A/N: Oh baby it is Monday- well Sunday night for those in the States. And Mondays are update days! I was going to have this up yesterday because I really did not do anything productive then, but my computer was being a pain in the butt. Ever since she kind of crashed, she has been having good and bad days… lucky for me work has supplied me with one I can use at the office- which is where I am at the moment.

Nothing like getting paid to dink around on the internet for a few hours a day.

Anyway, you probably don't care. All you want is the Taiora, right? As I suspected… no one loves the Kate and her random (very random at times) author notes… you only love me for my crack stories!

Oh well, at least you are enjoying the story! Thanks for the great comments and randomness!

Chapter 4 begins now, complete with problems and major fluff in the near future!

The next few days Sora spent training with the Ladies Thunder. As many had warned the training was hard and long. But to Sora it was not so bad.

It had been a full week and a half since the incident with Tai and Sora had nearly forgotten about it when out of the blue, while watching the TV with her university friends Kari and Yolei, the three were very surprised.

"Sora... wasn't that the hidden striker play we used?" Kari asked looking from the TV to the others and back at the TV. "It couldn't have been, could it?"

"I think I might be going crazy." Yolei added seeing the same thing.

Sora smiled knowing how the Thunder came by such a tactic. That could only mean that he had listened. For some reason that made Sora rather happy. That and the blond had finally worked on his form.

"So, we have seen some improvement on the team, what or who can you attribute that to?" The sports interviewer asked Tai after the game. He had gotten himself cornered by a rather persistent interviewer, he had to say something.

"Well, I got some advice from an unusual source the other day."

"What kind of source?" Another person asked while flashes from cameras continued and the microphones were pushed a little closer to his face.

"It was from an up and coming player of the women's team actually. The new recruits for the Ladies Thunder came to watch our last game, and I was able to talk with one in particular."

"Can you give us a name?"

"Are you dating her?"

"When did you talk to her?"

"Is she here today?"

And a string of other questions came up after he released the gender of the source.

"I think you will just have to come to the first training season game and see if you can figure out who it is." Tai smiled, not knowing if Sora would want the extra attention she would get if he exposed her name.

After excusing himself from the paparazzi, Tai returned to his teammates in the locker room.

"So, do you think she saw me?" Matt asked as Tai got out of the shower. "My inside passes were perfect today! And if you hadn't led that special play, I would have been the game's MVP."

"How should I know if she saw you or not?" Tai asked as he towel dried his hair and threw on his street clothes. "I am going home; I will see you guys tomorrow for practice." Tai said as he quickly left the stadium through the back doors.

The next day Tai's picture was on the cover of every sports page and his quote about a secret source was the big question. Pictures of the ten new trainees were also on the page and suddenly the Ladies Thunder team was the center of interest.

Sora didn't realize this till she arrived at the stadium to a shower of interviewers asking all the trainees questions. Sora, not being use to the spectacle dodged the microphones like they were incoming defenders and ran straight past the reporters to a different kind of goal line- the safety of the stadium locker rooms.

"What is all of that?" She asked the minute she found the other girls gearing up.

"Sora, we've all talked it over and none of us have even talked to Taichi Kamiya yet, so you have got to be the secret source... Just what do you think you are doing giving Taichi Kamiya pointers on the game?" A blond asked sounding rather mad.

"I... he asked what I thought!" She defended herself.

"You are trying to get in good with one of the players on that team to help you here, aren't you?" Another accused her.

Sora was silent for a time. She had no intentions of doing or gaining anything when Tai talked to her. She had a feeling the girls would not believe her, but she tried anyway.

"You've got it all wrong. It was an accident he talked to me. I... how would talking to him get me anywhere on this team? I don't need special privileges or things like that because I will make this team because of my soccer abilities... not sucking up to others." She said and walked away from the group.

"Don't let them get you down kid." A seasoned veteran of the Ladies Thunder smiled at an emotionally upset Sora. "They are all insecure at the moment, it is easier to try and gang up against one person then try and fight everyone."

