The Exchange Student
By: Danelle Yuy-Winner
Konichiwa! This is my first Digimon story. I hope you like it. Miyako/Yolei lives in the US and might get to go to Odaiba, Japan for an exchange program, and meet many new friends, which might include a certain smart, Brown-haired guy. Who just so happens to be the president of the Computer Club in Odaiba, hmmm...what a coincidence, Miyako/Yolei is the president of the Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. Miyako/Yolei is in ninth grade and "our mystery man" is in tenth grade. Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN DIGIMON! I DON'T, I REPEAT, I DON'T OWN DIGIMON!!! Toei Animation has that wonderful job. Onegai shimasu enjoy and don't forget to REVIEW! I will need to have at least 3 reviews before I put up the next chapter. I've never asked for a certain amount of reviews, if I don't get that many, I'll probably put up the next chapter anyway 'cause I'm such a softie. He-he ^_^ Oh yah,
` denotes thoughts
(A/N) denotes my little notes to you (the reader)
[ ] denotes translation of Japanese words
P.S. In my story, Miyako is Yolei's real name, but Yolei is her nickname. She'll also be referred to as Miya-chan. Yolei is called Yolei by her US friends, but her Japan friends will refer to her as Miya-chan or Miyako.
"Yolei!" Ken Ichijouji called to his girlfriend.
"What Ken?" Yolei asked turning around to wait for Ken.
"Did you hear about the foreign exchange program? The school is picking five people from the ninth grade to be foreign exchange students to Odaiba, Japan." Ken replied.
"Wow, sounds cool," Yolei answered.
"You can get an application at the office. I'm going to apply because I think it would be fun to be a foreign exchange student. You'd probably get picked to be an exchange student easily since you've got the highest grades in the ninth grade and you also speak fluent Japanese." Ken said with a smile.
"I guess so, but I'd be away from my family for a long time..." Yolei sighed.
"You could email them, write letters, or call them on the phone." Ken suggested.
"Yah, I guess I could. The program sounds like fun, maybe I will apply." Yolei says.
"Here I got an extra application while I was getting mine." Ken replied.
"Awww, you're such a sweet guy. I have to get to the computer club, though." Yolei says kissing Ken on the cheek. Ken blushes.
"I hope you fill it out because I want to hear all about your trip." Ken says.
"How do you know that you didn't make it?" Yolei asked.
"You have to be in the top five rank of the entire ninth grade." Ken replied.
"So, aren't you in the top five?" Yolei asked.
"No, I'm tenth in rank of the ninth grade. Its alright though. I don't mind because I'd rather hear about it from you." Ken said.
"Okay. Ja ne [slang for Bye] Ken." Yolei called going up to the computer lab to meet up with her computer club.
~*~*~*~*~*~*Computer Lab~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hey Yolei, what are you looking at?" asked the Computer Club treasurer, Minako Kinomoto. Yolei is flipping through the foreign exchange program application. (A/N: Try saying that five times fast...^_^)
"I'm just looking at the requirements and rules for the foreign exchange program the school is doing. Ken said I should apply. My mom and dad would probably enjoy that I'd be learning more about my culture, even though I know a lot already. It would be kind of fun to get a hands-on experience of Japanese culture and to compare how different our life is compared to theirs. Who knows.....I just might find that their school is actually challenging." Yolei says with a chuckle.
"Oh yes. Oh the almighty smart Yolei must complain that this school is just too easy for 'the smart one'." Minako says with a giggle.
"Well, I'm surprised you don't complain because you're second rank of the entire ninth grade." Yolei commented, "Besides I didn't say I was the smartest or 'the smart one'.
"Yah, but you sure are acting like it......oh their school might actually be challenging...." Minako mimicked.
"Whatever...." Yolei says," How are the funds for the Computer Club doing?"
"Ummm.....good, but we need a new fundraiser, to raise funds to buy a new modem for the computers." Minako explains.
