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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Digimon if I did it might have been much different.

Chapter 13: Not again

Team 12 made their way towards Wave country in good time. From where they were, when they left the two Digimon, they were able they did not have to get a boat into their destination. They slowed their running to a walk as the genin tried to catch their breath.

Menma looked down at Coronamon "you guys need to learn to run with us instead of having us carry you."

Coronamon crossed his arms "hey some of us aren't meant to run at the speeds you ninja go"

Menma glared at him as he pointed at Renamon "well, Renamon was able to keep up with us!"

Betamon, who was being held by Kasumi spoke up next "it's because Renamon is built for speed and stealth. Do you think I would be able to keep up with you?" she said as she wiggled her limbs

Menma recoiled and sheepishly rubbed the back of his head "sorry"

Kushina looked back at her team "we need to find where Tazuna lives. That is most likely where we will find Team 7"

Naruto looked ahead as the town was coming up "well let's get started!". He ran ahead as the cat Digimon were holding on to his head to make sure they don't fall off.

Renamon smiled as she shook her head and followed him.

The rest of team 12 followed suit, ready to get the information they wanted

~40 minutes later~

The team were making their way to Tazuna's house but all of them had solemn looks on their face. When they entered the town they were all shocked at how rundown it was. The people seemed to zombie their way through the motions, and they saw children on the streets begging for money or food. They had gotten the information they needed after asking the first person they met but after they walked a bit in town, they spent some time giving out their rations of food to the kids and some of their back up ramen cups to adults. They wanted to do more but they didn't have the means to do anything. After they did what they could they made their way to Tazuna's house.

Naruto in complete contrast to how he was before asked in a subdued tone "Mom, isn't there anything else we can do?"

Kushina hated to see any of her children like this but she knew there wasn't anything she could say to make them feel better without telling a lie. "Sorry Naru-Kun, but no. we helped them out as best we can but that won't even last an hour. From what we have heard, this Gato person has been draining Wave dry and he has a strong foothold here. At the moment we just have to hope that the bridge Tazuna is building will bring the village back on its feet before it collapses on itself."

The genin nodded their heads as they thought about this. They had made it to Tazuna's house as Kushina knocked on the front door. They waited for a minute before a woman opened the door.

"Can I help you?"

Kushina gave a friendly smile "Good afternoon. We are the back up for team 7. Is it safe to assume that this is the residence of Tazuna?"

The woman smiled when she heard this and bowed "oh yes it is. Thank you for coming all this way to help us."

Kushina gave her own bow before straightening "it's no problem. May we come in?"

The woman back up and gestured for them to come in. she was surprised to see more of the strange creatures come in along with the shinobi but she was most surprised to see Renamon since all the other creatures were smaller.

Once team 12 walked in, they saw the genin of Team 7 in the middle of a poker game.

Naruto walked up behind Sasuke and looked at his cards. "Nice hand."

Sasuke startled a bit as he turned to glare at him "don't sneak up on a ninja. It can get you killed." he turned back to the game

Kasumi came up behind Sakura and Menma came up behind Sai with their Digimon still with them

Kushina smiled at how the group of kids and their Digimon were focused on the poker game but she noticed that Kakashi wasn't in the room "hey where's Kakashi?"

Sakura sighed as she decided to fold and looked up at Kushina "he is upstairs in the guestroom right now, since he has a case of chakra exhaustion."

Terriermon began to shake Sakura's head a bit "Sakura! How could you just give up like that?! We could have still won!"

Sakura pulled her head from his paws "not with that hand Terriermon. We would have lost no matter what we draw." She watched Terriermon pout and patted him on the head "maybe next time."

"I guess."

Kushina smiled and began making her way to the stairs which caught the attention of her team who chose to follow her. As they were walking up the stairs they heard Sasukespeak up

"Hm Straight Flush."

"Sorry, Dickless…..but Royal Flush."

"Damn it!"

They then heard a loud smack "Language"

"...sorry"

Menma smirked when he heard this as they made it to the door of the guestroom.

Kushina opened the door to see Kakashi sitting in his bed reading his little book. She grew a tick mark at the sight of what he was reading and a small amount of KI was released

Kakashi felt this and on pure instinct, he made the book disappear before turning to the door to see Kushina there "oh good you made it." he said in a casual tone as to not infuriate the woman more

Kushina shook her head at her husband's student. She walked in allowing her team to come in as well

Naruto waved his hand when he saw Kakashi "what's up Kakashi-nii!"

