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I might be updating every two weeks or so. Since school is starting and I'm planning to work on another story of the anime Shugo Chara (which I do not own…) But I will continue this.
I'll manage by updating every weekends while alternating the two stories. I'll be typing it during weekdays and updating during weekends. Please bear with me. If I don't update within two to three weeks in the future, it might be because of school work or exam week but I will eventually update afterwards.
Thank you for listening to all that…anyway I hope you like this chapter : D
Standing Up For Myself & A Moment With T.K and Kari
Monday, the first day of the week and another day at school. Once I was done with everything, I picked up all my things and headed out of my room. I went downstairs and soon got to the boy's dorm rooms. I immediately saw Tai and the other guys there, I waved at them and greeted.
"Hey guys, nice to see you all up so early…right Tai?" I asked looking at Tai with a smile. I was relived to see that this time no one was banging at his door to get him to wake up.
"I woke up early today, trust me even I surprise myself sometimes" said Tai with a smile
"Sure looks like it, so do you guys want to head to school or what?" asked Takashi.
We all nodded and agreed to leave. I walked together with them to school and when we got there it was not a pretty sight. Once again I heard whispers going on and about as I walked to school.
I sighed "Do these things never stop?"
I walked to my locker with the guys accompanying me, after I got and grabbed all my books Tai suddenly patted my shoulder. I looked over at him with a questioning look and he was just smiling. "Forget about them kay? It's none of their business who you hang out with." He told me
"Thanks Tai, for once could they just stop? It get annoying if they do it all the time." I told him
"Don't sweat it they're bound to give up some time. I mean, try being the one getting chased by fan girls all the time. One's that don't stop until they catch you." He told me
He had a point there, he usually gets chased around by dozens of girls and he has to end up hiding I the bathroom if necessary. Tai has it harder than I do and so do the others, I guess I have to try and bear with this one.
"I'll try to just ignore it, but it's hard when you know that they're talking about you." I told him. "Can't they give me some personal space?"
"Oh Tai, I was wondering if you got any messages from Meems or any of the others. Did they tell you anything?" I asked. It made me wonder what they were planning to do while we were here in school.
"Well, I think they're just going to stay over at Jou's place today. They don't have any plans, at least that's what Meems said." Said Tai
"Looks to me like they're still pretty tired, with all that's happened yesterday who wouldn't be?" I asked and I slightly laughed at the memory of us all getting chased and running around that Amusement Park yesterday. Nevertheless we all had loads of fun in the end and I guess that's what really matters.
"True, we did get tired out didn't we?" said Tai
Tai and I got separated when we were walking to class, we met Cassie along the way and found out that she had her first class with Tai. "Don't forget about your wager with Yamato, no sleeping during class!" I reminded him
We had such a fun weekend with everyone that I think he forgot all about the wager he and Yama had made. "Sure thing and thanks a lot for the reminder Sor, almost forgot about that." Replied Tai before he started walking with Cassie to class.
I walked to me class and sat on my seat. I was taking out some of my book ad notebooks from my bag to prepare my things for the subject when I was interrupted…in a really bad way. A hand suddenly slammed my table and I looked up to take a look at who it was. Bright guess anyone? If you guessed Sasha then give yourself a hand. She was glaring at me like she always does. Oh joy….
"Hello Sahsa." I greeted her with a smile, I had a happy morning and I do not want it ruined just because of this.
"Don't toy with me Sara." She told me. Why can she not get my name right? Weather or not she's doing it on purpose it's starting to push me to my limits and she is driving me up the wall.
"Sasha, my names Sora. I'd really appreciate it if you called me that." I told her while keeping my mood up.
"And I don't really care now do I?" she told me. She was the one who wanted to talk to me and how I wish that she'd just get it over with.
"Sasha, may I know what you want from me?" I asked her
"Oh, you know what I want. How many times to I have to tell you to keep off Yamato and the others?" she told me icily. I should have known that this was what it was all about.
"Sasha, I assure you I'm not doing anything wrong. They're friends of mine and I really like hanging around with them that's all." I told her, I do not want to loose my temper here but she is so making me.
"Is that so? You just don't want to listen to what I tell you don't you? What makes you think that just because you're new here…" before she could continue…I snapped.
