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The Start of Something New?

Jou took Takeru and Yamato to another house near his own, and as they made their way there they saw a girl about Jou and Yamato's age heading towards that same house Jou was heading to. The girl took out a key and opened the door to the house, before she had the chance to go inside she heard a very familiar voice behind her.

"Sora is that you it's been a while hasn't it?" asked no other than Jou

As Sora heard this she turned around and came face to face with her friend Jou Kido. When she saw him she was really shocked and even dropped the key in her possession. Soon she once again found her voice to speak "J-Jou…Jou is that really you? Jou it is you! Oh my………you don't know how long we've been waiting for you to come back!" Sora exclaimed as she went to hug her friend that she hasn't seen for almost a year and a half.

"I'm glad to finally get to see you too Sor, it has been a while hasn't it and I really missed you guys too. Sorry I didn't have the chance to return up until now." Said Jou as he returned the hug he truly did miss all of his friends and since Sora's place was the closest to his he decided to visit her first

While Sora and Jou were talking Yamato was staring at the red haired girl in front of him and well…he just couldn't stop staring. Takeru noticed the sudden change in his brothers face and he couldn't help but smile, then his head came to a thought that Sora's name sounded really familiar as if someone already mentioned it to him before.

Sora picked up the key that she dropped and placed it in her pocket. The she looked at Jou "Jou you don't know how much you've missed since you were gone. I'm glad you're here you aren't leaving again are you?" asked Sora hoping to hear that Jou wouldn't be leaving them again this time

"Well good news is I'm back for good after a long time." Said Jou then he suddenly remembered that Takeru and Yamato were right there with him so he turned back to Sora "Oh Sora before I forget these two guys with me are Yamato and Takeru Ishida." He said as he pointed to the two boys

Sora couldn't help but glance at Yamato and she noticed that he was…spacing out? Then she heard Jou's voice call out "Hey Yamato you still there? What happened to him Takeru?" asked Jou

Sora's giggling was the thing that snapped Yamato back to reality then he simply mouthed a 'sorry' then Sora stopped giggling and said "Sorry for that, it's just that for a prince you seem to space out a lot, something that a friend of mine would do." Said Sora referring to Tai.

"I-it's alright…um…Miss?" asked Yamato he was used to calling others by their surnames

"Oh I haven't properly introduced myself my name is Sora Takenouchi, but please just call me Sora or Sor whatever suits you it's fine with me it's a pleasure to meet you." Said Sora extending her hand to Yamato. Then afterwards she looked at Takeru then she called to Jou "Jou can we talk for a sec?" she asked

"Yeah sure no problem Sora." Said Jou as he followed Sora and excuse himself for a moment, then when they were sure that Yamato and Takeru couldn't hear them he asked "What's this about?"

"Nothing much Jou it's just that I already know of Takeru he's already met Tai, Mimi, Kari and Ken." Explained Sora

"Yeah I know he mentioned that he did run away yesterday. And who's Ken?" asked Jou

"He and some other new friends of ours moved here a few months ago, I did tell you that you missed a lot didn't I? Anyway how did he tell you? And how do you know them so well?" asked Sora

"Well you see when I left here about half a year ago I was soon told to go to the castle because the queen was sick. I know you're wondering why I didn't visit here right? Well I would if I had the time but since I was here for a job and not for a vacation I really didn't have time. So after that I often did services for the castle and soon got to be really good friends with Yamato and Takeru. What about you were you expecting him to come?" asked Jou

"No not me I haven't even met him in person until now. I was sure that Kari was waiting for him to come back since yesterday though. I mean the only eason I recognize him now is because of all the things Kari's told me about him." Said Sora

Jou's eyes went wide then he asked "Kari? Are you sure? What about Tai's overprotective case?" asked Jou

"Well that's just it Tai doesn't seem to mind either. In fact he seems more protective when Davis is around. Davis is Ken's friend that kinda has a crush on Kari." Said Sora "And Jou, Kari seems to be looking forward to Takeru's return I mean she went to help me out in the flower shop extra early today, she had that smile that she rarely uses and when she talked about Takeru I haven't heard one single negative thing about him coming from her."