Menma crossed his arms and smiled "hey Kakashi."

Kasumi bowed "hello Kakashi."

Renamon nodded her head

Coronamon and Betamon waved

Meicoomon and Mikemon just stared at the silver-haired man as both had the same thoughts with Meicoomon saying it out loud "old man"

This caused Kakashi to give a small face fault in the bed.

The group laughed at this before Kushina walked up to Kakashi and slugged him on the top of his head "what did I tell you about overusing that thing.

Kakashi felt a tear on the corner of his open eye as he rubbed his head "I didn't really have a choice."

The genin and Digimon watched as Kushina began to scold Kakashi about overdoing it and making himself useless to his team.

Menma was the first to break the silence as he had a smile on his face. "Think we should stop her before she starts beating on him?"

Naruto raised his hand in a stopping motion "no. let's see how long it lasts." he then walked over to a chair that was in the corner and sat down which caused Mikemon to jump down from his shoulder to his lap and Naruto began to pet her.

This action caused Meicoomon to glare at Mikemon as she was going to do the same thing but was too slow.

Renamon walked over and sat on the floor next to Naruto as there were no more chairs.

Kasumi shook her head as she and Betamon went to join them with Menma and Coronamon following.

~a few days later~

During the time that team 12 had arrived they had chosen to sleep outside since there were no more rooms for them to use. Kushina had taken up training the members of Team 7 and both Sasuke and Sakura agreed that the woman knew how to push them beyond their limits into the sky and passed to planets atmosphere. Safe to say they both respected and hated the woman. They shivered as they remembered how she created a horde of clones, which all pulled out their katanas and began to swing at the genin with this mad gleam in her eyes saying that this will help with speed, agility, stamina, and the instinct to survive. Sai was the only one that did not complain or even look tired at the exercises she put them through and this caused not only Renamon to become even more suspicious of the boy but Kushina as well.

Right now they were all eating at the dinner table with the genin of team 12 and the Digimon sitting in a circle on the floor, much to Tsunami's ire.

The woman did not like the idea that a large part of the group had to sit on the ground but Naruto reassured her that it was fine. "Like a picnic inside," Naruto said to her. She was also appreciative that the team had also gone out hunting for them to have enough to feed them all.

They were enjoying their meal until they heard

"You should all leave."

Everyone turned their head to the little boy who spoke up

Terriermon jumped on top of Renamon's head much to her annoyance "hey why do we have to leave if we are here to help!"

Inari scowled at the rabbit Digimon "because you will all die! Gato is too powerful. You don't even belong here so why are you going against him if you are just going to get yourself killed!"

"So you want to stay miserable for the rest of your life?"

Everyone looked to Naruto who was giving the boy a bored look

"You just want your village to suffer and throw away any help that comes your way? I'm pretty sure that you don't want to keep living like this."

Inari glared at Naruto "how would you know?! You live happily in your ninja village without a care in the world. You don't know what we went through!"

Menma was the next to speak up "your right. We don't."

Inari shifted his look to Menma

"I mean we live a happy life right? We have no idea what it's like to lose someone….oh wait yes we do." Menma looked to Sasuke "sorry about this Sasuke but this needs to be said."

Sasuke didn't like it but he nodded his head as he knew that the point needed to be made

Menma turned to glare at Menma "Sasuke here….lost most of the people in his family due to a conflict between them and my father,"

Sasuke grit his teeth as he still had resentment to the man

"A close family friend had lost her lover and her little brother due to a war between our village and another. My mom lost her entire village and everyone she knew from the same thing!"

Kasumi was the next to speak "and then there are the Digimon."

Naruto picked up from here "they lost their entire world before they came to ours. They lost their home and had to find refuge here. So yeah if they are living a happy life, it is because they chose to move on and make their lives better as best they can instead of wallowing in self-pity and not looking for help."

Kasumi decided to finish up "don't think that you are the only one that has had it rough. Your whole town is falling apart and your Grandfather is working on a way to make things better. Your mom is here to make sure that you have food on the table and a roof over your head. Don't throw away help when it's here. If you don't do anything then nothing will get better."

Inari had tears in his eyes as he ran up the stairs and to his room.

Menma got up from his chair and walked to the door "I need some air."

Everyone watched as he left the house.

Coronamon ran to the door a second later "hey Menma wait up!"

