'You know, I would like to talk to them as well...'
Harmony smirked. 'Yes, but you have to keep in mind that in this reality, they don't remember you. So it would be the best to leave the talking to me... at least until I've explained everything to them.'
'You're right, of course...' Henry sighed from the depths of Harmony's mind, where he was forced to wait and watch, until he and Harmony would switch again. 'Have they... have they really forgotten everything about me? I mean, except for Rika and that Kei?'
'I'm not sure about Takato anymore... we always thought he would be able to remember everything from before the changes, but ever since he gave up being a Game Master, I'm not too sure of it anymore...'
'Well, this is just great...' Henry groaned.
'C'mon, cheer up! See it like this: They might not remember you, but they do remember me, and let's face it, we're not that different from each other, are we? I was raised as a girl and you were raised as a boy, so our preferences are a bit different, but as much as I have learned from the short time we shared a head, you have pretty much the same interests as me.'
'Well, okay... I just hope we can fix this mess somehow.'
'Don't worry, where there's a will, there's a way!'
'I don't recall being THAT optimistic, you know?'
Harmony grinned.
"What's so funny?" Rena asked curiously.
"Oh, I just talked to Henry, Rena!"
The blonde teenager giggled. "You guys are funny, you know that? You want me to believe all that? Computers that change reality and dopplegangers that hide inside your head? And here I thought I've seen everything after I saw the Digital World for the first time..."
"Rena, for the last time, you are the one who originally came from the Digital World, not me!" Rika pleaded. "Try to remember... don't you recall the moment we first met?"
Rena looked at her sister in confusion. "What are you talking about? We knew each other since your birth." She chuckled. "I always thought it was cute when you came out of that Digitama. I was still a little kid back then, but I can clearly remember that day."
Rika decided not to go there. "If I'm a Digimon, how come I can turn into a human?"
"Uh... I dunno? I'm still pretty shocked about that, you know? Imagine, seeing my baby sister as a human girl for the first time... I always knew you'd make a pretty girl."
Rika blushed. "Um, thank you... but seriously, don't you ever recall digivolving? How you became Kyubimon for the first time? You saved me from IceDevimon..."
"Kit, that's..."
"RIKA!" the redhead shouted. "Call me Rika, okay? Kitsumon is just my Digimon form!"
"Such as Dachsmon is just my Digimon form," Harmony added.
Now Rena was confused. "But Dachs... I mean, Harmony, I don't understand... haven't you always been a Digimon?"
"It's the same as with me." Rika tried very hard to stay patient. "That RPG Reality game messed up your memories when you got hit by that... glitch, or whatever it was. It's all the fault of that bastard BioCalumon..." she growled.
"Think about it, Rena," Harmony tried again. "If I'm a Digimon, who's my partner?"
"Terriermon, of course!" Rena instantly replied. "No, wait... that can't be right, can it? I mean, Terriermon's a Digimon himself after all... but... but I know he's your partner, so... what the heck is going on?"
"Do you see it now?" Rika asked. "It's all because of that stupid game. Originally you were my Digimon partner, my friend... we only became sisters recently because of it. And while I'm happy for that change, I really hate to see that you lose your memories about all we did together as well."
"Oh dang, that's too much!" Rena groaned and clasped her head. "I'm just a normal, teenage girl, with nothing more to worry about but school and new clothes... and you expect me to take all of this in at once?"
"That's just it, Renamon..." Rika said softly as she reached for her confused sister's hand. "You are not just any girl... you are something special! You are my sister, and my partner... my Digimon partner!"
"R... rika..." Rena mumbled. After a while, she nodded and put her own hand on the younger girl's hand. "Okay, I... I guess I can live with that."
"All right!" Rika grinned. "And now, let's find out if you have a Hybrid form you can digivolve to."
"Rika, your friends are here!" their mother suddenly shouted.
The door to their room opened, and Takato, Jeri and Ryo came in, followed by Guilmon, Terriermon and, to Rika's surprise, Kei.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Takato said. "But we ran into Ryo and Terriermon on our way."
"There have been a few problems back at Ryo's house," Terriermon explained. "And I think he wants to tell you about it as well."
Ryo nodded.
"What were you doing there in the first place, Terriermon?" Rika wondered.
