Rika was aimlessly walking down the street, having decided that she needed some time away from her overbearing mother.

Now, while she and her mother have begun working on repairing their relationship ever since what happened two months ago, there are still points where Rika felt that she needed some alone time.

So, as she continued walking, she was lost in thought, wondering what she could do since no Digimon have appeared since the one that Henry and Terriermon took out.

Stopping for a moment, she looked towards the right and suddenly noticed that her reflection was showing through the window of a store that she was standing next to.

Thankfully, none of the people inside the store were looking towards her, which gave her a few seconds to study herself in the window, and she huffed when she realized that her hair was still down.

Despite really wanting to make an effort to make her mom happy, she never really liked wearing her hair down. She never really wanted to admit it in public, but she was always a bit of a tomboy. So, after pulling a hairband out of her pocket, she grabbed her hair and pulled it tight, letting it stick up in her usual hairstyle as she wrapped the hairband around her ponytail.

Satisfied with the way her hair looked, she moved on, deciding that she could use some fresh air at the park. However, before she could really get too far, Renamon suddenly appeared out of thin air behind her.

"Something up, Renamon?" she asked, turning towards her partner as she continued walking.

Renamon paused for a moment before answering.

"No, everything's fine Rika. I did run into Impmon, though."

Rika stopped in her tracks. Despite having a feeling that the mischievous Digimon might have showed up alongside everyone else's Digimon, it still pleasantly surprised her to see him show up again.

"Really? Was he causing trouble like always?"

"Surprisingly no. I suppose that what must have happened last time must have really changed him for the better. He was quite jumpy, though."

Rika opened her mouth to reply before soon realizing that Renamon's comment about Impmon being jumpy made her curious.

"Jumpy? How can a loudmouth like Impmon be so jumpy?"

"I did nearly end up getting singed by one of his flame attacks when I snuck up on him. He wouldn't tell me when I tried to ask him about it, though."

Although Rika was slightly disappointed that Renamon didn't have any answers about what was with Impmon, she hoped that there at least wasn't any ill intent.

"Well…how would you feel about keeping an eye on Impmon? I'm pretty sure he's not really up to something, but it wouldn't hurt to see what's got him so riled up."

Renamon paused for a moment, slightly caught off guard by Rika's suggestion.

"I'm not sure how much I'll be able to get from just watching him, but if that's what you want me to do, I'll do it."

"I'm not forcing you to do it, Renamon. It's your choice. If you don't want to do it, we can always wait until he's ready to tell us."

Renamon paused once more, surprised to see Rika acting like this.

"Thank you for giving me the option, Rika. I'm surprised, though. You're not normally like this all the time."

"I guess I'm just in a good mood today. By the way, I'm heading over to the park. Interested in joining me?"

"Um…okay. I'd be glad to."

Although Renamon was interested to see why Rika was in such a good mood today, she decided to push that thought to the back of her mind and just enjoy the time that they're spending together.


Unfortunately, just before they were able to actually get to the park, Rika and Renamon ended up running into Kazu and Kenta, who were heading in the other direction with Guardromon and MarineAngemon.

"Hey…Rika. How's it going?" asked Kenta timidly.

Renamon looked over towards her partner, curious to see how she would take this interruption in their plans.

While she did look annoyed, she remained cool and collected.

"I'm fine. Now can you please move? Renamon and I have to go somewhere."

Rika attempted to shove her way through Kazu and Kenta, but before she could, Kazu blocked her path.

"Now hold on! Kenta and I have barely gotten any information about what was going on since that breach happened, and we're tired of being kept in the dark. So, we're not moving until we get some answers!"

Kazu looked at Rika, expecting her to start telling him what was going on, but to the surprise of no one outside of him and Kenta, Rika looked like she was about to punch him.

However, before she could go through with it, Renamon decided that she needed to step in.

"Rika, it might be in our best interests just to let them know about what's going on. They're just as much in this mess as you, Takato and Henry."

Rika looked over at her partner annoyed, but she soon realized that with Kazu refusing to move, she didn't really have much of a choice. Sighing, she looked up towards Renamon.

