A Shinobi A Long Way from Home
Chapter XI
A Heart of Ice, A Will of Fire
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Digimon
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It has been one week since the tournament and boy was it a crazy week for our favorite blonde. Not ten seconds after the award ceremony, where they decided to just combine the first and second place prize and then split them evenly between Naruto and Rika, did the duo get swarmed by reporters from different newspaper companies wanting to take their picture and ask a few questions. Please note that when a reporter asks for you to answer their questions they'll ask the most pointless and intrusive questions in the span of two hours that makes you almost want to consider suicide, or maybe mass murder, whichever one gets them to shut up. But that's not all, thanks to his new title the Digimon King, previously held by a boy by the name of Ryo Akiyama who mysteriously disappeared one day not too long after winning the tournament, Naruto has been swamped with people trying to challenge him for his title. At first he accepted the challenges but when they just didn't stop coming it started to get really irritating.
Meanwhile Rika was dealing a few of her own problems, lately she's been wondering what the real secret behind Digivolution is. She's been thinking about this for a while now, and its bugging her since before she was convinced that all it took was for a Digimon to defeat and load enough data that they'd eventually Digivolve. Yet Guilmon was capable of Digivolving and he is by far the least experienced fighter between himself, Renamon, Terriermon and Falcomon. She thought about all of the times the Digimon Digivolved, like when Terriermon Digivolved when he accidently got in Renamon's line of fire and caused his tamer to worry about him. Or like when Renamon was fighting Dokugumon and was badly hurt only for her to Digivolve when she finally show how much she cared about Renamon. And lastly was when Falcomon was badly hurt by Aquilamon but wanted to keep fighting no matter what. Only for him to finally Digivolve when he and Naruto bumped fists, she couldn't hear what was being said but she heard Falcomon yell 'I WILL FIGHT!'
"Renamon's finally Digivolved and it's what I wanted for the longest time, so I should be satisfied. But I still feel like there's something missing." Rika thought out loud. It was then she felt something appear behind her, as if a giant hand was going to reach out and take her. She quickly turned around but saw nothing. What was that? she asked herself confused at what just happened, she could've sworn she felt something.
She then chalked it up to her imagination and decided to keep on going only to stop when she found Calumon standing in front of her. "Hi." he said. Rika however just ignored him and kept walking. But Calumon just kept following her.
Having had enough she stopped and faced the walking talking creampuff, "I don't have any food so why do you keep following me?" she asked him.
Calumon just stopped in front of her and kept up his happy expression, "Wanna play?" he asked before running up and jumping to Rika's arms. Rika caught him before asking what he was doing, "Eskimo Kisses!" shouted the little creampuff.
Rika was about to chuck him to the other side of the street when she heard a familiar voice calling out too her. She turned around and saw her mother running up to her, "Mom what are you doing here?" Rika asked.
"Oh what a day it has been, we were supposed to have a photo shoot but before we could start all of these people showed up wanting my autograph and my secret to my youthful good looks. They just wouldn't leave me alone and we couldn't get anything done all day. Uh you have no idea how much of a pain in the neck it can be to be famous and popular." Rumiko said not noticing her daughter slowly backing away from her.
"Yeah lucky me." Rika said hoping to escape this scene as soon as possible.
"By the way Rika I love your toy it is absolutely adorable." Rumiko said.
Rika just looked down to the smiling creampuff in her arms, "You just had to be cute didn't you?" Rika said before looking back up to her mother, "You've got it all wrong mom, this is only for a science project. We have to tests the effects of gravity on small objects so I was heading over to the nearest bridge to throw it off of."
"Oh that's a shame and here I thought you were starting to get into cute things. By the way where's Naruto-kun, usually you two are hanging out around this time?" Rumiko asked.
"He said he had a ton of homework and couldn't hang out today." Rika said a little down trodden about that.
(Over with Naruto)
"Come on Peckmon move faster, if you don't move faster you'll never hit me." Naruto said dodging Peckmon's Thousand Beak attack.
(Back with Rika)
Rika eventually managed to get away from the crowd that was forming around her mother and took Calumon over to a shrine of some sorts and put him down. "Listen up you little squirt, I'm immune to your little cute and innocent act you got it, now scram." Rika told him. Calumon hesitated for a bit allowing his hurt feelings to be shown but Rika was unwavering so he took off crying in the opposite direction. "Keep going shortie." Rika called out to him. However it was soon after she said it that she felt that presence again, "Renamon." she said under breath hoping that it was her, she quickly turned around only to once again find nothing.