"Wow that's something I don't hear everyday, Takeru seems to like Kari too, the way he talked about her earlier was different than usual." Said Jou

"Jou do they know that you know Tai?" asked Sora

"No they don't, when I heard Takeru mention Tai's name earlier I wanted to surprise him that's why we're here now. I asked permission from His Majesty and I was lucky that he said yes. They have until the bell in the castle rings later." Explained Jou

"Oh, well…what do you say we take these two to Tai I'm sure that they're looking forward to meeting them both." Said Sora

"Alright." With that they both went back to Takeru and Yamato "Hey guys lets get moving shall we."

The two boys nodded and simply just followed Jou and Sora to their next destination.

The four of them made their way to Tai's place but they took another route to get there to make sure that Takeru doesn't recognize the place. As they made their way Yamato was still day dreaming about a certain someone and well as they were walking he accidentally hit one of the stalls in the market. The stalls were made of wood so he got scratched because of the contact.

"Ow." That was the only thing that he could say as he saw his bleeding hand

"Yamato you should look where your going." Said Jou with a little laugh then continued "Now might be the first time that I saw you so well…distracted. Something on your mind?"

"Huh? Oh no nothing just getting used to the new environment…" said Yamato

Sora let out a little laugh then she grabbed Yamato's hand and took out a bandage (A/N: Yes she brings it just in case.)

"You bring a bandage with you?" asked Jou with a smile

"Well a good friend of mine always told us to always be prepared for any possible danger that might happen." Said Sora looking at Jou

"Hehe thanks for taking my advice then." Replied Jou with laugh

"Anyway lets hurry to our destination so we can wash the blood off." With that Sora was still holding on to Yamato's hand all the way to Tai's place which made Yamato's face turn bright red the whole time

Tai and Ken were still talking with the others, Sora left to finish work or at least clean up the garden she was working on. So the others were left in Tai's place to still just hang out.

"I wonder where Sora is. She should have gone back by now." Said Tai with a sigh "What's taking her so long?"

"I'm right here Taichi, you could have been more patient you know." Said Sora waving to her friends

"Finally what took you so long! I thought you'd ditch us like that." Said Davis with a smile

"Yeah well guys I have a surprise for all of you." Said Sora then the three guys went in

"……………………………………………………………………………." Everyone was silent until…

"JOU KIDO!?!?!?" exclaimed Tai, Mimi, Koushiro and Kari

"NO WAY! There's just NoWay! Jou is that really…" said Tai as he approached Jou

"Greetings Jou you're back, how long has it been?" asked Koushiro looking s his friend

"OH MY GOSH J-JOU! I am so happy to see you!" called Mimi in excitement as she went over and gave Jou a big hug.

"I'm glad to see you guys too." Said Jou as he greeted all of his friends

As the greetings went on some failed to notice Takeru and Yamato's arrival, so Sora went somewhere and disappeared for the moment. As the introductions went on Kari suddenly stopped and finally noticed that Takeru and his bother were there.

"T.K! You really came back!" yelled Kari as she went over and hugged Takeru too quick for her to even notice that by this time all of them were staring.

"Um…H-hey Kari…" said Takeru, he didn't really know what else to say since at the same time his face was blushing an he also caught his brother smirking at him.

"*cough* okay…you two brake it up now! Come on Kari…" said Tai getting them apart and looking at Takeru "Okay I'm glad you came back too, but still don't do that." Said Tai going into his over protective bro mode

Kari realizing what happened blushed deep red and said "I-it wasn't his fault Tai…" hoping that Tai wouldn't scold T.K for what just happened

Tai was silent for a while then said "I know Kari don't worry I'm not mad at him or anything."

"…" Everyone in the room was in shock, normally they'd expect Tai to go overboard again like he does with Davis, but now…it was so…different…Davis on the other hand had his mouth hung wide open one, because Kari just hugged Takeru, and two because Tai didn't seem to be angry at all.

