BLJ: Guess who's back? Yes it is I BLJ!

Tai: -tackles- Do you know how long I've been waiting? The anxiety you have caused me! Here I am waiting by the river and you don't appear to tell the rest of the story! -hypervantalates-

Yamato: Easy there boy!

BLJ: -sweatdrops- Well...I errr...look over there it's a dancing monkey! -dashes away-

Tai: -turns around- Hey there's no monkey! BLJ? Where'd you run off to now? -disappears with sledgehammer-

Yamato: -looks nervously at readers- Erm, well not quite used to having the spotlight on me. Oh well, while those two work out their differences and catch up on old good times here's the next chapter!

BLJ: -runs past screen- I do NOT own Digimon and at the moment though I would like to! Now if you'll excuse me! -runs knocking stuff over-

Taichi paced back and forth in his chambers. He closed his eyes rehearsing what he was going to say once he got to the river. His mind dwelled on the possibility of the young brunette not even attending. Of course he wouldn't blame her, afterall he had tresspassed on her family's property and practically forced her to hear him out. Sighing he grabbed his usual blue cape and tied it to his neck as he headed out into the halls.

"Taichi!" called Hikari from down the hall. Tai turned around and waited for his sister to catch up to where he stood at. "Taichi where were you last night during dinner?"

"Oh erm, did Daisuke not come here and tell you I was eating out with Koushiro?" he asked in return.

"Well no he did not come by, but I went to find him. He said you were out hunting,"she replied.

"Yes we were! But you see, we ate our catch and so I did not eat here," he replied getting a bit nervous.

Hikari studied her brother. Of course she knew where he had been, but wanted to see if he could get it out of him. "Hmmm, what did you happen to catch?"

"Deer," he immediatly replied.

"Oh. Well I just wanted to know. You know it felt kind of empty without you at the table," she smirked. "Lots of left overs..."

"Well I'll keep that in mind next time I deciede to miss out," he replied and smiled. Hikari just shook her head and turned around soo disappearing from sight. Letting out a sigh of relief he continued on his way towards the stables. His mind too busy racing with thoughts to even notice that he was being watched.

"Yamato there is something I would like to tell you. This is not easy for me to tell you but... I know you never did get along well with mother, but well the real reason I came here earlier then arranged was because mother died," young Takeru stood firm and straight as he spoke. "Oh it's no use!" he finally sighed and sat down on his bed.

He looked up at the mirror that stood in front of him. Appearntly practicing in front of a mirror did not work for him. Perhaps he should just not tell his older brother about their mother's death. Afterall the crowned prince did have many duties and probably had enough to worry about. He sighed once more. He needed to clear his mind.

Pushing the dilema about facing his brother aside, he began to think about that girl he met the other night. What was her name? Oh yes, Hikari Yagami, daughter of Sir Luther. He couldn't help but to smile. The young girl was indeed quite beautiful and nice for that matter. She had told him that if he was ever in need of anything, even just someone to talk to she would be there. It was her way of saying thanks for his good deed. At the moment, that was exactly what he needed. A friend.

The sun shined down on the passing river as it flowed gently on with it's natural course. The occasional chirp of birds was heard among the few trees surrounding the thirst clenching waters. Watching the grass rustle with the wind and the river pass by was a none other than Mimi. She still hadn't the slightest idea what she was doing there. She knew what would happen if she had gone to the river. She would of course bump into Taichi. So why had she gone there?

The answer was not clear in her mind. All she knew was that she was there, and that there was no turning back. She sighed and closed her eyes letting the soft wind gently toss her hair around.

Taichi gulped upon seeing the young girl. Never did he actually think she would show up, and now that she had he completely froze. What was wrong with him? Why was he feeling like this when he was supposed to hate the girl's guts because of her family? No, Taichi you have to go on. There's no turning back!

Slowly he jumped off his black stallion. For a minute he stood there in awe at her peacefulness. Should he really intrude? Making a final decesion he took the steps nessesary to be in front of her. "So you came..."

Opening her eyes Mimi found the bushy haired boy stand in front of her. She merely nodded. The last thing she would do is just start talking to him as if they were the best of friends. Her eyes immediatly darted towards the ground, and there was silence. Taichi not knowing what to say either simply sat down next to her. His chocolate brown eyes looking at the sky and the passing river.

He had to speak. Otherwise what would be the whole point of him having asked her to be there? "Listen I am sorry about how I tresspassed on your land," he apologized and looked at her. Again she did not reply nor look at him for that matter. It was as if she was in her own little world. Taichi smirked as he remembered the first day had actually seen each other. "So I look like a pig?"

