Chapter Six- Tai
"Mail call!" Kintaro was his usual self. Friendly, active, fun-loving. A fitting substitute to carry on the role as Tai’s best bud. With Matt out of the country, Sora running off with Tareshi, and Izzy doing high-tech stuff with Ken and Yolei, Tai needed a solid friend after high school. Kintaro filled the job nicely, and they remained close, as they continued life as roving bachelors, especially after certain events prevented Tai from meeting his old friends. Kintaro didn’t exactly know what those certain events were, but it didn’t matter, especially since the mail had something interesting from an old friend of Tai’s.

"Anything good?" Tai Kamiya was living a stable life, just a typical single enjoying life to the fullest. Kintaro handed Tai a small envelope, and as soon as Tai looked at the return address, indicating it was from Cody, he knew the answer. Tai opened the envelope, with Kintaro watching intently. Tai read through the contents, and the invitation for a reunion. Kintaro read over Tai’s shoulder, and was the first to react.

"Hmm… a digi-destined reunion? That’s your old save-the-world club, isn’t it?"

"Yeah…" Tai briefly remembered the last decade, and the involvements he had had with some of the others. He handed the invitation to Kintaro, "You can throw this out," Tai said solemnly, "I don’t feel like going."

Kintaro nodded, and threw the invitation in the trash bin, and turned to Tai.

"Can I ask why you aren’t going?"

"No, you may not." Tai didn’t want to recall the reasons, but unfortunately, those kind of things are uncontrollable at times, and it wasn’t long before the memory of ten years ago were in his head, and every vivid detail flashed before his eyes, and he hated every moment of it.

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The tenth reunion brought a lot of surprises to everybody. There was Matt getting his big break, Izzy and Ken’s new company, and TK and Kari’s engagement. At the time, those major announcements overshadowed the revelation that Sora was living but a few blocks away from Tai and Kintaro. However, once settling back into normal life after the reunion, it became one of the better announcements Tai received. Due to uncontrollable circumstances, Tai was unable to be present at Sora’s wedding, and as a result, had never gotten a chance to meet Sora’s husband. After talks with the others, he heard nothing but positive remarks regarding Tareshi; even Matt felt that Tareshi was good enough to be Sora’s husband. After so many ringing endorsements, Tai was glad to finally be able to meet the wonder known as Tareshi Takoto.

It didn’t take long for that meeting to be arranged. Tai hadn’t been home for two days when he found a message on his answering machine. The voice was calm, friendly, and was close to what Tai had expected from him, "Hello, Tai? This is Tareshi Takoto, um, Sora’s husband. Since you’re in the area, we wanted to know if you wanted to come over for dinner tomorrow night? Sora’s told me a lot about you and I’m sure Sora’s told you a lot about me, so I just wanted to know if you wanted to come over..." As Tareshi gave the phone number, Tai simply smiled. He was just leaving a message and already Tai was impressed. He was almost positive that Sora would be the one to extend the invitation. Tai quickly picked up the phone to reply.

Tai was a little bit nervous when he approached the apartment door. He wasn’t sure why. Perhaps he was just concerned that he wouldn’t make a good first impression, or even that Tareshi was some helpless loser that Sora took pity on. Tareshi opened the door and immediately greeted Tai with a handshake.

"Tai! It’s a pleasure to meet you, come on in." Tareshi was a few inches taller than Tai, with brown hair, and a very comforting smile that seemed to be permanently affixed to his face. Tai entered the Takoto residence. It was very nice, and a lot cleaner than his own apartment. It was also bigger, and seemed perfect for a family without children. Sora entered from the kitchen area, flashed a smile, and greeted Tai with a friendly hug. As Tai received it, he glanced up at Tareshi, who still had that same smile. In fact, Tareshi waited for them to come out of that friendly embrace before turning to Sora.

"So how long’s it going to be?"

"It’ll still be in the oven another five minutes." Tareshi snickered at Sora’s reply.

"The oven? Is the microwave broke?" Sora laughed.

"No… I actually cooked today. Strange, isn’t it?" It was Tareshi’s turn to laugh, and Tai smiled as he watched the couple in their everyday married banter.

"Yeah. Is that only for special occasions?"

"I can get by. I cook when I need to. Tai’s over, we can’t throw a pizza in."

Tai decided to jump into the conversation, "I like pizza!" This made Tareshi laugh.

"Should’ve told us that, saves her the trouble!"