Renamon quickly though responded to her tamer's call and appeared not to far away from her, "You called?" she asked.
"Where have you been?" Rika questioned.
"Watching you from over there." Renamon said as she pointed in the direction she was referring to.
"Oh." was all Rika had to say in response to that.
"Rika is something wrong you look a little pale?" asked Renamon.
"N-No it's nothing." Rika said as she made her way for home.
Renamon though wasn't buying it and decided to have a look around for herself. She soon heard someone walking closer to her and turned around ready to fight, only to find out that it was Impmon. "Hey there fine and foxy so we meet again." Impmon said.
"Oh it's just you." Renamon said before deciding to leave and watch over her tamer.
"What do you mean it just me?" Impmon yelled in a rage before regaining his composure, "Oh check out Ms. High and Mighty. Maybe a good fight will knock her off her perch." Impmon thought out loud. "Hey I heard Falcomon call you an air headed wimp, if I were you I'd go teach old bird brain a lesson."
Renamon just stopped walking, "Hah." she said, the thought of that made her almost want to laugh.
"What are you just gonna let him get away with that?" Impmon yelled already see his plan go down the drain.
"You clearly don't know Falcomon." Renamon said.
"What do you mean?" Impmon asked.
"While Falcomon enjoys a good fight he is not the type to provoke one unless asking for a spar to improve his fighting skills. Not the kind of fight you're suggesting." Renamon said before leaving.
Rika had made it home and was heading off to her room when she felt that presence behind her again. She quickly went into her room and closed the door behind her, breathing heavily now starting to get really freaked out. "Renamon!" she called out for her tamer.
"Yes Rika." Renamon said appearing out of thin air.
Rika took a seat at the table in her room, "Go and see what's out there." Rika demanded.
"Of course." Renamon said as she took a look outside but didn't see a thing out of place.
"Well who is it?" Rika asked, demanding an answer.
"I didn't see anyone Rika." Renamon answered.
"Don't lie to me I know something is out there." Rika said, not believing that this was all just her imagination. However she quickly noticed that Renamon was giving her a strange look, "What's that look for?"
"Don't worry, I'll do everything I can to protect you." Renamon said.
"You don't need to protect me, I don't know why you'd say something like that." Rika said believing that Renamon is saying that she's weak.
"Because Rika I'm your partner." Renamon said hoping to get the freaked out girl to calm down.
"Let's get one thing straight I don't buy into all of this stuff about partners and feelings!" Rika yelled, regressing back to her Ice Queen persona due to her panicking mindset. "I don't need you, I don't need anybody." Rika said as she made to leave her room.
"Not even Naruto?" Renamon asked getting to Rika to stop for a second. Rika began feeling conflicted, could she deal with not having Naruto in her life anymore? However she pushed those thoughts aside and left her room without giving a word to Renamon.
(A Few Hours Later)
Rika was currently walking through the city thinking about what she said to Renamon and what Renamon said to her. 'I don't need you, I don't need anybody' those words just kept replaying through her head. But she couldn't get herself to believe them anymore. At one point she fully believed that, but then a certain blonde entered her life and made it brighter. Now she couldn't imagine what her life would be like without him, or to be more accurate, she didn't want to imagine a life without him because that would be a life full of pain, loneliness and sadness that she just wasn't sure she could handle again. However it was in the middle of her musings that she felt that cold presence again behind her. She felt the air around her drop severely as she grabbed a hold of her arms to try and keep her warm. She then turned around, "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Rika yelled getting tired of this, but she no longer felt the presence and only saw two confused older men looking at her.
"Uh, nothing." one of them said.
Rika felt embarrassed that she made such a fool of herself, however that embarrassment didn't last long as she saw a transparent white figure float up the stairs, kinda resembling a ghost. Rika then glared in that direction, "Outta my way!" she yelled at the older men as she chased after the apparition. She followed it up some stairs when she lost it, "Hey I saw you, you stalking bastard now come out." Rika demanded. But when nothing happened she immediately lost her composure and put her hand up against the wall as she took deep breaths to try and calm herself down. Having had enough of this she whipped out her cell phone and dialed Naruto's number deciding she needed help, "Come on come on Whiskers pick up I really need your help here."
The phone then picked up and boy was she glad to hear his voice, "Hey Rika-chan what can I do for ya, did you miss me."
"Naruto shut up and listen, there is no time for your antics." Rika said, fear clearly evident in her voice.
