I'm What
By theladyknight
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or The Princess Diaries
A/N: Here's chapter 4. Just to restate, Sora's character is based off of her own from Digimon and also Mia Thermopolis's from The Princess Diaries…so there's a reason she may be out of character. Sora's father has arrived in this chapter. Please review and thanks to everyone who does.
Raine189: Thanks for all the reviews. Yeah, the schedule kind of is based off my school, though it's being changed for the worse for this year. And also the books are written as a diary, so I thought I'd stick to that.
Dragongirl18: I'm glad you like it! Thanks for reviewing!
AnnMari123: Thanks! The books are pretty good and the movie's not bad either!
Sorato4eva: Thank you. I hope ur arm doesn't hurt anymore…
Crazyamzy: Yeah, I could see Mimi doing something like this—that's one of the things the girls in the book do.
Chapter 4: Of Snowstorms, Truth-or-Dare, and Surprises
Sunday October 14My Room
To say my tutoring session at the Ishida's was one of the best times in my entire sixteen years would be an understatement. A very big understatement. I left my place at 6:25. It takes me a whole two minutes to walk out the door, across the street and into their apartment so I knew I'd get there with plenty of time to spare.
However, the outside conditions and temperatures definitely were not what I was expecting. I held out my hand and looked to the sky as gigantic snowflakes came falling down on downtown Chicago and me. I had remembered hearing the weatherman say there would be a chance for some snow today, but I never really believed he would be right.
I know, snow in mid October, something that rarely ever happens this time of year is pretty hard to believe.But recently we've been experiencing a very cold spell, particularly in the evenings and at night. Snow had been predicted everyday, and it seems today it finally decided to do that. The sidewalk was already covered in quite the amount, and it appeared more was coming down.
I arrived at the Ishida's front door precisely at 6:30. Mrs. Ishida opened the door and welcomed me with a hug. "Sora, it's so good to see you again. Takeru has told me nothing but good things about the help you've given him in school, and Yamato usually has a few words to say about you too." She smiled.
Hearing her last comment, I'm sure my face looked like a cherry. Yamato talks about me? I wonder what he says? "It has been a long time. I haven't been here for a good two years."
Mrs. Ishida checked her watch. "I've got to be going. Hopefully you can help Takeru out with his algebra. He really needs to get a good grade on his make-up test. I'm meeting my husband for supper at Jacque's restaurant. You should remember where everything is, so feel free to help yourself to anything. And you can leave whenever you're done." She opened the door. "Once again, thank you so much Sora."
"It's no problem." I answered. "Have a good time, and I hope it stops snowing."
"Me too. Bye." She replied shutting the door.
I walked into the kitchen to find Takeru sitting at the table with his algebra materials in front of him. "Hey Sora."
"Hey Takeru. What happened? I though you understood everything we had gone over."
"I thought I had too, but I got the test back, and let's just say it wasn't pretty."
I smiled sympathetically. "Let's try it again." Takeru and I began going over the chapter he needed to relearn. His problem became evident when I opened his notebook to check the notes he'd been taking in class.
Takeru flushed bright crimson as I read the words, Takeru loves Hikari. Takeru &Hikari equals love. And Hikari Ishida.
"No wonder you did so horrible on your last test, Takeru. This is what you've been concentrating on the whole time."
"I try not to, I really do, but I just can't help myself."
Smiling knowingly, I put a hand on his shoulder. "Then maybe you should do something about it."
"She probably doesn't like me…" he trailed off. God, boys are so dense when it comes to girls.
That set me off laughing. "Believe me, you don't need to worry about that." I answered giving the blond a wink. His face immediately lit up with excitement.
"Okay then, maybe we should celebrate by…" his face blanched as he remembered what we'd been talking about earlier, "getting back to Algebra."
I laughed again and twenty-five minutes later, we had finished the last of the chapter and were positive he understood everything. While putting his books back in his bag, Takeru stopped at the window. "Holy shit! Look, Sora!"
I rushed over to the window and my mouth fell down at the sight. It was completely white outside, and the window was almost covered in a very thick layer of snow. We could barely see out it. "Oh my Lord."
"You're telling me!" A voice exclaimed as we heard the door slam. Takeru and I turned our gaze to the door to see three people covered in snow and beginning to resemble snowmen.
Underneath all the snow, however, I saw some large spiky brown hair sticking up from one of the individuals and a flash of blond from another. "Taichi? Yamato?" I asked hesitantly.
