Author's Note: *wonders how many people are going to pounce on this story seeing it's up in the mainstream of fics again*
Okay so I got bored and I realised that I forgot to answer a few major questions, so I GUESS I'll post a few more chapters.

*BUT* If I don't get enough feedback on it, I WILL stop posting. I will *NOT* continue if people aren't reading it.

Alright, sit back, and enjoy.
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We were strangers starting out on a journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through.
Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you.

No-one told me I was going to find you.
Unexpected what you did to my heart.
When I lost hope, you were there to remind me
This is the start.

And life is road and I wanna keep goin'
Love is a river, I wanna keep flowin'
Life is a road, now and forever, wonderful journey.
I'll be there when the world stops turning.
I'll be there when the storm is through.
In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you.

---- At The Beginning - Richard Marx/Donna Lewis ----

Henry would have never guessed he would be in this position right now, or any other time in his life for that matter. There he was, sitting on the leather couch in the Nonaka livingroom. Suzy fast asleep on one side of him, Rika fast asleep on the other side, both girls clutching onto him.
He looked over at the clock on the wall. Three o'clock in the afternoon. His dad would be here any moment.
It had been a hard few days since Christmas, and it was probably the reason both the girls had fallen asleep so quickly. Rika's career had almost instantly taken a jump, and she had gone from city to city signing contracts and attending photo shoots. She was even starting to get more calls than her own mother, and she had been up until two in the morning the previous night doing one for a teen magazine.
Suzy on the other hand, wore herself out helping. With Rika on the road constantly, Rika's set of chores went undone, and to be a help around the house, Suzy had immediatly volunteered for the job. It ended up being a little more than she had thought.
He had just spent restless nights wondering about the situation with his father and the rest of his family. Despite his arguments, Rika had stayed up by his side, but he had to admit that didn't help it much.
He had so many questions, so few answers.
The doorbell rang, shaking Henry out of his thoughts, and immediatly Makino ran by, towards the front door. He listened intently as the sound of her highheels stopped clicking on the wooden floor of the hall, and the slight squeal of the hinges on the front door as she opened it.
A deep male voice which he recognised as his father's was heard, and she responded, and soon the sound of footsteps and the high-heels clicking filled the air, and Henry braced himself for the worst.
Janyuu and Makino continued to talk amongst themselves as they entered the room, shaking Rika and Suzy both out of their sound sleep.
"Daddy!!" Suzy squealed, sliding out from the safety of Henry's arm, and rushing behind the couch to where her father stood.
Rika's arm linked around one of Henry's, and she forced a smile in the direction of Henry's father.
Janyuu either didn't see, or just pretended not to as he fixed his attention completly on his small daughter, scooping her up in his arms. "Suzy!" he said almost in a laugh, then kissed her forehead.
Soon the small girl was put back down on the ground, and picked up once more by Makino.
Rika's mother turned to look at her daughter and Henry, gave a small smile, and held Suzy closer. "I'll take Suzy out shopping, I'm sure you have some things to talk about."
With that, she was gone, leaving the three people in the room together, an uneasy silence following soon after.
It had all happened so quickly. In a matter of five minutes, Henry's heart had gone from happy and content to being filled with that horrible sinking feeling as his father sat down in the chair across from them.
He seemed to be at a loss for words, much like the other two were, and they all stared at each other in the silence.
"Henry--" was all Janyuu got out before tears started brimming in his eyes. There across his son's face was a sort of hatred, hatred for him, no doubt. Henry's arm slipped out from Rika's grasp, and wrapped around her waist, holding her closer.
"Yes?" Henry asked simply, the hate still lingering on his face, and even in his voice as he spoke.
Janyuu looked at the auburn-haired girl attatched to his son, and took a deep breath. "Henry, do you think that Rika could leave the room?"
Rika sat up, ready to slip off the couch, but Henry's arms were there to stop her. "No, she can't. Anything you have to say can be said to both of us."
