Digimon- Behind the Scenes: Episode 01- Happy New Year
A Note by Matt's Angels….
(Steph) Hello, and welcome to my latest brilliant idea!
(Laura) It was mine, actually.
(Steph) Hello? I'm boasting here! It is based on the fact that Digimon is filmed with actors playing the characters. They've all kept the original names, though. Or I'll get confused.
(Allie) Basically, it means that if Steph makes the actors OOC, she can get away with it by saying that they're actors. And we're in it too! We rule!
(Laura) A note here: the families are screwed up. Kari is Sora's sister in real life. I'm Tai's twin sister. TK and Matt are brothers, and they both live with their dad. Everyone is over sixteen apart from TK and Kari, who are seven still.
(Steph) Hell, it's my fanfic, so I screw around with the ages.
(Laura) Got that?
(Allie) No…
(Steph) You will. And the real cool bit is… each episode can be read as stand-alone or as part of the series!
(Laura) Like a soap opera!
(Allie) So read on. And we don't own Digimon. Suing us will earn you all of Steph's money.
(Steph) Allie! I've got over £200!
(Laura) What's that in $$?
(Steph) Who gives a damn? No-ones gonna sue us, because we have a disclaimer!
(Allie) And a very good lawyer…
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Mimi walked into the make-up room, giving her make-up artist, Steph, a wave. She hung her ivory fur lined coat up on a hook, and sat down in one of the nasty green chairs. Steph bustled over.
"Mimi! You're late again! If I mess this up, it's your fault."
"Sorry, Steph, I had a late night."
"With who?"
Mimi gave Steph a scathing glance in the mirror. Steph just grinned, and then winced as Joe came stumbling in.
"Steph! Where's Allie?"
"In clothes closet. Is this another poem?"
Joe grinned, and leaned against the doorframe. It was hard making him look like a nerd, mused the ginger girl as she applied more foundation to Mimi's face. He really was drop-dead-gorgeous.
"Yep! Wanna hear?"
"A few lines, Joe. I'm busy. Mimi was late *again*."
"Okay..."
But before Joe could go into recital mode, Matt Ishida came bursting through the door.
"Steph! Thank god, do you know where TK is? I can't find Laura!"
"She's in the park."
"Thank you so much."
Matt rushed out again. "Lucky bloody Laura," muttered Steph under her breath. Mimi looked up from Bliss, the mag she was reading, and gave a small smile.
"Yeah, Laura gets to see Matt every day!"
Both the girls drifted off into dreamy contemplation.
In the park, Laura and her twin brother Tai were pushing Kari and TK on the swings. Laura was official carer of the two little kids, but sometimes her brother, Tai, would help out, as Kari played the part of his sister. Tai was lost in thought.
"Hey, Laura?" he said eventually.
"Yes, Tai?"
"Nothing."
Tai was so preoccupied that he didn't see Kari swing back and whack him in the face. Behind him came a laugh.
"Nice one, Kamiya. That's you, Tai, not Laura." corrected Matt hurriedly. Laura smiled at him, and Matt felt his insides go all wobbly.
"Are you here for TK, Matt?" she asked. Matt managed to steady himself enough to answer.
"Ummm, yeah." he managed.
Laura turned to TK. "Go on, little guy, I'll see you later."
"Bye, Laura!" yelled TK, as Matt dragged him off. "Why have you gone all red, Matt?" said TK, as soon as they were a good distance away. Matt almost cursed.
"Oh, god, have I?"
"Yup! Really really red!"
"Sh- damn."
Allie and Sora were in the clothes closet. Sora was checking for another one of her outfits. Soon, they came to the Sora rack, all sets of blue hats, yellow T-shirts and jeans.
"Now, which fabulous combo shall I wear today?" said Sora. Allie giggled.
"Hmmm, how about the hat, shirt and jeans? Or maybe the hat, shirt and jeans?"
"I'll take the hat, shirt and jeans, Allie. For a change."
The two girls collapsed in laughter, which was interrupted by the arrival of Joe.
"Hi Allie! I wrote another poem!"
"Oh, brother." said Sora. Allie was about to boot Joe out when she saw someone enter the closet at the opposite end...
