Title: Her Hero

Author: Snoweria

Summary: Matt is a famous gang leader who had conquered Tokyo for two years now. He, along with Taichi, Jyou and Sora are pop culture icons. Besides being a gang bangers and pop culture icons, Taichi is also a soccer star, Jyou continued his career as a doctor and Sora is a fashion designer. Everyone was happy, until a criminal organization from Odaiba lead by Tachikawa Keisuke, have Matt, Jyou and Sora captured and held hostage on plane. Jyou died while they were escaping and Matt with the rest of his gang decided to take revenge and take over Odaiba. When Matt found out Keisuke had a daughter, he decided to capture her and see how far her father would go to save her. What Matt doesn't expect is that Mimi (Keisuke's daughter) seems to like him and is very willing to be his hostage.

Characters/Pairings: Matt/Mimi, Taichi/Sora

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Action, Crime.

Rated T for languages and violence. (maybe I should raise the rating, no?)

Notes:

Thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews! Sorry I kept everyone waiting xp I had exams and on my free time I mainly focused on my 'Digimon Adventure 2' story. ha-ha. But don't worry, I will not abandon this story. ;)

Well then, I hope you will enjoy this chapter!

Happy reading.

Chapter 5

"Okay people, listen up!" said Matt, projecting his voice loud enough for everyone in the penthouse to hear him, "Me, Taichi and Sora, with Mimi as our hostage are going to infiltarte Keisuke's underground lab. And while the four of us are underground, I want all of you to kill every motherfuckers who will try to get in our way from the outside."

"Yosh!" everyone exclaimed.

"Taichi and Sora will plant the bomb in the lab's power system, and I suggest, as soon as you see four of us getting out of there, you all run before you explode with the lab and the building above it. I don't want to hold another funeral and I trust you guys can prevent that."

"Yosh!"

"Now let's get going!" said Matt with his trademark grin."We have a bunch of people to kill!"

The entire penthouse cheered, applaud and were throwing their fists in the air.

Matt looked around the room at the cheering crowd, nodded slightly in satisfaction at the cheerings his underlings gave him.

As he saw Taichi approached him, he stepped down from the wooden table, where he stood for when he gave his speech.

"I've always love that closing speech of yours. 'We have a bunch of people to kill!'" Taichi mimicked Yamato.

Yamato chuckled

"Where are the girls?"

"They are waiting in the car." said Taichi, "Keisuke's daughter got impatient. She kept rambling about how cool it is that she's going to get into action with Ishida Yamato. Ugh..." Taichi rolled his eyes. "She has Sora accompanying her and they are talking a bunch of useless girly stuff as we speak. Seriously, how could those two even be friends? Pfft...Girls."

The thought of a very tomboyish girl –Sora-, becoming good friends with a girl who had princess complex –Mimi- just made the boys so confused. What could they possibly be talking about? They are two girls with completely different personalities!

"Tell me about it." Matt agreed with a nod.

"Hey, shame on you two." Knowing it was Sora, the two men turned their heads towards her who had both her hands on her hips, narrowing her eyes at them.

"What?" asked Taichi, putting on an innocent look.

Sora crossed her arm over her chest, "Gossiping about me and Mimi, that is." she said, with a smirk.

"We were most certainly not gossiping!" Taichi declared loudly, his voice filled with irritation.

Matt just narrowed his eyes at Sora.

"You two are just like me and Mimi." Sora says calmly, "For instance, you Tai..." she was pointing at Tai who was taken aback, "...are very talkative."

"Am not!"

Ignoring Taichi, Sora moved on, "...and on the other hand, Matt ..." she was now pointing at Matt, "You are calm and collected."

"What's your point?" asked Matt, quirking a brow.

"My point is, no matter how different two persons are, they can be best friends." Sora smiled, "Even though you two have different personality, like me and Mimi have, you always have the same opinion on something. Like how hasty the two of you can get."

"Ughh, blablabla, blablabla. We get it, will you ever stop - "

Suddenly, Matt elbowed Tai's stomach, making him stop . "Oooff!What was that for? You are bruisng my kidney!"

Matt gave Tai a look that reminded Tai of what they discussed the night before.

"Oh..." Taichi reacted when he realised. "Erm, S-sora..."

"Just save it Tai!" Sora yelled at him, throwing her face away from Tai in an angry manner before she walked towards the elevator, leaving the two rooted on their spot, both surprised with her sudden outburst of anger.

