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Testing, One, Two, Three...

Sora bit the pencil she was holding, staring intensely at the writings she had done, as if she could come up with a new idea as simple as that. It was no good, the bunch of facts and notes from the internet were still as nonsensical as they could be.

Lowering the notepad to her bed she let out a sigh, resting her head against the wall. She looked at the clock beside the bed briefly, it was morning and almost time to go to school.

Deciding that he wouldn't return so soon, she stood up, adjusted her new uniform and looked at herself in the mirror, deciding that the light blue color was actually winning her over as time passed, it was the color of High school, but still it took some time getting used to it.

After that she brushed her hair briefly, adjusting it behind her ear before frowning feeling something amiss or maybe lacking. Looking away, the auburn haired opened the drawer and gazed at the hairclip amongst her accessories.

Sora blinked, stopped, and then frowned wondering if she should use it.

It was nothing after all, a mere plastic clip, a gift from a childhood she barely remembered now. Sure all the precious moments were there, the Digital World, her soccer matches, her moments with her friends, those she would never forget, but the feeling of being a child, that one she felt slipping away as more and more of the world revealed itself to her.

It was not just a case of fighting monsters, or fighting for their lives. It was the fact that suddenly they would have jobs, they would face the world, they were growing up… Plus her best friend died in front of her.

So it was not surprising that she felt nothing like the child she once was and like that she stared. That clip had no value at all, but to her it was something. It was the child she didn't felt like anymore, the feeling that everything would be okay… It meant something for her and only her.

If she did use it though, Tai would ask about it, and she was not sure she wanted him to ask ... She was not even sure if he would notice.

"I'm back!"

Speaking of the devil, there he was appearing through the wall with a satisfied grin on his face. Sora closed the drawer in a rush, regardless of the noise, and turned around.

"How was it?" She asked, before he could say anything else. Picking up the notepad, she held the pencil and waited.

"Well, I got to reach the end of the block, then, I started to feel very weak." He said with his hands behind his head, floating in the middle of her room like he was in a swimming pool

"Weak? What do you mean?"

"Hard to say I felt like floating away, but more like…" He pursed his lips thinking. "Like when you get dizzy after playing in a swivel chair" Sora frowned. "Don't act like you never did that in that chair of yours" He said when she raised an eyebrow all serious like, his hand pointing to her desk chair.

"I didn't say anything Tai."

"But you were thinking it" He accused. Sora sighed and wrote down on her notebook. She did think it was kind of silly, but sometimes it was for the better to ignore her best friend/crush/ghost.

"So the distance that you can move away is at least two hundred meters, I think ..." She noted, biting her lip. She looked at Tai and back to the notebook. "So what do we know so far is that you can fly; Walk through walls; Screw up with the TV signal; Only I can see or talk to you and you can't move anything around"

"I can move things around"

"You tried to…"

"I know that I can"

"Those feather's didn't even bulge"

"Not in the mood Sor"

"Then don't start it." She nagged, glaring at him. "If you don't wanna hear it, than stop bringing it up, you're as stubborn as ever"

"I can't wait to show you" He said pouting.

"Whatever"

Lately Tai had become frustrated having to just watch everything happening around him, so he start trying to move things around only get even more frustrated. Sora was rather tired of having him trying to punch away cups and plates around the house, even if it was kind of funny.

"And you can only get two hundred meters away from me for some reason"

"I also don't eat, sleep or go to the bathroom" Tai numbered on his fingers, somewhat annoyed.

"That it's kind of included on the being a ghost package" Sora reminded, just a little sorry. "Are you sure you don't have any unfinished business?"

"We already talked about it Sora, I can't think of anything unresolved in my life" He said, and Sora saw how he looked away from her. He could be just mad at her for arguing, or maybe he was hiding something.

"Come on Tai" she said. "Ghosts, spirits or whatever, they don't appear only to take care of people in mourning"

"And how do you know?"

"If that was the case, I think there would be a lot of chaos out there. People die every day right?" She asked, both for him and for herself.

Sora didn't want to get on his bad side, but she wanted to help her friend even if it meant he would go away. Again… That is what happens to ghost after all, and she wasn't naïve, she just wasn't sure of how she would be after that. Part of her wanted there to be a big reason for Tai to be with her, but the truth was that to know the reason was something she wanted and feared just as much.

"We should talk to Izzy about it."

"We can try" She cave in, it had been some time since the funeral and classes were in full swing. Sora didn't want to bring this problem to anyone anytime soon. Although at the pace she and Tai were going about figuring stuff out there would be no delaying it any further.

Sora was still afraid of being labeled crazy, but she would have to convince the other chosen at some point.

