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The Hybrid Tamer

-Chapter 9-

-Last Time-

Just as the teacher realized she'd been punked with one of the oldest tricks in the book, she found herself jumping in surprise as a sudden burst of smoke enveloped her. Coughing, she waved her hand to clear it and, as she expected, the boy was no longer around.

"Smoke bombs? Really? Great, now I have to deal with a ninja wannabe." Nami groaned, walking off to go and enjoy her… day off. If she had looked down, the brunette would have noticed a small blonde fox with blue eyes with a bandaged side looking up at her with mischievous glint in its eye as it followed her.

'Wannabe ninja am I?'

-And Now, Yodobashi Elementary School-

Nami sighed tiredly as she walked down the dull hallway leading to her classroom. As much as she wanted to just skip the rest of the day she did have a job to do. That and her excuse of having car trouble would only last for so long, especially since she walked to work.

Steeling herself up for dealing with a bunch of noisy, ungrateful, inattentive kids, she opened the door and marched in, never noticing a small blonde blur shoot between her legs, shoot between the many desk, and dart under her desk. Glancing across the room, her eyebrow rose slightly at seeing the empty seats before glancing upwards to the clock on the wall and facepalmed.

'Duh, recess is still on another five minutes.' She thought while walking towards the front of the classroom and flopping into her seat. Sorting through the notes left on her desk from the sub, a groan escaped her lips when all she found were numerous love letters from her associate Mori.

'Jesus, when will that thickheaded fool ever understand that I'm not interested in him. I must have turned him down almost a thousand times at this point.' She mentally grumbled while tossing the notes into the trashcan. After a bit more searching, she finally found an actual account of what the class had been doing so far for the day and began reading it over carefully.

While she was distracted though, a certain mischievous fox peeked out of the desk and silently snuck over to where she had set her purse down. Carefully poking his snout inside, Naruto fished around the bag for several moments before pulling out Nami's wallet and slinking back to his hiding spot. A few seconds later, an almost unnoticeable puff of smoke emitted from under the desk and Naruto reemerged, now with an orange collar around his neck with tags and a small makeshift bag on his unhurt side.

Dropping the wallet back where it belonged, Naruto quietly moved from desk to desk fiddling around with the chairs for a few moments before moving on. By the time he was done, the bell had rung, and students were starting to slowly trickle in. On the way back to his hiding spot however, Naruto was intercepted and scooped up by a girl with light brown hair and an odd dog-like puppet on her arm.

"Well hello there, who might you be?" She asked with an adorable look of curiosity as she held Naruto up to eye level. Since he couldn't respond verbally for obvious reasons, Naruto simply barked in a cheerful way before licking the girl's face, making her giggle. "Hehehe, friendly little guy aren't you?" She said while petting his head.

"Jeri," Nami called out, startling the girl, "Would you please take your seat so we may begin class, starting with you explaining why you have broken the rules and brought a pet to class." She said sternly while some of the other students snickered at the girl's misfortune.

"But Ms. Asaji, he isn't mine, I just found him when I walked in."

"Then find that furball's owner and return him to where he belongs." Nami said sternly, making Jeri pause for a moment before turning back to Naruto who intentionally wiggled his head in a way that drew attention to the collar around his neck, specifically the tag attached to the front. It worked as the odd girl adjusted her grip to a one-handed hold and grasped the small piece of metal.

Reading it over, her eyes widened for a moment before narrowing as she pouted cutely. Walking up to the teacher's desk, she plopped the disguised boy on top of it. "Here you go, back where he belongs." She said in a cheerful tone as Naruto scrambled over to the very confused teacher in 'Joy' and started licking her face.

'Bleugh, stupid make-up.' Naruto thought with a hidden grimace, silently thankful when Nami finally regained her wits enough to pull him away and hold him at arm's length.

"What is the meaning of this Jeri?" She asked with both anger and confusion.

Never dropping her cheerful smile, Jeri pointed to the tags still hanging from Naruto's collar. "Well Ms. Asaji, you said return him to his owner and according to those that would be you."

"What?! That's preposterous!" The woman exclaimed while snapping her gaze to Naruto and reading the tags for herself, her eyes widening with each passing word.

Fluffy Asaji

If lost please contact or return to Nami Asaji

321-123-4321

324 E. Malarkey Street

"Wha… but that… I've never seen this fox in my life." The woman stuttered out, her grip on the foxified blonde loosening do to her shock allowing Naruto to wiggle free. Instead of running off though, he decided to keep selling the act by scampering onto the woman's lap and settling down like he was going to take a nap.

