Naruto: Shinobi Hunters

Digi-Destined saga

Legend of the Stone of Gelel arc

Kurama no Kyubi: Before we get to the reviews there's just something that I'd like to say: after some thinking, I've decided to not have Naruto being a bounty hunter after all due to the story taking an unexpected turn, even for me. Don't worry though, he'll find another way to get the money to rebuild Uzushio.

Imaginebreaker7: Great chapter I wonder if Dorumon will digivolve during this arc. I look forward to your next chapter.

Kurama no Kyubi: If by during this arc, you mean these three chapters with the stone of Gelel, then no. This entire arc however, is the same arc as it was at the start of the story, and it'll continue until all of the seven Digi-Destined have been found.

adngo714: Hmm interesting...is NaruHina a pairing since in manga chapter 615, NaruHina was piratically canonized/confirmed!

Kurama no Kyubi: Well, by the time you've reached this chapter, you'll already know the answer to that. Also, for me NaruHina isn't confirmed yet, and it won't be until they kiss, the same goes for any other pairings for that matter.

adngo714: You do know that most Digimon are able to speak english?

Kurama no Kyubi: You do know that expecting Dodomon to talk right after being hatched is like expecting a newborn baby to talk right after being born, right? Also it's not English, it's Japanese they're speaking, just translated to English for people like us to understand.

"Digivolution." Normal speech

'Digivolution.' Normal thought

"Digivolution." Biju and summoning speech

'Digivolution.' Biju and summoning thought

Temujin: Kurama no Kyubi doesn't own anything.

Chapter 8: Legend of the stone of Gelel part 2: The stone of Gelel

13 years ago, forest near Konohagakure

A cloaked figure ran through the forest towards where the large demon had just been. He had no idea of what was going on since he'd been away on a mission, but as soon as he caught sight of the nine tailed monstrosity, he knew something was up.

"Kushina-chan…" He said quietly before he threw off the dragon mask he was wearing and pulled out his dark-green X-Loader "Reload, Veemon!"

In a flash of light, his partner – Veemon – appeared and ran by his side. Veemon was a small dinosaur looking Digimon with blue scales and a yellow "V" on his forehead.

"Veemon, I've got a bad feeling about what's going on here. I want you to scout the area to see if there's anyone suspicious around!" The man, Monkey D. Dragon said.

"Hai!" Veemon said before shunshining away.

Shortly after, Dragon came out, into a clearing to see a ritual alter with a newborn baby lying there and just in front of said alter lay the dying forms of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina.

"Minato! Kushina-chan!" Dragon yelled as he ran towards them.

"D-Dragon…" Minato managed to say as Dragon came over to them before kneeling down.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I want my son to be known as a hero to our village." Minato said.

"Your son?" Dragon asked before looked over at the newborn baby and noticed the vanishing seal on his belly "I understand."

Just then, Veemon appeared with two other Digimon: one was a small red mouse-like Digimon with a number of feather-looking tails. The other one basically looked like a fox on two legs.

"Minato/Kushina!" The two other Digimon yelled respectively as they ran towards their partners.

"Elecmon, I'm afraid that this is where we have to part ways." Minato said as he looked at his partner.

"Renamon, I want you to watch over Naruto-kun for us when we're gone. Can you do that?" Kushina asked.

"Hai, Kushina." The fox-like Digimon, now identified as Renamon said.

Kushina then weaved a series of hand signs with the little chakra she had left and suddenly a ball of chakra formed in her hand before she gave it to Renamon.

"Take the little chakra that I have left, hopefully it'll be enough to make you Digivolve on your own." Kushina said as the ball of chakra went into Renamon's body "Also, I want you to reveal yourself to Naruto-kun when he's become a Digi-Destined."

"Understood, Kushina." Renamon said.

Present day, Uzushiogakure

'Kushina…' Renamon thought as she was sitting on a cliff, overlooking training field 1 where Naruto was currently training.

"So this is where you've been hiding." A voice said from behind her.

"What are you doing here, Dragon?" Renamon asked as a cloaked figure walked over to her and sat down next to her as he looked down at Naruto.

"Why haven't you revealed yourself to him yet?" Dragon asked.

"That's none of your business!" Renamon said as she looked away.

"You know, you knew Kushina better than anyone. It might actually be good for him to meet you." Veemon said as he came over to her as well, though he didn't sit down.

"And what would a Royal Knight like yourself know about what's good for him?" Renamon asked.

"I'm not with the knights at the moment, and you know it." Veemon said.

"Yeah, whatever, UlforceVeedramon." Renamon said.

"You know quite well that you're not supposed to call me that when I'm in this form!" Veemon yelled as Renamon turned back to Dragon.

"It was you, wasn't it?" She asked and Dragon looked at her "You're the one who left Dorumon's egg in the forest for Naruto to find, weren't you? That was a dangerous move you know. After all, Dorumon's the one who…"

"I know, but don't worry. I have a feeling that Naruto will be able to handle Dorumon." Dragon said.

"Maybe, but Dorumon might still have a piece of Gelelmon inside of him." Renamon said.

"Don't worry. We've already gone through with it with Yggdrasil-sama, and if it appears that Gelelmon is about to return, he'll step in himself to stop him." Veemon said.

"Yggdrasil? Seems unlikely. He's never interfered with the affairs of the Digital or the Real Worlds before, so why start now?" Renamon asked.

"That may be true, but – as you know – Gelelmon is far more powerful than any threat that the worlds have been up against in millennia. He's one of the seven Perfect-Level Digimon, seven powerful beings that – when at full strength – not even Yggdrasil-sama and the Sovereigns would be a match against." Veemon said.

