Trade Up
I Don't Own Digimon or Naruto!
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'Thoughts'
"Speech"
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-(V)- New Point of View/Scene Change
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Naruto Uzumaki
Frontier Digital World
"Thanks for allowing us to have supper with you and your students, Togemon." He says, bowing slightly at the plant Digimon, out of the corner of his eye, he sees Dorumon mimic him in bowing at their hostess. "You're welcome, although, are you sure you wish to leave? Both of you are more then welcome to spend the night with us." The champion level Digimon says, uncertainty very much in evident in the seemingly female Digimon's tone.
He smiles slightly at the taller Digimon as he says, "We're sure since I'm fairly certain that if we stayed, there would be a large argument about who sleep close to Dorumon or myself." Dorumon hums in agreement. "That is true." Togemon admits reluctantly.
"We did enjoy our time here though." His purple furred partner says, speaking for both of them. He nods and with that, they turn away from the group of students and their teacher to begin walking away. "Bye!" The crowd of young Digimon call out as Dorumon and himself. "Bye! See you!" He calls out as he glances over his shoulder while his hands keep a firm grip on his back pack straps.
Soon, the hut and its occupants were out of their sight and he sighs but remains firm about his decision to not spend any more time with the group. "I don't like the idea of these spirits, Hige." His partner says and he nods in agreement with a slightly frown as he recalls the story of the second defeat of Lucemon.
"I don't either… I shudder at the though of Sasuke being able to transform into a Digimon. It's just so wrong; he's a human not some… feral Digimon." He says before he realizes what Dorumon called him. "Dorumon." He growls as he draws out his partner Digimon's name as he sends a minor glare at the purple rookie.
"I thought you won't mind hearing your nickname since Ryo's not here to say it." Dorumon says as innocently as the Digimon could but the purple rookie couldn't mask the sparkling glint in his eyes. "Keep that up and I just might decide you need your own nickname."
"Oh? And what kind of nickname will it be, something along the line of Dragon I believe." Dorumon says, causing him to resist the urge to stick out his tongue at the rookie. "I can do originality, if I want to, Fluffy." He says and grins widely as Dorumon sends him a scratching look.
"Like Fluffy is original." Dorumon counters and he chuckles at the irritating look on his partner's muzzle. "Give it time, purple one, can't rush the thought process." He remarks to the purple Digimon as he turns to look where they're going with his arms now in his jacket pockets.
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Dorumon
"No luck?" Naruto asks him once the blond has his feet back on solid ground. He shakes his head, causing the bewhiskered boy to sigh. He could tell that this search is wearing on the blond, but then, they were lucky to win those Trailmon tickets, even though the rails don't cover every square kilometre of this Digital world.
'Although using Trailmons are a very quick and easy way to get around this world.' He tells himself as Naruto takes out a map of Digital world and begins to figure out the nearest town or railway station. He just stretches a bit before sitting down to wait for this human partner to be ready to go.
So far in the pass two weeks, they've managed to visit at least two countries and the majority of their villages, towns, and cities that exist within that country. Nobody seemed to know about any other human beyond the one he's traveling with, but it just means that Sasuke's keeping a low profile in this world. 'Which makes perfect sense considering how the attitudes of the locals.' He admits, a small part of him kind of wished he had been hatched here but he puts an end to that way of thinking, after all, things turned out for the best since he now has a Tamer who's not just a partner but a friend.
"It's almost been a month since we started this." Naruto says suddenly, causing him to glance at his partner before nodding in agreement. "I wonder how Yamaki and them are doing without Ryo and us to deal with the majority of Bio Merges?" The blond wonders again and he hums thoughtfully for a few seconds.
"Well, for your 'uncle', he might have used the excuse that you're visiting your village because of an emergency. As to the rest… For all we know, because we're gone some of those Bio Merged Digimon might have partnered up with some kids and have taken over our duties in that regard." He says and the blond smiles before nodding in agreement.
"For all we know, Ryo and Cyberdramon had returned to the human world and are patrolling it for rogue Digimon." He points out and Naruto turns to look at him while wearing a warm smile on his face. "We can hope so. I really don't want us to be the reason why they're still in the Digital world." The blond boy says and with a flick of his tail, he replies, "Just as long as you remember that we're not really responsible if we are the reason they're still in the Digital world when we get back."
