~ Chapter Nine

I'm back! I'm sorry it took long but Christmas is almost here and I still have a lot of stuff to worry about. But thanks for the reviews!!! To groovy-angel12, thank you so much for the review! And yup! You're practically right. But don't worry, I'll be putting some Sorato effects to preserve Lei and Jing, after all in the episode, those two have some attraction with one another right? But I decided not too put too much since I want this one to a BIG Taiora. Although be more happy because I have some plans for Matt and Mimi too! I look forward to your reviews!!! Budgie! Thanks so much for your constant support! I'll try to make the chapter longer but it seem so hard! Don't worry; I promise that before Christmas, I'll put a Special Christmas Chapter!!!!! Anyways, happy holidays everyone! And reviews please!

Taichi
I stared emptily at the ceiling. What I said earlier really made me think. Now that scares me. I never usually think this.hard. But. my heart was really thumping so fast a while ago. And when I said that I like Sora, it became so light. Was it because it was the truth that I do like Sora? Sora.I wonder what you're doing now? I wonder if.you're thinking about me too.

Sora
I paced from one end of my room to the other. I just couldn't believe what I heard from Tai earlier. "I like her.?" Tai's voice echoed in my head. It was more of a question really but the way he said it made my heart really melt. Oh Tai. I. Tai, I.. I think I like you too. I immediately put my hand to my mouth. Did I just say that? I looked from one end of the room to another. Oh. My. God. I. I. Like. Taichi. Yagami! But after some moments of realization, I smiled.

Izumi walked hurriedly to my class when I suddenly bumped into someone.

"I-I'm sorry!" Izumi said immediately as she picked up her fallen books.

A hand reached out and helped her along.

Izumi looked up to see a pair of the most beautiful eyes she has ever seen.

".You're Izumi right?" he asked.

Izumi merely nodded at the sight of him.

"Hi. My name is Kouji. Nice meeting you. You're a friend of Sora's right?" he asked again.

Izumi just nodded back with a smile.

"Great. Um.okay. I guess I'll see you around."

And with that, Kouji left.

Izumi just stared at where Kouji went to and sighed.

Suddenly, a gush of wind blew by, sending her long yellow strand of hair to fly with it.

Yamato was hanging around the park, walking around.

'Life stinks.' he thought.

He saw a monkey bar by the far end corner of the park and walked to it.

Once he arrived, he stood there, staring at it for a while.

Then, without another word, he climbed up on it and hung himself upside down. With his feet crossed by the rail holding himself up and his hands around his back.

'This way.my tears won't come out.'

'Mimi.I miss you.'

Ryo was sitting in a fancy Italian restaurant and had his eyes rolling around.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Shizuka. Ryo.why don't you say hi?"

Ryo looked at his mother then to the girl in front of him.

She was pretty. About any average girl she has known.

"Hi." Ryo said then looked outside.

'This is getting boring.' he thought.

Ryo's mother had been setting him up with different girls for almost two years. Sure, he was use to it but he was also getting tired from all this set-ups and women that all looked quite the same.

Ryo let out a sigh and stood up.

"Mom, I have to go. I'm meeting up with Taichi and the others." Ryo said politely.

".No." his mother said.

"What? But ma-"

"No buts. Sit. Now.where were we? Oh yes, Ms. Shizuka.are you."

And his mother continued talking as if he never existed.

Ryo just let out another sigh and played with his fork. This was going to be a long, long day.

Taichi looked around the bar he was supposed to meet with his friends.

This was a miracle.

He was the first one to arrive. He was usually the one who was always late.

He glanced at his watch.

He was already 2 hours late and yet, no one was here?

Taichi just shrug and sat down at their usual seat then ordered something to drink.

".Really?" Sora asked.

Izumi nodded.

"Have you asked Taichi yet?" Izumi asked.

Sora shook her head. "I.I couldn't." Sora replied.

