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The Hybrid Tamer

-Chapter 11-

-Last Time-

"It was almost midnight and I was tired from fighting that Lynxmon we went after." Renamon stated without looking up from her work. Rika opened her mouth to say something, most likely to tell off her partner, when a wrinkled hand suddenly reached out and grabbed her by the ear making her yelp in pain.

"What's this I hear about you being out way past your bedtime?" Seiko asked in an ominous tone as she stared down at her squirming granddaughter.

It was at that moment Rika knew…

…She F $ked up

-And Now-

"This is humiliating," Rika grumbled, eyes locked on the walls in front of her in annoyance as her nose scrunched up from the smell of the paint. After a long lecture about sneaking out of the house at night, Seiko grounded the redhead for the rest of the day and as an added 'bonus' had the girl stand in the corner in the dining room for time-out. She was almost thirteen for crying out loud!

"Well then, maybe you'll think twice before pulling that kind of stunt again." Seiko said from a chair directly behind the girl with a flyswatter in hand. "Besides, I'm pretty sure he has it worse than you right now." She muttered under her breath while glancing over her shoulder.

"C-could you please stop?" Naruto asked with a disgruntled expression as he slipped the orange sleeves back on. The cause of his discomfort was Rika's mother, who was currently grooming his new tail after finishing doing the same to his arms.

"Not till I'm done," Rumiko said in a surprisingly stern voice as she lightly dampened the section she was working on with a few sprays of a bottle of moisturizing hair stylizer before running a large brush through the thick fur. "One should always take proper care of themselves after all."

"But this feels really weIRD!" Naruto voice slightly hitched as she passed over a particularly sensitive spot, sending a strong tingling sensation up his spine.

"Your brain is just getting used to the unknown readings of the new nerves connected to it. You'll get used to it." Renamon said from the other side of the table casually drinking a cup of tea with a mildly bored expression. "…Eventually."

"If you say so," Naruto grumbled, trying and failing to repress a shiver as Rumiko hit the same spot again. "And how did you even know that anyway?"

Giving the boy a dull look, the anthro fox pointed towards herself and said in a completely blank voice. "Have you forgotten what I am exactly? Digimon go through what your experiencing every time we digivolve to a higher stage the first time."

"Oh, right," Naruto had the decency to look sheepish at her words, if only for a moment before turning to relief as Rumiko finished with his tail and let the fluffy and now glimmering appendage go. Sadly though, it was short lived as while he was getting up, the model grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him back, causing him to flop down in front of her with his head settled between her thighs.

"Where do you think you're going? We're not done yet." She said with her brush held up while running a finger over one of Naruto's fox ears, making him freeze up.

Seeing what the woman was doing, Renamon tensed up slightly for a few seconds before clearing her throat intentionally loudly. "I would advise you not to do that Rumiko-san, those are most likely as sensitive as mine and he will need some time to adjust first."

"Oh relax dear, I doubt it will be that bad." Rumiko said while continuing to mess around with the blonde's scalp. "Besides, I'll be done in a mo- *Purrrrr* …ment." She finished with a slacked jaw as Naruto went slack in her arms and a deep rumbling sound echoed within his chest.

Silence filled the room as everyone stared at the whiskered boy, minus Rika who was swatted across the back of the head when she tried. Her intrigue peeked, Rumiko set her hand on the top of Naruto's scalp right between the two fox ears and started gently scratching.

*PURRRRRRR*

"KAWAII!" She exclaimed with a starry expression as the rumbling grew louder, hugging the poor boy tightly while continuing to mess around with his ears.

"…s-s-stop…" Naruto begged weakly, barely able to think as the overwhelming plethora of sensations washed through him like a tsunami. It also didn't help that he was instinctually leaning towards the source of these feelings.

'Now I don't feel so bad.' Rika thought with a snicker, not even minding the swat she got for it as she was glad that she wasn't the only one that had to suffer now.