"T-that's it? Seriously Tai that's it?" asked Mimi with a huge grin on her face

"What are you talking about now Meems?" asked Tai facing Mimi

"You know fully well what she's talking about." Interrupted Sora "Usually, we'd expect you to go overboard again just like you do with Davis or with any other guy that lays a finger on Kari, but now…it's like nothing happened."

"Well, I have my reasons. Besides Kari hugged T.K not the other way around." Said Tai

"Um…so does that mean Tai and the others are your friends too Jou?" asked Takeru trying to get out of the previous topic.

"That's right I grew up with most of them and we became really good friends." Replied Jou then he turned to the others "Guys, these two are Takeru and Yamato Ishida. I got them out of the castle today and luckily the king and queen approved of it. I became good friends with them during the process when I was constantly coming to visit whenever someone from the royal family was sick." Explained Jou

"Awesome! T.K this is Yolei, Koushiro, Cody, Davis and I'm guessing you've already met Sor." Introduced Tai

"Hi!"

"Pleasure to meet you."

"Nice to make your acquaintance."

"Hey."

"Hello everyone, this is my brother Yamato." Introduced Takeru

"Hi, nice to meet all of you." Replied Yamato

"Hey man! We've heard a lot of stuff about you from T.K. He really brought you with him this time, nice." Said Tai as he shook Yamato's hand then he noticed the blood that was coming from the cut he had earlier

"Sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention earlier and got into a little accident ." said Yamato

"No problem. You should really get that cut washed though." Advised Tai

"Here let me." Sora suddenly pulled a nearby chair and let Yamato sit. Then she took the wet towel she came to get earlier when she disappeared. Being the 'mother figure' of the group she's always willing to help out, her friends in particular.

Sora held Yamato's bleeding hand and started to wipe the blood off using the wet towel, as she was doing so Yamato couldn't help but blush and this time T.K was the one smirking. The others were silent as well, for one they never pictured Sora to be so nice to someone she just met, especially if that someone was a guy.

"There, we wouldn't want you or Jou to get scolded or anything when you get back to the castle wouldn't we." Said Sora as she finished, and she also wrapped a bandage, the one she was holding on to earlier, in Yamato's hand. "It's not a really big deal, just a small scratch actually. But as Jou used to say, we can't be too sure and in this case infection could be one of those."

"T-thank you…Sora" said Yamato who was still blushing

"Your Welcome…Yama." Said Sora with a smile

"Yama???? Where did that come from?" asked Tai

"Oh I just shortened his name a bit, I figured that since we call his brother T.K well you know…" said Sora putting the chairs she pulled out back to their original positions.

"Alright, it's settled then. Tai looks like this calls for a celebration." Said Mimi

"That's a great idea Meems, come on Ken we've got work to do." With this Ken and Tai headed for the kitchen

"What's the celebration for?" asked Takeru

"One for Jou's return, and second for making new found friends." Said Cody who smiled

Soon Tai and Ken came out of the kitchen with loads of food. And from that each of them were talking and sharing stories with each other. Jou told Tai and the others all about his long journey and Takeru and Yamato were sharing about their own experiences in life.

As they were telling stories of their own, Sora suddenly excused herself and went outside. Yamato out of curiosity followed her out. This suddenly brought the gang to the same conclusion.

"Hmmm…..Tai you don't think…." Started Mimi, whose already noticed Yamato's actions towards their friend

"Who knows Meems. I'm having the same thought too, but we can't be sure." Said Tai

"Yeah, lets remember that we still have to figure out Sora's side in this too." Said Koushiro as he looked at the others

"You know ever since we were kids there wasn't even one guy that Sora had feelings for. It's like no one could make her show her true feelings for them, none at all." Said Mimi

"Then if that's true then this might be good for Sora, your brother might be the one T.K." said Jou with a smile

"Yamato…I want to see him happy for once. After everything he's been through…" said Takeru

"Speaking of that, you once mentioned that you ran away because Yama and your father ha a fight about being forced to marry right?" asked Mimi

"Yes, that's right." Replied Takeru

"Well who was it that he has to marry?" asked Yolei

"Well…her name is…" started Takeru

Sora went outside and sat in the bench at the side of Tai's house, she was left alone which she didn't really mind at all. Sora enjoyed the fresh air outside and the nice feeling it gave off. Sora took out a piece of paper and a pencil, things which she always brings along to give her something to do during her free time. Then the paper she took out had a beautiful sketch of their friends, of course it was unfinished, and this was what she was planning to continue.

