Well, here goes nothing. The finale of "A Sticky Situation" the story that I have managed to actually finish – possible because it's the first one I've posted on the internet. I always believed if you post even one chapter on the internet you should carry it through to the end no matter how long it takes you. I hate it when people leave stories unfinished. That's why I have written numerous stories in the past and never posted them – because I have commitment issues with them.

But do not worry reviewers, unless you don't like Star Wars, then worry, because I will be writing a sequel to this story. Not right away – it may take me some time to get round to it, but it will happen – a crossover between Digimon and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I've decided that once I finish writing my own book, which I have deliberately put on the backburner while writing this story because I wanted to improve my writing skills with this.

But more about that at the end of this chapter, which will contain a lot of Terriermon/Renamon fluff. For now:-

A Sticky Situation

Chapter 20:- A Second Aftermath

Fanglongmon's four blazing red eyes stared down at the scene below. The Digimon were staring back at him with looks of awe and reverence on their faces. He got this wherever he went, being the Digimon God. He had to admit it did sometimes get a little irritating, but at other times he was indifferent to it all. He knew that when he returned to the Digital World, he'd get a lot of reverence from the Sovereigns too. He was about the only Digimon ever that Zhuqiaomon would ever bow too.

But he was no going to be here for very long. He was here merely to do what he felt must be done. The prophecy had been fulfilled at last. He had deliberately sealed himself away in an alternate dimension, as a God was only supposed to interfere when things were extremely bad. But the seal he had set had now been broken, thanks to the valiant efforts of the Digimon stood before him. None of them were any less important in the grand scheme of things, even though the prophecy had been about a particular three.

He spoke with his mind, entering the brains of all the Digimon and Humans staring up at him. Would the Renamon, Terriermon and Lopmon please step forward.

Terriermon swallowed nervously. This Digimon put Ogudomon to shame. It looked like he could practically crush the giant Ogudomon under one foot and have done with it. But he was the Digimon God. He was sure that Fanglongmon did not present them with any threat. Didn't he?

No, said Renamon. Trust me when I say that he shall not harm us. He is a pure hearted as they come and I can feel no evil emanating from him. Come.

Well, I never thought this would happen, said Lopmon. And I used to be a Deva. I never expected that I would come face to face with the Digimon God himself.

Well you always stood a bigger chance than me, said Terriermon as he began to step forwards, his sister right beside him and his mate striding behind the two. So, what do we do? Do we bow?

I suppose, said Renamon. Surely he would take it as a massively rude gesture if we refrained from doing so.

Henry watched as his partner walked towards the great dragon God. He couldn't help feel slightly nervous himself. There was something about the huge sense of power that almost seemed to leak from Fanglongmon. He shuffled his feet and forced himself to remain calm.

He felt a cold hand intertwine with his own. Glancing to the side, he saw that Rika had stood up next to him. She smiled reassuringly at him and he nodded in acknowledgement. Suzie came up on his other side and grabbed his arm to help reassure herself.

Renamon, Terriermon and Lopmon stopped right in front of Fanglongmon. Renamon knelt down on one knee and bowed he head in a sign of respect, while Terriermon and Lopmon both got down on their knees and did the same. It was a true mark of respect on Terriermon's part. He had never thought he would bow before anyone.

"Please rise," said Fanglongmon, this time with his voice. "I do not think that pleasantries are going to be absolutely necessary. My visit to the Human World will be brief." Renamon, Terriermon and Lopmon got to their feet. "First of all, I wish to congratulate all of you for your valiant efforts on the battlefield over the last few days and especially you three for taking on your parts in the prophecy so quickly."

"Well, it was either that on eventually getting ripped to pieces by those claws of his," said Terriermon. Renamon and Lopmon threw him a look each, but Fanglongmon merely chuckled.

"Indeed," he said. "But that doesn't make it any less demanding for you. You have faced many challenges in the past years and yet you have always come out on top. But I am aware that you have your whole life ahead of you and I know for a fact that you will all face many other challenges in your lives. And, I'm afraid, you three in particular, will have more challenges thrown at you than your friends."

"What do you mean?" asked Renamon. "Is there any more information you can give."

