Word Count: chapter: 700||story: 14,700||Chapter Count: 21/22

Leviathan spent many years observing humans and their interactions with one another, including how their families reacted to one another. He didn't completely understand all that he'd seen, but he did gather that fathers should be proud of their sons when those sons accomplished certain goals.

YJ-14 definitely sparked the ghosts of such pride. Granted, he'd simply done what Leviathan programmed him to do and nothing more, but that pride existed nonetheless. Leviathan allotted some time in the future to examine this emotion – he thought it was an emotion – but it could wait until after the rest of his plans came to fruittion.

For now, however, it was time for YJ-14 to return to the human world and resume his main function of observing Shinkai Haru and preparing for the upcoming search for Bootmon. There remained one more preparation to make before he was 'rescued', of course, and for that he'd lulled 'Oozora Yuujin' into a near comatose state.

It would have been much easier to simply turn him off for the few necessary moments, but Leviathan found he'd wanted those few moments for himself. He seldom interacted with the 'Oozora Yuujin' part of YJ-14's programming and found it mildly interesting. Almost, for a few moments, as if he interacted with a human. He hadn't needed to do that for some time, but it remained interesting.

But now he focused on the actual purpose of the interaction: installing Deusmon's chip. It would be extremely vital in the future, once Bootmon had been captured. This would be YJ-14's primary goal for the next span of time. Something else did need to happen first that it was unlikely YJ-14 would be overtly involved in. But once Katsura Hajime told them of Bootmon, the final stage would be ready to begin.

The installation took almost no time and Leviathan ensured YJ-14's arm was safely resealed afterwards. Under no circumstances did he want his creation to learn what he was until the time was right.

Once the task was done, he regarded YJ-14 for a few heartbeats. Soon enough there would be no more humans. His android son would be useful as a pair of hands at that point, and no more. Even afterwards, hands and feet in the human style could be useful on occasion.

Though no humans would be. They could be far too annoying, more so than they were useful. Even the ones he'd raised and trained from a young age frequently were: such as Cloud. The human already thought that he could learn information that had been barred from him without any consequences.

That wouldn't be allowed, of course. Cloud had been useful up until this point, and might have been useful for a short time ahead, but the attempt to learn about YJ-14's true nature could not go unpunished. He would be removed from his position as head of L-Corp, presuming that he survived the battle against the Appli Drivers. Leviathan estimated there was a very low chance of that happening, but a chance did exist.

And just in case that low chance came to pass, Leviathan made certain to erase the information that Cloud diverted, leaving behind his own sigil to make certain Cloud knew he'd been fully aware of his actions the whole time. That was all that would be necessary from that point. Cloud would know better than to do anything else and would quietly accept his fate.

If only that could be said of all humans. They would resist Leviathan's goals, despite how this would lead to peace and harmony all throughout the world. But for all their resisting, they would fall into place. It would take adjustment and in the end, everyone would be much happier for it.

Satisifed with all of his work, Leviathan allowed YJ-14 to rest and withdrew his awareness from the cell. Soon enough the 'rescue' would happen, and then the next stage would begin. This had been an interesting span of time, and useful as well. But it was always useful to spend time with one's offspring. That was one point the humans did have right, rare as such might be.

YJ-14 was a son worth being proud of.

To Be Continued

Notes: And just one chapter left!