"Don't forget about me!" piped the youngest of the three snowmen.
"Hikari!" Takeru exclaimed, earning a snicker from the two older boys. "What are you doing here."
"I live here, dork." Yamato kidded as he invited the other two in, cranking up the heat. "Seriously, squirt, Taichi and I were hanging out at the arcade and then picked Hikari up from one of her friend's house. We didn't realize how bad it was outside until we tried moving my car. This was the closest place so basically we're stuck here until the snow stops."
He, Hikari, and Taichi all took off their soaked coats, gloves and hats, looking remarkably dry and comfortable. The phone rang, interrupting our discussion. "Ishidas." Takeru answered. "Yeah, Mom. You are, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah, Yama's here, so are Sora, Taichi, and Hikari. We will Mom." Takeru sighed. "Of course. Yeah, yeah, uh huh. Bye mom." He hung up the phone, shaking his head.
"What'd Mom want?" Yamato asked.
"She and Dad are stuck at Jacque's. No one is being let out due to the storm. According to the news, we're in the middle of this big storm right now. About everything is closed up. The three of you," he said indicating the two Yagamis and myself, "aren't supposed to leave. You're also supposed to call your parents, and let them know you're spending the night here and that you're out of harm's way. And Yamato, you're supposed to gather up blankets, flashlights, and other supplies. Mom thinks the power's going to go out."
Hikari reached for the phone and dialed her house. While she began talking to her mom, Taichilet out a laugh. "Come on. It's one thing for us to get a freak snowstorm, but the power going off..."
"Well, it's not really a freak snowstorm." I added. "They've been predicting some snow for quite some time. And it's been really cold out for the past week."
"But still…" Taichi began.
"Ignore him," Yamato spoke up stepping toward us and smiling at me. "In typical Taichi fashion, he has no idea what he's talking about."
"Hey!" Taichi injected. "As I was saying before, it's not like the lights are going to go out…" unfortunately he spoke too soon. "What the hell!" Taichi shrieked, and though I couldn't see him, I heard a loud noise.
"Ugh, big brother get off me!" Hikari exclaimed as another loud sound could be heard. We all assumed she had thrown Taichi on the floor.
I felt a hand grab mine and squeeze it. "Sora?" Yamato questioned.
"Yeah." I whispered back. Okay, maybe it's a good thing the power's out, and no one can she how red my face is!
"Guys," Yamato began, "let's split up and gather up some supplies. I have a feeling this will be an interesting night. Takeru, I want you, Hikari, and Taichi to gather up some blankets since you're closest to the bedrooms and living room. Sora and I will get candles and flashlights. Let's all meet back in the living room when we've got everything." The others murmured yes, and Yamato kept my hand in his, leading me in the direction of their closet.
We walked in silence. I felt stupid, I mean seriously, here I am, a lowly sophomore, nothing special walking hand in hand with one of the most popular seniors. How shallow does that sound? Wanting to break the ice, I finally decided on a topic. "I never expected we'd get this much snow."
"You're telling me. But I am guessing tonight will definitely be interesting." He suddenly laughed. "Well, interesting may be too light of a word for the situation." We reached the closet after only bumping into one thing, and Yamato managed to get the door open. "If I remember right, there are flashlights and candles around here somewhere." Yamato reached around on one of the shelves and suddenly grabbed something. He held it under his chin and with a click, his face was illuminated.
He grinned at me. "This should make things easier." I managed to respond though his eyes almost put me in a trance.
Together with the help of the flashlight, we found the candles, matches, and two other flashlights to take back to the others. As we walked by the kitchen and I looked the refrigerator, something hit me. "Yamato, what are we going to do about the frozen food and the stuff in there?"
"Damn it. I completely forgot about it. Guess we're going to have to eat it." He smirked. "It won't last us more than an hour with Taichi around." Yamato and I went through the refrigerator and freezer, finding the food and drinks the five of us would need to consume so they wouldn't spoil. Amongour choices of actually edible food were some chocolate milk, leftover lasagna, yogurt, leftover pizza, some browned meat, Popsicles, and best of all: three tubs of ice cream, one of chocolate chip cookie dough, the next of chocolate marshmallow, and the last full of mint chocolate chip.
"Don't even begin to ask why we have so much ice cream." Yamato said, shaking his head. "It's a long story." We were about to walk into the living room when the gorgeous blond got an idea. "Wanna help me scare the living shit out of Taichi?"
