Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Tai's Little Secret. ❯ II ( Chapter 2 )

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Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.

Summary: Expected to be around four chapters + prologue. AU everyone, Taichi has a little secret, okay maybe it's not that little. You see in thgis world, Tai born as a girl, and has spent the last 5 to 6 years pretending to be a boy

Notice: Translations of movie title in this fic can be found before the author's notes.



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Ta i's little Secret
Part II

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Tai sipped her tea calmly, and did her best to ignore the prone form of Mimi lying on the futon behind her. It wasn't her problem if the pink loving girl, couldn't stay awake long enough, for her to explain to them all why she had spent the last few years dressing as a boy. Putting down the cup she smiled at Mrs. Tachikawa. "Thank you for the tea."

Putting down another bowl of cookies, Mimi's mum nodded. "You're more then welcome, and I know Mimi has been missing a friend since we came here."

Tai grinned and picked up a cookie. "Thanks, um, Mrs. Tachikawa?" Waiting for the elder woman to sit down as well before asking her question, Tai chewed on the cookie. "How, did you know I was a girl? You said it was nice to see me wearing clothes besides my normal baggy kind"

Giving a small laugh, Mrs. Tachikawa picked up her own cup of tea. "Tai-chan, Tai-chan, Tai-chan. Women knows things like that, it also helped that I was at that party three years ago. You looked so cute in that little orange dress." Putting down her cup after taking a sip of tea, she looked at Tai with a glint in her eye. "I helped your mother pick out the dress for you. It was a shame Mimi was sick that day, she wouldn't let you dress like a boy after that."

Tai gulped at the thought of having a fashion obsessed girl after her. At that time, she was still in the way of thinking that only boy's could play soccer, then he had met Sora, and seen that girl could be allowed to play soccer as well. That had been the first time she had thought of telling someone that she was really a girl. But she had scared of losing her best friend. "The boys always wondered why I was best friends with a girl!"

"I'm sorry?" Mrs. Tachikawa asked as she saw Tai lose focus and think about something. "I didn't quite get that last part."

Tai blinked and then blushed. "Ah, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking loudly. I was just remembering something from my past." Looking down at the table, Tai held back a tear. "I was remembering the time I met Sora, and how I was still believing the stuff I was told. How a girl was weaker then a boy, and couldn't play the same type of sports!"

Tai blinked as she felt a pair of hands encircle her and pull her into a hug. A hand was softly rubbing her hair and a soft voice spoke into hers ear as she silently cried. "There, there. Let it all out. Forget the pain. Don't believe what they told you?"

"Mum?"

Both girl and woman turned to see Mimi staring at them. Slowly the elder woman stood up and smoothed out her dress. "I'm going to leave you two alone, I'm sure you have a lot to talk about." Turning, she walked out of the door, after grabbing her husband and dragging him with her.

Remaining in the room, Tai looked at the pink loving girl. "Sooo." Not getting an answer, Tai grumbled and turned to drink some more of her tea while looking out at the ocean, such a nice view.


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One hour later.

*STARE*

Tai felt a vain pop on her forehead at the very intense stare Mimi was giving him. Somewhat next her and little behind, Mimi were going to drill a hole through her with that stare if she didn't stop. Grumbling again, she turned around and looked back to give a small glare of her own at the younger girl. "Will you stop that?" Snapping a little as she spoke, she noted that felt a little better.

Mimi blinked her eyes, inside, her brain was nearly giving up on getting used to see Tai with that big brown mop of hair let down and looking so much like a, well he… no she was looking so girlish like, maybe it was because she was a girl. Her little fumble with her hands had proved that fact earlier. Suddenly her cheeks flushed with embarrassment at the memory of touching another girls... "Waah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I touched your"

A loud thump followed as the cup fell from the brunette's hand, and then Tai glared at her. "Stop that, can we please forget that thing. I don't want to remember, well you know." Turning back to stare at the ocean, she tried to hide her own blush. Dammit, this was not what she had expected when her friends found out she was a girl, a confused look, yes. Maybe a demand for an explanation, or a little anger for not telling her sooner and then a quick forgiveness and they all lived happily ever after. Not something like this, a friend passing out or getting molested by another girl in the process. "Anyway, what are you and your family doing way out here?" Trying to change the subject and get her mind out of the gutter, Tai quickly jumped on the first thing she could think off.