"Okay, I'll think about some new fundraisers." Yolei sighs. 'Hmmm....if I go to this school in Japan, I might be able to take advanced classes I couldn't normally take here. Maybe Ken was right, I should apply for this program.'
"Hey Yolei! Are you just going to sit and read that magazine or are ya going to actually get on your computer?" Minako asked giggling.
"Yah, I am." Yolei answered putting the magazine down and flipping on a computer. 'Hmmm....I wonder if that guy will be in the anime chat room again....' Yolei signed on the internet and went onto Yahoo chat. She went into the anime chat room looking for someone with the screen name of 'Kabuterimon_dude'. She found him and clicked to send him an instant message. (A/N: I am going to type the actual conversation....oh yah can ya guess who the "online guy" is? ^_^)
Hawkmon4me: Hey. Do you remember me?
Kabuterimon_dude: Yah. We chatted yesterday. I had fun, did you?
Hawkmon4me: Yah. I don't know anyone else who likes Digimon: The Pocket Monsters. All my friends think its stupid, but I know better. (A/N: This Digimon has no connection with the Digimon characters I am using. I just made up an anime that is called Digimon with Kabuterimon and Hawkmon. No connection with Digimon: Digital Monsters or the anime owned by Toei!! BTW, did I tell you I don't own Digimon, just thought I'd remind you in case you forgot. ^_-)
Kabuterimon_dude: I know. I have some friends in Japan that think Digimon is stupid, but it is really sugoi [cool]! Everyone else is just too stupid to understand Digimon.
Hawkmon4me: Yah. Hey, you live in Japan? I might become an exchange student there. My school has a foreign exchange and my boyfriend recommended I apply. I think I might actually qualify to go to Japan. School in the US is so boring. I have nothing to do because all my classes are really easy and I am bored to death everyday. I need my brain to be challenged once in awhile.
Kabuterimon_dude: What classes are you taking?
Hawkmon4me: Umm.....AP Chem, Trigonometry, AP US History, AP Lit, AP Japanese, and PE.
Kabuterimon_dude: Hmm.... 4 AP classes, not bad. Gomen [Sorry] that your classes aren't challenging enough. It might be good for you to come to Japan. We've probably got classes that you've always dreamed of. I take semi-hard classes myself. I'm taking AP Calculus, AP Government/AP Economics, AP English (A/N: As in the actual English language not the academic subject.), AP Art History, and AP British Literature. We don't have PE.
Hawkmon4me: Oh, well you're lucky. Our school makes us have mandatory PE for our wonderful Freshman and Sophomore years. I have to suffer through PE and let me tell you, its not fun. My baka [stupid/idiot] PE teacher makes us run a mile every day. ARGH. The pain and awfulness of it all.
Kabuterimon_dude: Hey, what grade are you in?
Hawkmon4me: I'm in ninth. What about you?
Kabuterimon_dude: Tenth.
Hawkmon4me: Sometimes I wish that I could actually have stayed in Japan...
Kabuterimon_dude: Nani [What] are you talking about?
Hawkmon4me: I was born in Japan, but my family moved to the US after I was born, they wanted to start the US branch of their supermarket chain... Have you heard of it? It's called Inoue Supermarket --We have the cheapest American and Japanese food there is around the world! We also serve you with a smile and joyful attitude! ^_^ (That's their slogan....pretty long slogan, huh Kabuterimon_dude?)
Kabuterimon_dude: Yah I know of that store, my okasan shops there for groceries all the time. Your family owns that Supermarket chain? Yah, that is their slogan and yah it is really long for a slogan.
Hawkmon4me: Hai, guilty. My oba, oji, obachan, and ojiichan [Aunt, Uncle, Grandma, and Grandpa] are keeping the stores in our Japanese branch, as my otousan [father] says, alive and kicking....
Kabuterimon_dude: Have you been back to Japan since then?
