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{SmallBasilisk28 here! -waves at the screen- My newest story means another disclaimer! I don't own Digimon or Naruto but I really, really, wish I did!}

{"Happy Saint Patrick's Day!" From SmallBasilisk28.}

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

{Warnings, updates are random.}

"English"

"Rolling Upper!"

'Thoughts'

-Other-

Chapter 1

The bell at the entrance of Matsuki Bakery chimed as Yoshie walked out of the kitchen. "Welcome how can I help you?" She asked looking around with a pleasant smile, even though there was no one at the counter.

"Yep. I was looking for Takato-nii and picking up some bread for Kaa-san." A child's voice chirped happily. Leaning over the counter with a small smile, the woman saw the spiky blond hair and smiling face of Naruto Namikaze, the eight year old her son babysits sometimes for some extra money. He was wearing an orange hoody with a leaf symbol on the front, long blue shorts and around his neck was a silver whistle that her son gave him for emergencies. His blue eyes glinted with mischief and the whisker marks on his face were stretched out with his smile.

"Sorry Naru-chan, but Takato's not here right now. You'll have to prank him later when he's watching you." Yoshie told him, covering her mouth to hide a laugh.

"Awww, I had a really funny prank ready." Naruto pouted, shoving the joy buzzer and rubber spider back into his pockets. "Can I still get some bread please?" He asked tilting his head sideways, still upset he couldn't prank his nii-san.

"Sure, your parents working late again?" Yoshie asked getting his regular order ready.

"Yep, they're solving crimes and catching all the bad guys in Shinjuku," Naruto replied while standing on his toes watching her work gathering everything he needed. He knew his parents had important jobs, being high-ranking police officers, and because of that they couldn't spend much time with him, usually getting home when he was already asleep. Little Naruto didn't mind much since they came to his school events when they could and spent their days off spending as much time as possible with him.

It was just when they were working long days like today that they either called his nii-san to see if he could watch him or he would have to spend time alone when Takato couldn't come over. He knew how to cook, clean up after himself, and also how to somewhat defend himself thanks to his parents training. They still worried leaving him alone but it helped ease them somewhat knowing he could fight back if he had to.

"Here's your order, and tell your mother I said hi," Yoshie said with a giggle at the pout he had. With a thank you he took the large bag running out the door leaving Yoshie shaking her head amused. 'It was clear a second ago,' she thought seeing a fog starting to gather outside the window.

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Naruto was humming a small tune every step he took before doing a small dance as he made his way home. He turned suddenly like normal taking a short cut through the construction site not minding where he was going until his phone rang causing him to jump slightly.

"Naru-kun, are you home yet?" His mother, Kushina Namikaze, asked the second he answered his cellphone.

"Not yet kaa-san, but I picked up the bread you wanted though," He replied while ducking under a pipe that was in his path. Naruto stopped suddenly when he heard a buzzing noise behind him. He stared for a minute, looking for anything behind him, before shrugging it off and kept walking.

"Just be careful al..." The line cut off suddenly before she could finish her sentence and a louder noise was heard. "Interesting. A human child and all alone?" Naruto jumped hearing the buzzing voice speaking from somewhere in the fog.

"I-If you're trying to scare me pervy jiji it's not working!" Naruto called out nervously while scanning the fog around him for his grandfather. His cellphone was dead and he was hearing weird noises so Naruto was panicking some knowing he wasn't alone. "I mean it I'll tell granny on you if you don't stop!"

Hearing a large crash behind him, Naruto spun around with eyes wide as a giant red stag beetle with black markings on its head stepped out of the fog, staring menacingly down at the boy. Naruto quickly recognized the being as a bug type Digimon, Kuwagamon, from both his favorite TV show and the card game his nii-san had started teaching him. "You'll do so nicely human. You can help me grow stronger, you'll become my tamer." The buzzing voice of Kuwagamon said menacingly as it loomed over Naruto.

"N-No t-thank y-you mister Digimon." Naruto stuttered out nervously as he slowly stepped backwards from the threatening looking Digimon before tripping over a beam on the ground, causing him to fall on his butt. He clutched the bag of bread tighter to his chest with every step Kuwagamon took closer to him.

