AN: New chapter! Glad to see people are reading, hope you're enjoying even if you're not reviewing. That's up to you. But please feel free to express your opinions if you have any. Gives me reason to keep putting this out to you guys. Was a lot of stuff I wanted to say in this one and again it's hard to know exactly how and what to say. So here's hoping you'll be able to understand at least some of it.

Chapter 2: School and Shocks

For all their faults (and she knew there were plenty) Renamon found herself to be one of the first who would say that when it came down to it humans were surprisingly resiliant. This she found was most readily apparent to her as she waited for her charge later that afternoon. From her usual perch on the school roof she had quite the view of the still recovering city around her.

A lot of the time anything odd could be written off as not happening or even delusional if it was that out there. That had been the case when the various reports of monsters appearing all over Tokyo. A drug trip, stress, tricks of the light, people weren't willing to believe the outlandish reports no matter how often they popped up, and Hypnos had been more than happy to encourage that. But as the monster sightings became more frequent and destructive it became clear something was going on. And became downright undeniable once the Devas appeared. People just weren't going to forget a giant pig destroying a good portion of downtown. Those few months had been trying, Renamon couldn't begin to imagine how much Yamaki had been dealing with. But he'd reassured them he had it covered. It would probably take years but he'd get it swept under the rug.

Then the D-Reaper happened. Monsters are one thing but gigantic pink blobs threatening to erase the world is an entirely different thing.

It seemed like only seconds after the Tamers had barely saved their Digimon from being sucked back to the Digital World that the press had swarmed them. Who were they? What were they? How the heck had they done it? What the heck had they done?

So started the questions, and the questions for the questions. Everyone wanted to hear it. Yamaki held a press conference for the media, but made it quite clear that none of them would get access to the kids unless they had permission from their parents and the team of lawyers Yamaki had ready for that very moment. Though the attention was nerve wracking, Renamon felt Rika and her friends took it better than expected. They had a story and felt everyone needed to know.

But the government weren't as easy to keep at bay, they demanded to know what the hell had happened and had loopholes for whatever loopholes Yamaki tried pulling. The media were annoying but the feds who were interrogating were almost worse. Every action had to be explained and in as much detail as the Tamers could give. Takato's creating Guilmon was a shock, and they had been dropping more than a few hints that they would be exploring doing the same; much to the Tamers' worry.

Renamon couldn't help but shake her head at the memories, it had taken a lot to get her friends back to a semi-normal life; free from the feds and just occasionally harassed by paparazzi. Yamaki and the lawyers had argued for hours against keeping them all locked up in quarintine. Especially after one reasearcher had made the stupid comment of keeping Jeri as a test subject due to her close involvement with the D-Reaper. It was one of the few times she'd ever seen Takato so enraged.

Renamon was brought of her thoughts as below her perch the dismissal bell rang, signaling the end of the school day. Standing she stretched, before leaping to stand on the railing, surveying the crowd that had started streaming out of the front doors. She was content for several minutes watching the kids, before some noticed her above them and started pointing. Smiling at the awestruck comments she caught, she made a show of flipping off the railing and spinning several times before to a stop on a tree on the edge of the playground, she nodded to Rika as the Tamer approached, rolling her eyes.

"Showing off are we?" Rika teased. Renamon shrugged.

"Occasionally." Rika shook her head, heading for the main gate, Renamon following.

"Ugh that blasted test." Rika grumbled. "I better have a use for every stupid question one day. Otherwise there's no point in remembering all of that-"

I wanna be the very best, liike no one ever was... surprised, Rika dug in her pocket for her cellphone, sighing as she answered it. "Yeah what is it gogglehead?" Listening to the answer, she headed towards home, Renamon leaping upwards, deciding to minimize the attention her Tamer got on the street. While most had gotten used to seeing Renamon around now, both felt avoiding a possible panic was the better option. Several blocks later she saw Rika hanging up as they headed into the more wealthy section of Shinjuku.

"Gogglehead said Yamaki wants us to swing by there today. Apparently he has some request he wants to run by us. Hopefully it isn't another press conference."

