Trade Up

I Don't Own Digimon or Naruto!

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'Thoughts'

"Speech"

-Merged Speech-

-(V)- New Point of View/Scene Change

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Takato Matsuki

A Week Later

The final bell rings and he can't help but let out a sigh of relief and can't help but grin, he wasn't late for once! He glances up at the front as Mr Etsushi, walks into the room followed by a blond with whisker marks on his cheek wearing a pair of blue jeans as well as a brown shirt with a blue vest over top of the shirt; the blond is likely their new classmate. He watches as the blond fingers a card pouch that's hanging off of his belt, he notices some kind of device clipped to one of the belt loops.

"Class, I would like you to meet Naruto Uzumaki. He'll be joining our class starting today so give him a warm welcome." Mr Etsushi tells them. "Welcome Naruto." They chime together and the blond grins as he replies, "Nice to meet all of you."

"Would you like say a bit about yourself?" Their teacher asks and Naruto shrugs. "Sure, why not." The blond muses as glances at the adult in the room. "Name's Naruto Uzumaki and I'm currently staying with a distant cousin of mine who works for the government." The blond informs them, he blinks as he's unsure how to react to that although a bunch of other kids were already chatting among themselves, debating if Naruto was telling them the truth or not.

"Anyway, my favourite colour is orange, my favourite food is ramen, and, yes, I am into Digimon." Naruto adds with a playful grin on his face. He couldn't help but grin back, he'll admit, the kid's cheerfulness was infectious.

"You may take the seat by Mr Wong." Their teacher says and he glances around to see who their teacher was talking about. One of his classmates that is wearing an orange vest raises his hand, he studies the kid, noticing that the Wong kid was pretty tanned, more so then Naruto. With a shrug, he returns to looking at the front of the classroom as their teacher was already being their first period, which was math.

-(V)-

Dorumon

He watches as the man, Mitsou Yamaki, types away on the lap top, likely going over the information they've gotten when they scanned him just two days ago. It's been about five days since they've come to be in the custody of the blond man. It seems that those Digi-Gnomes created a history for Naruto as well as forged the family history that makes it appear that Naruto Uzumaki and Mitsou Yamaki were distant cousin to one another.

He shakes his head as he recalls how the man reacted to seeing him sitting with his Tamer in the police station. He clearly recalls the sneer that had appeared on the man's face, it really made him want to snarl and snap at the blond man that was wearing sun glasses. Of course, the young woman that arrived with said man, Riley had looked surprised but seemed to melt slightly after touching his furry head. She even complimented how fine his fur was, which was something he wasn't use to and it already put her in his good books, although Naruto had teased him slightly about how he reacted when Riley complimented him.

He glances down at the remote control, he did recall how to use the remote since after all Yamaki does turn it on to watch the news every night. He's unsure how the blond would reaction to him turning it on and doing some channel 'surfing.' He sighs, he's just so bored… he also doesn't get why his Tamer has to go to school either.

'I mean, why can't he remain home, with me? Or why can't I go there with him? I can't help but feel left out… That and I'm feeling kind of lonely without him around. Sure, Naruto would go train for most of the day and I would do the same, but I always had the opinion of hanging around the training area and watching Naruto do his thing.' He thinks with a ting of longing. He can't suppress a sigh as he looks out the window that's behind the government agent.

After a few moments, he turns away to return to staring down at the TV remote. With a sigh, he uses the tip of one of his red claws on his right hand to press down on the button labelled power. He then presses the button with titled satellite before pressing the button labelled guide, which opens up a list of what's on the different channels.

A quick glance in Yamaki's direction reassures him that the man's occupied with his computer. Returning to studying the TV screen, he presses the line button, the one that speeds up the scrolling ability. He notices a familiar word and presses the enter button. He blinks as a group of human children stand on screen with a much larger group of Digimon standing around them. And as the shot fades out, a male voice says, "Digimon!" He settles back, highly interested to know just what this show was all about and how it relates to him.

-(V)-

Naruto Uzumaki

Gym Period

He glances around the locker room as he follows Henry through the rows of lockers and preteens. "So just pick a locker once you're done changing into your gym uniform and meet me by that door over there." Henry says as he points to the door that lies in the opposite direction then the entrance one. "Ok, and thanks for showing me around Henry." He says to the likely older boy.

