After Sora's small 'speech' everyone found a place to go to. Matt and Tai were wandering around somewhere. Joe and Izzy were talking about technology and how the world would be a better place, while Mimi and Sora took a walk around the pond watching the beautiful lilies and how the light played along the water. Mimi occupied herself by admiring the view, while Sora thought of a way to pop up a question or start a conversation. Finally, after some time, Sora broke the silence…
"Mimi…" She started, the pink haired girl stopped and turned around to meet her friend's eyes. "I was just going to ask you. Umm…Do you still have feelings for Joe?"
Mimi almost fell back laughing at this point. Her? Love…Joe? What was her friend on, crack? Sora raised an eyebrow wondering what was wrong with the question. Eventually, Mimi calmed down and let out a long sigh. "Well, I did have feelings for Joe…Remember when I left you guys back in our first visit to the Digital World and he followed to take care of me. That was the point. But then, after we came back, he started to send love letters and e-mails and hearts and all that stuff, it drove me crazy and I stopped liking him. Besides, Izzy's cute and he really cares for me as a second wife."
Sora became confused, second wife? "Huh? You're married?" She asked.
Mimi laughed, "No! That wasn't what I meant! Gah! I'll just tell you later. Let's talk about you Sora, how many guys have asked you out until now?" She said.
Sora shook her head. "None." She answered. Mimi frowned.
"Huh? How come?" She asked.
Sora shrugged. "I don't know."
"Is there a special someone in your heart then?" Sora sighed and nodded. Mimi got all excited, "Tell me then!" She pleaded.
Sora let another long sigh and whispered, "Tai…and…Matt."
Mimi's eyes grew wide, she knew that her friend had strong feelings for the two boys, (mostly Matt *sticks out tongue at all those Mimato and Taiora fans*) but she thought that she had gotten over them. "But…you know that Tai and Matt are…you know…right?"
Sora nodded, "It's just that, I've been depressed ever since. All of you guys got a special someone to care about, and all I get is no one and depression!" She said, throwing her arms in the air when saying the last sentence.
Mimi looked thoughtful for sometime, well, there was someone here who didn't have a sweetheart, and he REALLY needed one… "You know Sora, Joe IS single…"
Sora looked at her friend in a strange way, "No way! Joe?" She said.
Mimi shrugged, "He did change you know, he's not hysterical anymore."
"Yeah right," Sora said trying her best not to roll her eyes, "And he didn't just yell back there."
Mimi just giggled, "Oh come on Sora! He was only mad at Tai. Didn't you hear
Izzy say 'you're beginning to sound like your old self again?' huh??"
Sora nodded, "Well, I guess. But I have absolutely NO feelings for Joe other than friendship. And 'him and me' is just…weird. Don't you think so?"
Mimi nodded her head in agreement, "Yeah, I mean it's like saying Matt and I are destined to be together (*sticks out tongue at other Mimato fans*) if you know what I mean…"
Sora giggled, "Yeah, I know what you mean."
"Hey, let's go back. I think we've been wandering around for too long. And besides, you have NO idea what Izzy and Joe would be doing."
Sora chuckled, "Yeah, with those two together they might even destroy the world."
Mimi punched Sora in the arm playfully as they started back, "Hey! They're only discussing technology!"
Sora rolled her eyes playfully, "Yeah right."
And the two just giggled.
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While we were walking back to camp (if you can call it camp that is), I started thinking of the possibility of me going out with Joe, and the outcome was nothing but a blank page. I mean, how could I POSSIBLY fall on love with Joe?"
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"What? Are you saying that computers are evil!?"
"I'm not saying that Izzy, I'm just saying that the world would be a better place without them. I mean, I was THIS close to committing suicide because of my computer."
"Yeah, whatever."
Sora and Mimi looked at each other with confused looks all over their faces and then hurried to where the voices came from. They saw both Joe and Izzy standing up, fists raised as if about to fight, and Matt with Tai at the opposite side of the two girls chuckling madly.
"Hey! Slow down Izzy!" Mimi said as she gently took Izzy's hand and placed it down. "Whatever it is that Joe said that upset you was probably just an opinion. So RESPECT!"
Joe rolled his eyes and calmly let his hands fall back to his sides, he turned away from Izzy and looked at Sora, who happened to be staring at him oddly, he flashed her a smile and walked away. Sora followed him.
When everyone was sure they were gone, Mimi spoke. "What the hell was THAT all about?" She yelled.
Matt and Tai came closer. "Well, they were about to start Word War III." Matt jokes. Izzy glared at him, Matt raised his arms in surrender. "Kidding!"
Tai smacked Izzy on the back playfully, "Come on old buddy! Computers are only machines; remember that." He said, Izzy nodded and sighed. "And don't go on picking fights with Joe, he's not who he used to be."
Mimi nodded, "Yeah, ever since we arrived here he started being kind of creepy, and what scares me the most is that he's always calm with Sora."
Matt rubbed his chin and so did Izzy. "I think it has to do with Sora being heart broken the same as him, Mimi." Matt said, eyeing Mimi closely. Mimi only glared at Matt. Tai got in the picture.
"Don't get into a fight again you two. We came here for a vacation, so let's ENJOY our time. All right guys?" He said. He was answered by several groans and sighs regret. "Hey! It's not MY fault that we're here."
"It was your idea." Hissed Matt in his ear. Tai glared at him.
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I had no idea what was going through my mind when I ran after Joe that day, maybe it was his unusual charming smile that he gave me before he left? Or was it how calm he was when Mimi calmed Izzy down? Or was it just because I didn't want him to be alone because of how worried I'd be if I didn't go after him? But at that moment, I really didn't care much, I just wanted to reach Joe and see what was going through his mind. He was acting weird ever since the beginning of this new 'vacation'.
