Chapter 217

(Six months later)

On this particular morning, Harry was working in his office room on his laptop, as the Guild Master of the Digimon Tamers Guild, he had quite a few things to take care of, things like budgeting, organizing, and even roster information, in all honesty, it is quite a bit of work, but Harry is not one to complain and mind such a thing... much anyways.

Months have passed by since the DigiDestined arrived in Neo Kyoto and the opening of the Digimon Tamers Guild, quite a few things have changed since then and as Harry typed on his laptop while sitting on his office room's couch, he began to think back on this new changes in Neo Kyoto.

Among one of the biggest changes, was the addition to most of the DigiDestined from around the world, DigiDestined that he had met during Apocalymon's attempt to destroy the Digital World and the real world.

After the DigiDestined finished eating their food and snacks after the harsh spar they had against Percy, Bianca, and Thalia, they went back to their world and began to quickly spread the word amongst the DigiDestined from around the world.

It didn't take long for many of these international DigiDestined to answer the call, all excited and quite happy about the Digimon Tamers Guild's creation, as DigiDestined from all over the world, they often had to deal with Digimon-related problems by themselves.

It was risky and quite difficult for them to actually do something about any issues brought about by the Digital World and wild Digimon, more often than not, they had wished that they had some sort of backup or at least, to have someone to advise them or give them some sort of help or guidance.

But given that the DigiDestined were scattered around the world and some in very distant places, it was quite difficult for them to actually get in contact with anyone, much less the more active Japanese groups, Izzy had helped as much as possible, but even the DigiDestined of Knowledge could only do so much to help.

But all of that changed with the creation of the Digimon Tamers Guild, communication was no longer an issue, nor was the spread of useful information available at all times for any DigiDestined to use and browse.

They all now had a place to gather, talk, and help each other, one made available to them by Harry, using the DigiDestined Digivices and connecting them to the Digital Plane where the portal to Neo Kyoto is, the DigiDestined from around the world could now easily gather and help each other thanks to that.

Access to the guild also granted them boons and even pay, which was always welcomed by the young DigiDestined, taking care of a Digimon is very expensive after all, especially with how much they eat and some DigiDestined weren't as well off as others in this regard.

With the Guild's pay and what they make from dungeon crawling, they can now take care of their Digimon partner's needs with ease, also, as soon as the DigiDestined from around the world learned about the Neo Kyoto smartphones, the time limit on their Digivices and the fact that they're now known as Digital Lifeforms pushed them to begin training and dungeon crawling in earnest.

All the DigiDestined took their training seriously and worked hard these past few days, to not only get the materials for their smartphones but to also learn and control their new budding powers as Digital Lifeforms.

It really made Harry, very happy to see everyone giving their all to grow and get stronger.

As Harry thought about this, he looked down and smiled as he began to rub the head of none other than Meiko, who was, at this very moment, peacefully sleeping on Harry's lap, Meiko had been training extra hard from the very beginning.

She even asked Harry for personal training after the usual and normal training time everyone had, at first, Harry didn't understand why Meiko was pushing herself so hard, but she explained herself quite clearly when Harry asked her about this.

Meiko didn't want to be left behind by her friends and fellow DigiDestined, she wanted to be strong enough to stand besides them and Harry, the dragon god was a bit surprised that Meiko was feeling left behind by everyone else.

But he could understand her wish to be strong to not only fight but to protect her friends, he was also very flattered that she wanted to be strong enough to be able to stand by his side, she didn't need to do that of course, Harry would have accepted her no matter how strong or weak she was.

But she herself, didn't want to be a burden or a liability so she sought strength and Harry was more than happy to help her, though poor Meiko often ended up exhausted and falling asleep after her personal training with Harry.

Just like she was doing right now, not that Harry minded, he was more than happy to let her sleep and rest on his lap, especially with how hard she trained, with that last thought in his mind, Harry went back to work while thinking some more about what has been happening in Neo Kyoto lately.

Another one of the major changes in Neo Kyoto brought about by the creation of the Digimon Tamers Guild, was the fact, that Digimon began to become quite common in Neo Kyoto.

Digimon were already quite popular and respected among the citizens of Neo Kyoto, thanks to Ophanimon, Seraphimon, Cherubimon and the Digimon Royal Holy Knights, the three Celestial Digimon were well respected because they ran the Neo Kyoto Healing Temple and the Digimon Royal Holy Knights because they protect Neo Kyoto.

