A/N: It's that time again!

Time for Kate (my real name- it is easier to write than animefreak5483, and a lot more fun to use when talking in third person… well typing but anyway…) to annoy you a little with a no sense author's note, and then amuse you for about five, maybe ten minutes with a chapter full of Taiora moments. Our first real Taiora encounter is coming up and you know you want it!

"You can't resist za Taiora, you know you vant it. Yah!" In a bad German accent.

I want to thank the many people who have reviewed and I am happy to see you are enjoying the story thus far. I hope I will not disappoint!

Ah the fun! So I will be expecting some happy reviews from this chapter. Do not make me sad… a sad Kate equals a sorato fic. Hahahahahahaha. I would do it!

"I own NOZING!"

Sora and the other girls were seated in the special seats given to them. The game had just started and already Sora had the itch to get up and join in the game. It was fun watching, yes... but like she had told her new friend Joe, she much preferred to be in on the action. The men's team had a lot of talent. Their star forwards were just that, stars.

During the break time, Sora got up and walked over to the blue headed man, who looked a little bored.

"Is it ok if I talk to you?" Sora asked not knowing if she should leave her seat, but with the conversation of the other girls she needed to actually talk about something other than the attractiveness of the players.

"Sure. They really have not needed me, so I am glad to have company." Joe smiled.

"Thank heavens. If I hear those girls say that blond is cute one more time, I will throw a chair at them." She said as she sat next to the doc.

"Enjoying the game?"

"Yeah. Although the last play, I would have done a 4-3-3 formation instead. But they got the goal, and I guess that is all that matters." She smiled.

"You really are into soccer."

"I've loved it from the moment my dad signed me up for summer camp soccer league."

"Well, hopefully you will be able to play it here for a long time. Your training season begins tomorrow, right?"

"Yep, bright and early. I am kind of nervous." Sora admitted. "But I am not going to lose. I will be a professional soccer player, and maybe even get into a World Cup tournament some day." She said looking up at the FIFA logo on the score board.

"I hope you achieve those dreams." Joe smiled.

Matt watched as Joe and that girl from earlier talked during the break. He wanted to go over there and chat too, but coach was giving some speech about something important... maybe. He really wasn't listening.

Tai noticed Matt's gaze and followed his line of sight till he figure out what, or who his friend was staring at. His mouth went dry as he saw the same girl. What Tai couldn't figure out was why this girl was causing him to act all strange. What was it about her that made her so special?

The coach stopped talking and gave the men the last remaining minutes of the break to rest.

"I'm going over there." Matt whispered to Tai. Before anything registered in Tai's brain, Matt was standing up and beginning to walk towards the medic area.

Tai could only watch with a feeling of dread as his friend approached the mysterious new trainee.

Sora was talking about her home town when Joe looked up from her and noticed someone standing there.

"Oh, Matt. I'm sorry I did not see you there for a second. Can I rewrap your ankle or something?" The medic in him kicked in and Sora found that she was kind of in the way.

"Actually, I think a rewrap would feel a lot better." He smiled thinking of a way to get the girl's attention. Old battle injuries always worked. Granted battles for him meant injuries from the game- but oh well, she was a soccer player after all. "Old injuries do act up from time to time."

"I'm sorry for bothering you Joe, I had best get back as well. I'll see you tomorrow at practice, right?"

"Sure thing, Sora." The medic smiled up at her as she left.

"Wait!" Matt tried to stop her, but Joe had already begun rewrapping the ankle, and Matt was stuck where he was till it was done. "Damn it. Why did she go away?"

"Excuse me?" Joe questioned as he stood up after finishing his quick work.

"Joe you really are kind of clueless with the whole girl thing aren't you? I didn't come over to get my ankle rewrapped... I wanted to get a chance to talk to that new girl."

"You mean Sora?" Joe asked pushing his glasses back into their proper place.

"Yes, her! So... you two seem to be hitting it off... can you tell me what you know so far?"

