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Authors Note: Thanks for all the reviews. I hope that you like this chapter. The first few chaps will be about catching up with Tai and getting to know Yamato and the gang. Then soon the other pairings will come along in the next chapters and they'll make their appearances again. : )
Meeting You On The First Day
I entered the classroom and I noticed a bunch of other students staring at me. The teacher was already there so I figured that I was running late or something. I bowed politely and apologized "I'm sorry sir, it would seem that I was late for class?" I said as I wasn't really sure if I was late or not.
The teacher smiled at me and spoke "No, you're not late at all. In fact class is just about to start. You got here just in time."
Thank goodness, I sighed to myself. Then I heard the teacher speak again "Now I don't quite recall seeing you here before. You must be the new transferee then?" I nodded and he continued "My name is Mr. Deacon I'll be you're history teacher for this school year. If you wouldn't mind introducing yourself to the rest of the class?"
I turned to face all the other students that were inside the room and spoke "Um…hello, I'm Sora Takenouchi and I just moved here from Japan." I simply said
"Now everyone, I'm hoping for you to treat her well and make her feel welcome here." He told them and as they nodded simply n reply, Mr. Deacon turned back to me and spoke "Sora, please take in the vacant chair beside Yamato."
I nodded and went to my chair. Then I spotted him, Yamato Ishida, bass guitarist and lead singer of the Teen Aged Wolves. He had these deep and amazing blue eyes I've seen and I couldn't help but looking straight at them. I looked at him and he stared back at me then he was soon backing away a bit. I realized why he was acting this way and he was reacting the same way Akira did when we first met. I eventually snapped out of my little trance and sat down. I took a seat on the chair beside him and couldn't help but laugh a little bit.
He was now looking at me confused and I spoke "I'm sorry….It's just…I didn't expect you to react like that. But if it helps, I promise I won't do anything to make you feel uncomfortable around me considering we'll be sitting next to each other for a whole year." I told him, stopping my laughter.
Yamato looked at me wide eyed and he eventually returned to his normal sitting position on his chair. He looked at me and I simply flashed a friendly smile. Then I turned back to face the board to listen to Mr. Deacon's lecture of the day.
Yamato's POV
Okay…that was just odd…she just stood there staring at me and then a few seconds later she ends up laughing? Not necessarily the first reaction I could have expected either. I rarely meet a girl like that, most of them just squeal in my ear and made me wish I were deaf. Sora huh…that's a nice name and she sure seems nice too.
"I'm sorry….It's just…I didn't expect you to react like that. But if it helps I promise I wont do anything to make you feel uncomfortable around me considering we'll be sitting next to each other for a whole year." As she tells me this, I couldn't help but smile inwardly. She really does seem different…unlike any other girl I've met. Since she's a transfer student, that must mean she got a scholarship here. One thing I'm sure of now is that she must be a really smart girl.
I looked at her and there was something about her…I just can't seem to put it. She's definitely something if she didn't react like some crazy fan girl. That's a first…I wonder if she's really like this or if this is just kind of act she's putting up? But from the way she laughed earlier, I highly doubt that it was just some act.
As she sat down on her chair and she smiles at me. A genuine, nice and heart warming smile I rarely see everyday. Something tells me that if she's my seatmate for a whole year I wouldn't mind at all. She's truly interesting…in more ways than one that's for sure…I'll be happy to get to know Sora…
Sora's POV
Okay, so the first class was just some simple history recap and I got most of the notes that I needed to study the topic. I was getting up from my seat and getting ready to leave for the next class, which was mathematics. As I got up I felt someone tap me on my shoulder, so I turned around and looked at Yamato who was right behind me. "Yes? I-is there anything I can do for you?" I asked
This time he was the one that smiled and spoke "No need to be so formal. I'm Yamato by the way." He introduced
"Nice to meet you Yamato, I'm Sora." I replied while returning the smile
"So…you're form Japan huh. Must have been a tough move…" he spoke
"Yeah it was. Hard to leave all my friends and family behind and everything else." I replied, again after remembering Mimi and the others I couldn't help but feel sad about it
"Hey, it's alright. I'm sure you'll fit in here in South Harmond just fine. Besides, who wouldn't want to be friends with such a nice and pretty girl?" he told me and I blushed at his comment. I didn't know if he was joking around but sill, I couldn't help it if my face turned into different shades of red "Knock it of Sora…he's just a guy…"
I looked at him trying to hide the blush that crept on my face "Um…I have to go…wouldn't want to be late for the next class."