"I know everything that is going to happen to all Digimon in the future, until the end of time itself," said Fanglongmon. "But I am afraid that I cannot divulge any of it to you. I can warn you, as I am doing now, to be on your guard, but rest assured – you have a good deal of time before you will be required to battle again."

"That's a relief," said Terriermon. "I'd hate for some whopping great big Mega to come storming through right now – I don't know about everyone else, but I know I am exhausted. I could do with a good night's sleep."

"I see that Anubimon has carried out the task I set for him," said Fanglongmon, glancing at the three Deva Digieggs on the ground, and Leomon's egg held in Impmon's gloved hands. "But he shall not be the only one to reward you. I too shall give you a few blessings."

"I quite like the look of a new Xbox 360 if you do requests," said Terriermon.

"I'm afraid you will have to convince your Tamer to get that," said Fanglongmon. "But here is my gift to you."

There was a suddenly thwumping noise a pulse of energy suddenly ricocheted out of the Digimon God's entire body and fanned outwards. It washed over Digimon and humans alike and did absolutely nothing to them.

"Er," said Lopmon. "What was that, my lord?"

Suddenly, Kazu's phone rang. He looked sheepish and answered. "Yeah, look I... What? ... You're kidding... Oh dude, that's awesomeness itself... Nah, it's the Digimon God Fanglongmon... You bet your ass we did... Look, gotta go."

He hung up and grinned at Fanglongmon. "Thanks dude!" he called. Then he turned to the others and said, "That was Kenta. He said that Tokyo has suddenly reformed itself and all the buildings have, sort of, re-emerged from the rubble."

"Our homes are back," cheered Takato.

"We can make bread again," Guilmon yelled gleefully.

"Thank you, Fanglongmon," said Renamon, overhearing these pieces of information. "You have our heartfelt gratitude."

"I know," said Fanglongmon. "And now, I must return to the Digital World. I hereby reopen all portals to the Digital World. And one more thing..." The dragon opened his huge mouth and suddenly a swarm of Digi-Gnomes shot right out of it.

"Oh, so that's where they come from," said Lopmon.

"Not the way I would choose to be born, but what can you do?" said Terriermon, with a slight shudder. "Vomited out. Eurgh."

"I assure you, I brush my teeth twice a day," said Fanglongmon.

"Say what?"

"Fanglongmon," said Rika. "Does this mean that everything in the Digital World will sort itself out now that your back."

Fanglongmon shook his head. "A God is not allowed to interfere directly in the problems of the world. They are allowed to deal with the after-effects, as I have now done, but we must leave the running of the world to man. Just as with Anubimon, I cannot interfere directly, but I can assist other to do so. Farewell Tamers. I shall see you again someday. That I know. But for now, I must set the Digital World straight before I seal myself away again, and get Valkyriemon to give another prophecy. I assure you that this one will contain no German Words."

This brought a bought of laughter. Fanglongmon shut his eyes and the massive portal reopened behind him. He turned around and stalked into it. Then, he looked over his shoulder and said, "This portal shall remain open until all the Digimon that wish to return to the Digital World have gone through it. Goodbye."

Human and Digimon alike waved as he and the Digi-Gnomes vanished into the yellowness. Then they turned to their comrades.

Lopmon, Terriermon and Renamon returned to the main throng. Lopmon walked straight up to the four Devas. "I guess this is goodbye," she said up to them.

"For now," said Sandiramon. "I'm sure we'll meet again sometime. After all, Fanglongmon said you have many struggles to come."

"An ominous message if ever there was one," said Henry.

"Momentai Henry," said Terriermon. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. For now, I fully intend to kick back and relax for a straight week."

"Farewell, Lopmon," said Vajramon, clomping up to the little bunny, and picking up the Digi-eggs of Catsuramon and Makuramon. Pajiramon picked up the egg containing Majiramon.

"Yes, goodbye," she said. "Back to servitude for us."

"You may no longer be a Deva, but to us you'll always be kin," said Mihiramon.

"Thanks guys," said Lopmon. She hopped up onto the tiger's shoulders and hugged his neck with her ears, then repeating this action with the others, except Sandiramon, who did not have shoulder so she landed on top of his head instead.