Hawkmon4me: Iie [No] I haven't. I was thinking if I get accepted into this exchange program, my boyfriend thinks I'm a shoe-in, I can live with my obachan and ojiichan because they live close near Odaiba high. I can also help them at the supermarket and see how the business is running in Japan, then report back to my otousan.
Kabuterimon_dude: You mean the old Inoue couple? Geez, you must be pretty rich because their house is HUGE!
Hawkmon4me: Nah, their house is nothing. My house in the US is way bigger. My okasan has shown me pics of my grandparents' house. I think it's actually pretty small compared to our house, but let's not talk about how rich someone is....ne [okay/is that right]?
Kabuterimon_dude: Sure. I forgot to tell ya, I go to Odaiba high. I'm the president of the Computer Club....did I already tell you that?
Hawkmon4me: No you didn't tell me that....and NO WAY!!!
Kabuterimon_dude: Yes way.
Hawkmon4me: OMG! I'm the president of our Computer Club too! Is that or coincidence or what?
Kabuterimon_dude: Hey, you have to promise to tell me if you're coming to Odaiba High because I wanna meet ya!
Hawkmon4me: Okay, sure! I'd love to meet a fellow Digimon fan! What's your email? I'll email you!
Kabuterimon_dude: It's: Kabu_Izzy_digi@yahoo.com What's yours?? (A/N: Now do you know who our "Mysterious Man" is? I hope so because I know ya'll aren't that dense! No offense to anyone! I'm pretty dense myself...he-he ^_^ I'll shut up now...)
Hawkmon4me: Miya_chan@hotmail.com Email me sometime! I promise to tell you about the exchange program thing.
Kabuterimon_dude: Well I g2g! Ja ne
Hawkmon4me: Sayonara! [Good Bye]
TO BE CONTINUED! What will happen with the foreign exchange program and what will happen with the meeting of Yolei and Kabuterimon_dude??????? Read Chapter 2 to find out! The rest of the Digimon crew will be in the next chapter or the chapter after that.
By: Danelle Yuy-Winner
Konichiwa! This is my first Digimon story. I hope you like it. Miyako/Yolei lives in the US and might get to go to Odaiba, Japan for an exchange program, and meet many new friends, which might include a certain smart, Brown-haired guy. Who just so happens to be the president of the Computer Club in Odaiba, hmmm...what a coincidence, Miyako/Yolei is the president of the Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. Miyako/Yolei is in ninth grade and "our mystery man" is in tenth grade. Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN DIGIMON! I DON'T, I REPEAT, I DON'T OWN DIGIMON!!! Toei Animation has that wonderful job. Onegai shimasu enjoy and don't forget to REVIEW! I will need to have at least 3 reviews before I put up the next chapter. I've never asked for a certain amount of reviews, if I don't get that many, I'll probably put up the next chapter anyway 'cause I'm such a softie. He-he ^_^ Oh yah,
` denotes thoughts
(A/N) denotes my little notes to you (the reader)
[ ] denotes translation of Japanese words
P.S. In my story, Miyako is Yolei's real name, but Yolei is her nickname. She'll also be referred to as Miya-chan. Yolei is called Yolei by her US friends, but her Japan friends will refer to her as Miya-chan or Miyako.
"Yolei!" Ken Ichijouji called to his girlfriend.
"What Ken?" Yolei asked turning around to wait for Ken.
"Did you hear about the foreign exchange program? The school is picking five people from the ninth grade to be foreign exchange students to Odaiba, Japan." Ken replied.
"Wow, sounds cool," Yolei answered.
"You can get an application at the office. I'm going to apply because I think it would be fun to be a foreign exchange student. You'd probably get picked to be an exchange student easily since you've got the highest grades in the ninth grade and you also speak fluent Japanese." Ken said with a smile.
"I guess so, but I'd be away from my family for a long time..." Yolei sighed.
"You could email them, write letters, or call them on the phone." Ken suggested.