This in turn left poor Nami in quite the predicament. She would've demanded which of her students had made the fake tags, but with how friendly and attentive the 'fox' was being with her it appeared as if it had known her for a long time she would likely just look like a fool. 'Wait a second, extremely affection towards me… idiot… god damn it Mori.' She mentally grumbled, figuring this was his doing as an attempt to impress her.

Sighing heavily, Nami scooped Naruto up into her arms as she stood up. "Jeri, please take your seat, I'll deal with-" *Click* The teacher paused midsentence as she heard a soft clicking noise come from her seat the moment her rear end left its cushioned surface.

Before she even finished registering the odd sound, chaos erupted everywhere as every student seat in the room suddenly blasted out glops of various colored neon paint or large clouds of colored smoke. It several minutes to settle but when it did, Nami and Jeri were greeted with the sight of the newly painted classroom. Many of the students had comical looks of shock on their faces, others had gotten up and were currently trying to get the colorful substances off of themselves, and the rest were trying to join them only to discover that their seats wanted to go with them.

And it was thanks to this timely and very large distraction that nobody noticed as the disguised blonde escape from Nami's grip, replace himself with a clone, place a piece of folded paper on her desk, and discreetly slink out of the room.

It wouldn't be several more minutes until the teaching hating teacher finally noticed the note and upon reading its contents would come the closest to having an aneurysm she'd ever been.

The first curtesy of Naruto Uzumaki, the not-so-wannabe ninja

(Insert picture of chibi Naruto doing a peace sign)

Exiting the school, Fox-Naruto ran into the nearest alleyway and one puff of smoke later reemerged as his normal self with a large cheeky smirk plastered across his face. "Still got it." He said happily to himself before walking off in a random direction, no real destination in mind now that he had reaffirmed his ninja-tude.

Eventually though, after an hour or so of mindless wandering, the whiskered blonde grew bored and hungry. Using some pocket money that Rika's grandmother had given him and another quick application of a henge to make himself look like Iruka, he purchased some snacks from a convenience store before stopping at an old half flooded drainage canal to eat.

He watched several koi fish that had probably been illegally dumped there with mild intrigue as he munched on a small powdered donut. "Are you going to just stand back there all day or are you going to join me?" He asked unexpectedly, not even flinching as Renamon seemingly fazed into existence beside him.

"How did you know I was here?" The foxy digimon asked, taking one of the sweet treats when he held the bag up for her.

"You're a six-foot tall bright neon yellow fox with a vibrant snow-white chest and light purple arm sleeve things trying to hide in a shadow. How could I not have notice you were around?" Naruto asked back with a raised eyebrow, causing Renamon to pause.

"That… is actually a valid point." She admitted reluctantly, her natural colors weren't exactly all that incognito when she thought about it. Deciding to change the subject, she sat down next to him and stated. "I figured you'd be bit angrier at me for earlier."

"Oh trust me, I'm still pissed as all hell," Naruto stated bluntly, earning himself a confused look from the from the fox digimon before he continued. "But, after thinking it over for a bit, I guess I also understand why you acted like you did somewhat."

"And how exactly would that be?" Renamon asked with genuine curiosity.

"When I saw your memories, all I saw was fighting, fighting, and even more fighting. Nothing else." He said while picking up a small stone form the ground and skipping it across the water. "You were just following your instincts, doing what you've always done."

Silence filled the area after that as the duo continued to munch on the sweet pastries. Naruto was simply enjoying his snack while imagining the various pranks he could continue to pull as a way to alleviate his boredom, while Renamon was in deep thought as his words brought to mind a few things she had been thinking about.

"Can you tell me more about your teammate, the one who tried to kill you?"

Naruto choked on the donut he had he'd just bitten, coughing for several moments before he managed to dislodge the piece of powdered bread from his trachea. *Cough cough* "…has anyone ever told you that you're a very straightforward person?" He asked rhetorically between heavy breaths. Renamon simply shrugged the comment off and waited patiently as Naruto regained his breath. "Why do you even want to know about Sasuke anyway?"

'Well that answers one question,' The fox digimon thought with satisfaction, though her face gave nothing away. "You mentioned him before and said that me and Rika were a lot alike to him, it made me curious."

