Digital Naruto

by jingo4754

Naruto is banished by the council, forced to leave Kohona. While leaving, he is attacked and forced to use a jutsu to escape without killing anyone. The jutsu forces him into another world, more specifically, the digital world.

5. Chapter 5

Finally! Sorry, but I've had to deal with finals, so it took me a while to get back to work.

Sorry for the polls thing, but I tend to have short term memory, and I wanted to take care of it before I forgot.

Ok, like I said, I have no more subbed episodes. So I will be improvising some parts and using the others. So sorry if they seem out of character.

I am going to be finishing up this story first, then move onto Vampire Kitsune and Fox and Cards

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Taichi and the gang were dragging there feet as the walked down the road through the desert. As they walked, Taichi questioned his earlier decision to send Naruto scouting ahead, "Do you think he found something?"

"Well have to wait and see. Naruto is a faster then anyone else though, so it was the wisest decision." Koushiro said, answering Taichi's question.

As they talked, Hikari gave a concerning cough. Tailmon turned to her partner with a concerned look, "Are you ok, Hikari?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Hikari said with a weak smile, trying not to worry the group.

Taichi looked up from the ground, looking at the on going desert when a small bouncing speck caught his eye. He pulled out his telescope, smiling at the on coming speck, "It's Naruto!"

Everyone cheered up as, sure enough, Naruto soon came into view with Viximon and Kyuubi hanging onto his shoulders, waving with a cheerful smile, "Hey!" He picked up the pace, landing in front of the group seconds later, "I found a city… I think."

Taichi looked confused at Naruto, "What do you mean? Is it a city or not?"

"That depends. Do cities here have giant buildings?" Naruto said, scratching the back of his head in confusion.

Koushiro stepped next to Taichi, looking up at the group leader, "Remember Taichi, Naruto isn't from our world. They probably don't have skyscrapers and large builds in Konoha."

"We have large builds… Just not THAT large. Anyway, we should have Tentomon evolve and fly us there. It's a good bit away." Naruto told them as he wiped the sweat off his head with his sleeve. Naruto then heard Hikari cough, walking over to her as the group consulted about Naruto's idea, "Hikari-chan, what's wrong?"

Hikari shook her head with a smile, trying to say she was fine. Naruto didn't by that, pulling his hitai-ate down around his neck. He then brushed his and Hikari's hair out of the way as he placed his forehead against hers, his eyes quickly widening, "She's on fire!"

At that moment, Hikari passed out. Naruto quickly caught her, turning to the group, "Hey! Hikari-chan has a fever!"

Everyone quickly crowded around Naruto as he placed her on his back, giving her a piggy back, "Tentomon, we don't really have time or options right now!"

"Right! Tentomon evolve… Kabuterimon!" Kabuterimon landed next to everyone, leaning down, "Hop on!"

Naruto jumped onto Kabuterimon's back as everyone else climbed. Kabuterimon then lifted off into the air once everyone was safely on asking, "Where am I heading?"

"That way! Just keep going and we'll hit the city!" Naruto said as he set Hikari down, placing a hand on her head to monitor her fever. Taichi sat next to Naruto, helping keep an eye on his sister as Kabuterimon flew in the direction Naruto had pointed at earlier. It didn't take long for Kabuterimon to reach the city, "We're here!"

Everyone looked over Kabuterimon's head, gasping at the sight as Takeru asked, "Is that America?"

"America?" Naruto asked to himself before shrugging it off as one of their world's places.

"That's New York City but…" Sora trailed off, seeing the city change to a ruined coliseum.

"There's Rome… and Paris!" Koushiro said in amazement, "Everything was put together like a large jigsaw puzzle!"

Naruto sweat dropped, turning to his two Digimon, "I going to have a hard time here aren't I?"

Kyuubi only smirked, "Yup, since anything involving your head was never your strong suit."

"We need to find a safe place to hide!" Taichi shouted as he looked around the city before spotting a cottage on the edge of town, "Over there!"

Kabuterimon nodded, landing in the large yard and squatting down. Everyone jumped off, heading towards the building as Kabuterimon turned back into Tentomon. Taichi was carrying Hikari as he arrived at the door, turning the knob only to find it was lock, "Damn it!"

Naruto noticed the door was locked, simply running to the door and kicking it open. Viximon blinked in surprise as Taichi thanked Naruto and headed for the bedroom, "I didn't know you were that strong Naruto!"

"Well you just hatched. There's a lot you don't know about me yet. Kyuubi was in my head since day one." Naruto told her as he rushed into the bedroom along with everyone else.

There he saw Taichi tucking Hikari into the bed, "I'll be right back Hikari." Hikari nodded as Taichi rushed out of the room followed by Agumon, Koushiro, and Tentomon. Naruto looked at Hikari before rushing to where Taichi went. He quickly found him in the kitchen with Koushiro and their digimon searching through the cabinets. Naruto walked ran over to the other side of the kitchen, asking over his shoulder, "What am I looking for?"

"Medicine!" Taichi shouted harshly as he turned to glare at Naruto, "What did you think we were looking for!?"

Naruto ignored the tone and glare as he started to help search, knowing Taichi was only worried about Hikari. Naruto was just as worried, which is why he didn't bother to pick a fight about Taichi keeping a cool head. Taichi seemed to notice Naruto's actions as both Viximon and Kyuubi leap of his shoulders, searching other cabinets as Naruto moved onto the next one. Taichi only smiled, hanging his head slightly, "Thanks Naruto." He then went back to searching the cabinets, missing Naruto smirk.

"I found it!" Agumon shouted as he ran up to Taichi, "This is it, right Taichi?"

"Yeah! Way to go Agumon!" Taichi said smiling as he took the box Agumon had in his claw. That smile quickly turned into a frown as he opened the box to see nothing in it, "It's empty..."

"Well then we need to go find some." Taichi looked at Naruto, who had appeared next to him with Viximon and Kyuubi back on his shoulders, "This is a city, so there's go to be some medicine somewhere around here right?"

"I agree with Naruto." Koushiro said as he climbed down from the stool he was standing on, "We have a better chance of helping Hikari-san if we go in search for some medicine."

Taichi nodded, walking back towards the room Hikari, Tailmon, Takeru, Patamon, Sora, and Piyomon were in with Naruto. Everyone except the resting Hikari turned to him as he walked in, only to look down as Taichi shook his head. He then surprised everybody in the room, "Koushiro, Naruto, and I are going to look for medicine with our digimon." Everyone looked at Taichi surprised as he turned to Sora, "Sora, please look after Hikari for me." Sora nodded as Taichi turned to Takeru, who looked like he was ready to go, "Takeru, stay here with Sora. I need you two here incase something happens."

Takeru and Patamon nodded, leaving Taichi to smile as he left the room. Naruto, who had moved to Hikari side, was about to follow with he felt Hikari grab his hand. He turned to her as she mumbled, "Please look after Onii-chan."

Naruto smiled softly, nodding as Hikari let go and fell back to sleep. He then sprinted out the door, meeting the others in the yard of the cottage. Taichi smiled as Naruto came out, having seen Hikari say something to him as he left through one of the windows, "Ok, let's go!"

Taichi then took off into the street of the city, followed by the group. As they ran, Naruto was constantly glancing around, having a nervous feeling as the raced through the city. Viximon seemed to notice Naruto's uneasiness, asking rather loudly, "What's wrong Naruto?"

"Nothing. I just feel like…" Naruto started, only to be interrupted.

"Like we're being watched?" Kyuubi asked, receiving a nod from Naruto.

The group heard this, slowing to a stop at an intersection. Taichi turned around to Naruto, but soon noticed Koushiro had stopped further behind them, "Koushiro, what are you doing?"

Koushiro simply continued to look around before pointing to a phone booth, "Over there!" Koushiro and Tentomon ran towards the phone booth, leaving a confused party to follow him. The soon entered the large phone booth after Koushiro to see he was using Tentomon as a desk with a cord plugged into the phone. Koushiro started to explain as soon as the entered, "Instead of running around with no clue where to go, why don't we just look at a map?"

At that moment, a map of the city appeared on Koushiro's laptop, quickly exciting Taichi, "Way to go Koushiro!"

"Now to type in hospitals and pharmacies…" Koushiro said quietly as he started typing on the keyboard. Then a dozen dots appeared on the screen as Koushiro said, "Here are all the hospitals and pharmacies in the city."

"Let's go here! It's the closest!" Taichi shouted before bolting out of the phone booth followed by Agumon and Naruto. Koushiro looked behind himself in a slight panic, "Wait! I still have to unplug my laptop!" He shouted as he did so, quickly following with Tentomon behind him.

As they ran toward the hospital, Naruto's uneasiness grew. He decided to talk to Taichi about it, catching up to him quickly, "Hey Taichi! Doesn't this seem a little too convenient?"

"You're probably right, but we don't have much of a choice since Hikari's sick!" Taichi shouted back as he suddenly picked up speed. Naruto sighed, knowing what was going to happen to Koushiro and Tentomon at this rate. So he stopped, waiting on Koushiro and Tentomon, who both seemed tired.