It was after a minute that Kasumi got up and made her way to the door with Betamon hopping on her head "I'm going to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid."

As she opened the door Naruto called out "Kasumi catch."

Kasumi caught the scroll that Naruto tossed to her

"You know what it is."

Kasumi nodded as she left the house.

Sasuke slammed his fist into the table as it still hurt to remember what happened "Damn it."

Gazimon patted him on his arm "hey man, come on…."

Sakura put her hand on his right shoulder "Sasuke…"

Sasuke took a breath to calm himself "I'm fine guys."

Kushina shook her head at her kids as Tsunami looked at her

"I'm sorry about Inari. He hasn't been the same ever since we lost Kaiza….."

~later in the forest~

Menma, Coronamon, Kasumi, and Betamon were sitting in an open field with a girl wearing a pink kimono. The girl had introduced herself as Haku and that she was looking for some medicinal herbs which the group had helped her with. Now they were just sitting down and talking.

Haku looked at the Digimon that were sitting with the two genins "may I ask what you are? I have never seen creatures like you before."

Betamon lifted her right flipper "we are Digimon."

Coronamon crossed his arms and smirked "it's short for Digital monsters and we are monsters in a fight." he was sprayed in the face by a stream of water which caused him to cough a splutter "ack patuh BETAMON!"

"That's what you get for getting a big head."

Haku giggled at the antics between the two Digimon "you must be close if you are bicker in such a way." she then looked at the two genins "what about you. Are you as close to each other as they are?"

Kasumi punched Menma in the shoulder before he could open his mouth "I have no choice but to be close to this one. I'm stuck with him."

Menma was rubbing the spot Kasumi hit "geez Kasumi. Sibling abuse…."

Haku went a bit wide-eyed at this "you are siblings?"

Menma nodded "yep she is my twin. Although I think she sees me as a form of entertainment rather than a brother."

Haku smiled "then you must be precious to each other." she saw that this had caused them the blush a bit in embarrassment "do you have anyone else that is precious to you?"

This caught the two by surprise as they looked to each other for a second before nodded and turning to Haku and saying at the same time

"Our brother."

Haku's eyes widened again "triplets."

They nodded as Menma crossed his arms and spoke "he is the youngest out of us,"

Kasumi followed up "he is the most trouble making out of everyone in our age group,"

"He drives a lot of the adults crazy with all the energy he has,"

"He always does things without thinking,"

"...but"

They both smiled as Kasumi started this time "He always goes out of his way to cheer you up,"

"When he makes a promise, he makes sure he fulfills it,"

"No matter what life throws at him, he will go through it with a smile,"

"Overall…."

"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze has a heart of gold and means the world to us"

Coronamon looked between the two "did you guys practice that or something?"

Betamon sighed at Coronamon's before she spoke to Haku "he isn't just precious to them, he is precious to all our kind as well."

Coronamon nodded in agreement "yeah. Guy takes the time to see how we Digimon are while in his village. He may not be able to do anything for us himself but he will find someone to help us if he can." 'not to mention that he is our Prince and all'

Haku was surprised that the four in front of her were so fond of this one boy. She smiled at them as she spoke up "then you must become strong for him." seeing the slight confusion on their faces she continued "you see I believe that if you have someone precious in your life you can become stronger than anything that comes your way. You do this so that you can protect them." she had a tear come down her face as she remembered her mother "believe me, it is painful to lose someone precious to you."

All of them could tell that she had lost someone in her life but they chose not to pry, instead, all four of them nodded their heads

Haku got up from her sitting position and bowed to them "it was nice meeting you four and thank you for the help in finding these herbs."

The four got up as Menma spoke up "no problem. We were happy to help."

Haku smiled and began to leave but as she made it to the treeline she turned around and said: "oh by the way….I'm a boy."

This caused all four of them to freeze

Haku left the clearing and it was only a few seconds later that she heard

"NOW WAY! THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT SOMEONE THAT PRETTY COULD BE A GUY! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT!"

This caused her to giggle "works every time."

~days later~

Kakashi, Tazuna, Sakura, Terriermon, Naruto, and Renamon were making their way to the bridge in order for the old man to finish construction. The reason Sasuke, Menma and Kasumi were not with them was that they had the misfortune of being trained by Kushina the previous day.

Menma and Kasumi were so exhausted that they didn't even eat when they got back. They just went to their tents outside and fell asleep instantly.