"Sure, so I'll see you around then?" he asked
"Yeah, sure. Well, see you later then." After that I left the room and quickly made my way to the next class. I could hear some of the girls whispering stuff about me and it wasn't a good thing. I ignored all of it and just continued to make my way to the next room.
Yamato's POV
I went to her and decided to talk to her and give her a nice greeting. I tapped her shoulder and she was looking at me confused. "Yes? I-is there anything I can do for you?" she asked me and it made me smile.
We got into a really short conversation after the introductions and I saw her sadden after talking about leaving her friends behind so I decided to help her lighten up a bit. "Hey, it's alright. I'm sure you'll fit in here in South Harmond just fine. Besides, who wouldn't want to be friends with such a nice and pretty girl?" after I said this I couldn't help but notice that she was…blushing? I think she noticed it too, because she wanted to end the conversation afterwards and she was hiding it. Me on the other hand, I couldn't help but think that she was cute blushing like that.
Okay…pause just a sec…I never really referred to a girl as cute, maybe I did a few times but this time I mean it. She really is cute when she does that. Now something tells me that the two of us are going to get along. As I see her walk out of the room I hear some of the girls in class starting to gossip about her. "Not this again. Why can't they just leave me alone? Now they have to gossip about her just because she talked to me?" You see this is the reason why I stopped dating and going out with girls. All of them were just way to clingy. The last time I got set-up on a date, it turned out to be a total disaster. I never want that to ever happen again. Now a lot of people think that just because I'm the popular guy it's easy for me to get into a relationship. Oh they're dead wrong….
Okay, back to Sora…she really does seem different. Well, she'll be spending the whole two years here so I have a lot of time to figure her out. Being her friend wouldn't be a bad start, at least now I get to have a friend that's not crazy about me and hangs with my for money and fame…
Sora's POV
The next few hours in class wasn't that exciting. I didn't know anyone there so I didn't really have anyone to talk to. Don't get me wrong. I usually listen to the teacher, but I miss it when I had a seatmate that I could talk to every once and a while. I attended my last class and we covered English, and it ended up just the same as the last class I had. I was getting a bit lonely having no one to talk to every time a class ended and I started to wonder if I'll ever get used to this kind of education.
Soon, I didn't even notice the time fly. Lunch came and I remained alone. I sighed to myself thinking about random things "I sure miss all the others…I wonder what Mimi's up to right now?" I continued to walk to the cafeteria thinking about stuff and then soon enough I heard a voice call out to me.
"Sora! There you are!" I turned and saw Akira and as he approached me I couldn't help but smile
"Wow, you sure seemed relieved to see me." He told me and he was right "At least now I have some company. Even if it's just for a while I don't really mind."
"I am, it's been pretty lonely on my own. Most of the classes I attended were filled with people who don't know me so I really didn't have anyone to keep me company." I told him
"Oh, don't worry I'm sure after you meet the others they could be in your other classes. They're really nice people to hang out with." He told me with a smile "Come on lets go, I'll take you to them."
I walked with Akira down the cafeteria and I was once again hearing gossips all over the place. "Is this never going to stop?" Then I saw Akira look at me and smiled "Don't worry about it. They're only doing it either because they're jealous or they just want to annoy you."
"Is this normal?" I asked him
"Well it usually is. Most of the girls here tend to go overboard." He told me and I wished that this whole thing would just die down sooner or later
As we were approaching a table, my whole body started to feel numb. One reason was because I saw Yamato there but that wasn't it. I saw a guy with bushy brown hair that it made me freeze on the spot. He got up from his seat and left to go somewhere but the thought never left me "Tai….it has to be Tai…" It had to be him and there was no doubt about it. The hair gave it away.
Akira looked at me and noticed my reaction and he asked in concern "Hey, Sora are you feeling alright? You know if you're not I could go ahead and take you to the clinic to get you checked."
