With that problem handled, Naruto had a date with both girls together. They just ended up doing the usual stuff. There wasn't much difference except the emotions involved.
Along the way, Henry and Takato along with Juri joined up with the group. The group spent some time in the mountain side and showed their digimon partners the city from above.
The digimon partners were still young and with each experience they grew. They weren't like human babies fortunately so they matured very quickly unless the digimon was a stage below rookie.
Jack and Ryu were like 10 years old, and they talked like they were in their thirties.
Finishing up with the fun, Naruto sparred with everyone in the group. It was the usual to improve their skills and he was the best person for it.
He was the best fighter and he had polished his teaching skills over the years watching the other trainers in the family.
It was Naruto against everyone and it helped the digimon partners learn how to fight beside human partners.
It was weird for Asura since he had the urge to protect his master throughout the battle against the other assailants.
It was the normal reaction. He could fight with his master but when others attacked, a tamers digimon would feel his instinct rise.
Seeing that it was difficult for Asura and causing him confusion, Naruto didn't want him to get some mental damage from it so he let him join where he belonged.
It became Team Naruto versus everyone else and Asura finally started learning how to support his master.
He felt right and happy to support him.
A roar rose from his heart and unleashed his fighting desire as the bond between master and partner deepened. He could feel Naruto's flames, his desire to fight and decimate the battlefield.
He could feel it. He could see it, a battlefield of millions where he stood at the top and laughed like a maniac.
Naruto's hunger for fighting was consuming him when they connected and continued with his guidance.
Naruto released flames and Asura taking hold of them to attack or the other way around. Naruto jumping over him to attack the foe or both of the attacking at the same time, one from below and the other from above.
With Naruto's usage of team attacks, the others also started utilizing their new moves they had thought up. All of them had experience with it since they had been fighting Naruto for a long time but Tesla and Arthur didn't have a human shape so it was a new thing for Henry and Takato.
In the group, Hikari utilized a bow and provided support with her healing ability while Aaliyah wore metallic claws like her future evolution and indulged in close combat and shot rounds from her back.
Juri didn't have a partner but she fought using chains that she could control with her mind. These were new type weapons and something that Takato had given her after Naruto recommended it. Before that she used a whip.
Her power was charm so she also used it on Asura just like Hikari. Naruto had to break the charm constantly but didn't get annoyed since it would build resistance.
Finishing up with the fight, Naruto enjoyed a small moment with, Rika. On the other hand, he had already dropped Kari at her place and there he had met one of his future opponents.
Daisuke Motomiya also known as Davis, one of the new Digi-Destined and the leader of the new generation since Takeru wasn't interested in being the head while Kari also didn't like such a role.
Kari was just a temp part of that group just like TK as both of them would join their brothers in most of their adventures instead of being part of the new group.
Davis was tall guy with tanned skin, frizzy burgundy hair, and dark brown eyes.
He wore a dark blue bomber jacket with a red and yellow flame patterns at the bottom and over a light green shirt. He also wore dark olive green shorts, dark blue socks, and orange and white boots.
Davis was loud and abrasive, and had a penchant for getting in trouble. However, for all his bluster, Davis was a deeply caring and loving person who was extremely loyal to his friends. He was a firm believer in second chances, willing to extend a hand in friendship to the worst of enemies should they accept it. He refused to give up even when all seems lost, and his infectious optimism and determination were the reasons the new Digi-Destined called Davis their leader.
Although he often rushed into things impulsively and made mistakes, his courage in the face of outstanding odds cannot be denied. No matter how dire the situation, he always believed that they could somehow make it through.
He was someone that Tai liked a lot and he was very similar to him, a mix of Tai and Yamato.
His partner was a Veemon called Rai, and his personality was on the friendly and playful type that matched Davis.
All that was good but there was a problem, he loved Hikari. He had been rude to TK in the start because of their close relationship but they got over it and became good friends. On the other hand, he really didn't get along with Naruto when they met few times when he visited the HQ.
Once he learned that Kari liked him, Davis had taken Naruto as a rival and challenged him many times.
He had obviously lost every time and when Naruto allowed him to win, he became angry. Davis didn't like being given a victory, he wanted to earn it. To him it was disrespectful.
Naruto liked the guy as he was a lot like his younger self.
In a way Hikari would be very happy with Davis if Naruto wasn't there but she preferred Naruto over him.
Knowing that Naruto had gotten together with another girl beside Kari and had been given the task to beat his team, Davis was reasonably angry.
It was okay that Kari chose someone else but why did she allow this to happen.
He really felt like punching Naruto and beating some sense into him. Was he not blessed to have her affection? Why did he need to be so greedy?
"I heard that you are going to fight all of us. I know that you are stronger than us, but did you hit your head. Are you really looking down on us, just because Leader likes you? Your Gankoomon is literally nothing to my partner. You already knew Rai will become Ultraforce Veedramon, how can you disrespect us so much with your pathetic Candlemon?" Davis stood at the gate of the living quarters of the Digi-Destined.
Naruto had just stopped his car and got out with the girls when they met with him and he was very far from happy. Even Rai looked unhappy because his partner was angry and frustrated.
Both partners glared at him.
Naruto understood so he tried to calm him down.
"Davis, you already know me. I would never do such a thing. It is a task that Tai has put on my shoulder so I don't really have a choice. I have deep respect for you and your partner. Cute little Rai has a good future and I acknowledge it, but isn't rude for you to look down on my partner. I know you are angry but please don't resort to such things, it isn't right." Naruto stepped forward to talk to him and his voice was friendly and understanding.