Sasuke had unlocked his Sharingan during the training session due to the fear of death and it helped him avoid Kushina's sword swipes, unfortunately, since he was unaware of using it and unused to the chakra needed for it he fell unconscious after surviving for an hour.

Sai had stayed because he was ordered to be protection for the family and Kushina stayed to keep an eye on the paled skinned boy.

Mikemon and Meicoomon were told to stay for a bit more protection though they pouted when Naruto left.

Kushina gave Kakashi a warning that if anything happened to Naruto, she would rip off what made him a man before throwing it in a fire that was made using his collection of Icha Icha books.

Safe to say Kakashi gave his word on his life that he would make sure that Naruto came back safe and sound.

Once the group made it to the bridge they were all shocked to see every worker on the ground. They scattered and checked on them. Fortunately, none were dead just unconscious.

Kakashi noticed that mist began to envelop the area and he was internally cursing himself. 'Damn! Looks like we will be having that rematch after all.'

Once the mist had taken over the whole area the group heard footsteps from further down the bridge

"Don't worry Kakashi. I didn't kill any of them. None of them were my target and I'm not going to kill them unless I'm paid to do it."

Kakashi looked towards the voice and saw that it was Zabuza and the hunter-nin that they ran into during the first fight. "So he was working with you."

Zabuza smirked under the bandages he had around his mouth "good guess Kakashi but we aren't here to have small talk." he then looked to Haku "you deal with the brats."

Haku nodded as she stepped forward

Naruto was about to move to meet the hunter-nin but he felt a hand on his shoulder, stopping him. He looked to see that it was Renamon who stopped him

"Stay here. I will deal with this one."

Naruto was about to complain but Renamon gave him a look that told him not to

She got onto her knee so she would be at eye level with him "I know you can handle yourself but I have a bad feeling about this. So please just stay here."

Naruto sighed at the pleading look in her eyes "fine."

Renamon nodded as she got up and walked to the side, keeping her eye on the hunter-nin who mirrored her movements

Although her face was facing the yellow fox-like creature who she figured must be another Digimon, her eyes were on the boy. At first, she thought it to be Menma but there were some obvious signs of it being the brother she heard about. The clothing being different, his hair not having the two strands framing his face, the symbol on his forehead and the eyes having a different color. 'This must be Naruto Uzumaki, their brother." she looked back to the Digimon that obviously chose to be her opponent. She was surprised that once they made good enough distance between themselves and the genin, the Digimon disappeared from sight before reappearing in front of her

"Power Paw"

Haku felt a power hit on her stomach that threw her back further down the bridge

Renamon felt that they were still too close to her prince and chose to move the fight further away. After she punched the hunter-nin away she followed up with a spinning kick which was blocked by the hunter-nin.

"You surprise me. I did not think that you would move the battle further away from the boy."

Renamon pulled her leg back before striking the hunter-nin with her other leg which hit its mark "For my prince, I will do anything." she ran after the nin to continue the fight but she had to leap to the left to avoid some senbon needles that struck where she was. Looking up at the nin, she saw that said nin was now holding senbon in between his fingers.

"He is precious to you….but are you precious to him?"

Renamon flipped back to avoid another set thrown at her. She found herself having to evade wave after wave since she had no weapon on her and she was not given time to use her other attacks.

"RENAMON!"

Renamon turned her head to see Naruto throw something at her.

Haku used the minor distraction to her advantage and threw two sets of senbon at the Digimon.

Renamon reached out to grab what was thrown at her and swiftly brought it in front of her and deflected the senbon.

Haku saw that the Digimon now had a kunai in its grasp

Renamon smirked as she now had a way of defending instead of evading

Haku stood straight and spoke, "my name is Haku, may I ask for yours…."

"My name is Renamon." she brought the kunai in front of her, ready to continue the battle

Haku bowed her head before getting into her stance "then let us continue Renamon."

They charged at each other and began a clash between Senbon and kunai.

Naruto was glad that Renamon was able to catch the kunai he threw to her but he still wanted to help. He looked around at the unconscious people and decided that he would move them away from the battle. He created shadow clones and had them move the people while he went over to Sakura, Terriermon, and Tazuna.

Sakura saw Naruto making his way to them and once he was close enough she said "Naruto we should leave as well. It's not safe here."

Terreirmon agreed with her "yeah we don't need to stick around."