"It's a shame," said Henry. "My sensei would really have wanted to meet you guys."

"Perhaps he will, one day," said Sandiramon. "Goodbye, Tamers."

With that, all four turned and vanished into the portal.

"I guess we better leave too," said MetalSeadramon. "I don't see us fitting in permanently here."

"We've got to return home," said Babamon. "The place will be riddled with dust by now."

"Ah great," moaned Jijimon. "I'll be sneezing for a straight week, just you wait and see."

"It was good to work with you," said Gryphonmon. "You Tamers are truly exceptional."

"I say we did okay ourselves," said his tail.

"Don't ruin the moment," snapped Gryphonmon.

"I must confess I shall miss your Earth food," said Plesiomon. "Particularly those anchovy pizzas of yours."

GranKuwagamon stayed silent but nodded respectfully at the Tamers. One by one, the Mega Digimon who had come to the Human World to assist in the destruction of Ogudomon filed past the Tamers and their Digimon and into the portal. The Tamers waved them off. As the back end of Plesiomon disappeared into the light, the portal closed with a snap.

Renamon knelt and picked up Isis in her arms as Takato turned to the group and smiled. "Let's go home," he said.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE LEFT!" wailed Kenta. "I WANTED TO SEE FANGLONGMON TOO YOU KNOW! COULDN'T YOU HAVE HAD HIM HANG AROUND A LITTLE UNTIL I GOT TO SEE HIM?"

As Kenta berated Kazu, Jeri watched with an amused face. She too was disappointed not to have seen Fanglongmon, but she hid it far better than Kenta did. The others had returned sans the Digimon from the Digital World and were looking out over the city that Fanglongmon had rebuilt in ten seconds flat. They were watching as the first of the people began to return to their homes, not knowing how the hell they had manage to rebuild themselves after being crushed by a rampaging Demon Digimon

Something tugged at her dress. She looked down to see Impmon standing beside her, looking up at her with a genuine nervousness in his eyes. "What is it, Impmon," she smiled at him.

"I... That is... I wanted to... I need to..." Impmon stammered, hiding something behind his back. Something white, as Jeri could still see the sides poking out from behind him.

"What's that, Impmon?" she nodded at it.

Impmon shifted his foot and produced the Digi-egg from behind his back and held it up to her. "This is a gift to you from Anubimon himself," he said.

Jeri stared at the Digi-egg. Hope seemed to surge within her, but she squashed it flat. It couldn't be... It just couldn't. His data had been uploaded.

Nevertheless she could not stop herself from saying, "Is... Is that... Leomon?"

Impmon smiled shyly and nodded. "Yes."

Jeri's spirit exploded with joy as she gently knelt down and took the Digi-egg gingerly from Impmon's grasp. It was smooth as she rubbed her hand across it. She wandered if Leomon knew that he was back in the hands of his Tamer. She carefully put it on the ground and pulled Impmon into a hug. Impmon looked startled, but returned it, slightly unsure of himself.

This was the best day of Jeri's life.

Nearby, a set of grey eyes watched as Jeri was given her Digi-egg by the one who had taken her Digimon from her in the first place. Alice sighed, hiding in the bushes. Jeri had Leomon back now, but she was still without her best friend. Dobermon was still not there. She overheard Impmon say that Anubimon had given it as a gift. Well what about her?

"Alice."

She jerked in shock and surprise, her head whirling around. She didn't believe what she was seeing. For there he was – Dobermon was standing right behind her, his face looking at her with wonder and joy. After a couple of seconds of frantic panting, desperately trying to find out if her eyes were deceiving her, Alice reached up and stroked the side of the giant dog's face.

"Dobermon?"

"Yes, Alice. I have returned. Anubimon has sent me back to this world at last. Now that this whole business is over, I hope that we can resume life as normal. And this time I will not have to give up my life."

Alice leapt upwards and hugged Dobermon, carefully avoiding his spiked collar. Dobermon was not her partner, and never had been, but he was her best friend. Neither had any desire to take part in any fighting. Alice clambered onto Dobermon's back and Dobermon set off, disappearing into the woods.

