could get past Hikari Yagami.

"Don't say it so loud will you?" Tai said, trying to hush his sister. She smiled once again and said in an even louder voice than before. "What do you mean that they came up to you first!"

When she saw her brother's expression, she laughed out loud. "Mom and Dad aren't home right now" She told him, her laughs getting louder.

Tai glared at his sister who had ceased laughing, but continued smiling teasingly at her brother. "What?" He asked. "Nothing" She said innocently, trying her best not to laugh again.

"Now, why wouldn't Mr. 'Kamiya' be wearing his glasses like he should?" She asked.

"Just because," Tai mumbled. Kari thought for a while. Watching her brother's behavior, she finally came to a conclusion after some time of observation. "Someone made you do something that you didn't want to right? And then you got all stressed out thinking about what it is that they made you do. Am I right? Am I?"

Tai kept silent. He thought that maybe, if he kept quiet, his sister will never know. Boy was he wrong. Body language spoke just as well as words, and Kari could see it written all over her brother.

"Did they beat up Taichi Kamiya, or Taichi Yagami?" She asked, curious to find the answer, although she did have an idea of what it was.

"Yagami" He mumbled once again.

"Did they recognize you?"

"No…They thought so at first, but when I didn't fight back…and they kept on talking about my hair…" He said quietly. His sister started to laugh.

"Oh ho, if Mom and Dad find out that you got into a fight, you would be in deep, deep trouble. You know, you really shouldn't walk around in public like that. Someone might find out! Your rep would be in bad shape too!"

"I know, it's just that—"

Tai stopped himself from saying anymore. He knew that his sister knew too much already, and that it would only be a matter of time before she pieced everything together.

"It's just what?" Kari pried on. Tai shuffled uncomfortably. His eyes went up, then to the lower right corner of his eye. Telling Kari that he was thinking about someone.

"Tai's been thinking about someone!" She said in a sing song voice, then she started chanting it, getting highly on Tai's nerves. "It's a girl isn't it?" She asked. Bulls eye. 'How the heck does she do this' He thought as he watched his sister prance around the room. "It's not like that!" he said trying to get his sister off it. She ignored him and continued chanting.

"Ooh, wait till I tell TK!!" She said to herself.

"If you do I'll--"

"What? What will you do Taichi?" She teased even more.

"I'm going to get you," He said as he started to chase her around the room, failing miserably as he felt the pain in his side start to throb. Kari looked at her brother. She had enough fun.

"Okay, okay, I won't tell anyone, just get some ice on that will ya?" She laughed out, handing him an ice pack that she pulled out of nowhere.

'How the heck does she do that!?'

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"…Now, are there any questions regarding the homework?" The teacher asked. When no one responded, he continued to drone on.

To Tai, this was all so boring. He had already learned all of the material before. His mind started to wander.

Every morning, while at his locker, Sora would come up to him, make fun of him, tease him, something like that, and not only would her friends join in, but usually, she would get the whole student body to join in. It really annoyed Tai. Luckily for him, that didn't happen today. He was especially grateful because today he definitely did not want to talk to Sora unnecessarily, and it seemed as if she felt the same way. In a matter of minutes, he would have to start their first study session, something that Tai was not looking forward to.

Tai was thinking so much that he didn't hear the bell for lunch, ring, only realizing that it had when he saw all of his fellow classmates exit the classroom. He stayed put in his seat, tempted to leave, but did not, knowing that if he did, he would get a hell of a lecture from his teacher, Hoshino-sensei. Sure enough, just as he thought of his old teacher, Hoshino-sensei walked right through the doorway and into the classroom, just as Wakurabi-sensei, Tai's science teacher, left the room.

"Miss Takenouchi" Hoshino called out.

Sora suddenly stopped from her place in the big crowd of students. "So close" She mumbled angrily as she walked, or rather stalked over to her desk and sat herself down.

When the last of the students shuffled out of the room, Hoshino closed the door so that only the three of them were left inside of the classroom.

"So good of you two to stay!" he said in his usual cheeriness. "Don't worry, I won't be staying here to supervise. I just thought I would help make this easier for you."

Suddenly out of nowhere, Hoshino slammed a whole stack of papers on his desk, standing at least three feet high.

"Oh crap! What the heck is all of that!?" Sora said, eyeing the tall stack of papers.

"Your lesson plans and some study notes." The teacher smiled at the two. He then proceeded to dismantle the tower of paper, taking a few sheets off of the top and laying them beside the tower. He continued until there were eight different piles. "I even took the liberty of sorting them out into sections!"

