Naruto: Shinobi Hunters

Digi-Destined saga

Shinobi Gathering arc

Kurama no Kyubi: From this chapter and onward I'll be focusing more on the newest generation of Digi-Destined. Oh, and by the way, last chapter after writing down the story preview for Naruto: Jubi's Reincarnation, I forgot to write down information about said story, so I'll put that information here instead.

Naruto: Jubi Reincarnation Information: In this story Naruto is basically the reincarnation of the Jubi's good half, though he's still got the Kyubi sealed within him… wonder how a Biju can have another Biju sealed within him. Anyway, due to the fact that Naruto's basically the Jubi, he has ten tails as well as the Jubi's eyes, though he's got two eyes, not just one. Also – with the exceptions of Tobi, Zetsu and Pain – the Akatsuki are good guys, and Nagato isn't the one controlling Pain, but instead the Six Paths of Pain are six Zetsu clones which somehow got the Rinnegan and now looks like six of the Akatsuki members, said Akatsuki members being; Deidara (Summoning Pain), Kakuzu (Machine Pain), Itachi (Mind-Reading Pain), Konan (Resurrection Pain), Yahiko (Absorption Pain), and Nagato (Push/Pull Pain). The six Pains also have all of the abilities as the ones they looks like with the exception of the one that looks like Nagato since the only Rinnegan abilities he has are Shinra Tensei, Bansho Tennin, and Chibaku Tensei. Also, Yahiko is still alive and is the leader of the Akatsuki.

Kurama no Kyubi: Well that's that. Now let's get to the reviews and then to the actual story.

ImagineBreaker7: Awesome chapter it was amazing. I loved reading it, but if I had any complaints it would be that all the mix of characters and events was a little confusing. But I was able to figure it out mostly eventually and I really enjoyed reading this story. I look forward to your next update.

Kurama no Kyubi: Well, what else would you expect from a single chapter which introduced three of the Yonko.

SPark681: Whew finally caught up on this story gotta say pretty impressed with the combo of Naruto/Digimon/One-Piece. Can't wait to see what you have in store for the next chapter, anyways keep up the great work!

Kurama no Kyubi: It's actually a combo of Naruto/Digimon/One Piece/Tales (series), but thanks.

"Digivolution." Normal speech

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"Digivolution." Biju speech

'Digivolution.' Biju thought

Naruto: Kurama no Kyubi doesn't own anything except for his OCs.

Chapter 13: Nico Robin

Naruto, Suigetsu, Karin, and Jugo walked ashore on the Land of Whirlpools' western coast as they had finally reached the island. They had managed to bypass the whirlpools thanks to Suigetsu somehow being able to temporarily stop the whirlpools. Though he could only stop one at a time, and the waves would restart going in circles again after one minute.

"Who'd have thought that you'd be able to stop the whirlpools, Suigetsu." Naruto said as he looked at Suigetsu.

"It wasn't all that hard. The worst part was more that we had to walk all the way from the other shore." Suigetsu said.

"It's only thanks to his Hozuki blood." Karin said.

"His Hozuki blood?" Naruto asked.

"He's of the Hozuki clan; a clan of people made up of water. Thanks to this, they can manipulate all of their bodily fluids, as well as any liquid outside of their bodies, though to a limited extent." Karin said.

"I see." Naruto said.

"I'm right here, you know." Suigetsu said as he glared at Karin.

'Hmm… This place seems nice. I think I might be able to control my urges here… at least to an extent.' Jugo thought.

"Hey, Shithead!" They heard a voice coming from the tree tops, and the four of them looked up to see none other than Tayuya.

'Great, she's here too?' Suigetsu thought wondering if he'd make a mistake in coming here.

'I knew I sensed something familiar.' Karin thought.

"Ah, Tayuya. Are you here to welcome me back? I'd more expect Fu-chan to do that, not you." Naruto said before Tayuya jumped down from the tree and landed on the sand in front of them.

"That's not the reason why I'm here, Shithead." She said before looking at Suigetsu and Karin "It's been a while, Suigetsu, Karin."

"Huh? You know them?" Naruto asked.

"Unfortunately." Tayuya said before continuing "But, that's beside the point. Shithead, you've got to come with me."

She then grabbed Naruto's hand and literally dragged him with her as the others followed them.

Uzushio, hospital tent

Akagami was currently sleeping soundly on a bed in a large tent near the middle of the village. This tent was used as a make-shift hospital until an actual hospital could be build. The reason why Akagami was in the tent, well… After Zolo saved him from the Neptunian, he and Tayuya brought the Naruto look-alike back to the village, and the instant he saw the Digimon… well, I'm sure you can figure out the rest.

"How is he?" Fu asked as she entered the tent.

"He just fainted, so he'll be just fine after a little rest." Cutemon said as he'd been the one to check on the boy.

"Hmm… Seems like Zolo was right, he do look like Naruto, except that his whiskers are slightly thicker." Fu observed.

"Hey, look. I think he's waking up." Cutemon said and sure enough, Akagami slowly opened his eyes to see what he initially thought to be an angel.

"I'm glad to see that you're awake." Fu said before smiling, causing Akagami to blush.

"Are you… an angel?" Akagami asked.

"What? No, of course not, I'm human." Fu said.

"Really? But you're so beautiful." Akagami said as he blushed.

"Well, thank you. But I'm already together with someone." Fu said as she blushed from the compliment.

"Hey, Tsunomon, wait up!" A voice called just before a disembodied furry head with a horn coming out of its forehead hopped into the tent followed by Tommy.

POW! POW!

"Tommy-kun, Tsunomon-kun. How many times have I told you two not to play in the hospital?" Fu said as Tommy and Tsunomon had stopped running and were bowing.

"Gomen, Fu-san." They both said with comical lumps on the top of their heads. (Kurama no Kyubi: Note that Tommy doesn't have his hat on.)

"Now, why don't you two go and welcome Naruto-kun back to the village, he should be returning any minute now." Fu said and both human and Digimon alike looked up with smiles on their faces.

"Right." Tommy said before he looked at Tsunomon "C'mon Tsunomon!" He then ran out of the tent.

"Hey, wait up, Tommy!" Tsunomon said as he hopped after.

"By the way, I didn't catch your name." Fu said as she turned around to see Akagami with his mouth agape.

Training field 1

Zolo was standing in the middle of the training field as he was swinging the Wado, training to improve his skills at Ichitoryu as his thoughts went back to his battle with Lobomon.

'I can't believe I was that much weaker than even Koji. At this rate I'll never be able to beat him.' He thought.

As he continued swinging his sword, he accidentally lost his grip on the blade, and it went flying straight into the cliff wall. He then walked over to said wall and pulled out his sword just before noticing something. There, on the wall was a sealing formula that seemed familiar, he thought about it for a while, trying to remember where he'd seen a formula like that one before, and then it struck.

"A blood seal…" He said, but deciding that it probably wasn't all that important, he went back to training.

Village gates

"So, let me see if I got this right. You're saying that some random kid that looks identical to me fell out of a Neptunian, and the only reason you're able to tell the difference is because his whiskers are slightly thicker than mine?" Naruto said and Tayuya nodded.

"Well, what are the odds of that happening?" Suigetsu asked.

"Quite low, actually." Jugo said.

"Hey, Naruto-san!" Everyone looked towards the voice to see Tommy with Tsunomon hopping next to him.

"Hello, Tommy. How's things been going while I was away?" Naruto asked as Tommy and Tsunomon came up to them.

"Thing's been great, I heard that the Ninja Academy will be finished soon." Tommy said.

"Hmm… You sound happy." Naruto said.

