Thankfully for Henry's continued sanity, the food shopping trip was pretty uneventful, although there was one time where he had to tell Suzie that they weren't allowed to buy anything that wasn't already on the list. She wasn't very happy about that fact, but she didn't make a fuss about it, which Henry was only too happy to have happen.

So, with arms full of groceries, Henry, Suzie and their Digimon began making their way back to their apartment. And by arms full of groceries, I meant that Henry was carrying everything.

Henry was barely managing to hold on to all of the bags due to the amount of stuff that was inside. It was so heavy that it got to the point that he was considering offloading one of the bags on to Suzie, but then he soon realized that there was probably no chance that she would even be able to carry one, so he decided to just grin and bear it.

Finally, after what felt like forever, the four of them managed to make it back to their apartment building. Unfortunately, the only problem was that the door into the building was just a normal door that you had to pull open, and with Henry's hands being full, he couldn't grab the door to open it.

Henry stood there in front of the door for a moment, thinking quickly about how he was going to shift the weight of the bags in his hands so that he would be able to free one of his hands when Terriermon leaned over from his perch on top of Henry's head to meet eye to eye with him.

"Need a hand there, Henry?"

As much as Henry wanted to figure this problem out himself, he knew that he was probably going to end up having to set at least one of the bags down on the ground, which with how overflowing the bags were would only lead to trouble.

Sighing, he looked up towards his partner, adopting a playful tone to hide his true feelings.

"You think that you can open this door with those stubby little arms?"

Terriermon huffed, not liking being made fun of.

"Hey! I'll have you know that I've done a lot of things with these arms!" he said, waving them around for emphasis.

"Oh yeah? Like what?"

Terriermon opened his mouth to begin listing, but then he soon realized that he couldn't think of any, which made Henry begin to giggle.

"Sorry Terriermon. Didn't mean to butter you up like that. But seriously, can you even open this door? It is a bit high for you."

Terriermon, thankfully, was willing to accept Henry's apology, but before he could make a move to open the door, the door was already opened. Looking down, Henry noticed that Suzie had opened the door for them, although she had a look on her face that Henry could tell meant that she was tired of waiting for them to finish.

"Thanks Suzie. Appreciate it." said Henry as he slipped through the open door.

Suzie gave a small smile at Henry's courtesy before following behind him and Terriermon, Lopmon hanging on to Suzie's head.

After taking the elevator up to their floor, Henry walked up to their door. Shifting the bags on to one hand, Henry knocked on the door, hoping that his parents were home so that he could be let in.

"Mom? Dad? You home?" he yelled towards the door.

Unfortunately, no one answered, so Henry took it as a sign that they weren't home. Sighing, he carefully set the bags down on the floor before digging around in his pockets to find the key.

Once he managed to find said key and open the door in front of him, he once again carefully picked up the bags (which were thankfully still in one piece) and shoved open the door in front of him with his shoulder.

After finally setting the bags on to the counter, Henry shook his arms out to get the feeling back into them before setting to work on putting the groceries away.

"Man, they must be pretty busy this week." he said after glancing at the clock at noticing the late hour.

"Well, I'm sure that your dad is probably still dealing with that breach predicament with Yamaki." said Terriermon as he looked inside one of the bags that Henry was sorting through.

"True, but that doesn't explain what my mom is up to nowadays."

"Who knows? I guess she must be really busy."

Henry paused, considering what Terriermon said.

"Yeah, but with what?"

Terriermon shrugged before returning to rooting around in the slowly emptying bag.

Sighing, Henry decided just to focus on getting the food packed away.

The rest of the day went pretty smoothly, as Henry's parents came home not too long after Henry finished with the groceries and joined Suzie and Lopmon on the couch.

There was one slight hiccup in their day, though. During dinner, Henry attempted to ask his father if there was any news about the breach, but Janyu remained silent despite Henry trying multiple ways to get answers.

"Come on, dad! Can't you at least say something?"

"This is really not the best time, Henry! You're making a scene!" said Janyu, rounding on Henry with an angry look on his face.

Henry soon realized what he was doing when he looked over and saw the looks on Suzie and his mom. Suzie looked curious as ever, but Mayumi looked completely stressed as she listened to what was going on.

