Just like that five days passed as the new tamers trained with their partners and built up their bonds. In these five days, Naruto got close to all the girls and learned more about them while they got to know him better.

Even though some of them didn't love him, the bond between them grew and it wasn't hard to see that it might happen if they continued perfectly.

It was also a very pleasant experience for all of them. Naruto couldn't deny that these had tempted him a lot. He might be sinking into the ocean of pleasure at this rate and he didn't want to stop.

Without notice, Morrigan and Eve's natural affects had gotten him comfortable with such a setting.

Other than this, he had also spent time just talking and enjoying it normally with them, his friends.

As for his family, they had been preparing to fight against the Akatsuki and take revenge for their losses. But first, they needed to find the base.

Naruto took notice of it but put it on hold for later when he was ready. Asura's training went well and he matured with each day.

But, Asura wasn't the only that grew with time as Naruto's power was growing very fast. His powers had been locked by the seal every mutant got and now that it was gone, his powers quickly returning to their proper level with his training.

He had stuck at one point for years because of the seal. He wasn't knowledgeable to break it and he didn't have the powers to break it.

There were many seals in the world that were too much for even his full power but the seal on children was made by Ultimate Digimon, Taomon.

Fortunately, it was gone and now he could quickly get in shape. He just needed at least one year to get his war arc power and he would be ready to participate in the world and help Asura digivolve faster.

Getting to Champion wasn't hard for any good tamer but Ultimate wasn't easy since you needed to kill a lot of champion digimon or a dozen Ultimate digimon. That was not enough as you needed to fulfill the data requirements along with material requirements.

Fortunately, that was recorded for most digimon so the tamer just had to follow the instructions.

The Mega on the other hand was always a problem as it had extensive and difficult conditions.

Fortunately, Asura's requirement was just a lot of fights and getting recognition from Gankoomon. That was the normal manner but sometimes the emotions of the digimon could burst and resonate with the tamer to unlock the evolution.

It was a rare case but it happened.

Naruto didn't care about that one because it required luck and that was one thing he hated the most. But he was looking forward to meeting Azulongmon for the Bio-Merge program.

Azulongmon was one of the digital Sovereigns and guardian of the digital world that actually liked humans, though he was pretty much neutral.

It was the digimon that had the program for Bio-Merge that it granted chosen Tamers, meaning only few Tamers had it.

You had to pass some test for that to happen and this was a very powerful gift as it allowed the digimon and the tamer to fuse, allowing the digimon to become more powerful every time and sometimes even access a high evolution.

This was something Naruto always aimed for because it would allow him to directly get to Mega and add his power to Asura, making him surpass his Prime instantly.

With just that much, he would have enough power to contend with the Royal Knights. He wouldn't be the strongest but he would be one the strongest beings alive.

Naruto didn't forget his team as he intended to help them grow fast as well. He hadn't shared his plan but he was going to make them the youngest tamers with a Mega.

The current Youngest Tamer with a Mega was 20 years old, meaning it took them four years.

Naruto intended to finish it within three years.


Five days had passed and Naruto decided it was time for Asura's first kill. This was a necessary step that was compulsory for all tamers before they enter the digital world.

There were logical reasons behind this step and Naruto agreed. It was the same thing that was used by ninja in the old ages and abolishing this had caused many deaths because the ninja never had experience killing other people so they held back or got paralyzed when they killed.

There were obvious rare incident where they enjoyed the experience of being splashed with blood.

That was the same reason in this world.

Tamers lived with digimon and digimon weren't some mindless monsters. This point made it very difficult for many tamers to actually kill other digimon at the beginning and even led to death.

Just like there were good and bad humans, it was the same for the digimon. But even without the evil and good argument, there were borders and skirmishes going inside the digital world.

Getting into battle outside the cities was very normal so a tamer needed to be ready for such an experience.

The association helped with it and checked on the mental health of the tamer before allowing them access to the digital world.

But the tamer wasn't the only one with the problem, even the tamer's digimon needed to go through this process for their benefit.

Unlike normal digimon, Tamer's digimon would have no experience in the wild and dangerous world. They would be used to friendly digimon and this would lower their aggressiveness.

So just like the ninja in Naruto's world, these partner digimon could hold back and get killed because of that mistake.

The other problem would be that the digimon could get distracted by the data of the prey when it kills for the first time and get ambushed by another digimon.

Just like the human, the digimon partner's mental health was also checked to be sure. Some digimon could end up losing themselves to bloodlust from the excessive killing and those had to be put down sometimes or they ended up killing their partners.

Being a tamer was a dangerous job even if it was the most important and exciting job.


Naruto had arrived with the whole group and Yeong had prepared everything for them. They would be fighting some weak rookie digimon and this time it was a real digimon. The association wasn't evil and Naruto wasn't someone that made compromises on these things so the digimon were some evil things from the dark zone.

Yeong was looking fresh and very happy these days. She had become a lot closer to the group and she could confidently call them her friends.

There was an age difference but all of them were very mature so it didn't really matter.

"I want to make a final confirmation, are you sure about this? This is an irreversible step and usually takes longer than a week. Most people would take a month to be sure. Any of you could develop problems from this ordeal, my suggestion would be to slowly get used to it by combating the fake ones." Yeong stood in front of the group of enthusiastic Tamers.

Rika stood with Luna calmly, she was fully confident that this was just formality for her.

Henry was fussing over Tesla, as he was definitely worried since his digimon was of the gentle type. He would have definitely taken long but the team needed to enter to the digital world after two days. He had to take one for the team and cheer his pal.

Takato was just very much excited about the battle along with Arthur, as he was a very simple guy that divided people into evil and good. He didn't mind killing the evil digimon.

Arthur was a combat digimon with aggressive personality in battle so there was also no worry there except the guy losing his mind to blood lust. That was a common case with Guilmon and dragon types.

Naruto had everything under control so he wasn't worried. He had trained Asura perfectly and he had helped his team. They might need to take the whole day off but they wouldn't have any problems.

There were only three that could have problems, Takato, Tesla and Arthur.

Takato was confident but it was unfounded and he was not going to like what he saw.

"Yeong, thank you for your concern but we are sure. We have a very deep bond with our partners now and you already know the values, so there is no need for us to hesitate. Believe in us, we will get out fine, Right guys!" Naruto responded to her worries gently and gave a shout for the people at the back.

"Yeah!" Takato, Arthur, Tesla, Henry and Asura responded while Rika and Luna gave a silent nod.

"Yeong, we can do it. Trust in our capabilities." Rika walked forward to stand beside Naruto and also gave her piece.

They had already been authorized so they didn't need to do it but Yeong was their advisor and friend. It would be unwise to just brush her off.

She could become unmotivated and become aloof to their concerns if they acted like she was wind.

In these five days, she had proved her worth and helped all of them with information gathering. Naruto had gotten the records for different places and items he needed with her help.

"Look at Arthur, does it look like he is gonna cry because of some evil thing died. He isn't going berserk either, just look at him." Takato spoke up as he held Arthur and presented him for proof.

"Takatomon is right. We can handle this battle with ease and get back to celebrate with some cake. Yum Yum." Arthur helped his master out.

"Takatomon, really?" Rika looked at him with a judgmental gaze.

