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The Hybrid Tamer

-Chapter 17-

-Last Time-

"Alright," Jeri said before the pair slowly started to walk away. "By the way, now that your leg is all better-"

"Yes, I'll give you another ride." *Poof*

"Awesome!"

As the once again transformed blonde ran off with his happily cheering passenger, neither noticed as a small cluster of data formed in the middle of the trashed clearing. These tiny red flecks fluttered together in an erratic and unpredictable pattern for several minutes before condensing together and filling the entire area with a blinding light.

"Well… well… well… isn't this an interesting development." A deep gravelly voice stated as the light cleared, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes with slit pupils.

-And Now-

"Now let me get this straight," Seiko said in a disapproving tone as she towered over a nervous Naruto and Jeri, the former transformed back to normal. "Not only did you go off by yourselves when I specifically told you not to, but you went and got into a fight with another digimon while you were injured?"

"Uh… yeah, kinda." Naruto admitted, unable to shake the sudden feeling of dread that had washed over him. He and Jeri had gotten back to Rika's home a few minutes ago, both eager to tell about the day they had, only to end up coming face to face with the very upset looking grandmother.

After explaining the events that had transpired during their little adventure, it was accurate to say that the elderly woman was pretty steamed.

"Well, then I guess you can go to your room then mister, because you are kinda grounded." Seiko said, giving Naruto the sternest look she could manage while pointing towards the hallway.

Choking on air, Naruto stared at the elderly woman in shock and denial. "What!? You can't do that!"

"Excuse me? As long as you are living under this roof, you will follow my rules young man. So if I say you're grounded then you… are… grounded." Seiko said firmly while jabbing the whiskered blonde's chest. "Understood?"

"…Yes ma'am." Naruto said with a sigh of defeat as his shoulders dropped and he slowly trudged towards his room.

Seiko blinked a few times in confusion, surprised at the normally stubborn boy's sudden surrender. She had expected him to put up much more of a fight than that, and she wasn't the only one as a certain digital fox and redheaded tomboy were watching this happen from the living room with equally confused expressions.

Putting that oddity aside for the time being, the elderly woman reached out and grabbed the boy's shoulder, stopping him cold. "Hold on you, I'm giving both of you a check-up first."

"I'm fine Seiko-baachan," Naruto grumbled, but didn't resist at all as the grandmother dragged him into the Livingroom and plonked him onto the couch.

"I'll be the judge of that." Seiko said while making Jeri take the seat next to the whiskered blonde before going over to the kitchen and pulling out a brand new large medical bag.

As she was going through the bags contents, Renamon got up from her seat and walked over to the duo. "I believe you wanted me to look at something."

"Huh? Oh yeah, right," Naruto said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out the small purple SD card he'd gotten from his fight with Sangloupmon. "My digi-thingy spat this thing out after I downloaded Sangloupmon's data. You got any idea what this thing is?"

Eyes widening upon seeing the chip, the foxy digimon quickly swiped it from her fellow blonde and looked it over with awe. "Amazing, I didn't think I'd ever see one of these."

"And what exactly are you seeing?" Naruto asked with a raised brow, snapping Renamon out of her mild daze.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, the blonde fox handed the SD card back with a frown. "If I'm not mistaken, and I am certain I'm not, then that is a digi-card."

"Uh, yeah not to rain on your parade but last I checked these were digimon cards." Rika said while holding up a handful of her new rare cards.

"I said Digi-card Rika not digimon card." Renamon stated, getting a dull look from her tamer.

"Fine, what's so special about it then?"

"A Digi-card is essentially a copy of a digimon's data that has been stored into portable chip which can supposedly be used by a digivice to summon the digimon to fight for them." Renamon said, getting everyone's attention peaked.

"Well I may not know much on digimon, but that sounds pretty useful." Seiko said while she gently nudged Renamon aside and started examining Naruto for any new or remaining injuries.

"They are. However, since very few digivices have ever existed, almost all Digi-cards in existence were destroyed as digimon resorted to simply downloading the data off of them to gain power." Renamon explained.

"So… your saying is Sangloupmon is inside this little thing?" Naruto asked, his brow rising slightly when the fox digimon nodded before looking at the chip in his hand. "Man, he must be really pissed right now."

"Probably." Renamon said with a shrug as Seiko finished checking Naruto, not finding anything wrong with the whiskered blonde, and moving onto Jeri, starting with the girl's back since she'd said it was hurting a bit.

Barely twenty seconds though, the elderly woman's barely held in a gasp as she slowly lifted the back of the brunette's shirt to reveal the newly formed reddish pink bruise stretching from her shoulder blades all the way down to her hips. "Oh my…"

"Is it bad Hata-san?" Jeri asked while craning her head back in a vain attempt to see.

