Yahoo! Second chapter up! I was so hooked up on writing outlines for future chapters that I almost forgot that I have to type them first before I could post them, silly me. Well anyway I would like to thank the people who reviewed the first chapter. Don't worry Dark Metal Angel that is what I'm actually planning to do.
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon or any of its characters.
Ghikij: Enough with me babbling and lets' get back to the story.
Chapter 2: "The Game"
Tai and Ken are really in a hurry now, it's already 7:50 pm and the game starts at 8:00. Tai almost beat the red lights a couple of times now and Ken wished that he should go slower. Driving 80 mph in a crowded town was not REALLY safe.
"Tai, slow down I still want to make it alive for the championship game even if we're late!" Ken shouted to Tai, who didn't really paid attention since he was listening to the radio which was playing a rock song.
Tai owns a black Jaguar sports car (AN: I don't know a lot about cars so I'm not going to describe it any further) which he bought last month. That is the gain of having two jobs, being a rock star and being a soccer team coach; it takes a lot of time though. He heard Ken screamed at him and decided to turn off the radio.
"Don't worry your safe in my hands, Emperor." Tai joked.
"Ha ha, very funny." Ken sarcastically replied.
Tai just smiled and then turned his attention back on the road.
'He is still the daredevil I know, heck, even Davis wouldn't be this careless even if he tried' Ken thought, then he remembered the small talk that he and the other younger DDs had a few days ago.
FLASHBACK
"So Tai, Matt and Sora are living with you guys now?" Yolie ask her friends Tk and Kari.
"Well actually we are the ones who are going to live them during summer break, besides I have to be with matt all the time for band practice." Tk said.
"Well Tai is going to be glad that you're going to be there Kari, I mean he is living with two lovebirds in that apartment." Ken said.
"That is why I want to spend the semester break there. I want to spend some time with my brother since he might be the odd one out in that house." Kari said.
"But Kari, you are bringing Tk there, isn't that going to make him feel more the odd one out?" Yolie asked.
"No, we agreed not to act like couple in the apartment." Tk answered the question for Kari who is looking down on the ground.
(AN: I forgot to tell you that this story has Takari and Kenyako.)
"Okay, but why? I mean you never thought about doing this till now, what is the real reason?" Yolie asked again but Kari remained silent, Yolie knew that when Kari is like this there is something wrong.
"Do you think he is… never mind." Yolie didn't finish the statement because it will just bring unwanted confusion.
END OF FLASHBACK
(AN: I'm warning you people there is no Yaoi and Yuri in this story.)
Ken looked at Tai to try to find proof for his girlfriend's statement.
'He really looks contented with his life now, I guess Kari just worries too much,' Ken thought then he noticed something, more like felt something. 'There is some kind of disappointed or sadness in his eyes but I guess that is only because were late to one of the most important event in our lives.' Ken thought to himself, 'It's just their imagination.'
Tai never slowed down with his driving even though there are people around. Ken just spends the whole time clinging on the passenger seat hoping that he won't get thrown off the convertible. Soon enough, and to Ken's relief, they reached the stadium unscathed.
Ken's head was still spinning when Tai jumped off the car.
"Yo dude, we have about… 40 seconds to get ready. Come on, hurry let's go." Tai yelled before running to meet his team.
"COACH!" cried the Odaiba University White Tigers as soon as they saw their coach in the locker room.
"Hey guys sorry I'm late, I lost track of time in the band today so…" Tai tried to explain until someone cut him off.
"Come on Tai, your making the same excuses Matt does now." Davis laughed.
"Yeah, I guess I'm hanging around blondes too much. Okay did you guys do your warm-ups already?" Tai asked.
"Yeah!" The tigers answered.
"You ready to play!" Tai asked again this time a bit louder.
"Yeah!" the tigers shouted.
"You ready to drown those falcons!" Tai shouted encouraging his team.
"YEAH!" the tigers responded, getting pumped up.
"Then let's go and BE CHAMPIONS WHITE TIGERS!" Tai shouted on the top his lungs.
"TIGERS GO!" the players shouted then ran into the field.
"Thanks a lot for waiting for me to finish changing before you let the team go, I need the pep talk too you know." Ken said still putting on his jersey. (AN: Ken is a soccer player too.)
"Oh you're still here?" Tai laughed while sheepishly scratching his head.