"Hey, what's wrong with that? I always wanted to be a digimon or get called like this by one. It is my dream, stop looking at me like that." Takato defended it and hugged Arthur.

Yeong couldn't help but give a short laugh at the scene. Looking at them, she felt that she might have been worrying too much.

All of them looked confident and excited.

"Thank you for caring for my opinion, I approve of it. Please enter carefully and do not let your guard down." Yeong gave a nod and walked to the computer to the side where she could activate the battle zone for the tamers.

One by one each of them disappeared to their battle arena.


Naruto and Asura appeared in a wasteland with high heat, 80 degree Celsius, and wind that carried dirt. It didn't make it less hot but made it worse

High and very low temperatures were normal for the digital world, and this was just child's play. There were regions that were completely on flames, flames that were approaching 20, 000.

All around them there was nothing, just an open wasteland with cactus and normal lizards or snakes. The digital world sometimes directly copied beings from the normal would so those animals also existed but were mostly used as feed for digimon weaker than rookie.

In this terrible place stood their target, and what a target it was.

Naruto blew a kiss at the sky. They gave him a special target. It was one of the worst rookie digimon to face, not even if you were an Ultimate Tamer was it a good idea to face this thing.

It was a Keramon.

Keramon was a devour type Digimon and it digivolved from Tsumemon. Its physique had gotten larger, and with its huge mouth, it could eat away at much more data than Tsumemon could. Because it eats away at more than 100 megabytes of data per second, the data was destroyed the instant it entered Keramon. Due to its extremely cheerful personality, it thought of its destructive actions as just part of its play.

This digimon was never alone. It moved in huge droves and was like a calamity of the Digital world. It caused destruction where ever it passed. It was followed by it champion and Ultimate form while all digimon and tamers made sure that it never achieved its Mega form because it would cause deaths on both sides in huge numbers.

The Mega form of this digimon was known as a world crisis as it could clone itself indefinitely, creating thousands of mega to overrun the world.

The mega form was stronger than Wargreymon, meaning it wasn't a weak Mega either.

Keramon was a digimon with a normal adult size head that was round in shape with large eyes and mouth.

It had two long antenna sticking out from the head and it two long skinny arks with large hands.

The part below the head was just eight tentacles with sharp claws at the end.

This digimon had never been granted to a tamer for being too dangerous and its destructive personality.

The Royal knights kept the situation in control or it could have always been a problem for everyone.


"How do you feel about this foe?" Naruto asked as he stood beside Asura. It was not their first battle without his active participation but it was their first battle where they were not going to hold back.

When it came to killing, even Naruto only had few kills on his hand and he had felt bad about those kills. He never really got used to it.

His body naturally didn't like taking it that far so he had goosebumps when he killed and he felt the urge to cry for what he had done.

That was so but Naruto managed to keep that under control and not show it to others or let it affect his battle abilities.

To him it was a reminder that he still thought of those killed as human even if they were scum.

"I am honored that I can fight such a powerful foe. I thought it was going to be a mundane task that would be over within a second." Asura had grown a lot in these days and he had developed ways to sound like a confident warrior from his experiences with people and digimon.

His fighting skills and personality had become solid.

Training with Ryu had also pumped him up and he was raring to become stronger. He was looking forward to beating up the Original Gankoomon and pretty much onboard with his crazy ideas.

"I meant about the killing. This is a real digimon and not the fake one. What do you feel about him?" Naruto asked again since Asura didn't get his point.

Asura had been sparring and spending with all kinds of digimon so this could be a hard point for him.

"I feel like I am seeing that insane clown, IT. Feel like punching that grin of his face." Asura growled as he remembered the movie, he now hated clowns.

Naruto patted his back and laughed. He loved his partner. This child had only been in life for five days but he had become one of the most important people to him.

"Go and get him warrior." Naruto pushed his back and back away

"Master, don't worry. I don't know what I will feel after this but I am sure that I won't let you down." Asura replied to Naruto's concern as he walked towards his foe.

In these five days he had learned a lot and become a powerful close combat mage. Naruto planned to teach him weapons but that was for later.

He now only head throwing weapons, bombs, smoke bombs and poison bombs along with a shield on his back.

Looking at the digimon that would fodderize Candlemon in nature, Asura smiled as he started running towards his foe while the Keramon was finally let loose.

The beast laughed hysterically at the sight and its voice was torture for the ears.


Even though Asura didn't have ears, he felt the laughter affect him but it was lowered because of his anatomy.

"Are you my new friend? Are you, are you?" Keramon asked as he moved from side to side and started laughing again as he flew up and shot purple energy bullets from his mouth.

Bug Blaster (Crazy Giggle)

Asura didn't respond as he entered serious mode while fighting and with the three shots coming at him, he jumped to the side and threw five kunai at his foe.

They were made of special metal and Asura enhanced them with chakra. Just like Naruto, he could produce chakra since he was given data from Naruto.

Asura was talented at these powers and Naruto could say that he would end up activating the Six Paths Mode with time.

The moment he had started utilizing chakra, a Yin-Yang Symbol had developed on his back and his power had been boosted.

With chakra enhancing the kunai, they flew through the air like guided missiles but Keramon laughed like a happy child as he made aerial maneuvers to dodge them.

While doing that he also released lasers from his large hands to attack Asura.

Unlike Asura, the foe was just having fun. It had no concept of morality. To Keramon this was how it was supposed to act. There was no evil, just nature.

Asura blocked the attack with his shield while his flame head attacked with fire arrows. These were better than the kunai since he could guide them within a certain distance.

There were four of them and each of them came from different direction after flying around.

Keramon dived down and Asura tackled him.

"Hahahaha, you got me. It was fun." Keramon exclaimed happily as he used his tentacles to push Asura while blocking his fists with the large hands.

Asura released a fire ball straight into his face while Keramon released an energy ball. Both exploded, and Asura landed few feet away unharmed because of his armor.

"Hahaha, that hurt. That hurt, that hurt, but I am having so much fun. Are you having fun? Are you having fun?" Keramon flew towards him with burn scars on his face before turning to the side and sucking in the surrounding data to heal up and grow.

It was too fast and Asura didn't expect the move. Within 10 seconds before Asura could attack, Keramon had healed and doubled his size.

Asura created small fire lance and threw it with full force while enhancing it with fire chakra. The flames reached 600 degrees instantly and it flew like a bullet at the target.

"I don't like the burning. I don't like it, okay." Keramon released lasers at the lance before sucking in the data from it.

"You like the fire. You like the fire, don't you. Here it comes!" Keramon shook in excitement before going up in the sky and releasing fire arrows at him.

Eating up the data, he could replicate those things.

Asura frowned and realized he couldn't aim close to the mouth. Once the flames closed upon him, Asura caught all of them with his control using fire manipulation using up some of his small reserves of chakra.

The flames were combined together and Asura ate it all up to increase his flame powers. The flame head that was Asura's body flared up even further.

This location was ideal for him as it was a hot region.

Clap Clap

"Wow, so cool! How about this?!" Keramon clapped happily at Asura's actions and dived down while releasing lasers and he flew around Asura to surround him.

Asura focused on him and kicked him at the right moment while enduring the attacks with his armor.

Keramon went flying to the side from the hit while being disoriented and Asura increased his speed with chakra to follow him before giving him another kick from below.

