Undercover
By theladyknight
Disclaimer: Digimon—not mine!
A/N: Okay, I lied. I said "Game of Life" would be my last update of the year but then I posted a new sorato fic "Rediscovering Destiny" and now I'm updating this! Lol! Well, here's chapter 4. Things start to pick up, but I'll let you read to see. Thanks to everyone who reviews! Oh and a few people have mentioned this is like the Card Captor Sakura fic "Butterflies": I've never read it (I haven't watched very much CCS anyway), and I didn't borrow any ideas from the author of that fic! (Just to clear things up) R&R and enjoy!
Ages: Joe (25), Matt (24), Sora (23), Tai (23), Izzy (22), and others will be listed when they're introduced in the later chapters!
Chapter 4: Mission Begins
Matt groaned as a loud rattling woke him up from his very peaceful sleep. He didn't know if it had been jet lag from the flight or something else all together, but he enjoyed a nice rest.
The blond thought if he just ignored the sound, it would eventually stop. But the knocking did no such thing. Who is trying to wake me up at 6:30 on a Tuesday morning? He looked over at his clock. Wait, this isn't my room. Where am I. Matt tried to get out of bed to answer the door but couldn't.
He was stuck.
Agent Ishida looked down to see a pair of arms around him and a head lying on his chest. His arms, in turn, were wrapped tightly around the redhead's athletic body. Great, as if I need another reason to be attracted to her. We must have fallen asleep like this.
Matt tried to think back to how they'd wound up like this, but he was drawing a blank. He remembered he'd been cold, and Sora couldn't stop rolling around. Somehow, she must have decided his chest made the best pillow, and he felt her body gave just the right amount of warmth. Now, as he rubbed his eyes, Matt realized that they were in the middle of the bed, tangled up in the sheets and with each other.
The knocking grew louder and more frequent. Matt knew he'd have to find someway to get up and answer the door, though he could've stayed there without any problem.
He pulled his arms away and after some hard work, managed to free his legs. Gently, so he wouldn't wake her, Matt removed her arms from around him. Then he grabbed a pillow and placed it under her head. The blond rolled out from under her and set her head and the pillow on the bd. Finally. He rolled over to get off the bed but miscalculated his timing and distance.
"Ouch. Damn it." Matt cursed as his nose hit the carpet, and he was lying on the floor. From the bed, he could have sworn he heard Sora make a sound, but when he stood up, she was still sleeping.
Groggily, he walked to the door and looked out the eyehole. Matt was greeted by three men, and he knew immediately who they were because one of the men had gravity defying hair. How'd they figure out we were here?
The blond yawned and walked over to the loveseat. He moved the pillows around and grabbed the blanket that had been resting on it. He ruffled the blanket around to make it appear he'd been sleeping there.
Finally, right before he decided to open the door, Matt walked over to the bed and tucked the blankets around the redhead. As he did this, her bangs fell onto her face, and he brushed them away, taking a moment to admire her beauty.
The knocking snapped him out of his trance, and the blond blushed as he headed over to the door. I can't fall for her!
"What the hell took you so long?" Tai demanded. Matt opened the door, and the three investigators walked in.
Joe whistled. "Nice place." His gaze landed on the bed and Sora's sleeping body. "Oh, are we interrupting something?"
Matt glared. "What would give you that idea?"
"I don't know, maybe the fact Sora's sleeping very peacefully in the bed, or maybe because you're only wearing a pair of shorts," Izzy mused.
Tai laughed. "You're forgetting the most obvious thing: this is the Honeymoon Suite! What do you think people do here in the Honeymoon Suite?" He hopped onto the bed. "And I thought you were the genius, Izzy."
"Funny, everyone, but why are you here?" The blond was known for having a short temper when he wanted to.
"We got a message from Agent Jones, and he told us where we're supposed to be at 7:30."
"You couldn't have just called because?" Matt answered, walking over to the loveseat and laying down.
"Because," Tai stated again as though it was the most obvious thing in the world, "this is so much more fun!"
He bent down to Sora's ear and whispered something in it.
The redhead shot up. "Taichi Marvin Kamiya!"
"Marvin?" the three men echoed.
The brunette winced. "Well, other than that part it was fun."
Sora didn't look too amused. "What are you three doing here?"
Izzy cleared his throat. "Chief told us where the base is and that we need to be there by 7:30."