"Rika what's going on, you sound terrified?" Naruto demanded, dropping his playful act as concern for Rika's well being filled him.
"Something is following me around and I don't know what it is. Every time I turn to confront the presence that I feel creep up on me it just disappears. Naruto this is really freaking me out and I need help." Rika told her friend.
"Where's Renamon, shouldn't she be watching over you?" Naruto asked.
"She won't come, she and I got into an argument and I'm pretty sure our partnership is done." Rika said sadly, feeling terrible about what she said to Renamon.
"Ah damn it this is the worst possible time for this come up, alright Rika listen to me I need to go straight home. Don't talk to anyone, and if you can, run there and don't stop. You'll be safest at your home. I'll meet you there." Naruto said.
"Ok Naruto but please hur…" was all Rika got to say as two giant white hands came from the wall behind and grabbed her while also covering her mouth so no one would hear her scream. Rika also dropped her phone in the panic.
Naruto heard Rika's muffled screams and yelled into the phone, "RIKA, ARE YOU THERE?! RIKA ANSWER ME!"
Rika managed to get the creeps giant fingers away from her mouth, "NARUTO, IT'S GOT ME! PLEASE SAVE ME NARUTO!"
"DON'T WORRY I'LL BE THERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!" Rika heard through her dropped phone.
(Over with Naruto)
Naruto quickly hung up his phone and punched a nearby tree completely destroying it.
"Naruto what happened?" asked Peckmon seeing the raw fury on his tamer's face.
"Someone has kidnapped Rika. And I'm gonna go kill the mother fucker that did it." Naruto said as his eyes turned from their usual sapphire blue to a deep crimson with fox like slits for pupils.
Peckmon was absolutely terrified of what he saw. This was the first time he's ever seen Naruto this angry. Sure he's seen the blonde get angry at him or other people for doing stupid shit. But this was on a completely different level then those times. Naruto was just radiating pure, unadulterated, and untamable rage and yet it wasn't directed towards him but it terrified him none the less.
"Kit calm down right now, otherwise you won't be able to find her." Kurama said, trying to get Naruto to get his emotions under control.
"CALM DOWN, THE GIRL I LOVE WAS JUST KIDNAPPED AND YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN!" Naruto shouted at his tenant.
"Kit, I get it you want to save her. But you need to get your emotions under control otherwise you might accidently hurt her when you confront the bastard that did this!" Kurama yelled back at his container.
At the sound that he might accidently hurt her Naruto decided to take a deep calming breath so he can begin figuring out the best way of locating Rika and her kidnapper. "You're right Kurama, letting my anger take control won't help this." Naruto said as he began feeling his sense of control come back to him.
"So do you have any ideas of how to locate her?" Kurama asked since they couldn't waste a single minute, and they needed a plan because Shinjuku is fucking huge.
"I was planning on using Sage Mode to locate her, while the people of this world don't know it, they all do have chakra, just not very much of it since nobodies' coils have been exercised in centuries." Naruto told his giant friend.
"I see good plan." Kurama said.
(With Rika)
She was confused. She was scared. She was cold. She was all of these things and more. She wanted to know where she was. It was then that a white demonic figure materialized from the ground behind her and wrapped its bat like wings around her, surprising the girl. "Welcome to my humble abode." the being said.
"Are you a Digimon?" Rika asked. The figure told her yes with its cold arctic voice, "So this is a Digital Field."
"Exactly, wonderful isn't it. It suits you perfectly." the white Digimon said.
"It suits me?" Rika asked, confused at what her captor was saying.
"The way you treat people, the way you think you're cold as ice and you have no time for warm weak relationships. You always expect perfection from yourself and others, you demand it." the Digimon said as Rika just mindlessly nodded her head, "I'm the only one who understands you Rika, that is why we are destined to become partners."
"Partners, us?" Rika asked.
"Yes." was the Digimon's response.
"No I-I-I can't I already have a partner, Renamon." Rika weakly called out.
(With Renamon)
Renamon's ears perked up as she somehow heard her tamer's call, "Rika! Where are you?" Renamon asked no one in particular as she jumped to her feet. But then Rika's words from earlier rang through her head, 'I don't need you, I don't need anybody.' "Oh Rika."
(With Rika)
"What have I done?" Rika asked, not really expecting an answer as she reached for her D-Ark.
However the Digimon just wrapped both of its large hands around her, preventing her from moving her arms. "I want to show you something." he said.
"What is it?" Rika asked mindlessly.
