It's my first fic on Okay, it should be known that this is a dark fic. It gets really brutal at points. It's the prequel to another fic I'll have coming up shortly, so it's a bit on the short side. Please R+R, constructive critisism welcome and wanted, but please don't flame. Rated T, might raise it later.

Disclaimer: If I owned Digimon, why would I be writing this here?

Just Another Day

"Go get 'im Tai!" Kari shouted from the crammed stands of the school soccer field. Her normally neat, straight hair of brownish hue was somewhat frazzled from all the excitement rushing through her. She was wearing a sleeveless shirt devoid of color with an orange skirt that stopped just above her knee. Because of this choice of attire, she had to be somewhat careful about how much she bounced around while cheering her older brother on.

Tai's hair, which had always been frazzled and sticking up everywhere, was slick with sweat as he zipped down the field with the ball. His soccer outfit of white and blue was now complemented by blotches of green thanks to his rough-and tumble antics across the field. With a sleek kick, the ball screeched past the goalie and caused a roar of pleasure to erupt from the stands.

"Yeah! Go Tai!" Sora yelled, not far away from Kari. Her hair was bit longer and springier than Kairi's, and it was colored orange instead of brown. She was also wearing a sleeveless shirt and a skirt a bit shorter than Kairi's. Their colors were much more vibrant though; the shirt was yellow and the skirt was blue with white around the edges. "Kill im! Kill im!"

Right next to Kari was TK, hollering with all he had. "That's it! Kick 'im to the moon!" His white, somewhat baggy hat had somehow managed to cling to his head during all his chaotic cheering. From beneath the hat, some blonde hair was peeking out. His jersey was the color of sky with clouds: the school's colors. His shorts mirrored the shirt.

"Where's Matt at?" Kari asked.

"HUH?"

"WHERE'S MATT AT!"

"HUH?"

"MATT!"

"OH!" TK exclaimed. "HE'S SICK WITH THE FLU!"

"STILL?"

"YEAH," TK shouted back, trying to overrule the crowd "HE SAYS IT SUCKS!"

"MAKES SENSE," Kari, answered, then put her focus back on the game.

The other team had just taken possession the ball and were heading for the opposing goal. Tai tried to steal back the black-and-white patched sphere, but was blocked by the other team's players.

The boy swerved towards the net, planted a solid strike on the ball, and gave it the power to streak past the goalie. The other set of seats hollered as the score became evened at 1-to-1.

"Aw, man, I think my head is gonna explode..." Izzy mumbled, drowned out by the hysteria of the others around him. His crimson hair, usually combed back and slick to near perfection, was now the pointy mess it was always destined to be. He simply wore a pale green shirt with some cut-off jeans. A cheap school jacket was lying next to him. He regretted ever bringing it, considering how hot it was. All he could think about was how he wanted to be at home with his computer, not a sound to be heard besides the tapping of the buttons on the keyboard and the occasional mouse click...

Right next to Izzy, just as thrilled about this insanity as he was, was another old friend known as Joe. He possessed more height than Izzy, which was quite easy as the red-head was a bit on the short side. His hair was a blackened blue, going down almost to his shoulders. His specs were streaked with sweat, and no matter how many times he cleaned them they always seemed to get dirty again five minutes later. He'd given up on them a while ago. His clothes were odd for such an event; a white buttoned shirt with thin blue stripes running across it vertically, and some black sweatpants.

"Man, why'd I ever let them talk me into this?' he whined. "I really should be studying for that big test tomorrow..."

"Hey, it's for Tai,' Izzy replied.

"Well, yeah, but..." Joe began

It took them while to realize that the very fact that they could hear each other meant that something was very very wrong. They averted the gaze down to the field.

Tai was on his side, out cold.

Don't Worry

"Tai! Don't scare us like that!" Sora yelled, about ready to go on a nervous breakdown.

"Sorry bout that..." Tai chuckled, rubbing the back of his head a bit. He was sitting up in the white bed of the nurse's office. He'd been awake for a while now.

"What happened?" Izzy asked.

"Dunno," Tai admitted. "The coach said that I was probably dehydrated, with it being so hot and all."