"Of course. I'm going to become a ninja so that I can one day be as strong as you." Tommy said.

"As strong as me, huh? Well, it'll be a long while till you're up at my level. Dattebayo!" Naruto said.

"I know, but I'm going to train hard, and then one day I'll be as strong as you." Tommy said.

"Well, I like that enthusiasm, kid." Naruto said as he put his hand on Tommy's head.

"Ahem." Tayuya said, catching everyone's attention "Isn't there something you're fucking forgetting, Shithead?"

"Tayuya, watch your language around Tommy and Tsunomon, their still children. But I guess you're right." Naruto said before looking back at Tommy "Sorry, Tommy, but I'll have to go now. So I'll see you later, right?"

"Right." Tommy said and Naruto and the others walked in the direction of the hospital tent.

Soon after, Naruto and the others reached the hospital tent, and they walked in to see Akagami sitting in his hospital bed with Fu sitting on a chair next to him, and Cutemon was standing on the bed, treating some wounds that he assumed Akagami got when he was eaten by the Neptunian.

"So you're saying that I look like some guy named Naruto, except that my whiskers are slightly thicker?" Akagami asked and Fu nodded.

"Hey, Fu-chan." Naruto said, catching everyone's attention.

"Ah, Naruto-kun." Fu said before getting to her feet and she ran over to Naruto before hugging him "Welcome back."

"Thank you. It's good to be back." Naruto said as he hugged the girl back, however, Suigetsu then made a whistling sound, and the two of them broke away with heavy blushes on their faces.

"Anyway. Naruto, this is Akagami." Fu said as she gestured to the red-head who was still sitting on the bed, getting treated by Cutemon. Naruto and Akagami then took one look at each other before…

"Are you serious? He looks nothing like me! That guy looks like a complete fool!" Both Naruto and Akagami yelled before they raised their fists and yelled "What was that? You wanna fight?"

"Heh. For your information, I'm the son of Youkai the Demon, one of the Yonko!" Akagami said as he pointed at himself.

"So what? I'm the son of the Yondaime Hokage, but you don't see me go around and brag about it!" Naruto yelled as he was still raising his fist in Akagami's direction.

"You? the son of the Hokage? Don't be stupid. You couldn't even make it as the Hokage's lap-dog, much less his son!" Akagami yelled.

"Oh, yeah? Well, I've got a hard time believing that you're the son of a Yonko!" Naruto yelled.

"All right, that's it! You, me, NOW!" Akagami yelled.

"You're on!" Naruto said.

"Naruto-kun, are you sure about this?" Fu asked.

"Don't worry, Fu-chan. I won't kill him, I'll just break a few bones." Naruto said as Akagami put on his t-shirt, and just then Naruto saw something that made him raise an eyebrow, on the back of Akagami's t-shirt was an Uzumaki clan symbol.

Akagami then put on his jacket before turning around and said "So where shall we fight?"

"Just follow me." Naruto said.

Training field 1

Zolo wasn't quite too pleased with Naruto and Akagami interrupting his training, but he did admit that he was looking forward to the battle. He wasn't the only spectator of course; Fu, Dorumon, Tayuya, Dorulumon, Cutemon, Suigetsu, Karin, Jugo, and Leomon were also there to watch the fight.

"I hope you're ready… ready to die that is." Akagami said.

"Yeah, yeah. Keep dreaming, you brat." Naruto said.

"Beat him senseless, Naruto!" Dorumon yelled.

"I don't see how Naruto can be all that strong. I mean, from what I heard, one punch from Jugo sent him flying." Suigetsu said.

"Naruto is stronger than you think!" Dorumon said as he glared at Suigetsu.

"Yeah, that's right. Kyu!" Cutemon said as he also glared at him.

"Okay, okay. If you say so." Suigetsu said, though he didn't sound too convinced.

Naruto then pulled out a kunai and threw it at Akagami, but the red-head just deflected it with one of his tails before charging at the blond. As he then approached Naruto, he aimed for a punch, but Naruto blocked it before going in for a sweeping kick, knocking Akagami's feet from underneath him.

However, Akagami put his hand on the ground before he repeatedly latched out with his feet in an attempt to repeatedly kick Naruto. He put his other hand on the ground as he continued kicking, but Naruto managed to dodge all of the kicks. However, Akagami then pushed his arms down on the ground so hard that he jumped into the air and he flipped around as he managed to land several kicks to Naruto's face before landing on the ground.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto said and four clones appeared in puffs of smoke.

"Clones? You think that'll help you?" Akagami asked as he smirked, believing them to be just ordinary clones.

One of the clones then pulled out several shuriken before throwing them, and Akagami easily dodged most of them, though he let one of them scratch his cheek.

'So that's the real one, huh? This is just too easy.' Akagami thought with a smirk before he started going through a series of hand signs.

However, just then, one of the clones came up behind him and punched him while saying "U…"

'N-nani?' Akagami thought, seeing as it wasn't the same one who had thrown the shuriken.

Three clones then appeared beneath him and kicked upwards while saying "… zu… ma… ki…" The original Naruto then used one of the clones as a spring-board to get above Akagami who had been kicked high into the air.

"… Naruto Rendan!" Naruto called out as he kicked Akagami hard in the back, sending him straight back down to the ground so hard that a cloud of dust came up.

Akagami then looked above him to see Naruto coming back down, and he quickly rolled out of the way before jumping further away to get some distance between them.

'His clones are solid? But tou-sama said that only Jonin and above are capable of making solid clones.' Akagami thought before he got an idea of how he could take them all out at once as he weaved through a series of hand signs "Shakuton: Yaketsuku Netsu no Jutsu!"

At first nothing seemed to happen, but just then, Naruto noted that it was getting hotter… much hotter. Then, Naruto started sweating bullets as the clones all puffed away as they couldn't stand the heat.

"Wh-what's happening?" Naruto asked.

"Yaketsuku Netsu causes the heat from the sun to intensify by 100%. I'm the only one who'll be unaffected by it." Akagami said.

"I see…" Naruto said before closing his eyes in thought, he then opened them as he got an idea, and he weaved a series of hand signs 'I just hope this'll work.' "Ranton: Kumori no Jutsu!"

"Nani?" Akagami said as the sky was covered by clouds, blocking out the sun 'He's got Ranton, too?'

"That should do, though it seems not all the heat has been blocked out." Naruto said as he noted that it was still quite warm, but at least it wasn't too warm.

"I must admit, I didn't take you for a Kekkei Genkai holder, but don't expect me to go down that easily." Akagami said before weaving a series of hand signs "Heh. I've got to thank you for providing me with these clouds." Naruto then raised an eyebrow in confusion at what Akagami said before said red-head finished the hand signs "Hyoton: Daifubuki no Jutsu!"

Suddenly snow started falling down from the clouds as the wind picked up into a full-blown snow-storm.

"Ah. What's going on?" Fu asked.

"He must be using some kind of Jutsu to make it snow." Jugo said as he was the only one that didn't seem to be bothered by neither the sudden cold, nor the powerful winds.

"You like it? This Jutsu will at first act as any other blizzard, but then, it will start to freeze your body until it's completely frozen over." Akagami said.

Naruto then started feeling really cold down at his feet and he looked down to see ice slowly covering his body. He then made a hand sign and two clones puffed into existence before getting instantly destroyed by the strong winds.

'Agh. Got to think of something fast.' Naruto thought before he got an idea 'Wait, that's it!' He then weaved a series of hand signs, ending on the tora sign.

"Wait! Naruto-kun, if you do that Jutsu now…" Fu yelling was muffled by the strong winds however.

