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If I had time, I'd probably write a single response to you all.. but truthfully, I really couldn't be stuffed (hides) .. coz .. too much going on, and I think it's best if I just straight away jump into the story. For those who I replied to singly, it's probably because something that u said that stuck into mind that I "had" to reply back. I hope you all had a wonderful and safe Christmas plus a spectacular New Year. I have two more weeks…and unfortunately, for me, I have school to attend. I am hoping that I make the next chapter the final chapter to this story. Sorry if I sound really melancholy at the moment, just in one of those moods…and I also hope that it doesn't show in this chapter…Tis all for now…and meet ya at the end of the chapter!
This chapter is mainly based on Yamato…(I think oO)
NOTE: xxxxx means song change, in this chapter as well as the other future chapters containing songs
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LIMITZ
..CHAPTER 19/Partying and Training..
by Flipstahhz
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He sat besides her, his feet dangling in the air. He shifted his position so that she could catch a better glimpse of her, truly not knowing what to say.
" You planned it all out…didn't you?" she said bluntly, avoiding his gaze and letting her chestnut shaded hair fly loosely in the soft breeze of the night sky.
He shrugged with hesitation, unsure if he answered whether he'd make her pissed off or happy.
"TK, I asked you a question…"
"Yeah," he replied, " I did set up the party, were you surprised? I'm sorry I wasn't there to catch your excitement."
She laughed. " Thanks. Didn't quite expect that, a surprise birthday party, after all what's been goin' on. What happened to Tai…and I understand how busy you've been with all your commitments with basketball and school…Ever since you got busted from taking dru-."
"How did you know?" he instantly queried suspiciously anger flashing on his facial expression, " Did Yamato tell you…if he did…he probably told everyone else by now!"
"I have my ways of knowing, TK. I accidentally over heard the conversation between him and the school on the phone. And knowing your brother, he wouldn't tell a soul…unless he really had to," Kari explained to the blond headed boy. " But I thought you were over it and all…I thought you'd stop…"
"Kari, it's not easy. Alright? I try…I try my best to quit…but it just gets the best of me. It's like you," he mustered an answer to cover up his problem, " Like how you can't eat a specific number amount of food before spewing it all out…"
" I'm bulimic, TK. I can't help it. It'd different to taking ecstasy."
"It doesn't matter. It's all the same either way. We are hurting ourselves. I admit I get addicted, but you…you need to eat to keep a stable weight. You might become anorexic … and how could we dance then?"
" TK, how could we dance when you're always drugged?" she said foully back. " We're on the same boat here…"
"Let's just not talk about it," he murmured as he fumbled out an envelope from his pocket, " Here. I know…it's not a really 'all-that' present…but I still hope you like it. You can open it later if you want."
"Okay…" she smiled. " Thanks again. I haven't been this happy in a long time. Even though you can be a bitch, your still that nice person inside…you know…"
"Gee thanks. I take that as a compliment," he smirked, amusement flickering in his bright azure shaded eyes. " I don't know whether to be happy about the compliment you just gave me…especially being called a bitch from you."
She hit him across the head, and he hit her slightly back on the arm.
Just like old times…
"It's nerve wracking how the competition is days away…I mean, how are we supposed to dance now…now that Tai and Mimi aren't going to participate," he sighed.
Kari laughed, " You're a bit slow. Didn't you know that we already figured that out yet! We all talked over it. Ken and Yolei are their replacements. You should see them dance. I reckon they're pretty good and can catch up onto our moves anytime."
" Yeah, I most likely would have known if someone would have told me," he muttered.
" It's best if we don't think bout it. This is our last relaxing night, then it'll all be practicin' for the comp… why don't you just enjoy this peace?"
" I need to do that, don't I?" he smirked.
"Darn right you gotta," she sighed, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Ey you, lovebirds ova there!" a voice called from behind them from the door entrance to the Tachikawa Residence. " It's time for the cake to be blown, don't let the guests be bored out of their wits!"
"We're comin' Matt!" TK yelled back as he jumped off where he had been sitting and offered his left hand for the celebrant to take. She accepted it, holding his hand as she got up from the ground. Together, the pair walked into the house, on the way they met Matt.
"Where are you going?" Kari asked Matt curiously as he went outside.
" Just needa make a phone call. That's awl. Don't worry…I'll be there to watch you blow out your candles," he winked.
"How's Daisuke doing? He made any new friends?" TK asked.
"He's fitting in well fine…with Ken and Yolei…" Matt then urged, " Just go already .. everyone's waiting for the birthday girl!"