Naruto shook his head "we can't. Tazuna is their target. if we begin to leave Zabuza and that hunter-nin will come after him and we could be putting him in greater danger. We need to stand our ground and protect him as best we can."

Sakura looked to Terriermon and both had to agree with that logic.

~Tazuna's house~

Menma was enjoying the rest he was in until he heard

"Corona knuckle"

His eyes shot open as he knew what that was. It was one of Coronamon's attacks and he knew that Coronamon would not throw any of those without a reason. He got out of his sleeping bag and moved out of his tent in time to see Coronamon and Betamon taking down two samurai. He ran to the two Digimon at the same time Kasumi came out as well. "What's going on?"

Betamon was the one to answer "we heard these guys walking towards talking about having fun with Tsunami. We came out to see that they were armed and were about to kick the door down. I used my Electric shock on one while Coronamon finished off the other one with his Corona Knuckle"

Kasumi bristled when she heard what they planned to do to Tsunami. She walked over to one of the Samurai with a dark scowl on her face and lifted her right hand to her side. A seal lit up on her wrist and a katana popped out which she quickly caught in her hand. In one quick motion, she sliced off his head and steppe back to not get any blood on her. She turned her head to the other unconscious samurai who had burn marks on his stomach. She began making her way to him but she felt a hand grip her wrist. She turned to glare at the one ho did it but her glare softened when she saw it was her brother

Menma shook his head "I know what you want to do but we should keep one alive to interrogate later."

Kasumi took a breath as she dropped her arm.

Kushina had watched the whole thing from the window as she was going to take care of the two herself but her kid's Digimon got to them first. She knew that Kasumi had a deep hatred for those who take advantage of woman but she wanted her daughter not to let the hatred of such consume her. She sighed as she made her way to the door. She looked behind her to see Sai with his scroll open and paintbrush ready. "Stay here" she watched Sai nod and she went outside

Menma finished tying up the remaining samurai to a tree before he saw his mother walk towards them. "Hey mom. We caught this samurai dude."

Kushina looked over the man and scrunched up her nose "that's no samurai." seeing the shocked look on her kid's and Digimon's faces she elaborated "these guys were nothing but bandits with some armor that looks like Samurai's armor but the density of it is all wrong. The chest plate is too thin while the shoulder armor is too heavy. If I had to guess the chest armor is more like a costume and the shoulder is for decorational armor. The sword looks like cheap steel too."

Menma and Kasumi were surprised that their mother could figure all that out just from looking at it but Menma than gained a thoughtful look "well now that you mention it, it was too easy for the Digimon to take them out."

Coronamon pumped his arms in the air indignantly "hey! Why couldn't it be that we are just that strong?!"

Kasumi picked up Betamon as she answered "because Samurai are more durable than that. Although they do not use chakra like we ninjas do, they are extremely formidable and disciplined. Even rogue samurai maintain their code of honor, which these two did not have."

Menma crossed his arms in thought as he looked to his mother "think these could be Gato's men?"

Kushina nodded "most likely, and if he is willing to make a move on Tsunami and Inari than he must have something planned for the bridge as well." she looked back at the house as\nd was having an inner debate. She really didn't want to do this but she chose to put her faith in her kids. "Menma, Kasumi, Coronamon, Betamon, I want you four to go to the bridge in case something happens there." she knew the skills that each of her kids have. On their own they could take out a few mid-level Chunin. As a team, they could give the Anbu a good work out. The teamwork between the three was the best out of all the other genin teams and they have come up with tactics of their own. Since Naruto was already at the bridge all they needed to do is team up and Zabuza would start to regret coming here. With Kakashi there than it should be a solid win for them.

Menma and Kasumi nodded as they picked up their Digimon and began to run off towards the bridge

Kushina knelt down and placed a restraining seal tag on the still living bandit before she went towards the house to make sure that everyone is alright. Once she made it inside she saw Tsunami and Inari standing there with worried looks on their faces.

Tsunami asked "what happened? Is everything alright?"

Kushina gave the woman a reassuring smile "Yes. We just had some unwelcome guests."

Inari took a step forward while asking a bit sheepishly "what about Menma, Kasumi and Naruto? Where are they?"

Kushina smiled down at the boy "Naruto is already at the bridge, and I just sent Menma and Kasumi over to help him. They will be back in no time. They are the best in a fight when they fight together."