"The Perfect-Level Digimon, who are they? Those that we haven't encountered before, that is." Renamon said.

"Sorry, but I don't know much more than you do. Well, except that it's believed that one of them supposedly created Digi-Quartz, and there's one who's supposed to even be more of a legend than Alphamon-sama." Veemon said.

"It's about time there was something even you don't know about." Renamon said.

"Hey, I've just been around a lot longer than you have." Veemon said before turning to Dragon "We should get going now."

Dragon then nodded before standing up on his feet and the two started walking.

"Wait!" They turned back to Renamon before she continued "I ran into Shanks earlier."

"What did he say?" Dragon asked.

"He said "beware, the Demon Lords are on the move"!" Renamon said.

Land of Wind, warship graveyard

"What the hell happened here?" Sasuke asked as he saw the wreckages of the warships.

"It looks like there's been a battle going on here." Dorumon said before he and Sasuke noticed that Temujin was already on his way towards one of the ships.

They entered the ship and walked through the corridors until reaching a room filled with rubble, as well as destroyed capsules with children in them.

"What's the meaning of this?" Sasuke asked as he stopped walking, and Temujin stopped walking as well, though he didn't reply "Answer me!"

Before Temujin could respond however, crow – the main puppet of the Puppet-Master, Sabaku no Kankuro – came and wrapped itself around Temujin.

"Sasuke, what are you doing here?" Sasuke and Dorumon turned towards the voice to see the Suna-nin himself.

"Kankuro." Sasuke simply stated.

"You got it." Kankuro said before turning to Temujin "Thought you could sneak up on us, huh? You shouldn't underestimate the shinobi of Sunagakure."

"Tell me, Kankuro. What happened here?" Sasuke asked.

"These people invaded the Land of Wind from out of nowhere. We've had quite a few casualties, trying to stop their rampage. Whole villages were wiped out in the battle." Kankuro informed and Sasuke and Dorumon turned to Temujin.

"Is this true? Then what happened to all that talk about creating a Utopia?" The raven-haired Uchiha asked.

"Noble sacrifices for the greater good." Temujin said.

"Greater good, my ass! What you're doing is the complete opposite of what you're saying!" Dorumon yelled.

"Sorry for butting in, but I'm gonna end this now." Kankuro said.

"No. He's my opponent!" Sasuke said, however just then, Temujin managed to break out of crow's hold and sent the puppet flying into the wall as he drew his sword and pointed it at the Uchiha.

"Those who stand in our way will be eliminated!" He said.

"Heh. Yeah, whatever. Huh?" Kankuro noticed something and looked over his shoulder to see a woman with short brown hair and purple armor.

"Temujin! You know you're not supposed to be here, you idiot! Your primary duty is scouting!" She said before a woman with long brown hair and green armor stepped out from behind her.

"This one is just acting as a look-out. There's another unit, waiting nearby." She said.

"Yes, but…" Temujin said.

"What's got you so worked up?" The one with green armor – Kamira – said.

"We're splitting before things get ugly around here." The one with purple armor – Ranke – said.

Just then however, walls of sand came into the room – one from each side – and apparently crushed the two females, but Gaara – who was the one that summoned the sand – noticed that they managed to get away and he jumped after them.

"Not so fast!" Gaara said.

"Nice of you to finally show up." Kankuro said before jumping after them.

"Oh, all right. I guess we can play." Ranke said as she landed on a pipe.

"You fellas should learn when to walk away." Kamira said as she grabbed ahold of another pipe before she and Ranke jumped away just before a wave of sand came after the latter, destroying the pipe she was on.

"What on earth do you think you're doing?" Sasuke asked as he activated his Sharingan.

"I already told you, didn't I? If one hopes to achieve a higher goal, certain sacrifices must be made!" Temujin said.

"Look around you! Aren't these your friends?" Sasuke yelled. Now, before, he wouldn't have cared much for friendship, but after Naruto was banished, he learned a lesson that he should've learned 5 years ago… never take your friends for granted.

"They are, and like me, they were willing to give everything to bring about our dream of Utopia." Temujin said.

"Spare us, will ya? If they are your friends, you sure don't act like it!" Dorumon said.

Kankuro vs Kamira

Kamira was dodging all of the kunai that Kankuro was throwing at her as they ran through the wreckage.

"Heh. You're pretty good at dodging." Kankuro said before waves of darkness suddenly came out of Kamira's body, and Kankuro couldn't see anything and he stopped running.

"All you got is darkness, huh? I am not impressed." Kankuro said before turning around and his eyes widened when he saw a large face before he suddenly started hearing screams.

"Hear the cries of those who's stood against us, doomed to wander the land of death." Kamira's voice was heard through the darkness.

'She uses Genjutsu?' Kankuro thought.

"Prepare yourself for an eternity of anguish." Kamira finished before shadowy arms suddenly came up and grabbed the Suna-nin and through him down towards an entirely red area that could almost look like a lake of lava.

Gaara vs Ranke

"I hope you know what you're getting into." Ranke said, not realizing that she's the one that doesn't know what she's getting into.

"Oh, I can handle it. Come." Gaara said.

"Sure." Ranke said before she created an electrical charge in-between her hands "Tornado Lightning!" She then fired a wave of lightning towards Gaara, but before it could reach him, the sand moved in to protect him, successfully blocking the electricity.

After having tried to get through the past the sand to no avail, Ranke made one of her lightning beams touch the ceiling, causing it to collapse upon Gaara as the sand moved to defend him from the rubble.