Looking her over suspiciously, Naruto considered what she said for a moment before nodding slowly in agreement. "I guess that makes sense." He sighed slightly while looking to the water again. "Sasuke is… he's a Teme to put plainly. He was always brooding, acting all dark and cold towards everyone while obsessing over getting stronger."

"Me and him practically hated each-other, with me unable to stand his constant 'holier-than-thou' attitude and him believing that I nothing more than a distraction and dead weight." Naruto paused to take a drink. "However, after a few missions, several fights, and more than one life or death situation, we developed a camaraderie between us. Sure, we still insulted each-other and argued a lot, but over time it became less angry and more of us just kidding around in our own way."

Naruto stopped again, his expression somber as memories of Kakashi's test, the Wave mission, and finally the Chunin exams played in his mind. "Unfortunately, all that meant nothing to him in the end when a certain snake offered him a chance for more power. He betrayed our home, ran off to join up with one of the worst criminals ever recorded, and then tried to kill me when I stopped him. You saw the end results." He emphasized his point by lifting his altered arm for her to see.

"Uh-huh, and how exactly do me and my tamer remind you of him?" Renamon asked.

Naruto glanced at her, a sharp look in his eyes as they locked with hers. "You both have the same thirst for power." He said before turning away. "Be honest with me, if a much more powerful digimon showed up and was willing to be Rika's partner, do you really think she would hesitate to abandon you? Or that you wouldn't do the same if the positions were reversed?"

"…"

"I thought as much." Naruto stated blandly as he stood up and dusted himself off. "If we're done with our little chat, I'll be-" *Beep beep beep* "…on my way." He finished with a groan as the digivice in his hand started going off and a shiver ran up both blondes' spines.

"Bio-emergence." They said at the same time as an incredible thick cloud of fog burst into existence around them, making it almost impossible for either of them to see further than five feet.

"Back-to-back?" Naruto asked, getting a nod of affirmation from Renamon before they faced opposite directions with their backs pressed together. At first, nothing seemed to happen as not even a sound could be heard. But after a few seconds, a soft clicking noise started echoing out all around them.

"Well well, what do we have here? To little morsels all bundled up for me to devour? Ah, it must be my birthday." A deep, crackling voice said as a large shadow flitted in and out of sight.

"Sorry to say, but we aren't on the menu today." Renamon cracked back as she tried to track their opponent using their voice, not noticing as a long, curved, scythe-like blade slowly pierced through the mist on her left side.

"Look out!" Thankfully though, Naruto did and pulled the unaware fox out of the way just as the weapon buried itself in the ground she had just been standing on. Crashing into the shallow water of the canal, both recovered in time to see the mist get blown away by a sudden gust of air to reveal a two-story tall gigantic green mantis like digimon with two scythe or sickle-like blades for arms.

"It's a Snimon, be careful. These guys tend to be fast, powerful, and extremely hard shelled." Renamon muttered with mild alarm seeping into her voice. Even her diamond storm would be hard pressed to break through its chitinous protection, and that was the strongest move in her admittedly very limited arsenal.

"Know any weak spots?"

"Unfortunately no, this would be my first time facing one of these things. Move!" Renamon yelled as the large digimon charged at with a startling swiftness. She was forced to cartwheel out of the way of various slices while Naruto simply hopped back until he was out of range.

"Then let's make one! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The whiskered teen cried as dozens of clouds of smoke formed around him. When it all cleared, over a dozen copies of the blonde were revealed, wide grins on their faces as they charged Snimon with various battlecries. Meanwhile, the original stayed behind, his hand held out as another clone struck the air around it in various ways much to Renamon's confusion.

Said confusion quickly turned to mild awe as a blue ball of compressed spiraling energy slowly came into cohesion in Naruto's grasp. Its job done, the clone dispelled with a salute as Naruto held up the finished product. "Get ready, if this doesn't take it down right away, it should hopefully at least ring a few bells hard enough to keep the bug dazed long enough for you to find a way to squash it." He told her before joining the clone assault, Renamon right behind him.

"You think these measly constructs will be enough to stop me!?" Snimon howled as it effortlessly sliced through one clone after another as they got close. Unnoticed by the wild digimon though was that each destroyed copy poofing into a large cloud of smoke that steadily filled the area, creating a smokescreen that prevented Snimon from seeing the real threat till it was too late.

"Rasengan!" Naruto yelled as he fell from above, landing right on the mantis monster's head and ramming the sphere into the center of its red striped head.