Ken just shrugged thinking 'I can't believe this guy is called Tai the great by the other DDs.' (AN: In case your wondering this is going to be cross-over between the seasons.)
The game already started when Matt and the others arrived because they still have to pick up Kari, Yolie and Zoë. They were looking for a place to sit when Sora suddenly pulled them in the locker rooms.
(AN: This chapter's special guest is obviously Zoë and another certain goggle head.)
"Why are we in the locker rooms?" Yolie asked the red head.
"Yeah Sora, we want to watch the game not fiddle with the guys' lockers." Zoë giggled.
"Oh be quiet, we're here so we can sit in the players' benches." Sora answered she seems to be in a hurry though.
"Are we even allowed to go there?" Matt asked Sora while she is looking for her keys to the stadium doors.
"I work here remember." Sora giggled as she turned the key she stuck in the door.
"Alright we're here." Sora said as she opened the door for them to enter.
The stadium was crowded with people. Some of them are carrying banners of either the Odaiba White Tigers or Tokyo Golden Falcons. (AN: I don't live in Japan so I don't know what their teams were called, so just bare with me.). All of them are cheering for their favorite team. There are also food vendors walking through the rows of seats in the vast Odaiba stadium selling anything from nuts to rice balls to hotdogs.
"Hey Tai!" Kari shouted at her brother.
"Hey sis, what are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here you know." Tai said as he hugged his sister.
"Oh come on Tai, it's on me." Sora winked at him then turned to locking the door where they came through earlier.
"Okay, if you say so but if the dean finds out I'll be pointing a finger on you." Tai shrugged.
"So how is the game going?" Matt asked Tai then looked at the scoreboard. Tai was about to answer but Sora talked.
"0 to 0 huh, these falcons are better than I thought." Sora said then she turned her attention to the field as if studying what is happening.
"No not really it's just that Odaiba's Great Four is now down to three." Tk said.
Odaiba U's Great Four consists of Tai, Davis, Ken and Takuya but only lasted for a year because Tai is already a senior when the others began playing for the team. During that time O.U. never lost game.
"Don't worry Sora I told the team to take it easy for the time being. It is still too early to waste energy." Tai stated.
"Yeah you're right it's still too early, it's just the first quarter after all." Sora nodded. (AN: I don't if soccer even had quarters so just pls. bare with me.)
"So um, where do we sit?" Izzy asked.
"Oh uh, just sit in the bleachers over there." Tai replied while pointing a finger on the bleachers near the players' benches.
The rest of the group sat down on the bleachers except for Kari, Sora, and Matt. After the first quarter the teams were still tied with 3 goals each; this made Sora worried but Tai doesn't seem to be worried at all. At the middle of second quarter Tai called a timeout to talk to his team. Matt, Sora and Kari sat down on the bleachers as Tai ordered his team to try a different approach.
"Okay team you know what to do." Tai said to his players then put them back into play, except for his strikers.
'Tai is playing defensive, this doesn't sound good.' Sora thought as she watched the Odaiba Tiger's best defense line on field. 'He benched Davis, Ken and Takuya; I wonder what he's up to.' Sora was so caught up in the game that she didn't noticed Matt talking to her.
"Um, Sora? You there?" Matt asked as he waved his hand in front of her face.
"Oh, huh, what was that?" answered a startled Sora.
"You worry too much Sor; I know that Tai has something up his sleeve. He always does, even though sometimes it is not smartest thing in the world." Matt laughed.
"Yeah I know but this is a really big game for him and you know as much as I do how Tai becomes when losing a match, especially on his turf." Sora smiled.
"Oh tell me about it." Matt laughed. "He eats everything in the fridge."
'These guys are better than I thought they'd be… hmm, I'll just play defense until 3rd quarter at least then strike.' Tai thought while studying the opponent.
As the game went on, no one even scored a single goal. The teams were evenly matched in every way, might it be offense or defense, without Odaiba's Great Four. The ball just seems to bounce from side of the field to the other.
"Tai we need to score a goal if we are to win you know." Takuya said then continued while looking at the scoreboard. "We can't just defense forever, the other guys are exhausted out there."
"Yeah, Takuya's right man, we need to get out there now." Davis said.
'It is just 3rd quarter, it's still too early release an all out strike.' Tai thought, his arms crossed on his chest.
"What is he thinking? He can strike them now and those falcons won't know what hit them." Matt said who is now really frustrated.
