Naruto: Shinobi Hunters

Digi-Destined saga

Battle of Uzushio arc

Kurama no Kyubi: It's been a while, huh? Well, I've finally found myself some time to be writing on this story again. Also, note that I recently watched the Pokémon Origins OVA as well as bought Pokémon X, so I decided to add Pokémon to this story. And since I'll be adding Pokémon, I'll give each Digi-Destined of the current generation 6 Pokémon, though while I've – for the most part – figured out what starters they'll have, I'll let you give me suggestions on the other 5, but NO legendaries. Also, if you suggest Eevee, tell me which Eeveelution you want it to become, you may also come up with your own Eeveelutions out of any of the so far unused types, though in that case you should also tell me what they'd look like.

Guest: well now you've really thrown naruto the into the heart of the whirlwind.

Kurama no Kyubi: It's more like the heart of the maelstrom, but yeah.

Noctus Of The Thousand Blades: can't believe i didn't notice this sooner. luu is lucemon the digimon version of lucifer. which means, naruto has a lot of problems ahead of him.

Kurama no Kyubi: Who knows. He could be, but I don't see why the Council of 5 would allow a Demon Lord amongst their ranks.

name: as we find our way on the path unwinding its the CURY the cury of life CURY OF LIFE. sory couldn't help myself as for if naruto can win an impossible gamble all i have to say is have you ever watched this show?

Kurama no Kyubi: Yes, I have. But you've got to think about it logically, the Samurai Emperor has a countless number of samurai under him, ranging from what would be the equivalent of a Genin to a Jonin, and that's not counting the five strongest of his subordinates who would easily be at the same level as the Kage, not to mention Zorro himself. While the strongest ninja that Naruto has would be Nico Robin who's around the same level as the Sannin.

"Digivolution." Normal speech

'Digivolution.' Normal thought

"Digivolution." Biju speech

'Digivolution.' Biju thought

Zolo: Kurama no Kyubi doesn't own anyone but his OCs.

Chapter 16: Roronoa Zolo or Roronoa Zoro?

Akagami was floating in a pitch black void with nothing but darkness around him.

"Where am I?" He asked, his voice causing an echo.

"Who… are you?" A weak-sounding voice said, he had definitely never heard it before in his entire life, but something about felt familiar to him. He looked up to see a small light, the only source of light anywhere, though it still didn't give any illumination.

"My name's Akagami, Uzumaki Akagami." Akagami said as he moved closer to the light.

"Akagami…? Help… me…" The voice said, coming out from the light which pulsated with each spoken letter.

Akagami's "cell"

Akagami's eyes suddenly snapped open and he burst up into a sitting position while panting heavily.

'What was that?' He thought before thinking back to what the light had said.

"Help… me…"

'Help him? Help him with what?' He thought before looking towards the entrance of the tent to see his guard – and the one reason he hasn't managed to escape yet – standing there on the outside.

Sure, he could've easily escaped, it was only a simply tent after all, but that guard appeared to have a very troublesome Devil Fruit; the Track-Track Fruit. With it, he could track whoever he wanted down rather quickly, and if that wasn't enough, if he put a special seal on someone, then he'd know that someone's location at all times until the seal was either removed or the person with it died. Needless to say, Akagami had that seal on him right now.

Naruto's tent

Fu was standing before Naruto's desk as she gave him her report while he was sitting on his chair, reading a book and Dorumon was sleeping on the ground.

"… but on our way back, Jugo finally snapped, though between me and Suigetsu, we were able to subdue him." Fu said, the bruises from her and Suigetsu's fight with Jugo still clearly visible.

"Mm-hmm." Was Naruto's response as he didn't look up from his book.

"Are you even listening?" Fu asked before she walked around the desk while asking "What are you reading anyway?"

"Oh, well it's a book that Robin-san gave me." Naruto said as he finally looked away from the book before his attention returned to it "It's a strangely detailed book on all of the Jinchuriki, and oddly up-to-date too. Even the two of us are in here."

"Really?" Fu asked.

"Yeah. And take a look at this." Naruto said before going over to one of the earlier pages in the book, revealing a lot of text as well as an image of a middle-aged man that didn't have a left hand, but instead a hook.

""Sir Crocodile was the first Jinchuriki of the Ichibi as well as the founder of Sunagakure, making him the Shodai Kazekage. Not only was he one of the strongest ninja of his time, but he was even able to control the Ichibi's power to such an extent that he could even turn parts of his own body into sand."" Naruto read out loud.

"Shithead, we've got a problem!" Tayuya yelled as she came into the tent.

"Tayuya?" Fu asked.

