*Naoto?*

*Zoe, hi*

*Hey so...my family and I were wondering what your living situation actually is*

*I'm currently homeless through no fault of the police*

*Naoto put in his will that his apartment was to be used as a safe house so naturally we kept up the rent, unfortunately due to a gas explosion the apartment was destroyed and since we thought that Naoto was dead...*

*You found a new place to use as a safe house and naturally didn't think anything of making sure that Naoto had a place to return to as well since he was supposed to be dead*

*Exactly*

*Well, my family is offering up their place for you to live until you find a new place but...that's going to take some explaining on my end and of course it's ultimately up to you if you want to live with us*

*I think it's for the best that I live with you and your family and...I think I know at least some of the explanations that are needed but have to be done in private if my suspicions about your family are correct*

And so the two go to a private area once it was confirmed that Naoto was finally done with all the paperwork he needed to deal with at the moment

*Okay Naoto, what exactly are your suspicions about my family?*

*That you're not just an EDC kid, that you're actually the adopted daughter of the Cybertronians*

*You're right but how'd you guess and how do you even know...wait you're a police officer of course you'd have been informed when the adoption first went through*

*Yes that's how I knew about their adopted child, though why they didn't specify it was their child at the memorial I don't know*

*Too many civilians, while it's not exactly a complete secret anymore that they adopted a human child on the wishes of the birth parents it's also not exactly public knowledge depending on various factors and Japan is one of the countries that unless you have a need to know, like being in the military or police then...*

*Then it's not generally common knowledge and for good reason*

*Yeah so...you want to come live with me and my family until you can find your own place?*

*Works for me, at least my friends will know I'm in a safe place*

*Yes and...you should know that if not for Bioron and thus my losing my memories I would have taken you to the base when I first found you and let your friends know where you were*

*So that they could help me regain my memories but until then keep up the rent knowing that I was alive and safe in the meantime*

*Yeah*

*In any case you're the best option that I'm aware of so let your family know that I accept the offer*

*Will do and...they will have questions for you regarding a suspicion I confirmed...Jiban*

*You know*

*Yep, I know*

*How?*

*It wasn't just your standard issued police weapon I discovered, I also found your Jiban weapons and kept those hidden away too, they're back at the EDC base since I didn't exactly have a good time to reveal them to you at the station*

*Understood, let's get going then huh?*

*Yeah, let's get going, oh and if you're going to be living with us and continue to remain friends you're being compelled to learn English*

*Makes sense if it's you're native language and the main language spoken at the base, fortunately now that I know you speak English I realize that I was understanding parts of when you talked to yourself, but it was so soft generally that I didn't realize what language you were speaking most of the time*

*Yeah about that...I have two native languages due to the fact that the Cybertronians adopted me at six months old*

*Right, well in any case let's get going, I don't have much stuff with me and you know it from living with me all this time, by the way how much trouble are you in?*

*For staying with you this whole time that I remembered my identity not in any trouble at all, after all my family understood why I stayed behind, for hiding your weapon when I first discovered you? I'm in slight trouble for that though considering the ambush that happened fairly soon afterwords not in nearly as much trouble as I could be*

*Even counting keeping it hidden after you regained your memories?*

*It was best to keep to the status quo at the time Naoto*

*So how bad?*

*Mainly just a lecture about keeping weapons hidden from those who need them...and there's more after we get back but it's not going to be too bad*

Once the two get back and Naoto is settled into his temporary quarters Zoe learns that her punishment was cleaning all the weapons in the armory herself that were either just her size or smaller than her because there were a few weapons that were too big for her to safely clean and then Zoe learned part of the reason why she was doing the cleaning in her second native language since it was Prowl doing the explaining and all of them felt that to settle Zoe in further in regards to being with her family again it was best that they spoke to her in Cybertronian

*This was going to happen eventually Zoe since you need to learn how to safely handle weapons and take care of them, it's just that it's happening sooner than expected because of the fact that this is a punishment*

*Okay, how?*

*This is to show you how important a person's weapon is for them, and thus why you don't do anything to the weapon that could potentially damage it or the person who's supposed to handle said weapon, and yes by simply hiding it you were hurting him*

*Understood, this is going to take a while*

Ultimately she was at it the rest of the day including lunch and dinner breaks, fortunately it was the weekend so she didn't have to worry about classes at the moment, though part of that was because her education situation was still being sorted out, but finally she was finished and the next day she and the rest of her family explained several things to Naoto about how they figured out who he was in regards to his identity as Jiban and Naoto explained a few things about how the information regarding Zoe came to be known specifically in his department since while the police were generally informed about major aspects of the Cybertronians, the station had chosen for most to actually remain ignorant regarding the human child the Cybertronians had adopted for Zoe's own safety

