Chapter Twenty

Before you continue on reading my story, I have to warn you that this may contain some lemon… rated PG16!!!!

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Taichi looked out his window and sighed.

"Tai, go to sleep, will you?" a voice from the darkness said.

Taichi didn't need to turn his back to know who the person is. He knew the voice to well.

"What are you doing here, Maya?" he asked.

"Taichi… please… it's already late and-"

"Mind your own business!" Taichi snapped at her.

Maya walked towards Tai and gave him a hug from his back.

"Taichi… stop thinking about her. She's not coming back… she never will…" Maya whispered in his ear.

"She doesn't love you, Tai. She doesn't love you just as I do…" she added as she tightened her hold onto Tai.

Tai fixed his gaze on the night sky, not even listening to what Maya was telling him.

Sora had been gone for almost two years and ever since she left, she never called or even emailed a letter to him or even to her friends. Taichi thought of going on without Sora, that's why he agreed when his mother set him up with Maya Hinagashi, a senator's daughter, who is now madly in love with him. But even if he has Maya to satisfy his needs, he still thinks about Sora.

"Maybe… maybe all you need… is… me, Tai." Maya whispered in his ear again as seductively as possible.

Taichi would go as far as kissing Maya, holding her close to his arms and even pull her down to bed and undress her top…but that always stops at that. He couldn't stop thinking about Sora…

Every time he does that, Sora would always pop out of his head and remind him that she was the person she love. Not this girl here… and Maya knew that.

Maya knew that Taichi still loves Sora… but even if she knew, she always tried her best to let him forget her. Whatever it takes.

"I don't need you tonight, Maya… so buzz off and leave me alone!" Taichi said as he whipped Maya's hands that were wrapped around his waist and gaze her a deadly glare.

"That's all you think about! That… that!…. That bitch!!! She left you, Tai!!! What can't you understand!? It's been almost three years!!!! She'll never come back!!!! She doesn't love you anymore, Tai!!!!" Maya screamed.

Taichi felt a pang of pain hit his chest and almost abruptly, he pulled Maya to his arms and kissed her.

Maya returned the kiss, as passionately as she could but even if she tried to think that this kiss was sweet, she couldn't. All she could feel was anger… sadness… and love that isn't even meant for her.

After their kiss, Maya opened his eyes to see Taichi looking straight back at her… but what she saw in Taichi's eyes made her flinch… what she saw a beautiful raven girl with eyes that glittered like fire…

'Sora…'

Taichi was imagining her as Sora!!!!

'Maybe… maybe Taichi does love Sora so much… so… let it be… I'll be Sora…'

"Taichi… I love you…" Maya said as she hugged Taichi.

"Sora… I… I love you so much… why did you leave me?" Taichi asked as he buried his face in Maya's soft golden hair.

"I never left you, Tai. I was always here… here…" Maya insisted as she played with Taichi's chest.

"Taichi… I don't want to be lost anymore. I want to stay with you forever." Maya said.

Taichi replied by slipping his right hand on Maya's hips and his left hand moved it's way to Maya's chin.

"All I want is to please to please you, Tai…" Maya said as her lips traced Tai's neck then went up to his ear and started nibbling on it.

"Sora…" Taichi said once more, as he was lost in total bliss.

"I love you, Tai… I love you…" Maya taunted again and again.

Taichi moved his hands to unbutton Maya's top blouse as Maya started to unbutton Tai's shirt.

When they were done, Maya started to take of Taichi's belt and then his pants. She backed Taichi off the window and both of them laid down on the bed.

"Taichi… I'll always do anything for you…" Maya said as she slowly took off her bra.

Taichi held Maya's waist as he was in bed and Maya came down to him.

"Sora… I'll never know what I'll do without you." Taichi said as he took off Maya's skirt and next, was her panties.

The rest… was history…

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Taichi woke up in a sweat and held his head.

"Why…? Why did I do that?" he asked himself.

"Because you thought she was Sora." A voice said.

Taichi looked up to see Yamato's worried eyes fixed on him.

"Yama… since when did you get here?" Taichi asked.

"A little while ago." Yama replied.

"So… how are you… it's been a long time since I've seen you." Yama said.