Land of Whirlpools, beach

Suigetsu fell back onto the sand as his three swords fell down around him. In the background there were also two other Kenjutsu users of Uzushio that had been knocked down.

"Who is that?" One of the Kenjutsu users, Kiri asked.

"And what's with that crazy strength?" The other Kenjutsu user, Kouta asked.

Suigetsu looked up as a dark silhouette loomed over him before said silhouette stepped towards him to reveal himself as Captain Jodai of the Samurai.

"Is this really all the strength the ninja of Uzushio have? How pathetic." He said.

"Suigetsu!" Naruto yelled as he, Dorumon, Fu, and Tayuya arrived.

"Naruto, stay back…" Suigetsu said as he grabbed the Kubikiribocho before rising to his feet "This guy is way out of any of our leagues."

"So, you're Uzumaki Naruto, huh?" Jodai said as he looked at Naruto.

"Hey, I'm your opponent here!" Suigetsu yelled as he moved in to swing his massive sword, but Jodai merely hit him with the back of his left hand.

'He hit me… with a physical attack?' Suigetsu thought in surprise as he fell to the ground.

"I am Captain Jodai of the Samurai Fortress; Shikei Toride." Jodai said as he pointed his sword at Naruto.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Tayuya called out as she slammed her hand down on the ground and her three Doki appeared in a puff of smoke "Mateki: Genbuso Kyoku!"

She then started playing her flute, causing the Doki to charge at Jodai, but just in a few swings of his sword, the samurai captain caused all three of the Doki to puff away.

"Impossible! That bastard defeated them so easily?" Tayuya exclaimed.

"Then I'll take him on!" Fu said as she formed a couple of water swords in her hands and insect wings grew out of her back before she charged towards Jodai at maximum speed.

When she approached him, she swung her right blade at him, but he blocked it with his own sword, causing her to smirk as he had just fallen into her trap, or so she thought. She then dispersed her left blade as hundreds of insects crawled out from underneath her clothes and gathered in the palm of her left hand.

"Mushi-Kisei!" She called out as she moved to slam her palm into Jodai's chest, but her eyes widened, however, when Jodai dropped his sword before grabbing it with his left hand in a reverse grip at the base of the blade before slamming it into her stomach.

She coughed up some spite before being sent flying backwards by the force of the impact.

"Fu-chan!" Naruto yelled as he jumped to catch her, succeeding in doing so as they were sent skidding backwards on their rears.

"Fu-chan, you all right?" Naruto asked as he looked down on his girlfriend.

"Yeah…" Fu said as Naruto rose to his feet before grabbing his X-Loader.

'If Suigetsu, Tayuya's Doki, and Fu-chan were defeated so easily, then I won't stand a chance. In that case!' He thought before holding up the X-Loader "Dorulumon, Leomon! Reload!"

Then in a flash of light, Dorulumon and Leomon appeared.

"Dorulumon, Leomon; Digi-Xross!" Naruto called out.

Dorulumon suddenly turned into five drills, connected by a white light. One of the drills then attached itself to Leomon's right arm, becoming his new hand, another two attached themselves to his knee-caps, one of them attached itself to the tipoff his tail, and the last one attached itself to his forehead.

"DrillLeomon!"

DrillLeomon then looked over at Kiri and Kouta before looking over at Suigetsu and then at Fu before his gaze stopped at Jodai.

'I see. This guy knocked out Kiri-san, Kouta-san, Suigetsu-san, and Fu-san. So Naruto-san won't be taking any chances here.' He thought before smirking as he added 'It's been a long time since I was part of a Digi-Xross.'

'So that's a Digimon, like the ones that Zorro-sama had told me about. This is my first time seeing one.' Jodai thought as he prepared himself.

'Hmm… Judging from his height and looks, he can't be much older than Kakashi-san. But even so, I've got to be careful, he's bound to be very strong.' DrillLeomon thought as he grabbed his sword's handle with his left hand before charging at Jodai.

Upon approaching the samurai, he thrusted his right arm forward as the drill on it spun rapidly, but Jodai then raised his sword – which he was still holding in a reverse grip at the base of the blade with his left hand – and successfully blocked the drill. DrillLeomon then drew his sword – holding it in a reverse grip – and swung it at Jodai, but this time the samurai used his bare right palm to block it, and DrillLeomon's eyes widened when he saw that both of the man's hands were black like steel.

'Armament Haki?!' He thought in surprise.

DrillLeomon then jumped back and was about to attack Jodai again, but the samurai suddenly sheathed his sword and held his hand out in front of himself as if to say "stop".

"We came here for two purposes; one was to assess the threat level of your village, but I see now that you're nothing but weaklings." He said.

"And what was the other purpose?" DrillLeomon asked.

