"I... had no idea about what Megidramon meant to the Sovereigns." Takato sighed.

"None of us did." Rika said, before her eyes shot to me. "None of us did, right? You didn't actually know about this and decide not to tell us, did you?"

"I didn't, no." I shook my head. "I was aware that Huanglongmon... existed, but I was not aware of the history between Huanglongmon, the Sovereigns, and Megidramon."

That... had come as a surprise to me, as well.

"Good." She crossed her arms. She looked to the side again, staring at Takato. "Takato?"

"Huh?" He looked up.

Rika frowned slightly, biting her lip, before speaking. "Are... you okay?"

"Rika~" Henry straightened up, grinning. "You do have a heart."

"And if you know what's good for you, you'll never tell anybody." She growled. "Ever."

He kept grinning.

Takato smiled slightly, before sighing. "I'm fine. I just... well, every time we turn into Megidramon," He hugged Guilmon closer to himself, the dinosaur beginning to purr. "We're going to remind the Sovereigns of... well, that."

"They were afraid." Renamon spoke up.

The others turned to her.

"When you both transformed into Megidramon... both Azulongmon and Zhuqiaomon were afraid."

"Afraid doesn't quite cover it." I shook my head. "They were terrified. Horrified. The fear that they exuded in that single instant..." I looked up. "I have rarely felt that kind of emotion before."

Henry looked at me, surprised. "You can feel emotions? Of others?" He hastily elaborated.

"I can do many things, Henry." I looked up. "To see and feel the emotions of others is among my capabilities, yes."

"It does not surprise me that much." Renamon admitted.

"Of course not." Rika sighed. "Sometimes it seems like there isn't anything you can't do."

"Oh, there are plenty of things that I can't do, Rika." I looked at her. "Admittedly, that list is something that I've been trying to shrink as much as possible."

"Why?" Takato asked.

"Why not?" I asked. "Exploring my capabilities, expanding my abilities, is something that I do quite enjoy."

"What for, though?" Henry asked. "Is it just because you can, or..."

My head tilted to the side. "A lot of reasons, really. 'Because I can' is one. 'Because I want to' is another."

For a brief moment, I held still.

If I had been capable of everything I was now back at the Uchiha Massacre, how many more lives would I have been able to save?

I shook my head.

"There isn't too much more to it than that, really."

"You're lying." Rika immediately called me out.

"Perhaps." I nodded. "But either way, I don't particularly feel like explaining everything."

I held my hands up, beginning to twist and warp space. "Anyway, it's time to go back."

"Do you actually need to do that?" Terriermon asked.

"Do what?"

"Hold your hands up like that."

"No." I stated. "I just do it because it looks cool."

I wrenched-

- and the seven of us appeared back where we had left.

Three of us to be immediately accosted by worrying mothers.

"That... didn't actually take that long." Gorou noted.

I walked forwards, dropping into one of the chairs. "No. Not that surprising, though, since I cut out the several hours of travelling to and fro by taking all of us straight into the Sovereign's domain."

"That'd do it." He nodded.

"I'm fine." Takato's muffled voice came.

"How do you do that, by the way?" He asked. "Your capacity to jump between this world and the Digital World so easily is... well, amazing."

By exploiting the powers of a primal force that's older than this entire World.

"I have my ways." I said out loud.

"Don't feel like sharing?"

"Not really, no."

"Seriously. I'm fine."

"But on to more important things..." I turned around. "Takato, one of those communicators?"

He reached into his pocket with one hand, and pulled it, still trying to escape his mother's fretting- and not succeeding at all.

I took it from him, and held it up in the air.

"Good news is, Zhuqiaomon is going to stop sending the Deva at us." Well he never specifically said that, but... "Better news is that we now also have a way to contact the Sovereigns should we need to." I put it down on the table.

Janyu delicately picked it up. "With that... we'd know the moment that the D-Reaper comes."

Yamaki and the other Monster Makers looked at it, examining it.

"Well, that's some good news." Gorou smiled. "That will be helpful when the D-Reaper comes."

"Indeed." I looked at Gorou. "Now, I have a question for you."

"Yes?"

"The D-Reaper. When it comes, you'll be danger very quickly, since you're in the Digital World."

"I'm aware." He nodded. "But the Digital World is also where I'm keeping all of my research, and my equipment. I... don't exactly feel like leaving it here."

"You do have the DigiGnomes, if they're willing to help." I pointed out.

"Helping?"

"True." He sighed. "Still, I do not want to burden them." He snorted. "Oh, who am I kidding, they'd jump at the chance."

"Mom, seriously." Takato stepped back a little, pushing his mother away. "I'm fine. Rika's fine. Henry's fine. Guilmon, Renamon, and Terriermon are fine. The only one who even got hurt was Zhuqiaomon."

"I know, but..." She sighed, and drew her son into a hug. "I can't help it. You're my son. And it's a mother's right to be worried about their child."

He slumped. "We weren't even gone for an hour." He complained, but he hugged her a little bit tighter.

Takehiro smiled, drawing them both into a hug. "You worry too much." He told his wife, jokingly.

I turned back to Gorou. "They would. They're very... helpful like that."

He nodded. "Aside from that, there's also the matter of getting into Shinjuku."

"If it comes down to it, I won't mind bringing you here myself." I offered. "It's not like I have many things better to do while we're waiting for the D-Reaper."

"That... would be great, thank you." He leaned back. "Got to say, after all these years, it will be nice to meet up in the flesh again."