"I'll try and remember that, you over grown fluff ball." The blond Tamer says and with a growl of, "Hige!" The blond is already running off at a jog, having finished putting the map away before needling him with the comparison. "Get back here you Baka and I'll show you want this 'over grown fluff ball' is capable of!"
"I already know, Dorumon, I already know!" Is Naruto's answering call as he tries to catch up with his speedy Tamer, even now he's stunned by just how quickly the blond can move when he really wants to move it. 'One day I'll overtake him, be it with wings or on foot! Humans are not supposed to be this fleet of foot!' He declares mentally as he tries to overtake his partner.
After an hour or so, Naruto finally lets up on the pace, allowing him to take a breather he so desperately needed. "Damn it, Naruto! Why are so… so… fit? I know the world you come from is different, but damn it, you're only human!" He says as the blond hands him a bottle filled with water.
"Call it selective breeding, Dorumon, because that's pretty much what is going on at my home. If you couldn't out fight, out last, or out run your opponent, you don't add your genes to the next generation. It also helps that we don't have a lot in the way of technology so they still rely on people to fight, not machines or computers. Of course if they likely would recoil at the thought of war being considered culling of the herd, but that's basically what has happen and will continue happening until someone finally decides to go against tradition and bring guns into it." Naruto says and he couldn't help but stare at the blond.
"I've been reading out of my science text book and thinking about how that evolution applies to the people of my world." Naruto admits with a sigh and he nods while making a mental note to get a hold of said book because it might explain why the Digital world he's from exists the way it does.
"So you're the produce of two ninja descended people breeding? I bet your parents are spinning in their graves on hearing that one." He says and Naruto sighs while shrugging. "I wouldn't know if they were cremated or buried, Dorumon, nobody even gave me names of either nor did I really get a chance to look through the list of the dead in hopes of finding someone with my last name." Naruto say.
"But if they gave you a last name, shouldn't they know who your parents are?" He asks, he recalls watching a few documentaries about Japan and Japanese culture. "Maybe… Likely… Not that it matters, Dorumon, I'm never going to return there even if somebody offers me every single book and scroll containing information on chakra, how to control it, copies of every jutsu the village has access to, bit it private or public, and if they offer the title of Hokage to me." The blond tells him.
"I'm kind of under the impression that families matter to humans." He mutters softly to himself. "In most cases it is but, well, I just don't want to beat around the bush anymore, the old man never saw fit to tell me so I'm just to let it lie buried under wherever the old man buried it. I'm Naruto Uzumaki, friend and Tamer of Dorumon and Yamaki's 'bratty' nephew, it's a heck of a lot better then being the demon brat of Hidden Leaf and dead last of the ninja academe." Naruto declares.
He let it lie, not wanting to cause anymore pain to his friend. Once he's done with the bottle, he hands it over to Naruto, who then, put it into his backpack. "Ready?" The blond asks him and he just nods.
"Then let's go." Naruto says and with that, they start down the trail once more, hoping to find and capture Sasuke Uchiha before the month is out.
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Sasuke Uchiha
Town Outskirts
Scowling at the rain, privately glad that he managed to steal this hooded cape, he continues to walk down a stone paved road, heading towards a town filled with a variety of monsters. He despises the lot because just looking at them reminded him of Deamon and that upstart Gazimon. It really didn't help that fresh and in-training Digimon were few and when they are around, they're well protected, making it hard for him to even dream of killing one to absorb its strength, making it his own.
'What good are they if I can't absorb their strength to further my own? Although, these Legendary Spirits that I've heard about might just be what I need to finally have the kind of power I need to kill him and to return to my world to do so.' He thinks, a slight smirk appears as he imagines how good it would feel to hold his brother's head in his hands…
With a shake, he snaps out of his happy place as he hears thunder crackle overhead. "But first, I need to find their resting places." He mutters to himself as he avoids a few rapidly forming puddles that were beginning to appear on the road as the rain continues to fall as he begins to think up ways of getting these monsters to give up the information he needed to find these so called spirits.
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Naruto Uzumaki
He watches as a cloaked figure walks on the streets below his position on top of a shop roof as rain continues to pour down. The figure grabbed his attention simply because the being is wearing a hooded cape, something that few Digimon wore at any time, even if the weather is foul. 'Only those that need to move about anonymously wear them.' He mentally adds while wearing his own hooded cape, one fitted to his frame by a tailor who Dorumon and him had saved from a gang of bandits a few days earlier.