"Katon: Goukakyo no Jutsu!" Naruto called out before firing a ball of flames out of his mouth, but the moment it touched the strong winds, it grew way stronger, and as the fire ball reached the half-way point between the two, it blew up in a huge explosion, sending both Naruto and Akagami skidding backwards.

Naruto then weaved another series of hand signs before saying "Futon: Kamikaze no Jutsu!" Powerful winds then flew towards Akagami, but said red-head simply weaved a series of hand signs of his own.

"Fuinjutsu: Fuin Tate!" He said, and a shield of sealing formulas suddenly surrounded him like a cocoon, protecting him from the strong winds.

"Wait a minute… Didn't he just say Fuinjutsu? So, how come a barrier appeared around him?" Suigetsu asked.

"Fuinjutsus can be used in more ways than you could imagine. However, even a Sealing Master like myself wouldn't be able to pull of something like that." Tayuya said.

"Only an Uzumaki would." Karin said.

"What do you mean, "only an Uzumaki would"?" Fu asked.

"The Uzumaki clan specialized in Fuinjutsu, and there couldn't be found greater masters of the art outside of their home village, Uzushiogakure. Not even Sealing Masters like the Yondaime Hokage or Jiraiya of the Sannin would stand up to Uzumaki standards. And out of all Uzumaki, the one said to have been the greatest at the art was the Sandaime Uzukage, Uzumaki Uzumaru who was so powerful that people called him "Hashirama's Second Coming", and "the Fourth God of Shinobi"." Karin explained.

"But… if only Uzumaki are capable of using such advanced seals, how did that guy do it?" Dorumon asked.

"Not bad, I didn't think anyone could block an attack they couldn't see… guess I was wrong." Naruto commented.

"Heh. Well, unfortunately for you, nothing can get through my shield." Akagami said.

"I wouldn't be too sure 'bout that. Dattebayo!" Naruto said before making a clone as said clone started forming a Rasengan in the original's right palm.

'What's that?' Akagami thought.

When the Rasengan had fully formed, the clone puffed away, and Naruto charged at Akagami.

"What fucking technique is that?" Tayuya asked as it was her first time seeing it.

"The Rasengan…" Leomon said.

"The what?" Suigetsu asked.

"Rasengan, it's a technique originally invented by the Yondaime Hokage along with the Hirashin." Karin said, having heard of the technique before. She then looked down towards Naruto "I didn't think someone as young as Naruto could master it."

"He hasn't. Not completely anyway. He still lacks the sufficient chakra control he needs in order to make it without the need of a clone." Leomon said.

"You sure know a lot about that technique, don't you?" Zolo said as he looked towards Leomon from the corner of his eyes. Leomon didn't respond however, and just observed the battle.

"Ha! It's useless, as long as I'm in this shield, nothing can touch me!" Akagami said confidently.

"Well, I won't know till I try! RASENGAN!" Naruto called out just before slamming the spiraling chakra sphere into the shield, and to Akagami's surprised, the shield cracked, no, not just that, but it completely shattered before the Rasengan hit him in the stomach.

Akagami was then sent spiraling backwards before impacting with the cliff wall. To everyone's surprise, the red-head managed to somehow get back up on his feet.

"That was too close… If I hadn't managed to put up this armor of ice around the point of impact in time, I'd be done for." Naruto then looked towards Akagami's stomach, and sure enough, there was an armor of ice covering the boy's stomach, or rather, the remains of the armor.

However, just then, Akagami fell back down to his knees as he started coughing hard, and he covered his mouth with his hand. When he stopped coughing and brought the hand away from the mouth, his eyes widened as he saw…

'Blood…?' He thought before putting his hand on the cliff wall to try and pull himself up to his feet.

Akagami didn't realize however that he had his palm on a blood seal, the exact same blood seal that Zolo had found earlier. As he got to his feet, the sealing formula glowed before vanishing and the cliff wall suddenly slided open like a double-door.

"Ah! What the…?" Akagami said in surprise as he turned around.

"Isn't that that blood seal I found earlier…?" Zolo mumbled though everyone around him still heard it.

POW!

"You've got to tell us when you find something like that!" Fu yelled as Zolo was lying on the ground in front of her with a comical lump on his head.

"Wait a minute; a blood seal?" Karin said as Zolo sat back up again as though nothing had happened.

"What is it?" Suigetsu asked.

"A blood seal is a special type of seal that can only be opened by a blood relative of the one that sets up the seal. Since the seal's here then an Uzumaki must've set it up, meaning…" Karin said.

"Wait, are you saying that Akagami's an Uzumaki?" Fu asked.

"Looks like it." Karin said as she pushed up her glasses.

Naruto walked towards the entrance to the cave, and as he got up next to Akagami, he looked towards the others, signaling for them to come too, and they all entered the cave.

Soon after, they got to a large room filled with gold as far as the eye could see.

"Whoa. I think I'll decline jiji's offer after all." Naruto said as he didn't see any point in bounty hunting for money when he's got a mountain of gold in his backyard.

"This must be the Uzumaki funds." Karin said.

"I-i-it's a mountain of GOLD!" Akagami called out before running over to one of the "mountains".

"Hey, this gold doesn't belong to you!" Naruto yelled.

"Actually, it belongs to all Uzumaki, including him." Karin said.

"Huh? What are you talking about? He's not an Uzumaki." Naruto said.

"Yes, he is. He's got the crest on the back of his t-shirt, and he was able to open a blood seal which was obviously set up by an Uzumaki." Karin said before looking towards Akagami who was currently stuffing his pockets "And like I said, this gold belongs to all Uzumaki, which includes you and me too."

Everyone then walked further into the room to see how much gold there was there exactly.

"Hey, Naruto." Zolo said after some time had passed, and Naruto, Dorumon, Fu and Karin came over to him to see that he had somehow found a way that led deeper into the cave.

"Sure this isn't just the way back?" Dorumon asked, knowing about the swordsman's poor sense of direction.

"No, this isn't the way back." Karin said.

"Sure? Everything in here looks the same to me." Naruto said.

"Pretty sure." Karin said.

"Well, in that case, let's see where this leads." Fu said and the five of them walked further into the cave.

Shortly thereafter, they entered a room that was even bigger than the last one. At the end of the room were three enormous statues. In the middle of the room, they also noticed there was perfectly square-shaped stone standing, and as they walked closer to said stone, they noticed that there was a weird writing on the side of the stone which pointed towards the entrance.

"What the…? What's with this weird writing?" Naruto asked as he put his palm on the stone.

"Strange, I'm sure I've never seen that language before, but something about it seems familiar." Dorumon said.

"Could this stone be a Poneglyph?" Karin thought out loud as she looked the stone over.

"A Pone-what?" Naruto asked.

"A Poneglyph. They're said to hold secrets unknown to man, however there's almost no one that can decipher what they say." Karin said.

""Almost"?" Fu asked and Karin nodded.

"There is one person that can decipher this ancient writing, a woman." Karin said.

"Oh? Who?" Naruto asked.

"Her name is Nico Robin, they say that she's the only person in the world capable of deciphering that writing." Karin said.

"Who are these guys?" Zolo asked as he looked up at the three statues.

"That's the previous Uzukage." Karin said as she and the others also looked towards them "Starting from the left there's; the Shodai Uzukage, Uzumaki Uzuji, who was the founder of Uzushiogakure no Sato, as well as the father of Uzumaki Mito, who was the wife of the Shodai Hokage. Next there's the Nidaime Uzukage, Uzumaki Arashi, the youngest son of Uzuji, who was said to have formed the whirlpools surrounding the island, giving it its name. And finally there's the Sandaime Uzukage, Uzumaki Uzumaru, son of Arashi, and probably the greatest Sealing Master since the Rikudo Sennin himself." Karin said.

