Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Voguish Fib ❯ Bandits ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

A/N: Hi everyone! Well, my first time here and I already got this weird flame that said I was a Izzy/Mimi hater or basher or whatever (and a Sorato hater but that's beside the point). Where did they get that idea from? Anyways, I hope they don't review anymore if they're not even remotely interested in Taiora.

Oh, I'm going to give Matt's personality a different twist. He's not going to be evil or anything (No, I do not bash on any human Digimon characters!) I'm just going to do something different with him.

Voguish Fib

chapter 2 - Bandits

"I cannot believe she's run away again!" Queen Takenouchi cried, pacing around the balcony with her advisor.

"I've sent some men to go search for her, but so far her essence is no where to be found. I'm sorry your Highness," the advisor said evenly. He was used to the queen's temper tantrums.

"Well keep looking because I'm sure you don't want to lose your job Myotismon!"

"Of course...my lady..." he whispered in a deep calm voice as he exited the room.

He deeply despised the princess. Not only because she was obnoxious and sardonic, but also because she contained power. She had the power to overthrow her family if she wanted. She just didn't know it...yet.

He knew Princess Sora loved her parents, but also knew that she couldn't stand the thought of ruling these lands with such strict formality. She'd complain and act like a completely spoiled snob, but deep inside, he knew she could live without all of that wealth.

Besides that, he was glad she was gone. If only he could go deeper into th queen's thoughts then everything would work out perfectly...he could...

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"Hey...wake up...stupid nymph...Taichi! She won't wake up!"

Sora stirred softly on the ground upon hearing the voice. Her eyes blinked slowly at first trying to open without getting stung by the obvious orange light that shown through her thin eyelids.

Was she really kidnapped? She had a crazy notion that if she didn't open her eyes, she would never have to find out. So she lay there, pretending with all her strength that he would just give up and leave her be...

Unfortunately, she was forced to awaken when a barrel of cold, splintering water came down on her body.

She sat up immediately, gasping for air...or rather, for warmth. She keeled over, coughing out the water that got in her windpipe.

"Wha--what the hell was that for?" she coughed and shivered, looking up at the person who threw the water on her. Taichi smiled down at her with this dominating look.

"She's awake now Yamato," he replied to the boy behind him. He kept his dark eyes on her as if taunting her to fight back. He knelt down in front of her with one arm against his knee. "You know, we should teach you how to talk like a princess," he said.

"Bite me."

"I might just do that if you don't get up," Taichi snapped as he stood up. He stopped. "You know, you should really get cleaned up. You look like you've been trampled by some wild pigs."

Sora ignored him as she stood up as well. "What do you want from me?" she asked, following him as he entered a room. She was about to enter with him when she found one leg bound by a metal chain. When did they put that!? She grumbled and stayed where she was, tapping her foot impatiently, waiting for him to come back out.

Taichi returned, holding some clothes. "We're going to get ransom money from you, little princess."

"Will you stop calling me that?!"

"That's what you are, aren't you?" he asked, glancing up at her to see her reaction.

"That's not the point--whatever...look, if you let me go--"

"Oh no...it's not only the ransom money my dear child. It's something much bigger. We can't just 'let you go.'"

"Bastard...you know, my mother's probably sending an army to search for me."

"And your mother will fail miserably. She won't find any trace of you around here. We've covered our steps with some magic I would like to call...magic that covers our steps."

Sora sighed. So were they ever going to let her go? She sat down at the wooden ground she was forced to sleep on the night before. They could've been nicer and given her a pillow or something. Her neck was aching horribly...

"So you mean to say...you're keeping me until you get some cash from my parents...right?"

"No more questions. You need to get cleaned up," he said, unlocking the chain around her leg. She noticed his fingers brushing along her ankles softly. She watched him suspiciously.

He looked up into her furious crimson eyes but continued to stroke gently. "Do you happen to have a fiancé now? I heard you met a fine suitor last night."

