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The Hybrid Tamer
-Chapter Seven-
-Last Time-
'They had better not have done what I think they have done! That boy is WAY too young to even be considering having sex yet, especially in MY house.' She thought as she looked at the duo in their compromising position, her anger causing her to have tunnel vision and miss the slight scorch marks along the walls, ceiling, and floor. Marching over until she was towering over their sleeping forms, she felt her temper rise as she looked down at them.
Renamon was partially curled up in a fetal position, her head pressed against Naruto's chest and her puffed out tail curled around his leg. Naruto meanwhile had his chin resting against the foxy digimon's head, his arms were wrapped around her torso and his leg was...
'Wait, armS!?' Seiko thought as her eyes locked onto Naruto's right shoulder, her gaze widening in shock as instead of a useless stump there was now a fully functional arm. A fur covered and clawed arm with a small glowing screen thing on the back of the hand that looked just like the one she'd seen Rika messing around with.
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"…I am too old for this shit."
-And Now, Unknown Location, Twenty Minutes before-
Two men stood inside a large room in almost complete silence. The first was a tall blonde man, his eyes hidden by a pair of shades and a neutral frown on his lips as he idly flicked a lighter open and shut. The other was a slightly shorter, slightly balding, military looking man that looked like he was constipated. They were both focused on two women who were sat in bulky metal chairs raised into the air by long metal arms that would move around in a seemingly random pattern to different section of a large domed screen that surrounded them while they typed away.
The most interesting part of said screen was the multitudes of pictures of a certain whiskered blonde. Some looked like regular photos but the majority were thermal images, X-rays, and an unknown kind that simply showed a 3D outline of his body that was mostly blue with various degrees of red spreading through them. Each of these photos were surrounded with dozens of holographic pages that were covered with various forms of code, stats, or what looked to be utter nonsense.
Finally, after several minutes, the women seem to finish and the chairs lowered back to the ground and pulled off the visors that were over their eyes. "God these things are so uncomfortable. Would it really be that hard to add some cushioning to them at least Mitsuo? And who's the new guy?" The left one, a tall woman with reddish brown hair asked as she stretched, causing her back and shoulders to crack loudly as the bones realigned themselves while the other woman, a short meek looking woman with dirty blonde hair, nodded slowly on agreement.
"I'll put it under deliberation Riley, however right now we other things to worry about." The now named Mitsuo said dully while gesturing to the man beside him. "Riley, Tally, this is the head of directors, Ramirez Darelite, he has… requested a full in-person briefing on Hypnos's current investigation." He said with gritted teeth. He disliked when the higher ups interfered with his work. They barely understand anything that he was doing, and yet kept insisting on making decisions that would supposedly benefit his project without his consent.
Not like he had a choice but to comply anyway, one little disagreement from him and *Poof* there goes his funding.
"Uh, okay, but what can we tell you that our bi-weekly reports haven't?" Riley asked with a raised eyebrow. She personally made sure that every single detail they had was crammed into those buggers so she and Tally wouldn't have to deal with these kinds of things. 'Plus it's our fricking break time, couldn't this have waited.' She mentally grumbled.
Clearing his throat loudly, Mr. Darelight made a show of walking around the duo and stopping in front of a picture of Naruto, this one being from his spar with Renamon as it showed them in an armlock as their foreheads pressed against each-other. "I'd just like to hear it straight from the source rather than from a piece of paper, so much easier to tell if it's… completely accurate." Both women tensed at that, easily catching the hidden meaning to his words.
'I want to know if you're hiding something from me.'
"Of course," Riley said as calmly as she could. "Where would you like us to start?"
"What exactly is Anomaly?" The director asked while gesturing to the photo. "Discounting his missing arm, he appears to be just like any other child. And yet, he is clearly capable of going toe to toe against these Wild Ones as you call them, something not even the best train military men can do." A somber air filled the room for a few seconds as memories of those first few confrontations with recently bio-emerged digimon flashed through their minds. So many lives lost.
Just as quickly though, that ambience was shattered when Riley spoke. "We're not entirely sure, when Subject Anomaly first appeared, we had at first assumed that he was just a child." She explained while walking back to her chair and typing in a few commands. Several more photos appeared on the part of the screen Darelight was next too, showing Naruto through the windows of the Nonaka residence talking with Seiko, Rumiko, Rika, or Renamon while hanging around the house.