As she was sketching someone suddenly sat beside her and asked "Do you mind if I accompany you?" asked Yamato

"Yama what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be inside with Tai and the others?" asked Sora as she tried to cover her sketch

"Hmm? I was just curios why you weren't in there as well and I was wondering what you'd be doing out here all alone." Replied Yamato and then he caught a glimpse of the sketch that Sora was doing and asked "May I see your work Sora?"

"Well…this one's not yet done and everything, but alright…" she handed Yamato the sketch and said "They're not that good, I'm still trying to do better."

As Yamato was looking at the sketch he was really amazed by Sora's work of art. She was able to draw Tai, Mimi, and the other in clear full detail and it was so life-like, all in all it was really amazing "Wow, Sora these are really amazing works."

"T-thank you…I'm glad you like them. I also drew us when we were kids but I left those at home since I was done with them." Said Sora

"They're really nice works, I'm glad I got to see them Sora thank you." Said Yamato handing the sketch back to Sora and smiled, a smile that made her blush too.

"You know Tai told me you're really good at growing beautiful flowers, I'd like to see how nice they look. But you know I'm sure they'd look amazing." Then he whispered "just like the person who grows them…" as Yamato said this, Sora was officially red and her eyes were wide in shock and she couldn't maintain eye contact with him, for some reason Yamato was different from all the other guys she's met and she was happy about that.

"T-thanks." Replied Sora then she decided to switch the topic "By the way…Yama…you seem really lonely earlier. Do you hate your life that much?" asked Sora

"Not really, I mean I love my parents and Takeru too, but I hate it when they force me to do things I don't like doing." Replied Yamato not liking the memory of the argument he had with his father

"Oh like what?" asked Sora

"Well you see…he wants me to marry." He answered simply, he didn't want to even remember the fact that he was told to marry. In reality he wanted to forget it.

"Oh…" when Sora heard this she couldn't help but feel sad and really really sad too…this sort of feeling was really new to her so she didn't know how to react to it.

"It's not like I like to marry her or anything it's just that my father keeps telling me that I have to for the sake of the kingdom and something like that." Explained Yamato

"So you're doing this by force…that's not right…" said Sora "Who is this girl is she really that bad?"

"Well her name's Princess Cassandra…" and as Yamato said that Sora froze

"CASSANDRA?!?" yelled the whole group as they heard the name that T.K mentioned

"Y-you mean Cassandra T-Tatlin??!!??" asked Tai

"Y-Yeah that's her…why do you guys seem so shocked and everything? Have you guys met her?" asked T.K

"Well…yes, but we didn't meet her in a friendly way I fact meeting her was one of the most horrible things that happened around here." Said Mimi recalling the memory of it all

"You see, that princess came here a few months ago, and boy did she cause a lot of fights…" started Davis

Flashback….

The whole gang was in the meadows just hanging out together like they usually do on their free time. It was their vacation today so none of them had any work, they had all the time to relax to themselves…all was peaceful or at least they though it was…

"OW!" they heard a voice, something that belonged to a young child

"Hey Tai, what was that?" asked Sora getting up "It sounded like a little boy…you don't think something's happened don't you?" asked Sora

"Don't know Sor, but I say we check it out, you know just to male sure." As Tai got up he called on the others to go with them and they made their way to the side of the meadow where lot's of kids played, and some had their families with them. On the down side….

"Don't you know what you just did?!?" yelled Cassandra to the little boy

"I-I'm sorry Princess I-I really didn't mean for it to have happened please forgive me…" begged the little boy who was now in the verge of tears

"After all this sorry is all you've got to say?" asked Cassandra

"We apologize Princess, our son didn't mean to bump into you it was all an accident." Said the boy's mother (A/N: I your wondering what happened, the boy was playing and he bumped Cassandra, then she got hit by a ball in the head because of it.)