As they stopped in front of Naruto to catch their breath, they were suddenly grabbed, hoisted into the air, and pulled along by Naruto at high speed. Naruto and Kyuubi could only smirk at the sudden scream of not only Koushiro and Tentomon, but Viximon as well, who was caught off guard by the sudden boost. As they caught up to Taichi and Agumon, Naruto smiled. He opened his left arm, seeing as his right was holding Koushiro and Tentomon, and grabbed Taichi, using his tail on Agumon.

Before Taichi and Agumon could figure out what had happened, they were inside the hospital, "What happened?" Taichi turned around to see a panting Naruto and a dizzy Koushiro and Tentomon. It didn't take long for Taichi to put two and two together, so he let Koushiro and Tentomon rest for a minute as he started to look around. As soon as Taichi rounded the corned, he froze, seeing the waiting room for the hospital.

There a painful memory flashed in his mind of him standing there when he was younger. His Okaa came running up to him, out of breath but still able to speak, "Taichi! Do you know what you did!?"

The memory faded causing Taichi to clench his fist as he bit his lip at the painful memory. Taichi was soon snapped out of his trance as he felt someone grab his arm. He looked to see Agumon staring at him, deeply worried as Naruto came up behind him with Koushiro and Tentomon, "Taichi, we found the pharmacy…" Naruto then noticed the dazed look in Taichi's eyes, "You ok?"

"Uh… Yeah." Taichi said, shaking his head, "So where's the pharmacy?"

"Over here!" Koushiro shouted, walking in the door way.

Taichi, Agumon, and Naruto went into the room, helping Koushiro search through the many bottles on the shelves. As Naruto searched, scratching his head in confusion, Viximon jumped of his shoulder onto the shelf, looking at the bottles, "What are these?"

"There medicine bottles. They hold medicine for sick people. We have to find the right one for Hikari-chan!" Naruto shouted as he looked through the bottles, "But there's no damn way to tell what they are!"

"We're going to have our hands full with her Naruto…" Kyuubi said with a depressing sigh.

Naruto didn't notice as he shouted in frustration. He ran to the end of the isle, looking at Koushiro, "Koushiro, can't you tell what these are with that damn laptop!?"

Koushiro looked up at Naruto questionably before he slapped his forehead, "Of course! Why didn't I think of it before?"

As Koushiro went to the nearest phone line, a noise caught Naruto's attention. He walked over to the window, peeking through the currents at the street to see a half tank-half creature digimon go rolling by on it's treads as it seemed to be looking for something. "A kidney says they're looking for us!" Naruto thought as he swore, hurrying back to Koushiro, grabbing Viximon from the isle as he went by, "Koushiro, hurry up! We have unwanted company down stairs!"

Everyone looked up at Naruto to see he was serious. Koushiro nodded, plugging in his laptop into the phone line. He sat there for a few seconds, typing away before smiling, "We need ZE 22. That's the safest children's medicine here!"

Taichi nodded, running down the isle and finding the medicine as Naruto went back to the window. There he stood watch, turning back to the others when he heard Taichi shout, "I found it! Let's go!"

No sooner then when Taichi said that, the building was hit with an explosion. Naruto turned back to the window, looking out to see the same digimon from earlier, only in greater numbers. He quickly jumped away from the window before they saw him, "We have to get out of here fast!"

Everyone nodded as Koushiro unplugged his computer. The quickly rushed down the stairs of the hospital. As the others turned to the front exit Naruto shouted, "Not that way!"

The group didn't hear him over the explosions as the continued to head for the door. Naruto quickly chased after them, only to stop as the suddenly ran past him. Naruto looked at the fleeing group, then what they were fleeing from. There he saw the same digimon from the vision of the past the digispirit showed them through Hikari. The digimon eyed Naruto as he took a fighting stance with his katana drawn, "Target in range. Twin beam!"

Naruto jumped over the beam, throwing a few kunai with explosive tags. As they exploded, collapsing the roof onto the digimon, Naruto sped of towards the others. "Only seven tags left…" Naruto thought as he quickly caught up to them. As soon as he did, however, they group was cut off by the tank like digimon.

Agumon backed up nervously, "That's Tankmon! We need to get out of here fast!"

The group turned around, only to the digimon Naruto had seemed to bury block their path. Naruto looked between the two as they launched there attacks, only to have Taichi shove everyone through the door to there right. Taichi then threwh Naruto through the open as he and everyone else leap through, ducking under the on coming explosion.

Naruto looked up as Kyuubi gave a sigh from his shoulder, "That was close… What gives kit, you just froze back there!"

"Sorry, but I was trying to think of a way out of that mess. But Taichi beat me to it. Thank Taichi." Naruto said as he stood up.

"No problem. Now let's get this medicine to Hikari!" Taichi said as everyone else stood up.

Naruto turned back to the hospital, hearing the digimon begin to tear it apart looking for them. He looked back to Taichi, "You guys take the medicine back to Hikari-chan. I'm going to keep the rust buckets busy!"

"Are you crazy?! Even you can't take on all of them!" Taichi shouted at Naruto.

"I'm not going to fight them! I'll just lead them on the longest wild goose chase ever. You guys can signal me when you get Hikari the medicine and move her somewhere safe." Naruto said, looking Taichi dead in the eye. Taichi simply crossed his arms, unsure when Naruto said, "You know I can do it Taichi. I'll come back in one piece. I promise!"

Taichi simply held the gaze before giving a sigh, "Ok, but you'd better keep that promise. I don't want to tell Hikari that you didn't make it trying to help her." Taichi said with a light chuckle.

Naruto nodded, jumping up onto the roof as Taichi and the others headed towards the cottage.

Naruto smiled as the left, walking over to the other edge of the building, "Kyuubi, Viximon, are you ready for this? It's going to get pretty crazy."

"I've been with you since day one kit. That won't change now." Kyuubi said, standing up and jumping onto the ground.

"You're my partner Naruto! I'm not going to abandon you now or ever!" Viximon said, joining Kyuubi on the ground.

Naruto smiled, stepping up onto the ledge of the roof, "Thanks you. Now let's do this!" Naruto shouted, his digivice giving off a bright glow.

"Viximon evolve… Renamon!"

"Kitmon evolve… Kitsumon!"

Naruto looked at his partners, seeing Renamon in all her glory. Next to her was Kyuubi, now Kitsumon. He similar to Renamon, only different colors and lacking the strange markings, red with black on the end of his paws and tail. The black the seemed to for a blazing trail down Kyuubi's back. Naruto gave a whistle, "Impressive. So shall we?"

Receiving a nod from the two digimon, Naruto turned to the now dispersion enemy digimon, "HEY! UP HERE!" All the enemy digimon stopped, turning to the room where Naruto, Renamon, and Kyuubi stood. The three jumped to the ground, Naruto giving a wild smirk, "Come and get us!"

The three then charged through the surprised digimon, destroying a few with a quick attack while leaving the others to follow. Naruto only smiled brighter as the enemy digimon followed them, matching there speed so they wouldn't lose them, but wouldn't lose ground, "This is to easy!"

"Don't say that yet kit. They still haven't--" Kyuubi was interrupted by an explosion near them, "fired at us yet…"

"Well then, let's see if the can hit moving targets!" Renamon said happily at her new found abilities.

"Good idea! Bounce off the buildings!" Naruto shouted, his partners following his lead as he started bouncing off building after building.

With Taichi and Koushiro:

Taichi and Agumon were laying on the floor military style, looking out the window to see an empty street. Taichi and Agumon stood up, walking back over to Koushiro, "Looks like Naruto is keeping them busy. We should go while the coast it clear."

"One moment. I'm making sure no digimon will catch us by surprise." Koushiro said as pulled up the city map again, this time a large number of dots showing at the top right corner moving to the middle, "This is where Naruto must be keeping the digimon busy. We should head… huh?"

"What is Koushiro?" Taichi asked as he looked over Koushiro shoulder.

"A group of the digimon chasing Naruto broke off… and are heading our way!" Koushiro shouted before starting to mutter quietly, "But how did they… Of course!" Koushiro said, quickly pulling his cable out of the wall, "I can't believe I didn't think of this! They were using my connection to the city network to track us! We got to leave now! We still have some time before they get here!" Taichi nodded, the group quickly leaving the building and heading to a Cathedral down the road.

With Naruto:

Naruto, Renamon, and Kyuubi were trying to catch their breath in a dark alley. Naruto leaned against the wall, watching as the clueless tanks strolled by, "If… it wasn't… for those damn flying lizards… we'd be home free by now!"

Renamon and Kyuubi nodded, standing up as their breath returned. Their moment of rest was cut short however as a shout of "Twin beam" was heard.

The three quickly jumped up, using the alley walls to get onto the roof as a beam erupted from the wall where they were resting. Naruto looked down at the digimon who came through wall as it looked around before heading back to the street. Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, only to tense up at, "I found the rats!"

Naruto slowly looked behind him as Kyuubi and Renamon walked next to him. Naruto turned around, scratching his head nervously with one hand as the other went for his shinobi pouch, "I'd say you got me but… I'd be lying!" Naruto shouted as he threw down a smoke bomb. The digimon coughed at the smoke, looking when the smoke cleared to see no one there. Giving off a loud roar of anger, it took back to the sky with its partner.

