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For some reason I was going to put spoiler instead of disclaimer


The expanded Team Guy heads out again, nearing their mountain destination. Maru uses his Imitation to replicate the Byakugan. He watches out for an ambush manned by Taka, but one never comes. They travel fast for the rest of the day making it to the base of the mountain. The Leaf Ninjas aren't disturbed when they make camp for the night.

The next day, they end up wandering the mountain aimlessly, hoping Neji's Byakugan will pick up something. The search seems pointless, and they start thinking of other places Devimon could of gone. The sun has began to set, and the team is partway up the mountain when Maru tenses up and announces,"He's near."

Neji doesn't see Devimon, and asks," Are you sure? I don't see anything."

"I don't know whether or not he can hide from your eyes. Be careful." Maru says.

They all ready themselves for combat, slow their pace, and begin scanning the surrounding area for Devimon. Neji turns, an Eight Trigrams Air Palm ready. He yells as he turns,"Tenten, get down!" The Hyuga launches his attack over Tenten's crouching form. Devimon materializes out of the shadows, easily flies out of the way of his attack, and changes target from Tenten to Lee. A barrage of fire from Maru forces the Devimon to abandon its surprise attack entirely.

The Devimon's flight, like everything else about it, is unnatural. Its wings seem purely decorative. Unlike most wing-bearing organisms, the wings don't flap or propel the Digimon through the air. Instead, the Devimon defies gravity and twists through the air at will.

Flying back, the Devimon lets out a booming laugh. He flies into the shadow of a tree. Unlike a normal being, which would hit the ground and stop, the shadow absorbs the Digimon. The extended Team Guy hear a deep voice from all around them. It says,"I'm going to kill every single one of you, save one. You can pick who survives now and have them flee, or you can wait and I can send them packing missing a couple of limbs. The girl and the digimon are not qualified for this position."

"You aren't killing anyone!" Kazue yells back. Lee agrees with her. Maru vows a different version of the same idea to silently to himself,"He isn't taking Kazue."

Devimon merely lets out another booming laugh. It emerges from a shadow far behind where he seemingly flew into the ground. Finally still, it taunts,"Come get me."

"Let's let Maru take-" Kazue starts.

"We've Got Him!" Guy interrupts, yells running at Devimon. Lee follows, a step behind his sensei. Lee jumps into the air, and Guy jumps up right next to him. The older ninja places a hand on Lee's back, spins, and throws the younger ninja at Devimon.

As part of Team Guy charges, Maru holds out a hand and says,"Imitation: Dark Roar" Three spheres of dark matter form in front of his hand,

"Wait, you idiots! Get out the way!" Kazue yells, throwing a hand out as if it could stop Guy and Lee. At the same time, the rest of Team Guy run to assist the taijutsu specialists.

Maru's attack is ready, but he finds himself unable to aim the powerful attack with Team Guy in his way. "I'll destroy them all Kazue." Maru says calmly, eyes cold and unfeeling.

"Don't!" Kazue yells.

She tries to take more action, but the Devimon she's supposed to be fighting does. It easily flies around Team Guy, completely ignoring Tenten's kunai. It swipes its hand mid-swipe, and several blasts of unholy energy fly at Maru.

Maru, unprepared for the speed of the Devimon's flight and the speed of its attack tries to undo his own attack. He manages to convert the attack to energy, and begins absorbing that energy as fast as he can. By time he has it at a power level he knows he can survive, he still has a bit of time before Devimon's attack hits his. He to devote one hand to sending a blade of wind at Kazue, the attack carrying her away from her partner while doing little damage. His other hand continues absorbing his attack.

Devimon's attack hits, and there's an explosion as the energy of Maru's converted attack is violently released. Kazue is out of the way because of Maru's wind style move. Maru ends up the only one in the explosion. It sends him flying away, until he isn't visible to Kazue, Devimon, and Team Guy.

"Maru!" Kazue screams, eyes widening as her typically infallible partner is blasted away. She pulls out her sword and faces the Devimon.

The Devimon merely laughs and taunts her,"You're next, little girl." Smiling the same way a person who has lost their sanity smiles. It is interrupted by both Neji's Eight Trigrams: Air Palm and Tenten's kunai with paper bombs hitting it in its back. Damage is done, but the attacks leave no marks on its skin. The Devimon turns, and catches a roundhouse kick from both Guy and Lee in its inhumanly large hands. It flies up a bit, spins, and let them go, sending the chunin sliding in the dirt. Guy and Lee both end up twenty feet from Devimon, and forty feet from each other.

