Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ It's My Game ❯ Odd Pair ( Chapter 5 )

Tai woke up. His back hurt and he noticed that he had been sleeping on his back, something that he never did because he was only comfortable sleeping on his stomach. But it had been a rough night. It must have all just been a bad dream. Something was poking his back, something that felt like a rock. Why would there be a rock on his bed? With his right hand he stroked the sheets beside him, but what he felt was not his sheets but grass. Why was he laying on the grass? And who did the body that way laying on his belong to? He looked down and recognized the blonde hair resting on his chest.

"Oh great!" Tai mumbled and lay his head back on the grass. Hadn't the strange boy said they would have to face their nightmares in this game? Well this certainly was his.

Tai poked Kai's shoulder "Wake up! Hey get up! Hello! Rise and shine Princess! And get off of me while you're at it!"

Kai's eyes flitted open. She looked around and then jumped up.

"Ah! What are you doing here?" she yelled in surprise.

"Well I guess we're partners for the game" Tai mumbled, sitting up now that Kai was off of him.

Kai smiled to herself. Maybe this would be her chance to make things right with Tai. That was if she didn't loose her temper or if Tai didn't provoke her. Kai sometimes just couldn't control how she acted when people provoked her. It was a bad habit that she had developed over time of trying to protect her twin. It just had worn off on her daily dealings with all of human life.

"What are you smiling at?" Tai asked.

"None of your business!" Kai answered. She could already feel it coming. Why did he have to be like this?

Tai gave her a funny look. "Is this how it's going to be the whole time?" Tai hated the way that she tried to provoke her. It was like she was just out there looking for a fight and she was going to bug him until she got it.

"Probably if you keep up that ego as big as your hair" Kai replied. Kai was frustrated. Why, why couldn't she just carry on a conversation with Tai? Did he hate her or something? She made one mistake of kicking him and that's it? No second chance?

Tai could feel the heat rise in his face as he clenched his fists. Matt and only Matt was able to make comments about his hair and get away with it.

Kai, knowing she had set him off again, smiled. `At least I'm not the only getting steamed here' she thought to herself.

"Why the hell are you so annoying?" Tai asked, there just didn't seem any way to get around this girl. He dreaded the thought of having to spend one more moment with her.

"I could ask you the same question. But then it would look like I was copying you. Besides you think I'm happy with this arrangement? Think I want to be stuck alone with you?" Kai snapped. She clenched her fists and her body became ridged. `Don't do it, Kai find your inner self' she told herself. Her twin had tried to get Kai to try yoga though nothing really seemed to help Kai find her center.

"You're just some cocky girl off on some power trip! You think you're so tough but you're not! If you weren't a girl I'd show you what real strength is!" Tai shot back at her. Why couldn't she just leave him alone? Hadn't humiliating him at the most important game of his life been enough for her? Obviously not and it started to look like she would be hanging around to annoy him so much.

Kai had had enough. This had gone far beyond her threshold of tolerance. As much as she tried to fight it Kai felt herself draw back to punch Tai. As she swung at him he dodged and punched her in the shoulder.

She winced in pain, "I thought you said you wouldn't hit a girl!" Kai yelled and punched him in the stomach.

"You're not a girl, you're a BEAST!" Tai yelled back and kicked his leg out to trip her. Kai fell to the ground.

"Oh, you're going to pay for that comment!" she said as she grabbed a hold of his legs and pulled him down to the ground. This time it was full out, she wasn't holding anything back.

They rolled around on the ground together, wrestling, each trying to beat the other. Kai started to get tired out and Tai pinned her down. They were so close and he was lying on top of her. Their faces only inches away he could feel her breath on his face. Both hot and sweaty from the struggle Tai couldn't help but smell her, almost taste her. And he wanted more. But at the same time he hated her and wanted her to go away. Things in his head were so mixed up he didn't know what he was thinking. They both just lay there, panting and out of breath. So close, he could already feel her lips on his, all he had to do was move in a few more inches and he could kiss them.

Tai closed his eyes and got up. He walked a few feet away and sat down on a rock.

Kai used her hands to push herself up and she walked in the other direction and stood there looking off in the distance. Being that close to him had been much too intense for her. Things started to fly through her mind and she became confused, not wanting to talk to Tai or have to face him in the future.

They stayed like that, backs facing each other for a long time, not a word being spoken. Almost an hour passed before the silence was broken.

"Well maybe we should do something other than just stand here. We are getting a whole lot of nothing done!" Kai finally said.

"Oh and what would your highness like us to do?" Tai growled back.

Kai rolled her eyes "Ummm like maybe head toward that castle and try to find the others?"

Tai stopped for a moment. He couldn't think of any smart remark for that one. She was right though. They were wasting time and they did need to get to the castle with the others before time ran out and they couldn't get back to the real world. Lord knew he didn't want to be stuck in the Digital world with the mad woman for time and all eternity.

"Fine, but only if you promise to keep your mouth shut!" Tai said, still clenching his fists.

"Ditto" Kai said.