"Hey guys, we've got a problem! Kyu!" Everyone turned towards the entrance to see Cutemon standing there.

"Cutemon, what's wrong?" Naruto asked, and shortly after they were back in the room with all of the gold only to see that aside from Suigetsu still being there, it was completely empty.

"Aaaaah! What happened?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know how, but Akagami somehow managed to fit all of the gold in his pockets and he then ran off under the cover of a smoke-screen. Kyu!" Cutemon said.

"What?" Naruto asked.

"I'm not surprised, he did say that he was a pirate after all." Zolo said.

"Huh? When?" Dorumon asked.

"When I was taking him to the village, I didn't believe him though." Zolo said.

"Then why did you bring him to the village in the first place?" Dorumon yelled.

"I told you, I didn't believe him when he said it!" Zolo yelled back.

"Hey, Suigetsu, why are you still here?" Fu asked.

"Hmm? Oh, I just thought it'd be too much of a hassle to chase after some kid." Suigetsu said with a shrug.

"Karin, can you find Akagami's chakra?" Naruto asked as he looked at the red-head.

"Heh. Uzumaki chakra is the easiest to track down." Karin said before she made a hand sign and closed her eyes in concentration. After about a second, her eyes snapped open and she said "Found him."

Street

Akagami was running down a street in the village at top speed with an evil grin on his face.

'Just wait till tou-sama sees all this gold I've brought with me.' He thought before chuckling to himself, however he then stopped as Dorulumon came down in front of him "Uh-oh."

"Drill Buster!" Dorulumon said as he fired the drill on his forehead at Akagami, but the red-head dodged it by jumping up to the wall of a building that was leaning towards the street, and he ran up said wall.

Dorulumon then fired off several Drill Busters towards Akagami, but the boy dodged all attacks as they just hit the building. However, the attacks caused so much damage to the building that it started leaning more than it already was before falling down towards the street, forcing Dorulumon to leap away.

As he then landed outside of harm's way, he saw Akagami running across the roof-tops like a ninja.

'Grrr… If it's not enough that he was able to stuff all of that gold in his pockets, it doesn't seem to be slowing him down in the slightest.' Dorulumon thought before he heard what sounded like music, and he looked towards one of the roofs to see Tayuya standing there, playing her flute.

As Akagami was running, he suddenly heard the sound of music, and he stopped and looked around, trying to figure out where the music was coming from. Suddenly, however, chains shot out of the roof and wrapped around Akagami's wrists, but said red-head then simply just pulled on the chains, breaking them before they suddenly vanished as though they were never even there.

"Heh, sorry, but Genjutsu doesn't work on me." He said before jumping further.

Soon after he reached the edge of the village and he landed on the ground before running through the forest.

"Fist of the Beast King!" Akagami heard someone say, and he immediately took for the trees just before what looked like an orange lion-head impacted with the ground where he'd just been.

"Hah! You won't ever be able to catch me!" Akagami yelled as he looked over his shoulder just before he bumped into something, and he looked towards what it was to see Leomon.

"Sure about that?" Leomon asked, but Akagami then weaved a series of hand signs.

"Futton: Futto Jokidan!" He then spat several bullets of boiling water at Leomon, knocking the bi-pedal lion back.

Akagami then jumped further, and used Leomon's head as a spring-board before continuing onwards. It didn't take long till he eventually reached the outskirts of the forest.

"Yosh, I can see the end of the trees, then the beach can't be far away!" Akagami said, but just then, he felt something shoot past him at unimaginable speeds, and when he did reach the end of the forest, he found Naruto and Fu there, seemingly waiting for him.

"What the…? But how…? You two couldn't possibly have gotten this far from the cave so quickly." Akagami said.

"Simple; I flew." Fu stated as though it was a normal thing for humans to fly.

"Wh-what the…? Flew? But how? Humans can't fly." Akagami said, however, he was silenced when Fu let her wings grow out of her back.

"I'm the Nanabi's Jinchuriki, which is why I've got these wings. And while flying at top speed, I can easily reach speeds as fast as the speed of sound." Fu explained.

"And to top it off, Karin has the greatest sensory skills in the world, so no matter where you are on the island, she'll find you. And with Fu-chan's speed, there isn't anywhere you can run." Naruto said.

"Well, then I'll just have to fight me way through you!" Akagami said before preparing to weave a series of hand signs, but he was then hit from behind before collapsing down on the ground as Dorumon was standing behind him.

Just then, Dorulumon, Tayuya, Leomon, and Jugo landed on the ground behind Dorumon.

"Leomon, Tayuya, bring him to a prison cell, but first take him back to that cave, and make him put back every bit of gold he stole." Naruto said.

"I hate to be the one to bring this up, but there we don't have any prison to put him in." Leomon said.

"Then think of something." Naruto said, and the two carried the unconscious kid back to the cave.

"Naruto." Dorulumon said as he stared at something, or someone behind the blond. Said blond – as well as Fu – then turned around to see two people standing there, one was a girl, and the other was a grown man. Naruto also noticed a ship he'd never seen before docked at the beach in the distance, and judging from the ship's flag, they were pirates.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked as his focus settled on the two in front of him before the girl took a couple of steps forward.

"The name's Patty, Patty Flour. I'm one of the Yonko as well as the captain of the Gamble Pirates." Patty said.

"A Yonko? You mean like Shanks-san?" Naruto asked.

"Yes. And this here is my First Mate, Seifer of the Nanaidainakenshi." Patty said as she gestured to the man.

"What would one of the Yonko be doing here?" Dorulumon asked as he stepped forward.

"I was starting to get bored of the New World, so I decided to find an island outside of the Grand Line where I could set up base." Patty said.

"And why would we trust you? For all we know, you could be after whatever treasure we might have." Dorulumon said.

"That's true, but we're not like that, plus if I'm not mistaking, the decision of whether or not we can stay rests with Naruto-kun, right?" Patty said.

"That's right, but how did you know my name?" Naruto asked.

"I know more than you know." Patty said.

"And you don't seem to be scared at the fact that I can talk, meaning that you must have knowledge of Digimon, but that could also mean that you're an enemy, so I would like to know where you're knowledge comes from." Dorulumon said.

"Shanks-san told me." Patty said.

"You know Shanks-san?" Naruto asked and Patty nodded, then after some thinking Naruto said "All right, you can stay here."

"Well, thank you, cutie." Patty said, causing Naruto to blush.

"Naruto-kun, are you sure this is a good idea?" Fu asked.

"Sure. If she's a friend of Shanks-san then she can't be a bad person." Naruto said as he looked at his girlfriend.

'She never said anything about being Shanks' friend.' Dorulumon thought before letting out a heavy sigh.

Unknown location

In a dark cave somewhere were ten silhouettes standing in a circle around one who appeared to be Lillithmon.

"As you know, Lucemon-sama will soon return, but before that there are something we'll have to take care of." Lillithmon said and after a small pause she continued "Lucemon-sama can only be defeated by a full team of seven Digi-Destined, and – while none of the older generations have all of their members – there's a new generation on the rise, we need to kill at least one of them before Lucemon-sama returns."

"Lillithmon-sama, sorry for asking, but how can a bunch of kids stand against Lucemon-sama?" One of the silhouettes asked.

"These aren't your everyday kids. Two of them even managed to survive a battle against Gelelmon-sama." Lillithmon said, and the others started mumbling amongst themselves, hardly believing what they'd just heard.

"In that case Lillithmon-sama, allow me to take care of them." The silhouette that spoke earlier said "I'll make sure to take down all of them, starting with their leader."