"Uh yeah Jeri, it's bad." Naruto said with a cringe as he glanced at her back, his worry for his friend's health overriding his concern for his own safety.

'Her adrenaline rush probably hasn't worn off yet.' Seiko thought with a frown while softly prodding the discolored tissue, having seen more than a few cases like this where someone was ignorant to how badly hurt they really were. "Renamon, you mind getting some icepacks and towels?"

Not responding verbally, Renamon vanished in a static blur and reappearing a few seconds later with the requested items in her arms. Taking them from her in an instant, Seiko wrapped the frozen bags with the absorbent cloth before gently pressing them against Jeri's back.

"A-a-a-ah!" The brunette gasped as the cold shocked her body's pain receptors back into working order. Going stiff as a board as the express train of pain reached her brain, Jeri remained still for several seconds before slumping forwards a bit and biting her lip.

"Sorry dear, should have given you a heads-up about that." Seiko said somewhat sheepishly, though not honestly while pulling out a bottle of numbing gel and carefully rubbing some of it onto Jeri's back. She had to make sure that there weren't any serious injuries hidden from her sight or touch by the bruising, which meant she needed an honest reaction to the pain from the girl.

"I-it's okay Hata-san." Jeri said with a mild stutter, her expression relaxing slightly as the combination of ice and gel swiftly took the edge off. "Though if it's a-alright with you, I'd really like to lay down for a b-bit now."

"Of course dear, I'm sure Rika wouldn't mind letting you use her bed for a while." Seiko said while looking towards said granddaughter, who gave a noncommittal shrug in response before she and Naruto helped the girl to her feet. "It would probably be best if you stayed the night anyway, wouldn't want you hurting yourself further."

"Uh, alright, I'll call my parents and tell-ack!" Jeri started to say while reaching for her cellphone, only to cut herself off with a yelp as a strong jolt of pain ran up her spine.

"Don't worry Jeri-san, I'll tell you parents what happened… well part of it at least." Seiko said while taking the cellphone, correcting herself midsentence. She really didn't think the brunette's folks would take it well if she told them the full story. "You go lay down and rest."

"Okay, thank you Hata-san." Was all Jeri had time to say before Naruto and Rika essentially dragged her off to the redhead's room, leaving Renamon and Seiko alone in the Livingroom.

"…How is it that you're the most normal one?" The elderly woman asked the fox digimon after a long silent pause.

"I would normally be offended by that question, if I hadn't been wondering the same thing ever since I got here." Renamon said dully while pulling out her Icha-Icha book from… somewhere and continuing where she left off.

Sighing at the digital being's response, Seiko flicked open Jeri's phone and quickly found the girl's home number.

-Meanwhile, Park-

"You're such a sweetheart Steve." A plain looking brunette woman said with a happy smile as an equally plain brown haired man gave her a bouquet of flowers. Both were sitting on a fancily carved park bench, giving each-other loving looks.

"What can I say Mary? Every time I see you I can't help but want to make you smile." Steve said with a cheesy grin while the now named Mary swooned to his words.

"Oh Steve,"

"Mary,"

"Steve,"

"Mary,"

With each repetition of the other's name, the couple leaned closer and closer, their eyes shutting and lips puckering.

"Bada Boom!" However, just before they could kiss, the two were interrupted as a small red fireball that struck the ground in front of them and exploded like a fire cracker.

"AAAHHH!" Jumping from their seats, Steve and Mary quickly ran away as fast as they could while sceaming at the top of their lungs, never even noticing as a cackling laughter filled the air.

"Oh man that was priceless!" A slightly high pitched voice said as a short purple digimon with a pale white face, an evil smiley face on his chest, and a red neckerchief walked out from the shadow of a nearby tree. "These pathetic humans always have the funniest of reactions when you scare the crap out of them!"

This was Impmon, a rude prankster digimon that liked to stir up mischief and feast on delicious food. He'd been in the real world for a while now, but unlike most digimon was smart enough to maintain a somewhat low profile since, as much as he hated to admit it, he wasn't exactly that high up the digital food chain.

Instead of blindly charging into a fight with any digimon he came across, the little purple mischief maker would stay back and watch from a distance to see if they were worth the effort to fight or fi it was better to make a 'tactical retreat'. Most would say his tactics were cowardly, even himself at times, but they were no less effective.

In the meantime though, this left Impmon with a decent amount of free time, which he usually spent doing mean pranks on unwitting human's visiting the park, such as the one he'd just done.

This week had been particularly eventful since there was a local tradition for this time of the year called the lover's night stride where couples would walk through the park in the late evening hours in hope that it would bring good fortune to their relationship. That in turn meant that Impmon had quite the wide variety of targets to choose from.

"I say, no matter how many times I do that, it just never gets old," Impmon said as he managed to get his laughter under control before rubbing his stomach as it growled loudly. "Hmm, pranking human's sure works up an appetite though, I wonder if that vending machine I raided last week has been refilled yet."

