Chapter 197

As Daigo and Maki walked out of Mimi and Meiko's classroom, Daigo decided to check on Izzy, "Well, I'm going to go check on Izzy and the Digimon, just in case".

Maki shook her head, "Absolutely not, you're still a school employee, they might need your help or input for the school festival, I'll go check on them instead".

Daigo sighed, but a second later he smiled and then said, "Yes ma'am!".

Maki smiled and shook her head while walking away, though she did raise a hand as a goodbye to Daigo, while he watched her go.

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~Meanwhile, back in Izzy's office~

The Digimon were all excited about going to the school festival with Izzy and Harry, especially because they heard that there were lots of food there, BlackGatomon grinned and then said, "Eri told me there were also, all sorts of fun stuff to do!".

Eri's Gatomon nodded, "Yeah, games and events we can all try together, plus Harry will pay for us too!".

Dorumon sweatdropped, "Boy... do I feel bad for Harry's wallet, it's always taking a hit for the team".

Lopmon nervously laughed, knowing how true that statement is, "Yeah... we do eat a lot".

Dorumon sighed and shook her head while tiredly deadpanning at Lopmon, "Please don't lump me with you guys, I have manners".

Patamon laughed and then flew over to the group, "I heard from TK, that Matt's band is playing there too".

Agumon nodded and hummed for a bit second, before speaking up, "It's a good thing Harry can hide us with his magic! We can really have a lot of fun this way, maybe we can even watch Matt play in his band".

Tentomon then turned his head towards Leomon and decided to ask him a question, "Do you want to go to Leomon? It's going to be lots of fun!".

Leomon opened an eye and stared at Tentomon for a few seconds, before speaking "I rather not, I'll just wait here and wait for everyone to return".

The Digimon were definitely not happy with that answer and immediately jumped on Leomon to beg him to go with them too, poor Leomon, found himself being barraged by everyone's voices, trying to convince him to go to the school festival.

Harry saw that and chuckled, "I wonder how long he'll be able to hang on?".

Izzy shrugged with a smile on his face, "Who knows, our Digimon are good at convincing people to their whims".

Suddenly Meicoomon walked up to Leomon and gave him the puppy eyes technique, "Please go with us".

Leomon's eyes widen and he stared at Meicoomon giving him the puppy eyes, Harry grinned and then said, "Well, he lost for sure now, no one can fight the puppy eyes technique".

Izzy nodded, all men were suckers for that and it seems Leomon wasn't any different, since he soon sweatdropped and began to blush, Meicoomon then decided to finish him off "Pretty please~".

Poor Leomon flinched and held his chest as he roared in pain or rather, cuteness overload "All right!".

Harry laughed a bit, "And he took critical damage!".

Izzy sweatdropped and sighed, before speaking up, "We better not let Meicoomon hang out with Mimi too much anymore... she's picking up some very dangerous habits".

With that over, Harry and Izzy, then gathered the Digimon, Harry quickly cast a ward around them, so no one can see or hear them, and the group then, left for the school festival.

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~Meanwhile~

Kari and TK were listening to Matt's band playing on top of the stage set up by the school, TK smiled as he watched his brother's band finishing a song, "Wow, I got to say, they're actually sounding pretty good now".

Kari nodded and then decided to ask a question about something she has been curious about for a while now, "What's their name now anyways?".

Tk smiled at Kari and then said, "The World on the Knife".

Kari sweatdropped at the overdramatic name of Matt's band, she honestly thought it sounded a bit cringe, "O-oh..." she really didn't know what to say in this situation.

Meanwhile, behind the school, a portal suddenly began to open and become wider and wider, while Izzy and Harry arrived at Mimi and Meiko's classroom, Mimi quickly noticed them and cheerfully greeted them with a wave and a big smile, "Oh! Harry! Izzy! Heya!".

Izzy blushed a bit when he saw Mimi's Cheerleader uniform, "... Wow... did you really have to make it like that Harry? I mean, I'm not complaining, but wow...".

Harry shrugged and then explained a bit, "I didn't design it you know? Meiko did, all I did was follow the design, but yeah, Meiko, Mimi, and Nejire do look good with them on".