They both started walking towards the dark castle in the distance

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Scott scanned the land around them. "Doesn't look like any part of the Digital World that I've been to..." he muttered to himself. He then smiled to himself "Then again my experience in the DigiWorld is quite limited" he laughed.

The girl who had been resting on the ground started to stir.

Walking over, he placed his hand on her shoulder "You doing okay?"

She sat up rubbing her eyes. Her pink hair fell over her shoulder. "I... I think I'm fine. Where am I?"

Scott pulled his hand away and squatted beside her. "We're in the DigiWorld and I'm guessing since we're the only ones around, we are partners for 'THE GAME'" he said the last part in a deep booming voice, laughed and then shrugged. "Oh. Okay" she said "I just have one last question"

"Shoot" Scott replied.

Stretching her arms out she smiled at Scott "Who are you?"

Scott laughed standing up "I'm Scott GaSaku. You may know my sister Kai from such movies as `I'm the Blonde with the Temper', `I Like to Make Other People's Lives a Living Hell', `Vision of a Soccer Goddess' or `Likes to Punch Big Haired Boys'." He laughed at his own joke as he stretched his hand out to help her up well "And you?"

"Mimi Tachikawa" Mimi said standing up and then brushed the dirt off her clothes.

He then smiled and put on his best game show host voice "MIMI TACHIKAWA! Come on down you're the next contestant in THE GAME! You will be joined with your partner Scott GaSaku in facing your innermost nightmares and getting to the castle alive! If you can manage to do all this your prize will be…" Scott paused for a moment and then yelled "A FREE TRIP BACK TO THE REAL WORLD ALL EXPENSES PAID!"

Mimi just stared at him blankly. Obviously his joke hadn't gone over as well as he had hoped it would.

"So, I'm guessing we should get going on our way. It'll be dark before long and I think we need to get as much travel time as possible" Scott said and he took her hand to help her down the rocks.

Since Mimi didn't really have rock climbing shoes on, the act of climbing down the cliff that they had been more difficult than Scott had thought.

When they finally reached level ground it was sandy and windy.

"Well this isn't the best weather now is it?" Mimi tried to smile.

Scott laughed "Yeah. Hey things may go faster if we talk… Why don't you tell me about yourself?"

"Oh, Okay. Well I used to live in Odaiba too, but my family moved to New York a while back. Now I just come to Japan to visit when I have the time. It's a lot of fun to come back and see my friends! I miss them a lot… though I do have many friends in New York." Mimi said.

"Wow! New York huh? I've been there once!" Scott spoke excitedly "My parents took us there on a trip. It seems that the only time we see our parents is when they take us on vacation. I mean we can't spend anytime with them at home but we'll see them a ton when in Rome or something. Crazy that we have to go to foreign countries just to spend time with our parents… Anyway when we went to New York I spent the whole time looking for Spiderman… I never saw him."

Mimi looked at him, surprised "You do know that there really isn't a Spiderman don't you? He a comic book character…"

Scott laughed "Of course! I was ten when we were in New York though."

It was then Mimi's turn to laugh "New York is a lot of fun. There always seems to be something to do. I never get bored while I'm there but I just miss my friends here so much sometimes. One in particular too"

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH! Do you have a Boyfriend?? Tell me tell me tell me!" Scott said excitedly jumping around.

Mimi started to blush "What? Uh... no it's not... Ummm... So what about you?"

Scott smiled knowing that he had unearthed a secret. But since she seemed to want to change the subject, Scott left it alone "I'm just a student at Sassho and..."

Mimi cut him off "Sassho??? That private boy's school???"

It was Scotts turn to blush "Uh, yeah. My dad is this really high up businessman and my mum works for him. So I guess you could say we've got some money. Only thing, my parents are never around because of it. So it's mostly just me, Kai and Hana around at home. I guess it's nice because the three of us are really close but then again, we really have no relationship with our parents. I think that since we kind of raised ourselves that's why we turned out the way we did. Kai is temperamental and always gets what she wants. Hana is quiet and let's Kai do everything for her and I'm just the nut."

As they were walking along they found a door. Just a regular door standing in the middle of the desert.

"Now that's weird! What is it doing here?" Mimi asked.

Scott started to walk around the door. It seemed to lead to no where seeing as you could walk a full circle around it.

"Where do you think it leads?" Mimi said looking at Scott who had a puzzled expression on his face.

"I'm not really sure that it leads anywhere. I wonder if it even opens!" Scott said, still studying the door.

"Well why don't we just give it a try then!" Mimi smiled and reached out for the door knob.

"WAIT!" Scott shouted and grabbed Mimi's hand. "We don't know what this will get us into. Let's make sure we are ready for anything that this door holds"

"Well. We don't know WHAT it holds!" Mimi said.

"I know. But are you sure you want to find out?" Scott looked a bit worried.

"Look, we can't be scared. We need to do this is we ever want to see our Digimon again. Scott we have to do this for each other." She smiled softly.

"Okay well let's do this together then" Scott said. He shot a worried smile in Mimi's direction. She continued to smile at him.

They both reached out together and turned the door knob.

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