"However, not only could we not find a single record pertaining to his identity no matter how hard we looked, we picked up small amounts of digital energy emanating from his body while we were doing a data scan of the house to locate the Wild One." Tally said meekly, hiding behind Riley slightly as she pushed a button on her own consol. This caused the images to turn into the empty blue versions like before, however unlike the previous versions these ones only had a very small amount of red, mostly focused around the arm stub and his stomach.
"Sound pretty cut and dry to me, a Wild One in disguise."
"We thought so at first as well, then we found this…" A picture of bloody and sliced up bandages appeared on screen long with the sheet of a DNA exam, "…inside their trash on the second day of observation." Riley said as she had a section of the test results highlighted.
"Male, 13 years old, blonde hair, blue eyes, and most definitely human. It's an exact match right down to the whisker marks on his cheeks." Tally finished, peeking out from her human shield as she spoke. "We triple checked just to be sure."
"And yet he has the signature of a Wild One?" The old man asked in a disbelieving tone. "Clearly that means that either your equipment is faulty or the blood was fake."
"Again, triple checked sir," Riley said, her dislike of this man growing rapidly at the way he talked down on them. His tone of voice making it sound like he could do so much better than them without even trying. "The bloods genuine and our tech is just fine."
"Then feel free to explain how this is possible Ms. Ohtori, go right ahead."
Her teeth gritting together hard enough to audible groan under the pressure, Riley typed again and more blue/red images appeared in an orderly line. "Each of these were taken every day after the discovery of Anomaly in this exact order. Notice something odd?" She asked sarcastically.
Either ignoring or missing said sarcasm, Mr. Darelight looked over each picture carefully. "It's spreading."
"Like a beneficial cancer," Tally mumbled, "The data is spreading, blending, and combining with the human DNA and forming something much more complex, a harmonious and more effective mixture between the two."
"It's seemingly making him stronger, faster, more durable, and god only knows what else as it develops." Riley said as she played the full clip of Naruto and Renamon's spar. The man nodded his head slowly, not even flinching as he saw the boy take a devastating blow to the sternum only to shrug it off and return the favor with a spinning double kick to Renamon's back that set her right back to the hard earth.
"Why hasn't he been detained then? Not only is he clearly dangerous, but a more 'thorough' study of his body could prove invaluable towards improved countermeasures." He suggested, not seeing the utter disgusted looks on Riley and Tally's faces or the ever-so-slight amount of distaste on Mitsuo since he was facing the screen.
"We-" *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* Riley was never more thankful then that moment when the alarms went off and she and Tally were given the perfect excuse to stop talking to that man. Quickly hopping into their seats and putting on their eye covers, they were raised high into the air again as the images from before were replaced with a complex looking map that covered every inch of the domed screen.
"Massive digital signature detected. Tracking." Tally said as she and Riley were rapidly moved to various sections of the map.
"Well, seeing as you're busy, I'll come back to finish this debriefing later." Mr. Ramirez said as he walked towards the elevator. Pushing the call button, he only had to wait a few seconds before it dinged and the doors opened. "And make no mistake, we will be finishing this." He said just before the doors closed.
"…That guy was a dick." Riley said bluntly, getting nods of agreement from both her co-workers even though she clearly couldn't see them. *Beep* "Trace complete… wait a second, that can't be right. The signal's coming from this side!" Just as she spoke a pulse of light washed over them and the everything electronic shut down.
"…"
"…"
"I want to know exactly what caused that the instant everything is back online." Mitsuo said angrily before marching out of the room himself.
"…"
"He's coming back to get us down from here, right?"
-Nonaka Residence, the Next Morning-
Cerulean eyes slowly flickered open as a yawn escaped from their owner's mouth. When Naruto tried to sit up and get ready for his day though, he found he couldn't thanks to an unexpected weight on his chest holding him down. Blinking away the blurriness in his vision, the blonde's eyebrow arced in confusion when he was greeted with the softly snoring form of a certain foxy digimon dozing away on top of him.
'Uuuh, when did Renamon become a cuddler?' He wondered while trying to carefully get out from under the blonde fox, only to become trapped when Renamon's arms wrapped tightly around him subconsciously. "Crap-baskets," He groaned, dropping his head back on his pillow as he resigned himself to his fate.
