AN- Ha! Fast update, wasn't it? It's because these chapters are a lot shorter than What Women Want, for the sole purpose of making the story go faster. I don't like stories to drag on for too long, and I felt bad because WWW did. So, short chapters, but fast updates. Yup!

Enjoy!

The Plan

Tai had spent the better part of the evening planning, pouring over his notes and occasionally having minor mental breakdowns. Kari mentioned that he looked like he was planning a battle, which in a way, he was. There were definitely going to be fights before this was over.

But Tai was not deterred by anything. He, as the leader of the Chosen Children, had done quick planning before. He knew that he could come up with a strategy, and at 2 am when he was about to dose off, it finally hit him.

And so now he was at school, trying his best to remember to not speak to some people, and to call everyone their right names. But even through all of this, he was happy, because once he got is idea going, he would be out of here in no time.

When Tai saw Jyou next to Ken, he walked up to them. "Good morning guys."

"Hi Taichi!" they said in unison.

"Jyou," Tai said, turning to face him fully, "I was thinking about your sociology project and I came up with a really good idea, I think."

Jyou looked excited. "Really? That's wonderful! What is it?"

"Well, I was thinking that you could get different small groups of friends together, and have them spend time together as a large group. You could study their interactions with each other as they break out of their social cliques," Tai explained.

Jyou looked thoughtful. "It would be interesting, if you got some good communication going...but how would I pick the groups?"

"Don't worry, I've got that all planned out already!" Tai announced.

Jyou looked ecstatic. "You already got a large group of people to agree with it! That is wonderful!"

Tai sweat dropped. "Er, well, they haven't actually agreed yet, but I'm sure we won't have a problem. Watch," he turned to Ken. "You want to be part of it?"

Ken nodded. "I'm showing Jyou around anyway, so why not?"

"Good. See Jyou? You've already got us, only nine more to go."

"Why nine?"

"Just trust me."

Tai left, feeling like he was asking a lot of people to put faith in him. He could only hope he didn't let them down.

"We'd be hanging around other people? What kind of assignment is that?" Sora asked after Tai had explained it to her, Davis, Koushirou and Kari.

"Well, they would be different kinds of people, so it would be to study how people react to those different from them."

Koushirou nodded, pondering this. Davis still looked skeptical. "Different how? Who else would be doing this?"

"Well, you know, Ken, me, you guys," Tai trailed off, then rushing through the next names added, "Miyako, Iori, Takeru, Mimi, and Yamato too."

Everyone looked incredulous, except for Kari who had heard about this strange group the night before. Davis started to suddenly chuckle. "You are kidding? Right? You can't possibly think that we will all get along, do you?"

Tai faltered, seeing the looks of doubt on his friends faces. Kari watched him, and then came to stand next to him, facing down the others. "If Tai says he it will be fine, then I believe him. I can't believe you would doubt him on this."

The three of them looked surprised at Kari's determination to back up her brother. Davis pondered it, and then nodded enthusiastically.

"How can I argue with the Yagami siblings? I'm in," he said, stepping next to Kari, who shot him a thankful smile.

Sora and Koushirou weren't quite convinced yet. "So, we would just have to hang around them before school and during lunch, right?" Koushirou asked.

"Well, actually, since Iori is in middle school, we have to do it after school..."

Sora groaned. "Tai, you know that my mother makes me work at the stupid flower shop after schools. Try as I might, I can't get out of it."

Koushirou agreed with Sora. "I have computer club after school."

"But Ken and Miyako are in that too, so you would all be missing together. You could talk about that in our group meetings."

Sora and Koushirou traded glances after looking at Tai's pleading face.

"We'll see what we can do..." Koushirou said.

"...But don't expect anything," Sora concluded.

Four down, two maybes and five to go.

"Are you kidding me?" Miyako asked from her spot leaning against her locker.

"Uh, no," Tai answered.

"You want us to spend our free time with you guys, and we get nothing in return? This is ridiculous, count me out," Miyako strolled away, ignoring Takeru's calls for her to stop.

"Sorry about her, she can be a little rude sometimes," Takeru apologized to Tai.

"It's okay, I know that she is good at heart," Tai assured him and Takeru smiled at him friendly. Tai asked, "So, how do all of three of you know each other?"

"Me, Miyako and Iori? Well, we all live in the same area, and we would all be walking to school next to each other everyday, and soon we started talking, and then it was all downhill from there," Takeru explained.

Tai nodded, his question of why the three of them were friends answered.

"Well, I think that Iori would do it if I did, which I think I can, since basketball season is over and all," Takeru added, mentioning Tai's proposal again.

