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By the time I finished answering everyone's questions Janyu had run about a dozen more tests on my, what we dubbed, Atl-form. He was unable to identify most of the stuff that made up my Alt-form but what he could tell us was that I was probably more durable than just about anything on the planet. Kudamon and I figured out that if we only wanted one body we just had to focus on being one again. While we had one body I could switch to my Alt-form or Kudamon with no trouble. It was now 9 o'clock on Friday morning and everyone seemed to understand everything that had happened.

"Alex, can I talk to you…alone." Rika said looking around.

"Sure, Henry do you mind if we use your room?"

"Go ahead; I'll make sure no-one eavesdrops on you two." He was looking pointedly at Terriermon when he spoke

"Thanks." I said as we walked into his room closing the door behind us

"So, what's up?" I asked her

She looked around nervously for a second. "Renamon I want you here to." Renamon materialized the corner "This morning when I was traveling to where you bioemerged…I…I thought about your supernatural powers. When I did I felt…something stirring deep inside me. I don't know what it is. I thought it was just nerves at the time but when you showed us what you could do now I felt it again. I…I don't really want to admit this but…but I'm scared."

She had a fearful tone in her voice and look on her face when she finished. I put my hands on her shoulders and pulled her into a comforting hug. If it weren't for the fact that she had come to me she would kill me for my actions. After a few moments I released her from my grip and gave her a reassuring smile. She looked a little better but still had a look of fear in her eyes.

"If I had tried that under different circumstances you'd kill me…if it's even possible to do that."

That got a chuckle out of her "Very true, but…what do you think it means?"

I thought about it for a second "Promise me you won't freak out alright?" she nodded and I took a steadying breath. "I think," I hesitated "I think that you have some sort of supernatural ability, is this the first time that you've ever felt it?" "No"

"Then that makes it all the more likely. There's a good chance that being around another person with active powers can catalyze the activation of someone's dormant powers. If that's the case then when your powers, whatever they are, become active for your use I'll help you learn to control of them. Okay?"

"Promise?" "…Promise, with Renamon and myself as witnesses."

"Thanks, and" "And if I tell anyone you'll beat me to a bloodied pulp right?"

"Right." "Now that's the brave and confident Rika Nonaka we all know and love."

Once she had composed herself we had Renamon check to make sure no one had been listening in. She confirmed that Henry had kept everyone away from his room and focused on something else. We went back out to the main room and decided it was time for us to leave and said our goodbyes to everyone. We left with Terriermon making cat calls at Rika; I silenced him with a well placed piece of ice to the mouth. I shift into my Alt-form while Rika and Renamon biomerged into Sakuyamon and we made our way back to her house.

"I forgot to ask you about your action this morning, why did you brush up against me like that?"

"Think about it, your Spirit Strike uses four Kudagitsune."

"Pipe foxes, I know but what does that have to do with you?"

"A lot of Digimon are based on things in folklore and mythology. Kudamon is no exception, he is based on the Kudagitsune. So naturally when I'm Kudamon or like this I'm more inclined towards his preference to you since you have Kudagitsune." "I see."

When we arrived at the house it was 9:15, I could've made it there faster but I didn't want to leave Sakuyamon by herself. Onee-chan had gone on ahead of us to make sure that Rumiko was not home when we got there. Fortunately, Rumiko had indeed gone to the photo shoot instead of waiting for Rika's return if she had then we would have to wait till she left. Seiko was happy to see us again and expressed great interest in my new abilities but I couldn't really show them off too much or I'd damage the yard. When Sakuyamon changed back into Rika and Renamon I noticed that her hair had grown longer, I put it aside as something to tell her later.

As the day wore on I noticed other subtle changes in Rika. Her hair continued to grow slightly longer and had probably gained a good three inches by 6 o'clock when Rumiko returned. She was not pleased in the least to see me but as Seiko had told me that Onee-chan and I could stay there was nothing she could do about it. I had already told Rika and Renamon about her rapidly growing hair and that she seemed to be slightly taller than she was before. Up until that moment I had failed to notice the way that Rika was walking until she walked away to get ready for dinner.

