Chapter Thirteen

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Sora looked around her room and sighed.

She's been having these crazy dreams and she doesn't know where it's leading to!!! Truthfully, it consists of a mop-haired guy whose chocolate brown eyes are ever so innocent and adorable, with an added pain-in-the- neck attitude. And there's this certain blonde-guy whose eyes are so deep and dreamy. His whole self is so quiet yet so...him.

Sora can't hide her true feelings...

She did have feelings for Tai...

And surely,

So did with Yamato...

But...

"Baka, Sora! Don't tell me you're in love with two men at the same time!!!!" Sora cursed herself out loud as she trashed herself to her bed.

Sora mentally sighed.

She kept on dreaming about Taichi in one end of a bridge.

While Yamato, was on the other end.

Her?

She was in the middle. Not knowing where to go.

Suddenly, the bridge began to shake and the bridge started to fall apart.

Where was she to go?

"Where would I go? To Matt? Or Tai?" Sora asked as she dug her head beneath the pillows.

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Izumi woke up brightly and refreshed that morning.

She just had a date with Kouji last night and boy, was it wonderful.

She never had a great time with Kouichi before and honestly, she was happy that she was able to get rid of him sooner.

Because for her, Kouji was the best!

Izumi walked to her bathroom and faced the mirror. Her long yellow hair was in a dishelmed way but she didn't really care. What matters to her right now, was that she's feeling so great about everything. "I never knew that falling in love could mean so much..." Izumi said as she smiled at herself in the mirror.

Suddenly, her phone began to ring and she immediately answered it.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Hi, Izumi. This is Sora." Sora said over the other line.

"Oh, hey Sora! What's up?" Izumi asked.

"Well... I was wondering if you want to go out with me today. You know, a girl's day-out?" Sora asked.

Izumi lit up.

Sure, going out with Kouji was wonderful but going out with someone 'your kind' was definitely different!

"I'd love to, Sora!!!!" Izumi exclaimed.

"Good! Meet me at the park around 10?"

"Sure!!!"

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"Please listen to me, mademoiselle... your mother told me perfectly that you should attend the meeting with that young man today..." a butler said to his stubborn mistress.

The girl, dressed in what seemed to be pants and a sleeveless top tossed her hair and tied it to a pony.

"I don't want to and besides, I'll be back." She replied as she took her backpack and ran off.

"Mademoiselle!!!!!" the butler yelled after her but was too late...

He quickly dialed some numbers on his cell phone and said,

"Code Red... heading east..."

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"C'mon guys... you gotta go with me..." Ryo pleaded.

"Look, Ryo... we know how you go to these... set-up dates... you make fun of the girl, embarrass her to death... everything you shouldn't be doing!" Kouji exclaimed.

"That's why I need you guys to be there to make sure I... uhm, I...."

"Behave." Yamato finished.

Ryo nodded.

"You mean, we have to take care of you like a good little boy!?" Kouji asked. "Exactly." Ryo replied.

"My mother is really going to kill me if I spill this up. This family happens to be her best friend's... and she said that if I embarrass her one more time, she's sending me to Alaska!!!" Ryo added.

"And you believed that?" Kouji asked.

"She already bought me the ticket and had my bags packed..." Ryo said mournfully.

"We're already missing one...can't have another one missed..." Yamato said.

"Glad you guys, DID miss me..."

Yamato, Ryo and Kouji turned to the doorway to see Taichi standing there with his usual grin up on his face.

"TAI!!!!" they all yelled as they gathered around him.

"What are you doing back here, man?" Ryo asked as he slung a hand.

"Unfinished business." He replied as he eyed at Yamato who stared back.

"I see... but you're staying, right?" Kouji asked.

Taichi looked at his best friends and nodded, "Of course, I am."

"Great!!!" Ryo said enthusiastically.

"Now..." Kouji began to think of calling Izumi and started to dial her number.

Ryo suddenly snatched the phone and threw it out of the window.

"HEY!!!!" Kouji yelled as he was ABOUT to go after the cell phone...

"You promised to go with me!!!" Ryo said stubbornly.

"Look Ryo, I have other things to do." Kouji replied.

"Like what? Another date with Izumi? Man, you have it bad! You've been dating the same girl for three straight days!!! That's never in your routine!!!" Ryo said. "You're dating Izumi?" Tai asked with an arched brow.

Kouji scratched his back and mutely nodded.

"Well, I don't really know Tai. It's just that... well... she seems to be everything to me... I dunno... I can't really explain it..." Kouji said trying to fit in the words.

"Good. Then go after her." Yamato said all of a sudden.