Ranke then headed towards the brown-haired boy.

"Suna Shigure!" Gaara called out before grains of sand were shot out from his shield and headed straight for Ranke who moved excellently through them before coming to a stop and holding out her arms before an electric shield suddenly appeared and blocked the sand. She then sent a wave of electricity towards Gaara in order to hit him with his own attack, but his shield protected him from the grains.

"Heheh. What's the matter? Don't you wanna play?" Ranke asked before slammed her open palm down on the floor and said floor blew up as the electricity headed towards Gaara.

Kankuro vs Kamira

Kankuro fell down what appeared to be a bottom-less hole as he saw something that looked like a Chinese-style dragon below him. He then stopped in the air in front of the dragon before snakes suddenly came out of his body before biting him.

Kamira then appeared upside-down behind him and he looked over his shoulder just before his opponent reached out and grabbed his neck, choking him while laughing.

"I'll see you on the other side." She said.

Gaara vs Ranke

The electricity moved towards Gaara beneath the floor and as it passed under him, it created several holes in his shield. The brown-haired Jinchuriki then looked up to see Ranke coming down and she busted through the shield before landing on the floor. Her right hand was then engulfed in electricity and she charged at Gaara who jumped backwards as his sand moved in to defend him.

"Thunder Saber!" Ranke called out before she punched Gaara's sand, making a shockwave that destroyed the sand shield around them, and the Jinchuriki was sent flying straight into the wall on the other side of a chasm.

Ranke then landed on a pipe that stretched over to the wall which Gaara was sent flying into, and she thought she'd won the fight.

"Huh. That was easy." She said, but just then came several tendrils of sand that wrapped themselves around her feet before going for her arms as the dust cloud faded to reveal Gaara, standing on a platform of sand before he held out his right arm.

"Sabakukyu!" He said as he clenched his fist and the sand finished wrapping itself around Ranke's body until she was trapped in a cocoon of sand.

Kankuro vs Kamira

Kankuro attempted to push Kamira's arms off of him, but it was to no avail.

"It's no use in struggling." Kamira said before Kankuro's face suddenly broke off to reveal that it was crow and the puppet opened his mouth before firing several kunais at the brown-haired woman, but Kamira then turned into a swarm of bats which then flew away before the darkness faded.

"Heh hahaha. So that's your game, is it?" Kamira's voice was heard.

"Have to admit, this girl's no joke." Kankuro said from his hiding place.

Gaara vs Ranke

Suddenly, streams of electrical charges came out of the sand cocoon that Ranke was trapped in before the cocoon was completely destroyed from the inside as Ranke broke out of her little prison. Gaara also noticed that she looked different, her right arm and leg had somehow buffed-up.

"Heheh. I'm not through with you yet." Ranke said as she continued to transform.

"So you can increase your strength by altering the structure of your body." Gaara said.

"You got it!" Ranke said before her transformation finished "Let's finish this."

She was now slightly taller and her skin seemed to have turned into rocks, she also had a metal mask covering the top half of her face. She still had her hair and armor though. (Kurama no Kyubi: I know it's different from the movie, but the reason why she looks like this will be explained later.)

Suddenly a shield of electricity appeared around her and she charged at Gaara who sent wave after wave of sand towards the woman.

"Useless. That's not gonna work against my Plasma Ball! Take this!" Ranke said before punching Gaara straight down to the bottom of the ship and Ranke jumped after him.

"Pathetic!" She said as Gaara lay there, seemingly dead and she walked towards him while saying "Well that takes care of that." However, then a crack formed across Gaara's face and the face fell off to reveal that it was just an empty shell and Ranke gasped.

"First time facing a shinobi?" Ranke then turned around and her eyes widened when she saw Gaara standing there.

"What? You're still alive?" Ranke asked in surprise before Gaara clasped his hands together.

"Ryusa Bakuryu!" He said and the entire floor was suddenly filled with sand which buried Ranke alive as the sand also engulfed the entire ship. Gaara then landed outside before Ranke – who was protected by her plasma ball – rose out of the sand while laughing.

"All of your sand is worthless against my electricity, kid!" She said before her shield vanished and she ran towards Gaara.

"Provided you still have it." Gaara said.

"You are no match for me!" Ranke yelled as she came closer to him.

"You think so, huh? Suna Raishin!" Gaara said before his sand shot up, out of his gourd and split into several needles that shot into the ground before beginning to drain all of Ranke's electricity.

She then started screaming in pain, something that didn't go unnoticed by Kamira who then came out on the outside of the ship to see all the electricity being drained from her teammate.

"Sabaku Taiso!" Gaara called out as he slammed his palms down on the ground and the sand came up, over Ranke before going down and burying her.

"Ugh. I don't believe it." Kamira said before she heard something below her and Sasuke and Temujin came out of a hole in the wall, still fighting. Kamira also took notice that Sasuke's left arm had what appeared to be deep bite marks, making it look like he'd been bit by a baby T-Rex or something, blood were still coming from the wounds too.

Flashback

"Spare us, will ya? If they are your friends, you sure don't act like it!" Dorumon said.

Temujin then charged at the two but Sasuke went through a series of hand signs before spitting a large fire ball from his mouth, but Temujin easily dodged it. However, just as he did so, Dorumon came up in his face and opened his mouth.

"Metal Cannon!" The small dragon said as he spat the metal spheres at the knight, and Temujin was sent skidding back from them.

"Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu!" Sasuke called out as he fired ball of flames that were in the form of a dragon's head towards Temujin. Temujin dodged it however, but he was surprised when the Uchiha came through the fire, kunai in hand.