"Rika, stop walking right now." I said in a low voice

She turned around "What's wrong?" "Walk back over to me and watch your feet as you do." She nodded and looked down at her feet while walking back to me. I could feel myself getting pale at what I saw in front of me. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with her feet. No what it was, was the way she was walking. She was walking digitigrade, up on her toes, not plantigrade on the flats of her feet.

"Do you see how you are walking?" "On my toes, like I'm…supposed to?" she trailed off

"No," I said shaking my head "humans walk on the flats of their feet. Whatever is happening to you is accelerating I'm guessing that whatever your power is it's related to an animal of some sort. If your changes keep going at this rate then they'll probably be done by morning. Too bad it'll be Saturday, which means your mother will be here longer. We'll have to get you out of the house early and hopefully unnoticed, Renamon can you do that?"

"With ease." She responded coolly

"Good, now Rika just try and walk flat when we're going to and leaving the table okay?"

The fear had come back to her face but she nodded. I walked up to her and put my hands on her shoulders but didn't pull her into a hug this time. "Hey," I said softly "it's gonna be alright. You've got me, Onee-chan, Renamon, and if you talked to her about it even your Grandmother here to help you. You'll make it through this." I gave her a reassuring smile

She nodded and went off to change clothes this time making an active effort to walk like a normal human. Dinner was quiet that night I kept an eye on Rika throughout the meal to make sure her changes didn't rapidly accelerate or something. I took care of the dishes that night and set aside some food for tomorrow morning so we could grab it on the way out. This brought the unwanted attention of Rumiko onto me. No doubt she had noticed my constant watching of Rika during the meal.

"I'm not going to tell you anything so don't ask. If she wants to talk to you about it that's her choice not mine. So hvaing said that don't expect me to spill my guts to you just because you're about to hold me a knife point." I said turning around and sure enough she had steak knife in one hand. I reached forward and plucked it from her before freezing it solid and setting it on the counter. She looked shocked at what I had done which just brought a grin to my face. If there's one thing I like more than having fun, it's confusing the hell out of people. I walked away before she could react and went to meet Rika in her room I knocked before opening the door. She had already fallen asleep and Renamon and Onee-chan were standing quietly in the corner. When I came in Onee-chan left and closed the door behind her.

"I'm ready to talk about it now." Renamon said

I changed into Kudamon so she wouldn't have to speak as loudly "Like I said the other day I'm here for you."

She took a deep breath to prepare herself. "Just how much do you know about my past?"

"All I know is that you had a daughter but something happened to her."

She nodded "I had an egg at a young age, yes, my mate and I were both very prideful and refused to accept help. It would prove to be our undoing as both he and my daughter died at the hands of a SkullGreymon." "What was her name?" "…Digimon don't name their children." "But you did."

She hesitated "Ruki…her name was Ruki. I learned that pride is not everything, that may be part of why I was drawn to Rika, because she was very similar to how I was before then. All that mattered to her was her pride; she couldn't let anyone see her as weak, so without even realizing it I had made her my surrogate daughter. I used to wish I could kill the SkullGreymon that took my family away from me, if I did that then I would have the piece of mind to tell her all of this."

"Tomorrow is early enough then." This earned me a confused. "I only knew about your daughter because that SkullGreymon ya'll killed the day I appeared. The one that had been chasing me, that was the one that killed your family. It tried to use that as a way to get me to like it, all it did was drive me farther away even faster because he was so willing to pick on those much weaker than himself. Now, let's put this to rest I need to get some proper sleep tonight. Remember don't wake her up until her changes are finished, there's no telling how she might react to herself if she is mid change."

"I understand." "And one more thing, keep Rumiko out the room. For all of our sakes especially Rika's."

She nodded and I left the room closing the door behind me. I went into my room to find Onee-chan with her back leaning against the wall already asleep. I couldn't blame her she had been out literally all of last night looking for me, she had to be tired. I burrowed my way under the blankets and curled up. I fell asleep quickly and found myself in yet another dream. I was in Rika's bedroom, she was sleeping soundly under her blankets and I could see Renamon still kneeling at her right side but we weren't alone in the room. Kneeling at Rika's head was a beautiful woman with ten fox tails and a fox head instead of human one. Despite he attractiveness I knew who she was and it made me nervous.