Henry smiles slightly and nods in acknowledgment of his thanks. "No problem Naruto." Henry says before heading off to find his own locker, leaving him to pick his own out from the assorted collection of lockers around him. He hears someone bragging about how he'll totally cream the other team all on his own. It's not long before he finds the speaker and his two friends as they finish taking off their shirts.

He smiles faintly for a second before setting his bag on the bench between the two rows of lockers. He unties his runners as he listens with half an ear to the conversation going on not too far from where he's bending over. Soon the threesome finishes changing into their gym cloths and head off through the door that Henry told him about. It wasn't long before he's stuffing his gym bag into a locker and heading off in that direction as well.

Much like he promised, Henry was standing there, waiting for him. Although he knew he wasn't in the Village-Hidden-in-the-Leaves any more and that people around here more then likely don't believe in demons, he froze for a second before shaking it off. 'Get a grip! Henry's a nice guy, if a tad friendless. If he weren't he wouldn't have taken it on himself to show me around. Besides, nobody around here knows what I've got in my gut and even if I told them, they'd likely think that I'm crazy. Though, I almost wish it were Digimon that I'm dealing with right now, I know I can handle them better then kids my own age.' He tells himself as he follows Henry to where the boys were standing all grouped together, standing five feet from where the girls were standing, also grouped all together.

He notices two nets at different ends of the gym; it wasn't long before two captains were appointed. He ended up on the team that Henry's also on, as well as one of the bragger's friends, the one with crimson hazel eyes. They gathered around and found that they were arguing about who'd be the goalie. He asked what the goalie's allowed to do and a girl that pig tails explains it to him.

"I'll be the goalie if nobody's interested in the job." He says since he at least understands that position, he'll likely learn more just by watching them play then by participating in the more dominate role of running around. "Ok, Naruto's goalie first, who wants the job when he's on the bench?" The appointed captain asks. In the end, the boy with reddish hazel eyes, whose name is Takato, found himself appointed with the position of second goalie.

As some of the team members head off to sit on the bench, it seems that only a certain number of players were allowed on the field at any given time, he heads towards the plastic posts with a white rope net hanging off of the plastic posts. With his back to the net, he watches as a member of each team stands by their teacher, Mr Etsushi, who has this white ball with black patches on it.

The ball falls between the two and the two both of the preteens try to kick the ball. In the end, the one from his team as the other team have these red bands around their right arms which helps to tell who's on who's team, manages to kick the ball to another member of the team. The ball hits the girl's chest and as the ball drops down, the girl kicks the ball, a member of the other team manages to intercept the ball and the guy weaves between two of his team mates before kicking the ball to another member of the red band team.

As he watches the ball get kicked around, he begins to get an idea of what's what. The whistle blows as one of his team mates touches the ball with their fist, which pretty much confirms his thoughts about why they use their chests and any other part of their body that wasn't their hands to intercept the ball in mid air. He watches as his team mates are forced a good few feet away from the spot where that team mate had touched the ball, one of the red band wearing members kick the ball to the other friend of the bragger, the kid wearing a pair of glasses.

The game once more underway, he watches as the team with the red bands manages to get the ball more on his team's side of the playing field. With in seconds, the ball comes sailing his way, without too much trouble, he snatches the ball in the air and tosses the ball to an open team mate. A few of his team mates that were around him send him approving looks before racing off to the other side of the gym to help their team mates keep the ball in their control in hopes of scoring a goal.

About fifteen minutes into the game, those on the floor exchange places with those on the bench. As he settles down on the bench, he finds himself slightly swarmed by his team mates as they congratulate him on his saves, he gets a few people patting him on his shoulders. He smiles warmly at them as he feels a storm of emotions whirl within him though he tries not to show it.

Within two minutes the others settle down the benches, calling out encouragements and cheering whenever they got control of the ball. He once more watches as the ball moves around the gym floor. He watches as the girl with pig tails scores on the other team's second goalie, who just happens to be the bragger from the locker room. Though the team that wears those red bands does manage to get two goals in before the players switch out once more and he takes over as goalie from Takato.

Much like before, he finds his job easy since unlike the other players, he's allowed to use his hands although he wouldn't be surprised if he'd make an excellent scorer with his reflexives and the fact that he's in much better shape then most kids in his class. He could tell that a few of the girls were checking out his figure, he recalls those looks although those looks are usually directed to Uchiha. He tries to ignore the attention since he doesn't know what to make of it.

