Disclaaaimer: Don't own Digimon, how about that? *laughs* but I do own Candymon, her digivolutions, the character Emily, and any other concept that involves GQ. The characters Katie and Bunnymon are owned by my best friend Keava.
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Well HOW about that???? I felt a little bad for taking my GQ xover series down, so as soon as I saw this nifty new chapter system they have on ff.net, I thought to myself- self! We're back in business! ^_^ And now I can still try to make it to 50 without the help of two stories with 16 parts each! Koolies ne? I decided to trash the introduction and the breaks with the author things. I don't think there was really anything of importance in them, so if you DO get lost on something in the fic, feel free to e-mail me at
StarWars_chick@hotmail.com and I'll be happy to enlighten you ^^; SO now I leave you to read the first fanfic I EVER wrote (on February 22nd, 2000 at…*checks properties* 10:10pm!) And I even spell checked and re-read all the parts for errors! It's kind of to celebrate one year anniversary of my fanfic writing. Go me! Go me! Ja ne! ~EmiliaOh one more thing… I wrote this RIGHT when I had started watching Digimon, so there's *shudder* Tai x Sora and Tk x Kari hinting….ick ick ick… well it's okay cause NOW I write mostly yaoi stuffage w/ the exception of Koushiro x Mimi stories, so ummm okay. I'll shut up now ^_^ Have fun! N Remember! Jyou is THE bishonen!!!
For My Joe
By Emilia
"Hey! Watch it!" Joe heard Matt's voice, but it was too late. He tripped over a rock and went flying, causing Gomamon to go flying even farther off his shoulder.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah!" There was a thud as Joe landed face first in a puddle of mud. There was another thud a Gomamon landed on top of Gabumon who landed on Agumon, whose tail hit Biyomon, who fell on Palmon, who hit Gatomon, who hit Tentamon. The only one who managed to avoid the pile up was Patomon who stayed out of reach on TK's head.
There was a dead silence for 1.5 seconds, and then Tai, Matt, and Izzy were on the ground rolling with laughter. "Di- did you see that?" Tears were streaming out of Tai's eyes "He was just walking along and then he was just all 'Aaaaaah!' and then Gomamon went flying and they all went 'boom!' one after the other like dominoes!"
"The unavoidable pendulum affect was hilarious." Izzy stood up and brushed the dust off of his precious laptop.
"Man, oh man!" Matt brushed himself off as tears streamed from his cheeks.
"Matt! Why are you crying?" TK rushed up to Matt with a look of concern that only the innocent posses.
"It's ok, kiddo. I was just laughing so hard at Joe that- oh! Sorry Joe!" Matt turned to see Joe who was standing up with the help of Sora and Mimi.
"You guys are so cruel!" Sora ranted. "Joe falls down and you act like you just watched a comedy marathon. I swear, sometimes I wonder if Mimi and I are the only mature ones in here!"
"I don't know Sora, Personally, I thought it was hilarious, especially when Agumon hit Biyomon. " Mimi giggled in her bubbly voice.
"Look at me! I'm Joe! 'What rock? Aaaaah!' " Joe sighed and turned his back away from the taunting boys as they took turns pretending to be him tripping and flying with Gomamon into Gabumon, which caused them all, even Sora, to laugh.
Gomamon, looked around anxiously. Where was Joe? He was about to tell Tai, who was closest to him, that Joe was gone. But then he noticed Joe's silhouette leaning against a tree, staring at the ground. It hurt him to see his friend looking sad, so he hopped over to where Joe was, in hopes of cheering him up.
A few leaves fluttered from the branches of the tree and lay themselves gently on Joe's blue hair. He didn't care. His thoughts were somewhere else for the time being and his appearance didn't seen to matter to him. He didn't care that the wind was so cold, he'd been forced to pull his socks up to his knees for warmth most of the time. He didn't care that his shorts were starting to ride-up from all the walking he'd done. He didn't care that his sweater-vest had a small tear in the back. He didn't care that this favorite watch was all beaten-up, waterlogged, and probably broken. He didn't care that his glasses were spotted with mud from his fall. In fact, for ,maybe, the first time since they'd gotten to the Digiworld, a tear or two trickled slowly down Joe's face, carving pathways through what was left of the mud.
Why me?