"N-no I'm fine really I am. I'm just shocked, don't mind me I'm alright." Replied and tried my best to smile
"Okay if you say so. But if you feel weird just tell me and we can go to the clinic." He offered and I nodded in reply
He led me to the table where I saw Tai get up and I stayed silent and I just couldn't speak. Soon before I knew it we had already stopped in front of the table and I heard one of Akira's friends greet "Hey, Akira what took you? We were waiting for you, you know that?"
"Sorry I'm a bit late you guys. I had to pick up Sora. I promised her that I'd introduce her to you guy. And please don't complain about me bringing a girl here Takashi, I can assure you that she's perfectly normal." I heard Akira reply
"Sora? You know her?" I heard another ask, and I was sure that the voice belonged to Yamato
"Yeah, I met her yesterday down at the dorm. Do you know her Yamato?" Akira asked
"I met her in class earlier this morning." Yamato replied
"Okay guys, you mind filling the rest of us here in? I kind of don't get who you two are talking about." I figured since all the members of he band already spoke except for Yutaka, then that had to be him.
"Right, sorry about that. Guys this is Sora, she moved here from Japan and she's the new transfer student." Akira introduced me to them and I snapped out of my shocked phase and smiled
"It's nice to meet you all. It's nice to get to know the Teen Aged Wolves in person." I spoke
They were all silent for a while as if they were waiting for some other type of reaction coming from me and soon I asked "Um…is there something I said?"
Takashi stood from his seat and smiled "Nice, it's a pleasure to meet you to Sora was it? Man I haven't met someone like you in a long while." He said with a smile
"He's right, you're something new in our book. It's been a while since we've met someone so…I don't know…normal? It's like every time we see someone it's ends up being either a fan or a member or the paparazzi." Yutaka looked over at Yamato asked "Hey, dude are you alright?"
Yamato seemed to be in a daze, although it didn't really occur to me why. Then a few minutes later another unfamiliar voice came and spoke "Hey guys…is my brother alright?" he asked
I looked at the boy standing next to Yamato and he looked just like him. Blond hair, blue eyes and from the way he called him brother that would answer how he's related to Yamato to begin with. Then he noticed me and introduced himself "Hi, my name's Takeru Takaishi but you can just call me T.K."
"I'm Sora, nice to meet you T.K." replied with another smile, I've been smiling a lot today I guess I just can't help it. Then a thought occurred to me. "If Takeru and Yamato are siblings…then why don't they have the same surname?" Now that was something I wanted to ask about, but I figured I'd do it another time.
Yamato snapped out of his dazed trance and looked at me again, then he asked "You want to stay and sit with us for lunch?"
I nodded and replied "Sure, that is…if it's alright with you guys."
"Yeah, it's cool. We'd like to get to know you better." Said Takashi as he sat back down on his chair
Takeru sat down as well and I heard him and Yamato discussing something about how their day went. I couldn't really focus on things after I sat down because the thought of me seeing Tai earlier was flooding my head. My hand was on the table and I didn't really feel like eating lunch. Then I felt a warm hand touching mine so I snapped out of it.
"Hey are you okay? You like you're ill or something." I looked up and saw Yamato asking me this worriedly and I blushed, I don't think he realized that he was holding my hand right now so I pulled my hand away form his and set it down on my lap.
"Y-yeah I'm fine." I replied still blushing a bit
I noticed that all the others were silent and oddly enough they were looking at me and the Yutaka and Akira turned to look at Yamato with an odd expression while Takashi was suddenly smirking.
Silence…then after a while Akira decided to break the awkward silence and asked "So…has anyone seen…" before he cold finish a voice was heard approaching the table
"Hey guys, sorry it was kind of crowded inside for some reason and I wanted to get out. Some crazy girls were chasing me and I was about to hide in the bathroom as my last resort until lunch ended." My eyes went wide I didn't look at the person who spoke because I had this huge feeling it was him.
"That's what you get for being a popular guy here not to mention you're a member of the soccer team. Not just any member but the captain of the team at that." Said Yutaka and I heard the others agree
Now I was sure it was him. One of the reasons Davis looked up to Tai so much was because of soccer, he loved the sport. Before I could finally look at him and make sure that this is the Tai Yagami that I've known for so long Takeru spoke "Were you being chased by girls in your old school too?" he asked in a joking kind of way
Before he could reply to Takeru's question I cut him off. I looked up and spoke "It's been a while since I've seen you…Taichi."