Renamon chuckled as she landed on a wall and walked along parallel to her Tamer. "The last one wasn' that bad. You have to realize it by now."

Rika scowled. "Implying there's some sorid love triangle between me, Ryo and Takato isn't bad? Guy deserved to have me call him that and in front of the world! I"m 13!"

"You did go viral on YouTube." Renamon pointed out. Rika grumbled as they turned onto their home street.

"Whatever. Told Takato I was hanging out with Mom this afternoon anyways. Made him promise to tell Yamaki I wasn't doing another blasted press conference unless it's that reporter apologizing."

"Him apologizing after I hung him off the roof wasn't enough?" Rika smirked, only glancing briefly at the rather expensive black car parked by their gate.

"Is it ever? Mom, grandma I'm home!" The two paused while Rika removed her shoes in the entry hall, looking up as Seiko came out of the living room. "Hey grandma. Can you let Mom know I wanna raid the fridge before we leave? Lunch was horrid..." she trailed off at the strained look on Seiko's face. "W-what's wrong?"

Seiko took several moments before answering, unsure of how to start. "It's nothing. Dear. Well it's something. A rather big thing. We have a guest." Rika sighed exasperated, tossing her bag in the closet.

"Is it another idiot for an interview? I thought we had the cops make it clear they couldn't harass us anymore! We said all we wanted to!" Seiko shook her head, confusing the teen even more. "Then who?"

"It's..." she sighed again. "I think you'll just have to see for yourself and let them explain. Your mother's... already there." Rika tilted her head, definitely catching the forced pause there.

"Fine. But don't expect me to be so polite this time. They need to get the point and not expect us to go blabbing every time they get bored!" Seiko only sighed and moved aside as Rika started down the hall. But when they reached the sliding door to the sitting room, Seiko held a hand out to Renamon.

"Wait. I don't think we should have Remanon there yet." Rika looked back at them surpised.

"What? Seriously grandma, I won't let Renamon terrorize them this time. Unless they deserve it."

"I know dear, its just...I think this time should be just the family..." she quickly backed up at Rika's shocked expression. "Not that she isn't family Rika. But I think Renamon should stay out of it for now."

Renamon looked questioningly between them, unsure of how to proceed. Rika studied her grandma for several moments. "It's more than just a reporter isn't it?" she asked slowly.

"Rika if I say more I'm going to say something I'll regret." Seiko said, almost sounding desperate. "It's best I let the situation explain itself."

"Ok..." Rika said finally. If it was bad enough to worry her grandma this much then it had to be serious. "Renamon stay out here, I'll call if I need you." Renamon nodded and vanished into the shadows. "Here goes." Taking a deep breath she pushed the door open.

Grandma had definitely understated what was going on as Rika observed the scene in shock. There was the kotasu table in the center, facing the tv opposite the door. There was her mother, looking extremely pissed, arms crossed as she tried to look at anything but the room's other occupant. And then the one person she hadn't ever believed would be sitting there looking awkward as anyone could in the situation. The one person she didn't want to see there.

"Dad?!"

AN: Ok if it hadn't been obvious who would be there then you didn't read the story summary :P I may have drawn the drama out a bit too much but I just wasn't sure how to do it other than Rika and Renamon coming in to Seiko telling Renamon she couldn't be there. I felt showing Seiko wasn't happy was needed, but it was difficult how to get that across properly.

This is more an exposition chapter than I thought it would be but once I got going talking about the state of the world it got to the point that Rika's day in school wasn't as important compared to what was going on in Renamon's head. So I skipped over that. Enjoyed doing Renamon's POV, we'll get a few chapters there but I think Rika's head is where the fun is.

Next couple chapters will be mostly talking, there's a lot obviously that needs to be said between everyone and trust me, there's plenty that'll be said. And in not so pleasent ways. So please Read and Review, I'm always open to feedback from the populace. Up next, who's more angry, Rika or her mother? Find out in Chapter 3: Fences and Bridges Not Worth Being Mended. See ya soon!