"Yah.." Tai replied as he stood out from bed.

"How are you and Mimi? Doing well?" Taichi asked.

"We're doing great, Tai. But we sometimes can't help but be worried about you, you know." Yama said.

"How's your family? Doing okay, I suppose?" Taichi asked as he walked to his bathroom.

Yama followed him in a short distance.

"Miru and Yahiko are doing fine." Yama replied.

"And you? How's… your wife doing?" Yam added.

Taichi looked up from the mirror and gazed at himself.

Nothing much has changed for the last… five years… his best friend, Yamato was married to Mimi a few years back. They now had two twin kids, a boy and a girl both 3 years old. Kouji and Izumi had already married too. They now had a healthy young son by the name of Kazuki who is a year old. Ryo and Rika on the other hand were already engaged and were about to get married this coming winter.

"Tai?" Yama asked.

Taichi woke up from his thoughts.

His life wasn't as happy as it used to be. Sure, he now owns almost all of the companies that his family has but… money wasn't something he always wanted. He was now married to Maya… daughter of the now current President of Japan.

His sister on the other hand has gone with Takeru to England… he heard that they now had three kids. Hizuka, Hotori and Tetsuya… all male.

"I'm alright, Yama." Taichi replied.

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Taichi led Yama to their dining room to have breakfast.

"Where's your wife, Tai?" Yama asked as both of them started to eat.

"I don't know." Tai replied.

"When was the last time you'd seen her?"

"Last night… when I stripped her off naked." Taichi replied with a certain mockery on his voice.

Yama gave a laugh.

"Taichi… tell me honestly… do you still think about Sora?"

Taichi looked at Yamato.

"What do you think?" he asked.

"Well, then why did you marry Maya?" Yamato asked back.

"She was pregnant." Taichi replied.

"She lied." Yamato answered back.

"I knew it too late."

"You could have a divorce."

"She doesn't want to."

"You're rich enough."

"Mom would kill me."

"Why? It doesn't matter to you, anyway."

"It does now."

"You're just scared that you'll be left alone."

"I am not!" Taichi yelled as he pulled Yamato from his seat.

Yamato stared at him then gave a soft smile.

"She's back, Tai." He said.

Taichi's grip loosened.

"What?"

"She's back. She's going to attend Ryo and Rika's wedding." Yamato replied.

Taichi fell back on his chair with a dazed look.

"and I think you'll need to know something too…" Yamato added as he fixed his tie.

"Is that why you came here?" Taichi asked.

"Yes. After all, even if we're far apart, we're still the F4." A voice said.

From the doorway stood Ryo and Kouji would a bright smile on their face.

"We have news for you, Tai."

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"TAICHI!!!!!! COME BACK HERE!!!!" Maya yelled from the stairway.

Taichi didn't respond back. He just kept going down the stairs with all his luggage. Down below, his friends were waiting for him.

"TAICHI!!!!!" Maya yelled once more as she struggled her way to keep Taichi from going down.

"Let me go Maya, or you'll regret it." Taichi said in his monotone voice.

"NO! I fought for you hard enough and there's no way I'm going to loose you!" Maya screamed.

"You never had me before, Maya. Never. That's why… you lost long before this game even started." Taichi replied as he pushed Maya away from him and met his friends at the end of the stairway.

"TAI!!!!" Maya yelled once more as she gave Taichi a hug from his back.

"Let me go, Maya." Taichi threatened.

"Never! If you leave me Tai, I'll tell my father how you-"

"I don't care. Tell him all the lies you want to tell him but there's no way I'm not leaving. I've been your pawn for who knows how long. And I'll never listen to you again." Taichi said as he gave a last shove to Maya.

"TAI!!!!!!"

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"Taichi! I'm so glad that you're still alive!!!" Mimi said as she came running down the foyer to greet Taichi.

"Hey, Mimi! Thanks for letting me stay here for a while." Taichi said with a small smile.

Mimi beamed. "It's all I can do for you, Tai."

"C'mon in." Yamato said as he together with Ryo, Kouji and Taichi went in his house.

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"Well…?" Taichi asked as soon as he plopped down in one of Yamato's sofas.

"We have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?" Kouji asked.

Taichi gave them his usual cocky smile.

