(A/N – Here we are everyone; The fourth chapter of a story that has been an experiment in the making. My first voyage into the world of Daikari and Takolei. I want to thank everyone out there for his or her reviews and for just reading my story. You guys are the best, and I hope this story does not disappoint!)
Nine Months In The Socks of the Motamiya's: Chapter Four
"Sora! What do you think you're doing!"
"I'm cooking dinner, what does it look like?" Sora replied, tossing the contents of the wok in the air.
Tai gaped at her in horror as the stir-fry mix landed with a sizzle back in the wok. "Cooking dinner! I said I was going to cook dinner! You should be off your feet."
"I would let you cook, Tai," Sora said, as she returned the pot to the flame. "But remember what the doctor said. I'm supposed to avoid all poisons during the first few months of pregnancy." she continued, her spatula clashing and tossing the vegetables through the wok.
"Ha, ha, ha." Tai said, laughing dryly. "But seriously, I want you to take it easy. I don't want to take any risks."
"Since when is standing up and cooking dinner a risk?" Sora sighed, picking up the pepper grinder. "You've been reading those old pregnancy books your father gave you, the ones that say a pregnant woman should stay tucked in bed for nine months?"
"Well, er…"
"You know me too well, Taichi Kamaya, to know that I'm not just going to lay around the house in bed all day, hidden from view." Sora said, turning to face her husband, they're brown eyes meeting. "I'm going to enjoy this time, and I'm gonna keep doing what I've been doing."
"But I've been reading up on it, and according to the books, the risk of miss—"
"Tai, please trust me." Sora pleaded, "Now for the last time, I'm going to be okay and the baby is going to be okay. Now unless you want to be picking bean sprouts out of that birds nest you call hair—"
"Now what have I told you about talking about my hair?" Tai growled playfully, wrapping an arm around Sora's waist, his hand resting on her stomach. "Promise me that the two of you will take it easy?"
"I promise. I promise." Sora cooed. "You know, I can't wait till the next doctor's visit so Dr. Greystone can tell you that all your worrying is just silly."
"Well forgive me," Tai said, rolling his eyes. "I've never been a father-to-be before."
"Well, I've never been an expecting mother before either," Sora said, emptying the contents of the wok on two separate plates. "So it looks like we'll have to feel our way through it."
"Speaking of feeling…it feels like you're smuggling a model VW Beetle under your shirt." Tai laughed as he set his hand on Sora's small bump. "Four months along and our little tadpole is slowly turning into a frog."
"Tadpole? Frog?" Sora said, looking up at him with a small grin. "So now our child is an amphibian?"
"Ribbitt, ribbit." Tai said, giving Sora a quick peck on the cheek.
"Go wash up, Frogger." Sora giggled. "What movie did you rent," she asked, noticing the "Video Legend" rental bag on the table. "I hope you got
"Oh, I got a few good ones." Tai called out from the bathroom. "I got an old one that I never seen before that looks pretty interesting."
Sora ruffled through the bag and pulled out the slender DVD cases. Let's see what he got here; Star Trek: Nemesis, Eat Drink Man Woman, Star Trek V: The Undiscovered Country, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, A Farewell to Arms…
Sora quickly grabbed the last DVD in her hands and padded back to the kitchen. The last thing I need… she thought, cracking open the DVD case. Is for him to annoy me further after seeing this.
"Hey! Sora! You got the movie in?" Tai called over the sound of running water. "I'm really interested in that last one!"
"Umm…the case is empty!" Sora replied, quickly stuffing the disk in the freezer. "You must have left it at the store!"
"Oh crap…I could run right out and—"
"Oh no, no…it's okay. It didn't look all that good anyway." Sora said, closing the freezer door as Tai padded back in. "Do me a favor and take those plates in the living room for me, will ya?"
"I think I can manage." Tai said, picking up the two plates of food on the counter. "I can't believe that I left that disk at the store."
"If you don't tell, I won't tell, okay?" Sora whispered to the small lump in her stomach.
To Be Continued…
(A/N – Right now, I wanna take this opportunity to answer my reviews so far. Without these guys and gals, I would be sunk:
Lord Patamon - I don't like the god modders any more than you do. And I guess that's why I'm writing this story; To show that Davis can be portrayed in a good light in a story without godmodding! I really appreciate your support!
Paige 34 -:Groans at the Tai/Tie pun: Anyway, out of all the reviews I receive, yours is the one I look forward to the most! It's so cool to have a kindred spirit in writing, and a great friend. You have no idea how happy I am to have a fellow writer helping me out with this story! It does my heart good to know that I accomplished my mission in showing that Daikari, when done right, can be just as good as Takari. I really appreciate having you in my corner!
Cloaked Fox - I think you are my first official flammer for any of my stories! I really appreciate your opinions! You know, you should read my biography on first, and then get in touch with me either by e-mail or AIM. I feel that we would have some GOOD arguments, and I look forward to hearing from you in the future. It's been a while since I had a good fight. Anyway, my writing philosophy is "Write about what nobody else will, and the chips will fall where they may."
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Anthony1 - Thank you for hearing me out that time when I told you about what happened. This is a situation I have to handle on my own, I don't need to be told that. But I still appreciate you listening to what I have to say, and I will get around to reviewing your stories. They look great!
Dark Qiviut - I have to admit, writing a Daikari story while primarily being a Takari writer is a challenge. It can be hard to change writing styles: I had to switch gears from writing "angelic, light and fluffy" stories to real funny "Lucy and Ricky role reversal" kind of style. As I have said time and time again, I feel that it's Davis turn to have Kari! I'm glad you liked the story, and I hope you stick around for more!
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And to anyone else who read this story, I just want to thank you one and all for the support and I hope you come back and see what happens! I'm kinda taking a break right now to work on reconstruction of my website, and busy with my duties at "The Takari/Patagato Corner Forums" but I'm still writing and chapter five will be posted sometime within the first few weeks of August! See you then!)