Shrugging, Hikari closed the door and the pair walked back into the lounge room where the celebration was being held.
With the typical "Happy Birthday" song being sung off tune, and having her picture taken as she blew out the candles…time went by quickly. Mrs. Takaishi assisted in handing out the ice-cream cake to the guests, while the chatter began to take place again amongst the groups of people.
Can you feel the speakers jumpin other cats surroundin' but they won't say nothing
Muggin in the club like they wanna do somethin feelin kinda rowdy, huh?
Hey Now, Hey Now All the girls mean muggin cuz they musta seen what a girl pulled up in
In the club like they wanna do somthin feelin kinda rowdy, huh? Hey Now, Hey Now
"TK, Kari!" a voice called over the loud song Izzy was playing onto the speakers and filling the whole atmosphere.
TK grinned when he saw Daisuke motioning him to go to him. Kari stared at him in confusion.
"Who's he? I don't even know who he is-…" she whispered to Takeru as they joined Daisuke, JR, Ken and Yolei.
"I am the one and only," he introduced with a bow, hoping it would make TK embarrassed, " Daisuke J. Motomiya at your service. Happy Birthday, Ms. Hikari! TR invited me to come, if you didn't mind…
"No…It's fine," she gave a broad grin then glanced at TK, " TR!"
" He likes playing with my initials," TK gave a shrug. Kari nodded.
"So…Hikari! You look more lovelier in real life, than in Takeru's photo! In person you're just damn fine," he complimented with a cheeky wink.
"My photo?" the brunette stared at TK again, arching an eyebrow in wonder. The feeling of having a picture of her in a boy's campus made her sick.
"No…it was a photo of our whole LimitZ crew, I swear," TK said waving his hands in the air with a gulp.
"It'd better be," she spoke on the corner of her mouth then smiled at Daisuke. " Hey, thanks for coming."
"No problemo, girl! So…are you looking for a man, cause I am one," he smirked, " And clearly, Takeru isn't!"
"Ha! I agree on that one," she laughed, smirking as Takeru was shaking his head to himself.
"Dai, I'd shut up if I were you," Yolei glared. " You haven't even had a girlfriend before!"
" You've never had a girlfriend?" TK sneered at his brunette headed friend.
"Y-No," he admitted, scratching his head. " So what! You haven't!"
"Uhh…I used to date Kari," TK spoke a bit hesitantly and stared at Miyako and Ken. " Ken and Miyako are going out and JR –."
" Yeah, I had one. You've seen her before Daisuke. Man…I can't believe it…after all these years that have went by, you are single…still!" JR laughed. " You need to get laid."
"Shut up! Don't have to be so mean…" Daisuke frowned, " That's not funny! You're all ganging up on me, meanies. So what if I haven't gotten myself a girl yet! I'm happy that I'm keeping my single status because…you never know….my first girlfriend might be the one…"
"Glad you have your dreams, old Daisuke pal," Ken sniggered.
"So…you still haven't told us," Kari said eyeing Daisuke, Ken, Yolei and JR. " How exactly do you know each other! I'm left out of the circle here."
"Well…we've known each other since elementary," Ken said quietly. " And through to St. Kevin's…"
" I thought you went La Trobe and was a year older than us," Kari said as she eyed Yolei mischievously staring at her and mimicking a sorry, obvious since she hadn't told the truth.
"St. Kevin's? But I don't see you around," TK questioned, then he got hit with realization, clicking the pieces together…"Are you the guy that Daisuke told me about…are you the guy that got expe-."
"He got expelled," JR finished off. " Cause Ken…well he was taking drugs at that time, ever since his brother died…"
"Thanks," Ken rolled his eyes, staring embarrassedly at the ground, wanting sock JR. " Thanks for telling everyone, JR."
"Well…we were going to find out later on," TK shrugged. " But at least you've learned from your mistake…"
Intruding the conversation, Sora entered the conversation, twinges of worry in her voice, about to panic. " Hey TK, have you seen your brother, Matt? I've been looking for him everywhere! I asked Mimi and Tai…and Mimi's parents…but no one's seen him. Have any of you guys seen him!"
" He said he'd come in, when I blew out the candles to my cake," Kari started. " But he never did…"
" That's great," Sora sighed running her fingers through her hair. " Cause…the last time I checked…he was drunk."
" We'd better check outside," TK said. " We saw him last there."
