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Difficult Lives

Shikamaru looked over at Neji. The blank eyed boy shook his head. Shikamaru, a black haired boy in a black fishnet shirt and black shorts, sighed know what the signal meant. He sported simple brown sandals with a belt carrying numerous pouches of throwing knives and various exploding tags carried by Konoha's ninja population. Sasuke, Kakashi, Shikamaru, Neji, Kiba, Hinata, and Gaara had started searching for Naruto only days after his disappearance.

It had been two years now and a great many things had changed. Gaara had risen to the position of Kazekage (leader) of the Sand Hidden Village. Shikamaru had reached the rank of jonin in Konoha's ninja corp. Akamaru, Kiba's ninja dog, had grown much bigger and was now as high as Kiba's chest. Hinata had even become a bit more outgoing than she had been before. Due to the circumstances, all those who had delivered news of Naruto's disappearance had been told of the Kyubi and its role in the hatred directed at Naruto all his life. Among the Rookie Nine who had been close for many years before their friend's disappearance, a rift had grown between some of them and Sakura. Sasuke had also changed from his experience. He became angry at the village and Sakura when he found out about the riot and ignored them all unless he had official business with them.

The mystery behind the black opening that had dragged Naruto in had been solved a month after his disappearance. With the group's help, Tsunade and Kakashi had been able to find the Anbu who had been seen running away. Interrogation revealed several answers; it turned out that the Anbu had seen Naruto and decided to use a long distance jutsu to punish the teen. One of them knew a special jutsu and tried to use it. The only problem with this is it was an Uchiha family jutsu and required the Sharingan to control it. The Anbu casting the jutsu didn't have a Sharingan so the jutsu went out of control. It actually sent Naruto to some unknown place rather than the hell dimension where the jutsu was supposed to send him. Kakashi himself had tried the jutsu and checked the dimension he was supposed to end up in and didn't find anything.

Kakashi and Sasuke had been trying this jutsu for years to try to find Naruto. Using their Sharingan they guided the jutsu to different dimensions and had found nothing. They had no idea that today would be any different.

After two years, their luck finally changed. They managed to reach a dimension where they could feel faint traces of Naruto's chakra.

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Gaara, a redhead with a tattoo meaning love on his forehead and a giant gourd on his back, woke up quickly to unfamiliar surroundings. He looked around the dimly lit alley, noting the tall buildings blocking each side and the various filled trashcans scattered around. He watched as the rest of the search party woke up as well. Shikamaru took quick note of their surroundings for intruders before turning to his companions.

"What happened?" Kiba asked, getting up.

No one had a chance to answer before their attention was drawn to the alleyway entrance. They were sensing a familiar chakra signature they hadn't felt in years. Their search had finally ended.

"Why did Yolei say those things about you? You're a great leader." a child-like voice asked from the entrance.

"I don't know. Veemon but maybe she's right." a voice that sounded very close to Naruto's answered.

"She wasn't, Davis. We wouldn't be here if she was." The child-like voice answered.

Shikamaru looked over at Neji, tilting his head to the side. His comrade nodded and headed to the alleyway entrance, ready to grab the boy when he passed.

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Davis sighed as he headed to another digidestined meeting. This time it was at Izzy's house. Izzy was one of the first digidestined. He had traveled to the digital world with Tai, Matt, Sora, Mimi, Joe, T.K., and Kari a few years before Davis and the newer members of the digidestined group, Yolei, Cody, and Ken. T.K. and Kari had been young enough on their first trip to be included in the second group. Matt and Tai were their older brothers and it was Tai, the leader of the first group, who had chosen Davis as leader of the second. He was not looking forward to the meeting after the events of yesterday but Izzy had claimed it was very important so Davis couldn't avoid it. Knowing his luck, Izzy had found them a new evil. However, Veemon had cheered him up a bit with his kind words. That good mood was ruined however when a hand reached out, covering his mouth and pulled him into an alleyway he was passing. His first sight upon turning on the culprit was pure white eyes. They had no pupils, causing Davis to gasp at the unusual sight. Thankfully, Veemon was still hidden in his book bag and was dragged in as well.

"Davis, what's wrong?' Veemon asked from inside the bag before Davis could stop him.

The reactions among the group varied. The boy who had grabbed Davis tensed as veins popped up around his eyes but they soon relaxed. The boy standing next to the largest dog Davis had ever seen outside of the digital world jumped in shock while his dog growled. The only adult in the group raised his eyebrow while the boy next to him stared intently at Davis. The redhead and a boy in a fishnet shirt didn't react but the only girl in the group had a different reaction. Her eyes widened as she asked, "Naruto?"

Davis ignored her, thinking she was talking to one of her comrades and knelt down to open his book bag and to let Veemon out. She repeated the question as he pulled Veemon out of the small book bag.

"Stop ignoring her, you jerk!" the boy standing next to the dog shouted angrily. Davis jerked around in surprise and saw the boy glaring at him.

"She was talking to me?" Davis asked, confused.

"Of course she was, moron." the boy retorted.

"My name's Davis, not Naruto. What did you expect me to think?!" Davis shouted back.

"What is that, a summon?" the adult asked, pointing at Veemon.

"A digimon. Where have you been?" Davis answered, upset at their rudeness, "Why did you drag me in here?"

"Naruto, stop playing around," the boy in fishnets said.

"I'M NOT PLAYING! What the heck do you want?" Davis shouted.

"We want you to come back to Konoha with us." the black-haired boy next to the adult said.

"Konoha? Never mind. Sorry but I'm late for a meeting. Excuse me." Davis said, turning around and heading down the alleyway with Veemon beside him.

"How troublesome." The boy in fishnets muttered.

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The group watched Davis walk away.

"That jerk," Kiba said.

"Maybe not," Neji spoke up thoughtfully.

"With the way he acted towards Hinata, of course he's a jerk." Kiba shot back.

"Maybe not. He had no idea what we were talking about. He didn't recognize any of it. He could have amnesia." Shikamaru interjected.

Hinata gasped before turning around and running after Davis. She caught up to him just before he managed to exit the alley.

"Davis, wait. Please." She begged.

Shikamaru sighed as the travelers from Konoha followed her.

"Sorry. Just let us explain." Hinata added when she caught him.

Davis looked at her.

"Okay but I'm late for a meeting. You'll have to wait 'til after it." Davis answered.

"Then we'll go with you and wait until the meeting is over." The girl answered, happy that Davis was willing to listen to her.