An: Well, Well. Monday again? I guess so. The weekends seem to go so fast. I spent the weekend spending money… Surprise! Like I never do that… hahahaha.

But anyway- Monday, Taiora, fluff and shit hitting the fan! Are you ready!

Of course Sora was given most of the credit, but she always made sure to pass it on to her team. After spending nearly three months on the team she still was not use to the attention, and often shied away from it whenever possible.

The popularity of the high profile romance between her and the men's star player never seemed to lose its selling point. And the more the couple tried to keep away from the cameras, the more and more the reporters would follow and hound them.

Sora was glad she had moved to a new place, and her best friends made the best roommates. Especially when going on dates. Mimi and Joe had insisted they begin doing things as a large group from time to time, and with Yolei and that housing agency guy now dating, that left Kari without anyone.

Tai had found a suitable blind date for the short haired girl with his teammate Tk. Now everyone had a partner. Surprisingly things were going great for all of the involved couples. Life was in deed good.

"So it's a game where the girls play the guys for charity?" Kari asked not fully understanding why Sora was gearing up on a day that there was no league play.

"Yeah, I guess it is a tradition for the Tokyo Thunder Teams." Sora said as she packed her bag and prepared to leave for the field. "It starts at noon, so you can come to cheer both teams on, since Tk will be playing too."

"Sure," Kari smiled. She was so happy that Sora and Tai had set them up. Tk was such a cute guy…

"Got to run! Later!" Sora said while running out the door.

Getting to the stadium, the promotion of the game was in full swing. There was even a little carnival of sorts for the fans being set up in front of the main doors of the stadium. Sora made a note to make Tai get her some cotton candy, and then got ready for the game. After team warm-ups and announcements, the players went outside to spend some time with the donors and then the fans. Tai quickly found Sora holding a tiny baby with a Ladies Thunder Jersey on. The parents were die hard fans to dress up their infant like this, but seeing Sora holding the baby made Tai feel light headed.

They had gotten back to the serious relationship now; neither could really keep their hands off each other when they were alone. But they had been careful to have protection ready in the event that Sora was spending the night. As much as Tai liked the idea of starting a family with Sora, he could not ask her to sit out of the game to carry the baby and then one of them would stay home and raise the baby. He had promised himself that he would never let a nanny touch his child. His parents were hardly there for him, and he had been pushed onto several nannies to be raised.

He had turned out alright, but nannies were not going to substitute for parents with his children…

Sora saw Tai looking at her and the baby. With a smile, she silently invited him to come over and he did.

"Isn't she adorable?" Sora cooed as she looked at the baby. The couple took the opportunity to get a picture of the soccer couple and their own child.

"Thank you so much." The happy parents gushed at them both for stopping by and talking, "Good luck with the game and we hope you two get married soon."

At that both Tai and Sora blushed. Married? Soon?

Holding hands, they went on to the next few fans and then back to the donors, who of course wanted pictures and hand shakes with the two most valuable players.

Once all the PR was over, the teams returned to the stadium and did a final warm-up before the game began.

"Tai, your girlfriend is killing our defense." Matt growled not liking the score of the game. The girls were up by two goals and it was past half time.

"I know… we have to get it together guys..."

"No more playing nice. It is all out war!" Davis shouted and the team resounded with the same sentiment.

However, that was easier said than done. With ten minutes left of the game, the women still were in the lead, but only by a point.

"Sora, that boyfriend of yours is not helping us out any…" Yui said as a time out was called by the men's team.

"Their defense is getting better too… we will only get maybe two more chances to score… We can do this ladies!" Sora shouted and the team once again went out to play.

The men's team had put Tk, Izzy and Davis in the roles of defense for the last thirty minutes, Sora was enjoying playing against the three boys; they were very talented and determined.

Davis was following Sora closely, and the two often fought for possession of the ball. With three minutes left Davis decided to step it up again.

Not meaning to trip the girl, but to only intercept the ball from getting that much closer to their goal, Davis slid in for a steal and sent Sora falling to the ground.

The referees blew their whistles and the game was halted.

"Penalty kick." Was one refs call on the play and as soon as Sora got up, the penalty kick was set up.

Matt held Tai back as the brown haired boy was about to run over to her side.

"She's fine, it wasn't intentional. Calm down." Matt sighed. He had seen over the course of the months that the two were inseparable and Tai's protective streak came out more and more.

Tai did calm down when she got up and Davis apologized. Sora only slapped the young man on the back and shook off the fall not worrying about the pain too much.

Tai and the rest of the men's team then had to watch as the penalty kick went in the goal and the lead went up.

In the end the game was won by the ladies team, by one point. In the locker room, Tai was told to tie up his girlfriend and keep her away from the next charity game so they could win it.