"You couldn't? After he said that he likes you?" Izumi asked idly.

Sora shook her head timidly again.

"I.I just can't ask him that easily and besides.the cookies." Sora said as she looked at the counter of the café.

"Cookies?" Izumi asked as she walked over the counter and opened the red box. When she saw what was inside, she smiled.

"Aw.how sweet. so.when are you going to give it to him?"

Taichi sat alone in the bar for the last three hours.

Imagine that.

A Saturday afternoon without doing anything. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

Suddenly his phone rang.

He rolled his eyes as he answered it.

"You better have an explanation!" Taichi yelled over.

"Um.hi, Tai.."

"..Sora! oh.um.well. why the hell are you calling anyway!?" Taichi asked, trying to hide his embarrassment.

There was a short silence on the other end and Taichi spoke again.

"Sor?" he asked a little bit worried.

".Taichi, baka!" and with that, the phone went dead.

Yamato walked in the bar just as Ryo and Kouji stepped in.

"Hey, Tai!" they greeted.

Taichi stared into space. Not noticing them at all.

"Tai?" Yamato asked as he shook Tai.

Taichi then plopped himself to the table and was fast asleep.

".it was a miracle he was early for once." Ryo said smiling.

Kouji looked at Taichi's cell phone, which was lying on the table and picked it up.

".no wonder. his clock is eight hours advance." Kouji said breaking into laughter.

"Aw, great. He set his time wrong again!" Ryo said as he smacked his forehead.

"We should know better that Tai never comes early. It's his nature to be.manly-late." Yamato said calmly as he sat next to Tai and ordered something to drink.

Ryo and Kouji just laughed. "Kari..I-"

"I miss that."

"Miss what?" Takeru asked.

"That. calling me Kari. You're the only one who does that." Hikari replied as she leaned over Takeru's shoulder.

"Oh.that. you mean. you haven't seen anyone around?" Takeru asked with a small smile.

"No, silly! As much as mother want me to, I couldn't. I wouldn't, TK. You're the only one I love. and will always do." Hikari replied.

Takeru hugged Hikari and held her close to him. "Me too, Kari. Me too."

"..I don't care. Whatever it takes, I want Taichi and Hikari away from here! they're falling in love with the wrong people! I will not tolerate this. Taichi and Hikari are leaving as soon as possible."

"But-"

"I repeat, I won't tolerate this. Pack their things up and we're leaving tomorrow night!"

it was another new day at ENTEI University. It's the championship game for the women's soccer team. Whoever wins this, will represent the school for the upcoming Soccer-Meet next month.

"Go, Sora!!!!!" Izumi yelled from the stands.

Sora, in her blue and white uniform, looked up and gave Izumi a thumbs-up.

"Good luck!" Izumi hollered.

Sora smiled widely back and met her teammates.

"Attention, ladies and gentlemen, the soccer championship between the 'Red Warriors' and 'Blue Eagles' is about to begin in five minutes."

Izumi seated once hearing the news and watched closely. By the end, she could see the F4 coming up the stands too. She looked at Sora who was busy cheering her comrades up and telling them they were going to win.

Izumi
I saw Sora telling her teammates to liven up a bit. I mean, why not? look at their faces! They seemed so distraught and.I dunno, down? I sighed. Winning this game seemed so impossible. For one, the 'Red Warriors' had always been the school's representative ever since..forever! but if I were anyone else, I'd like the 'Blue Eagles' way much. the 'Red Warriors' had this.'thing' for cheating and abuse. You know.going against rules and doing some inwardly stuff. Once, when Sor and I went to watch on one of their battles, she said, "They aren't playing soccer. It's a war. And if war is what they want, I'll gladly give it to them. watch me, Kisa." I smiled. Sora sounded so determined that time. And I wish that, that determination is still there.

"hey."

Izumi looked to her felt to see two chocolate brown eyes staring at her.

"What?" she asked back.

".How's Sora?" he asked.