Even Rika looked slightly stunned as she leaned herself against Henry again.
"She's as much a part of this as I am, Dad." Henry explained in a rough tone, and Rika nodded in agreement slowly.
"Alright." Janyuu sighed, and then after taking another deep breath, he started the story he had hoped would never be told.
Henry's eyes grew wider with each passing moment. Janyuu told of the digimon project he had been working on with Yamaki ever since the digimon had gone back to their own world. He had tried for months to bridge the gap between the two worlds once more, and bring the tamers their digimon again, but his plan had soon backfired.
He spoke of the morning a week or two before Christmas where scans had shown that a single digimon had cut through to the real world, and at first his hopes had gone up. It could've been any digimon, any at all, but it wasn't the one he was hoping and praying it would be. Soon he and Yamaki both identified it as Icedevimon, back for his revenge on the tamers.
Rika's grasp became tighter around this part of the story, and Henry held her closer. Any talk of that horrible creature gave Rika the chills anymore, now was no exception.
Janyuu continued however, telling the two about how he had panicked, and thinking it was the right thing to do, had sent Henry and Suzy out on their own, hoping they would find a safe place to stay until the threat was over, hopefully at another tamer's house.
Janyuu suddenly became a little annoyed in his tone of voice when he focused his attention on Rika. "And they probably would've stayed safe if they didn't run into you."
Henry immediatly flew to his girlfriend's rescue, fire raging in his eyes at his father's words. "And if we hadn't run into her, she would probably be dead right now." he shot back, and Janyuu sighed once more.
Mr. Wong stood, and straightened out the thick beige jacket he wore. "You and your sister are going to have to come home soon, you can't stay here forever, Henry."
"Yes he can."
Janyuu looked down at a harsh-eyed Rika Nonaka, glaring at him for all she was worth. "He can stay here until the end of time if he wishes, you have no say in his life anymore."
Henry's hand slipped over Rika's, and he was about to start coaxing her to stop until she opened her mouth once more.
"What in God's name makes you think that he wants to go back now?! Sure, Suzy can go back, she's still a kid, but Henry's not just a kid anymore, Mr. Wong."
Janyuu just stared.
"Let him make his own frickin' decision!!"
Henry's attention focused onto his father, and then flew towards Makino standing in the doorway behind him.
"If he wishes to stay, Janyuu, he can. I have no problem with it. He's been a blessing to the family."
Janyuu whirled around to look at the young woman behind him, a neutural look on her face.
Rika stared emotionlessly at her mother, not beleiving the words she just heard. If she hadn't witnessed them being said, she would've never believed it.
"Suzy on the other hand will have to go back with you, of course. She is a child, after all."
Janyuu stood silent, running these thoughts through his head. His son, staying here with his girlfriend's family? It was almost unheard of! What would people think?
"Dad..."
Janyuu turned slightly as Henry stood up off the couch, and he suddenly realised how tall Henry had shot up after all. With all his time at the office he had missed Henry's sudden shoot of an entire foot, and Henry almost came eye to eye with his father now.
"I love Rika, I really do. There's no doubt in my mind that I'm going to spend the rest of my life with her anywa--"
"Henry you're just a child, you can't say you're going to spend the rest of your life with someone alrea--"
"--ys." Henry continued on, despite his father's interjection. "So what's the problem if I stay here? It'll teach me and Rika to get along through things and grow to love each other more."
"And you'll more than likely become a teen father before you ever marry." his father interjected again, and now Rika was up on her feet.
"That's probably true, Mr. Wong--"
Rika's mother's eyes grew wide at her words.
"-- but it won't matter. I'll have a family, it works for me."
Simple words, but Janyuu had to admit that Rika Nonaka had a bit of a point. Just a bit, not much.
Janyuu drew his jacket around him and started towards the front door.
"I'll call tonight, Makino." he stated before opening the door and walking out, a swift chilly wind rushing through the hallway and into the livingroom.
Henry shivered from it, but shivered again remembering the look in his father's eyes.
Now what would he do?