"How dare you…" She was about to add another comment when suddenly

"Hey knock it off!" yelled Tai as he got in front of the child "No need to be so grumpy and rude here, it was just an accident!"

"Yeah it's not like this whole thing is going to end up killing you!" Davis and the others soon came to back Tai up

"How dare you! Do you know who I am?!?" asked Cassandra angrily

"Yeah, your Princess Cassandra right?" asked Mimi

"That's right! You all have no right to treat me this way." Started Cassandra

"But it really was just an accident, please don't be mad at the little boy." Said Kari as she looked at the trembling boy who was holding unto Tai

"Yeah no need to be grouchy." Said Davis

Cassandra eyed the others and soon she finally spoke "I'll deal with you soon, once I become queen you'll all be sorry that this so called accident occurred." Then she stomped off

As she walked off Tai and the others talked to the parents of the boy and they got thanks in return. When they finally got to back to where they were before they were all left in deep thought.

"That was the princess? All I saw was a spoiled girl." Said Davis

"Davis that's just not right, if we were to be caught by saying such things we'd all be in the dungeons." Said Koushiro, although he himself had to admit that he didn't like the princess' attitude either

"If she really does end up as queen I'd choose to rather stay in the dungeons." Said Davis confidently, what just happened really pissed him off and now he was really getting annoyed.

"Look Koushiro I respect the royal family as much as the next guy, but if they're really planning to make someone like her queen they'd have to be out of it." Said Tai looking right at the others

"I'm with Taichi on that one, from the looks of it she doesn't even seem to care about the people at all. From the way she treated that little boy she seems to care more about herself than others." Said Sora, she didn't like what happened either, he was pretty sure that none of them did.

"Listen guys, based on what I know the princess usually gets to marry the eldest son. And in our case the Kingdom already has two princes'." Said Ken

"Then that would mean that the eldest prince would have to be the one to marry her right?" asked Cody

"Yes, that would be the case." Agreed Koushiro

"But you guys, who would want to marry someone like her? She's terrible, no ones going to benefit from having her as queen." Said Mimi, she knew herself that she too could be a little sensitive especially on the fashionable side, but there was no way she'd yell at a little child because of an accident.

"Man I haven't even met this guy and I really am starting to feel bad about him having to marry her, because from what I've heard the marriages are usually arranged by the parents and the prince is never given a choice since they always say that it's for the good of the kingdom." Said Tai

"Well if it was someone he could bear with then it wouldn't be a problem would it Tai?" asked Kari, although the chances of someone bearing with someone who cares more about herself is pretty hard.

"It would be if it were any normal person…but in this case….I'm just not so sure." Said Tai

"Listen guys, enough about all this already alright, if she comes back then let her, for all we know the prince could have already found someone else by the time she does return, we really never know." Said Sora, she wanted to drop the topic right now.

"Yeah…let's hope so…." And soon they walked off back home…

End of Flashback…

"And that's how it all happened, mainly Jou was pretty lucky that he wasn't even here. I mean she was really something, in a not so good way. How could someone want her to be queen?" asked Tai as he looked at T.K, now he knew what the guy meant when he said that his brother was going through a lot.

"Hasn't Yama met her before, how can he stand her?" asked Mimi

"Actually…He can't. Every time that she comes over she clings unto Yamato like their already married and acts as though she can order everyone around except me of course. My father thinks that she's really nice since she acts nice towards our family and everything, but Yamato doesn't even like her so there's just no way that he would want to marry her." Explained Takeru

"Great, so when is she coming back anyway?" asked Tai

"In a few days I think…" replied T.K

"Great…Just Great…" said Davis sarcastically

"T.K doesn't your father see what Cassandra does in the village?" asked Kari, she was wondering that if the king and queen knows about her attitude outside the palace than shouldn't they have noticed by now?
"Well, no he doesn't, maybe because she keeps on giving suggestions on how to improve the town every time they meet and how much fun she's having here. And I also doubt that anyone would just go there and tell my father what she's really like." Said T.K sadly

"That's a very valid point. She is a princess no matter how she acts. Meaning that whatever she says usually just goes even without question. Those who get in her was are people she can even banish from the kingdom. I'm sure they're just afraid of what she's capable of." Said Koushiro

