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Difficult Lives
Davis got through the port and ran to where he had left his allies fighting. His fellow digidestined were barely keeping up but Davis paid them no mind as he rushed toward Naruto's friends.
Kakashi and the others weren't where he left them but he knew he could find them. He called up the sense he had used to find their enemy digimon. It took longer to track the unfamiliar signatures than the digimon but he finally managed after tapping into Naruto's memories for their energy readings. The digidestined, still as confused as ever, followed Davis into an alleyway crowded by a very strange group of people that only Davis, Ken, Cody, and their respective digimon partners recognized. Davis happily noticed they seemed uninjured.
"Thank goodness. I was worried. Did Itachi and Kisame get away?" Davis asked.
"Yes." Kakashi answered regretfully.
"I'm sorry it took me so long to get back. We had to take care of an enemy digimon." Davis assured the silver haired man apologetically.
"It's fine, Davis." Shikamaru said lazily.
"Davis, what's going on?" Matt demanded, tired of trying to figure out an answer or wait for anyone to explain. Davis started to respond but Matt interrupted him, "Veemon was rude to Yolie, Jun yelled at me and T.K. for no reason. Now, you're worried about strangers. What's your problem?"
Davis paused for a minute, deciding whether he should finally come clean. Coming to a decision, he finally answered, "They're not strangers to me. I remember them quite well. You want to know what my problem, Veemon's, and Jun's is with you all? Their problem with all of you is the way you treat me. Yolei's insults on my leadership ability a few days ago in the computer lab which T.K. and Kari added on to." Davis started, his voice raising as he spoke but with the next few lines he quieted down to say, "Yes, I heard, Veemon heard, and I told Jun. I made excuses for them because of our enemy but I don't need to anymore. Jun yelled at you," Davis pointed at Matt, "for your casual admission of my unimportance." Davis paused before continuing, "You know what hurts the most. You all think I'm so stupid. Comments about my grades and you don't even bother to listen to my plans anymore. You leave me behind and you don't even care. You pretend to be my friends but you're not. I don't have to take your treatment anymore and I won't. The only friends I have among you are Ken and Cody. They're the only ones I even want to see anymore." Davis finally finished and left with Ken, Cody, their digimon partners, and the ninja group Davis had come to find.
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The digidestined didn't talk for almost ten minutes after Davis's departure. At the beginning of his speech they had been furious but as Davis's words seeped in their anger ebbed as they realized he was right.
"Yolei, what did you say about Davis in the computer lab?" Tai asked as he was the first to recover.
"Yolei called Davis useless and complained about him being the leader." Kari answered.
"Actually, she said that she didn't believe that Davis ended up being our leader." T.K. explained guiltily.
"And you two agreed with her?!" Tai shouted incredulously. T.K. and Kari answered with their shameful expressions.
"Hey, we're not the only ones he complained about. What did Matt do?" Yolei demanded, tired of the three younger group members taking all the blame.
"He complained about everyone else. Weren't Ken and Cody with you guys?" Matt asked, remembering Davis' comment about the two members of the younger digidestined.
"They defended Davis when we insulted him. If Davis heard us, he heard them." T.K. answered his brother.
"Okay. Matt, what did he mean about your 'admission of his unimportance?' Tai finally said, directing the last part at Matt.
"I don't know." Matt snapped angrily.
"Then think. We have to know what we did wrong so we can set it right." Kari demanded tearfully. The Kamiya siblings had known Davis the longest and even they hadn't seen their friendship with Davis deteriorating so fast.
"I don't know." Matt repeated, thinking about his conversation with Jun and what he said about Davis. When his mind finally found the comment Davis was talking about, he paled and collapsed.
"Matt?" Tai questioned, trying to break through Matt's horror.
Matt failed to answer even when the oldest leader of the digidestined tried again. T.K. finally rushed forward, afraid of what Matt had remembered. He had never seen his brother like this. He frantically shook his brother, shouting Matt's name.
"No wonder she yelled at me. If someone had insulted T.K. that casually, I'd have probably punched 'em at least." Matt finally responded.
"What?" T.K. and Tai demanded fearfully.
"I said Davis wasn't important." Matt answering, lowering his head in shame.
"How can we make this right?" Kari finally asked quietly.
"By showing Davis we're willing to change. We have to show him that we can be the friends he deserves but first we have to get him to give us the chance." Tai answered and the digidestined huddled together discussing plans to get their friend back.
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"Davis, do you remember Konoha?" Sasuke asked hopefully.
"Yes, Sasuke. I remember everything." Davis answered Sasuke's spoken and unspoken question bitterly.
"What do you mean, Davis?" Ken asked confused.
"Remember that digimon attack? The one that knocked me out?" Davis asked.
"Yes, I was scared half to death." Ken answered.
"That attack. It seems to unlock memories or at least it did for me. Whe-"
"The attacked revealed Naruto's memories, didn't it?" Cody interrupted.
"Yeah kinda. When I was knocked out, I saw some of his memories." Davis answered.
"That's why you asked about my father yesterday?" Neji asked.
"Yep. Naruto's fight with you was one of the first." Davis answered. "Remembered the rest overnight."
"Finally!" Kiba exclaimed happily.
"I'm happy I remember you too." Davis joked with a smirk.
"Hey!" Kiba demanded, still trying to work out the connotations.
"Um, Kakashi-sensei, could you help me brush up on Naruto's skills. I want to be able to hold my own when we're attacked again?" Naruto asked, yet again using the form of address Naruto had once used.
Kakashi agreed with a smile and Davis smiled back.
"It's late. I need to get home." Ken spoke up.
Cody agreed so the group split up. Kakashi and Davis worked out a training schedule and went their separate ways.
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A few weeks had passed since Davis's confrontation with the digidestined and they had tried multiple times to talk to him but Davis still wasn't ready so he ignored them.
Kakashi proved to be a good teacher to Davis for the first time in both memories. Davis had been very careful to avoid letting his true feelings to the silver haired jonin show. It helped that Davis was still working through his memories so he didn't remember all the jonin's mistakes but he had remembered the resentment which disappeared as Kakashi focused all his attention on training his former student. Veemon was the only one who realized how difficult the memories were for Davis as he was woken many nights by soft cries from his partner. Davis finally broke down one night and told Veemon about some of the memories he was dealing with. Veemon had been horrified and promised Davis that he would always be there for his partner. After that, Davis talked to the blue digimon whenever the pain or anger overwhelmed him.