"So few people look up." He murmurs as he walks to the edge of the roof. He didn't have to worry about Dorumon since the purple furred rookie's currently in one of the three inns of the town. His partner is trying to find hints of Sasuke's MO as well as for rumor location of where these Legendary Spirits are resting so that they can go and make sure that they haven't been disturbed.
If they weren't, then he planned to set up alarms and traps in hopes of catching the Uchiha as he tries to steal them. It didn't take a genius to know that the Uchiha is only interested in power and those Spirits seem to be a type of easily obtained type of power too.
With ease and a touch of gracefulness, he leaps onto the next roof and as silently as he can, walks across the wet and slightly slanted roof. It didn't take long before he's once more leaping from one roof top to another as he trails the cloaked figure below. It hadn't taken him long to begin to use chakra to keep himself from falling off of a slippery roof as the storm doesn't let up.
Finally after following, the brown cloaked figure to one of the inns of the town, he crouches down and watches as the person pauses by the door. The hood ruffles as the person under the bit of cloth glances this way and that before the figure faces the series of roof tops across from that side of the street. Then the cloaked figure finally enters into the inn, he begins to debate about following the cloaked figure into the inn.
With a sigh, he gets up and begins to head to the inn his partner's at. 'That might just be him. Hopefully he'll remain in the inn until Dorumon and I arrive to check to confirm that it's him. Dorumon did say he knows Sasuke's scent…' He thinks as he leaps from one roof to another, making sure to use chakra to coat the soles of his shoes so he sticks to the wet roof tops.
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Dorumon
With his keen ears he hears a familiar rhythmic knock on the door leading into the inn. Trying not to look too alarmed at the knock, he scans the crowd for a few seconds before he gets up from his seat. Placing a few coins on the table to cover the cost of his drink, he heads to leave the bar part of the inn.
'I still don't get why they don't just make and run a bar instead of creating an inn on the other floors.' He thinks with a bit of frustration. They've come through many towns and they have yet to find a restaurant that wasn't attached to an inn.
Once he's out of the building and getting pelted by rain, he couldn't help but shiver slightly as the chill of the stormy night hits him. With a slight shake of his head, he moves to the right. With a sigh, he finds an alley between the inn and another building, likely a storehouse or a set of rooms for the Digimon of a much larger size then ten feet in height.
"I think I spotted him entering into the Spotted Leaf." The cloaked blond tells him. He perks at that as he gives a blink of surprise before cocking his head at his partner.
"You didn't follow him in?" He asks and Naruto chuckles slight, before moving to grab the edge of his hood as the wind picks up slightly. His partner sighs and motions for them to start walking.
"If it is him and he bolts… well, I don't want you wondering where I am while I give chase." 'Hige' explains and he had to smile slightly at that; after all, it helps reaffirm just how much the blond treasured their friendship. It only made him more grateful that he had chosen this human as his Tamer.
"He just might throw caution to the wind and go on the offensive." He decides to point out and the blond sighs.
"That could happen too." Naruto admits, the fabric ruffles as the blond shrugs. "Then the problem will be how the others in the bar will react to seeing two humans; let's not forget that the pair would be fighting as well." Naruto adds and he just nods in agreement.
"I don't think these Digimon could handle seeing two human attacking each other by summoning fire or causing the earth to shake." He states as they turn a corner as they continue to walk through the town. Lightning flashes above them and a few minutes later thunder sounds out.
"It's getting worst." He hears Naruto mutter softly before the blond tries to pull the dark purple cloak more around him. He flicks his slightly drenched tail before shaking his upper body, his tiny wings didn't do much other then flop around as more lightning dance among the clouds.
"It might be a blessing if he does stay and fight." He comments as he glances up at the black clouds over head as thunder echoes once more in the seemingly stillness of the night.
"Well, if he does flee, you can stay at the inn. After all, you have your own money pouch, so it's not as if I'm carrying all of our money." The blond says in a light tone.
"I just hope we can take him down without a lot of fuss." He says with a sigh. The wind chose that moment to pick up and push them from behind for a few minutes before going down in strength.
'What a horrid storm.' He admits as he shivers as the chill seeps into his body, his wet fur doesn't seem to be much protection against both the wind and the temperature.
"I think its started to hail." His partner muses and within the next few minutes, he began to pick up on something causing the windows to rattle before he spots the little white pebbles that are now falling down from the sky.
"I thought that lightning doesn't accompany hail storms." He says in a frank tone.
"That might not be how it works here, in this world." Naruto answers in a blank tone, likely finding this new development to be very unwanted.
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