Devimon flies at Lee, and the humans run to help Lee. Kazue unleashes a fireball at the Devimon as she runs. The Devimon laughs and lets the fireball hit it, disappearing as it does. As Lee gets back up to his feet, the humans realize that the Devimon Kazue hit was just an illusion, and form a tight circle to look for it. To their collective horror, they realize that it is behind Guy.

They see the Devimon floating behind Guy, with the Digimon's hands on Guy's head. Guy's face changes from a face that is in combat to a face to a face of someone who has brain which is not currently functioning. His shoulders droop, all expression leaves his face, and his eyes take on a blank stare.

"Guy-sensei?" Lee asks, eyes becoming watery.

"Don't worry little boy. I'll make it so you'll never cry again." Devimon taunts, an evil glint in his eye.

The remaining members of Team Guy shocked are shocked on how their leader taken out. The shinobi charge, and Devimon flies at them. Tenten stops and unseales her some weapons, making them come out as high speed projectiles. Neji uses Soft Fist to try to disable the enemy Digimon, while Kazue attacks with her sword and Lee uses his typical taijutsu, but his movements are warped by his rage. Lee's anger prevents Neji from syncing attacks, and the Hyuga does not have enough experience to synchronize his attacks her.

After fifteen seconds of dodging attacks from the humans, the Devimon finds itself facing Lee's back. He swipes at the youth's exposed backside, making sure to enlarge its hand and injects some chakra into the attack. Lee falls on the ground with a yell, and isn't able to get up, or move at all due to the hostile Digimon's chakra leaves paralyzing and chakra drai effects.

Devimon turns and takes a hit from Neji. The Hyuga manages to block a chakra point on the Devimon's left arm. Neji isn't able to attack again as he takes a backhand to the face. The force of the blow knocks him off his feet.

The Devimon then turns to face Kazue. The Leaf Shinobi swipes at it, but the long limbed Digimon stretches an already long arm and grabs her arm. The Devimon casts a genjutsu. She doesn't become like Guy, but the Devimon's genjutsu is strong enough to make her completely forget she was fighting.

Neji backs off, and takes a defensive stance in front of Tenten. Through his Byakugan, he can see the chakra points in his Digimon opponent move and change, and the point Neji blocked is unblocked. Devimon stands, and prepares a couple more blasts of unholy energy. Before it launches its attack, it hears,"Imitation: G Shurunnen II" A blue laser meets the Devimon's shoulder. The laser persists for a few seconds, taking Devimon into the air as it forces Devimon onto the laser's path. When the laser fades, Devimon falls to the ground.

The uninjured half of Team Guy turns to see Maru holding out a hand, which is softly glowing blue. The Wizardmon looks very beaten up, with many small tears and its clothing. Maru flies over to his partner, forms a hand sign and says," Release." Kazue snaps out of the genjutsu and falls over. Maru catches his partner and notices the genjutsu has left Kazue cold and weak. "Rest. I've got this." Maru says, his voice slightly softer than usual. Then he begins walking towards the Devimon. "Support me." The Wizardmon tells the rest of Team Guy.

The Devimon gets up. There is a hole in the Digimon's shoulder that goes all the way through it, revealing some of the Devimon's insides, which is the same color as its skin. However, the Devimon's movements aren't affected by the injury.

The Digimon walk toward each other for a few seconds, with Tenten walking far behind Maru but on his left, while Neji is just as far behind but on his right. The Digimon start flying at each other at the same time. Maru has small fireballs cupped in his hand and the Devimon crosses its arms in front of its chest and prepares more unholy bolts of energy.

The Devimon attacks first. Neji and Tenten use their own projectiles to knock the Devimon's attack aside. Maru attacks next, throwing many kunai-sized bolts of fire at the Devimon. The fire comes from the fireballs in Maru's hand, but the fireballs in the Wizardmon's hand are the base for the attack, and as the base don't fade away and aren't thrown. The Devimon manages to dodge most of the attack, but some of the fire hits the Devimon.

As the Digimon fly near each other, Maru flicks his wrists and puts the fire out. Once they are close to colliding, Maru spins and flies left. The other Digimon stretches an arm out in an attempt to claw Maru, but misses. The Devimon begins to turn to pass at Maru again, but Maru begins flying in place. Lighting is in one of his hands, not dissimilar to the fire earlier. Maru aims his hand at the Devimon. Lightning jumps from Maru's hand to the Devimon's chest. Maru keeps the attack up for a couple seconds, burning the Devimon's mark on its chest. The Devimon coats a hand in chakra, and blocks the flow of lightning. So, Maru stops the flow of lightning.