"Trust me dear, that is the least of your worries right now." A familiar feminine voice said, making Naruto's head shoot back up in surprise. Looking towards the source, Naruto's face turned as pale as a ghost when he found himself under the gaze of one Seiko Hata standing in the doorway.
*Gulp* "…I swear, this is not what it looks like."
"Relax dear, I know nothing happened." 'At least I'm ninety percent sure they didn't do anything.' She thought while she pulled out a pair of ear plugs. "And as I said, that's the least of your worries young man. I'd recommend you take a look at your missing arm." Seiko suggested before stuffing the sound blockers into her ears. 'Like a band-aid… Like a band-aid…'
Blinking at the sudden change of topic and rather odd suggestion, Naruto none the less looked down at what he thought would be a small lump of useless bone and tissue.
"…"
"…"
"Haaaa..."
-Rika's Room-
The infamous 'digimon queen' was passed out cold as Ms. Nonaka gently set her onto her bed. The poor girl was completely exhausted from the very thorough interrogation from her mother last night. Rumiko had been absolutely relentless on trying to get some form of juicy and girly gossip from the red-head, to the point she hadn't even realized how late she had kept them both out until she'd seen the sun rising.
They'd only gotten back a few minutes ago, with Rika having fallen asleep on the way back. And now that her daughter was all nice and tucked in, Rumiko was looking forward to a nice long relaxing nap herself until…
"WHAT THE FUCK!" *Shatter*
"Darn it, I liked those windows!" The woman unintentionally yelled as she tried to stop the ringing in her ears before glancing at her daughter to make sure she was all right. "…How is she still asleep after that?!"
-Hypnos Computer Room-
Riley groaned tiredly as she fiddled around with the main breakers while Tally held a flashlight. Thankfully, Mitsuo came back to help the two of them get down after fetching a ladder, but then immediately assigned them to fix the power issue before they could go home.
This wasn't as simple as resetting the power grid though, as the data pulse had completely fried out all of the fuses and circuit breakers meaning every single one had to be replaced. Riley had never been happier for twenty-four-hour electronic stores, or that one just happened to be a ten minute drive away. She was also glad she was able to place the bill on work fees, cause those things weren't exactly cheap.
"And… done!" She declared as she finally clicked the last new fuse into place and hit the main switch. A large smirk crossed her lips as the lights switched on and everything started booting up. "Now then, let's just quickly-"
"WHAT THE FUCK!" *Crackle*
Both women froze as a deafening yell echoed through the large chamber, followed by the haunting sound of breaking glass. Slowly looking up, they were greeted with the sight of several large cracks rapidly spreading across the domed screen they used.
Looking towards each-other, Riley and Tally nodded in unison before speed walking towards the now working elevator. "If anyone asks, we blame the creepy janitor that's always leering and pinching our asses, agreed." Riley said as the doors started closing.
*SHATTER*
"…Agreed."
-Nonaka Residence, Kitchen-
Naruto sat at the table with a stunned expression as he stared at his new limb, his face having a few scratches curtesy of Renamon who was sitting next to him trying to act casually but you could see the questions in her gaze. Said arm was currently being held by Rumiko who was going completely gaga over it, while also giving it a full manicure and grooming for some unknown reason.
Meanwhile, Seiko was in the background sweeping up the broken glass that littered the floor. "Thank goodness that most of our windows are paper instead of glass, otherwise this would have been an absolute nightmare." She said, shivering at the thought as she swept the dangerous shards into the dustpan and promptly dumped them into the trashcan.
"I said I was sorry about that," Naruto said, snapping out of his trance to give the elderly woman a sheepish look as he scratched the back of his head with his free hand.
"It's fine Naruto, I'm pretty sure anyone would have reacted similarly in your situation." Seiko waved his apology with a smile as she put the cleaning supplies away. She then went to the fridge and dug around for a few moments before pulling out a few yogurts cups. "In fact, you're taking it pretty well given the circumstances." She added while passing out the healthy desserts and a couple of spoons.
"Yeah well, as absolutely shocking and crazy this," He pulled his new hand away from Rumiko briefly for emphasis, "is, I've seen and had to deal with things a whole lot crazier." Naruto admitted.
"Oh really, like what?" Rumiko asked curiously taking back the arm going back to filing one of his now claw-like nails to a perfect curved point after which she applied a layer of nail hardener. Seiko and Renamon perked slightly at this, both interested on hearing more specific details on the mysterious blonde.