"We're here on matters concerning the Samurai Emperor's son, Roronoa Zoro-sama." Jodai said, causing Naruto's, Dorumon's, and Tayuya's eyes to widen while DrillLeomon's narrowed.

Uzushio, training field 1

Naruto, Dorumon, Dorulumon, Leomon, Fu, Zolo, Tayuya, Zoe, Suigetsu, Karin, Jugo, and Robin were all at training field 1.

"So Jodai told you everything, huh?" Zolo asked and Naruto nodded.

"Why didn't you tell us that you were the son of the Samurai Emperor?" Dorumon asked.

"Tsk. I always hated that guy." Zolo scoffed.

"Why?" Fu asked.

"He always had such high hopes for me, telling me to become a strong Samurai Emperor like him, never once caring about my feelings. Then when he realized how "weak" I was, he sent me away to the East Blue to train under the Samurai General of that ocean, probably hoping to never having to see me again. He even had the guts to name me after himself, which is why I changed my name to "Zolo"." Zolo said, causing everyone to sweat-drop at the last part.

"Not much change there…" Naruto said before thinking 'It doesn't even sound any different.' (Kurama no Kyubi: Note that in Japanese, L and R has the exact same sound.)

"I can see why you hate him." Jugo said.

"Yeah… I can't even imagine how it'd be like if my father just threw me aside like yesterday's garbage." Zoe said.

"Who is this Samurai Emperor, anyway?" Dorulumon asked.

"You don't know?" Karin asked as she looked at him.

"Hey, I don't know either. Who is he?" Naruto said.

"You're kidding me, right? Everyone learns about him as early as the academy." Tayuya said.

"Well, I never was very good at paying attention in class." Naruto said with his foxy grin as he scratched the back of his head.

'That, I can imagine.' Everyone thought in unison.

"I'm certain you know of the Nanaidainakenshi, right? The Samurai Emperor, Roronoa Zorro is the strongest amongst them. There are even rumors that he once went toe-to-toe with Whitebeard – the world's strongest man – and almost won." Robin said, causing everyone except from Zolo, Dorulumon, Leomon, and Jugo to gulp.

"Well, at least those are only rumors, right?" Naruto said and when everyone just looked at him with blank expressions, he nervously said "… Right?"

"Unfortunately, these are more than just rumors." Robin said.

"How do you know?" Naruto asked as he looked at her.

"I have my sources." Robin said.

"Naruto-san!" An Uzushio ninja said as he appeared in a shunshin.

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"The Samurai Captain has asked to see you in your tent." The ninja said.

Naruto's tent

"Sorry if I kept you waiting." Naruto said as he sat down on his chair.

"Not at all." Jodai said as he was standing before the desk.

"What do you want?" Naruto asked.

"I want Zoro-sama to return to his father. It was he who sent me here to retrieve the boy." Jodai said.

"From what Zolo-san told me, I find that hard to believe." Naruto said.

"Believe what you want to believe, but I still have my orders." Jodai said.

"And what if Zolo-san don't want to return?" Naruto asked.

"I'm afraid he's got no choice in the matter." Jodai said.

"So you're going to force him to come along with you?" Naruto asked.

"If we must, yes." Jodai said.

"If that's the case then you would have to go through all of us. There's no way we'd give you Zolo-san against his will. Dattebayo!" Naruto said, his eyes turning red and slitted at the last sentence.

"If you think you can protect Zoro-sama, then you're an even bigger fool than I gave you credit for. Even if you – by some miracle – manage to defeat me, then the next one to come here will be Zorro-sama himself." Jodai said.

"In that case, just let him come! I'm not scared of him! Dattebayo!" Naruto said.

"So you'd rather die than give up your friend, eh? Is that it?" Jodai asked.

"You better believe it! Dattebayo!" Naruto stated.

"Hold it." Jodai then turned around as he and Naruto looked towards the tent's entrance to see Zolo standing there.

"Zolo-san?" Naruto asked as Zolo turned to Jodai.

"I'll come with you on one condition." He said.

"And what's that?" Jodai asked.

"That you leave this village alone." Zolo said.

"You have my word." Jodai said.

"Wait a minute." Naruto said, causing both Zolo and Jodai to look at him "I would like to come with you and have little talk with the Samurai Emperor. Besides…" He then turned to Zolo "… I don't believe that you really want to go back. You only said you'd go back so that the samurai wouldn't attack this village. Sorry, but I'm not letting you leave this village unless you really want to."

"So, you want to ask Zorro-sama for Zoro-sama to stay here?" Jodai asked.

"Yeah… you got a problem with that?" Naruto asked as he looked at him, his eyes returning to their normal cerulean color.