I grinned. "What do you have in mind?"
A minute later, the two of us were quietly tiptoeing into the living room where the others were waiting for us. Yamato shut off the flashlight and took my hand again, guiding me through so we wouldn't hit any chairs or people, spoiling his little plan. Taichi, we had realized before, was sitting in their recliner trying to get Takeru and Hikari to laugh at his joke, but from what I heard of it, he'd be lucky if anyone would want to laugh at the stupid joke.
Yamato let go of my hand as we each stood on one side of the recliner, holding onto one flashlight apiece. At the same time, we leapt in front of Taichi and turned on our flashlights, which were held under our chins, and shouted "Boo!"
Taichi screamed and leaped into the air over the back of the chair. Yamato and I burst into laughter, soon joined by Takeru and Hikari. Once he realized it was only us, Taichi finally managed to keep himself from having a heart attack. "Boy Yagami, you may want to consider quitting soccer and joining the track team." Yamato roared.
"That or gymnastics." I laughed. We somehow got our wits back and handed out candles, lighting them and placing them throughout the room. "The food's served." I announced pulling out the food Yamato and I had stuffed into a plastic sack in order to keep it out of our way.
Just like the oldest blond had promised, after an hour there was hardly any food left. Taichi had consumed a good half of it while the other four of us split the rest. Though it was cold, the ice cream definitely was the best part. "What now?" Hikari asked, checking her watch now that we could finally see. "It's just about 9:00. We need something to do."
"I'll tell us a story!" Taichi exclaimed. "I know this really, really good one." The rest of us all sighed in unison. The other three had all been subject to Taichi's storytelling, and I had heard rumors of it from Hikari...
An hour later I yawned as Taichi finally got to the conclusion of his story. "And that is why, to this day, you should never ever cross a poodle with an alligator."
"Where did he come up with that?" I asked Hikari who was sitting next to me. We were in a circle. Hikari was next to me, Taichi was on her right, then came Yamato, Takeru, and finally me.
"I'm afraid to ask." She responded shaking her head. We looked over at the two blondes who it appeared had finally woken up from the nap they had started five minutes into the story. "We need something better to do. I know!" Hikari exclaimed. "Let's play truth or dare!"
"Alright." Taichi grumbled. Takeru and I both nodded in agreement. Truth or dare sounded better than listening to Taichi explain the cross-breeding tactics of poodles and alligators.
"I'm game." Yamato responded.
"Go ahead and start us off, Hikari." Her brother said.
"Wait a minute." I interrupted. "We need to establish some ground rules. Number one, nothing illegal. Number two, you can't ask the person who asked you, and number three, we'll go two times each because you boys have never played with Hikari. She can be very dangerous on the dares, and you can decide after two times if you still want to play."
"Agreed." Taichi said. "Let's go."
Hikari smiled. "Sora, truth or dare?"
I knew she would choose me. Her dares were usually pretty embarrassing so I decided to play it safe. "Truth."
"Most embarrassing moment."
"When I was twelve, I was eating lunch with my grandma and dad at my dad's summer home in the Bahamas and some friends of my grandma were there. One of my Grams' friends was really fat, and I made the mistake of asking her when the baby was due. Oh my God, I got into so much trouble for that!"
"You are so lucky, Sora." Takeru said jealously. "Your dad owns his own home in the Bahamas. All our dad owns is a cabin on the lake."
"It's not that luxurious. His house on Prince Philippe's Isle is magnificent, though I've never seen it." I admitted.
"You've never been to your father's home?" Taichi asked.
"No." I responded. "Every summer when I visit we spend it at our house in the Bahamas. Even then I hardly see my dad; he's usually away on business."
Hikari spoke up. "What's your dad do anyway?"
"Something with the government. I don't know exactly."
Yamato laughed. "The way you talk, it sounds like your dad is king or something." He paused. "And that would make you a princess."
I laughed too. "Don't you think my own dad would tell me if he was king? And besides, I could never be princess. I'm not pretty. Taichi, truth or dare?"
"Dare me!" he exclaimed boldly. I walked out to the kitchen and grabbed Mrs. Ishida's low fat banana yogurt, her soymilk, and the head of broccoli Yamato and I had left to spoil in the refrigerator.
"Eat this, dipped in this." I said, tearing the milk carton so I could pour the yogurt in. Taichi gulped and broke off a piece of broccoli. He hesitated at first and then ate it. Surprisingly, he grabbed some more broccoli, and five minutes later everything was gone.