"Oh my god! Sora, look!"
Sora looked. "It's only Izzy." Then realization dawned. "Oh..."
Izzy saw them, and walked over.
"Oh, Allie, I've been looking for you!" Allie's heart leapt, and then fell again with his next words. "Do you know where Steph is?"
**Damn Steph. How come Izzy was friends with her?**
"Is she not on the set?"
"No. I need to show her my new collection of Space Marines! They're Aurora Chapter, her favourite!"
And at that moment, Matt burst in. Izzy span round, then whistled.
"Hey, Steph's losing her touch, she's overdone it on the blusher!"
Matt scowled, and turned to Allie.
"Where did Steph leave my hair-gel? Damn woman, she's so disorganized!"
"There's some more in that cupboard."
Izzy turned to Matt. "Have you seen that damn disorganized woman anywhere?" he said, slightly offended. Matt went even redder.
"Sorry, Izzy. She's in make-up, still. Mimi was late *again*."
Izzy rushed off at an impossible speed. Joe disappeared. Matt left with his Brylcream. Sora went to get Tai, and Allie was all alone. (*again*)
Soon, Izzy was in make-up with Steph, arranging his Warhammer 40k out on the counter alongside the mascara and eyeshadow.
"And that's my new tank, see?"
"Wow, a Bulldog! I've only got three Rampage tanks and a few bikes!"
The filming had just started, and it was currently a scene in which Izzy was not playing. This meant that Allie, Steph, Laura and him were the only ones free. Soon, the conversation started on Allie, the new girl.
"So, Izzy, what do you think about Allie?"
"She's kinda shy, isn't she? I mean, she never really talks to me."
"What, Allie shy!" Steph burst out laughing. "Allie's a maniac!"
"Maybe she's just got a problem with me."
Allie chose that moment to walk in, deciding not to let on that she'd heard every word of the conversation.
"Hi, Steph! Matt's looking for you."
Steph jumped up. "For me?"
"Ummm, yeah, something about too much blusher? And Tai's laughing like a nutcase out there, for some reason."
Steph ran out of the room with her foundation pot, then came back and stuck her head round the door.
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. Didn't he go to see Laura earlier?"
"Don't know."
"Damn. Damn damn damn damn..."
Both Allie and Izzy heard Steph's good-natured cursings get further and further away. Izzy turned to Allie.
"Wanna see my Warhammers? I painted them Aurora Chapter."
Allie rolled her eyes. "Not Warhammers. No way."
Izzy came as close to a pout as a male could get. "Fine. I'm gonna go find TK. He likes Warhammers."
Izzy walked out, and Allie swore under her breath.
On set...
Steph was fixing Matt's cheeks up.
"God, Matt, did someone slap you one?"
"Shut up!"
"Well, what happened?"
"Nothing! Stop pestering me?"
"Or was it just the effects of a certain someone, let's call her Lorelei Kamiya, smiling at you?"
Matt spun around to face Steph so fast she almost powdered his left ear. "What? How did you..."
"Oh, I know. I'm psychic."
"More like psycho. Look, don't tell anyone, okay?"
"Whatever, babe. Now, hold still!"
Laura enters stage left. Steph giggled as Matt's head snapped over to that direction.
"Turn back, or I'll have to put more on! Do you want to look like the Pilsbury Doughboy?"
Matt almost decked the annoying make-up artist around her perfect face, but realized that that wouldn't be the best course of action, especially in front of Laura.
"There, all done. Just don't look at Laura and you'll be fine." Matt scowled, and walked off.
"Well, someone's cranky!" said Laura, otherwise known as Lorelei Kamiya. "What's up with Matt today, he's not usually so jumpy." Steph laughed in a hollow way.
"Are you really that blind? Are your glasses deceiving you? Matt's cra-"
Allie, calling over to them interrupted Steph.
"Hey, Laura! Phooooooooonnnnnneeeeee!" Lorelei excused herself, and Allie handed her the phone, then walked off with Steph. The young, pink-haired girl looked worried about something.
"What's up, Allie?"