Mimi coughed and then looked out at the ocean as well. "My father wanted a nice family vacation in a quiet place." Taking a quick look back into the house, she shook her head. "He kinda stressed out right now, what with his princess fighting powerful monsters and seeing most of the center of Odaiba getting leveled in the process."

Tai nodded at that, she was just glad that the place her family lived in hadn't gotten trashed beyond the hole; Graymon had punched in the side of it when the bakamons kidnapped her mum. "Yeah, mum spent a whole week crying for joy whenever she saw us. And dad, I've never seen him so upset before." It had been a rather long four hour long talk between the Yagami kids, and their parents. The topic: lying and hiding a digital monster in the house behind her parents back.

Mimi nodded. Her own apartment was a complete wreck. The bakemons had smashed their front door. Destroyed all the rooms and torn everything to shreds. But that had only meant that she could shop for new stuff. Mimi's eyes suddenly lit up as she turned to look at Tai. "Tai, would you do me a little favor?"

Blinking, at the very pleading sound in Mimi's voice, the brown haired girl turned her head around to tare at Mimi. Slowly, she felt a panic rise in her chest. She had seen the same type of look on her sister's face when she wanted something. It was a look that meant trouble. "What is it Mimi?"

Mimi slowly grabbed the older girl's wrist. "I'll have to show you. It's in my room." Grinning madly on the inside, Mimi was beginning to form a plan in her head, a plan that Tai most definitely wouldn't like. "Please, it would mean a lot to me?"

Tai resolved crumbled under the dread puppy eye look, and slowly her head dropped down. "Okay."

Mimi clapped her hands together. "Okay, it's right this way." Looking back, she gave Tai an evil stare. "And I'm still waiting for you to explain this mess, and don't try to change the subject again."


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Tai stared in horror at what she was seeing. She may have wanted to be like a girl again, but to get crammed into this, pink thing, it was almost too much for her. Lifting her hands, she stared at the white gloves Mimi had put on them, behind her, she felt Mimi pull a comb through her hair while humming to the latest hit from the J-pop list. "How did you talk me into this?"

Mimi looked down as she tied the bow in place and stepped back. "Well, I just used my well trained feminine charms on you. There all finished, take a look at yourself Tai-chan." Stepping further back, she pulled off the small beach towel she had covered the large mirror at the wall with. "Meet your feminine side."

Tai stared at the girl looking back at her. Dressed in a form fitting, sleeveless pink dress that reached her ankles, two small slits ran up to where her thighs began. Pink sandal on her feet, and a matching pink bow in her hair, she felt like groaning in pain. She may be girl, but that didn't mean she had to like the color pink. "It's so pink."

Mimi looked from the reflection in the mirror to Tai with a critical eye. "You're right. I could work all my magic on you, but pink is just not your color, maybe something in blue." Stepping over to the closet she had filled with enough clothes to last a month, she began to rummage through it all, giving a humming sound whenever she found something that might work with Tai. Finally her head came back out, and a very annoyed Mimi shot a dark look at the clothes inside the closet "Darn, there's nothing blue in here. White, pink and a few green things but nothing blue." Turning to face her, she looked at Tai with glittering eyes that scared the poor brown head. "But don't worry. I'll be here all week. I'm sure that even in this back water town, they will have something that's you."

Tai gave a weak smile and took a few test steps in the dress. The last time he had worn a dress had been four years ago to a distant cousin's birthday party. "Gee, that's okay Mimi. You don't have to this. Ill just stick with my t-shirt and jean okay?" Her total tomboy side was still going strong, but it was getting a bit weaker then it had been a week ago, but back then, she had been surround by all of her friends. And there was no way her wallet would survive a shopping day with Mimi.

Mimi clapped her hands together and shook her head. "That's no problem. I was getting bored anyway. Shopping's no fun alone." Looking at Tai who was back to staring at herself in the mirror, she suddenly got a big and very un-Mimi like smile. Slowly she pulled out a small object from her small handbag on the table and looked at it. "Hey Tai, smile." A bright flashed filled the room and Tai looked over, shocked at Mimi as she looked down at the picture forming on her digital camera. "Tai, I told you to smile. Just look at this!"

