Chapter 211

After the DigiDestined spent some time with Thalia, Percy, Nico, and Bianca and got to know each other better, they were given the tour of the Big House, the DigiDestined were, of course, excited for this tour, after all, this is the home of the Greek Pantheon now and the demi-gods who Harry adopted.

By getting to know Thalia, Percy, Nico, and Bianca, the DigiDestined were able to tell, that the people living in the Big House are kind and fun individuals, a thought that was proven right when the tour began, the DigiDestined got to meet and hang out with all sorts of demi-gods.

From the sons and daughters of Hephaestus, demi-gods who were the craftsmen of the family, the blacksmiths, the engineers, and architects, these demi-gods weren't only, members of the Crafts Guild, but they also had a massive garage in the big house.

A place where all the grease monkeys that are the demi-gods of Hephaestus, can build anything they want, Harry always makes sure to bring them all kinds of new toys, like cars, robots, weapons, and even actual toys, all so they can have all the fun they want making and fixing things.

Then, there were the sons and daughters of Hermes, who are the fun and mischievous type, they're the crafty and pranking members of the family, it was a fun time speaking and getting to know some of them, even if they tried to prank Harry, only for the dragon god to laugh it off, and stay colored pink and sparkly for a while after.

There were also the sons and daughters of Athena, the booksmart and wise of the family, despite being bookworms and nerdy, they were still kind and patient with the DigiDestined and helped them by answering any question they had.

Then there were the wild and powerful sons and daughters of Ares, these guys are all about battles and muscle, but despite that, they were also friendly and cheerful, sure, some came off as arrogant at first, but the DigiDestined took that in stride.

Though they were surprised, when they all suddenly attacked Harry, only for him to laugh and mop the floor with them, quite literally too, Harry used his demi-god children to wipe the floor clean.

But even then, the sons and daughters of Ares laughed it off and wore their bruises with pride, Serafall smiled at the scene, before explaining, how much these demi-gods had changed over time, they're far more relaxed and happy than what they used to be when their father was still alive.

Even the sons and daughters of Aphrodite, were fun to get to know, plus the male and female DigiDestined received some excellent tips about looking good and fashionable, though the girls had to drag TK away from Harry's daughters.

The guy was getting his flirt on, which just amused Harry, Yasaka, and Serafall, but what really made the DigiDestined happy to see, is how Harry himself hung out with all his children and spent time with them.

He always did something to show his affection, whether it was fighting with his Ares children, letting his Aphrodite children paint his nails, or cutting his hair, he even helped some of his children from Hephaestus to build some stuff.

Books were gifted to his Athena children and he played video games with his Hermes children, wherever Harry went or whoever he spent time with, the dragon god always had a smile on his face and pure adoration for all his children.

And in return, the demi-gods loved and cherish Harry, it was evident with how happy they were to just see him and spend time with him, Eri, Sherry, and Lily all spent time with everyone as well and joined in the activities, and the demi-gods all spoiled their little sisters and cousins all the time, which is why they come to visit often, but all of this just showed, that no matter what, Harry always had time for everyone.

Eventually, the DigiDestined were able to meet their first Greek Deities, Rhea had appeared out of nowhere and offered cookies and milk to everyone, at first the DigiDestined didn't think much of Rhea until Eri called her Granny Rhea.

That surprised the DigiDestined, because Rhea doesn't look like a granny at all, and when the Digidestined voiced that out, Rhea giggled and then told the DigiDestined that she is a titan and thus a very old deity.

The DigiDestined were of course, awed and shocked, they had a real and true titan around them for a while now and they never even noticed, Harry chuckled at the DigiDestined's expression, finding their reactions funny and amusing, "What were you guys expecting?" was what Harry asked soon, after laughing.

Tai rubbed his head and sighed, "I don't know? I mean, I personally didn't know what to expect when I would meet a deity, I just didn't expect Rhea to be-".

