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(Dracmon) If he did, they'd both suck!
(mellra) Hey what the…when did you get here?!
(Naruto) Well, you never do this kind of author-character interaction at the start of your other stories, so we decided to cut in and show our awesomeness! That way you won't have to just stick to boring old author's notes!
(mellra) While I appreciate it guys, I've always seen these sorts of things as a pain to write.
(Dracmon) So what? People love hilarious pre-chapter banter like this!
(mellra) I'd like to think they prefer the story more than what basically amounts to a writer arguing with himself.
(Naruto) Well how about we make this interesting?
(mellra) What did you have in mind?
(Naruto) Let's leave it up to the readers. If they say in the reviews they want to see more pre-chapter talks between you and the characters, we get to keep doing them.
(Dracmon) And if not, we'll drop it and let you get on with your crappy writing.
(mellra) All right, deal! You heard it folks; if you'd like to see me talking to the characters before or after a chapter, just give me a holler via reviews.
(Dracmon) And if you vote yes, you'll get the added bonus of me and my main man Naruto embarrass the crap out of mellra!
(mellra) Wait, what?!
(Naruto) Voting will continue until chapter four, so vote now!
P.S. Special note for 0 Jordino 0 at the end of the chapter.
P.S.S Since this is Naruto we're talking about, expect some stronger language than the original Digimon. Keep in mind I won't be dropping the F-Bomb every sentence.
Chapter 2: Danger and Digivolutions
Naruto picked sulkily at his ramen as the humans and their Digimon ate a meal of mixed berries, fish, and ramen from Naruto's personal stash. It was later in the day since their arrival in the Digital World and, after a brief encounter with two dueling Monochromon, the group had discovered a lake to set up camp for the evening. Curiously enough, the place had a fully operating trolley car even with no tracks in sight. The group had gathered food and built a fire (courtesy of Agumon), and had finally settled down for the night.
"What's wrong, Naruto?" Dracmon asked his partner as he seemed glummer than he was earlier.
"…can't believe they took my ramen…" he heard the blond mutter sulkily, causing the Virus Rookie to nearly face-vault.
"Jeeze, you really value this stuff, huh?" Dracmon commented as he looked down at his yet to be touched ramen.
"Are you kidding?" Matt asked from across the fire as he helped T.K. get his fish ready. "Naruto practically lives off that stuff. If it wasn't for his mom and godfather, he'd probably eat it for every meal!"
"And what's wrong with that?!" Naruto snapped at his cousin while taking a dramatic lecture pose, gaining the attention of human and Digimon alike. "Ramen is the most succulent dish ever created by mankind! It's noodlely, brothy goodness comes together with a wide variety of toppings, making it the greatest food in this or any planet!"
A tumble weed blew through the campsite.
"Sooo…" Dracmon started as he looked from the ramen to his partner once again, "If its that good, why didn't you offer it for the rest of us instead of trying to hoard it for yourself? I mean, I'm your partner right?"
"NARUTO DOESN'T SHARE RAMEN!" the whiskered boy shrieked, causing several of the group to jump (*cough*Joe*cough*). Realizing his overreaction, Naruto settled down with a sheepish grin. "Sorry, er, it's just…hard…for me to see others eating ramen," he then said in a still audible mumble, "Especially when its from my secret stash."
"We noticed," the rest of the group deadpanned before returning to their meals.
Dracmon shrugged and said, "Whatever, as long as its food. Can't be that good," he mumbled the last part before taking a bite of ramen. He chewed for a few seconds before his entire frame froze up. "Oh fuck the hell yes!" he whispered before tearing into the ramen like a lion rips into a fat gazelle. He then yelped as Matt reached over and slapped him upside the head. "What was that for?!" he asked heatedly.
"Language," Matt said sternly in a disapproving manner.
"Um…Naruto taught me it!" Dracmon quickly passed the buck.
Naruto shortly joined Dracmon in the 'slap upside the head' club. "Traitor," Naruto grumbled.