Tai looked at the small camera screen and gave a small squeak. It was her, looking rather innocent and with a curious and slightly shy look. Her brown hair stood out clearly with the pink dress and white wall behind her. Slowly a tear formed in her eye and slowly she ran a finger over it as it trembled. "My first real picture of me, the one I am." Speaking in a very low whisper, so low that Mimi couldn't hear her, a small and well-hidden part of her began to show itself. Looking up at Mimi, she handed the camera over and stood still for a few moments as she wondered what she would look like in a blue summer dress.

Mimi looked down at the picture, and then turned to stare at Tai with half closed eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean too." Feeling rather small and ready to crawl into a hole. She lifted up the camera. "I can erase it if you want. I didn't." Mimi stopped talking as a gloved finger landed on her mouth gently.

Tai looked up from where she stood and gave a real and genuine smile at the cinnamon haired girl. "No, I just a little surprise. Do..." Tai stopped talking and lowered her head to hide an embarrassed blush. "Do you think... I could a get copy of it?"

Mimi looked at Tai and slowly removed the finger. "Sure you can." Turning to stare at the clothes on the bed, she smiled. "Want to take of the dress again. I think mum is getting ready with dinner down stairs."

Tai looked at the t-shirt and jeans. "No, if you don't mind. I think I'll keep the dress on for a little more." Smiling as she saw the way Mimi's face lit up with happiness, she just knew she was going to regret the next few words. "So, when do you want to go shopping?" Mimi's shout of joy at Tai giving in nearly knocked Tai over in the chair.

At that exact moment, Mrs. Tachikawa looked in through the door. "Mimi-chan, Tai-Chan. Dinner." Opening her eyes, she gave a small squeak, and then she was standing in side the room. "Tai-chan, you look so beautiful." Eyes sparkling, she looked at Mimi. "Mimi-chan, you should tie a pink bow around the wrist of the gloves. It makes them so much more cute!"

Mimi looked at the gloves, and then at the small pink clothes pieces she used to make her bows with and nodded. Lifting one up, she pulled both of Tai hands towards her. "Don't move Tai, we're not quite done yet." Both mother and daughter started to apply more makeup and add a few more minor things to Tai's dress.

Looking up, Mimi's mum held a finger to her lower lib while scanning the human dress up doll. "Don't move I'll be right back." With those words, Mrs. Tachikawa ran out of the room. After a few moments she returned with a small wooden box. Pulling opened the lid; she rummaged through the stuff in it. "Found them."

Tai looked up and gasped as she saw the objects in the hyper active woman's hands. Twin ear rings, both a yellow-gold color, almost to the point of being a brown tone. Standing still, she watched as Mimi's mum looked at the earrings and then at her ears, running a finger over them. "Wha… What are you doing Mrs. Tachikawa?"

Looking down at the young girl, she smiled. "Your outfit needs some ear rings to be complete. I would say that you, Diamonds, sapphires, citrines or amber would go nice. All of them come in some form of brown or orange color, both should match perfectly with your hair." Putting the earrings back into the jewel box after nodding a bit. She began to look for another pair. "Maybe the one's my sister gave me last year." Looking up briefly at Tai, she gave a friendly stare. "It's a shame you haven't pierced your ears, it limits the amount of earrings you can use." Turning to face Mimi, she winked at her in a sisterly kind of way. "Mimi dear, why don't you come over here and help me?"

Mimi grinned as she looked up from inspecting the ribbon they had used to tie the hair together with. "Sure." Bounding over, both females pulled up one set of earrings and looked at them and then at Tai. "I think he look better with the Pink sapphire earrings don't you, don't you?"

Tai gulped as both females looked up with that look in their eyes. Seconds later, Tai felt a small pressure on both her ears, and then she was showed towards the mirror. Looking back at her, was the same girl as before, but now both gloves had a small pink ribbon around the wrist, and round pink earrings in a ring of gold on the ears. Staring closer, she felt the same feeling as before. That was really her wasn't it, the same girl who used to dress like a boy? It couldn't be her. She barely noticed it, but a single tear slowly made it way down her left cheek from her happiness. Then a thought struck her, and ruined the mood completely. "Wait, dinner? What time is it?"

Mimi mum looked down at the small clock on the night table. "Well, it's fifth-teen minutes to seven, why?"