That was just the last straw and I am not going to take any more of this. I stood up from my seat and spoke. "Sasha, I don't want to fight with you or anyone for that matter. But let me tell you right now that I don't think you have any right at all to force me to stay away from my friends. Tai and I have been friends for as long as I can remember and as for Yamato and all the rest they're my friends now as well. I don't think that they belong to you or to anyone else, that means that you don't control who they go with. Nor do you control me, your bickering with me isn't going to get you anywhere and I am not afraid of you. Just to let you know I do not take orders from anyone, not even you."
I looked at Sasha straight in the eye and didn't turn away from her gaze. Honestly, even I can have enough of all this. I took deep breaths from time to time, all that continuous talking made me a bit tired.
Sasha was staring at me wide eyed by now and she wasn't speaking, either she couldn't say anything because of the shock that I just stood up to her and poured my frustration out on her or she just didn't want to talk. I felt more comfortable with option one. I sighed and soon I heard a voice emerging from the classroom.
"Whoah! Sasha just got tongue-tied! This is just….Nice one Sora!" I looked at the person who just yelled and saw Takashi there. He was seated beside Yutaka who was laughing his head off.
I heard a loud noise erupt from the class and I soon realized that the whole class just heard my little speech. I was a bit embarrassed but from all the noise that was going on I figured no one really bothered.
"Argh! You'll pay for this!" I was forced to turn back and face Sasha again when I heard her voice booming in the room once again. After saying this she stormed out of the room and slammed the door shut.
I noticed that Yamato was right by the door and had just arrived. He was able to avoid the door from slamming right across his face. As Sasha left the room and most of my classmates were still making noise, Yamato entered and took his seat next to me.
"Okay, I'm guessing from all this noise and fro the fact that Sasha almost slammed the door right at my face, that something happened and I just totally missed it right?" he asked me with a confused tone.
I was still standing at the time so I took a seat and sighed again. I looked over at Yamato and spoke "Yeah it was something like that, I'll tell you about it later if you want…."
"Must have been something big, seeing as everyone's making such a big fuss about it. It looked like Sasha was angry too, so I take it that whatever happened had something to do with her?" asked Yamato
"Yeah it really did. It was particularly about her and me." I told him
"Sure looks like it, anyway I want to hear you out during lunch…if that's alright." He told me with a smile.
"Sure, I'll tell you all about it. Yutaka and Takashi can shed some light on things too." I pointed at the two guys who were still laughing from the scene.
"Whatever happened sure made those two happy…" said Yamato
"If only you knew…" I replied
Soon our subjects passed quickly than we expected. Lunch was just around the corner and it was my final subject before lunch. I was with Tai and Yamato now and we had just finished the class before break.
"Nice work Tai, not even a bit of drowsiness inside class. You're keeping up in this wager thing aren't you?" I asked. Tai hadn't slept a single subject yet and I was proud of him for that. I just hope that it lasts long enough for him to make it through until Thursday.
"Nice job Tai. I heard from Akira you were wide awake during first period." Said Yamato with a smile
"Heck yes, I am not going to lose this thing. Seeing you doing anything I want after this wager is something that matters. Plus it will damage that confidence of yours for even making this bet." Said Tai with a grin
"We'll see, you still have a few more days to go Tai. I still have the right to be confident, you might flip in the last minute. You never know right?" said Yamato
"Okay, enough about this. I suggest we go to the cafeteria right now. How does that sound?" I asked
"Sure thing Sor, I am beat and I'm hungry too. I wonder what's for lunch?" asked Tai. At least he's back to the food loving Tai.
I walked with Yama and Tai to the cafeteria. As we entered, we grabbed our food and sat at our table. Yuataka and the others were already there and so was T.K. We were the only ones who were missing. Once were all seated, Yama opened up the topic about what had happened during first period.
"So, do you mind if I ask what happened during first period?" asked Yamato looking at me.
"Why? What'd I miss? What happened in first period?" asked Ta while he was eating his food.
"Did something happen?" asked Akira with a confused look on his face and soon T.K got curious too.