Takato Matsuki returned to his bakery ahead of schedule, at the insistence of his partner, who wished to have some bread. He would have to wait a little because first Takato had to bake some more, but once they got underway, there was little messing around. Guilmon stared hopefully at the oven, willing time to go faster. Unfortunately, it didn't, but eventually the bread was done.

As the two of them feasted on it, Mie and Takehiro hustled through the front door. Takato stood, and Mie flung her arms around his neck. "Oh, I'm so glad you're alright," she practically started crying into his shoulder. "I was so worried I would lose you this time."

"I'm alright, Mum," said Takato, returning the embrace.

Takehiro clapped Takato on the back. "You did good son. Yamaki told us all about what happened and how it worked. We just want you to know that we are so proud of you. Who would have thought that you'd turn out to be so responsible at such a young age?"

"Thanks Dad," said Takato.

"And you Guilmon," said Takehiro. "We owe you our thanks for helping to keep our boy safe."

"Nothing could make me stop, even if you stopped giving me bread," said Guilmon. Then he paused and practically yelped, "But please don't. I want to keep eating my bread. I had to go a whole year without it in the Digital World."

The Matsuki family laughed. "Don't worry, Guilmon," said Mie. "You'll still get plenty of bread, although you may not get as much as you'd like, or we'd go bankrupt."

"Aw, but I want lots of bread."

"If we went bankrupt, we would not be able to afford to pay to get all your bread."

"NOOOOO! I'll restrain myself! I swear!"

Another round of laughs.

Jeri Katou strolled up to her house, Leomon's Digi-egg clutched protectively in her arms. She had lost him once. She would not lose him again, no matter what the circumstances. But Jeri felt a sensation of joy inside her. She was a Tamer again. She had her beloved partner back. She no longer felt like just an add-on to the team. Even if she had not been that much help this time, she would be prepared to assist in all ways possible in the future.

With her was Calumon, who would still be sharing her house, even though she had her partner back, as he had taken a great liking to her and her little brother, who liked to play tag almost as much as he did.

"Hey, Jeri," said Calumon. "When do you think it'll hatch? When, huh? Will it be soon? What's it gonna be? What comes before Leomon? Do you know? Do you? Do you? Do you?"

Jeri chuckled at the Catalyst's enthusiastic approach. "I don't know the answer to any of those questions, Calumon. We'll just have to wait and see."

"But that's boring," said Calumon. "I don't want to sit and wait. I'll play tag with your little brother until then."

"Well it might be for a while," said Jeri. "But I hope it's soon. It can't wait."

"Ne neither," said Calumon. "I always like Leomon. He was so brave."

"No," said Jeri. "He is so brave."

When she got home, she found her father, Tadashi, and her stepmother, Shizue, already waiting for her. Tadashi glanced at the egg in her hands.

"That's must have been some chicken," he chuckled. "Or was it an ostrich?"

Jeri smiled and held up the egg. "You remember my partner, Leomon? Well, this is him. He's back.

Shizue frowned. "Back? But we already have one Digimon under our roof. Is it wise to have another? I can barely take the energy that Calumon has as it is."

"Don't worry," said Jeri. "Leomon is a lot calmer than Calumon. And he can look after himself. He's a big, tough warrior. You could almost call him the perfect role model for Masahiko. Leomon could teach him how to be a proper and polite person." She paused. "But I don't know where he's going to sleep."

Ryo Akiyama chose a more stylish way of getting home than walking, riding on his partners back. He wondered just how his dad was going to take this. His mum didn't seem to have a problem with Cyberdramon, as far as was possible not to have a problem with his constant bloodthirstiness, but his father didn't really approve of Digimon period. All in all it was a good thing that Cyberdramon chose to live on the roof most of the time. He said it was easier to spring up and get going if he sensed an enemy. Occasionally he came in if the weather got terrible, like heavy rain or hail, but mostly he stayed outside.

Ryo looked back on the whole debacle with Ogudomon and felt that it had been a rather team-building thing. Beforehand it had mostly been the Golden Trio of Takato, Henry and Rika with their partners, with him as a spare due to his sparseness, but he felt the group had now become more tight-knit. Even Rika seemed to have put her quarrel with him aside. He found he quite liked the effect.