Just like always he didn't show any pride or take a high and mighty attitude. He didn't like being rude towards people.
Davis faltered and it was the usual. It wasn't easy getting angry at Naruto since he never really responded back with anger or snap. He was always too patient that it made people feel like they were making fun of themselves.
"Why did you not speak back? Even if I was beatable by some miracle, everyone in the team is gifted and my bro Ken has Wormmon with the potential to become a GrandisKuwagamon. Realistically, both of us working together would be more than necessary for your Candlemon. No matter how special you are, that is a fact.
Do you know how disappointed you made Ken with your actions, he freaking looks up to you?!" Davis wasn't just angry for himself. Naruto had disrespected all his friends with his actions and words, especially his best friend Ken.
Ken was a smart and was kind of opposite him in personality but he very talented. He liked Naruto because of his personality and talent. Naruto was like his big brother to him and he was one that believed his Gankoomon was going to be better than anyone else even though Ultraforce Veedramon was one of the strongest Royal Knights.
He was literally on a similar ranking to Omnimon. Having that kind of future put Davis as one of the most important prospects in the world.
Even Grandis was something that was close to the power of the Royal Knights and was one of the strongest bug type Digimon just behind Tyrant Kabuterimon.
Naruto looked at calmly and stood in front of him.
"Davis, it is not his fault. You can't just look at his actions and blame him for everything that is taking place." Hikari walked towards them and tried to stop a fight from taking place while utilizing her powers to clear the violent feeling.
Davis didn't even glance at her, as he was extremely disappointed in Hikari. To him she was like a pure flower that couldn't be violated by vulgarity and here she was joining a harem. She was the princess that people wanted and now she had just accepted the proposal of becoming just another woman.
He didn't want to utter things that could ruin their friendship so just ignored her words. It hurt him. It really hurt him. He had punched solid metal walls until his knuckles broke from the anger and only then could he stand here without getting violent.
Naruto could feel his emotions and felt sympathy for him, but he couldn't regret his actions because it would be disrespectful to Kari.
She was not a doll or a puppet that needed others to guide her. It would be very wrong if he guided her into Davis when she wanted to be with him.
How would someone feel when the person they loved tried to set them up? Extremely depressed was the answer and he didn't want anyone to feel like that.
"I know how you guys feel but I am not looking down on you. Davis, none of you can win against me. It is a fact. You will always lose against me while we all are in the rookie stage. Once you go higher, that would change but at this stage none. You guys have zero chance. It must feel like I am being arrogant but you know me, have I ever acted so?
Look at my partner and tell me if you think Rai can win." Naruto had no choice but to do it the straightforward way so that Davis would back down and understand.
He would help him with his emotional problem later and get in touch with Ken and Takeru as well but for now he needed to solve this issue.
Relationships were a delicate thing and even small misunderstandings could sometimes ruin years of friendship.
His words were standard asshat dialogues but just like he said, Davis knew him. Naruto never looked down on others or spoke great about himself even though they could never compete with him.
But those words didn't convince him as he believed they could beat him with just two of them. Before he could say anything, Davis finally saw Asura.
'WTF!' Davis was shocked when he saw the digimon.
"This isn't your partner, you are cheating." Davis accused him of getting a digimon from his family because Asura didn't resemble Candlemon in any manner.
He looked like a freaking champion digimon.
"Davis, that is Naruto's Candlemon so don't be an idiot and just check your digivice." Rika said in a cold tone as she was annoyed at his emotional breakdown. He was being such a drama queen. She felt the urge to tie him to a chair and make him watch Indian dramas or baby shows. Hmm, she couldn't tell which was worse.
Davis had the urge to snap back at the annoying girl that he very much disliked. He took out his digivice from his belt and pointed at Asura.
Candlemon: Uzumaki Variant
This is a Candlemon that has been modified using digimetal and large amounts of energy into a humanoid form. With its golden armor, Candlemon can take any attacks without worry and provide weight to its attack.
Its humanoid form allows it to utilize close combat, flexibility and speed that were not available to the normal version.
It has openings in the armor to utilize its wax body and with the armored form it has become a deadly combo.
This digimon strive to be a competent fighter and achieve breakthrough from the norms of society.
Davis stepped back as he stared at the digimon and the digivice multiple times. Even his partner was shocked to see his rival.
'Horry shit, he looks so cool. No, no, can't admire the rival.' Rai shook his head and tried to glare at Asura who looked back at him.
Rai was already one week old while Asura was almost two days old.
He didn't get why Rai was glaring at him since the other partner digimon had been nice to him.
"What the fuck did you to him? How the fuck?" Davis forgot about the slight as he was shocked out of it from the scene. He could see why Naruto thought it wasn't going to be impossible to beat them.
This guy was going to murder his team if he hadn't known about it beforehand. Now they could at least prepare for him and not let their pride get in the way.
He had been looking down on Candlemon and now he felt like punching himself. You could do that with this guy. This guy was literally one of the worst digimon ever.
Any newbie tamer could slaughter him even without his digimon.
It had good attacks and support skills but it was too slow and had low mobility.
Now all the problems were solved. Digi-modifying was a thing but barely anyone used it on rookie digimon.
Rookie digimon were too squishy and could get corrupted easily or just die.
Even when people did adjustments, they never went too far with it. Naruto had literally changed everything about his digimon.