He closed his eyes and leaned his head back. If Tai or Matt had fallen down, they wouldn't be teasing them. They'd be going "Oh are you ok?" But no, not with me. Not even Sora or Mimi. They all act like I'm as old as TK or Kari. The next thing you know, Matt's going to wanna hold my hand while we're walking through the woods, and they'll always make me stay behind, even though I'm the oldest. And the stupid part is, if TK had fallen down, they'd be acting like he'd been attacked by a pack of rabid piranhas. And I'll bet Matt would treat him like an accident victim.Tai says that we all need to stick together in this group, and we're all in this battle together, but sometimes, I just feel so-
He stopped and opened his eyes.Tai was showing off his soccer moves to Sora and Kari who smiled and laughed with him. Matt was helping TK draw a picture of their old house in the dirt with a stick. Izzy was showing Mimi his latest email from Gennai, and his latest addition, a digital camera. Mimi smiled sweetly several times as Izzy took her picture and then showed it to her on his laptop.
Joe sighed again, then finished his sentence aloud. "Sometimes, I just feel so alone." He went limp against the tree and sat down on the ground, keeping his back against it.
"Aw don't feel alone Joe! I'll always be your friend and like you no matter what!" Gomamon hopped into Joe's lap and put his paws on his chest, hoping to see a change in his expression. No such luck.
"It's not you Gomamon. It just seems like everyone has a friend that they already had when we lived at home. Well, all except Izzy and Mimi. I have no idea how those two got together."
"I don't get it. You mean like how Mimi has Palmon and Izzy has Tentamon? But we all met here, not where you came from."
"No, no, no. I mean human friends. Tai has Kari and Sora; Matt has TK; Izzy has Mimi. Where does that leave me?" Joe dragged his index finger through the dirt, making an un-symmetrical heart, then dragging his hand over it to erase it all.
"But what's love got to do with it Joe?" Gomamon batted the leaves out of Joe's hair. He stopped and looked thoughtful for a second. "You feel lonely," He concluded. "Not physically, but mentally and spiritually. Funny. I'd never think of someone like you craving that kind of attention Joe. No offense."
Joe gave his digimon a "thanks a lot" look and closed his eyes again. Every body has someone that they love or care about! Kari and Sora love Tai, and Tai loves them. Matt loves TK because they're brothers. Izzy and Mimi just have a special relationship together. Joe drifted back to the night before when he'd woken up to see the shapes of Izzy and Mimi kissing against the light of the moon. He knew it was Mimi because of she was the only one who wore a huge pink hat. His first reaction was to feel happy for them, then he was hit again with the realization that he had no one.
At home, there had never been time to feel alone. He had to study and make sure he go into med.-school to be able to support himself. And then there was school, homework, fighting with Jim, running errands; it was a dull way to live, but someone had to do it. But now that he was out on his own, surrounded by nothing that was familiar, there was more than enough time for his emotions to catch up to him, and when they did, they burned him like a drop of water on a skillet. They all came rushing back to him as he dealt with the people around him.
Joe was suddenly brought back to reality by the sound of Izzy's voice shouting "hey you guys! You better come see the latest email I've received from Gennai!"
"Come on Joe!" Gomamon perched himself on Joe's shoulder and Joe wearily rejoined the others.
"I thought you might like to know," The animated image of Gennai paced back and forth across the screen, "That there is another child who is in the woods quite near you. I'm just letting you know right now that, unlike you children, her digimon, as well as herself have strong powers. But her digimon can only digivolve twice, meaning it goes straight from in-training, to rookie, to ultimate."
"So the new digi destined is a girl." Izzy commented.
"The new digi destined is a girl, just so you know, Sora, Kari, and Mimi, you'll have some company and the number of boys and girls should be evened out a bit."
"I wonder if he planned it like that?" Mimi whispered in Izzy's ear.
"I didn't plan it that way," Gennai continued, "And be sure to tell Gatomon that she should be pleased when she sees the 9th child's digimon. Over and out" The image of Gennai was gone and a stir went through everyone.
"Gatomon, do you know who Gennai was talking about?" questioned Kari.
"No," Gatomon shook her head. "Just about everything before Myotismon is blank."
Izzy replayed the message from Gennai and listened for the part he wanted to re-hear. "Her digimon as well as herself has strong powers. But her digimon can only digivolve twice, meaning it goes straight from-" Izzy stopped the message.
"This 9th child has powers? Incredible! I wonder if she, in any way, is related to Gennai or from another planet."
"I doubt it," Sora took off her helmet and smoothed back her hair. "Gennai said it was a 'her' and I don't think it's possible for him to be able to call an alien a girl."
An excitement jumped through everyone as they talked about what they thought the 9th child would be like. "I'll bet she's got guts! Especially since she's in the woods on her own." Tai twisted the edge of hit T-shirt into a knot in his anticipation.