"To prove that I'm worthy to be your partner I've set up a little show and tell, so you can see my power for yourself." the Digimon said as he opened his wings somehow brightening up the area to show that the Digital Field they were in was basically a giant ice cavern and inside there were hundreds of frozen Digimon.
(The Outside World)
Both Takato and Henry were running towards the building with the Digital Field on it with their partners by their side. "Come Takato we're almost there." Henry said to the Goggle-wearing tamer.
"I'm hurrying, but hey Henry I gotta ask." Takato said.
"What?"
"Do you have any idea why the hell nobody is noticing the giant dome of ice on top of the build?" Takato asked. Seriously how oblivious could these people get? If it was a normal Digital Field then people can just pass it off as a bit of fog or a low hanging cloud but this is literally a giant fucking dome of ice on top of a fucking skyscraper. How do you not notice that?
"That isn't important Takato, just keep moving." Henry said.
"Yeah you're right." Takato said as they kept running.
(With Rika)
"For years I've hunted hundreds of Digimon and absorbed their data. They were friends to some, maybe even partners." the Digimon said, at this point Rika regained herself and looked around horrified at what she saw. "But as you once said, they are merely stepping stones."
"I never said that." Rika said, trying to deny it.
"Ah but you did. I fight to Digivolve and you make your Digimon do the exact same thing." her captor said.
"No I couldn't see it before, but there's more to Digimon than fighting. I would eat dirt before I let Renamon become what you are, a monster." Rika said disgusted at what she was seeing.
"Better to be a powerful monster than a weak nobody. Is that what you want, too be a nobody?" the Digimon said.
"I'll tell you what I don't want to be and that's to be the partner of some freak show Digimon. You think you know everything there is to know about me, well you don't so why don't you just spit it out horn head what do you want from me?" Rika asked, angry at her situation as she broke free of her captor's grasp.
"If there is one thing I agree about with that hateful blonde friend of yours it's that you have no idea how exquisite you are when you're angry." the Digimon said.
"What are talking about, what do you have against Naruto?" Rika asked, wondering how Naruto fit into all of this.
"You used to be so cold to everyone around you and didn't give anyone the time of day for anything unless necessary, even your own family. But then that insufferable blonde came along and began melting that cold heart of yours. You see I've been searching for a long time for someone with a heart of ice and a will of stone and now my search is over. I want you to be my tamer." the Digimon said, having a crazed look in his eyes. "But first I need you back to the way you were, and in order to do that I must eliminate the blonde bastard that you have so gracefully called here."
"What!" Rika said, now worried for her friend. She knew that this Digimon in front of her was a clearly powerful Champion level Digimon and that Peckmon may not be able to defeat him. "You leave him alone! He has nothing to do with this!" Rika shouted.
"Ah that is where you're wrong Rika, he has everything to do with this. You want to be the strongest Digimon Tamer and I want to be the strongest Digimon, we're perfect for one another but the blonde is in the way and must be removed as well as your current partner." the Digimon said as he grabbed Rika's arm with his massive hand.
"Never!" Rika said defiantly.
"Hmph, are you thinking about that pitiful excuse of a Digimon of yours, Renamon is it? Or are you hoping that the boy shows up to 'rescue' you?" the Digimon asked coldly. Rika just glared at the monster standing in front of her as she reached for her D-Ark. However the white bastard just smirked, "Hmph you've never settled for second best before so why start now? Why waste time on beauty when you can tame the beast? But go ahead summon her, perhaps you need a live demonstration of who the superior Digimon is."
"No way!" Rika said.
"Then I'll just have to call her myself." the Digimon said as he put his index and middle fingers to his forehead and shot a blue light into the air.
(With Naruto)
Naruto was currently running around the city, blindly trying to locate Rika's faint chakra signature. Since his sensory range doesn't cover the entire city and the fact that Rika has never once used her chakra makes it hard for Naruto to get a lock on it. However he stopped when he saw a light shoot straight up in to the air. "That's gotta be it! Damn it, it's all the way on the other side of the city" Naruto said as he began making his way over there as fast as he could. "Hang in there Rika, I'll be there shortly."
(With Takato and Henry)
They finally made it to the building where the Digital Field was and began climbing the stairs to try and get to the roof. When they got to the door that led to the inside of the Digital Field they stopped for a second, "This is it, does anyone have any bright ideas?" Takato asked.
"Just one." Henry said as he began pulling out his glasses while Takato put on his goggles, "Let's try not to get ourselves creamed." With that they went through the door only to find a lot of ice.
