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When they say you're
not that strong
Well you're not that weak
It's not your fault
When you climb up to your hill
Up to your place
I hope you're well
There's nothing left to prove
Nothing I won't do
Nothing like the pain
I feel for you
Nothing left to hide
Nothing left to fear
I am always here
-"Not Enough," Our Lady Peace

Not Enough
Chapter Twenty-Three

Taichi ripped Daisuke's head off his body with his bare hands and through the corpse gushing blood out of the window as he did a happy dance. Hikari had fled the area and subsequently would never date again until she turned forty.

That was what he would have loved to do.

But unfortunately life doesn't play out that way. He found himself seated at the kitchen table with the now fully clothed couple and was having a mature adult conversation.

It was actually going quite well.

He still wanted to go with Plan A though.

"And this happened how exactly?" he asked in a calm tone which took a tremendous deal of self-restraint. He was not going to take that fork lying on the kitchen counter and plunge it in Daisuke's eye.

Hikari answered. "Well you know Daisuke and I dated before…and broke up." She paused for a minute and continued, "We…I…broke up with him. At time it seemed like the right thing to do because we were too different."

"But I've changed," Daisuke stated with a firmness that surprised Taichi. "I got a staring role on this new TV show and I've grown up now. I'm ready for a relationship."

"And you both want this?" asked Taichi. They nodded and he sighed deeply, still unsure about the situation. "Fine. Do whatever you want."

"Thanks Taichi."

"Yeah, yeah…"

He learned a lesson with Mimi; he couldn't be so judgmental about things anymore. Even if he had doubts about this new turn of events, he'd support them in this. And if it didn't work out after all he'd still help them in anyway he possibly could.

On the bright side he was sure they'd be together for a long while.

But as it turned out he had other things to worry about than to be overly concerned about his sister and his friend getting back together. Takeru and Catherine were still going out rather steadily and nothing he could say would change it. He was no longer attracted to Catherine now that he knew her true personality but his friend was still in the dark and quite besotted with the woman.

Yamato could sense something off too, even though Taichi hadn't told him about the secret yet.

"There's something I don't trust about her," his best friend confided when his brother was out with the woman in question. "She just seems too…perfect. Anyone that happy most of the time is either lying or selling something."

Taichi sighed; there was no way he could keep Yamato in the dark anymore.

"Wow."

"I know."

His friend stared at him in consideration. "You have some luck, man. First, you think Catherine's just so great and Mimi's a complete bitch and it turns out its reversed. Too bad you found all this out after throwing it in Mimi's face…"

"What do you think I should do?"

Yamato shrugged. "What can you do? Move on. If you meet up with Mimi again apologize and at least try to get to know her a little better."

"Do you think she'd still have feelings for me?"

The other regarded him seriously. "Taichi, if there's one thing I know about women, it's they don't like it when they tell a guy they're in love with him and he throws it back in their face." He looked down and Yamato sighed, "But who knows? Maybe she really is in love with you so much that nothing could change it."

His expression darkened and Taichi internally debated over whether or not he should tell his friend the part about Sora. He decided not to after a moment for a few reasons. First he wasn't sure whether he should have told Yamato even the part about Catherine since Mimi had written him that letter privately. Second, it was a very painful chapter in Sora's life and he knew if he was in her situation he wouldn't want it to be known. And lastly he didn't want to give Yamato hope that Sora could come back one day and then have that event never occur.

So he changed the subject.

"What about Takeru? Should we try to warn him?"

Yamato sighed. "I tried to tell Takeru what I thought about Catherine and he was very clear that is was none of my business." He growled. "The genius thinks I'm jealous because he has a girlfriend and I don't! Ungrateful little…"

"So we should just stand by and do nothing?"

"There's not much we can do. Takeru's an adult and he can choose to fuck his life up whatever we he wants."

"But-,"

"If we told you to stay away for someone without giving you a real reason would you?"

"Good point." He sighed. "This is pretty fucked up here."

"Someone's been watching South Park too much."

"Shut up."

"Whatever, Stan."

"Seriously. If you don't shut up some messed up eight year olds are going to be screaming, 'They killed Yamato!'"

Yamato shut up.

Author's Notes: That's all for now. And don't worry this will still be a Michi. Just have some patience. Please read and review.