The rest of the meal was a bit more peaceful than that and soon enough the Digimon were looking ready for bed. However, there was a briefly heated argument between Tai and Matt as Matt heatedly stated that T.K. and Naruto shouldn't be on guard duty and that Tai shouldn't joke around with Gabumon after Tai made a joke about Mimi trying to steal the wolf like mon's coat. Izzy and Joe quickly settled the manner as they all agreed on a watch schedule. Soon, the Digimon and their humans were packed onto the trolley to get some shut-eye. Matt had Gabumon sleep next to T.K. and Naruto to keep the younger boys warm while going outside shortly afterwards.
Suddenly, Naruto got up groggily. "I need to pee," he murmured as he walked outside.
After doing his business (and making sure nobody was looking), Naruto started to head back to the trolley. However, he heard the sound of voices talking. Deciding to check and make sure Matt and Tai weren't going to try and murder each other, Naruto quietly snuck over to the fire where the two boys and Agumon sat. Listening closely, Naruto was able to pick up on their conversation.
"Do you guys even live in the same house?" he heard Tai ask and the whiskered boy mentally winced, knowing that subject was a sore spot for Matt.
"Not anymore," Matt admitted with a surprisingly calm tone. "Our parents separated when we were really little, so I don't get to see him much." He then ran off to the mainland, where he then proceeded to play his harmonica. Gabumon shortly joined him as they sat on the beach with the music being the only sound in the quiet night.
"Matt's a little strange," Tai commented to Agumon as he sat beside his partner by the fire.
"Not really, its just his way of relaxing when he's upset," Naruto's voice sounded behind the two, causing them to jump and spin around in order to see the blonde standing beside them with an oddly melancholy look on his face.
"How long were you standing there?" Tai asked the younger boy suspiciously.
"Long enough to hear Matt apologizing for being such a stuck up," Naruto answered as he joined the two by the fire. When Tai asked what he was doing up, Naruto replied with a shrug, "Couldn't really get to sleep, seems to be a lot of that going around."
Tai chuckled at that and the trio sat in silence for a couple minutes just listening to Matt's harmonica. "I'm sorry that Matt can get a little confrontational," Naruto started.
Tai looked to the younger boy and replied, "It's okay, I have a little sister around both you and T.K.'s age, and if she was here I'd probably act protective as well."
Naruto nodded at that. "While we may only be cousins, Matt's always acted like an older brother to me like he does for T.K. whenever he can. I think he feels its his responsibility to prove himself to the two of us, to himself, that he's worth being called a big brother even though he'd deny it when asked. And even though he can be a pain at times, I'm happy for every moment we can spend together."
Tai hummed before saying, "But you don't seem to listen to him that much."
Naruto snorted, "Please, it's always the younger sibling's job to drive the older crazy. Besides," at this he became somewhat lighter, "With Matt and T.K. trying so hard to impress each other, Matt proving he's a good older brother while T.K. tries to prove he can take care of himself, someone has to be the comic relief!"
The two boys shared a laugh at that while Agumon was only half listening while the rest of him was focused both on the music and keeping his senses alert for danger.
"You seem pretty close to both of them," Tai observed.
Naruto chuckled while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Yeah, you can kinda thank my mom for that. She wanted me to be close to my family, so she basically told Matt and T.K.'s parents when we were going to hang out, no ifs, ands, or buts. She can be very persuasive when she wants to be," Naruto shivered at this before brightening up once more. "I'm glad she did though, because I enjoy being with both of my cousins."
Unknown to anyone, a lone ember flew from the fire and landed on what looked like a red palm leaf a short way away from the fire. The 'leaf' began to twitch when suddenly, the water beside the island bubbled ominously. Without any warning, a large serpentine form shot out of the water and roared into the sky, alerting and/or waking up the assembled Digimon and their partners. Apparently, the large aquatic Digimon named Seadramon had been asleep with half of its body resting on the island the group was camping on…and apparently it was quite cranky by being waken up via hot ember to the tail. The large sea serpent began to swim away and was pulling the island with it!
