AN- I just love getting reviews! Thank you all! I know for sure what the couples are
gonna be, and I am amazed at my own plot! Well, anyways, for this part you need to
imagine Miko, you know, the cat, is a girl. I like the part near the end of this
chapter and I hope you do too... you'll know what I mean when you get there! Enjoy!

A Curse, or a Blessing?

Tai came around the next morning when his mother rudely awakened him.

"Tai, get up! It's time for breakfast," She said as she opened his blinds, letting the morning sun in.

"Wha? It's morning?" Tai rubbed his eyes and sat up.

"Yes! Now get ready," She started to walk out of his room.

I'm glad to see he was reading last night. I fear for that boy sometimes...

"Reading? Fear? Hey! I'm not dumb!" Tai yelled.

"I never said you were!" his mother raised an eyebrow.

"You just said it!"

"Taichi Kamiya, the last thing I said to you was 'Yes! Now get ready.' Now get moving," His mother shut his door.

Tai shook his head in confusion as he brushed all the books off his bed, except for Kari's. He was gonna see how she liked getting hit in the head with the book. Tai dressed quickly and went into the kitchen for breakfast. To his surprise, Kari was sitting there already.

"Good morning Tai! I got up early so we could go to school together," She smiled sweetly at him.

And so I wouldn't have to walk 1 1/2 miles again, you good for nothing pig!

Tai stood there amazed. Kari's lips weren't moving, but he heard her voice. Tai sat down and stared at his cereal.

"I know, maybe I have a high fever and I'm hallucinating!" Tai thought, putting his hand on his forehead. Just right temperature.

"Are you all right sweetie?" Tai's mother asked.

I hope he isn't gonna try getting out of school, because it won't work!

Tai stood up from his chair. None of this was making sense! They weren't talking, yet he could hear them!

What is that stupid human boy doing now? No wonder Kari doesn't like him! And I swear he watches me when I clean myself...

Tai turned to see Miko staring at him intently. Tai yelled and ran into the bathroom, slamming the door behind him. He turned on the cold water full blast and splashed it on to his face. There was a knock on the door and Kari walked in, with her book under her arm.

"Are you feeling alright Tai?" She asked.

He turned and his eyes widened as he remembered last night. "You did this! You and that book cursed me!" Tai yelled, backing away.

"Cursed you? Tai that was a joke!"

"No is wasn't because it worked!"

Kari's eyes widened. "What do you mean it worked? What happened?"

Tai ran his hand through his hair. "I have ESPN or something!"

"You mean ESP, where you can here other people thinking?"

"Yes, that's it!"

Kari rolled her eyes. "Fine what am I thinking right now?"

Let's see here, what will he never be able to guess? Okay, I like Ken and not TK!

"Ken? You're kidding!" Tai replied shocked.

"Oh my gosh! You can hear me!" Kari yelled.

"I know! Make it stop! Make it stop!" Tai yelled back, panicking.

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because it wasn't a real curse! I don't know what happened!" Kari flipped the book open and showed Tai. "All I did was read 'If only you could know what women want' backwards," She gasped. "You can hear women's thoughts. Tai, I can perform magic! This is so cool! I wonder if I could make Mom give me a raise in allowance..."

"Focus Kari! Me, women's thoughts, remember?" Tai said.

"Right! Well, I'll have to figure it out at school, or else we'll be late!" Kari opened the door and then stopped. She turned to Tai blushing. "Can you not, you know, tell anyone about, Ken..."

"Say no more!" Tai smiled at Kari. After all, she was his ticket out of this mess.


Tai and Kari made it to school fine, but Tai was hesitant on whether to go through the doors.

"Come on Tai, I promise hearing others thoughts won't kill you for just one day" Kari pulled Tai into the school.

As Tai walked down the halls, the voices of girls filled his mind.

Does my butt look big in these jeans?

Is he staring at my chest?

Reka is such a whore!

That Tai needs to really cut his hair...

I hope I didn't flunk that test!

Oh, man! I've got my period!

"I can't take this!" Tai whispered to Kari "You girls are so, so... I don't know how to explain how freaked I am right now!"

"Look, there's the gang! I'm sure no one will freak you out now," Kari smiled as Ken waved to her.

"Hey Tai! Kari!" The gang said.

"Hey!"

I wonder if he'll even notice my glasses today! He can be so insensitive! Even Davis noticed! Yolie's voice filled Tai's head.

"I know how to fix this!" Tai thought. "Yolie, I'm sorry about not noticing your new glasses. To tell the truth, when I see your face, your beautiful eyes take all the attention away from everything else," Tai gave his most dashing smile.

Yolie blushed. "Oh, I wasn't still angry about that! It's okay Tai!"

Oh! That was so sweet of him! All girls thought in unison.

"Score!" Tai thought. Maybe this won't be so bad after all!