In the last fifteen minutes of the class, everyone was allowed on the floor and though it was hard for him to keep track where the ball was, he still managed to keep the ball from entering the net. In the end, as they headed into the boy's locker room, he couldn't help but notice the stench of sweaty bodies. It didn't help that a lot of preteens congratulated him as they entered into the locker room either.

Everyone in the locker room had enough time to take a shower before changing into their regular cloths, which really helped get rid of that scent was coming off of them. Within minutes the bell rings out and everyone heads out of the locker room, he manages to catch up to Henry and walks with him to their next class. While neither of them chatted endlessly with each other, he did find a bit of comfort in the silence between them as they enter into the classroom, they were among the first to arrive.

"You did great, though I'm guessing that's your first time playing?" Henry asks after a few seconds. "Yea, back where I grew up the popular games that everyone preferred to play most of the time are either modified version of tag, flag, and hide & seek." He admits, although he's never been picked to join in any of those games.

"Kind of odd, if you ask me. I mean, didn't you guys play any team oriented games?" Henry asks and he shrugs. He knew perfectly well why they didn't, after all, tag and hide & seek help prepare simulate ninja pursuits and get a ways. "Let's just say that the kids like to play ninja a lot." He says with amusement oozing out of his voice as well as a slight grin flashing on his face. Henry shakes his head slightly, clearly bemused by his statement.

Before they could continue on, the bragger arrives with a small group of five friends which include his replacement goalie, Takato. He notices the look that flashes in Henry's eyes before the other turns around in his seat and then begins to root around for his note book. He cocks his head to the side, not sure what to make of Henry's mood change, but then, he didn't really blame Henry if he's annoyed with the visor wearing preteen who's currently center of attention.

'I wonder if I sounded like that when I was back in the academy.' He muses ideally as he watches the group out of the corner of his eye. In the end, he retrieves his own note book from his purple knapsack that's leaning on one of his desk legs. As he flips it open just as the final bell rings out and those that gathered around visor boy's desk scatter throughout the classroom to get to their desks before the teacher comes into the room.

With a mental sigh, he takes out a pencil to begin jotting down the notes that the teacher will be imparting to them soon enough. Though he wonders what kind of day Dorumon had staying at the apartment with Yamaki for the day.

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Dorumon

He sighs as a commercial begins on the TV screen. He glances towards the door, wondering when the blond is supposed to be back. He gets up off the floor and heads into the kitchen; he glances out the patio window, Yamaki left around lunch with his lap top computer.

The older blond had departed with a simple order not to eat everything in the fridge and freezer, which had caused him to send a sour look at the door as it closed and with a click, was locked. 'A locked door isn't enough to keep me from leaving the apartment. He likely knows that.' He muses to himself as he grabs three hot pink fruit that were called Dragon Fruit. He remembers to grab some paper toweling before heading back into the living room part of the apartment.

As the final commercial ends and the show called Pokemon begins, he carefully breaks the hot pink fruit in the middle, careful to keep the mess over the few sheets of paper towel he had grab. He puts on end down before bringing the other piece to his muzzle. He licks the break, enjoying the juice that's spilling out of the fruit. He nips at the middle part, careful not to eat the skin since it taste horrible.

It's not long before he tries to break it apart vertically. He sighs slightly as he licks his claws before taking a large bite out of the flesh of the fruit. It's not long before he repeats the process with the other three quarters of the fruit. Before he moves onto one of the other Dragon fruit, he hears the door lock click and then open.

"I'm home!" His partner's voice rings out and he grins at the sight of the preteen. "What took you?" He calls out as Naruto takes off his runners once the door is shut. Naruto snorts as the young human takes a look at him. "You're worried about me when you should be worried about yourself!" His Tamer says with amusement.

"I'll have you know I haven't eaten everything within the fridge or the freezer." He says in what he hopes is a superior sounding tone. Naruto sighs and lets his back pack drop to the ground. "Geezes, I'm just saying that it looks like you should have a shower is all." Naruto says and he looks down at one of his pawish hands, frowning as he noted the juice matted fur.

'I guess he wins this round.' He decides as he looks at the mess he's made. There's a great deal of discarded fruit cores, peels, and used paper toweling. He begins to gather the trash together in a pile before picking that pile up. He walks over to the garbage and dumps it into the bag. He goes around, picking up pieces that he missed for the next little while.

He notices that Naruto's already making himself a snack. He then heads to the bathroom to go take a shower or something. He glances around, noting some bottles along the tub's rim. He picks up one and unscrews the lid so he can take a sniff. He pulls his head away from the open bottle; he quickly screws the lid back on before putting it back on the rim.