"Whoa, who left the freezer on?" Takato asked sarcastically, though wasn't really surprised since they saw from the outside that this was a dome of ice.
"Look over there!" Henry yelled pointing to Rika being held by a Digimon. He quickly pulled out his D-Ark to see what kind of information it had on him. "IceDevimon, whoa he's a Champion level Fallen Angel Digimon."
The now named IceDevimon turned to face the intruders, "And here I thought you didn't have any other friends." he said.
"Let her go now." Takato demanded.
"My new tamer and I were just getting acquainted." IceDevimon said, clearly not taking the hint that Rika was giving him.
"She's not your tamer, Rika has Renamon!" Takato retorted.
"I think it's time for a little upgrade, don't you?" IceDevimon asked cynically.
"Let me go you frozen freak!" Rika demanded.
Takato just turned to Henry asking what they should do, "This isn't going to be easy, he's much stronger than any Digimon we've ever defeated before. What we really need is an effective strategy to deal with him."
Terriermon just nodded, "Like a kick in the pants." he said.
"I wish it were that easy." Henry said.
Takato just looked at his partner, "Ready Guilmon?" he asked. Takato got a nod from his partner, "Ok go get him."
"Ah ready set and go!" Guilmon said before taking off.
"Alright Terriermon give Guilmon a hand." Henry said.
"You don't need to tell me twice." Terriermon said as he also raced towards IceDevimon.
"Goodie goodie time to fight." IceDevimon said before using his Tundra Freeze attack, freezing both Digimon instantly in a block of ice.
"Guilmon/Terriermon" Both Takato and Henry called out respectively.
IceDevimon just started laughing at how easy that was. The boys soon grabbed a hold of anything they could use to try and break the ice. "I hear one becomes quite warm before freezing." IceDevimon said sadistically.
"You're so twisted its sick." Henry said as he swiped a Heat card through his D-Ark hoping to melt the ice but it didn't do a single thing. Takato just kept striking the ice hoping to break it, "I don't get it where the hell is Renamon and Naruto?" Henry asked, not liking the situation they were in.
"Renamon's gone. Even if I called her she wouldn't come." Rika answered.
The two boys however were confused, "But Rika why not and where's Naruto? You two are practically inseparable." Takato asked.
"Oh Rika and Renamon had a little fight, proving she's too weak to handle a tamer like her. As for the blonde, I hope he shows up." IceDevimon said with a malevolent grin on his face scaring the three teens, two of them wondering what he planned to do with Naruto while Rika had a pretty good idea. "Rika you need a partner who understands you, who appreciates you and who craves your cold strength. Embrace the future I offer you!" IceDevimon shouted like the lunatic that he is.
Rika however just closed her eyes in fear, "Renamon, Naruto help me." she said under her breath. And as if some act of Kami there was an explosion revealing a certain yellow kitsune. "I don't believe it." Rika said amazed that Renamon came.
"Ah the infamous Renamon, I'd love to chat but I have to destroy you. Now if only a certain blonde bastard will show up that will really make my day." IceDevimon said malevolently. Renamon though wasn't in a chatting mood and quickly jumped from her spot to use her signature technique. However she was interrupted by her speedy opponent, "Frozen Claw!" He grabbed a hold of her and threw her to the ground. He then continued to lay the beat down on the fox like Digimon. Eventually Renamon collapsed to the ground, unable to continue fighting.
"Rika she needs to Digivolve now!" Takato shouted.
Rika however just looked at Renamon worry etched across her face. I can't let her Digivolve, she might become just like IceDevimon. Rika thought to herself. Renamon managed to get herself in to a sitting position. Forgive me.
"Why do you look at her like that, a Digimon is only good if it can fight. Tell me why do you care for this weak and pathetic creature?" IceDevimon questioned as he mocked Renamon.
"She's my friend, I care because she's my friend." Rika said causing her D-Ark to come to life.
DIGIVOLUTION
"Renamon Digivolve Too…Kyuubimon!"
"Why did you Digivolve?" Rika asked confused about this.
"Fox-Tail Inferno!" Kyuubimon shouted launching her nine fireballs at the icy bastard. IceDevimon though managed to jump out of the way. "Where are you going frosty, Dragon Wheel!"