"What's going on!" Tai screamed.
"He's pulling us along by his tail! I bet he doesn't even realize we're here," Izzy observed.
And, once again showing the universe loves to mess with people, Seadramon turned its head back towards the island and by extension the people and Digimon on it.
"Dang, should have made a bet on that," Naruto whined but then perked up. "Although…T.K. now owes me two bucks! Ha! Now who says the Lock Ness Monster doesn't exist!" he cheered triumphantly.
"I'm sure you'll make great use of that as fish food!" Joe cried in near hysterics.
With a yank, Seadramon freed its tail from the island and began ramming it from below the surface. Matt and Gabumon jumped into the water from the mainland where they were at when Seadramon attacked and swam out to help save the group. The island was pushed into the middle of the lake where it slammed into several electrical towers before growing still. Several of the Digimon tried to attack the sea monster, but their attacks proved to be ineffective against Seadramon's tough hide. Tai ordered Agumon to Digivolve, but the little dinosaur hadn't fully recovered from the last time he tried.
Matt called out to T.K. as he swam closer to the island and the young boy cried out for his older brother to be careful. The younger of the two should have followed his own advice, and he fell into the water himself when Seadramon rammed the island once more. Gomamon jumped in right after to save T.K. from drowning just as Matt reached their location. However, Seadramon had spotted the brothers at that moment and Matt, being either brave or stupid, used himself as bate to draw the sea dragon away. It became apparent that the water was Seadramon's domain, as it easily reached Matt and bound him in its tail before casually swatting Gabumon away. T.K. was quick to blame himself for his brother's current predicament while the others watched in concern, trying to figure out what to do that wouldn't endanger Matt further.
Gabumon rushed to help his friend and partner once more while Matt's Digivice began to glow. The light engulfed Gabumon and his form began to change.
"Gabumon, Digivolve to…Garurumon!"
Garurumon, a large wolf-like Digimon with steal hard fur darted through the water like a torpedo with claws and teeth. The smaller Champion smashed into Seadramon, forcing it to drop Matt into the water, the boy quickly swimming back to shore as his partner confronted the sea serpent. A fierce battle ensued, with Garurumon swimming circles around the monster who dared to attack his friends. Seadramon finally cornered the wolf Digimon using its icy breath, but Garurumon repelled it with his Howling Blaster. The blue flames were so intense that they drove back Seadramon's attack and exploded right in its face, causing it to sink back into the water. Garurumon shrank back into Gabumon and swam back to shore where he was quickly greeted and complimented by the other Digimon and their partners, making him blush through his fur. T.K. meanwhile was praising Matt, saying how awesome he was risking his life for him. Like his partner, Matt was trying (and failing) to hide his blush.
Looking at the destroyed land bridge and the fact the island was now in the middle of the lake, Joe asked the question that was on everyone else's mind, "So, how are we going to get back to shore?"
Before anyone could answer the constantly anxious boy, Seadramon burst from the water once more with a roar. Smoke was pouring from its damaged mouth and its eyes were bloodshot with rage. The children screamed as Gabumon was now too tired to Digivolve again and they were all basically sitting ducks for the enraged Digimon. Suddenly, Dracmon stepped forward, a disturbingly giddy smile on his face.
"Don't worry guys, I got this!" he assured the group before turning to Seadramon and pointing his hands at the sea serpent. The eyes on the palms of his hands glowed with power as he declared his attack, "Eye of Nightmare!"
Twin beams of energy shot out of the eyes and struck Seadramon right in its eyes. The Champion gave another roar as it reared its head back and shook it around in pain.
"Oh great, now you've just made it madder!" Tai cried in worry.
With a look of concentration on his masked face, Dracmon said, "Just give it a sec, alright? I'm still pretty new at this."
Slowly, Seadramon stopped shaking its head and stared at the group with a blank look in its eyes. Several of the kids and Digimon noticed the dark energy that seemed to cover the eyes like lenses. Adopting his default cheerful look, Dracmon called in a hopeful voice, "Hey, wanna give us a hand…er, fin?"