Izzy raised an eyebrow at Harry, "Meiko designed the uniforms? Wow, that's actually impressive, though I really can't imagine her wearing one, that's a surprise... wait, did you just say that Nejire is wearing a cheerleader uniform like Mimi's?".

Harry nodded and pointed at Nejire, who was humming and swaying her hips cheerfully while taking an order, the girl was having so much fun that, she hadn't noticed the effect she was having on the boys around her.

They were all blushing and looking at her with stupid grins on their faces, the whole thing made Harry laugh a bit, Izzy sighed and then said, "Harry... you said you're a dragon god right?".

Harry nodded but seemed a bit confused as to why Izzy would ask that right now, Izzy suddenly clapped his hands towards Harry and said, "Thank you for this gift, Lord Dragon God...".

Harry rolled his eyes at Izzy and just shoved him inside the classroom, "Get in there, you smartass".

Izzy chuckled but did as Harry ordered, Mimi walked over to Izzy and Harry and cheerfully smiled, "What's up guys? Do you guys want a table for two?".

Before Izzy and Harry could say anything, TK suddenly walked into the classroom and then said, "For four please!".

Mimi, Izzy, and Harry turned their head towards TK and saw Kari with him, so they all smiled and waved at them, Harry then said, "Oh! Hey guys? How was Matt's concert?".

TK grinned and gave Harry a thumbs up, "Not that bad actually!".

Kari sweatdropped at TK's enthusiasm for his big brother's band, but push that aside and said, "Do you guys mind if we sit together?".

Izzy shook his head, "Not at all".

Harry smiled, "The more the merrier I always say".

Mimi happily smiled and nodded, she then called out to Meiko, "Alright! Meimei! A table for four!".

Meiko walked over while holding onto Eri's hand, Eri immediately got excited when she saw her father "Daddy! You finally came!".

Eri let go of Meiko's hand and ran to Harry, the dragon god smiled and immediately picked up Eri in his arms the moment she got close, "Eri, are you having fun here?"

Eri nodded "Yup! Nejire! Big Sis Meiko and Big Sis Mimi have been very nice! They give me food and they dance around! They look super pretty!".

Mimi blushed at Eri's comment, while Meiko groaned and hid her face behind her hands, "Eri... don't tell Harry about that please...".

Harry chuckled and decided to add to the fire, so he nodded to Eri and said, "I know, they sure look pretty huh?".

Eri nodded which made Meiko blush even brighter, Mimi blushed even more but grinned at Kari, "Hear that? I look pretty, Harry said so~".

Kari narrowed her eyes at Mimi and was now considering wearing a cheerleader uniform as well, TK and Izzy, stepped away from the girls, knowing that it was stupid to stand between them when they get like this.

Meiko soon stopped hiding her face with her hands and said, "P-please follow me r-right this way..." but poor Meiko was still blushing and looking very embarrassed right now, so she ended up looking very shy.

Which attracted the attention of everyone around them, to them, Meiko was very cute, acting all shy with her cheerleader uniform on.

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Soon enough, Meiko sat TK, Izzy, Kari, and Harry on a table for four and stuck around to write down their orders, TK smiled and then said "Wow Meiko, Harry is right, that looks great on you".

Meiko jumped a bit at the compliment, she really wasn't expecting it, "W-wah? I mean, thank you...".

TK smiled and then took out his smartphone and pointed it towards Meiko, "Now smile".

Meiko gasped and looked about to have a panic attack at TK's sudden request, "Ah! Um.. err" she didn't know what to say and in the end, as TK took a picture of her, she sneezed, TK chuckled and shook his head I amusement at how the picture came out, "Close enough".

Mimi walked over and pointed at TK "TK! I think you forgot someone to compliment!".

TK just smiled and shrugged "Oh? Who's that?".

Mimi glared at TK and then said "The one who is about to feed you a tray!".

Harry laughed and shook his head "Remember when TK was a sweet and kind boy? When did he turn into a sassy little shit?".

TK sweatdropped at being reminded of his child self, while, Kari giggled and then responded with, "Who knows? Somewhere between our last grade of middle school and our first day of high school"

TK looked like he took a physical blow from Kari's words "Ouch... that actually hurt my pride a bit...".

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~Meanwhile~

The Digimon were all walking around the school festival and looking at everything and everyone in excitement, Harry and Izzy had left Dorumon in charge of the Digimon and told her to not let them have so much fun.