"Where's that?"
Joe smiled. "You'll see when we get there, and we'll all find out what the plan is for today."
Sora fumed. She was not a morning person when she had been rudely awakened. The redhead had been having a very peaceful sleep. Well, she had been sleeping until she heard the knocking on the door. However, Sora decided to let Matt answer it. She had had a good laugh watching him try to get out of the bed and then fall on his face. Luckily, he didn't realize she was only pretending to sleep. But something still lingered in her mind. I can't believe he brushed the bangs out of my eyes. Why did he do that? "How did you guys find us? There are a lot of hotels in San Antonio."
"Well, I figured it out quite easily." Tai boasted.
Izzy hit him on the back of the head. "I figured it out, stupid. Tai just wanted to go to every hotel and knock on every door. Then he decided we should eat breakfast at each place while we were at it."
"Well I take it you didn't go with bushy's solution." Matt mused, stretching over on the loveseat. Sora caught his gaze and smirked at him. Nice nickname.
"I just hacked into the computer at every hotel in the city. I thought it would be hard, but it was really quite easy." He began rambling off in computer terms.
"Yo, Izz, stick to the point," Sora motioned for him to continue.
"Sorry," the man flushed. "Well, I saw Matt's name on the list and we found out you guys had rented one room, the Honeymoon Suite."
Tai gave Matt a sly smile. "Nice, Ishida. Did you two have an enjoyable night?" he snickered.
"I slept on the loveseat; she slept in the bed. Do the math." Matt lied.
Sora had to bite her lip, silently thanking him for lying. "How'd your flight go?" she asked the boys in an attempt to change the subject.
"Simply marvelous," Taichi replied in a snooty voice, "you know how much I love airline peanuts."
"How about yours?" Joe asked her, rolling his eyes as he recalled how Tai had worked his way through 10 bags of the rather stale peanuts.
"I've had better ones. I had an idiot in the seat next to me, though." Her eyes flashed in Matt's direction.
He smirked at her. "I'd say the only idiot was the person who tried to climb out of her seat and tripped."
Tai snickered. "You tripped when you tried to get out of your seat? What happened to the graceful Sora I once knew?"
She glared at him and got out of bed, walking over to the loveseat. "You're one to talk, Ishida. At least I didn't go out and buy water, walk into a room, and then drop in onto the floor."
Izzy, Joe, and Tai, as much as they were enjoying this little sparring match, decided to leave before things blew up. They had all seen Sora angry before and had a feeling that anger was about ready to greet Matt.
"Well, we'll just go wait in the lobby so you two can get dressed." Joe waved and headed to the door.
"I'm right behind you buddy," Izzy answered.
Tai hesitated for a moment. "Well, c'ya guys. I'll be in the breakfast area."
He shut the door and walked out. That's when things blew up. "You have some nerve, Ishida! What have I ever done to you?"
That caused him to chuckle. "Let's see…where should I begin?"
The redhead flushed. "Okay, nevermind that statement. At least I didn't fall out of bed this morning and land flat on my face."
It was the blonde's turn to blush. "You saw that? I thought you were sleeping? Why didn't you wake up so I wouldn't have had to go through all that work?"
"It was more fun this way," she smiled innocently.
Matt snapped. He tackled the girl to the bed and they began wrestling around. "You made me put up with your stupid friends while you pretended to sleep."
"My friends aren't stupid!" Sora fought back and flipped him over. "At least I have friends."
"I have friends too, Takenouchi." He rolled her over and pinned her legs to the ground. He trapped her arms above her head and lowered his face to hers. "And thankfully none of them act like your friends."
"What's your problem?" she spat back. "We don't even really know each other and then you get all defensive and close up. What's your problem, Ishida?"
"I don't have a problem."
Sora put on a pensive look. "Uh, yeah. You do." Mustering all her energy, she pushed him off of her and flipped him onto his back. "So why don't you give up the tough guy act and just open up to us? We might want to be your friends if you didn't act like such an arrogant bastard."
Matt looked at the girl sitting on his stomach. "My personal life would be none of your business."
"Well face it, blondie; we're going to be working awfully close to each other for the next two weeks. You're going to have to face those demons eventually, and it just might be easier to face them if you have friends by your side."
Their eyes locked and stayed together, not looking away. Sora could see the coldness and darkness in his eyes, and he could see the fire and strength in hers. "I don't have time for this. We're going to be late if we don't get changed and down to the lobby."