"Yes, my master," Seadramon said almost robotically much to the groups surprise as it lowered its head and began to push the island back to shore.
Once they safely returned to the mainland, Dracmon cheerfully said, "Thanks for the lift! Now, be a good little Seadramon and go knock yourself out with a boulder, okay?"
"Of course, master," Seadramon nodded before sinking back into the water to accomplish his assigned task of finding a boulder big enough to smash its head against.
Dracmon blew on his eyed palms like smoking barrels and casually said while turning around, "I guess that takes care of that, huh?" Noticing the looks he was being given, he asked innocently, "What?"
"What was that?" Sora asked the question that was on the humans' minds.
Dracmon took a 'lecture' pose and explained, "Well, y'see my Eye of Nightmare has a couple different functions. The first is that it can fire dark energy at my opponent like what I did to Kuwagamon (1). Then there's what you just saw me do, which is a strong form of mind control. If I'm able to hit a target in the eyes that has a weaker will then me, I'm able to make them do pretty much whatever I ask. Of course, the stronger the will the less I can make them do."
"Wait, you mean the eyes on your hands can hypnotize people?" Izzy asked.
Dracmon tilted his head in confusion at the redhead's question and questioned, "Hypnotize? What's that?" he then shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Basically what I do is give 'em a mind freak. Mostly its through the use of their nightmares that they have subconsciously in their mind. I can even manipulate their dreams in a way with this and change their nightmare from 'wake up in a cold sweat' to 'crap your pants' scary."
The group processed this for a second before Naruto got in front of his partner with stars in his eyes. "That is so COOL Dracmon! Oh, do you think you can make us do impressions? Do me! Do me!" he was practically hopping up in down in excitement.
"I really don't think this is the time for-" Joe began before witnessing the interesting site of Naruto pulling his shirt over his head before doing the chicken dance after looking straight into Dracmon's hand eyes. This gave everyone a good laugh after the stressful day they had, and were able to go to sleep in good spirits with Matt gently playing the harmonica as a soothing lullaby.
The Next Day
"Tell me again whose idea it was to go walking into a freaking desert?!" Naruto grumbled as he walked with the group through what appeared to be an endless wasteland.
Honestly, Naruto was beginning to see some major flaws in the leadership of the children; namely that it lacked common sense. Heck, he was one of the younger kids and even he knew you had to pack the essentials before backpacking in any extreme conditions. Granted, they didn't exactly have a military surplus store where they could stock up on canteens, hiking gear and the like, but some forethought on that might have been nice. Then there was the fact that before now the group had encountered what looked like flying gears and signs more confusing than the ones used by Wil E. Coyote. In all, it was enough to even sour the hyperactive blonde's mood. Mimi's nonstop tirade of complaints didn't help.
"Come on guys, we're bound to reach civilization soon!" Tai encouraged the group.
"That's what you said an hour ago!" Matt snapped.
"Hey, does anyone else smell something burning?" Dracmon asked randomly.
Everyone turned to the Undead Digimon and saw that his entire body was smoking slightly…right before it burst into flames.
"AAAAHHHH! PUT IT OUT, PUT IT OUT, PUT IT OUT!" Dracmon screeched in fear as he began rolling frantically in the sand as the kids and their 'Mons rushed forward to help. Fortunately, the whiskered eight year old had a solution to the problem that he had up his sleeve, or more precisely in his backpack. Rushing forward, Naruto pulled out a fire extinguisher of all things and sprayed the flaming Digimon out.
"Aaaahhh~," Dracmon sighed in relief, slightly crispy around the edges but otherwise unharmed. Smiling, he looked up to his partner and said, "Thanks Nar!"
"No problem. Why'd you burst into flames like that anyway? I mean, I always thought spontaneous combustion was just an old wives tale."