"So, Sora! Isn't you and Matt's one year anniversary today?" Kari asked.

"Yeah! We're going to that fancy Italian restaurant tonight for dinner." Sora smiled at Matt.

Even though I would like to do something more personal, like a picnic in the park or something so we could be alone.

"Well, if I had a girlfriend," Tai stated, "I would take her to the park for a romantic picnic so we could talk about personal things and then share a kiss underneath the starlight..."

"Oh, Tai! That is so romantic," Mimi sighed.

"Yeah, I wish I had a boy to do that for me!" Yolie said.

Sora eyed Tai suspiciously. That didn't sound like something Tai would say... Maybe I just don't know him as well as I used to...

"Well, we better start heading to class! It's on the other side of the school!" Davis said, picking up his bag.

Davis, Sora, Matt, Yolie, Ken, Izzy, and Joe all headed down the west hallway to their different classes.

"My first class is in the east wing here, so I can stay a little longer!" Mimi smiled.

"Us too!" Kari and TK said.

The girl with the locker next to Tai's shut her locker and prepared to go to class.

Isn't that Violet from my English class? She has like the highest grade! Mimi's thought entered Tai's head.

Mimi fished a thick stack of papers from her bag. "Violet, wait!" Mimi walked up to her before she could leave.

Mimi Tachikawa is actually talking to me! She's like the most popular girl in school!

"Hi!" Violet could barely get out.

"Hi! I know I'm gonna ask you a big favor, but I really need your help. I need someone to edit my final story for English, and no body in our class except for you and me knows how to edit, so I was wondering..."

"Say no more! I'd love too! I'll work on it right away!" Violet took the stack of papers from Mimi and put them in her bag.

"Oh! Sorry! I forgot my manners!" Mimi scratched her head. "Violet these are my friends Tai, Kari and TK!"

"Hi!" Violet said nervously, blushing when TK smiled at her.

He is so cute! It's too bad that I'm only in one of his classes. I wouldn't mind not skipping grades just to see him more!

"Violet, aren't you in one of TK's classes?" Tai asked, smirking.

"Yeah, we're in Health together. Hey, we should head there now any ways. Wanna walk with me?" TK smiled at her invitingly.

"Sure!" Violet giggled, tucking a piece of her black hair behind her ear.

The two walked off together, and Kari and Mimi looked at Tai suspiciously.

"Tai, are you turning into a matchmaker?" Kari asked.

"It could be a future for me. Maybe I can even hook myself up!"

"I'm sure you'll have no problem if you can sweet talk other girls like you did Yolie this morning!" Mimi teased. "Man, I got class! See ya!"

"Tai don't worry, I'll figure out how to undo the spell during lunch!" Kari whispered.

"There is no hurry, Kari! None at all!" Tai smiled evilly as he walked down the hall.


LATER THAT NIGHT:

"So did you like dinner?" Matt asked Sora as they walked down the street to Sora's house.

"It was fine, I guess."

"You guess?" Matt looked at Sora, confused.

"Well, I guess something else more personal might have been better."

"I'm sorry, I was just trying to do some thing nice for you. I won't do that any more," Matt stuffed his hands in his pockets, looking away.

"God, Matt! Stop acting like this! I just told you what was on my mind! Dinner was fine!"

"Well, I didn't think it mattered where dinner was as long as we were together!"

"It would be nice if you knew me a little better so you could know what I like!"

"Sora, I can't take this anymore! You are getting so touchy lately! I feel like you don't even like me anymore!"

"Well, Matt! Maybe I do feel that way, so we shouldn't see each other anymore!"

"Fine with me!" Matt yelled.

"Fine!" Sora yelled back, stomping off to her apartment.


"I finally figured it out!" Kari squealed as she sat on Tai's bed.

"Bummer! All the girls were hanging all over me!" Tai smiled at the memory of the day.

"Well, you might have it a bit longer than you think. To get rid of this, you have to achieve every chapter in the book to fully understand what women want. Once you have learned your lesson, you will go back to normal."

"What are the titles of the chapters?" Tai raised his eyebrow.

"The index says Women want to:

1.) Be Fashionable
2.) Feel beautiful
3.) Make a difference
4.) Have a bright future
5.) Fall in love

Then there is an afterword at the end."

"I have to do all of that!" Tai asked, shocked.

"Yep, and we start tomorrow!"

TO BE CONTINUED (As you can see from the chapters following it…)


They broke up! HAHAHHAHAHAHA! Everything is right in the universe again! (Not that there is anything wrong with Sorato, I just feel bad for Tai… But I'm fixing that ;) )

Starlilly

AN- Hehe! I fixed up this chapter too. It's weird to read stuff I wrote so long ago, and think "WTF? Why did I write that?". Well, hope I got all of the mistakes. Enjoy the rest of the story!