Sasuke threw a bunch of shuriken at the knight, but he just blocked them with his shield before swinging his sword. Sasuke blocked the sword with his kunai, however, and gave a kick to Temujin's stomach, sending the knight skidding back.

Temujin then made his sword become longer as it was enshrouded in an aura of green flames before he swung it at Sasuke. The Uchiha jumped back to avoid it, but suddenly came a stream of green energy after him, and it sent into the wall.

"Dash Metal!" Dorumon roared as he charged at Temujin and sent the knight flying into the wall. However, he quickly got to his feet before he charged at Dorumon who again charged at him.

"Rising Thunder/Dash Metal!" Came their respective cries as they clashed, but Dorumon was quickly over-powered and sent flying back before he flipped in mid-air and landed on his feet. Then a red aura suddenly surrounded him as the wounds he had just received suddenly healed and his eyes also started glowing red.

"Metal Cannon!" Temujin knew what was coming and he was about to move out of the way, but this time, the metal spheres were a lot faster than they used to be, and they impacted with his body, even going straight through him.

"Dash Metal!" Dorumon suddenly vanished before reappearing as he slammed into Temujin's stomach, knocking the breath out of the boy as he was sent into the wall before falling down to the floor.

Dorumon then ran over to the downed boy before stopping above him and suddenly biting into his armor, as though he was actually trying to eat the boy.

"Dorumon." Sasuke said, getting the dragon's attention, though right now, that might not have been the best of ideas as Dorumon jumped at him. The Uchiha then brought up his left hand as if to defend himself and Dorumon bit down on it. Now, anyone else would probably have tried to force the creature off, but Sasuke was smarter than that and figured that if he tried, his arm would come clean off. Man, that dragon's probably got a stronger jaw than any other creature in the Elemental Countries.

Temujin suddenly came up behind the dragon though, and Dorumon noticed it before releasing his grip on Sasuke's arm and he turned around, but it was already too late.

"Rising Thunder!" And Dorumon was sent flying into the wall before the red aura suddenly vanished and he shook his head as he got up on his feet.

"Wh-what happened?" He asked.

"You don't remember?" Sasuke asked before Dorumon suddenly noticed the Uchiha's bloody arm.

"Ah! Sasuke, what happened to your arm?" Dorumon asked.

"Uh! Nothing happened." Sasuke said, not wanting to tell Dorumon what had really happened.

Flashback end

Temujin swung his sword down at Sasuke, but the Uchiha blocked it before swinging his kunai, however, the knight jumped back to avoid it.

"Heh. Found you!" Kankuro said as he finally had managed to find Kamira who then turned around just in time to avoid several kunai "You're not leaving, are you?"

"Should have walked when you had the chance, sweetie." Kamira said before Kankuro threw several more kunai at her, but she just jumped up into the air before transforming into a vampire-looking creature.

Her eyes turned red as black wings came out from her back laid across her back almost like a cape. She also got pure white skin and a black mask which covered the top half of her head. Her hair and armor remained though.

"What happened to her?" Kankuro asked before Kamira fired a gas from her mouth which covered the entire area "Nice trick. Ugh. Hey! We're not through yet!" Kankuro then ran after the fleeing bat.

Temujin blocked a strike from Sasuke, but suddenly came Dorumon and spat several metal spheres at the knight, who quickly dodged them before the gas reached the trio.

"Now what?" Sasuke asked.

"Temujin! Withdraw!" Kamira said as she flew over the boy, and Temujin jumped up grabbed the woman, turned vampire's hand.

"Hey! Wait!" Sasuke yelled before jumping after them before grabbing someone, though he couldn't see who it was because the gas was still there.

"Let go of me." Sasuke recognized that voice instantly.

"What the…? Kankuro?" He said as the gas faded and he looked up to see that it was indeed the Puppet-Master.

"Losing my grip." Kankuro said and just then Sasuke realized how high up they were.

"What are you doing up here?" Sasuke asked before Kankuro finally lost his grip and they fell down into the water. Dorumon – who had watched the entire seen – sweatdropped.

"Ah! Dinosaur, I've looked everywhere for you." Dorumon instantly looked towards the familiar voice to see none other than Zolo coming towards them from the east.

"Nani? Zolo, what are you doing here in the Land of Wind?" Dorumon asked.

Land of Fire, Nunami caravan

The entire caravan had been destroyed as a woman with long brown hair and blue armor was lifting Kahiko up, into the air by his collar, the woman was probably Fugai.

"Where is the stone?" She questioned.

"What makes you think I know anything about that?" Kahiko asked.

"Are you playing dumb with me?" Fugai asked before she lifted Kahiko further up, but then she dropped him as she found, she couldn't move. As Kahiko started coughing, Fugai was forced to turn around.

"Wh-what…?" She then noticed two figures up on a cliff, one was Shikamaru and the other looked like a bipedal dog with blue fur and boxing gloves.

"Kagemane, complete." Shikamaru said before Fugai noticed that his shadow was connected to hers. Kahiko was still coughing as Sakura ran over to him.

"Take it easy. Now, are you all right?" She asked before helping the old man away.

"We saw your signal flare. Pretty flashy." Shikamaru said.

"Who are you?" Fugai asked, but Shikamaru ignored her question.

"By the way, don't bother calling for your goon squad. I don't think they can make it. Useless bunch of lugs, aren't they?" Shikamaru said.

As the Nara was talking, at a place nearby were dozens of defeated armored soldiers and on one of them was Luu sitting with Salamon next to him.