Tai looked at them with a frantic look in her eyes. "I have to be back at the school at seven PM."


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Mrs. Yuna blinked her eyes as a car speeded into the school parking lot to stop in a very rude parallel parking, meaning that it took up four times the normal space of a car. Then she shook her head when she saw the new girl Taichi running up the gravel path after nearly jumping out of the car. Opening the window of her office she looked closer at the departing car. She could faintly see a young girl with long cinnamon colored hair waving from the other side of the car. As the car left, she opened the window completely and looked down at the young girl. "Miss Yagami, I hope you have a good reason for being five minutes late?"

Tai stopped and looked up at the older woman in the window. "Eh, I met a friend in town, and we started talking and I forgot the time." Bowing deeply, she looked up at the elder woman. "I'm very sorry, I promise it won't happen again."

Mrs. Yuna nodded and reached out a hand to close the window. Then she stopped her movement and looked back down at the brown haired girl who was rushing up the path again. "Come inside, wash your hands and come down to the dinner room, you should meet the other girls here." Seeing the girl nod, the elder woman closed the window and went out in search of the girls.

A little while later, Tai walked into the room. Taking a quick look around, she spotted Mrs. Yuna standing in front of a table, with two other girls standing next to the other chairs. Making her way over to the table quickly, Tai gave another bow to the elder woman. "Sorry for taking so long."

Mrs. Yuna nodded in return and then turned to face the two other girls. "Young ladies, as you all know you're no students at Kasumi Freeway's alternate teaching school." Letting her words sink in, she stepped back. "But therefore we shouldn't forget ourselves. You all know who I am. But I'm sure you don't know each other's name." Looking at Tai, she gave a warm smile. "Why don't you start miss Yagami?"

Tai looked and gave a polite bow to the two girls in front of her. "Hi, my name is Taichi Yagami, but I prefer to be called Tai. I come from Odaiba, Tokyo and I'm eleven years old, well I'll be twelve soon." Looking up, she waited for the other girls to speak up.

The girl starting was a red head with two short pigtails. Wearing a pair of blue jeans, she sported a black t-shirt and an off the shoulder white shirt over it. "I'm Norika Kaifyuu. I'm eleven years old and I come from Kobe." As she stopped talking, she gave a small nudge at the girl beside her to get her going.

Giving a start, the second girl looked up and smiled "I'm Hinako Misu, I'm twelve years old, and I come from Kanto. It's a pleasure to meet you Yagami-san." Tai sweat dropped at the very formal manners of this girl. Either she was very shy/scared, or she had been raised in a very traditional home. And judging from the way she dressed, Tai's eyes moved rapidly over the plain yellow dress she was wearing, it was the latter that counted in this case. It looked like it was the first time she was wearing a normal dress, instead of a Kimono. As the girl stopped talking, she began to twirl the end of her braid around in her hands in nervously.

As the three girls stood completely still, and looked from to the other, Mrs. Yuna clapped her hands to get their attention. "If you will take your places girls. Then I will bring in dinner." Moving down the large dinner room, she pushed open the doors into the kitchen.

Tai gave a quick look at the other girls and shook her head. I'm the digidestined of courage, and now I'm scared of talking to a pair of girls. Tai sighed and lifted her head to look at Hinako. "So… Hinako-san…" Adding the san in the last moment as she remembered her formal way of talking, she gave a smile. "So… what do you think of the school?"

Looking from her very close inspection of her braid, Hinako gave a smile. "I find it to be a very friendly place. A bit from my last school, but I think I might enjoy my stay here." Blushing as she noticed how she had been talking, she lowered her head again. "It a nice school Yagami-San."

A snort came from the red head as she looked at the braided girl. "A little scared hmm. Don't be, if anyone gives you trouble, just give them a quick one two to the face and they'll leave you alone." Cracking her knuckles at her words, Norika gave a nasty grin. "Aren't no one messing with me, I've got a black belt in Aikido. They try anything, and they'll be sorry."

Tai gave a groan as Niroka did a mock punch into the air. Great, A female Joe and a Bruce Lee wanna be. She really hoped her roommate wouldn't be someone like them. No, she had really hoped for someone normal, someone who was just like the other girls from her old school. Feeling like banging her head on the table, Tai stopped when she smelled the delicious aroma coming from the food Mrs. Yuna was bringing in.