Naruto, Renamon, and Kyuubi took cover in a nearby Cathedral they were chased too, losing any pursuers through the back door. The three slammed the door shut, leaning against it as they caught there breath. Naruto wiped his brow of sweat, "That was close…"

"It's all my fault!" A voice said from another room.

"That sounded like Koushiro." Renamon said as she, Naruto, and Kyuubi headed for the main room. They opened the door to see Koushiro looking at Taichi nervously, "Every time I used my computer, the enemy tracked us through it. I never thought that was possible that they could use my own computer against me…"

Taichi angrily grabbed Koushiro's shirt, "Great! Now we're stuck here while Hikari gets worse!"

"Hey!" Naruto shouted, getting their attention as he walked towards them, "Standing here fighting isn't going to get the medicine to Hikari-chan!"

"Naruto…" Koushiro said as Tentomon and Agumon made Taichi let go of Koushiro.

Unfortunately, Taichi quickly went for Naruto, grabbing his shirt, "I thought you were keeping them busy!"

"We were, but we ran into a couple of Perfect levels! I led them on as long as I could before losing them and resting here. At least we managed to cut some numbers while we kept them busy!" Naruto said as he shoved Taichi's hand away.

"Taichi, what's gotten in to you?" Agumon asked as he pulled Taichi away from Naruto.

Taichi realized the way he was acting, turning away from the group, "I'm sorry everyone…" He said as he dropped to his knees, holding one hand over his face.

"Taichi-san, what's bothering you? You never acted this way before." Koushiro asked, seeing their leader seemingly crumple to pieces.

"Hikari… nearly died once because of me." Everyone except Naruto, Kyuubi, and Renamon gasped as Taichi told the story, "It happened four years ago… She was sick, so she stayed home from school. I knew she was sick, but all I wanted to do was go outside and play… I thought she was better. She looked perfectly fine for a while. When I was showing her how to kick a soccer ball, she passed out from her fever. Someone called the hospital and Hikari was taken away with me. I stood in the waiting room waiting for Okaa-san and Otou-san. When they got there, Okaa-san yelled at and slapped my face. Hikari came down with Ammonia. The doctors said it was a miracle she recovered at such a young age. But what happened after bothers me the most… When they brought her home, all she said to me was she was sorry she couldn't kick the ball right…"

Taichi was in tears as he by this bought, clenching his fist tightly, "Hikari never thinks of herself! Everyone else comes first with her! She never thinks about what she wants, only what others want! That why she came to the digital world!"

"It's because she cares Taichi-san." Koushiro said, trying to cheer up his friend.

"I'm her Onii-chan! I'm supposed to look out for her, not nearly kill her!" Taichi shouted from his position on the floor

Naruto simply walked around Taichi before grabbing his shirt and lifting him up before punching his face. Taichi stumbled backwards as he looked at Naruto's passive stare, "Are you done crying? Because we need to get that medicine to Hikari-chan and can't do that if you're just sitting there!"

Taichi looked at Naruto in surprise before smiling, "You're right. Thanks Naruto."

Naruto smiled back before turning to Koushiro, "So do you have a plan or are we going to wing it?"

"It just so happens I do!" Koushiro said, leading the group to the back room. He pulled out his laptop, setting it on a desk, "I'm going to log on again, but this time, I'm going to mask my access point. This will stop them from finding our location. But we'll know theirs." Koushiro said as he plugged into the phone line again, pulling up a map of the city with the enemy digimon on radar. Koushiro scanned the map for a second before picking a route to take.

After telling the others, he unplugged his laptop from the wall and followed the others out of the building. Ducking and waving in and out of buildings and alleyways to avoid the patrols. As they stopped at a corner, Naruto noticed the two flying digimon from earlier, "Hey, who are they?"

"That's Megadramon and Gigadramon. Those were the two digimon you were talking about before correct?" Tentomon asked as he informed.

They group watched as Megadramon and Gigadramon started firing at random buildings. "What are they doing? We're not over there." Agumon asked himself.

Naruto and Koushiro thought for a second before it dawned on them both. Koushiro pulled out his laptop as Naruto swore, "Damn, they going to level the whole city!"

"Naruto-san is right! We have to get back to the others now!" Koushiro said as he closed his laptop, the group breaking into a run towards the cottage. As they made their way there, they noticed Megadramon heading for it as well.

"Damn it!" Naruto said as he picked up speed, breaking away from the group.

"Naruto! Wait!" Taichi shouted as both Kyuubi and Renamon ran passed him. He then realized Naruto could beat any of them there.

Naruto was dashing full speed towards the cottage, smiling when it came in sight, "It's still there!" His joy was cut short however, as what seemed to be a rocket came into view. Time seemed to slow to a crawl for everyone who saw the attack heading for the cottage. Naruto felt the sweat roll down his head, "T-There's nothing I can do?! No way to stop it!? Why? Why!? WHY?!!!"

As the last thought ran through Naruto's head, the mission hit the building, blowing it to pieces. Naruto stopped dead in his tracks, frozen as he stared at the large fire burning the remains of the building. Taichi and others soon joined Naruto, seeing the burning remains. Taichi dropped to his knees, tears forming, "No… Hikari… Hikari!"

Kyuubi looked at the group as they mourned, but started to worry about Naruto when he felt Naruto's chakra spike. Naruto was looking downcast, tears following down his cheeks as he gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. Kyuubi walked behind Naruto carefully, "Kit… I'm sor--"

"I'm going to kill them!" Naruto muttered as Kyuubi's chakra started to seep out of his body, taking on the shape of a fox, "I'm going to kill them all!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, looking at Megadramon before vanishing, leaving the wind to explode from the sudden force used to leap.

Megadramon was having the time of its life, laughing as it fired away at random buildings. He then saw a flash of red before it vanished. That was the last thing it ever saw as Naruto appeared in front of him, cutting Megadramon to ribbons with his chakra claw. Gigadramon saw Megadramon's end, firing at his remains only to have the same chakra claw launched at him, ramming through his skull. Naruto then landed on one of the remaining building's roof, letting out an inhuman roar before leaping into the streets, attacking the enemy digimon that were fleeing without mercy. Kyuubi and Renamon took off after Naruto to see him slaughtering the digimon. Renamon backed away in fear, feeling the ominous waves of energy coming from Naruto, "Is… Is that Naruto?"

"No." Kyuubi answered as he started to walk forward with Renamon behind him, "This is what happens when Naruto is near death or his anger and grief reach its breaking point. I'll say more, but we have to stop Naruto before he draws anymore chakra since I'm not there to control it! Go back to the others and tell them not to worry! Go!" Kyuubi shouted as Naruto sent a wave of chakra after some fleeing digimon, obliterating them instantly.

"But…" Renamon said, about to argue. But the glare Kyuubi sent her made here think other wise. She nodded, going back to the last place the group was.

With the group:

Taichi and the others were still staring at the remains of the building, completely unaware of the massacre going on behind them with a familiar shout snapped them out of their trance, "Hey! Over here!" The group turned to see Takeru running up to them with the others, all alive and well. Takeru stopped in front of them patting his chest, "I took care of everything! I saw those two digimon attacking, so I got everyone out of the building before they got here!"

"Great job Takeru!" Taichi said patting his shoulder as the group stood back up. Taichi ran up to Sora, who was giving Hikari a piggy back, checking on his sister, "Hikari! How are you feeling?"

Hikari cracked an eye opened, smiling at the sight of her brother, "Onii-chan… I'm feeling better…"

Taichi smiled softly, holding up the medicine, "We got the medicine. Let's go inside that building and give it to her." Taichi said, opening the door to the nearest building.

Hikari smiled, looking around to see everyone there except three. She turned to Taichi as Sora was about to walk through the door, "Onii-chan… Where are Naruto-kun, Viximon, and Kitmon?" (Note: The party doesn't know Kyuubi is Kitmon yet.)

Taichi turned back to the street in wonder, seeing Naruto and his partners weren't there, "I don't know. He was here a second ago…" At that moment, Renamon landed in front of him, causing everyone to jump at her sudden appearance. Taichi gave a quick sigh, glad it wasn't another enemy, "Don't do that Renamon!"

Renamon held in the chuckle, remembering what her purpose was, "Sorry, but Kitsumon sent me here with you. Something… strange is happening to Naruto."

Hikari raised her head off Sora's back, looking at Renamon, "Is Naruto-kun ok?"

"I'm… not sure, but…" Renamon trailed of, giving a shudder, "I don't think so. After he saw the cottage explode, he thought you all died. After that, he started to glow a deep crimson and took off after the enemy… He's now slaughtering them where they stand…"

"S-Slaughtering?" Sora asked nervously.

Renamon nodded, "Yes, he's showing no mercy to them. He still thinks you're dead. But Kitsumon is handling it. He has a trick up his sleeve from what I know. He wants us to not worry."

Taichi seemed reluctant, but nodded, "Ok. Kitsumon and Naruto should be able to take care of themselves for now. Let's give Hikari the medicine and find somewhere to rest."

The group couldn't make it however, as a beam erupted from the ground revealing Mugendramon, "Rrraaahhh… Chosen Children…"

The group quickly took cover in a building. Mugendramon didn't bother chasing, only charging the two massive on his back, "No escape… Mugen Cannon!"