Land of Fire, Konoha, gates

At the gates of Konoha were Kakashi and team 8 – consisting of Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino – standing. Kakashi had just explained their mission; to find and bring Nico Robin back to Konoha.

"And that's our mission, we are to find that woman and bring her back here to Konoha." Kakashi said as he looked over the three Genin.

"Kiba, here. This is a jacket she left behind, you'd need to get familiar with her scent." Kakashi said as he held up a black jacket which Kiba and Akamaru then took a sniff at.

"All right, got it." Kiba said, surprised that the woman's scent was still on the jacket.

"Good. Now then, let's get moving." Kakashi said before putting away the jacket and the four of them shunshined away.

Land of Whirlpools, Uzushio, Uzukage Statues Chamber

Naruto was standing in front of the Poneglyph with his palm on said stone. Behind him were Dorulumon, Karin, and Jugo.

"Seems like in order to find out what it says here, we need to find the woman, Nico Robin." Naruto said as he turned around before looking at Karin "Karin, do you have any information on her other than what you told me earlier?"

"I don't know much more than what I've already said, except..." Karin said.

""Except" what?" Naruto asked.

"I heard that she's a Digi-Destined from the Third Great Ninja War Generation." Karin said.

"A Digi-Destined?" Naruto asked.

"That's what I heard." Karin said.

"If she's a Digi-Destined, then it'll be easier to track her down." Dorulumon said.

"Huh? Why?" Naruto asked.

"While my nose cannot pick up any Digimon as long as their inside her X-Loader, Karin's sensory skills can still penetrate the X-Loader and pick up the signatures of all of Nico Robin's Digimon." Dorulumon said.

"I still don't get it." Naruto said.

"Are you stupid or something? There are only a hand-full of Digi-Destined in the world, and for me it's easy to tell who's a Digi-Destined and who isn't, 'cause whenever I sense a Digi-Destined it feels like a whole bunch of chakra signatures all clamped together." Karin explained.

"Oh, I see!" Naruto said before saying "Well, then. Let's get moving. Dattebayo!"

Land of Fire, field

A woman with long, black hair, a black jacket, and black pants was walking through the field of the Land of Fire. In her pocket was a bright green X-loader.

Road

Elsewhere were Kakashi, Kiba, Hinata, and Shino walking on a road leading to a town east for Konoha where Nico Robin had apparently been seen recently.

"Umm, K-Kakashi-sensei?" Hinata said.

"What?" Kakashi asked.

"Umm… What's Nico Robin like?" Hinata asked.

"Hmm… Well, how should I put this? She's always very calm and collected, never doing anything without a reason. In fact I've only ever seen her panicking once." Kakashi said as he remembered the first time he and the rest of his generation ran into a certain Perfect-Level – that they would later have several encounters with – and if it hadn't been for Minato-sensei, Kushina-sensei, and Dragon-sensei's timely arrival, none of them would've survived.

"Why did she panic?" Shino asked the million-dollar question. (Kurama no Kyubi: Or should I say "million-ryo"?)

"It seems that when faced with an opponent of unbelievable strength and power, just about anyone would panic." Kakashi said.

""An opponent of unbelievable strength and power"?" Hinata asked as she looked at Kakashi.

"Hai. I'm sure that Sasuke, Sakura, and Shikamaru told the rest of you about Gelelmon, right?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah, they did." Kiba asked.

"Well, I once faced someone of similar power to him." Kakashi said.

'There's someone else who's that strong? And Kakashi-sensei fought him?' Kiba thought.

They then reached the town and walked through the streets until reaching a bar.

"A bar?" Hinata asked as Kakashi stepped in.

"Bars are actually the easiest places where we can get information." Kakashi said before walking in as the others followed him.

Kakashi then sat down at the counter while the three Genin sat at a round table nearby.

"Excuse me?" Kakashi said to the barkeep as he showed a picture of Robin though she couldn't have been more than 15 on it "Have you seen this woman? Note that the picture might be a little out-dated."

"Hmm… nah, sorry, can't help you there. She your girlfriend?" The barkeep said.

"Eh, no. It's nothing like that, it's just…" Kakashi said with a nervous eye-smile.

Just then, Karin and Jugo entered the bar. They had heard that Nico Robin had been seen in this town, so they decided to start looking here. Once they reached the town, they split off into two groups; Naruto and Dorulumon were on the look-out for her outside of the town, in case she was still here and would leave while they were in the town, and Karin and Jugo entered the town to see if anyone had seen her – or better yet – if anyone would know of her current whereabouts.

As Karin and Jugo sat down at the counter next to Kakashi, Akamaru started whimpering and whining as he attempted to hide inside Kiba's jacket.

"What's wrong with Akamaru?" Hinata asked.

"I don't know. Something really scared the little guy." Kiba said as he looked down at his mutt "Hey, what's wrong, Akamaru?" Akamaru only whined in response.

"Well?" Shino asked as Kiba looked over his shoulder towards Karin and Jugo.

"It's those two sitting next to Kakashi-sensei. The girl has one of the highest levels of chakra that Akamaru has ever smelled, second only to Naruto. And the other one, I'm not even sure, Akamaru said that his chakra feels… strange." Kiba said.

"Strange?" Shino asked.

"Yeah… I don't know how to explain it, but something's definitely weird about that guy." Kiba said.

"Excuse me, but have you seen this woman?" Kakashi asked as he looked at Jugo.

"No, sorry." Jugo said before Karin took a glance at the picture.

"Hey, the woman on that picture, it's Nico Robin." She whispered to Jugo.

"Really?" Jugo asked.

As the two were talking, Kakashi glanced towards them and noticed the Hitai-ates they were wearing on their foreheads… they were ninja of Uzushiogakure, Naruto's village.

"So why are you looking for her?" Karin asked as she looked past Jugo at Kakashi.

"Why are you looking for her?" Kakashi simply asked as he had heard what they had whispered about.

"Wh-what makes you think that we're looking for her?" Karin asked.

"Well, I kinda over-heard your whispering there." Kakashi said with a nervous eye-smile.

"I can tell you where that woman is." Kakashi then turned to his right to see a man sitting there, sharpening a knife… this guy was obviously a thug, or a bandit.

"Where?" Kakashi asked.

"Oh, but it won't come cheap." The man said.

"What do you want?" Kakashi asked, making the man smirk.

"How about that pretty girl in your group over there?" The man said as he gestured towards Hinata before continuing "I know quite a few people who'd pay a hefty price for the Byakugan."

"Denied." Kakashi said, but then the man aimed his knife at the Jonin's throat.

"Oh, but I don't think you get it, I don't take no for an answer." The man said as nearly everyone else in the bar smirked as they all slowly revealed weapons.

"Um, excuse me?" Karin said, getting the barkeep's attention "Who is that guy?"

"He's of the Sanzoku Family. They came to our town a while back and completely took over. Now everyone lives in fear of them. Rumor even has it that they're mostly made up of missing-nin." The barkeep said.

"Hand over the girl and get the information, or die, your choice." The man said as he stood up on his feet "Oh, and for the record; I'm a former Jonin of Iwa, and most of the others here are also former Chunin and Jonin of various villages, so you better just give up the girl, we'll get her either way."

As this exchange was going on, one of the thugs sneaked up behind Hinata and attempted to grab the girl, only to find a kunai in his chest. He then looked up to see that it was Karin who had thrown it.

"It's her choice whether she wants to come with you or not, and I doubt she wants to." She said just before the thug fell down, dead.

"Hey, you'll pay for that!" Another one yelled as he ran towards Karin, but no one noticed that as this was going on, Jugo was trembling.

