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The Hybrid Tamer

-Chapter 5-

*Tick Tick Tick Tick*

Naruto sat on the couch in the living room, wearing his freshly washed pants and a tight short-sleeve black shirt that Rumiko had bought for him, watching the TV with Renamon in boredom. It had been two days since he'd ended up with the Nonaka family and not much had happened since that first day.

He'd gone around the city with Rika and Seiko a few times which had left him flabbergasted for a while but had gotten over it after a few hours. He'd also gotten message back from Tsunade telling him to stay put for now and telling him that the retrieval mission had been successful with no casualties, though most of the team and Sasuke himself would be spending a while in the hospital. Though he felt a bit guilty that he was the one who hospitalized Sasuke, Naruto rationalized that it was worth it since he stopped the stubborn Uchiha from running off to Orochimaru.

*Tick Tick Tick Tick*

Right now though, the one-armed blonde was starting to feel stir crazy as he had been doing nothing but sitting around and resting for these last few days thanks to both Seiko and Tsunade's insistence. He couldn't stop fidgeting, his leg twitching and finger constantly fiddling with each-other as he tried to distract himself from his boredom.

*Tick Tick Tick Tick*

Despite the look of absolute calm on her face, Renamon was in no better condition, having been expecting fighting and getting stronger, not sitting around doing nothing. Yes, it gave her plenty of time to observe the boy next to her, but her patience was swiftly wearing thin and she was starting to get antsy.

*Tick Tick Tick Ti-*

"That's it! I can't take it anymore!" Naruto exclaimed as he stood up and turned to the fox digimon next to him. "You. Me. Park. Spar. Now!" He said bluntly before marching to the doorway, missing the mixture of annoyance and excitement that flickered through Renamon's eyes.

'I'll let him commanding me like that slide just this once since this might actually be somewhat entertaining.' She thought while vanishing from sight. Using his years of pranking practice, Naruto snuck past Seiko who was reading a paper in the dining room while eating a late breakfast and silently opened and closed the back door.

Once outside, he looked to his side just as Renamon appeared beside him as a smirk crossed his lips. "Race ya!" He yelled while leaping up onto a nearby building and shot off, briefly surprising the blonde fox before she gave a barely noticeable grin.

"Oh, it is on."

-A few minutes later, park-

The park was peaceful today, the trees swaying gently in the wind as the sun brightly shined through the canopy and onto the forest floor and birds chirped their songs through the air. This tranquil scene was completely missed though by the blonde boy and fox digimon as they landed inside a moderate sized clearing at the same, both breathing only slightly heavily.

"You're pretty fast," Naruto said with a wide grin as he got into a loose fighting stance.

"You as well," Renamon said back, appearing to be just standing before him casually but if you looked closely you could see the subtle tensing of her muscles. 'Amazing, he was able to not only keep up but even managed to tie with me.' "Enough talk though, you wanted a spar did you not?"

"Alright, but only taijutsu for this one." Naruto said getting a nod in response before he exploded into motion. Almost faster than Renamon could react, he was in front of her with his fist cocked back for a punch. Blocking the blow with her arms, she cringed slightly from the strength behind it before quickly grabbing the limb and tossing him over her shoulder.

Skidding to a stop several feet away, it was Naruto's turn to go on the defensive as he ducked under a side swipe then caught the kick aimed for his stomach. Using the trapped limb to pull Renamon off her feet, he allowed the momentum to take him down with her and making his armless shoulder dig into her stomach.

Gasping from the sudden loss of air in her lungs and the pain in both her stomach and leg, Renamon retaliated by socking Naruto in the face repeatedly until his grip slacked enough for her to break it. With a spectacular display of her natural flexibility, she grabbed him with her legs before lifting herself into a handstand and doing an upside-down suplex that embedded Naruto several inches into the ground.

Flipping back onto her feet, Renamon watched in mild surprise as Naruto easily pulled himself out of the earth and spit out a mouthful of dirt and blood, his grin still on his lips as he jumped her with his fist raised. Moving to block the punch, Renamon's eyes widened in shock and pain as at the last second Naruto twisted his body in mid-air and introduced his sandaled foot with the side of her abdomen. Dazed from the unexpected blow, she was left defenseless to the second kick that struck her shoulder and the punch to her now exposed back that sent her skipping across the grassy earth until she collided with a tree.

Getting back up slowly, Renamon wobbled slightly as she saw double for a few moments before shaking it off, wiping the blades of grass and bark off her face, and blurring out of sight. It was only thanks to pure reflex that Naruto was able to spin around and catch the fist flying at him. Unfortunately, that left him completely open to the rising kick to his chin that sent him several yards into the air.

Appearing above him, Renamon went to deliver another kick to send him flying back to the ground, only caught by surprise when he not only managed to dodge it by contorting his body at a painful angle but also grab her extended limb and use it to pull her into grapple as they both went into free-fall.