"I was surprised when you offered to take on these weaklings yourself, Luu-sama." Salamon said.

"You know I can't let Gelelmon return. That would destroy all of my plans. For even I am no match for him." Luu said before one of the armored soldiers behind him suddenly got up on his feet and Salamon noticed it.

"Looks like there's still one that wants to play." Salamon informed her master and the blond smiled as he simply made a one-handed hand sign.

"Heh. Mokuton!" Suddenly, a wooden spike came out of the ground and pierced the armored soldier who then fell down.

With Shikamaru and Fugai

Suddenly Fugai started transforming and Shikamaru's eyes widened at what he was seeing.

"What in the…?" He said.

Fugai had apparently turned into a wolf on two legs, A.K.A a werewolf. She got blue and white fur, purple claws on both hands and feet. Her hair and armor remained though as she let out a loud howl, destroying the cliff that Shikamaru and his partner were standing on. Fugai then turned and ran off.

With Sakura and Kahiko

"What was that? A wolf?" Sakura asked before Kahiko started coughing again "Catch your breath." She then laid the old man down with a rock as Shikamaru and his partner came down.

"Arigato." Kahiko said.

"Hey, jiji. What do you know about the stone of Gelel?" Shikamaru asked.

"Uh? Gelel?" Sakura asked.

"If you don't wanna tell us, that's just fine. I already know all I need to know about it to know it's too dangerous for anyone to use." Shikamaru said before turning around "C'mon Sakura, we've got a friend to track down."

"Actually, I'd suggest that you stay with the old man." Everyone looked towards the source of the voice to see Luu and Salamon.

"Luu…" Shikamaru said as he narrowed his eyes. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but there was something about the blond that he didn't trust.

"If you stay with him, Sasuke will eventually come to you." Luu said.

With Temujin

Temujin was standing on the top of a tree as he thought back to what Dorumon had said earlier.

"If they are your friends!"

"You don't know anything about me." Temujin said before he thought back to when his home had just been destroyed years ago.

Flashback

"What'll we do, Temujin? Everyone's dead." A brown-haired boy said as he cried while he and Temujin looked at the remains of their village.

"Stop crying." Temujin said.

"Yeah, but…" The brown-haired boy said as he tried to wipe away his tears.

"A tragedy…" Both boys turned around to see Haido walking towards them "You two are the only survivors of this village. In a true utopian society, this sort of misfortune would never happen."

"A utopia?" Temujin asked.

"It's a world free of war, a dream I've devoted my life to." Haido said before taking his hand into his sleeve and pulling out a blue egg-shaped stone before showing it to the boys "Amazing, isn't it? If I can only gather enough of this stone of Gelel, I'll be able rid this world entirely of war. Ugly, sorrowful war."

Some time later, the two boys were standing in front of the machine with the light-bulb-looking capsules in what appeared to be an unfinished version of the moving structure.

"It's amazing how you've incorporated the stone of Gelel." The brown-haired boy said.

"Think so?" Temujin asked.

"Are you serious? Of course it is. I'm really proud of you." The brown-haired boy said.

"I appreciate it." Temujin said as the brown-haired boy looked at the machine.

"I wish that I could be like you. I only have power when I climb in there. But our hearts are still one. We're friends, nothing can change that. You mustn't let other villages suffer like ours did, we give our all for utopia." The brown-haired boy said.

Flashback end

Temujin's ear-piece suddenly beeped and he brought his hand up to it.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"You blind little fool! That caravan you were traipsing around with had info on the stone of Gelel!" Came Kamira's voice.

"What?" Temujin said, surprised.

Moving structure, bridge

In the bridge of the moving structure was Haido sitting in the command chair while Kamira was standing to his left.

"So this lead then, has the trail gone cold?" Haido asked.

"I had Temujin head out after them." Kamira said.

"Well done, my dear. The day when he has failed to meet my expectations has not yet come." Haido said.

"All thanks to that power he wields fortunately." Kamira said before Haido stood up and walked towards the door.

"I must see to something. In the meantime, I leave you in charge." He said.

"Yes, Haido-sama!" Kamira said.

Shortly afterwards had Haido reached a door and he walked through it to enter a dark room. At the end of said room were two candle-lights giving off a little light as in-between them, sat a shadowy figure, and he got down on his knees.

"Gelelmon-sama." Haido said.

"Haido…" The shadowy figure, now identified as Gelelmon said "Have you finished with what I told you to look into? Have you found out where those seven are?"

"Y-yes, milord. I have found records of this land's history and found out that the ones known as: Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Nagato are dead while Uzumaki Shanks has become a pirate, Darui recently became the right-hand man of Kumogakure's Raikage, and Ao is one of the leaders of the Kirigakure rebellion, and fighting in the Kirigakure Civil-War." Haido said.

"Good. But what about Monkey D. Dragon? With Minato dead, he'll be the most troublesome." Gelelmon said and Haido gulped, knowing that the all-powerful Digimon wouldn't like the fact that Dragon had managed to evade them.

"W-we still don't know where he is, milord." Haido said, and before he could even blink, he had been lifted up into the air by his neck by the shadowy figure.

"WHAT?" It's a good thing the room's sound-proof or else the entire world would've heard the yell "WHEN I TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING, I EXPECT YOU TO DO IT RIGHT! DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF DRAGON FINDS US – FINDS ME – BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO LOCATE THE MINE? IF I CAN'T GET MY HANDS ON THE STONE OF GELEL, I WON'T RETURN TO MY TRUE FORM AND POWER!"

"W-wait. There's something else. About that other matter you told me to look into." Haido managed to say and Gelelmon released him.