This got the Digimon very excited, especially because Harry would pay for everything they wanted to get, though Dorumon, who looked very apprehensive about the amount of food everyone was inhaling at a fast pace, couldn't help but comment about it, "... They looked like vacuum cleaners like that...".

Even Leomon was eating, Meicoomon hit him with another puppy eye technique and convinced him to have fun with the rest of the Digimon, Leomon didn't stand a chance and ended up doing whatever Meicoomon asked him to do, poor bastard was wrapped around her little claw.

At the same time, Maki arrived at Izzy's office and rang the bell, she had brought snacks since she wanted to check on the Digimon, however, she didn't know that Harry had used a dark corridor to take everyone to the school festival.

So she ended up missing them by a long shot, so she just stood there unaware that everyone was already at the school festival right now.

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~Back with the Digimon~

The Digimon were sure having fun, but they were looking for something to do as well, Agumon who was eating some food, suddenly smiled and then said, "I'm so glad Harry gave us money! We can eat all we want now!".

Biyomon shook her head at her friend's comment, "He gave the money to Dorumon, Agumon, so try to keep control of your stomach, unless you want Dorumon to scold you".

Agumon pointed at Biyomon with his claw and responded with, "You say that, but you're eating too!".

Biyomon blushed but couldn't really retort to that, since she was indeed eating right now and quite a lot too.

Suddenly the Digimon heard someone yell something about a cute and creepy costume contest, which got everyone excited, since it sounded like a fun thing to do, well except Dorumon and Leomon.

They didn't want to get involved but did agree to help, so the Digimon sign up for the costume contest, though Dorumon had to telepathically asked Harry to let up his wards around the Digimon for a while, so the Digimon can participate in the contest, which Harry did right away and told Dorumon to enjoy themselves.

Sometime later, the Digimon joined the costume contest and participated, Tai was walking nearby and got curious as to why a lot of people were gathering around this particular contest.

So he walked over to take a look, "Huh? I wonder what's going on here?".

Suddenly the announcer spoke up with his microphone, "Next, we have... Am I reading this right?... all right... Gomachin!".

Tai spluttered in surprise as he watched Gomamon riding on top of Palmon, walking into the scenario and waving at everyone, "Hey everyone! I'm Gomachin!".

Tai gaped at what he was seeing, "That's Gomamon! What's is he doing here!?".

The announcer then called out to the next participant, "Next, we have Meiko!".

Meicoomon stepped beside Gomamon and Palmon and cheerfully smiled, while raising her paws to greet everyone, "I'm Meiko!".

Tai sweatdropped and groaned, "Just why?...".

Meanwhile, on top of the school's rooftop, stood Ken, or rather someone who looks like him, this person just stood there, while staring down at Meicoomon.

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~Meanwhile~

Joe was trying to study to keep his mind off Gomamon, but he was starting to get overwhelmed by frustration and guilt, suddenly, his phone began to vibrate, so he picked it up and checked the text he just received, it was Tai and he had good news, "Huh?! Gomamon is at the school!?".

Joe didn't waste any time, he quickly stood up from his desk and got ready to leave, he was going to go to the school festival and find Gomamon.

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After sending a text to Joe, Tai immediately went to look for Matt, he quickly found him in a hallway in school, tuning his guitar, "Matt! There you are, good! The Digimon are in the school right now!".

Matt looked surprised at what he just heard, "What!? They're here? But why?".

Tai shook his head since he had no idea what they were doing in the school festival, "I don't know but they all just participated in the cute and creepy costume contest, look, I have a Soccer game right now, can you maybe keep an eye on them?".

Matt took his guitar strap off his shoulder and put down his guitar, he then nodded to Tai, "Sure thing".

Tai grinned at Matt and sighed in relief, "Thanks man, I would have kept an eye on them, but I can't skip my game, the team would kill me".

Matt chuckled and then gave his friend a grin, "I get you, now get out here, I'll make sure they don't get in trouble".

Tai grinned and then nodded, the leader of the DigiDestined then took off running to his soccer game, while Matt quickly began to put his stuff away to go check on the Digimon.

Though he first texted everyone, to let them know what the Digimon were doing, he quickly received responses to his texts letting him know that they were all gathering in front of the costume contest, to check on the Digimon.

