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{SmallBasilisk28 here! -Jumps up suddenly hearing a noise coming from down the hall. - My newest story means another disclaimer for you to read. I own nothing except the OC things I think up.}

{Challenge by mellra.} {Beta Reader mellra.}

{Warnings, updates are random.}

{Pairing Naruto x Yolei.}

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Chapter 1

The ruins of Fuji TV were quiet, not a soul around him as the tiny form of the bat like Digimon pulled himself from the rubble caused from the recent fighting. His name was DemiDevimon, former slave to Myotismon, and as he looked around a grin started spreading across his face before he chuckled. The chuckles quickly turned into a hollow laughter when it started setting in that DemiDevimon was free from that monster's grasp and could finally do whatever he wanted with his life. Even if the one thing he really wanted was out of his reach. 'He's dead that, bastard is really dead!' His good mood quickly died when he saw the hundreds of bats converging on the area Myotismon fell, the grin on his face gone as he felt the power in the area growing rapidly with each passing second.

"No, please Sovereigns let this be a lie," DemiDevimon pleaded in a broken tone hoping with every fiber of his being that this was just some sick joke and that monster wasn't coming back to life after everything that happened. DemiDevimon eyes dimmed, the spark in them fading when he saw Myotismon rise in his true form knowing this world was lost if his master was revealing his true form.

"More energy, more power, give me more!" VenomMyotismon yelled out over the destruction around him, towering over Tokyo. DemiDevimon started flying towards his master knowing what would happen if he tried to stay hidden and didn't bother saying a word when the DigiDestined arrived to fight trying desperately to save their world. Instead DemiDevimon's eyes caught on the van they pulled up in hoping for once in his miserable life that the Sovereigns or anybody listening would hear his selfish thoughts and grant the only thing he ever wanted in his life. "And I think I'll start with a small snack before I start things off!"

DemiDevimon never got a chance to react when VenomMyotismon opened his mouth sucking in everything around him wanting to devour everything. Closing his eyes, DemiDevimon looked resigned to his fate not fighting the winds sucking him into oblivion. 'I'd really like to see the Digital World one day, then maybe you could show me around your world.' DemiDevimon's eyes snapped open a frantic look in his eyes hearing the kid's voice. He started struggling, fighting the winds as he looked around for him, praying the kid wasn't anywhere near here. Seeing it wasn't working no matter how hard he tried DemiDevimon turned glaring at his former master with nothing but hatred in his eyes. "I hope you get heart burn from eating me you son of a -!" He wasn't able to finish his sentence when his world vanished.

'I never got to find out what the kid thought of me.' DemiDevimon thought as his body slowly started falling apart piece by piece. He winced slightly, not wanting to go out screaming in pain like he's seen others do under that monster's hand when he wanted to remind his slaves to not think they could cross him and live. Instead DemiDevimon kept quiet no matter how much he wanted to scream in pain holding onto the deep hatred he held towards VenomMyotismon, his stupid plan to conquer the Human World, and everything that happened so far in his screwed up life no matter how short it was.

'Ramen is my favorite food but mom doesn't like me eating all the time even if it's the best thing out there.' DemiDevimon chuckled as he thought back to everything the kid said ignoring the pain feeling his wings break apart into data, remembering the blond-haired kid smiling down at him through the covers.

Did he see a monster like most of the other humans thought when they caught a glimpse of a Digimon, a plaything to keep him company since his parents were gone most of the time, a friend someone he'd share his secrets with and who'd drop everything when he needed help? "What did you think of me when we first meet? It's only been a few days but to me it's more like an eternity since I last saw you.

"There is one thing that makes me want to be selfish and want to stay just a little longer. It's my desire to find you again and help you fulfill your dream but I'm sure you'll be fine without me there messing things up, Naruto." DemiDevimon spoke out loud seconds before he fell apart into data, vanishing into the darkness around him.

