Trade Up
I Don't Own Digimon or Naruto!
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Naruto Uzumaki
01/02 Real World
The weekend has finally arrived and they are now finally going to return to Primary Village. They will also be meeting up with other Digidestine since they will be dealing with that dragon entity that is still hanging around Primary Village. He does wonders if having so many Digimon will make a difference against that being or none at all.
Mimi finally arrives out of her room carrying a bag containing medical supplies. With Palmon's partner ready to go, Sora opens the gate and they get sucked into the bright light that emanates from the screen. "Ouch! Who's elbow is pressing down on my temple?"
It takes a few minutes for them to untangle themselves from each other. He's got a sore spot in the middle of his back, right where Tommy's left elbow had been. Koichi seems to be rubbing his stomach, that's where Dorumon's foot had pressed down when the purple rookie had been struggling to get off of the pile of bodies, human and Digimon.
Suddenly, another pile of people arrive and a more controlled form of chaos ensures as they help those within this pile to untangle themselves from each other. After the rest of the Japanese Digidestine have arrived, other Digidestine from around the world arrive in smaller groups, mainly one to two people arriving at a time. As the last stragglers arrive, he turns off his MP3 player and puts the device back into his backpack before getting up off the ground.
He doesn't pay much mind to the various conversations going on since they are conversing in English as it has become the international language. 'I wonder if I'll ever speak it fluently...' He muses to himself as he watches passively as everyone seems to have something to add to the on going conversation concerning what kind of battle strategy they're going to try against the entity still hanging about Primary Village.
'I wonder if I'll be able to get Dorumon to Digivolve into his ultimate form. We might need some more fire power to take this one down and I doubt I'll be able to get Dorumon to become a mega as we've never attain ultimate yet. We barely have had to go champion before either... But then, Cyberdramon is an ultimate and usually arrives at the scene quicker then we have.' He thinks as Tai finally takes control of the meeting and the number of people talking finally quiet down.
"You're not able to follow what they're saying, huh?" Dorumon asks him and he glances over at the largest rookie Digimon of the group. "Guess that's kind of stupid of me to ask considering that you had only been attending school for less then six months..." The purple furred dragon like Digimon muses.
"But you can understand English even though you've never had to hear it being spoken in the Digital world? How freaky is that?" He remarks.
"Data is data." Is all Dorumon states and he guesses that his partner and friend is right. "The first part of the meeting had to do with introductions and then people were asking for details concerning the dragon entity." His Digimon partner explains and he just hums.
"Ah, oh well, are we getting close to the point where we will be heading to Primary Village?" He asks after a few seconds. "What do you think? With these number do you think we'll be able to defeat it?" He inquires.
"Don't know, although it likely would help if we have a few more megas fighting it. We likely have a better chance at defeating it if we manage to overwhelm it in the first few minutes of battle." Dorumon answers frankly.
"Which begs the question about how many other Digimon partners can achieve mega or even ultimate level." He replies with a soft sigh. He's glad that they're standing a bit away from the group since it means that Dorumon and himself can have some privacy. He's sure that some of the other Digimon can hear what they're saying but it's unlikely that they'll be interested enough to focus in on their conversation, not when a more important one is going on concerning what they will be up against in the coming battle with this non-Digimon entity.
"Any idea how to become an ultimate?" He asks after a few minutes as one of the international Digidestine speaks. "Cause I think we'll need that extra fire power and I doubt any of them will stand for me joining the frontline."
"Am I even ready to achieve that level?" The purple rookie counters and he counters that by responding, "Were you even ready to achieve champion when you did?"
"Point." Dorumon admits after a few seconds. "Hige."
He just rolls his eyes and a soft snort. He crosses his arms but resists the urge to tap his foot or to begin pacing. He just wants to get going and couldn't see why they can't talk as they walk. Oddly enough, this kind of reminds him of him attending the ninja academy, particularly when they were about to start practical part of the course like taijutsu or kunai throwing.
'I wonder if this means we'll be splitting up?' He wonders and within a few minutes, he finds that yes, they will be splitting up. He hears Kari call and wave them over.
By the time he joins Kari's group, the other three groups are heading off, two heading to the right and the third going to the left. Those who weren't Japanese study him curiously and he just smiles while giving them a small wave. Most return the smile with a smile of their own with a wave.
With that, they head off slightly left but mostly straight direction. He does glance at the other Digimon partners that belong to those not of Japan. He tries to guess which Digimon belongs to which Digidestine.
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Kari Kamiya
As they arrive at one of the deforested sites, they stopped. She turns to address the group in English, "Alright, those who can Digivolve, do so. From this point on, we'll likely find ourselves under attack by the enemy."
With a nod from the majority of the group, they spread out. She does manage to see Dorumon nudge Naruto and gets the blond to move. She did wonder if it were a trick of her mind that she thought she saw Naruto look kind of confused about something. Pushing it out of her mind, she regards Gatomon.
