Chapter Two - The Man in Black - Part One - A LIE
As I sat in my room thinking of what new design I'm going to do, I suddenly thought about yesterday's event. Man, it's kind of weird, thinking that Matt doesn't like me anymore. Is it that I like him more than a friend? I have no idea. I turned and looked upon my dress I was going to wear for the Winter Formal. By the time Matt caught me dead wearing that dress, I felt like I wanted to impress him. But I just hid and changed out to my regular outfit. Vibrating from my pocket, I answered my phone and guess who it was.
"Hey Sora, what did I do?" the guy I once liked sort of greeted.
"Nothing, I mean were good. Not over the friend limit but were good,"
"So if were good, then can you go to the Winter Formal with me?" he brought up.
"No, I can't. I mean I already have a date," I lied.
"Who is it?" the blond wondered.
"TAICHI KAMIYA," I lied once again thinking Yama's face is turning red right about now, "why? Is that a problem?"
"Uhhhh... ummm... no, nnnnooT at all," he continually paused.
"Okay then, I have to go and meet Tai at the park right about now. So see you at school," I said while hanging up the phone.
For lying to Matt about that Tai was my date, I quickly dialed up Tai's cell and was anxiously waiting for him to answer.
"Hello?" the bushy haired guy announced.
"Oh, hey Tai. I just wanted to ask some questions. If you don't mind," I mentioned.
"Okay, go right ahead. I don't mind," he answered.
"Would you go to the Winter Formal with me and meet me at the park right about like, in five minutes?" I mumbled.
"Are you kidding? Of course I want to go to the dance with you. Why?" he remarked.
"Well, I haven't been with you for a some, some long time. So why not the two of us go to the dance together," I replied.
"Oh, okay. Well I'll just grab my jacket and head on to your place. K!" Tai exclaimed.
While placing my phone back in my pocket, I grabbed my faux fur coat and headed out the door. In an instant, I saw Tai walking up my front door holding some roses and daisies. Once Tai was close enough, he handed me the flowers and grabbed my hand.
"Thanks Tai," I whispered.
We walked together toward the park and kind of liked it. From out of the car, Matt came and saw us together. What a reaction on his face. Looked like a whole new Yama face to me. Whenever Tai and I are holding hands, he gets supremely jealous. Tai and I walked by him and spotted on the other seat of the his Sapphire Honda was Angie. I didn't feel all that jealous just because I'm making him jealous.
Angie and Yama followed Tai and I to the park. My gawd, what the hell is he up to now? Isn't he a jealous freak! Well I don't care anyways since I'm with Tai and maybe just maybe I'll forget about Matt. He just brought some blonde girl just to make me jealous. Ain't gonna work Yama. Ain't gonna work.
"Hey Sora, what's Matt doing? I mean why is he following us?" Tai whispered.
"Probably trying to make me feel jealous. But I'm not," I answered.
"Oh, well why?" Tai questioned.
"Long story. Come on, instead of going to the park, why not go to the mall," I suggested.
"Okay, maybe then we'll loose him," Tai continued.
Tai and I turned back around to go get his Silver Porsche. Such a better car than a Sapphire Honda. I looked back if Matt and his piddy-girlfriend are still following us. Bad news is they are. Beep beep! Out came Tai's ride and it looked so amazing. While Tai opened the door for me, I gave him a kiss, went inside and looked at Matt to see what his face turned out to be like. Red as a rose while squeezing the hand of Angie. Hilarious. Once Tai and I were in the car, we set on toward the Odaiba Mall.
I turn around I could see what behind me. I turn back around I could... Matt's song came on for like the 100th time. So tired of that song and he said that was for me. Yea right. Like he'll ever, ever, do that for me. He probably "pretended" to write that song for me so I can get soooo... impressed. Psh.. yeah right! But. What if he really meant that, I mean...what if asking me out was true. I turned him down just because I was overly dramatic about one stupid sentence.
As Tai searched for a parking space, I saw Matt giving up his space in the car for Tai's Porsche. How kind, I bet that...no, no, NO, no way. Ughh.. this is totally confusing. First him then Dark. I guess I'm getting way over my head. Possibly, I mean, I do that ALOT of times. Yeah, that probably is the reason. Fewhhh.. and I was scared of something really stupid, idiotic, and you get the point.
Boom! A slam from Tai closing the door shocked me out of my mind. As he opened the door, there he is again. Dark, what is he up to now? Once Tai and I were just below the entrance, drops of water soaked in my faux fur coat. My ear heard a crackling sound from up high. I looked up and tried to run for cover, but I didn't since I was standing there like a statue. Suddenly Dark came and dove once again to save me from that sharp icicle as my body stretched far away from Tai.
Right before Dark was about to once again disappear, I snatched his hand really quick. "Who are you and how come you're saving me all of the sudden?"
In seconds, I felt a shock and let go. Rubbing the palm of my hand, I looked back and he was gone all over again. Man, how can I fall for that? I stood up and cleaned off myself for a quick moment. Looking back and forth if there are any cars passing by, I continued walking quickly to Tai.
