The Courage to Love
Author's Disclaimer: Same news, I don't own Digimon nor am I affiliated with Toei, Saban or Disney.
Author's Notes: I'm back! Sorry but I really had to study for my exams and such so I wasn't able to post up additional chapters. I also had to go to summer school since I failed math -.-. Anyway here's a new chapter!
Reunited, Forward into Present Day and into the Future
Garudamon had escaped with all the kids and their Digimon after encountering Myotismon. They all decided to land on a grassy hill near a lake.
"Sora, that was the power of your crest..?" questioned Taichi.
"Yeah..why was it not good enough?"
"No, that's not it. It's just that your love must be really powerful for your crest to do that" Taichi gave Sora a goofy grin. She slightly laughed at him and punched him in the shoulder gently. After laughing together for a while, they both headed off to the lake.
"I haven't seen my reflection in a long time..my eyes are still sort of red from crying yesterday" Sora looked at her eyes in her reflection and pressed her cheeks with her hands.
"Ahh don't worry, you'll be fine" Taichi stated while splashing water on his face. After he was done he looked over at Sora who was still looking at her reflection with her hands pressed on her cheeks. Taichi moved over to her and looked into the water.
"Are you worried about how you look because I don't see anything wrong with how you look" said Taichi.
"There is something wrong" responded Sora
"Well if there is then I guess you're the only one who can see what's wrong. Honestly there's nothing wrong" Taichi pulled out a small cloth from his pocket and soaked it with water. He wrung it out and started to wash Sora's face. Sora just knelt there letting Taichi wash her face, she was a bit wide-eyed and shaky. She stayed quiet the whole time Taichi was washing her face. Taichi set down the cloth and ran a finger down the side of Sora's face.
"Is that better?" Taichi had a calm look on his face. Sora looked at her reflection once again and ran her hand on the side of her face where Taichi touched her. She smiled and turned to him.
"Much better" Sora said with a little more happiness than she had earlier. All the other kids headed down to the lake to wash their faces and take a little break.
"Is my love acceptable? Here" Mimi handed Joe some nuts.
"Uhh..what?" Joe looked at Mimi quizzically.
"Oh really Joe you're weird" Mimi scattered the nuts all over the place while Joe was still confused.
"Everyone, I don't think we should advance until I receive another transmission from Gennai, it would be unwise to proceed, that enemy Myotismon could probably take us out quickly" Izzy announced.
"Why do you say that?" asked Yamato.
"He's an ultimate level Digimon, even though some of us have ultimate level Digimon, they probably don't have as much experience in those forms as he does. In other words, we're like beginners and he's an expert"
"Alright so we'll wait, we should always strike at the right time" Taichi said in a calm tone.
Fast forward
Real World
Myotismon was beaten and so was his other form Venom Myotismon.
Back in Digital World
The Dark Masters and Apokarimon were defeated. Chosen Children return to Digital World.
1 year later
A virus infected Digimon is discovered and the first chosen child to come upon it is Koushiro/Izzy. Taichi and Sora get into a fight and Taichi tries to apologize by e-mail but due to the Digimon on the net causing technical difficulties, his e-mail cannot be sent.
The Digimon reaches the Mega state named Diablomon and faces up against WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon. Both WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon are temporarily defeated but they search for Diablomon once they can fight again. In the second round WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon are brutally beaten and Taichi and Yamato enter the net where their Digimon are. The strength and spirits of Taichi, Yamato, and all the kids witnessing the battle are combined with WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon to allow them to fusion evolve into Omegamon.
Omegamon defeats Diablomon with 1 second left before the missile can detonate near Taichi's apartment building. Sora receives Taichi's e-mail, her emotions soon flooded with happiness.
1 year later Present Day, June 7th 2001
Yagami, Taichi. Journal entry #14 Date: June 7th 2001.