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Days ago, before VenomMyotismon's rise and DemiDevimon's death, a seven-year old blond-haired boy could be found running up the stairs towards his apartment carrying an object carefully bundled up inside sweater held carefully in his hands. Standing on his toes, the child placed his key in the doorknob unlocking it before walking in, taking his shoes off near the door.

Running towards his room the child quickly placed the bundle on his bed before running out of the room looking for the first aid kit. While he was gone a groan could be heard coming from his sweater. "Did someone get the name of the Mon that hit me?" DemiDevimon asked still disoriented from everything that happened. "Ow, ow, ow. Wizardmon better thank me for keeping the Bakemon away from the route he took into the bastard's hideout." DemiDevimon muttered with a wince, still feeling the pain from before when Myotismon tortured him. 'Not like it wouldn't be the first time he tortured someone just for the sick fun of it.' He winced again when he tried testing his wings, crying out in pain from Myotismon's handy work. Knowing he wasn't going anywhere soon DemiDevimon thought back to everything Myotismon ranted about while torturing him wondering why Gatomon was working with Wizardmon since he always thought she was devoted to the crazy Ultimate after years of his brainwashing. "Ha, It's not like he'll ever know I did it on purpose just to try giving those brats a chance to end him for good, so why should I care what she does to make him mad? They'll still hate me anyway for playing a bad guy."

DemiDevimon was really hoping those brats could end him once and for all so he could head out on his own path and try to find what he wanted to do instead of being stuck as Myotismon's slave. Closing his eyes with a depressed sigh he lamented over the fact that they couldn't have finished him off in the Digital World when the brats had a slim chance against him. "Even with everything I did from screwing up on purpose to helping them invoke their crest's power by giving them the pushes they needed, the Chosen Children still couldn't finish him off." While he muttered to himself trying to think where he might have overlooked something that could have helped the brats, DemiDevimon never noticed the door opening slightly or the blond standing there with stars in his eyes.

"Wow, you can really talk like those bigger guys could!" An excited shout drew his attention to see a blond seven-year old standing in the door with an oversized first aid kit in his hands. 'Great, I'm seeing things from all those repeated blows I keep getting for failing my 'task'.' DemiDevimon thought looking at an almost carbon copy of the child of Hope. The kid had short spiky blond hair with a small tuft in the front along with blue eyes and whisker marks on each side of his face and was wearing dark blue jumper over a long-sleeved white shirt that had a chibi cartoon fox drawn on the left sleeve and white sneakers. The only difference DemiDevimon could find was that the kid in front of him didn't have a hat on and the whisker marks on his cheeks. Other than those two things they could pass as twins if they were placed next to each other. "Are you okay mister bat man?" The blond kid asked hurrying over with the large first aid kit in his hands, trying to pull it onto the bed and succeeding on the third try.

"It's DemiDevimon kid and I'll be fine in a couple of hours after I get some food and sleep." He answered the blond child taking in everything around him while scanning the room. As the kid worked on wrapping his busted wing, DemiDevimon's eyes landed on a framed picture on the nearby desk showing the blond helping him smiling at the camera while riding on the shoulders of an older human who couldn't possibly be his father just from the way they looked compared next to each other. Because the man in the photo dressed in a paramedic's uniform had short, spiky, jet black hair and black eyes looked nothing like the happy child rubbing medicine into his bruises except for their matching grins.

Glancing between the man in the photo and the blond child chatting happily with the brightest smile on his face DemiDevimon decided to ask. "You know my name so what's yours kid?"

"Oh, sorry, sorry. I never get to meet new people that much and forgot to introduce myself again." The kid told him scratching the spot near his whisker marks. "I'm Naruto, Naruto Nohara. Nice to meet you!" The now named Naruto introduced himself with a toothy smile.

"Where are your parent's kid?" DemiDevimon didn't know why he was bothering with asking the kid so many questions but there was just some kind of pull towards Naruto that he couldn't place drawing him in with each passing second.