"What was that all about Sora?" he questioned.
"I have no idea Tai. I have no idea," I answered.
I turned around and saw Matt with Angie and something just popped up that I never noticed before on Matt's face. A big cut on his right cheek bleeding to death and he keeps on whipping it with a piece of pink cloth. Wait, is that mine? I probably dropped it when Dark was diving to rescue me. Oh wait, What? I looked at the spot where we fell and little tiny blood marks were stamped right on the sidewalk.
Who is this Dark, why is he saving me all of the sudden, and how does he know what's going to happen to me? The crash, the cut, my pink cloth and him. Is this true or am I just dreaming. Yeah, I'm probably dreaming. I pulled up my left sleeve and saw scratch marks. No, no, NO I'm not dreaming, this is turning out to be a horrible nightmare.
By the time Tai and I walked in the mall, I was still thinking about what happened. It's like that thought is never disappearing until I figure out who this "man in black" is.
"Sora, you okay," Tai mentioned.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Why? Did you see the scratches on my left arm?" I repeatedly questioned.
"Actually, yeah," he answered.
"Well, let's just go and forget about that whole incident,"
"Uhh...? Okay?"
While browsing around the Odaiba Mall, Tai said that he has to go and buy some clothes from Hot Topic(not mine). It was kind of weird that he's going to that store cause he HATES to wear black. Only Matt wears it once in a while. I decided to sit on a bench and text Meems for a while, just 'til Tai comes out.
Sora - Hey Mimi, what's up?
Mimi - I don't know Sor. Just chillin' in my room.
Sora - Guess what?
Mimi - What?
Sora - You know that man in black that's been rescuing all of the sudden. Well he done it again.
Mimi - So, did you find out who the man in black is?
Sora - NO, not yet. But I'm just waiting for Tai to get out of Hot Topic (not mine)
Mimi - Uhh.. why are you with Tai?
Sora - I Like HImm?
Mimi - WHAT!
Sora - Y?
Mimi - Cause, it's surprising that you "Actually" like Tai.
Sora - Oh, wait. I spot Dark.
Mimi - Who's that?
Sora - What I decided to call the man in black.
Mimi - Clever. Kay, u betta go 'til he leaves ur sight.
Sora - kay.
It was so exciting to see Dark. The difference is that he's just standing there waiting for me. Wait, this can't be right, I thought he has blond not brown. Oh well, it's probably when he's outside, his hair turns a little bit light. I walked over to him and stopped just because he looked so different.
"Are you the real man in black that's been saving me?" I questioned.
"Hate to say it but, it is," the deep low voice told me.
"Who are you and why have you been saving me. Sorry if I repeated. Okay well, why. I just want to know the truth," I explained.
First he took off his shadez which really made no difference. Then he took off his jacket and that was the same shirt Tai was wearing. Finally, his ski mask. He handed me the pink cloth which I denied just because of all of the smudges of blood scattering around the cloth. I really wondered, why is it him that's saving me? "Tai, why are you doing this for me. I thought your not the one who's Dark just because when he came in, my hand just released from you. Why is that?"
"I can't quite explain it Sora. It's very hard. But I'll tell you why and how I saved you," He said with a gleam in his eye.
"Okay,"
"Well I have a feeling when something bad is going to happen especially when your about to die. It's like a shock of thunder just zapped me that signals SORA! And I had a feeling, if I save you then I'll reveal myself and hopefully you would answer the right answer to my question and that is. Can you go to the Formal with me. But then, you asked me out and so one more save and then I reveal myself," Tai explained.
"Well if you would reveal yourself sooner then, you wouldn't have to risk a daring death just to save me," I continued.
"Yeah, but that was going to be my last and I guess it ended up to be a cut on my cheek,"
Finally, I felt like this is it. My thoughts are gone! But why am I all of the sudden thinking a whole new bunch of different thoughts. Is this the real Dark I'm looking at? Or is it just an image that illudes me to the guy thats trully saving me here and there? Inside of me, it feels like another person is Dark. Not Tai, just because my thoughts aren't gone. Suddenly, a vibrating object shocked my upper thigh once more.
"Hello?" I wondered.
"Sorry and I hope you would take this seriously just because I really mean I'm SORRY!" the blond apoligized.
"Okay. Fine. But if this talk is going to be about the Formal, then I saw no. Since my date is Tai. I'm sorry," I continued.
"Well, okay. I guess I'll have to go to the Formal by myself. You know, I tried to say sorry but you just keep on hanging me down. You just didn't listen to what I have to really say and by the way, I was going to talk to you about going out. You know, on a real date," Matt explained.
"I know, I was going to do that too but I heard you say that you like a certain someone at the park," I confessed.
"Also I was going to tell you that I finally realized. I...ii...i...looo...iloveyou...," He continuously paused.
"Wait what? I didn't quite catch that. Can you repeat it again?" I suggested.
"I meant to say that I like you very much and I hope you like me a lot too," He lied.