He wondered how his father would take to him suggesting to transfer schools.

Cyberdramon landed with a thunk in front of the house, scaring away a couple of cats. Ryo hopped down and unlocked the front door. Cyberdramon shouldered his way through the doorframe and headed straight for the fridge, pulling out a carton of milk which had gone past it's expiry date and guzzling it straight down.

"Easy, Cyberdramon, I know you're hungry," said Ryo. "But be patient – you take up a lot of resources."

Cyberdramon growled. Ryo glanced at him. "You're anticipating those battles Fanglongmon mentioned already, aren't you?"

"Yes," said Cyberdramon. "Eagerly. The next few months are going to pass slowly for me."

Ryo chuckled. "No restraining you, is there? Why do I even try?"

"What do you want from me?"

Ryo blinked, then palmed his face. "How come Terriermon has more of an effect on you than I do?"

Cyberdramon actually chuckled, before plonking himself down on the floor and ripping a box of chicken wings open with his claws.

Kazu Shioda also took the route home by riding on top of his partner. He was as pleased as anything. He had finally distinguished himself in battle. Up to this whole Ogudomon event he had possibly been the weakest of the Tamers in terms of his partner, but not now.

He had to say he was pleased to score the final blow against weakening Ogudomon by taking out the final sword alongside Gryphonmon, but he thought to himself that he would not boast about this. This was most unlike him, as usually he liked everyone to know of his triumphs – but the destruction of some many places had mellowed him out a little, you could say knocked some sense into him.

Guardromon finally landed and carefully negotiated the flowerbeds in the little front garden. Under normal circumstances he was too wide to fit through the front door, but a quick biomerge late and HiAndromon stepped through it before splitting back apart in the kitchen.

"At least now, I won't have to sit and rust anymore than I have outside," said Guardromon.

Kazu nodded. "Mum can't complain," he said. "You can't squash her flowers now and you don't need to be fed. Perhaps now you could be more accepted into the family. Guardromon?"

"Yes?"

"Have you noticed the way that our little gang, the Tamers, seems to be pairing up. First Takato and Jeri have their sights set on each other, even if they have yet to do anything ... I mean, how dumb are they – it's so obvious ... and then Renamon and Terriermon get together, and now Henry and Rika. I wonder if I'll ever find a girl."

"Do not be too hard on yourself, Kazu," said Guardromon. "It was pure luck that Renamon and Terriermon got together, and you have some time yet to find a girl for yourself. What about Jeri's friend, that Ayaka, or Miki. They seemed nice."

"Maybe," said Kazu. "Thanks bud."

The door banged open and his parents, Hirofumi and Takako, stood there. "What is that thing doing in my house!" yelled his mother, Takako.

"And people wonder why I have issues," Kazu sighed.

Kenta Kitagawa walked home. He didn't exactly have the option of riding on his partner, who was, as usual riding in his trouser pocket. Of all the Tamers, Kenta had had the least trouble convincing his partner to stay, as although he was the most powerful of the partner Digimon in their usual forms, he also was the smallest and easiest to keep, as he had virtually no appetite and didn't skip around constantly like Calumon.

Kenta remembered the tearful face of his mother when the order to evacuate Tokyo had begun. MarineAngemon and he resolved to be "extra-special nice" to her when they got back home. His parents worried about him a lot, almost too much in his opinion, and it was really thanks to them that Kenta had developed his cautious nature.

But Kenta was still a little annoyed right now, since he had not been able to see Fanglongmon, nor could he biomerge with his partner ever. I mean, granted, the two kids Ai and Mako couldn't biomerge either, but still...

MarineAngemon knew that his partner was upset and tried to console him with the few words that came out of his mouth. "No sad. Matter?"

Kenta sighed and explained his little problem. MarineAngemon frowned. Truth be told he was thinking exactly the same thing. Often he wondered what it would have been like if Kenta had found him before the Shining Digivolution had turned him into a Mega. He almost giggled – Kenta would be the only Tamer to shrink during a biomerge, but he would have been able to flit about like none of the others, and that in itself was exhilarating.