By this time, Kazue has recovered from the Devimon's genjutsu and moves to rejoin the fight. She shoots a fireball at the Devimon's back. Her attack is supported by a few exploding kunai from Tenten and Neji's Eight Trigrams Air Palm. The attacks land, causing some damage and the Devimon snarls in frustration, turning to face the humans. He sends a few blasts of unholy energy at the humans. Its attacks are easily dodged. Maru's Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu forces the Devimon into the air.

The Devimon changes his mind, and goes back after Maru, flying fast to avoid attacks from Kazue, Neji and Tenten. The Devimon manages to put Maru between himself and the humans. He then flies at Maru, trying to get him with the same attack that disabled Lee. Maru flies back, dodging swipe after swipe. The Wizardmon sends bursts of flames out of his hands whenever he sees an opening, which is often. The tattered Devimon is persistent in its attacks, and doesn't even flinch when Maru's flame lick at his flesh.

The humans send another barrage of attacks at the Devimon. Tenten's kunai explode on the Devimon. Smoke part of the effects of exploding kunai, and there is much of it between the two Digimon. Maru relaxes a bit, thinking he has a moment to recover. However, an arm stretches through the smoke, and a fingertip manages to leave a deep scratch on Maru's leg. Chakra is injected into Maru. The Wizardmon falls to ground. He isn't affected as bad as Lee is, and still manages to move, albeit slowly. He is able to control his own chakra to fight off the Devimon's chakra. However, the process of removing foreign chakra is a slow one for an exhausted Maru. Devimon emerges from the smoke, a smile gracing its face.

Seeing her partner hurt again, Kazue runs at Devimon, sword drawn. She isn't completly driven by rage, but wants to kill the Devimon, or at least buy Maru time for the Wizardmon to do so. Neji and Tenten spread out again, hoping she knows what she is doing. Maru is on all fours, trying to recover. Lee still can't move, the Devimon's chakra still coursing through his body.

Kazue pulls out her sword, and begins a close-combat fight with the Digimon. She begins swinging for the floating Devimon. The Devimon dodges her attacks, looking for an opening. Eventually, it finds one and swipes at the girl. The Devimon attacks as Kazue finds herself able to land a hit. She goes for it. When it comes time for Devimon's claws to pierce her skin, Kazue activates her kekkei genkia. The Devimon's attack passes right through Kazue flesh without harming her. She turns her kekkei genkia off, and cuts off one of Devimon's arms with an upward slash.

The Devimon falls back, finally seeming to feel the effects of its injuries. Kazue steps closer to finish the Digimon, but all of it falls into the ground. Kazue leaps back, wanting more room to prepare for whatever the battered Devimon is readying. The Devimon emerges from the ground, one arm expanding so it can cut Kazue. Kazue dodges to the left, and then cuts back, stabbing into the Devimon's arm as she does. However, her sword goes through the Devimon without meeting any resistance, marking it as an illusion.

The real Devimon emerges from the ground at her side, one claw slicing through flesh in an uppercut like wave of its arm. Kazue falls on the ground, paralyzed like Lee as the Devimon's chakra invades her body. The Devimon stands over her unmoving body for a few seconds, savoring the moment.

Neji and Tenten start moving to get Devimon away from Kazue. However, forty meters away, Maru seeing his partner defeated is all the incentive he needs to put a fresh burst of energy to remove the poison that is Devimon's chakra. Now free to move again, an exhausted Maru performs both a clone jutsu, and immediately after a substitution jutsu.

The Wizardmon swaps places with Kazue, with a clone flying at the Devimon. The real Maru forces Devimon away with a blast of wind. The clone flies behind the one-armed Devimon, and performs a jutsu that makes a chain of earth. The chain wraps around the Devimon's remaining limbs and waist, effectively immobilizing it. The clone of Maru forces the Devimon to its knees as the real Maru flies at the Devimon, a Chidori in Devimon isn't able to escape the chain jutsu, as the clone siphons chakra from the original to imbue the chain with chakra.