"Well, I don't know much. Actually you all got the info in today's Tokyo Thunder Flyer. So why not read that? It has a bio page, and that is really all I know other than she is a nice girl and you don't have a chance." The blue haired man smiled knowing all too well Matt's reputation and that Sora was not in the least impressed with the blond.

"And you do?" Matt questioned a little angry at the apparent diss Joe had just given him.

"Nope. That girl is definitely something special, but not really my type."

"And just what is your type? Men?" Matt said still angry.

"Wrong again. I like the more classic beauty, Sora is nice and all, but too much of an athlete with soccer on her mind for me." Joe smiled and walked off not wanting to waste anymore time on Matt. He really could be such a jerk at times, and then other times, he was really a nice guy and all. Joe just shrugged it off and went about his work with others.

"Damn, what got you so pissed in the last half?" Tai asked his friend as they finished their shower and changed clothes in the locker room.

"Did you know we got flyers with the trainee's bios in them?" Matt asked looking through the papers they had each been given that morning.

"Um, yeah, but I have not gotten to look at them yet. Why? Oh, never mind. That one girl, right?" Tai asked as he tried to towel dry his large mass of hair. Anything to keep his mind off the girl that made him feel all weird and Matt too for that matter.

"I am going to go ask Izzy for his copy. I think I threw mine away." With that Matt grabbed his gear and walked off.

Tai got tired of trying to dry his hair, and decided to forget it and call it a day. Looking through his bag, he noticed that he had left his favorite wristband on the field. Exiting the locker room, Tai made his way back up onto the pitch.

He had to admit that he liked to see the stadium when it was all quiet after such a loud and exciting game. It was calming on his nerves when he would be the only one out there and just stare up into the sky.

But today, something was different. There on the field, where expected there to be no one, was someone. The person was dribbling a soccer ball, occasionally kicking it into the air and then using their knee or head to hit the ball. Tai could tell from the control of the ball, the person was awfully skilled.

Getting a closer look by walking onto the field, Tai froze. No, it definitely was not just any one out there practicing. And that is why Tai was about to turn and forget the wristband. But she turned and saw him first.

"Oh..." She said a bit surprised to see someone else there. Catching the ball in her arms, she stood there silently for a minute, and then a look of fear replaced the surprise. "I'm sorry. I probably should not be here... I just couldn't go home after the game and the tour and all..." She tried to explain before setting the ball down and turning to leave. "Oh, you probably came looking for this, I saw it on the ground. I was going to give it to Joe before I left." The auburn haired girl said as she held out her hand and gave him the wristband he was looking for.

"Thanks, um... you are one of the candidates to fill a spot on the Ladies Thunder, right?" He said trying to not sound stupid. He knew he was going to fail. And once again he wondered why Matt had all the luck with talking to women and still looking cool.

"Yeah, the name's Sora Takenouchi. Nice to meet you." She said holding out her hand for a friendly hand shake. "You are a forward on the Thunder right? Um... I'm sorry I don't remember your name." She said with an embarrassed smile.

"Tai." He said rather quickly. "Taichi Kamiya, but everyone calls me Tai." He added.

Sora looked at the man in front of her. She was glad she was not in trouble for being on the pitch, and the guy seemed nice... a little awkward, but still nice. He had really nice chocolate brown eyes, and hair that was totally out of control, even when still a bit damp.

"So, what did you think of the game?" He asked breaking her gaze from examining him further.

The sheepish look on her face told him she was at odds about something.

"Can I be honest?" Sora asked not wanting to offend a player from the team she wanted to join.

"Sure, why wouldn't you be?"

"Well, you guys were really good. Much better than I knew you were. And you definitely work really well together... but... I think that in several of the plays the blond forward, um... Matt was it? Well, he needs to work on his tight corner passing... and maybe a different formation would allow you to get into the zone easier..."