Rhea smiled and then said, "A normal-looking woman baking cookies for her grandchildren?".

Despite Rhea not being upset or offended by Tai's words, the DigiDestined of Courage couldn't help but wince, because it sounded very rude, "Sorry, It's just... not what I expected".

Rhea just giggled and waved her hand, dismissing, Tai's apology, "Oh dear, I don't mind, honestly, this is my mortal disguise, all gods and goddesses have one, that way we can walk around on earth and not kill hundreds by our presence alone, well, except the Potters.

They can be in their true form all the time and not affect the world around them, I think Harry, called it... ah, 'Perfect Control' I believe, a skill that grants, just that, perfect control of everything".

The DigiDestined all turned their heads towards Harry, who shrugged and grinned, "We, the Potters are just built different, plus that skill is a necessity for us now, we deal with powers beyond normal comprehension, and that's all kinds of dangerous".

Serafall nodded, "That, and all of us have gotten way more powerful, without 'Perfect Control', we could easily destroy the planet by accident".

Yolei turned her head towards Eri, Sherry, and Lily, she stared at them in curiosity, which they noticed, Eri just grinned and waved at her, while Lily smiled, Sherry shrugged and then said, "I'm still not at a level, where I need that skill, but Eri does".

Lily nodded, "Especially because she likes to use big and showy magic! Besides, she's a dragon god now, I'm at best, a heavenly dragon in rank, while Sherry is one as well".

Yasaka giggled and gave Lily a head pat, which had her smiling, "Among the Potter children, Morgan, Hope, and Eri, are the ones who need 'Perfect Control', though they are careful and very responsible with their power... most of the time".

Serafall giggled and then piped in, "We're not any better though, we're always destroying something or just blasting things away!".

Yasaka sighed and shook her head, "Don't remind me Serafall... add to that, whenever Ereshkigal tries to cook and we have armageddon happening all the time at the house".

Harry chuckled, "It's always fun though".

Yasaka deadpanned at Harry while dryly speaking her opinion of Harry's words, "Most of us died at least four times while fighting that abomination Ereshkigal and Shion made last time...".

Harry winced at the reminder of one of his most powerful foes, that monster, created by the combination of Ereshkigal and Shion's cooking, was a real danger to everyone, the thing was even able to kill Ophis twice! and she didn't even know how that happened.

On the upside, everyone got to meet Death, though the conceptual being was laughing her ass off at them, for how they died, Harry shook his head and then shrugged, "Either way, most gods and goddesses in Neo Kyoto, stay in their mortal forms.

In fact, you could have met a god or a goddess right now, and not have noticed," Harry turned his head towards his side and smiled at a small girl, who was just chilling there and listening to everything being said in amusement, "Right Hestia?".

The DigiDestined gaped at the little girl and stared at her in shock, while Hestia just giggled and nodded, "Yes, I've been here the whole time and no one even said hi! That's kinda mean you know? But then again, I was being too quiet".

Hestia smiled in amusement as she stared at the expression on the DigiDestined's faces, she had walked over when her mother began to give cookies out to everyone and was able to even get two! But no one even noticed her and so, she chose to just eat her cookies and listen to everyone's conversation in silence.

Harry smiled at Hestia, happy about how much she had changed over her time in Neo Kyoto, when Harry met her, she was mostly quiet, sad, and very tired, the entire situation with the demi-gods and her family, the Olympian Gods, had taken a toll on her.

Not a surprise there, since, Hestia had to live her long life watching the demi-gods being neglected and killed, while her family argued, fought, and plotted against each other, her domain being family and home.

Meant that she was deeply affected by that situation for so many centuries, but now that Hestia lives in Neo Kyoto, gets worshiped here, and lives a happy life surrounded by smiles and laughter, has made her demeanor shift, into a cheerful and playful one.