Kenta finally reached his house to find that his parents were not yet there. That surprised him, they would have rushed home as fast as possible to see him. Perhaps they were just further away. He sat on the table and flicked on the TV. MarineAngemon hovered behind him... and then felt a tingly feeling in his stomach. He suddenly glowed and grew. He blinked, and then instantly reverted back to MarineAngemon. He flicked back and forth a few times between his Mega form and his Rookie form, which happened to be Gomamon. Then he grinned and flitted before Kenta to tell him.

The Digi-Gnome outside arced away.

Beelzemon shot through the air, wings barely flapping, and his partners Ai and Mako clutched to his chest in each hand. The two five year olds whooped excitedly as the wind rushed around them. They had done this many times over the last week-and-a-half but that didn't stop it from feeling any less exhilarated each time. Their mum reckoned that they were too young to go on rollercoasters, but this was still awesome.

Beelzemon landed just as his faithful bike Behemoth rounded the corner. Beelzemon grinned and set the children down, before de-digivolving and walking over to the bike. Impmon wondered what had become of it, whether Behemoth had had the sense to flee Ogudomon's purge, or whether it had been crushed along with the buildings and rebuilt by Fanglongmon. He stroked the side and the bike prummed at him.

"That is a wicked cool bike, Impmon," said Mako. "You reckon we can have a ride sometime."

"What, flying ain't good enough for ye?" smirked Impmon. "But, yeah, 'course you can. After all, you guys are Tamers and you gotta get used to a life of battles if what Fanglongmon said is right. And I reckon it is."

"They'll do nothing of the sort," exclaimed a voice. The three turned as the mother of the two, Haruhi Terada, rounded the corner, having heard the last thing that Impmon said. "They're five years old! How dare you come in here and start to tell my children they're going to live a life of danger. Now leave before I make you."

"Lady," said Impmon, who had become a little used to the scathing glances she flung his way when she thought he wasn't looking. "Ye gotta face the facts. You're too late. Ai and Mako are already my Tamers, and they ain't got a problem with me. Heck, I don't think you see what you got here in the shape of me. I am class protection."

"You're a menace," countered Haruhi.

"Really?" In a flash, Impmon had become Beelzemon again. He pulled out his shotguns and twirled them like a cowboy. "'Ow many humans you reckon are gonna try and harm these kids with someone like me 'anging around."

Haruhi backed up, but could find no retort to this. "My point proven," said Beelzemon. Ai and Mako cheered. As Beelzemon de-digivolved, he said, "Hey, you reckon there's such a thing as biomerging with two people instead of just one?"

Rika Nonaka and Renamon strode down the streets. They were hailed by the few people who had already returned to the city with cheers. Rika sighed. She liked the action but she was not a fan of publicity, something her mother had finally taken into account, and she no longer dragged her to photoshoots.

"Nice to keep our lives private," said Rika.

"Indeed," said Renamon. "I know that humans thirst for knowledge. I wonder what will happen when they find out I'm mated to Terriermon."

"It'll probably be all over the news," said Rika. "They'll post a big picture of the two of you and the front page of the newspaper will blare "FOX AND RABBIT MATED! People will like that – after all foxes generally eat rabbits in this world."

"Great," Renamon shuddered and shook her head. Then she glanced to the side as if something had caught her eye. She chuckled.

"What?" asked Rika.

"Terriermon says that perhaps we should take the newspaper editor hostage and surreptitiously take his place."

Rika shook her head. "Is nothing that I do going to be private to that bunny?"

"Only I don't know about it either," said Renamon. "I think our bond has finally stopped growing. Now there's nothing that we can keep from the other, we can pick up on the brainwaves of the other non-stop."

"What's he doing now?"

"The same as I am – walking home with his partner, but of course Suzie and Lopmon are there too."

"I don't know how you can stand it," said Rika. "It's be like living two lives at once."

"Not really," said Renamon. "It's like an extremely subconscious thing that you just know but don't really think about – like a random fact that know, like some rhinos have two horns and some have one, but is buried in your brain, ready to be called upon. It's a little like that, but perhaps slightly more pronounced."

