Hello! Miss-Stoneflower here! I know I'm still writing another one but I'm waiting for reviews and I just HAD to post this one up because I sometimes delete ones I wish I'd kept saved because I liked the idea of them. I should be doing some of my more serious books but posting these fanfics is so much fun!

Since I love Taiora SO much, this will be a Taiora.

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, no matter how much I wish I did.

Okay, time for chapter 1 of my new fanfic! Hope you like it!
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"Okay, I'm going out, mom wants me to drop some things off." Kari said, looking in her bag. "Though why you can't do it is what surprises me."
"Because she likes you better?" Tai asked. "Because she trusts you? Because you know exactly what to drop off where? Because you're a girl?"
"Oh, shut up." Kari snapped. "It was a rhetorical question!"
"That you got an answer to. I knew it was, I just felt like irritating you. And it worked."

"Aaargh!" Kari stormed out of the apartment as Tai smirked.

"Why did I just do that?" he asked himself out loud.

"Because you're a big brother."

Tai looked around and saw Agumon. "Thanks, but I was talking to myself."
"When it comes to Kari being asked to do stuff, you always do that." Agumon said, jumping up onto the sofa next to his partner-in-fighting.
"Always do what?"
"Because she likes you better? stuff." Agumon replied. "Why?"
"Since Kari was a sick kid, mom and dad were always making sure she never fell over in case she got a cut and it got infected." Tai replied. "Or when she got a cold they kept her home from school till every symptom of it was gone."
"That's natural parenting, though."
"On the other hand, me, whenever I came home with a cut or scrape they pointed to the bathroom which is where the band-aids are. Whenever I got a cold I still had to go to school. When I ended up with the flu one time,"
"Because you were an idiot and stayed in the rain? Didn't that happen this winter?"
"Shut up." Tai sad with a smile. "Anyway, when I got the flu I got kept home, but alone. It's always been Kari. I guess I've just wanted the attention she always gets. That's why I started soccer. I thought that when I got older I would be good at it, so at least I would get a speck of attention."

"But now you're one of the popular guys at your school." Agumon said. "Why do you still care?"
"Because that attention's only at school. I was aiming for mom and dad." Tai replied. He sighed. "They were going to come to my first final in a tournament, but then Kari caught a cold and they couldn't come because they were too busy taking her to the hospital to see if she had something else, even though it was obviously just a cold. But they told me after I got home."

"Oh....." Agumon looked straight ahead. "We've been friends for so long yet I still don't know much about you."
"I've never told anyone that. Not even Sora. Not that I was keeping it to myself. You asked."

"Asking gets you what you want, after all." Agumon said with a toothy grin. "Now, I'm hungry."

Tai laughed. "Me too."

"I'm home!" Kari called. Then the phone rang. She answered it. "Moshi, moshi? Hi, T.K. Huh? Tai? I dunno, I'll just go look."
Kari went into the bedroom. No Tai. She looked all over the house, then found a note in the kitchen.

"Sorry, T.K, he's gone out with Agumon. To the park, I think. That's where they normally go. Okay, catch you at school tomorrow. Bye."

Kari hung up the phone, and read the note again. Tai had written down the time – they had been gone for about an hour. It was getting dark, too, so they should be home shortly. Then there was a crash of thunder, and rain started to pour down. Kari ran to shut the balcony door, and then her parents came in the door.

"We're back!" they called. "Kari!"
Kari went to the hallway to help her parents with their luggage. Mrs Kamiya felt her daughters forehead.
"Safe." she said with a nod. Kari shook her head to get her hair into place, and went to the kitchen.
"Tai's out with Agumon." she said. "They should be back soon – even Tai's not stupid enough to stay out in the rain."
"I wouldn't be so sure." Mr Kamiya said.
"When we rang he seemed upset." Mrs Kamiya explained.
"When was that?" Kari asked, frowning.
"About an hour ago, saying we were on our way home."

An hour.....

"I'm sure he'll be back soon." Kari said, screwing up the note carefully and putting it in the bin.

Around ten that evening, Tai still wasn't back. It was also still pouring down with rain. Mr Kamiya was asleep, but Mrs Kamiya was watching the news. Kari was sitting at the desk in her room, looking out of the window. Another hour went past, and Kari heard her mother go to bed. Kari sighed, and climbed into her bed. She had school the next morning, and didn't want to be exhausted. Tai probably got caught in the rain with Agumon and is waiting for it to stop.

"He has a key." Kari told herself. "If they're stuck somewhere Agumon can create a fire. Or they could've gone to Izzy's or Matt's.....don't worry, Kari, they'll be fine."

"Naturally." Gatomon said, curling up on Kari's feet. "They're both tough cookies."

Around that time, Sora was sitting on her bed doing last minute homework when she heard a knock at the door to her balcony. She looked up, and her eyes widened when she saw Tai and Agumon, both soaking wet. She jumped up and opened the door.

"Tai!" she whispered, letting him in. "What...."
"Agumon and I left an hour before it rained, but we were in Shinbashi Station when the trains were shut down because of flooding in the subway." Tai explained.
"You walked from Shinbashi to Odaiba?" Sora asked.
"We took a bus to Shinjuku." Agumon said.
"Yeah, then the buses were shut down." Tai said. "And so we ran from Shinjuku."

