*Thanks Naoto and...we haven't really said it before but we're really glad you're alive, and glad that Jiban is alive too*
*I know and...while I can't speak for Jiban all I can do whenever you think of that time is to apologize for forgetting for so long and thus being gone and thought dead*
*But according to you it wasn't your fault, after all it's well known that head wounds can lead to concussions or even amnesia*
*True but still I felt I needed to apologize for being thought dead for so long*
*It's over and done with Naoto, by the way how did the move to the new place go?*
*It was fine I have everything I need for now and will simply be keeping things basic until I decide how I want to decorate my new place*
*How was it living with the Cybertronians?*
*Interesting to say the least, but they are well aware of how much smaller we are compared to them and compensate accordingly*
*Understood*
*In any case there's something that now needs to be discussed after living with them for about two months*
*Oh?*
*Yes, I now am not quite fluent in English but I know enough to have a conversation without a translator nine times out of ten, I wonder if I might be given the position of official go-between*
*You know now that I think about it it is weird the station doesn't have such a position already*
*Same here, it's why I am going to apply for that position if it's available*
*Very well*
Naoto easily gets the position and gets training needed to be associated with the EDC, though part of that training was with Zoe using her powers
*You are ridiculously strong for a thirteen year old*
*True, but I have to be as you well know Jiban, and by the way I'm living here until eighteen at least for a lot of complicated reasons*
*Understood, has the schooling situation been taken care of by the way?*
*It has now that it's decided I'm staying in Japan for the time being*
*Got it*
*Good by the way your concentration slipped, I've got you*
*Wha?...*
Suddenly Naoto finds himself faced with a sword to his neck
*This is something we'll be working on regularly*
*But Kerenai...*
*No Jiban, family enemies will figure out you have a connection to us and that means enemies that are even sneakier than my family and yes that includes cloaking abilities*
*Understood I guess I can't argue against that then*
*Nope, you can't*
And so training continued and a month later Zoe was beginning to visit Naoto at his job so that the officers there could learn to recognize her because she and her family felt that such recognition was important for her safety and theirs when suddenly a lot of screaming was heard and they went outside and saw trouble
*Kerenai, stay there*
*No way, I am joining the fight, I have guns and I'm not afraid to use them*
Everyone suddenly looked at her waist and realized that she'd entered the police department all this time armed and wondered how she'd managed that not knowing that her ID said she had an international weapons permit that she also always carried around and once it was registered she didn't have to show it again. And so she joined the fight and actually got injured, she had been facing one way and suddenly heard her name and turned just in time to get shot in the shoulder
*Kerenai are you alright?!*
*I'm fine, just clipped in the shoulder*
Once the fight is finished the group realizes that Zoe was telling the truth and that she really was basically okay except for a bullet in the shoulder since it wasn't a through and through shot
*You're going to need an x-ray to see if that needs taken care of*
*Yeah, and it probably will be, feels like it broke some bone*
*Hospital it is then*
*But it has to be the EDC hospital because of...issues regarding normal hospitals that you guys don't see very often*
*Understood*
The officers learned that day that Zoe had sensitivities to a lot of normal medications and thus the EDC was the safest place for her because they had alternate medicines due to dealing with and having alien allies
*Why does she have so many sensitivities?*
*That's...that's complicated and not something I am comfortable answering right now*
*Understood*
They wait three hours and receive news that the bullet had been taken out and the shoulder properly taken care of and that she would eventually recover near completely from her wounds
*Near completely?*
*She might have a permanent barometer due to her shoulder plus...other things that I am not able to discuss with you without her permission but since shoulder issues after being shot are known I feel I can say that at the very least*
*Fine, by the way I need to know this for everyone's sake, if it's needed are you capable of taking care of Jiban? I need to know because of the fact that we've almost lost him too many times and...*
*Yes, if it's needed we can take care of Jiban*
*Thanks*
*Yoko, why did you need to know that information?*
*Because we can't take care of Jiban properly and...*
*Oh, yeah guess that makes sense then*
*In any case we would have done so at the first opportunity anyways, with his permission of course if we could give it, if not we'd belatedly ask for it, but since you guys are asking in his stead we'll just explain it to him the next time we see him if possible*
*Next time you see him?*
*Well we do help fight his enemies sometimes since they join with ours you know*
*Good point, and I bet he gives reports to you guys whenever that happens*
*Indeed he does, now then I have reporting to do myself and I need to do it now, by the way no visitors for at least twenty-four hours for safety reasons*
*Understood*
And so the group leaves while the Cybertronians are given a much needed update on Zoe
"Thank you for the report"
"You're welcome, also I was wondering if we should start including Tamura Naoto, also known as Jiban in the status updates all things considered"
"Not yet, but soon maybe"
"We need to talk to him anyways though"
"Oh?"
"Yeah, his coworkers asked us to take care of him if he's injured in his Jiban form seeing as how they apparently don't know the truth about him"
"Guess after the next fight we'll talk to him"
"Yes guess so, by the way this goes for you guys as well minus Ratchet and First-Aid since they're medical personnel, no visitors for twenty-four hours for her own health"
"Right, we know the rules regarding whenever she has surgery"
"Just letting you know since I'm required to do so no matter how often we've gone over the routine"
"Right, forgot about that"
Two days later and Naoto was at the EDC base in his civilian form and not Jiban form due to the fact that he had come across clearly obvious EDC type weapons
*Tamura, what are you doing here?*
*I came across weapons that are clearly in your jurisdiction and confiscated them before someone got their hands on them without thinking of the risks*
*Understood, by the way we need to talk later about your Jiban identity*
*Got it, let me guess it's in regards to my health right?*
*How do you know that?*
*My coworkers have been talking about Jiban lately in my vicinity, and since that's the case and the fact that I'm actually Jiban without their knowledge...*
*Right that would do it*
*So what did you need to talk to me about?*
*After the weapon Tamura*
*Understood*
And so Naoto hands over the weapons and it's confirmed that they were indeed weapons that the EDC was more familiar with and could safely handle