Do you love me? I don't know..do I love you? I don't know that either..years have passed by so fast.without me saying a word..or maybe it's just me, thinking I'm running out of time to say "it" to you. Your birthday just passed again a few weeks ago, I still remember your smiles on that day, heck I remember all the smiles you've had on your birthday every year since we were really small. Maybe I can say "it" to you later on, we're still pretty young, maybe we should grow up a bit more. Gee..I keep stalling, but the problem is I don't know if I'll have the courage to tell you "it" when I find it in me..I'll find it in me one day, I've gathered my strongest courage many times before..I'll do it..I'll do it for you..
The end of the school day bell rings. Taichi Yagami closed his journal, got up from his desk and put his hand on his forehead.
"Am I too young for love..? I probably am, all that stuff I just wrote, I already think its really mushy" Taichi thought to himself. He sighed and looked at the ceiling. "I feel dizzy."
He looked down to his desk just in time to see that Koushiro had swiped his journal from his desk and started reading the day's entry.
"Hey stop reading! Since when did you start caring about people's personal lives and.why are you in my class!?" Taichi exclaimed.
"Just came by to see how in the world you manage to get out of class after not paying attention to any lessons, I thought you would have tons of detentions by now, it amazes me how you only pay attention to the bell and not the teacher." Koushiro stated in a smart tone.
"Geeeeeeeez..so what if I'm lazy for a few hours"
"A few hours? Those few hours make up your whole school day"
"So, at least I stay focused on writing"
"You mean focused on writing what you want to write" Izzy said while smirking. He held up the journal in front of Taichi's face.
"Gimme that!" Taichi snatched the journal from Koushiro and stuffed it in his bag.
"I don't need to read it anymore, I already know why your grades aren't in the best of shape and why you don't pay attention in school, all from reading just that one entry"
"You read today's!?" Taichi asked frantically.
"Indeed I did" Koushiro said with an educated look on his face. Taichi made sure no one else was in the classroom before he started speaking again.
"Don't tell any of the others you promise.?"
"I promise"
"I guess you know which girl I'm in love with right.?"
"Yeah, its Sora"
"Man, you're a smart kid Koushiro"
"It was obvious, the whole time we were still going on adventures in the Digital World, you kept taking glances at her. You seemed to be very open to each other, you could easily talk about stuff with each other that other boys and girls would feel awkward talking about with each other at age 11. For instance sometimes Sora would bring up with you the fact of wearing make-up, you say that with make-up or not she'll still look pretty. Most 11 year old boys can't even wave hi to a girl they're classmates with. But there's also the fact that you've known her for a very long time, so I guess that aids in the process of a close relationship."
Taichi stood there with his mouth hanging wide open.
"Y-you.noticed all of that!?"
"Well yes, it was quite easy to notice.although the other Chosen Children like Yamato or Mimi failed to notice, I wonder why."
"Well thank goodness they didn't notice" Taichi sighed a breath of relief. He knew that Izzy would keep his secret safe and wouldn't even think for a split second about blabbing to anyone else.
"I think we should start getting home now" Koushiro suggested.
"Good idea" Taichi stuffed the rest of his stuff in his bag and walked home with Koushiro. Just before Koushiro reached the point where they went their separate ways, Taichi asked him something.
"Hey, Koushiro.do you think it would be alright to date Sora right now?" asked Taichi.
"Definitely not, it feels awkward saying this since I'm younger but, you guys are too young to date. You're just about to enter the eighth grade, the final grade of elementary, dating would cause too many interruptions, you need to leave the school with a good impression. Don't be known for being very lazy and getting low grades. And besides I think you should let your friendship just be friendship for just a while longer. Ask her out next year, just before summer break and high school, you should have a good relationship all throughout high school." Koushiro looked at Taichi with a smile on his face. Taichi was surprised at how much knowledge Koushiro held about relationships, but anyhow he was thankful he had a friend like him.
"Thanks for the advice Koushiro" Taichi nodded at Koushiro and started running home. Koushiro watched Taichi run and chuckled.
"He's lucky I'm around" Koushiro said to himself. He too started running home not to be late for supper.