Inari nodded as he thought about the three. He felt like he needed to prove to them that he wasn't a coward. That he could do something as he had taken what they said to heart. Doing nothing will accomplish nothing.

Kushina turned her head to look out the window. She felt the need to go after her kids but the family here needed protection and she didn't trust Sai alone while Sasuke is still bedridden.

Renamon was thankful for her speed and agility as she was able to keep up with the Hunter-nin and got a few cuts in. she was not able to get out of the fight unscathed as she had a few senbon in her arms and legs. The senbon in her legs made it harder to move but she was able to keep up.

Haku was frustrated at her opponent. She did not know the anatomy of the creature so all the senbon that she was able to get in the fox Digimon were more towards the joints of the legs. But another problem was her agility. She missed several times but she could tell that Renamon was slowing down. After they clashed with their weapons again she felt the need to finish this off. She had a senbon pushing against the Digimon's kunai and smirked under her mask "you have gone beyond what I had assumed you are capable of."

Renamon was breathing little heavily but smirked at the hunter-nin's words "I can still keep going and I am still holding back some of my abilities."

Haku gave a slight nod "You Digimon are truly amazing creatures and as you have been holding back, so have I." Haku made a hand sign with her free hand

Renamon was shocked as she was unaware that a jutsu could be used with one hand. She jumped back to avoid whatever jutsu it could be. Once she landed, she noticed that the moisture that had been gathering on the ground, thanks to the mist began to gather.

"Hidden Jutsu: Crystal Ice Mirrors"

Renamon's eyes widened when she found herself in the middle of a dome of mirrors.

"I had enjoyed our battle but Zabuza requires me to finish this and complete our mission."

Renamon looked forward to see the hunter-nin stand in front of one of the mirrors and she gasped when the nin took a step back into the mirror. She ran after the nin and attacked the mirror "Power Paw!" She expected the mirror to shatter but was surprised when it didn't even budge.

Haku merely tilted her head as she pulled out a set of senbon. "These mirrors can not be destroyed by your powers."

Renamon jumped back and crossed her arms in an X formation with the kunai still in her right hand "then let me try something else."

Haku noticed the formation of the shards of light beginning to float around the Digimon. She pulled out another set of senbon so both her hands had them and she chose to use her Jutsu

Renamon's eyes grew wide as she saw that all the mirrors in front of her now had an image of the hunter-nin. She quickly shook her head and chose to attack. Throwing her arms to her side she shouted "Diamond Storm!". The diamond shards flew to the mirrors in front of her. Her eyes widened again when all the images moved in unison, throwing senbon needles at all the diamond shards, and hitting them all out of the air. She couldn't think about this as she felt a wave of needles hit her in the back "Argh!" She felt some hit her leg joints causing her to fall to her knees. She looked behind her to see that the mirrors behind her had an image of the hunter-nin as well. She forced herself back to her feet but the needles in her leg joints were causing her legs to wobble. She brought the kunai in front of her to defend herself.

Haku was now visible in all the mirrors with senbon in her hands "I do not wish to end you but for my precious person, I will freeze my heart and do what I must." she threw senbon at the Digimon from all angles

Renamon did her best to block all the senbon coming at her but she was not fast enough to stop all of them. She found her entire body now covered in needles and she was unable to stay on her feet. She dropped to the ground and was gritting her teeth in pain as she tried to get her legs to move. She felt more pain as some of the needles dug deeper into her.

Haku felt sorry for the Digimon "I am sorry for causing you such pain but you are in the way of Zabuza's goal. So I must end you."

Renamon was trying to think of a way to get out of this. She couldn't move her legs, she couldn't use her moves now, and she was now helpless. 'I can't be deleted here. I can't leave Prince Naruto alone. He needs my protection! Come on MOVE RENAMON!' She looked up from the ground only to widen her eyes when another wave of needles head her way.

~Meanwhile

"Argh!"

Naruto heard the yelp of pain that he knew belonged to Renamon. He tried to look through the mist but it was too thick. He was bouncing on his feet, wanting to go and help but Renamon wanted him to stay put.

Sakura could see her teammate being anxious and placed a hand on his shoulder which shocked him a bit "Naruto, she'll be fine. You know how skilled she is."

Terriermon hopped onto her shoulder and raised his ear "yeah. She won't be taken down that easily!"

Naruto knew that they were right but his gut was telling him that she needed help. He looked back into the mist and on a split decision he ran.