So when a guild was created that allowed its members to gain a Digimon partner, many immediately joined and began to act as members of the Digimon Tamers Guild.

This of course, increased the work Izzy, Harry, and Tony had to do for the guild, Izzy didn't mind much, but both Harry and Tony cursed out quite often because of the increase in work, but it was worth it to be able to see Neo Kyoto filled with all sorts of Digimon roaming around.

Luckily for them and everyone else, Friday and Jarvis took it upon themselves to assist and help with the workload, but as guild masters, Harry and Tony did have to work and make sure everything ran smoothly in the guild.

For the most part, no big issues arose, the only one that was the most urgent was the fact that materials to make Neo Kyoko smartphones were hard to both, find and get.

Most were rare drops from defeated bosses in the Natural Dungeon, while other materials were found in some of the deepest floors in the dungeon as well, most of the DigiDestined weren't as experienced nor strong as Tai and Davis's groups.

So many couldn't exactly get the needed materials to get smartphones, thankfully, the Potter household came to the rescue, and many members of the household took it upon themselves to actually help the DigiDestined get the needed materials for their smartphones.

This led to most of the DigiDestined acquiring a smartphone and gaining access to all their functions, which were very well accepted and liked among the young DigiDestined.

Besides that, the original DigiDestined and their Second Generation have now adapted and become full-on members of Neo Kyoto, their families even moved to Harry's world in an effort to allow their children to have the best opportunities that Neo Kyoto could offer.

The fact that they would get to live near Harry, was just the icing on the cake, Harry and the Potter Household helped them all settle down in Neo Kyoto and Yasaka made sure all the DigiDestined's parents had the best jobs or positions among the Neo Kyoto workforce.

Something Harry had asked her to make sure happened, the DigiDestined also transferred schools to Kuoh Academy, all to stay close to Harry and his family, though Harry did make sure to let the devils know that his friends were off limits and not be involved in the supernatural side of Kuoh, especially the three Judeo-Christian Factions.

Something Rias and Sona agreed with right away, Sona because Harry is family, and Rias because she didn't want, to once again get on Harry's bad side, a smart decision on her part.

Now, the DigiDestined live in the Potter household and had immediately adapted to the chaotic nature of everyone living there, though they were still surprised to find Power-Ups, weapons, and even ammo all over the house.

Still, the DigiDestined loved the Potter Household and the fun and chaotic happenings that often occur there, as for the Potter Family, well they have pretty much accepted the DigiDestined as family.

Tai has been a very active member of the guild, often going inside the Natural Dungeon after school with Agumon to get materials and train, he still plays soccer but that sort of became more of a hobby than his actual passion.

Now, he wants to be a good example to the other DigiDestined from around the world and help as much as he can, he can also be often found with Thalia, Bianca, Percy, and Nico, either training or just hanging out.

Matt became interested in Neo Kyoto's plans to build a base on the moon, along with the creation of a space fleet, he and Gabumon have been speaking with Kohaku, who has taken them under his wing to teach them all he knows about military space travel.

Sora meets and hangs out with the Dryads, Hestia, Rhea, and even Hera very often, these nature spirits and goddesses have been teaching her everything they know about flower arranging, something that Sora has been taking rather seriously.

Besides that, she has become interested in senjutsu training, after meeting Himawari and her commenting and explaining about how Harry and her father Naruto are sages when Sora visited the Uzumaki Household to meet Hinata and get some lessons from her about flower arranging, she began training under Ma and Pa, the toad sages and Harry is just waiting for her to succeed.

Mimi often speaks with all sorts of beings in Neo Kyoto and asks about both, their culture and fashion, it has broadened her view of clothes designing and she has been on a roll coming up with future clotheslines, not only for humans but for aliens and supernatural beings as well.

The DigiDestined of Sincerity has also become well-liked by everyone, to the point that everyone greets her with a wave and a smile, on her part, Mimi has been having the time of her life.

It didn't come as a surprise to anyone, they all knew that Mimi is a social butterfly, speaking and meeting new people was her element and she thrived in it, lately, she's been going to all the worlds connected to Neo Kyoto, to both meet the people and looks for more fashion ideas.