"Fair enough," said Rika.

Isis the jackal was also there with them and he was bounding ahead, very much like an ordinary dog. He was sniffing at trees beside the road, and occasionally marking his territory. Renamon wondered what other dogs would make of the strange smell. Terriermon thought they'd chase their tails and panic. Lopmon thought that they'd just cover it up like any other dog.

As Rika rounded the gate and headed towards her house, Renamon momentarily paused and glanced down the street at the house that she had been imprisoned in with Terriermon. Goro's house – where it had all began. Goro had, unwittingly, started something that would save the world.

Of course, that didn't make it any less okay. But still...

"Rika," she said. Rika turned to look at her. "I be right back," she said. "There's something I want to do."

Terriermon's eyes widened as Renamon thought about the house and about what she was doing there. Lopmon immediately closed her mind to the two of them. She had also got wind of what was going on and what Renamon and Terriermon did in their private time was something she really did not want to know about.

Henry and Suzie walked along in relative silence, each with their partners perched on their heads. Suzie was chirping to Lopmon inside her own head, getting used to the fact that they could now communicate without using their mouths. Lopmon was trying to teach her how to close her mind so she could think about something she didn't want Lopmon to know, but Suzie was struggling with the concept. But, hey, she was seven. Just a little kid. She'd get there eventually.

Henry was contemplating a similar thing, why he couldn't communicate with his partner with his mind like his sister and his new girlfriend could. It did seem a little bit unfair to be excluded from this interesting thing, but he supposed that it has worked quite well so far without it. He didn't really need it.

But still...

I can't really be part of this little group without the ability. It does make me feel excluded, he thought.

"Hmm? What? Momentai, Henry. You've got the biggest brain here. Perhaps you could invent a machine when you're older that would allow us to communicate through thought."

Henry started. Terriermon had heard that? But he hadn't realised it was thought, perhaps implying that his attention was elsewhere, probably on whatever Renamon was doing right now. No, he had to check.

Can you hear this?

"WAAARGH!" Yep, it had clicked that time.

"GOD DAMNIT! THAT'S THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK SOMEONE HAS SPOKEN IN MY MIND AND MADE ME JUMP! I'D QUITE TO KNOW WHO CAN AND WHO CAN'T!"

"Momentai," Henry grinned, a feeling of great satisfaction and confusion creeping into him. It was all good – it seemed he could now communicate with his partner with his mind, making him part of the "Super Six" in full. But how the hell as it come about. It was completely illogical – Terriermon had no powers of telepathy on his own. He was not magical like Renamon or angelic like Lopmon.

Ah, forget it, Henry, came Terriermon's voice. Nothing has to be logical when it comes to Digimon. If I were you I'd just take this as a gift handed to you on a platter.

Henry nodded, not noticing the same Digi-Gnome that had helped Kenta flit past behind him. His phone rang. He pulled it and answered it. "Hey Dad."

"Henry, we've got a bit of a problem here. We're caught in the flood of people coming into the city. People are trying to rush and the authorities are trying to keep order, so we may be a little slow. We could be home soon or we could be home in a couple of hours."

"Alright," said Henry. "I'll keep house shall I?"

"Yes, you do that, son. Congratulations on defeating Ogudomon by the way."

"Ah, think nothing of it. See you."

"See you."

"Dad says he might be late," said Henry as he hung up.

Lopmon and Suzie glanced at each other and grinned. Suzie looked up at Henry and said, "Okay then, but we want to do something. We'll be back soon, okay."

"Erm, alright," said Henry. Suzie could take herself now, he reasoned. She was growing up fast – she had to give her some freedom.

With a slash, Lopmon became Antylamon and she streaked away, carrying Suzie.

"What are they up to?" asked Henry.

"No idea. Lopmon's shut her mind," said Terriermon. "Ah well, we'll find out later."

And indeed they did, but it was Terriermon that found out first, largely because it involved Renamon. Perhaps Suzie and Lopmon had not quite grasped that they could not hide anything from each other yet. Henry got a bout of confusion when Terriermon suddenly burst into hysterics for no obvious reason upon entry to their apartment.