With Naruto and Kyuubi:

Kyuubi was holding Naruto by his arms, struggling to restrain him while calming him down as Naruto thrashed around wildly, "Kit!... Snap out of it!"

Naruto's response was a loud growl as he elbowed Kyuubi in the gut, sending him flying through a wall. Naruto then looked to see the remaining enemy digimon retreat underground, closing the door behind them. Crouching down on all fours, he prepared to give chase when a loud eruption caught his ear. He turned around, eyes widening at Mugendramon. Naruto, although he didn't know it was a dark master, had a gut feeling at the sight of him. The feeling that Mugendramon caused his sorrow. That was all Naruto needed to take off towards Mugendramon.

Kyuubi pealed himself out of the wall Naruto had sent him into, rubbing his head, "Is that what it feels like to be hit with my strength? I sudden feel bad for every human I've ever stepped on." Kyuubi shook his head free of the pain, running after the red dot that was Naruto.

Mugendramon aimed for the center of the building, planning on dropping it on the chosen children, "Mugen Cannon!"

"DIE!!!" Naruto shouted as he slashed at Mugendramon. Mugendramon managed to lift up his arm, blocking the attack. But the attack threw Mugendramon's aim off, causing its attack to hit the ground surrounding the building, collapsing it and the ground.

Mugendramon watched the building collapse, letting out an eerie laugh, "Too bad… friends inside… dead…"

Naruto's eyes widened when he heard this, turning to the rubble of the building. Seeing no movement, Naruto let out an angry roar, "You teme! I'll kill you!" A second tail sprouted from the cloak, surprising Mugendramon as Naruto charged with murder in his crimson eyes.

Kyuubi arrived just in time to see the second tail before Naruto charged, "Damn it! He starting to draw more chakra! At this rate he'll--" Kyuubi couldn't finish his thoughts as Naruto's attack shook the ground of the city.

With the Group:

The group was falling into the underground, scattered about. Hikari, fully awaken by the attack, reached for Taichi as he fell away from her, "Onii-chan!"

"Hikari!" Taichi shouted as he reached for Hikari, only to watch as the group was engulfed in darkness.

Hikari soon passed out as she watched her Onii-chan and the others vanish from sight.

--

Mugendramon chuckled, back in it's headquarter having lost Naruto and Kyuubi, "This boy… I can use… his anger against them all!"

--

Hikari opened her eyes to hide herself surrounded by darkness. Becoming nervous, she slowly started looked around for anyone, "Onii-chan! Naruto-kun! Tailmon!" Hikari shouted, only to hear her own echo. After hearing no answer, she started to walk forward. She soon saw a small speck of light. This caused her to smile as she started to run to the light. It became brighter as she got closer, her smile becoming wider as she saw who the light was coming from, "Naruto-kun!"

Naruto, who had his back turned to her, didn't respond. This confused Hikari as she stopped a few feet away from Naruto, "Naruto-kun?"

Suddenly, the light turned a dark crimson as Naruto turned into a four tailed monster. His skin pealed off as his blood mixed with the strange crimson glow. Letting out a roar, the new monster lunged straight for Hikari. Hikari could only scream as she braced for the attack, only to never feel it.

"Aaaahhh!" Hikari screamed as she bolted up from where she was laying.

She felt the sweat trickling down here neck as Tailmon and Takeru rushed to her side, "Hikari! Are you ok!?"

Hikari nodded slowly, quickly standing up and facing Tailmon and Takeru, "Where's Naruto-kun!? He's in trouble!"

Tailmon and Takeru looked at each other frowning as Tailmon explained, "We don't know. Patamon is looking for the others but… We have no idea where Naruto is…"

"We have to find him!" Hikari shouted as Tailmon grabbed her hand.

"We will. But you still need to rest. I'll go look for him when Patamon returns." Tailmon said as she sat Hikari back down.

"Someone mention my name?" Patamon said as he came flying to Takeru, landing on his hat, "Look who I found!"

Takeru looked in the direction Patamon pointed too to see Sora and Piyomon walking towards them. Sora smiled at the small group, running up to them, "Takeru-kun! Hikari-chan! Tailmon! You're all right!" Sora said, stopping in front of them, "Hikari-chan, how are you feeling?"

Hikari, glad to see a friendly face but still worried about Naruto, quickly stood up despite Tailmon, "Sora-san! Please, we need to find Naruto-kun! He's in trouble!"

Sora, taken back by Hikari's sudden energy, wondered what Hikari meant, "How do you know he's in danger?"

"I had a strange nightmare! I was surrounded by darkness, and there was a small light ahead. I followed the light to see Naruto-kun. But when I got close, a red four tailed monster took his place! Naruto-kun in trouble, I just know it!" Hikari said, waving her arms as she spoke.

"But how do we find him? This place is like a maze, not to mention we still have to find the others." Patamon said from his perch on Takeru's head.

As if on request, Hikari's crest started to glow, shooting a light down one of the passageways. Sora placed her hands on her hips, remembering a similar incident with Jou, "Is it me or does Hikari's crest seem to take requests?"

Everyone except Hikari gave a nervous chuckle. Hikari didn't pay attention to the joke, taking off after the beam. This caused the others to jump slightly when she suddenly left, quickly chasing after her. Hikari and the group continued to follow the beam until they started coming to a room that sounded like it was full of gears. As they got closer, they heard the cracking of a whip with shouts, "Work! Work you lazy Numemon!" The group came to the end of the hallway, crouching and the walkway as the watched a disfigured bear crack a whip at the Numemon, "Work! If you were so weak against sun light, we could work above ground! But since we need you to power Mugendramon's city, we have to deal with it! Now keep working!"

"What happened to Monzaemon? He used to be so nice…" Takeru said as he watched the evil bear crack the whip again.

"That's not Monzaemon. That's Warumonzaemon." Patamon whispered to Takeru.

Takeru only looked up at his partner, "What's the difference?"

"Monzaemon is cute and cuddy, but Warumonzaemon is the opposite. He'll attack anyone he doesn't like." Patamon whispered, "We got to help the Numemon!"

"Yeah." Takeru said, getting a nod from the others. But before they could act, a scream came from one of the bottom corridor. Everyone turned to it as did Warumonzaemon to see three Tankmon rushing into the room, crashing into Warumonzaemon.

Warumonzaemon stood back up shaking its head before addressing the Tankmon, "What do you idiots think you're doing!?"

The Tankmon straighten themselves up, but look like death was following them as the scrambled around, "We have to get out of here! There's a monster following us!"

Hikari tensed when they said monster as Warumonzaemon laughed, "Haha! Monster? I'll take on this monster!"

"No, you don't understand! This thing will--" Tankmon was stopped as a large red object burst through its chest, destroying him instantly. The startled Warumonzaemon as the Tankmon panicked, running around trying to find an exit. Unfortunately for the Tankmon, they strayed to close to the corridor that the last attack came from. Two more red objects came and ran through the two, destroying them as well before retracting to the darkness.

Warumonzaemon was now afraid, backing away before bolting down the opposite corridor. The Numemon began to cheer as the group cautiously made their down, keeping their distance from the corridor. Hikari stopped in front of the corridor, staring at intently with fear in her eyes.

Sora noticed Hikari's actions, walking over to her, "Hikari, what's wrong."

"Its here…" Hikari told her. As soon as she said this, another Tankmon was launched through the corridor above the groups head, crashing into the top of the wall before exploding into data. Everyone froze as footsteps were heard, a dark crimson glow slowly trekked through the corridor. Everyone quickly hide, watching the figure slowly approach, stopping just inside the room. There they saw a large four-tailed fox looking around slowly, its tags waving wildly. The Numemon stayed absolutely still, not wanting to have the fox creature attack them. The fox seemed to ignore them as it continued on it's trek when it stopped in the middle of the room.

"We got you now!" A shout came from the opposite corridor. Warumonzaemon walked back in the room as six Mekanorimon surrounding the fox. Warumonzaemon cracked its whip, pointing at the fox, "Attack!"

"Roger! Twin beam!" The Mekanorimon shouted, launched their attacks at the fox.

The attacks hit, causing a large explosion. Smoke filled the room as well as Warumonzaemon's laughter, "That was easy! You were no match for me!" Warumonzaemon said as he continued to laugh.

His laughter was cut short however, as to large glowing red claws came through the smoke, cutting the Mekanorimon on both sides into pieces. Two large tails then launched at the back two Mekanorimon, destroying them on contact. Warumonzaemon was back to being afraid, turning to run when the fox sudden appeared behind him, grabbing his neck with it's claw. Their the fox lifted Warumonzaemon, holding him there as the chakra slowly burned through him

The group could only watch in horror as the fox slowly killed the digimon. "Naruto stop!" The group moved to the other side of the machine they were hiding behind to see a bloody Kitsumon leaning against the wall, "Stop it Naruto! Come to your senses!"

The group only looked at Kitsumon, then back to the four-tailed fox now known to be Naruto. Sora could only look in horror as Naruto simply squeezed harder, "T-That can't be… That monster can't be Naruto!"

