Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ South Digimon Diaries ❯ Meeting new people ( Chapter 2 )

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South Digimon Diaries

The story of the Digi-Destined from Argentina.

By Persona

Notes from the author: This story is a fanfic, nowhere in Digimon 01 or 02 have

anyone ever mentioned the chosen from Argentina, still according to Toei, there

IS at least one Chosen in every country of the world, so this story COULD have

happened.

Second of all, english is my second language, but I think I'm good enough at it

so you'll understand this. The characters in this story will be talking in

spanish of course, except when stated otherwise. As far as I know, the only guy

in Digimon that spoke spanish had been Ken.

Third. The Argentinean version of Digimon 01 and 02 is a loyal translation from

the original Japanese (from what I know, the US version had many things cut out,

kanji erased and stuff like that) so if there is any difference from what you

saw, it was not my intention.

One more thing, I'm setting this up in the 'universe' created by Lord Archive

(after asking for his permission) known as Red Digivice Diaries and War Diaries

Adventures 03, if you whish to read it, you can find it at Fanfiction.net and

Mediaminer.org Lord Archive has helped me clear up some things regarding his

timeline so this fic would not contradict his.

Please keep in mind that Argentina is on the other side of the equator, so when

up there is summer down here is winter and vice versa.

Any other things that I think are worth explaining will be so at the end of the

story.

Well, with that settled, on with the story.

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Chapter two: Meeting new people

"I'm tired." Julia complained as she had been walking for hours now. Right now

they were inside some sort of strange looking forest.

She had been walking with David and Candmon, with Piyomon by her side for hours

now. The teenage boy seemed incapable of being tired, he hadn't slowed down, nor

said a single word since they walked.

It really frustrated Julia, making her forget that she had been here so long

that the hockey game must have already started. When she complained, David

didn't even turn to look at her, didn't answer her, he didn't even ask for her

to shut up from being so annoying (and Julia knew that she was annoying since

she was being annoying on purpose).

"Didn't you hear!? I said I'm tired! Can't we rest a while?" complained Julia.

David stopped, "Hmph... so weak, you are not fit to be a Digi-Destined."

Murmured David, loud enough for Julia to hear.

Before Julia could answer, David spoke again as he looked up at the sky. "Fine,

we'll rest here."

Julia sighed with relief as she sat down under the shadow of a tall tree,

Piyomon landing near her.

Julia turned her head to look at David, the boy sat down a few feet away from

her. He didn't look tired at all. Candmon sat next to him, and the two of them

seemed to be looking around for danger.

Julia then noticed for the first time the strange, almost angry looks that

Piyomon was giving David's Candmon.

"Piyomon? Is something wrong?" asked Julia.

"That Digi-Destined's partner..." said Piyomon.

"Huh? Candmon? What about him?" inquired Julia.

"Candmon are usually data type Digimon. But that Candmon is a viral type."

"Huh? 'Viral type', 'data type?' What do you mean?"

"There are three types of Digimon: Vaccine, Data, and Viral. I'm a Vaccine."

replied Piyomon. "Usually, Chosen children have Vaccine, or Data Digimon as

their partners."

"You mean it's not normal for a Chosen to have a viral type partner?" asked

Julia.

"Well, I suppose that there has to be at least some with a viral partner. But

that would be because their Digimon were supposed to be viral types. His Digimon

was supposed to be a data type, but it evolved into a viral type instead."

replied Piyomon.

"What are you saying Piyomon?"

"I don't think we should trust them. It may be a trick."

"Think what you want." that was David. Julia's and Piyomon's heads looked up in

surprise, they had been almost whispering! How did he manage to hear them!?

"If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead. I saved your life, if

there's anyone that shouldn't trust anyone, it should be me."

Julia was surprised, mostly because he had said so much to her all of a sudden.

Piyomon on the other hand, was outraged. "How can you say something like that?

Who do you think you are!?"

"I'll say whatever I want whenever I want, to whoever I want." replied David,

his face still expressionless.

Piyomon huffed and turned away.

As more time passed, Julia was more intrigued about David. "Where are we going?"

she asked. This time she didn't sound annoyed or frustrated. Doing her best

effort to get this boy to open up to her. She didn't really know what being a

Digi-Destined meant, but if she could go back home while being one, she was sure

that it would be fun. She guessed that David was the only Digi-Destined from

Argentina besides herself, and wanted to know as much as she could about being a

Digi-Destined.

"I told you, to the other monitor." replied David. He was looking at empty

space.

"We've been walking for a while now. Where is that monitor?" asked Julia, a

smile in her face as she completely ignored the fact that he wasn't even looking

at her.

"Just outside this forest. We'll be there in an hour or two." replied David.

"How long have you been a Digi-Destined?" asked Julia.

David looked at her, then turned back to look at empty space. "About three

years." he answered.

"Wow! That's a lot! I bet you did all sort of things didn't you?" asked Julia.

David didn't answer, he just stood up. "We've rested enough. Let's go."