"It is still too early Matt, strikers like Davis and Takuya are quick to score but they lose stamina real quickly too." Sora explained.
"I guess Tai is trying to tire the opponent before." Izzy said.
"But his defensive line is beginning to tire too." Kari said.
'What are you going to do Tai?' Sora thought while unconsciously staring at Tai. Kari noticed Sora's worried expression then followed her gaze to where Sora was looking at then smiled. (AN: ooooh Taiora moment people.)
3rd quarter ended with the opposing team scoring a goal during the last few minutes. Tai is talking to his team about his plan on getting back the game to a tie.
"Okay, Davis, Ken and Takuya I am counting on you now, especially you Davis, you are our main striker here now." Tai said to Davis then turned to the rest of the team.
"Tigers, we've come this far after all our hardships, are you willing to give up the pride of Odaiba being champions for five years straight? Are you willing to give up now? Those who are new here, you are lucky that you are living the life of superstars, players of Odaiba University. When I first started in this team we were under dogs of the soccer world. Not to brag or anything but I worked hard to raise this team from the dirt, those who were my teammates then knew that. That is how I love this team, I love it so much that up until now I'm still playing for it even though not directly anymore. Now after those years the White Tigers are now known as the junior JNT and I for one would not allow this title to go to those Falcons. I won't allow you people to ruin everything that I worked so hard to build. So if you want to see the rage of Taichi Kamiya, go ahead and ruin this game but I won't recommend it." Tai told his players.
"Hey I don't want to scare you or anything but we are here on the top and that is where WE WILL STAY!" Tai said.
The team remained silent due to exhaustion but Tai words seem to reach to them. That is what's special about him, with mere words he fuel the spark inside one's soul into a raging fire. Maybe that has made him a great leader to both the soccer team and the Digidestined.
"Now get out there and show what the White Tigers are made of." Tai encourage his team.
"Yeah! Tigers GO!" the team shouted.
As the players marched into the field, Tai tapped Takuya's shoulder and whispered "Try your best to assist him" while pointing at Davis. Takuya nodded yes then jogged to the field.
With all of Odaiba's strikers on the field and the Tokyo Falcons are exhausted. The Tiger's comeback was made easier. Little did they know that the Falcons have their plan B as well.
"TOKYO TIME OUT!" shouted the referee.
Tai got nervous; his strikers are his trump cards and if the other team has something to block it the game is over. The Falcons came back to the field with their own strikers. The score is now tied 6 to 6 and all the best strikers in Japanese colleges are on the field. This not working with Tai, with only 5 minutes remaining in the game he can't experiment moves anymore. "So the old bastard is playing fire against fire eh, this is getting really exciting." Tai said then flashed the famous I-accept-your-challenge smile.
Tai body just wants to jump into the field so much and lead the team himself but he knows that he has to trust his players. Both teams scored goal after goal and kept the scored tied. The crowds were getting real edgy now because of the close competition.
There is only two minutes left and the score is still tied, if this keeps up they will have overtime play and that won't be good for the White Tigers since all of them are exhausted. Sora is fidgeting in the bleachers; she can't stand the tension anymore she has to do something.
"He has that smile again, oh no don't tell me he is going to try to win this head on? He has to remember that he is not the one playing anymore." Sora said to no one in particular.
"I can see what you mean; he only smiles like that when he wants to beat the crap out of Matt or the dark masters." Kari said.
"Hey, I resent that statement." Matt said defensively.
The game is still going on and the Falcons have the ball, good thing that Davis is a good all around player and steals it. As soon as Davis had the ball Sora yelled.
"TAI, CALL TIME OUT!"
The DD's were startled by Sora's yelling and looked at her. She shouted at him again.
"TAI, CALL TIME OUT NOW!"
Tai was surprised too but he trusted Sora, she must have something to say. "Hey Ref. may I request a time out?" Tai asked the referee who just nodded.
"ODAIBA TIME OUT!" the referee yelled.
Ghikij: Sorry not much Taiora in this chapter and if you're wondering where the hell Mimi is don't worry she appear in the next couple of chapters.
Mimi: FINALLY! I'M BORED STIFF HERE.
Ghikij: If you don't shut up I won't let you appear at all.
Mimi: Okay Okay jeez I'm just trying express myself.
Ghikij: To Matt?
Mimi: SHUT UP!
Ghikij: okay see ya in the next chap.