He hadn't noticed them there, it's likely that Yamaki had hid them under the sink and forgot to put them back. He shrugs as he decides to ignore them for now; he's got enough time to learn what they are and whether or not he wants to use them. He plugs the tub and then begins to turn on the taps for the water.

He runs his claws over some matted patches of fur as he waits for the tub to fill with warm water, something which he never experienced living in the Digital world. With a glance, he turns the two taps off and then remembers to put a few extra towels out onto the floor before getting into the tub. The water was a slighter hotter then he would like, but decided not to worry about it since it'll cool off soon enough.

By the time he's done in the bathroom, Naruto's got some books out and sitting at the coffee table with the volume of the TV on low. "So, which book is which?" He asks as he nabs a chip with some cheese on top of it from the plat of something that Yamaki called Nachos, a recipe that the older blond taught the younger blond.

"Well, the book open is my math homework and the other one is for my English homework." The preteen with whisker marks on his cheeks answers. He hums slightly, already losing interest in the books on the coffee table. He takes control of the remote and begins looking through the guide, not really sure what the words mean, it's likely something he'll have to get Naruto to teach him so he could understand what's written there.

In the end, he picks out one that he knows is connected with food. He settles down as he waits for the commercial to end, snagging a few chips as well.

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Henry Wong

"So, this is where you buy your cards, huh?" Naruto asks him once they walk into the shop. "Yea, I do. So, anything else you're thinking of buying?" He asks the blond who he's only known for about three to four days. He can't help but wonder why Naruto seemed content to hang out with him when there were other kids in their class who'd love to hang out with him.

"Digimon season DVDs are something I won't mind buying too." The blond muses as the other studies a poster for a Digimon card tournament. He grins slightly, although he highly doubts that Naruto's uncle would allow the blond to carry that much money since buying the complete seasons all at once is pretty expensive.

"I doubt you uncle would let you carry that much cash around on you." He informs the blond, he had just met Naruto's uncle just this morning when Yamaki dropped Naruto off at Shinjuku Park. The older blond to him seemed kind of stand offish. Not that it seemed to faze Naruto one bit as the whisker cheeked blond called out his farewells before the man drove off. After meeting his friend's uncle, he could see the guy working for the government like Naruto had told the class on his first day.

"True, but then, I got my own debit and credit card so I'm not spending his money, but my own." The blond tells him, flashing him a foxy grin as his blue eyes sparkle in mischief. He can't help but stare dumbly at his companion for a few seconds before sighing as he shakes his head in slight disbelief.

"I'm stunned nobody's bothered to rob you yet." He muses and Naruto chuckles slightly, he notices how amused Naruto seems to be at the thought of someone stealing from him. "Henry, Henry, Henry. You really think I'm that easy to steal from? I'm hurt that you don't think I can defend myself." Naruto says, holding his right hand over his chest as if holding off an injury.

He cocks an eyebrow as he studies his friend head to toe before sighing. "I can see you tackling the guy as he flees…" He admits as he recalls how quick on his feet Naruto was. It's almost like Naruto's the ultimate jock from the way the blond excels in sports, though Naruto's written work left much to be desired.

The blond grins at him for a few seconds before Naruto decide to head off to take a look around the shop, leaving him alone. He smiles slightly as he watches his friend for a few seconds before walking up to a rack filled with wooden swords as well as a few swords made out of bamboo. The bamboo swords remind him of Cody from the second season of Digimon; it kind of made him feel connected to that character since they're both into martial artists and they're both reserved.

'If there were such things as Digimon, I wonder what kind of Digimon I would end up with.' He wonders ideally for a few seconds before dismissing that train of thought. He moves away from the rack of wooden weapons and glances at the actual weapons along the wall, the once behind the counter before looking down into the glass cases at the odd assortment of blades ranging from decorative to kitchen utensils.

"I can't believe they got some kunai here!" Naruto says few cases to his left. He heads over to where his friend was and glances down at the different kinds of throwing knives. He notices which variety that has caught Naruto's attention, there are the ones with a ring at the end of them.

"As if a kid like you would know how to throw them." One of the employees says, arriving a few seconds after he did. He blinks as he tries to determine the expression that had flashed on Naruto's face on hearing the man say that. Naruto looks back down at the kunai that's on display before asking the man if they had the complete seasons of Digimon on DVD available.