"Speak!" He said.

"I've found Dorumon. He's with a raven-haired boy named Uchiha Sasuke." Haido said.

"Uchiha, you say?" Gelelmon asked before thinking 'So, he's with a descendant of that bastard, Rikudo Sennin, the only person to have fought all seven of us. Seems like things could get quite interesting.'

Nunami caravan

Temujin arrived at what was left of the caravan before walking through it while looking around, however he failed to notice the shadow that was following him until it was too late and shadow arms wrapped themselves around the young knight.

"We've been waiting for ya. What's up?" Shikamaru said from behind him as he tried to break free from the shadow's hold to no avail.

Land of Whirlpools, Uzushio, training field 1

Naruto was currently training with his wind chakra, Zoe had given him some pointers on it and he was currently attempting to cut a leaf in-between his palms, using wind chakra. He then removed his left hand to see that the leaf had been cut in two.

"FINALLY!" He yelled after having tried cutting the leaf for 24 hours straight.

"What are you doing?" Naruto turned towards the voice to see Fu coming towards him.

"Ah, well, I'm training to master my chakra elements, and I decided to start with my wind chakra." Naruto said.

"Wait. "Chakra elements"? As in having more than one?" Fu asked.

"Yep." Naruto said as he showed off his foxy grin.

"So which ones do you have?" Fu asked.

"Hmm… Wind, fire and water." Naruto said and Fu's eyes widened.

"You've got three affinities?" She yelled in shock and the whiskered blond nodded.

"What about you? I know you've got water, but do you have any others?" Naruto asked.

"Actually I don't know what affinity I have. I'm only using Suiton Jutsus because every shinobi in my village is required to know the Mizu no Yaiba." Fu said.

"Huh, I see. Then why don't we check?" Naruto asked as he pulled out a chakra paper and handed it to his fellow Jinchuriki.

"Okay." Fu said as she accepted the piece of paper before channeling chakra through it and it suddenly wrinkled before turning damp.

"Looks like you've got water after all, and lightning too." Naruto said as Fu was staring at the slip of paper in disbelief, she knew that there were people born with two affinities, but she'd heard that it was quite rare, so she had never expected herself to be one of them "Hey, Fu-chan. You all right?"

"Y-yeah, just surprised is all." Fu said.

"Yeah, I'll bet. You probably never thought that water would be one of your affinities." Naruto said.

'He's pretty clueless.' Fu thought to herself before saying "Hey, Naruto-kun."

"Hmm? What?" Naruto asked.

"I-if you want, I-I could t-teach you to master water chakra." Fu said as she felt her cheeks heat up into a blush.

"Really? That'd be awesome!" Naruto exclaimed.

Land of Fire, Nunami hideout

The Nunami tribe along with the Konoha-nins, Zolo and Dorumon had taken up base in a cave where they had also brought Temujin and tied him up. Surprisingly Luu and Salamon were also present.

"It never occurred to me that you'd know anything about the stones." Temujin said.

"Never mind that. Why are you after them?" Kahiko asked.

"They're essential to our cause." Temujin said.

"You don't know the horror those stones carry within. They must never be returned to this world! Do you understand me?" Kahiko said.

"Save your lecture for someone else." Temujin said before some kind of light came out of his heart and showed a holographic image of a stone of Gelel.

"It's just as I thought." Kahiko said.

"What is that light?" Sakura asked.

"It is a crystal of Gelel, the source of all life-energy." Kahiko said.

"I know more about the stones than anybody." Temujin said as the light vanished.

'I wouldn't be too sure about that. There's no one that knows more about them than Luu-sama.' Salamon thought.

"That explains your power of recovery. How exactly did you come by it?" Kahiko asked.

"It was given to me by my master, Haido-sama." Temujin said.

"I see. Then is that the only stone you have in your possession?" Kahiko asked.

"Hmm?" Temujin then looked towards him.

"That's peculiar. If you're a descendant of our clan's ancestors who traveled across the sea, why wouldn't you know that, I wonder. Was the Book of Gelel lost, then?" Kahiko said.

"What in the world are you talking about?" Temujin asked.

"In the days of old, it was only the royal family members – that led our clan – who fused the stone of Gelel with the flesh of the body. Now, Sasuke, I spoke to you of this the other day, how some of our people took to the sea after our country was lost." Kahiko said before continuing explaining "According to legend, it was the royal family itself that left, taking the Book of Gelel and the last of the remaining stone across the waves. Temujin, wasn't it?" Temujin then turned to look at the old man "You haven't come to a new land, boy. You're returning home. You and I are of the same people, both descended from a single clan! We know little of the stones origin, but it seems that in very early times, a mysterious vein of mineral was discovered. Our ancestors were able to refine it, in a crystalized form, and they named the mineral "Gelel". A vast empire was built on this continent with the precious stone as its foundation. Wells never ran dry, life-stock multiplied over-night, and trees continually bore fruit. It's even said that they looked for ways to stop all life from aging."

"First I've ever heard of it." Shikamaru said.

"This was a very long time ago. But as is often the case, great power brought with it unimaginable catastrophe. People fought and quarreled shamelessly over the stones, and in the end their power was used to wage a massive war. Mountain and earth were ripped asunder, until eventually, the battle obliterated the empire all-together." Kahiko said.

"How awful." Sakura said.

"Only a handful of the young survived. Our ancestors sealed away the coveted mineral deep underground, and vowed never to revive the stone again." Kahiko said.

"If it was really that dangerous, why didn't they try to get rid of it for good?" Sakura asked.