"Oh, that's right. When all that stuff happened Yamato just got there didn't he?" said Yutaka
"So true, Yamato missed it. Sasha's face was just too priceless." Said Takashi with a grin on his face while the others still looked confused.
"Hey, would you guys mind filling us in here? As you can see, we kinda have no clue as to what you guys are talking about." Said Tai
"So…what happened?" asked Yamato again
I sighed a bit and the spoke "To make a long story short, Sasha and I had a little well…fight if you'd like to call it that."
"You had a fight? About what? Are you okay? Did something big happen? Why didn't you call me? I could have…" Tai was starting to ramble and I knew that he was just worried.
"Calm down Tai, and please sit down. It wasn't really a fight, more like a talk actually." I told him so he clamed down and sat back down on his chair.
"What kind of talk? It looked like whatever happened pissed her off, so I'm guessing it wasn't a good talk wasn't it?" asked Yamato and I nodded.
"Yeah, it wasn't really. It was kind of weird how it all started, she just walked up to me and started getting mad and everything." I told them.
"She got mad at you again? You'd think after all the times she got mad at you she'd get tired of it already." Said Tai with a sigh. He was right about that, you'd think one would get tired of all the continuous fighting by now.
"Well then what happened after that?" asked Yamato
"Well, she walked to my table, slammed her hands on it and she started getting mad at me again." I told them with a sigh.
"What was she mad about this time?" asked T.K.
"Same old, she was mad about me hanging out with you guys…again. It was the same issue with her all over again. But this time, I guess I couldn't stand it anymore, it was too much for me and it was getting tiring doing this over and over again." I told them
"That's about when Sora here gave Sasha a little piece of her mind." Said Takashi with a smile.
"What'd you do to her Sor?" asked Tai looking at me with a questioning look.
"Well, I didn't do anything harsh. I just told her how I felt that's all. Takashi has a point, I did give her a bit of a piece of my mind…but it was nothing to get a big fuss to suddenly occur." I told them. Who would have known that standing up to Sasha would cause such a big commotion.
"So, can you fill us in a bit more? What'd you tell her?" asked Akira
"Well…." I tried to repeat what I told Sasha in class, and I told them as detailed as possible what had happened. Takashi and Yutaka helped in filling them in on some details, up to the time when Yamato almost got a door slammed directly at his face.
"We figured that she was so mad that she didn't notice Yamato already entered the room and was standing near the door." Said Yutaka
"Wow, I would have loved to see that." Said Tai. He was laughing a little earlier saying that he could have imagined how Sasha's facial expression was possibly like.
"I'm telling you guys, her face was just priceless. It was as if something hit her or she lost a lottery." Said Takashi
"Sounds like she got something that she really deserved. Anyway, since she walked out the door…does that mean she just skipped first period?" asked Tai
"Now that you mention it…that's what it clearly looked like. I mean, none of us seemed to notice her come back in during the whole first period. It sure looked like she went and skipped." Said Yutaka
"You sure showed her Sora. That stunt you pulled was really something." Said T.K. with a smile.
"So, you guys have any plans later? I was thinking we visit Meems and the others over at Jou's place." Suggested Tai
"That depends, if we have any tests then I think I'll go an pass for today. If we don't though, I'd be glad to go with you guys." Said Akira
"Same here, I have to take studies seriously this year or my parents are going to ahead and kill me." Said Takashi
"Alright, let's wait till the end of the day to decide." I suggested and the others nodded in agreement.
We continued to talk a bit more about some random stuff and soon lunch came to an end. We walked out of the cafeteria and headed over to our classes. I had my next class with Akira and Cassie. The three of us had our computer classes next. We all walked to the Comp. Room and waited for our teacher to arrive…
Meanwhile…In the Kido Residence…
Kari's P.O.V.
I was inside my room with Yolei, we were having a chat about the things that happened the other day. Meems and Koushiro were watching a movie in the living room, Jou wasn't here and was helping Jim running some errands right now. Davis and the others were playing some kind of computer game and we were just here chatting.
"Man, I'm pretty bored today…" said Yolei
"Well, we are stuck here for today. I don't mind though, it's nice to rest up for a bit, especially after all that's happened yesterday." I told her with a smile.