Year 2002, June 25th
The graduation ceremony at Odaiba elementary ended with Taichi winning the best male athlete award and Sora winning the best female athlete award. Both of them stood beside each other getting their pictures taken. Taichi started to sweat a lot while looking at Sora, his teenage hormones were kicking in wildly. She looked so beautiful in her dress. She was dressed in a thin strapped, light blue silk dress, it was fairly long, had a matching silk scarf, and a blue rose decorative piece on one of the straps. It slightly glimmered in the lights while Taichi stared. Anyone who didn't know Sora enough would never guess that she was a great athlete while she was wearing that dress.
After all the picture taking all the graduating kids that year got a chance to talk to each other and say their good byes since some students were moving. Taichi was busy trying to get to Sora amongst the crowd, she was talking to a bunch of her other friends about summer. Just as Taichi had a clearing to go through, a girl named Tsuruko pulled him back.
"Taichi, can you accompany me to get some refreshments?"
"Not right now Tsuruko I need t." Tsuruko clamped her hand over Taichi's mouth and pulled him all the way to the refreshments tables.
All the graduating students looked in the direction of where Taichi and Tsuruko were.
"Look, Taichi is going out with Tsuruko!" one of the students shouted.
"Alright Taichi!" a few boys from the soccer team yelled.
Tsuruko was one of the hottest girls in Taichi and Sora's grade. She didn't go out with a lot of guys because she thought she was too good for them all, but she had her sights on Taichi since he was the best male athlete in their grade.
All the commotion drew Sora's attention to what was going on. She walked closer to the front of the crowd with a few of her friends trailing behind. Once Sora got to the front she tried hard to supress her tears. There was Taichi getting some snacks and drinks while Tsuruko had her arms around him. Sora stayed quiet until one of her friends spoke up.
"Sora? What do you think of that scene?" Kitsune asked.
"I think its just fine, Taichi's found himself a girlfriend, that's good he'll be happy" Sora wasn't making sense to herself. She didn't want to say something that she didn't approve of, she just felt weird right now.
"I better get going, I've kept my mom waiting a bit too long. I'll call you guys tomorrow morning!" Sora yelled while running to her mom. She looked back at her friends with a fake smile and took one last glance at Taichi and Tsuruko before she felt a single tear run down her cheek.
"Are you done yet?" Taichi asked impatiently. Tsuruko had barely even finished her first cup of diet Pepsi, all she was doing was clinging to Tai.
"Not yet" Tsuruko put on a cat like smirk and nudged her nose against Taichi's chin. She started kissing his neck and running her hand up his leg. Taichi felt pleasure but also disgust, this wasn't the girl he wanted to touch him. Taichi became furious and soon reacted.
"Well I am!" Taichi pulled from Tsuruko's grip and looked at her with a disgusted look.
"You're just another cheap girl who wants what's in a guy's pants besides his money!" Taichi yelled at Tsuruko.
"You couldn't be anymore right Taichi" Tsuruko licked her lips and winked at him. Taichi just shivered and walked off to where his parents and Hikari were.
"What I said barely affected her, she must really be a slu..never mind shouldn't think about tha.t"
It was a short trip home, Taichi took off his dress shoes and suit and left himself with just his tie, his white shirt, and his dress pants. He went to the fridge, took out a Coke and sat at the table. He was halfway done his drink when he realized he didn't get to talk to Sora after the graduation ceremony. He spat out his drink and sprinted to the phone. He speed-dialed Sora and waited for someone to pick up.
...ring.....ring..
"Come on Sora, pick up" Taichi muttered to himself. He walked into his and Hikari's room. After a few more rings he heard someone pick up but no one was speaking.
"Sora..? Is that you..? Speak up." Taichi was sweating all over, he was getting nervous and worried.
"Damn, I didn't get to tell her how I feel today all because of tha..I'd rather not even think of her name, come on Sora answer me please..ple.."
"What do you want?" a muffled voice came from the other end of the phone. The sudden presence of a voice caused Taichi to break out of his thoughts.
"Wh-wha..Sora! Finally" Taichi struggled to keep himself stable while talking to her.
"What do you mean finally? I thought you had your hands full with that bitch Tsuruko." Taichi lightly gasped. Sora seldomly ever resorted to profane language. "She's mad..? But why..unless maybe..she...." Taichi broke out of his thoughts again and spoke up.
"I didn't have my hands full.. don't even like her..I don't think she's pretty.."
