Disclaimer: The characters and places in this story are not mine. Any similarities to other stories are completely coincidental. Naruto and Digimon belong to their respective creators.

I also want to thank everyone for their amazing reactions to my story.

Difficult Lives

Davis knocked on Izzy's front door.

"They're gonna kill me." He muttered as they waited.

"Yolei's going to be really mad, isn't she, Davis?" Veemon asked.

"Yeah," Davis answered as the door opened.

"Finally, Davis." a brown haired teen with spiky hair who Davis idolized named Tai said.

"Sorry about being late. Got distracted," Davis said glancing back at the odd group with him.

"Sure." Tai said, grinning and completely oblivious to Davis's brief look behind. Davis knew exactly what he was thinking. The rest of the digidestined, except Ken and Cody, always thought the same.

He was drawn out of his thoughts when Tai asked, "Davis, I was wondering about the incident in the computer lab. It was obvious Veemon was angry at everyone. Do you know why?"

"Nope," Davis lied as calmly as he could. Izzy, another spiky brown haired teen with an interest in computers, saved him from further conversation as he entered the room.

"Finally, who are your guests and why are you late?" he asked.

"I was delayed because I met up with these guys." Davis answered, indicating the group that had followed him in. He smiled as Ken joined them.

"Hi, Davis," Ken said before he noticed the anger in Davis's eyes. He looked at the unknown people with him and gave Davis a meaningful look.

"Izzy, could you find them somewhere to stay until the meeting is over?" Davis asked, ignoring Ken's gaze.

"Sure." Izzy said and gestured for the group to follow.

"Uh. . . . Davis," Tai said unhappily, pausing as the group stopped at the door to listen. "Kari wanted to talk to you."

"Oh." Davis said softly.

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Davis followed Tai and Ken to Izzy's room after helping the Konoha group get situated.

"Talk to Kari after the meeting." Tai reminded him before they entered the room.

Davis nodded.

Everyone from the computer lab sat in a circle in the center of the room. Two other boys, one a spiky blond-haired teen with a remarkable resemblance to T.K and the other with blue hair and simple circular eyeglasses, and two other girls, one with long pink hair and another with short brown hair sat in various places around the room.

"Hey, everyone," Tai said, "Izzy found out about a new threat."

Everyone gasped at this new information.

"Gennai contacted me. Right now, he knows very little about the threat. He's looking for more but he wants us to keep an eye out when we patrol the digital world." Izzy elaborated.

Everyone nodded and started to get up but Tai stopped them by speaking up.

"We're not quite done. There is another concern. We're worried about Veemon. Is he alright, Davis?"

"Yeah," Davis asked confused, "Why, Tai?"

"Nothing's wrong?" Tai asked.

"Nothing," Davis answered firmly.

"Then why did he act so badly at the computer lab and why didn't you guys stay and help us in the digital world?" Yolei countered angrily.

"Um . . . ." Davis couldn't think of what to say.

"Calm down. It's fine. Veemon was tired and we were worried so Davis took him home. We went with him to make sure they were alright. We'd do the same for any of you." Ken defended them.

"Alright," Tai agreed, accepting Ken's explanation but Yolei's glare told Davis that she didn't. The group stood up and headed towards the door now that the meeting was over. Davis wasted no time in walking over to Kari. He wanted to get this talk over with so much that he didn't notice Ken and Cody stop at the door to wait for him.

"Hi, Kari, Tai told me that you needed to talk to me." Davis said.

"Yeah, Davis, we need to tell you something." Kari said, waiting for T.K. to join them.

"We're dating." T.K. told him once he reached them.

Davis gave them a shaky smile and wished them happiness before he turned around and walked over to the door. Ken placed an arm around his shoulders as he reached them.

"Come on, let's go." Ken said and the three headed out the door.

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Gaara could feel intense anger. Most of the group knew Davis had returned before he even reached the door.

"Veemon, it was their choice and there's nothing we can do to change it," a voice Gaara recognized as the blue haired boy who had walked in during their initial arrival.

"Ken's right, calm down Veemon. At least they told me instead of dating behind my back." Davis agreed, sadly.

"But Davis-" Veemon whined.