Tai and Kouji looked at Yamato.

"Love is never explainable. You feel it, you see it, and you sense it. But you'll never be able to explain what makes you do it." Yamato said.

Tai and Kouji reluctantly nodded.

He was right...

Tai was feeling the same thing for Sor.

And Kouji was feeling the same thing for Izumi.

So...there's nothing-wrong right?

It just means that...

They're in love.

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Sora and Izumi had met for almost two hours and were busy walking down the streets and chatting about themselves.

"So Tai did come back?" Izumi asked.

Sora nodded and remembered the kiss they shared three nights ago.

"I'm happy for you, Sora. But here's a question... what about Yamato?" Izumi asked.

Now this time, Sora remembered the times she was with Yamato. He might be quiet and was never the type to talk too much but he was...perfect the way he is.

"I don't know..." Sora honestly replied.

"Oh, Sora... just..."

but before Izumi could continue, they saw a girl running away from a gang of people in black tuxedos.

The girl hid behind their back and instinct-wise, Sora covered her up.

"Did you see a girl with a black hat with violet shades pass this way?" the man asked.

"Girl? Black hat? Violet shades?" Sora asked.

The man nodded and raised up 100 bucks.

Sora looked at the money then said, "Sorry haven't seen anyone with that characteristics. Maybe she went the other way and you didn't seem to notice."

"You're probably right, thank you." The man said as he whistled and a group of men huddled together and went to the opposite direction.

Once they were gone,

The girl hiding behind Sora gave in a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Thank you for your help. I really thought you'd give me to them." The girl said.

"No problem!" Sora said brightly.

"Why are they after you, anyway?" Izumi asked.

"My mother's setting me up on a blind date with god-who-knows-who again... I hated the fact that my mother keeps on pushing me to meet guys... and worse, getting engaged..." the girl said as Sora and Izumi looked at each other.

"Would you want to come and eat with us, then?" Sora asked.

The girl looked up and nodded, "Okay...my treat."

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Ryo was sitting on the chair for two straight hours waiting for his "date" to arrive.

"Looks like the girls ditched you, Ryo." Kouji said.

Ryo sighed heavily but his mind was definitely racing.

"No one... NO ONE... has ever ditched me. I DITCHED THEM... they DON"T ditch me..." he said angrily as he crumpled the paper in his hands.

Taichi sat back and just said, "Then why don't we just order for ourselves and eat? It seems that your girl isn't coming at all."

"Taichi's right... it's best if we just enjoy ourselves." Yamato added.

Ryo nodded and called for the waiter to order their drinks.

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"Oh yeah...we haven't formally introduced ourselves. Hi, my name is Sora." Sora said as she extended her hand.

"I'm Izumi by the way..." Izumi said, bowing.

The girl shook hands with Sora and said, "The name's Rika. Nice to meet you."

Rika stopped at a very tall building.

"We're going to eat here?" Izumi asked as she looked at the tall hotel that was standing before them.

"It looks pretty expensive." Sora concluded.

"Don't worry. It's my treat. Besides, this is the only place I know where decent foods are served." Rika said as she pulled both Sora and Izumi inside.

"Decent food?" Sora asked to herself.

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when Rika, Sora and Izumi got in numerous people who bowed down at them greeted them.

"You must be pretty... influential..." Sora said.

Rika smiled.

"Not really." Rika replied.

"Mademoiselle. I am happy to see that you're alright..." the butler once again said, popping out of nowhere.

Sora and Izumi nearly jumped up from surprise.

"I told you that I'll be back. I just went out for a little walk and meet some new people." Rika replied to her butler.

"Your date is waiting for you." The butler added.

"Great." Rika said as she rolled her eyes.

"I expected that he at least left and got tired and never want to see me again." Rika said as she entered the restaurant.

Sora and Izumi followed behind her.

"Rika... if we're disturbing you, we-"

"believe me, Izumi. I'd want you guys here..." Rika said with determination.

"I like you... we could be really good friends..." Sora said with an offering smile.

"Thanks for the offer, Sora. But I've thought about that first." Rika replied.

Sora gave a laugh and so did Rika.

"Okay, you two are scaring me..." Izumi said when she saw that her two friends were practically laughing their head off already...

"Look, Izumi... it's just that... well... we find a lot of things in common..." Sora said in between her laughter.

"I never thought there are still people like you who existed here on earth! Who would have thought I was the lucky girl who's able to meet you!!!" Rika exclaimed.

"hahahahahahahahahahaha!"

"Sora?"

"Izumi?"

"...."

"Tai?"

"Kouji?"

TBC!!!!

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