"Well, I just wanted to ask him if he wanted to come along as well... after all, he's pretty much one of us. And I figured, the fastest way would be by flying."
Harmony frowned. "You do realize there's this lovely invention they call 'telephone' now, do you?"
"Aaah, mou-man-tai!"
Rika and Harmony groaned, while Jeri and Rena snickered.
Taken by surprise, Jeri blinked and looked at the blonde girl sitting on Rika's bed. "Say... do I know you? You kinda look familiar..."
Rika sighed. "Jeri, guys... this is Renamon!"
"RENAMON?" everyone asked in a shocked voice, except for Ryo, who just raised an eyebrow in surprise.
Rena sheepishly raised her hand and waved. "Um... hi, guys!"
"And this isn't the only problem we have," Harmony added.
Kei had a bad feeling about this. Of course, she already knew that Renamon got turned into a human, but what other problems might there be? What other things did Ryo and Harmony have to say? Whatever it was, she doubted that she would like it. And in the end, everything that was happening just now was a result of the RPG Maker.
And now, with the program and the CD destroyed... would they ever be able to fix this mess?
"Henry?" Takato asked in surprise. "Henry, is... is that really you?"
"Well, he's inside me," Harmony tried to explain. "But you honestly remember him?"
"Yeah... yeah, I think so!" Takato nodded, still a bit dumbfounded. "But how... how is that possible? I thought you... him... god, this is confusing! I thought Henry got turned into you when reality changed..."
"For some reason, he reappeared in my head, and ever since that moment, we had to share this body," Harmony explained, gesturing at her body. "He asked me to do the talking for now, because he's still a bit uncomfortable with being in a girl's body."
'Yeah...' Henry thought. 'Especially when peeing...'
Harmony giggled.
"Now what's so funny?" Rika asked.
"Oh, it's an insider joke," Harmony grinned.
"I think I know what happened," Ryo sighed. "When the RPG Reality game on my computer suddenly received the powers of the original game, Monodramon did something on Harmony's and Henry's profile... and now he's 'aware' of everything that happened."
"And that caused Harmony and Henry to become separate identities," Rika said slowly. "I think I understand..."
"So... does that mean that we now can use your computer to make changes?" Kei asked.
"I never would have expected that, but yes, I think so," Ryo nodded. "And if you think about it, it just makes sense, doesn't it? Takato's computer got trashed..."
"And with it all the high scores of my favorite games..." Takato grumbled.
Ryo ignored his remark. "And when that happened, my version of the same game got the properties of the original. So what does that mean?"
"That you always should keep backup copies?" Terriermon suggested.
Ryo was not the only one who groaned. "No, it means that every time the main game gets destroyed, one of the other copies will essentially BECOME the main game."
"So, all of the changes Takato and I made are still there?" Kei asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Ryo nodded.
"But... am I still the Game Master?" Kei wondered. "And what about Eiko?"
"Monodramon managed to make a change, so wouldn't that make him the Game Master now?" Jeri asked.
"Probably," Harmony shrugged. "But, to be on the safe side, I think we should test if Kei can still see the game and not just static."
"Good idea!" Takato nodded.
"And what about me?" a quiet voice spoke up from the bed.
They all turned around in surprise. In all that chaos, they almost forgot about what happened to Renamon.
Rena looked at them with sad eyes. "If I really am who you all tell me, shouldn't we try to make a change that turns me back to..." She shuddered. "...normal?"
"That's also a good idea," Takato nodded.
"First things first!" Rika spoke up, firmly. "Shouldn't we try and see if Rena can still digivolve? Maybe that will help you to deal with the changes a bit better." She looked at her sister apprehensively.
"I don't know..." Rena mumbled and looked down at her feet and the sneakers they were in... the very same pair she remembered getting as a present from her grandmother.
In her own, fake set of memories.
"Okay, but how are we going to..."
A deep rumbling.
Everyone turned to look at Guilmon, who rubbed his tummy.
Takato sighed. "Guilmon..."
"Sorry... I'm hungry!" his brother whined. "Can't we get something to eat, Takatomon?"
Takato sweatdropped. "That... might be a good idea."
Then he blinked. "Wait a minute... what did you call me?"
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