"Dad got called into work with all the strange things going on around Tokyo and mom went out to pick up dinner before picking him up so I'm here alone for the next two hours." Naruto told him grinning before he picked DemiDevimon up in his arms trying to be as careful as possible and started walking towards the kitchen to get a wet rag to clean the dirt off of the bigger cuts.

While the kid kept talking telling him about some of the things around them DemiDevimon saw a family photo on the wall with the names Obito, Rin, and Naruto, the Nohara family. The picture showed them at a picnic with cherry trees in the background of the photo. He recognized the man from before sitting down on the blanket with his arm around a woman with slender long brown hair worn in a braid and brown eyes who had a gentle smile on her face who was holding Naruto in her lap.

"So those your parents kid?" DemiDevimon asked wincing slightly when the cold water hit an open cut. 'They most have adopted the kid.' Was one of a few thoughts going through his mind as he took in everything about them finding nothing in common with the kid.

Looking up from his scrubbing Naruto followed his gaze seeing the picture on the wall. "Yep, they're my mom and dad. Mom used to be a really cool job where she found out why fires were started until they had me and dad works as a paramedic driving the ambulance real fast to help people who call him." DemiDevimon grinned up at the kid hearing the excitement in his voice when Naruto told him about his parents.

"So if your parents are gone for the next two hours what were you doing outside by yourself?" He almost regretted asking when he saw the way Naruto's eyes held a guilty expression to them.

"I get sick really easy so I'm not allowed outside that much without someone watching me but I saw all the bats outside flying by the windows and followed them to the alleyway nearby where I found you." After hearing Naruto's explanation DemiDevimon just rolled his eyes figuring Myotismon must have dumped him in a random part of the city expecting him to crawl back soon or get it twice as worse for taking his time depending on the Ultimate's mood.

It was silent after that while Naruto tried his best to clean and bandage the cuts with little orange stickers and DemiDevimon let him even if he'd have to get rid of them later before going back. "You got anything you want to ask me kid? I've got a few hours before I have to go so this is a once and a lifetime chance to learn about Digimon straight from a Mon's mouth." That got Naruto to smile as he started asking every kind of question a kid his age could think of from what's the Digital World to if he was related to some guy named Dracula.

And DemiDevimon couldn't help himself when seeing the toothy smile on Naruto's face. DemiDevimon answered every question he knew the answer to trying to spend as much time as he possibly could with the kid knowing he'd never be coming back or even living past what will happen soon if the DigiDestined failed. "I'd really like to see the Digital World one day, then maybe you could show me around your world." Naruto told him still carrying DemiDevimon as he walked outside onto the balcony after cleaning him up, dragging a small blanket behind him since it was starting to get dark outside.

Looking up into Naruto's eyes, DemiDevimon seeing those blue eyes which were happy when they first meet where now filled with a sadness that made his soul shatter knowing someone so nice shouldn't even be frowning. "You'll get there one day kid, just wait for it to happen and you'll have every Digimon in the place begging to be your partner." He watched Naruto nod slightly, the sad look still in his eyes as he wrapped the blanket around him but still looked up towards the dark sky.

"C-could you count a few stars with me before you leave DemiDevimon?" Naruto asked yawning slightly his eyes still glued to the still darkening sky when another small yawn escapes causing him to rub his eyes.

"Sure thing kid. One, two, three, four." They counted at the same time unaware that DemiDevimon was using a watered down version of 'Evil Whisper' to slowly make him fall asleep faster knowing he didn't have much time left. "Nine, ten eleven, twelve." Another yawn and Naruto's eyes start dropping slightly his head leaning forward while he rubbed his eyes trying to stay awake. "Hey DemiDevimon do you like ramen?"

"Never had it before kid so I don't know what you're talking about." DemiDevimon answered him looking up when Naruto curled into his blanket yawning again his eyes barely hanging open.