"Well, we’re having company, I think it’s common…" Sora was somewhat on the defensive.

"No, that’s fine, I’m sure it’ll be great." Tai was comforting Sora.

"Oh yeah. Sora hates to cook, but when she wants to, the food’s pretty impressive." Tareshi was also defending Sora.

"Thank you. It’s not my favorite activity, but I can hold my own when I need to impress somebody." Sora said.

"Her mother brought a scorecard last Christmas." Sora laughed at Tareshi’s joke, as Tai jumped in too.

"Isn’t that how you got Matt to…" Sora looked at Tai strangely, but suddenly burst out laughing.

"Oh yeah! I forgot about that." Sora continued to laugh. Tai realized the possibility of some tension about the subject, but didn’t notice any hesitation in Sora or Tareshi and continued.

"What did you do? Did you sprinkle some sort of drug in those cookies?" Tai said, demonstrating. Sora pointed at him.

"Hey, you get women your way, I’ll get men my way." Tai shook his head as Tareshi continued to laugh.

"I have no idea what you two are talking about. I’m a third wheel in my own house!" Sora put a hand on his back reassuringly.

"Well, we need a spare tire, I have to go check on dinner. You two are now free to talk about me behind my back." Sora went back into the kitchen.

"God I love her." Tareshi said simply, while seating in the "living room" section of the apartment.

"Who doesn’t?" Tai flashed a smile, then turned to Tareshi, deciding it was time to make with the small-talk, "So, um, what do you do?"

"Hm? Oh, I manage a small division of a supply company in the area. It’s an division of an American company, and I’m the local director."

"Ah. So do you like have to go overseas for…"

"Yeah, every once in awhile I have to do business in the States. It’s no big deal. I had to go last month. Me and Sora made a vacation out of it. It was nice." Tai nodded.

"We’ve got some friends in the US, did you see any of them?"

"Well, we were going to stop by and say hi to Matt, but he was busy doing his rock star stuff. We managed to see Joe though. He was doing pretty good."

"So I suppose I’m the last digi-destined to meet you. Shame."

"Well, you know what they say- save the best for last. I wasn’t disappointed. You seem like a really nice guy. Considering all the things you did when you and Sora were kids, and all the amazing achievements you had, it’ll be great getting to know you as a friend. Good to know you’re in the neighborhood." Tai was simply flattered.

"Thanks. You too. I’ve known Sora for a long time and it’s really nice to see she found somebody like you." It was Tareshi’s turn to smile, although it was simply a larger smile than the one already on his face.

The rest of the night continued in pretty much the same fashion. Tai had reconnected with an old friend, and made a new friend in the process. In the next few months, things were relatively uneventful between the three. Tai would come over for dinner every so often, and Sora and Tareshi were always gracious hosts. It wasn’t a huge deal in any of their lives, as Tai had his own circle of friends with Kintaro, and Sora and Tareshi had theirs. It was on one of those nights Tai was planning to spend with Kintaro and his friends that he received an unexpected phone call from Sora.

"Hello?"

"Tai? Hello, this is Sora."

"Hi, Sora. What’s up?"

"Look, um, me and Tareshi were going to go out tonight to see a movie and stuff, but he has to work really late. He just called from work to cancel."

"Okay? How does this concern me?"

"Well, the thing is, I was kind of looking forward to this. He says we can go next week, but I’m just feeling really bored right now."

"Yeah?"

"So, um, what are you doing tonight?" Tai laughed nervously.

"Oh, you probably don’t want to know. Kintaro and I are going to a friend’s house. They’re having some friends over. You know, just to hang out, watch the game, drink some beer."

Kintaro walked past Tai, and pointed to him and said, "True." He continued off silently.

"Oh," Sora began, a little disappointed, "Kind of a guy’s thing?"

"Not necessarily. We do have married friends you know. We aren’t that pathetic." Tai stated.

"You think a single guy can afford a bitchin’ house like that? Hell no." Kintaro said off to the side, as if to accentuate the point.

"Why are you asking?" Tai had a good idea, but felt the need to ask anyway.

"Well, would it be a problem if I tagged along? I just have this urge to get out of the house."

"Uh… hold on." Tai put a hand over the phone’s speaker and turned to Kintaro, "Hey Kintaro, would it be a problem if Sora tagged along?"

Kintaro smiled slyly and pointed at Tai, "No prob. I read ya loud and clear." Kintaro held that devious look and winked at Tai. Tai, unsure of what Kintaro was suggesting, shrugged it off and returned his attention to the phone.