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~Outside the school, a few minutes later~

Joe quickly arrived at the school festival on his bike, he quickly parked it in the bike racks and immediately took off running to to look for Gomamon.

At the same time, at the cute and creepy costume contest, the announcer began to, well announce, "The moment of truth has finally arrived! Time to announce the winner of the contest!".

As the announcer said this, the DigiDestined began to gather in front of the contest, Sora immediately ran to everyone since she was the last to show up, "Hey guys, is it true the Digimon are here?".

Mimi nodded and explained the situation, "Yeah, Izzy and Harry brought them here with the help of Harry's magic, but it seems like they wanted to participate in the contest because it sounded fun".

Everyone who didn't know about this turned around towards Harry, the dragon god just shrugged and gave them a smile, "They're fine guys, Leomon and Dorumon are keeping an eye on them, besides, it's not fair we get to have fun at the school festival and they don't, right?".

The fact that Dorumon and Leomon are in charge of the Digimon did put them at ease, suddenly a drumroll began to play and everyone turned around to take a look only to see the Digimon right in the middle of the stage participating in the contest.

Kari pointed at them, "Oh look, there they are!".

The announcer then pointed at Meicoomon and then loudly announced, "The winner of the contest is Meiko!".

Meiko gaped and blushed, because not only did Meicoomon win, but she used her name to enter the contest, Matt glared at the announcer and then yelled at him "What!? Gabumon didn't win?! Are you blind!?".

But everyone ignored him and just watched while Meicoomon received a medal, that was placed around her neck, while everyone cheered, Meicoomon happily smiled as she stared at her shiny new medal.

Meiko saw Meicoomon's smile and sighed, though she soon softly giggled as she watched Meicoomon practically glow with happiness "Oh, Meicoomon, she looks so happy".

Everyone smiled and sighed, no point in being worried, besides Harry was right, the Digimon deserve to have some fun too.

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Soon enough the DigiDestined gathered the Digimon and went to meet with Eri and Nejire, who were going around and buying food to try, while the DigiDestined went to get their Digimon partners, Meiko was hugging Meicoomon tightly and looked very proud of her, "You looked so cute up there".

Mimi sighed and then smiled at Palmon, "Did you have fun?".

Palmon nodded and raised her claws up, "Yeah!".

Mimi giggled and hugged her Digimon partner, Eri was hugging her Gatomon and BlackGatomon, "Why didn't you tell me what you were doing? I would have helped".

Her Gatomon smiled and answered Eri's question, "Sorry Eri, but we wanted to have fun with everyone, besides, I'm sure you were having fun on your own too!"

BlackGatomon nodded, "Yeah! But next time we'll get you! I'm sure we can win no problem with your help!".

Harry smiled as he watched the Digimon in such high spirits, being cooped up sucks, especially for Digimon, who are curious and active creatures, even now they were all ready to go eat and have more fun again.

Even though it was risky for them to participate in the costume contest, it the end, nothing bad happened, especially since Harry placed his ward back on the Digimon the moment they got off the stage, allowing them to sneak off.

Suddenly, someone yelled and ran toward the group, "Gomamon!".

The DigiDestined, Harry, Eri, and Nejire, along with the Digimon, turned their head towards the person that just called out to Gomamon, only to see Joe coming their way while huffing for air, he looked tired and out of breath, but more than that, he looked very worried.

Gomamon looked at Joe with concern in his eyes, "Joe...".

Joe didn't even notice Harry nor Eri and Nejire so focused on Gomamon he was, that he ran past him and straight towards Gomamon, Harry smiled and waved at everyone else to leave, to him it looked like Joe and Gomamon needed some privacy right now, so might as well go get some food for the Digimon, otherwise they might just riot.

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Wanting to talk, Joe and Gomamon headed to the school's rooftop once they noticed that everyone was gone, once up there, they took a seat on one of the benches up there, once Joe and Gomamon were seated, Joe sighed and began to speak, "I don't get it... why did you leave, without saying anything?".

Gomamon looked down but didn't seem to want to speak just yet, this worried Joe a bit so he tried to convince Gomamon to speak, "Talk to me, were you unhappy or something?".

Gomamon shook his head and sighed, "It's not that ".

Joe looked at Gomamon and then asked, "Then what is it? There has to be a reason why you left".