They all laughed.

"Here are your drinks." Mimi said as she came in carrying a tray of cold iced tea and a couple of sandwiches.

Yamato gave her a kiss after putting the tray down and murmured a small thank you. Mimi then sat on top of Yamato's lap and their conversation started once more.

"I met Sora back at England, Tai." Ryo said.

Taichi's eyes grew wide and asked, "How was she? Is she okay?"

"Well…." Ryo started.

"well?" Taichi asked.

"The bad news is that… she got into an accident." Ryo finally said.

"What?!" Taichi asked in utter surprise.

"That leads into a greater news…" Kouji added.

Taichi looked at each of his friends, pleading them to tell him what was going on.

"She's blind, Tai. She.. she can't see… after the accident three years ago, she had been blind all the time." Yamato said.

Taichi's eyes softened and sadness overpowered him.

"Not only that, Tai…" Kouji added once more.

"She… she has amnesia." Yamato said.

"Amnesia?" Taichi asked unsure.

"Yes, Tai." Mimi said.

Taichi thought for a while. "Is that some kind of disease?" he asked.

-sweat drop-

"No, Tai." Yamato said with a huge sweat drop.

"It means that she lost all her memory. About us… about you." Yamato added.

"WHAT!?" Taichi yelled as he stood up from his seat.

"How could that happen!?" Taichi asked.

"I was able to talk to Takuya, Lee, Tommy and Takato… they said-"

"Takuya? Tommy? Takato? Who're they?" Taichi asked.

"Oh." Ryo stopped then gave a huge smile.

"Who're, they?" Taichi asked again.

"Guess." Ryo said playfully.

"Tell me, Ryo." Taichi said.

"Now." He added threateningly.

Ryo laughed.

Even Yamato and Kouji raised a brow at him.

"They're… they're her husbands!"

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"Just kidding!" Ryo cheerfully said.

Then pillows were thrown at him.

"RYO!" they all yelled.

Ryo laughed. "They're her brothers."

Taichi suddenly smiled. "her brothers?! That Takuya guy is her brother!?"

"Well, yeah. What do you think? Her fiancé or something?" Ryo said jokingly.

Taichi gave a small chuckle. That was what he was actually thinking.

"Er, no." Taichi replied.

"Yah, right." Yamato and Kouji remarked.

Taichi glared at the both of them.

"Takuya is the oldest who's already engaged. Then is Henry or Lee as they call it. He was just adopted but is very close with his brothers. Next is Takato and then Sora, then lastly is Tommy." Ryo said.

"They're all very protective of her. I could tell." Ryo added.

"When I met them, it was Lee who I first talked to. He was in-charge of the company I was interested in franchising… to tell you the truth… it was a funny experience…."

"Mr. Lee, Mr. Ryo from the Kouyoyama Enterprise is here to see you." The secretary said as Ryo went in the large glass-walled room.

Lee had dark blue hair that was neatly combed. He was wearing a black suite with a dark blue tie.

"Mr. Kouyoyama, it's nice to finally meet you." Lee said as he stretched out his hand for a handshake.

"The pleasures all mine as well." Ryo replied as they shook hands.

"I heard you were interested in franchising one of our restaurants?" Lee asked.

"Oh, yes. I had dinner there with my wife the other night and she was very delighted with the food. I want to give it to her as a wedding gift for our wedding next winter." Ryo said.

"Oh, I see. 'Sozido' is a restaurant my sister made some years ago. But right now, our younger brother is the one taking care of it." Lee answered.

"I see. Why? Did something bad happen to your sister?" Ryo asked.

"Unfortunately, she had an accident two years ago and because of that, she became blind… and worse, lost her memory as well." Lee said sadly.

"That's so sad… I'm really sorry for bringing this topic out. It must've hurt you and your family dearly." Ryo said.

"Yes, it has. My mother died almost five years ago… and so did my grandparents… my older brother, I, my two younger brothers and my sister are the ones taking care of what was left in our family." Lee answered.

Ryo nodded. "I do not wish to be a burden to you, Mr. Lee. But you see-"

"No. our family always had good transactions with each other. Happily, I would like to accept your offer. But first, I still have to ask my sister. I know that she has lost her memory and may be blind but that restaurant is till her property and effort. If you wouldn't mind, maybe you would like to join us for dinner this night at the restaurant. I'll be sure that she'll be there and the rest of my brothers to have the agreement signed." Lee said with a smile.