Joe has joined the Kuoh Healing Temple and is being taught about everything having to do with medical practices by Tsunade herself, appearantly, Joe reminds her of Shizune when she was a young and nervous girl back when she was beginning to teach her.

Joe has begun to thrive under Tsunade's tutelage and has been learning all about non-supernatural medical practices, he also gets help from Asia and Gabriel, who have also taken it upon themselves, to make sure Joe knows everything he can.

Izzy, as the most active member of the DigiDestined in the guild, has been busy like Harry and Tony, though he takes care of everything that has to do with spreading the information about the guild in his world, bringing new DigiDestined to Neo Kyoto and help any that need assistance with anything related to Digimon.

But Izzy doesn't seem to mind being so busy, nor does he seem like it's affecting him as much as it does Tony and Harry, in fact, he seems to be having fun, too much in fact.

Kari helps the younger members of the DigiDestined that join the guild, more and more DigiDestined are being discovered, some of the age of ten or even six, so she takes care of them and teaches them how to care for their Digimon partners, who are more often than not, baby-level Digimon.

Everyone was very glad that Kari was helping with this, she was well suited for this with her kind, soft, and gentle demeanor, it helped the younger DigiDestined calm down and feel comfortable with everything in Neo Kyoto and the guild, Kari herself seemed quite happy being able to help the young DigiDestined as well.

TK is still quite the flirt, which, to the surprise of everyone in the group, has become very popular among the Yokai females of Neo Kyoto, however, because he's being constantly watched by the girls, he hasn't been able to do anything but go on a few dates.

Though Harry believes, that eventually, when TK becomes older, he might just have a harem for himself given how Yokai aren't that concerned with human morality, the poor guy, has no idea the sort of hell he's walking to.

Davis, like Tai, has been very active in the guild, he and Veemon go inside the dungeon to fight, train, and loot, though they also spend a lot of time visiting the local ramen shops, he still dreams of opening his own ramen shop someday, so he wants to learn more about them.

His favorite and to no one's surprise, is Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto once took him there when they met, and Davis has been hooked ever since, Harry even heard, that he asked Ayame to become her apprentice, shocking the poor woman quite a bit.

It still makes Harry chuckle whenever he thinks about that, Ken has been active in the guild as well but has taken it upon himself, to act as a guide to new members of the guild and teach them the ropes, something Harry, Tony, and Izzy are very thankful for.

As Guildmasters, it was their job to teach, guide, and help new members, but they're usually to busy to do so and Ken takes that weight off them, so it works out for everyone.

Cody has been training in kendo with many of the sword masters of Neo Kyoto and even Konoha, he wishes to expand his skills and knowledge of the sword, and sparring and training with many sword wielders will help him do so.

Though he loses more often than not, he still takes it as a learning experience, something that has earned him the respect of many sword masters in Neo Kyoto.

Yolei is happily learning everything she can about all the high-level technology available in Neo Kyoto, since the city is a hotspot of new technology advances, she wants to learn as much as she can and maybe someday, create something new with what she learned.

So far, she has fallen in love with the omnitool and had Harry buy her one on a date -more like she dragged him to one, but Harry didn't mind- now she uses it to scan for information and learn about everything around her.

She also helps as a secretary to Harry, Izzy, and Tony, cause even with Jarvis and Friday helping them, the amount of things to do is still quite large, she's become quite popular among guild members for her cheerful and friendly demeanor.

One last surprise everyone got over the months that had passed, was that Hackmon had made it to Neo Kyoto by following some of the new DigiDestined that were coming over to join the Digimon Tamers Guild.

Many had wondered how the rookie Digimon had made it past Harry's enchantments and wards over the portals, but the dragon god was quick to explain, that the reason that Hackmon was able to cross over, was because he was both a Digital Being and because he had no ill intentions.

So the wards didn't react to his presence and he was able to cross over to Neo Kyoto with ease, Hackmon was in fact, looking for something to fight and live for, with Homeostasis deleted, the young rookie Digimon was lost in what to do next.

All of that changed, when Hackmon met Serafall one day, while he was walking around Neo Kyoto, Serafall had heard of Hackmon through Harry, who explained the kind of Digimon Hackmon is and the situation that led him to be used by Homeostasis.