".I dunno, Taichi Yagami." Izumi implied.

"I was asking you a question!" Taichi said angrily.

"And I was answering your question." Izumi said back as she stood up to transfer a seat.

"We're sorry, Izumi."

Izumi turned around as she felt someone grab her by the wrist.

".Kouji.?"

"I'm apologizing for the behavior of my friend here. he got a little carried away." Kouji said.

".He can't always get carried away. Especially to Sor." Izumi said.

Kouji arched a brow and gave Taichi a what-did-you-do-to-Sora-look.

Taichi evaded his look and started to look for Sora in the crowd.

Taichi
I didn't really mean to hurt Sora's feelings yesterday. It was her fault too for being so.hurt all of a sudden. I lightened up immediately to see Sora smiling with all smiles at her teammates. Sora never smiled at me like that. does that mean that she really doesn't care about me at all as much as I care for her? I slowly stood up and started to go down to the stands. Only one way to find out, ask her. "Where the hell is Tai going?" Ryo asked.

"To his 'Angel'." Yamato replied.

"angel?" Ryo and Kouji asked as they look at each other then to the field where Taichi stood in the middle.

"alright, Team. The first half was good." Sora said.

"Good? You call that good? Sora, we're 5-0! We're like.getting dumped here!" said one of her teammates.

Sora smiled at them. "That's because you didn't give it your all. We've been practicing really hard for this day and don't tell me that we had just put those into waste! All the time, we've been doing all the things be can so we can beat them while all 'they' do is push people around. Are you going to allow that?" Sora asked, still with a smile.

"You shouldn't tell me what you can't do because you could always do better if you try harder. This is our chance. Our chance to finally get back at them. don't you feel insulted in they way they treat us? Always.pushing us around and-"

"Belittling us!!!!!!" Anna, another teammate said.

Sora nodded.

"We could do better if we work as a team! And we CAN do it!!!!" Sora exclaimed as she put her hands up front.

Everyone in the team looked at each other then to Sora's hand.

"We will win!" Sora said.

Everyone smiled and put their hands on top of each other.

"win.win.win.win.win.win." and it gets louder and louder by the minute.

"Go..EAGLES!!!!!!" the 'Blue Eagles' yelled.

"So.how did it go?" Ryo asked Taichi as he came up the stands again.

"I couldn't." Tai replied.

"Fear of breaking Sora's concentration in the game?" Kouji asked.

Taichi nodded.

Izumi just stared at Taichi then looked at Sora who was playing her best.

Then, smiled.

"YES!!!!!!!!!!!" the crowd cheered.

Izumi was lost in thought as she looked at the field once again.

The score, 5-5.

"The Blue Eagles tied the Red Warriors!!!!"

Taichi stood up from his seat to see the last 10 seconds of the soccer game.

The ball was on Sora's hands and she was showing no point in stopping as she head to the goalie.

Taichi immediately took his eyes from her and looked at the goalie of the Red Warriors.

This isn't good.

Three players were already guarding it and the goalie was another plus.

He looked at Sora once again.

She had such determination in her eyes.

Sora
We will win this fight. Not only for my teammates but also for myself. Taichi. I dunno if you're in that crowd or not.but this shot.is for YOU!

Sora kicked the ball as strong as she could.

She could see the ball's tremendous power as it went past the first player, the second, and the th-

Oh no! she was able to stop it!!!!!

Sora's eyes widened.

That was the strongest ball she ever kicked.

But more so, that ball was meant for Tai.does that mean that something is bound to happen, after all?

Or is it because that they are two worlds apart, they couldn't be together?

Hehehehehe! I'll leave that up to there! But I hope you guys liked it!!!! Oh yeah.there's also another story I've been writing and its entitled "I Need You" it's a Taiora and Mimato fic. I hope you guys do coz that fic has been up for so long and I still lack those reviews!!!!

Thanks!!!!

Angel-Trump!