As he talked to himself, the small digimon crossed his arms behind his head and casually walked off in a seemingly random direction. "I hope so, that was the one that had those awesome cinnamon paste-GRK!"

Faster then the digimon could even blink, a hand covered in pitch-black fur clasped around his throat. Eyes bugging out in surprise, Impmon grabbed at the offending appendage and he choked out incomprehensible words as he was hoisted off the ground until he was eye level with a pair of glowing crimson eyes.

The owner was shrouded in shadow with the exception of their hand and arm, the latter of which was clad in deep violet fur.

"Well, well, well, it would appear that I finally found someone who can be of use to me." Whoever it was said in a smug gravelly male tone as their grip loosened just enough for Impmon to breath. "You are going to give me all the knowledge I need to know."

"Excuse me!?" Impmon called out indignantly as he glared at the being holding him. "You come around here and start choking me outa the blue, then expect me to help you. I don't know who you are mister but I'm telling you now that your messing with the wrong Mon. Infernal Funnel!"

His fists lighting up with dark crimson fire and ice, the small purple digimon punched at his mysterious captor unleashing a moderate sized pillar of destruction that washed over them. However, it was all for naught as the attack barely even singed the being.

"Hmm, was that supposed to hurt me?" The being asked mockingly as they used their free hand to wipe off some imaginary dust. "If you're all done, then we can get to business."

"I'm not gonna tell you nothing dirtbag!" Impmon growled as he started to charge up another attack.

"Heh, you don't have to." The being said as they held up their free hand once more, this time showing the back of it, revealing a glowing red screen, before placing their palm on Impmon's forehead. "And don't worry, you'll live… probably."

"W-what's that s-supposed to meEEEAAAGH!" Impmon screamed in pain as he was engulfed in red electricity while his body phased in and out of cohesion.

When it finally stopped several seconds later, the prankster digimon's twitching smoking body dangled limply in its captor's grasp until they tossed him aside like garbage. "Thank you for your contribution Impmon, as thanks for your kindness I'll let you keep your life."

Raising his head weakly, Impmon glared at the mysterious being as they left, just barely able to make out their silhouette as they left. "I swear… I'll get you… back… for this."

-End Chapter-

AN: Mostly filler and short chapter this time, but I hope you enjoyed it none the less. I also hope you like this Omake written by a buddy of mine, The Sith'ari.

-Omake: Meta moment-

"Man, I can't believe that I'm actually an anime and manga character here," Naruto muttered as he put down an issue of Naruto Shippuden on Rika's bed beside him.

"Yeah, it's hard to believe that I didn't make the connection," Jeri said, as she was still shocked at how her brother-figure was actually probably one of the most famous anime/manga characters of all time.

Meanwhile, Rika was sitting on her desk going over some of the new rare cards that she got from the card shop, pretending not to care. Though internally she was slapping herself for not realizing who Naruto actually is, especially since his name and the techniques he used should have been evidence enough.

"Still though, after seeing things from a third person perspective, I've realized how stupid some of my actions, and potential future actions, really are," Naruto muttered, since a lot of his actions could have got him killed if it wasn't for plot armor.

"You're just figuring that out?" Rika asked, as she turned away from her Digimon cards and looked at Naruto incredulously.

"Okay, I get it, it was reckless and didn't think things through. Especially, when Sasuke was involved," Naruto replied, while internally cursing at how reliant his future-self was with the Kyuubi's Chakra.

'Note to self: Decline any offers of going on a training trip with Jiraiya, if I ever manage to get home,' Naruto thought to himself, given how it seemed he learned more after he came back to Konoha, then on the actual training trip with his god-father.

"So, what will you do now Naruto?" Jeri asked her brother-figure in curiosity.

"Well first, I'm going to prank Kishimoto, next I'll use the manga and look online to learn some new jutsu, while also looking up any weaknesses for the people from my universe," Naruto replied with a serious tone, as he got up from his bed.

"I understand the new jutsu, but why look up the weaknesses of the people from your world?" Jeri asked in confusion at Naruto's decision.

"It's because, since I was able to arrive in this world, what's stopping others from doing so? It's already been confirmed that I can communicate with home via summon, what's stopping someone like Obito from coming here," Naruto muttered with slight anger at the mentioning of his father's student. How his Canon-self forgave him, he'll never know.

"Good call, also have fun with your prank," Rika said with a wave, as Naruto jumped over the stone wall/fence of her backyard.

*A Few Hours Later*

"What the hell?!" Masashi Kishimoto yelled out, as he looked in the mirror and saw himself dressed as Sakura Haruno.

On his sink a note could be seen with the writing of: A little payback for some of your bad calls with my series.

Sincerely,

Konoha's Prankster King from Hell

-End Omake-

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