Renamon managed to struggle free after several seconds thanks to Naruto's missing arm but was too late to stop the fall as they both crashed into the earth, kicking up a large cloud of dust and debris.

When it cleared, it revealed both of them already back up and good to keep going. "Ready for round two?"

-Several Hours Later-

Rika growled in annoyance as she marched home from her school Kagurazaka Girls' Academy or as she called it 'Prissy Mc-Girlieville'. Most of the time she could tolerate the place as most of the other girls had learned to leave her alone at this point, and she'd just come to accept she'd have to wear the stupid girly uniform. But today, today had been a 'special lesson' day where the teacher spent hours droning on about how to be a 'proper lady'. It made her sick just thinking about it.

She was torn from her thoughts as she entered her house by the sight of her partner and… house guest sitting on the couch watching TV with a multitude of bandages on various parts of their bodies. Naruto had a large smirk on his face while Renamon looked an odd combination of impressed and irritated. "What the heck happened to you two?" Rika asked bluntly, getting the two to look at her.

"Oh hey Rika-chan, *Twitch* Me and Rena-chan just had a small spar at the park to pass some time." Naruto told her, missing the redhead's brow twitching at the added suffix to her name.

"It was an okay match," Renamon said in her usual monotone, making Naruto stick his tongue out at her playfully.

"You're just saying that because you lost," He retorted, making the fox digimon 'Hmph' and turn away.

Rika blinked in surprise for a few seconds before staring at Renamon with a dull look. "You lost to him? Seriously?" Her supposedly super strong digimon partner lost to a crippled human boy with only one arm?

"…He has a surprising amount of durability and endurance." Renamon muttered, thankful her fur hid the embarrassed blush that crossed her cheeks. When they had first started, the both of them were almost evenly matched with her having a slight advantage. However, after the first three or four rounds her stamina had started running out and her body taking too much damage while Naruto just took everything she could throw at him and kept going.

Eventually the whole thing was concluded with her conceding defeat after she ended up overtaxing herself and fell over from exhaustion. The most embarrassing part for Renamon was how she needed Naruto to carry her back to the house piggyback style. After that the duo got chewed out by Seiko (Who somehow made even Renamon shiver in fear from the scolding), patched themselves up, and went back to the couch where they proceeded to watch several episodes of the digimon TV series.

Rika just continued to look at the duo blankly for several moments before sighing in irritation and walking away. "Whatever, I'm going to my room. Renamon you better be ready for tonight."

"Of course, Rika,"

"Oi! Don't forget me! If you're going out for a fight there's no way I'm gonna miss it." Naruto said, making Rika stop in the hallway with a groan of annoyance.

"Fine, but you better not slow me down." She said over her shoulder before stepping into her room, which had thankfully been cleaned of all the blood and vomit but still had the cracked section of wall, and slammed the door shut behind her.

Naruto frowned slightly at her dismissive and rude attitude, reminding him just a little too much about a certain duck-assed haired teammate of his. "Man, someone really needs to pull that stick out of her ass one of these days." He stated, having pretty much the exact same type of interaction with her ever since she came back from that walk on the first day.

Renamon's brows furrowed at that. "I've never heard that expression before, what exactly do you mean by it?" She asked.

"Well…" Naruto started, scratching the back of his head as he struggled to think on how to put it. "…to put simply it means she needs an attitude adjustment. She acts way too stuck-up and arrogant, like she's some big bad tough guy and that everyone else is just fodder that will get in the way." He stated, not beating around the bush at all.

"I… can see that somewhat, but I do not see the problem so far," Renamon said, getting a dry look from Naruto.

"That's because you act almost the exact same way," He told her bluntly, if this insulted the fox digimon at all she didn't show it as her face maintained its usual blank expression. "Plus, I've seen what that kind of attitude leads to." Memories of his last fight with Sasuke played through his head as he unconsciously grabbed the remaining stump of his missing limb.

"And what would that be exactly?" Renamon asked callously, obviously not taking what he was saying seriously still.

Naruto looked Renamon straight in the eyes with a glare making her freeze. "It ended with my best friend and teammate trying to kill me all in the name of more power." He told her harshly before stomping off, leaving the stunned fox digimon in her spot.

However, it wasn't his little piece that had left her shocked, it was the fact that for a brief few moments she had sworn that the sclera of his eyes had bled into a dark black…

…just like hers.

-End Chapter-

AN: Again sorry for the short chapter, I will try and make the next one much longer next time. Hope you all liked the fight scene, though if you read my Humon? story you might be complaining how this Naruto is so much stronger than that one0 for some reason. Just to clarify, he's not, Humon? Naruto just seemed weaker as he was still adjusting to not only his new form but also with no longer having the Kyuubi which affected his abilities for a while and only in recent chapters is he starting to balance out. Thank you for reading and please review.