Sakura watched Naruto just bolt into the mist "Naruto!" She would have gone after him but she knew that someone needed to stay with Tazuna.

Naruto was running through the mist in the direction he remembered Renamon's voice came from. After a few seconds, he saw the dome of ice in the mist and he noticed a few things.

1: Renamon was in there

2: she was injured and looked incapable of moving

3: she was about to get hit with a wave of needles

Quickly Naruto made a cross shape hand sign with his index and middle fingers "shadow clone Jutsu!" A single clone popped up next to him before he pressed his hand on the slip of paper that was on his wrist, which had a seal on it, and unsealed a silver bow staff. He tossed it to his clone before he slapped his hands together "Angel Staff!" He summoned his staff and with all the speed they could muster the two jumped into the dome of Ice.

Renamon's eyes widened when she saw Naruto and a clone appear above her and deflect all the senbon that were coming at her "Naruto! I told you to stay back!" she was able to yell out even if it came out strained

Naruto smiled down at her "I had a feeling that you needed help and I wasn't going to let you deal with this on your own." he then gained a serious look "don't try and talk me away. I'm here to help so let me help." he twirled his staff as he and his clone brought them up.

Haku examined the boy that arrived and her heart hurt more as she knew that this was the brother of the two that she met. 'With how much emotion they displayed when they spoke of him, this could hurt them more than any attack.' She brought up her senbon and decided that no words should be spoken.

Naruto saw the movement and got ready. He didn't have to wait long as a wave of needles came out of every mirror. He and his clone used their staff to deflect all the senbon as best they could. They found themselves shifting, pivoting and jumping over Renamon to get all of them.

Haku figure that she should keep up the barrage until she would be able to finish them off.

Naruto kept this up for several minutes and was growing worried that he wouldn't be able to keep it up. "I don't have any plans on becoming a porcupine Digimon anytime soon!" 'these are a lot harder to block than kunai!' As he continued, he began to feel pricks on random spots on his body. He knew that some of them were making it through and his clone would not last if this keeps up but he had to. He felt some dread when he felt his clone dispel. He quickly jumped to where his clone was and grabbed the bow staff out of the air and continued to deflect the projectiles as best he could.

Renamon was slowly trying to remove the needles in her arm but when she saw that the clone had been dispelled she tried to move faster. Her eyes kept shifting from her arm to Naruto as he continued to jump around her, defending her from getting injured again. She needed to get back up in the fight and help him. She was able to get the needles out of her right arm and was moving to her left until

"Urgh!"

She looked up to see that Naruto's left arm was now riddled with them and he had dropped his bow staff but still twirling his angel staff as a shield. Her heart began to race as she tried to get the feeling back into her arm before she began to rush and pulled out multiple needles out of her arm now.

Naruto felt his arm going limp and he had to grit his teeth as it became harder and harder to keep going. He soon felt his right arm and legs starting to go numb as more and more needles hitting him in the arms and legs. It was also getting harder to breathe when he felt some hit his chest. It didn't take long until one hit him in the wrist causing his angel staff to fly out of his hands. He was able to get a small breather as the wave stopped. He looked to one of the mirrors and smirked with a small glare in his eyes. Taking heavy breaths, he said, "You know, I should call this cheating heh heh."

Haku gave a small nod "in a manner, this could be considered unfair. But in the world of ninja, this is merely a tool for me to use….."

Renamon was slightly relieved when he got the hunter-nin to speak. This gave her a good chance to remove more needles. Her arms were now mobile but she still had her legs and she was rushing to remove the last of the needles.

Naruto wanted to get the nin to talk so that Renamon would be able to join the fight. He knew that she was not in the best shape but he was about to keel over. He felt blood coming out of every part of his body and his arms were now limp at his sides. His legs barely held him up and every twitch caused pain to shoot through his body. "Well…..I guess your right about that. It is a Jutsu, so makes sense ..." 'come on Renamon…..you need to get out of here ...before my legs give out'

Haku nodded but knew what he was trying to do as she was able to see Renamon pulling out her senbon. "It has been a pleasure meeting you Naruto Uzumaki and you have done well in defending yourself and your friend for so long…..but this is where it ends."

