Hello all. Back with chapter 2. As I start second semester of college, I may not have a lot of time to write as I get into my routine so I'm just going to let you know about that right off the bat. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter and prepare for some cute moments.

Don't own anything other than the storyline. Other than that, enjoy.

'Why do I have to wear this thing?'

Tai felt weird putting on a full three-piece tuxedo for the dance. He thought he looked like a waiter at an upscale restaurant with the black pants, black dress shoes, white shirt and black waistcoat. To top it all off, he wore a black jacket and a black bowtie, which his father helped him tie. Formal attire just wasn't his thing.

"This should be outlawed," he groaned, as he looked himself in the bathroom mirror.

Thankfully he had managed to talk his mother out of getting him a haircut otherwise he would hardly recognize himself at that moment. When Mrs. Kamiya found out that he and Sora were going to the dance together, she went, as Tai put it, a little too far with the festivities. She booked them a reservation at one of the most upscale restaurants in the Odaiba district for dinner, complete with a limousine ride, and bought a fancy corsage for him to give to Sora. While her heart was certainly in the right place, Tai thought it to be a little too much just for a school dance.

Feeling a little paranoid about how he presented himself, he decided to brush his teeth before he got ready to get Sora so they could go to dinner. The plan was for him to pick her up at her apartment before getting in the limo to go to dinner and then straight to the school for the dance. He had it all memorized to a 't.'

A knock on the bathroom door brought him back to the realm of the living.

"Tai, can I come in really quick?" Kari asked from the other side.

"Yeah sure," he responded, the toothbrush slurring his words slightly. "Come on in."

With a creak, the door opened just slightly enough that Kari could come in. Looking in the mirror, Tai's eyes nearly bugged out of his skull when he saw what his sister was wearing; a navy and pink kimono with a leaf design in the fabric and a lilac sash tied around her waist.

Walking up to the mirror, Kari started putting on lip-gloss, fretting over every last feature of her face. Tai spit in the sink and rinsed his mouth out before rinsing the toothbrush.

"What are you all dressed up for?" he asked, still quite stunned at his sister's attire.

"My school dance," she replied. "Do I look alright? TK is supposed to pick me up soon."

Tai smiled his famous smile. "You look beautiful, Kari," he complimented. "You don't need to worry about anything. TK's jaw is gonna hit the floor once he sees you."

"Thanks," she giggled before getting a good look at him. "You look pretty spiffy yourself. Sora is going to be amazed when she sees you."

"I hope so," he sighed, running a comb through an out-of-place part of his wild hair.

In the corner of their eyes, they could see their mother standing at the open door, watching with misty eyes.

"My babies," she sniffled. "Who said you could grow up so fast?"

Tai groaned. "Mom, don't get mushy, please."

"I'm sorry. I can't help it," she chuckled, moving into the bathroom to wrap the two of them in a hug. "It seems like only yesterday that I held the two of you when you were each born and now you're both grown up."

She turned to her son. "Tai, one minute I was changing your diapers and now you're the most dashing young man I have ever seen."

Tai's face paled. "Ok, Mom. Don't go there," he pleaded. "Please don't!"

"No matter how grown up you get, you'll always be my baby boy."

"MOM!"

A knock at the door saved the Kamiya siblings from any more embarrassment. Kari seemed to have an idea of who it could be because she fussed over her hair some more, pushing it back several times so that it looked straight and in-place.

Tai was the one who answered the door while his mother helped Kari out. TK stood at the threshold, looking quite handsome in his attire for the evening, which consisted of a black jacket, black shirt with a gold tie that matched his hair, and tan pants.

"Hi, Tai," he greeted warmly, a bouquet of gardenias in his hands. "Is Kari ready?"

"Hey, TK," Tai returned the greeting with a smile of his own. "She'll be out in just a few minutes. Wanna come in and have a seat?"

The young blonde nodded. "Yeah, sure."