Naruto's 'torment' would continue for a whole ten minutes, which felt like an eternity for him, until Renamon finally took pity on him enough to help.

…

Ok fine, she was just bored of sitting around and figured she might as well help him while she was leaving. Standing up, she walked over to the pair in silence and with a single smooth motion grabbed her fellow blond by the collar and pulled him free of Rumiko's grasp before the model even realized what was happening.

"I'm going, he's coming with me." She said bluntly while hoisting Naruto's still dazed form over her shoulder and vanishing in a blur.

"Aw, I still wanted to pet him." Rumiko pouted cutely.

"I'm sure you'll have another chance eventually," Seiko said to her daughter while standing up and walking to the living room. "But think of it this way, now you two can spend some quality time together."

Taking this as her que, Rika finally stepped away from the corner and turned around, only to sweatdrop as her mother stood right in front of her with a very happy expression. "To the spa!" The mother declared while scooping Rika up in her arms and charging towards the front door.

'…I miss my corner.'

-Park-

Renamon appeared in the same clearing that she and Naruto had sparred in before and promptly dropped her 'cargo' on the ground with a muffled *Thump* and a yelp.

"Ow, was that necessary?" Naruto asked as he rubbed his sore rear, having landed right on his literal tail bone.

"No but it was amusing." Renamon admitted with a tiny smirk.

"Smartass," Naruto grumbled as he stretched a bit and took in his surroundings "Why are we back here again?"

"Getting you adjusted." Renamon said while backing up to the middle of the clearing and making a 'come hither' motion with her hand, which looked rather odd since she only has three fingers. "Attack me and you'll see what I mean."

"Uh, alright, just don't actually try to kill me this time." Naruto said before charging at her… and almost immediately fell flat on his face after his second step. "…ow." Slowly lifting his head up, he spat out a mouthful of dirt and grass while shanking the end of his tail off his face. "What the hell just happened?"

Noticing a shadow covering him, he slowly looked up to see Renamon towering over him, that small smirk still on her lips. "Isn't it obvious?" She asked, laughing internally when all she got in response was an annoyed glare.

Rolling her eyes at him, she crouched in front of him and grabbed onto his tail and gave it a small tug. "Your natural sense of balance is askew thanks to this and these." She flicked one of his ears. "Unlike when you regrew your arm these aren't naturally part of your body, thus you aren't able to cope with both the added weight and sensory input."

"Huh?" Naruto asked with a confused tilt of his head while Renamon facepalmed.

"You aren't used to having a tail and such sensitive ears, so it's messing up your balance." She said bluntly while pulling him back up to his feet. "Now try that again." She said sternly while going back to her original position.

Meanwhile, unnoticed to either of the blondes, a small camera barely the size of a marble focused in on the duo from its hiding spot within the knot of a tree.

-Hypnos building, Main Computer Room-

Silenced filled the large domed room as Riley and Tally were sat in their chairs with their helmets off and dumbfounded expressions on their faces as they watched the live feed playing on the domed screen. Below them, Mitsou was in a similar state, his shock being so great that he squeezed the lighter in his hand so hard that the lid broke off and his fingers made dents in the metal.

However, neither of these reactions were nearly as important as the one of Ramirez Darelight, who's eyes held a combination of fear and desire as he watched Renamon help Naruto get used to his new features. He had been in the middle of finishing his review of Hypnos's new side project when the feed had popped up, revealing Anomaly and his new look.

"I want that boy, no... that thing detained and in an examination room by the end of the day." He said, jabbing a finger at the whiskered blonde as he struggled to keep from falling over as he fought. "No matter what." Before any of his subordinates could say anything in response, the man turned around and marched away, intent on notifying the rest of the chairmen about 'his' discovery.

"…You heard him, get the capture teams prepped and ready." Mitsou said as he flopped down into a swivel chair in the corner, glancing down at his mangled lighter before tossing it into a nearby trashcan. "We move tonight after getting as much data as we can on Subject Anomaly's new status."