He sighed and plopped back down onto the bed, making it bounce some. "Either way, I'm outta the game now. The coach won't let me back in."

"Well, I would think so,' TK replied. "After all, you did kinda pass out back there."

Tai snorted. "It was only for a few minutes."

"Well, you just get yourself some rest," Kari insisted. "Mom will be here to pick us up soon."

"Aww...can't I at least stay to watch the game?' Tai whined.

"I talked to Mom on the phone, and she said it was totally out of the question,' Kari answered.

Tai let out another pouty groan and turned over. "Fine..."

Kari looked back hen she noticed Izzy was coughing some. "You okay?'

Izzy sighed. "Man, I think I'm getting whatever Matt's got..."

Everyone backed away from him about five feet.

"Yeah, I know..." Izzy grinned. "I'm gonna get my folks to come pick me up too. No reason for staying if Tai's not gonna be here."

He ambled out of the room, starting to cough again as he exited out of the doorway.

"The flu's really bad this year," Tai commented, sitting back up again.

'Yeah," Joe agreed. " I hope Matt gets better before his concert starts."

"Really,' Tai replied. "It's gonna be his biggest show he's ever had, right?"

"Yeah," TK answered. "He's really psyched about it. I heard there's gonna be some famous record companies coming through here soon. If that concert is successful, he could have a shot at being a really big star."

"Yeah, imagine it,' Sora stated. "A close friend of ours on the cover of TeenFever magazine!"

"Meh," Tai replied. "Well, I'm gonna be even more famous than he is! I'm gonna be the best soccer player there is! That's way cooler than being a rock star anyway."

Sora chuckled. "Oh really?"

"Hey, whaddaya mean oh really!" Tai snapped back. "Who would you choose: Matt the Rockstar or Tai the Almighty Champion of Soccer!"

"Well, I dunno," Sora replied in a mocking tone, turning her back towards Tai and taking exaggerated steps away from him. "That's a tough choice..."

"No it's not!" Tai exclaimed.

"Tai! Mom's here!" Kari called out from the other end of the room.

"Hmph," Tai growled. "See ya later then."

He reluctantly followed his younger sister from the room.

Only Five Minutes

"You mean you really did pass out!" Yolei exclaimed, her huge glasses making her eyes seem like they were about to shoot out of her head. Like everyone else, she was wearing her school outfit, which consisted of mostly white and pale blue. She carried her dark green bookbag on her back. Her long hair was pink with a faint purple hue to it, and draped well past her shoulders.

"Yep," Tai replied, not seeming too worried about it. His backpack was black streaked with red, and unlike Yolei's his could roll across the floor, which he was taking full advantage of at the moment.

"But that's serious!" Cody answered, looking up at Tai as much as he could. Unlike the other two, his uniform was colored a dark green. School had ended for the time being, and he had met up with the two of them not long ago. Being considerably younger than the two of them, Yolei and Tai towered over him. His darkened brown hair was cut very short; a standard boy hairstyle, really. "I heard you had to be sprayed with cold water just to wake you up."

"Yeah, and I also heard that I had to be taken to the hospital, go into surgery to have a brain tumor removed, and then tranquilized for six hours after that,' Tai replied, reciting things that he wished he'd make up himself. "I was only out for five minutes, that's it."

"Are you sure you're gonna be okay though?" Cody asked still concerned. "Have you been feeling dizzy or anything?"

"Nah," Tai replied. "I am kinda tired, and my body hurts all over, but that's only because I played so hard last night. Hell, we would've won if I'd been there the whole game."

"That's awfully arrogant of you,' Yolei replied, smirking a little.

"What's so bad about that?" Tai responded, grinning. Then he glanced around. "Hey, where's Davis at?"

"Oh, well apparently he gets to start his summer vacation early," Yolei griped. "He's somewhere in Australia now."

"Hey, no fair!" Tai whined. "Couldn't he have waited two more weeks!"

"I guess not," Yolei replied. "Anyways, he's off to see his uncle."

"How long is he gonna be down there?" Tai asked.

"He said he was gonna be there all summer long,' Yolei answered.