But when he smiled at me back there, it wasn't just any smile. It was full of warmth, it wasn't just to smile away his problems, and he really MEANT that smile. I could feel it. That smile was full of…love and affection. Joe…loved me?
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"Joe?" Asked Sora as she finally caught up with Joe. Of course it was too late, Joe had finally reached another place, which happened to be another side of the pond with the beautiful purple lilies. Amazingly enough, they were here for the last eighteen hours and there was no sign of sun coming up, but it didn't matter, the fire flies lighted the place and made it more beautiful. Joe was sitting under one tree, and when he heard Sora say his name he immediately looked up and smiled at her, the same smile he gave her two times that day. Sora felt her heart beat faster for a reason she didn't know, and it didn't help when he came close to her.
"Hi Sora." He said, the smile never leaving his face. Sora could've sworn she saw a pink bunny somewhere so she raised an eyebrow and looked beyond Joe. Joe, sensing something was wrong left the smile and looked behind his shoulder to see what was it that was bothering Sora. Sora was a bit disappointed that he wasn't smiling anymore. "Is something wrong?" He asked.
Sora shook her head, not that he actually saw her shaking her head but because she had a habit of shaking her head when she said no. "No Joe, nothing's wrong. I just came to see if you needed company or at least someone to help you." She said as she forced a smile.
Joe frowned. "Oh…" He said and looked back at her, as soon as he did so, the smile came back to his lips and he leaned even closer to the other girl and put his arms around her waist. Under his glasses, Sora could see something in his eyes…happiness? Bliss? Pleasure?
She could only stare at him as her heart thumped harder and faster in her chest and her eyes were almost glued to Joe's.
After a few minutes of staring, Joe pulled her closer to him and closed his eyes as his lips came in contact with Sora's.
Sora did the same, but just as she closed her eyes, she opened them again. She swore there were pink bunnies behind Joe!
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" Just as Joe's lips brushed against
Sora's, a scream interrupted them and they let go.
"What was that?" Joe asked, in his now normal calm voice.
Sora took a few deep breathes before answering. "Probably Mimi," She said.
Joe grinned and took Sora in his arms again, "If it's Mimi, than we don't have to worry. It's probably just a spider." Sora laughed a bit an image of a pink bunny behind Joe appearing again. The grin of Joe's face left though. "But if it was a Black Widow…" Sora let out a long sigh; something's never change, do they?
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" They heard another scream; this time they recognized it as Izzy's. Joe quickly let go of Sora and ran off to the source of the voice leaving the other girl staring at nothing in particular as if in a trance. Finally, she got back to her senses and followed Joe.
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Damn those pink bunnies! They appear a lot.
Anyway, when Joe had his arms around my waist and was staring at me, I was completely lost in his eyes and warming smile. For some reason, I felt all warm and stuff in side. I've never felt like that before. Was he going to kiss me? Darn! What am I thinking? This is JOE for crying out loud! Joe!
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When Sora finally caught up with Joe, they saw both Matt and Tai at the opposite side of them looking just as confused and worried as they are, and right in front of them what looked like…
"Dokugumon!" Joe yelled. Sora became worried, they didn't have their Digimon; how will they ever fight that.
"Guys! Stop staring and help us here!" Mimi shrieked.
"We have no Digimon! How are we SUPPOSED to fight that thing?!" Matt yelled back.
"You don't have to! Just talk to him!" Izzy yelled.
Sora thought for a moment, talk to him? How are we supposed to do that? And without any warning, she came face to face with the Digimon. She could here Joe call after her to step back, but she didn't. She had to talk to him…some how.
The Dokugumon's eyes started to glow, one by one.
"Look out Sora! It's going to attack!" Screamed Izzy.
Sora closed her eyes and so did Mimi, please, don't hurt us. Whatever we did to upset you, we didn't mean it. Please do hurt us. Please.
Matt, Tai, Joe, and Izzy stared at disbelief at what the two girls did. The Dokugumon just turned its back on them and went away. Joe immediately ran to Sora's side, Matt and Tai right behind him, while Izzy took Mimi in his arms.
"What the heck did you do just about a minute ago?" He asked
Sora.
Sora shrugged, she opened her mouth to talk but it was Mimi who spoke. "We have
no idea! It just seemed that the Digimon didn't really want to fight. And when
Sora came to confront that thing, I thought I might as well help her. And we
did!"
Sora blushed, "I think it was all Mimi's doing. She's the one with the Sincerity, I'm just stuck with Love."
Tai smacked her on the back playfully, "Nah! You were BOTH amazing, Izzy should thank you."
Izzy blushed and rubbed the back of his head, "I think I already did that." Mimi giggled.
"Anyway," Matt said and yawned, "I really think we should set up our tents in here. I have some in the car. Tai, Izzy, Joe, would you care to help?"
The three guys nodded and went followed Matt to the car to bring some things. They had no idea how they'll go back home, but they'll wait until the portal closed. Hopefully, Davis and the others will open the portal for them and they could just leave.
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I had no idea how Mimi and I did that, but something in side of me told me that that wasn't the only thing that was going to attack us. I hope this bad feeling is wrong; I'd hate to fight those Digimon with no Digimon to begin with!
Anyway, when Matt and the other guys went to get the things from the car, Joe turned to me, flashed me another one of his smiled and then followed the others. It was weird, really weird. And I kept seeing the pink bunnies!
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Author's Note:
Woo hoo! Chapter two finally up! What do you think? Is it too sappy? Sorry about the pink bunnies, I couldn't resist.
So, whatCHA think? Is it good? Shall I continue? Review please. ^_~
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