Clearly disturbed on what they were told to do, Riley and Tally reluctantly put their helmets back on and began typing away.

"Yes sir."

"On it sir."

-Back at the Park, a few hours later-

"Haa… Haa…" Naruto's breathes were long and ragged as sweat dripped from his forehead. Various parts of his body had minor burns, scrapes, and scratches while his clothes were covered in dirt and grass stains. Despite this, he had a big grin on his face and a wagging tail as he raised his fists, both alight with vibrant blue fire.

Across from him, Renamon was in a similar state, flaming fists and all. 'Amazing, he's already got power paw down pretty well.' She thought with hidden awe. Naruto had accidentally used the flaming attack about half an hour into the impromptu training session and with only a bit of help from Renamon had figured out how to conjure it up at will.

"That's enough for now, you seem to have gotten things down for now." She said while allowing her attack to dissipate.

"Aw man, and I was just starting to win." Naruto grumbled as he dropped his arms and dusted himself off a bit.

"Sure you were," Renamon said in a condescending tone that Naruto huffed at even though mentally she was agreeing with him, hence the other reason she was stopping now while she was ahead. She would like to retain at least some of her pride thank you very much.

Naruto was about to retort, but she vanished to go look for a digimon to fight, leaving him grumbling to himself about 'stupid smartass foxes' as he left as well. As he went behind a particularly large tree, a puff of smoke engulfed his form and when it cleared he was back in his fox form. 'Time to go see how Nami-chan is doing.'

Following the path he went while tailing the teacher, he soon arrived at the outskirts of the schoolgrounds, many plans forming in his mind of what he would do to keep himself entertained when he stopped do to a very interesting sight. All the students and staff of the school were currently outside, watching an elderly looking man in a suit get dragged away by a pair of officers while rambling about dinosaurs inside the school.

'Huh, sounds like that guy had a run in with a digimon. Better go check it ou-What the!?' Naruto was cut off mid-thought as a pair of hands wrapped around his torso and picked him up. Craning his head back to see who did it, Naruto relaxed when he found that it was that girl with the odd puppet, Jeri if he recalled right.

"What are you doing here Fluffy-kun? Ms. Asaji said she left you at home today." Jeri said with a tilted head as she cradled Naruto into her arms.

'Oh yeah, I forgot I left a shadow clone in my place. Guess it hasn't dispelled yet.' Naruto thought as he licked the girl's cheek, making her giggle. 'I wonder how it's doing now.'

-Nami's apartment-

'Ahh, this is the life,' Clone Fox Naruto thought as he gnawed on a chunk of smoked roast while lying down in a large plush dog bed and watching cartoons.

-And Back-

'Meh, probably bored out of its mind.' Naruto thought before his head snapped to the side when he spotted something big, red, and definitely not human vanish around a corner near the back of the school in his peripherals.

Noticing his reaction, Jeri followed the small fox's gaze she was just in time to see one of her classmates Takato also go around that corner. "What's Takato doing over there?" She wondered aloud, getting several yips from Naruto in response as he tried to get out of the odd girl's grasp without accidentally hurting her. "You want to follow him?"

Naruto responded with a slight nod of his head while yipping several more times which made Jeri smile. "Alright then, lets go after him." She said cheerfully a she gave chase, missing the face-paw that Naruto did as they went.

-End Chapter-

AN: Uh oh, looks like Naruto better be careful now as Hypnos has put a giant target on his back. For those of you confused by Mitsou's reaction, its rather simple, despite his extreme dislike for digimon he does care for human life, and as far as he knows Naruto is simply a normal human who has been infected with digimon data. So unlike when he basically tortured a digimon to study its data, he sees Naruto as just a child still and is sickened by the idea of what they are about to do, but will do so if it means stopping the digimon and possible preventing others from getting the same condition as Naruto. Thank you for reading and please review.