"Oh…Great" Sora said, not so enthusiastically. Tai just sat there astounded by the amount of effort that was being put into this. The teacher he knew, would never over exert himself for, well, anything as far as Tai knew.

"Now if you will excuse me" Hoshino announced, "I will leave you two alone" Emphasizing and lowering his tone on 'alone,' looking at Tai teasingly. Tai only glared in return.

"Sensei!" Sora cried out, catching him right before he exited the room.

"Yes, what is it Takenouchi-san?"

"I'm sorry but, I'm really hungry and I haven't brought a lunch. Would it be alright if I go get some from the cafeteria before we started studying?"

"Hmm…" He gave it some thought. "I don't see why not? As long as you return here right after." He told her, then exited the room.

Tai was about to object, but Sora and Hoshino had already left the room. Tai knew that she wouldn't be coming back.

Deeply annoyed, Tai walked up to the front to gather the pile of papers that the teacher had left out earlier. Stacking them together once again, pile by pile, Tai couldn't help but peek at what the Teacher had prepared for them.

Tai looked at the impressive notes that the teacher had left, and even blinked his eyes twice to make sure he wasn't dreaming. "Hoshino did all this?" Tai whispered exasperatedly to his self, obviously surprised that the teacher who couldn't comprehend the words 'hard work,' had actually put so much effort, and done all of this. But as Tai looked through the sheets more thoroughly, he began to think that he had seen these papers somewhere once before. Where? He couldn't quiet remember.

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Lunchtime came and went and soon, class was in session once again. Tai's prediction had been correct, Sora had not returned to the classroom for their study session. Not only did she fail to return at lunchtime, but it seemed that she decided to skip the afternoon classes altogether, meaning that their after school session was off as well, not that Tai cared or anything. What she did was her business, and the grades she would get, would be her's as well, not his.

Staring aimlessly out the window, Tai's mind started to wander, as usual. 'Stupid girl!'

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"Mama, I'm home," the young teen announced as she stepped into her mother's flower shop. Coming up to the counter she saw that her mother was completing a flower arrangement for an order that they had received the previous day. She had been working hard, day and night to meet the deadline that the client had set. Ten bouquets, fifteen baskets, and a wreath all to be completed by Saturday and it was already Thursday. They had their work cut out for them.

Putting on her apron and grabbing a pair of trimmers, the girl joined her mother in her work.

"You're home early." Her mother said as she skillfully placed a few flowers into the arrangement.

"Our teacher suddenly fell ill and couldn't find a replacement. It would have been a study session so I just decided to come home." She lied.

"That was nice of you hun. I could sure use the help. Are you going to be free after school tomorrow?" Her mother asked as she started trimming the stems of a few carnations.

The girl stopped to think about it. She knew that she had to be somewhere tomorrow, although she didn't want to, and was about to say no, but then she thought about her mother, hardworking and alone in the shop all day. "Yeah, I'll be free tomorrow, why?" She asked, placing her arrangement to the side.

"I want you to look after the shop for me. I have some business to take care of at the bank, and I don't know how long I'll be gone." Her mother explained.

Sora knew that 'business at the bank' was never good news. She knew that she couldn't refuse her mother knowing that. "Okay mom."

"Thank you hun. Why don't you go upstairs. I'll look after the store for the rest of the day."
"You sure?"

"Yeah."

The girl took off her apron and hung it up in the usual place. She scooped all of the loose leaves and stems into the bin, moved the completed arrangements, and headed for the backroom door, leading to the little apartment that she and her mother shared.

As she was about to exit the shop, she stopped for a while, unable to ignore the uneasy feeling in her stomach.

"Mom?" She asked timidly.

"Yes hun?" Her mother responded.

"Are…we going to sell the shop." She asked, feeling even worse as she heard the words 'sell the shop' leave her mouth. Her mother stopped what she was doing and turned around to face her daughter. With an assuring smile she said. "Not a chance Sora. Not a chance."

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Done! For now at least. Not the best chapter, and not too many answers, but I finally updated.

This was just an intro chap for Kari I guess. And a few more clues for what's really going on.

I've decided to keep an even pace for this story. I don't want to rush it like I did my other one (at least that's what I feel) So the progression might seem a little slow. We're getting there though.

These first few chapters are more for getting to know what the characters are like (although I'm not doing a very good job at that: P) before I get into the real plot. I think that getting to know the characters will be really important for you to understand the story (Maybe not?)

It may still seem really confusing, but I promise that it will all make sense, sooner or later.

Thanks once again for the reviews. It really keeps me motivated to write more.