"That's true, so you have any plans for later?" asked Yolei
"Nope, none." I replied
"Hey Kari…what do you think about T.K?" she asked me. I was a bit shocked about that question since I wasn't expecting it at all.
"What about him? I think he's a really nice person. I rarely know him, I want to get to know him better but that's it." I told her. True T.K was nice and not to mention he's very comfortable to talk with. Other than that though, and some of the other things I know about him, I rarely know the guy. There is this part of me that wants to get to know T.K a lot better. It would be nice to get to know him right?
"Kari, it'd be nice for you to get out more you know?" I knew what she meant by that, I was usually…well let's just say that Tai was strict with me and me relationship with people. I didn't mind it that much, since I know that he just wants me to be safe and unhurt. Tai was especially strict with boys, he never like it when guys just approached me and suddenly talked to me. He said it made him feel uncomfortable. But just as I said, I didn't mind any of that.
"Yolei, I'm fine with Tai being strict with me, I don't mind it at all." I told her and I heard her let out a sigh.
"I know, I guess it just occurred to me that…well you and T.K….what if?" I cut her off before she could even get there.
"No, there is nothing between me and T.K alright? I told you I still want to get to know him better and that's that. We have a whole summer here remember s what's the rush?" I asked her and spoke "I mean, in your case shouldn't you tell Ken already?" Yolei's liked Ken for a long time now and she has every right to try and tell him how she feels by now.
"Don't even start with me and Ken." She told me
"Why not? You've known him since we were kids. It's been so long you know? You should be the one in this situation and not me." I told her
"We have known each other since we were kids. That's one of the reasons why I just can't risk it." Said Yolei with a sigh. "Our friendship is something important to me and I can't risk losing that."
Yolei and I talked just a bit more and before we knew it, it's already been hours that we've been inside the room talking. We soon heard the doorbell ring and we were both wondering why no one seems to have answered it yet.
"Yolei, let's go check on the door." I suggested and she nodded in agreement.
We went out the room and saw Meems asleep right beside Koushiro. I soon heard Yolei speak "How sweet, they must have fallen asleep while watching the movie. It makes me wonder hat kind of movie they watched to begin with…."
I smiled and then headed for the door. As I opened it, I saw Tai and the others there. "Tai! You're back!" I called as I gave my brother a big hug. As we broke away from the hug I asked "So? How was school?"
"It was…tiring that's for sure. The teachers were nice enough not to give us any tests yet." He told me with a smile.
"What about you? What have you guys been doing today?" he asked me
"Before I answer your question, why don't you guys come inside first?" I suggested as I opened the door a bit wider and got out of the way so the others could come inside.
Tai's P.O.V.
We walked inside with Kari and I saw Meems and Koushiro there in the sofa sleeping. I smiled a bit and asked "Hey Kari…what happened to those two?"
"They were watching a movie, I don't know what kind though. They must have fallen asleep while watching." Said Kari looking at the two sleeping figures
"So…where are all the others?" Sora asked
"Now that you mention it…where are they anyway? I don't see Jou or Davis anywhere." I agreed looking around the house trying to find them.
"Well, Jou's gone and went to help Jim run some errands. Davis and the others were playing some video game inside the room just a while ago so they must still be in there." Said Kari then later on she asked "Tai, what brings you guys here anyway? Don't you have to study even if you don't have upcoming tests?"
"We just came to check on you guys and maybe stay for a while, but we'll be leaving soon." I told her
We did stay a while and I could have sworn that Kari and T.K were outside, near the door and talking right now. He's lucky that he's Yamato's younger bro, I'm not comfortable with just any guy talking to my little sister. I was talking with Sor and the others and we were still wondering what they were planning to do tomorrow or during their free time. Meems and Koushiro woke up by that time and were pretty shocked to find us there.
"So Meems, you
Guys have any plans for tomorrow?" I asked her while we were all taking in the living room.
"Well, we might just go back to the mall, or go to other places using Jou's car. It's nothing new. We couldn't leave today because he had to go and run some errands with Jim. Besides the fact that we were totally worn out from all that's happened yesterday." Said Meems with a sigh.
