Emichii: There's really not much more left of this fanfic and I must apologize in advance- this chapter will probably be short. Oh well, I've read chapters that are 3 paragraphs long! Read and review!

Oh yeah and I know that there's still so long till Christmas but my story wouldn't work so everyone just imagine snow and gingerbread and presents and Christmas presents and etc, ok?

CHAPTER SEVEN- CANCELLED

Kari bounded into class happily that morning. T.K found it quite odd.

"What are you so happy about?"

Kari narrowed her eyes. "What? Is there something wrong with me being happy?"

"N-no, of course not!" T.K said.

Kari rolled her eyes at him and started taking out her books. T.K said, "So what's the news? Why are you so happy?"

"Well," started Kari, "Tai's coming back for Christmas! Yes! I haven't seen him for, like, ten years!"

"I know!" said T.K. "I bet Sora will be so happy to have him back. Are they gonna have a party or something?"

Kari nodded. "Yeah! Sora's had this planned since March! She wants everyone to be at the station when Tai comes home, and then they're all gonna go back to her house and party!" Kari jumped up and down excitedly. "I can't wait! This is gonna be sooo cool!"

"Hey Mei, only a few more days till we get to go home for Christmas!" Tai said.

"Yeah!" said Mei. "But I'm gonna go back to Hiroshima Prefecture so unfortunately I won't see Haruka again for a while."

"Ohhh…" Tai said.

Mei nodded and said, "I guess its better this way. If I lived in Odaiba I'd get distracted too much. Besides, I can't wait to see my sister again."

"Yeah," said Tai, grinning. "I glad that everything is working out." Just then the last class of the day ended and they stood, jamming their books into their bags.

Tai said, "And this means in about… 2 days I'm gonna be back in Odaiba with my family and my friends- and Sora."

Two days.

Two days until Taichi Kamiya came home.

The time seemed to go so slowly, but also so fast. Sora seemed to always imagine herself standing there, while time just passed her by. It went so slowly. When she wanted it to come faster, it would take its time. But when she wanted the best moments of her life to last longer, they were over in a second.

But she had been planning this Christmas Party for months. And months. Everything had been done.

The tree was up and decorated and the lights hung up. Sora stood in the dark looking up at the brightly lit up tree and made a wish. I wish that Tai will come back home and that we'll have the best Christmas ever!

Then she turned off the Christmas lights and went to bed.

Very early Christmas morning

Tai stared at the sign, dismayed. "Please tell me this isn't happening!" he cried.

But it was true.

The train ride to Odaiba had been cancelled. In fact, all of the rides had been cancelled. The train tracks were covered with such thick snow it would take forever for it to melt. And they could not shovel all the snow off the track from Tokyo all the way to Odaiba.

Tai didn't know what to say.

Instead, he just collapsed; right there on the platform, his bags and luggage fell all over the floor, and his messy brown hair falling over his eyes, to hide his expression.

They had all been there when the horrible news came to them. Tai was not coming.

The train ride had been cancelled.

Kari said tearfully, "I used to always love the snow, because it was so fun to play with, but now it's ruined my Christmas!"

T.K gave her a hug and comforted her. "It'll be okay," he said gravely, "I know Tai's not gonna give up,"

"Maybe so," Kari sniffed, "but Sora has," she said as she turned to look at Sora.

Sora hadn't said a word since she found out the news. When she had gone to the station, the guy behind the desk told her that all the rides had been cancelled because of the deep snow.

"C'mon, tell me that's not true!" she had said.

The guy shook his head, "I'm sorry but it's true. It's too dangerous for any trains right now."

Now Sora was sitting on the floor in her house, staring forlornly at the carpet and letting her tears fall.

Mimi didn't know what to do. She sat with Sora, her arm around her, trying to tell her to pull herself together and that Tai would want her to be strong.

"I know…" she said softly, "but why?" she stood up now, angry, hot tears streaming from her eyes. "Why does fate seem to be against us all the time? Why? It's not fair!" she sobbed.

Yolie, who was standing at the window with Ken said, "Look, there's a snowstorm coming."

It was really dark outside, even though it was morning now. And they could hear the wind and the snow starting to fall.

"There really is no way for trains to travel in this weather," Izzy said flatly.

Sora sobbed louder, "You didn't have to say that just to make me feel worse."

Mimi shot Izzy a hideous glare and comforted Sora. "Sora, I'm telling you right now that Tai is thinking of you and that he loves you. Even if you're millions of kilometers away, he wants you to enjoy yourself."

"I know!" Sora cried, "But how am I supposed to be happy when he's not here!"

Emichii: Thanks for reading Promise Part One, chapter 7! The next chapter of Part one will be the last one. And it will be a good one! Of course, it's not the end yet! Then comes Part Two! YAAYY! Wow, I can't believe my mini-taiora-Takari series came to this!

And it took so long to write the whole thing! I'm Still Hopeful was like one of the first fanfic I'd ever written. I can't believe it lead all the way to Someone For Kari and now this! YAAAYYYY! Okay, read and review everyone!