"Yeah, I do. A lot. But what made me flip upside-down was what you said. You said you liked blondes better than reds," I confessed once more.
"Hold on. I didn't quite catch that," He repeated.
"Well it was nothing important anyway. So were cool. See you at Monday. The day of the Formal," I replied.
"Sure. Bye Sor," He ended.
While putting my phone away, I looked where Tai was cause he seemed to disappear. Just at the corner at my eye, I spotted him with Angie, Jamie, and other blondes. As I zoomed closer by taking a couple steps forward, I saw the pink cloth hanging out of his pocket with the words stamped on it, property of Angie.
I paused just standing still in the middle of the mall floor. Tai turned around and saw me standing there. He walked towards me while I was stepping back away from him. Just when he was about to touch my shoulder, I pushed him away from me and said, "How can you do this to me Tai? I thought that you were really my life saver,"
"I'mm...I'mm..."
"DON'T dare to say anything cause were through. I'm never going to trust you and I'm definetly NOT and I repeat NOT going to take you to the dance. Just everything you told me, was A LIE," I ended drifting away from him second by second.
As I got to the exit and pushed the door forward me, I bumped into Matt. I looked up to him and his cheek, to be more specific his right cheek had a big patch on it. "Oh, sorry Matt. Wait, what's that on your right cheek?"
"Uhh... it's nothing serious. Really," He seemed to lie.
"Really. Well I have to go home now," I hurried.
"Wait, SORA!" He exclaimed.
I turned back and said, "Yeah?"
"Well are you still going with Tai to the dancer?" Yama questioned once again.
"Well no but I'm still going alone. You know there are two more days and I still need to think who I'm going to so I'll let you know by then," I explained.
"Oh, okay,"
Chapter Two - The Man in Black - Part Two - A Resemblance
I turn back around and saw something sticking out of Matt's pocket. Was it my pink cloth or was I just imagining things. "Matt. What's that thing sticking out of your pocket?"
He pushed it down so it seemed like there was nothing and wondered, "What? There's nothing in my pocket,"
"Oh, okay. I was just wondering cause I've seemed to have lost a pink cloth myself. Weird,"
"Yeah,"
So I continued on outside and happened to look down on the sidewalk. Still, there were drops of blood that seemed to have multiplied. From there I saw Jun with an eye dropper and bucket of red paint.
"Hey Sora! What are YOU doing here? Ummm... let me see. Probably trying to take my Matty away all over again. I bet he didn't say this to you but he's MY date to the Formal," She bragged.
"Uhh... no your not. I mean, your so called "Matty" doesn't even like you. He barley talks to you. I mean like, seriously he doesn't. Yama always hated you," I explained.
"Well why did he ask me out then, you know for the dance?" June said.
"Yeah right, I'll go ask him myself," I mumbled.
As I turn around, I could see Matt already there, still waiting for someone. Is this true, is he really going to the dance with Jun? No way, I pushed the door open and told Matt, "ARE YOU GOING OUT WITH JUN!"
"Uhhh... Sora, sorry. But I am," Matt admitted.
"Really!" I gasped.
"Yeah,"
"Okay then. You know I was really going to ask you out. But if Jun's your date then, ok," I lied.
"ReAlLy!" Matt said, "hold on just a sec,"
He went in the mall and then I heard a tap on the door. I turned around and saw Dark saying hi to me. Then he did something not so Dark-ish. He put marbles on the ground right infront of Jun and hid. When Jun was about to walk, she slipped and I heard something about her ankle twisted. Why would Dark do such a thing? Then I heard another tap on the glass. I turned around AGAIN, and there was Matt saying hi to me. He opened the door and he wondered, "What happened to Jun?"
"I have no idea, this guy named "Dark", what I like to call my superhero, just hurt the girl that just makes me crazy. You know he purposly hurted Jun,"
"Oh, well if she's injured then can she not go to the dance," Matt thought.
"Oh yeah, I remember. When a person is injured around the ankle area, he or she is not permitted to go to the Formal or Dance," I figuired, "okay, someone help Jun to the hospital. Looks like her ankle is twisted or something,"
I quickly dialed 911 and told the woman every last bit of information she needs. About five minutes later, an ambulance came and got Jun in the truck. As the truck went on to the hospital, I headed to my car and drove away with out Tai. Matt and I left at the same time and so he went somewhere else while I park at the beach. I looked at the time on the car and sunset. Wonderful.I thought about what had happened today. First Dark saved me from that really sharp icicle, then Tai lied to me about being Dark, then Jun was there dropping red stuff everywhere and I don't know why, now finally Dark came to the picture and purposly hurt Jun by using marbles.
Is Matt a resemblance with Dark or am I dreaming? Well I saw the pink cloth in Tai's and Matt's. But Matt's looks a lot like mine. Could it be? Is Matt Dark? I'm probably dreaming right now. Wake up Sora, wake up! - I thought to myself.
So here it is. My second chapter. Yay! Finally it's done. Now I'm already thinking of ideas for the third chapter. Review please!
- digital dancer 7