"Looks like everyone's worn out." I told her with a light laugh. We continued our conversation a bit further on other random things while the others did their own thing as well.
T.K's P.O.V.
I went outside with Kari and we were having a little talk. I went inside for a few seconds and asked out loud. "Hey Tai, can Kari and I take a walk for a while, we'll be back real quick."
"Sure thing T.K. But don't you do anything to my sister or else!" I heard Tai speak in his loud voice and it sounded as though I'd be caught dead if something were to happen.
"I won't I promise!" I called back before closing the door behind me and heading outside.
"So? What did Tai say?" asked Kari as she looked at me
"Well, he said yes as long as I didn't do anything to you." I told her
She let out a small laugh and spoke "That's just like Tai, he's getting overprotective of me all over again."
"Looks to me like Tai doesn't want you around boys doesn't he?" I asked as we started walking down to the park. There was a park near here and there was also one near the school. This one was a bit bigger though since it was inside some kind of village.
"He rarely allows me with them but there are times when he doesn't mind. But only when he knows that it's a person he can trust me with." She told me
"I must be pretty lucky then." I told her with a smile
"Yeah you are." She replied with a smile in return. "Hey, T.K?"
"Yeah? What's up?" I asked
"I was just wondering what are the things that you like, I mean you know hobbies and stuff like that. The last time we got to talk you got to know about me and I rarely got to know about you well other than that part about you and your family." She told me and she was right. I got to know about Kari when we were walking at the mall but I never really mentioned anything about myself except for the whole issue with my family and why Yamato and I have different surnames.
"Well, there isn't much to know about me really. I play basketball at school and I just like to hang out with friends. I don't really complain about what I want or don't want to do, anything's usually fine by me." I told her
"That's nice, you must be really good at sports then." She told me
"I only play basketball; I can't say that I'm that good at any other sport." I replied. We continued to talk about hobbies and all those other things until we soon realized that we long reached the park. I don't know how long it was since we got there because truthfully I wasn't paying that much attention to where we were going right now.
"Looks like we got here without us knowing." I told her
We took a walk around the park while we continued to talk a bit more. "Hey Kari, what's with you and Davis?" I asked her
I looked at her with a questioning look when she suddenly shot me a shocked expression. "Did I say something wrong?" I thought to myself, it looked like I did because she was staggering when she spoke her next sentence.
"T-T.K. w-wh-what are you talking a-about? There is definitely nothing going on with me and Davis. If I may ask: What made you think that?" she asked me, and she still had that same shocked expression on her face.
I was still confused as to why she was so shocked at my question, and then it suddenly hit me. "Wait…maybe I said that the wrong way…Did she think…???"
"Um…Kari?" I started
"Y-yes?" she asked
"I think you misunderstood and I think I said this the wrong way. What I meant was that, why is it that Tai doesn't allow Davis near you and well he always seems to get near you if it wasn't for Tai you know." I told her a bit more clearly.
She sighed, one of relief. Now I know why she was so shocked when I asked her that question earlier, she must have thought that I thought she and Davis were together or something like that. It was kind of odd for me though, I know that Tai's strict with guys but he seems to be more strict with Davis more than anyone else, even more than me. It's weird since he's known Davis longer.
"Well, Tai is strict with guys as I've said. Davis…well there is a reason why Tai's especially strict with him though." Said Kari
"Is it okay to know why?" I asked
"I guess it's nothing big…well Tai is pretty strict with him and he has been making it quite obvious for everyone to know why." She told me then she continued "Well…Tai and the others think that…that Davis likes me. It's been like that for some time now, even when we were kids he'd give me extra attention and stuff like that."
I remained silent and continued to listen to her story or explanation. It did seem like Davis was making it obvious that he liked Kari which would have resulted to Tai's current over protectiveness. "So…that's why Tai and Davis don't get along when it concerns you?" I asked
"Yeah, that's mostly it. I don't think it's because Tai doesn't trust Davis or anything like that, he has his own hidden reasons. I trust Tai with his decisions, he is my big brother after all." She told me
I nodded in agreement at her statement. A few more minutes later I noticed the time and it was getting rather late. I'd have to get back to the dorm with all the others soon and Kari has to go too, before Tai goes berserk trying to find her.
