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Difficult Lives
The next morning gave Davis the proof he needed as the gaps in his memory had been relived in his dreams. His memory had returned and through this, he himself was changing. He felt like a part of him had just woken up and he felt things he had never felt before.
Davis worked hard to reconcile the two conflicting memories as the morning wore on. If his parents or Jun noticed he was quieter than normal, they assumed it was because of the situation with the digidestined and the new digimon enemy which Jun had explained to them. Davis felt bad not telling them what had happened to him but he knew he needed to talk his old friends. Neji and the others had known Naruto best and he hoped they could help him through the reintegration process. It was for this reason that he decided to use his Sunday to catch up with them and talk.
"Davis, where are we going?" Veemon asked as they left.
"We're going to visit Kakashi and everyone else." Davis answered.
"Why?"
"I need to talk to them about Naruto."
"But Davis, we already talked about this. You're not Naruto." Veemon answered, looking at his partner in surprise.
"That's not true, Veemon. I am Naruto." Davis said, smiling apologetically. Veemon didn't have a chance to respond as Davis grabbed him and jumped back.
Davis was waiting for Veemon's response when he felt long dormant instincts scream a warning. He barely managed to avoid Itachi's strike as he picked Veemon up and dodged.
"Don't look him in the eye, Veemon." Davis warned the blue dinosaur as he now remembered the Sharingan. He stretched his senses hoping to locate Kisame who he now remembered.
"So, you remember." Itachi stated as he noticed Davis take a stance Naruto once used. He left Veemon alone as he moved to pin Davis to a wall. Davis noticed this and moved sideways to avoid the attack. The once amnesic ninja was panicking through he wasn't showing it. He knew he wasn't strong enough to beat the two missing nin on his own.
Davis was caught by surprise when Kisame jumped behind him and knocked the spiky haired teen backwards which knocked the blue dinosaur out of his hands. Veemon was very unhappy about this but Davis was relieved. This left Veemon out of the crossfire since the two ninja were only after him. Itachi and Kisame moved towards him but they were interrupted from the downed form by the very people Davis had been headed to see.
Neji jumped in front of Davis protectively as the rest of the group showed up. Davis used this opportunity to grab Veemon but his luck for the day was just as bad as it ever was. His digivice went off just as he picked up his digimon.
"Go, Davis. We'll distract them." Kakashi told him, having moved next to the brunette at the digivice's noise.
"Alright, be careful, Kakashi-sensei." Davis responded and headed to the computer lab at his school. He didn't look back and didn't see Kakashi's stunned look at the new form of address Davis used.
Davis cursed the multitude of attacks he seemed destined to get into today as he read Ken's e-mail during his mad dash to the school's computer lab and the digiport stationed there.
"Hey, Davis, everyone's here. Let's go." Tai said as Davis ran in, absently noticing both the old and new generation of digimon gathered in the cramped computer room. Everyone followed the spiky haired leader through the digiport without hesitation.
Any thought of Itachi and Kisame's attack rushed out of Davis when he caught sight of the digimon that had only recently returned his lost memories. Any generosity from the thought disappeared as he remembered that the digimon would have killed him during the memory period if the other digidestined hadn't distracted it. It was a winged digimon with a humanoid body. The digimon had brown markings on a background of black, covering the body. The wings were of a feathered red with dark blue markings along the edge but the eyes were the most familiar to him with their black coloring and hints of red that faintly resembled Itachi's.
All of the digimon digivolved to their champion forms, except Gatomon and Patamon who digivolved through their digieggs, as the enemy released a "Mist Generator" covering the area in a thick mist.
"Okay, ExVeemon, go." Davis shouted.
"I can't see him, Davis." ExVeemon, Veemon's champion form, called out. He was a large blue dinosaur with thick muscles and an X mark on his white belly. A silver blade stuck up from his snout and small white wings shaped much like a Demidevimon's wings sprouted from his upper back.
Davis paused, noticing all of the digimon looking around frantically.
"Everyone, he's on ExVeemon's left." Davis shouted using his instincts to sense the malicious energy of their enemy.
"Vee-Laser!" ExVeemon shouted, firing a laser out of his chest to where Davis shouted.
"Star-Shower!" Pegasusmon, Patamon's evolved form, shouted shooting stars from his wings. He was an orange golden armored horse with armored wings, winged ears, and a long white mane and tail.
"Rosetta Stone!" Nefertimon, Gatomon's evolved form, cried shooting rocks from her necklace to the same spot as Veemon. She was a giant white cat with wings. Her front chest and paws were covered by white armor. Her short hair was white and framed her face matching the white in her white and purple stripped tail ending in a purple tuft at the end.