Maru lands his Chidori right in the middle of the Devimon's chest. The lightning attack goes completely through the Devimon. The Devimon lets out a small grunt as Maru lands the fatal blow. Now that he's won, Maru's clone and chain disappears. The Wizardmon is too tired to pull his hand out of the hole in the Devimon's chest. An exhausted turns his head Maru looks at his fallen partner

"You see her?" Maru asks his dying opponent. The Devimon looks at Kazue. Maru keeps talking, his exhaustion evident in his voice," She'll never be more hurt than this. I don't care how many of you there are, or how strong you believe you believe yourselves to be. I'll kill every single one that tries to bother us. That's a promise I'll keep no matter how dark it looks."

The Devimon lets out another laugh. It isn't the deep, booming laugh that the Devimon let out before, this one is weak and raspy. Then it talks, its voice is just like its laugh in its near death state. "Sorry. There are just too many of us and we are just too strong for one guy." The Devimon lets out a couple of weak coughs, and continues," Then again, you should have quite a bit of time. Somehow, you might just be able to-" The Devimon dies before it can finish its sentence.

Maru stays there for a couple moments, lost in his own thoughts. Then the Wizardmon yanks his hand out of the Devimon's corpse. He fills a bit of fire with a small bit of his almost depleted chakra reserves, and burns the corpse.

Then he slowly walks towards the still disabled Kazue. After looking at her body for a moment, he promises to himself,"I'm learning healing jutsu." He inspects Kazue's wound, and decides not it isn't the main cause of her continued weakness. Just as her wounds are being inspected by her partner, Kazue starts waking up. Maru gives Kazue a tiny bit of his chakra. It helps speed her recovery.

Meanwhile, Neji helps a shaken Lee up. The extended Team Guy, minus the eldest ninja converge on Guy.

Sometime during the fight, the big-browned ninja fell over. Nothing slowed or cushioned his fall. He is still is staring into nothingness. A bully would tease Guy's students for having a teacher who looks and acts brain-dead.

Lee begins to cry, but tries to hold back his tears. Neji and Tenten hang their heads in sorrow. Kazue just gapes at the older ninja, her eyes wide. Maru looks at him without any negative emotions. Maru walks up to Guy's body, and checks for a pulse. He finds one."He's alive." Maru declares. Maru is considering what to do next, and has almost set his heart on leaving Guy to his fate when the Wizardmon senses movement behind the other part of Team Guy.

He turns, lightning attack charging in his hand. He prepares to put the remainder of his chakra, and most of his life force in a single attack. However, when he sees Yamato and three ANBU members, he doesn't immediately attack.

"Tsunade told us that we would be getting reinforcements a few days into the mission, and had us eat some seeds so that Yamato would be able to track us." Neji explains. His head is still hanging, and their isn't much emotion in his voice. By this point Tenten and Lee have completely broken down to sobbing messes.

Yamato looks on at the scene in shock. However, he hides it well. "Is the mission over?" He asks, looking at the Devimon's still burning body in concealed wonder. Maru nods, so Yamato says," Then let's get you all home."

One of Yamato's teammates steps forward. The owl mask wearing ninja heals the enlarged Team Guy. First, he checks on Guy. After declaring their is nothing he can do for Guy, the ninja tends to the cuts the Devimon left on Lee and Kazue.

Then, they all head back to Konoha. Yamato has them all stand in a line, then uses his Wood Style to create a single, large wooden plank under them. Then he uses Wood Style to grow one large, vine like branch under the plank. With this propelling them, the time it takes them to back to their village is greatly reduced. When Yamato tires, his three ANBU teammates give him some chakra to keep the jutsu going.

The whole trip back is somber. Neji merely sits on the plank, hair covering his face. He doesn't say a word the entire trip. Tenten has stopped crying, and sits down, rocking in an attempt to calm herself. Lee stands throughout the trip, still crying softly. Every once in awhile, he manages to stop crying, but then he looks at the unmoving body of his sensei and starts tearing up again. Kazue is still wide eyed, with her thoughts carrying her mind to horrible things happening to her new village. Mary focuses on replenishing his chakra reserves, but notices Kazue's distress. The Wizardmon sits down and attempts to massage her shoulders. While the massage itself is poorly done, it does help soothe Kazue. When they arrive at Kohana, Team Guy, along with Yamato and the ANBU immediately rush Guy to the hospital.


This chapter was wayyy longer than intended. So it was split in two.

More importantly, this story now has a MorrisSoler betaing this story. We'll be improving the story from the beginning forward, so newer chapters won't be edited for a while.