"Tundra Freeze!" IceDevimon called out as beams of ice shot from his eyes and froze Kyuubimon's attack. "Avalanche Claw!" he shouted as he beat his wings and creating shards of ice that went flying towards Kyuubimon. They continued fighting but Champion level or not the fight just went pretty much the same as before with IceDevimon easily defeating Kyuubimon. In the mean time Henry and Takato managed to free Guilmon and Terriermon by a clever use of the Expansion modify card by Henry.
"Alright now it's our turn!" Takato said, getting ready to join the fight.
"I don't think so boy." IceDevimon mocked as he set his sights on a wounded Kyuubimon who raised one of her tails and attacked the frozen bastard with a very weak and slow Fox Tail Inferno. IceDevimon just tilted his head to the side letting the attack harmlessly pass him. "Now I think it's time I end this." IceDevimon said as he gave a war cry and went to finish of Kyuubimon and absorb her data.
"NO!" Henry and Takato shouted at the same time knowing that they'll never make it in time.
"KYUUBIMON!" Rika cried out in fear.
"YOU'RE FINISHED!" IceDevimon shouted in victory and prepared to impale her with his Frozen Claw.
"I DON'T THINK SO!" shouted a familiar blonde as he kicked IceDevimon in the face sending him flying to the other side of the Digital Field and saving Kyuubimon in the process.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" shouted everyone but IceDevimon as their jaws quickly became acquainted with the ground.
Naruto just turned to his friends, "Yo what's up guys sorry I'm late."
The other tamers and their Digimon were having a hard time comprehending what they just saw. Naruto just KICKED a freaking Champion level Digimon in the face and sent him flying across the Digital Field. Rika however was the first one to recover, "Whiskers thank god you're here. Where's Falcomon?" Rika asked, glad to see her blonde best friend.
"He fell behind so it's just me right now, but don't worry, I'm gonna kick his ass personally." Naruto said stumping everyone there.
"NARUTO YOU FUCKING IDIOT, YOU CAN'T FIGHT A DIGIMON ESPECIALLY A CHAMPION!" Rika shouted.
"I can do a lot of things Rika-chan, and your all about to see exactly what I can do." Naruto said as he turned his attention to IceDevimon with his eyes turning red and his whisker marks thickening. Rika was the only one who saw these changes.
It was at this time that IceDevimon finally regained himself, "So we meet at last, Naruto Uzumaki. I must admit, that was a pretty good kick right there. I'm impressed actually I didn't think a human could actually hurt me."
"Spare me the flattery, I have a bone to pick with you jack ass." Naruto said, his earlier anger returning but in a more controlled fashion.
"Really, well that's a funny coincidence because I have one with you as well." IceDevimon said sadistically.
"Oh and what exactly is this problem that you have with? Please do tell…before I kill you." Naruto said with a dark and serious voice that terrified the others.
"You kill me that's a laugh, as a reward for the joke I'll tell you. You see Rika is the perfect person to be my tamer and help me Digivolve, or rather she was before you came along and started to melt her cold heart. That is my problem with you, you are messing with the only person who is fit to make me the strongest Digimon ever!" IceDevimon shouted, his word laced with hatred for the blonde.
"So that's what this is all about, you want Rika to be your partner only so you can use her for your own selfish desire." Naruto responded, his voice fully also laced with an untold hatred. "You murdered Digimon, you attacked my friends, but worst of all…YOU KIDNAPPED RIKA-CHAN AND FOR THAT I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!"
Rika for her part didn't know what to think, her best friend was threatening to kill somebody because he kidnapped her. What are you doing Naruto, you can't possible hope to beat him without your partner? And why go so far as to throw your life away for me? Rika thought, the poor girl was so confused.
"DON'T YOU DARE THREATEN ME! YOU HAVE NO CHANCE AGAINST ME HUMAN!" IceDevimon shouted as he attacked Naruto "FROZEN CLAW!" IceDevimon shouted as his arm stretched intending to pierce the blonde's heart. Naruto just grabbed IceDevimon's hand and yanked him forward before delivering a devastating right hook to the bastard's face sending him on another flight to the nearest ice wall.
Naruto though didn't follow up with another attack. He just glared at his opponent, "You better come at me with everything you have you icy bastard, because I want you to know one thing before you die. That no matter how strong you are, your power is nothing compared to mine."
"I hate you so much." IceDevimon said as he prepared his next attack.
"The feeling is mutual." Naruto responded.
"TUNDRA FREEZE!" IceDevimon shouted as he shot Naruto with his icy eye beams. Naruto though didn't make an effort to dodge the attack and let it hit him. IceDevimon thinking that he won began laughing like a mad lunatic, so basically his normal laugh. "Hah so much for killing me you arrogant brat, you're nothing but a human. You can't stand up to us Digimon."