Veemon's whine cut off as they reached the room he was in. Ken, the blue dinosaur they met with Davis, and an unfamiliar brown haired boy who looked very young, entered with him. The shorter boy had a bowl shaped haircut and wore a simple brown shirt with matching light brown trousers of and he had a serious air about him. The two were occupied by two more strange creatures, a small green wormlike creature and a yellow and brown armadillo creature.

"Come on. We'll head to the park. You can explain everything to me there." Davis said, sharply, leaving the room. The group followed

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Davis and his entourage walked to the park. Davis's thoughts were stuck on what he had learned earlier in the day. Despite her harsh words days before, Davis still loved her and had truly hoped to convince her that he was better. It was at that moment that an image appeared in front of his eyes. He saw a pink-haired girl in a red dress with a crowd of people around her. Davis gasped as a flood of emotions followed the image. It was sadness without anger. It was more of a feeling of hopelessness. In a way, Davis was more familiar with this feeling than he had been in the past, thanks to the events in the computer lab but this hopelessness was deeper, much deeper than even the earlier events had caused.

Davis was certainly upset about how the digidestined acted towards him and depressed but he still had support. His hope was still there and that one moment when he felt true hopelessness and despair made him realize how lucky he still was.

"Davis?" he heard Veemon ask.

"Huh? Oh sorry, Veemon," Davis said, breaking from his thoughts to smile at the blue dinosaur next to him. "It just caught up, I guess." he added.

"Forget about her, Davis, she doesn't deserve you." Veemon said vehemently.

"Thanks pal," Davis answered. His gaze was drawn to Ken and Cody who had stopped to look at him with concern.

"Are you okay?" Ken asked.

"Yeah, I just realized that I haven't thanked any of you. You've stood by me and I've needed it. So, thanks." Davis finished, looking at the five allies around him.

"You're welcome." Cody answered.

"Always," Ken added.

"You're my partner." Veemon answered simply.

"Okay. Let's go." He said cheerfully and they all moved forward.

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"Alright, now, you can explain what's going on and what it has to do with me." Davis started in a better mood now than he had been as they sat on a patch of grass in the park.

"I'm sorry, Naruto. I shouldn't have hurt you. I'm sorry." the black-haired boy, who had been staring intently at Davis, burst out randomly. It had taken him only a minute to run over to Davis. For some reason, Davis was highly confused by this behavior. It didn't feel normal so everyone was surprised when he looked over and asked, "This isn't normal for him, is it?"

"No, why?" the adult asked.

"Just got the feeling it wasn't" Davis answered. With a sigh the adult walked over and dragged the intense boy back to his seat. "So, we should actually start by introducing ourselves. This is Cody, Ken, Wormmon, Armadillomon, and Veemon." Davis introduced, pointing first at the boy with the brown hair, the blue haired boy, the small green wormlike creature that had emerged from Ken's book bag, the yellow and brown armadillo creature next to Cody, and the blue dinosaur beside him.

"My name is Kakashi; this is Sasuke, Shikamaru, Gaara, Kiba, Akamaru, Neji, and Hinata." The adult of the group introduced himself and pointed to the intense boy, the boy wearing fishnets, the redhead, the brown haired boy next to the giant dog, the giant dog, the white eyed boy who had pulled Davis into the alley earlier, and the only girl in the group who also had the white eyed look of the boy introduced before her.

"So, what does Naruto have to do with me?" Davis asked.

Kakashi started by explaining the Kyubi and as much as he knew about Naruto's 'death.' Shikamaru and the others filled in the blanks. At the end, they explained their suspicions that Davis was in fact Naruto.

"Great but no thanks. I have enough problems. Besides, I doubt I'm this Naruto person. I'm too old. Sorry." Davis said after a minute of silence.

"We can check. If you're Naruto, you'll have the seal on your stomach." Kakashi spoke up hurriedly.

Davis looked at the jonin warily but had no chance to reply when his cell phone went off.

"Hello?" he answered after checking the ID and seeing it was Jun.

"Davis, you need to come home . . . . right now." Jun's voice answered.

"But why Jun? Is something up?" Davis asked. The already static-filled line got worse and Davis couldn't hear her response. After several unsuccessful attempts to get a response back, he gave up. He closed the cell phone and stood up. Without a word he turned to his apartment and ran.