"Yeah, it’s not a problem. Just stop by our apartment. We’ll wait for you."

"Thanks."

People change for many reasons. Sometimes it is the result of a major event in someone’s life. Sora changed many of her ways after her first experiences in the Digital World. Sometimes a change is necessary in order to accomplish goals. Somewhere in Nerima, Davis Motomiya was doing just that. But sometimes, change is gradual, often due to the influencing behavior of others. Kintaro had always been a fairly wild party guy. He liked having fun, and enjoyed living life to the fullest. He was one of those social types that was the life of every party he attended. And after being close friends with Tai for three years, his fun-loving nature was beginning to rub off on Tai. Tai was nowhere near as wild, but he had changed nonetheless.

The social gathering, consisted of about eight or ten men, although as Tai said, about four brought their wives or girlfriends along. Nobody considered it a big deal, and most of the women present felt perfectly at home in the given conditions. Sora, however, was not. The atmosphere was fairly crowded, despite the luxury of the house. It was also quite loud, with many of the guys crowded around the big screen television, watching a soccer game, and responding appropriately. Much to Sora’s surprise, Tai was one of those guys. She simply sat down near him on the couch and sat patiently and watched the game. Tai seemed to enjoy it much more. This had grown to become his atmosphere. He was joking with others, rooting the team on, and even placing a few bets.

"Ha!" Tai exclaimed, "I told you he’d score first. That’s 1,000 yen Seiya!"

"He got lucky, that’s all." A man, most likely Seiya, dropped a bill into Tai’s palm.

"Yeah, and so did I!" Tai replied as he sat down. He glanced over at Sora, and noticed how quiet she had been. "Hey, Sora. You’ve been pretty quiet. You okay?"

"Oh, um… yeah. I’m fine." Sora replied half-heartedly.

"Great game, isn’t it?"

"Yeah." Again, Sora’s heart wasn’t into it, and Tai could tell.

"What’s the matter, you used to love soccer."

"It’s not that. I’m just not in a… soccer-y mood right now."

"Oh. Well, you wanted to come with us." Tai needed to make sure he wasn’t at fault for this.

"I know. I’m… fine." Tai was going to delve further into Sora’s problem, but was forced to stand up in protest after the referee issued a yellow card against the team Tai was rooting for.

It was about midnight when Tai, Kintaro, and Sora reached the apartment of the former two. Tai and Kintaro had had plenty to drink, and had a blast. Sora, meanwhile, was glad the night was over.

"Well," Sora began, maintaining an edge of politeness, "I suppose. Hey, it was fun."

"Hey, Tai…" Kintaro began, a sly grin appearing on his face, "It’s pretty late, and these aren’t the friendliest streets in Japan. You should probably walk back with her."

"It’s no big deal."

"He’s probably right. I probably should go with you just in case." Tai said politely, if not a little hammered.

"Oh. Thanks." Sora smiled, and she and Tai headed down the street while Kintaro went inside.

"So really, what was wrong? You certainly didn’t look like you were enjoying yourself back there." Tai was somewhat persistent on the issue. Not to mention somewhat inebriated.

"It’s just… not my kind of place. I’m used to quieter parties."

"Yeah, you really have changed. When I first met you, you loved this kind of stuff. Well, at least the ten-year old equivalent of it. Our moms had this thing against serving fifth graders alcohol." Sora smiled.

"I can see why. Well, I guess I grew out of it. I was a little more tame when we got back from the Digital World."

"Yeah, you’re right. To be honest, I liked the old Sora better." Tai laughed to himself, but Sora looked at him quite seriously, almost sadly.

"You… you do?"

"Well, kinda. We had more fun together. But hey- however you live or act is up to you. You’ve been like this for ten years, and it seems like it’s doing pretty good for you. I say keep it up." Sora nodded, as the two reached Sora’s apartment. Tai and Sora exchanged their farewells, and Tai headed back, alone.

"Tai, I should finally have enough money to replace that lamp I broke last month." Kintaro was in a good mood, as usual. Tai and Kintaro were at a shopping center, about two weeks after Sora accompanied them to the party.

"Why’s that?"

"I got a new job. Pays really well. In fact, it’s a bit closer to where you work, and I’ll probably have the money, so we might be able to get a better apartment closer to downtown. I’ve been looking, and there might be one opening up."