It made Harry very happy for her, suddenly Hestia was lifted by the armpits and then hugged tightly by Mimi, which made the goddess blink in surprise, not expecting such a thing to happen to her, Mimi squealed and then hugged Hestia, "You're so adorable! And you're a goddess too! That's so cool!".

Everyone sweatdropped at Mimi's action, well except Hestia, she just giggled and gave Mimi a head pat, which looked hilarious, since she was in her child form and being lifted by the armpits, all the while she gave Mimi the motherly treatment.

Mimi soon let Hestia down, the Goddess of the Hearth smiled at her and then asked her a question, "And who might you be? I don't believe I've met you before nor seen you around Neo Kyoto".

Mimi brightly smiled and introduced herself to Hestia, the rest of the DigiDestined did as well, since Hestia seemed curious about them too, after that, Harry spent a few minutes explaining to the Greek Goddess, who the DigiDestined are and what they were doing in Neo Kyoto right now.

After that explanation, Hestia hummed a soft tune as she thought about what Harry just told her about the DigiDestined, she then turned her head towards them and said, "So you're establishing a new guild, one centered around Digimon?".

Tai nodded to Hestia, "That's right, Harry and Izzy came up with an idea, a sort of way to help and guide the new generations of the DigiDestined, especially because more keep popping up from around the world".

Kari smiled and then said, "Plus, it turns out that we're not exactly human anymore, so working from Neo Kyoto and learning about what we are and what we can do, will come a long way into helping the rest of the DigiDestined".

Hestia tilted her head and seemed a bit confused about Kari's statement, "Not human?".

Harry quickly explained to Hestia about what the DigiDestined have become, "Yes, it turns out, that the DigiDestined are what we're calling, hybrid digital beings, it's something new, so there's still a lot we don't know about it.

But, that's one of the reasons we decided to open a Digimon Tamers Guild, it would both, help the DigiDestined and help us learn more about what, this new race is capable of".

Hestia nodded understanding the situation, she then turned her head towards Thalia and gave her a smile, "Then, I think it would be best, to begin with your quest, Thalia, I have a feeling that we'll see some amazing".

Thalia smiled in excitement, not only because Hestia's words foretold of something happening, but because she herself, wanted to take on the DigiDestined and their Digimon.

But, Thalia, had to first make sure that the DigiDestined were ready to take her on, so she quickly turned her head towards Tai, and then asked, "What about it? Do you guys feel like sparring?".

Tai grinned and then nodded, "Sure! That's why we came here to begin with!".

Thalia grinned, suddenly Percy walked up to Thalia's side and smiled, "Then how about I join in the fun?".

Bianca walked up to Thalia's other side and smiled, "This sounds like a fun activity, count me in".

Luckily for the DigiDestined, Nico shrugged and grabbed another cookie, "I'll pass, I don't feel like fighting today, though I will watch, it sounds like it's going to be a fun event".

Everyone nodded to Nico, while Percy, Bianca, and Thalia stared at the DigiDestined, who stared back at the three demi-gods, whose blood fathers are the the big three of the Greek Gods, a challenge has been given and answered.

Harry smiled and then said, "Then, let's take this to the Potter basement, there's plenty of room there".

Everyone nodded in agreement to Harry's suggestion, so the dragon god, opened a dark corridor to the Potter's basement, everyone present in the group, quickly walked through the dark corridor, ready to see some action

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~A few minutes later~

Eri, Sherry, Lily, Nico Harry, Yasaka, Serafall, Hestia, and Rhea all took off flying and stayed in the sky to see the battle that was about to happen, this way, they wouldn't get in the way and they'll be able to watch the battle without issues, from high in the sky.

Meanwhile, the first and second generation of the DigiDestined stood in front of Thalia, Percy, and Bianca, who stood before them ready for battle, the DigiDestined soon took out their smartphones and summoned their Digimon partners.

Agumon, Gabumon, Biyomon, Palmon, Tentomon, Patamon, Gomamon, Meicoomon, and Gatomon appeared in front of their human partners in flashes of digital energy.