"Who said I was giving you a choice boy?!" Kuwagamon growled with his wings buzzing in anger. With that Naruto got up and bolted, running faster as the sounds of angry buzzing drew closer. He couldn't see where he was going because of the fog but he ran didn't stop running knowing what would happen if he was caught, ducking between metal beams and jumping over stacks of wood.

"Trap Scissors!" Was yelled behind him and before he could dodge out of the way he was caught in between Kuwagamon's powerful pincers.

"You'll pay for your disobedience little boy!" Kuwagamon buzzed in anger at the struggling Naruto.

With his free hand, Naruto brought the whistle too his mouth. 'Please let nii-san be right,' Naruto prayed, remembering Takato's words on how help would always come if he blew on it. Taking a deep breath, he blew into the whistle with everything he had, hoping it would work like Takato-nii said it would. Naruto blew until he was out of breath and could feel himself panting when he was suddenly dropped towards the ground. Kuwagamon was scratching at his head trying to stop the noise until he layed his eyes on the child that hurt him wanting the human to pay for hurting him like that.

The enraged Kuwagamon brought his pincers down, ready to finish him, when two voices yelled out.

"Gao Rush!"

"Claw Attack!"

Naruto watched on as two blurs smashed into Kuwagamon knocking him through the iron beams like he was nothing. "Pick on a 'mon your own size!" A childish voice yelled as the fog started thinning out. Standing protectively in front of him was a white seal looking Digimon with purple markings running down his body, a bright orange Mohawk on top of his head sticking out in random directions between his long ears. Long, black claws adorned his hands and feet, which looked like they could punch through steel. Naruto thought he was dreaming seeing more Digimon appearing in front of him as he tried to sit up only to fall back down.

"You couldn't stop destroying things in your rampage for power could you?" The calm voice next to him said out loud drawing his attention. Beside him stood a blue, bipedal dog with a white muzzle and underbelly, and had on a red headband that matched the gloves on his hands. His feet held three sharp-looking claws and his tail was now curly and white-tipped behind him.

"Gaomon, Gomamon." Naruto called out hoping they were here to help, recognizing the two Rookie Digimon almost immediately from the card game.

"Don't worry kid, me and dog breath are here to help." Gomamon joked while ignoring his friend's eye twitch.

"Protect the kid, I've got this." Gaomon ordered while watching Kuwagamon pull itself out of the pile of metal. With a war cry he ran across the construction site landing punch after punch on Kuwagamon.

"Is he going to be okay? Kuwagamon's a Champion while the two of you are still Rookies." Naruto asked while Gomamon helped him back up.

"He's got this. Buggy might be a Champion but we've been taken them down before." Gomamon said confidently as they watched Gaomon land a spinning strike to Kuwagamon's chest.

"You're a weird human. Are all humans strange like you, because you're not freaking out seeing us?" Gomamon asked suddenly when Naruto started playing with strands of his orange hair.

"My parents are with the police, so I've seen weirder." Naruto replied with a shrug watching the fight. That, coupled with the fact that Naruto was an imaginative eight year old, helped coping with what were previously thought to be fictional beings much easier than it would for an adult.

"Rolling Upper!" Was yelled when Gaomon smashed into Kuwagamon's chest with a final, vicious kick. Ignoring the scream of pain as the large bug burst into hundreds of tiny flakes of data that disappeared with the fog, Gaomon walked over an amused smirk on his face as he watched the human poking his friend all over while asking questions. While considering himself the more mature of the two, Gaomon wasn't above enjoying some karmic justice on Gomamon for all the pranks he pulls.

"We came after him because he was attacking the Village of Beginnings hoping to evolve faster by absorbing the data of Fresh and In-Training Digimon." Gaomon interrupted Naruto's questioning of his partner after Naruto asked the seal-like Digimon why and how the two of them ended up in the Human World.

Turning to the bipedal dog, Naruto then said. "Like I told Gomamon, my names Naruto Namikaze. It's nice to meet you both! So what are you guys going to do know?" Naruto asked since the Digital Field Gomamon told him about was gone.