I looked over at Kari and spoke "Hey, I think we should head back now. It's getting late and I told Tai we'd be back real quick so he might start looking for you soon."
"Alright, it is getting late and I wouldn't want the others to worry." She told me with a smile. With that the two of us went off.
Sora's P.O.V
We were about to leave Jou's place when he and Jim suddenly arrived. I'd been pretty loud inside the house. We'd been talking about all sorts of things, the bet and wager of Yama and Tai, the morning incident with Sasha and all sorts of random things. Jim looked tired as Jou had accompanied him inside. "Hey guys, didn't know you were here today." Said Jou as looked at us.
"Hey, how was the errand running?" asked Tai
"It was tiring…I was pretty lucky Jou was here to help me out or I'd have been to hard for me to finish." Said Jim with a sigh
"Looks like you two had quite a rough day." I told him. Jou and Jim both just nodded.
"And from the looks of it, you guys didn't have a hard time in school today?" asked Jim
"Yeah, the teachers were nice enough for now. But we still have some homework to do once we get back to the dorm." Said Yutaka
"We're about to leave, we were just waiting for T.K. and Kari." Said Yamato
"T.K. and Kari?" asked Jou with a confused look and Jim seemed just as confused.
"Yeah, T.K. took Kari out for a walk. They said they'd be back real soon." I told them to lessen the confusion.
"Wait…Kai's been left alone with a guy? And….you know about this Tai?" asked Jou with a bit of a shocked voice.
"Yeah I did…why? Is it such a surprise that I let Kari go with my best friends little brother?" asked Tai
"Well knowing you…yes. It's pretty much a big surprise." Said Mimi and Koushiro had agreed.
"Does Davis know about it?" asked Jou
"Nope, does he have to?" asked Tai
"Not really…it's just that…don't you think he's going to take this as a big deal when he finds out that Kari went out with T.K.?" said Jou. He did have a point there, Davis liked Kari, we all knew that, and he will take this as a big deal.
Soon enough, we heard two doors open. One from Davis and Ken's room and the others from the front door that Yolei just happened to open. Davis came out with ken and Cody from the room, while Kari and T.K just came in the house. Davis saw Kari and T.K. together and he didn't take it that well…
"Kari? Where were you?" asked Davis
"I took a walk outside with T.K. He took me to the park near hear." Said Kari and with that statement alone I could already see Davis's eyes widening.
"What did you do to her T.J.?" asked Davis with a bit of angered or pissed tone.
"Um…nothing. We just went out for a walk…and Davis….my names T.K…" replied T.K calmly.
"Okay, I'm glad you were able to bring my sister back here without a scratch T.K. Now I think it's about time for us to leave." Said Tai. I think he was trying to stop something that might happen between those two. I was more worried for Davis than I was for T.K.
"He's right, some of us still have some homework to finish. We wouldn't want to get back home too late." Said Akira
"Stay safe you guys." Said Mimi with a smile "And don't forget to visit us again here whenever you have the time, or when you feel like it."
"She's right, we'd like your company any day." Said Koushiro
"Maybe sometime we can hear you guys play some music?" suggested Yolei
"Sure thing, we'll let you know about our next gig." Said Yutaka with a thumbs up.
"Alright you guys, enough chit-chat. We have to get going and I mean go now. I have school work to work on." Said Tai
The others agreed and we began to walk away towards the door. As we were we heard goodbyes and see you again's coming from the living room. Before we completely got out the door Tai looked back at Davis and spoke "Davis, don't let your jealousy take over okay?" the others looked a bit shocked at Tai's statement and so did Davis. After that, we closed the door behind us, went to Yamato's car and drove back to the dorm.
Strange things happened today and it made me think of things. I wonder if Sasha would ever get over this whole fight. If ever I'd get to know Yama even better soon or if something could happen between T.K and Kari. Who knows right? But furthermore, what's the rush? We'll have a long way to go and no one knows what can happen in the future. All we can do now is to wait…and hopefully, something good happens by the end of the summer.
Authors Note: This is the 10th chapter, I hope you guys liked it : ) Please tell me what you think of this chapter. Please do Review if you can : D Thanks you guys : D