"I just did what was necessary. I used my powers and allowed Asura to get closer to an ideal shape. You should know that I am not going to settle for something normal."
"What if he had died? He is literally one day old." Davis was annoyed at his casual approach to this process. It was one of the hardest things and many had lost their digimon because of a mistake.
"Thanks for worrying about Asura, but I was always in control. There was zero risk involved and I had used the Digivice to calculate it. I would never risk someone even if it was just 1 percent.
Moving back to topic, I hope you understand why I was not worried. Just work hard now and get ready to fight because Asura will be more intimidating in one month." Naruto closed the distance between them and embraced him, patted his back as he finished his words.
Davis couldn't push him off so he had to take it.
'Damn! I lost again.'
"Just you wait until the champion level, and then I won't need a team to beat you." Davis didn't give up. Naruto was his rival and he wasn't giving up just because the rival was a better fighter and had a lot of skills.
In a Tamer battle, it was a fifty-fifty between the tamer and the digimon. Naruto might be a better than him but Davis could always make a powerful team to make up for his weakness.
"That's better, and I will be looking forward to a good battle. I like you guys a lot." Naruto let go of him and smiled happily. He loved challenges and rival was a great thing.
In this world he had many beings that were stronger than his prime self so he could enjoy fights even when he got there and this time he would have many people on his side that could rival him.
Last time he was extremely lonely with just Sasuke and Kurama by his side.
That was his prime in the old world where he had stopped training properly because of work. Here he would surpass it and just like his digimon, he would modify himself with equipment and powers of the new world.
Once they were finished with Davis, Naruto left with Rika to have some private time. They went to his dojo and sparred at a very slow pace, where Naruto kept on guiding her movements. After finishing up, they took a shower and sat down. Rika made some green tea in a traditional manner and they drank in silence, just enjoying each other's company.
There were many thoughts on his mind but just like always he pushed some of them down until he could face them.
Thoughts of his world weren't rare, just because he killed Ishiki didn't mean he had nothing to worry about.
He just wanted to know that everyone was safe and his family wasn't dead. He only had a small family in the old world and it would break his heart if they died.
Other than that, he was also thinking about preparing for things in this world. One thing Naruto knew about himself was that he was unlucky. He was born unlucky and suffered throughout life, only to die young.
He was blessed this time but seeing his life's track record he doubted anything could be so simple. He was always worried about some Digimon attack actually taking place directly on the Uzumaki clan.
Seriously, with how things had ended in the last life he couldn't even say that was just ridiculous. With such worries in his mind about his new life and family, Naruto wished to quickly achieve his full power.
According to his calculations, he should attain his war arc level after 12 to 18 months. That would put him directly at the bottom of the mega level digimon ranking since every mega level digimon had continental fire power at the least, highest no human knew.
The highest point was unknown but the Royal Knights have been witnessed and they tore through planets with utter ease. There were even digimon bigger than the earth and the solar system.
Knowing all that data, Naruto was put into a pickle as he really would need to go higher than the past with utmost urgency. Leaving it to luck was one thing he detested from the bottom of his heart.
He got annoyed when people uttered such words.
"What are you thinking about with such a serious expression?" Rika asked after few minutes of staring at his serious looks. It was a rare expression for Naruto so she wanted to remember it.
"I was just thinking about growing stronger so we don't have to worry about dying from a sudden attack. It kind of worries me." Naruto replied as he looked at Rika who gazed at him curiously. She was a charming girl and he would love to love her but there was something stopping it.
He was afraid of building a family. His unlucky life had left Hinata a widow and his children without a father. He didn't want a repeat.
It had become a trauma that he had yet to overcome.
To make matters worse, he felt alone sometimes since he could never share his secret. None of these people really knew him and the reason why he was like this.
He wasn't a child that he would find it as a point of pride that he was adult like in his new life. If he was anything less, it was better to drown in a puddle of shame.
Only with that last step would this relationship enter a new level. He couldn't share it because of his concerns about their safety or he would have done it already.
"Really, I didn't think you would worry about such things. Everything is looking fine now and there hasn't been any big incident in a decade, oh." Rika was wondering why he would be worried when she realized mid sentence. She just never focused on it. She was goal oriented so sometimes it blinded her to the obvious until it was put in a sentence.
The last incident was 10 years ago when a mega level breached the human world along with his servants and the first action took out a huge chunk of Kyoto.
It was never pretty when a mega level entered the human world, millions died instantly.
It was an incident that was arranged by the Akatsuki of this world. Unlike the ninja world, the Akatsuki of this world were fanatics that just wanted to end the suffering of the world.
To them this life was of no use. They were living in fear of getting killed by any big digimon, what kind of life was that?
So there answer was, let us all die already and give release from the terror of living in fear.
"The security level has increased since we got new Mega Tamers but we never know what can happen. I don't want to lose anyone. It is one of my greatest fears." Naruto brushed her stray hair and gave her a gentle kiss on the nose.
He was sharing his feelings so that his partner would get to know him better. He never really shared his fears with anyone. It felt like he made them stronger by voicing them.
Rika felt happy and warm with words and touch. She got to learn more about him, things that others didn't know in the group.
"I always feel like a kid in front of you when you say such things. Why are you so mature?" Rika asked the million dollar question. No matter what memory she visited, Naruto was always the same. It was actually very weird.
"You already know the answer. It is part of my power." Naruto smiled and gathered her in his arms. He had become an expert at lying over the years and he was not proud of it.