The following day was mostly a catch up amongst the Tamers and their parents. Very little else happened, but once the local news was up and running again there was a great deal of conspiracy theories flying around as to how on Earth Tokyo could have rebuilt itself. None of them quite came near the actual one, except that the Tamers were somehow involved. All in all, it was a good day. Impmon and Haruhi even formed a sort of piece. You could say that Impmon's personality was winning nowadays, unlike when he had been a rogue Digimon wandering around.

As evening drew to a close, Henry and Terriermon were sitting on a bench in the park. The area was deserted, as all the children were spooked to go outside in case a Digimon appeared, despite the fact their houses would provide no protection at all.

Terriermon smirked to himself as he knew that Renamon was approaching behind him, along with Rika, Suzie and Lopmon. Suzie approached and put her hands over Terriermon's eyes. "Guess who?" she said.

"The toothfairy?" asked Terriermon. Suzie laughed and turned him around, her hands still over his eyes.

"I've got a surprise for you Terriermon," she said.

Beside him, Terriermon heard Henry say, "Whoa!" and he wasn't surprised – he knew exactly what the surprise was. Suzie removed her hands.

The sight was still enough to make Terriermon's jaw drop. Renamon looked stunning in the flowing white wedding dress that Suzie had insisted she where, teaming up with Rika's mother in order to persuade her to do it. Terriermon knew that it had taken a good four hours to sway her, but eventually she had given in and allowed herself to be taken to try some on. Needless to say the owner of the shop had been shocked, and holes had been cut for her tail and the spikes on her shoulders, but that didn't differ from the effect at all.

"Wow," said Terriermon. "And that doesn't do it justice."

Renamon smiled sheepishly. "What do you think?"

"You're a vision," grinned Terriermon. "And I mean that."

"Picture time!" cheered Suzie, pulling a digital camera from her pocket.

"Hey," said Renamon. "You said nothing about a picture."

"Momentai, Rena," said Terriermon, reintroducing the pet name. "We are "married." All couples have their pictures taken here, although I should be in a tux."

"I don't think they make anything your size," laughed Rika, who found this whole thing amusing.

"Which is a shame," said Lopmon. "They didn't have any dresses my size either. I would have liked to have tried one on."

"Come on, Rena," said Terriermon, hopping onto her shoulder and giving Suzie a peace sign with his fingers. Renamon sighed and looked at the camera too. With a flash, Suzie took the picture, then giggled as she looked at it on the screen.

You look amazing, said Terriermon.

Well, I feel silly.

You don't look silly. You should wear dresses more often.

Renamon winked at him. Maybe when we're alone.

Jeez, you think dirty.

I know. Our lives are going to be one wild ride, especially with those toys I found in Goro's house.

Terriermon shuddered in anticipation. Fortunately no-one else noticed.

"I suppose our lives aren't exactly going to be normal are they?" asked Henry.

"Who wants normal?" said Rika. "I reckon we're gonna have one wild ride."

"But for now," said Lopmon. "Let's just enjoy what'll hopefully be at least a few months of peace."

"I'm all for that," said Terriermon.

The group turned and watched the setting sun, Terriermon hopping off Renamon's shoulder onto the back of the bench, Lopmon bounding up to join him. Henry sat back on the bench, Rika on one side and Suzie on the other. Renamon stood next to them. Terriermon glanced up at her and surreptitiously brought up one ear and used it to squeeze her butt.

Renamon smiled.

Lopmon rolled her eyes.

THE END!

But it's not over. Turn over to my other "fic" I just posted for more details.

Thank you to all my reviewers. I achieved 61 by the end of the last chapter that weren't my own, far more than I thought I would when I started out.

Here are the credits for my reviewers. First comes the number of reviews from top to bottom and those who gave me that number.

1 – NKC, Lord Pata, Eqgz, TimTah, Azure Neko, Berna45, Geekgirl, Marc Bailey

4 – Starowner, Bookworm Gal

8 – BornFromDarkness

12 – Tamara Caitlyn, fireangel08

13 – Rainbow35

Until next time, this is Fergus Flamacron signing off.