"Ready?" She asks the white cat Digimon and Gatomon replies, "As ready as I'll ever be."
Touching her Digivice, Gatomon begins to glow. Within seconds, Angewomon is standing before her. Her partner suddenly touches her metal helmet and she wonders what's wrong. "Are you ok?" She asks.
"I remember... I got my memories back!" Angewomon tells her and she smiles, surprise and relieved that her partner of many years has regained those moments they've shared through the years.
"I wonder if Palmon will regain her own by becoming Lillymon..." Angewomon muses out loud and she hums thoughtfully before they shake a hug. Once they let each other go, she turns to glance around to see who else has finished Digivolving.
She gives Naruto's partner, Dorugamon, a glance before moving onto looking at the rest of the Digimon. Majority of them are now ultimate level Digimon with only three others achieving mega. The three megas are Cannondramon, Darkdramon, and, finally, Joe's partner becoming a Plesiomon.
She hears a whistle and glances to find Naruto and Dorugamon glancing at Plesiomon. "I would have thought Gatomon would have achieved mega, but it's good to see some of the others did so." The blond teenager muses.
"I guess you don't know how to get to ultimate level, huh?" Angewomon comments before some of the others slowly come join Naruto and Dorugamon in standing by her.
"With Cyberdramon around, why would we need to advance pass champion?" Naruto asks and it takes her a few seconds to realize that Naruto's talking about the latest Digimon to partner with Ryo. "Besides, with my deck, we have a wider array of attacks then Dorugamon's natural ones."
She nods as she recalls how Dorugamon managed to engulf that one in ice when they encountered it. 'Still, I wonder what kind of Digimon Dorugamon will become when he does finally achieve ultimate level.' She muses as her gaze lingers upon Dorugamon for a few more seconds before glancing up at the sky, looking for any signs of that dragon entity.
As of yet, nothing seems to appear overhead and after a few minutes, takes out her D-Terminal and messages the leaders of the other three teams. The message was short and to the point, it read Ready here, Kari.
As they wait for the other teams to get into position, members of her unit began to engage in chit chat. Most of the Digimon ring the group of humans, warily glancing around, likely expecting that dragon entity to appear to attack them. Chit chat among her team is short and often to the point as they feel the tension coming from their Digimon partners.
Finally, after about twenty minutes, two of the three other teams send messages about being ready. Close to another twenty minute and a deafening roar thunders. She feels as if every hair upon her body is standing on end as some kind of beam attack suddenly comes their way before dispersing.
Those Digimon who can fly are already rising up into the air. The two flying megas begin to lead the rest in the direction of where the beam originated from. She watches her partner as Angewomon follows after.
She couldn't help but hope that her partner will come out of this alive, without needing to be reborn.
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Dorugamon
He watches as the other fliers head off towards the source of the attack. He hovers a few feet in the air before glancing over to Naruto. He drops down and bends down before asking, "You coming or what? You kind of need to see what's what in order to judge which cards to use, right?"
"Or I could try using that viewing screen to see what danger you get yourself into." The blond Tamer points out and he blinks a bit at his partner. "But if you feel more secure about having me on your back, who am I to say where I'm needed?"
He snorts softly but he still feels better having his partner and friend within a certain distance physically even though said partner and friend is more then capable to defending himself then any other human among the chosen, with the possible exception of those who transform into Digimon. He looks away from Naruto and towards the rather huge crowd of flying Digimon. It wasn't long before he feels somebody taking fistfuls of his mane and getting upon his back.
A part of his back tingles oddly and as best as he can look, finds Naruto sitting straight up while adjusting a single set of black goggles, he recognized them as a recent purchase of Naruto's. "I would have thought you'd stick to those sunglasses." He found himself musing as he prepares to leap into the air.
"They do much to protect my eyes. The wind would be able to lift them off my face." Naruto explains as the young teen leans forward, preparing for him to take to the air.
'Huh, guess he's got a point.' He decides as he finally leaps into the air. It doesn't take long for him to adjust to Naruto's weight upon his back before flying after the group of fliers.
He is dimly aware of Kari calling after for them to land so Naruto can get off, he doesn't see any need to do so and continues onward with the blond ninja trained Tamer upon his back. 'It's not as though Naruto's easy to kill and we might need him to help deal with this entity. I highly doubt that this thing will fair very well against Hige's jutsus.' He mentally argues with himself as he feels kind of guilty about not obeying Kari's command.
Surprisingly enough, it doesn't take them long to encounter said danger as the serpentine entity suddenly comes diving down with WarGreymon in its mouth and a bunch of Digimon from the other units trailing after it, firing off range attacks or trying to get in close for physical ones. The crowd of Digimon he had been trying to catch up with part out of the non-Digimon's path while he enters into a drive to try and get close to the entity.