"He'd better be alright…"
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Depression isn't a mental disease that you can fall out of really easily. It's when all your darkest emotions of sadness, feelings, memories and thoughts combined into one, wrapping its deadly fingers around you cold heart, just wanting you to break sooner or later.
It slowly can control over you're life as you witness yourself and who you once were disappearing and fading away, right in front of your very eyes. It is when you think you're always alone. Like the quote…
" You were born in the world alone, then you will later die in the world alone…"
But that simply was the truth, well in Yamato's perspective. It was everyone's uncontrollable fate. But it didn't mean that they would be alone throughout their whole life that was what Yamato Ishida failed to see.
He had tried to move on from this depression…but how could he! He didn't even know who he was anymore. It disgraced him, even looking at the mirror and seeing whom he turned out to be.
All his feelings he had been acting out…when deep inside all he wanted to do was run away…cowardly run away from the whole world.
But he couldn't … he mustn't…
He couldn't leave them all behind. Sora…Takeru…Taichi…Kari…Mimi all alone…they needed him…or so he thought…
Trying to raise up his brother all by himself, pretending his parents didn't exist when they were actually prowling the streets of Odaiba, trying to help and keep Taichi back to his sanity after having Mr. Kamiya die, trying to prevent Sora from cutting herself after her mother passed away…all of these events had taken a toll on Yamato. His past wouldn't leave him alone. Instead of being the normal person and moving on, he was the type of person that dwells and always-lingered back in the past. He kept everything to himself…which was probably there was a time in his life where he would shut everyone out and would keep quiet.
Hiding behind a fake mask, for almost your whole life…makes you forget who you are… and Yamato…didn't know who he was and what he wanted anymore…it was slowly driving him insane. All he wanted was to be enveloped in darkness and to not breath in the world anymore…
But he couldn't…he couldn't just leave everyone…he should know that by now. He should have learnt his own lesson how his own parents had abandoned Takeru and himself. And from this, he wasn't going to hurt anyone else.
Sometimes you just got to let go of all of these worries…
And that's what he had planned to do…
I'm the life of the party, I got a moon roof, we poppin up out of
Look at the whole world they talkin about us I got a mean hook, to rattle ya body
He had dialed up Jezebel and went to a club about twenty minutes away from where Hikari's party was being held. He had decided to hang with Jezebel because he had forgotten to get information of Andrew for Mimi and to have a good time, which he was…maybe because he was already drunk. It was a good excuse just to get a bit high.
But when your drunk and depressed at the same time…things could get dangerous and out of control…
Acey was there, as well as his crew. He had stared coldly at Yamato, but decided it wasn't right to take him on either if he was drunk or not…since he knew how hard his fists and kicks were and that it wouldn't be right to mess with him.
The party was held in an illegal joint in some old factory in the alleys of the city. He let Jezebel's desperate kisses fall onto his lips, following the male instinct to kiss her back. He released his lips from her mouth and took another swig from some drink that he had found, already brewed up when he had arrived at the party. He then continued to dance with Jezebel as strong bright disco lights flickered everywhere on the dance floor. He kept dancing even though everything appeared blurred to his ocean coloured eyes.
Can you feel the speakers jumpin other cats surroundin' but they won't say nothin
Muggin in the club like they wanna do somethin feelin kinda rowdy, huh?
Hey Now, Hey Now All the girls mean muggin cuz they musta seen what a girl pulled up in
In the club like they wanna do somthin feelin kinda rowdy, huh? Hey Now, Hey Now
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Sunday (early in the morning)– Countdown: 7 days until the World Dance Competition
I ain't never been no Silly Ho
Waiting for your call
Like the other girls want you
I ain't never been no one to mess
With someone else's mess
That's not a thing for me to do
I ain't never been that chickenhead
To wake up in your bed
After every club or two
I'll not be the one in mini skirts
Always wanna flirt
With every player on the team
He opened his eyes. His head throbbed like hell, it was killing him (well, not literally). He could tell that he was still at the old factory since he had noticed that he was lying on the rotten timber flooring. He struggled to get up, and realized that the party was still going on even though it was probably 3:30am in the morning. His stomach felt like he was about to barf, but he wasn't surprised since he had drunken quite a fair few of drinks.
Where the hell was he?
Yamato felt his pockets for his cell phone, and let a sigh of relief when his fingers touched it. He took it out and stared at the blurred figures, managing to read "17 missed calls and 5 new messages."
All the calls were from the Tachikawa Residence and from Taichi's mobile phone since the others didn't have their own cell. He was about to ring Tai back, but the phone rang in timing…he accepted the call.
"H-hello," he slurred.
