Chapter 28
It had been almost a week since Sora had last seen Jyou. Truthfully, she couldn't care less even if she does see him.
"I'm such an idiot into believing him…" Sora muttered as she started to water the plants in their garden.
"What was wrong into giving someone a chance anyway? I mean… everyone deserves to have a second chance, right?" Sora asked out loud, actually talking to the flowers she was watering.
"Yah, speaking of which, you didn't give Taichi a second chance." She answered herself as she walked to another bush of flowers.
"Sora, what were you thinking!" Sora scolded herself.
"Yah, Sora. What were you thinking! You knew well enough that you really love Tai!" she answered again to herself as she changed her voice.
Then she sighed.
"What was I thinking… Taichi… Taichi was really someone special… and here I go… making our relationship worse. I wonder… what are you doing now, Tai? Are you thinking of me?"
Taichi couldn't believe where he was right now.
"You're suing me?" Taichi asked at Maya.
"Yes, I am! You know well enough than to mess with me, Taichi Yagami." Maya threatened.
Maya expected for Tai to plead her into not doing it but her plan backfired.
"Yes! This is what I need!" Taichi said happily and sarcastically towards Maya as he turned around and started to walk off.
"Where are you going?" Maya asked.
"I'm going to find myself a lawyer. Will that be a crime too?" Taichi asked.
Maya numbly shook her head as Taichi left the room.
'I cant believe this! He's willing to do anything just so he can get me out of his life!' Maya thought angrily.
Then, she took her cell phone from her bag and started to dial a few numbers.
"Hello?" the other line asked.
"Jyou, were you able to do it?" Maya asked.
"Do what?" Jyou asked from the other line.
"You know, get into bed with Sora!" Maya hissed.
There was a moment of pause then, Jyou answered. "I was able to get her into bed with me…but not that long."
"What do you mean?" Maya asked.
"she escaped." Jyou answered.
"She what! How could you of all people, let her loose?" Maya asked angrily.
"She tricked me." Jyou answered once more.
"You? Jyou Kido? Was tricked by a mere fragile woman!" Maya asked sarcastically behind a laugh.
This time, it was Jyou's turn to laugh.
"She didn't loose her memory, Maya… what do you know..? she knows you're the one who intentionally wanted to kill her."
With that, Maya hung down the phone.
"Damn bastard." Maya muttered.
Just then, Taichi entered the room.
"You found yourself a lawyer already, Tai?" Maya asked sweetly and innocently.
'He cant know that Sora had already regained her memory… I have to stay low for a while.'
"Yep, I sure did." Taichi said happily.
"I was able to get two of the best lawyers!" he added with a smirk.
Maya arched her brow. He couldn't have gotten the best lawyer in the country since she was able to get to him first.
"It's Mr. Lee Takenouchi from England and Kouji. You know them right?" he asked with a grin.
Maya had almost gone off her seat.
But decided not to show that she was nervous with this sudden surprise. She had to change her plan…and fast.
"You know well enough that you wont win against me, Tai. You might as well give up… when you do, I'll remove my charges and we could live happily together… if you loose the case, which is obvious, you'll rot in jail… so-"
"I'd rather rot in jail than to bed with you again, Maya. I've had enough of you." Taichi spat as he turned to walk away once more.
Taichi was able to finally get out of prison that day, thanks to-
"Takuya. Thanks for bailing me out there." Taichi said as he and Takuya shook hands with him.
"It wasn't my wish to set you free, Taichi." Takuya replied with a small nod.
Taici arched a brow.
"You know better of me than to actually help you." Takuya added.
Taichi nodded back.
"Then, why did you help me?" Taichi asked in confusion.
Takuya rolled his eyes and started to walk away. When he was a few feet away, he threw a set of keys towards Taichi and waved goodbye.
Taichi looked more confuse.
"What is that guy thinking about!" he asked as he looked at the key.
"A condo key?" he asked himself as he looked around. Then shrugged as he put the keys inside his pockets and walked.
Yamato put the phone down and turned to look at Mimi.
"what happened, Yama?" Mimi asked.
"It seems that Taichi was finally able to go out of jail." Yamato replied.
"That's great! But… you don't seem too happy." Mimi said.
"Ryo was the one on the phone and he said that Taichi will be on trial tomorrow." Yamato explained.
"Trial? For what?" Mimi asked.
"Maya's injuries." Yamato replied.
"Maya had injuries?" Mimi asked.
Yamato sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I think she inflicted it herself."
"But it's a tough case… Maya has a lot of power over a lot of things… we just hope that whoever the judge is…he wouldn't be some corrupt official." Yamato said sadly.
Mimi moved towards her husband and gave him a hug from behind.
"I'm sure everything will be alright, Yama… it always had." Mimi said comfortingly.
Yamato nodded. "I just hope Kouji and Lee could do this… I… I just want Taichi to be finally happy, you know. Is that so much to ask?"
"No, Yama… I know you've been best friends with Taichi for so long… and believe me… Taichi will be happy again."
"I hope so."