Gomamon turned his head towards Joe and then sadly said, "You didn't want me there...".

Joe gasped a bit, not expecting Gomamon to say that "I never said that, ever".

Gomamon closed his eyes and then responded, "You didn't need to, everything you did, sent that message loud and clear".

Joe stared at Gomamon in silence for a few seconds, before asking, "Are you mad at me?".

Gomamon shook his head, "No".

Joe sighed and shook his head, "Then what's wrong? Stop playing around and tell me the truth".

But Gomamon huffed in frustration and then pointed at Joe with one of his claws without looking at him, "You're the one not telling the truth".

Joe frowned and then ask, "I am?".

But Gomamon turned his gaze towards Joe and then said, "Look, just say it! You don't want us to work together anymore, do you?".

Joe flinched at Gomamon's question and gasped a bit, Gomamon sighed and once again looked down, "This is all a big burden to you and I just get in your way...".

Joe looked down and then nodded, "Well, yes... it is kind of a burden... but-".

Gomamon sadly frowned, "thought so...".

Joe shook his head and continued on, "But you're not a burden".

Gomamon looked up at Joe in surprise, "Huh?".

Joe looked up at the sky and went on, "It's this whole 'being one of the DigiDestined' thing, why does it always have to be us? Why do we, have to fight?".

Gomamon immediately answered Joe's question, "Because, that's who you are Joe".

But Gomamon's answer just made the frustration in Joe, just grow, "But why!? If there's a battle, it should be fought by people who want to be soldiers!".

Gomamon, looked surprised by Joe's outburst, but quickly responded, "Do you really think that I like to fight?".

Joe stood up from the bench and shook his head, "That's not the point! But fighting is the last thing I should be concentrating on!".

Gomamon spoke up before Joe could continue on, "I know! And that's why you don't want me around anymore, cause you don't have to fight if I'm not there! But this is my destiny".

Joe tighten his fist in frustration and trembled a bit, Gomamon paused a bit and then continue to speak his mind, "I'm not running away...".

Joe looked down and stayed like that for a few seconds, until he began to speak, "So that's what you think I've been doing, but you just can come out and say it..." Gomamon tear up a bit, Joe suddenly shook his head and yelled "Do what you want!".

With that said, Joe turned around and ran off, Gomamon narrowed his eyes and yelled back, "Fine! Then I'll stay away... I'll just leave you alone..." a tear fell down Gomamon's face as he looked down feeling sad and frustrated at the situation.

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Harry was listening to the conversation Joe and Gomamon were having with a worried frown on his face, while keeping an eye on some of the Digimon, since after eating a lot of food a few of them got sleepy and were taken back to Mimi and Meiko's classroom, some of the Digimon were already napping under the table, but Meicoomon and Palmon had their head out from under said table and were wide awake.

Meicoomon suddenly yawned, "Meiko...".

Meiko, who was taking orders on a table, walked over and smiled at her Digimon partner, "What is it, Mei?".

Meicoomon smiled at Meiko and then said, "I want dessert!".

Palmon nodded, "Me too!".

Meiko giggled at the Digimon's request, while Harry smiled, "All you guys ate, was dessert".

But Meicoomon and Palmon just innocently smiled at Harry, who just shook his head in amusement, Meiko smiled and then said, "Sorry, just a bit longer and I'll be done for the day, we can walk around together then and get you guys something to eat".

With that said, Meiko cheerfully went back to taking orders, Meicoomon and Palmon smiled and watched Meiko run to a table, but suddenly, music began to play, surprising Meicoomon, Palmon, and Harry, Mimi took out her pom poms and called out to Meiko, "Meimei! It's show time!".

Meiko, who was taking some food to a table panicked, "I'm too tired! I'm too busy! Whatever it takes not to do it!".

Meiko suddenly took off running, while Meicoomon, Palmon, Mimi, and Harry watched her run away, Harry raised an eyebrow at this and then asked, "Okay? What was that about?".

Mimi sighed and gave up, luckily for her, Nejire was more than ready for the show, so both girls began to dance and cheer, "We'll handle it!".

Nejire smiled and as she danced, she called out to Harry, "Check out my moves Harry!".

Harry nodded but seemed very confused, "Okay, but, I still don't know what you're doing...".