Keramon went up while screaming in pain mixed with laughter as Asura went to his knees and jumped high using chakra as a booster while his Wax leaked through and formed a lance.

The wax lance was enhanced by chakra and Asura pierced through Keramon's head with it.

"Ah, it was fun. Let's play again." Keramon muttered while the lance shred his head to pieces.

Asura landed on the ground while Keramon turned to data.

Looking at it, Asura walked forward and extended his to get it. It was the only real way for him to grow. He needed to repeat such battles many times and eat the data of his fellow digimon or eat the data from digital equipment.

It had been an evil creature.

But now that he was out of the battle zone, Asura felt terrible. Keramon wasn't like the monsters in the movies. He had been like a little child.

There was no killer intent. He just wanted to have fun and even till the end, he looked at him like Arthur looked at him.

His gaze was so pure.

Asura was feeling terrible about this situation. He didn't like what just happened and because of it he was hesitating eating the data.

Keramon could come back if he didn't eat it.

"Master?" Asura didn't know what to do as he felt pain and he didn't understand why. He didn't know Keramon. They weren't close and he was trying to kill him. But why did it hurt.

Turning to Naruto, his flame head flickered with uncertainty.

Naruto had been watching the fight from the sidelines as it was an easy battle for Asura. Keramon was strong but it wasn't a match for any competent Tamer's digimon.

In the natural world, Candlemon wouldn't even stand a chance before getting devoured.

It would have been a challenge if there were five of them since Keramon specialized in group tactics but one on one was not a challenge.

Regardless of its power, Naruto understood why Yeong chose this digimon for him. It was like a child and it acted like a child.

In the wild there would be many digimon that would be like children and some that would have families.

They could even be your friends before the battle but circumstances could force them to fight to the death.

Life wasn't easy and sometimes it was extremely ugly.

Even he felt uncomfortable from this battle, the Keramon had zero bad intentions as he just wanted to have fun and enjoy time with Asura.

It seems he hadn't covered everything. He had been looking at the big digimon that he failed to look at these situations.

Naruto walked towards Asura and gave him a hug, "Asura, you haven't done anything wrong. This feeling is normal because you are associating Keramon with a child. You like children so it is normal for you to feel this emotion.

It will take some time but you will be able to separate them from these monsters. Keramon isn't like you or a normal baby. It is sad but this digimon only exists to destroy. He doesn't have any other reason to exist.

The source of this digimon is a virus that deletes all the files and it has been doing it since then. Many People have tried to tame this digimon but it doesn't change at all and always tries to kill the tamer and other digimon.

You don't have to feel bad for such beings. It is unfortunate, but such beings need to die or the rest of this beautiful world will fall.

Do you understand?" Naruto explained to him slowly after having returned to calm state. That digimon was disturbing but once you get to the logical point of view, you need to kill them unless you want to die.

Asura hugged Naruto while hearing the explanation and he could now understand why he felt like this, and it made sense.

He had been playing with little kids and he liked them, his mind ended up mixing Keramon with the kids because of how he acted.

He was innocent but his existence was wrong.

Some digimon was just unfortunate and their source code was just the wrong thing.

Leaving it alive would mean that it would kill others. It would kill his friends and other people, and the children.

The being didn't know it was causing harm and didn't care.

With those thoughts in mind, Asura let go of Naruto and placed his hand into the data.

Keramon's data was absorbed and Asura could feel his body becoming stronger as he became Level 10.

He had been level 1 the whole time while his opponent was not.

Asura felt really good and comfortable eating up the data. It was natural for a digimon to consume data so he felt just right.

With the level increase his size also increased slightly. He was now taller than Naruto.

When digimon leveled up, there size increased because of the increase in data so a normal Agumon could be 1 m tall while a level 100 Agumon could be 20 meters tall.

With that in mind, Asura was calculated to become around 30 to 40 meters tall. This was just natural but most digimon would compress their sizes instead of moving around with such large size at weaker levels.

Because of this reason there weren't giant rookies in most areas of the digital world, it was just better to keep the small size.

Naruto pointed his digivice at Asura and shrunk him back to the normal size. There was no point in becoming big at this time and compressing meant more power.

"I feel better now, Master. Thank you." Asura said as he turned to Naruto

"There is no need for thanks between partners and this is what I am here for. Trust in me and we will soar." Naruto replied with a happy smile as he walked to Asura and patted his back.

"Let's go, we are done here."

With that Naruto and Asura were done but the digimon partner would need some time to adjust to these new thought and emotions. It was the reason why there was a gap left between their departure time and this test.


While Naruto and Asura entered the fight, Takato and Arthur arrived in a dark forest. The whole place was dark except the moon shining above them to give them some light.

The trees were large and creepy.

There was cold wind that made scary noises.

They were millions of dark gazes watching them from the darkness of the forest while the duo just outside of it.

All in all, it was one of the scariest places that any of them had seen and was just out of a horror movie. Takato could imagine some witch, ghost or demon coming out of the forest.

Arthur was shaking when he heard the noise and saw the eyes.

"Takatomon, this place is scary." Arthur didn't like scary places and he had yet to overcome his fear of them.

It was a problem but he would mostly forget about it when he entered a battle. His battle nature took priority over his fears.

"Relax Arthur, I am here with you. There is just some rookie digimon that we need to win against, so cheer up and let's go meet him." Takato also didn't like this place and it was the first time for him.

Yeong knew that Naruto and Asura wouldn't feel anything from these places so she only gave them a digimon to face while Takato and Arthur got the full package to help them since there were many scary things in the digital world.

People had died from shock and fear.

"If you say so, Takatomon. I will walk ahead and smell out the enemy." Arthur gulped before nodding and looked at the forest.

Taking a sniff, he only sensed one being inside and it was stuck in position because of the program.

"This way!" Arthur locked on to the foe and starting running while forgetting his fear mostly. He was the type that focused on one thing too much that he almost forget about other things.

No matter how cowardly a Guilmon might look, its ferociousness will show when a battle starts.

Takato followed behind his partner while activating the Digi-barrier that was connected to Arthur. Unless Arthur lost the battle, this barrier would stand as it was connected to the partner digimon.

It was a normal procedure to activate the barrier when entering a battlefield or an enemy digimon could take the tamer out by surprise.

Takato had his barrier but he needed to make this a habit or he might get killed for his mistake. His powers would only work until the rookie level, after that he couldn't fight the digimon directly at all without putting himself in extreme danger.

It was possible to fight a weak champion alone but the chances of dying were extremely high, so the only time that would be necessary is when your digimon partner is down or your partner is a rookie.

Takato didn't think they would do that, as Naruto wouldn't be that crazy.

Within few moments they got out of the uneven terrain and arrived in a clearing where the moon was lighting up the area.

It was big as a normal Digimon battle arena for rookies and in the center was their target, frozen because the battle hadn't started.

It was a Dracmon.

Dracmon was a vampire/imp themed pale-skinned Digimon who wore a black mask with red and green eye markings on it. Embedded in its palms were a set of eyeballs whose irises matched the eye markings. Though it had wings, they were connected by a gold trinket and rest around its waist.