"One more question, did you choose a harem because of us? I have known you for all my life and I have never seen you show any perverted desires. Even now you were in control." Rika asked as she lay on his chest.
It was a question that came to mind once she had settled down.
"I already said it was, so what do you mean?"
"I mean you sleeping around with others, is related to us. Am I right to assume that or am I wrong?" Rika elaborated her random thought.
Looking into those curious eyes, Naruto couldn't help but smile and acknowledge it. She wasn't wrong. Part of his reason to sleep around was related to the girls and the other half was related to Jiraiya.
In his old world other than his teaching about peace and understanding, Jiraiya had also wanted him to learn to live freely.
The man was a Casanova or in exact words, a manwhore. He slept around a lot and he had no stable lover since he loved Tsunade.
He had kids that he supported from the shadows without their knowledge. None of them knew they were his children until Naruto found them after finding the information in Jiraiya's personal book. It was all written in code so he had never noticed it before.
One of the things he asked of him was to enjoy life. Naruto ignored that promptly since he wasn't really interested in sexual acts that much.
It changed once he started doing it and he became an addict for the first few years. He couldn't go without it and ravaged Hinata continuously. His poor wife was unable to perform her shinobi duties because of him.
He managed to overcome the problem and always stayed in control. But this control actually ruined the experience and weakened it.
It was also one of the reasons why he got stuck to office work since he just wanted to busy himself. He had forgotten what pleasure meant and he didn't find desire to do it.
This had caused Hinata stress and depression as she felt inadequate. It was the reason why others had suggested getting another partner to resolve the problem for everyone involved and even Hinata was fine with it.
But Naruto was not okay with it. He didn't like anyone else so he wasn't sleeping with someone he didn't love.
With that, he got stuck to office and the sexual life died off. His connection to the house became low as the office became his house and everything.
If he was a normal human, he might have died of overwork.
Learning from his previous example, Naruto didn't make a big deal about sleeping around if it meant that the relationship with someone he preferred wouldn't go wrong.
In the case of Rika and Kari, it was even worse since they were weaker than Hinata. The moment he even got to his Sage mode level, he would need absolute control and chakra enhancement for the girls to even engage in such activities.
It would be like Superman sleeping with a normal human. His dick would literally stab them and tear them.
It was one of the reasons why super powered individuals didn't sleep around with normal humans. At least Naruto had ways to make his partner durable while others didn't have such luxury.
Naruto didn't want the girls to get depressed because they couldn't satisfy him even a little bit, to avoid that problem he gave in to his perverted desires.
"Remember what I said about my power."
"I see. We can't handle you now so it would be worse later, but how does that relate to this?" Rika was new to these things so she didn't know about relationships. She was not aware that love and affection could cool down over time because of many problems, and sex was one of those problems.
Naruto was an active person and especially after fighting his sexual desires entered their peak, but he was always forced to push them down.
It added to his frustration and stress. Others never saw it because he never allowed others to see him suffer. He was the type to carry others but refused to be carried.
"I have spoken with my grandfather, he has a similar issue. He told me that if I didn't satisfy myself, these urges will make me depressed and in return also make my partner depressed. I read further about the topic and understood that even if I am okay with it, maybe I won't be okay later. Or it would make you depressed knowing that I am not satisfied every time we do it, pushing us both away from each other.
I want to avoid such depressing situations. Happy thoughts and a happy life is what I desire. Did that answer your question?" Naruto replied honestly. He liked sex and he had been an addict at one point but he could stop himself.
He wasn't a young kid that could be led by his libido. But he was always someone that took into mind other people, so his actions were more towards that.
He didn't know if his new love would be human or digimon before falling in love with Rika and Kari but the same problem could exist with them as well. So he wanted the problem taken care off before he entered a similar depressing state that he had with Hinata.
Both were loyal to each other and lived without any intimate contact for many years. Their lives had cooled down or Hinata would have definitely tried to get him into bed or attacked him in the office.
She knew that it would make both of them disappointed by the end of the deal.
"I understand. I knew you weren't a pervert. Thanks for clearing my doubts, it felt weird without knowing the answer." Rika smiled happily as she kissed his chin and hugged him.
"I wouldn't deny being a pervert. I am definitely perverted when in private." Naruto chuckled as he kissed her neck, making her feel ticklish.
Dropping Rika at her place, Naruto finally went back home around 10 P.M. It was a long day for every one as usual but there had been more excitement involved because of the digimon partners.
Watching his young friends grow and become happier was a happy thing for him, and this time his friends could stand beside him.
The gap in power was so huge last time that others had become sidelined and it kind of hurt their spirits even if they didn't show it.
Everyone's dream had been to grow up strong and fight together but the future hadn't been kind on them.
All of his friends were sidelined to mostly mundane jobs as there was nothing exciting anymore and they couldn't really participate in the exciting things.
Things like that made people think they were useless especially people who had been prideful in their skills and power.
Emotions were a complex thing and an incident that might seem insignificant to someone, could be world changing for another.
"Yo! Heard my little grandson finally popped, and I arrived running through mountains and rivers just to give you a thumps up."
Just as Naruto parked his car, he was greeted by his very much loud and excited grandfather. Jiraiya Uzumaki was his name in this world but the personality and looks were exactly the same. At least in this world he had a happy ending just like the rest of his family and Naruto was very much attached to him, more than his new Parents.
Unlike Kushina and Minato, Jiraiya was the closest person to his heart beside Tsunade, Iruka, Sasuke, Kakashi, Sakura and his family.