Veemon, Wormon, Armadillomon, and Hawkmon appeared in front of their human partners as well, all the Digimon had sensed the tension in the air and were ready to fight, though, at first, they were confused as to why they were summoned to face what they thought, were humans.

That is, until Thalia, Percy, and Bianca, suddenly summoned their weapons to fight, while letting out some of their divinity flow, out of their bodies, the Digimon's instincts, forced them to take a step back and stand in front of their human partners in concern.

Meanwhile, the DigiDestined weren't faring any better, the pressure flowing out of the three demi-gods in front of them was something overwhelming, something that the DigiDestined had no experience dealing with, sure they have faced mega-level Digimon of considerable powers before, but nothing of this level.

The DigiDestined along with their Digimon partners were now feeling intimidated and wary, Izzy frowned as he began to nervously sweat, "... This is crazy, I've never felt this frightened, even when we were facing Apocalymon".

TK nodded, though he looked rather nervous while doing so, "This is intense... and I think they're holding back".

Davis gritted his teeth, he then looked towards his hands and saw them shaking, "Dammit...".

Ken noticed Davis' predicament, but he found himself unable to do anything about it, as he was also frozen in fright, but despite feeling angry at himself for being afraid, he was also worried about everyone else.

The rest of the DigiDestined began to profusely sweat, as they watched the demi-gods get ready, Thalia twirled a beautifully crafted spear, while blue lightning danced around the blade of the spear, crackling and lashing out at everyone around Thalia.

Percy, stood beside her, completely unaffected by the blue lighting, a sword and shield in hand and ready to fight, however, the DigiDestined could see water begin to gather around Percy, as if drawn to him, Bianca swung a pitch-black scythe.

A weapon made by her dad Harry and blessed by her blood father Hades, Nico received a pair of black daggers as well, but both had been training with their weapons for a while now and it shows, with the way Bianca could easily swing her scythe.

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Harry stared at the DigiDestined, he was a bit worried about them, this was their first time facing something besides another Digimon, and they were now witnessing the sheer difference between a wild or evil Digimon, to a supernatural being.

This was their first taste of how different things are in this world and a part of him, wondered if they were ready, Yasaka, suddenly grabbed Harry's hands, causing him to move his gaze towards her.

Yasaka softly smiled at Harry and then said, "They're going to be fine Harry, they are your friends after all and if you believe in them, I'm sure they will rise up to this challenge".

Serafall grinned and then pointed at Tai, "They already are, look at Tai!".

Harry, turned his head towards Tai and widen his eyes as he watched him take out a pair of old goggles from his pant's pockets, he immediately recognized them, as the goggles he had made for him a long time ago, goggles enchanted with a simple self-cleaning and auto repair enchantments.

It was one of the first things Harry had ever enchanted, at the time, he had wanted to throw them away, thinking them too simple and generic, but Tai had seen them and taken a liking to them, seeing this, Harry decided to give the goggles to Tai.

The DigiDestined of Courage has since then worn them as his symbol, as the second leader of the DigiDestined, so, seeing Tai putting on those old goggles again, brought a happy and proud smile to Harry's face

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Tai had noticed his friends being scared and he couldn't blame them, after all, the pressure coming out of Thalia, Percy, and Bianca was heavy and frightening, but there was a reason why Tai has the Crest of Courage, so when he noticed his friends being afraid.

He decided to do something about it, so he reached into his pocket and took out a pair of goggles from within his pants pocket, he stared at the goggles for a few seconds before smiling at the memories associated with these goggles.

Still smiling, the DigiDestined of Courage put the goggles on his head and stepped forward, he stood beside Agumon and grinned, "Let's do this Agumon! We've faced danger before, this isn't any different!".

Agumon's eyes widen, but he soon smiled and nodded, "Let's do this as always Taichi! Together!".