" MATT ! Where the fuck have you been, man! Hikari's party is already over! Sora's still awake in her bed waiting for you to come back! Kari and TK are already sleeping…everyone's been looking for you! Even Mimi lied to her parents saying that you were overnight at some friend's house!"
"S-slow down, man! You're fucking yell-lling in my ear!" Matt growled, " I can't unde-understand I word that you're sa-saying! I went to another party…with Je-Jezebel at some f-factory…ianoes where the h-hell I am!"
"With Jezebel? Have you finally lost it bro? You don't know where you are…but know that you're at some factory?" Tai growled back. " Jeez, as if I know where you are at!"
"Tai, give me the phone," Mimi's voice ordered on the other line.
"Mimi?"
" One. I know we made a deal about you and Jezebel finding out about Andrew…but I didn't want you to some crazy stunt, you blockhead! Two. Sora's worried shit about you. Three. I'm pulling the deal off…but I'm still giving you the money to pay off for TK's schooling."
"Deal, what deal!" Taichi's voice was obvious in the background.
"Fine Mimi…but can you guys get me a lift now?" Matt asked.
"Okay."
"Do you even know where I am, Meems!"
"Hell yeah. Anything to do with an old factory, I already know your location. When I used to hang with Acey and Jezebel…we always went there all the time…we'll be there in half an hour or less!" she hung up the phone, following with the tones of beeps.
"Man…am I in deep shit," Yamato slurred to himself, closing his eyes for a while, and taking a cigarette out.
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Within the past hour, Mimi and Tai sneaked Mr. Tachikawa's car and drove to the factory and picked Yamato up. Sora was already asleep and didn't come to join their company, and Mimi thought it would be best not to wake her up. From the looks of things, people constantly sent Mimi glances, which she responded, by sending glares back at everyone. She hated them all, confronting with Acey was enough. It was like her past was always stalking after her.
When the three arrived home, Mimi immediately went to bed. Tai helped Yamato up, but was surprised when the blond haired boy could still walk up the steps and how he went the Tachikawa's games room instead of the bedroom. Shaking his head, Taichi followed after Yamato.
"I don't think it would be a great idea for snooker in the early mornin'. Especially when you're practically wasted and how the Kari and Sora's bedrooms are right under this room," Tai explained. " But after telling you all this, knowing that stubborn head of your's…I bet you, you won't even listen."
Shrugging, Yamato silently used the cue, then aimed for the black number eight ball, missing by centimeters.
"Knew you're going to miss, moron," Tai smirked. " Care of game my fair adversary?"
"Ta-I, we got the s-same skin colour m-moron."
" Playin' with a drunk guy," Tai laughed. " This will be my advantage to finally beat you…"
The game continued, and it was quite evident that Tai had won the game. Since Yamato kept on missing the balls. In the end, Taichi had managed to get all his balls in the holes while Yamato only had placed three in the holes.
" You should really get some rest now, you've got practice going on this morning, ya know…it's too bad I won't be in it. I guess I'll end up being the person pausing and playin' the music," Taichi yawned, stretching his arms. " I reckon you just gotta be careful next time…sometimes you gotta not always think about everyone else's' sake…and think about yourself, even though it sounds selfish. Yourself That's what you haven't been lately…even though no one else can tell, I can see right through that mask of your's Yamato…and I'm pretty sure Sora can as well…"
Matt stared up as he watched his friend exit the room.
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Meanwhile, downstairs Hikari Kamiya was awake in the darkness. She had been awake for quite sometime since she had heard her brother and Yamato's footsteps pacing around the pool table on the ceiling above her. She stared over at the person sleeping in the bedroom with her…Sora seriously slept like a brick.
Knowing she was unable to get back to sleep in a while, she took the present Takeru had given her and flashed her digital camera light's on the gift to get a better view of it. She curiously opened the enveloped at a pair of pinkish and yellow studded earrings fell out. She smiled. Takeru still remembered her two favorite colors…even after all of these years. His present was probably the most original out of her other gifts that were given to her. She then realized…that something else was in the envelope… She quietly took it out…and found a letter. She flashed her digital camera's light over the letter and began to read it to herself…
Hey Kari,
If my writing is more messy than usual, it's probably cause I've just finished the basketball game and am on my way to your party in JP's wobbly car, that keeps on moving…then again…what can you expect when he's going pretty fast? I'll get straight to the point, that I'm not going to write fricken' Shakespeare to you, and just write a simple letter to you.