He pushed her off of him but caught her before she could fall off the bed. The blond grabbed his bag and walked into the bathroom, allowing Sora the privacy of the room. Yeah, but if you don't want us to be your friends, then why did you just catch me, Matt?
Sora quickly changed into a pair of jeans and a hooded sweatshirt. She brushed her hair up into a ponytail and grabbed her toothbrush, waiting for the blond to come out of the bathroom. He emerged a few minutes later, looking just as hot as he had the previous day. Sora looked him over once out of the corner of her eye before heading into the bathroom.
When she arrived back in the main room, they both finished packing up their bags in silence. It was incredibly quiet in the room and neither would look at each other.
"Do you have everything?" Sora finally broke the silence.
He nodded. "Do you?"
"Yeah." Matt picked up the room keys, and they headed out into the hallway and elevator. That unnerving silence stayed with them until they reached the front desk.
"Did you two enjoy your stay?" the manager asked as Matt handed him the keys.
Sora forced a smile. "Yeah, the room was really nice."
The lady grinned. "I'll pass your words on. If you're ever in need of a room again, please stop here!"
"We'll keep that in mind." Matt answered as they looked around the lobby. "Where are they?"
Sora rolled her eyes. "Just listen."
Matt gave her a quizzical look but immediately understood.
"Izzy, look! You can make your own waffles!"
They headed into the breakfast area. "Tai can find food anywhere."
"I picked that up."
The blond and redhead entered the area and their eyes both widened when they saw everything on Tai's plate. "Where does he put all that?" Joe wondered as he saw Matt and Sora walk in.
"Guys, we're going to be late if we don't get moving!" Izzy exclaimed.
"But I haven't even finished half of what's on here!" Tai whined. "Do you think they have doggie bags?"
"You've got to be kidding me." Matt mumbled to no one in particular.
Tai looked up and saw the other two had joined their group. "Took you guys long enough. What, were you getting in a second round before it was time to go?" He gulped immediately, obviously regretting saying that.
Matt, Izzy, and Joe all winced as Sora walked up to the brunette…
"My poor face." Tai murmured as they walked into the old abandoned warehouse. He was clutching his right cheek where Sora had decked him very hard.
Matt glared at him. "You deserved that."
When the blond turned around, Tai stuck out his tongue and mimicked, "You deserved that. Dumb blond."
"Glad to see you guys!" a voice exclaimed. The group looked around now that they were out of the base's entrance hall, and all admired the settings. An elaborate computer system was decked out; there were vending machines, a snack bar, weights, and all sorts of technological wonders.
Izzy bumped into Joe as he looked around. "Wow, I'm very glad we signed up for this job."
"You're telling me. Look at the forensics office! Oh, there's a lab too! This is going to be awesome."
"I'm glad you all got here. You're right on time." Sora giggled when she saw the speaker. "Do you find something funny?" the guy asked.
She shook her head. "I'm sorry; you just look a lot like Tai over here when he was younger."
"Okay…" the younger guy trailed off. "I'm Davis Motomiya with the San Antonio Police Department. Agent Jones called us up and asked to send a few men down here to get your supplies set up and to help out with the mission. Who would you all be?"
"I'm Matt Ishida, head of the operation." Davis bit his lip nervously. Remind me not to get on his bad side.
"I'm Tai Kamiya and the...spy, I guess. I'm in charge of collecting all the little details."
Izzy smiled. "I'm Izzy Izumi, and I'll be running the computer networks."
"Joe Kido, nice to meet you. I'll be working in the forensics lab and studying the evidence."
"I take it you're the contestant then." Davis faced the lone girl and nearly backed away when she glared at him. Wow, she must be PMSing or something.
"Unfortunately that's me. I'm Sora Takenouchi."
Matt smirked. "Come now, I think it's time you practiced your new name, Sora Lynn Rodgers."
Tai looked between the two of them. "Can we all just get along?" he turned to Davis. "It's nice to meet you, Davis. Do you know what are plans are for the day?"
He nodded. "We're going to head down to the Majestic Theater where the pageant is going to take place. Agent Ishida and Ms. Takenouchi are going to have a meeting with the head of the Miss America Pageant. Mr. Kamiya, you'll be learning about the judges and different people, and Mr. Izumi and Mr. Kido, you'll be setting some bugs up in the theater."