"AAAGH!" Snimon screamed in agony as the deceptively powerful attack ground into its outer carapace like a drill, the chitin at the epicenter of the attack being quickly reduced to dust while spiderwebbing the rest surrounding it. Naruto was caught off guard though when the Rasengan suddenly collapsed down to the size of a marble in his hand before exploding outwards, launching him high into the air while smashing Snimon deep into the concrete.

"Okay, that was new," Naruto thought aloud as he soared through the air before he noticed a shadow covering him. Spinning in the air, his eye widened as he found himself in a crash course for an odd two spired building at high speed. "Oh, this is gonna hurt."

-Hypnos Building, Women's Bathing Area-

"Ahhhh, that hits the spot." Riley said as she sank into the newly installed artificial hot-spring with Tally. "Still can't believe it was cheaper to have this put in then to add cushions to those lousy holo-chairs."

"It's mostly cause of the delicate circuitry and wiring running through them… and I may have 'adjusted' the actual price slightly." The shy woman admitted, blushing slightly when Riley stared at her in surprise. Her embarrassment only grew when the ginger-brunette pulled her into a hug with a laugh.

"Would you look at that, little miss goodie-two-shoes pulling off a little fraud. Oh, I'm so proud." Riley said while dramatically pretending to wipe a tear from her eye. *Sniff* "Why do they grow up so fast?" She asked rhetorically while intentionally ignoring Tally's struggling and quiet complaints.

So focused on their little moment, neither of them noticed the blonde flying towards them until…

*Crash* *Shatter* *Thud* "EEEEK!" *Sploosh* Both women stood on end as they watched a stunned Naruto groggily stand up while spitting out a mouthful of water. Shaking his head a few times to clear the cobwebs, his eyes soon settled on the two nude women before him.

"…" Faster than Riley or Tally could blink, Naruto's face went from normal, to bright tomato red, and finally to pasty white as he slowly started to back up with his hands raised in a placating manner. "Hehe, I am so… soooooo sorry. This was a total accident, I swear." He said nervously, his eyes focused solely on their faces to avoid possibly angering them further before bolting out the whole he just made as fast as possible. "Please don't kill me!"

As luck would have it though, anger was the last thing on either of the women's mind. Poor Tally had passed out from sheer embarrassment the second he had vanished, but Riley, she had a look of contemplation on her face. 'His reaction was so… fearful, why would he be so scared of two civilian women with how strong he is? Ugh, great, even more questions to deal with.'

Reaching over to a pair of towels folded up nearby, the woman shook her friend back to consciousness before the both of them quickly covered themselves up and headed for the changing rooms. But not before taking one last look at the destroyed window and thinking the exact same thing.

'I am so not paying for that.'

-Back at the Canal-

"Enjoy your flight?" Renamon asked with a smirk when Naruto landed back at the fight zone.

"Ha ha, very funny," Naruto said back in a dry tone as he brushed off a few remaining bits of glass off his shoulder, his cheeks still a hint red from his little encounter. "Surprised you haven't uploaded that data yet, not up to your tastes or something?" He asked while gesturing to the floating red particles floating where Snimon used to be.

"No, this data is yours. You were the one to best Snimon after all, not me." She said back, catching Naruto by surprise.

"Uh, okay then. Thanks." He said somewhat awkwardly while walking up to the cloud of data. As soon a she got close, the little red lights instantly drew towards him and began seeping into his body, causing a moderate rush of energy run through his body as it did.

Just as he was finishing up however, a small cluster of the data broke off from the rest and soaked into the digivice in his hand instead. A few seconds later, the machine beeped twice and spat out a small sphere of light that quickly took the form of…

"A digimon card?"

-End Chapter-

AN: Yep, Naruto's digivice can make digimon cards by absorbing the data of actually digimon he defeats. Neat idea or what? Also, hope you all like the prank I had him pull on Nami and her class. I tried to be a bit emotional with this chapter, but again I'm still not very good with those yet so any advice would be nice. As for Renamon's stealth thing, I can let go with her sneaking past a bunch of civilians, but Naruto has shown that while kinda dumb is actually rather aware of his surroundings and tends to pck up on small details most would miss. Though seriously, how does a six foot tall neon yellow fox hide in a shadow? She would stick out more than a blimp in a parking lot. Finally, Naruto's reaction to seeing the Hypnos chicks. Given how every time something with even the remotest amount of possibility of being perverted usually ends with him getting pancaked with RFF (righteous feminine fury) its pretty likely he would become terrified of such a scenario ever happening. Thank you for reading and please review.