Naruto heard them, whipping it's head in there direction as held the digimon. Hikari could only stare, tears forming in her eyes, "T-The monster didn't attack Naruto-kun… It… It is Naruto-kun… No… No! I won't believe it!" Hikari said shaking her head before she ran out from behind the machine to Naruto, "NARUTO-KUN!!!" Hikari's crest gave off a bright flash, wrapping her in light as she ran towards Naruto.

Being taken by surprise, no one could react quick enough to stop her. Naruto simply turned to her direction, crushing Warumonzaemon as one of Naruto's tail swung at Hikari.

Time slowed to a crawl for a second time that day as everyone shouted at Hikari, trying to stop her. Their words fell on deaf ears as Hikari continued to run at Naruto as his tail came closer. As soon as the tail came in contact with the light surrounding Hikari, it broke apart, wrapping around her before vanishing into her body. Everyone stared as Hikari wrapped her arms around Naruto, her light giving off a bright flash, blinding everybody.

Inside Naruto's mindscape:

Naruto was floating in the water of despair, the image of everyone's death replaying over and over in front of him, "Hikari-chan, Taichi, everyone… I'm sorry… I couldn't save you…" Naruto thought as he blinked in his mind, slowly descending into the deeps of his mind when the water sudden vanished. Naruto looked around in confusion as he floated in the air before looking down the corridor. There he saw a small light at the end of the tunnel. Feeling the warmth radiate as it grew brighter, he heard a familiar voice shout, "NARUTO-KUN!!!"

The light suddenly surrounded him, temporarily blinding him. He then felt a pair of arms wrap around him as well as tears on his shoulder. Looking down, he saw Hikari crying into his shoulders muttering, "Stop it! Stop hurting others!"

"Hikari-chan!?" Naruto said rather loud as he pulled her slightly away, "Hikari-chan! Is that you!? I thought you were dead!"

Hikari looked up at Naruto, seeing he was back to normal, "Naruto-kun…" Hikari said, wiping her eyes before smiling brightly, wrapping Naruto in another, tighter hug, "Naruto-kun!!!"

This only confused Naruto as another bright flash happened, sending them back to the room. As they light faded, Naruto looked around, scratching the back of his head, "How did we get here?" He then looked down to see Hikari still crying into his shoulder, "Hikari-chan, what's wrong?"

Hikari looked up in surprise, "You… You don't remember?"

"Remember what?" Naruto asked as he scratched the back of his head, "The last thing I remember… is the cottage being blow apart… I thought you had died, but everything after that is blank."

"You destroyed them kit." Kyuubi said, limping over to the two, "You anger took control when you thought Hikari and the other's had died in that explosion. You then tapped into my chakra, drawing too much as you started to massacre our enemies." Kyuubi then eyed Naruto, checking the wounds, or lack of, "His skin should be in pieces… Could that light have healed his wounds?"

Naruto tensed, looking down at Hikari, "Is… that true?" Hikari looked away, but nodded all the same. Naruto grimaced, looking at the ground, "I… lost control… and killed them…?"

"Yes." Tailmon said as she and others came out of their hiding spot, "You destroyed Warumonzaemon and the Mekanorimon that attacked you. But you ignored the Numemon." Naruto turned to Tailmon as she approached, "My guess is that you only saw anything that had attacked or did attack you as an enemy."

"Yes." Kyuubi said as he took a seat, "Naruto grief at the thought of your deaths was enough to trigger the cloak, something that should only work during a near death experience since I'm now outside the seal to control the flow."

"Outside… the seal?" Sora asked, now completely lost on the subject.

Naruto looked away at the ground as Kyuubi said, "I'll explain later when we rejoined the others. They have a right to know about this now that it's happened." Kyuubi then stood back up, "We should free the Numemon, then be on our way."

Hikari nodded, letting go of Naruto and going to free the Numemon along with the others. After the Numemon were free, they started chanting, "King Naruto, Queen Hikari."

"King…? Why are they calling me king?" Naruto asked, turning to the others.

"Maybe it's because you destroyed Warumonzaemon. As for Hikari, because she stopped you." Tailmon said, folding her paws.

Naruto scratched his head sheepishly, but nodded all the same, "Ok. Now let's go…" Naruto stopped, holding his head as his vision sudden became blurry.

"Naruto, are you ok?" Takeru asked, noticing his friend's behavior.

"Yeah…" Naruto answered, shaking his head, "I'm just a little… tired…" Naruto said just before he fell over unconscious. Everyone crowded around him, making sure he was all right.

Hikari crouched down to lift his head when she suddenly felt dizzy, falling onto Naruto. Everyone was starting to panic, seeing the two passed out. Kyuubi simply pushed them back saying, "Don't worry. They're just exhausted. I knew this would happen with Naruto. But I guess Hikari is tired from contact with my chakra. Her body is trying to adapt to it."

"Your chakra?" Sora asked, confused again.

"As I said, I'll explain when we rejoin the others. Right now, we need to find them." Kyuubi said as he picked up Naruto with a wince, slinging Naruto over his shoulder before turning to Sora, "If you wouldn't mind, please carry Hikari. The injuries Naruto gave me in his four-tail form still sting."

Sora nodded, having Takeru set Hikari on her back as she squatted down. When Hikari was securely in place, Sora stood back up asking Kyuubi, "How long are they going to be asleep?"

"Hikari should only be out for a short while. Naruto may take longer due to the negative effects of the chakra, but they'll be fine after some rest. Come on, I can sense Renamon near the others." Kyuubi said, limping down the corridor with Tailmon and Piyomon at his side, making sure he stayed up as Sora and Takeru followed behind.

With the others:

Taichi, Koushiro, Tentomon, and Agumon were following Renamon as she led the way down the sewer. Taichi turned to Renamon, feeling more and more anxious as they walked, "Renamon, are you sure they're this way?"

"Yes." Renamon said as she turned to Taichi, "I can't explain it, but I can feel Kitsumon's presence as well as Naruto's. They stopped a moment ago, so I can only guess that they either ran into more enemies or the others. The thing that bothers me is I felt a sudden second presence from Naruto."

"Why does that bother you?" Koushiro asked, interested on the subject.

"It can only mean that someone some how made it into Naruto conscious. The presence itself was warm and comforting, so it doesn't bother me. It's just that someone made inside his conscious. I can barely feel it myself, for someone to make it so far into his mind that I can feel it like fire… I don't know… Maybe I'm being paranoid. After all, the presence reminded me of your sister Taichi." Renamon said as she turned to a corridor, "This way."

"Hikari… made it into Naruto's conscious?" Koushiro asked as he placed his hand on his chin, "It must have something to do with her crest! Fascinating."

Renamon gave a small chuckle as Koushiro started to think before stopping in a hallway, "We should rest here. The others are heading towards us. Besides, we're being followed."

The group stopped, turning around as a small sound of footsteps started to echo through the hall. The group quickly took cover in a near by passage way, shutting the chain link fence. There they waited and watched as a humanoid shadow came down the tunnel.

"Is it one of Mugendramon's men?" Koushiro asked the others as they watched.

"It's too soon to tell…" Taichi said, reading his digivice.

"We should go. It will cost us some time, but we'll avoid a fight. I can't evolve without Naruto. Tentomon and Agumon look too tired to evolve, so this can turn against us quickly." Renamon said, moving down the narrow hallway as the shadow became visible on the ground."

The others seemed reluctant, but nodded, about to follow when Taichi got a good look at the digimon, "Wait… It's Andromon!"

Andromon turned to the five, smiling as he saw them, "Ah, chosen children! It is good to see you again!" The group came through the gate, all greeting Andromon when he notice Renamon, "If I may ask, who is this?"

"Renamon. I am apart of the group along with the others." Renamon said, placing her paw on her chest.

"I see, then you're the partner of the eighth child?" Andromon asked.

"Eighth child… No, Naruto is my partner." Renamon chuckled lightly as she said, "I suppose you can call him the ninth child."

"Ninth child? But there are only eight!" Andromon said in surprise.

"We'll explain later." Everyone except Renamon said. Taichi then stepped forward, "Andromon, what are you doing down here?"

"I am trying to build a resistance army. My information confirmed there were digimon hiding in the sewers of Mugendramon's city after he destroyed the other cities in the digital world. I came to organize them against Mugendramon. As I searched for them, I thought I had seen you in the shadows, so I came to confirm it." Andromon said looking down the hallway before looking down at the group, "I was afraid you may have been spies disguised by Mugendramon to halt me."

"Well don't worry. We aren't spies. We're looking for the other half of the group. Hikari, Naruto, Sora, Takeru, Kitsumon, Patamon, and Piyomon. Can you help us?" Taichi asked.

"Queen Hikari and King Naruto are apart of your group?" The group could only look at Andromon in confusion when he said Queen and King. "One movement." Andromon said, pointing his arms to the ceiling. Wires came out his arms, entering the ceiling. His eyes started flashing dozens of colors as data entered his mind, "They are heading this way. It will be a couple moments."

The ground started to shake as Andromon retracted the wires. Suddenly, the wall further down the tunnel exploded outward. When the dust cleared, there stood Mugendramon, "Chosen children… will die!"