Dracmon was an Undead Digimon and. It was the Dark Area's most mischievous Digimon. For the sake of a prank, it would meet the challenge unflinchingly even if it was accompanied by some risk. Just like DemiDevimon, this digimon was extremely evil and dangerous.

It served under the Vampire King, GranDracmon.

It sucked blood from other digimon and could infect them with a virus. It had mind control abilities to brainwash people and digimon.

It could take control of weaker beings and make them serve its nefarious purposes.

It was demonic digimon that enjoyed evil deeds and found friendship, and such things disgusting.

It was a good actor so all tamers were warned to be cautious of this little monster.

Even after all these problems, Dracmon was a digimon that could be tamed unlike Keramon.


Looking at the digivice, Takato could see all the information and see that it was level 20. Not weak and very strong for a level 1 digimon.

Guilmon was naturally stronger than Dracmon but that was if they weren't too far in levels. Fortunately, his partner was trained and armed.

In these few days he had trained extensively with Arthur and taught how to fight using his body more than his natural instinct could guide him.

He was covered in armor and his tail was a sharp weapon. He was armed with small guns and bombs.

For further support, Takato could give him wings and make him humanoid etc.

But this battle was purely one on one, since it would be rare in the digital world and the partner needed to know how to fight without support.

"Arthur, are you ready? This guy is bad news, don't listen to his words and don't look into his eyes. The eyes are on his hands, don't look at them. Okay?" Takato put his arm around Arthur and gave him simple warnings.

Arthur looked at Dracmon and could see the eyes. His natural instincts were flaring up as he was a Virus Buster.

"I understand, Takatomon. And, I feel really good. Can we start?" Arthur smiled as his eyes changed from the normal into a bestial dragon type.

He was barely holding back from gouging his foes neck.

It was the first time he had a met a Nightmare Soldier in a fight and Takato could see why Naruto had warned him about it.

His partner had aggressiveness problem and it was one thing you needed to fix about Guilmon before going further into the evolutions since each evolution added to the problem.

Guilmon could become highly aggressive and loose his mind if the Tamer wasn't careful about it. Each digimon naturally had aggressiveness so all tamers took time in the rookie form to build a strong bond and teach them to control it.

"Remember, don't act like a monster. What is our aim?!" Takato reminded him and asked with enthusiasm.

"King of all Knights!"

"And, is the King a monster?"

"He is a being of grace and skill."

"Good, now go and kill him." Takato smiled as he pushed Arthur forward while standing back with his digivice. It was hard for him to just watch.

With that push, Arthur walked forward with his eyes locked onto Dracmon and his tail swishing from side to side.

He had become strong enough to carry 100 KG armor without any problem. It didn't even feel like a burden as his physical limits had increased through the continuous training and healing.

He could lift up to 300 KG at this point but that would increase with time and benching 1000 KG wouldn't be anything special for him.

"Grrr" His eyes noticed the defenseless neck and he had the urged to chomp on it, make his foe bleed and eat him.

Arthur shook his head and the opponent finally came alive.

Dracmon shook his body and bounced in place before he took in the surroundings.

"Ooh, a freaking Guilmon." Dracmon exclaimed excitedly as he held his face and danced in place before his eyes landed on Takato.

"Che, a slave of the humans. How distasteful can you get, you are a shame to the royal Knights." Dracmon acted like he was gonna throw up and looked at him with distaste.

Arthur frowned and growled, as Dracmon was riling him up and touching his pride. He was a dragon type and those types had high pride.

Without any more hesitation, Arthur released a roar with his dragon spirit to cause fear and hesitation in his foe.

"Nah, nah!" Dracmon muttered as he smiled as he blocked his hearing instantly the moment Arthur looked like he was about to roar and release dark syringes towards him.

Arthur started charging and crashed through the attack without a problem while his claws were on fire.

Dracmon saw him coming and released his wings before taking flight and followed it up with a dark screech.

It was sharp and ugly.

Arthur responded quickly and his ears were blocked by the armor to avoid getting confused by the dark screech.

Locking onto his foe, Arthur released a fireball.

The fireball travelled in the air while Dracmon managed to dodge it and landed on a tree branch as he couldn't fly for too long without consuming energy.

"Hey, aren't you strong? Why don't we join together and get out of here. My boss is GranDracmon, you know. Oh forgot, you are a tamers digimon so you wouldn't who that is.

He is the King of Vampires and a being stronger than the Royal Knights and the Demon Lords. He has the biggest territory in the Dark area and he could make you stronger if you serve him. You could become one of his Chaos Dukemon; yes my master has a dark version of the Royal Knight serving him.

You could be another one, and can you really trust a human to get you there?" Dracmon spoke in a sweet and tempting tone using his silvery tongue.

He wasn't lying about anything.

GranDracmon was just that good. Fortunately, he wasn't really interested in causing chaos. Many top tamers had gone to visit him and learn about the secrets of the Digital world as he was one of the oldest beings alive.

He had existed before any of the Demon Lords and his power was unmatchable in a one on one situation.

"Grr, I am no one's slave. Arthur will become the King of all Knights, and your master will just be another target for me to defeat. Now die!" Arthur shook his head and released multiple fireballs while utilizing his gatling gun.

Dracmon wasn't expecting the attack so when he flew to avoid the fireballs, he was hit by the bullets.

The wings were torn and he crashed into the ground while screaming in pain.

"It hurts, you little bastard!" Dracmon screamed as he put his hands forward and released an illusion ray.

Eye of Nightmare: Casts a spell from the evil eyes on the palms of its hands which caused those who look into it to have their hearts completely dominated by Dracmon.

Arthur had already closed his eyes and let his sense of smell guide him. He could smell the blood and his aggressiveness was increasing because of the smell.

Like an armored truck, Arthur slammed into Dracmon and gouged him with the horns on his head.

Taking him for the ride, Arthur's tail moved and stabbed into his side while he charged a flame ball.

Dracmon screamed in pain as his insides were readjusted and he was bleeding from the inside.

"I am sorry. I am sorry. I beg you, please let me go. I won't do anything bad. I will be your slave, please." Dracmon begged for him to let go but Arthur didn't listen anymore and his tail dragged the foe of his horns, and he let loose the fireball from point blank.

"AHHHH" Dracmon screamed in horror as the fireball landed on his face and he continued to whimper as most of his body was heavily burnt.

The body landed few feet away from him and Dracmon tried to crawl towards Takato tried to speak but his throat was burned.

It was a horrifying scene for Takato and he closed his eyes while Arthur was still in the battle zone and stepped on the foes back before piercing his head with sharp claws.

With the death of the digimon, Arthur gave a roar of victory and devoured the data without any hesitation.

His level went to 15 directly and he grew in size.

"More, more" Arthur growled as his digital hazard starting shining and he shook his head.

"ARTHUR!" Takato ran towards him and commanded with force.

It wasn't the first time he had almost lost it but this time it was worse.

Boost from his armor, Takato crashed into Arthur.

Arthur was pushed to the side as he was tackled and glared at the target.

"Ta…Takatomon, sorry." Arthur snapped out of it as Takato's digivice shone to guide the partner out of the berserk state.

He still needed to overcome the dragon's rage and greed.

It was the greed for violence and data that had almost activated it fully.

"It's okay, it isn't your fault. We will get through this, so don't get sad on me okay." Takato smiled as he hugged Arthur after deactivating the armor on both their bodies.