Allie wriggled uncomfortably. "Well, you know about the New Year party?"
"Yeah, what about it? If I can't get anyone to go, I'll take Izzy."
Allie suddenly got very angry. "Oh, thanks, Steph, just what I wanted to hear! I was going to tell you that I wanted to go with him!"
"WHAT? YOU?" Steph burst out laughing. "Sorry, Allie, it's just, me and Izzy have been best friends since whenever, just weird to imagine you going out with him!" She burst into fresh tides of laughter. Allie looked disgusted.
"Well, sorry for confiding in you, Stephanie Kimawari!" She stalked off. Laura returned from the phone, staring after Allie's back. She didn't realize that a spinal cord could look so pissed off.
"What's up with her?"
"Ummm, just a little set back. PMT, maybes. Anyhows, who was on the phone?"
"Matt's parents."
"WHAT?" screamed Steph for the second time in five minutes. "You're not getting married or anything?"
"No!" said Lorelei, laughing. "His people are going on holiday. They want me to help take care of TK."
"And Matt, you mean!" giggled Steph. "Wow, you are so lucky. Go tell him, now."
"Where's he?"
"Ummm, last time I saw him, he was stalking over there with a face like a living fireball."
"Why?"
"Lorelei Kamiya! Matt is despe-"
This time, it was Tai who interrupted.
"Hi, do ya know where Allie is?"
"No, why?"
"I'm gonna ask her to the party!"
"Oh, no!"
"What, Laura? Why shouldn't I?"
"Allie wants to go with Izzy," explained Steph, rolling her eyes.
Tai laughed. "Right. Really, why not?"
"Seriously." said Laura. "Even though he'll probably go with Steph, she still thinks..."
Tai gaped. "No way! That's just... I'll ask any way. Who are you going with, sis?"
"I don't know if I'm going at all."
Tai winked. "Well, if you do decide to go, I know someone who'd love to go with you."
"Who?"
Steph chose this moment to walk off, laughing. Tai shook his head at his sister.
"Don't you know? It's..."
TK ran to Tai, crotching him in the process.
"Hi Tai! Come on, we're going on stage!"
TK dragged Tai off.
Meanwhile, Izzy was talking to Matt.
"So, Izzy, who are you taking to the party?"
"Steph, of course. Who else is there?"
"Have you asked her yet?"
Izzy thought for a while. "Good point, Matt. STEPH!!!!"
The distant Steph, talking with Mimi, looked round.
"What?" she shouted.
"Are you going to the end-of-series party with me?"
Steph grinned. "Okay!"
Izzy turned to Matt. "No problem, see? Who are you taking?"
Matt hesitated, then decided to tell Izzy the truth. "I want to ask Laura, but I'm not sure she'll say yes."
"Laura?" said Izzy indifferently. "I suppose she could go with you. I say you should go for it."
And at that moment, Laura came along. (A/N okay, this sounds like Friends.)
"Hiya Matt, guess what?"
Matt jumped at the sound of her voice. "What?"
"You know your parents are going to Jamaica? They hired me to help you look after TK! Isn't that so totally wicked!"
Matt couldn't really think of a reply to express his feelings about this. "Yeah, that's cool!" Now or never, thought Matt. "Hey, Laura?"
"Yes?"
"Do you want to go with me to the big party?" Matt crossed his fingers behind his back.
"Well, sure, okay!" said Lorelei. "We'll talk later. Bye!"
As soon as Laura had walked off, Izzy laughed.
"You are blushing, Matt! Well, see ya. I'm going to go and paint some more of my new Space Marines!"
Steph was talking with Mimi, when Laura walked up.
"Hi, Laura!" said Steph. Mimi just smiled tightly. Mimi didn't like Laura much.
"Hi Steph, Mimi. So, Steph, who are you going with to the party?"
"Didn't you hear? I think everyone else did. Izzy, of course. How about you?"
"Oh, right, Matt just asked me.
Both girls turned to the sound of Mimi stamping off. Steph winced.
"I am thinking that is not a good thing to say around the girl who has the most enormous crush on him, Laura."
"Ouch," said Laura, wincing. "Well, too late for her."