She laughed quietly. Typical for TK to say something like that…
I feel pretty cheap right now, not getting you a proper present and all…but I'm currently broke and have no job. Plus my school is retarded. (sorry, that was pretty random…okay, maybe a lot…)
Once you read this letter, you'll probably think I'm some corny sad ass. So if you gotta say it to my face…say it to my face, I don't give a crap, just don't say it in front of anyone else's face…cause it's embarrassing writing a letter to you…and yeah…
That was so TK too…she thought.
Where to start! Hmm… well I've known you for quite some time, ever since we were younger playing hide and seek. Since my brother, Matt, was always serious and over protective at times…I guess you were the person that made me truly happy and cheered me up when I was down. You know me inside out, as I know you inside out…we practically know each other's souls…in a weird way…huh?
Before moving in your house, I was already taking drugs…and you helped me get out of the addiction…I'm very thankful that your family took Yamato and I into your welcoming arms, even when your own father died. When that happened…you became bulimic…I noticed how you became sickly and hardly touched your meals. Taichi didn't notice cause he was going through his own angst, and as you always though how he "abandoned" you…even though I told you it wasn't true. Taichi just needed his own space at the time, since he was the man of the house. (Besides Matt and me…but I mean…as your real family in blood) … every problem, I guess we've shared with each other, to the oath that I'd stop drugs if you tried to not become bulimic. And how you were even my girlfriend at a certain time…but that goes off track…
You probably heard about me going back on drugs when I arrived in America. Thanks to Dai, I guess I've stopped and haven't been taking it. I'm sorry for breaking our little promise. I'm getting really worried bout you too…every time I see you…you seem paler or thinner. Even though I find this really embarrassing to say…but Kari…look after yourself alright? I don't want you getting hurt. I really care about you…
Through thick and thin, you've always been there. One of my closest friends or even like my sister I never had…and I just want to thank you. To thank you for being you . Even though I have changed, how you have changed. We're pretty much the same people…down inside.
I'd better get going now…my pen's running out (another proof of me being cheap…but I hope you didn't think of the letter in that way!)
Lots of love
Takeru…
She smiled, after ending the letter and simply folded the letter and put it under her pillow. Closing her eyes…
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Later that morning, when everyone in the crib was awake, they had all gathered at the bottom basement of the Tachikawa house. Hikari Kamiya kept sending Takeru glances of gratitude for her present. On the other hand, Mimi was supporting Tai (next to the CD player) from crashing down onto the hard cement ground since he hadn't bothered to bring his crutches down to the basement.
It had taken a while for Yamato to get out of bed, and instead of a decent breakfast he gulped down two mugs of coffee. And Daisuke was residing at their house for a week and was going to go back to school after the "Dance Competition" and was presently tediously watching the group.
" When are ya'll gonna get started already!" the brunette headed boy yawned. " Waking me up so darn early! And you guys ain't doin' nothin' yet!"
"Daisuke. It's not our fault. And will you keep it down," TK barked back. " We're waiting for the late Ichijouji couple. We can't practice without them, plus the rest of the group need to see what level in dancing they're up to."
" They're already good dancers!" exclaimed Daisuke back. " No need to see what level they're up to!"
"I gotta agree with Daisuke in that one," Kari shrugged. "Anyway…have any of you seen Sora!"
"She went to get water bottles for all of you guys and to check when Ken and Yolei arrive," Tai informed to his sister as well as the other people in the group who wanted to know about the auburn headed girl's whereabouts.
The doorbell rang, and a distinct noise of the front door being open and shut.
"Guess they're coming now," Mimi laughed with a small shrug.
Soon enough, they could hear and make out the trio's footsteps pacing down the staircase leading towards the basement.
"Heyahh guys! How's it all doin-." Ken paused when he and Yolei were darted death glares from everyone in the room.
"What took you so long?" Kari frowned, stress marks appearing on her forehead. " You can't be late! Didn't we tell you to meet us at 9:30am sharp! Even though we may look like bludgers, we work hard at our dancing. And if you haven't realized we got only 7 days, a WEEK, left! We haven't even gotten started with what moves we're going to be doing! Just try and come a bit earlier Yolei and Ken."
"But, girl! There was a 75 percent off sale down at –." Yolei shut her mouth, saving the excuse.
" Let's just get this started already," Daisuke announced.