"The stones are indestructible, so something like that would be impossible." Luu informed.

"Actually, that's not entirely correct, however, in order to destroy them, one has to have royal blood in his veins. But with the royal family lost to us for good, we can only watch over them, guarding their secret with every generation. The legends have slowly faded away, and one day, the story of our past will just die out all-together." Kahiko said and Temujin smiled.

"Die out? Fade away? Hearing all that, my resolve is stronger than ever before. Nothing will stop me from getting those stones now." Temujin said.

"Weren't you even listening? No one can tell what'll happen if those stones falls into the wrong hands." Zolo said.

"Power is power, nothing more. The only thing that matters is who's wielding it." Temujin said.

"The stone is too dangerous to the world of men. It must never be woken from its slumber." Kahiko said.

"Whatever power it may hold, Haido-sama will use it justly. "War breads only suffering, but without someone guiding us from above, there can be no end to blood-shed". This is what my master teaches, the truth of his words is edged into my heart. In the fog of war, my village fell prey to brigands, those of us who survived were orphaned, but Haido-sama took us in. I want to grant him his wish, to free this world of war. My comrades and I feel the same, no sacrifice is too great, that is my only dream! And I need the stone of Gelel to bring it about!" Temujin said as he broke out of the ropes before jumping over Kahiko and landing behind him as he brought his sword to the old man's neck.

"He was faking us out from the beginning!" Shikamaru said as he, his partner, Gaomon, Sasuke – who had his left arm in bandages – Sakura, Zolo and Dorumon got ready to fight while Luu and Salamon just stared amused at the scene in front of them.

"All right. You're going to tell me where the mines of Gelel are hidden!" Temujin said.

"I will not!" Kahiko said.

"You leave me no choice…" Temujin said before hitting the back of Kahiko's neck, knocking the old man out. He then threw a flash-bomb down on the ground and jumped off with Kahiko as he also grabbed one of the children before running up the stairs and out of the cave as a boulder covered the entrance.

"Ugh. That dirty…" Dorumon said.

"Emina, do you think you can tell us where the mines of Gelel are located?" Sakura asked one of the women.

"I would if I could, but… only my oji-san knows." The woman, now identified as Emina said.

"We could sure use a ninja hound, right now." Sasuke said.

"Ahem." They all turned towards Gaomon "I've got a pretty strong sense of smell."

"Me too, plus I am somehow able to sense where Temujin is. And Nerugui over there is obsessed with him." Dorumon said as he pointed towards Nerugui who was currently scratching at the boulder.

"Well, I'd say that increase our chances of finding them." Sasuke said before they walked towards the entrance.

"Hold up a minute, would you?" They turned around to see Luu getting up on his feet and walking towards them – or more specifically – towards Sasuke.

"What do you want?" The Uchiha asked before the blond boy stopped in front of him and put his hand on Sasuke's arm before a glow surrounded said arm and the bandages suddenly fell off to reveal that Sasuke's arm was completely healed "Uh? How did you…?"

"Before you go, there's something about the stones that you should know." Luu said.

"Like what? That they can corrupt anyone who tries to use them?" Shikamaru asked.

"No. It's more as to the reason why they corrupt people like that." Luu said.

"Why they corrupt?" Gaomon asked and Luu nodded.

"The stones aren't really stones at all. They're pieces of a single being's life-energy." Luu said.

"Someone's life-energy?" Sasuke asked and Luu nodded.

"That's true. They're the life-energy of Gelelmon, one of the strongest Digimon to have ever existed. The more the stones are used, the closer Gelelmon gets to his return, and the closer we get to the end of the world." Luu said.

"Is this "Gelelmon" really that strong?" Sakura asked and Luu nodded.

"Unimaginably. Remember the story that the old man told you? About the war that his ancestors waged over the stones? It wasn't ultimately the war that destroyed their empire, it was Gelelmon. In the midst of the war's final battle, Gelelmon appeared out of nowhere and destroyed everyone with a single attack. The same thing happened thirty years ago during the final battle in the X-Antibody wars in the Digital-World, only this time, Gelelmon was stopped before he could destroy a whole civilization." Luu said.

"How was he stopped?" Shikamaru asked, wanting to know in case they wouldn't be able to stop Gelelmon's revival.

"Both times, he ran into a group of seven Digi-Destined, and both times, he was defeated by them." Luu said.

"Who were they?" Sakura asked.

"Well, The first group were the Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato's generation." Luu said.

"The Yondaime?" Sasuke asked.

"That's right, and as for the first group he ran into, they're leader were a man who became a legend for almost succeeding in bringing peace to the world, as well as the creator of Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Kinjutsu and Fuinjutsu, a man known as the God of Shinobi, the Rikudo Sennin." Luu said.

"The Rikudo Sennin?" Shikamaru asked.

"Huh? Who's that?" Dorumon asked.

"He just told you!" Sakura said before thinking 'Seriously, he's as clueless as Naruto.'

"That's impossible. The Rikudo Sennin may be a legend, but that's all he is, a legend." Sasuke said.

"Maybe, but there's no way to know that for certain unless you meet someone that knew him." Luu said.

"Someone that knew him? But that's impossible." Sakura said.

"Not necessarily. I just told you that he was a Digi-Destined, didn't I? His partner Digimon is still alive. Now I suggest you go, before it's too late." Luu said.

"Right." Shikamaru said before they left and Luu turned to Salamon.

"We should be leaving too, come Salamon." Salamon then ran over to the boy before they too left.

Mines of Gelel, cliff

"This is it." Temujin said as he and Kahiko was looking down at what appeared to be a temple, surrounded by thick fog.