"Yah, I guess I could. The program sounds like fun, maybe I will apply." Yolei says.
"Here I got an extra application while I was getting mine." Ken replied.
"Awww, you're such a sweet guy. I have to get to the computer club, though." Yolei says kissing Ken on the cheek. Ken blushes.
"I hope you fill it out because I want to hear all about your trip." Ken says.
"How do you know that you didn't make it?" Yolei asked.
"You have to be in the top five rank of the entire ninth grade." Ken replied.
"So, aren't you in the top five?" Yolei asked.
"No, I'm tenth in rank of the ninth grade. Its alright though. I don't mind because I'd rather hear about it from you." Ken said.
"Okay. Ja ne [slang for Bye] Ken." Yolei called going up to the computer lab to meet up with her computer club.
~*~*~*~*~*~*Computer Lab~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hey Yolei, what are you looking at?" asked the Computer Club treasurer, Minako Kinomoto. Yolei is flipping through the foreign exchange program application. (A/N: Try saying that five times fast...^_^)
"I'm just looking at the requirements and rules for the foreign exchange program the school is doing. Ken said I should apply. My mom and dad would probably enjoy that I'd be learning more about my culture, even though I know a lot already. It would be kind of fun to get a hands-on experience of Japanese culture and to compare how different our life is compared to theirs. Who knows.....I just might find that their school is actually challenging." Yolei says with a chuckle.
"Oh yes. Oh the almighty smart Yolei must complain that this school is just too easy for 'the smart one'." Minako says with a giggle.
"Well, I'm surprised you don't complain because you're second rank of the entire ninth grade." Yolei commented, "Besides I didn't say I was the smartest or 'the smart one'.
"Yah, but you sure are acting like it......oh their school might actually be challenging...." Minako mimicked.
"Whatever...." Yolei says," How are the funds for the Computer Club doing?"
"Ummm.....good, but we need a new fundraiser, to raise funds to buy a new modem for the computers." Minako explains.
"Okay, I'll think about some new fundraisers." Yolei sighs. 'Hmmm....if I go to this school in Japan, I might be able to take advanced classes I couldn't normally take here. Maybe Ken was right, I should apply for this program.'
"Hey Yolei! Are you just going to sit and read that magazine or are ya going to actually get on your computer?" Minako asked giggling.
"Yah, I am." Yolei answered putting the magazine down and flipping on a computer. 'Hmmm....I wonder if that guy will be in the anime chat room again....' Yolei signed on the internet and went onto Yahoo chat. She went into the anime chat room looking for someone with the screen name of 'Kabuterimon_dude'. She found him and clicked to send him an instant message. (A/N: I am going to type the actual conversation....oh yah can ya guess who the "online guy" is? ^_^)
Hawkmon4me: Hey. Do you remember me?
Kabuterimon_dude: Yah. We chatted yesterday. I had fun, did you?
Hawkmon4me: Yah. I don't know anyone else who likes Digimon: The Pocket Monsters. All my friends think its stupid, but I know better. (A/N: This Digimon has no connection with the Digimon characters I am using. I just made up an anime that is called Digimon with Kabuterimon and Hawkmon. No connection with Digimon: Digital Monsters or the anime owned by Toei!! BTW, did I tell you I don't own Digimon, just thought I'd remind you in case you forgot. ^_-)
Kabuterimon_dude: I know. I have some friends in Japan that think Digimon is stupid, but it is really sugoi [cool]! Everyone else is just too stupid to understand Digimon.
Hawkmon4me: Yah. Hey, you live in Japan? I might become an exchange student there. My school has a foreign exchange and my boyfriend recommended I apply. I think I might actually qualify to go to Japan. School in the US is so boring. I have nothing to do because all my classes are really easy and I am bored to death everyday. I need my brain to be challenged once in awhile.
Kabuterimon_dude: What classes are you taking?
Hawkmon4me: Umm.....AP Chem, Trigonometry, AP US History, AP Lit, AP Japanese, and PE.
