Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Taste of life ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Disclaimer: I don't own these characters. They're not mine. Only the fic belongs to me, but not the characters <Oh, I forgot something to tell you guys Kenichi, Hiroshi, Mr. Takenouchi, Mrs. Takenouchi, Mr. Kanzaki and Mr. Ishida are my own characters. Sora and Yamato's parents aren't from the anime. > End of story!

Taste of life
chapter 2
by: Nekocin

Author's notes:

Well here's chapter 2, just hope it does get along with the other chapters ^-^'

// ... // thoughts

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The boy slowly opened his eyes and found himself shivering. The water was still running down his body and it seemed that he'd fallen asleep while cooling himself down. Yamato reached for the tab as he staggered to stand up straight. How long has he been sitting there? It seems like days... now he feels the cramps in his feet. He walked to the bathroom door, fussing his wet hair a bit and laid his hand on the handle. His eyes were cloudy and his face was pale. Yamato waited in front of the door and a thin smile was plastered on his face. A small smile, a smile that meant something was up. He has something in his mind and he's definitely not changing them.

Kenichi walked up and down in the hall and ran up the stairs a few times. He was worrying sick about the young master. Kenichi ran his fingers through his gray bangs and mumbled something under his breath. His eyes caught the sight of a puddle of water which ended near the young master's bedroom. Kenichi grabbed a few towels and burst into the young master's room.

"Young master!"

Yamato had thrown himself on to his bed without changing his wet clothes and was already asleep.

"Young master, wake up! You've to dry yourself or you'll catch a cold..." Kenichi panicked as he shook the young master. He noticed a very strange smile on the boy's face and frowned.

"Kids these days..." Kenichi muttered and wrapped the towels on the young master's wet hair. He began fussing the boy's hair repeatedly, trying to dry the wet hair.

"MMmffff... what are you doing?" Yamato snapped suddenly as he felt his hair was being dried by a fresh towel.
"Drying your hair, sir. Go change into dry clothes before you catch a cold" Kenichi said while throwing the towel in a basket for the laundry.

"Fine fine fine..." Yamato muttered and climbed out of his bed. He head to his dressing-room after grabbing some dry clothes along.

"Kenichi! When is that girl going to marry me?" Kenichi frowned and wondered what's with the young master.

"I don't know, sir. You have to ask your father when you're having supper, sir..." was the answer.

A few awkward minutes passed as Kenichi pondered if the young master was really not bothered by his father's future plans of getting him married to a stranger.
"Can you get me the circus ringmaster?" Kenichi heard Yamato calling, snapping out of his thoughts and frowned again.

"The circus ringmaster? What for, sir?"

"Just do it, Kenichi..." Yamato ordered as he came out, wearing a careless unbuttoned white shirt and a pair of black trousers.

"Yes, young master..." Kenichi tried to restrain his voice from getting nervous and went out of the room.

A smirk was plastered on Yamato's face and a very dark gleam appeared in his eyes.
"She's coming here and then will just go back next minute," Yamato muttered with a smirk, his face darkened and he grinned evilly.

"That b*tch will never stand me. And it feels SO good when this thing popped into head. Why haven't I thought about that before I snapped at father dear..." Yamato rubbed his chin and stretched his arms. "Better get Taichi over as my witness..."

*.*.*.*.*

Mr. Takenouchi looked up when his daughter walked up to him. Her eyes seemed clouded and colorless. From the dark bags under her eyes he could tell she'd cried and wondered what she wanted to request.
"Sora... I..." he wanted to break the awkward silence in the room while his wife watched them from the small kitchen next to the living room.

"It's all right, father. I guess that's how my life should be... marrying a stranger. I'm not stopping you, father... if it's your choice that I should marry him because uncle had asked then so be it. Tell me what I should do..." Sora said softly and she felt the stinging feeling again in her eyes.

Both her parents were dumbfounded and looked at each other for a while. She meant it? She's really going to marry that rich guy? Where are the stubborn protests?
Mr. Takenouchi rubbed his temples and frowned.

"Are you sure...?" he asked carefully, trying to find any signs of anger in her clouded eyes. She nodded slowly and glanced at her mother.

"When must I leave?" her parents looked surprised. They weren't expecting that question so soon.

"Just over a few days, my friend needs to prepare himself for your arrival... Why did you ask?"

"I just..."

"That's not an answer, young lady..."

"Sora? Where is the Sora we know?" her father snapped. Sora doesn't seem to be affected by his anger and pointed at her room.

"In the mirror. In her own world..." Sora said, her eyes wandering around. "What must I do to become a dutiful wife, mother?" she glanced at her mother.

*.*.*.*.*

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Back up! Back up! Don't touch that! No! Keep your hands away from that! No! Please don't do this!" Taichi said as he was walking backwards.

"Oh come on... just say yes and everything will be fine. All you've got to do is be my witness when this girl comes and then leaves. Just say yes, it's easy... I do all the work while you're my witness when father ask me those stupid questions...or else..."