Tai was silent as the girl began to dissect a few plays. She sure knew her stuff, Tai thought to himself. He was looking forward to seeing her play after hearing her ideas on formations and really well rounded critiques.

"Next time they pull such a good line of coverage, try a play I used all throughout college. We called it the Silent Striker, well that is what I called it. I guess it could also be called the Hidden Striker... Basically you have a main forward, and then what looks like a backup, but in reality there is a midfielder that is a hidden striker. Before they realize that there are three playing that offensive role, it is too late. You guys lucked out because their defense wasn't performing well... I..." Sora stopped and looked at the silent man before her. She went too far. She knew it. A door opens to let you into the team, and now you go and ruin it by basically telling their star player that they were only lucky.

To be honest, Tai was not offended in the least. In fact he was amazed at the woman before him. She was smart, she was obviously talented at soccer, and not to mention really cute. He enjoyed listening to her talk, but then suddenly she stopped.

"I suppose I had better go. I am sorry if I bothered you and I didn't mean to say anything disrespectful. I'm sorry."

And with that Sora took off leaving a dumbfounded Tai on the field.

"It was horrible Mimi, I totally ripped on him and his team. Me! A little nobody from nowhere. I told one of the Thunder's star players that I thought they kind of sucked... My life is over!"

"Why would it be over? He said you could tell him honestly, right?" Sora nodded as her roommate tried to comfort her. The two girls were sitting in their small living room eating ice cream right out of the tub. "So I would not worry about it at all."

For some reason, Mimi's words were not reassuring. Nor did the triple chocolate brownie ice cream help either.

"So tell me about this Joe fellow, he sounds cute."

"Mimi, this isn't about cute guys... this is about me pissing off an important player on the team."

"Was he cute?"

"MIMI!" Sora said as she scooped out an extra large spoonful of the chocolate concoction and then noting that its color was about the same as the eyes of the player she dissed. She groaned and put the ice cream down.

"Look, you don't know if he is mad or not. You ran off before he could respond, right? So don't worry. Now- back to the important matters... Were they cute?"

"She totally blew me off. I walked over there and she left. Just like that. And then Joe said I had no chance with her. Him? Telling me that I would never have a chance with her. I mean I wanted to slug him one right there, but then the game started back up and.. Tai? Tai? Are you listening to me?" Matt asked as Tai sat at the table and picked at his food.

"Yeah, she just up and left." He repeated. It was funny how the same girl had them both confused and a little bit upset.

"So, what's got you all down?" Matt asked knowing something wasn't normal about his normally cheerful or nit picking roommate.

"I was thinking about how we kind of got lucky today with the game and all..." Tai sighed. That wasn't totally a lie. Ever since that girl had mentioned their little problems, Tai took a closer look and found that she was utterly right about everything... and that play idea. It was genius...

"What? We were great!" Matt said as he took another bite out of his sandwich after picking out a few vegetables that he did not like. That was another sign that Tai was thinking about something else...

"No, we both defiantly have issues to work out.　Do you ever notice that you have problems with tight corner passing? Or that our formation kind of is predictable?"

"What brought this on?" Matt wondered looking closer at Tai.

"Well, you know that new girl you have your eye on right?"

"Sora Takenouchi, age 22, height 5 feet 7 inches, weight 120 pounds, born on Kysuhu, played in the university league and even won the MVP of the University Cup a few days ago..."

"Yeah, that one... well she was out on the pitch after the game and I talked to her a little. She noticed a few little things about the game that even the coach is over looking."

"So, what did she say about me? Did she mention me?"

"She knew your name at least." Tai had to cover up his sigh otherwise Matt would catch on to his disappointment.

"Yeah, and?"

"That your tight corner passing skills need work."

A/N: Snap! Take that Matt! She is not interested in you! Or is she?

Sorry, I do love Matt, and I feel bad for making him a sort of 'bad' guy of the fic (at lease for the moment), but I can't help myself…So it seems that our little Sora is not a Matt fan girl. This is a good thing… but, anything can happen.

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