He cried a lot when seeing all these people when he had born. It was from the happiness and the regrets.
Jiraiya had died because of Pain and it all could have been avoided if he had been trained properly. In a way his death was entirely his own fault for being reckless and being a terrible teacher but Naruto also felt the guilt for not pushing Jiraiya to train him.
He had lost himself in the happy time while they were moving around the Land of Fire. He had let the happiness mess with his head.
Whenever he got lost in happiness, reality stomped him into the ground.
It happened with Jiraiya.
It happened with Hinata.
It happened with Tsunade. She was a blood relative but he could never help her get out of the depression that she hid behind a mask.
Tragedy after tragedy was her life and she only had some people to keep her anchored to life or he felt that she might have offed herself long ago. Her reality was his regret that he was ashamed to call her granny or meet her after she retired.
Getting back to Jiraiya, he was generally light-hearted and gregarious, making jokes at his own expense and giving a mirthful laugh about it afterwards. In his interactions with others, he liked to pretend to be smug or selfish, upsetting them so that he could further rile them up with his humor. Even when entering combat he did not miss an opportunity to be flashy and over-the-top, striking kabuki poses and giving dramatic self-introductions; these intros were often interrupted in some way, and Jiraiya was quick to express his annoyance at whoever was responsible. Friends and foes alike were fond of Jiraiya for his eccentricities, admiring that somebody so seemingly irreverent could in actuality be an extremely competent fighter and leader.
While he rarely revealed it outwardly, Jiraiya was a great believer in peace and held a deep longing to change the hatred inherent in the world. While he desired to find an answer to the cycle of hatred that plagued the world, he was never been able to come up with a way to do so but he didn't let it depress him and did whatever he could to make the world a better place.
Other than his fighting prowess, most people knew him for his other personality trait. He was a self-proclaimed Super Pervert and his actions showed his lewd desires. He would watch beautiful girls in the gym, the pool or the park.
He would take many days off to just enjoy sexual adventures.
In this world he had gained the Uzumaki Stamina and with his power as an A Rank Tamer, he was granted a further boost. His mutation was the pervert touch and another life; during battle he could get one last breath to finish the fight.
His partner main partner was Samudramon called Musashi and his other digimon was Tylomon called Bunta.
Samudramon appeared to be a samurai version of BlackWarGreymon. It was a muscular black reptilian humanoid with orange eyes, silver spiky hair, three fingers on each foot, and bronzed claws on its hands and feet. It wore black tattered hakama, a bronze helmet with three white horns, bronze chest plate and leg armor, black and red layered shoulder, thigh, and groin armor, bronze leg armor, bronze and black gauntlets with a red wrist, and black fingerless gloves with an armored back.
The back part of the gloves was black with a red outline with two bronze spikes on them. The shoulder and groin armors had a bronze spike on each side of the top of each layer, and each shoulder had a large white blade on its top. Each gauntlet also had a blade on the elbow. The helmet had red borders on the back and near the mouth and red stripe near each eye. The chest plate was connected to the shoulder plates through bronze track-like links, and to the thigh plates through red ropes. Samudramon's Kikurin swords had blades curved inward near the hilt and outward near the top, and had brown hilts with another small, claw-like edge on its bottom. The Kikurin swords could be combined into a bow.
It was a digimon that was stronger than Wargreymon and it had taken Jiraiya almost three decades to reach this stage unlike Tai's ten years.
This monster was extremely powerful as it increased its own strength as it won battles, and was a subspecies of the Greymon-species. It was discovered within the dark reaches of the digital world, the Underworld Swamp. Its uniquely shaped "Kikurin" swords, which it acquired due to its combat experience, left behind eerie tracks of light that could cut to pieces everything in their path.
Jiraiya was a tall and well-built man in adulthood with fair skin. He had waist-length, spiky white hair that he usually ties back into a pony tail, with two shoulder-length bangs framing his face. There were red lines under his eyes which extended further down his face.
For an old man in his sixties, he didn't look older than someone in his peak of power. He was fit and muscular just like the Ninja world.
Just like the previous world, Jiraiya loved Naruto a lot in this world, even more than his son in law Minato or his daughter Kushina.
Looking at the man giving him a happy smile and thumps up, Naruto couldn't help but feel happy. He always wanted to make him happier.
"Grandpa, that is rude. I have yet to indulge in such activities as there is still some way to go before the bond is stabilized. Also, weren't you deep in the Net Ocean?" Naruto walked closer to him and Jiraiya ended up catching him in a bear hug.
"Well, it doesn't change the meaning. I am so proud of you, getting two high class beauties like that. You got balls of steel and even I wouldn't dare do that." Jiraiya laughed happily as he patted his back with excitement.
He now had new stories to share about how his grandson walked up to the Nonaka clan to demand their daughter before visiting the Digi-destined. Oh Man, this was going to be a riot.
"Thanks for the compliment, Grandpa. But, please don't spread it and brag about it. I don't want to ruin our relationship like that." Naruto knew that Jiraiya had the tendency to have fun like that but not everyone had a similar sense of humor. He would definitely offend Riruka and Tai with his words.
They had just barely allowed him so he didn't want them to get angry.
Looking at his serious expression, Jiraiya sighed, "Fine, be a party pooper. I don't know where I went wrong with you. Don't you trust my skills?"
"Grandpa, you get drunk on happiness easily and make mistakes. It might not be a big problem but it is still a problem that can be easily avoided. I know it's a thing you want to brag about, but I gave them an oath."
