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Difficult Lives

Davis had no time to think as he jumped off of a high surface. He landed on a hard surface a few yards away. It was a giant raccoon-like creature. Davis had no time to worry about this oddity as he was more concerned about his mission to wake Gaara who lay sleeping in the raccoon's head.

"Wake up." Davis shouted. The surface he had just left which belonged to a big green toad wearing a big katana slammed into the raccoon. Gaara remained asleep so Davis upon reaching the teen half sticking out of the raccoon's forehead punched him. Davis was pushed back by the force of his own punch and the creature's thrashing but he got up and rushed forward to try again. He was stopped by his feet starting to sink into creature. Seeing the danger, the toad grabbed Davis with his giant tongue. Unfortunately, his ally had to release Davis back onto the creature who immediately wrapped tendrils of sand around his feet.

"What the . . . . ?" he questioned as the still sleeping Gaara cried, "What kind of . . . ." It didn't take long for Davis to figure out that Gaara's voice was being used as a medium by the raccoon. He was worried. He was running out of chakra, fast. It was only with the thought of the pink haired girl, Sakura, from one of the previous memories and what losing the fight would cost her that gave him the strength to continue.

"You will be killed by me. My existence will not disappear." The creature said through Gaara.

I need to think of a way to defeat this raccoon spirit. Please . . . . just a little bit. Let me have the amount to protect everyone. Chakra. Davis thought, forming the seal to call forth the nine-tails chakra. He felt even more chakra surge forth than the last time. This time, he got the impression of a mirror breaking inside him as the chakra surrounded him. His headband fell off from the force and his jacket zipper broke but he had enough chakra for what he needed.

"Die-!" the creature cried as the red-haired boy, Gaara, moved his hands into a seal under the creature's control.

"Here I come! Stupid raccoon!" Davis shouted, charging at Gaara. He was held back by sand tendrils as he reached the imprisoned vessel but this didn't stop him. He head bashed Gaara with a screamed, "You damn bastard!"

Davis noticed Gaara waking up even as he noticed the blood dripping from both of their foreheads. The raccoon demon dissolved into sand sending the two vessels falling down to the ground as the giant toad disappeared as well. They barely managed to catch the top tips of two trees, landing across from each other. The giant sword the toad had been wielding sticking out of the ground between them.

"I'm kind of . . . . at my limit. It must be the same for you. The most we can do is throw one punch at each other." Davis said, panting.

"We are very alike." Gaara responded.

"Let's end this now!" Davis shouted and the two boys launched at each other. The punches hit and the two boys fell and hit the ground together. They glared at each other from their positions lying on the ground.

" . . . . my existence will never be extinguished. It won't be extinguished! There is no way that I would let it disappear!" Gaara cried.

Davis didn't argue as he remembered the pain of his own childhood. The insults and side comments burned into his memory. He remembered how they ignored him and called him a monster. He remembered the intense pain he had felt all through his life.

"To them, I'm a relic of the past they want to get rid of. If so . . . . why am I alive? Why do I exist . . . ." Gaara wondered.

'I felt like this about myself . . . . no . . . . I had no choice but to think of myself this way and I realized that this feeling is the most painful. It's to realize that your existence is not wanted in this world. Davis remembered an old enemy's word, Haku, the hunter ninja from his first true ninja mission. He crawled on his stomach, inching slowly towards Gaara to try and comfort the vessel.

"Do-Don't come any closer!" Gaara cried when he noticed Davis's movement but the teen didn't stop.

"The pain of being alone . . . . is not an easy one to bear . . . . your feelings . . . . why . . . . is it . . . . that I can understand your pain?" Davis asked as he neared Gaara whose eyes widened. "But . . . . I already have many people who are important to me now. I won't let you hurt those people important to me even if you try to kill them . . . . I will stop you."

"Why . . . . Why do you go so far for others' sake?" Gaara gasped out.

"They saved me from the hell of being alone. They acknowledged my existence . . . . That's why they're all important to me." Davis answered and happily noticed understanding dawn in Gaara's eyes.

"That's enough Naruto. Sakura is fine now. This guy is likely out of chakra. The sand holding Sakura has completely collapsed." Sasuke said, kneeling next to Davis.

"I . . . . see." Davis agreed even as he heard two slight thumps near Gaara's location.

"That's enough . . . . It's over." Gaara said to the two who had made the thumps. Davis heard one of the two people agree before his conscious faded along with the memory.

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Davis was at the gate to a village. He faced a mob of villagers who looked murderous. They started throwing stones. Davis was horrified not just by the villager's actions but the face of one tormentor, Sakura. He couldn't believe she would hurt him like this so he ran.

Davis paid little attention to his destination as he was just trying to get away from the pain but he heard some of the villagers give chase. This wasn't easy as he was injured. A giant hole blemished his stomach and the poor teen's frantic run was not helping the healing process. He had no time to face the footsteps he heard behind as he finally stopped, overcome by his wound. He blacked out just as a dark opening pulled him in.

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Davis awoke slowly. The noise of battle ended as the enemy digimon ran away. Ken, Cody, and Veemon leaned over him, clearly worried.

"Hey, guys. What happened?" Davis asked, mentally trying to make sense of what he had seen during his period unconscious.

"Our enemy attacked. You couldn't get away in time." Cody answered.

"Where'd it go?"

"It ran away just as you were waking up." Ken explained.

"You okay, Davis?" Tai asked, walking over. Davis confirmed he was fine. "Okay. Get checked out by a doctor." Tai finished.

"Davis, did you see anything while you were unconscious?" Izzy asked, still concerned.

"Nope," Davis lied. He knew one thing, it appeared he was in fact Naruto but he had no intention of telling Izzy or most of the other digidestined about that.

"Then we should get going. Our enemy is gone for now." Kari spoke up.

"Yeah, I have band practice soon." Matt started, walking with the rest of the digidestined toward the nearest television. "Davis, apologize to Jun for me. I still don't know what it is I said to upset her."

"Have you even thought about it?" Davis asked.

"No. I don't have time to worry about it. Just apologize, okay?" Matt answered.

"Apologize to her yourself." Davis answered angrily as he realized Matt didn't even care enough to figure out what he had done wrong. Honestly, Davis was starting to wonder why he even bothered. He left through the television without a second look.

"What's wrong with him?" Matt asked as the rest of the digidestined reached them. All of the digidestined, except Ken and Cody, were stunned by Davis's anger. Ken and Cody didn't bother to answer as they looked at the group sadly and followed Davis. They were glad Davis had already left as they heard T.K. said, "He had no reason to act so rude."

Davis stalked angrily down the street after his revelation of Matt's behavior. Veemon was barely keeping up.

"Davis, wait!" he tried but Davis didn't notice.

Luckily, Neji stopped in their path, worried about Davis.

"What's wrong?" Neji asked.

"Nothing," Davis answered, cooling his temper. His mind jumped to the memory he had just experienced of fighting Neji and he saw an opportunity to prove if it was a memory. "Were Hinata's and your dad really twins?" Davis added.

"Yes," Neji answered. It took him a moment to realize he had never told Davis that. "How did you know?" he asked suspiciously.

"Um . . . . sorry. Just curious," Davis answered before rushing off. He didn't want to admit the possibility to the Konoha visitors quite yet. He still needed to be sure. He only had a few memories of Naruto's life. It was still possible they were wrong about who he had been.