Summary: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." Tai/Taichi is a courtesan while Matt/Yamato is a writer. Drugs, sex and Yamachi in a tale based off of Moulin Rouge.

Ratings: T (PG-13)

Characters/ Pairing:

Yamato Ishida starring as...Christian

Taichi Yagami starring as...Satine

Disclaimer: Sadly, I own neither Digimon nor Moulin Rouge, however, I will borrow Digimon, seasons 1 & 2 characters and the Moulin Rouge plot for my purposes.

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
is just to love and be loved in return."

Moulin Rouge

By splintered

(with quotes from Moulin Rouge)

Suddenly they both heard a loud knock on the door followed by Sora's voice. "Tai, the Duke's here," she called.

"Shit."

The door opened revealing Tai's boss and a tall thin blue haired man with glasses. Jyou might have been his name, but he was more commonly known as the Duke because of his reliable position of power.

'Hide!' Taichi had managed to mouth before his guest had arrived. Yamato complied as found a proper cover in Tai's closet. Meanwhile, Tai was left alone with the Duke.

The brunette swallowed as Jyou stared at him with his hungry eyes. He felt strangely violated as he could feel the blue-haired man undressing him with his eyes. "Taichi, this is the Duke," Sora broke into his thoughts. "Duke, this is Taichi Yagami. He will be the one entertaining you this lovely evening," the redhead winked. "I'll be back later, Tai," she said encouragingly, still, for some reason, Tai couldn't shake away the apprehension. "Duke, I'm sure Taichi, here, will give you anything you want." She smiled again before closing the door.

Tai nodded as he bravely motioned Jyou to his bed. Damn Sora and her awful amount of confidence in his acting skills.

"So," the brunette started, taking a seat on his bed, motioning for the Duke to follow suit, "I hear that you've taken a keen interest in our plays?" Tai breathed in deeply as he once again, lay across the bed in a rather compromising position. Tai certainly knew his role well by now.

"Hmmm," the Duke hummed appreciatively as he watched the corners of Tai's shirt hike up, revealing more skin.

"You know, I could play in many ways..." Taichi continued, throwing the Duke a practiced smothering gaze as his nimble fingers unbuttoned the rest of his shirt.

The Duke bit the bone as he pounced on the brunette without any hesitation, his weight crushing the thinner frame. Once again, the younger brunette found it hard to breath, whimpering softly from pain, but not daring to yell in fear that any rasher action would jeopardize the money source. Although the unshaven blue-haired male didn't seem to notice his partner's discomfort, someone obviously did. But rather than ask for help, Tai mouthed one word to the blond that he knew would be watching. 'Go.'

Yamato shook his head vehemently as Tai asked him to leave. For some reason, the blond just couldn't leave the brunette to suffer his fate. Thinking quickly, Yamato rapped on the door, for show mostly, making it seem like he had just come in instead of hide in the closet the whole time. Yamato didn't understand why the image before him bothered him as violently as it did, that Matt had to go against the brunette's wishes. Even after the brunette sacrificed himself in order for Matt to safely retreat from the room, Matt couldn't help but disobey. For some reason, the blonde singer/songwriter could clearly see through the brunette's guise. Despite the boy's act, the brunette was confronting some inner turmoil as his intriguing golden brown eyes showed prevalent fear and pain. In fact, the other boy seemed so easy to read that it was almost as if Matt had known him all his life or maybe in another lifetime ago.

"Uh...Tai," the blonde began, unsure of what to say. He wasn't any good at this improv stuff. Thankfully, there was another know at the door.

"Tai—ii," a cheerful voice came from the other side of the door. It wasn't long before Sora Takenouchi followed that voice into the room.

"Y-yes," Tai answered weakly as the horny Duke reluctantly got off the boy. Tai looked sickeningly pale against the white sheets. He didn't seem to be aware of his surroundings as he focused on keeping the bile down. He could puke his guts out later, he figured.

Sora, on the other hand, was sharply aware of the extra guest in the room. "Who's this?" Sora asked, puzzled at why Tai would be entertaining a blonde too when he knew that such an important guest would be arriving...well, not that not all guests were important, but this one was special. The Duke had money and of course, money changes everything.

"Well, this is..." Tai concentrated, fumbling for words. "This is...," he began again.

"Yamato."

"Right...this is Yamato. And Yamato, this is Sora and the Duke. He's the writer, Duke, who will be writing your play."