With the digivice he made Arthur smaller and continued to hug him. He was disgusted by what he had just seen.

He had never thought that killing an evil digimon could look and feel so terrible. He wanted to stop Arthur from doing it but like a coward he had looked away.

He was responsible for it but wasn't brave enough to look. He felt disgusted by himself.

To make it worse he had been scared by what could have happened to Arthur. He had seen videos of Guilmon going wild and those were terrifying but he had confidence in Arthur but now he had almost seen it personally.

He was worried about both things.

Could he really kill digimon?

Could he risk Arthur going wild in the Digital world?

Should he ask Naruto to let him step out for some time?

While, Takato was scared and worried his partner wasn't any better. He was horrified by his deeds. He had almost attacked Arthur and those screams stuck to him.

He had just killed a digimon that had begged him for mercy.

It was a prey. It was evil.

But it felt terrible. Those screams were stuff of nightmare. He had become the monster from the horror movies.

He felt scared and hurt.

"Takatomon, it hurts. It hurts so much. I don't like this." Arthur called out from the pain as tears slipped out. He hugged Takato and didn't want to let go. He was scared of what he would see. He didn't want Takato to get scared of him and leave him.

"Don't cry Arthur, I am here for you. You are making me cry, so smile. Smile like always, we have won." Takato felt pain from hearing the hurt in his words. He had been worried so it must have felt worse for his partner.

He couldn't allow this pain to exist. It was resonating with his partner through their bond and it was making it worse for both of them.

Takato couldn't help but cry as he saw him crying. He hugged him harder and kissed him on the head to help him calm down.


Moving on from Takato, there was the cold duo. Luna and Rika walked into the battlefield with calm and graceful demeanor.

The location they arrived in was open grassland, a beautiful region with nice smell, scenery and wind.

It looked like the perfect place for a picnic.

In this place they found their target.

Violet Elecmon

Elecmon (Violet) was a Mammal Digimon. It was an Elecmon that evolved into a Virus-species. Due to its indiscriminately mean and unpleasant personality, it dexterously used its tails to strike the enemy.

Elecmon (Violet) resembled a skunk-like creature with nine tails, red eyes, and long ears. It was a blue-violet color with a white underbelly and yellow markings.

This wasn't a digimon that was extremely evil like Dracmon or destructive like Keramon. It was just a little bit crooked and rarely evil.

The normal Elecmon loved playing pranks but this version took them too far and caused injuries that could be permanent and some time resulted in death.

It was a curious and intelligent creature that roamed in a gang with other digimon with similar traits. One of the digimon they followed was Etemon, an Ultimate digimon that loved fights and pranks.

Etemon could be neutral or very evil and violet Elecmon followed either of them.

It also meant they were strong enough to follow such a creature and weren't scared of getting into fights.

Nonetheless, it wasn't a challenge for Luna. Unlike the other three, Rika and Luna were pretty much cold hearted.

Yeong actually trusted this team to not have any problems while she had doubts about Asura and even some worry for Naruto. Being wise and mature didn't mean being able to handle killing of sentient creatures with intelligence.

Rika's family had this trait and was suited for being assassins, as their ancestors were assassins once upon a time.

Killing people or digimon that she deemed targets was simple for her, the only time it would be a problem was when her friends became a target.

Luna was also a combat species that specialized in dealing with small problems for the Royal Knights and the King.

It was a natural killer that had very low emotional range. It developed emotions over time but never got distracted by them except in rare cases. The only thing could cause her such problem would be if its master was injured or damaged.

Yeong had nothing to test them with since she knew the low level tests wouldn't be a problem for Rika and she couldn't just utilize a powerful digimon to create a situation where Rika had to face against a friend or family while actually believing that they were real.

That would be excessively cruel. She would be fired. She also hoped that never happened to any of them.

It was the worst situation any one could face as most of the time the tamer would have no choice but to kill their loved ones or die holding back.


Looking at the digivice, it was just Level 20. Going further, she got the data needed to take the mission. It was just a wild digimon that played around, tortured other digimon with its pranks and killed them. There was nothing really special about it. It was just a normal wild digimon that she would need to kill on a basis to help Luna grow.

It was normal for digimon to hunt each other down like normal animals did in the human world. This was true for almost all digimon, though many of them would stop once they became civilized after surviving for many years.

There was a difference between digimon in the cities and digimon in the wild. The wild digimon followed their instinct and were weaker.

The city digimon were civil and more powerful than the wild digimon in most cases.

Digimon needed data to grow stronger and killing other digimon was the best source for this data. It was the reason that peace didn't exist in the digital world as this world order was made to exist and none could stop unless they wanted to go against the natural order, King Drasil and all his forces along with all the evil species.

Digimon could eat up all kinds of data so taking from the world itself was an option but most digimon didn't have the ability to convert it into useable data unlike Keramon. It was the reason Keramon was a plague.

It ate away the world itself and could end up erasing everything. The final evolution of this digimon was a mid level Mega, not very strong but its abilities made it the worst kind of enemy.

The Royal Knights or Sakuyamon squad made sure that none of that happened. Sometimes even the Digital Sovereigns like Baihumon would hunt them down to keep the balance while fulfilling his desire for violence.

Digimon could also feed from data provided from the human world but too much was required when looking at the number of digimon that existed.

Data harvesting would cause massive problems in the human world. It was the digital era, not the old ages.

When digimon started eating up data in the human world, massive crisis took place so there were always guardians present to keep the tragedies from repeating.

Digimon also could not go instinct and were born in large numbers to always fill up space according to the program. King Drasil held data of all digimon except few like Sussanoomon and Apocalymon etc while the tamer digimon were created with the help of the Celestial Digimon like Seraphimon, Ophanimon, Cherubimon, Dominimon, SlashAngemon, ClavisAngemon, Rasielmon and a Mythical Holy type called Valdurmon.

This was the reason why Tamer digimon were naturally stronger and could digivolve faster with the help of the digivice since it was an item blessed by powerful digimon.


"Luna, finish him." Rika spoke as she walked back and sat on a small boulder casually like she wasn't about to kill an intelligent being.

It was this trait that made the people in her family very scary and in a way she was a lot like the Sasuke of this new world to Naruto.

She was obsessed.

She was strong.

She was the darkness to his light.

If Sasuke had been a girl, Naruto could see that they would have ended up together. He loved Sasuke more than anyone except his family while Sasuke put him above everyone.

Sasuke barely cared about anyone else but knew everything about him. Without a word, Sasuke would see through him and act to ease his difficulties.

Naruto could never act out the dark acts that his job required of him and Sasuke took it upon his soul to take that darkness on his shoulder for him.

He had put a lot on the line for Sasuke and after the war his soul brother had done more than enough to repay that love.

There were times that Naruto had joked about it and Sasuke hadn't denied it.

Getting back to Luna, she had learned a lot in these few days and showed her excellence as a combat species. Among the whole group, she was the easiest to train since she was talented while the rest had to work really hard for the results.

Tesla needed to arrive at his next form to become a talented fighter and the same went for the rest of them.

Luna was clad in silver armor and locked on to the enemy. Utilizing the energy inside her body, Luna enhanced her body and speed while releasing an illusion utilizing pheromones.