"NARUTO!" shouted the tamers but none louder than Rika as tears began forming in her eyes.
However something strange began happening inside the block of ice, an orange light was being emitted before the ice began melting revealing Naruto but there was something drastically different about him. He was glowing with an orange light and his jacket seemed to be replaced by an orange one that was glowing just like his skin. Underneath that jacket Naruto's pants and shirt changed colors to be almost completely black while his shoes took on the orange color as well. He also had the five black balls floating behind him. But the strangest thing was his face and eyes, instead of his eyes being their usual cerulean they were a deep crimson with fox like slits running through horizontal bars like that of a toad. And his whisker marks became solid black bars. This was something that none of them have ever seen before. "Hmph don't celebrate too soon, I haven't even warmed up yet."
Everyone there was stunned by Naruto's transformation. It was something that was out of this world. However it was Rika that was the most affected by this transformation. What is going on, how is he doing that? Why didn't he tell me he could basically transform into what basically looks like a god, a handsome one too…no no no Rika, this no time for thought's like that. But still why didn't he tell me, I'm supposed to be his best friend or was that all a lie? The poor confused girl was now even more confused not to mention depressed that her friendship with Naruto might just be one big fat lie.
Naruto could see even from this distance that his transformation is creating a lot of confusion for Rika and that she is beginning to doubt whether their friendship was real, and that hurt him as well as Rika but now wasn't the time for that.
"You are no regular human, just what the hell are you?" IceDevimon asked, wondering if he was wrong and that maybe this boy would be a better tamer.
Naruto turned his attention back to his opponent, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, shinobi of Konohagakure no Sato, Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, Toad Sage of Mount Myoboku, and Hero to the Fourth Great Shinobi War. Not to mention Digimon Tamer and your executioner." Naruto said, increasing the number of questions his friends had for him. "Now fight me with your full power IceDevimon." Naruto demanded.
"As you wish." responded IceDevimon as he absorbed all of the data of the Digimon he captured increasing his strength. Naruto's friends didn't even bother yelling for him to get out of the way since they doubted he'd listen and they were curious to see what Naruto in this form is capable of. With him done loading all of the data he smirked, "I hope you wrote your will boy because today will be the last you ever see." IceDevimon said as he charged the blonde. "Frozen Claw!
Naruto just jumped out of the way and kicked the bastard across the face once again. He then preformed his favorite hand seal, "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" Naruto said creating several clones as they all charged IceDevimon and began unleash unholy hell on the bastard.
Rika and the others just could tear their eyes away from the fight. It was then that Peckmon arrived. "Damn that blonde bastard for leaving me behind like that."
"Peckmon, what is going on? How is Naruto doing all of this?" Rika yelled as she faced the blonde's partner seeing as he would likely know.
"Rika, there are some things about Naruto that he hasn't told you yet. And don't go thinking it isn't because he doesn't trust you. It's just that he had no way to approach the topic without looking like he was certifiably insane. His fighting capabilities is one of them." Peckmon said trying to keep the girl's anger towards his friend at a minimum.
"Peckmon why aren't you helping him?" Henry asked.
"Oh please, I'd just get in his way." he said shocking the tamers and their Digimon.
"How strong is Naruto, Peckmon?" this time Guilmon asked.
"Let's just say that in the form you see him in now, he could take on just about any Mega level Digimon." he said getting unbelieving looks from the others.
"There is no way, how can a human be that powerful?" asked Takato.
"Where Naruto comes from, while Naruto would be considered one of the strongest people alive, there are others that are all powerful in their own right. Trust me on this, Naruto's got this. The only Digimon I can think of off the top of my head that Naruto would have to watch out for would probably be the Digimon Sovereign and Fanglongmon-sama himself." Peckmon said getting wide eyed looks from Terriermon and Kyuubimon.
"You mean to tell me that Naruto can fight one of the Sovereign?" Kyuubimon asked.
"Forget the Sovereign, he can fight Fanglongmon-sama. Henry remind me to never piss off Naruto again ok." Terriermon said, not ever wanting to get on the blonde's bad side.
"Who are they? By the sounds of it they're very strong." Takato asked.
"You don't know?!" shouted Terriermon.
"The Sovereign are the guardians of the Digital World, there are four of them and each one protects one of the four quadrants. In all respects they're basically Gods however Fanglongmon-sama is said to be even more powerful than all four of them and over see's their actions." Kyuubimon said.