"Now die!" The thug said as he approached Karin, kunai in hand, but just then, Jugo grabbed him around the neck, before looking towards him and into his eyes.

"You die!" Jugo then stood up to his feet and punched the guy in the stomach so hard that he was sent flying straight through the wall on the other side of the room.

'This is bad, really bad. Now that Jugo's snapped there isn't anyone here who can bring him back to his senses.' Karin thought.

Naruto and Dorulumon

Naruto was currently sitting on Dorulumon's back as said wolf walked around the town.

"Hmm… No wonder Cutemon likes riding you so much, your fur's so soft." Naruto said.

"Uhh… Thanks…" Dorulumon said as he blushed from embarrassment.

"So, where can she be, anyway? Do you smell her?" Naruto asked.

"Well, considering I don't have a clue what she smells like, I can't tell." Dorulumon said.

"Can't you just try and find her scent?" Naruto asked.

"I told you, I don't know what she smells like." Dorulumon said.

What the two of them didn't know was that someone, or something was looking down at them from the sky.

"Hm hm hm… Found him." Whatever creature it was said.

Bar

The man who had tried to threaten Kakashi earlier was sent flying out through the wall next to the door, and straight into the wall on the other end of the street. Karin, Kiba, Hinata, and Shino had all seen that it would be bad for them if they got in the way, so they had all run out to the street so that Jugo hopefully wouldn't kill them.

Just then, however, Kakashi was sent flying out, through the wall before he landed on the ground and skidded along it. Jugo – whose skin had turned grey on half his face and over his entire left arm, said arm being covered in spikes – jumped out after him, and attempted to punch him. However, Kakashi jumped into the air before landing on the roof of one of the buildings where he then weaved a couple of hand signs before his right hand was covered in lightning.

"Muahahahahaha! I don't know what you're planning, but whatever it is, it's not gonna help you, you're gonna end up dead either way!" Jugo said.

'This isn't good. If only Naruto was here…' Karin thought.

Kakashi then leaped off the roof and towards Jugo, preparing to jab said ninja with his Raikiri. Jugo, however, dodged before he was about to attack the Konoha Jonin again, but suddenly, a loud roar was heard.

Everyone looked towards where it had come from to see Dorulumon standing there, not looking too happy. Jugo then felt a bolt of pain go through his body before the grey skin receded and he turned back to normal.

"Jugo, are you back to normal?" Karin asked as she slowly walked towards him.

"Yeah… H-how many did I…?" Jugo asked.

"Don't worry about it. From what I hear, most of those guys are just filthy bandits. Though, the barkeep might be in the hospital for a while." Karin said.

"I see…" Jugo said.

"If Sharingan no Kakashi hadn't been here, I wouldn't dare think what could've happened." Karin said, having figured out Kakashi's identity when he revealed his Sharingan. She then turned to said copy-nin "Sorry about that. Sometimes he just gets these uncontrollable urges to kill."

"Ah, it's all right. At least no one died." Kakashi said as he pulled down his Hitai-ate, completely disregarding the missing-nins who had obviously been killed.

Karin then walked over to the one who had threatened Kakashi earlier and knelt down over him before asking "So where did you say that Nico Robin was, again?"

"I-I heard her say something about going to the Land of Water." The man said.

"The Land of Water?" Karin asked.

"Yeah, I heard she had some business to take care of there." The man said.

"When did she leave this town?" Karin asked.

"Just a few hours ago." The man said.

'Then we just missed her.' Karin thought before rising to her feet and turning to Jugo "Jugo, we should get going."

"Right." Jugo said, and the three of them – including Dorulumon – ran off.

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei. What should we do?" Hinata asked.

"Isn't it obvious? They're looking for the same person that we're looking for. I say we beat 'em to it!" Kiba said before Akamaru let out a few barks.

Naruto

Outside the town was Naruto waiting when Karin, Jugo, and Dorulumon suddenly came running.

"About time. What took you guys so long, anyway?" Naruto asked as the three of them stopped before him.

"Gomen, but Jugo had lost control of himself by the time I got there." Dorulumon said.

"What? How bad was it?" Naruto asked.

"It wasn't all that bad. Though it would've been worse if Kakashi of Konoha hadn't been there." Karin said.

"So Kakashi-sensei's here?" Naruto asked and Karin nodded before her eyes snapped wide open.

"Wait, wait, wait. "Kakashi-sensei"?" Karin asked and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah. He was my sensei back when I was a ninja of Konoha." Naruto said before remembering why they were there "But enough about that. Did you find out anything about Nico Robin's whereabouts?"

"Yeah. She's currently on her way to the Land of Water, and it isn't that long since she left this town, so she should still be nearby." Karin said.

"Right. Karin, see if you can sense her chakra." Naruto said before the red-head started concentrating.

"Found it." She said after a while "I can sense three places where there's a bunch of chakra all bundled together, and I'm sure she's the one that's furthest away."

"All right. Lead the way." Naruto said.

Field

A woman – who was most likely Nico Robin – walked through a large field in the direction of the Land of Water. As she walked, she got the feeling that someone was following her, but she didn't bother herself too much about that.

Not far away, however, where Naruto, Karin, and Jugo all running at top speed with the red-head in the lead. Where was Dorulumon, you may ask? Well, he was currently inside the X-Loader, resting, though he probably wouldn't need to.

"She's right up-ahead." Karin said.

As Robin continued walking, she suddenly heard someone call out to her.

"Nico Robin!" She then turned around just before the three Uzushio-nins stopped in front of her.

"And you are?" Robin asked, though she had already guessed the identity of one of them 'Those whisker marks, it couldn't be…'

"I'm Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto. And these here are Uzumaki Karin, and Jugo. Robin-san, I'd like to ask you to join our village of Uzushiogakure." Naruto said.

"And if I decline?" Robin asked.

"Then we'll just have to try and convince you, won't we?" Naruto said, not noticing the smirk that spread across Robin's lips as he continued "I hear that you're able to read the writing on Poneglyphs, and there just so happens to be one in Uzushio."

"And from what I've heard, you're an archeologist, so you'd probably like to see the Uzushio ruins." Karin said.

"Well, I'll think about it. But first there's just something that I have to do in the Land of Water. After that, I'll come to Uzushio and give you my answer." Robin said before turning around and walking away as she added "You have my word."

"You sure that it's such a good idea to let her leave? The Konoha shinobi might get to her any minute." Jugo said as he looked at Naruto.

"She said that she'd promise to come to Uzushio, so I believe her." Naruto said.

Shortly afterwards, as the three Uzushio-nins were heading back towards their village, a beam of energy suddenly shot down towards them, and they just barely managed to dodge it.

Looking up, Naruto spotted a demonic-looking creature which he assumed to be a Digimon. It actually looked like a skeleton, having a black skull for a head and four bat wings coming out of said head. He also had red bones with no skin on them, and in his chest, he had a black ball which seemed to be held in place by his ribs. He also had black pants, and grey gauntlets that were purple on the back-side. He also had two black bat-like wings which seemed to be quite damaged considering the many holes in them. In his hands, he held a red staff which had a hook at the bottom end, and on the top had what looked like three claw-like fingers which held a yellow orb in place.

"So, you managed to dodge it, but I can assure you that you won't dodge the next one. Hm hm hm hm." The Digimon said.

"What on Gaia is that thing?" Jugo asked as Naruto held up his D-arc to skin the Digimon.