"It's quite simple really," the ever knowledgeable Tentomon explained as he buzzed forward. "Dracmon is an Undead Digimon that normally frequent dark places in the Digital World. While they can handle a decent amount of sunlight, too much and you get the worst case of sunburn ever!"
"Why didn't you mention anything Dracmon?" Sora asked in her 'mother hen' voice. "We could have tried a different route with more shadows or built you some makeshift umbrella you could have used to protect yourself."
"Eh, didn't think it was that big of a deal at the time," Dracmon replied with a shrug of the shoulders.
'He nearly burns to ash and he says its "not a big deal?"' the majority of the group wonders.
"Never fear, Naruto is here!" said blonde exclaimed dramatically, pulling out a decent sized umbrella from his backpack.
Izzy, the ever logical member of the group, finally found his tolerance for the blonde boy's complete defiance for the laws of physics finally snaps, "How in the world do you have all those items in your backpack?! The dimensions of the bag compared to the size and amount of items you pull from there are completely illogical!"
"You know what logic is?" Naruto shot back with a grin, "An excuse for people with no imagination!"
"That doesn't even make sense!" Izzy cried in frustration.
Matt put a comforting hand on the smaller boy's shoulder. "You shouldn't question it," he said patiently, knowing where the computer nerd was coming from. "I've known Naruto pretty much since the day he was born, and he seems to follow his own set of rules when it comes to reality."
With that deviation from canon done, the group pressed onward through the desert with Dracmon now carrying an umbrella to shade himself from the harsh sun. Soon he was joined by Gabumon whose fur coat wasn't doing him any favors in the heat. After Izzy did a quick scientific study of the area to conclude that it was really, really, hot, the group decided to take a small break to gather their strength.
"Listen, I know I'm just a little kid and everything compared to the rest of you and that my opinion probably doesn't mean jack, but we really need to get some water soon before we become buzzard, or Buzzardmon or whatever, food," Naruto pointed out.
"Yeah, I am getting thirsty Matt," T.K. pointed out to his older brother.
"Well, I'm going to die in a desert. Just like that old gypsy woman said," Joe bemoaned.
"Really? An old gypsy woman said you were going to die in a desert?" Sora asked skeptically.
"Well, technically she said dessert but I think the intent was clear," Joe defended.
"All I know is that I want a cold drink, preferably in a place with AC!" Mimi whined.
"We'll get right on that," Tai sarcastically replied as he looked around the area with his mini spyglass. "Just then he spotted something. "Oh hey look, cactuses!"
"It's actually pronounced cacti in the plural form," Izzy corrected.
"Hey, I read somewhere that cactus plants have water in them! C'mon Dracmon, let's go check it out!" Naruto said before leaping to his feet and running to where Tai was pointing, Dracmon close behind.
"Naruto, be careful!" Matt cautioned his younger cousin as he went to follow after the smaller boy.
When the group reached the cacti patch, Naruto was already digging into his pack for something to pull the water out of them with. "C'mon, I know its here somewhere…" Naruto mumbled as he rummaged through the bag.
"What are you looking for Na…ruto?" Joe trailed off as the whiskered boy pulled a chainsaw out of his bag. "WHAT THE CRAP?!"
Naruto revved the motorized cutting tool and quickly cut into the cactus. Soon enough, water was leaking from the gash. "Now hold on, I think we need to test it or something before one of us," Joe started before both Naruto and Dracmon glomped their mouths to the liquid like leeches. "…drinks out of them," Joe finished with a sigh.
After draining the cactus of liquid, the two partners gave satisfied sighs before letting out twin belches, much to Mimi's disgust. "Man that felt good!" Naruto said with a laugh.
"Are you going to be alright?" Sora asked, worried that drinking cactus juice raw might not have been the smartest of decisions.
"Oh we're just fine," he replied before letting out a hiccup that caused a blush to form on his face as his eyes became unfocused.
"Yeah, quit worry-HIC!" Dracmon started before he too hiccupped and gained a blush on the parts of his face visible beneath his hood.