"So she's being a threat altogether right? Wow Yamato's got a lot to think about now. And to think that we're going to see her again. That's something I wouldn't be looking forward to." Said Davis

"I don't think anyone would be looking forward to it. And I don't think that she's looking forward to seeing us either, unless it's to punish us or something like that." Said Yolei

"Yeah from the looks she gave us it was as if she was giving us some kind of death glare or something…" said Ken

"You better be careful T.K." Kari suddenly spoke

"What are you talking about Kari? He doesn't need to be careful, she cant threaten him since he's related to the royal family." Said Mimi, and by this time T.K was looking at her as well

When Jou saw this he looked at everyone and started to explain "Actually Meems, Kari has a good point. I mean just think about it, if she hates you guys like you say she does how do you think she'll take things when she finds out that Takeru and Yamato have mat you? More so became your friends, she'd go to any extent to separate you guys from them and she might come up with some kind of reason for them to be forbidden to leave the palace again."

"…" All of them were silent…now they knew what Kari and Jou meant. They knew and have heard a lot of things about Cassandra and most of them weren't any good at that, maybe now would really be a good time for them to stay alert.

As all of them were in deep thought of what could possibly happen the bell from the castle finally rang and all of them knew that it was time for Takeru and Yamato to go back home and Jou's in charge of taking them there.

"Well guys that our cue, we have to get moving now." Said Jou as he got up and the others did too.

"Alright Takeru come on man, lets go outside and get Yamato and Sor." Said Tai as all of them soon got up and headed out the door.

Outside Sora and Yamato were talking like normal friends, Sora didn't bother to tell Yamato what happened with their fateful encounter with Cassandra because she just didn't want to talk about it and hopefully Yamato would find out on his own. Sora didn't want Yamato to end up with Cassandra for two reasons one, she was sure that he wouldn't be happy and two, she had this feeling inside of her that she couldn't explain, but as they say things will be revealed at the right time.

Tai and the others came out and signaled Yamato that they had to leave, he was having such a good time talking with Sora that he didn't even notice the bell ring so as he was about to leave he faced her for one more time.

"I really had a great time Sora thank you." Said Yamato smiling at her, a smile that you rarely see at all this was a smile that showed that he was indeed really happy.

"I did too, I'm glad we got some time to get to know each other." Said Sora smiling back

"I'm really happy I got to talk to you, you made me feel well…normal I really want to thank you for that and I'd want to come back here again sometime." Said Yamato

"You better! We'll be waiting for you two alright. And…um…good luck…" said Tai

"Thanks…I think…Anyway Takeru and I will be sure to come back sometime alright, I'm glad that I met all of you." Said Yamato as he looked at the others

"We we're too it was nice having new friends along, so come back when you can alright." Said Yolei

"Okay guys, we have to get going I still have to get back here you know. Now we have to go grab Chronos and Asellor so we can get you two home." Said Jou telling the two boys to get going, then he waved to his friends and said "I'll be back you guys."

"You should! Don't you dare leave us again!" called Mimi

Before Yamato really left he faced Sora and took her hand "I really had an amazing time today with you Sora, I hope we can talk again like this someday, take care alright and don't work too hard." Said Yamato as he gently brought her hand up and kissed it, then he quickly went off to follow his brother and Jou.

As they watched the three figures leave, they turned to face Sora, who was blushing hard and was struck dumbfounded. Te others couldn't believe it, for the first time Sora was blushing and now she couldn't even move. Now Mimi was smiling widely and the others were just in plain shock…

Were Mimi and Tai's assumptions true? Was this encounter between Yamato and Sora really be the start of something bigger? Will Davis have a chance against T.K over Kari? And what would Cassandra's arrival bring into the group? All of these unanswered questions loomed into their heads , but one thing was for sure their lives are now taking a huge turn of events that they were sure no one would ever forget. It was the beginning now and their adventures might be far from over…

Authors Note: Well that's it thanks for all the reviews so far everyone. And thank you for all the suggestions and advise it really helped me out.