" Then why were you so close together?" Sora questioned, still with anger.
"She dragged me over to get refreshments but then she was trying to seduce me and stuff!" Taichi was scratching his head furiously.
"Poor excuse"
"It's not an excuse!!!" Taichi yelled loudly. He heard the voices of his parents outside turn quiet and the phone went quiet as well. Taichi panted, he was sweating greatly. He gathered up his last bits of nerve and calmness and spoke on the phone again.
"Meet..me..at..the..park..ok..?" Taichi waited for a response. He heard a very quiet "Mmhmm.." before Sora hung up the phone. Taichi turned off the cordless phone and stepped outside the room. He told his parents he was going to the park for a little bit and he would be back before it got too late.
There was still a bit of light outside but the street lamps were starting to turn on. Taichi just looked at his feet while walking, he wondered if he really hurt Sora that much without even doing anything wrong. "She must've been jealous of Tsuruko, but if that's so then that means she must have feelings for me." Taichi's heart started to warm at the thought that Sora could return his feelings. He ran the rest of the way to the park and waited for Sora at one of their common meeting spots. He sat on the picnic bench, leaning forward with his arms on his knees. He started thinking of what to say to her, but what if she didn't have feelings for him anymore? He pushed his thoughts aside for the moment and kept waiting. Soon Taichi heard the sound of grass being walked upon, the figure was approaching slowly from behind. The person sat up on the bench as well with it's back pressed against his.
"Sora" Taichi said softly. "Its me.." Sora responded in a similar way. "I need to ask you something..Sora..why are you upset? I mean even if I really did fool around with Tsuruko why would you be upset?" Taichi was using this question to find out how Sora really felt.
Sora gently squirmed a bit and then answered. "Because..because Tsuruko would be taking away my best friend."
"Best friend? Is that all I am right now?" thought Taichi.
" If you and her started going out, then I don't think I'd see much of you anymore. We wouldn't be able to play soccer together..talk to each other on the phone a lot.I'd feel sort of weird talking to you on the phone knowing you have a girlfriend.." Sora turned around.
"Taichi turn around"
"What for.." Taichi turned around. He saw that Sora was smiling different from usual. She had a developing blush coloring in her cheeks and a very interesting look in her eyes.
"Taichi..can't you read between the lines..?" Sora was moving in closer. Taichi was losing all sense of logic while he watched Sora's face move closer and closer.
"Lines..what are lines? Between..read..what?" Taichi stumbled over his words.
"Can't you tell what I've actually been saying the whole time..?" Sora's face was about 2 centimeters away from Taichi's. The moment was tense and Taichi was shaking, his eyes started to close and his breaths became ragged.
"Can't you tell..?" Sora's voice came in a low whisper. The expression on Taichi's face looked very troubled. His teeth were clenched together and his hands turned into fists. Sweat was running down his face and his eyes were shutting tighter.
"I..don't know..I can't tell.." said Taichi painfully. Sora's smile started to fade but remained a small smile.
"Then I can't tell either" Sora kissed Taichi on the forehead and walked home. Taichi remained still, not moving. He hoped for his thoughts to come back to him but it was too late now. He missed his chance to tell her how he felt in the middle of a very important moment, a perfect moment. Sure he could tell her how he felt on another day, but this day had meaning to it, it was different. Soon his thoughts were in order again and he remembered his journal entry.
"I'll find it in me..I'll do it..I'll do it for you." Taichi stared up at the sky and whispered.
"The night sky is beautiful, just like you, Sora Takenouchi, but it has limits just like you. Heh..limits I certainly have mine, but the love I have for you I will express in time.."
A/N: That Mimi and the "Is my love acceptable?" thing came from the Japanese version. Don't ask me why she said it because I don't really know ^^;. Sorry I did a lot of fast forwarding but I want to get to the main points of the fic already. If anyone has any other question regarding the timeline feel free to IM me on AIM or e-mail me. Also most of the parts in the dialogue may be hard to read since all the three dots may have been converted to just a period. If I need to repost it just tell me. The next chapter shouldn't be too confusing. Until then, Ja!