Serafall, being the cheerful and kind Maou that she is, offered to help Hackmon find a new reason to fight and live for, all in exchange for him appearing on her show as a new mysterious superhero that would aid her when things get to dangerous.

Hackmon agreed to help, though he had no idea that he was making a deal with a literal devil, which resulted in him debuting in the most recent Magical Levia-tan movie, where both Thalia and Bianca also debuted as villains and main bad guys of the movie.

The movie became a hit, after all, it had an epic final battle between a Lightning Dragon God, a Shadow User, a Holy Digimon Royal Knight, and Serafall, there was no need for special effects or what not, since all four actors got way into their roles and began to use real techniques and spells.

Harry had to make an appearance during filming to protect the crew and to raise a barrier around the battlefield, but in the end, the movie became a blockbuster and was very popular among children.

This of course made Hackmon very happy, something about inspiring children and making them smile, resonated with him, so he decided to continue to work with Serafall and now appears on her show often as the second protagonist.

But overall, everyone was already getting used to living in and how Neo Kyoto works, it certainly made Harry very happy that everyone was finding their way in their new home and among all the beings that live in Neo Kyoto.

That was the last thought that ran through Harry's mind, when his office door was suddenly opened, Sora, Kari, Yolei, and Mimi stepped inside and seemed to be looking for something, but Harry pushed that aside and saved his progress on his work, on his laptop and the greeted the girls, "Hello everyone, what's up?".

The DigiDestined girls smiled at Harry and watched him as he sat back on the couch he was working on, Sora then decided to speak up, "Hello Harry, have you seen Meiko? We were supposed to meet right now and go shopping, but no one knows where she is".

Harry chuckled and then pushed his laptop aside, allowing everyone to see Meiko sleeping on his lap quite peacefully, she was even drooling a bit, the DigiDestined girls glared at Meiko, and even their eyes twitched in annoyance upon seeing her being so comfortable.

Mimi suddenly sighed and shook her head, "Out of everyone here, Meiko was not the one I would have thought to be this sneaky...".

Kari nodded and sighed as well, "Yeah... she's very shrewd when it comes to Harry, I feel like we're always a step behind her".

Yolei crossed her arms and glared at Meiko, "The fact that she does it so innocently annoys me... I can't even be mad at her".

Sora sighed and rubbed her forehead, "Whatever, let's just give her this win, we're late as is, so I'm going to wake her up now".

Everyone nodded, while Harry began to sweat when he noticed Sora's overly sweet smile as she approached him and Meiko, before he could even say or do anything, Sora had already walked over and reached over to Meiko.

A second later, she pinched the DigiDestined of Bond's cheeks and pulled, causing the poor girl to yelp and abruptly wake up "Owie!".

Harry winced, caused that really looked painful, but he knew better than to say anything right now, so he silently watched as Sora let go of Meiko's cheeks and then smiled at her, "Wake up Meiko... it's time to go shopping...".

Poor Meiko yelped in fright the moment she heard Sora's cold voice, she then got up and bowed in apology, "Ah! Sorry! I was so tired from training I must have fallen asleep, though I was very comfortable...".

Meiko's nonchalant attitude towards her closeness to Harry, caused the DigiDestined girls' eyes to twitch in annoyance once again, Mimi suddenly walked over to Meiko and then began to push her forward from behind, "Come on, you already got ahead of us with Harry, no need to rub it in!".

Meiko looked confused but just let herself be pushed, though she did wave goodbye to Harry before she was taken out of his office, Harry just chuckled and waved at everyone as they left to go shopping.

With Meiko now gone, Harry decided to finish for the day and go home, so he turned off his laptop, closed it, and then got off the couch, the dragon god then stretched and sighed in relief as his bones popped.

With that done, Harry then turned around and opened a Dark Corridor with a lazy wave of his hand, without wasting any more time, he then stepped over the Dark Corridor and then through it.

Soon after, the Dark Corridor dissipated, leaving Harry's office in silence and peace.

Harry soon stepped out of the Dark Corridor into the living room of his home, though he was surprised to see that he had visitors, some whom he wasn't expecting, but that he didn't mind either.

With that in mind, Harry smiled and waved at his visitors, who smiled and waved back at him when they saw him arrive via Dark Corridor, the dragon god then walked over and decided to greet his friends, "Rukia, Renji, long time no see guys".

