Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, was not having a good day. First his secretary quit, then the coffee machine broke down, and now he was facing one of the most horrifying creatures in existence. Many a men had faced this beast and only one was known to have defeated it.

"Curse you Minato, Curse you to the lowest levels of hell." The Hokage sighed as he pulled yet another stack of papers on to his desk. "You could have at least told me how you beat the paper work. I swear every time I look away it grows." There was a knock on his door.

"WHAT!" he yelled at the person who dared to interrupt him. The door opened to show ANBE Hawk and his team escorting a young man dressed all in red.

"Hokage-sama we brought Honō-san, as ordered." The aging Hokage pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Thank you Hawk. Dismissed." the ANBE bowed then they all disappeared, thought they did not leave the room. The Hokage gestured to the seat in front of his desk.

"Please take a seat." Honō bowed slightly then sat. "My men tell me that you are here looking for someone." Honō nodded.

"Sir, maybe I should explain it better."

He gestured for Honō to continue. Honō took out a folder and handed it to the aging Hokage.

"Before his death the Yondaime Hokage sent me on a one man mission to investigate several mysterious disappearances. To keep my cover I was listed as MIA thought KIA on a separate mission."

"So the papers you gave the guards…"

"Were made by the Forth; however I had to alter them while on my mission"

"And what did you find?"

"Before the age of ninja there was a time when man ruled most of the Earth. As we advanced in our knowledge we built machines that could do the work of hundreds of people in hours. Eventually the devices were a part of everyday life. But as our world changed with our knowledge another was built. This world was called the DigiWorld." The Hokage looked at Honō in confusion.

"The DigiWorld was originally a small program on a government run project, but it grew into so much more. It grew and grew until it created a new form of life." The Hokage held up his hand.

"Not that this is not an interesting story but what does this have to do with your mission?" Honō took a small object out of his pocket.

"Have you ever seen something like this before?" It looked like a red walkie-talkie with black detailing on it. "No"

"That device was created in the DigiWorld almost two thousand years ago." The Hokage looked shocked.

"As I was saying there was a new life form that was called a Digimon. This creature came in many forms and each had their own name. But as in the human world the Digimon started to fight. The Human Type Digimon, who looked and acted more like humans and the Beast Type Digimon fought for a long time till there came a Celestial Type Digimon named Lucemon who brought peace to the DigiWorld."

"And he was behind the disappearances?" Honō shook his head.

"No lord Hokage" The Hokage looked confused.

"Lucemon lost himself in the power that he got and started to torment the Digimon." the Hokage nodded his head.

"From the other Digimon arose ten legendary warriors. They fought against Lucemon and eventually sealed him away. But they knew that it would not be forever so they changed into Digital Spirits and gave them to three Celestial Type Digimon who were charged with taking care of the world. But again they fought and one of them lost himself in the darkness. Eventually six humans were called to the DigiWorld." The Hokage tilted his head sideways in confusion.

"These six were charged with finding the ten legendary warriors who had split into two spirits. A human spirit and a beast spirit. Through many battles and other trials they gathered the spirits, but shortly after Lucemon was freed. The children who had gathered the spirits wound up combining the spirits into one and they defeated Lucemon. The children returned to their world, their lives changed for the better. But one hundred years later someone had found a way to bring Digimon into the human world and started to experiment on them. What they created got out and brought an end to the reign of the human race but also the DigiWorld." The Hokage looked at Honō confused

"If it was destroyed..."

"Not destroyed. It merged with the Human world creating new types of creatures. We know them today as Summons." The Hokage nodded.

"After almost one thousand years the monster was released Humans had reconnected with nature and started using a type of energy they called chakra. A man who history will call the Rikudō Sennin learned how to trap the monster inside of himself. But like all men his time came and so came the creation of the Byjuu, or as we like to call them the Tainted Nine. Yet that is not all that was found by him. In his travels he found all the spirits of the ten legendary warriors and hid them till the ones who were meant for them found them. On my mission I found the Human Spirit of Fire hidden in an elemental seal. I was deemed worthy of it but the beast spirit said that another was meant to have it. So I traveled hoping to bring both to Konaha. In my travels I met the ten others and they like me had only been gifted with one spirit." The Hokage looked at Honō with a calculating look.

"When all ten of us had gathered the spirit told us to go to the land we each came from. There we would find the person meant for the other spirit." The Hokage looked him in the eye

"What else did they tell you?" Honō laughed. "Was I always that easy to read?"

"It's only because I watched you grow up Jin."

"Jin Uchiha, a name I have not used in a long time. Anyway they asked us to try and find the person in our homelands first, and if we can we are to try and purify the Digimon that now make up the Byjuu."

"And what are your plans for your old clan?"

"If what I have heard is true then I need to take over as clan head, don't I?"

"After we find your new student we can file the paper work for that."

"You just want to put it off as long as you can old man."