"Hey, that's great-" Tai started, but stopped when an arm grabbed Takeru and started pulling him away.

"Effing nuts, that is what you are, TK. Miyako told me about this stupid thing," said a disgruntled Yamato as he guided his little brother away from Tai. "Count all of them and me out, ass." Yamato added a certain finger in to get his point across before turning a corner.

Tai sighed in frustration. At least he had gotten to talk to them. When he had tried to approach Mimi, her "posse" had pushed him aside before he could even make eye contact.

Tai walked to his locker, whose combination he had learned, and opened it. As he reached for his next classes' books, a small white note fell from the top shelf. Tai picked it up and read it:

If you still want to talk, meet me by the market by your apartment at four.

Tai thought about what market it was referencing, and realized it must be the one on the corner. He tucked the note in his pocket, feeling a little hope from it.

Koushirou walked up to Tai, greeting him. Tai started pulling the note out of his pocket, seeing if he recognized the writing. "Hey, Izzy, could you-"

He stopped when Koushirou tensed at the nickname. Tai mentally smacked himself for mentioning it.

"Taichi, you know I hate that nickname."

Tai was still confused about this. "But it is your name."

"My name is Koushirou," he said somewhat heatedly.

"Yeah, Koushirou Izumi..."

"No, its not!" he shouted. He looked embarrassed as people turned their heads, and Tai widened his eyes in realization.

"Koushirou, I-"

"I got to go to class now, Taichi. I'll see you later," Koushirou mumbled and walked away.

Tai sighed and leaned against his locker, pulling his hand through his hair. He kept forgetting how many personal issues had been resolved for people in the digital world, and this stupid wish had brought them all to the surface again.

'Just think of the plan, Tai, just make the plan work,' Tai coached himself mentally. He thought of today's unsuccessful progress.

Four with him, two maybes, and five no's. Or did this note only make it four?

Tai walked up to the store after school, wondering who would be waiting there for him. As he approached, he didn't notice anyone, so he pulled the note out again to check the time.

After confirming that it was right, he stuffed it back into his pocket, and looked around again to try and see his mystery friend. It was when he saw her there, standing off to the side against the building, people passing her as if she were just part of the bricks.

Tai walked up to her, and she looked up at him.

"Hi Mi-Tachikawa," Tai greeted.

Mimi nodded and greeted him back. "You looked like you had something to say earlier."

Tai nodded, and explained the assignment to her. She just stared at him. "You want me to hang out with you guys?"

"Yeah, I mean I know that you probably don't want-" Tai started.

"No, its fine," Mimi assured him, letting her guard down a little to let happiness show on her face. Tai smiled back, reminded of how his Mimi never stopped smiling.

Mimi said goodbye, and Tai waved as she started to walk away. His Mimi hadn't been smiling when he last saw her. He really regretted yelling at her now. But would he ever get to apologize? Would he ever be able to see his friends again, or was he stuck with these different versions of them?

His plan wasn't working, and he knew that it wouldn't no matter how much convincing he tried to use. He couldn't do this... he couldn't...

Tai suddenly called out, "Wait!"

Mimi turned and looked at him. His Mimi's last word to him in the digital world were bouncing around in his head, driving him forward.

I could help you, if you let me.

He took a breath and asked what she had wanted him to earlier.

"Mimi, I need your help. Can you help me?"

She considered him, and Tai realized that this Mimi wasn't the same as his, that they would say different things and-

"Yes, under one condition," she said.

Tai nodded.

"Call me Mimi from now on."

Tai smiled at her, and a ghost of a grin passed across her face.

It was good to know that some of the best things about people never changed.

AN- Yay! Tai finally asked for help. There is lesson two down. If you are confused about Izzy, don't worry, cause it will explained later. If you aren't confused, then good for you! I keep wondering why I wrote a story that is confusing to even me. Oh, well. I've had this idea for a while, and decided to start writing it. I sit on a lot of ideas before actually acting on them.

Also, since you know that this will be a Taiora, I don't know what other couples to pair. So, if you have any preferences, just place them in your review.

Thank you SOOOOO much to the people that reviewed last chapter-

Marie Darkholme

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Benign)User- Yeah, I don't know who wrote those either. I agree that they were a little harsh on season 2, but it did make some good points. Hehe, I am the queen of twists, so you should be expecting something interesting to happen!

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ryuu-takahashi- You make a very good argument, but I'm sorry, this has already been promised to Taiora fans. Maybe in the future? I don't know. Probably not, since I really don't follow that couple. But maybe.

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Anubis24 - Yeah, I thought about that, and I've decided that he is in middle school, but he hangs around the high school before classes start.

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