"I'm pretty sure it's the time of the month." Taichi broke the silence.

Matt merely sighed, slightly shooking his head before he patted a comforting hand on Taichi's shoulder "Way to go Romeo." He said, before he walked away, leaving Tai cursing himself for being such an idiot.

This time, Taichi was the one driving the car, since he wanted to avoid any awkward and unpleasant interactions with the girls, especially Sora.

He angered Sora and he doesn't want to make whatever the matter is worse.

Matt was sitting at the front passenger seat next to Tai, while Mimi and Sora were sitting at the back. The two girls seemed to be in their own little world, chatting animatedly with each other, laughing, giggling, forgetting Matt and Taichi even existed, at least these were what the two boys thought.

The two males were quiet the entire time.

Even though he's driving, Taichi couldn't help but to eavesdropped on the girls, mainly focusing on what Sora was talking about. Next to Taichi, Matt couldn't take his eyes away from Mimi, who he was looking at from the outside rearview mirror.

Sora knew that Taichi was listening to her and Mimi's conversation, and Matt was spying on Mimi. While on the other hand, Mimi was completely oblivious and kept on talking.

"Ne, Sora-chan. Who's your idol?" asked Mimi, who accidentally made Taichi chocked a little by her question.

'Great! Now's my chance for payback. Nice one Mimi.' Sora grinned widely at Mimi.

"Hmmm...I've never told anyone about this before but I really like..." Sora trailed off, leaning over to Mimi and whispered a name in her ear.

Tachi leaned backwards against his seat, tilting his head a little, so that his ear could catch what Sora said, but to no luck, he got nothing.

Mimi gasped at Sora's answer, making Taichi even more curious than he already was.

"I like him too!" Mimi squealed, "He's so handsome and talented."

Matt suddenly frowned at Mimi's remarks. Even though he hasn't been listening to the girls -previously- boring conversation, he was certain that Mimi was not talking about him this time.

Sora wanted to laugh at Taichi and Matts' reaction. 'They are so easy to read' she silently laughed to herself.

"Right, right." Sora managed a natural cheery tone, "There's one time, I met him at a celebrity club in Tokyo and guess what..." Mimi was listening attentively, her head, leaning closer to Sora with eagerness, "He asked me out!"

Mimi gasped, half squealed in disbelief, covering her wide gaping mouth with her hands.

Okay, so that story was a quarter true. She did met the said guy in the club, they flirted and he showed interest yes, but he did not ask her out.

"What?" Taichi yelled, turning and flashing his angry face at Sora instead of looking at the road.

Honk . honk . honk. (sound of loud honking)

"Watch the road you moron!" the driver who honked yelled, as he drove his car next to Taichi's.

Taichi turned his head abruptly at the yeller, "Fuck you!" Taichi –who's still furious- yelled back and gave the guy a finger.

"You want to fight asshole?" The guy shouted back, obviously angered by Taichi's remark.

Without thinking, Taichi quickly took out his black pistol from his jacket and was pointing it at his challenger. One hand holding the pistol, the other was balancing the steering wheel, "I'll pull this trigger if you say one more word."

The threatened guy whimpered in fear at the sight of the pistol in Taichi's hand. Without saying another word, he fastened his car speed. Racing away until he was gone from Taichi's sight.

"What the hell is wrong with you Tai?" Sora yelled at Tai.

Taichi glared at Sora through the rearview mirror and was about to yell back at her, but stopped when he realised what he was about to say.

"Nothing." He said, forcing a natural tone.

"Oi, oi! Cut it out you two." said Matt with a frown.

"I thought you two are suppose to be friends." Mimi added with a sad look on her face.

"I would consider him a friend, if he weren't such a jerk." Sora forced a natural tone, while glaring at the back of Taichi's seat.

Taichi was about to bark at Sora, but Yamato butted in, "I said enough!" he yelled this time. "If this continues and eventually ruin my plan, I will shoot you both." He pressed with his cold voice.

The pair instantly went speechless. None were dare to make any comments even though they knew that there was no way Matt would seriously shoot them. It was the expression on Matt's face that what made them stopped.

That malice, cold look.

Sora took a glance at Mimi who had her mouth gaped open. 'She might be frightened.' thought Sora, as worry took over her.

"That was so cool!" Mimi squealed, her face was as bright as the day light.

"Ha?" the other three people in the car exclaimed in unison, averting their gaze to Mimi.