"Blast Rings!" Aquilamon, Hawkmon's champion form, shouted firing ray rings from his mouth just as he finished shouting. Aquilamon was a giant red hawk with curled black horns and white feathers near the ends of his wings.
"Tail Hammer!" Ankylomon, Armadillomon's champion form, shouted striking the enemy with his spiked tail. Ankylomon was a larger version of his rookie form. His body was covered in a golden armor ending at the tail which had a spiked mace stuck on the end. Spikes ran down his back on the armor and his ankles had spiked bands snugly connected around the limbs.
"Spiking Strikes!" Stingmon, Wormmon's champion form, cried using an energy spike from his gauntlets to hit the enemy. Stingmon was a green humanoid insect with a green helmet, red hair, and green antennae. His insect wings were thin and clear. They moved so fast they could barely be seen as the digimon charged his enemy.
"Nova Blast!" Greymon, Agumon's champion form and Tai's partner, cried shooting a giant fireball out of his mouth. The large orange tyrannosaur had blue stripes scattered along his body and a brown helmet with three brown spikes sticking up from it, one at the snout and two at the ears.
"Howling Blaster!" Garurumon, Gabumon's champion form and Matt's partner, shouted blasting the enemy with blue flames. This digimon was a giant white wolf with purple stripes scattered across its body as well and fur sticking up for a mane.
"Meteor Wing!" Birdramon, Biyomon's champion form and Sora's (digidestined of love) partner, cried throwing flaming meteors from her wings. Birdramon's form was exactly what it sounded like, a giant orange bird. Her beak and feet were a fleshy pink and teeth lined the beak which looked more like a snout.
"Electro Shocker!" Kabuterimon, Tentomon's champion form and Izzy's partner, shouted firing a giant ball of electricity at their enemy, Saldremon. Kabuterimon was a large grey and blue armored horned beetle with thin and clear insect wings that were much bigger than the ones belonging to Stingmon.
"Needle Spray!" Togemon, Palmon's champion form and Mimi's (digidestined of Sincerity) partner, cried shooting millions of cactus spines out of her body. Togemon was a giant cactus with two feet wearing red boxing gloves. A tuft of spiky orange hair adorned the top of her head and three gaping holes served as her mouth and eyes.
"Harpoon Torpedo!" Ikkakumon, Gomamon's champion form and Joe's (digidestined of Reliability) partner, finished firing his horn which turned into a missile he directed to the enemy. The final digimon was a large white furred seal with a simple grey horn on his head, the same one he used to attack, and long white fangs extending from his mouth in addition to the sharp teeth inside.
Davis was correct and Saldremon was caught by half of them before he realized they had found him.
"Golden Noose!" the gold armored covered Pegasumon shot with the cat like form of Nefertimon. They flew over the still stunned enemy holding a golden rope to bind Saldremon. Unfortunately, Saldremon dodged just in time.
"Center Beam!" Saldremon retaliated launching a blue beam from his stomach at Nefertimon and connecting with the attack.
"Nefertimon!" Kari cried at her fallen partner.
"Aquilamon, get him!" Yolei shouted angrily as her partner flew towards their enemy.
"Got it, Yolei, Grand Horn!" Aquailmon responded in a much deeper voice than his Hawkmon form and rammed the enemy. ExVeemon followed up the attack with a quick punch but Saldremon recovered and flew back into the mist.
"Where is he, Davis?" Tai demanded.
"Center Beam!" Saldremon attacked again before Davis could respond. This time, Stingmon took the hit.
"Equus Beam!" Pegasusmon tried, sending a green beam to where the enemy attack had come from.
"Cat's Eye Beam!" Nefertimon followed, having recovered from her injury. The attack sent a beam of light from her headdress but neither attack managed to hit. Their enemy had moved again.
"Davis?!" Matt shouted.
"Two feet behind Togemon!" Davis shouted back answering Matt's unspoken demand.
Birdramon and Ikkakumon fired their attacks again at the location Davis stated and this time they hit, knocking the enemy out of the mist and straight into ExVeemon's laser. Saldremon burst into pixels of data.
"We did it!" Tai celebrated but Davis' mind had returned to the first attack of his day and ran full pelt back to the TV they had come through with only one desperate thought running through his head. He had to help Kakashi and the others.
"Davis, where are you going?" Ken called after him having been the only one to notice Davis' headlong flight.
"Kakashi and the others, they're fighting the Akatsuki. I have to help them." Davis shouted just as he reached the digiport back. The digidestined looked at each other in confusion and followed the second generation's leader.