Tai smiled and said he would try, but Sora would probably still make it to the field somehow.

"Hey loser." Her voice called to him as he left the locker room.

"Hey yourself." He responded. "Good game."

"Naturally." She tried to pull off an air of superiority, but it was so not in her personality that it made Tai laugh. "So, since I won, does that mean you will buy me some cotton candy?"

"I would love to do that for the Princess of the Pitch." He said using her nickname with the fans. "Does that mean since I am dating you I can be the Prince?"

"We will see. I mean you did lose today after all." She smiled enjoying the fun she was going to have teasing him for the rest of the day.

"Yeah, yeah, let's get that sugar now your majesty."

Waking up in Taichi's bed was always a relaxing way to start the day. She enjoyed curling up to him and using his chest as a pillow. The way his arm wrapped around her waist was also a nice feeling.

They had been up really late last night, after the game they spent some time at the carnival, but once the reporters got too pushy, they left for a quiet, yet romantic date.

This time it was her choice of restaurants, and instead of the fancy and frilly that Tai enjoyed taking her to, it was a hole in the wall pizzeria near her old school. She liked just walking around campus at night with Tai holding her close.

It replaced the bad memories she had when she first entered the school. Tai knew about her past, they had talked about it and he understood how losing someone that was important to you was. Sora's first real crush had turned into something that might have been a real good relationship, but in the end, after she had told the guy she was not ready to take the next step, he stalked her and later tried to rape her. Even though he never got the chance to really hurt Sora, the ending of the situation was bad.

He killed himself before Sora's eyes and forever scared her to relationships. But with Tai, things were different. She felt loved, and safe. She often thought that the reason she was not ready before was because she was meant to be with someone else…

"It was a night, just like this." She had told him as they walked past the building where she had been forced to enter. On the roof everything ended badly, but Sora still found herself drawn to that spot for some reason.

"Sora, it is the past. And right now, you and me, we are the present, and the future. I want you to know I will never hurt you like that… I think in a way I know how he felt. If I would end up hurting you… I don't think I could live with myself… I love you too much."

After that they had returned to his condo, finding Matt off with whatever girl he was with at the moment, the two ended a perfect evening together.

"I love you Taichi." She sighed as she nuzzled his well defined chest. He laughed a bit with her warm breath tickling his skin, and began to wake.

"Good Morning Sora." He breathed out. His eyes still heavy with sleep.

"Morning. Want me to make breakfast?"

"No, I can do it. You want to take a shower?" He asked rubbing her back causing her to practically purr.

"Ok, but won't I get lonely in there? It is a rather big shower…" She seductively said as her hands rubbed his lower stomach.

Tai was up in an instant and they enjoyed one of their most recent favorite activities; co-ed shower romps.

After their activity was finished, Tai allowed Sora to finish her shower while he went and made breakfast.

Matt had laughed at him for being so domesticated and all, and that Sora was getting a wife more so than Tai would be getting one, but it didn't really bother him too much.

After quickly drying off and throwing a pair of lounge pants, Tai began scrounging in the kitchen for things to use.

He hummed a happy tune to himself as he dug in the fridge for something when he stopped. Behind him he felt a woman's hands on him. One was touching his chest and the other was playing with the draw strings of his pants.

"Sora, I thought you said you wanted to stop after the shower." He smiled turning around thinking he would find Sora there behind him.

Tai screamed and moved away quickly as he saw a face he had hoped he never would see again.

"Morning Taichi. Did you miss me?" The sweetly fake voice of the woman asked as she picked a piece of fruit out of his hands and put it in her mouth.

"Ami? What are you doing here?" He asked feeling like he had been punched in the stomach.

"Is that how you talk to your fiancé?" The woman with bleached blond hair asked. She was a petite girl, definitely pretty, but on a different level than Sora. Tai wondered what he had seen in her as she stood there in her high heels and tight dress.

"You didn't want to take that role. You up and left."

"Well, I changed my mind." She said putting her purse down and taking off her coat.

"You have to leave." Tai said quickly setting down the bowl he held in his hands. Taking a hold of her coat and then her arm, Tai moved her swiftly to the door.

"Ah, but Tai Baby, you said you loved me." She made a move to kiss Tai, but he blocked her.

"Not anymore."

"You can't be serious about that soccer girl. You don't need another practice partner, I am sure you enjoyed screwing her, but I am back now and we can get married."

A/N:

Oh shit! I did it… and you have to wait to find out what happens for another week! Well… maybe sooner if I get a few extra reviews. I know… I am evil.

So… that was chapter 14… which means a good seven more chapters till you can stick a fork in this baby… Which means I need to think of the next Taiora I will write… oh the choices…. Another AU or should I go back to the actual show story lines? What would you prefer?

Anyway- review and you might get two chapters this week! I do have the time to get another up…