"You are so cool Matt! The look on your face..." Mimi sighed breathlessly, "..so cool and handsome! Gyaaa..."

"Matt, do you want me to stop by the mental hospital?" joked Taichi in a serious tone.

Matt was completely speechless. Never in his life had he met someone who's not intimidated by his threatening look. Until now.

Not to mention, the girl's bluntness never fail to surprised him.

On the other hand, Sora just laughed at the sight of Mimi's adorable reaction and Matt's stoned ones.

"Mimi, as soon as we get out of this car, I want you to act like you are being kidnap. Do you understand?" Matt asked with a very serious look on his face.

Mimi merely answered him by giggling goofily.

The gangster trio dropped a sweat, while their -supposed to be- hostages' dreamy eyes never leave the boss's extremely attractive face.

Matt cleared his throat, "I am going to hold you against me and..."

Mimi squealed so loud that the other three persons in the car had to cover their ear. "Oh God, I'm so excited!" she exclaimed.

Rubbing his temple, Matt's face was blushing madly. "Will you please..." he cleared his throat again, this time he looked down on Mimi's –which really belongs to Sora- red low stilleto heels as he rubbed his temple. "..listen to me." He begged breathlessly, then slowly looking back up to Mimis' face.

The girl nodded, grinning ear to ear, her eyes gleamed with glee.

"Okay, okay, she understands you! Can we go now?" Taichi half yelled at Matt.

Matt groaned, slapping his palm against his forehead.

With a soft chuckle, Sora shook her head before she stepped out of the car to gather weapons and bombs from the cars' compartment and Taichi followed her, despite knowing that Sora wouldn't talk or even look at him.

Sighing hopelessly, Matt too, stepped out of the car to let Mimi out.

Mimi jumped on him unceremoniously as he opened the door, suffocating him with her tight embrace and the feel of her breast up against his.

"Mimi, I-" Matt managed, "-you-please."

"Umm..." Mimi looked up at him with her cheerful smile.

"Hostage, remember?"

Widening her eyes as she realised her mistake, Mimi quickly released Matt from her hug. "Oh, right. Ha-ha. Sorry."

Slowly yet awkwardly, the pair got into their intended -abductor and hostage- position.

Mimi blushed madly and at the same time couldn't stop smiling, while Matt couldn't get enough of Mimis' scent, he took a deep breath on them.

"Hey, time to get moving!" yelled Taichi from behind the car.

"Ready Mimi?" asked Sora as she approached Mimi –who is held hostage by Matt-, "Don't forget to yell and cry." She winked.

Mimi winked back at Sora, "Trust me, I'm a pro when it comes to acting."

"Yeah right!" Taichi snorted, "You'll most likely be all over Matt and screw the whole plan."

"Tai." Matt shoot Tai a deathly glare.

"Alright, alright. I'm backing off. Now, can we go?"

"Kou-chan said the fastest way to get inside is through the sewer." said Sora, mainly to Matt and Mimi.

"Well, that's convenient." Matt made a face.

"Wear these headsets." Sora handed each Matt and Tai their headsets, none for Mimi, since she's suppose to play the hostage. "With these, we can communicate with Koushirou and each other anytime, by pressing the red light button."

"Awesome." Matt nodded, while Taichi was putting on his headset.

"Isn't Kou-chan a great addition to our gang?"

Matt nodded in agreement, when on the other hand, Tai snorted softly and muttered some unpleasant, incoherent words.

"Izumi, we are in." said Matt through his headset.

"Good, now Taichi and Sora, you two go to the left, straight towards their power system." said Koushirou from the other line, "Matt and Mimi, go right, use the emergency stairs, down two floor, once you get there I'll direct you to the private lab. Don't worry about the security system, it's all covered."

"Thanks Izumi."

After the four exchanged nods, the group seperated into two groups and went their seperate ways.

As soon as Matt and Mimi get onto the intended floor, Koushirou immediately gave them the location of the private lab.

"Who's there?" a voice called out.

Matt –who's helding Mimi as his hostage- turned to face the man who the voice belonged to.

The man was short, around Izumi size. His spectacle was round, reminded Matt of Jous'. His hair was brown and unkempt, like it hadn't been wash for days, maybe weeks. From his lab uniform and his special name tag, Matt guessed that this man could be one of the two scientists working on that zombie project.