Tai stepped to the side of the door so that he could come inside. TK slipped his shoes off in the customary way when entering someone's home before moving to the couch to wait.

Tai opened the fridge to dig around for a soda.

"Want a drink while you wait?"

"That would be nice," TK nodded in thanks, turning to see Tai toss him a soda and catching it with ease. The older boy then walked over to sit down beside him.

"So you and Kari are going together to the dance together, huh?" Tai asked.

TK didn't get any feeling that his tone was threatening or suspicious but he couldn't be too sure.

"Yeah we are," he nodded. "You don't have to worry about a thing, Tai. I'm not going to try and put the moves on her at any point."

Tai got a kick out of that, laughing as he took a sip of his own drink.

"I know you won't, TK. Thankfully you're not Davis and I know I can trust you not to try anything."

TK laughed as well. "Nice to know you trust me."

Tai took another sip of his soda before putting it down and leaning in towards the younger boy.

"Who's Matt going with to the dance tonight?" he asked, his eyes sparkling with amusement. "He wouldn't tell me who he was going with. Surely he wouldn't be going alone now would he? Matt Ishida, mega rock star, going alone to the school dance. It doesn't seem right."

TK chuckled. "You'll be happy to know that he isn't going alone," he replied. "He and Meiko are going together."

Tai's eyebrow raised in curiosity. "Him and Meiko huh?" he chuckled. "I would not have seen that coming from a mile away. When did that come about?"

"You'll just have to ask him about it when you get there."

It did not take long until the lady of the hour walked into the living room. Tai thought his little sister looked so beautiful that no one else could even compare to her at that moment. He felt like a proud father, in essence he kind of was like a father to her in addition to being her brother.

"Hi, Kari," TK greeted shyly, obviously in awe of the way she looked. He presented the bouquet of gardenias in his hand to her, his feet shuffling nervously as he did so. "These are for you."

She blushed a deep red as she looked at the flowers.

"Oh you shouldn't have," she replied thankfully, taking them from him and putting them in a vase. Gardenias were her favorite flowers so she thought it was sweet of him to bring her a bouquet of them when he picked her up.

"So, are you ready?" he asked, offering her his arm to latch on to.

"You bet," she nodded, wrapping her arm around his and the two of them walked out of the apartment. Tai and his mother watched as they left with proud expressions on their faces.

"She really is growing up," he said.

"Yes she is," Mrs. Kamiya sniffled, wiping the building tears from her eyes as her youngest child closed the door.

"Well I guess I better be going," Tai said. "Don't wanna be late to pick Sora up."

"Ok," his mother nodded. She handed him the corsage in a plastic container and gave him one last hug. "Have fun and don't be home too late."

He smiled. "I won't."

Ding! Dong!

Tai waited nervously outside of the Takenouchi's apartment for someone to answer the door. He hoped that he wouldn't embarrass himself in front of Sora again after his nearly botched invite a few days ago. Not only did he have to deal with her but he also wanted to look good in front of her mom.

Mrs. Takenouchi was a sweet woman for as long as he had known her, though she could be a little intimidating at first.

'Probably explains why Sora's that way too,' he chuckled to himself.

He remembered that she and Sora butted heads a lot when she was younger but ever since their first adventure in the Digital World, the two of them were as close as could be.

After a few more seconds, the door opened and there stood Mrs. Takenouchi greeting him with a warm expression.

"Tai," she greeted. "How lovely to see you."

She then noticed his tux. "My, you sure look handsome."

"Hi, Mrs. T," he bowed in greeting, returning her smile with one of his own. "Is Sora ready yet?"

"Not yet but she will be in a few moments," she explained. "Why don't you come inside and wait for her? Would you like some tea?"

"Tea would be nice," he nodded as he stepped inside to remove his shoes before walking into their home. He had been in the Takenouchi's apartment many times since he was little that it became almost like a second home to him.

Without asking where to go, he made his way towards Sora's bedroom. He knew the way enough to know where it was. From behind the door, he could hear the sound of Shania Twain being played in the room from a boom box.