"In the rain?" Sora asked. Tai nodded. She shook her head as she left her room, then she came back with a bunch of towels. She chucked one of Agumon, then pulled Tai onto the bed and attacked him with a towel.

"I can do it myself." Tai said.
"Shut up." Sora said. "You can't. I don't want you to get the flu like last time."
"Last time I didn't show up on your doorstep."
"Last time we had been together and I trusted you to get home quickly and dry yourself off. Kari said that instead you took an hour to get home, then you rubbed your hair and didn't change."
"A good TV show as on." Tai whined.
"Shut up!" Sora hissed. "Besides, we have to be quiet, mom's asleep."
"No she isn't."

Tai and Sora both looked up, and saw Mrs Takenouchi standing at Sora's open door in her dressing gown.
"Hungry?" she asked. Tai grinned, and nodded.
"I missed dinner." he added. Mrs Takenouchi turned around, and went to the kitchen. Sora handed Tai another towel and went to her wardrobe.
"So, since when have I had your school uniform and your t-shirts?" she asked.
"Since I used to always stay over here. Then you and Matt started going out and we never had time to hang out."
"So why didn't you go home?"
Tai bit his lip. "I'm trying to avoid it."
"Mind telling me what happened?"
"Yes."
"His parents rang from Kawasaki." Agumon said. "And they asked everything about Kari but didn't even ask how Tai was."

"Gosh, Tai." Sora said. "You don't need to go all the way out to Shinbashi because your parents were in a rush and just wanted to know if Kari hadn't been caught in the rain."
"Nerima." Tai corrected her. Sora gaped.
"Wow."
"Yeah, so I'd had it. It's like they have one kid and I'm the babysitter."

Sora took Tai's hand. "Don't worry. If you want a mom, you can share mine."
Tai smiled. "Maybe. But that'd make us related."
"So?"
"It's complicated."
Tai and Sora went to the kitchen while Agumon and Biyomon started chatting.

"So what really happened?" Biyomon asked Agumon.

"You know how Tai likes Sora still?" Agumon asked in reply. Biyomon nodded. "Well, he's been missing Sora. And Tai says his parents have always forgotten about him. Today wasn't the first time it had happened. Ever since Kari was born they've been ignoring him."
"A bit of an attention seeker." Biyomon commented.

"Only with his parents. He wants to stay away from his home for a few days to mellow out."

"Why come here then?"
"Because he missed Sora, and knew she had his uniform so he could still go to school, unless he got sick."

"That's the more likely suggestion."
In the kitchen, Sora was asking similar questions, but getting different replies.
"Why did you come here?" Sora asked as the two nibbled on crisps. "You could've gone home. Doesn't Kari sleep like a log?"
"Yeah." Tai mumbled. "I just felt like coming here instead,"
"I should ring your mother." Mrs Takenouchi said. "But, it's nearly midnight and I'm sure your family is fast asleep."
"You can stay here." Sora suggested. "Right mom? It's still raining and really late."
"Of course." Mrs Takenouchi said. "I'll ring your mom in the morning."
"No!" Tai blurted out, standing up quickly. "Uh.....she won't mind. I left them a note anyway, telling them where I was going and the weather forecast mentioned rain before I left, I, well, I told them that if it rained and I got back real late, I'd either come home or, depending on the time, come here."
"And what if I wasn't awake?" Sora asked.
"I would've woken you." Tai said with a small grin.
"Yeah right."

"Okay, to bed." Mrs Takenouchi said, clapping her hands. "The shop opens early on Friday's."

Tai and Sora headed to Sora's room.
"Are we sharing the bed? Like we used to?" Sora asked. "You aren't wet anymore, so it shouldn't matter."

Agumon and Biyomon were sitting on Sora's bed innocently. The teenagers smiled at their partners.

"Move it, Pinky." Tai said to Biyomon. The Digimon climbed off the bed to let the humans get into it, and then snuggled into Biyomon's mini-Sora bed.

"Those two are really cute together." Sora commented. "Better than Biyomon and Gabumon. They just look hilarious."

Tai smiled. "Yeah. I guess."
Sora yawned. "Man, I'm so tired. Aren't you?"
"Kinda."

"I can't believe you. Nerima, Shinbashi, Shinjuku, AND running to here......you are unbelievable."
"I've been skipping soccer practice." Tai said absentmindedly. Sora stared at him.

"You? Skip soccer?" she asked. Tai nodded sheepishly.

"That's why I ran. I sort of half carried Agumon from halfway along the Rainbow Bridge."

Something's wrong with Tai, Sora thought. Tai hasn't missed soccer practice for like, what, since we were six? I need to confront him.

But Tai had already fallen asleep. Sora smiled as she closed her eyes as well, and faded into her dreams.

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I decided to make Agumon and Biyomon an item as well.....I never have because writing Digimon items is kinda weird. Also, apologies to Yamato and Gabumon fans, Gabumon is also an awesome Digimon, but since this is a Taiora too, I just like partners liking partners. It's kawaii?

R&R please!

~Miss-Stoneflower~