Once those words were uttered, Jiraiya lost the smile.
"What did you do?"
"I put 10 years of my freedom on the line for this relationship. I am confident in it, so there is no need to worry."
"You are lucky that you made a deal with trust worthy people or I would have beaten you for such an irresponsible action. What were you even thinking?" He could be friendly and funny but when he was serious, he was serious.
This issue had deeply annoyed him and ruined his mood.
He was someone that valued freedom very highly. His motto was live freely and enjoy.
"I needed to show that I could put my life for them. There was nothing else to prove my point. I was asking for a lot, so this was the price for that request. I told them that I would sleep with others as well."
"Get Out! How the hell are you alive after saying that to their faces? Oh man, I want to share that with my guys so much. They are gonna burst a gut hearing this master piece. I forgive you. That was definitely the price for that bullshit and I am so proud of you. You don't have to do anything in your life, because just this is enough for a life time." Jiraiya once again entered an excitement of new a level as he spun Naruto around.
He had been whispering things into his ear for a long time but Naruto hadn't looked at girls. Jiraiya had been worried that his younger grandson lacked the mental and physical capacity for sex. That would have been a tragedy.
Naruto knew he was just exaggerating, Jiraiya was looking forward his grandson's could achieve especially the youngest.
Menma was part of his team so he always knew how the big guy was doing but Naruto was walking an independent path.
"Ignoring that, how did you get back so quickly?" Naruto asked again since the Net Ocean was bigger than the whole planet and was filled with insane amount of digimon.
Jiraiya had gone on an exploration with the Uzumaki family squad called The Whirlpool, The Nonaka Force and the App Divers.
He was leading the quest to locate some ruins or an underwater mine.
Jiraiya smiled and patted his back as they both started walking, "Well, life was telling is to get out of here if you don't want to die. At first we came across Metal Seadramon of the Dark Masters fighting against one of the masters of the sea, Regalecusmon. It was fortunate for us or most of us would have died in a conflict with either of them.
The fight gave us the chance to slip away and only hours later we came across a swarm of MetalPiranimon eating a group of Whamon. If these nasty little bastards weren't enough, a bloody BltizGreymon was hunting in the area.
With such terrible luck, I showed the world a middle finger. Seriously, why not just kill us personally if you were gonna make so many preparations.
Fortunately, this old man still had some life left in him and we met a couple of MarineAngemon. With cute things on our side we managed to escape the danger zone and make like the cowards we were."
All of this was said in a joking tone but Naruto could tell none of it was funny. Just from these words he could imagine the horrifying situation.
Fuck, he hated feeling powerless. Even his Prime would have died in that situation, as all of those digimon were Mega Level.
Net Ocean was one of the worst places to explore because of its higher population of Mega. It was a lot dangerous than the surface since aquatic species fought continuously and evolved to their potential faster.
"Relax kiddo, I am not going to die. I still need to see your kids grow up. There is no way a persistent bastard like me is going croak, Tsunade would pull me out of the grave and kill me again." Jiraiya was happy to see him care so much as he brushed his hair affectionately but deep inside he had been deeply concerned.
He had almost led most of his people in to a watery grave. He had felt fear for the first time in years that he had rushed back home and hugged Tsunade without letting go for hours.
He had hugged everyone that he cared about and finally met Naruto who had been out.
He was just one step from becoming a memory.
But he could never act weak in front of his kids, as that's not how a father or grandfather acts.
Naruto understood him completely, as it was a lot similar to his feelings when he had fought against Momoshiki and then Ishiki.
He had felt fear for what he would leave and he had gone back to his family after the encounter with Momoshiki.
Almost dying had reminded of what was really important to him.
"Grandpa, why did you go there? That's not a place you can go with such a small group." Naruto asked as he knew they weren't reckless so why.
"We didn't plan to go deep into the Net Ocean. We were just going to explore a section that was the territory of few Mega for the ruin from ancient times that could help our survival. This was information from the App Diver's Poseidomon, so you can say that it was trustworthy data. But, everything went wrong when the Akatsuki attacked us.
We had a battle and were pushed deep into the ocean, leading to further unlucky encounters. Let's end that conversation here, okay." Jiraiya answered Naruto's query but told him to stop that line of thought. He didn't feel like talking about it.
Some of their digimon had been killed during this escape and even he had lost two of his weaker digimon. They were like his children. He had taught them from a baby stage and he had lost them. In a few years they would have become Ultimate with their progress but the sea ate them up.
"Grandpa, I am always there if you need to talk." Naruto offered as felt deep pain from him when he talked about it.
"Haha, there is no need. Your grandpa is awesome, there is no such thing as weakness in this stud body." Jiraiya patted his chest with a thud and didn't open up about his pain.
Just like the other Jiraiya, this Jiraiya also never really liked to share his pain with others. It was a quality that he shared with his mentor. Taking others pain was easier than sharing it.
Naruto decided to follow up with his actions, since he didn't want to speak then he wouldn't ask as it would make him depressed. He just needed some time to get over his pain before he gets geared up for some old fashioned revenge, burning down hideouts, torturing the info from criminals about your target and all that usual stuff.
Naruto would love to participate but he needed some time to get to that level.
This was why he felt like life was just playing with him. He almost lost Jiraiya again and this he would have needed to wait for two years to get his revenge.
Yeah, he changed his mind about not killing people that killed his loved ones. Screw everything, he was going to rip and tear everyone involved in that crime.