"Umm, Naruto? Dracmon?" Tai asked in concern at the dazed look the duo was sporting.
Dracmon started giggling in a disturbing manner and began humming 'Baby Got Back' to himself. Naruto meanwhile was squinting at Tai and said in a slurred voice, "Heeeyyy, aren't you Spike from Cowboy Bebop (2)?" Before Tai could answer the bizzare question, Naruto suddenly grasped the front of the older boy's shirt while crying anime tears. "YOU BASTARD!" He shouted, "Wh-Why'd yah have tah die in the end?! And making it look so cool too, dammit!" he then sobbed into Tai's shirt, "Y-you made anime a legend, ya'know?"
Tai looked desperately to the other kids and mouthed 'Help me!' Dracmon then shouted out randomly while pointing at the cactus Naruto and he had drank from, "Drink cactus juice! It'll quench yah! It's the quenchiest!"
"Is anyone else getting freaked out or is it just me?" Joe questioned uneasily.
"It's not just you," Gomamon assured his partner as he stared and the strangely acting duo.
"Look ma! I can fly!" Naruto shouted while flapping his arms and jumping up and down.
"Duuude~! I have eyes…on my hands!" Dracmon breathed while staring at the eyes on his palms.
"I do believe there must be some sort of narcotic effect in the cactus juice," Izzy deduced as he observed the little bit of liquid still inside the plant Naruto and Dracmon were using as a fountain.
Palmon went up and put one of her hands on the cactus for a minute and seemed to be concentrating. When she was done, the plant Digimon seemed to pale a bit, an impressive feat considering she was, well, a plant. "Oohhh boy." She murmured.
"What is it?" Agumon asked her.
"Well, I was just able to get a read on the cactus these two drank out of. Apparently, its full of Crazy Juice (3)," she informed him.
"Well that's not good," Patamon said worriedly.
"I'm guessing from the name it makes people act crazy?" T.K. questioned.
"Not just act crazy, but get crazier as time goes on!" Biyomon explained. "Soon they'll be more nutty then peanuts unless we get them an antidote!"
"You mean they aren't already there?" Gomamon snarked, only to balk as Dracmon suddenly got into his face.
"I wanna do a skit. I'll play a group of drunken sailors, and you're a baby seal!" Dracmon said with a maniacal grin on his face.
"Uh-oh," Gomamon gulped before backpedaling as fast as his flipper like limbs allowed him.
"Come back here baby seal!" Dracmon laughed as he pulled a giant mallet out of nowhere and gave chase.
Fortunately for everyone there, Palmon reacted quickly and used her Poison Ivy to wrap up the intoxicated Digimon. "Hey, no fair!" he pouted as he struggled against the vines. He then turned to Palmon and said in a chipper tone, "Alright, we'll call it a draw!"
"Good job Palmon!" Mimi congratulated her partner. She then looked around in concern, "Um, where's Naruto?"
"I'm over here!" the young blonde's voice shouted out and the group turned to see him attempting to swim in the sand. "I have finally realized my lifelong dream! Swimming in a pool full of ramen!" he cheered before taking up a mouthful of sand in his mouth and chewing happily. This lasted about two seconds longer than it should have before he adopted a look of disgust and spit the sand out of his mouth. "YUCK! Tastes like sand!" he then gained a scandalized look on his face and, getting down on his knees shouted to the air, "NOOO! RAMEN HAS BETRAYED ME! Sacrilege, blasphemy! THE RAMEN IS A LIE!"
He continued to rant as Palmon also roped him up in her vines and the rest of the group made a litter out of some driftwood and straps they found in Naruto's bag (why he had this, no one wanted to know). They then proceeded to carry the two struggling and intoxicated partners away.
(Several Hours Later)
"Ugh, my head," Naruto groaned as he sat up. "It's worse than the time Jiraiya gave me that glass of sake to try!"
"BLAUGH!" was Dracmon's response as he leaned away from the futon the two found themselves on and vomited heavily onto the floor.
"Oh, dude, come on!" Naruto cried in disgust.
