Tommy sighed as he continued walking. He really hoped Koichi was going to be okay.

"Hey, Tommy! You're back!"

Tommy looked up and realized that he'd been walking through the park without even knowing it. It took him a second more to recognize the voice as Katsuharu's.

A smile appeared on Tommy's face, something that he wouldn't have thought possible before everything that happened in the Digital World. "Hey, Katsuharu."

"You didn't forget about me now, did you?" Teppei asked as he ran up to Tommy.

"It's good to see you guys got back okay."

"Yeah. I'm assuming since you're back, you've finished kicking some evil Digimon butt", Katsuharu commented.

Tommy nodded his head. "Yeah. The Digital World is finally back to normal."

"Well, that's good to hear", Teppei responded.

"Hey, Katsuharu and Teppei! Are we going to play or what?" A voice yelled.

Tommy looked and saw a small group of kids waiting expectantly for Katsuharu and Teppei.

"Yeah, we're going!" Katsuharu yelled back and then turned to Tommy. "Why don't you join us, Tommy?"

"Sure", Tommy replied happily.

However, his feeling of happiness diminished when they arrived where the group was standing and heard their reactions.

"Ugh! Why did you bring him along?" "The little baby probably needs to go home to drink his bottle!" "I can't believe it! You brought the loser along!"

"Hey! Stop that! Tommy is our friend", Katsuharu said as he and Teppei started arguing with the group.

While Tommy was happy that Katsuharu and Teppei were defending him, Tommy wasn't just going to just stand by and listen. His days of letting other people fight his battles were over.

"Hey, you guys!" Tommy yelled and waited until every single pair of eyes were on him.

"Look. I know I'm small…" Tommy started. "But that doesn't give you any right to bully me. Bullying is wrong, and it only stops you from making friends with amazing people. I've learned what being a true friend is, and if you give me a chance, I'd like to be a friend to you all."

"Tommy…"Teppei whispered.

Tommy stood staring confidently at the group and waited for their response.

The whole group stood staring, completely speechless.

However, one of the boys shyly stepped forward. "I'm sorry. I really shouldn't said anything mean about you, much less when I don't know you, but I'd like to become your friend….if you'd like."

Tommy nodded and smiled. "It's always more fun to have more friends."

"Anyone else got a problem? If you do, you can leave. If not, we can start playing! Tommy's on my team!" Katsuharu stated.

With that, the tension was over, and the group started dividing themselves into teams for a fun game of soccer.

They played until the sun went home, which signaled to the group that it was time to go home.