AN: Hm, this chapter was a little late, ne? I started it on Saturday afternoon (sweatdrop). Gomen ne, mina. Hehe, I've been watching so much anime. The subbed, not the dubbed. The dubbed should go to hell x.x (shakes fist) Sorry about this… so much has like happened… and family crap, y'know? So, sorry if the chapter is a little… angry -.-; and read on, readers! Oh, and I don't own Digimon.

TUTORING AND ROLLERBLADE LESSONS

Author: (Princess) Strawberry'd

Genre: Romance, Drama, Humour

Anime: Digimon

Summary: Poor Taichi had fallen fast and hard. So, when he swindles his love, Sora, into tutoring him, will he fall deeper into love, and will she fall in love with him? Won't know till you read!

Chapter Nine

Sora blinked a few times.

"Sora-chan? Are you still there?" A voice said, faintly in her ear.

Sora gazed at the phone she was holding. Italy…?

"H-hai, I'm here."

"So, what do you say? I really miss you, honey." Her mother said.

Sora's hand shook. To go, or not to go?

"M-mom, could I maybe have a few days to think about it?" Sora stammered.

"Oh, sure, whatever your want, honey," she said, sounding disappointed.

"I'll talk to you later, Mom," Sora said, and hung up, her forehead creased.

What am I going to do?

Where the hell is she? Taichi thought, pacing his room, frowning darkly. She better not have skipped on me. I'm gonna…

But his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the doorbell.

Oh, I knew she would come,he thought, happily, in a sudden change of mood.

He opened the door with an open mouth, ready to rebate her about her tardiness, only to find that it wasn't who he was waiting for.

"Toujou?" Taichi said, confused. Toujou Aiko was in one of his classes, right?

"Hai, sorry but," she paused to take a breath. "Have you seen Sora anywhere?"

Taichi frowned. "No, why?"

"Because we had something scheduled today and she hasn't shown up." Aiko explained. "I know she said she had to do something with you, so I came here."

"I haven't seen her." Taichi responded, worried. "Did you go by her house?"

She nodded. "The girl there said that she bolted out of the house after a phone call she had."

"Ok," Taichi said, clenching his teeth. If this was a cheap trick to get out of tutoring… "I'm going to go look for her. You stay in case she comes back."

Aiko nodded and was about to say something, but was pushed out of the way by an irate Taichi.

Sora sighed as she peered over the field. Why did her mother have to call her now? She bit her lip. I don't want to go to Italy… I like it here, with Aiko, and Miyako… and Taichi, she thought, flinching at the last name. No, not Taichi. I could do without him. His stupid bossy attitude and his huge ego… if I didn't see him again, I'd be happy.

But as much as Sora tried to deny it, she knew it wasn't true.

And his big hair… I won't miss that either. And his brown eyes… and his smiles… and, and, Sora buried her face in her hands. She really didn't want to go! But her mother… she couldn't just tell her mother that…

"Hey!" Someone called to her. Sora peeked through her fingers, scowling slightly. She recognized that voice. Who did he think he was, interrupting her thoughts?

"Go away!" She shouted down at him.

"Now, now Sora, don't you think you've scared people enough?" Taichi said, with a small smirk. Not to mention, totally ditched me in the process.

"What do you mean?" Sora asked.

"Your friend, Toujou. She was looking for you because you had to do something or other?" Taichi waved it off with one hand.

"Oh no! Aiko, I completely forgot! With the phone call and that and - " Sora stopped abruptly, remembering who she was talking to.

Taichi was intrigued. "Yes, the phone call…?"

"Go away!" She repeated, folding her arms over her chest, leaning back against the tree trunk.

Mimicking one of Sora's past actions, Taichi stuck out his tongue at her. "Make me, nyahhh!"

"Don't make me get out of this tree, Yagami," Sora warned, but was strangely happy inside.

"Ooh, look at big, bad Sora, using last names at a last resort for an insult." Taichi mocked, grinning all the while.

Sora grinned back. "Yagami, Yagami, Yagami," She sing-songed.

"Takenouchiiiii," Taichi sang back, laughing. "Seriously though, come down."

She pouted (Taichi couldn't help but think of how adorable it made her look). "I don't want to."

"Well then I'm gonna have to." He grinned at her and tugged at a low branch. Taichi started to climb.

About halfway up to where Sora was, Taichi stopped. "Do you really want to stay here?" He asked.

"Yes, please," Sora said, grinning.

He nodded and started to go back down. "Ok,"

Sora gaped at him. He was actually going to do something she told him to? Taichi Yagami? The stubborn-est of all the stubborn?

"W-where are you going?" She blurted.

He looked surprised. "I'm going home. You wanted to stay here, right?"

"Yeah, but,"

Taichi shrugged. "Whatever upset you upset you a lot. You'd usually go tell someone. So I'm going to leave you alone."

"Oh." Sora said, leaning back against the trunk of the tree. "Thank you, then." She smiled down at the figure of Taichi.

He waved. Sora raised her hand and let it drop, feeling a sort of… loneliness, as she watched him walk away.

Aiko rushed up to Taichi as soon as she saw him. "Did you find her?" She asked, breathlessly.

Taichi paused. "No, no I didn't."

"Oh," Aiko said, looking dejected. She was sure that Taichi could find her. After all, they spent so much time together, so wouldn't he know where she would run away to?

"But then again, even if I did, I'm sure she wouldn't want to be found and knowing Sora, would desperately beg me not to tell anyone. And, knowing the gentleman that I am, I, of course, would promise not tell anyone of her whereabouts. I am also sure that wherever Sora might be, she is fine and wouldn't be sitting in a tree, looking over a soccer field, now would she?" Taichi said, suddenly, smirking.

Aiko took a few seconds to process this information. "Oh, no, no she wouldn't." Aiko replied, smiling also. She was happy to know that Sora was ok.

Sora stepped lightly onto the solid ground, wincing a little at her sore muscles. She had sat in that tree all day, to no avail. Sora still did not know what to do about the whole Italy-thing.

She sighed and started for home. Maybe if I sleep on it, She thought, grimly, not wanting to think of it right now.

Review Responses

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Hehe, hi! How y'all doing? Technically, I'm not allowed to say y'all, but screw that lol. Hum… did you guys like the chapter? Lol you don't think the falling-for-Taichi (in Sora's case) is happening too quickly? Ugh, I hate it when I rush things, and I want your honest opinion guys! So yeah.

Ah… yeah, this chapter ended kinda abruptly, hm? And it was shorter, too… Sorry about that guys :) Yeah, so I wanted to ask you guys, what would your preferred length be for a chapter? I know longer is better but like, the minimum? Hehe, me being lazy, you see. ;)

The length of this chapter (just the words of the actual chapter) was about 1000 words. What would you guys want to length to be? I usually do just over 1000, or around 1500 if I have like, lots to write.

Uh, I was going to say something, but I can't really remember what… (sweatdrop) Uhm, do you guys know any good Taiora's out there? Like by good, I mean good grammar, punctuation, spelling, structure and all that? Oh and Takari's too. I can't seem to find them… grr.

Yep, but so like, review! Thanks ;)

And maybe, just maybe, I'll put what Sora's gonna do about the Italy thing in the next chapter. It's obvious what you guys want, right? Hehe, review!

Oh yeah, and in this chapter, I used a few Jap words.

Hai: Yes, ok, alright.
Something-chan: a suffix for someone you like, or a child.
Toujou: A last name for Aiko but like, I took it from Ichigo 100 (percent sign) :) For Aya, I think her name was. ;)

And that's like all. Sorry again for the lateness… wow this author's note is really long... and, once again, REVIEW!