With that the guys and Tai looked at me. Tai was looking at me wide eyed and soon he found his voice again "S-S-Sora?????? Is that you? Sora, as in the girl I used to play soccer with all the time Sora?"
Yamato and the others remained silent and waited for my reply. I stood up from my seat and spoke "Yeah…it's been a long time hasn't it? Four whole years…"
As Tai continued to stare and stand there speechless I couldn't help but let a few tears fall down my eyes. I breathed and spoke again "You know…we missed you a whole lot. Since you left it has never been the same. Oh and before I forget, Kari wanted me to tell you that she misses you and that she loves you."
Suddenly everything was silent again…then it looked like Tai was still pretty speechless so I did the first thing I could think of…I gave him a hug. I haven't been able to for a long while so I kind of missed Tai a whole lot that I didn't notice everyone staring at me. Then after a while surprisingly Tai hugged me back and spoke "Heh, good to see you too. I take it from all the tears that you missed me huh?"
I broke the hug and smiled looking at the grin on his face. I punched him playfully on the arm just like I usually did back when we were a bit younger and spoke "Who wouldn't miss you? I mean, you didn't even bother to call one of us. Do you know how miserable you made us and how much Kari would always wish that her big brother was there and was back with us again? You caused us a lot of pain you know? The fact that we missed you didn't make things any easier."
He stayed silent for a while and soon spoke "Let me guess, I have a whole lot of explaining to do don't I?"
"Yes you do, or you'll be in big time trouble with Meems and the others." I replied
"Alright, so you want to settle all this after school? Let's go and talk it over with some pizza or something?" he suggested "I don't think that calling Meems on the phone would be a good thing right now. She's probably end up yelling and eventually destroying my eardrums." He said with a grin
I smiled and spoke "You do have a point there but don't you want to talk to her and catch up with things?"
"Well that'd be nice, but I'd settle for the pizza." He replied with a goofy grin on his face
"After all these years, don't you have anything better to think of other than food and more food?" I teased
"Hmmm….let's see….nope food's still on top of my list." He replied with a huge grin and he added "Of course, it comes after my family and friends and other priorities…I think."
"Yup this is Tai alright" "And from the looks of it you haven't one thought of cutting your hair either." I teased looking at his bushy brown hair
"Oh no, do not touch the hair. No way am I going to let it go." He told me while he ran a hand through his brown bushy hair.
"Oh come on Tai, I thought Mimi convinced you about cutting it. She used to tease you about it back when we were in elementary school." I reminded him of those days when Mimi would force Tai to go to a barber and get his hair cut shorter, either that or she'd pull out a giant pair of scissors and ask someone to cut his hair for him.
"Don't remind me. I could hear her yelling in my ear and it's not pleasant." He tells me and I laugh at his reaction.
Then Tai looked at all of the guys in the table who had confused and questioning looks written all over their faces. Tai looked at them and spoke "Okay, you guys. I know this is going to confuse all of you if I start explaining everything right now…so why don't we all meet up later after school and talk all this over?"
Okay, I didn't mention it before but since today was a Wednesday and I didn't have any homework I could still give time to talk things out with Tai. I smiled and wanted to call Mimi right now and tell her I found Tai but I guess it has to wait.