The tamers then all looked at their blonde friend as he continued kicking IceDevimon's ass. All wondering if what they heard was true.
At the same time as that conversation was going on Naruto was giving IceDevimon the beating of his life. And no matter what he did, he just couldn't hit the blonde bastard. There was one thing though IceDevimon noticed during his smack down, and it was that Naruto didn't even look like he was trying at all. Most of his attacks just had a lazy edge to them and weren't sharp, clean and precise. It just that Naruto's strength so grossly outmatched his that he couldn't block the attacks and had to avoid them. Not only that Naruto kept making copies of himself not to mention there were time's where he'd make strange gestures with his hands and hurl strong gusts, bullets, and sometimes blades of wind at him. How the hell was he doing all of this? "I WILL KILL YOU!" IceDevimon shouted in a fit of uncontrolled rage. "AVALANCHE CLAW!" he shouted.
Naruto however just created a black half-staff from the Godoudama on his back and used it to block each of the ice shards that were launched at him. He then jumped in the air and used the weapon in his hand to smack IceDevimon back to the ground, and continued to float up there much to everyone's amazement. IceDevimon quickly picked himself up and attempted another Tundra Freeze but Naruto just flew out of the way and straight towards IceDevimon. IceDevimon tried to use his Frozen Claw when Naruto got close but Naruto caught it and threw IceDevimon into a nearby wall. Naruto was making this look easy and for him it was. "I think it's about time I end this." Naruto said as he held out his hand and familiar ball of chakra formed in his hand before it started to take on the shape of a shuriken.
It made a pitched noise and causing Terriermon and Kyuubimon to cover their ears in pain. IceDevimon though looked terrified at what he saw, "Wha-What is that?" he asked.
Naruto just smirked, "It's my own original attack, and it's quite the nasty little bugger as your about to find out." It was at this point a disguised clone revealed itself and grabbed a hold of IceDevimon only to fly up and jam his head in the ceiling. "Futon: RasenShuriken!" Naruto called out as he threw the attack at the monster stuck in the ceiling. The explosion it caused was huge, surprising all of the tamers that Naruto could just throw shit like that around like it was nothing. With IceDevimon destroyed the Digital Field disappeared, and Naruto reverted back to his usual form.
"Well he's dead." Naruto said to the tamers, restating the obvious. He then walked up to Rika, "Hey are you alright?"
"I hate them." she said.
"Well he's gone thanks to Naruto." Takato said.
"Not him." she responded confusing them all, "I hate all Digimon." she said surprising the boys and running off.
"Rika wait." Naruto called out but she didn't stop.
They then noticed Kyuubimon taking off as well and they tried to stop her but she just ignored them.
"Great, this day just couldn't get any better." Naruto said sarcastically.
"Yeah, but hey how did you do all of that earlier? That was so awesome." Takato asked excitedly.
Naruto just ran his hand through his hair. "Look guys I'd like nothing more than to answer all of your questions right now, but I want to fix this new problem that popped up with Rika-chan. Also I'd rather tell this to all of you at once so I don't have tell the whole story twice since it's a long one. Think you can hold off on your questions until then?" Naruto asked.
"Just answer us this one for right now." Henry said not leaving room for argument. "Have you been honest with us about who you are and that you consider us your friends or was that all an act?"
Naruto was a little surprised at the blue-haired tamer's question, "Of course I consider you my friends. It's just that there's a lot I have to keep secret because I'm not normal here and I don't want to risk those secrets getting out to much." Naruto said.
Henry just smiled, "That's all I wanted to know, thanks Naruto. Now go help Rika, she looks like she needs it after all she's been through today."
"Thanks Henry, I'll see you guys later." Naruto said as he took off hoping to come up with a way to mend Rika and Renamon's relationship and possibly save his with the girl.
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A/N: Well that's chapter 11. I thought about doing a cliffhanger right about when Naruto transformed but I didn't want to be mean like that. Anyways let me know what you all think.
Also I'm glad everyone enjoyed that last chapter, I was really unsure about it since it was a bit of a risk, but I'm glad it paid off.
Another thing, if someone wouldn't mind I'd really like a cover image done for this story. I have absolutely no artistic talent so I can't do it. I just want an image that seems to incorporate both the Naruto aspect of this story and the Digimon aspect. The one I have right now is just Naruto. So if someone could do me that favor I'd be really grateful.