"Oh good, you're awake!" a young girl's voice chimed happily. The two looked to the door and found a Yokomon beaming up at them. "I'll go let your friends know!" she chirped as she ran out the door. This left a groaning boy and a dry heaving Digimon in the hut.
"Do you remember what happened?" Naruto asked as he tried to clear the cobwebs from his mind.
Wiping off his mouth with the back of his hand, Dracmon groaned, "All I remember is something about a desert and some cacti."
"Well, I hope you two learned something from this," Matt said as he stepped into the hut followed shortly by Gabumon and the others.
"Yeah, never be dumb enough to follow a group into a desert without water," Naruto replied before gaining a sheepish expression at his older cousin's look. "…And maybe to wait and see if something is safe to eat or drink before sucking up as much as you can?"
Matt was about to sharply retort when Gabumon laid a calming hand on his shoulder and said, "I think that's the best we can expect."
T.K. then added, "I'm just glad you and Dracmon are okay, cuz!"
"Thanks," Naruto nodded in understanding. Turning to the rest of the group, he said, "What'd I miss?"
"And why do you look like you just fought a living flamethrower?" Dracmon asked as he pointed to Biyomon's slightly singed feathers.
The group then took turns telling the two of the events that had occurred while they were 'incapacitated'. After walking for a few more minutes into the desert, the group stumbled upon a village of Yokomon, Biyomon's In-Training form. Fortunately, the friendly Digimon had an antidote for Naruto and Dracmon while offering the DigiDestined a place to rest. However, soon after they arrived, the water in the village evaporated and the well actually erupted in lava. They soon found out that the sudden drought was caused by Meramon, a normally peaceful fire Digimon who lives on the mountain overlooking the village (and was a literal living flamethrower). Apparently something caused the Champion to go insane as he charged at the village while screaming in pain while burning everything in his path.
Seeing the potential danger, everyone runs to the now dried out lake to get to safety, with Matt and Gabumon carrying the still out cold and hallucinating Naruto and Dracmon respectively. Sora and Biyomon, however, stayed behind to make sure all the Yokomon get out safely. Meramon attacks, and both Biyomon and Sora try to hold him off. However, the bird Rookie wasn't able to do enough damage to the flaming Digimon and he goes to attack her friends. In her desperation, Biyomon was able to Digivolve into her Champion form of Birdramon and was able to fight Meramon on more even ground. During the fight, Birdramon was able to get in a good hit on Meramon and caused the reason behind his apparent insanity, a black gear, to go flying out of his back and be destroyed. Meramon, no longer crazy, apologized for his actions and explained that he had no real memory of what happened after the black gear hit him in the back. He then went back to his mountain home and that brings us back to the present.
Naruto whistles, "Man, sounds like we missed a heck of a party!"
"Wait, there's a party? Will there be cake and ice cream?" Dracmon asked and, noticing the stares he was getting rubbed the back of his neck bashfully. "Sorry, I don't think the cactus juice is out of my system completely yet."
"Actually," one of the Yokomon piped up as she peered into the hut, "we're going to be holding a dinner for all of you in thanks for helping our village, so I guess you can say the party is still going on!"
Matt groaned and put his face in his hands, moaning, "Oh great, now you've done it."
"Matt, what's-?" Gabumon started before there was a loud horn blast. Turning, the group stared in bewilderment as Naruto was now decked out in party gear, including an air horn, googly eye glasses, a spinning necktie, and a rubber chicken. Dracmon was dressed similarly with a large clown wig and two cans of crazy string in his hands, along with a 'Kiss me, I'm Irish' t-shirt.
"WOO-HOO! PARTY!" The two partners cheered in unison, earning a sweatdrop from everyone.