"Well, good evening Lady Inari."

"Ah the young Gatekeeper I'm so glad you could make it." She said in a beautiful voice

"What is this about?" I asked bluntly

"Watch yourself; you know who you are speaking to and what I'm capable of." she said flatly

I put my arms out to my sides and focused my energy. My left arm took on the appearance of glowing volcanic rock. While the brassard formed on my right arm and my fingers became claws of ice. I knew exactly who and what she was and I was terrified but I didn't let it show. She saw my actions and gave a happy laugh.

"Such spirit! It is sooo good to see people who lack fear when they should have it most." She said happily

"Who said I'm not afraid? From where I'm standing you might be endangering the life of someone who has become my close friend. In truth I'm terrified I know you're a god and I know what you're capable of. But, I'm a Gatekeeper and I recently learned just how much I am capable of. You would win, but you'd be extremely weak for a long time if you fought me."

She laughed again even more amused and pleased by my reaction to her statement. "Everyone is always so polite to me, begging for this, praying for that and the whole time they show no emotion but fear or worry. Yet here you stand rude and obnoxious, but completely defiant pushing aside your fear and worries, willing to fight a fight you have admitted that you cannot win. All in order to protect your friend…"she stopped laughing and sighed before softly saying "she is very lucky to have someone like you. Tell me, why are you doing this? What makes her so important to you?"

"Like you said she's my friend. When I was growing up my Pawpaw had me remember one very important thing; to always, always, help and protect your friends and family no matter the cost to yourself."

Lady Inari nodded "Your Grandfather is very wise. Ah it seems the Gatekeeper of the Moon has arrived at last." I saw Onee-chan appear out of the corner of my eye. "Welcome, now that you are both here I suppose I owe you an explanation about your friend here. But…"

"One does not get something for nothing, I'm well aware of that. I know we wouldn't be here unless you wanted us to be so what do you want?"

"All in due time first, I must explain why I am here. This girl…she is part kitsune. I do not know if you had worked that part out but I will tell you it is from far back on her father's side. The powers have lain dormant in her bloodline for generations. Now it seems they are finally about to emerge once again. Her powers and nature have been showing up all her life but they are now about to truly awaken much like yours did four years ago descendant of the Cù Sìth."

"I may be descended from one but that doesn't mean I have much access or control over those powers."

"Not yet you don't, but all things grow with time. Her changes will be finished when you wake in the morning and her appearance will be similar to this one here." She indicated Renamon "Though she won't be as tall and like you she will be able to change her body back. Now in exchange for this information I want something only Gatekeepers can give."

"And what is that?"

"…I want you to protect her. She will be a Gatekeeper herself after all."

"The Gatekeeper to the world of the kitsune right?" "Correct."

I relaxed and let my arms turn back to normal. "Why didn't you so say so in the first place. Since she is a Gatekeeper that makes her part of the family, and I am bound by laws more ancient than I can comprehend to protect her. Which leaves one question is she my elder or my younger?"

"That is where things become complicated. I don't know. I think that the two of you share more of a twin relation were the elder and younger change and is based on the situation. The true nature of it though is up to the two of you to decide."

"I accept your bargain for the information and I thank you for it."

"Thank you," She said standing up and bowing to me

"There's no need for you to bow to me or thank me. I'm simply doing what I was taught to protecting my friends and family."

"Very well, if you will not accept my thanks then please at least accept my blessing."

"I will, and thank you for answering my questions."

Everything faded away and I was left back in a dreamless sleep. I woke quickly at 7:30 and went to the kitchen to retrieve the food I had set out the previous evening while Onee-chan went to Rika's room. When I entered the kitchen the first thing I noticed was Rumiko sitting at the table with a smug look on her face as she stared at the very large amount of food on the counter. I ignored her and carefully packed it all into a pair of large bags I had brought with me while eating a little bit of it myself. Rumiko continued to sit there looking smug but as I continued to ignore her she began to get flustered.

"Since you're taking all that food it's safe for me to assume you're leaving?"

