Here's chapter 45. The second half of this chapter is a continuation of the previous chapter.

On the way to work; Haida and Retsuko were a little more relaxed than the previous day, and they were not the only ones, since along with them came Ookami and Fenneko who came just as calm, as if they had been born again. After the conversation they had with the children, it seemed that everything had settled for the moment with Koka and Hana. And from what little they could see, the same happened with Izumi and Daisuke. Everyone expected that Komiya, Tsunoda, Manumaru and Resasuke were in the same mood as them, with the exception of Fenneko, she hoped that Tsunoda was still doing badly, although unfortunately that would only be an illusion for her that would not come true, since when she checked her Instagram, she realized that the gazelle began to make her regular publications from that same morning.

Once they got to the building, they went inside, got on the elevator, and when they got to the accounting area floor they went to the locker room. In the girls' locker room; Retsuko and Fenneko changed out of their regular clothes and put on their work uniforms. While in the boys' locker room, Haida and Ookami stored their bags and briefcases in their respective lockers. Once they left they went to the accounting area. Despite the fact that it was already Thursday, for the 4 of us, the week had passed more slowly. They were already feeling a bit exhausted from going to work. But they still had that day and the next day to go to work. Definitely from the day Eggman appeared in town, the quiet and worldly life they had had changed, they wondered if Washimi and Gori would go through the same thing. And they also wondered if things would return to normal once Eggman left that dimension.

When they were about to arrive at the accounting area, they ran into Komiya, who, like them, was feeling better after last night. He even informed them that Tsunoda was feeling better too, much to Fenneko's bad luck. He also told them that on the way they met Manumaru and Resasuke were just as well, although with Resasuke having his typical expression on his face that you couldn't tell what he was thinking, but according to Manumaru, he was normal like any other day.

When the five entered their work area, the only ones who had arrived were Anai and Kabae, who were talking about various topics. Although with the hippopotamus as always wandering more than necessary, although Anai in recent years had gotten used to these kinds of situations, something that the others who had started working there before him had not been able to do all those years. That was something surprising to everyone, even to Ton and Tsubone who were the ones who had been working there the longest.

When the badger and the hippo spotted their coworkers coming in, they got up from where they were sitting and came over to ask how they did with the kids the night before. Before the red panda, the hyena, the fennec, the red maned wolf, and the meerkat could respond, some of their other co-workers arrived, but they were what started working with them as of Monday. The labrador retriever, the English sheepdog, the coyote, the hyena, the fennec, and the deer all approached, although the latter with his typical serious face. While for his part, the gray wolf went to his workstation on the other side of the room. The red panda felt bad again because of that, she would definitely have to find a way to talk to him to fix the situation that she caused herself.

After having explained to them that everything went well with the children, and that they accepted the condition that if there was an evacuation order, they would have to leave the city. Although at that time they expected that this situation would not arise. They already had too much to worry about to worry about the city being attacked. At the moment for Retsuko, Fenneko, Haida and Ookami; Sonic had not called them to warn them of something important, so for the moment it seemed that everything would be calm, but if it was true that Eggman could appear when they least expected it then they would have to be alert at all times. Just in case, they should call Sonic to find out if they've heard anything else from Eggman.

As the minutes passed, the other coworkers began to arrive, so they decided to leave the subject of what had happened the day before. But before going to his place of work, Retsuko asked Jack to come a little closer, since he wanted to ask him a favor, so the two of them went to a corner where there was no one so that no one would hear what he wanted to say to him.

"Jack, this may sound a little strange for me to tell you, but I wanted to know one thing. Does Legoshi hate me?" asked the red panda a little nervous.

"Oh no. He doesn't hate you. I have known him for many years. It's rare for him to hate a person for no apparent reason. Why you ask?" the labrador retriever replied, although he already knew what the answer would be.

"Well, lately I have seen him quite distant with me, I cannot say that he is to blame, since surely I was the one who made him feel bad, and that is why I wanted to talk to him, to clarify things a bit".

"I understand, well what do you think if I make arrangements for you to meet at lunch time. And be the two of you alone".

"Could you actually do it?"

"Of course. Do not worry. At the end of the day I like to help".

When they both saw that the director Ton entered, they both went to take their seats and when the clock struck the exact time they began to work under the strict gaze of the fence, which noticed that its five employees had recovered their humor, which meant that they would have You have to work twice as hard to make up for the day before.