Back with the others:

The group was walking through a pitch black corridor, the only thing visible was the glow coming from Kyuubi's eyes. The group proceeded slowly, following Kyuubi as he led them through. Takeru was leading in front of Sora, ensuring there was nothing in her way. Sora carefully held onto Hikari as Takeru kept one hand on her pants leg when she felt Hikari stir, "Everyone wait! Hikari-chan is waking up!"

Sora kneeled down, moving Hikari to the front of her as she awoke. Hikari groaned opening her eyes, surprising everyone as they glowed crimson for a second before returning to their normal color. Kyuubi studied Hikari's now glowing eyes, noticing another change, "This is a surprise."

Hikari looked at everyone slowly, her vision clear as day, "What's wrong?"

Everyone looked at each other before Sora explained, "Hikari… Your eyes are… like Naruto's. There slited."

Hikari tilted her head as Sora set her on her feet, looking around for a second before walking over to a puddle. She looked at her reflection, gasping as she saw her glowing, slited eyes, "This is…" Kyuubi grimaced, thinking Hikari was going to hate Naruto when she said, "This is so cool!"

Kyuubi smiled at that, glad Naruto wouldn't suffer any pain from the young girl when her older brother came to mind, "He's going to try and strangle kit when he sees this… Well maybe he won't over react too much…"

Sora stood back up, watching as Hikari came back to them, "Hikari-chan… can you see?"

Hikari nodded, though the group could only see her eyes nod, "Yeah, I can see just fine."

Kyuubi sighed, adjusting Naruto on his shoulder, "You've adapted to the chakra better than I thought… It must be because of your light. That would explain your eyes. Well, if you're already awake, then the kit should wake up soon. We should get going. And don't worry Hikari, Naruto will be just fine when he wakes up."

Everyone nodded as Hikari smiled and walked in front of the group when Sora grabbed her shoulder, "Hikari-chan, are you sure you're alright?"

"Yeah." Hikari said smiling, though only Kyuubi could see it, "As a matter of fact, I feel better then ever!"

"Ok…" Sora said, sounding unsure.

Hikari only turned back down the corridor, "I can lead the way since Kyuubi-san is carrying Naruto-kun!"

Everyone nodded, knowing Naruto's nickname for Kitsumon. As they walked, the corridor started to brighten, making it visible. Takeru smiled, jogging up next to Hikari, "I can see now!"

"We're coming up to some light…" Kyuubi said when he suddenly stopped.

Everyone stopped turning to Kyuubi. Tailmon stopped as well, her ears twitching, "Something's coming."

The group looked around hearing nothing when Hikari stepped forward, "I can hear it."

Everyone looked to Hikari confused as the corridor, although brighter, was still to dark to fully see. Kyuubi looked down at Hikari before his eyes widened, "Oh boy…"

The group turned to Kyuubi, then back to Hikari as she started to walk forward again, "It's coming from over there." The group slowly resumed walking, the corridor becoming brighter. That's when everyone froze, looking at Hikari.

Hikari, when she heard the footsteps stopped, turned to the group, "What is it?"

Everyone could only stare at Hikari as two brown fuzzy triangles twitch on top of her head. Sora could only point, "Hikari-chan… you have fox ears…"

Hikari moved her hands to the side of her head when she heard Sora. She gasped, feeling no human ears before reaching up and feeling her new ears. They twitched under her touch, causing her to give a slight giggle, "They tickle when you touch them."

Kyuubi smiled, admiring the young girl, "You seem to be taking this rather well."

Hikari tilted her head, wondering about Kyuubi's comment, "What do you mean?"

"I mean you becoming like Naruto. Most people would panic and blame him. But you seem to be taking it without a problem." Kyuubi said with a slight chuckle in his voice.

"But it wasn't Naruto-kun's fault." Hikari said, surprising the group, "Naruto-kun didn't know what was happening. If he did, none of that would have happened. He would have stopped himself from hurting all those digimon if he didn't have too!" Hikari said, her voice getting louder with every word.

Kyuubi smiled a knowing as he watched Hikari defend Naruto, "If she wasn't so young, I would think she liked Naruto… Maybe she does…" Hikari stopped, watching Kyuubi along with the rest of the group curiously as he chuckled. Kyuubi stopped, shaking his head at the many stares, "Nothing. Let's go. The noises stopped a little while ago, which has me worried."

The group nodded, continuing down the tunnel when the ground started to shake violently. Kyuubi's and Hikari's eyes widened as they looked down the hall. No sooner than the two noticed the presence did Mugendramon's head come bursting through the wall, causing the floor to fall into a ramp, making the group slide down as Mugendramon charged through the other wall.

As the group landed from there slide, Taichi and the others came through another tunnel, only to stop as they saw the others. Taichi instantly brightened as he saw his sister alive and well, running up to her, "Hikari!"

Hikari looked up from where she was sitting, wincing from the pain of her bottom hitting the ground when she heard Taichi. She jumped up smiling, running to him, "Onii-chan!"

Taichi closed his eyes as lifted Hikari into the air, spinning her around happily. He didn't notice her new features, being too happy to see her, but the others did. As Kyuubi walked next to Koushiro, he heard Koushiro ask, "What happened to Hikari-san?"

"I'll explain later, when we deal with him." Kyuubi said, nudging towards Mugendramon. Everyone turned to see Mugendramon fighting another android type digimon. Kyuubi narrowed his eyes at the new digimon, "Who is that?"

"Andromon. He's fighting Mugendramon so we can escape." Koushiro said, not liking the idea.

"Naruto!" Renamon shouted, quickly moving next to Kyuubi, "Is he alright!?"

Kyuubi nodded to Renamon's worry, "Yeah, he's just out of it." Naruto then stirred, causing Kyuubi to chuckle, "Or was." Kyuubi smiled at that, knowing things were about to get wild as he set Naruto down, "Kit, are you feeling better?"

"Fine… A little light headed though…" Naruto said as he sat back up holding his head as he shook it. He looked up at the source of loud noisy to see Mugendramon and Andromon fighting further down the corridor. Naruto looked at Kyuubi with an annoyed glare, "How much have I missed?"

"A lot. We can start with that." Kyuubi said pointing to Hikari and Taichi.

Naruto followed the direction, freezing on the spot when he saw Hikari, "Wh… What happened to her!?"

"My chakra." Kyuubi said, knowing this wouldn't be easy for Naruto, "When you were in your four-tailed state, to attacked Hikari with a tail. She had a light surrounding her however that dispersed the chakra, causing it to absorb into her body. What's happening to her is a result of her adapting to it."

"So it's my fault again…" Naruto said as he looked down cast.

"She doesn't blame you kit." Naruto whipped to Kyuubi as he helped Naruto up, "She doesn't even care. In fact, she seems to like it." Kyuubi said with a chuckle.

By now Taichi set Hikari down, hugging her closely, "I so glad you're ok Hikari."

Hikari smiled as Taichi's hand patted her head. That's when he froze, slowly pulling her away. There, he saw two furry fox ears perched on her head. Taichi was speechless, only being able to mutter, "Hikari… What happened to you!?"

Hikari looked away when she heard Taichi's tone, her ears drooping to match her mood, "It's… hard to explain."

"I'll tell you later." Taichi turned to see Kyuubi standing next to him as Kyuubi stared at him, "It'll take time to explain and we don't have that time with Mugendramon around."

Taichi quickly stood up, grabbing Kyuubi by his fur, "NO! Tell me now!"

"Onii-chan!" Hikari said, grabbing her brother's arm. Taichi looked at her with a soft stare, getting caught in her sad stare.

Taichi grimaced, letting go of Kyuubi due to Hikari's look, "Fine… But you had better not try skip out on us!"

"I won't." Kyuubi said as he faced Mugendramon, who was now looking at them.

Mugendramon chuckled, getting everyone's attention, "I have you all… prepare to die… Mugen Cannon!"

Mugendramon fired away at the group, riddling the entire area with holes as he blindly fired away. When the firing was over, the group stood exactly in place. Mugendramon had missed with every shot, the only one being hit was Andromon, who landed behind the group unconscious, but still alive. Everyone rushed around Andromon, seeing his injuries were severe, but not life threatening by digimon standards.

Hikari frowned, turning around and walking towards Mugendramon as he taunted them, "Too easy… next victim…" Hikari continued to walk towards him, getting the others attention as Mugendramon laughed, "Girl brave… or stupid… goodbye!"

Kyuubi's eyes widened as a familiar feeling started to pour off the girl. He only smiled, knowing exactly what was going to happen.

Naruto grimaced as he saw the light at the end of the barrel of the cannon on Mugendramon's back. He dashed towards her, making it past everyone before they could move. He jumped in front of Hikari as Mugendramon suddenly fired his cannon's, catching everyone by surprise with the attack. The attack hit, smoke filling the area. Taichi was about to run forward when Kyuubi grabbed his arm, "Don't. They have to handle this." Taichi only looked at Kyuubi like he was crazy as Kyuubi faced the cloud again, "Look."

Taichi turned back to the two as the smoke cleared. There stood Naruto, surrounded by Kyuubi's cloak. Sora, Takeru, Piyomon, Patamon, and Tailmon all looked on in fear, ready to take action fearing the worst. Kyuubi only chuckled, waving his hand casually, "Don't worry. We'll move soon."