"That was pretty good." He admitted.
The rest of us gasped. "You mean you actually liked it?" Hikari questioned.
"What's not to like? Banana yogurt, good! Soymilk, good! And broccoli…not bad! I'm definitely going to have to remember the recipe! Truth or dare, Hikari."
"Truth."
"What's the biggest lie you ever told Mom and Dad?"
Hikari flushed. "That would be the time when Mrs. White babysat us, and I kind of flushed her purse down the toilet but told Mom and Dad you did it."
"Is that why I was grounded and had to go without dessert for two weeks?" Taichi exploded. Hikari smiled meekly. "That was the worst two weeks of my life—no dessert!"
"Um, Yamato, truth or dare?"
"Truth." He answered remembering what I'd said earlier.
"If it was the end of the world and there were only two humans alive, you and someone else from this room, who would it be?"
Yamato looked pensive. "Not Taichi, he'd be too annoying. Sorry, Hikari, but you're out too. Takeru would be too lovesick…" he trailed off giving his brother a cheeky grin, "I'd have to say Sora. Yep, I get along with Sora, and she'd definitely be better to look at everyday than Taichi or Takeru."
"Not to mention you two would be able to repopulate the planet…" Taichi trailed off, only to be hit by a pillow by both Yamato and I. He picked me! Oh my God; I bet he was just being nice…
"Keru, truth or dare."
"Truth." Taichi coughed, and the word wimp could be heard.
"Tell Hikari how you really feel about her."
Takeru gulped, and he knew he couldn't get out of it. He turned to face her and said very clearly. "I like you a lot, Hikari. Taichi, truth or dare."
"Dare."
"Put on one of my mom's nightgowns and sing Madonna's 'Like A Virgin'." (A/N: Not mine!)
Taichi turned a very unusual shade of purple but nonetheless, got the nightgown on and got up, torturing us all with his singing. That was a laugh. Taichi then dared Yamato to sing D12's 'My Band' (A/N: Not mine either!), Yamato's least favorite song.
Yamato made Hikari tell Takeru she was crazy about him, too, and then Hikari dared her new boyfriend to take her to a chic flick next weekend. Then came my last turn. "Truth or dare, Sora." Takeru asked.
"Dare." I decided though that was a BIG mistake. "I dare you to sit on my brother's lap until the power comes back on." The other three all laughed as I, hoping I wasn't blushing too badly, got up and after getting the okay from Yamato, sat down on his lap.
Hikari yawned and rested her head against Takeru. "I'm tired, guys. Let's call it a night." We heard the sound of snores and looked over to find Taichi already fast asleep.
"Goodnight." Yamato whispered to his younger brother and younger brunette, only to find them asleep as well. "Well, goodnight then." Yamato whispered in my ear. I was about to get off his lap when he whispered, "You would make a good princess, Sora, and you are pretty enough to be one." He muttered the last part so softly I barely hard it.
I blushed bright red completely forget my plan to get off his lap. He's just being nice. I felt myself fall back into a pair of muscular arms andbreathed in a heavenly scent, sleep taking over me too.
The next morning I was the first one awake. I saw a light coming form the kitchen and realized the power was back on. I went to stand up but realized I was stuck. Looking down, Ifigured outwhy. Yamato's strong arms were wrapped tightly around me, and his head was rested against mine. I blushed again but decided to get some more sleep. I didn't mind the position we were stuck in.
Two hours late, everyone was awake and the streets were finally clear. After thanking Takeru and Yamato for letting us stay, the Yagamis and I left. When I got home, I explained to my mom where I had been and then rushed up here to write all about it. Now, I only have to wait one more day before my dad comes and reveals this "surprise".
Monday October 15Bathroom of Dad's Hotel
I think I'm gonna be sick. I don't understand how this could be possible. Dad just told me what the surprise is.
You would think a father would let his daughter know one of the most important facts about her life as soon as possible. Not my dad.
"Sora, it's good to see you." He smiled, hugging me as I walked into his very expensive hotel suite. "There's something I need to tell you."
Well it turns out there's another reason my father was so concerned about his cancer. Now he cannot, though he hasn't married or doesn't have a steady girlfriend, have any more kids. Sorry, did I say kids, I meant HEIRS! That when he broke the news to me. He is the KING of Prince Phillipe's Isle. And that makes me…a PRINCESS…
A/N: Please review!