Author's Disclaimer: Same news, I don't own Digimon nor am I affiliated with Toei, Saban or Disney.
Author's Notes: I'm back! Sorry but I really had to study for my exams and such so I wasn't able to post up additional chapters. I also had to go to summer school since I failed math -.-. Anyway here's a new chapter!
Reunited, Forward into Present Day and into the Future
Garudamon had escaped with all the kids and their Digimon after encountering Myotismon. They all decided to land on a grassy hill near a lake.
"Sora, that was the power of your crest..?" questioned Taichi.
"Yeah..why was it not good enough?"
"No, that's not it. It's just that your love must be really powerful for your crest to do that" Taichi gave Sora a goofy grin. She slightly laughed at him and punched him in the shoulder gently. After laughing together for a while, they both headed off to the lake.
"I haven't seen my reflection in a long time..my eyes are still sort of red from crying yesterday" Sora looked at her eyes in her reflection and pressed her cheeks with her hands.
"Ahh don't worry, you'll be fine" Taichi stated while splashing water on his face. After he was done he looked over at Sora who was still looking at her reflection with her hands pressed on her cheeks. Taichi moved over to her and looked into the water.
"Are you worried about how you look because I don't see anything wrong with how you look" said Taichi.
"There is something wrong" responded Sora
"Well if there is then I guess you're the only one who can see what's wrong. Honestly there's nothing wrong" Taichi pulled out a small cloth from his pocket and soaked it with water. He wrung it out and started to wash Sora's face. Sora just knelt there letting Taichi wash her face, she was a bit wide-eyed and shaky. She stayed quiet the whole time Taichi was washing her face. Taichi set down the cloth and ran a finger down the side of Sora's face.
"Is that better?" Taichi had a calm look on his face. Sora looked at her reflection once again and ran her hand on the side of her face where Taichi touched her. She smiled and turned to him.
"Much better" Sora said with a little more happiness than she had earlier. All the other kids headed down to the lake to wash their faces and take a little break.
"Is my love acceptable? Here" Mimi handed Joe some nuts.
"Uhh..what?" Joe looked at Mimi quizzically.
"Oh really Joe you're weird" Mimi scattered the nuts all over the place while Joe was still confused.
"Everyone, I don't think we should advance until I receive another transmission from Gennai, it would be unwise to proceed, that enemy Myotismon could probably take us out quickly" Izzy announced.
"Why do you say that?" asked Yamato.
"He's an ultimate level Digimon, even though some of us have ultimate level Digimon, they probably don't have as much experience in those forms as he does. In other words, we're like beginners and he's an expert"
"Alright so we'll wait, we should always strike at the right time" Taichi said in a calm tone.
Fast forward
Real World
Myotismon was beaten and so was his other form Venom Myotismon.
Back in Digital World
The Dark Masters and Apokarimon were defeated. Chosen Children return to Digital World.
1 year later
A virus infected Digimon is discovered and the first chosen child to come upon it is Koushiro/Izzy. Taichi and Sora get into a fight and Taichi tries to apologize by e-mail but due to the Digimon on the net causing technical difficulties, his e-mail cannot be sent.
The Digimon reaches the Mega state named Diablomon and faces up against WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon. Both WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon are temporarily defeated but they search for Diablomon once they can fight again. In the second round WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon are brutally beaten and Taichi and Yamato enter the net where their Digimon are. The strength and spirits of Taichi, Yamato, and all the kids witnessing the battle are combined with WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon to allow them to fusion evolve into Omegamon.
Omegamon defeats Diablomon with 1 second left before the missile can detonate near Taichi's apartment building. Sora receives Taichi's e-mail, her emotions soon flooded with happiness.
1 year later Present Day, June 7th 2001
Yagami, Taichi. Journal entry #14 Date: June 7th 2001.
Do you love me? I don't know..do I love you? I don't know that either..years have passed by so fast.without me saying a word..or maybe it's just me, thinking I'm running out of time to say "it" to you. Your birthday just passed again a few weeks ago, I still remember your smiles on that day, heck I remember all the smiles you've had on your birthday every year since we were really small. Maybe I can say "it" to you later on, we're still pretty young, maybe we should grow up a bit more. Gee..I keep stalling, but the problem is I don't know if I'll have the courage to tell you "it" when I find it in me..I'll find it in me one day, I've gathered my strongest courage many times before..I'll do it..I'll do it for you..