Ryo smiled back. "Thank you, very much. I will bring my wife along for you to meet."

That Night

"Why do we need to be here, Ryo?" Rika asked.

"I'm going to build a franchise unit of this restaurant." Ryo said.

"What for?" Rika asked once more.

"For your wedding gift." Ryo answered.

Rika smiled. "Really?"

"Yes." Ryo replied.

"Oh, Thank you Ryo!" Rika said happily as she kissed Ryo on the lips. Ryo responded back.

"Ehem,"

Ryo and Rika stopped and turned to see Lee together with another man.

The man was younger than he was and had light-ish brown hair. Both of them were wearing something informal. Lee had a black long sleeved top and pants while the other had a light brown shirt and blue faded pants.

"Mr. Ryo, I'd like you to meet my youngest brother, Tommy. He is the one taking charge of the restaurant."

Tommy and Ryo shook hands.

"This is my wife, Rika." Ryo introduced.

"I heard that you are getting married next winter, congratulations." Tommy said cheerfully.

"Thank you." Rika replied.

Tommy and Lee sat down and opened the menu.

"Have you ordered?" Lee asked.

Ryo shook his head. "Not yet."

"Why don't you order? My brothers and sister may come in late…" Lee said as he opened the menu.

Ryo was about to open the menu but Rika stopped her. "I'd rather wait for your sister, Mr. Lee-"

"Lee would be fine, Ms. Rika."

"Then Rika may be fine as well."

"Alright."

"Good." Rika smiled then added, "I'd want to wait for your sister, Lee. If you don't mind that is… I would really want to talk to her."

"Oh. I see…." Lee looked at Tommy who nodded.

"Sure. Why not? I bet my sister would love to meet you." Lee replied.

"You really love your sister, don't you?" Rika asked.

"Yes. She was separated from us for so long… when she came back to us five years ago, we were so happy. It wasn't an easy task to get close with my grandparents but she went through it with such breeze. It only took her two months to charm my grandparents!" Tommy said.

Ryo looked at Rika.

"And here she is now." Tommy said as both Rika and Ryo looked behind them to see a man who had dark brown hair and pink eyes that was wearing a dark green polo and black pants. He came in first with his hands holding a girl. A girl Ryo and Rika knew so well.

"Sora!" both of them said as they stood up.

Behind Sora was Takuya who was aiding her from behind.

"well, if it isn't Ryo and Rika. How are you?" Takuya asked.

"Damn you! What did you do to Sora!?" Ryo asked angrily.

"Ehem," Lee interrupted as he came in between the two of them.

"Ryo, I want you to meet our big brother, Takuya. Our brother, Takato. And our sister, Yula." Lee said.

"Yula? But she's Sora!" Rika said.

"Yes. We know… but you see… a lot has been happening that you don't know off… that's why we asked you out for dinner… to at least… help us." Takato said.

"Help…you?" Ryo asked.

"Takuya? Takato? Who're you talking to?" Sora asked.

"These are the people who would want to franchise our restaurant, sis." Tommy said.

"Tommy? You're here too?" Sora asked as she reached out for Tommy.

Tommy immediately stood up from his seat and gave Sora his hands and both of them hugged. "Where were you, little brother? You've been gone for so long."

"Well, as usual… I was looking for some place for the restaurant. I know that you want to establish a new one…" Tommy said.

Sora pouted. "I wanted to do that… you didn't have to go out of your way to do it for me, Tommy."

"But I want to."

"No, because I can't." Sora said and turned away.

Rika took her cue and reached for Sora's hand.

"Hi… I'm… I'm Rika… I'm the wife of the person who wants to franchise your restaurant. My husband, Ryo plans to give it to me as a wedding gift." Rika said.

"oh? Really? Oh my, excuse my poor manner. My name is Yula." Sora said.

"Oh. Uhm, Yula. Nice meeting you. Say, what do you think of eating away from all these men… a girl to girl chat, maybe?" Rika offered.

