Hey-o! I recenly started to get back into digimon, and discovered the wonderful world of fanfiction! After reading this stuff for a while I've finally decided to try my hand at it.

And what fanfic would be complete without mentioning the fact that I don't own anything in my story, except I guess the order I put the words in?

Anyways here it is hope you enjoy!

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She tossed the ball high above her head then swung with all her might, bringing her racquet through the ball like a hammer. The ball flew from her strings bounced in the corner of the service box and flew right past the girl on the other side of the net. Ace!

" Game, set, match, Miss Takenouchi," said the umpire from his lofty position atop his officiating chair.

" Good Match Sor, 6-1, 6-0," said Lily Anne, one of Sora's teammates, as Sora walked off the court.

" Thanks!" replied Sora

" With that win we've got a complete sweep of Fussa High School, 5-0!"

" Nice! I think we're going to be really good this year."

" Yeah we are and you're going to win the National Tournament."

" I dunno about that, but I can hope."

" Come on Sora! You're one of the top girls in tennis around the Tokyo area and you know it."

It was true, since taking up tennis her freshman year Sora had blossomed into a very talented tennis player. She beat players who had been playing for longer than her, and even boasted a winning record against the best boys tennis player, at her school, Odaiba High School. Sora felt like she had a chance to get to Nationals and hold her own. She'd have to be on top of her game though.

" Good work girls! Solid wins from all of you! I hope I'll see that effort out of you in a few days against Fuchu! Well you girls get a good rest, I'll see you at practice tomorrow." Said the girls' coach, Kaori Furukawa.

" Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow Sor, have you finished your English paper?" asked Lily Anne.

" No, it isn't due till Tuesday right? I've still got tonight, Friday and the whole three weekend." Sora said picking up her racquets.

" Three day weekend? Oh yeah you seniors get to skip Monday! Lucky!"

" That's right you've still got one more year to go youngen!" Sora said rubbing her hand on the top of Lily's head.

" Alright, alright bye."

With that the two parted ways. Sora turned and walked towards her house holding her racquets in her left hand and her schoolbag on her shoulder. Sora had three of the same racquet just in case the frame or the strings broke. She shifted one over to her right hand and just looked at it. It felt natural, almost like an extension of her own arm. To her the racquet was like a work of art. A Babolat Aeropro Drive, she had fallen in love with it since she saw Rafael Nadal play with it in the Japan Open.

" Man Nadal is hot! I wish I had a guy as muscular as him." Sora thought to herself.

Sora walked on still thinking about Rafael Nadal and absently at the ground through the strings on her racquet. Then the next thing she knew she was getting up from the ground.

" Ahh! My head."

Sora put her hand to her head and looked up thinking she'd run into a pole. Stupid of her not to look where she was going. Instead she saw a guy in a soccer uniform, wearing goggles around his head, and what looked like bush of poofy, brown hair on top of it.

" Hey Sor, you should watch where you're going!" He said, with a grin on his face. He put out his hand to help her up.

" What are you talking about? You weren't looking where you were going either, Tai!" replied Sora taking Tai's hand.

" Yeah I guess not," said Tai scratching the back of his head. " Tell you what, I'll make it up to you. I just got a coupon for free pizza, wanna come?"

" Will any of your girlfriends be there?" Sora knew to ask this because it seemed like girls followed Tai like ants on a picnic. Just about every girl in school wanted to have Tai, the soccer team captain, on their hip. She was surprised there weren't any now.

" Well, I can't make any promises, but I'm not taking anyone but you."

" All right, but you'd better not invite any of them, some of them are so annoying."

" Deal."

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Tai and Sora sat in a booth at the window sipping sodas. It was nice to have Tai to herself for a while, usually Sora had to put up with one of Tai's nasty guy friends or dumb girl friends.

" How was soccer practice Tai?" asked Sora

" Pretty good I feel like we have a decent team this year," Answered Tai " You should come to our game tomorrow."

" Maybe after practice. Oh look the pizza's here!"