The end of the school day bell rings. Taichi Yagami closed his journal, got up from his desk and put his hand on his forehead.
"Am I too young for love..? I probably am, all that stuff I just wrote, I already think its really mushy" Taichi thought to himself. He sighed and looked at the ceiling. "I feel dizzy."
He looked down to his desk just in time to see that Koushiro had swiped his journal from his desk and started reading the day's entry.
"Hey stop reading! Since when did you start caring about people's personal lives and.why are you in my class!?" Taichi exclaimed.
"Just came by to see how in the world you manage to get out of class after not paying attention to any lessons, I thought you would have tons of detentions by now, it amazes me how you only pay attention to the bell and not the teacher." Koushiro stated in a smart tone.
"Geeeeeeeez..so what if I'm lazy for a few hours"
"A few hours? Those few hours make up your whole school day"
"So, at least I stay focused on writing"
"You mean focused on writing what you want to write" Izzy said while smirking. He held up the journal in front of Taichi's face.
"Gimme that!" Taichi snatched the journal from Koushiro and stuffed it in his bag.
"I don't need to read it anymore, I already know why your grades aren't in the best of shape and why you don't pay attention in school, all from reading just that one entry"
"You read today's!?" Taichi asked frantically.
"Indeed I did" Koushiro said with an educated look on his face. Taichi made sure no one else was in the classroom before he started speaking again.
"Don't tell any of the others you promise.?"
"I promise"
"I guess you know which girl I'm in love with right.?"
"Yeah, its Sora"
"Man, you're a smart kid Koushiro"
"It was obvious, the whole time we were still going on adventures in the Digital World, you kept taking glances at her. You seemed to be very open to each other, you could easily talk about stuff with each other that other boys and girls would feel awkward talking about with each other at age 11. For instance sometimes Sora would bring up with you the fact of wearing make-up, you say that with make-up or not she'll still look pretty. Most 11 year old boys can't even wave hi to a girl they're classmates with. But there's also the fact that you've known her for a very long time, so I guess that aids in the process of a close relationship."
Taichi stood there with his mouth hanging wide open.
"Y-you.noticed all of that!?"
"Well yes, it was quite easy to notice.although the other Chosen Children like Yamato or Mimi failed to notice, I wonder why."
"Well thank goodness they didn't notice" Taichi sighed a breath of relief. He knew that Izzy would keep his secret safe and wouldn't even think for a split second about blabbing to anyone else.
"I think we should start getting home now" Koushiro suggested.
"Good idea" Taichi stuffed the rest of his stuff in his bag and walked home with Koushiro. Just before Koushiro reached the point where they went their separate ways, Taichi asked him something.
"Hey, Koushiro.do you think it would be alright to date Sora right now?" asked Taichi.
"Definitely not, it feels awkward saying this since I'm younger but, you guys are too young to date. You're just about to enter the eighth grade, the final grade of elementary, dating would cause too many interruptions, you need to leave the school with a good impression. Don't be known for being very lazy and getting low grades. And besides I think you should let your friendship just be friendship for just a while longer. Ask her out next year, just before summer break and high school, you should have a good relationship all throughout high school." Koushiro looked at Taichi with a smile on his face. Taichi was surprised at how much knowledge Koushiro held about relationships, but anyhow he was thankful he had a friend like him.
"Thanks for the advice Koushiro" Taichi nodded at Koushiro and started running home. Koushiro watched Taichi run and chuckled.
"He's lucky I'm around" Koushiro said to himself. He too started running home not to be late for supper.