"Nope, most of it's not for me, it's for my sister." "You mean your Onee-chan?"

"No, my new sister. When she wakes up she'll be extremely hungry…once she gets over her initial shock." I said calmly "I'm afraid I don't understand." she responded

"That's alright, you don't need to. I'm pretty sure if you did, then I'd have a headache." I hefted the full bags onto my back and started to leave.

"I'm not!" Rumiko began but was cut off by scream from Rika's room. "RIKA!" Rumiko yelled quickly getting up.

But I was already halfway to her room. I was swearing in English under my breath the whole way there. I knew it wouldn't take her long to wake up but I had hoped for at least another five minutes. Onee-chan was waiting outside the door to Rika's room and I handed her one of the bags of food before going inside. Infront of me I saw two Renamon; one was sitting up in Rika's bed franticly examining itself. It had to be Rika for three reasons; one it was in her bed, two its fur was the same coloration as her hair, and three she didn't have Renamon's armguards. I shifted to my Alt-form and realized just how tall it made me as I stood there looking down at my new sister. She began to breakdown crying in confusion, out in the hallway I could hear Rumiko yelling at Onee-chan to move…apparently she forgot that she could go around.

"It's alright Sis," I said softly taking her into a comforting hug "you're still Rika. Shhhh, its okay, just let it all out." I continued to comfort her for a bit.

"I'm afraid that she is now to large for me to carry." Renamon said sheepishly

"That's alright," I said gently cradling Sis as I picked her up "I'll carry her, you help Onee-chan with the food and bring a change of clothes for her."

Renamon nodded and went to the door as she opened it Rumiko tried to force her way in, thankfully the combined efforts of Renamon and Onee-chan were able to keep her out. I looked over my shoulder and saw her face pale at the same time that I felt Sis's tail slip off of my arm. I carefully adjusted my arm to get Sis's tail back over it without revealing even more of the still sobbing girl to Rumiko. I walked to the back door of Sis's room and slid it open with my foot. As we stepped out into the morning air I felt Sis shudder, I couldn't blame her but at least I could fly fast enough that we would go unnoticed. I took off slowly so I wouldn't damage the house and when I was a good ten feet above the house I sped up so we would appear as nothing more than a blur as we headed towards a secluded area of the park. We landed and I set Sis down, she had calmed down enough to at least shakily stand on her own.

"Why?" she asked softly

"You're a Gatekeeper now. Last night while everyone was sleeping Lady Inari came to me in a dream and told me that you are part kitsune. She said it's from way back on your father's side, which makes you the Gatekeeper of the kitsune's world. You're gonna be fine Sis, just relax and wait for Renamon and Onee-chan to get here."

"I…I know about Lady Inari. I didn't see anything in my sleep last night but I heard all of it. What did you mean by 'part of the family', is that why you keep calling me Sis?"

I nodded "Traditionally, Gatekeepers are drawn to one another due to their powers and would form a family of brothers and sisters. Onee-chan is Onee-chan because she is the eldest of, we, the current Gatekeepers. Kudamon was the second Gatekeeper and I the third. However, like me, your powers have been manifesting in small ways all your life without you or anyone else realizing it. As a result neither one of us is the clear elder or younger. We're more like twins and the position will change depending on the situation."

"Brother…"
"It's alright you'll get used to it."
"You realize you'll have to explain all this again to Rena…mon." she trailed off

"Onee-chan is doing that right now. I'm guessing you want to know why you look like Renamon?" She nodded "That's a very easy one, because you and Renamon biomerge so you're partly made up her data. So rather than craft you a whole new body for an Alt-form the Gate simply used Renamon's data as a template. You have the same abilities as Renamon and probably a few others as a result of the Gate."

"Does that mean I'll be able to digivolve?"

"I don't think so, you were not permanently fused with Renamon as she is now like I am with Kudamon."

"So am I able to change back to my normal body?"
"Yes but let's wait until after we've eaten before I teach you that." Sis's stomach suddenly let out a very loud growl. "How did you know?"

"I've been through the same thing remember? After the initial shock wears off you're extremely hungry because of all the energy your body has used up in the awakening process."