'Ok…' He thinks as he stands there for a few seconds, trying to wonder if it had been his imagination as playing tricks on him, since for a split second there, it was like Naruto seemed to be hurt by such casual dismissal of his abilities. He glances around for a second before joining his friend at the counter; unsure at how to react to this new tit bit of information he has on his blond friend.

He watches passively as Naruto buys the two complete season DVDs as well as three booster packs. He already knew that they won't have the booster set he wants until next Tuesday so he didn't buy anything. They head out of the store; Naruto's already opening one of the card packs that he bought.

"So, where to next?" Naruto asks him as they stop by a lamp post. "I don't really have too many places I have to be until one. Then I'll be heading to the dojo for my class." He tells the blond. "You practice martial arts?" Naruto asks him, the pack of cards in his hand forgotten for the moment.

"Yea, I do." He admits and it's his turn to be studied as Naruto gives him the once over. "Huh, I just thought you were a swimmer or something by your build." The blond muses and he blinks rapidly for a few seconds, taken back by that statement.

"…ok." He says and Naruto looks slightly amused by his reply. "All I'm saying is that you're muscular slender. You move a heck of a lot more fluently compared to some of our class mates. I take it you're passive aggressive, eh?" The blond blue eyed boy with whisker like marks on his cheeks adds and he really didn't know how to react to what Naruto has just told him.

"You're not gay are you?" He finally asks after a few minutes, it was the first thing that crossed his mind. Naruto seemed to chock on air before a hearty chuckle erupts from him. "Heck no! I did have this crush on this girl back at my old school. Though she and pretty much every other girl in the class were hung up on this guy, Uchiha, I've forgotten what his first name was, mustn't have been that important if I can't recall it." The blond muses once he shops laughing.

He raises an eyebrow at that, he might not know much about what girls find attractive but he's pretty sure that blonds were at the top of their list on who they want to date. "I guess we could head over to the park and see if we could get in a few Digimon card games before I have to go." He says, switching the topic to something he felt a bit more comfortable with. Naruto smiles at that and nods his head in agreement, also changing to a safer topic.

'I could get use to this, well, most of it.' He decides, trying his hardest to forget the fact that he had just asked a guy that he barely knew about his sexual preferences. 'I'd never live that down if any of my sisters learnt of that part of my day.' He groans mentally to himself as he follows Naruto to the park and hopefully to do something that would help distract him from the awkwardness from what happened just a few minutes ago.

-(V)-

Naruto Uzumaki

Two Weeks Later

"Exploding Punch!" The Digimon his Digivice IDs as Nanimon bellows out. The punch misses his partner by a foot, the ground explodes on impact. The rubble hits the champion while Dorumon puts some distance between them.

He glances worriedly around, it's been about three minutes since they engaged this guy and he really wants this over before someone accidentally stumbles upon them. He glances down at the cell phone in his left hand, wondering when Yamaki will call to ask what's taking him so long. "Metal Dash!" The purple rookie calls out as he pockets the cell phone that his 'uncle' got him when Hypnos decided to employ their skills as a fighting dual.

He snorts slightly as he studies the frozen champion that has an enraged look plastered on his face. "Metal Shoot!" His partner declares and the icy statue of Nanimon breaks apart. The fog that surrounds them begins to fade as the data particles head up into the night sky.

"You did a great job, Dorumon." He calls out to his partner. The purple rookie swishes his tail in acknowledgement. As they leave the area, his phone goes off. "Hello 'Uncle'." He says as he puts the phone to his ear.

"I told you not to call me that." Is Yamaki's brisk reply before the man acting as his guardian continues on before he could say something, "While you were dealing with that Wild One, there was another Bio Emergence. I've already called a cab to pick you two up and to take you to the location." With that, the phone goes dead and he closes the cell phone before pocketing it with a slight sigh.

"What now?" Dorumon asks him and he answers, "It seems that we're to wait for a cab, then that cab will take us to another Bio Emergence, and then likely, we'll have another fight on our hands." The furry rookie Digimon shakes his head slightly but doesn't say anything as he only follows him to a corner to wait for the cab to appear.

Within five minutes, the cabby appears and with a slight hello from him, they enter into the vehicle. Once they have the seat belts on, the car takes off towards their destination. He watches as they pass by buildings, people, other vehicles, and lamp posts.