Year 2002, June 25th
The graduation ceremony at Odaiba elementary ended with Taichi winning the best male athlete award and Sora winning the best female athlete award. Both of them stood beside each other getting their pictures taken. Taichi started to sweat a lot while looking at Sora, his teenage hormones were kicking in wildly. She looked so beautiful in her dress. She was dressed in a thin strapped, light blue silk dress, it was fairly long, had a matching silk scarf, and a blue rose decorative piece on one of the straps. It slightly glimmered in the lights while Taichi stared. Anyone who didn't know Sora enough would never guess that she was a great athlete while she was wearing that dress.
After all the picture taking all the graduating kids that year got a chance to talk to each other and say their good byes since some students were moving. Taichi was busy trying to get to Sora amongst the crowd, she was talking to a bunch of her other friends about summer. Just as Taichi had a clearing to go through, a girl named Tsuruko pulled him back.
"Taichi, can you accompany me to get some refreshments?"
"Not right now Tsuruko I need t." Tsuruko clamped her hand over Taichi's mouth and pulled him all the way to the refreshments tables.
All the graduating students looked in the direction of where Taichi and Tsuruko were.
"Look, Taichi is going out with Tsuruko!" one of the students shouted.
"Alright Taichi!" a few boys from the soccer team yelled.
Tsuruko was one of the hottest girls in Taichi and Sora's grade. She didn't go out with a lot of guys because she thought she was too good for them all, but she had her sights on Taichi since he was the best male athlete in their grade.
All the commotion drew Sora's attention to what was going on. She walked closer to the front of the crowd with a few of her friends trailing behind. Once Sora got to the front she tried hard to supress her tears. There was Taichi getting some snacks and drinks while Tsuruko had her arms around him. Sora stayed quiet until one of her friends spoke up.
"Sora? What do you think of that scene?" Kitsune asked.
"I think its just fine, Taichi's found himself a girlfriend, that's good he'll be happy" Sora wasn't making sense to herself. She didn't want to say something that she didn't approve of, she just felt weird right now.
"I better get going, I've kept my mom waiting a bit too long. I'll call you guys tomorrow morning!" Sora yelled while running to her mom. She looked back at her friends with a fake smile and took one last glance at Taichi and Tsuruko before she felt a single tear run down her cheek.
"Are you done yet?" Taichi asked impatiently. Tsuruko had barely even finished her first cup of diet Pepsi, all she was doing was clinging to Tai.
"Not yet" Tsuruko put on a cat like smirk and nudged her nose against Taichi's chin. She started kissing his neck and running her hand up his leg. Taichi felt pleasure but also disgust, this wasn't the girl he wanted to touch him. Taichi became furious and soon reacted.
"Well I am!" Taichi pulled from Tsuruko's grip and looked at her with a disgusted look.
"You're just another cheap girl who wants what's in a guy's pants besides his money!" Taichi yelled at Tsuruko.
"You couldn't be anymore right Taichi" Tsuruko licked her lips and winked at him. Taichi just shivered and walked off to where his parents and Hikari were.
"What I said barely affected her, she must really be a slu..never mind shouldn't think about tha.t"
It was a short trip home, Taichi took off his dress shoes and suit and left himself with just his tie, his white shirt, and his dress pants. He went to the fridge, took out a Coke and sat at the table. He was halfway done his drink when he realized he didn't get to talk to Sora after the graduation ceremony. He spat out his drink and sprinted to the phone. He speed-dialed Sora and waited for someone to pick up.
...ring.....ring..
"Come on Sora, pick up" Taichi muttered to himself. He walked into his and Hikari's room. After a few more rings he heard someone pick up but no one was speaking.
"Sora..? Is that you..? Speak up." Taichi was sweating all over, he was getting nervous and worried.
"Damn, I didn't get to tell her how I feel today all because of tha..I'd rather not even think of her name, come on Sora answer me please..ple.."
"What do you want?" a muffled voice came from the other end of the phone. The sudden presence of a voice caused Taichi to break out of his thoughts.
"Wh-wha..Sora! Finally" Taichi struggled to keep himself stable while talking to her.
"What do you mean finally? I thought you had your hands full with that bitch Tsuruko." Taichi lightly gasped. Sora seldomly ever resorted to profane language. "She's mad..? But why..unless maybe..she...." Taichi broke out of his thoughts again and spoke up.
"I didn't have my hands full.. don't even like her..I don't think she's pretty.."