"Brother there's something else I want to ask you about."
"Shoot"

"When you disappeared two nights ago after the argument…I…cried myself to sleep...and Renamon…" she hesitated "Renamon comforted me and sang a lullaby to me. I've heard it many times before when I was having nightmares but… I always thought that mother…that Rumiko…was the one comforting me. Why would Renamon do something like that for me?"

"…"
"Brother?"

I sighed "I suppose I'd better tell you, at least the short version of it. Renamon had a mate and a daughter before she met you. They were both very prideful and that cost them dearly. Her mate and daughter died at the hands of the same SkullGreymon that ya'll destroyed the other day. She wanted to become stronger in part to forget about the pain but also so she could one day avenge her family. When she met you those thoughts vanished."

"Why?"

"Because you reminded her of herself before her lose; strong, prideful, believing you could do no wrong and never suffer defeat. In you she saw a second chance at motherhood, and though she did not intend it, you became her surrogate daughter, every bit as real and important as her first daughter and yet so much more so."

She was quiet for a moment "I always did think of her as more of a mother than I did Rumiko…Brother, what do you think?"

"If being a Gatekeeper has taught me one thing it's this: go with your intuition. That's why you've stopped calling your biological mother, mother and started calling her Rumiko, right?" She nodded "Well, what does your intuition tell you to call Renamon now?"

"…Mother."

"What do you want her to call you?"
She thought for a moment "Rikamon…but everyone else should call me Rika."

"That's to be expected since your changes were modeled after Renamon's data you only recognize yourself as a Digimon when it comes to her. What about your Grandmother what does your intuition tell you to call her?"

Sis smiled happily "She's still Grandma," she said in happy voice as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Brother, last night Lady Inari called you a Cù Sìth. What is that?"

"In Scottish mythology the Cù Sìth are enormous black dogs, about the size of a large cow, that were considered a harbinger of death and would lead dead souls to the afterlife. The name literally means fairy dog because some legends say that they would whisk women away from villages to care for fairy children. The former was truer than the latter though."

"So, you can turn into a giant dog, a Kudamon, a human, and your current form?"

"I prefer not to take on my Cù Sìth form. I don't mind being huge, it's just annoying sometimes having to deal with the spirits of the dead who don't want to move on but won't leave you alone because they like having someone to talk to."

"Since Dianamon is a gatekeeper, does she have an animal she can turn into as well?"

"She can turn into a Hawk. But like me she prefers not to. My guess is that this is your only Alt-form, with some practice you can probably use all the same powers that the kitsune of legends can in addition to your Digimon powers."

Onee-chan and Renamon arrived a moment later with the food. When Sis saw Renamon a happy smile appeared on her face and she went to hug her. Renamon dropped the bag she was carrying in surprise when Sis basically tackled her with her hug. Poor Renamon had such a confused look on her face that I couldn't help but laugh. Then Sis spoke to her.

"Thank you for bringing me food...Mother." Renamon's expression softened as she stroked Sis's back but she looked at me still confused.

"Remember what I said to you the first night we met? I said 'It's not something you should be afraid of, embrace it. That is what you should do.'"

She nodded and embraced her new daughter "Are you hungry Rika?"
"Mother, it's Rikamon to you and yes I'm famished."

They broke their hug and we all started unpacking the food. Most of it was set aside for Rika as she needed it. We ate quietly enjoying the sounds around us and the distant sound of people in the park. The entire meal Sis seemed happy; her personality hadn't changed just her attitude. I knew that this was an effect of being a Gatekeeper; it gave you a happy attitude to better allow you to deal with the raw amount of power your body channeled even when you weren't actively drawing on it. We finished eating in about twenty minutes.

"Rumiko's going to pissed about all of this." Sis chuckled
"Rikamon, language."
"Sorry Mother."

"Not as mad as she'll be when she finds out you can fly." I said grinning "Alex, no."

"Onee-chan you only call me by name if it's serious so, why not?"

"If anyone is going to teach her flight it will be me, though I do not use it as often as you I am still more skilled."

"Oh, alright but I'm still a faster flyer." I huffed "That you are." She said ruffling my hair.

