Epilogue: Two Weeks Later

The elevator pinged, signalling that it had finally reached the correct floor. As the doors slowly trundled open , Rika fished around in her pocket for the keys to her and Renamon's apartment.

Working for Hypnos does have it's advantages she thought, and this was certainly one of them. It turned out that Naicho, one of the Japanese Intelligence Agencies, maintained a number of safe houses for undercover agents around the country. As they lay empty for most of the time, Yamaki decided that Rika could stay in this one, an expensive high-rise apartment in central Tokyo, just a few minutes' walk from the Hypnos building

Rika let out a weary sigh as she entered the apartment, throwing her jacket over a chair, and walking over to the floor-to-ceiling windows that made up the far wall. Staring out at the spectacular view of night-time Tokyo, she was reminded of that night spent with Renamon on the roof of the hospital, when Renamon told the story of what happened to the Digital World over the last six years. She tried to imagine what the Digital World looked like, would it still look familiar to her? Did any of the areas they visited or the Digimon they met survive?

Rika was jolted from her reverie by a warm mass pressing against her from behind. "Something on your mind?" Renamon asked, her breath warm against her ear, sending small shocks of excitement down her spine. Rika made a small, contented sound and pressed backwards against Her partner as she slipped her arms around her waist.

"That's better" Rika whispered, tilting her head backwards to lightly kiss the underside of Renamon's head.

"You haven't answered my question"

Rika let out another sigh, despite Renamon's arms around her, she felt a chill go through her. "That was the third Digimon attack this week, they're already starting to become more frequent. I don't know how much longer we can hold out"

"Look at me, Rika"

Rika swiveled in her partner's arms until she was staring upwards into her soft blue eyes.

"RIka" She began "Do you remember the power we feel when we become Sakuyamon?"

"Of course" Rika replied, remembering the feelings Renamon shared with her after they merged two weeks ago.

"That power is only possible because of the bond we share, remember that. Together, as Digimon and Tamer we can accomplish anything"

Rika remembered the countless life-or-death situations that she and Renamon had survived over the years, and felt a warm feeling suffuse her body "You're right, Renamon" she said "I should never have doubted us, as long as we're together I know we'll find a way"

Rika wrapped her arms around her partner, and they stood together in silence, simply enjoying each other's presence.

Reluctantly extricating herself from Renamon's arms, Rika walked over to the fridge and pulled out two cans of soda. Tossing one to Renamon, she cracked the other one open, and raised the can into the air.

"To the future" she said, "whatever it may bring."

Renamon mirrored Rika's actions, raising her can.

"To the future" she repeated.


'Cause this feels better than the best thing,

'Cause we are stronger than anything,

We've grown from all the things we've been through,

And they couldn't break us if they wanted to.

- Dream & Reality by Area 11


The End.

Author's Notes:

So there it is, we've officially reached the end of Digimon Tamers: Reemergence. I'm not sure if I mentioned it in any of my notes on the previous chapters, but my original plan, had the story ending immediately after Chapter 5. However, after spending several weeks working on the story, I felt that the ending I had originally planned didn't really give Rika and Renamon enough closure, so I added this little scene to the end to round of the story better.

So, I promised last time that I would talk about my final opinions on this story now that it's finished, so here goes: The original idea for this fic came into my mind when I was about mid-way through the TV series, so by the time I finished the series, I was quite excited to write this. I will admit that since then my interest in writing this has diminished somewhat, and I am glad to be able to work on some of the other ideas that have been knocking around in head since I started this. All that said, I am still reasonably pleased with how this turned out, and I hope that I have provided and entertaining, and somewhat unique contribution to a woefully under-represented pairing in Digimon fanfiction.

So, for the final time: Thank you for reading, and please, whether you liked or hated the story, please leave a review!

Goodbye,

~Superbun