Sora beamed. "Finally. Some time to be alone. You know, Rika… we'll be very good friends…"

"Yes, I think so too." Rika said as she held Sora's hand and walked off.

Takuya and Takato started to sit.

"Aren't you going to sit as well, Ryo?" Takuya asked.

Ryo slowly walked towards the table and sat down.

"What happened to Sora? Is she alright?" Ryo asked worriedly.

"As you can see, she has amnesia… as well as being blind.." Takuya said.

"But… how…? Why?" Ryo asked.

"Have you ever heard of the name Maya Hinagashi?" Lee asked.

"Damn. Her again? What did she do this time?" Ryo asked.

"I think it will be best if we just tell him the whole story, big brother." Tommy said.

Takuya nodded.

"It started off when Sora came back to England five years ago. My brothers and I, loved her dearly from the moment we saw her but as expected, our grandparents did not treat her pretty well. But after a couple of months, Sora was able to win our grandparents hearts and she was accepted in the family." Takuya said.

"Our mother was ecstatic with the news so she planned all of us to have a vacation to Hawaii. The trip didn't go well as planned. The plane my mother, Sora and grandparents were on crashed." Lee said.

"My brothers and I weren't on the plane because we still had business to attend to but we promised our mother and Sora that we would follow. When we heard the news, we searched high and low for them. Turns out, only Sora survived." Takato said.

"Not only that, Sora told us that the four of them were stranded on the island… with little things to survive, she did everything she could to make them alive… but day by day, my grandparents grew weaker and died… even our mother… Sora… Sora was able to see all of these…and she was personally the one who buried them." Tommy explained.

"When we got Sora back, she was all in tears and came in saying sorry to us. We didn't know what to do after that. We tried to tell her that it wasn't her fault but she kept blaming us on it. We suggested that she go and visit Japan and her friends but she didn't want to. She said she'd feel miserable about it." Tommy added.

"Time went by and slowly, she became to be normal Sora… not until that Maya came in and told her that she and Taichi were already married and have a baby." Takuya said.

"That tore Sora's heart into pieces. Finally, when she was getting better, this woman comes into our lives and tears it apart for her again." Lee said angrily.

"Ryo, please understand us that we only want Sora to be happy. She was only with us for a couple of years and all we want for her is to be together." Takato said.

Ryo nodded. "I can understand what you're saying. That Maya was certainly a bitch. So that's where she went when she disappeared for four months."

"She… she was also the one who made the accident…" Tommy added.

"What!? Made the accident!?" Ryo exclaimed.

"She hired some men to do a suicide attack on Sora's car. I think what she wanted was for Sora to die… but, it failed. It only made her blind and forget everything about Japan." Lee said.

"Sora told us before she was on that car, that she was going to Japan to see Tai. She said she knew that whatever Maya was saying was all a lie. She knew Tai better than break a promise."

"We agreed to let her go because we knew that she will be happier that way… but then, this accident occurred. Sora was miserable for who knows how long… she would be screaming or even yell… Ryo, it was total hell for us. Sora was suffering so much and she didn't even know why." Takuya said.

"We wanted to tell her all about Japan and Tai… her friends back there and everything she went through… but… we were afraid that Maya would try to take her life the next time she sees her." Lee said.

"Ryo, we are only protecting Sora from that monster. But now that you were the one who came to us, we want you to answer us clearly… Does… Does Taichi love our Sora?" Takuya asked.

"Even if he is married to that bitch, I could still clearly say that he loves her." Ryo said with a smile.

The four brothers smiled.

"Ryo, we want Sora to get better. The doctor said that she might be able to see again if she had hope inside of her. We know that that light is Taichi… so, if she could just remember him… maybe… maybe she'll get better." Tommy said.

"We know this is too much to ask, Ryo but-" Takato wasn't able to finish what he was about to say when Ryo butted in.

"I'd like to invite you to our wedding. You wouldn't mind, would you?" he asked.

And the four brothers smiled.

"And that's what happened." Ryo said.

Taichi was at a daze when he heard what his beloved Sora had gone though. "That bitch will pay dearly what she did to Sora." He said.

"Looks like you'll be having Sora back again, Tai." Kouji said happily.

"And please, don't screw up…" Yamato said.

TBC