Without any hesitation, she vanished from the place she had been standing and rushed towards the target.

Elecmon just sat down and started releasing electricity to protect his body. It wasn't his battle and Luna might his first Renamon but he wasn't ignorant.

Every humanoid species was trouble so he took a defensive stance.

This wasn't his first time meeting humans, as he had met weak tamers before and tried to trick them only to get captured.

Unlike normal Elecmon he was very violent and dangerous. His electric powers were also higher.

Just looking at Renamon and Rika, he wanted them both. He would easily evolve if he got a tamer. That was basic knowledge in the wild, eat the tamer along with his device and you will most likely evolve directly.

To him his luck was shining. Elecmon didn't know this was a controlled place so he thought it was just region in the digital world.

Seeing that the enemy was defending, Luna jumped and took out multiple shurikens that she threw at the target.

Usually a Renamon would utilize leaves but Luna was armed with real weapons that became stronger when used with her skills.

Diamond Storm

It was like a petal storm and looked really beautiful as Elecmon was affected by the illusion. He didn't trust his sight and could smell the metal.

With haste, Elecmon started rolling to the side while releasing lightning darts at Luna.

Using the grappler on her arm, Luna shot to the side while throwing a kunai charged with the skill.

Elecmon wasn't expecting that and got hit in the ass. He screamed in pain and started begging for mercy. He was someone that tortured others but he didn't have the ability to take much suffering.

Normal Renamon would play with their foes and slowly kill them but Rika had no such tastes so Luna was no nonsense fox.

The screams and such didn't disturb Rika or Luna. In her house they had training for the nerves and it was worse than this scene.

Luna ignored the words and didn't care about them as she bounced towards her enemy for a swift strike using her ghostly flames.

With the hand covered in blue flames, Luna punched Elecmon from below his chin as he was crying and sent him in the air. Following that was a swift strike by the tail as it directly pierced his neck.

Luna took out a short sword and impaled him to the ground, killing him. It was a short battle since the foe wasn't suitable for Luna and it wasn't strong enough to cause her any harm.

Without any problem, Luna took the data.

"I am done, Master. Was it satisfactory?" Luna asked as she turned around and walked towards Rika.

"It was good enough, but next time don't stop for such weaklings and kick them from the start. It took more steps because you used Diamond Storm in response to his defense, instead of going ahead with the power paw." Rika replied to her question as she got up. She had small smile on her face but she was a strict tamer, she would critique when she found a fault.

Luna nodded as she understood the point. She didn't feel down or get hurt. This was her nature and Rika's nature suited her the most.

"Understood master, I will do better next time."

"Good, let's go. We will need to help the boys since I doubt they won't be crying after this experience." Rika smirked as she spun her shades and stuck them to her shirt.

"Why would they be crying?"

"Because they are soft hearted, they will end up associating the targets with something they know."

"I see, that is an illogical choice." Luna nodded and walked behind Rika.

The battle went as expected by Yeong. She didn't give her a stronger foe since it wasn't really a battle test, but a character test.

Rika and Luna directly qualified as Adventurers while Takato was out on hold to see his mental state later.

Naruto was approved as he didn't seem to get affected by the scene while his partner returned to normal very quickly.

Finally, Henry was also put on hold because of Tesla.


Henry and Tesla walked in to the battlefield with a calm expression on their face. Henry had wanted to carry him but Tesla declined, he didn't want to do such a thing when they were on a battlefield.

The sudden cold temperature and the snow filled with wind caused them give an involuntary shudder before the armor regulated their body temperature.

They had arrived in one of the cold regions of the Digital world. It didn't have any markings so Henry couldn't tell and it was most likely just a weak copy of the real place.

The temperature was hitting negative70 degrees Celsius.

The ground was solid ice covered by snow that made it hard to walk and the continuous wind threw snow into their eyes.

Fortunately, they had heat vision and could utilize it to locate their target. Henry and Tesla were forced to activate their abilities in this terrain.

Yeong had really given him some dangerous place to fight but he could see why. He had forgotten to train Tesla in a place where he had such difficulties.

The digital world was random so even a region that was known for its beautiful spring like feel could end up covered by snow for no reason or because fights taking place.

Looking forward, both of them saw the opponent.

Black Gabumon

BlackGabumon was a Reptile Digimon. Its fur was made from collecting Garurumon virus type data. While a bit of a hooligan, strip it of its pelt and it became a horrifying monstrosity. Its true face was a secret. It hid the face behind the pelt as it was abomination inside.

If BlackGabumon lost its pelt and got taken over by its monstrous nature, it would become an eldritch horror.

BlackGabumon was a brown-eyed white-skinned lizard in a black pelt with white markings and black claws. A black horn protruded at the top of its head and its belly was yellow with unusual white markings.

Unlike the normal Gabumon who was nice, this was one quite evil and had habit of killing weaker beings in a cruel manner.

It tortured other digimon a lot even making them kill their partners for survival.

In these cold regions it was one of the strongest rookie digimon and a normal Gabumon would lose against it most of the time in the wild because of its ferocity.

One of its special moves was to slightly remove its mask and terrorize other beings. If someone wasn't used to disgusting things, they would be paralyzed by the sight.

The foes level was 20.


Henry was calm and he could never show weakness so that his partner could get the strength to continue from him.

His weakness reflects on to his partner.

"Tesla, are you ready?" Henry asked as he looked at his little partner.

The cute little bunny dog that barely came to his knees was armed and protected by armor. The silver and green armor protected his tiny body while he carried tiny Gatling guns on his tiny arms and bombs on his back.

The tiny guns were modeled after his future evolution but because of the small size and low capacity of Tesla, the weapon wasn't very strong.

Tesla had walked in snowy regions before when they went to visit the mountains so he wasn't completely lost.

Unlike the other partners, Tesla had spent a lot of time with Henry learning about machinery and programming.

He had grown from his weak and soft personality but he was still very shy and soft. He had become close to Suzie as well and learned how to dance.

Coming back to the battle situation, Tesla felt nervous. He was the type of student that was completely prepared for a test but would feel pressured until the test was done.

Tesla gulped while his cute adorable eyes focused on his foe. The terrain was very bad for him especially because of the armor.

The armor was using up the energy so he couldn't play around unless he wanted Henry to support him. They had promised not to interfere today and he didn't want to be the only one that relied on his partner for something easy.

Using the interface, Tesla changed his footing so he could ski walk on the snow and not sink.

"I am ready."

Henry could feel his nervousness and patted his tiny back, "Relax, it is just a weak digimon that is evil. Don't hold back and don't try to associate with him. He is your enemy, so end him quickly. Remember, he is a virus in the system."

Tesla ended up thinking more about it because of those words. Henry had miscalculated with his words and his tiny hard started beating imagining the blood and screams.

Data spilling over while his enemy died, Tesla felt sick at the thought.

Pulling up and stopping over active imagination, he roared a battle cry.

"Too victory and beyond!" Tesla roared while moving towards his enemy and the enemy started moving.

Looking towards Tesla coming at him, couldn't help but laugh. He could smell the weakness from him and seeing the shape it wasn't hard to identify Terriermon.