He wonders what to expect when they arrive at their destination, he rather hopes that there won't be a Digimon around for them to fight. While he gets why Yamaki's branch of the government doesn't want them around, he can't help but think about the Gotsumon village that he had been living next to for a few months before leaving that valley and the friends he had made among the rock type Digimon. He could also sympathize to their need to get stronger as well; after all, once upon a time he had wanted to be top dog of his own village, to be the Hokage of Hidden Leaf.

As the cab speeds off, he pauses and looks up at the sky as he hears something rustle up above them. He watches as a greyish yellow Digimon that reminds him of a dragonfly as the bug type seems to dart around the open street in a zig zag pattern. Within seconds another Digimon flies out into the open, this one dark grey dragon type Digimon with two pairs of red wings wearing a steel helmet as well as a few other assorted items made out of steel.

He glances over at his partner only to find that Dorumon's sights are on another kid not that far from where they're standing. "Hey you!" He shouts as he decides to get the other's attention. The other boy looks startled for a moment until the boy's gaze goes to Dorumon.

"If you're partner's the bug, you might want to, you know, do something before they're deleted." He adds as once more, the other kid's attention returns to him. The other boy blinks before grinning slightly, though one of the guy's hands runs through the kid's dark maroon brown hair. "Actually, the dragon's mine." The other answers and he glances up at the aerial battle taking place. The only thing going for the bug seemed to be its speed and reaction time.

"By the way, name's Ryo Akiyama. I'm kind of new around here…" Ryo tells him and he smiles brightly at the other teen. "Good to meet ya, I'm Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki and this here is my partner, Dorumon." He tells Ryo cheerfully, Ryo spares his partner another look before nodding slightly, though for some odd reason, he can't help but notice a slight look of reluctance and weariness in the other's eyes.

He frowns slightly, he's seen that look before, more often then not in the mirror back when he was younger and a few more times in the Digital world as well, before he met up with Dorumon and became the purple rookie's partner. "Erase Claw!" Growls the dragon flying above the street as the bug type tries to flee into an alley way. A bit of the building takes some damage as the attack hits the bug from behind.

He watches as the dragon Digimon loads the bug Digimon's data, he sighs slightly as he shakes his head slightly, he didn't think that Ryo's partner really needed the data but he's not going to pick an argument with the other Tamer on their first meeting. 'It had been pretty unfair for me to be the only one Dorumon interacts with. Although, I doubt this guy's much for talking.' He muses to himself.

The red winged dragon Digimon glares in his direction, he blinks at this, as he becomes slightly unnerved at the attention he's receiving from the humanoid dragon. He could hear a slight growl emanating from the tall Digimon. He stands straighter and gave the Digimon a look that read, 'yea I'm here, what do you plan on doing about it?' He had no intension of backing down from the fight that this Digimon was picking.

Dorumon doesn't move, more then likely knowing that if there were to be a battle, it would be between him and Ryo's partner. He watches as the dragon's left hand balls slightly and his hand goes to the pouch around his hip, ready to pull out a couple of kunai and throw them at this grey Digimon standing a few feet from him. He narrows his eyes as he begins to feel the tension hanging in the air between them.

"Cyberdramon, what are you doing? He's just a kid!" Ryo pipes in, breaking the silence that was hanging around. With a blink he relaxes before turning to look at Ryo, his hand moving from the hip pouch. The Digimon, Cyberdramon, seems to huff slightly while crossing his arms before his chest.

"Sorry about him, we're still getting to know each other." Ryo says in an apologising tone. "Oh? How long have you known each other? I've known Dorumon for a little under half a year." He says, not really caring that the guy's Digimon just threatened him. Ryo seems kind of surprised by his attitude, taken back by the fact that he's not offended.

"Not that long." Ryo admits once he recovers from his shock. "How come you're…? I mean, he just…" Ryo glances from him to Cyberdramon, and back again. "Should I be? I mean its better me then Dorumon." He says with a shrug though Dorumon snorts slightly at his reasoning. Ryo seems to lighten up as he chuckles; it seemed that he made a very good impression on the other Tamer.

"You're definitely an odd ball, Naruto." Ryo states and he shrugs slightly as he replies, "Yea well, you got to roll with the punches, you know?" Ryo nods in agreement. "Yea, guess that's pretty much all you can do." Ryo muses, he glances at Dorumon with a slightly confused look on his face and his partner just shrugs slightly, clearly just as confused as he was by the far away look on Ryo's face as the other Tamer gazes at his partner.

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