"Oh. Well, I’ll, uh, think about it." Tai was skeptical. He had grown fond of their old dump, despite its flaws. Tai, meanwhile, was interrupted by a young woman that exited a store, carrying a heavy bag. She immediately diverted Kintaro’s attention.

"Uh, Tai, wait up. Somebody, uh…" Kintaro continued to stare at the woman, "‘woke the baby.’" Kintaro walked towards the woman, "Hey, need any help with that?" Tai shook his head, and sat down to wait for Kintaro’s inevitable rejection. As it turns out, he sat next to Tareshi.

"Tai! How’s it going?" As always, Tareshi had a kind smile on his face.

"Oh, hey Tareshi." Tai smiled politely.

"I never got a chance to thank you."

"For what?"

"For taking Sora out a couple weeks ago. I was held up at work and…"

"Yeah, that’s what I heard. But Sora didn’t really have much fun."

"That’s what she told me. But to be honest, she needs to get out a little more. Besides me and a few friends at the flower shop her mom gave her, she doesn’t really go out all that much. I was starting to get a little worried about her. I try to get her involved, but I’m extremely busy. I’m always worried that I’m not paying enough attention to her."

"Oh. Well, it’s no trouble."

"Good. Because I have to fly to New York in a couple weeks. I’ll be gone for a whole week, and Sora has things to do at the shop, so she won’t be able to go."

"Uh huh…" Tai had a feeling he knew what Tareshi was asking, but was a little hesitant.

"So I was wondering if you wanted to just introduce Sora to your group of friends, just get her out and about while I’m gone. It doesn’t have to be everyday, but just enough to make sure she isn’t totally bored."

"You don’t mind that she’s with me?"

"Why should I be? I trust Sora, I trust you, I don’t see a problem."

"Sure, it shouldn’t be much trouble. As long as Sora’s okay with it."

"Great. Well, I have to run. We’ll call you sometime to let you know exactly how long I’ll be gone." Tareshi took off, just as Kintaro returned, his left cheek glowing red, and Kintaro rubbing it. Tai smiled.

"No such luck?" Tai said, addressing the slap mark.

"No… it’s um… a hickey." Kintaro shamelessly tried covering it up, but both knew exactly what happened and dropped the subject.

The weeks went by, and instead of making a beeline for a nearby bar to meet up with some friends, Tai and Kintaro found themselves waiting in Sora’s apartment for her to get ready.

"So Tai, she really wants to do this? She wasn’t exactly livin’ la vida loca last time."

"I don’t know, Kintaro," Tai seemed confused as well, "It was her husband’s idea, but Sora seemed okay with it."

"She has a very strange husband." Kintaro concluded as Sora exited her room. She had a wide smile on her face, and her lowered hair made her look noticeably different from the last time they met. Another noticeable feature about Sora’s new look was her wardrobe, and Tai couldn’t help but smile at Sora’s clothes- a black t-shirt and blue jeans.

"Ready?" Sora said with a smile.

"Anytime." Kintaro was impressed as well, "Lead the way Ms. T." The three headed out, although Tai was still bewildered at the sight.

In this second time out, it was clear that Sora enjoying herself more. She had literally and figuratively let her hair down, and was a totally different person. Needless to say, Tai’s friends, including Kintaro were more impressed with Sora this time. Tai was impressed alright, but couldn’t help but wonder what triggered this change in her.

Regardless of whether or not it was Tai’s words that ignited this change in Sora, Tai was pleased to see his old Sora back, but also a little concerned. Although Tai had grown fond of Sora’s slightly "tomboyish" behaviors, it was her more responsible self that had gotten her where she was. Tai didn’t know whether this change was temporary or permanent, but either way- it was reason to worry. If temporary, it meant that she was capable of being a completely different person when her husband wasn’t around. And God knows what that could mean. And if permanent… her whole life would turned upside down.

That night, Tai and Kintaro were escorting Sora back to her apartment. All three had a wonderful time, and were all in that pleasant state of being tipsy, but not completely smashed.

"Man Tai… you and Taresh’ were right. I needed that. That was awesome!" Sora was in a very good mood after that boy’s night out.

"Yeah, I can see why Tai likes you so much." Kintaro tried dropping something, but neither Sora was able to pick it up nor Tai was aware enough to deny it, "You’ve got to come to our party Saturday night. We’re thinking about moving…"

"Thinking. Just thinking." Tai added.

"Either way, I did get a cool new job. So we’re throwing a party to celebrate. You in?"