Palmon began to dance as well, while Meicoomon looked on bored and stood up, she then began to walk, towards the classroom door, though Harry kept an eye on her, just in case.

Meicoomon began to walk down the hallway when suddenly, Maki arrived and grabbed hold of Meicoomon from behind with a smile on her face, "Hi!".

Harry narrowed his eyes as he sensed all of this and decided to keep a close eye on Maki and Meicoomon, this looked very suspicious after all, so he discreetly Digitized the DigiDestined's Digimon into his smartphone -except Palmon- and then sent them to their partners' smartphone, just in case.

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~Meanwhile~

Tai was in the middle of his soccer game and scored a goal, causing everyone to cheer, Eri, Tk, Kari and their Digimon were loudly cheering, Agumon, who came to cheer for Tai as well and was the only Digimon who didn't go to sleep with rest, like Palmon and Meicoomon, cheered the loudest, Kari suddenly noticed Joe, running out of the school, "Huh? Was that Joe?".

Joe suddenly stopped and looked down, Kari immediately took off running towards him and called out to Joe, "Where are you going? Where's Gomamon?"

Joe didn't look up, but did answer Kari's question, "I'm going home!".

Kari stopped running towards Joe and looked confused, "What?".

Joe continued to look down and then continued on, "I need to study...".

Kari looked worried for Joe now, something was obviously wrong, and she really didn't know what to say right to help her friend though, Joe tighten his fists and huffed in frustration, "I just don't get it... why does it always have to be me? Why, huh!? Why does this stuff always happen to me?...".

Joe sobbed and then began to walk away, while Kari could only watch him leave completely stunned by Joe's questions.

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Meanwhile, Maki took Meicoomon to the school's garden and then put her down, "Tell you what, you stay here and I'll go buy you a crepe".

Meicoomon cheerfully smiled and nodded, "Okay ~".

Maki smiled and then walked away, while Meicoomon excitedly began to laugh and sway on her feet, as Maki disappear from Meicoomon's sight, she looked around and noticed the beautiful flowers around her and immediately went to go get a closer look, "Ah! Hehe!".

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~Meanwhile, back in Mimi and Meiko's classroom~

Meiko finally noticed that Meicoomon was gone, "Huh? Meicoomon is gone!?".

Palmon nodded, Meiko looked worried, but Harry walked over to her and said, "I know where she is, I've been keeping an eye on her, she got bored and went for a walk, though Maki seemed to have picked her up and took her with her".

Meiko looked confused and relieved at the same time, though she soon questioned what she heard, "Maki? But why would she take Meicoomon with her?".

Harry shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I plan on asking her later, but do you want me to take you to her?".

Meiko smiled and nodded, "Please!".

Harry nodded and was about to walk towards her when his, Mimi, and Meiko's smartphones began to make a beeping sound, this was a program designed to detect strong digital distortions, Harry narrowed his eyes when he sensed something happening around Meicoomon.

So he quickly grabbed Meiko and Mimi's hands and took off running to get Meicoomon, though he was already prepared to teleport to Meicoomon if needed, Palmon quickly woke up Dorumon and together they followed Harry and the girls.

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Izzy had gotten the notification about the digital distortion as well and quickly began to text everyone, all the DigiDestined received the warning and we're now trying to meet up to check it out, knowing that an infected Digimon was on its way to the Real world.

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Harry sensed something walking through the portal created by the digital distortion, and walk over to Meicoomon, not liking the situation, he immediately yelled to the girls "Get ready! I'm teleporting us to Meicoomon! Something is happening!".

Mimi and Meiko looked worried and immediately nodded to Harry, the dragon god didn't have time to use a dark corridor, so he instead used his power over space and teleported Mimi, Meiko, Palmon, Dorumon, and himself straight to Meicoomon's location.

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Meanwhile, Meicoomon looked over to the stranger who walked out of the portal that opened up nearby, the stranger smiled and then reached over to Meicoomon, while she stood there confused.

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While this was happening, Maki was buying two crepes, when Daigo suddenly ran over to her, she of course, immediately noticed and turned to face Daigo "What's wrong?".

Daigo stopped right in front of Maki and leaned forward to whisper to her "There's a distortion behind the school...".