"Taichi, put the music on," Mimi instructed as her boyfriend clicked play, the music beating off the cold and thick cement walls. " Since Tai and I won't be in this comp., I just thought I'd want to put my signature move into the sequence…and maybe to get ya'll started on something basic. Here's how it goes…"
(a/n: I am not putting the music yet, in the story for their dance performance. I'll save it for the next chapter
The brunette headed girl wrapped her long wavy hair back with a hot flourish pink bandana, so that it wouldn't mess with her eyes. Her head nodded to the beat, as she caught on to it.
"First you –," she gasped. Distributing her footsteps in a specific rave pattern and slicing her way in an incredible pace in her space of the room. " Then you all do this…" When the music slowed down, her body matched the beat, bringing her whole body down to the floor. But as soon as the song picked up, she immediately dashed up from her position with tremendous speed.
Takeru picked up, following what she did as she repeated the steps all over again. Then Sora. And gradually Kari, Yolei, Ken then Yamato followed.
Taichi shrugged and carefully took a seat next to Daisuke, watching the people dance.
"They're pretty fast learners," Daisuke commented in amazement, " How do they learn to pick it up that fast!"
"We've done it for a long time. And you can tell that Yolei and Ken ain't knew to this shit," Tai answered. " I even remember one time catching Kari freestylin' some dance moves in front of her bedroom mirror. When she caught me starin' she got so damn embarrassed. That was then when I decided to step in and help her out on the step she was havin' trouble with. Then after that…the two of us started dancing together…Guess everyone starts dancin' in front of the mirror… "
"Ahuh," the younger boy replied.
"Then we bumped into the rest of the members of the LimitZ crew," Taichi continued to speak, " We were…or should I say are a tight group. We train till we can't move at all. We always aim for perfection. But I'm not sure if we cram all this techniques in one week we will even make it to the finals."
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean, Daisuke," Taichi sighed doubtfully. " Is that, back in Odaiba, we won most of our competitions because we practised our asses off everyday…not a week before the competition! And if there was a mistake, we kept on repeating it till we got it perfect. When we came here, to America, we've become slack and lazy. Instead of keeping our usual routine, we've been partying too much…"
"Haha," Davis laughed. " But I still think you guys gotta good chance in winning! I think you guys try too hard, you should slack off a bit more…you're taking this competition to seriously…"
"I don't think so…" Taichi frowned.
Suddenly the music paused. From the looks of things, Sora had jumped out of the uniform dancing pattern and headed to the CD player to pause the music. Mimi shrugged as she walked over to Tai and Davis, since everyone had understood how her dance technique went accurately and well enough.
"Why'd you stop it, Sora?" Ken pipped up.
"Because," Sora started off, staring angrily at Yamato. " Matt's off beat by a second!"
"What does it matter!" Daisuke murmured to Tai. " If Matt's off beat by a second. It's only a second. Gee…for crying out loud!"
"You still don't get it, do you? If Matt's off beat one seconds, a judge can easily pick that up and lessen our score. Now, watch … Matt's going to keep doing the same move till he gets it all perfect," Mimi cutted in, having a drink of water and continued. " But I'm not sure if he can…"
"Why? Is it because he hasn't practised for a while and is getting rusty?"
"No, it's because he got a bit wasted last night. He went to another party, which was why no one could find him. He can't focus to his best of his ability."
"Ahh…I see…"
The music went on again, and Sora closely eyed her partner shaking her head at the sight of how he was performing pretty badly.
" What we can add, is the partner thing, what we did back at Odaiba," Kari added her idea to the dance song. " How the guy lifts the girl…and so forth, Ken and Yolei…just watch as Sora, Matt, TK and I do this…then you probably can catch on."
A new song played…
Ken and Yolei (as well as Mimi, Tai and Daisuke) watched the four dance along to the rhythm, as the boys tossed their girl partners into the air. Yamato caught Sora, but almost dropped her.
Seeing this, Mimi quickly cut off the music for the second time.
"Shit, Matt!" Sora cried getting off the grasp of the blond headed boy and jumping onto the ground. She began to demand as she pushed his chest, " What the hell was that! Can't you just concentrate for once in your life! You nearly dropped me, just then! Imagine the points taken of if you did that in the real thing! Arghhh! Knowing you, you probably went drunk and went to a party last night…while everyone was fucking worried for your butt! You're still probably hung over…Matt…just come back later, you can't seriously do anything with your state. Take a bath, you fucking need it…ass!"
She pushed him again.
" Gee Sora! If you're still fuckin' cut about what happened before…gee I'm sorry alright!" Yamato rolled his eyes waving his hands in the air. " You don't gotta be so moody over this shit!"
" I have a reason to be moody! You ain't taken this fuckin' seriously!" she growled in response.