Sora couldn't help but notice his fingers still there, even after the chains were long gone. "Jerk! Get off me!" she shouted suddenly, kicking him in the chest. He staggered backwards as she stalked away. He laughed.

Agh!! She hated him so much! Couldn't he see that!? Why was he trying to provoke her? The dumb bastard...

Taichi had been smiling the whole time. Teasing her like that had been so much fun! He never really liked her anyways. She was a snob. He remembered the first time he met her. He was with his aunt at the market place taking the last net of oranges when she came and grabbed them from his hand. Seeing as he was young and all and didn't understand the rules of sovereignty, he fought back, yanking it from her grasp. Eventually, he got it, but Princess Sora challenged him using a coin she had. (More like forced by her enormous guards.)

She told him to pick a side. So he picked heads. Unfortunately for him, it landed on tails and she ended up winning the last net.

Later on, he found out that the coin had been tails on both sides. And if she wanted, she could have used the other one she had with both heads on it too. The little sneak...

Sora didn't get very far. Well, she barely got to twelve feet when someone caught her by the arm. (Where could she have gone anyways?) She turned to the person and found a young girl about half an inch shorter than she was. Her hair was a pretty pink color, and her eyes were light mahogany. She seemed nice except for the frown she had on her face.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid you're not allowed out," she said, her grasp tight despite her small frame. Sora looked over her shoulder at Taichi who had picked himself off the floor. He was staring at her intently for a second then suddenly he snarled. Sora stuck her tongue out.

Sora turned back to Mimi and rolled her eyes. "Whatever...I already knew that," she said, trying to keep her rude façade.

"Taichi-san told me that you needed a bath," the girl said. "I'm Mimi, I will be showing you to your bath. That is, if you want one."

Sora was dying for a bath. Ever since the little chase last night, she'd been feeling gross and dirty as if she hadn't had a bath in years, yes years. She simply nodded as Mimi pulled her out of the little tree house, handing her a towel and sponge, and led her to another level of the tree where a hot steaming bath was being prepared. Sora watched in awe as a couple servants filled the bath with one last bucket of water

"Come this way please," Mimi said in a silent, formal tone. Sora shifted uncomfortably before following her onto some sort of wooden contraption. She then realized they were being brought down by some sort of wooden pulley.

She leaned forward and noticed how high the tree was. She began to wonder... Did Taichi jump this high just to get to that building on top? What was he? Some sort of monkey demon?

Before she could continue her thoughts, the pulley stopped, allowing them to step off onto the platform containing the bath.

"Wow..." Sora gasped. The water was so clear it looked like glass. Steam escaped from it and the smell was of minty herbs.

"Yes, it's very relaxing here, even if you hadn't stepped into the bath yet," Mimi replied, with a smile. Sora eyed her suspiciously. Mimi's mood had suddenly changed in a subtle sort of way.

"Yeah..." Sora answered slowly. She turned back to the bath, then back to Mimi. "This is all mine?"

"Until your bath is finished. But yes, if you'd like to say that," Mimi said. Her voice was so much friendlier now. Sora couldn't figure out what had happened so she simply shrugged it off. "If you need me, I'll be outside."

Sora nodded politely. She turned to the bath, unsure of what to do next.

"Oh...Sora-san?" Mimi called back. Sora turned back to her.

"Yes?"

"Please don't tell Taichi-san that we had a friendly conversation." With that, she was gone.

Sora stared after her long after she had left. What was that all about?

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"I'm telling you, that girl is weird!"

"You know Yamato...you might be right," Taichi said thoughtfully. "She might really be one of those magical zebras who have sex with you and then steals your soul! Yes...that might be it..."

Yamato stared at him flatly. "Don't mock me. I'm being serious here. She sends of strange vibes in her aura...she's not a regular nymph you know," Yamato said.