"Haha, I guess it is my lucky day. It isn't everyday that a delicious bunny would jump to my dinner table without a hunt." He muttered looking down on him, no respect at all. This region was his playground. He could easily operate in this area.

"Oh, it's a tamer!" Gabumon became excited once his sight found Henry. He had thought it was some different digimon but the smell told him it was a human.

Just as Tesla was coming towards him with boosters, the enemy also decided to dash towards him using the ice dash ability.

The snow under him became solid while he moved extremely fast towards Tesla.

Bullet storm

Tesla locked on to his foe started shooting while moving to the side to avoid getting hit.

The enemy skated to the side while releasing blue flame balls at Tesla.

Tesla stopped the bullets and started moving towards the foe, calculating the heat he had decided to move through it.

With extra boost, his body sped towards the foe and crashed through the flames.

Gabumon was surprised but his horn was covered in flames and ready to hit him in the face while Tesla reacted properly and used his ear to hit the horn with the spiky point while the releasing a heated air blast directly to the face.

Bunny blast

Gabumon screamed in pain as he was pushed back by the hit while his were burnt and hurt by the heated air.

The damage wasn't much but the following attack did a number on him.

Bullet storm

Tesla emptied the clip into the foe from close up causing damage to build up and making him bleed, his eyes were taken out.

Terrier Tornado

Tesla hesitated and saw the enemy screaming in pain while charging up blue flames in his mouth. The hesitation caused him to get hit by the flame ball and he was sent flying.

The damage was lowered by the armor but he felt the heat and the force behind it.

Flying through the air, the enemy roared and sped up to get him with a horn attack.

'I don't like it when you get hurt. Remember that when you are in battle. To me, you are the same as family. I will forgive you for everything because I know you will never go wrong.

I trust you Tesla.' Those words flashed by his mind as he was thinking about giving up.

'For Henry!' Tesla focused on the task and let everything melt away.

Terrier Tornado

This time it was calculated and Tesla moved like a storm that directly dodged the horn attack while his sharp ears cut the enemies throat.

Tesla continued to rotate and his enemy was completely torn apart by the bladed end.

It was the most gruesome death.

Tesla landed unevenly on the ground.

"Tesla, don't look!" Henry screamed but it was too late Tesla took in the scene.

The enemy was torn apart and his inners leaking, as he was bleeding everywhere. His body was covered by the blood.

Tesla was paralyzed by the scene and lost consciousness.

Henry ran fast and caught him. He had been afraid of this happening. Tesla's battles would always end up with a lot of blood and gore, but he had been too afraid to get him used to it.

It wasn't Tesla's fault. He was just a child that was naturally kind and cute. It was his duty to get him used to it.

In the wild this digimon would follow a stronger and kind digimon, only fighting at rare moments. It was a combat species that didn't like fighting.

Picking him up, Henry carried Tesla away. He had passed the battle but his decision was postponed until the day of the departure.

He had to prove that Tesla was ready to enter the digital world for an adventure or he would not be allowed to accompany his team.

He wasn't disappointed in Tesla. He was disappointed in himself.

He felt hurt for Tesla.

He should have done better.

I should have stepped down. Naruto didn't push him but it was his choice to follow.

Maybe it was the wrong choice. Henry thought as he looked at his partner shaking in his sleep.

"Don't worry Tesla, you will be okay. It is just a bad dream, so don't let it eat you up." Henry whispered and he had not realized that Tesla had glimpsed the face causing him an extra shock.

The data was absorbed by Henry's device and fed to the unconscious Tesla.


With the test over, the group came out of the testing room. Henry held his unconscious partner while Takato and Arthur were silent as the partners had lost their usual excitement.

"Naruto, I am sorry. I might not come along this week." Henry spoke up logically and didn't make excuses or blame anyone. He was responsible for it and he needed to apologize for his giving false hope.

Takato looked at Arthur and the death scene flashed by his mind. He wanted to say it as well but he was ashamed of uttering such weakness.

He just stayed silent as he sat down on the sofa in the room while Arthur silently sat beside him, putting his head against Takato.

Rika had expected as such but the extent of the reaction was worse. Luna didn't understand why Tesla was out when he had no injury or why Arthur was sad and down. Arthur was a highly combat oriented species, so he shouldn't have any issue.

Her thought was logical but she forgot to see that the tamer's emotion also affected the Digimon partner. It was Takato's emotions that made him feel weak, though he did feel extremely bad for going berserk.

"You guys don't have to apologize. I am doing something that isn't considered normal, so problems were expected. I apologize that I didn't stop you from going through with it. But, I don't regret my decision. I trust you guys and your partners.

This will help you grow faster, you are not like the rest and don't need months for adjustment. I won't put a weight on your shoulders and demand your attendance, so go and spend time with your partner.

I know you guys will be fine and I will always be there to help when you need me. Just remember, having such a reaction is normal and it will go away with time." Naruto took in both of the boys and gave his words on the situation. He had trust that they would pull through and if they did not in the week, there was no loss for him.

He would still go with Rika and the boys could meet up with them later.

"Is it normal to feel bad? I feel disgusted by what happened, even though he was evil and wanted to kill me." Takato asked as he hugged Arthur's head. His voice was soft and uncertain.

He really didn't want to speak about it but all of them were his friends. He needed to let them know and get their opinion, maybe it would help. He especially wanted to hear from Naruto. He was the person that made him walk confidently till now.

Yeong sat at the table as she got the results. She had watched all the battles, the result of the battle was expected but the rest was unknown before it took place.

Rika acted like she expected.

Naruto was calm like always and took out Asura's problem instantly as well. It was directly related to the fact that Candlemon were weak on the emotional scale and the personality was based on Naruto, so the reaction wasn't bad.

Takato and Arthur's reaction was expected as the boy was very pure while Arthur was a Guilmon, the digimon required more time before going into battle.

It had a tendency to go wild.

Henry was impressive but his partner was the gentle type so he was also put on hold. Now two of the team mates had to prove themselves worthy in two days or they will need to go through another test next week.

In these situation's she didn't have experience but Yeong would have tried, but Naruto handled it and she watched over them to see if her help was required.

Just like usual, she got the impression that his back was very wide and he looked like an experienced leader.

"It is normal. People out there will tell you what they would do in this or that situation, but when it comes down to it than most of them would back down.

Why do you think most people take at least a month before passing the test? It is because of the mental affect of these battles. The digimon are like human beings, they are good and bad so it is obvious that you would feel bad about killing. Do you not feel uncomfortable if someone was screaming in pain near you? You would even if you knew they were bad, it is just our nature. You will get over such feelings with time but you still need to keep them, or you might end up on the other extreme side. The only time someone doesn't feel bad is if they were trained for it or they had direct hatred involved. All of us have some training for such things except you.

Yeong, what do you suggest for solving Arthur's problem?" Naruto explained to Takato carefully and gently as this was delicate state before turning to Yeong for a solution to Arthur's berserk issue.

Yeong was into the dialogue that she was surprised when he called out.

"Oh, Arthur's issue. Guilmon is a hunter and predator, so he just needs experience and careful management to control his wild instincts.

We can arrange for a region where he can hunt little data animals. His reaction was excessive because of it being his first time." Yeong quickly collected herself and answered calmly while locking down on things that she could help with soon.

Naruto had asked then Takato would follow with it.