He feels Naruto's body flatting upon his neck as his partner tries to help him speed up by trying not to cause any more drag as he could by remaining upright. He tries to fly parallel of the entity when he gets within a mile of it, not wanting to get too close to the body since he's not sure when the body will twist and turn in the air following when the entity changes direction in the sky. He kind of remembers how agility this being is from their previous encounter.
"I think he's about to..." Naruto states only to be cut off when the entity not only pulls up from its dive but suddenly snakes towards Darkdramon. WarGreymon is falling through the air upon the entity deciding its done chewing upon Tai's partner. He doesn't have time to spare a look of where the damaged mega will land and just hopes that there won't be any Digimon upon the spot.
"Try to get in front of it, Dorugamon! We should try and attack its eyes!" Naruto shouts almost directly in his ears.
He just grunts but as he watches various attack either get absorbed by the hide or bounced off, he could see why that part might be more susceptible spot to truly injury this entity. 'Not going to be the easiest thing to do, though. It seems pretty content to move from one target to a new one.' He thinks as he watches as the serpentine dragon entity is attack its fifth target since dropping WarGreymon.
The enemy clearly finds it rather easy to get rid of the ultimate level Digimon and he finds himself less then eager to attract the thing's attention seeing as he's only a champion. He doesn't let his fear control him as he struggles to reach the head of the entity, which is very difficult as the entity continues to switch targets rather quickly, those that do manage to keep the enemy's attention are those fleeing about the sky, not even firing off attacks. He finds it easier just to dig his talons into the thick hide and allowing himself to be whipped about as the entity is snaking about in the air.
"Ok, I'm going to run along its length to the head. Just nod yes if you understand what I'm about to do." Naruto says as the crowd of flying Digimon seem to wheedle down to about less then thirty but more then fifteen. He couldn't help but nod, more then happy to get away from the entity's main body and knows that Naruto should be able to distract the entity long enough for somebody to come up with a plan.
He moves to fly parallel, his left wing tip brushing against the entity's body. He feels Naruto move upon his back and then as the entity begins to dive once more, his Tamer leaps off him and he watches in stomach turning worry as the blond falls through the air and sighs as the entity's body sudden pulls up. Naruto lands upon the entity's back and he pulls away as quickly as he can.
"What's your partner doing?" Angewomon demands and he glances at the obviously female Digimon. Though the ultimate holy Digimon doesn't have any visible eyes, he is pretty sure that she's sporting angry eyes, likely narrowed and shooting daggers at him.
"He's got a plan, just give him some time to get to the head." He says defensively. "I know how that might sound, but he's got a way to get there, all we need to do is keep from falling under attack or swatted out of the sky." He adds.
They part as the entity's tail comes whipping in their direction. He can't see where Naruto is upon the enemy's body but he's confident that the blond is heading for the head. He begins to dodge the fire coming from the ground, it seems that the Digimon upon the ground have finally been organized.
He could only guess how hard it fight such a mobile enemy from the ground. The air battle likely has been fought over most of Primary Village and its surrounding fields. He tries to track the enemy while at the same time avoiding the incoming fire from the ground.
He feels more then hears the entity flying over head. The trail wind pushes him out of the way of a foot when he manages to look upwards. He does worry that Naruto might get hit by the various range attacks but there wasn't anything that he could do since he's just not able to match the serpentine dragon like entity's speed.
'Please let him be alright.'
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Naruto Uzumaki
He uses chakra to keep his grip upon the entity's back. He doesn't feel comfortable standing up and so is climbing towards the head like one would climb a cliff. Although unlike them, he doesn't need to find foot holds, just make sure that his chakra is flowing steadily out of the appropriate limbs that come into contact with the surface of his foe.
A weightlessness happens when diving and the feel of gravity gets reapplied when they stop. He's more then privately glad for his purchase of black goggles since if he had worn his usual eyewear, he'd have lost them fairly early of his attachment to the enemy. Not that he allows himself to pause in his efforts of crawling to the head, the only effect all this sudden alteration in the entity's flight pattern just causes him to become dizzy and cause him to suddenly be very glad that he hadn't eaten heavily at breakfast or else he'd likely vomit it up by now.
"How are you doing that?" He hears somebody shout at him and he refuses to glance away from the body under him for fear of some bodily function doing something that will cause unpleasantness for him.
"Traveling to the head!" He answers as loud as he can. Then the body suddenly does a sharp left and he grinds his teeth. He's fairly certain that the Digimon that had been behind him isn't there at this point in time.
'I'm so going to need something for all of these aches... I swear that I'll never look at a roller coaster the same way ever again.' He thinks as he continues to crawl, finally coming towards a shoulder if he's any judge of anatomy.
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