When he was young, he had told Pain that he wouldn't kill people and rehabilitate them. He had said such words in honor of Jiraiya. Pain had killed his mentor and majority of the Village, so pretty much all the people he cared for were dead.
But, he didn't decide to kill Pain. He was angry and wanted to, but he decided not to. Seeing that, Pain brought everyone back and gave him that he was looking forward to his future.
There was a smile on his face. No matter how you look at it, he was being sarcastic. He knew he was gonna mess up.
After the war, Naruto was the strongest being and he had Sasuke who was his almost equal. Pretty much everyone else was fodder and he could become the Overlord without a squeak if he so wanted. Sasuke had wanted that but Naruto beat him up until he decided to go on a journey. Coming back, he suggested, "Naruto, take over as the ruler. People don't deserve this much freedom."
Yeah, that journey to find his path ended up only making him feel worse about humans.
Naruto was the type that gave people total freedom so he never really took over any territory or the world. He let the leaders stay leaders and did things diplomatically.
That means he followed rules of international borders and allowed criminal acts to continue. His soft approach meant that other nations could greedy all they want and not worry about him interfering.
With international borders in mind, he couldn't even visit places without notice. People didn't want him coming without notice.
He allowed it by following the rules because if he didn't, it meant he was following the path he had denied everyone else.
Sasuke had wanted to rule with fear.
Pain had wanted to rule with fear.
If he used his power, it was the same thing.
He continued to try using his words and actions to invite people to change and allow a better world to exist.
He made rehabilitation centers for criminals and only executed the most severe ones.
The world he left wasn't perfect but he had worked really hard on it, and it was safest and cleanest it had ever been.
There were no wars. There were no skirmishes taking place. There was no hatred between nations or groups.
There were just some criminal groups and general human greed at work.
In a way, he had made it that difficult. He could have always taken the easy way out.
One of his options was to let the people choose, if they wanted him as their Leader. If he had done that, he wouldn't be breaking any rules.
But he had been mired in the normal patterns and never really thought about it until arriving in the current world. He had enough time to just wonder where he went wrong.
He was a baby for a time so he couldn't do anything else but think for a year.
After having a talk with Jiraiya about casual things and how to treat girls, Naruto retired to his room while Asura was asleep since the team spar ended. The day was too tiring.
Entering the room, he was tackled by Ruri against the door. She was always so forceful.
Her eyes were twinkling as she looked at him with a smile.
"See, you finally came back to me." Ruri teased as she placed her fingers on his lips, she was strong enough to keep him in check unless he used chakra.
Ruri wasn't a surprise.
"I guess you were right. I am sorry that I kept you waiting for so long." Naruto replied in a gentle tone as he gave her a hug.
She was small compared to him and the rest of the girls, and she just fit into his arms.
It was a nice feeling.
Ruri had said that he would come back to her with his own legs. At that time, he had denied it. But here they were with his mind changed on the topic.
Taking care of people he loved in a way was nice and feeling their affection made him happy. It was less than what they wanted but he would make them happy.
"Hehe, I am just happy that you came back this early. The game would have gone boring if you continued longer." Ruri rubbed her head on his body as she stuck to him, enjoying the contact.
Naruto decided to walk forward and looked at the other participants, ignoring Ruri's dark implications. The girl was very much dangerous when she didn't get what she wanted.
Rika would have been dangerous in a way and it would have taken some time, while Ruri here was extremely dangerous in the present.
There was a high chance that she would have kidnapped him and brainwashed him.
Moving on, the most surprising guest was Roberta. The head maid of the Uzumaki Residence was standing there as she greeted him with courtesy of a maid beside her stood Hilda while Morrigan sat beside Eve.
Roberta was pale-skinned young woman with waist-length black hair that was tied in low pigtail braids with square bangs hanging over her eyebrows, blue eyes that could sometimes turn dull purple, sharp canine teeth and large, thick and overly round glasses.
She was wearing a long maid uniform and a cross necklace.
She was the daughter of Myotismon, just a normal one and not one of the Vampire Lords under the Vampire King.
This means she had vampire powers and needed to drink blood or humans or digimon. She always acted cold and professional.
She had huge arsenal of weapons and utilized them with skill to destroy all her targets with utmost certainty.
She didn't care if her target was a child, woman or elderly or whatever, she would kill it. She reminded Naruto of the ANBU and their cold dead looks.
But under that entire cold exterior, Roberta cared deeply for her family and would do anything to protect them. She had no concern for her life and would kill herself if it meant that the family would be saved.
While she greeted him, her partner BelleStarmon called Grace sat casually on the sofa like she owned the place.
BelleStarmon was a female Beelzemon that was more on the human side than the demon side. She was beautiful woman with long blonde hair and three eyes like Beelzemon. She had gorgeous form that was covered in black leather pants and a leather top. She also had a muffler that could change shape, allowing her to attack and defend.
Unlike Beelzemon, she used twin pistols.
She was a very outgoing person unlike her master. She liked to party and socialize. She could be found riding around in the night and was a friend with Jack.
Other then Grace there was also the lower form of Hilda's partner, Dobermon called Oga. It was smaller than usual so it looked cute instead of a ferocious beast.
Dobermon was a dog Digimon who resembled the Doberman pinscher. It had piercing red eyes and a metal collar with spikes around its neck. Its main coat was black, but the fur around its muzzle, paws, and inner body was brown. It had three toes on each paw with a claw on each toe, and from the back of each foot jutted a blade. It had gear-like protrusions on its spine and knees, and in each thigh was a red gem.