We all walked away from the cafeteria and I noticed that Tai, Yamato and I were walking towards the same direction. "Hey does this mean all of us are in the same class?" asked Tai
"Looks like it, I've got Physics next." Replied Yamato
"So do I, you too Tai?" I asked
"Yup, looks like the three of us will be spending a whole class together." He said with a smile
"Oh I can't wait." I told him and returned the smile
During Physics class, we had a substitute teacher because the original teacher of the class was sick for the day, things were just as normal as the rest of my other classes although this time I had both Yamato and Tai for company. As I was copying notes from the blackboard, I noticed Yamato using his pen and started to poke Tai. "What are you doing?" I asked confused
"Waking Mr. Sleepyhead up before the teacher catches him and he gets stuck in detention just like last time." He explained as he continued poking Tai to wake him up
"So I figure that this kind of scenario is nothing new?" I asked trying to help him wake up the sleeping Tai
"Yeah it happens all the time and not just in Physics class. He sleeps through almost every boring class there is." He tells me and I couldn't help myself from laughing. No doubt about it, this is definitely the same old Tai. I makes me wonder how he survives this school…
Soon, enough after all the irritating poking and different annoying ways Yamato tried doing Tai actually woke up and spoke "Huh? W-what happened?" he asked in a bored and sleepy tone
"You almost got caught snoozing that's what happened!" said Yamato in a low and silent voice
"Is class over?" he asked sitting normally back on his chair
"Unfortunately for you, no it isn't we still have about 15 minutes of class left." I replied
"Darn! And I thought it was over!" he said a little louder than he should have
"Mr. Yagami, is there something that you would like to share to the class?" asked the substitute teacher looking at Tai
Tai stood up from his seat and spoke "No sir, nothing at all."
Yamato and I couldn't help but laugh. Tai getting caught was something I haven't seen in years. "Then would you please take note that we are having a lecture and some of your classmates are actually here to listen and learn. So please Mr. Yagami, if you will kindly keep your voice down?"
"Yes sir of course." Tai sat down and when he was sure the teacher wasn't looking at him anymore he looked at me and Yamato and spoke "Look you guys it's not funny! Why don't you try being the one getting caught?"
"Well it's not our fault that you talked out loud is it Tai?" I asked looking at him knowingly
"And you're pretty lucky we actually woke you up. If he caught you sleeping like a log just as you were a few minutes ago, things would have gone a whole lot worse." Said Yamato as he and I ceased our laughter
"Sure whatever, but I do not want to get up like that again. Especially with this guy as our sub teacher, he's way too strict." Tai said
"Yeah, that or you just can't stay awake for one class." Said Yamato
"Oh? Do I sense a challenge here blondie?" Asked Tai looking at Yamato
"Bring it. I say you couldn't handle a week without falling asleep in at least one class." Said Yamato
"Okay…where did this argument come from?" One minute we were trying to wake Tai up from his slumber and the next minute these two get themselves into a little wager? This was something I didn't expect at all especially not between these two.
"Oh? And what would happen if I do handle our little challenge?" asked Tai beaming with interest
"Your call. If you win I'll do anything you want me to, but if I win it goes the other way around. How does that sound?" asked Yamato with a grin
"Alright no problem. A week without falling asleep in any of the classes starting tomorrow. Since I'm at least with one of you guys in each of my classes you'll have witnesses weather I passed out on a class or not." Said Tai
"Okay then, sounds good. You have to keep this up until next week Thursday, if you fall a sleep even once, the deals off and I win." Said Yamato
I watched them bicker until the end of class and as the teacher left I was surprised that he didn't notice Yamato and Tai still bickering. Okay….I think their little wager fight is getting too far because they didn't even notice the teacher leave either. I went between the both of them and spoke "Okay guys don't you think that that's about enough of all this." I said as I looked at them both
"Besides…you two aren't seriously going through with this…are you?" I asked the in a confused tone. Were they really serious?
"Of we are. Blondie here is about to be proven wrong." Replied Tai "I'll be ale to handle this little deal in a snap."
"You seem pretty confident Tai, why don't we wait and see. I figure that you can't handle it." Said Yamato
"That's why I'm here to prove you wrong blondie, how many times do I have to repeat that?" he asked confidently
I looked at the two of them and wondered how often they fight like this. I sighed to myself and asked "Do you guys do this a lot?"
"Well…only when blondie here thinks that he's so smart that I could never compete with him." Replied Tai
"Oh come on now Tai, this isn't the first time we've made a bet. And, may I remind you that most of the time you've already lost? Plus, could you cut it with the nickname?" said Yamato
"Oh no look who's talking." Said Tai
I knew where this was going so before they could start another ramble I took a little stand. "Guys, what do you say we settle all this latter. Unless of course you two want to continue and stay here bickering then gets to class late?"