Taichi had finally arrived in the condominium Takuya had given him. So the first thing he did was to take a bath.
"I haven't taken a bath for almost a week! I must've stink a lot." Taichi said as he went in the shower.
'Sora… I wonder… how are you…?' he thought with a smile.
But his smile literally disappeared when he thought, 'He must be very happy with Jyou…'
"But I couldn't blame her… I didn't wait for her to return… so… its only fair that…"
but Taichi banged his fist on the tiled wall.
"NO! it's wrong! Sora… I… I still love you… I will always love you! You're… you're everything to me!" Taichi said in anguish as he cried to himself.
He sunk down to the floor of the shower stall and cried.
"Sora… I really miss you… I miss you so much! I… I want to hold you in my arms again… to feel your touch…to see you… to talk to you… to see your smile…"
then he cried once more, tears he saved up from the last eight years.
"Mr. Lee… we have just gathered the information you want us to gather, sir."
"Good. Please make a Xerox copy of it and send it to Kouji."
"Yes, sir."
After a few hours inside the bathroom, Taichi went out of the heated place, wearing nothing else except a white cloth around his waist.
He walked around the room and felt that something wasn't right, so he looked around.
Seeing that nothing seemed wrong, he walked towards the closet to get something to wear. Once he was able to do so, he placed it on the bed. He was about to unbutton his polo, when he felt a looming shadow behind him.
So, with all his strength, he pulled the person behind and pinned him on the bed.
And for the first time since eight years ago, he saw the red ruby eyes once more, looking straight at him.
"Where did Yula go?" Tommy asked as he came down the stairs.
"She said she had to do something and will be gone for a while." Takato replied.
"What? What if that Jyou did something to her again?" Tommy asked angrily.
"Don't worry about it, little brother. Yula and I have a connection… and I know that she's in a good shape." Takato replied.
"which is where?" Tommy asked.
"She's with Taichi."
Both Takuya and Tommy turned around to see Takuya who just entered the living room.
"So- I mean, Yula! What are you doing here?" Taichi asked nervously yet, happily as he helped Yula get up.
"My brother said that you were staying here…he gave me the spare key…. I… I want to talk to you… will that be alright?" Yula asked.
"Sure! No problem!" Taichi replied happily as he and Yula were standing face to face.
Yula smiled.
Taichi smiled wider.
He could never be happier.
"Since… when were you here?" Taichi asked out of the blue.
"About five hours ago." Yula replied.
"Oh…five hours ago…. Five hours ago? So, when I arrived, you were already here?" Taichi asked.
Yula nodded. "I was in the kitchen, cooking something for you to eat. You seemed really pre occupied with what you were doing so, I didn't bother disturbing you."
Taichi blushed beet red.
"You heard everything I said about you? Uh, I mean… about Sora?" Taichi asked, half shouting.
Yula nodded and smiled.
"You really loved her didn't you?" Yula asked.
Taichi meekly nodded.
"Heck… Sora and you are the same… but, what can I do? You're Yula now… even if I do love Sora… I couldn't just ask her to get back, right?" Taichi said with his famous grin as his eyes moved away from Sora.
But before he could think of anything else to say,
Yula kissed him on the lips.
Jyou looked at Sora picture insanely as he traced Sora's face with his finger.
He smiled.
"Sora… Sora… Sora…"
then, he pulled pulled the picture away from the frame and a small picture fell from it.
It was a picture of Taichi.
"You took her away from me… and you will pay."
"So- I mean, Yula?" Taichi asked, uncertainly.
But with one look into Yula's eyes, Taichi saw the difference right away.
"Sora!" Taichi cried happily as he brought Sora to his arms and dangles her around.
"Hey, Tai." She greeted back.
Taichi set her back to the ground. "When did you get your memory back?"
"I never lost my memory, Tai." Sora replied simply.
"Great! You finally got your memory back and-" Taichi said happily but stopped when he realized what Sora just said.
"What?" he asked.
"I said, I never lost my memory." Sora replied with a smile.
"Sora! Do you know-" Taichi started his angry burst towards Sora but stopped when Sora had intentionally pulled his towel that was blocking "his manhood".
Taichi went wide-eyed and immediately covered it, running towards the bathroom.
Sora laughed and yelled at him, "I never knew they were that big, Tai!"
When Taichi was finally decent enough to talk to Sora, both of them sat on the living room couch.
"I don't understand, Sor... If you never lost your memory...then...why...?" Taichi asked.
Sora simply nodded and just looked back at Taichi.
"I heard that you were engaged with Maya...that was why I intended to go back. But before I could even go to you, she had come for me. I tried calling you a lot of times, Tai. Writting you letters, leaving messages on your telephone...everything. I wanted to tell you that I had an accident and I was still trying to get better...so I could see you again. But Maya had found out and she came running after me. I had to hide... but I didnt tell me brothers. I had an accident... and I made them believe I lost my memory so Maya wouldn't come after me and my family. But my plan backfired when you married her... I-"
"It's alright Sor... I know."
and with that, Taichi hugged her.
TBC