Now everyone was looking at Kyuubi the same way as Taichi when a bright light started shining. They turned back to see Hikari surrounded by a brilliant light.

Hikari looked at Naruto with sympathy in her eyes, placing one hand on Naruto's shoulder. Everyone watched as Kyuubi's chakra instantly dispersed, vanishing without a trace.

"So I was right." Everyone turned to Kyuubi as he folded his arms, "Hikari is going to be the one to make Naruto feel like living again."

"Naruto… doesn't want to live?" Taichi asked, now total confused along with the others.

"Not in a suicidal sense. After the incident involving Naruto's old home, he lost his dream, his friends, everything. Despite how he acts and smiles, his will to live was shattered when he could no longer protect his home. Naruto has always been good at hiding his true feelings. With you and Hikari, I believe he may find another reason to live." Kyuubi said, suddenly getting into a fighting stance, "Get ready Taichi. It'll be your and Agumon's turn soon."

Taichi and Agumon turned back to see Naruto and Hikari standing in the same place. They then saw an army of Numemon come out of no where, climbing onto Mugendramon. Naruto's eyes widened as tears formed in Hikari's. Naruto dashed forward before Hikari could stop him. But he didn't make it in time as Mugendramon destroyed the Numemon. "Numemon!" Hikari shouted as the data scattered into the air

Naruto stopped, his eyes turning red as Mugendramon laughing, "You bastard!"

Mugendramon chuckle as Naruto's chakra started to spike again, "Yes… feed your anger… and attack!"

"Naruto-kun!" Hikari shouted, rushing to stop her friend.

"No… Mugen Cannon!" Mugendramon shouted, blasting the walls effectively cutting Hikari off from Naruto.

Now Kyuubi was worried, "No… He's trying to make Naruto go berserk again! Renamon, come on!"

Renamon nodded, running up to the ceiling high rubble. She scanned the rubble before moving Hikari back, "Stand back Hikari." Renamon then jumped into the air crossing her arms. An orb appeared in front of her arms before breaking into many shards, "Fox Leaf Arrowhead!"

Kyuubi joined Renamon as she launched her attack at the top of the rubble, his paws lighting on fire, "Fox Fire!" A spiraling flame launched from his paws, slamming to bottom of the column. As the attacks exploded, the rubble showed on sign of caving in. Kyuubi glared at the tower of rocks, "Damn it! At this rate we won't make it in time!"

"Time? Time for what?" Koushiro asked, confused as Hikari and the others hung their heads while Taichi, Agumon, and Tentomon were just as confused as Koushiro.

Kyuubi looked away as he clenched his paws, "I hope you don't have to find out this way…"

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Naruto and Mugendramon were fighting claw to claw. As Naruto attacked, he noticed a large claw gash on Mugendramon's right arm, "Heh, looks like you're armor can't take on my chakra!"

"Time to joke… after I… killed you allies…?" Mugendramon taunted, trying to draw out Naruto's anger.

It worked. Naruto snarled, lunging at Mugendramon in fury. Mugendramon simply used Naruto's fury against him, moving to the side as he slammed Naruto into the opposite wall, "So weak…"

Naruto dug himself out of the rubble, feeling the second tail of chakra enter his system. Naruto growled, crouching on all fours as he felt his sanity slipping, getting ready to attack again when Hikari's voice rang in his head, "NARUTO-KUN!!!"

The memory of Hikari and Kyuubi telling him about his slaughter played in his mind. Naruto grabbed his head, shaking it as he felt his sanity slipping even more, "I… I can't lose it again!" Naruto thought, trying to suppress the chakra, but having no luck

Unfortunately, Mugendramon use this chance to attack again, "Mugen Cannon!"

The attack sent Naruto further into the caverns. He skipped on the water, slamming into the wall on the other side. Managing to get back on his feet, Naruto walked over to the water, eyeing Mugendramon as he laughed. Naruto crouched, getting ready to attack when he saw his reflection. There he froze as images flashed through his mind.

Flashes:

"Pl-Please spare mearggg!!!" A Tankmon screamed as Naruto blew it away with his chakra claw.

"Retreat! Retreat! Retre--" The Mekanorimon shouted as they were destroyed by a chakra blast.

The image of him strangling Warumonzaemon for pleasure flashed through his mind before he destroyed the digimon. He then turned his attention Hikari as she ran…"

End of Flashes:

Naruto stood there, frozen by his own behavior, "I… It was worse then I thought… No! I won't let it happened again!!!" Naruto thought before he shouted to the sky, "I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!!!"

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"I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!!!"

Hikari snapped her head up when she heard Naruto's shout, "That was Naruto-kun!"

"Heh, he's not giving up…" Kyuubi thought as he panted, he and the other digimon had been attacking the wall non-stop.

"Then we won't either!" Renamon shouted, getting ready attack again.

Hikari ran towards the rubble, her light growing brighter, "NARUTO-KUN!!!"

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Naruto's crest started to glow, giving off a large flash as a beam shout out of it, heading for the pile of rubble as the chakra receded back into his body. Unfortunately, Mugendramon saw this as a opportunity, attacking Naruto, "Mugen Cannon!"

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Kyuubi's and Renamon's head perked, smiling, "Everyone, back away! Naruto's sending me and Renamon a present."

Everyone nodded, backing away from the wall. Two beams the burst through the rubble, hitting Kyuubi and Renamon square in the chest.

"Kitsumon evolve… ChaosKyuubimon!"

"Renamon evolve… Kyuubimon!"

Agumon was then consumed in a light as well, "Agumon warp evolve… Wargreymon!"

Kyuubimon looked over herself as she smiled, "Two evolutions in one day. Naruto will never stop amazing me."

Kyuubi chuckled, seeing he looked exactly as he did before he was sealed, only not as big, "You have no idea. So shall we clear they way?"

"Yes. Let's." Kyuubimon said, standing her tails on as they caught on fire, "Demon Spirit Fireball!"

Kyuubi raised a paw as it glowed red, "Demon Claw!" Kyuubi shouted as claw marks launched from his paw.

The two attacks hit at the base of the remaining rubble before erupting upward. As the energies merged, the remaining rubble disintegrated. When it was finished, they saw and bloody and bruised Naruto standing in front of Mugendramon. Naruto looked over his shoulder, smiling as blood trickled down his mouth, "Heh… heh… What took you so long?"

Everyone crowded around Naruto as Kyuubi, Kyuubimon, and Wargreymon stood between them and Mugendramon. Naruto simply waved them away, coughing a little, "I'm fine. Just a little beaten up after having to deal with that freak of nature for so long."

"Gomen…" Hikari said to him, her ears matching her mood again.

Naruto panicked, waving his arms around wildly, "No! No! I was joking Hikari-chan! I'm sorry!" Naruto then noticed how Hikari's ears tended to reflect her mood, causing him to burst out laughing, "I'm sorry Hikari-chan! But your ears!"

Everyone looked at Hikari to see her ears tilt to one side along with her head, causing them to laugh too. Tailmon, the only one beside the three evolved digimon not laughing, shook her head, "You're ears reflect your mood."

As the group enjoyed their reunion again, Wargreymon, Kyuubi, and Kyuubimon attacked the weaken Mugendramon.

Wargreymon charged, jumping in the air shouting, "Brave Tornado!"

"Let's assist Kyuubimon."

"Yes." Kyuubimon said in a clam manner as she leaped into the air, spinning rapidly, "Fox Flame Dragon!" A white dragon appeared from the flame that surrounded Kyuubimon, wrapping around Wargreymon.

"Hell Fire!" Kyuubi shouted, causing a large black flaming demon to appear and mimic Kyuubimon's attack. The two combined with Wargreymon became a black and white spiraling twister, plowing right through Mugendramon when Wargreymon made contact.

Wargreymon reverted that instant back to Koromon as Kyuubi and Kyuubimon returned to there rookie stages.

Mugendramon burst into data, floating away as the group smiled at there success. But before they could celebrate, the ground started to shake violently. As the group struggled to stay afoot, Andromon awoke, instantly realizing what had happened, "The city is disappearing. Without Mugendramon, it will collapse soon!"

"Leave it to us!" Piyomon shouted as she pointed to herself and Tentomon.

Tentomon nodded as Koushiro's digivice light up, "Tentomon evolve… Kabuterimon!"

"Piyomon evolve… Birdramon!"

Everyone climbed onto the two large digimon, flying out of the large holes Mugendramon made. There from the sky, they watched as the city vanished from the face of Spiral Mountain. Taichi, Hikari, and Naruto were riding on Kabuterimon with Koushiro. The digimon had hopped aboard Birdramon, not being able to be picky with there ride due to the ground disappearing.

Hikari turned to Taichi, "Onii-chan… can we build a grave for the Numemon when we land."

"Yeah." Taichi said, still watching the ground disappear.

As they group flew towards the only section left of Spiral Mountain, they never noticed how far they had made it up Spiral Mountain. They landed on a dark looking waste land, dead trees riddling the pathways. As they hopped off the digimon, Kyuubi walked over to Taichi, "Let's rest here. When Naruto falls asleep, then I'll show you his reason. I can only show though when he's asleep." Kyuubi quickly added, seeing Taichi's suspicious stare.