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Groaning, Tai pulled her body up the staisr. She hadn't been this tired in the digital world, she had been hungry, thirsty, scared and even confused. But tired, nooo, that was something that only happened on guard duty. Now, here, she had been running through half the city. Carrying around a fainted Mimi, and been used a live sized dressing doll. Then both Norika and Hinako had dragged her into a room to have a little girl-to-girl talk after Mrs. Yuna had encouraged them to try and get to know one another. When she had slipped and let out the fact that she used to dress like a boy everyday. Hinako had looked downright shocked, and Nariko had given her a thumps up. But that was all in the past, now the only thing on her mind was finding her bed.

Stumbling into her room, Tai pulled off her shirt and pant's and quickly changed into her PJ before she dropped down on the top bunk and gave a loud groan. "I'm not leaving this bed until dinnertime tomorrow." Looking up from her pillow at the sound of footsteps, she cast a look down as the door opened and Norika and Hinako walked in, or marched in, in Norika's case. "How can you be so active?" Tai grumbled, she was normally hyper active herself, but not as much as this girl, what had she done, eaten a hole pack of sugar and washed it down with a few bottles of red bull.

Looking up, Norika gave a wide grin. "That's because I'm a red head. Red heads are always more active then others." Jumping down on the lower bunk she smirked. "And I'm the queen of hyper activeness, bow before me." Looking out, she gave a wink up at Tai. "Look's like we'll be bunking together. Hope you don't mind."

Giving a bow, Hinako started to walk over to the door. "Goodnight Yagami-San, Kaifyuu-san." Opening the door, she stopped and looked back over her shoulder. "Have a pleasant night."

Norika lifted an eye brown and shook her head. "Man, that girl is really something. She can beat old Mrs. Juri down the street anytime." Looking up at Tai's bunk, she grinned again. "Hey Yagami, up for a late night talk?" Her only response came in the form of a soft breathing. Seconds later, she looked up over the railing of the bunk bed and studied the sleeping face. "Man, she's out cold, now what am I'm going to do?"


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A few day's later.

Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Tai blinked, the dress was something else then the one she had tried the before. Made with a wide neckline, it had two short sleeves, and ended just above her ankles, and was colored completely in a deep blue tone. Giving a small twirl to the left, she looked at her reflection and gave a test smile. "I don't know Mimi. I think it's a bit aggressive for me."

Mimi looked up from the pile of clothes she had picked out and gave a small frown. "Really, then you would rather want the light blue instead, or perhaps the red one." Looking around the shop, Mimi stopped her talking and nodded. "Wait right here, I'll be back in a second." True to her word, the pink loving girl returned after a moment with another dress. "Try this one instead."

Tai picked up the dress and walked into the changing booth. Pulling the dark blue off, she lifted the other dress and shook her head. Before she unbuttoned the front. Moving her arms down the wide sleeves off it, she looked at the fine blue and white pattern on it. Made in a western style, it spread out below her waist and ended just below her knees. Buttering it up, she stepped out of the booth and walked over to look in the mirror.

Mimi grabbed her shoulders and pushed her closer to the mirror. "Well look at that, I had a feeling it would fit you just perfectly." Moving the brunette around, Mimi looked at the front side of the dress. "You still need something, this is too dance like." Stepping back, she pulled out the first blue dress they tried and held it up before the girl. "Yes, now all I need to complete this is a special shirt."

Twenty minutes later, Tai stepped out of the booth in a blue dress whit no sleeves and a white T-shirt under it. Feeling her stomach grumble, she looked up at the store clock. "Mimi, can we stop, I'm hungry."



Mimi looked from the four other dresses she had found in the shirt time Tai had been inside the booth to change, she looked at the clock. "Sure, just as soon as you have tried these on." Tai groaned and hung her head as Mimi dropped the four dresses in her arms. Dinner was still light years away from her.

Tai finally stepped out of the store, dressed in the blur dress with the white T-shirt and holding just one bag of clothes. She had been put through an one hour long talk with Mimi as to what she wanted to keep and what she was not going to buy. Feeling a little strange actully wearing a dress and walking through a city at the same time, She had to look down at the dress every minute to ensure that she was still wearing it.

"Look, shoes."

