Yoko had started to drift off, head lowering, when Judai pulled her to keep her from falling over. Her eyes snapped open. She looked at him and smiled sheepishly, causing him grin. The movement woke up Salamon, who had been napping on her partner's lap. The pup stood and stretched before glaring at Judai. Then, climbing over him, settled down beside Dorumon. Sitting in a group of chairs across from them were Tadashi, Biyomon, and Gabumon. Sleeping on a couch nearby was Shizuka, who had her arms folded over her stomach. Across the room from everyone were Mikami and Renamon. The two were deep in conversation, whispering to one another so no one could hear them.

A door opening and closing made all of them turn their heads. Stopping in front of the receptionist's desk, the doctor glanced up from the clipboard he was reading. Tadashi reached over to shake Shizuka awake, a grumble coming from her when he was finally successful.

"Are all of you Daiki's friends?"

"Yes," Mikami answered. "Can we see him now?"

"Straight to the point," the man said. "Yes. Normally I would only allow two at a time, but I'm going to make an exception this time. Just be careful while you're in there. No roughhousing or the like, understood? Wouldn't want you to make his arm hurt any worse than it already does. Come on."

They got to their feet and followed him through the set of doors. The doctor said nothing to them as they walked down the hallway, scribbling down words on his clipboard. After what seemed like an eternity, he stopped by one of the rooms and motioned to it.

"If any of you want to stay the night here, have your parents come in to give the hospital written permission." The man turned to leave, only to pause and face the friends once more. "Also, he's not allowed to change the channel. Last time he decided to watch a comedy show and ended up laughing so hard he hurt himself."

"Roger that," Shizuka mumbled with a salute.

The moment he left, Yoko opened the door and poked her head inside. She didn't get a chance to say anything; the bedridden Daiki noticed her immediately and used his good hand to wave to her. Beaming, the redhead opened the door fully and entered, the others following one by one. This made him lower his arm, surprised to see everyone there at once. Luckily there was enough room to prevent them from being squished together, though they had to circle around the bed to fit everyone inside. Having been the first one in, Yoko claimed the only chair in the room.

Mikami leaned down to pull him into a hug. His wince went unnoticed by her.

"I was worried sick about you," she whispered. "Renamon told us you were unconscious when you were brought in."

He looked at the ceiling. "Yeah, I was."

"How'd that happen?" Shizuka asked with a laugh.

Daiki frowned. "Blood loss."

Clearing his throat, Tadashi gently elbowed his sister. "How bad was it?"

"Let's see…Something hit my bike, making me crash and mess my arm up. Then a giant snake tossed me like a salad. Oh, and during the entire fight my arm was bleeding."

There were various degrees of sympathetic noises from the group, with Yoko's being the loudest.

"We're glad you're okay," Dorumon said.

"Yeah, thanks." He stretched his good arm and yawned. "You know you guys didn't have to come. It's pretty late."

"Come on, did you think we wouldn't visit our best friend when he's in the hospital?" Judai asked, punching Daiki's shoulder. "So, did the doc tell you when you're being let out?"

"Think he said the next day or so. They wanna watch me overnight to make sure my arm is healing right."

Settling on the bed's railing, Biyomon cocked her head at the young man. "Well, you shouldn't try to get into danger when your partner isn't around."

"Oh, great, she told you about that too?"

Salamon chortled. "Of course she did."

"Renamon, you said you wouldn't tell them so much!"

"The only reason why I said that was to make you stop repeatedly demanding that I do as you asked."

"Wow, what a nice partner you are."

The two began bickering, which led to Shizuka joining in, followed by Judai and Biyomon. It didn't last long; a comment by Dorumon turned it into a mess of jokes and laughing that involved most everyone. Daiki began laughing so hard that he ended up jostling his injured arm. He let out a loud "Ow!" that alarmed everyone, but continued to laugh, holding the arm to keep it still.

Gabumon was the only one who wasn't participating. The reptile's attention had been grabbed by the television on the wall. 'Breaking news' was plastered on the screen in big letters.

"Um, excuse me?"

Renamon heard him and shushed the others.

"I think there's something important on the television," Gabumon said, pointing up at it.

Mikami grabbed the remote from the table and turned up the volume.

"…of the events that occurred earlier this afternoon. Alongside three confirmed incidents, a fourth is rumored to have occurred at the Hihō Hotsprings. Eyewitnesses provided video footage of the attacks that took place in Tokyo, Harigashi, and the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park."

"There were people recording us in the middle of a life or death situation?" Shizuka hissed, close to slapping her hand against her forehead.

"Oh, son of a… Did they have to show Sandiramon treating me like a ragdoll?"

"There's something I don't understand," Mikami said, folding her arms. "They only appeared where you guys were at, right? But how?"

"The portals appear to have opened around the same time, judging from the videos," Tadashi mumbled. "I suppose it's possible that whoever created the portals were able to lock onto our locations, thus allowing the Digimon direct access to us. How there were able to is a mystery to me. Though I do wonder why everyone except for Mikami was attacked."

Falling silent, everyone looked at the brunette in confusion. Sliding her hand into her pocket, Mikami pulled out her Digivice and held it out to let the others see it. Nothing appeared on its screen when she pressed the buttons.

"My Digivice hasn't worked since…you know. That's probably the reason why one of them didn't come after me," she said. Eyes locked onto the wall, she shoved it back into her pocket. "It doesn't matter anyways."

A silence fell over the group only to be broken when Shizuka spoke up. "Would you look at the time? Come on you three, let's go call dad so he can take us home!"

"What? But we haven't—ow!"

Tadashi yelped when his twin grabbed his arm and squeezed while dragging him out of the room. Confused, Gabumon looked at Biyomon. The bird flitted over him and followed the siblings, making Gabumon scramble to catch up to her. Judai and Yoko exchanged a glance before the redhead bent down to pick up Salamon. Nodding to the door, Judai headed out, Dorumon trotting after the blond. Yoko waved and hurried out of the room. A thoughtful expression crossed Renamon's face, and she turned to her partner.

"I'll be in the hallway."

Once the door closed, Daiki tilted his head towards Mikami.

"Are you okay?"

Mikami scoffed, taking a seat in the chair beside the bed. "Don't worry about me. You were the one who almost got killed."

"Stop changing the subject."

"I'm fine."

"No you're not. It's not hard for me to tell when something's wrong."

"You're just as bad as Sasha, I swear."

Reaching over, Daiki placed his hand on top of hers. "Do you really expect me not to worry?"

"No, but I wish you wouldn't."

He grinned. "What can I say?"

Sighing, Mikami dug into her other pocket and pulled out her phone. Curious, Daiki did his best to watch her as she tapped on the screen a few times. Her finger hovered for a moment over what he guessed was the call button.

"What're you doing?"

"Calling Andre."

"How come?"

"So I can get permission to stay the night."

"No way. You wouldn't be able to get a good night's sleep here. Go home."

Smiling, Mikami stood up and leaned over the bed to kiss Daiki on the forehead. Blushing, he gaped at her when she stood again and began to walk out of the room. She stopped at the door, hand grasping the handle, to look back at him.

"Be back in a minute."

She opened the door, stepped out, and then closed it. Cheeks still burning, Daiki felt himself start to smile.

"She kissed me."