"See, it is not your fault. You were excited and overlooked something's, it happens and now you can fix it. Plus, I don't see a bite mark on your body. Arthur did well and you were superb." Naruto approached the duo and placed his hand on their heads.

In a way, he could have avoided all of it except for Tesla but even he had been too busy with things that he had overlooked the small details.

He had believed that Takato would have taken care of it, but the young man had looked down on instincts and killing.

"Even I had a weak stomach the first I saw it, so it is normal." Henry commented to help his friend out. Tesla needed his help but he was asleep for now, so he could focus on his best friend.

He knew that well placed comments would help Takato get out of the rut easily, he was just like that.

"You are a sissy, Takato. But, it is normal for people to have negative reaction to killing and it depends. Just be happy that you didn't laugh like a maniac, or you would have been locked up with Hisoka." Rika also helped out in her way, though she didn't forget to insult him and remind of the bad outcomes.

Takato looked at the floor as he took in those words. Naruto's hand on his head that sent energy wave helped in thinking clearly.

He had really been thinking too arrogantly, thinking that this failure meant he was nothing. His weakness meant that he was nothing.

Seriously, this was why he hated feeling negative. The mind became narrow and you thought of stupid things.

He wasn't weak or a loser. He was just participating in something exceptional with high chance of failure.

He had overlooked something's because of his arrogance and excitement.

All he needed to do was fix those problems and he would be going on the adventure with his friends. If he really failed, it would be a regret that he would never forget for life.

"Arthur, did you understand? We are not weak, we were just stupid."

Arthur looked at him and through the bond he could feel Takato's emotions rising. This made his negative mindset also leave.

He really hated the feeling of negativity. He couldn't do a thing as his heart hurt.

"We were stupid, Takatomon?"

"Yes, we should have asked for help but we just focused on training and forgot about preparing for this test. "

"Takatomon…that makes you stupid."

"Hahaha, he isn't wrong. Don't try to put it on innocent Arthur, it's all on you." Naruto couldn't help but chuckle and everyone else also joined in.

It was an infectious laughter and it helped the depressed souls get some rest.

"Thanks guys, I feel better now. But, I will need some time before we can party."

"Don't worry, as no one wants your depressed face in the party. We will postpone it to the Digital World, so just get your ass ready before I kick it." Rika replied and squeezed his left shoulder. It hurt and she did it on purpose because they were making them worry.

"I will keep that in mind, Miss Uzumaki." Takato slipped away with Arthur as Rika slipped on those words and felt her expression lighten.

She didn't intend to do anything to him, so it didn't matter that he escaped. He was probably going to some place alone with Arthur and talk about life, maybe add Juri to that conversation.

"What about you, Henry?" Naruto asked as he walked closer to his young friend and sent a wave of golden chakra through them.

He could feel that Tesla was having nightmares while Henry wasn't happy.

He still had his empath ability and his chakra possessed the power of hope and positivity like usual. It really made things like this easier to handle especially since he had taken time to improve upon it.

It now helped on helping people think clearly, removing their problematic thoughts.

"I was just thinking of talking to him and having Suzie help out. Tesla is just a child and needs emotional support to get over this traumatizing moment." Henry answered as he rubbed Tesla's head. Fortunately, he seemed to be sleeping better now.

"Tesla's reaction was so severe because he saw Black Gabumon's real face. To help Tesla, please play with him in a flower garden or such with other similar type of digimon. He may love technology, but nature is still his home." Yeong interfered as it seems Henry had really missed it. He had been focusing on the future and hadn't seen the present. Tesla in the present would prefer a natural area than artificial places.

He might not speak about to look cool and intellectual.

"Well, that's a good plan but I will bring Kari along and improve the chances. How does that sound?"

Henry was happy that it wasn't really as severe as he had expected but he also felt down from knowing that he had missed such a thing. He had also failed to consider Tesla's love for outside and had almost been thinking about taking him to the lab for a good time.

It was good that he had other people to remind of such things as he really forgot about it sometimes. He had been lost in the future since Tesla entered his life.

"Thanks, I will take my leave and see you later." Henry bid farewell to the rest and also left.

"Naruto, will you still continue?" Yeong asked for confirmation as she was unsure of his plans now that half of the team may unusable.

"We will continue and we will go together. Trust us, as we will get through it easily. We intend to go beyond everyone, so these small things cannot stop us.

Regardless, you have done an excellent job. I am really impressed with your decisions and advice. You have actually surprised today with all this." Naruto replied before showing his appreciation of her work. She had to think up different things for everyone and actually test them, not an easy task.

"I was just doing my job." Yeong was happy at his words but she felt like it was just normal.

"You did better than others, and you didn't show the wrong emotions. You are good person and an excellent assistant. I really look forward to your assistance in the digital world." Naruto took her hand and dragged her into a hug to show his gratitude.

Yeong felt really nice in his arms, it was good for both of them.

Both of them were on friendly terms even more now since she had been assigned to them. They had met outside over the week as she joined their group outings.

Naruto had always been touchy so giving a hug was a habit and it helped train Rika to get used him showing affection to others.

He hadn't really done anything big in front of Rika or Kari. Just hugged either of them, sat them on his lap or kissed Rika only since Kari was still off-limits.

Naruto never broke his oaths on purpose and Kari also felt better about it. If he did break it, well he was becoming a slave since Kari would really dislike him.

Tai was the most important person in her life and Naruto was his friend, breaking an oath here only meant wrong things.

Getting back, Rika did have some issues at the start. She would frown and even become very touchy with him or have a mood swing, now she didn't have a problem with seeing him hug other girls.

She just remembered that he was like that, and it didn't mean that every time.

That was true but the hug went on longer than usual.

Rika coughed.

"Naruto, please." Yeong muttered in an embarrassed tone as she had really forgotten about Rika for a moment.

She could see that her attraction for Naruto had increased to another level and his hugs were always very nice.

He was a huggable person.

"Oh, I thought you wanted more." Naruto teased playfully as he let go and walked back to Rika's side, hugging her to calm her down.

Relationships weren't easy, and everyone had to do their parts to make it work.

Seeing them like that, Yeong remembered that what she felt for a moment was a fleeting dream. She shouldn't consider such options, as it would only end up as a bad ending.

Rika's family might make her disappear.

That was a thought but then her mind reminded her that Naruto was with Kari as well, along with his four maids. It was public knowledge that had blown up across the country and the world.

People, who didn't know about Naruto, now knew about him for very different reasons than expected. He was the young man that had dared to make a harem with two girls from powerful clans that were equal to his own and to go even further, he had four maids that were stronger than him and even their digimon.

People called him insane, a lunatic.

People called him a madlad.

People called him a manwhore and a pervert for sleeping around so brazenly.

Many people were impressed and many people were jealous, and some hated him more for ruining their idols with his perverted acts.

With that many girls had started planning to become part of this group. If he was going to add this man then might as well add more, later.

People were thinking that they could make use of his perverted desires for their own benefits.

'Maybe, we can…' Yeong was starting to think that way but stopped it. She was just going on rumors as well, Naruto hadn't talked about it.

Maybe he really liked the other girls as well. The others were close to him, not some strangers.

'All of them are better than me, it's better to look at my level before looking at the stars and make a fool out of myself.'