" Then why were you so close together?" Sora questioned, still with anger.
"She dragged me over to get refreshments but then she was trying to seduce me and stuff!" Taichi was scratching his head furiously.
"Poor excuse"
"It's not an excuse!!!" Taichi yelled loudly. He heard the voices of his parents outside turn quiet and the phone went quiet as well. Taichi panted, he was sweating greatly. He gathered up his last bits of nerve and calmness and spoke on the phone again.
"Meet..me..at..the..park..ok..?" Taichi waited for a response. He heard a very quiet "Mmhmm.." before Sora hung up the phone. Taichi turned off the cordless phone and stepped outside the room. He told his parents he was going to the park for a little bit and he would be back before it got too late.
There was still a bit of light outside but the street lamps were starting to turn on. Taichi just looked at his feet while walking, he wondered if he really hurt Sora that much without even doing anything wrong. "She must've been jealous of Tsuruko, but if that's so then that means she must have feelings for me." Taichi's heart started to warm at the thought that Sora could return his feelings. He ran the rest of the way to the park and waited for Sora at one of their common meeting spots. He sat on the picnic bench, leaning forward with his arms on his knees. He started thinking of what to say to her, but what if she didn't have feelings for him anymore? He pushed his thoughts aside for the moment and kept waiting. Soon Taichi heard the sound of grass being walked upon, the figure was approaching slowly from behind. The person sat up on the bench as well with it's back pressed against his.
"Sora" Taichi said softly. "Its me.." Sora responded in a similar way. "I need to ask you something..Sora..why are you upset? I mean even if I really did fool around with Tsuruko why would you be upset?" Taichi was using this question to find out how Sora really felt.
Sora gently squirmed a bit and then answered. "Because..because Tsuruko would be taking away my best friend."
"Best friend? Is that all I am right now?" thought Taichi.
" If you and her started going out, then I don't think I'd see much of you anymore. We wouldn't be able to play soccer together..talk to each other on the phone a lot.I'd feel sort of weird talking to you on the phone knowing you have a girlfriend.." Sora turned around.
"Taichi turn around"
"What for.." Taichi turned around. He saw that Sora was smiling different from usual. She had a developing blush coloring in her cheeks and a very interesting look in her eyes.
"Taichi..can't you read between the lines..?" Sora was moving in closer. Taichi was losing all sense of logic while he watched Sora's face move closer and closer.
"Lines..what are lines? Between..read..what?" Taichi stumbled over his words.
"Can't you tell what I've actually been saying the whole time..?" Sora's face was about 2 centimeters away from Taichi's. The moment was tense and Taichi was shaking, his eyes started to close and his breaths became ragged.
"Can't you tell..?" Sora's voice came in a low whisper. The expression on Taichi's face looked very troubled. His teeth were clenched together and his hands turned into fists. Sweat was running down his face and his eyes were shutting tighter.
"I..don't know..I can't tell.." said Taichi painfully. Sora's smile started to fade but remained a small smile.
"Then I can't tell either" Sora kissed Taichi on the forehead and walked home. Taichi remained still, not moving. He hoped for his thoughts to come back to him but it was too late now. He missed his chance to tell her how he felt in the middle of a very important moment, a perfect moment. Sure he could tell her how he felt on another day, but this day had meaning to it, it was different. Soon his thoughts were in order again and he remembered his journal entry.
"I'll find it in me..I'll do it..I'll do it for you." Taichi stared up at the sky and whispered.
"The night sky is beautiful, just like you, Sora Takenouchi, but it has limits just like you. Heh..limits I certainly have mine, but the love I have for you I will express in time.."
A/N: That Mimi and the "Is my love acceptable?" thing came from the Japanese version. Don't ask me why she said it because I don't really know ^^;. Sorry I did a lot of fast forwarding but I want to get to the main points of the fic already. If anyone has any other question regarding the timeline feel free to IM me on AIM or e-mail me. Also most of the parts in the dialogue may be hard to read since all the three dots may have been converted to just a period. If I need to repost it just tell me. The next chapter shouldn't be too confusing. Until then, Ja!