Taichi nodded, walking over to the circle the group made as they sat. Kyuubi came a second later, holding a bundle of twigs and broken branches. He dumped them into a pile before lighting one of his opposable claws on fire, letting the small fireball fall onto the wood.

As the group sat around the fire resting, Naruto slowly nodded off, falling asleep before anyone else. Hikari smiled as Naruto gently snored, moving over to him and moving his head onto her lap. Kyuubi watched this action, smiling as he stood up again, "Ok." Everyone, including Andromon, turned to Kyuubi, "I told you all I would explain what happened to Naruto."

Everyone nodded, now looking at Kyuubi with expectation as Kyuubi formed a strange symbol with his paws, "Well instead of explaining it, I show you." The fire suddenly exploded, blinding everyone. When the light cleared, the group found themselves in a familiar sewer.

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Yamato and Gabumon were resting against a tree, sleeping due too their long walk. Inside their minds, there dreams suddenly vanished, being replaced with Naruto's mindscape. Yamato looked around at the group, "Everyone…"

No one answered as Yamato walked up to Taichi, "Taichi…" Yamato tried to touch him, only to have his hand pass right through him.

Gabumon stared in shock, running up to Yamato, "Yamato, what's happening?"

"I don't know… But I think it involves Naruto…" Yamato said, focusing on Kyuubi and Renamon, "Let's wait and watch." Gabumon nodded, turning to the others.

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Mimi, Jou, Palmon, and Gomamon were resting as well when they too were suddenly pulled from their dreams into Naruto's mindscape.

Everyone looked around in confusion before seeing the others. Mimi smiled happily, running up to Sora, "Sora-san!"

Mimi then phased right through Sora, evening a confused look from the others. Palmon ran up to her partner, "Mimi, what happened?"

"I think this has something to do with Naruto." Jou said, adjusting his glasses, "After all, doesn't this look familiar?" Everyone stopped and looked at the sewer before nodding to Jou. Jou looked at the group, then the large door they were standing in front of, "Memories… We should wait and see what happens."

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Kyuubi looked around, being the only one who could see everyone. He smirked to himself, "Good, everyone's here." Kyuubi turned around and walked to the door, placing one paw on it, "This is Naruto's life. All of it from the day he was born. If you want to know what happened, the stay and watch. If not, the exit is that way." Kyuubi said, pointing to the corridor.

Everyone turned to it, but didn't move. The all faced Kyuubi again, determination written on there faces. Kyuubi smirked, closing his eyes, "Ok then. But I warn you now, this be far worse then the valley. You still want to see?" No one flinched, causing Kyuubi to smile openly, "Ok then."

Kyuubi then pushed open the door, images pouring out and covering the area. Seconds, minutes, days, weeks, months, years, all of them went by in an instant. As the last image came up, it being of the camp just before Naruto fell asleep, everyone broke down crying quiet. No one yelled, screamed, or even moved. All they did was let the tears spill as the images of Naruto's life was burned into their minds. Hikari was the only one who spoke, "Naruto-kun… was alone all his life…"

Hikari's words snapped the others out there daze. Taichi could only look down at the sewer water, "How can people treat a kid like that!"

Koushiro only turned away, "Naruto-san suffered more than any of us, but still keeps a strong face… How is that possible…?"

"He was denied everything a kid should have… and all for something he didn't do… He's a hero! Not a monster!" Sora shouted at the end, clenching her fists.

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Yamato and Gabumon looked down in anger, scowling at the memories, "Those temes… They made Naruto suffer for no reason!" Yamato then calmed down, suddenly becoming saddened, "And I only made it worse…"

"But he doesn't blame you Yamato!" Gabumon told him, trying to cheer his friend up.

It seemed to work as Yamato smirked softly, "Yeah… but the pain was still there. Let's go Gabumon, we have to rejoin the others." Yamato said, heading down the corridor with Gabumon following.

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Mimi, Jou, Palmon, and Gomamon were shocked. Mimi broke down into tears and sobs as she dropped to her knees, "H-How can a-anyone stand that!"

"Naruto is strong." Jou said as he grabbed her shoulders gently. There he stood her and himself back up, "He refused to become what they wanted. That's what makes him strong. Come on Mimi-chan, let's go so we can rejoin the others."

Mimi nodded, wiping her eyes as they left through the corridor.

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Everyone else nodded, still in too much shock to say anything. Hikari looked around before spotting Renamon. She started to walk over to her, but winced, rubbing her bottom. Taichi noticed this, walking over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder, "Hikari, are you ok?"

"Yeah, my bottom hurts though." As soon as Hikari finished that sentence, she dropped to her knees. Taichi was quickly worried, dropping down next to her when a loud *rip* was heard. Taichi, along with everyone else, froze, seeing a large brown fox tail come out from the hole it made through Hikari's clothes. Hikari looked over her shoulder, seeing the groups' looks, then her new tail. Hikari only stared as her tail wagged back and forth slowly before grabbing it.

Hikari only smiled and laughed, hugging her own tail, "It's so soft!"

Everyone sweat dropped, the sudden seriousness of the mood disappearing completely. Taichi was simply shocked that his sister was taking it so well, "Hikari, you're ok with this?"

Hikari nodded, turning to Taichi as she continued to hug her tail, "Yeah. Now Naruto-kun won't be alone anymore."

Taichi could only smile, knowing what Hikari meant. He couldn't blame her, or Naruto either after what he had seen. But that still didn't answer his question on how this was happening to Hikari. He stood back up, walking over to Kyuubi as some of the others decided to talk to Hikari about her new appendage, "I know what happened now. But that still doesn't tell me how."

"Her body adapted to my chakra." Kyuubi said, folding his arms as he leaned against the side wall, "And Hikari wanted it to happen."

"What do you mean?" Taichi asked, now wondering why Hikari would want to look like Naruto.

"She didn't want Naruto to be alone. But she also knew that it wasn't simple. So when that tail of chakra was absorbed into her body, her will made it cause the changes." Kyuubi said as he looked over to the young girl, "She wanted to become this way for Naruto's sake."

Taichi nodded, knowing Hikari would do that. He could only sigh, not being able to get mad as he scratched his head, "And I can't even get mad about it… I'm going to have a hard time explaining this to my parents…"

"Maybe." Kyuubi said as he pushed off the wall and moved next to Taichi, "But you could always show them Naruto's life too."

"How?" Taichi asked as he looked at Kyuubi.

Kyuubi smirked again as he pulled out a crimson crystal, "Give this to them when you get back. The second they touch it, they'll understand everything." Taichi nodded, taking the crystal and tucking it away in his pocket as Kyuubi walked over to the corridor, "Hey!" Everyone stopped and turned to him, "We should leave."

Everyone nodded, standing up and following Kyuubi out of Naruto's mind. Everyone woke up in there bodies, sitting around the fire calmly. Kyuubi the stood up, walking over to Renamon, "Follow me. We need to talk."

Renamon nodded, having questions to ask. The two trekked away from the camp, standing far enough not to be over heard, but still see the fire. Kyuubi simply sat down cross legged before leaning back against a tree, "Ask away."

"Why didn't you tell me this before!?" Renamon shouted, not happy about Naruto and Kyuubi keeping the secret away from her.

"We never intended to. Kit just wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. He had a hard enough time admitting it himself when he first found out about me." Kyuubi said, recalling the incident with Mizuki and Iruka.

"Then when did you plan on telling me?" Renamon asked calmly this time.

"I was going to tell you when things calmed down a bit. Since fighting for your life isn't the ideal time to remember your past." Kyuubi said calmly before standing up, "You can ask your other questions later…" Kyuubi said as he let out a loud yawn, "Kit did a number on me today, so I need to rest."

"But…" Renamon tried to argue, only to have it fall on deaf ears as Kyuubi walked away. Renamon scowled, following him back.

When Kyuubi came back to camp, he saw everyone except Taichi asleep. Walking over to him, Kyuubi sat down, watching Renamon take a seat next to Naruto and Hikari, falling asleep instantly. Kyuubi then turned to Taichi, "What did I miss?"

Taichi smiled as he stared into the fire, "Hikari fell asleep next to Naruto as soon as she woke up. Tailmon joined her, then the others followed suit. I decided to keep watch for now."

Kyuubi nodded, turning to the fire as well as he asked, "Does it bother you?"

Taichi knew what Kyuubi was asking, "Yeah… it does. I don't blame you or Naruto, but I just can't help but think that everything after this would be easier if they didn't look like that."

"The future, maybe…" Kyuubi said looking to the night sky, "But the past will never go away. So it wouldn't do them any good. Besides, Naruto and Hikari are together in this now. As long as they don't lose faith in the other, everything will turn out fine. On another note…" Kyuubi said before chuckling, "Hikari seems to like her new traits."

Taichi gave a light chuckle two, seeing Hikari was hugging her tail as she was snuggled next to Naruto. Naruto was simply using his as a pillow for the two. Taichi placed a hand on his chin, seeing how Naruto used his tail, "If you think about it, having a tail seems handy. Any chance I can get one?"

Both Taichi and Kyuubi laughed quietly at Taichi's joke. Neither one noticed Hikari smile as she heard every word, "Thank you Onii-chan."

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DONE!!!

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