"SkullSatamon. An Ultimate-Level Digimon. SkullSatamon is an Undead Digimon whose name and design are derived from "Skull" and the mythological Satan. Pursuing strength and destruction, he fell to the Dark Area as a Fallen Angel Digimon with his appearance a ruin of what he once was. However, his wickedness was refined even more, so that his dark powers are unfathomable. His Digi-Core – concentrated with mighty powers of darkness – is the characteristic of Demon-species Digimon called the "Dark Core". His attacks are: Nail Bone, and Skull Hammer." The blond Jinchuriki read.

"Skull Hammer!" The three of them barely got time to react before SkullSatamon was in their faces and sent them all flying backwards with a swing of his staff.

Naruto then landed on the ground as he skidded backwards before calling out Dorulumon who instantly fired of a barrage of drills at the Ultimate, but it didn't even seem to face him.

"Urgh. What's with this guy? None of Dorulumon's attacks are working." Naruto said.

"Naruto, you should call out Dorumon and have him go Ultimate!" Karin said.

"I can't, he's back at the village. And besides, he can't even reach the Champion-Level yet." Naruto said.

"What?" Karin said.

"Karin, can you check the amount of chakra he's got?" Jugo asked.

"Right." Karin said before making a hand sign and closing her eyes in concentration, and shortly afterwards her eyes snapped wide open.

"Karin, is something wrong?" Naruto asked as he noticed the shocked look on his fellow Uzumaki's face.

"Tell me. Wh-what level did your D-arc say he was at again?" The red-head asked, not taking her eyes off of SkullSatamon.

"Ultimate, why?" Naruto asked.

"There's no way that guy's an Ultimate, his chakra level is equal to that of a Mega." Karin said, causing Naruto's and Dorulumon's eyes to widen while it also caught Jugo's attention.

"It's equal to that of a Mega? That's impossible, no Ultimate can have such large reserves even if they are just one level apart." Dorulumon said as he looked at Karin before looking back at SkullSatamon.

"I didn't even know Digimon had chakra." Naruto said.

"Every living organism possesses chakra, and Digimon are no exception. However, unlike how it is with humans, a Digimon's chakra reserves mirrors their strength, and for an Ultimate to have as much chakra as a Mega means that he's as powerful as one." Karin said.

"So what you're saying is that even though he's just an Ultimate, he can even fight evenly with Megas?" Naruto asked and Karin nodded before the blond looked back at SkullSatamon "But how's that possible?"

"Hm hm hm hm. I'm a Demon General, I serve the 7 Demon Lord Digimon. They were the ones that made me this powerful." SkullSatamon said before aiming the yellow orb in his staff at Naruto "Nail Bone!"

A beam of energy then shot out of the orb and headed straight towards Naruto and Dorulumon, however, both of them managed to dodge before Naruto weaved a hand sign and four clones puffed into existence.

"Karin." The original Naruto said, catching the red-head's attention "Go find cover. This might get a little ugly."

"Oh. It's gonna get ugly, alright. Hm hm hm hm." SkullSatamon said before he charged at the blond, but Jugo then appeared to his side and punched him so hard that he was sent flying, however, he quickly regained balance in mid-air thanks to his wings.

"Katon: Goukakyo no Jutsu/Futon: Kamikaze no Jutsu!" The original Naruto and one of the clones called out their respective attacks, and the powerful winds from the Kamikaze made the Goukakyo grow to the size of a two-story building.

Kakashi and team 8

Kakashi and his temporary team walked through the wide field, in the direction of the Land of Water, hoping to run into Nico Robin on the way.

"Sniff, sniff. Hey, I think I've got her!" Kiba exclaimed as Akamaru let out a few barks.

'Already? That was way too easy.' Kakashi thought.

"It's over this way, c'mon!" Kiba said as he ran off, and the others followed him.

Soon after, however, they found a dead tree which had a black jacket hanging from one of the branches.

"Strange. This is where the smell's coming from." Kiba said as he examined the jacket.

"C-could she have dropped it?" Hinata asked.

"Unlikely. Who would drop something that would then conveniently land on a branch like that?" Shino said.

"Shino's right. She's not the type to drop something." Kakashi said.

Just then, however, arms suddenly came out of several parts of their bodies and held their own arms at their back as well as holding their necks, seemingly read to choke them to death.

"Hello, Kakashi. It's been a while, hasn't it?" Robin – who was now standing behind them – said.

"Nico Robin…" Kakashi said, not at all surprised at the multiple limbs that had suddenly grown out of his body while Kiba and Hinata were pretty much freaking out, and Shino was surprised though he did quite well to hide it.

"So, what brings you all the way out here? Judging from your team, and from the fact that the scent trail led to my jacket I could assume that you were looking for me. Well, you found me, now what?" Robin said.

"Hokage-sama wants you to come back to the village." Kakashi said.

"So you want me to return to Konoha?" Robin asked as she let go of the four Konoha-nins, allowing them to turn around as she continued "It's funny though, 'cause just a short while ago, a foolish-looking blond asked me to join his village."

'"A foolish-looking blond"?' Shino thought.

Kakashi then walked up to Robin until his mouth was right next to her ear and he whispered "Was it Naruto?"

"You know him?" Robin asked.

"He is… was my student, and sensei's son." Kakashi replied.

"Thought so." Robin said.

"Join his village, and watch over him, will you?" Kakashi asked.

"I was already planning to." Robin said.

"In that case, before you go, there's something I've got to tell you…" Kakashi started, but Robin cut him off.

"I already know. Lucemon is returning, isn't he?" Robin said causing Kakashi's visible eye to widen.

"How did you…?" He asked.

"I've got my sources." Robin said.

"Don't tell Naruto, or the others of his generation." Kakashi said.

"I won't." Robin said as an arm grew out of the tree her jacket was on before throwing said jacket to her and she turned around and walked away with the jacket lying over her shoulder.

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei, why are you just letting her leave like that?" Kiba asked.

"Kiba's right. Our mission was to find Nico Robin and bring her back to the village." Shino said.

"The mission just changed. Don't worry though, if we need her, it'll be easy to find her again." Kakashi said before turning around to look at the three Genin "I'll explain everything to Hokage-sama once we get back."

Naruto, Dorulumon, Karin, and Jugo

Jugo – who had both of his arms transformed so that axe-blades had grown out of them – was sent flying before flipping in mid-air, and digging one of his axe-blades into the ground as he skidded backwards along the ground. As he came to a halt, however, he charged forward before swinging one of his axe-blades at SkullSatamon, but the Ultimate simply blocked it.

"Skull Hammer!" He called out as he hit Jugo with his staff, though Jugo attempted to block it with his axe-blades, the result being that both axe-blades were broken off and Jugo was sent skidding backwards.

"Drill Buster!" Several drills then shot at SkullSatamon, but unlike the last time, this time they just harmlessly hit the ground around him, kicking up a cloud of dust. Then one of Naruto's clones suddenly came through the cloud and punched him.

"U…" The clone said just before another three clones appeared beneath the Ultimate, and they each kicked him into the air, though – seeing as though each kick only lifted the Ultimate slightly off the ground – they had to kick him several times "… zu… ma… ki…" The original Naruto then used the first clone as a spring-board to get above SkullSatamon before making a cross-shaped hand sign.

In a puff of smoke, a new clone appeared and said clone started making a Rasengan in the original's hand before they both went straight down towards SkullSatamon "… Naruto Rendan: Rasengan Edition!"

The spiraling chakra sphere was then slammed into SkullSatamon's stomach, sending said Ultimate crashing into the ground as all of the clones vanished and Naruto then landed on the ground. Everyone's eyes widened however, when SkullSatamon simply rose back up to his feet.

"Hm hm hm hm. Is that really all you've got? I've been holding back this entire time." SkullSatamon said.

'Nani? He's only been toying with us this whole time?' Naruto thought in surprise.