Dobermon was a Demon Beast Digimon. It was a Hunter Digimon that was originally a Virus Digimon, but was converted to a Vaccine by a mutation. Similar to Snimon, despite being called a Vaccine, it was a ferocious Digimon that existed solely for hunting Virus Digimon, and it couldn't be controlled by an ordinary Tamer.
This was the lower form of Cerberumon and one of the followers of Plutomon.
It was also the Digimon partner of the famous young witch, Alice McCoy. Magic was a thing since mutations and there were many magical Digimon.
One of the Digimon Universes specialized in magic and magic Knights.
"I didn't expect you to be here, Roberta." Naruto voiced his surprise as he stood in front of the girls.
This was a necessary talk to get the smaller details out of the way as he didn't want them causing him issues or becoming depressed when he wasn't looking.
"Apologies Young Master, it is a calculated move. I wish to stand by your side so that this family can keep rising. Master Menma can't satisfy those conditions." Unlike the other three, she didn't love him or desire him for sex.
She was logical and wanted to keep him tied to the family, and make sure he didn't die.
She was vampire so the only thing she needed was blood.
Naruto's blood was the one she enjoyed the most because of its high life force.
She also wanted to birth a powerful child and Naruto was the ideal partner for such an act. If he was going to sleep around, she might as well act and get what her goals fulfilled.
She was a thirty years old now and she hadn't experienced any love or sexual experience.
She lived a life of work and enjoyed the simple things.
"What are these conditions?"
"Providing me with the appropriate meal and granting me a powerful child to pass my mission." Roberta answered in a calm tone and in her presence the rest didn't make noise.
She was the most powerful person in the room and even Jiraiya would get destroyed if he fought her alone.
"Is that all?"
"Yes, that is enough."
Naruto could tell she wasn't lying but he didn't like such a thing. He would have to light up her life somehow, now that she was going to be attached to him.
Her wanting a child to pass her mission was also a cause of concern. She would have done that with someone else if he wasn't available.
The kid's life would have been set from the beginning with her mindset.
"I will allow it, but you have to learn a few things before I give you a child." Naruto answered as he walked up to his bookshelf and took out the books on children. He had read a lot on these things to understand things for his new life.
He wanted to be a better father this time. The children were the greatest joy of his life, but he really had let himself go on the wrong path.
Roberta got the books and looked at them curiously, "Understood, and is there anything else I can do? Would you like me to accompany you for the night?"
"I want to watch, if you wouldn't mind." Grace asked as she took out a beer bottle but didn't open it and just played around with it using her muffler.
Roberta would give her the killer gaze if she drank while everyone was not.
"Didn't know you were such a perv, Grace." Eve laughed at her words but didn't go too far with her comments. Grace could one shot her and torture her if she wanted. The difference between an Ultimate and a Mega of the highest ranks was huge.
Grace was stronger than Ryu and Jack that they would need to double team her for a proper fight.
The real BelleStarmon was Beelzemon's woman.
"I believe you aren't someone that should be calling me that, Eve. You are such a slut and a massive pervert. Giving people golden showers, having people lick your feet and whatnot, I am pretty normal by those standards." Grace denied it with an amused smile as her eyes watched Naruto's reaction. She was playing around and wanted to see what Naruto would feel about one of the women interested in him.
Just like Eve, her personality was geared heavily towards mischief especially since she was a digimon close to a Demon Lord.
She had fought against the Original BelleStarmon and that woman was quite playful, and made jokes. She never took her seriously while Beelzemon just sat on his bike and cleaned his gun.
Among the Demon Lords, he was the most neutral person anyone could meet. He just became dangerous when his greed flared up. Never deny him what he desired or nothing would be left for you, the warning about him from the Association.
"And, I am proud of it. It is fun degrading people and treating them like animals." Eve wasn't some girl in love, so she had no desire to hide her desires.
Naruto ignored both of them.
"No need, I still haven't agreed to such a thing. I am still waiting to see if I will feel such inclinations" Naruto replied to Roberta's question.
"Thank you for your time Master, I will be waiting in my room." Roberta bowed gracefully and excused herself.
"Did this disappoint you?" Naruto asked as he looked at Ruri and brushed her, giving her a kiss on the head.
"Nah, I always imagined sharing you with Hilda. The only thing I care about is being with you. I will pretty much outlive any of the other girls, so I will get you alone someday."
"You are a weird girl, Ruri."
"It is better than being a depressed or angry girl."
"Well, you are not wrong." Naruto smiled as he walked to the sofa and placed her on it before turning to Hilda.
Looking at her sitting there calmly, Naruto was amazed at the situation. He had been in a position where many women came to him but it was the first time powerful women came to him and they were all lovely.
"Are you really fine with me, Hilda? You can choose a better partner, you know. I know that Sentry has shown an interest. He is a good man."
"You are right. You are bad man, master. You are playing with my maiden heart and now trying to shift me to someone else. What am I supposed to do with such a cruel master?" Hilda was being sarcastic with him now, as even he wasn't spared from it.
"Haha, you can only continue loving this cruel master then." Naruto picked up Hilda and showed a happy expression because it was the only appropriate expression.
They deserved the best and he would grant them their wishes. He would make them the happiest, this time he will work hard on his relationship and never let it cool down.
It truly was difficult denying the harem when he deeply cared for all these girls.