The 'party' wasn't as extravagant as the two rambunctious partners were hoping for, but they enjoyed themselves nonetheless. Both Naruto and Dracmon entertained the Yokomon with Dracmon hypnotizing Naruto to do increasingly ridiculous stunts, from racing around the village on only his hands to belching out the alphabet. Naruto himself would reenact some of his pranking exploits using various members of the group in a slapstick routine, whether willingly or unwillingly. Then came the food, which turned out to be some kind of seeds. The Digimon seemed to enjoy it but a majority of the humans were reluctant.
"We have more than enough for seconds," Biyomon informed the group cheerfully.
"Yeah, well, there's probably a good reason for that," Joe commented cynically.
"Has anybody noticed, we talk a lot about food?" Matt observed.
"Seconds please!" Dracmon asked eagerly, holding up his empty bowel.
Naruto, after literally shoving his face into his bowel of seeds, came up for air to show he was finished as well with a big grin on his whiskered face. "Ditto!" he chimed, holding up his bowel.
"Uh, I'm not hungry anymore," Sora stated while pushing her bowel away looking slightly green.
"I'm skipping this one too," Joe agreed as he also pushed his bowel away. "I just don't like to eat on an empty stomach. Besides, I don't even know what this stuff is, but I'm sure I'm allergic to it!"
No sooner had they finished saying that then the whiskered blonde and the Virus Digimon snatched up the bowels and eagerly dug in. Once finished, they let out matching belches.
"Ew, that's disgusting!" Mimi wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Didn't your mother teach you it's rude to burp like that Naruto?!"
"Actually, she's the one who taught me to burp like that," Naruto stated proudly while puffing out his chest. "My mom's awesome like that."
Soon enough, it was time for the group to head out. After making sure Dracmon had his umbrella least he becomes a slice of extra crispy bacon, the DigiDestined and their Digimon waved goodbye to the Yokomon Village as they headed towards their next adventure. What will our heroes face next?
1. I know this isn't in the Eye of Nightmare's description on the Wiki page, but I figured it'd make sense to give Dracmon a long range attack. Plus, the rules of the anime are never as absolute as they describe them on webpages.
2. It was pointed out in one of the Digimon stories I read that Tai looks like a younger version of Spike from Cowboy Bebop, and I thought it'd be funny to add that in.
3. The Digital World has mushrooms that make you lose your memory and apples made of meat. I think having cacti full of hallucinogenic water is the most believable out of all three.
0 Jordio 0: First of all, I wish to thank you for not leaving a total biting comment on this story like I know you tend to leave for most stories. That said, I'm not sure what you mean about changing the past and present tense since I try to remain consistent unless it involves character dialogue. If you want, would you care to beta this story to make sure I'm not making any grammatical mistakes? Now as for the last chapter, yes it may seem a little rushed, but that is because I was trying to introduce the concept of my story first so that the readers can see what Naruto's role in this story will be, what his personality will be like, who his partner is, etc. while still trying to show that the other DigiDestined will remain important members of the story without just fading into the background like most Fanfics tend to do. Trust me, Naruto and Dracmon are definitely going to have their moments to shine, particularly when they're separated from the group. Now as for the Digivolutions, I won't say anything to avoid spoilers but please know that I do have a plan for it and it will be hopefully amazing.
AN: So here we are again! Now I know a lot of you probably want to see more of my other stories and I beg you to be patient with me. My muse has been on a roll with this story and I'd like to get one more chapter of this as well as a couple challenges posted before returning to my other stories. Add to the fact that my new job has me working from 9 in the morning until 6 in the evening, tends to burn me out for writing, so updates may be slow in coming. Also, I've been helping several other writers with their stories, so I've been one busy boy! I do plan on updating each and every one of my main stories, but again I ask that you have patience with me.
Now, I don't know if you've noticed, but I've been trying to get two episodes of Digimon per chapter. With luck, I might be able to get in both season 1 and 2 in a little over 50 chapters. Fingers crossed! I've also decided that for this story, I'm going to make a decent amount of references in this story. Major brownie points to whoever finds them all! I hope you all enjoyed the wackiness I've done with this story, but don't worry there will be plenty more action in the future! In the meantime, READ, REVIEW, and ENJOY!