Shit.

Five Hearts were making their way to this world.

Five.

Shit.

Shit shit shit.

shudder

My eyes shot to the side as one of them bio-emerged, a massive Digital Field shooting outwards.

Even so, it didn't hide the sight of Vikaralamon, the gigantic pig Deva simply too massive.

And in the park, I noticed.

Oh, thank-

shudder

My eyes shot upwards, and I stared at four more Digital Fields, each one appearing high in the sky.

These Digimon, however, I couldn't see. Much smaller, and too far away for that.

Shit.

Okay, deal with Vikaralamon, and then deal with those guys.

I turned-

shudder

My eyes shot back up, and I saw the Digital Fields fade- too quickly, I realised.

The four Hearts began moving, picking up speed surprisingly quickly, each of them... heading to the park?

A single point in the park, actually.

I traced their paths-

My eyes widened.

Calumon!

I moved.

I appeared in front of Calumon, quickly scooping him off the ground and holding him safely.

He yelped, surprised by my entrance.

"Don't worry, it's me."

He stopped struggling, and I promptly teleported both of us to another part of Tokyo.

Worryingly, the Hearts promptly changed direction, heading directly for both of us, still picking up speed.

Despite the fact that they were already at speeds that most Jonin would find impressive.

What kind of Digimon is that fast?

I looked down, staring at Calumon for a moment.

If they have the reaction speed to go with it...

Calumon's zero unit began glowing, bright red. The others were Digivolving, no doubt.

I won't be able to prevent them from taking Calumon if they do.

My cloak and coat collapsed into myself, revealing, for the first time in this World, my NeoShadow form.

My chest hollowed out, and I placed Calumon inside, forming a mesh of Darkness that still allowed Calumon to see out.

He was surprised- not fearful, but surprised.

I condensed my Darkness into the area around my chest, making it as durable and tough as I possible could.

If they wanted Calumon, they would have to literally rip him out of my torso.

Not a moment too late, either.

With four simultaneous blue blurs, four Digimon appeared above us, hovering in the air.

As was quickly becoming far too common, my eyes widened as I saw them.

Humanoid, covered in white and blue clothing. Chest armour, which was a darker blue save for two oval yellow gems. Boots, also darker blue, with bladed skates attached to the bottom. Gauntlets, also blue, save for a yellow arrow on the back of the palm, and another yellow lightning bolt shaped protrusion. Large helmet, spiking backwards, with a yellow star on the very front.

Rinkmon.

Four of them. Four of one of the fastest types of Digimon in existence. All of them brimming with confidence, and the fourth with no small amount of arrogance.

All of them holding some strange device in their hands, beeping rapidly.

What is that?

Four pairs of red eyes stared at me- not at me, at Calumon.

"Well." The closest Rinkmon smirked. "That didn't take very long."

"Lord Zhuqiaomon's trackers worked." Another stated. "And now we've found the Light of Digivolution."

Tracker?

That...

That was not good at all.

"I don't like them." Calumon whispered... fear appearing in his Heart.

"Don't worry Calumon. I won't let them hurt you." I said.

"Oh, we don't want to hurt him. Lord Zhuqiaomon would delete us if we hurt the Light of Digivolution." The first one sneered. "But we will be taking him."

"Take him? I won't let you."

"You don't have a choice!" The fourth shouted, suddenly rushing forwards. "Spinning Cutter!" He spun on his axis, the protrusion on his glove lancing out.

It was only because I'd lived in a village of ninjas for years that I could react at all, bringing my arm up and reinforcing it just in time to stop the blade from cutting off my head.

I wasn't quite fast enough to block it completely, but it was enough.

Caught in momentary shock, the Rinkmon didn't move as my claws lanced out, cutting him in half at the waist, causing him to collapse into data.

In a life-or-death battle, shock is a killer like no other.

I capitalised on the advantage, suddenly appearing behind of the first Rinkmon, my claws ready to cut open his body.

I hit nothing but air, the apparent leader snapping out of his shock fast enough to leap forwards, spinning around to find me having nearly taken his head off.

The entire group jumped in the air, their eyes fixed on me, no small amount of caution suddenly present in their Hearts.

This battle just got a hell of a lot more difficult.

I stared up at them, standing still, preparing for whatever it was that they were planning.

They spread out, circling around me, probably attempting to force me to spin around to focus on all of them.

I would have none of that.

I teleported, appearing a little ways away, all of them still in my field of vision.

They all lurched, suddenly moving in random directions, spinning around in an attempt to find me- incredible cautious.

If they did that every time I teleported, I would have a very hard time taking them off guard.

One of them spotted me, and pointed me out to his compatriots, all of them rising a little higher into the air.

This... this would not be easy.

For a moment, I held still.

They wanted to take Calumon.

I couldn't let that happen.

Carefully, I began to draw in Darkness, starting off first with a small amount, but then quickly pulling in more when I felt it safe.

They wanted to take Calumon.

I wouldn't let that happen.

I directed most of it into my chest, reinforcing it and making it stronger- just in case.

The rest, I let suffuse around my body.

"You want to take Calumon from me..." I said, glaring up at them.

They tensed.

"I'm afraid... that I'll never let this happen."

shudder

I drew on more Darkness, absorbing it as quickly as I could.

shudder

Then, I pushed My Darkness outwards, surrounding myself with a black orb.

shudder

I let my form change, twisting and warping, going from humanoid into something else entirely. Only a single part remained unchanged, and that was the part of me that was holding Calumon.

shudder

A moment later, the shell of Darkness broke, and I stood tall.

shudder

I glared.

shudder

And then screamed.

shudder

"!"