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In another part of the city, Koka and Hana were chatting with their new friends through their communicators. They hadn't seen them since the weekend and everyone wanted to catch up on what they had been up to in the last 4 days. Even Rutan and Silver eventually formally introduced themselves to Nicole and Jerry, introducing little Jewel in the process. On the other hand, they were also introduced to Koka and Hana, whom they were seeing for the first time. Even the children of Zootopia and Japan were surprised to learn that Rutan is a distant cousin of Locke II and Pachacamac II from his biological family side.

They spent a long time talking where Nicole and Jerry counted all the places they went with their parents and honorary uncle in the last few days. Koka and Hana told them that they knew those places and that they had visited those places with their parents several times and that it was a lot of fun and that they hoped they had fun. Speed also told them that when his parents were in a parallel earth, his father had seen the versions of those same places in that other version of the planet and from the description of the twins, he knew that they were the same since they matched the descriptions that gave him his father.

Koka and Hana told them how their parents had planned to make them and their other friends go to another city to be safe. They all got nervous hearing that part, because they thought they would not see their new friends for who knows when, but they relaxed when they were told that the game will not take place unless the order is given to evacuate the city, so if Eggman didn't provoke another attack on the city, everything would be fine. The children of the planet Mobius assured them that no matter what happened, their parents would stop whatever plans Eggman had before he even made it to town.

The Mobius children saw no need to mention the fact that Eggman's base had been destroyed, as they would ultimately ask questions about whether he was ultimately defeated. They didn't want them to know that Eggman was not at the base and that the robots escaped. With the four of them missing, they didn't want to worry the other children about a possible attack, they wanted them to be calm and carefree. Instead, to entertain them, they decided to tell them about some of the adventures they had on the planet Mobius in the years and months prior to their arrival in this dimension.

The children of Zootopia and Mobius were amazed to hear these adventures. What surprised them the most was how even though Speed, Flora and Alex were closer in age than they were, they had already gone through events that none of them could have imagined at such a young age. Locke II, Pachacamac II and Silver who were a little older had gone through more adventures. Although Rutan was the oldest of all, he did not have many, since he lacked special abilities, the only thing he could do was glide in the air like all echidnas did on the planet Mobius. Jewel didn't have many known abilities, because she was still a baby, she had learned to fly quickly, despite her two years.

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Izumi and Daisuke had just arrived to be looked after while their respective parents went to work. Retsuko's mother brought them home, since she had coincidentally gone to buy some things in the nearby market, and on the way she had met Komiya, Tsunoda, Manumaru and Resasuke who came to leave the children with her, as they were going a little late at the usual time, Retsuko's mother told them that they could accompany her to do the shopping and then she would take them home, where Retsuko's grandmother was taking care of Koka and Hana. Once they finished shopping, the three of them went home. While Retsuko's mother and grandmother began to prepare the food for their lunch, the children went to meet their friends.

They heard their friends talking, but they didn't seem to be talking to each other, but to someone else, as there were multiple voices. Some were children's voices and some were a bit more mature. It was strange, since as far as they knew, Koka and Hana had no other friends besides themselves. And no one had told them that there would be more visits to that place. They entered quietly and closed the door in the same way. There was no one in the room, but Koka and Hana were talking looking at their wrist. They approached slowly. Fortunately as the floor was carpeted, the sound of his footsteps could not be heard. When they were right behind their two friends, they peeked over their shoulders to see who they were talking to.

That's where they saw almost the same kids they saw in the news over the weekend, plus three more they hadn't seen before. Those in the communicators saw Izumi and Daisuke, and seeing the nervousness on their faces and pointing to Koka and Hana that they were not alone, they turned and almost fell to the ground when they found out that their other friends had just arrived. They were so nervous that they didn't know what to say, they weren't supposed to find out about this. But now he had. And you could see on the faces of their friends a bit of disappointment, since since they were little they had sworn not to hide secrets from each other.

"Izumi, Daisuke! We didn't hear them coming" Hana said.

"Look, I know this looks bad, but we had a good reason not to tell you any of this," Koka said.

Izumi and Daisuke made a sign for them to start explaining to them.

Well, so far the chapter. I hope you liked it. And as a side note, I wish you all a happy new year.