They both looked at me and knew I had a point. Therefore, Tai and Yamato both ceased their little argument immediately. Tai was the first one to leave and I was left alone with Yamato…again.
"So where's your next class?" he asks me
"Hmm? Oh, I've got Home Economics…I think…" I replied looking at my schedule
"Cool, so do you know how to get there?" he asked
"Yup, Akira showed me around the entire school." I replied
"Oh…I see…" I heard his voice suddenly have a tint of sadness in them, but I didn't really know why
"Hey, Sora can…can I ask you something?" asked Yamato speaking again
"Yeah, sure. What is it?" I asked confused
"You know…um…about you and Tai…" as he started I spoke again
"Yes? What about me and Tai?" I asked
"Are you and Tai…you know…are you two…" before he could finish his own question he himself cut it off and spoke "forget it, it's nothing. Sorry for troubling you like that all of a sudden."
I looked at him confused and wondered about the question he was going to ask me. It was odd the way he suddenly cut it off, but I didn't want to force him to tell me about it and so I simply replied "No, it's no trouble at all. It's okay Yamato, anyway you better get to class. We wouldn't want to end up being late would we?"
"Yeah, I guess you're right about that. So see you later Sora." He told me as he was about to leave
"Alright, see you later then." Then after that, I left for the other direction and headed to my next class.
The rest of the following classes on my schedule were just as same as all the others. Then it made me come to a realization that the only disadvantage, but the biggest disadvantage of studying here was that it was getting lonely from time to time since there were classes that I had to attend in which I was a total stranger to everyone and I didn't have anyone to talk to. Soon dismissal finally came and I picked up the rest of my books and headed straight for my locker.
As I got there I picked up the books that I didn't think I'd need to study on an placed them inside the locker. Then when I turned I saw six guys smiling at me, for the exception of Tai who I saw to be smirking more than smiling.
"Hey guys, did you enjoy your school day?" I asked
"Heh, same old same old. There isn't really anything new about it." Replied Takashi
"He's right. Except that we had to hide in the bathroom a few times between brakes because of all the horrid girls that have been chasing us." Said Yutaka as I laughed at what had happened to them. "Must be hard to be popular in this school."
"A bit of advice for you Sora, if any of those crazed fans start to go after you because you're hanging with us or anything just try to ignore them." Said Takashi and he continued "We heard from Akira all the gossip that they've been spreading lately."
Just like that it reminded me of all the weird and evil death glares I've been getting from their fans "I'm okay, I just don't know how long they're going to keep this up." I told them "I don't think I'm doing anything wrong…"
"So are you ready to leave?" asked Akira changing the topic "Tai said we were going for pizza today right?"
"Yeah, so any idea where we're going to eat pizza exactly?" I asked looking at them
"There's a good place where they make really good pizza near here. It's a few blocks away from the school dorm." Said Tai
"As expected, you'd know any information concerning food." I said with a smirk and Tai just smirked back
"Well then, shall we get going?" asked Yamato
"Sure, but if it's alright can we drop our stuff into our dorm rooms first?" I asked. I really don't want to walk around walking my school bag with all my books all day
"That's not a bad idea, we could all drop our stuff n our dorm rooms so we wouldn't have to carry anything while we go elsewhere." Said Takeru in agreement
"Sure why not? Come on guys lets get going." Said Yutaka as all of us made our way to the dorm to drop off all our stuff.
So we dropped off our things at the dorm and soon I met all the guys down at the lobby of the building. We soon set out to eat and get to know each other better. We head for the pizza place that Tai was talking about and as we make our way there I couldn't help but smile. It's good to know that Tai's still his old goofy self, I don't know how I would react if he changed a whole lot all of a sudden.
Then I couldn't help but steal a glance down at Yamato's direction. His supposed question lingered in my head again and it kind of made me curious about it. I would find out eventually so I simply shrugged it off. Right now I couldn't wait to do some catching up with Tai and get to know all of them. One thing was for sure I've got a lot to tell Mimi once we have another one of our talks, and I highly doubt that my life here would be boring. Especially with these guys as my companions.
Authors Note: This is the second chapter. Thank you to all of you and all the reviews I got really encouraged me to continue so Thanks everyone. : ) I hope you like this and please tell me what you think.