"I dunno Kintaro, she might not be the best person to go to one of your parties." Kintaro’s parties were almost too wild for Tai to handle. He definitely didn’t think Sora would be able to take it.

"Aw, come on Tai. Count me in!" Sora was happy to oblige. Tai turned aside and laughed to himself. She didn’t know what she was getting into, but it would be a good test of how far Sora was willing to walk on the wild side.

Unfortunately, after an hour at Kintaro’s party, Tai’s apprehensions were starting to come to pass. If they were moving out, Kintaro had no intention of getting back the security deposit. It was loud, it was raucous, it was Kintaro’s idea of a good time. Tai had gotten used to this types of parties and was able to fit in well enough. Sora on the other hand, was over her head. With so many people crammed into such a small space, it was impossible to enjoy herself. Even "tomboy" Sora had limits, and this party was exceeding them. Tai tried to keep an eye on her, but was distracted often. After joking around with a few of his other friends (despite being drowned out by the music), he caught a glimpse of Sora, dejectedly going into a bedroom. At that point, Tai felt he had to talk to her.

Sora was seated on a bed, simply looking sad. She appeared to be mired in thought.

"Sora? Are you okay?" Sora looked up at him.

"I don’t know."

"Too much for you? This is what I was worried about. When I first met Kintaro, these were almost too much for me to handle." Tai sat down next to her.

"Sorry. I didn’t listen to you before."

"It’s not your fault. But I did want to ask why you were acting so different before."

"Different?"

"I don’t know. More like before the Digital World. When you weren’t as responsible. I hope it wasn’t because of that stuff I said."

"Well… sort of. But you were right. I did need to let loose once in awhile. And the last few days have been a lot of fun. But this…"

"Don’t beat yourself up over it. Heck, I wouldn’t even try to get used to it. I had to, you don't. You’ve got a lot going for you, and I don’t think anyone’s going to take any points off because you can’t survive one of Kintaro’s parties. Besides, it’s not like I don’t like you when you’re more responsible. I just… I don’t know… I wasn’t quite as attracted to you when you changed. Just act the way you feel you should act." Tai knew he could have worded that better, but the message was carried out.

"Yeah," Sora nodded in agreement, "I suppose." Sora looked up at Tai and smiled a little, "What did you mean by attracted?" Tai laughed a little bit.

"You know, just a little bit. It’s no big deal." Tai was smiling. It was no big deal, and it wasn’t like it mattered anymore.

"Okay. I suppose I can’t get on you too much. It’s not like I wasn’t a little attracted to you." Now it was Tai’s turn to look at Sora, and she continued, "Just a little bit. No big deal." They shared a brief laugh, followed by silence. Or at least as silent as it could be considering the music in the other room. Tai and Sora simply looked at each other, smiling. Tai looked into Sora’s eyes, eyes that told him that their definitions of "just a little bit" was a lot bigger than most people perceive it as.

"Sora…" Tai whispered, to avoid ruining the mood, "I think you don’t give yourself enough credit for how far you’ve come," Tai didn’t realize that he and Sora were slowly coming together, "You have so much going for you right now, and you should be really proud that…" Tai found himself unable to continue, as he was kissing Sora Takoto.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t stopping. Twenty years of unspoken attraction, no matter how little they were claiming it was, was finally being released in this moment. Neither Tai nor Sora wanted it to stop, no matter how wrong. It just continued, growing deeper and deeper, and by the time Tai lifted Sora’s shirt, neither of the two had any sense of reality.

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Waking up in Tai’s arms the next morning was more of a wake up call to Sora than anybody needed. Tai was still in shock after what happened, and Kintaro cheering the situation on didn’t help things much. Needless to say, Sora regretted the event, and regardless of who was responsible for what happened, Sora was critical of Tai’s judgment. After a heated argument, Sora left. The words hit Tai like a dagger, as he had no way to counter the argument. No matter how little Sora did to prevent it from happening, Tai couldn’t help but feel responsible. He blamed himself, and didn’t stop Sora when she walked out the door.

Needless to say, any hesitation Tai had in moving left along with Sora. Tai and Kintaro found a better apartment closer to where they worked. Tai wasn’t sure how much damage was done, as he didn’t see Sora or Tareshi again. Kari said that Sora’s absence from TK and Kari’s wedding was due to an illness, and to Tai, that was the final word on the issue. Sora did not want to confront Tai again. Tai could see her logic, and decided that it was for the best.