Taichi shuddered when he watched a very crazy-looking Yamato was approaching him with a big vase in his hand. "Yama... why are you doing this?" Taichi tried to restrain his voice from talking rubbish.

"I just do it. I wonder why I haven't thought about it before I snapped at father. I really could have told him that the marriage was fine... Come on, just say yes and have a sleepover at my house... just tell your parents you're at my house, studying... or whatever is necessary. You're my best buddy, right?" Yamato smirked again as the dark gleam in his eyes was deepening its way down through his blue eyes.

Taichi noticed the gleam and wondered what has gotten into his friend.
"Look, Yamato... I agree with you that marrying at this kind of age is stupid, especially with a village girl, but what can we do about it? Your old man had already made his choice and there's nothing we can do about it to change his mind... not you not me... no one, unless you're some kind of king who's going to abolish that rule... So... please don't do this. Put it down, please..."

Taichi tried to reason with his friend and wanted to take the vase from his friend's possession. Yamato backed away and shook his head.

"No way... I'm not giving it back unless you agree to be my witness and watch the fun..."

"Fun? You're threatening me, Yama... you're going to get me killed when my parents find out that their most precious one hundred year old vase is broken... just put it down. It's no fun when you're putting me in deep shit while you watch the girl suffer... so put that vase down" Taichi begged and tried to take the vase in his hands.
"Nu-uh, your answer first..." Yamato grinned.

Gosh, he wants to grab an eraser and erase that goofy smile away from his friend's face it doesn't suit him one bit. If he doesn't put that vase down RIGHT now he's really going to hit him on the head! His friend has lost his senses. He's crazy!

Taichi felt defeated and sighed. "Okay. Okay. Okay... fine, I'll go" was the answer.

A real smile creped out and Yamato's eyes lit up. "Really?"

"YES, NOW PUT THE DAMN VASE BACK WHERE YOU'VE TAKEN IT!" Taichi snapped.

"Sure. Sure. No problem, BUDDY!" Yamato grinned sheepishly and head for the living room.

"Pffft... whatever..." Taichi rolled his eyes and rubbed his temples. "Since when did Yama become the devil himself?"

A clanging noise echoed through the halls and Taichi froze.

His face reddened and yelled "ISHIDA YAMATO! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY VASE?" Taichi rushed into the living room and found the vase on its rightful place. Yamato was just brushing some imaginary dirt off from the vase and looked up, looking innocent at his friend.

"Hm? Did you call me?"

"What was that crashing sound?" Taichi asked, anger forgotten.

"Kitchen" Yamato answered and stuck his hands in his pockets.

"So, get your stuff. Don't forget to pack your favorite you-know-what collection, Taichi..."

//Oh no, not that voice...// Taichi shivered when he heard Yamato talk about his secret collection in that kind of voice. It meant Yamato was really making a lot of plans for the near future. Which is not good. Definitely not good.

*.*.*.*.*

"A circus? What does he want now?" Mr. Ishida asked when Kenichi told him about the young master's strange request.

"I do not know, sir. But it seems like there's something going on in that little head of the young master after he was in the shower a few hours ago..." Kenichi answered firmly.

"I see..." Mr. Ishida rubbed his chin and nodded slowly as if he was getting the picture.

"Should I go ask for the ringmaster now, sir?" Kenichi asked carefully.

"Go ahead..." was Mr. Ishida's answer, surprising Kenichi. He wasn't expecting that answer, it was actually the furthest answer in his mind and now he wondered what were both his masters thinking right now.
"Yes, sir... I'll take my leave, sir"

Kenichi turned around, but stopped when Mr. Ishida called him.
"Kenichi, while you're on your way there... go buy some fresh roses for me..." A smile was plastered on Mr. Ishida's face and Kenichi narrowed his eyes.

Something was definitely going on in both his masters' heads. "As you wish, sir..." Kenichi said and left the room.

"He must be planning for a 'Welcome to the family Ishida' show to his soon-to-be wife, Takenouchi Sora... how thoughtful of him." Mr. Ishida grumbled as a sneer appeared on his straight face. He looked down at his papers and read the lines a few times:

You're my sun, you give me strength
you're my sun, you give me warmth [1]
you're my heaven, the darkness is driven away
you're my sky, you protect me in your shield of life [2]

Mr. Ishida was writing an unfinished poem and rubbed his temples. He took a deep breath and leaved through thick books with a lot of poems and also a dictionary. He scribbled down a few lines and was lost in his own work.

*.*.*.*.*

Kenichi walked down the halls and ran his fingers through his bangs. "If this marriage is really going to happen I've to remind myself to keep a distance from young master... the poor girl will have to stand her soon-to-be husband on her own..."

"KENICHI! PREPARE A ROOM FOR MY FRIEND HERE!!!"

Kenichi almost had a heart-attack when the loud order echoed through the halls.
"Wha...?" He turned around and watched as his young master approached with his friend.

A grinning Yamato was dragging a bored-looking Taichi along the way upstairs.
"He's going to stay here..." Yamato grinned.

"Hey" Taichi greeted with a small smile, not his usual happy smirk... just a smile with no meaning. He had his bag over his shoulder and Kenichi noticed that the boy had also brought his secret collection along. Kenichi nodded to the boy and looked at Yamato.