"Parden?"Mimi asked being caught completly off gaurd.

"That's what you said I looked like when we were little...remember here?"he asked.

"Oh,yes,"she said and slowly began to smile. Now that she thought about it the whole pig comment had been a lame one from her. Then again she was little and that was the only thing that had popped into her head.

"And I asked you if you always ran home to your daddy and you said---"

"Yes. The only reason I said that was because I actually couldn't think of anything else to say," Mimi cut him off wihtout even relizing it,"But you did deserve it for pushing me off that rock and getting me more muddy!"

"Alright perhaps the pig comment yes, but the head and hair one no," he said remembering the other rude comment she had made.

"Well it is the truth. I mean just look at your hair and then at your head," she began and Tai twitched slightly. "Actually it is still pretty uneven perhaps even more."

At this Taichi immediatly pushed her off the rock. Mimi stopped herself from falling and turned to look at him. It appeared that Mimi was angry and would run away, but instead to both of their surprises she just took some mud from the ground and threw it at him. The bushy haired boy stared at her in disbelief. A smirk slowly spread across his face as he too took some mud in his hands.

"No! Yagami do not even think about---agh!" Mimi screamed as the mud hit her cheek. Oh that was it. She quickly took some more and threw it at him, and began to run so he wouldn't catch her. Taichi smiled and began to chase her with the mud in his hands. Both appeared to be little kids who took mud as an excuse of a game.

After a while of chasing each other Taichi finally caught Mimi, but she tripped causing them both to fall onto the ground. Tai ontop of Mimi. Both began to laugh as if they had known each other for a long time. The laughing soon stopped though as their eyes met. Silence took over, and without even realizing their lips met as they shared a first kiss. Both stared at each other not believing what had happened.

"I must go..."Mimi said as Tai got off her and both stood up.

"Please don't go," he pleaded looking at her with sad eyes. The young brunette didn't reply. All she did was look at his eyes and turn around, heading back towards the village center. Tai stood there, his black stallion behind him.

Sora stood daydreaming by her stand until a loud voice crept into her thoughts. "Excuse me miss, but are you Miss Takenouchi?" yelled a frusterated Jyou.

"What? Oh yes I am. Sorry, but how may I help you sire?" she asked going a bit red at her ignorance.

"Well this is an invitation for you and your father. It is from the royal palace for both of you to attend a masked ball. The whole village is actually invited," the young man spoke.

"Oh a ball? How lovely! Of course we shall attend," Sora exclaimed as she took the rolled up piece of parchment. She titled her head a bit as she looked at him. "I'm sorry, but have we met before?"

"Erm, no," he replied.

"Hmmm, you seem familiar. Perhaps from a dream or something...I'm sorry here I am talking about my dreams," she said and shook her head. Jyou gave a weak smile and turned around. A dream? Did people actually have dreams about him? He stopped and glanced back only to frown. Whatever the dream had been about probably wasn't important...

"Oh Taichi, are you by any chance going to that masked ball the king is throwing?" Sora asked the brown haired boy eagerly.

"Ball? Haven't heard about it, but I'm sure I will...tell me do you know who is invited?" he asked not really concentrated on what she was telling him.

"Well that man said just about everyone," she replied.

"Really? Well then I probably will, if you'll excuse me..."he said and headed towards the village's church having seen his dear friend Izumi enter. Sora just nodded a bit unhappy though.

The church was quite big, yet empty making it look even bigger. "Pst, Koushiro!" he hissed as he appraoched the red head.

"Tai? What are you doing here? Wait what happened, did you go to the river?" he asked.

Taichi nodded,"And you won't believe what happened."

"Well what happened?" his friend asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Well at first it was silent and nothing happened, but then we began to talk and well..."

"On with it man!"

"I kissed her, well she kissed me, actually I think I was the one that started it but---" he stopped and his eyes widened. "She's here, I can't let her see me I think I offended her!"

Koushiro turned around, but was dragged by his best friend. "Why me too?"

"Because she knows you are my friend!"

"And?"

"Just quickly you hide in there and I'll hide over there," Tai said as he shoved Koushiro into one of the confessionary and he himself hid by the curtains.

BLJ: Sorry it might suck a bit, but hey I figured it was better to just update it.

Tai: Suck? How can it suck when I got to kiss Mimi?

BLJ: -rolls eyes before relizing Tai is still holding a sledge hammer- AH! -runs-