"Aw, man, that sucks,' Tai complained. "I was hoping to beat him at a few soccer matches."

"Yeah, Davis wasn't too happy about that," Cody chimed in. "He was moaning and whining about he wouldn't be able to spend any time with us this summer and that all there'd be to do is ride on kangaroos and run away from dingos."

Tai laughed. "Well then, I'm glad I get to stay here then."

"Me too,' replied Yolei. "Awww, poor Davis. He'll be missing all the fun."

Home Sweet Home

"I'm home!" Kari yelled as she stepped through the front door. "And I got the groceries!"

"Oh thank you Kari," Mom replied, smiling over at her. "I'm making three bean salad and liver sticks for dinner."

"Okay Mom," Kari answered, not really interested in her "healthy" meals, but pretending she was all the same.

She was strolling through the living room when she noticed her brother slumped across the couch, watching some TV program about dinosaurs. He looked utterly miserable.

"What's your problem?" Kari asked, poking at his shoulder.

"I don't feel good," Tai whined, sluggishly turning onto his stomach.

"So you're sick huh?"

"Yeah..."

"What kind of sick?"

"Achy, tired, feel-like-I'm-gonna-puke sick," Tai replied.

"Lovely," Kari responded sarcastically. "Think this might have had something to do with last night?"

"I dunno..."Tai admitted. "Maybe...though I didn't start feeling really sick until just before I got home."

"I see..."Kari replied. "Well, you just get some rest. After all, Matt's concert is coming up, and you don't wanna miss that."

"I know..."he muttered. "Dammit, I think he's the one who got me sick..."

Kari chuckled. "Well, he can't help that much, now can he?"

"Yes he can,' Tai grumbled. "He can talk to us online more instead of in person. You can't pick up his germs that way.'

Kari giggled some more. "Guess you're right."

Tai sighed. "Oh well..."Least I don't have any more games I need to worry about."

"That's true..." Kari agreed. "Hey Tai?"

"Yeah?"

"When are you gonna start going out with Sora?"

Tai fell off the couch. Only one of his feet remained on the sofa.

"Are you nuts!" Tai exclaimed, quickly sitting back up. "I'd never go out with her! She'd eat me alive!"

"Oh, I dunno,' Kari answered. "I'd think she'd like it if your asked her out."

"Well she can forget it!" Tai answered, defiantly looking up at the ceiling.

"You better hurry up or Matt might get her," Kari teased.

Tai's face possessed a very strange expression on it. "Hmph, he can have her!"

"Okay, I'll go tell him then.'

Kari began to stroll out of the room.

"Hey wait!" Tai protested. He wanted to get up and chase after her, but decided it wasn't worth the effort and plopped back down on the floor. "Stupid sister..."

Nothing But Schoolwork

"Where's Tai?" asked Sora, looking at the empty seats three chairs away.

"Oh, he's sick with the flu like everyone else," Joe replied casually, not lifting his eyes from the report he was writing.

"What about Izzy?"

"Sick."

"Yolei?"

"Sick."

"Cody?'

"Sick."

Sora sighed. "Man, at this rate, nobody will be there but us," Sora whined.

"I know," Joe responded. "And we still have exams too."

"Yeah..." Sora replied. "Man, high school sucks. Whatever happened to the days when we could just run around and play on the last days of school?"

"Real life happened, I guess."

Sora and Joe sighed together.

"Oh well, at least we have summer to look forward to, right?' Sora asked.

"Right," Joe replied, smiling.

"And just what are you two doing?" a voice growled behind them.

Both of them snapped around to see a rather large, obese woman glaring down at them.

"Um...working, ma'am," Sora replied nervously.

"Good,' the woman responded. 'And it better stay that way."

The two of them grumbled faintly as they turned their attention span back to their papers.

As Sora began to working again, for a split second every image in her field of vision seemed to have a reflection overlapping itself. Her eyelids drooped to cover half of her sight. She let out a slight moan.

"Sora?"

She snapped her head back to Joe. "Oh, it's nothing. Just sick of all this work."

Well, tell me what you think. I know it's kinda slow right now, but I promise that'll change soon. R+R, please!