Izzy looked between Sora and Matt. This could be interesting…
-Majestic Theater-
The San Antonio Police had provided a few cars for the group to use, and upon arrival, were in shock when they first saw the beauty of the theater. Nice place. "So, where are we supposed to go first?" Joe asked.
"Inside. They said there'd be someone to meet us there." Davis replied.
The group walked inside and marveled at the design of the theater. "This was definitely a nice choice to host the pageant." Tai stated.
"I agree." Izzy answered.
"So where's this person at who's supposed to meet us?"
"Taichi Kamiya? I haven't seen you for ages. And Sora and Izzy are with you too!"
Tai, Sora, and Izzy's faces all blanched at the sound of the name. "Mr…Mr. Fujiyama?"
"What's up with them?" Matt whispered to Joe.
"I think he was their old teacher."
"What are you doing here?" Sora whispered, still in obvious shock.
"I'm the head of the Miss America Pageant."
"But what do you know about running a pageant?" the three answered in unison.
Mr. Fujiyama grinned embarrassedly. "Not a thing."
"Then how did you get put in charge?" Matt replied, a bit rudely. Great, we could use a person who understands what he's doing and help us catch the Beauty Queen Killer. Instead, we get stuck with some old teacher!
The man smiled. "I retired from teaching the year Sora and Tai graduated. I then began working on little management projects and got involved with the Pageant. Well, voila! Out of the blue, they asked me to run the pageant…said the lady who was in charge had had it up to here." He motioned to his head. "So I volunteered. What brings you guys in the neighborhood?"
Izzy sighed. "It's a long story. Matt, Davis, Tai, why don't you explain it to him. Sora, Joe, and I will look around. We'll meet you back here in a little while."
"That sounds like a great idea."
"It does?" Tai answered, raising a fist in Izzy's direction.
"Of course it does." Sora beamed at the computer genius. "See you guys in a bit." She pulled Joe and Izzy in the opposite direction. "You just saved the day, Izzy."
"I don't want to be around anymore than I have to, either."
Joe chucked. "Aren't you guys being a bit overdramatic?"
"You have no idea."
"Okay then…" Joe tried to keep a straight face. "How about we all split up and look around?"
"Sounds good to me." Sora answered. They each went off in a different direction, and Sora found herself heading towards the stage. So this is where I'm going to be in a couple of weeks. I still can't believe I got roped into doing this. I'm not a girly girl! There's no way I'll even begin to make it past the first round. Hell, if they see me they won't even want me in the competition…
She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't realize there was someone standing in front of her until she hit him. "I'm sorry," the first thing she noticed was the flash of blond from the guy's hair, "Ishida?"
He abruptly turned to face her and set down the notepad and pen he'd been writing with. "Ishida?"
"I'm sorry." Sora apologized again after studying the man. He was a few years younger than her but the blond hair and sapphire orbs reminded her so much of Matt.
There was a gasp behind her. "Sora?"
The redhead faced the noise. Oh my God! "Kari?"
The younger girl hugged her friend. "I haven't seen you forever! What are you doing here?"
"It's a long story." Sora answered. "What about you?"
"I'm taking pictures for the paper, and T.K. is writing up an article about the Beauty Queen Killer." Kari saw the confusion on the older girls face. "Oh, it's something with the Miss America pageant, which T.K. is writing about as well." Sora still looked confused and it hit Kari. "Stupid me, Sora this is T.K. Takaishi. He and I both work internships at the paper. We go to school up at the University of Texas but are currently working summer jobs at the San Antonio paper."
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Sora Takenouchi. Kari's older brother Tai is my best friend. Kari and I have known each other for quite some time. I lived with her family for awhile, after my parents died." She didn't know why she told the blond that, but she already felt like he was someone who she could trust.
"I'm sorry about you parents, Sora. That's kind of the same thing with my family, only my parents divorced. I have a question for you though. Earlier you called me Ishida…"
"Sorry about that. You look exactly like one of the guy's I'm here with."
"What's his name?" T.K. asked slowly.
"Matt Ishida. Why?"
The blond gave her a grin. "Matt's my brother…"
A/N: Please review! I know I said I'd have Mimi in this chapter but there wasn't any room for her. I promise she'll be in the next one. Hope you guys enjoyed it and have a Happy New Year! Now I'm off to eat lunch...