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Humon?

-Chapter 5-

It had been several hours since they had left the Yokomon village and the desert had given way to rocky terrain with smatterings of grass and trees, and everyone was in a much better mood as they felt the temperature drop to a more bearable level. Tai had taken the lead again with Agumon, T.K. and Patamon. Matt was slightly behind them keeping a 'discreet' eye on his brother with Gabumon rambling on about something next to him, with Izzy just behind him trying to get his laptop to work while answering Tentomon's unending questions.

Naruto and Gomamon were next in line, with the foxy and seal duo laughing hysterically after Naruto told him about some of the pranks he'd pulled back at Konoha, while Naruto took an occasional glance backwards. Finally, Mimi, Sora, Joe, Biyomon and Palmon lagged in the back, Joe busy clamoring about his allergies and such while Sora and the two digimon tried to get a response from the oddly quiet pink loving girl.

Mimi had hardly spoken since the accident with the fountain, and when she did it was in a slightly subdued tone that contrasted with her usual happy, bubbly, and slightly spoiled attitude. Despite Joe's assurance that she was just going through a mild case of shock and would be better soon, Palmon was still very worried.

"Can we take a break now?" T.K. asked as he panted slightly, "My legs hurt." Nobody argued with him as they found a bit of shade under a few trees. Most of them were happy just to lie around and rest, but Izzy was still hard at work with his laptop.

"Uhg, no matter what I do, it won't work." Izzy grumbled as he typed in several commands only for nothing to happen. "I don't get it, I know nothing is wrong with this thing."

"Maybe it just needs a few good whacks, that usually did the trick for me." Tai said as he swiped the computer from Izzy and smacked it.

"Hey! Stop that, you're gonna break it!" This continued back and forth for about a minute till Matt got fed up with them.

Getting between them, he grabbed the computer from Tai and returned it to Izzy, who thanked him before blinking in surprise at his laptop. "It's working!" He said excitedly, typing rapidly on the keyboard only to droop seconds later as he looked at something on it. "And the battery is almost dead… great." Sighing, Izzy put the computer back into his bag.

Naruto looked around at the stone surroundings with a crinkled nose. The whole area they were in reeked of unknown chemicals, grease, and smog for some reason that was steadily getting stronger, and it was really beginning to make him nauseous. The cause of this was soon revealed as Tai, who had once again situated himself high up to use his scope, spotted something in the distance.

"There's smoke up ahead! I bet someone's over there!" He yelled getting everyone's attention as he pointed. Getting up and following him, it wasn't long until a grouping of buildings came into sight.

"It's some kind of factory," Izzy noted as they walk past a large chain-link fence.

"Oh! I wonder what they make! Hopefully its good accessories or new clothes, cause these ones are sweaty." Mimi said as she rushed ahead of the group, getting Palmon to both sigh in relief that she was acting more like herself and follow her in concern for her safety with Matt, Izzy, T.K. and their digimon right behind them.

"Alright, with how big this place is, we need to stick together so nobody gets lost." Joe said, missing this before Gomamon tapped his leg.

"Uh Joe, they already split up." The seal like digimon said while pointing to the big group then to the smaller one consisting of Tai, Sora, Agumon, and Biyomon going off in another direction.

"Ugh, why doesn't anyone ever listen to me? Wait, where's Naruto?"

*Blarg* "… …over here," Naruto groaned out as he continued to throw up inside a nearby, and thankfully empty, barrel.

"Oh jeez, are you alright?"

"Do I look al-*Blearg*"

Joe winced as the rancid smell of vomit reached his nose, then palmed his face once the answer hit him. 'Duh, his senses must be overloading from this place.'

Once Naruto's stomach had finished emptying its contents Joe had him lean on his shoulder, shuddering slightly as trace bits of vomit dribbled onto his shirt, as he led them deeper into the factory in the direction Tai and Sora went.

Naruto was in utter hell. His ears felt like someone was shoving spikes into them with drums, the smell from before was completely overwhelming his nostrils and causing his stomach to churn, and he could barely walk… again. It only got minutely better when Joe place Gomamon onto his head and covering his fox like ears with his body.

Wandering the well-lit but eerily vacant hallways, the trio eventually caught up with the others. Tai, Agumon, and Biyomon were focused on a figure jammed inside some of the machinery, while Sora heard them approaching and looked back to them. "Hey guys, what took you… uh are you okay Naruto?" She asked when she saw the pitiful state he was in.

"Just… ugh peachy…" Naruto groaned out as Joe settled him against the wall.

"Puke-y is more like it." Gomamon joked, earning himself an annoyed swat from Naruto that he just laughed off.

"Hey Joe, help me out here would ya?" Tai asked, completely missing Naruto's condition as he tried to pull the mechanical man out from the machinery that Agumon had identified him as Andromon, a friendly but unsocial digimon.