Gaomon was about to answer when a bright light filled the area around them, forcing the three of them to cover thier eyes. When the light died down, Naruto saw two strange-looking devices floating there. "Yes! I was right, we have the same partner!" Gomamon yelled happily while Gaomon looked happy with a small smile on his face seeing his own Digivice floating there.

"Looks like were partners from now on Naruto." Gaomon said watching the blond child in front of him grabbing both of the Digivice's from the air.

The one in his left hand was mainly white in color with purple patterns matching Gomamon covering it. There was a slot on its side which indicated something could be slid through it and a bright orange strap that could be clipped to a person's clothes.

The one in his right hand was blue with some white near the bottom and three red strips near the top. Like the other it had a slot and a bright orange strap.

Naruto grabbed Gomamon and started spinning him around while cheering as Gaomon watched on amused at their actions. "Yes! I got a Digimon partners like off the show!" Naruto yelled ecstatically while hugging Gomamon so tight he was tapping out on his back.

"If you don't let him down it'll be one partner." Gaomon corrected with a small ghost of a smirk almost laughing when Gomamon greedily took breaths of air while shooting him a look as their new tamer set him down with a sheepish look.

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It took Naruto a few minutes after that to hurry back to his home, knowing if he didn't call his mother soon she'd have the entire police force out looking for him. His parents had money to burn but always saved it for rainy days or emergencies, so they didn't live in a mansion or anything but a modest apartment in a decent part of town. The living room had a comfy couch, two recliners, a coffee table, and a flat screen mounted on the wall. The kitchen was his mother's pride and joy with every cooking utensil ever made since she enjoyed cooking for them on her days off. It had three bedrooms, one for him with the bathroom opposite his room, the master bedroom for his parents, and the guest room for whenever his grandparents stopped by.

"Really kaa-san I'm fine, the phone just went out for some reason." Naruto explained, ignoring the loud banging of pots in the background.

"That was just Tora sneaking in through the window again." Naruto told her when she asked about the noise, knowing the devil cat always found a way into someone's home when she got hungry.

"Love you too kaa-san, be careful." Naruto finished before hanging up. Looking behind him Naruto saw Gomamon going through the cabinets in the kitchen.

"I'm hungry Naruto~!" Gomamon whined slightly, playing it up for laughs.

"You can have some of the bread, kaa-san usually buys more by the end of the week," Naruto laughed seeing Gomamon was playing around.

While Gomamon was munching on some of the bread Naruto bought, Gaomon was looking through all the fighting DVDs his father collected.

The blond tamer spent a few hours up talking with them about the Digital World and other Digimon. Naruto enjoyed talking with them and was excited about everything that happened today. Sure, he had a few friends at school but nobody that he could really talk to or could make the trip in order to visit him.

"My parents are always off around eleven so you guys have to hide in my room before they get home." He said with a yawn while getting ready for bed.

"Don't worry about it, we'll be hidden by the time your parents show up," Gaomon assured him watching the young tamer rubbing his eyes.

Naruto just nodded before walking into his room with another yawn. His room had a small bed with orange covers. The walls were decorated with the drawings he did with his nii-san along with a large stack of paper on his desk. Next to the stack of papers was an orange laptop his parents bought him and in the corner near his closet was a bag filled with the pranking supplies he buys with his allowance.

Crawling under the covers, Naruto smiled before falling asleep. The trio were both unaware and excited of what the future had in store for them.

1. Author's Notes -

Takato is going too be slightly more mature and somewhat better prepared when Guilmon shows up. The list below is the evolution of Naruto's partners.

Fresh, Dodomon ~ In-Training, Wanyamon ~ Rookie, Gaomon ~ Champion, Gaogamon ~ Ultimate, Machgaogamon ~ Mega, Miragegaogamon

Fresh, Pichimon ~ In-Training, Bukamon ~ Rookie, Gomamon ~ Champion, Ikkakumon ~ Ultimate, Zudomon ~ Mega, Vikemon

Re-written on 11/30/15.