Tai was trying to find Allie. He ran straight into her.
"Oh, hi Allie!"
"Hi Tai. Do you know where Izzy is?"
"Ummm, I just heard him. He was asking Steph to go to the party with him."
"Oh." Allie felt as if something very heavy had been dropped on her head. "And she said..."
"Well, yes, of course. They may *think* they're best friends, but, you know. So, can I ask you something?"
"Go on," said Allie, miserable.
"Will you go with me to the party?"
Allie brightened a little. Maybe she wasn't going with Izzy, but Tai would do for now. At least he wasn't Joe.
"You're on, Taichi Kamiya. See ya later."
"Bye, Allie!" said Tai watching her walk off.
Sora sat on the clothes chest, watching Tai ask Allie out. Allie! That weird pink-haired crazy girl! She wanted Tai. And Sora always gets what she wants. Only one way to do this. She looked around for Joe.
Matt returned to his house after a very long day filming. He fumbled in his pocket for the keys to the house... then realized that the door was open...? He gently pushed it and entered the hall, which was lit up with peach light. Ever since his dad had bought this new place, the constant smell of paint had lingered in every room, but now there was a new odour. It smelt of...pasta? He walked into the kitchen to find Lorelei Kamiya cooking something, and TK sitting on a counter eating biscuits. He grinned crumbily when he saw Matt.
"Hi Maft! Wanft thome bithciuts?" he said with his mouth full. Laura stopped when she saw him, and smiled. "Hiya Matt, I'm cooking pasta, do you want to go make TK sit down somewhere where there isn't any biscuits?" Behind her, the gas range flared up, and Lorelei turned. "Damn, that'll be the fettuccine!" She span around and grabbed a pan. Matt scooped up his crumby little brother, and carried him into the living room, placing him on the sofa.
"Stay there, little guy."
TK stayed, still clutching the packet of biscuits and grinning blissfully. Matt went back to the kitchen, where Laura was rushing around like a bee with its rear end on fire.
"Umm, need any help?" he asked, fighting the urge to go very, very red. Laura grinned at him.
"Nope. This is how I cook. Messily. Go watch TK, and for godsake, make him drop those cookies! I want some for later!"
Matt went back to TK, and prised the biscuits from his sticky little fingers.
"Matt! I wanft thoth!"
"Laura said you had to drop them."
"Oh. Okayth."
After the meal, which was surprisingly good, Laura disappeared to get changed for the party. Matt sat TK down on the sofa. He was all dressed up for once, and he had taken off his hat. Matt had just put on something clean. Well, cleaner. He heard the door behind him, and saw Lorelei enter in a frosty blue halter-neck short-skirted dress. This time, he couldn't help going red. Luckily, Laura didn't notice this, and did a twirl in her strappy silver shoes.
"Do I look okay?"
Matt struggled to answer. "You look great, to tell the truth."
"Thank you! Come on, let's go!"
The party was in full swing when Matt and Laura, with TK and Kari in tow arrived. They immediately left the two younger ones at the food bar, and went to meet the rest of the gang. Tai was with Allie, Joe was with Sora, of all people, and Izzy was with Steph, who turned and grinned at the couple when they arrived. She was wearing a pink sequined strapless top with a pair of black trousers and pink strappy heels. Her face was perfect, as usual. (A/N (Steph) God, I'm perfect. (Allie) Take that line out! (Steph) No way!)
"Hiya Laura, Matt! I love the dress, girl. Hey, you two really do look good together. Really romantic!" Steph went all starry eyed. "Seriously, you are lucky, Laura, I had to bring Izzy." She giggled. "I don't really mind, but he really is a useless lump." Saying that, she turned back to him and continued the deep conversation about Tomb Raider. Laura smiled at Matt.
"That's what she thinks. Come on, let's go have fun!"
A few hours later, everyone was pissed. The party was still going strong. In fact, it was very very strong. Soon Laura needed to go... see a man about a dog. She excused herself from Matt, Allie and Tai, and went to go find the toilet. When she emerged, she realized she was totally lost. Wandering the corridors for a while, she bumped into Allie.
"Hi, Allie!"