The only way she could see that happening was if Tai told her something about them that only he knew, and even that would be a long shot. She was about to ask if Tai had any ideas when there was a knock at the door.

"Sora you'll be late for class"

"I'll be right up mom" She answered automatically, before looking at Tai. He smirked.

"I'll walk with you"

"As if you had a choice, although it's more like floating now"

"So I'm like your balloon?" He laughed. "Well here I'm Sora, your own Tai balloon, the most handsome and awesome of all"

"And the most talkative" She took her things from her desk and looked back at him. "Just promise not to bother me during classes"

"What?" Tai said dramatically outraged, his head lowered back "Like I would do that, you wrong me Sora."

Sora smirked, grabbed her purse, and left the room just in time to see Biyomon leaving the bathroom. She waited a few seconds to embrace her Digimon and proceeded to put her shoes on.

"Sora are you sure that ..."

"I'm fine Biy, Don't worry about me" She said as her mother watched from the kitchen. "It's going to be okay, I mean it"

"Okay Sora" Her mother said nodding as she walked out of the door.

She and Tai made their way to school much as they did since their younger years, except that his feet didn't touch the floor, and she was careful to be discreet when talking to him. Her steps were slow and not in a hurry as she stepped by strangers, people going to work or teenagers going to school.

Along the way her only thoughts were about her more recent internet researches. The supernatural had no lack of people talking about it in the web.

Tai didn't want to take vengeance at anyone; he was not particularly suited to haunt any houses. He saw no light or anything of the like so that meant they were in a dead end… Why ghosts couldn't receive some orientation about what to do, was beyond her. Tai sure could use some "How to be dead 101"

She stopped at a traffic signal and blinked. The cars passed by slowly as the crowd waited. She saw some people actually running before the signal could open, and then there was nothing before her, but a silent sight of an accident.

Guilty sat down on her, as she looked at the ground. Sora took deep breathes but nothing seemed ok then. The girl was so absorbed she barely saw the signal opening and the people leaving her alone on the corner. She glanced at Tai, gaining comfort on his ethereal presence, before keeping on her path.

"Hey Sora?" Tai asked suddenly, and she nodded so he knew she was listening. "You know, I was wondering what did you want to talk about that day"

"How so?" She silently asked.

"You know, you called me in a rush, like you needed me for something important. I was remembering it just now"

It was then that she knew, he must be remembering that day as well, but for him it was such a different part. At that moment Sora didn't know what to do, he never saw the cookies, so there was no way he know about her intentions.

And yet she never knew how to bring that up. What? Just tell him that she was in love with him? Could that do any good? The thought had crossed her mind a lot of times before, but there never seemed to be a good time, and it never seemed like a good idea either.

What good it would do to remind them of what they lost? It was lost right? Looking at Tai again she saw he was not pressuring her, only having an eyebrow raised in absorbed confusion.

Sora couldn't help but smile at him, maybe he deserved to know, she certainly would like to know if the situation was reversed, but would it do any good or would it hurt? Maybe she needed to think about this…

"I'll tell you after class" she whispered. "I-I promise"

Tai smiled and they went on their way, slowly being left alone. Sora walked away from the other students, by the other side of the street, and suddenly they could talk freely.

"This is so weird" Sora spoke as the sight of the school got closer and closer.

"Are you really saying that to me?" He asked, smiling, he lazily followed her, like a talking balloon smirking at her. "You know how hard it is to look for something to do?"

"You could watch the class"

"Oh come on Sora, is not like I need it" He said, and that let her sad for some reason, but she did the best to mask as they arrived in a secluded corner and Tai asked. "Matt will be waiting for you right?"

"Yeah" She said before taking a few steps forward, finally climbing the stairs to enter the school.

Sora was still kind of nervous, but then Tai started to move around. She lost him a few times, before seeing him floating around students trying to smack their heads and push their books away. His hand though was stubbornly moving past everyone.

Sora sighed, smiling to herself.

He wasn't thrilled to be like this. Hell what he wouldn't give to taste a burger or just simply have people acknowledging his presence. Thanks heavens for Sora, although his situation seemed to never stop her nagging, but he didn't mind really, at least it was sign she was okay and not sinking into some kind o grief striking depression like when he found her.

Right now he stood beside her as she talked to Matt in the hallway. His friend didn't seem so good, but not so bad either.

"You haven't been answering you emails and well, I haven't seeing you in some time now"

"I know Matt, I'm sorry. I've been really busy lately."

"I told they would get suspicious." Tai said, but she ignored him.

"How are you doing anyway?" He was asking Sora, and watched her carefully.