"Ooooh you think you're special. Oooh you think you're something else. Ok, so you're a rocket scientist: that don't impress me much. So ya got the brains but have ya got the touch? Now don't get me wrong, I think you're alright, but that won't keep me warm in the middle of the night."

He heard Sora's voice mix in with the song. Though she didn't show it all that often, she had a really great singing voice that captivated him whenever she sang. He had always loved it when she would sing.

Though he knew he shouldn't, Tai carefully opened the door so that she didn't hear him come in, though with how loud the music was she probably wouldn't have noticed anyway. He slowly looked around the room to see if she was there, but she wasn't. He then guessed that she was in the bathroom, which had the door closed next to the door to her bedroom.

Stepping into the room, he looked around, noticing all of the posters that she had in her room. There were two Green Day posters, one of Matchbox Twenty, and one of the Backstreet Boys, which nearly made him puke, and others of movies and celebrities.

A framed picture on her bedside table caught his attention. He picked it up to examine it and the picture caused him to smile in nostalgia. It was one of them in their soccer uniforms when they were young. Sometimes he wished things could be as simple now as they were then because the biggest thing he ever had to worry about then was trying to one-up Sora next time they were on the field. He was good but she always had a way of being one step ahead of him in those days.

He chuckled as the memories flowed through his mind before putting the picture back down on the bedside table.

"We were so young then, weren't we?"

Tai nearly jumped out of his skin as he turned towards the sound of the voice. What he saw almost caused his jaw to drop to his feet: Sora stood just a few feet in front of him, dressed in a primarily sand-colored kimono that became red around the edges and a red sash tied around her waist. Her hair seemed to sparkle like fire in the light and her face was dotted with makeup. Overall, she looked stunning.

'When she puts her mind to it, she actually can be a real girl sometimes,' Tai thought to himself as he took in every single detail of her since words seemed to fail him at that moment.

She giggled at his inability to respond. "I look good huh?"

"Yeah," he nodded with his face starting to blush bright red. "You look amazing, Sora. I never knew you had it in you."

She frowned. "And what is that supposed to mean?"

"I mean just…" he paused, searching for the right words to use without upsetting her. "It's just that it's weird seeing you actually look like a girl for a change."

Just as she was about to tell him to sit, Sora thought better of it and simply shrugged it off with another giggle.

"Yeah, I know," she replied. "Compared to when we were younger, I guess I would say so."

"Definitely," said Tai. He then smirked. "But that doesn't change the fact that I can still kick your butt in soccer, Martina Navratilova."

That did it for her.

"Sit, boy," she commanded.

The sound of his face hitting the hardwood floor echoed throughout the room, as well as his groan of pain. Smacking the floor with his hand in frustration, he glared up at her.

"How do you keep doing that?!" he demanded. "Ever since we were kids, you've done this to me! What did you do?"

"That's for me to know and you not to know," she smirked right back at him.

"Um…am I interrupting something?"

The two turned to see Mrs. Takenouchi standing towards the front of the room with a tray of three cups of tea in her hands. She had a bewildered expression on her face, wondering what her daughter and her best friend were up to.

The young couple blushed in embarrassment.

"Nothing, Mom," Sora answered before Tai could. "What's up?"

"I just wanted to let you know that your tea was ready," her mother took a cup of tea before leaving the tray on a dresser and walking out of the room.

Now they are on their way to the dance. Will it be the most memorable night of their lives or will Tai find a way to screw it up?

(Tai: Gee, thanks for the load of confidence, Mad Dog.)

Quiet, you! Anyway, hope you all enjoyed that chapter. It took me a while to figure out how I wanted Sora and Tai's interaction to go but I think I did it right. The song was 'That Don't Impress Me Much' by the great lady herself, Shania Twain so all credit goes to her for that. Be sure to leave a review and subscribe as you guys read because it motivates me to keep going. Any little bit helps, don't be shy. See you guys next time.