Julia saw how David stood up and started to walk again, Candmon following him.

She stood up and followed him too, with Piyomon by her side.

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Just like David said, a couple of hours later they arrived at the end of the

forest, a small monitor was set just next to one of the outer trees.

"Is that it?" asked Julia.

David nodded.

"So, what do I do now?" asked Julia.

"Wait, before you go, you must promise me something." Said David with a serious

face, that being the first expression he made since meeting Julia.

Julia blinked in surprise, "What sort of promise?"

"When you go back to the real world, you must promise me to never come back

here." explained David.

"Now wait a minute!" said Piyomon before Julia could answer, "Julia is MY

partner! I'm HER Digimon! Not you, nor any other being can separate us now that

we are finally together!" said the bird Digimon with a feeling.

"Piyomon, please calm down." said Julia in a soothing tone, Piyomon was

surprised at how calm she was. "Why should I make that promise?"

"Look, I don't know why that old creep Gennai though that it was a good idea for

you to come here," said David, again talking more than the rest of the day

combined, "but with me is more than enough."

"You egomaniac bastard!" exclaimed Piyomon, "You think you and your though

attitude viral Candmon can say and do whatever you want?"

"Piyomon, please be quiet." said Julia, this time with a smile. "I'm sure he

didn't mean it that way, did you?"

David, for the first time in a LOOOONG time, felt uneasy. He hadn't seen a human

being for years now, and so had done his best to keep his emotions deep into

himself, but the way this girl talked was making it hard to accomplish.

"You do not need to sacrifice yourself to do this." replied David, as flatly as

he could, "With me is more than enough."

"Sacrifice? What do you mean?" asked Julia, curious.

"Look," again, David looked serious, and his voice had some amount of dread, "I

have seen things that you cannot even imagine, things that you haven't seen in

even your most feared nightmares. I have fought with things so powerful that

could destroy an entire city. I have felt pain so intense that would have made

the bravest of soldiers cry like babies. Believe me, you aren't missing

anything. Just go away and don't turn back."

David had said all of those things, which he considered true, so as to convince

Julia to go away forever. He had expected to scare Julia so much that she would

run away screaming. But Julia's reaction was WAY different than that.

Julia's features softened even more, into a caring expression. Her eyes turned

glassy in sadness, and she raised her hand to caress David's face. "Oh, you poor

thing, you must have suffered so much."

Julia's actions was making him feel uneasy, it was the first time in his life

that anyone treated him that way. Quickly, he pulled away from her.

"Enough of this!" David exclaimed, and pointed towards the monitor. "Just order

your D-3 to open a Digiport and you're out of here."

"My D-3? Oh yeah, you mean this right?" Julia grabbed the small light blue

electronic device attached to her skirt.

She walked towards the monitor, and paused. "What about Piyomon."

"Hmm? Is it okay if I stay here for now?" replied the pink bird Digimon, turning

her head from looking at David's Candmon.

Julia nodded, then looked at David, "So, are you coming too?"

David looked away, "No, I'll stay here... I'll always stay here."

Julia looked concerned, "Why, is it that your D-3 broke and you can't go back?"

"No, I just want to stay here." he replied.

"But what about your home, don't you want to go back home?" asked a concerned

Julia.

David turned around, his back facing Julia and Piyomon. "Home is where your

heart is, I have no heart, and so I have no home." with that, he walked away,

Candmon following him a second later, as always the viral Digimon hadn't said a

peep.

Julia watched him walk away. "I WILL come back you know!" she yelled.

David raised a hand in a dismissive manner, and answered without neither turning

around nor stopping. "Then I won't help you again."

Julia didn't answer, instead she looked at the monitor and did as David told

her. Soon the Digiport opened. "See you later Piyomon." she said with a smile.

Piyomon nodded, smiling too. "See you soon Julia."

With that, Julia was again in the real world.

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Julia's parents were worried sick when they found out that Julia never showed up

for that game. She had been in the Digital World for hours before she was able

to get back.

She never told her parents what happened since she didn't think it was a good

idea. Maybe in time, but not now.

She also found out that the SIC's female hockey team coach was VERY upset with

her for not showing up for the game, even more so because she was the captain.

They ended up suspending her from the team temporarily.

This actually frustrated Julia, since it hadn't been her fault in the first

place. Still, what was she supposed to use as an explanation? She had told

everyone that she had been with some friends before the game and lost track of

time.

Of course that said excuse earned Julia a long grounded period, so she was

currently in her room, the place she had been for the whole time after coming

home.

With nothing to do, Julia decided to try and find out more about her being one

of the Digi-Destined. So she turned on her old computer and started up her modem

to log into the net. Surely there was some page that talked about it, there were

pages in the internet about almost anything.

As soon as she had logged in, a computerized voice came from the computer's

speakers. 'You got mail.'

Julia downloaded her e-mail, guessing that it was just more junk mail. But was

surprised at what she saw in her Inbox.