SkullSatamon then flew up, into the air before aiming the orb of his staff at Naruto "I think it's time I finished this."

"I don't think so!" Came a new voice just before a Digimon which looked like a cross between a flower and a fairy appeared, extending her arms out in front of her. Suddenly a large flower bud appeared from her wrists and it opened to reveal a cannon "Flower Cannon!"

An energy shell was then fired at SkullSatamon, causing him to disperse into yellow data, indicating his death.

The new arriving Digimon then landed on a small hill right next to Robin.

"Robin-san!" Naruto exclaimed before holding up his D-arc "Lillymon. An Ultimate-Level Digimon. Lillymon is a Fairy Digimon whose name and design are derived from the Easter lily cactus and the lily. She was born from beautifully blooming flower petals. Although she looks like she has an appearance like a human child, she is an Ultimate Digimon hiding unfathomable power within. Due to her whimsical, tomboyish personality, it is said that she will open her heart to a human girl with a similar temperament. Also, because she becomes unable to settle down if she starts crying like a crybaby, a great effort is necessary to win her over. However, she also has an aspect that kindly extends her hand to small or weak things. She can fly in the air with the four leaf-like wings growing from her back, and it is said that after Lillymon flies by, a fresh breeze will blow. Her attacks are Flower Cannon, Hana no Kubikazan, Temptation, Vicious Vine, and Petit Heal."

"Wait. I thought you were going to the Land of Water." Karin said as she stepped out of her hiding spot behind a rock and walked over to Naruto.

"There's been a slight change of plans." Robin said before looking at Naruto "I would like to see that Poneglyph you mentioned."

Land of Whirlpools, Uzushio, Uzukage Statues Chamber

"This is…!" Robin said as she looked at the Poneglyph, hardly believing what she was seeing.

"Is something wrong?" Naruto asked.

"Iie." Robin said as she started smiling before saying "This is one of two Poneglyphs that I've been searching for for a long time now."

"One of two Poneglyphs you've been searching for?" Naruto asked.

"Robin's been searching for two certain Poneglyphs in particular for a long time now, the True Poneglyph, and this one." Robin's partner, Palmon said as she stepped forward.

"During the Third Great Ninja War, I was a ninja of Konoha. It was also during that time that I met Palmon and became a Digi-Destined together with six others: Uchiha Obito, Hatake Kakashi, Nohara Rin, Might Guy, Uchiha Shisui, and Gecko Hayate." Robin said without taking her eyes off the Poneglyph.

"Wait! Kakashi-sensei, and Bushier Brows-sensei are Digi-Destined?" Naruto asked in surprise, to which Robin only nodded in response.

"One day, Shisui brought me to a secret chamber beneath the Nakano Shrine where his clan often had meetings. In that chamber, there was a small tablet written in Digi-Tongue, the same language as the one on the Poneglyphs." Robin said.

"What's Digi-Tongue?" Naruto asked.

"It's the ancient language of Digimon which haven't been used in 800 years. This writing is also an ancient form of Digi-Code." Robin said as she turned around to look at Naruto.

"But wait. What does this story you're telling me have to do with why you were looking for that Poneglyph?" Naruto asked and Robin turned back to the Poneglyph.

"A part of the text on the tablet hinted towards the existence of a Poneglyph which holds the secrets behind the origins of the Digimon." Robin said.

""The origins of the Digimon"?" Naruto asked and Robin nodded "Then what does it say?"

The Grand Line, New World, Shikei Toride

Somewhere in the New World was a large fortress seemingly floating on the ocean as the waves were raging around it. The sky was covered by thunder clouds as lightning bolts came down from said clouds. The ocean around the fortress also seemed to be plagued by cyclones which randomly appeared and disappeared.

The fortress itself was a large structure with three walls. The outer wall was rather small, the top only being about a kilometer above sea-level. Behind that one was the second wall which was at least ten times taller, and finally there was the inner wall which was only five kilometers taller than the second wall. On the inner edges of the third wall was there a roof which almost resembled the roof of a pyramid except that it wasn't nearly as steep and it had five edges instead of four. About halfway up the outer wall was a gate to a winding path which went down the sides of the wall until reaching the ocean where it extended into a cat-walk which led to the docks where several ships were currently docked. Also if you were to look at the fortress from the sky, you would see that it's in a pentagonal shape. On the middle wall there was also a large image of a golden circle with two katanas sticking straight through it in the shape of an "X", and just above where the blades met was the kanji for "samurai".

Deep within the fortress was a rectangular-shaped throne room, and there was a man sitting on a throne in the darkness of the room. The same mark as the one on the middle wall could also barely be seen on the wall behind him.

A man then came walking into the room. He had short black hair in a pony-tail, golden samurai-style armor and at his hips were two swords, one on each hip. He walked towards the throne before getting down on his knees, and bowing.

"My lord." He then held out a sheet of paper which the man sitting on the throne took "This is the report of my mission to locate your honored son."

The man looked at the sheet before it suddenly burst into flames, but it wasn't any ordinary flames, they were black.

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Tsunade "Those men Sasuke rescued are here to request our services. They came all the way from the Katabami gold-mine, one of the most abundant mines in all the Land of Rivers. But about six months ago, a bunch of goons calling themselves the "Kurosuki Family" showed up, and ran the magistrate out of town. They've taken over their village, and apparently are killing people left and right."

Naruto "Robin-san told me that the Kiba are in the hands of a man named Kurosuki Raiga, who is currently cruelly ruling over a village in the Land of Rivers. Fu-chan, Suigetsu, Karin, Jugo. Your mission is to beat up this Raiga, and retrieve the Kiba."

Sasuke "So, he's one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kiri..." 'Just like Zabuza and that guy with Itachi…'

Fu "Next time on Naruto: Shinobi Hunters: Raiga of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen."

Ranmaru "Someone is coming."

Raiga "What a pity… Seems we'll be holding yet another funeral."

Character status

Naruto: Level: 40

Techniques: Henge, Kawarimi, Oroike, Harem, Kage Bunshin, Taju Kage Bunshin, Uzumaki Naruto Rendan, Uzumaki Naruto Rendan: Rasengan Edition, Katon: Goukakyo, Futon: Kamikaze, Ranton: Kumori, Kuchiyose, Rasengan.

Weapons: kunai, shuriken, bo-staff, Kyukiri no Kiba.

Digimon: Dorumon, Cutemon, Spadamon, ChibiKamemon, Dorulumon, Drimogemon, Leomon.

Akagami: Level: 50

Techniques: Shakuton: Sakka Shakunetsu, Shakuton: Yaketsuku Netsu, Hyoton: Daifubuki, Futton: Futto Jokidan, Fuinjutsu: Fuin Tate.

Weapons: none

Kekkei Genkai: Shakuton, Hyoton, Futton.

Devil Fruit: unknown

Jugo: Level: 50

Techniques: Senninka, Kassokuten, Destroying Axe Fist.

Weapons: none

Dorulumon: Level: Champion: 35

Techniques: Drill Buster, Dorulu Tornado, Drill Blader.

Weapons: none

Type: Beast.

SkullSatamon: Level: Ultimate: 136

Techniques: Nail Bone, Skull Hammer.

Weapons: staff.

Type: Undead.

Kurama no Kyubi: Well, that's another chapter done. And this one probably brought on several questions, like what's the origin of the Digimon, who that guy at the end was, or who his son is for that matter, or more importantly, how Akagami could fit all of that gold in his pockets. Well, anyway, now that I'm done with this chapter, I'll take a short break from this story, and I'll work on a small surprise for you guys which I'll try to get up tomorrow.