"Alright, I'll take this side," Joe said moving over to the left side of the android, getting Tai to nod.

"On three, one…" Tai started counting as they both grabbed an arm. "…two… three!" The two pulled with as much strength as they could muster, their faces quickly turning red with exertion.

*SCREEE* *CLANG*

With a loud screech of metal grinding on metal, the metal man was pulled free and the machine he was jammed in started running again. While Tai and Agumon celebrated, Joe looked back to Naruto, Gomamon, Biyomon, and Sora with a wince as he saw the foxy blonde flailing on the floor clawing at his ears. Biyomon was checking over Gomamon who laid in a crumpled heap not far away while Sora re-blocked Naruto's ears with her hands, flinching slightly as she got scratched several times before he calmed down a bit.

Once Tai realized he and Agumon were the only ones cheering, he looked around in confusion until he spotted the others. Wondering what he missed given their haggard states, he opened his mouth to speak only to get cut off by a solid *Clang*. Turned out, Agumon had been trying to get Andromon to respond with no success so took a page out of Tai's book and gave him a good whack.

It seemed to do the trick though, as the robotic digimon's eyes flickered open with a light blue glow. Getting onto his feet, Andromon stood at an impressive eight feet tall, with most of his body covered in machinery except for the lower half of his face, part of his upper arm, and one of his legs revealing sickly purple looking flesh underneath. He idly turned his head left and right before locking his gaze onto the group of children and their digimon.

"Intruders detected! Prepare to face the wrath of Andromon!" He yelled startling the group as he lunged at the closest of them, which was Tai and Agumon.

"Yikes!" Leaping back, the duo barely avoided getting hit by the crazed robot. Backpedaling quickly, Tai thought quickly before noticing a stack of metal being held up above Andromon. "Agumon! There!" He yelled while pointing to it, getting a nod from the yellow reptile digimon.

"Pepper Breath!" Snapping the chain with the fire ball, the metal beams fell onto Andromon and buried him. "Let's go, that won't hold him for long!" Agumon said, his point being proven as the metal started to slowly rise and shift. Taking that as their que, Sora and Joe hefted Naruto onto their shoulders and the group scurried off as quickly as they could.

They didn't get far however, before loud clanking steps signaled that Andromon had gotten free and was now pursuing them. "I thought you said he was friendly!" Joe said as they weaved through the confusing mess of corridors.

"He normally is! I have no idea what gotten what's gotten into him!" Agumon said back to him.

Before they could discuss this more, Andromon finally caught up to them. "There you are! Lightning Blade!" The androids hand started rapidly spinning like a top with a light blue glow. "And fire!" Swinging his arm, a translucent blue arch flew at Naruto, Sora, and Joe at startling speeds. Before either of them could react, Joe and Sora were shoved to the sides while Naruto fell to his knees, causing the attack to pass over him and fly down the corridor and explode.

'This is a really bad idea.' Naruto thought as he shook off his disorientation and leapt AT Andromon, conveniently just as the power died out suddenly. Clearly not expecting this. Andromon was unable to react before the foxified blonde collided with him, causing him to stumble back. Flipping onto the android's back, Naruto wrapped his arm around his throat in an attempted strangle hold. Once his shock wore off, Andromon tried to pry him off only for Naruto jab at the exposed parts of his fingers whenever they got close.

When the power flickered back on, Naruto grew frustrated when he saw the others still standing there gawking at him and yelled, "Stop standing there like a bunch of dumbasses and ru-" *SMASH* He was cut off as Andromon finally got fed up and smashed himself back first through completely through a nearby wall. Head ringing from the sudden impact, Naruto barely had time to register that they were outside again before Andromon repeated the treatment three more times.

Barely conscious now, Naruto was just able to feel something grab his leg a before sudden sense of weightlessness came over him before everything went black.

-With Tai, Sora, and Joe-

The kids and their digimon rushed through the hole left by Andromon just in time to watch in horror as said android digimon threw Naruto across the courtyard and into a stack of oil barrels. "Naruto!" They heard someone scream from above, revealing that Matt, Mimi, T.K. and their respective digimon standing on top of one of the buildings.

Alerted by their shouts, Andromon turned to them, his chest-plate opening up as he did so to reveal two chambers. Out of these chambers, two orange, fish-like objects popped out and expanded. "Target locked… and fire!" The fish things, now revealed as missiles, flew at the higher group causing them to all jump out of the way.

*BOOM*

"Gabumon digivolve to… Garurumon!"

Out of the smoke from the explosion, Garurumon burst forth with a roar and charged. "Howling Blaster!" He called while exhaling a freezing flame at the android. Unfortunately, Andromon simply shrugged off the attack and grabbed the wolf-like digimon when he got close. With seemingly no effort, he lifted Garurumon into the air and tossed him away just like he had done to Naruto, only this time into one of the buildings.