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Message 1:

Date: 12 Dec 2002, 8:34 PM From: Gennai@!!!!!!!!!!! To: 9_SIC@supermail.com.ar

Subject: To Julia, *Important*

Julia, you don't know who I am, but I know who you are. My name is Gennai, I was

the one that 'called' you from that computer monitor just before you were

transported to the Digital World, the place where I, and all Digimon, live.

As you know by now, you and David are the Digi-Destined kids of Argentina. You

two were supposed to become Digi-Destined at the same time, but something

happened. Something that I did not prevent.

It all started three years ago, after the first coming of the Odaiba Chosen into

the Digital World. After they left, different kids around the world started to

become Chosen or Digi-Destined, and gained their Digimon partners.

You and David were supposed to meet your respective Digimon partner at that

time, three years ago. More precisely at late 1999. I'm not sure why it

happened, everything was completely screwed at the Digital World at that time by

many things out of my control.

At that time, both of you were in the teams of the sport club that you go to.

You were in the Hockey team and David was in the Rugby team. But for some

reason, you weren't there like you should have been, you were in the hospital

after breaking your arm while riding your bike.

And so, instead of both your Digimon going to you two, he was absorbed to where

his Digimon was. Alone in a world he did not know, at a young age, David's life

become a giant struggle for survival, especially since his partner was still in

baby stage.

I'm not sure what happened during that time, but when I finally found out in the

middle of 2000 that David was in the Digital World instead of in the real world

with his Digimon, and that you hadn't meet your partner, it was already too

late.

Something had already happened to David, something that changed him to the core.

It was as if his emotions had died. He refused to go back to the real world

after spending half a year in the Digital World, and has stayed there ever

since, for the last three years. Even after his Digivice transformed into a D-3,

allowing him to open a digiport to the real world, he never went back. Whatever

happened must have been something very bad, considering his Digimon evolved into

a viral type, and he's still able to control him.

Today I had finally been able to bring you too inside the Digital World, I would

have preferred if your Digimon had come to you instead, but it wasn't possible

at this time and considering what had happened.

If your Digimon is still in the Digital World, then please bring it back with

you to the real world as soon as you can. It'll be okay, Digimon can live in the

real world without any sort of problems. I have found out that it lets the

Chosen kids and their Digimon partners to become better aquatinted.

I'm not sure how, but I'm sure that something is going to happen soon, something

that will require that all Chosen in the real world to join forces. David is

incapable in doing that since he refuses to go back, which was one of the

reasons I had to find a way to redo the event of you becoming a Digi-Destined.

Gennai

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Julia read the e-mail, and took in all the information.

A mistake? Well, whatever it was, she was a Digi-Destined now, and so was David.

Tomorrow she would go back to the Digital World for Piyomon, and see David

again.

She couldn't help but feel guilty. It sounded like David had suffered a terrible

ordeal, and it was her fault... she remembered the accident that made her break

her arm while riding her bike, and it had been because of a foolishness of her

part.

Julia yawned and looked at her computer's clock. It was very late. She just

logged out of the net and turned the computer off.

Then she started to undress to get ready for bed.

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Meanwhile, in the Digital World.

David and Candmon were sleeping inside a log house that they had built a long

time ago to serve as David's home in the Digital World. It wasn't very big, but

it was big enough to fit their needs.

David was sleeping with his back against a wall, his knees up and his feet on

the floor. A position that would allow him to stand up if any danger woke him

up. The Digi-Destined boy was always alert, even in his sleep.

Candmon opened one eye, he had faked sleeping for a few hours now. He made sure

that David didn't wake up, and then walked out of the house. He needed to see

someone.

To be continued...

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Author's notes:

Why David decided to stay in the Digital World, and more details on his past

will be revealed in the next episode.

In case you didn't find out by reading this and the previous chapter, David was

born in 1986, and Julia was born in 1989. (David was in his late 12s when he was

absorbed by the Digital World and Julia was 10 when she first found her Digivice

in the hospital.)

In the next chapter, Piyomon has a long conversation with Candmon.

Persona

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And now for a little extra... PERSONA'S FUN FACTS ABOUT ARGENTINA!

Did you know that Argentina is one of the countries with the biggest sport

tradition in the world?

There isn't any sport that hasn't been played in Argentina, even sports that are

not popular outside their country or origin, like Australian Football or Sare.

That doesn't sound so impressive at first, but if we add that Argentina has been

World Champion in most of the sports that they practice here, or are one of the

top ten countries that practice them, if not the best then it does sound like a

big deal.

Some of the major sports in which an Argentinean became world champion at one

point in time are, Formula 1, Basketball, Boxing, Soccer, Field Hockey (female

team only), Polo, Tennis, Beach Volley... and the list goes on.

That is probably why there is a saying in the most important sports leagues of

Europe (mostly in Spain and Italy) that says: If you want to win, get an

Argentinean.

Strangely enough, Argentina hasn't won a gold medal in the Olympic Games for

over fifty years... go figure.

Edit: After the 2004 olimpics, Argentina won 2 gold medals. The above coment was written before that happened.