"Sir... you know your fa..."

"No no no no, Kenichi. I'll talk to father about having Taichi here..." Yamato grinned and Taichi shivered again.

He sighed and looked expectantly at Kenichi. "Follow me, young master Yagami..." Kenichi gestured to Taichi, who nodded.

Yamato went into his room and both Kenichi and Taichi heaved a sigh of relief.
"Yama is very creepy today..." Taichi commented.

"You know about his marriage?" Kenichi looked at Taichi.

"Yes... Yama threatened me to come over just to be his witness or something like that. He said it has something to do with surprising the new bride of his..." Taichi sighed again.

"You?" Kenichi frowned and Taichi shook his head.

"No... It's something else...He doesn't take his marriage well, does he?"

"Aa... that's how the young master is. I really pity him because of his fate..."

"Nah... forget about that. I'm sure once he's married he doesn't have to be run over by millions of girls who want to become his girlfriend or something... hey! Why haven't I thought about that before? If he's married, the girls will no longer bother him and I'll no longer have to save his ass like always. The only problem is... is that I just hope the girl isn't really a squealing pig like the others are..." Taichi said suddenly and sniggered.

"O...kay..." Kenichi looked at the sniggering teenager and sweatdropped.
"Kids nowadays..." he muttered under his breath, while listening to Taichi babbling about IF his friend was getting married then the girls will stop bothering him, stop squealing his name, stop their puppy-dog looks etcetera.

*.*.*.*.*

Yamato looked at himself in the mirror and smirked evilly.
"Gosh, you're so damn sexy and so damn clever that I really want to kiss you!" [3] He ran his fingers through his bangs and stuck his tongue out to his reflection.

"Not in a million years! No way I'm giving you a kiss!" He snorted and fussed his hair.

"Stupid... this is crazy. Since when did I start talking to myself while looking at the mirror... Ugh, better get these plans ready before I forget them. Where's the darn ringmaster I was asking for..."

"Young master, the ringmaster is here as you requested! He's downstairs waiting for you, sir" someone knocked on the door and Yamato's eyes lit up. He clapped his hands and straightened his clothes.

"GREAT! Tell him I'll be right there!" He wanted to run out of the room, but stopped. He turned around to take one last look at the mirror and smirked.

"Am I great or what? Well, I'm better than you" Yamato ran out of the room and head down the stairs.

Mr. Ishida looked up when he heard his son running down the stairs.
"So... the ringmaster is already here?..." he said under his breath and bit on his feather.
"What comes along with wave..." He wondered and leaved through his dictionaries.

>.>.>.>

End chapter 2

Author's notes:

1: Uhm.. These two sentences come from a song, which had won an award in 2001. The title is <Yu na mi son'> which means "You're my sun". It's a beautiful song in my opinion, but too bad you guys can't listen to it -_-.
2: I made them up. Strange, huh? ^-^'
3: Ehehehe... it's not going to be shounen-ai. I just put that there to make Yamato look like a real *nut head* for no apparent reason ^-^' soooo... put those darn forks away or any sharp objects. I really don't want to get throttled by you all ^-^' I just love to write something ^_^.


uhhhh...: Did I say that I was going to change it into a yaoi or yuri fic? ^-^' You misunderstood, I meant I like reading those kind of things, but either way is not bad. I'm quite open minded all the sudden, but not TOO open to accept most hentai stuff if you know what I mean ^-^. Well... it's sort of. I've already mentioned I got inspired from my History class, so you can say it's like that. I think in chapter 1 I'm kinda messing up the time. Thanks for the review.

Aileen: Yeah, that's his name. But since the pairing is *SORATO*, where can you find the *TO* then from Yamato? I hope I didn't really confuse you with his yelling. Thanks for the review.

Sam: Really? I'm glad you liked chapter 1 too ^-^. Nope, I'm not that quick with updates. It really depends in which month I am. This month I have my exams and just today I happened to finish this fic right after school because I wanted to keep those ideas away from my head. I'd started this fic just yesterday <March 05, 2003>. You don't have to be jealous; I'm still stuck with the other fanfics of mine. Thanks for the review again ^-^. What do you mean with Bleah?

HUGESoratofan: ^-^' Err... thanks for the quick note and the review ^-^' I really didn't think about that enemy thing between those two, but it seems my fic is kinda deceiving me -_-' Anyways, thanks for the review.

I: Thanks for the review ^-^! Glad you liked it ^-^.

::clears throat and stretches arms:: Okaaay... that was chapter 2 ^-^. I've a few awkward/ new/ crazy ideas for the next few chapters, thanks to my classes again ^-^' [Biology and Arithmetic]. I thought about writing more plot... well at least that's what I think I'm doing, right? ^_^ So, aren't you guys wondering about Taichi's secret collection? Or what is Yamato planning? And other stuff...? I hope I didn't really confuse you guys there. Okay, I'll work on chapter 3 ^-^. Just hope this one had made some sense.

=^_^=cin