"Sora, go check on Naruto! Joe, make sure the others are okay!" Tai yelled as Agumon ran towards the fight.

"Agumon digivolve to… Greymon!"

With a bright flash of light, Agumon changed from a small yellow lizard like digimon to a colossal orange dinosaur with blue stripes, his head was covered in a dark brown carapace with three horns, two at the sides of his head and one atop his nose. "Nova Flame!" Greymon inhaled deeply before breathing out a massive ball of fire.

While he and Garurumon fought Andromon, Sora and Biyomon rushed over to where Naruto had been thrown. Working together, they carefully shifted some of the barrels out of the way, uncovering Naruto's head and part of his chest. Putting an ear to his chest, Sora sighed in relief as she heard the slow, but steady, beat of his heart.

Looking back to the others, she and Biyomon watched as Andromon easily defeated both Greymon and Garurumon at the same time. Meanwhile, Izzy and Tentomon finally reappeared next to the rest of the group, with Izzy yelling about living data and such that flew over everyone else's heads.

Sora didn't bother listening past that as she had other things to worry about, such as Greymon crashing down not far from them. Focusing back on the present, her and Biyomon tried to unbury Naruto more but with little success. So focused on their work, neither noticed as a shadow starting creeping over them until it was too late.

"Intruders in sight!" Andromon yelled from directly behind them, causing them to look up in terror at the mechanical digimon towering over them as his hand started to spin. "Lightning Bla-"

"Electro Shocker!" A new, unknown voice yelled as a giant ball of static crashed into Andromon.

Turning to their savior, Sora and Biyomon were greeted with the sight of a giant bug-like digimon with two pairs of wings and arms, a large gapping maw with three jaws, and a black head piece that held a large sharp point atop it. When Andromon turned around to confront this new threat, Sora heard Izzy yell, "Aim for his exposed leg Kabuterimon, that's his weak point!"

"Got it! Electro Shocker!"

The attack hit true, causing Andromon screamed in agony before falling to the ground as a black gear burst from his leg and disintegrated. After a few seconds though, the android digimon started to get back up, getting everyone to tense until they saw the confused expression on his face. "W-where am I? What happened?"

-One short explanation later-

"My sincerest apologies, that black gear you mentioned must have rewrote all my programing and caused me to attack." Andromon said as he lifted the barrels off Naruto, allowing Matt and Sora to pull his unconscious form free and lay him down… it wasn't to pretty a sight. Almost half his face was bloodied and bruised, his arms were just as bad, his tail was sharply bent at several spaces (though it was steadily straightening out), and bits of metal could be seen poking out from various parts of his body.

"My scans say that he is healing quickly and will be alright soon. I just need to remove the shrapnel." Kneeling down next to the beaten blonde, Andromon held one of his hands over him as it glowed a light blue. With a sickening squelch noise that caused everyone else to cringe, the metal shards pulled themselves free and floated in the air for a few seconds before falling to the ground.

After checking to make sure all the wounds were healing properly, Joe and Matt each placed one Naruto's arms on their shoulders and lifted him up, Gabumon standing behind them with his tail in his grasp. "Well then, you wouldn't happen to know the way out of here would be, would you?"

-Cliff overlooking the factory-

A familiar being with nine tails could be seen observing the factory, watching the group of children's reactions as the robot digimon showed them an entrance to the sewer. The Kyuubi had been watching these 'digidestined' ever since they'd taken his former jailer into their group.

With all the information he had gained since turning himself into a digimon, he'd grown intrigued about these supposed champions of the digital world… …and so far they'd been nothing but a total disappointment.

At least, that was until he had seen what their partners could do. He had already learned the basics of digivolution, among other things, when he had absorbed some digital essence through the seal, but seeing it in action brought so many interesting thoughts. Looking upon the badly injured form of the Uzumaki brat as he was carried into the sewer, a wicked grin crossed his face.

"Yes, so many lovely ideas to test out."

-Chapter End-

AN: Sorry it took so long, I am having a bit of trouble working with so many characters at the same time. Now to start off, the results of the poll are in *twitch* and they are *twitch* a four-way tie! How is that even possible! *Twitch* Anyway, since that is how it ended, the pairing is Naruto x Angewomon x Kari x Mimi x Sora *Twitch, Twitch* yay. *deep breath* Anyway, for those wondering about Naruto's severe reaction inside the factory, have any of you seen what happens to a dog, cat, ect. In a place like that, because I have and it ain't pretty. I could excuse the other digimon simple cause they are likely either A. used to such a thing and thus not affected by it, or B. are used to their own sensitive senses and are thus able to block out or ignore the discomfort. Thank you for reading and please review.