For some reason, though, Mayumi remained silent despite the look that she had, so Henry decided it was best to remain silent concerning this kind of subject so that he doesn't agitate his mother further.

After everyone finished their dinner, Janyu sent Henry and Suzie to bed. He said that it was so the two of them would be well-rested for Suzie's party tomorrow, but Henry had an idea of the real reason. Still, he didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he and Suzie got ready for bed and went into their rooms, trying their best to sleep as they attempted to avoid listening to the argument that the two parents attempted to drown out with the TV.

The next day came, and Henry woke up a little earlier than he usually would have, wanting to be up before Suzie. He hopped out of his bed and pulled his present out of his closet, quickly wrapping it up with some wrapping paper that he had stashed in the closet.

After sticking it back into the closet, Henry opened his bedroom door and went through to find his parents sitting in the kitchen, enjoying some breakfast. Henry could tell that things were a little strained between the two of them after last night, but he decided it was best not to pry into what happened, taking the fact that they weren't fighting as a good sign.

"Morning, mom! Morning, dad!"

"Good morning, Henry. We've already got some breakfast ready for you." said Janyu.

"Yeah, and don't take too long, too. Everyone's gonna be here in an hour or so, and I want everyone all ready for their arrival."

"Okay, mom."

Henry quickly ate his breakfast before heading into the shower and cleaning himself up. After finally pulling on his usual clothes, he walked back out into the living room just as Suzie walked out of her room, rubbing sleepily at her eyes.

"Morning, Suzie! Happy birthday!" said Henry as he watched Suzie walk forward.

It took a few seconds for that information to register with Suzie, but once it did she lit up. Looking down at Lopmon, she immediately picked up her partner and gave her a huge hug.

"Yay, it's my birthday! I'm so excited!"

Suzie began spinning around in a circle, Lopmon in her outstretched arms.

"Alright, Suzie. We need to get you ready for when everyone comes." said Janyu, smiling as he made his way over to where Suzie was.

Henry watched as Suzie set Lopmon down (who stumbled around for a bit considering the spinning made her dizzy) and followed Janyu into the bathroom, the door closing behind them.

After some time has passed, the door opened, and the two of them came back into the living room, Suzie looking noticeably excited as she was dressed in her usual attire.

Suzie then went over and joined her mom at the table as she went ahead and had her breakfast before joining Henry, Terriermon and Lopmon on the couch as they waited for the rest of their family to arrive.

Just as Mayumi said, the rest of Henry's family arrived about an hour later to a newly decorated apartment, as Henry worked together with his parents to get everything set up.

The party started off pretty smoothly at first, with everyone simply mingling with each other and celebrating the occasion. As for Suzie herself, she was spending time with Henry and his older brother and sister playing with Terriermon and Lopmon, who were both posing as dolls since Henry felt it was safer for them to avoid showing their relatives they exist.

Eventually, it was time for presents, and as Suzie began opening gifts from everyone, Henry went into his room and pulled his gift out of the closet before returning to everyone else.

"Here you go, Suzie. I picked this out especially for you." he said.

As Henry handed the gift to Suzie, he glanced over at Lopmon, who was still posing as the doll, so he couldn't really tell if she had a problem with the way he phrased it. He did hope, though, that she would have understood considering the circumstances.

"Ooh, it's a scooter! I love it!"

Suzie held out a brand new scooter inside its packaging, with a set of elbow pads and a helmet for safety.

"Thanks, Henwy!"

Suzie quickly went over and gave Henry a hug.

"No problem, Suzie. I'll even help you learn how to ride it if you want."

"I'd love to!"

Satisfied, Henry let Suzie go, and she returned to where she was originally sitting.

With all of the presents opened, everyone was about to get ready for dinner, when the sky suddenly started to get dark outside.

"That's strange. I thought it was supposed to be bright and sunny out today." said Henry's brother, who noticed the change.

Curious, Henry looked outside, wondering what the sudden change in weather was about, when Terriermon suddenly hopped on to his head just as he noticed a strange purple cloud nearby.

Henry was about to chide Terriermon for nearly blowing his cover when what the bunny Digimon said next made his jaw nearly drop in shock.

"Henry, it's a Digimon! We need to go!"