At that moment, Agumon and Tai's hearts beat as one, his Vital Bracelet began to glow for a second before settling down, but Tai was too distracted to notice this and instead, issued orders to his Digimon Partner, "Go! Agumon!".

Agumon took off running at high speed towards the demi-gods, Thalia, Percy, and Bianca widen their eyes in a bit of surprise, having not expected Tai and Agumon to recover from the pressure they were letting off.

Agumon narrowed his eyes and then took a big breath as he continued to run towards the demi-gods, "'Pepper Breath!'" Agumon spat up a series of small fireballs at the demi-gods.

Percy quickly waved his arm to the side and a wall of water rose in front of himself, Thalia, and Bianca, the fireballs collided against the water wall and exploded instead of being put out, which let out a few explosions of steam to go off from the collision between opposing elements.

But Bianca swung her scythe to the side and dispersed the steam, only to have to dodge a claw attack from Agumon, who had jumped towards the demi-gods to attack them, while they couldn't see him.

Bianca immediately attacked Agumon after dodging his claw attack, but a voice suddenly called out from in front of them, "Not going to happen! 'Marching Fishes!'".

From the few water puddles around Agumon and Bianca, a few schools of fishes emerged from the water and launch them at Bianca, who squeaked in surprise, having not expected an attack like that.

The fishes soon collied against Bianca, who panicked a bit and began to walk backward, while waving her arms around wildly, being surrounded and engulfed in colorful fishes, was not all fun to her, "Eek! They're slimy! Noooo!".

Percy and Thalia sweatdropped upon hearing Bianca's exclamation, Percy soon sighed and shook his head, "They just had to hit her with her one and only weakness huh?".

Thalia wanted to laugh, she really did, because Bianca hated anything slimy with a passion, it's why she never approaches Mr. Goop, or Rimuru when he's in his slime form, she's just not a fan of anything slimy.

However, Thalia didn't have any more time to wonder if she should laugh or not, for two new voices suddenly called out an attack.

"'Spiral Twister!'".

"'Blue Blaster!'".

Thalia jumped away from a green spiral of wind and a blast of blue flames, Percy tried to jump away too since the attacks were heading his way as well, but then another voice called out of nowhere, "You're not getting away! 'Poison Ivy!'".

Percy soon found his legs wrapped around by Palmon's Poison Ivy, stopping him from jumping away, "What the hell!?-" That was as far as Percy could say before being blasted by Gabumon's Blue Blaster and Biyomon's Spiral Twister.

Thalia gaped at how Percy was blasted, but Veemon suddenly appeared in front of her, along with Meicoomon, Veemon quickly pushed himself off the ground with his legs while calling out the name of his attack, "'V-headbutt!'".

"Oof!" Thalia received Veemon's attack right in the stomach, she didn't move of course, but she certainly felt it, Meicoomon jumped above Veemon, as he landed on the ground and attacked Thalia with her claws, "'X-scratch!'".

Thalia raised her spear and blocked Meicoomon's attack, sparks flew everywhere, but Thalia stood strong, however, she wasn't given any time to relax, "Take this! 'Diamond Shell!'".

Armadillomon rolled into a ball and slammed against Thalia's back, which caused her to lurch forward with a grunt, Thalia quickly recovered and then stomped on the ground, sending a shockwave all around her and sending Veemon, Armadillomon, and Meicoomon skidding back, and away from her

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Meanwhile, Hestia intently watched the ongoing battle, when she got introduced to the DigiDestined and was told about their adventures with Harry, she had felt something special within them, she didn't quite know what it was though, if she had to describe it, it would be, something kin to solidified emotions.

So, she decided to push forward the spar between her nieces and nephew, as curious as she was about what she felt, this was also something that she felt, the DigiDestined needed and it seems she was right.

When Tai stepped forward, she could feel courage in physical form flare within his heart, something she has never seen before, you can be courageous, you can feel courage and draw strength from it, but to actually call upon a solid conceptual form of courage, was something she had never seen before.