"Mimi, NO"

"Please?"


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Thursday.
Tai looked around the TV room, intent on escaping the very boring day. First it had been Mrs. Yuna and Hinako discussing the importance of old traditions being kept alive in the modern society that had her nearly falling asleep. And going out to meet Mimi was out of the question since the Tachikawa's had left on a trip to a nearby town to visit some famous indoor hot springs in the region. And going out to relax in the grass field or somewhere down on the beach was out of the question, what with the summer rainstorm they were having at the moment. Tai had gone out to look for Nariko next. She seemed like a girl that was almost like herself, a sports freak. Maybe they could have had a small indoor soccer match, or hogged the TV for an all day Anime feast. After looking for an hour, she had learned from the others that Nariko had gone into town earlier. So now it was just herself, Lupin, Jigen and Goemon, well it was her watching Lupin, Jigen and Goemon outsmart Zenigata on the TV. Eating the snacks she had managed to smuggle out of the kitchen, she watched the classic anime movie babiron no oogon densetsu, part of the Lupin marathon running at the moment. As the movie ended, an episode from the TV series started playing, Tai felt a little bored, there was nothing funny about watching a Lupin film without anyone else around. So sitting, or lying on the couch, eating some snack and getting a little bored was Tai's program that day, right up on til the moment Nariko entered the room. Apparently, she spent her hard earned cash on a boom box, and was busy listing to some foreign radio station, with a very bad singer yelling about how poor the people were and how he only had a Cadillac to drive around in. As Nariko started singing along, making the song sound even worse, Tai threw the couch pillow after the red head. Seconds later, both girls was engaged in an all out pillow fight. Of course Nariko had acted fast as soon as the first pillow had smacked her in the face, and safely hid her boom box under the table.

Panting, Tai looked down from her place on the couch at the grinning face of Nariko. "So, why the boom box?"

Nariko smirked and lifted a finger. "You try living with three brothers and not pick up some of their faults." Hugging the boom box, she gave a small laugh. "Besides, I always wanted to have a boom box of my own, and now that I'm here, I figured, what the heck." Looking at the TV, She gave a small shout. "Oh, is that Rupan Sansei: Dead Or Alive"

Tai looked up and gave a nod as she saw the movie. "Well, I like that Lupin movie, but I prefer Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro anytime."

Nariko shook her head. "No dead or alive is clearly the best Lupin film there is. End of story."

Tai gave a glare down. "Heck no, Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro rules."

Nariko glared up at Tai with mock anger on her face. "Then I suppose you like Goemon the best huh?"

Tai shook her head as she followed the movie. "Nope, I'll pick Lupin or Jigen anytime."

Nariko grinned as she settled back to watch the movie. "Yeah, Jigen rules."


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Friday.


Tai stared in horror at the building waiting in front of her. While she didn't mind getting a little inside view as to how most girl's behaved, even she had her limits. "No more clothes! I'm running out of cash and I still haven't even looked at a laptop yet" True, she couldn't keep on hogging the computer in the data room on the school. Some things, she preferred to be kept private.

Mimi looked up from the outside display of clothes and shot a look at Tai. The brunette was dressed in lose overall and a white T-shirt, giving the image of her being a tomboy. "Please, I just want to look at some shoes, please!" Giving the puppy eye look at the defenseless brunette again, much to Tai annoyance worked like a charm.

Two hours later, Tai and Mimi left the shop at last. Feeling a very powerful tick in her left eye, Tai shot a look at the nearest clock. "Now can I get that laptop?" Her voice had a very sharp edge and her fingers were nearly crushing the top box in the bag of shoes Mimi had bought.

Mimi looked up from her own bag and nodded. "Why not, we can just make it, but then I want to check out that ice cream shop we saw the other day, okay." Tai nodded and allowed her to be dragged off by Mimi, both of them looking for a small and cheap laptop.



An hour later, Tai sat across from Mimi in the ice cream shop and looked at her new laptop. Done in a black color, it was a few grades behind the newer models. But that didn't matter. What mattered was the fact that it was cheaper that way. "Okay, I think I got it working now. All I need to do is hook it up to a phone line and I'm ready to go online."