Temujin then walked over to the deer-like animal he had used to get there and sent it back with the child. He then drew his sword which started glowing and he pointed it upwards before a light shot out of it and flew off towards the moving structure.

Temujin then walked towards Kahiko who hesitantly led him down to the mines.

Moving structure

The light that Temujin had sent out of his sword flew towards the moving structure before hitting the mast.

Inside the bridge came the light down and hit a radar before said radar started beeping.

"Well?" Haido asked.

"Everything's ready." Fugai said.

"Wonderful. Let's say we get moving." Haido said before the structure started moving towards the mines.

Temple of Gelel

As Temujin and Kahiko were walking through the temple, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Gaomon, Sakura, Dorumon, Zolo and Nerugui ran towards the temple.

After the seven of them got into the temple, they ran through the corridors until they reached the corridor's end and came into a large, open room with many bridges going through it.

They stopped running as they reached a cliff before Dorumon spotted Temujin and Kahiko below them.

"Over there!" He said as he pointed towards them.

With Temujin and Kahiko

Temujin and Kahiko walked over a bridge towards a large platform before stopping at the end of the bridge.

"You know this place, lead the way." Temujin said.

"Follow me." Kahiko said before they continued walking.

"Stop right there!" They then looked up to a cliff above them to see the Konoha and Uzushio ninja and Sasuke and Dorumon jumped down.

"Stay out of this!" Temujin yelled as he was about to draw his sword, but just then the ground started shaking as the moving structure busted through the wall.

"Wh-what the hell is that?" Dorumon yelled just before a piece of the structure's floor lowered to reveal Haido, Kamira, Fugai and several of the armored soldiers.

"Haido-sama, the Mines of Gelel lie below." Temujin said as he knelt down.

"Thank you, son. I'm in your debt. Because of all your sacrifice, our Utopia is finally near at hand." Haido said.

"Yes, milord." Temujin said.

"Very well then everyone, let's get going." Haido said.

Land of Whirlpools, Uzushio, cliff above training field 1

Renamon sat at the cliff, looking down towards where Fu was teaching Naruto about water chakra control until she sensed something. She quickly turned around as she got up on her feet.

"Who's there?" She didn't see anyone and she didn't get a reply either, so expecting the worst, she ran off as a light suddenly covered her body.

"Renamon Digivolve to…"

As she ran, she went down on all fours before her tail suddenly split into nine, a large red and white striped ribbon appeared, wrapped around her neck and the Yin-Yang symbol appeared on her forehead.

"… Kyubimon!"

She continued running until she arrived at a clearing in the woods, and her eyes widened at what she saw – or rather – who she saw.

"You're…!" Was all she managed to say.

Chapter preview

Haido "What'll I do? Why, I'm going to create a Utopia, a world without war, where the weak will be free from the weight of oppression."

Sasuke "Hey, old man! People gave their lives for your dream! Do you even care? But in your book, they were just a means to an end, is that all your fallen comrades are to you now?"

Kahiko "Do you know what the design on this floor is? It's an ancient form of Kuchiyose no Jutsu used to call forth an immeasurable power."

Gelelmon "Muahahahahaha! Now, after 30 years, I will finally return!"

Temujin "Next time on Naruto: Shinobi Hunters: Legend of the stone of Gelel part 3: Utopia."

Kahiko "It's time this thing was eliminated from the world once and for all, even if it means our doom!"

Character status

Dorumon: Level: Rookie: 10

Techniques: Dash Metal, Metal Cannon, Hyper Dash Metal, Dino Tooth.

Weapons: none

Type: Beast.

Zolo: Level: 31

Techniques: Oni Giri, Tora Gari.

Weapons: katana, Wado Ichimonji.

Sasuke: Level: 29

Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi, Katon: Goukakyo, Katon: Housenka, Katon: Ryuka, Chidori.

Weapons: kunai, shuriken.

Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan.

Sakura: Level: 6

Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi.

Weapons: kunai, shuriken.

Shikamaru: Level: 10

Techniques: Bunshin, Henge, Kawarimi, Kagemane, Kage-Kubishibari, Ino-Shika-Cho (with Ino and Choji).

Weapons: kunai, shuriken.

Digimon: Gaomon.

Gaara: Level: 30

Techniques: Suna Raishin, Daisan no Me, Suna Bunshin, Suna no Yoroi, Suna no Tate, Suna Shuriken, Suna Shigure, Sabaku Furyu, Sabaku Kyu Sabaku Soso, Ryusa Bakuryu Sabaku Taiso, Saiko Zettai Bogyo: Shukaku no Tate.

Weapons: none

Kankuro: Level: 25

Techniques: Chakura no Ito, Kugutsu, Kurohigi Kiki Ippatsu.

Weapons: Crow, Black Ant.

Temujin: Level: 30

Techniques: Rising Thunder.

Weapons: sword.

Ranke: Level: 27 (as Golemon) 47

Techniques: Thunder Sabre, Plasma Ball.

Weapons: none

Kamira: Level: 25

Techniques: Darkness Illusion.

Weapons: none

Luu: Level: unknown.

Techniques: unknown.

Weapons: unknown. (Kurama no Kyubi: If he uses weapons, that is.)

Kekkei Genkai: Mokuton.

Digimon: Salamon.

Kurama no Kyubi: And that's another chapter done, and it seems things might be heating up here with Gelelmon about to return and the Demon Lords making their first move in centuries, and who could this person that Kyubimon ran into be? Also, I was wondering if you guys think I should add Devil Fruits to the story. Now I would very much like for you all to review.