"Uh, let's see, there was the time I was eaten by a giant snake in the Forest of Death," As soon as the words left his mouth, everyone else in the room froze. "There was this freaky guy who could use his bones as weapons including his spine, and can't the time my sensei threw me off down a chasm full of razor sharp rocks. One of my old classmates Hinata can see through almost anything including the back of her head, Ino can shoot her mind into your body and possess you, Shino literally has bugs living inside his body, and Kiba was basically half dog. One of my best friends can turn into a giant sand monster and used to be an insane murderer until I literally punched some sense into him." Naruto listed off as he counted with his fingers.
"And then there wa- ouch!" The blonde yelped in pain when Rumiko, who had still been absentmindedly filing away at his pinkie nail, accidently ground it down to far and struck the sensitive tissue underneath.
The sudden cry snapped his three companions out of their daze, with Seiko and Rumiko trying to quickly play it off as nothing. On the other hand, the only visible difference with Renamon was her tail started casually swaying behind her again as she ate her yogurt.
"Sorry about that, just got a little… distracted is all." Rumiko said with a weak smile as she added a few drops of a numbing gel she had for broken nails before letting the limb go again.
"No worries, accidents happen," Naruto said with a shrug, examining the model's handiwork with a nod of approval as he stood up. "Anyway, I better send a message to Tsunade-Baachan and tell her about this. Hopefully she doesn't freak out too much." He thought aloud while heading for his and Renamon's room only to pause halfway. "By the way, do any of you have a camera I can borrow?"
-Konoha, Hokage Building-
A busty blonde woman with a very irritated expression could be seen sitting behind a large desk that was laden with several stacks of paperwork, a pen in one hand and a really, REALLY large Sake bottle in the other. Beside her, another woman with short black hair stood with an equally annoyed expression on her face. Every few seconds or so the blonde would hand her a sheet of paper that the ravenette would promptly rip into quarters then drop into a small garbage can full of fire.
These were Tsunade, Hokage of Konoha, and Shizune, her apprentice respectfully.
They continued this monotonous procedure for nearly fifteen more minutes before both suddenly collapsed with a groan. "Dear Kami, no wonder the damn Uchiha brat tried to run away," Tsunade grumbled, taking a long draught from her bottle before lazily picking up a random sheet with a blank expression.
[Petition for the Immediate Ending of the Unjustified Incarceration of Sasuke Uchiha]
[Presented by Ami Tori, President of the Uchiha Fan-club]
"These fucking fangirls are relentless. What is this, the millionth petition they've sent this week?" She asked, not even bothering to read past that part as she crumpled the paper up and threw it into the fire.
"Four thousand, nine hundred and ninety-eight to be exact." Shizune said, skimming through an entire stack of the sheets with a blank face before sending them to join their kin. "Make that five thousand and forty-six."
"Did you make sure to put every one of their names on the list?" The blonde asked tiredly.
"And had it sent to Anko directly with an A Rank mission status." Shizune told her without missing a beat. "She should be completed with her objective by Tuesday if all goes well."
"Good, at least that will be one less massive headache to deal with-" *Poof* "-speaking of which." Tsunade finished as a puff of smoke erupted from her desk. With a simple wave of her hand, said smoke was cleared enough for her to see Gamakichi now sat before her with a deadpan on his face and a photo in his hand.
"I'm not going to bother with a full explanation, this is from Naruto, later." He said, dropping the picture on her desk before dispelling back to the summon realm. Picking up said photo, Tsunade and Shizune took one look at it before acquiring deadpans of their own.
"…"
"…"
Without speaking a word, Tsunade passed her Sake bottle over to Shizune, who immediately started drinking heavily from it, and started bashing her head into the desk repeatedly. The cause of all this, a picture showing Naruto with a sheepish grin on his face as he showed off his new arm for the camera along with five words written at the bottom.
'Things just got more complicated'
-End Chapter-
AN: And the results of the poll are in. In the contest between single or double pairing, double wins by a landslide of 51-9. As for the actually pairing, Renamon naturally gets first place with 49 votes. However, in a surprising twist, Rika and Jeri have tied for second with 47 votes a piece. So, to break this tie, please leave a review stating whom of these two you would like to be it. Thank you for reading and please review.