"Oh," the Duke said stupidly as his grip tightened against the brunette. Even after he had released the boy only moments before, he had grown strangely more possessive after seeing his blonde competition.

Despite the Duke's seemingly lack of interest, Tai continued with his charade. "Oh, Sora! I'm glad you got the message and finally came! You know about that impromptu rehearsal I was telling you about?"

"Rehearsal? Oh, rehearsal!" Sora finally realized what was going on. "That's right. Spectacular Spectacular!"

Taichi nodded and motioned for her to go on.

"Yes, that's right. No words in the vernacular can describe this great event! You'll be dumb with wonderment! Returns are fixed at ten percent...Now you must agree, that's excellent! And on top of your fee...You'll be involved artistically. I guarantee, the event will be so exciting, the audience will stomp and cheer! So delighting, it will run for 50 years!"

"Okay," the Duke nodded as Sora continued raving about the show.

"Oh, there will be elephants, Arabians, Indians, and courtesans! Acrobats! And juggling bears!
Exotic girls! Fire eaters! Muscle Men! Contortionists! Intrigue, danger, and romance! Electric lights! Machinery powered with electricity!"

"What's this show about?" Jyou asked curiously.

"Well...um..." Sora faltered.

"It's a story about love," Yamato spoke.

"Love?"

"Yes..." he said softly. "It's about love overcoming all obstacles..." Matt stated, his eyes never leaving Taichi's face. "And there was a courtesan. The most beautiful courtesan in all the world..."

Tai smiled for a moment, but his honey colored eyes lowered, refusing to meet the blonde's gaze.

Nevertheless, Matt continued, "But his kingdom was invaded by an evil maharajah. In order to save his kingdom, she must seduce the evil maharajah, but on the night of the seduction, she mistakes a penniless...a penniless sitar player for the evil maharajah, and he falls in love with him!"

The brunette smiled, amused at the blonde's vivid performance and expressions as he explained the plot to Sora and the Duke. Once again, Matt managed to catch Taichi's eyes.

"But, he wasn't trying to trick the courtesan...He was just dressed like a maharajah because...because he was appearing in a play."

"Yes, alright," Jyou dismissed, obviously uncomfortable by the brief interaction between Taichi and the blonde. "But what happens in the end?"

"The courtesan and sitar man are pulled apart by an evil plan..." Matt started.

"...but in the end he hears his song...and their love is just too strong," Tai finished.

Jyou felt a little funny about this as he felt his anger rise. What was this feeling? Could it be jealousy?

Yamato, however, didn't notice the Duke's silence for he continued, "The sitar player's secret song, helps them flee the evil one...Though the tyrant rants and rails, it is all to no avail!"

"And in the end should someone die?" the Duke further questioned, but no one seemed to be paying attention anymore.

"Oh, Yamato, it's brilliant!" Taichi raved as he jumped up and hugged the blonde. Matt smiled in return as he wrapped his arms around the smaller brunette, pulling him close.

"Well, generally, I like it..." the Duke whispered quietly to himself.

"And so, Sora Takenouchi found an investor."

Author's Note: Once again, thank you for reading. I would have updated/written sooner except life got in the way (Don't you hate it when that happens?) Anyways, I hope you drop by with a review, and I'll try to respond. ;)

sugar-wolf: Cliffhangers are the perfect form of torture, eh? I updated!

Courage Sun: Thanks! Another victim of AP testing, huh? I took U.S. History too! And I've gotta say...I'm so glad that I no longer have to fall asleep to first colonies, presidents, court cases, or acts. New Deal or New Frontier...What's the difference?

The Solar Beam: Yay! I caught another person's interest! Brownies really do wonders, don't they? So how did you like the Romeo&Juliet-esque intro, huh? Just 'cuz it's going to be sad doesn't mean that the whole thing's gonna be sad. I'll try to add cute fluffy moments in it too! :)

Sandylee007: Really? So do I! (In case you can't tell already...) LOL I'm glad you took a peak too! Well, here's more. :)

KoumiLoccness:Well, I'm not sure if I can write a good Koumi or when I could do it (provided that I come up with an idea and find time), but I'll keep your request in mind. As for now, I'll continue to update this fic.

cyclone5000: You have to watch Moulin Rouge! It's sad, but still, it's really good! But even if you know the ending, you don't know how they got there. -winks- Hopefully, you stick around and find out. And thanks for reviewing! Reviews make me happy and incentive to write! -hums to self-

Chandra:Thank you, thank you, and thank you! I'm glad you like it! :) And if you get a chance, you should watch the movie.