Although there were times when Tai wanted to reach out and apologize, there were also times when Tai was simply angry at Sora and wanted nothing to do with her. There were times when Tai believed that he alone was to blame, times when he believed it was all Sora’s fault, and times when he believed that both of them shared responsibility. Regardless, Sora obviously didn’t want to see Tai, and Tai obliged. He stopped organizing the annual Memorial Day reunion, and continued his life as if nothing happened.

Tai’s invitation for the twentieth anniversary reunion was good and buried when Cody Hida took matters into his own hands and paid Tai a personal visit.

"Tai, it’s a pleasure to see you again." Cody said, standing in the doorway.

"Cody. Hi… what are you doing here?" Tai had a strong feeling, and didn’t like it. Regardless, it would be impolite to leave him standing there. Cody didn’t do anything wrong, and taking anything out on him would be unwarranted. Tai invited him in.

"Tai, did you get an invitation for a reunion on Memorial Day?"

"Oh that… sorry, but I don’t plan on going. I’m busy that week. August is… really bad for me." Tai was trying to reject as politely as possible.

"No you aren’t! You have like the whole month off." Kintaro entered from the kitchen, acting about as helpful as he always does.

"Tai, don’t you want to see everybody again? I’m sure they all want to see you." Cody continued to be persistent.

"Not everybody." Tai muttered.

"Tai, the Odaiba digi-destined are scattered all over the place, and considering what we’ve accomplished, it would be a crime if we didn’t reunite once in awhile."

"Look, we didn’t accomplish anything that spectacular." Not even Tai himself could believe that lie; he knew it wouldn’t work on Cody. But Tai started to think- Sora called in sick last time, maybe she didn’t go either. That way, there’d be no problem.

"Everybody else is going to be there. I’ve received replies from everybody except you."

"Cody, I’m sorry, I just do not feel like…"

"We’ll be there!" Kintaro jumped in, and Tai looked ready to kill him.

"Kintaro! This is none of your business…"

"No, but you are welcome to come if you wish. Sora’s bringing her whole family."

"Why do you want to go?" Tai was concentrating on Kintaro.

"Well, how many girls are there in the group? Five? Six?" Kintaro responded.

"Four. And two of them are married."

"Three." Cody jumped in, "Mimi and Joe were married. Surprised me to find out too.

"Not like that stopped you." Kintaro joked to Tai. Tai again was about ready to kill him, but instead returned his attention to Cody, who looked at Tai, not sure what to make of that revelation. Cody was from good stock, and didn’t like that kind of behavior.

"Okay, fine. If everybody’s going to be there, I suppose." Pinned down by Kintaro and Cody, Tai had no choice but to accept. Cody nodded.

"Thank you. It wouldn’t be the same without you." Cody said as he handed Tai another invitation with the information. He left, unsure of what to make of Tai’s behavior.

"So Tai," Kintaro asked, after Cody left, "How old’s the single one?"

Tai shook his head. He didn’t know what was going to happen.

Author’s Notes
There’s your Tai chapter, hope you liked it. Plenty of things to address here. First off, I have to stress for the thousandth time that this was planned before I found out how it was going to end, and I hope that Tareshi is different enough from Matt to prevent you from making the wrong parallels. And even if Matt didn’t have that awesome plotline he’s in now, he wouldn’t be in Tareshi’s shoes under a different circumstance. Tareshi is a unique person, and not a clone of Matt, and definitely not a clone of Tracey (see below).

More anime references! Kintaro is named after the lecherous lead from GoldenBoy, whose presence has touched everybody’s hearts with memorable lines such as "Whoa-hoh, nipples a-hoy!" Tareshi’s name is a reference to my previous fic, Animation Survivor, where Sora had a "little island fling" with Tracey of Pokémon fame. What’s even more shocking is that it was done in character, that I pulled it off quite nicely, and that it was still a Taiora.

I didn’t want this chapter going for too long, so I decided to move the retelling of what happens "the morning after" until the Sora chapter. It’ll be fun, trust me.

Well, that one was certainly interesting. So let’s get up and ready for the next chapter.
Chapter Seven- Izzy
After a trivial event, Izzy found himself alone with a growing company in a large industry. To Izzy- finding success was a piece of cake. Living out his dreams, the sky is the limit for Koushiro Izumi, and only because the government refuses to sell the sky to him. But with all of his success, there is one major blemish in Izzy’s life. And a reunion could focus on that one blemish, and tear apart his success. No matter how well Izzy is doing, he still has to return to memories of a woman named Yolei Inoue.