His face was blenched in fear as he saw the pistol Matt was helding in his hand. Then he laid his eyes on Mimi –who's in an act of whimpering in fear-, his expression turned to a shocked one and Matt assumed that he recognized her as his boss's daughter.

"Miss Mimi!" he cried in a trembling voice

"You move and I'll shoot her then you." Matt gave the man an intimidating stare, his voice was deep and threatening.

"W-wh-what do y-you w-want?" The man did as he was told, not moving a muscle and was rooted to his spot, shivering and was looking like he was about to wet his pants.

"Where do you keep the formula?"

"W-what do you want with it?"

"Don't question! Answer me or I'll put a bullet in your head."

Suddenly, Mimi squealed so loud that Matt almost push her away from him before she impaired his hearing ability. "Please just tell him! I don't want to die, I want my daddy!" she cried a river of fake tears.

Matt couldn't help but smirked at Mimi's realistic acting, " You hear her."

The man was hesitating.

"O-okay! I-It's in our main lab." He finally said.

"Take me there! Dare do anything stupid, I'll make sure you never get out of here alive."

The man gulped as he nodded his head furiously.

"Matt you read me? Matt!" called Taichi, from the other line of the headset.

"Yeah?"

"One of the boys called in and he said he saw a truck with containers of chemicals outside the lab."

"You don't think..."

"Yes! If those are the zombie chemicals, then they already escaped as we speak."

"Shit!"

"I suggest you press one of the scientists for information ASAP, the bombs ticking and Sora and I are on our way out, we will be waiting for you in the car. You have 8 minutes."

"Got it!" said Matt and in a flash, he let go of Mimi and shove the short man stood before him on the wall nearby, pressing the tip of his gun on the trembling man's forehead. "Tell me everything about the chemicals, whereabouts and purposes, before I put my precious bullet right through your head!"

"You are too late!" an unfamiliar voice came from behind.

Mimi gasped in horror as Matt turned his head to find another scientist pointing a gun at him.

"Let my colleague go, or I'll pull the trigger!"

All of a sudden, Mimi stood arms wide open in between Matt and the armed scientist. "You'll have to go through me first!"

"Mi-miss Mimi? Why are you defending him?" the man asked her, his face was puzzled over the odd behaviour of his boss's daughter.

"Are you playing dumb or are you just dumb?" Mimi frowned deeply."Isn't it obvious that I'm defending him?"

Realizing the opportunity, Matt quickly shoot the man he held against the wall. In a swift, he pushed Mimi down on the floor as the other man pulled the trigger of his gun.

Fortunately, the bullet missed and since the shooter seemed to be very inexperienced with guns, he loosen his grip on his weapon giving Matt the chance to kick his hand and made him dropped his weapon. In a swift, Matt was pressing the tip of his pistol on the hopeless scientist head.

"How am I too late?"

The man chuckled even though he was trembling in fear of soon losing his life, "The chemical had been released and there's no stopping it."

Matt pressed his pistol deeper into the scientists' forehead, "Where?" he barked to his victim's face.

"W-why do you care anyway?"

To the scientists' surprise, Matt smirked at his question.

After a few moment of unpleasant silence, Matt chuckled slightly. "Good question." he finally said.

Bang!

The scientist fell on the ground, with a bullet in his head, a fair amount of blood splattered out from his head.

Matt turned to look at Mimi, who looked paled, rooted on her spot as her gaze fixed on the corpse.

That moment, Matt assumed the girl was frightened and she would be scared of him for life.

But for some reason, Matt doesn't want that.

Without thinking, he walked towards her, raising his hand to touch Mimis' soft cheek.

She turned her gaze towards him, her whisky eyes were unreadable. Her expression was soft, more fragile.

She didn't push his hand away. Instead, delicately, she raised her own hands and putted them on his. Then she smiled and to his surprise, once again, she muttered, "Thank you."

Then there was a sudden gleam in her beautiful eyes. The pair of amber orbs were drowning him, sucking him into them, making him losing his mind once again, like they always did.

"Matt! Are you done yet?" Taichi's voice interrupted, making Matt jumped a little, "You have less than three minutes!"

Matt slighly shook his head as he backed away from Mimi a little and trying his best, focusing his thought on their current situation. "Oh yeah. Ermm, right." he managed in a low voice, "Let's go ermm," he cleared his troat, "Mimi."

The girl smiled at him and nodded as she unceremoniously grab onto Matts' hands, "Let's go!"

.to be continued.

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