"Quit fighting!" Yolei glowered. " Enough of this shit, and let's get back to business! I know that Ken and I have gotta lot of catching up to get on with, but how can we catch up when we don't know what moves we'll be doing and ya'll fighting!"
" It's Matt!" Sora argued. " If he didn't become a fricken' drunken bastard…he would off not stuffed as bad a-."
" Sora, can you just shut up?" Matt objected loudly. " Fuck this man…I'll be back later…"
He walked out.
"This is just great. How the hell will we get anything done with the pace we're goin'!" TK exclaimed in sarcasm, tossing his head back in frustration. " It'll be a miracle to get through with this…"
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"Maybe I should take a nap, probably gain some energy and adrenaline from a bit of rest. God…my dancing is so sloppy and all over the place. Maybe Sora's right about it," Yamato spoke to himself as he climbed up the stairs. His eyes scanned the messy room, which was now Taichi, Takeru, Daisuke and himself were inhabited in. " But she doesn't have to be such a bitch…"
It was quite evident that with only two people in the room, it would be messy. Now there were going to be four guys for a whole week. And it was already looking disgusting. The body odor of four guys in one room…simply just wasn't good.
He lifted his feet to the little specks of carpet and made his way towards his bed, instantly dropping onto it. Yamato Ishida was just about to close his eyes when he felt something repeatedly making a rattling sound against the bedroom's window.
What now! What did it take just to get some decent rest around here!
He slowly walked through the piles of clothing that were scattered all over the floor, and opened the blinds to see a girl tossing pebbles towards his window. Irritably, he thrust the window open.
"What do you want Jezebel! How the hell did you get here! What if anyone fucking sees!" Yamato called down to her in annoyance, losing his temper. " You've caused me enough trouble, as it is!"
" I used to be Mimi's best friend, off course I know where her joint is at. And I heard you and your other friends were staying at her house," she shouted back at him, she clamed down when Yamato pressed his finger to his lips. She batted her eyelashes flirtatiously, " Anyway…I want to talk to you…"
"Talk to me in the backyard, just find a way to get back there…" he replied in disgust at her actions and intentions.
Grumbling and not waiting for what she had to say back, he shut the windows, stepping down the stairs and departed the house through the backyard.
To his surprise, she pulled his head down and planted a kiss on his cheek. " Hey baby…"
Since when did he an 'Jezebel' become in affectionate terms! This was clearly disgusting…I hope I didn't lead her on last night…when I was a bit drunk…well maybe more than a bit…
"Hey!" he raised an eyebrow, wiping his cheek self-consciously. "What brings you over here?"
"Just to see you," she smiled slyly, as if she were reading from a 'how-to-pick-up-a-guy' guidebook.
It was sickening how she was pushing herself towards him…what exactly did he do last night!
Trying to change to subject, Yamato suddenly remembered something. " So…uhh…have you heard from An-Drew lately!"
"Um…why do you want to know? Why bring him up all of a sudden!" she queried curiously.
"Nuh…I was just thinking…" he shrugged.
"Well…if you wanted to know…from what I've heard from Acey is that he's chickening out and is living with his mother," she jabbered. " But Ace has got some plan for him… he said it was a surprise or something. But I don't really mind if Drew gets hurt with anything to do with this so called plan. For all I care, that fag deserves it."
"Hmmm," he replied with a frown.
Acey had a plan! That just didn't sound good, especially from him. Would he actually come to a certain extent and hurt his own brother. Yeah, sure…even though Yamato and Takeru fought a lot…they'd never hurt each other intentionally…
"MATT!"
A voice called, most likely someone from the house looking for him.
Shit…
"I think someone's looking for you, babe. A goodbye kiss!" she suggested seductively. She pulled his face down, breathing down his neck and passionately kissing him.
He gazed into her eyes, expecting to see a fiery brown colour…but didn't…instead of seeing Sora…Jezebel was in his arms. Feeling disgusted in himself and his desperation, he unlocked his embrace around her and stopped kissing her.
Jezebel stared at him, questioningly with suggestion.
He heard footsteps…footsteps running away from the scene. His eyes widened…
Sora…
He had to go after her… He was just about to leave, when his arm was grabbed for and being held back.
Pleading desperation filled Jezebel's complexion, " Where are you going…"
"Leave now…" he growled angrily at her and himself. " We've caused enough trouble…just get out of my face…"
Avoiding the hurt expression on her face, he ran after Sora back into the house. Thinking straight forwardly of where Sora would be, he thrust the bathroom door open…expecting a girl to have a knife in her arms…but there was no girl there
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How could he!