"Sis, I'm going to teach you how to change back, now that we've all eaten." She nodded "It's very simple just focus on your human form and you'll change back."

We watched as Sis changed back into a human, unlike when I change back from being a Digimon her change did not look like a digivolution. Her fur seemed to flow around her body exposing her clothing and skin and her feet altered into plantigrade human form. When she was done Rika Nonaka was standing in front of us with her hair now reaching about midway down her back and she looked to be about three inches taller than yesterday and her figure seemed to have filled out a bit more. I created a tall cubicle of ice for her change inside of and politely faced away from it when she went inside. She came out wearing a pair of blue jeans and an orange t-shirt with a yellow exclamation mark on it. I had her practice changing back and forth for the next ten minutes while Onee-chan stuffed one of the bags and Sis's clothes inside the other bag.

It was now about 8:10 and rather than head back we decided to go for a walk around the city, with Sis in her Alt-form and Kudamon and I separate. I insisted she do this because she had to get used to her Alt-form. We headed back to the main area of the park talking the entire way Sis and Renamon had lots of questions but unfortunately I only knew the answer to a handful of them right now. When we made it into the main area it was surprisingly crowded for such an early time of day, even the press was swarming the place. We soon found out why when through the crowd of people we saw Ryo Akiyama. I saw Sis walk towards him and start working her way through the crowd. I had a some inkling of what she was going to do as I was about to suggest a similar prank to mess with Ryo's image.

"Hello, there handsome." Sis said seductively as she walked up to Ryo

"Uh h-hey there." He stuttered

Before he could say anything else she planted a gentle kiss on his cheek. He stiffened at the sudden contact and his face turned bright red, all of this in front of the press and fans. Sis suddenly shifted out leaving him standing there completely red, embarrassed, and alone. I couldn't help it, I fell over as I burst out laughing at his reaction Sis shifted in next to me laughing equally as hard. She had probably always been like this, probably, she had just worked very hard to keep it hidden from everyone.

"And who says I don't have a sense of humor." She managed to say through her laughter

"I was about to suggest something like that when you walked off Sis." I laughed out

"I must admit it was rather amusing." Onee-chan chuckled

"Rikamon, I hope you don't make a habit of doing that." Renamon whispered

That's when the press noticed us; they must be deaf or something to have not noticed our raucous laughter. They swarmed us and began snapping photos and asking questions while Sis and I continued to laugh our heads off. Of course they didn't get any answers from us because Sis and I were too busy laughing and Onee-chan and Renamon didn't want to answer any questions. Ryo walked over to us and immediately recognized Onee-chan from when everyone was chasing me yesterday morning. This means by extention he knew that the Renamon we were with was indeed Sis's partner and did not belong to someone else. Sis and I managed to get our laughter under control and I got up still chuckling a little.

"So Renamon, where's Rika?" he asked. Sis and I broke down laughing again and it was only because we leaned against each other that we stayed up right "What's so funny? I can understand that pulling a stunt like that in front the press to make it look like I was embarrassed is funny. But, in all seriousness where is Rika?"

I shot Renamon a very quick warning glance "She's still at home sleeping." She said quickly

"Oh," he said disappointedly "that's too bad, I've gotta go back to the Digiworld and meet some people so I was hoping to say goodbye to her before I left. You'll tell her for me won't you?" Sis and I began laughing even harder but he was making a point of trying to ignore us

"Yea, yea, we'll tell her for you justice boy." Sis managed to say through her laughter

He nodded his thanks and said goodbye to us before he went over and entered the gate to the Digital World. Sis and I just continued to laugh for the next few minutes as the press left realizing we wouldn't be saying anything to them. When we got our hysterics under control for a final time most of the crowd had disperced and what remained were people trying to make Onee-chan and Sis their partner. Of course a quick death-threat from Onee-chan sent them skittering away like a bunch of mice. No matter how many times I see that it will always make me laugh. With the people gone we began making our way back to Sis's house at a leisurely pace. On the way back we saw Beelzemon taking the Twins for a ride on Behemoth and we passed Takato and Jeri walking hand in hand with Guilmon, who had a Tsunomon on his head, following behind them.