Kabuterimon_dude: Hmm.... 4 AP classes, not bad. Gomen [Sorry] that your classes aren't challenging enough. It might be good for you to come to Japan. We've probably got classes that you've always dreamed of. I take semi-hard classes myself. I'm taking AP Calculus, AP Government/AP Economics, AP English (A/N: As in the actual English language not the academic subject.), AP Art History, and AP British Literature. We don't have PE.
Hawkmon4me: Oh, well you're lucky. Our school makes us have mandatory PE for our wonderful Freshman and Sophomore years. I have to suffer through PE and let me tell you, its not fun. My baka [stupid/idiot] PE teacher makes us run a mile every day. ARGH. The pain and awfulness of it all.
Kabuterimon_dude: Hey, what grade are you in?
Hawkmon4me: I'm in ninth. What about you?
Kabuterimon_dude: Tenth.
Hawkmon4me: Sometimes I wish that I could actually have stayed in Japan...
Kabuterimon_dude: Nani [What] are you talking about?
Hawkmon4me: I was born in Japan, but my family moved to the US after I was born, they wanted to start the US branch of their supermarket chain... Have you heard of it? It's called Inoue Supermarket --We have the cheapest American and Japanese food there is around the world! We also serve you with a smile and joyful attitude! ^_^ (That's their slogan....pretty long slogan, huh Kabuterimon_dude?)
Kabuterimon_dude: Yah I know of that store, my okasan shops there for groceries all the time. Your family owns that Supermarket chain? Yah, that is their slogan and yah it is really long for a slogan.
Hawkmon4me: Hai, guilty. My oba, oji, obachan, and ojiichan [Aunt, Uncle, Grandma, and Grandpa] are keeping the stores in our Japanese branch, as my otousan [father] says, alive and kicking....
Kabuterimon_dude: Have you been back to Japan since then?
Hawkmon4me: Iie [No] I haven't. I was thinking if I get accepted into this exchange program, my boyfriend thinks I'm a shoe-in, I can live with my obachan and ojiichan because they live close near Odaiba high. I can also help them at the supermarket and see how the business is running in Japan, then report back to my otousan.
Kabuterimon_dude: You mean the old Inoue couple? Geez, you must be pretty rich because their house is HUGE!
Hawkmon4me: Nah, their house is nothing. My house in the US is way bigger. My okasan has shown me pics of my grandparents' house. I think it's actually pretty small compared to our house, but let's not talk about how rich someone is....ne [okay/is that right]?
Kabuterimon_dude: Sure. I forgot to tell ya, I go to Odaiba high. I'm the president of the Computer Club....did I already tell you that?
Hawkmon4me: No you didn't tell me that....and NO WAY!!!
Kabuterimon_dude: Yes way.
Hawkmon4me: OMG! I'm the president of our Computer Club too! Is that or coincidence or what?
Kabuterimon_dude: Hey, you have to promise to tell me if you're coming to Odaiba High because I wanna meet ya!
Hawkmon4me: Okay, sure! I'd love to meet a fellow Digimon fan! What's your email? I'll email you!
Kabuterimon_dude: It's: Kabu_Izzy_digi@yahoo.com What's yours?? (A/N: Now do you know who our "Mysterious Man" is? I hope so because I know ya'll aren't that dense! No offense to anyone! I'm pretty dense myself...he-he ^_^ I'll shut up now...)
Hawkmon4me: Miya_chan@hotmail.com Email me sometime! I promise to tell you about the exchange program thing.
Kabuterimon_dude: Well I g2g! Ja ne
Hawkmon4me: Sayonara! [Good Bye]
TO BE CONTINUED! What will happen with the foreign exchange program and what will happen with the meeting of Yolei and Kabuterimon_dude??????? Read Chapter 2 to find out! The rest of the Digimon crew will be in the next chapter or the chapter after that.