"Ramen is my favorite food but mom doesn't like me eating all the time even if it's the best thing out there." Naruto was barely able to finish what he wanted to say before his eyes closed, too tired to stay awake a second longer.

"Naruto, sorry it took so late but we're finally home." A female voice called out followed by the sound of keys hitting the countertop. "Your saint of a father just had to stop and help everybody before finally calling it quits for today."

"You know I can't help myself Rin." The male voice said in a slight whine before the door opened and Naruto's parents walked out onto the balcony finding their son fast asleep curled into his fox themed blanket. "Looks like he fell sleep counting stars again."

"He can't go outside that often unless it's to go to his lessons so he needs something to do Obito." Rin told her husband watching Obito picking him up before they walked back inside missing DemiDevimon watching them through the plant he hid behind when he heard them coming.

"I'll keep them from finding you kid to repay you for fixing me up." DemiDevimon muttered under his breath feeling the Bakemon nearby searching for the eighth child. 'Stay safe Naruto.' Flying off to report back in before Myotismon sent someone looking for him, DemiDevimon still felt the strange sensation pulling at his soul telling him to go back to the child.

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Time catches up with itself as the clicking sound of a lighter resounds through the darkness, a blazing fire appearing out of nowhere. "So you were on our side the whole time?" A voice calls out causing DemiDevimon's eyes to snap open hearing the all too familiar voice.

"Couldn't get anything past you Wizardmon." Forcing himself to his feet, DemiDevimon looked forward to see Wizardmon sitting by a campfire, the staff he carries leaning against his side as he flipped the lighter in his hand closed before hiding it somewhere in his robes. "So am I dead or is this the part where I get haunted by my every crime before it gets worse?" DemiDevimon laughed no matter how scared he really was because the Rookie was seeing the last person he ever wanted to run into in whatever this place was.

A low chuckle was heard as he flew closer, landing on the log next to Wizardmon seeing images of the DigiDestined fighting against VenomMyotismon in the fire. "No you're not dead, just waiting for the right moment to leave again." Wizardmon informed him taking a glance at the Digimon he thought of as just another one of Myotismon's fanatics until just recently. "They'll win if you want a little spoiler, but you could care less about anybody besides the child Naruto." The images changed again showing the child's parents sitting next to his bed.

Obito had just finished giving him his medicine while Rin held Naruto's hand when he started coughing badly wiping the blood onto a small napkin. DemiDevimon swallowed the lump in his throat seeing the bright ball of sunshine looking so weak and pale lying there as his parents tried comforting him. "He's waiting for you to come back to him." DemiDevimon's head snapped towards Wizardmon only to see the slight amusement in his eyes causing him to quickly look away.

"You're lucky you get a second chance like I did to remember your past mistakes." DemiDevimon listened to everything he said but his eyes were glued to the fire watching as Naruto looked out the window in his room closing his eyes to make a wish when he saw the lights from a plane flying overhead. He chuckled when Naruto started muttering that his wish should work like a shooting star. "I turned it down since I don't have anybody to go back to besides Gatomon and she'll be fine without me around bugging her all the time. You have him to go back to though. That's if you want it but in the end the choice is still yours to make."

DemiDevimon shot Wizardmon a small glare when he saw the glint in his eyes but turned his eyes back to the fire when he saw the scene shift back to the DigiDestined and VenomMyotismon. "I'll take it if he can be my human."

Author's Notes -

If you've seen Bleach then you'll know who I'm talking about when I saw I'm making Naruto a mix of his old self with some of Jushiro Ukitake. I've been wanting to do something like that for a while know and this challenge from mellra gave me the chance to pull it off.

He won't be involved with the Dark Masters since after this it'll be a time skip to season two.

DemiDevimon's evolution that I'm following is. Fresh, Zurumon ~ In-Training, Pagumon ~ Rookie, DemiDevimon ~ Champion, Soulmon ~ Ultimate, Phantomon ~ Mega, Dynasmon X

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