"Oh, hi, Laura." She swayed gently. "I'm trying to find Steph and Izzy."
They wandered for a little while, and soon, they heard the noise of the party again. But then they took a wrong turning. They stopped, befuddled. Then Laura decided to look around the next corner. And she saw...
"No way! Allie, come see this!"
Allie also looked around the corridor, and saw it. Steph and Izzy, both looking more than slightly plastered, were kissing. (A/N (Steph) Hey!!! That wasn't meant to happen! (Laura) Too late.) At first she was angry, then her alcohol-induced stupor overcame her. She turned back to Laura.
"Good job Steph's a shortarse." (A/N (Steph) Hey! I'm almost five-foot now!)
"Allie, Matt's got a camera! Go get him, I think the party rooms that way!"
Allie sped off in the direction in which Lorelei pointed, and soon she was back at the party. Breathless, she found Matt and tugged on his sleeve. He turned round, puzzled.
"Matt, Laura says you gotta come see this! And bring your camera! This is going to be the best laugh ever!"
Matt followed the pink-haired girl, confused, but thinking that if Laura wanted him, it must be for a good reason. When he came to the corner, Laura turned, and grinned.
"They're still at it. Right, Matt, when I say now, you jump out and take a photo." Matt looked tentatively around the corner, then immediately looked back, amazed.
"See?" said Laura. "Okay, one, two, three... NOW!"
When the flash went off, Steph and Izzy waited a couple of seconds before separating. Allie laughed.
"Interesting Warhammer session, guys!"
Izzy seemed too embarrassed to say anything, but Steph just grinned.
"Yeah, it was really interesting! Okay, so you found out our little secret. Big deal."
Soon, the group was back in the party room. As soon as the girls had walked off, giggling, Matt turned to Izzy.
"So... what was it like?"
"Have you not ever..."
"Oh, yeah, loads of times, but I'm asking about Steph!"
"You don't..."
"NO! I just want to know."
"It was... prodigious."
"Trust you to say that."
Now Matt felt really odd. He wasn't jealous, he knew that, because he knew he could get any girl he wanted...
Maybe that was it. Maybe he felt odd because he knew that Steph was probably, along with Laura, the only girl who wouldn't go out with him. He cursed, muttering to himself.
"Okay, sort yourself out, Ishida! You can't like Steph, she's so annoying, and gossipy, and small, and funny, and... hey! I don't like her! Anyway, Laura's very kind and caring and sweet. But... damn, screw this. I'm gonna go find her."
Lorelei stood in the middle of a crowd of rampaging girls, all asking questions about Matt.
"What's his house like?"
"What's his room like?"
"Don't you think he's cool?"
"Have you seen his underwear?"
"What's he like in bed?"
Laura turned to the asker of the last question, to see that it was Mimi.
"Mimi? What do you mean?"
"I mean that how could you sleep with him when you know that I..."
"Mimi! I never slept with him!"
"You didn't?"
"NO! I don't even wish I had, thank you. He's a friend!"
"Oh..."
Mimi walked off in search of Matt.
But Matt was looking for Steph. The little (A/N (Steph) I am not little!) ginger haired teen was talking to Izzy, both sitting on tables. Which gave Matt a reason to come over. When he sat down on the table near them, Steph turned to smile, her many earrings jangling.
"Hiya Matt! Not with Laura, then? I'm surprised." She budged up a bit on her table so Matt could sit next to her. "Me and Izzy are talking about Warhammers."
"Why am I not surprised?" said Matt. "Are you two... you know, an item now?"
"Ummm, are we, Izzy?"
Matt interrupted. "Judging from what you two were doing in the corridor, I don't see how you can't be."
Izzy looked up. "Well, then I guess we are."
Both of the small people laughed, and Matt noticed that they were holding hands behind their backs. Matt realized that he was definitely jealous. But he still had feelings about Laura...
Mimi chose that moment to wander over. She smiled at Matt.
"Hi, Matt!"
Unfortunately, Matt genuinely didn't like Mimi. She was too much like he had imagined Steph to be, before he knew her better.
"Oh, hi Mimi. Excuse me, I have to go find Laura."