Sora looked at the older woman named Yui and was glad to have a friendly face somewhere in the locker room.

"Thanks. But I really didn't do anything wrong. He talked to me! He asked me what I thought, and I asked him if I could be honest..."

"Don't worry about it. Once you are a full member of the team, do you think you could give us a few new plays as well? That secret striker thing was awesome."

Sora felt a lot better and the days practice went by rather well.

"Great job Tai." Matt said as he threw a newspaper over at the brown haired soccer star. "Now everyone thinks you are practically dating the 'secret source' and I don't even get a mention in the papers."

"Um.. Sorry?" Tai said looking at the paper and then to the pictures of the ten female trainees. Under each picture was a quick sentence with name and possibility of being the source.

Tai smiled under Sora's picture, it basically said that she was a likely candidate due to her staring roll in the University Cup.

"You know as well as I do, that I am not dating her. It will die down soon enough." Tai sighed as he continued with breakfast. Today, since they played so well yesterday, they got a break. Tai was actually thinking about going down to the women's practice and apologizing to Sora for all the mess... but that would just create more mess.

Instead he decided to keep his big mouth shut.

Indeed the media coverage had died down when all of the girls, except for a few claimed to be the source. None of the papers could find anything true about their claims, and Tai had dodged the topic ever since.

Sora was glad that she no longer had to run an obstacle course just to get to the stadium for practice. She had to take the long way home for several nights due to a few camera men following her as well.

All in all, it was a pleasant few weeks. And in a matter of days the official members of the Ladies Team would be announced.

Practice had its good and bad days. A well placed jab at her ankle by one of the other trainees, and Sora was nearly out of the training camp. But with help from her newest friend on the team, Yui, and of course the expert care of Joe, she was back up and running the next day.

Off the field, she was having every bit the good time as when she was on the field. After constant harping from Mimi, she had successfully set up the blue haired doctor with her pink loving roommate. And the two hit it off real well.

Sora was glad to see Joe and Mimi so happy. And she had a feeling that give them a year, and there would be wedding bells. But for right now, they were content with their three to four dates a week- depending on how busy Joe was with work, and how Mimi was with finishing up school.

"Hey Tai, did you know that Sora has a roommate that is dating Joe?" Matt asked one day after practice. He had noticed the exceptionally happy smile on the docs face for the last few weeks, and rumors had sprung up that he was dating a hot little number named Mimi.

"Yeah, when I went to get an injury checked out, he was all happy and we talked about her for a time. Sora actually set them up, or so Joe says. I think he really likes the girl."

"And you didn't tell me?" Matt asked.

"Why would you want to know about Joe's love life? You thought he was gay anyway."

"I did not... well, ok, so I did... but that is not the point... Maybe I should invite him and his girlfriend out or something, have them bring along Sora for a little double date action..." Matt said as Tai sat there and watched as he saw the wheels in Matt's head spinning. Shaking his head, Tai sighed.

"Are you still stuck on her? I mean you haven't made a pass at her for a few days." Tai said thinking back to all the times Matt had tried to strike up a conversation with the pretty player. It was kind of sad how Matt was really going out of his way to talk to her... and had failed at all of his attempts.

There were days he would show up to the girl's practice, or come and watch their mock games. It was kind of weird since no other player had taken such an interest in the ladies team.

"She's shy, is all." Matt shrugged it off. He was in no hurry to get her. At the moment, he had a new substitute girl he was with.

"Sure. Well, tomorrow is the final placement day. The whole team is going to watch the game, if you want to come, you can."

"Perfect idea!" Matt smiled thinking of ways to talk to her tomorrow. "But first, my date with Mei."

A/N: Poor Matt, he really does come off as an ass sometimes.

I just can't help it, I swear! It just kind of happens… a lot.

So, a little bit of Taiora in this chapter, but have no fear the next chapter will be rocking with the fluff. They do have to get together some time, right? Right?

I don't know, you will just have to wait and see!

Until then! Review and get a cookie… no wait, I can't promise that… maybe this would be better: "Review and get another chapter (one with fluff) in a few days!"