One of the servers dropped a large pizza on the table Tai and Sora were sitting at.

" I can't believe you talked me into getting taco pizza," said Tai " Taco stuff belongs in a taco not on a pizza."

" Oh come on Tai! Just have some more. It'll grow on you!" Said Sora handing Tai a slice of the pizza.

" Well it's better than Mom's cooking, I guess."

" Hey Tai! " said a female voice.

Tai looked around to see where it had come from. Then in the window he saw a cute looking girl waving at him in the window. Tai half-heartedly waved back. Sora glared at her, the girl scowled back then walked off.

" Thanks Sor! I didn't want to do deal with her."

" No problem! Who is she?"

" I dunno, one of those freshman who come to all my soccer games. They're all kind of annoying."

" It seems like a lot of girls come to your soccer games and watch you a lot more than the ball."

" Haha, you aren't jealous are you?"

Sora stiffened a bit at that question. Really she was pretty jealous that all the girls Tai hung out with, because she really liked Tai. But to Tai, she and he were just good friends. She didn't want to rock the boat of their relationship. She thought if she said what she really thought things would be awkward. So she said,

" No, just so long as none of them hurt you."

" Ha!" Tai laughed " Like anyone, especially a girl, could hurt me!'

Tai flexed his muscles.

" Same old hot-headed Tai! " Thought Sora " You'd think he'd have matured, but he's still the same as when we first went to the digital world."

" Aaahh! Watch where you're pointing those guns Tai!"

Sora put up her hands pretending something might actually shoot out of Tai's arms. Sora had to admit Tai was no slouch in the muscle department. Tai did have some defined arms, but his defined legs were more prominent as he was a soccer player.

" Yeah, You know it!" Said Tai rolling up his sleeves and posing.

" Stop it Tai! People are looking!"

" That's okay, everyone wants a good look!"

Sora laughed.

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On the way back home Sora had to stare down at least five girls trying to get at Tai. Tai was nonchalant about it just waving and smiling.

" So why do you have so many racquets Sora?" Tai asked holding up one of Sora's racquets. Tai had insisted on not only walking Sora home, but also carrying her stuff.

" I break strings. Gotta have a spare or I'd have to forfeit the match."

" Yeah? I bet Yusuke hoped you'd break all three last week, when you beat him again. Funny how the best girl's tennis player can beat the best guy!"

" I guess I'm just that good!"

" Good thing I'm still better than you at soccer!"

" What do you mean still? I've always been better than you!"

" Where? In your dreams?" laughed Tai.

The two reached Sora's apartment and Tai handed Sora her stuff.

" Thanks for the pizza, and everything Tai."

" No problem, that's what friends are for!" he replied and walked off.

Sora watched Tai go. Tai was a good friend, but she wished they could be more than that.

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Sora lay on her bed thinking, mostly about Tai. She remembered when Tai had been interested in her. She remembered at Matt's Christmas concert a while back Tai had wanted to be with her. Back then Sora had still been interested in Matt. Matt and her had dated for a while after that. In the end however, it turned out the two had differing passions. Matt was too interested in music and Sora was more interested in sports. Sora would spend all her time on the soccer field, or the tennis court, and Matt would be writing songs or playing with his band. The two ended the relationship because they couldn't really connect that well. More and more Sora started to realize Tai might be the better boyfriend. Unfortunately for her when she did finally decide to give Tai some serious thought, he became a lot more popular with the girls. Every week it seemed Tai had a new girlfriend, and every night he had a date. Tonight had been the first time in a long time Sora had gotten Tai by himself. It seemed Tai was always more interested in some other girl.

" Why can't I be that girl?" Sora thought to herself.

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Well there it is!

Tell me what you thought, input (questions, comments, snide remarks, okay maybe no the last one) is always appreciated Also feel free to correct any errors in here, cuz there probably are some.

I have another chapter ready and will post t later with possible edits based on feedback from this.

(Btw I am totally BSing on Japanese high schools, if that bugs you tell me some real ones and I'll use them)

Thanks for reading!