"I hope she brought some make-up with her. I'm almost out" Mimi checked herself in her compact.
"I'll bet she's as smart as Gennai, especially since he spoke highly about her. And I'm still curious about her powers." Izzy tapped excitedly on his laptop.
"I hope she knows more about what's going on here than we do." Matt kicked the ground.
"I hope she brought some video games with her!" TK jumped up and down.
"I just hope she's ok out there until we meet up." Sora looked out into the woods. "What do you think Joe? Joe?"
"He's over there," Gomamon nodded towards Joe who was sitting at the base of the tree again, staring at the ground, "I'll get him"
Great, another person to ignore me. I wonder who's going to love her? Matt probably; Especially if TK likes her. And as usual, they'll all forget about me and that I don't have anyone. I wonder if this is how Einstein felt when everyone told him he was crazy for wondering what made the needle in his compass point north?
"Huh?" A shout from Gomamon brought him back. "Aaaah! What's that?""It's only Candymon, Joe. Don't be afraid. She's a good one!" Gomamon, who was soon joined by Augumon, Biyomon, Tentamon, Gabumon, Palmon, Patomon, and Gatomon, rushed over to greet a small, rainbow colored digimon who resembled a koala bear. Her green and blue eyes lit up when she saw Gatomon.
"Candymon!"
"Gatomon!" The two Digimon rushed to each other happily as the old friends were reunited. "Gatomon, what happened to you? You disappeared that day after we saw all the bats and then I find you here in the woods on a picnic with a bunch of….uhhhh what are they?" She waved her red, purple, and blue striped paw at the 8 digidestined.
"They're humans Candymon. The Digi Destined who are supposed to save the Digiworld from evil."
"Ya don't say? I found a thing like that yesterday while I was eating. Fell right out of the sky into my tree and made me choke on my sugar-leaves. Scared the bejabbers out of me, so I said 'Looky here Emily! You can't go falling out of the sky when I'm eating! It could give me heartburn!'"
"You knew her name?" Matt asked in shock.
"Uh huh. It just popped into my head when I saw her. Great 'person' (I guess that's what they're called)."
"Uh, excuse me," Izzy stepped forward, "Does Emily have one of these?" He held out his digivice.
"Yeah. She said that it- Oh I can't remember! Why don't you ask her? I can go get her!"
"Wait a second!" Kari's voice grew excited, "Candymon knows Gatomon! Candymon knew Emily's name when she saw her for the first time! Emily has a digivice! That means-"
"Emily's the 9th child!" Everyone yelled.
"Can you go bring her to us please?" Tentamon asked.
"I'll try, but it's getting dark. I might get lost on the way back."
" Stay with us until morning then!" Sora suggested.
"Sorry, but I can't leave Emily by herself. She was totally afraid her first night. She tried to throw some kind of shiny leaf or something at me. That is, after she transformed."
"Transformed?"
"Oh yeah! She jumped back, pulled a thing out of her bag and yelled out 'Star Wars!' Then there was this flash and she was wearing this whole new outfit. She grabbed a leaf, held it really tight, and it changed color and shape. Then she threw it at me. I caught it and tried to eat it; tasted horrible!
"So then I said 'Cut it out Emily! You shouldn't throw things like that at people!' and she stopped. After I calmed her down, she took off this mask thing she had on and she changed back to normal, if that's what she's supposed to be like."
"Hmmm," Izzy was quiet for a second, then said, "The best thing for us to do is send someone to go with Candymon to get Emily. That way, they can help Candymon get back and not get lost."
"That makes sense," Sora turned to everyone, "Who wants to go with Candymon to go get Emily?"
"Oh! Me!"
"No! Me!" Tai and Matt argued. Each of them wanted to desperately meet this new digi destined. "I wanna go!" Matt shoved Tai.
"No! Me!" Tai shoved Matt backwards. The scuffled for a few seconds, then Sora broke them up.
"I'll go." They all turned to see Joe, still sitting under his tree, raising his hand.
"Yeah Sora! Let Joe go! We haven't gotten to do anything fun like that in a while!"
"Oh ok. Joe, you and Gomamon go with Candymon to get Emily. If it gets too dark before you get there, turn back."
"Gulp! Ok Sora. You got it!" Joe stood up and dusted off the seat of his pants. He picked up his bag that he always carried and then helped Gomamon perch himself on his shoulder.
"Ok Candymon," Gomamon called from Joe's shoulder, "Show us where to go!"