Maki gasped and dropped the crepes she had in her hands "Damn it! Let's go!".

Both Daigo and Maki immediately took off running towards the back of the school, as fast as they could to try and stop whatever was happening, Maki narrowed her eyes in frustration, "This is bad, I messed up and let my guard down! I left Meicoomon alone!".

Daigo looked surprised at what Maki just said, "What!? Meicoomon!?".

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~At the same time, back in the school back garden~

The stranger picked up Meicoomon and was about to walk back to the portal, while Meicoomon began to panic, however, in a flash of blue light Harry, Mimi, and Meiko arrived and the moment he saw the stranger walk away with Meicoomon in his arms, he let go of the girl's hands and moved in a blur.

The stranger didn't see Harry move and couldn't even react when he suddenly appeared beside him and kicked him away from the portal, while pulling Meicoomon off his arms, the stranger grunted in pain and flew through the air, then rag-dolled on the ground until he crashed against a wall of the school.

Meicoomon hugged Harry by the neck tightly, scared about the fact that someone just tried to take her away, she quickly looked up at Harry and said, "Harry! That guy feels wrong!?".

Harry nodded to Meicoomon and then responded to her, "Yeah, I feel it too...".

Mimi walked up to Harry and looked over to the stranger and gasped when she got a better look at him "Is that Ken?".

Meanwhile, Meiko ran over to Harry and Meicoomon "Meicoomon!" Meiko quickly reached Harry and her Digimon partner, Harry immediately handed Meicoomon to her, seeing that she was looking very worried for her.

Meiko immediately hugged Meicoomon tightly and asked about her condition, "Mei! Are you okay? Did he hurt you?".

Meicoomon shook her head, "Nope! Harry rescued me! He looked so cool! ".

Meiko smiled at Meicoomon and nodded, "I saw that... he is the best".

Harry, however, was too distracted staring at the so call Ken, while Mimi stepped close to him, with Palmon in her arms, Dorumon also walked over to her partner, but she stood in front of Harry, while keeping an eye on the fake Ken, "Harry!? What is going on? Why did Ken just try to take Meicoomon?".

Harry frowned and then said, "That's not Ken, Mimi, he's a digital life form ...".

The fake Ken stood up and laughed "Hahaha! If it isn't Harry Potter! I thought I didn't have to worry about you, but it seems you came back!

Tell me! How did it feel to come back after you abandoned the DigiDestined!? Did it hurt? Did it make you feel guilty? Please tell me!".

Harry narrowed his eyes at the fake Ken "You're a digital life form and you know me... that means you're probably working for King Drasil, right?".

The fake Ken frowned and glared at Harry, who grinned at him "Got you didn't I? Only that outdated program would think to send someone like you to try to get a rise out of me.

After all, King Drasil never took me as a threat and you obviously don't either, pretty arrogant of both you really".

Fake Ken scoffed at Harry, "Why should we be worried about you? You're just a human with a few weird abilities! King Drasil already computed your growth! You're not a threat to me nor him, not even with those fake Digimon of yours!".

Harry chuckled and shook his head, "Compute my growth? How ridiculous as if an absolute program like King Drasil could compute what I'm capable of, especially because you don't know where I've been and what I've done".

Fake Ken scoffed again and shrugged, "Your not that special kid, King Drasil wants to reboot the Digital World, make it so Digimon and Humans can never interact again! And there's nothing you can do about it!".

Harry grinned and summoned Oblivion and Oathkeeper into his hands "I'm going to delete your arrogant self and then go and delete King Drasil as well, I'm really going to enjoy making you both hurt, we'll see if you can keep saying the same thing after I'm done with you!".

Fake Ken laughed and spread his arms open "I've been prepared for you Harry Potter! Once you're gone, I'll deal with the DigiDestined and then reboot the Digital World! Right on top of your corpse!".

At this moment, the rest of the DigiDestined arrived and watched on shocked as Harry stood in front of Mimi, with Meiko a bit further behind him, and right in front of Harry was someone who they think is Ken, though what had everyone the most confused.

Why did Harry look ready to fight and kill Ken, while he looked at Harry with an insane gleam in his eyes, just what is going on here?

As everyone watched this happen, no one noticed the portal nearby begin to pulsate and grow, as if wanting to let something big into the real world, something really dangerous and powerful.