Naruto felt the chakra being gathered but he had no clue where the attack would come from. He was looking around at all the mirrors to see if any differences could be seen but they all moved the same. "Shit"

"Secret Art: A Thousand Needles of Death"

Renamon panicked as more needles than ever appeared all around them. She could feel her left leg able to move but in her position on the ground, she wouldn't be able to dodge. She shut her eyes waiting for the pain and prayed that Naruto would be able to get out of the way. She suddenly felt something push her down and sharp pain could be felt in her legs. She gritted her teeth as her whole body felt pain but she heard something that made her heart stop.

"Urgh ARGH!"

Renamon's eyes shot open and they grew wide in shock to see Naruto standing above her. She saw that he was gritting his teeth and he squinted his eyes but what shocked her the most was the blood that was coming out of his mouth

"You….. Ok?"

She couldn't find her voice. She didn't know what to say but when he dropped both his arms for her to see that not an inch of him was without an ice needle. "Naruto….."

"Well…" he coughed up a glob of blood that fell to the ground next to Renamon "if ….you are able…... to talk than you should …..be alright." the needles that covered all of his backside shattered away which caused him to fall forward

Renamon moved to catch the boy and ignored the numbing and painful feeling that ran through her body. She caught the boy and turned him so that he lay on her lap. She began to speak in a bit of panic "your alright, your alright! You'll be fine my prince."

Naruto gave a strained chuckle "heh heh you know I hate being called that." he gave a smile as he felt Renamon wipe the blood away

Renamon was wiping the blood away as if removing it from sight would make Naruto feel any better. "You'll be fine, once we get back to the house you can have any of the ramen that I know you sealed away." After she wiped the blood off

Naruto felt his breath becoming more shallow with every bit of air he took in. He smiled up at Renamon "yay ...! But don't tell Menma or Kasumi about it…. I got the good ramen…...it was on sale a few days before we…. left."

Renamon was internally panicking 'his breathing is becoming shorter!' She placed her paw on his chest and she felt it rising less and less. She panicked when she noticed something. This ever-flowing wisps in his eyes had stopped and dimmed. "Naruto ...?" she shook him a bit but he did not move. "Naruto?!" she continued to shake him but nothing. She then noticed that his chest stopped moving. She began to freak out as she laid the boy down on the ground as she moved as best she could and pressed her ear at his chest. After she did this, her heart stopped ...which now made it two. She didn't believe it, she couldn't believe. "...Not again…." she moved to be in a kneeling position. She shifted his head and placed her paws on his chest as she began to press down "not again ...!" she used two of her digits on his nose and pressed her lips on his and breathed into him. After she gave one full breath, she pulled back and pressed her paws on his chest again. "Please Sovereign not again! Don't do this Naruto! Please don't do this….." Her vision grew blurry, as she felt tears begin to run down her fur. Images of watching the boy in front of her growing up, his happy smile when he learned how to use his Hand of Fate, his excitement of him seeing the Digimon coming to the village, his first prank, his first words, his baby steps, ...the night he was born and grabbed onto her finger. "please…..Naruto…..don't do this." She continued for a bit more but soon she felt weaker and weaker. She knew what had happened, she knew what Naruto was now, she knew what she had done…..she had failed again. "...not again….."

End of Chapter

Here is an odd thing that I found about Digimon: They bleed. I thought it was weird since a lot of fics I read had it as they don't really bleed but apparently I found an image of a Digimon bleeding.

For those Naruto fans that really liked the Wave ark and didn't like that I basically went through all this somewhat quickly.

Now this question is for the fans of Naruto: should they live or die.

I can do it either way

Now before I get any nitpicks on multiple things, know that if I didn't do it than I wouldn't have gotten to this point.

Would Kushina really leave Naruto on his own and send her kids on their own. No, she would be panicking and go on her own but I had to send the two as I have a plan that I want to use.

also for Renamon: its CPR

The only reason I bring this up is because I have had "guest" reviewers that nitpick the smallest and irrelevant things. This is fanfic: "fan" FICTION. I understand being a critic but there is a difference between that and being a prick. Thank you

For what Naruto and his clone were doing in the dome of Ice, I had the idea a while ago and then realize that it is similar to Sora and Riku blocking the light attacks from Xemnas.

also I have been commissioned by my baby cousin (10 years old) to write her a story. she gave me two dollars and begged me to do it. this is the problem of having a baby cousin who enjoys reading and you tell her that you write stories. problem is that she wants a story of a series I have never seen and have no clue on how to do it. that will be the next thing I work on and If I butcher it then I must beg her forgiveness...oh well. I love my cousin and she will get it but I am off to do research on it. wish me luck readers.

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