Mimi watched after, disappointed. Then she walked off again. Steph and Izzy shrugged, and continued talking about Steph's new ArchMage Morgiana leFay Warhammer.
Allie, Tai, Sora, Joe, Laura and Matt were all finally gathered up, and were talking about going home, when Steph and Izzy ran up, amid much wolf whistling. Matt had told them about the little incident involving a camera. Steph ignored them.
"Hey, guys, do you want to sleep over at my house? My grandparents are visiting my aunts in Osaka."
Matt looked over at Steph, amazed. Why did she live with her grandparents? He decided to ask her later.
"Well, I'm for it!" yelled Allie. "Let's go to Steph's!" Allie was very obviously and thoroughly sloshed, and seemed to have forgotten about Izzy, instead having her arm around Tai. Come to think of it, Tai was doing the same. Laura shrugged.
"Okay, I'll come, if Allie promises not to get off with my brother." Tai made a face at his sister.
"And so what if I do?"
Soon, everyone had agreed to go to Steph's place. It was a small house, but with a huge garden with a swimming pool. Soon, everyone had fallen in at least once; many pushed in by Steph and Matt, who were both pissed to high heaven, thanks to Izzy's amazing "Sledgehammer" cocktail. Soon they threw Mimi in, who got out immediately, and chased after them. And so they ran. Luckily, Steph knew her way round the garden, and she headed toward a hedge, then took a quick left and dived past a tree, dragging Matt with her. They ended up in a tiny space between two trees and a bush, where they waited for a while, squashed together. They waited for a while, breathing heavily. Then they let out a sigh when they heard Mimi move away.
"Wow, I thought we were for it then!" said Steph, giggling. Matt liked the way she said "we".
"Yeah, Mimi is kind of a hot-headed bitch," agreed Matt.
They both laughed.
Back at the party, Allie was with Tai… in a dark corner. And everybody knows the aphrodisiac powers of dark corners. And as they started… (A/N: (Allie) Steph! Put something tasteful! (Laura) Yeah, that's my brother there! (Steph) Whatever…)
And as they started to make out, Sora looked on in rage, Joe standing next to her.
"How dare that pink-haired freak steal my Taichi! We're gonna do something about this, Joe."
Joe nodded. "Yeah. How can that weirdo big-haired freak get off with my Allie?"
Slowly, they both looked at each other, and edged a little further away.
TK and Kari were sitting on the swings, watching the scene with interest.
"So what are Tai and Allie doing?" asked TK of Kari. Kari made a face.
"They're kissing. But my sister Sora says that Tai was only ever going to kiss her!"
TK screwed up his face in concentration. "Yeah, and my brother Matt said that he wanted to kiss Laura, but he's over behind the tree there with that weird girl Steph!"
Kari was amazed. "But I thought that Steph was Izzy's girlfriend?"
"She *was*." Izzy came out of the bushes behind them. He looked angry, a first for him. "But now I guess she's not worth bothering over."
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(Steph) Well, thank you. I thought you two were my friends.
(Allie) Hey, this is getting to be funny…
(Laura) How come Matt's not interested in me anymore?
(Steph) Hahahahahahaha…
(Allie) How come you stuck me with Joe, Steph?
(Laura) Actually, Allie, you're with Tai.
(Allie) Okay.
(Steph) Right, I wanna point out a couple things. Lately on ff.net I saw three girls who write fanfiction together. Hmmm… sound like anyone? Remember that Matt's Angels is the real, original article! Accept no imitations.
(Laura) Yeah, and I read a ficcy in which a group of girls who followed Matt were called Matt's Angels. We would like to explain something:
(Steph) WE DO NOT THINK MATT IS REAL!!!! WE KNOW WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO FUCKING CHANCE WITH HIM BECAUSE HE IS A CARTOON CHARACTER!!!! HOWEVER HE IS TOTALLY GORGEOUS AND GIVES US A REASON TO WATCH DIGIMON!!!! HIM AND TAI!!!
(Allie) This isn't a taito rant again, is it?
(Steph) Yes, it bloody well is. MATT AND TAI 4EVER!!!!!!!!