"Fine. If it'll get rid of these knuckleheads, I'll do it."

Even though neither Kazu nor Kenta liked being labeled as knuckleheads, they remained silent, not wanting to anger Rika any more.

"Here's the short version. We haven't heard anything from Yamaki about closing the breach, so there's nothing we can do about it. So far, there's only been two Digimon who have managed to bio-emerge into our world, but thankfully Takato and Henry have already taken care of those two. We don't know when or where the next one will come out, but I expect you two to be ready to fight if either of you are close to it. You got that?"

"That wasn't very short, Rika." pointed out Kenta, earning a glare from Rika.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing. Nothing at all."

Kenta was desperately trying to hope that Rika would forget his stupid comment, but initially it looked like Rika was about to chew him out. However, instead of doing so, Rika sighed, calming herself down.

"Can I go now? I've told you guys all that we know right now, and Renamon and I would really like to get to the park."

Kazu and Kenta traded looks after Rika's mentioning about 'going to the park', which caused the redhead to look at them weirdly, wondering what exactly was going on in their heads.

However, instead of making a comment about it, Kazu and Kenta simply positioned themselves near the sides of the sidewalk they were on, leaving an opening for them. At least it would be an opening if Guardromon wasn't standing in the middle of it, looking confused.

"Guardromon, move over! We're letting them through!"

Guardromon jumped when he heard Kazu's voice.

"Oh! Sorry, Kazu. My mistake."

Guardromon immediately shuffled off to the side of the sidewalk, leaving the route open.

Rika and Renamon didn't immediately go through said route, though, as Rika was too busy looking at Kazu and Kenta in confusion as the two of them looked incredibly proud for letting Rika through.

"You guys are so weird."

Shaking her head, she made her way through the opening, ignoring the glares that she was getting from the two boys.

As her and Renamon finally passed between Kazu and Kenta, MarineAngemon floated in front of Kenta and gave him a look.

"I know, MarineAngemon. Rika just has her moments sometimes, I suppose."

"Come on, Kenta. Let's go." said Kazu as he began walking away.

Caught off guard, it took Kenta a few seconds to start following behind Kazu and Guardromon, forcing MarineAngemon to rush to keep up.


Finally, after what seemed like forever after their run in with Kazu and Kenta, Rika and Renamon eventually made it to the park.

"So, what did you want to do here, Rika?" asked Renamon as they walked through the park.

Rika gave her answer some thought, as she didn't want to appear flippant to her partner and make her think that this trip wasn't so special.

"How about we just spend some time walking? I've heard it's a good way to relieve stress, and I'm sure that we could both use it."

Renamon silently agreed, noting the run-in as well as the entire breach situation as possible causes for stress.

The two of them began walking, both of them trying their best to keep their minds off of the breach that was still in the sky somewhere, but unfortunately the constant worry that a Digimon was going to pop up at any moment made it difficult for them to relax.

Sighing, Rika flopped down onto a nearby bench.

"This isn't working! Here I was thinking that a nice walk would help relax us, but all I can think about is where the next Digimon is going to bio-emerge!"

Renamon sat down on the bench next to her, thinking about what she could say to help.

"Rika, I…I understand what you must be going through trying to deal with this issue that we're facing, but there's no need to panic. We've dealt with this before, and I'm sure that we'll deal with this again."

Rika opened her mouth like she was about ready to argue Renamon's point, but then she soon realized that her partner was right. Sighing, she closed her eyes for a moment before looking over at Renamon.

"You're right, Renamon. I shouldn't be acting like this. We just have to remain calm and focus on the task ahead of us, and then we'll be fine."

"Yes, I would have to agree that would be the best course of action."

Rika stood up from her spot on the bench, a newly determined look on her face as she looked forward.

"I'm gonna head back home. Are you coming?"

Renamon was slightly surprised to hear what her next course of action was considering the look on her face made it seem like she was going to march off and take on the next Digimon herself.

"Right behind you, Rika." she said as she stood up next to her.

The two of them soon began making their way back towards Rika's house. As they were walking, Rika couldn't help but hope that things would continue to go as smoothly as it has went so far.