"I'm fine really you know…" She bit her lips, looking at him and back to the blonde. "It's kind of stupid, but I'm getting better. It's just hard you know?"
"I know" Matt answered with a hand upon her shoulder, he smiled kindly. "I kind of thought he would always be around, you know? He was my best friend"

Tai smiled, touched to hear that.

"Yeah" Sora agreed, she smiled at him but kept herself cool.

"Sure he was an idiot most of the time, but that was just like him"

"Most of the time?" Tai frowned at that, he looked at Sora as his two friends laughed about it.

"Yeah, I know what you mean"

"So, up to classes?" Matt said, walking down the hallway, Sora followed with Tai close behind.

"Yeah let's get going" Sora said taking her books inside.

Matt and her started to chat then covering what was happening around their lives.

"I think TK is hiding something from me" Matt commented at some point.

"Really?" Sora asked oblivious. "I wondered what it is"

"A grave crime" Tai interrupted.

"By the way Sora, everyone is thinking of a getting together soon, would you be interest?"

"A get together?" Soras asked, as Tai suddenly got interested himself.

"Yeah, you know, the last time everyone meet was at the funeral so… Even Joe already agreed to come. We would watch some movies and stuff, what do you think?"

Tai waited or her answer almost as much as Matt. Sora found awkward she had two boys looking at her suddenly, both encouraging her somehow.

"Yeah of course" She said with a sigh. "Why not"

"Good" Matt said happily while Tai gave her a thumbs up.

Later at class he stood by the window, not even listening to what the teacher was saying. Looking around he could see everyone one else, paying attention, Sora was copying notes with a focused look, biting her lip as she did so. She wasn't a genius bookworm geek like Izzy, but she sure worked hard on her studies.

Next to her Matt was scribing something. He floated over there e looked over his friend's shoulder seeing a couple of lyrics he was trying to write….

Well that was interesting; he said reading the lyrics then is eyes widened. He was writing something about a girl… The lyrics described hair of fire, and eyes and ruby… Tai started to have a suspicion of where this was going, when Matt looked up and gazed at Sora, as if to confirm his suspicious.

Oh boy…

"Attention everyone" Suddenly the class turned to the teacher, her stern look making everyone, but a certain ghost, sweat a little.

"I can't believe this" Sora groaned as she stared at the questions, the multiple choice seemed simple enough, but to her annoyance she had no idea what any of it meant. "I'm so fucked."

"What is the matter?" Tai asked looking down at her test; Around them the whole room was silent as everyone took care to answer the test the teacher had just given them.

"I don't know any of this" She whispered back, gritting her teeth. She looks again at the first question, pressed her pen in option A, and then stopped, dropping the pen again.

"Why not?"

"Because…" She gritted her teeth now. "Because we had a more important matter, remember?"

"Riiiight" Tai said.

Sora lowered her forehead at the table, frustrated that she had at least a dozen recipes of exorcism, at least half of it involving salt and goats, but not one notion of trigonometry to offer. She could even describe some ten levels of ghostness some American guy posted on the internet, still remembering how much fun she had comparing Tai to a level one…

"Sorry I guess?" Sora turned to the side to look at him, and smiled telling him it was all right, when suddenly he perked up. "I have an idea"

She frowned and he turned around, going towards the teacher. Sora watched him looking at her table for some time, and then grinned like he had found a box of candy.

When he came back, he pointed straight at option B on the test.

"That one is right"

"Huh?" Sora said a little too loud, she saw the girl in front glaring and mouthed a sorry, before turning her own glare at Tai. "That is cheating Tai."

She hissed as quietly as possible.

"Of course not Sora" She kept frowning and he sighed, before pointing at the teacher. "OK look at things like this, she cheated first giving a surprise test. It's stupid and you know it… Besides, if it wasn't for me you would know all that stuff no problem"

Sora bit her lip.

"I would feel bad afterwards"

"I would feel worst if I got bombed" Tai said nonchalantly. "Besides, who is going know?"

"I will"

Tai groaned.

"Sora, come on!" He pleaded. "Look think of me as a resource ok, you're using your resources, its nothing bad! Beside, you can't be all good two shoes all the time" He grinned now, passing in front of her. "You want to do it Sora, I know that look"

The worst part is that she was seriously considering it. She didn't like the idea of bombing a test, even if she had an lame excuse, grieving and all that… Sora bit her lips, with a familiar sensation of comfort for breakng rules. Tai was using that grin that always got her into trouble when they were little. It was the look he gave her to steal candy from the kitchen, the look to play soccer in the rain, and the look to distract a teacher so she could go to the Digital World.

Silently she mockingly glared at his frame before marking option B…

Stupid Tai.

Another chapter for this story, Was feeling in the mood for it. I hope everyone likes! Thanks for every review, and yes, still accepting sugestions here!

Let's see where this goes!