But that wasn't really what she was so interested in, no, it was the fact, that as soon as Tai stepped forward and encouraged Agumon to fight, the other DigiDestined soon followed.

They were so afraid a second ago, but all it took, was Tai stepping forward and pushing that fear away, for all of them to step forward ready to face anything, she was utterly impressed by their bonds, both, to each other and that of their Digimon.

Something in her, told her, that something amazing was going to happen, and she wanted to see it, for some reason, the idea of having a Digimon partner, a lifelong friend, was really interesting to her now.

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Serafall smiled and seemed rather excited, "Oh ~ wow! Look at that teamwork!".

Sherry nodded and then said, "It's not only teamwork Mom, it's like they can read each other's mind and intentions, this speaks of an enormous amount of battle experience and of working together".

Serafall smiled at Sherry and gave her a nod in agreement to her assessment, Yasaka hummed and then piped in, "Their Digimon are strong as well, I place them at a high-class level, not bad for rookie-level Digimon".

Harry nodded, "Well, their Digimon have fought a lot of battles, it's only normal that they would be at a higher level than normal, even in their rookie form, plus they know how to work together".

Yasaka nodded, Lily rubbed her chin and then spoke up, "Yeah, but that's not going to be enough... they might have taken Thalia, Percy, and Bianca by surprise, but...".

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Bianca suddenly screamed and let out a massive amount of shadow energy, the pitch black energy, destroyed the fishes around her, setting her free, though she was far from amused, in fact, Bianca looked rather crossed, "... I hate slimy things...".

Suddenly, Bianca stabbed her scythe into the ground, she then slashed at the ground, which created a massive black scar in front of her, suddenly some sort of shadow creatures, began to crawl out of the black scar on the ground.

The DigiDestined widen their eyes in surprise, as the shadow creatures suddenly screech at them and their Digimon, Bianca frowned feeling icky from being cuddled by fishes, which is why she coldly stared at the DigiDestined and then pointed at them with her scythe.

The shadow creatures screeched one more time and then rushed forward towards the DigiDestined on all four clawed limbs, the shadow creatures looked like bony dogs, with horns, which made for an intimidating sight

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Nico slapped his forehead and shook his head, "Dammit Sis, we're not supposed to call on the shadow demons... she must be pissed".

Harry raised an eyebrow at what Nico said, "Shadow demons? When did you both learn to summon those things? They're very dangerous".

Nico nodded in agreement with Harry's words, he then explained, "Father taught us how to summon them, or rather he showed us how, I don't think he expected us to be able to pull it off.

Though Sis is better at it than I am, shadow demons listen to her more than me as well.

Harry nodded and then said, "We're going to have to talk about this later, summoning those things could be a danger, especially because they feed on mana".

Nico nodded, knowing that her dad had every right to be worried after all, shadow demons are very dangerous creatures after all, and the fact that they grow stronger by feeding on mana made them a threat in a place like the Potter household and Neo Kyoto, which are places saturated in mana

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Izzy suddenly called out to Tentomon, "Get ready! We can't let those things reach us!".

Tentomon flew forward right away, "Leave it to me, Izzy!".

Izzy grabbed hold of his smartphone, which vibrated and let out a purple glow, Tentomon suddenly exploded with purple digital energy, as he suddenly called out loudly, "Tentomon Digivolve, to... Kabuterimon!".

Kabuterimon flew forward and suddenly crossed both pairs of his arms, "Let's see if you guys like this! 'Electro Shocker!'".

Kabuterimon spread his arms wide open and fired a massive orb of purple plasma at the shadow demons, however, Thalia appeared in a blur and intercepted Kabuterimon's Electro Shocker with her hand.

To everyone surprise, she even absorbed the attack as blue lighting began to dance around her body, the DigiDestined all looked up at Thalia as she stayed in the air floating while looking down at them, "Nice surprise attacks and combos, but it's our turn now".