"Morning Gogglehead." Sis said casually as we walked past them
"Morning Rika." he said absentmindedly

Takato then did a double take looking for Sis not realizing she was right there. He shook his head and they continued walking. If he had paid more attention he would have noticed the grin Sis had on her face. By the time we made it back to Sis's house it was almost 8:50. Of course the press was waiting for us outside the front gate hoping to get their first shot of Sis or Rumiko for the day. They were adamant about not leaving, till I switched my right arm into its Alt-form and crushed one of their cameras. Once they were gone we opened the gate and made our way inside the estate. As soon as we walked in the house I realized we should've had Sis change back before we came in, because Rumiko was standing right there in the foyer waiting for us. She took one look at Sis and put her hands on her shoulders.

"Rika, please tell me this is a suit and you're going through some sort of phase."

Sis ignored her and looked at Renamon "Mother, I'm hungry again, is it alright if I go get some more food from the kitchen?"
"Of course Rikamon."
"Thank you mother."

Sis shook Rumiko's hands off her shoulders and gave Renamon a quick hug. I looked at Rumiko; this simple exchange brought a horrified expression to her face. She turned and watched as Sis left the room heading for the kitchen to eat tail swaying gently back and forth. When she turned back her face was one of rage and confusion, she plopped down on the step in the foyer as I took off my shoes. I made to follow Sis when Rumiko spoke up.

"What happened to my daughter? Why is she wearing that…that suit?" she asked in a hollow voice

"I can assure you it's no suit, and she is no longer your daughter. I doubt she has actually even thought of herself as your daughter for several years now." I said calmly

She rounded on me "And just what is that supposed to mean? I-I did everything a good mother should. I took her to photo shoots with me. I bought her nice clothes. She was fine until you showed up!" she snapped rounding on Renamon "You-you thing! You drove her away from me! You filed her head with empty lies and promises!"

"No," Onee-chan spoke up "I have not been in this home long. But, in the short time I have spent with your family I can tell that YOU drove her away yourself, all on your own. It probably started before Renamon even arrived. You were trying to make her into the daughter that you wanted not the daughter she wanted to be."

"I am sorry that things worked out this way but it's not Renamon's fault. What happened to Sis is nobody's fault, but the fact that she no longer considers you her mother is a result of your actions and your actions alone. Now I'm going to get something to eat as well so Sis doesn't take all of the food."

With that I left the foyer and went into the kitchen where Sis was talking animatedly to Ms. Seiko. I quickly grabbed some food and sat down at the table to eat. Ms. Seiko didn't seem phased in the least by the changes that had come over Sis. She was even fine with the fact that Sis didn't even consider Rumiko related to her in anyway. That's when it hit me, why didn't I realize this sooner.

"Ms. Seiko, you have The Sight don't you?"

"I have been told that before, but honestly I don't really know what it is. Can you explain it to me?"

"Sure, it's called The Sight because ancient Seers were the ones that had it. But it really has nothing to do with sight or any of the other five senses for that matter. It's more of a sixth sense that lets you feel changes and presences around you. That's why you knew about Renamon before she had been introduced to you right?" she nodded "Then I have a question for you, when did you first feel Sis's changes?"

"Oh probably about four years ago now, it was very subtle I almost didn't notice it. She and Rumiko came back from a photo shoot and Rika had a different…air, about her I suppose. But that's enough talk for now, I need to see to my daughter who is probably not taking this very well."

When she left the room Sis spoke to me "I just remember we need to get you registered for school. I'll take care of doing that but you'll need to go with me so we know which classes to put you in. We'll leave around noon to go take care of that."

"And in the mean time you want to learn more about your powers don't you."
"That's right."

"Well, it's more important for you to master your Digimon abilities first. You'll have to have your mom teach you about those because I don't know anything about yours."

We sat there and planned out the rest of the day. At nine Renamon would teach Sis how to use her abilities out in the garden. At ten we would take a break and relax for about an hour. At eleven, Onee-chan would teach her how to fly. Then at noon we would go take care of registering me for school and classes. What could possibly go wrong right? Later I would wish that I didn't ask that question.

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Later ^^;