"No, it's just that I find it so amusing that you think Zorro-sama would ever agree to that." Jodai said.

"If he doesn't, then I'll just have to make him." Naruto said.

"We'll see…" Jodai said.

Next day, Land of Whirlpools, beach

Jodai's ship was anchored at the beach as a wooden ramp was going from the deck of the ship and down to the sand. At the bottom of the ramp was Jodai standing as he was waiting for Naruto and Zolo to finish saying good-bye to the four people and two Digimon that had come to see him off.

"You sure you'll be all right by yourself? Shouldn't you at least bring Dorumon?" Zoe asked as she was standing next to Tommy who was holding Tsunomon.

"Nah. I promised Jodai-san that I'd come alone and unarmed, and you know that I can never break my word. Dattebayo!" Naruto said before turning to Jugo "Be careful not to go on a rampage while I'm gone, okay?"

"No promises, but I'll try." Jugo said, and Naruto then turned his gaze to Dorumon.

"Dorumon, while I'm gone, you'll have to take care of the village, all right?" He said.

"Roger." Dorumon said as he gave a salute.

"Naruto-kun…" Fu said as she stepped forward.

"Fu-chan…" Naruto said before giving her his trademark foxy grin while saying "Well, I guess we'll be gone for a little while."

Before he could react, however, Fu wrapped her arms around him and brought him into a hug while saying "Please… please come back to us… to me safely."

"Hey, don't worry. We'll definitely come back." Naruto said before pulling out of the hug and giving the girl a peck on the lips "I promise. Dattebayo!" As he said his catchphrase, he gave her his famous grin.

He and Zolo then followed Jodai up to the ship's deck as two people were sitting on a nearby large boulder. Said people being Tayuya and Suigetsu.

"Think he's gonna be all right?" Suigetsu asked.

"The shithead? Probably not. He's up against one of the fucking strongest people on the planet." Tayuya said.

"Shouldn't you two be down there to see Naruto-san off?" Suigetsu and Tayuya turned to the source of the voice to see Robin standing there.

"I hate such sappy things like good-byes." Tayuya said.

"Shouldn't you be down there?" Suigetsu asked as he looked at Robin.

"I've got other business to attend to. Here." Robin said as she held out a paper form.

"What's this?" Suigetsu asked as he took it.

"You should show it to Karin." Robin said before turning around and walking away.

"Hey, where are you going?" Suigetsu asked, causing Robin to stop and look over her shoulders.

"As I said, I've got other business to attend to. So I'm afraid that I'll be gone for quite some time." She said before continuing to walk.

Jodai's ship

As the ship set sail, Naruto walked up to the bow where Jodai was standing.

"So where are we going to meet the Samurai Emperor, anyway?" He asked.

"Shikei Toride…" Jodai merely stated.

"Huh?" Naruto looked at him with a confused look on his face.

"It's the name of the samurai main base, given to it by Zorro-sama himself. Though it was once known by another name." Jodai said.

"Another name?" Naruto asked.

"… The Great Wall of Raftel." Jodai said.

Chapter preview

Jodai "This is the Samurai Fortress, Shikei Toride."

Naruto "Whoa! It's huge! Dattebayo!"...(is thrown into a prison cell) "Hey, what're you doing?"

Jodai "We know that you ninja are not to be trusted. You will spend the rest of your days here."

Zorro "Welcome Zoro, my son. It's been far too long."

Zolo "Father…"

Zorro "Next time on Naruto: Shinobi Hunters: Samurai Emperor, Zorro."

Hitomi (holds a kunai to Karin's throat as she becomes visible) "Why are you following me?"

Character information

Name: Nara Shikamaru.

Age: 13

Affiliation: Konohagakure.

Affinity: Shadow.

Likes: Cloud watching, Shogi.

Dislikes: Work.

Bio: Despite his young age, Shikamaru is a smart boy with an I.Q of over 200. But even so, he's quite lazy and would refer to most work-related things as being a "drag". In fact, he refers to most things as being a "drag". When he graduated, he was assigned to team 10 along with his best friend, Choji, and the annoying girl (according to him), Ino, to form the Ino-Shika-Cho formation, just like their fathers. Later, during a mission he met the Digimon, Gaomon and became one of the new generation's Digi-Destined along with Naruto and Kurotsuchi.

Kurama no Kyubi: Sorry for the short chapter after so long of not updating, but it's only the prologue to the largest arc so far in this story. Also note that next chapter might also end up being a shorty one since I can't think of much to put in between their arrival at Shikei Toride till the cliffhanger I've imagined the chapter to end with. And one more thing; if you're going to suggest a Pokémon for the Digi-Destined, then suggest at least one for each of them, not just Naruto.