Hello ladies and gents I'm back with an update after a very looooooooooooooooooooooooong absence. And I apologize for that.

Any way, rather than blame it on writer's block or the like, I'll jump to the reviews and we can jump right to the story.

major wallace: Thanks, glade you liked it.

Scrawl the Penguin: Thank you as well, I try to keep it interesting, and will continue as much as possible.

Loki921: Thank you, and yeah, he's a good villain (though personally I prefer Myotismon) and he fit what I needed for this. Hehehe.

And now with out further adoo.

After remedying Guilmon of his pepper problem, the red dino was quickly set back to work cleaning the pantry (with a broom this time), and Rika and Takato were again left alone.

They worked in relative silence, Takato peeling the steaks from the ceiling, and Rika either passing the waste bin to him, or following behind with with a wet washcloth to clean off the syrup that was left behind.

It wasn't necessarily and an uncomfortable silence, yet at the same time wasn't what one could call comfortable. A small bit of the tension had been removed, not a lot, but enough that they weren't as distracted.

Occasionally, one of the others would walk through and throw something into the trash can, be it Jeri and Renamon with armfuls of toilet paper, or Guilmon with a dustpan full of breakfast cereal.

when they had about finished their 'great esSTEAK' (humor me, it's five in the morning, and I ain't slept at all), Rika once again allowed herself to think about the situation.

He said he'd help if I let him, she thought, so what am I so worried about, Takato doesn't go back on his word for anything, let alone something like this. Maybe I should ask Mom and Grandma when they get back, maybe they'll be able to put my mind to rest. That's another thought, how am I going to explain it to them, I'll have to leave out the part about the mess of course but there's still the bit about me and Takato sleeping together. And how are they going to react? They've always been really understanding of me being a tamer, and doing some really dump things because of it, but something like this?

Then there's the thought about me going to help fight wild digimon if I do end up pregnant, there's no way anyone's going to let me go if that happens, though at the same time do I want Takato going if I'm not there to watch his back?

Rika quickly shook her head at that thought, as she walked over to the sink to rinse out her washcloth and apply some more cleaner to it.

Takato at this point had finished pulling the steaks down, climbed off his chair.

"Hey, I'm gonna go grab a washcloth real quick," he told her.

She nodded, and he left the room for the hall closet.

Wait a minute, why am I worried about that? Takato can take care of himself. She thought about it for a moment. Though I guess if I were to have a kid because of all this he would probably be more protective, even after the fact. After all, he'd want the child to know me over himself if it came down to it, and that could be a distraction in a fight.

The Digimon Queen shook her head again at that, as Takato walked back into the room and began applying the cleaner to his own rag.

Easy Rika, you don't even know if you're pregnant or not, she chided herself, Let's just wait it out and take one problem at a time.

The resident Gogglehead of the Tamers was currently dealing with his own thoughts as he went about his work.

So, at least I know she isn't too angry, he thought, she hasn't killed me yet (though the key word is 'yet').

He looked over and saw her shaking he head, a slight frown on her face.

Though she hasn't really said anything about weather or not she'll let me help if she finds out she's pregnant, I know she can be stubborn, so she might just tell me no regardless of what happens, but at the same time, she's not the same Rika from when we all first started fighting Digimon, so there's always the chance that she'll be okay with it.

He threw the last of the steaks into the trash, and climbed off his chair, turning to Rika.

"Hey, I'm gonna go grab a washcloth real quick," he said, to which she nodded.

Besides, there's always the possibility that she won't turn out pregnant, he thought as he walked down the hall, I may just be overthinking this for nothing.

He opened the closet and began searching for a washcloth.

But then again, what if she does, how will that effect (affect?) the team? She'd likely still want to go along to help fight off wild Digimon, but at the same time she'd be putting herself at risk.

Takato shook his head at that one.

Come on, Rika wouldn't do something that reckless, she's too smart for that. Besides, I said I'd leave it up to her whether or not I'd get involved if it happens, and I meant it.

He nodded his head firmly, and went back into the kitchen, applying cleaner to his washcloth, and climbing back onto the chair.

I'll just have to wait and see what happens, and take one problem at a time.

Please leave a review, as for me, I'm gonna go get some breakfast and get ready for Faction Wars on a Facebook game.

DarkLantern12 sighing off.