*It wasn't explained to us why some of us actually were made aware of Zoe's situation and others were not but we've coped the best we can with the situation*

*I see, and again sorry for hiding your weapons from you for so long, maybe if I hadn't once I regained my own memories we could have returned home sooner*

*Who knows but in either case I had them when I needed them the most*

*Yeah, guess so*

*Listen...Zoe what you did was for the best, if you'd brought those out the day you remembered who knows how I would have reacted, remember how I was anyways right after attending the memorial service?*

*I don't remember you...wait yes I do, I remember now, it's just that it wasn't immediately after the memorial service, more like a few hours later that it started*

*Oh, didn't notice, in any case though...wait you're twelve, or is it thirteen?*

*Uh...Barricade?*

*Thirteen, your birthday happened...well it happened about a month ago*

*I see, guess I wasn't paying attention to the date*

*As I was saying before we unintentionally got sidetracked, in any case though I wasn't in a good state of mind to be regaining my memories, at least not that I'm aware of, plus Zoe wasn't doing the greatest mentally or emotionally either during that time, for now obvious reasons and it was best she didn't reveal the weapons*

*I see, but wait, why ask about her age just now?*

*Because I just realized that on top of missing a lot of school I had someone who wasn't even a teenager taking care of me with amnesia herself because I got sick shortly after we met and...yeah it wasn't very pretty for either of us*

*Hey you've done the same over the past year and a half*

*True, still though I think I'll start searching for a new apartment*

*Best not, it's going to take your paperwork at least a week to go through and that's with us expediting it*

*Understood, what about Zoe?*

*Apparently my paperwork is already done with and I am legally alive again as of...I think I was told five pm*

*Wow, that's fast*

*According to Galvatron it's because a different method was used with me for being declared deceased*

*I see, and wait they can expedite that kind of paperwork?*

*In certain situations yes we can, and for you we're doing it partially as a favor in thanks for taking care of our daughter while she's been gone*

*And the other part?*

*The other part is the fact that...well it's partially our fault that police officers are declared dead so quickly after any incident where they're not heard from after a few days*

*That one's not your fault, it makes sense after the incident that forced that decision to happen in the first place*

*Thanks for your understanding, we're still expediting the process as much as possible for you*

*Understood, it's your choice*

*By the way, when do you want to start learning English?*

*Tomorrow is soon enough*

And so Naoto starts learning English and was declared alive within a week, however due to various issues it ultimately took him two months to find a new apartment and in the meantime he became nearly fluent in English

"I think we can say that you can have a decent conversation in English if needed"

"Agreed"

"So, do you finally have an apartment?"

"Yes, I know you're not annoyed at how long I've stayed but at..."

"The trouble and frustration you've had in finding one, my family was beginning to wonder if you needed a spar against one of the cassettes"

"Oh, didn't know that"

"Yeah, sorry we should have told you"

"Not your fault still will you guys help me..."

Suddenly Naoto stops and Zoe doesn't blame him because of the fact that they heard trouble just ahead

*Okay we join the fight now and if needed you go Jiban while I cover for you*

*Got it, wait why are you switching to Japanese?*

*Easier for you*

And so Zoe starts to fight the enemy and actually manages to do some damage and then Jiban joins in and together they kill the enemy

*That takes care of that*

*Indeed, but still...*

*I know it shouldn't have...*

Suddenly they both turn around and see the enemy standing up again

(Sighs) *Okay, I think it's time to scan that enemy to see what revived it*

*No need, it might simply be a clone, let's just defeat it again*

They defeat the enemy again but this time saw it revive and that's when Zoe let's out an obviously frustrated growl and reverts to English

"How many times do we have to kill that thing?"

*I think now might be a good time to scan the enemy with those contacts of yours*

Once the results came back Zoe spoke up

*This is out of our league Jiban, I need to call in the big guns for this enemy*

*What for?*

*You don't want to know actually, just know that we can't beat this thing without them*

*Understood *

And so Zoe calls for Jazz, Mirage, Starscream and Blaster and with their help the enemy was finally well and truly defeated

"Well that took longer than it should have"

"Agreed, I've never had that much trouble against a Bioron enemy before"

"That's because if I had scanned it before we actually destroyed it the first time we would have known that it wasn't completely a Bioron enemy, somehow, and don't ask me how but somehow your enemy got combined with Quintesson technology"

"Oh, that would do it"

"Yes it would, now then before you got interrupted I believe you were going to ask for help moving into the apartment and I and several EDC officers have already volunteered for that job, we were just waiting for confirmation of the fact that you did have an apartment and a move in date"

"I was, and thanks, I move in officially on the first of next month but...I don't exactly have any furniture for it, the bed comes with as do a few basic appliances but other than that..."

"Right we'll help you with that for sure"

And so move in day happened and things were actually calm, once Naoto was moved in he went to his job to update his address for them