"We all know that. My father knows that, that's why he told us to kidnap her in the first place," Taichi replied, grabbing a banana from one of the baskets on the table. (Don't think Sora's monkey demon theory's so unrealistic now huh?)

"I'm just saying...she could be dangerous," Yamato said in a strange ominous whisper that made Taichi realize just how serious it was.

Sora had always been different. He had felt that strange aura when they first met at that market place, he just never thought about it because he was just a little kid. Now it made him slightly uncomfortable. What did his father really want with Princess Sora anyways? What was so special about her? Why couldn't he have gotten one of the other nymph princesses--or the other nymphs for that matter?

Taichi shrugged it off. Well, whatever it was, he just hoped he kept her away from him. He might just get pissed off and quit being his father's son. (Ridiculous, yes. But what can I say? He's Tai.)

Suddenly, he snapped out of his thoughts when he heard noises just outside the tree house. He and Yamato peeked out the window.

"Shit! They're here for the princess! Go find her! I'll get my father--" Taichi shouted, heading for the door.

"But I don't know where the hell she is!" Yamato shouted. Taichi stopped. There was no time to waste.

"Fine, find my father. I'll get the girl."

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"Ah...finally...peace..." Sora whispered to herself as she settled into the calm heat of the pool. She brought her head back to soak her hair. It felt so good to be in water again. It felt so long ago that she had been in the natural spring just outside Furugawa.

She began scrubbing her back slowly with the sponge Mimi had given her. She still couldn't understand what Mimi was talking about. So what if Mimi was nice to her? What did that have anything to do with that Taichi?

Nothing.

She shook her head. She didn't really want to think about Taichi right now. Just the thought of even a strand of his hair was pissing her off. She moved the sponge to her arm and began scrubbing.

She missed her family already. Why did she run to the forest again? Oh...the dinner...

Jyou hadn't been too bad. If she had been nice enough to converse with him politely, maybe she wouldn't be in position right now. Oh well, at least they weren't beating her to a pulp or doing anything really bad to her.

Her comfortable shield suddenly broke when the door burst open, revealing a very frantic Taichi at the door.

Her eyes widened in surprise. Then it continued to remain wide only this time...with utter humiliation and disgust.

"You PERVERT! GET OUT!" Sora screamed, grabbing the towel next to the bath and throwing soaps at him as she struggled to put it on.

"Ow--stop that!" Taichi shouted as a soap bar hit him in the ribs. He shielded the sponge she threw and it landed with a 'squish' onto the floor in front of him. He stalked up to her.

"What's wrong with you? You were the one who told me to get a bath!" Sora protested.

"Look I can't explain but we have to get the hell out of here--"

"Why?" Sora demanded. Taichi grabbed her arm.

"Because...dammit just listen!!"

"Because why?" Sora persisted.

"Dammit bitch, stop being so stubborn and come with me!" Taichi growled, tugging at her wrist.

"No! You just barge in here when I'm completely naked and you expect me to come with you!? I'm not going to--"

"Shit!! I have no time for--

Before they could utter any thing else, a large explosion drove the two to the floor. The felt splinters of wood and dust fall all around them. They quickly scrambled to their feet.

"Princess, grab onto me!" Taichi ordered.

"Wha--I--"

"Just do it!" Taichi snapped. Sora quickly did what she was told and held onto him as he lifted her in his arms and leapt out of the window, landing on a branch gracefully, despite the thinness and level of the branch. Sora held on tightly to him as he jumped from branch to branch, seemingly concentrating on finding a safe place to settle.

Sora couldn't think straight. Who were these people? Were they nymphs? Did they come here to save her? But as Sora looked to see who the interlopers were, she realized they were nothing but bandits with strange metallic weapons.

"Taichi who are these people?"

"Don't know, don't give a damn. If they're your little nymph guards, I underestimated them--"

"They're not," Sora interjected bluntly.

"Oh."

"Where are we going?" Sora asked, changing the subject.

"To a place you can never be found."

A/N: Well...yeah...that's all!