Mimi looked up from her ice and gave a small nod. Then she looked out the window of the shop "Well, it's getting late. I have to go back soon. We'll be heading back to Odaiba, Tokyo tomorrow." Pushing the last of the ice cream away, she smiled. "Tai, I really liked this week. Thank you."

Tai looked up from the screen off the laptop and gave a nervous grin. "Eh, that's okay. You're not as annoying as I thought."

Mimi gave a small glare at those words and turned around in her chair. "So, I'm annoying am I?" Casting an angry look out of the corner of her eyes as she crossed her arms.

Tai gave a loud sigh and pushed the laptop aside. "Look Mimi, what I meant was, you are not the obbsessive fashion craze girl I once thought okay, you're not annoying. I like spending time with you. You're funny." Giving a small smile, she looked out the window. "Besides, who else is going to teach me to be a girl?"

Mimi turned back around in her chair and gave a small grin. "You are so easy to freak out Tai-chan. Now come on, I want to see the beach one last time okay." Standing up, she looked at Tai. "I think mum wants you to stay for dinner tonight. If that's okay with you?"

Tai looked up and cast a curious look at the cinnamon haired girl. "Eh, okay. But I have to Mrs. Yuna for premission first okay." Closing the laptop and turning it off, the two girls left the ice cream shop.


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Saturday.

Tai looked at Mimi with a small tear in her eye. The last five day's had passed in a hurry, almost to fast for her, but she was glad anyway, glad that she now had a least one friend who knew that she was a girl. Running a hand through her neatly combed hair, well the part of it, that wasn't pulled into a ponytail, she tried to sum up her courage and not cry in front of her friend. Stepping a little forward, she wrapped the pink loving girl in a friendly hug "Goodbye Mimi-chan. I'll see you for the Christmas party." Losing up on her hug, she gave a loop sided grin. "I'll mail you everyday, promise."

Mimi grinned and wiped away a tear of her own as she stepped back from the nervous girl. "I'll be waiting for it. And Tai-chan, if you should have any questions about you new life, don't be afraid to call me okay?" Holding the brown haired girl out and giving a good, friendly, not romantic, look at her. The blue summer dress did really look nice on the other girl. She gave a nod of approval at her handiwork. "Don't forget who you really are now, you hear. You're Taichi Yagami, the tomboy. Not Taichi Yagami the soccer boy."

Tai grumbled something under her breath at the comment, before she shook her head. Giving a small laugh she gave Mimi another hug. "I'll miss you Mimi-chan, and remember. Don't tell my secret to anyone. I want to be the one to tell them." Giving a final quick hug. The two girls parted, and Mimi stepped up to her parent's car.

Looking back, the cinnamon haired girl gave a quick wink before getting into the back. Looking out her window, she gave a wink at Tai "Don't you forget to write, or else." Closing the window after giving a mock glare, the car started up. And after a minute, the Tachikawa's began the trip back to Tokyo, and the Odaiba district.

Watching the car drive away until she couldn't see it anymore from where she stood. Tai held the small bag she had gotten from Mimi close. Slowly opening it, she blinked as she saw the small box on the bottom. Pulling it out and opening it, she gave a small gasp as light glinted off the orange stones set in the center of the fine silver threads. Hardly believing it, Tai looked at the two small earrings neatly placed on a small pink pillow. Then she closed the lid and replaced the box back into the bag.

Picking up the small note next to the box with the earrings, she unfolded it and grinned when she regoniced Mimi's handwriting. "Found these earrings in a small shop when we visited the hot springs. I talked with my mum and we both agreed that they would great on you. I look forward to seeing them on you when you come back. Sincerely, Mimi." Looking at the box, Tai grimaced. "Great, now I have to get my ears pierced." Tai folded up the note and turned around. Leave it to Mimi to pull something like that. But she was glad for them.

Walking back toards the main building of the school, Tai grinned. It would be a lonely six months without her old friends. But she would be looking forward to seeing them all again. Not as a girl hiding as a boy, but as Taichi Yagami, the girl.


Tbc.







Movie translations.

Rupan Sansei: Kariosutoro no Shiro - Lupin the III: Castle of Cagliostro.

Rupan Sansei: Dead Or Alive - Lupin the III: Dead Or Alive

Rupan Sansei: babiron no oogon densetsu - Lupin the III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon



What can I say? I'm a Lupin fan,
Dak.