Sora fought back the angry tears that blurred her vision. All she wanted to do was find him, get him back to the basement with everyone else to practice back on their dance routine and even apologize about being a bitch to the fool! But catching him there…like that…was definitely not in her expectation list what he'd do. And with Jezebel, of all the girls in the world. That skank.
The whore that betrayed her own best friend, Mimi, for Acey. The two faced bitch who had caused Mimi such pain. How could he! This wasn't the Yamato she knew…
Sure, it's not like she liked Yamato or anything. But that would be her heart denying how much she cared for him. How she felt bad how she was being 'the' idiot back in Hikari's birthday party and knowing how Yamato sometimes took things the wrong way…especially when she knew he was drunk…She should have had her eyes on him for the whole party…so that he didn't go off anywhere…especially in his state at that time…
He was like one of the closest people she had left in her life…and he…he was betraying her? He was betraying everyone else as well! Behind everyone else's backs he was seeing Jezebel! It clearly didn't make sense at all…
Had Matt finally cracked it?
She walked down the staircase back into the basement to face all the people turning her direction for a answer.
"So…" TK began suspiciously. " Did you find Matt?"
"Screw him," Sora shrugged stroking her fringe from her face. " Let's just practice without him…"
Knowing it was best not to match with Sora's anger, the group decided to do dance without him. Just as they put the music back on Matt had dashed in the room, relief filling his eyes when he noticed that Sora was there.
"Sora!"
He stared at her. She ignored him.
Frowning slightly, he went next to her and distributed the fast dance moves in sequence with everyone else. Time flew by, none of them knowing that they had already practised for five hours straight.
"Time out!" Tai announced, switching the off button to the CD player. " Well done! You've all earned the break!"
The group collapsed onto the floor in exhaustion, wiping their sweat away with either their shirt, or a sweatband (if they had one). Most of them gulped down the water, in thirst. But Yamato didn't…
Instead he moved closer towards Sora and began to quietly speak… " I'm really sorry bout i-."
"Yamato, shut the hell up! I don't care. Even if you say sorry, I won't fucking accept your apology," she shot back firmly in reply. She began to speak up louder, making the rest of the people hear well what the two were talking about, keeping silent as they listened to what Sora had to say. " You're such a dickhead you know! I don't even know why I could have trusted you in the first place…you always care for everyone else, that you forget about yourself. You're hurting yourself Yamato…getting all drunk all the time…passing out…lying about everything … when you're actually hurting deep inside!"
"Sora I-."
"You're such a shit head! You don't care…how come you gotta be the insensitive fool!" She spat, " You jerk!"
"Come on Sora, stop being a bitch!"
"Me, a bitch! It's you that's been bitching!" she continued her arguments. " Bitching around behind our backs, kissing Jezebel! What the hell were you thinking!"
" I didn't kiss her! She kissed me…"
"That's enough! The both of you! I don't' care who started what," Kari couldn't take the tension between the two, any longer. "For all I know…right now, we don't need a fight to break us apart! All we gotta do is concentrate and practice…then we can solve everything else later!"
" If you guys continue aiming for each other's heads, like a lover's fight…we won't get anything done!" Ken added, then calmed down. " Let's just not screw everything up…all of you took chances by not practicing and leaving it all to the last minute…so let's just all chillax…"
Sora stubbornly stared at the floor.
"Fine…let's just get to it…"
"Matt?" Taichi asked. " You agree with just getting along for now!"
"Whatever…sure," he muttered under his breath. " Surviving all this is the top thing on my list…"
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My fingers hurt from typing too much ;( I hope that went everyone's expectations. I know it wasn't really that good for the second last chapter, but I hope you liked it! You're votes of me to finish this story THEN edit it won over, so now…I've got one more chapter to worry about…and perhaps a sequel! Damn…I'd better post this…before I get some dinner. Read and review please ;) …
Lots of love
Flipstahhz
Ps. I didn't add songs to their dance moves, since they will be revealed in the next chapter.
SONGS USED
Silly Ho by TLC (yeah, I know it's a old song…just in a mood to put it in this chapter since I've been listening to it lately)
Hey Now (mean muggin') by Xzibit
NEXT CHAPTER: THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER! HAHAHA…(okay, I'll shutup) … well you should probably know by now, right! That there will be NO Dance competition! Mwahuahuaz.. okay…let's just state the obvious. Next up, The World Dance Competition…till next time…
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