Rukia smiled at her friend, while Renji grinned at Harry in response to his greeting, Harry then turned his head towards the one entertaining Rukia and Renji, "Yasaka, looks like you've been busy".

Yasaka, who had been drinking some tea, smiled and nodded to her boyfriend, "Well, they came looking for you earlier in the day, but since I know that you've been busy, I have been keeping them company while you arrived".

Harry smiled and leaned down, he then gave Yasaka a quick kiss, "Thank you Yasaka".

Yasaka just softly smiled at Harry, while the dragon god then took a seat beside her and spoke to his friends, "All right, I'm home now, so what's up guys? I take it that you didn't come for a casual visit".

Rukia grinned and then began to explain, "Well, it's a little bit of both, we didn't get to talk much when Ichigo regained his powers so we do need to catch up, but we do have official business as well".

Renji nodded and crossed his arms, "We were curious about your home world and Ichigo has been telling us all kinds of things as well, so everyone in Soul Society has been very curious as well".

Harry hummed and thought in silence for a while, as the Master of Death, Harry isn't really fond of Soul Society, in his opinion, the place is a mockery of what the afterlife is.

After all, Harry has seen Death's Domain, where she keeps all souls so they can rest and be happy for eternity, so something as archaic and presumptuous as Soul Society is, has always bothered him to no end.

Back when he had first entered where all shinigami come from, he had been constantly rejected by the domain too, at the time he had no clue as to why and how that was happening.

At first, he believed it was because he was weakened, but now? He believes that something else was rejecting him, but he hadn't had the chance to revisit Soul Society again, so he hadn't had the time to go test and really find out what exactly was rejecting his presence there.

After all, he is the Master of Death, there was no way a place associated with death would reject him like that, it had really made things very difficult for him back then, the constant rejecting of his nature as the Master of Death had caused him to be further weakened.

Much more than what he was already dealing with, otherwise, Aizen wouldn't have been able to escape Soul Society back then, this fact pissed off Harry for a very long time now and he hasn't forgotten about it.

But despite his dislike of the place, he had made a lot of good friends among the shinigami, and quite a few rivals as well, "... Alright, then how about we talk business first and then we can go hang out around Neo Kyoto?".

Both Rukia and Renji smiled and nodded, both quite liked the idea of getting the serious part of their visit out of the way first, so Rukia then began to speak, "Sounds good".

Harry smiled and gave a small nod to Rukia, which prompted her to begin explaining, "I believe you received a message from the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, Yamamoto Genryusai, about a meeting with you, correct?".

Harry nodded while Yasaka took a sip of her tea, "Yeah, I was told about the old man's request for a meeting, I haven't forgotten, it just that a lot of things fell into my lap and I've been extremely busy, we all are actually ".

Yasaka put down her tea cup and then began to explain a bit, "I believe Ichigo has been informing all of you in Soul Society, of the nature of the events that have been keeping us all busy".

Rukia nodded, but it was Renji who answered the question in full, "Yeah, Strawberry has told us about everything that has been happening here, something about preparing for war and quite a bit of world jumping right?".

Harry sighed but nodded, "Yeah, it's been quite hectic and everyone in Neo Kyoto has been mobilizing, in fact, were going to have a big meeting with all the big heads in Neo Kyoto and speak about where we are and what to focus on next".

Renji hummed a bit but nodded in understanding, Rukia smiled and then spoke, "The Captain is aware Harry and he understands, perhaps more than anyone would, but he does want to know if you will come for a visit soon so he can speak to you, it seems like he has a something serious to talk to you about".

Harry raised an eyebrow at what Rukia just told him, Yamamoto Genryusai, Harry has always thought that the old man was an odd guy, despite being on guard whenever he was around, he still spoke with respect towards Harry and the dragon god always wondered if it was because he sensed what or who he truly is.

The fact that Genryusai wants to speak to him makes this even more important, the old man is not one to bother people for nonsense, so something must be going on or happening if he's requesting to speak to him.

No doubt he didn't explain much to Renji and Rukia, so asking them about what the Old Man wanted was a waste of time, so, the only way for Harry to find out what's going on is to go to Soul Society once again and speak directly with Genryusai.