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Humon?

-Chapter 6-

Walking down a dark, smelly tunnel known as a sewer, the group of children and digimon alike did their best to ignore the foul odor wafting all around them. Matt and Joe focused on carrying Naruto. Izzy was typing away at his computer with Tentomon hovering around him, a determined expression set on his face, while occasionally glancing at either Naruto or the Digimon. Mimi was talking about getting new clothes and such to Sora, Palmon, and Biyomon, though it was blatantly obvious that she was not really into it herself. T.K. was telling Patamon, Gabumon, and Gomamon all about the videogames he missed playing at home, meanwhile Tai and Agumon took the lead as usual.

This was the sight Naruto was greeted with as his slowly returned to consciousness. "Ugh, what hit me? And what the hell is hat smell?" He groaned out, getting the group to stop. Helping him get standing onto his own two legs, though he still needed support to stay up which Matt and Joe made Mimi do, the group quickly caught him up on what happened while he was knocked out. "Huh, shame I didn't get to -what are you doing?" Naruto started to say before Izzy suddenly jabbed a cord into his hand that was connected to his laptop.

He barely registered the pain of it, he had to bite his own thumb open just to use his summoning jutsu after all. What bothered him was that Izzy had done it without warning him first. "Testing a theory," The tech savvy kid said quickly as he went back to typing, ignoring or oblivious to the odd, annoyed in Naruto's case, looks he was receiving.

Crowding behind him to see the screen, they were surprised to see a model of Naruto appear form with the sections of his body highlighted in either blue or green. "Hmm, looks like I was only partially right,"

"Partly right about what?" Naruto asked getting really annoyed by the lack of explanation.

"When we were at the factory, I discovered that this whole world and everything in it is made of living data." Izzy said as he without looking away from the computer. "Which in hindsight is kind of obvious considering the locals refer to it as the digital world, and themselves as digimon which is short for digital monsters."

"That… is actually a fair point," Sora admitted sheepishly as everyone but Naruto nodded.

"Can you get to the point on why you had to stab me in the hand?" Naruto asked, all the techno-babble flying over his head.

"I was getting to that, I believed that when you were changed by that digimon when he was badly injured…" All the kids except Naruto and Izzy turned green as they remembered Naruto's condition. "…that it did so by turning him into a digimon himself."

He gestured at the screen, "And I was right, sort of. Naruto is still part human, but a large portion of your body is now composed of… pure… data." He trailed off with a groan as his computer screen faded to black. Pulling the cord out and putting the computer away with a sigh Izzy continued, "According to the readings, you are roughly half human and half digimon."

"Does that mean he could digivolve as well now?" Palmon asked, getting Izzy to shrug.

"Not a clue, I don't have nearly enough information on digital biological structure to even understand how a digimon manages to digivolve, let alone trying to comprehend that possibility with hybridized data formed inside of a human's anatomical structure."

*Insert Cricket sound* "…"

"…"

"I need to know more about digimon first before figuring that out," Izzy simplified getting an 'Oh' from everyone else.

"Why didn't you just say that before?" Gomamon asked getting Izzy to sigh once again as they trudged along.

About half an hour later, Naruto was able to walk on his own again though Mimi stayed close just in case. He was currently listening as the other kids talked about things they missed from home. Tai missed something some game called Soccer and hot baths, for Matt it was steak, T.K. mentioned video games again. Sora told them about how she used to sing while hanging laundry to dry, Mimi spoke about her love of the beach, Izzy talked about looking at the stars and planets, and Joe missed *shiver* homework of all things.

"What about you Naruto, what do you miss from home?" Tai asked, getting everyone to look towards him.

"Ichiraku Ramen! It's the best food ever!" Naruto said boisterously with a big smile and his hands in the air, getting the others to laugh or giggle at his antics as they continued onwards, all but Mimi missing as his expression drooped while he gazed at his hands.

'I'll make it so you can never go back to that precious little village of yours…' The words of the Kyuubi rang through his mind as he flexed his furred fingers. Shaking his head clear, Naruto noticed the concerned look Mimi was giving him and quickly changed the topic.

"How's your arm?" Blinking in surprise, Mimi's hand covered up the bandaged part of her arm unconsciously.

"It's fine… just stings a little." She mumbled softly as she rubbed the area with a wince. Naruto started to respond but froze as his ears twitching rapidly.

"Guys," He called out getting everyone to look at him as he looked behind them while pulling out a kunai. "We have company."

Out of the shadows behind them, crawled out dozens of green slug-like creatures with purplish blue backs and bulbous red eyes. "Numemon, disgusting sewer dwellers that love to cause mischief." Palmon said as the group back away slowly, before quickly running away as the Numemon charged while hurling piles of purple poop at them.

Dodging, weaving, and gagging whenever some of the poop hit them, the group were just starting to run short on breath when they suddenly burst out of the tunnel and were blinded by the light. When their vision cleared, the kids and Digimon found themselves in a slightly wooded area with vibrant green grass and a slightly clouded sky. Looking back revealed the Numemon to have stopped just outside the suns reach with disappointed looks before they slunk back into the sewers. "Numemon hate bright areas, so we should be okay for now." Palmon explained when she noticed the confusion on the kid's faces.

Deciding not to look a gift horse in the mouth, they continued moving forward. Naruto was more relaxed himself as he smelled the refreshing scent of woodland instead of smog and felt the cool breeze blow over him. With a sudden flare of energy, he hopped several feet straight up much to the groups shock and landed in the nearest tree.

Taking in his surroundings, Naruto noted an open field with dozens of metal rectangles just ahead of them and a cluster of colorful buildings even further away and slightly to the left. Seeing nothing else of interest, he dropped back down to the group and pointed. "There's a large clearing with a bunch of weird rectangle things and what looks like a town over there."

Reaching the clearing that Naruto mentioned, many of the kids saw what he was talking about. Dozens of machines with snacks, drinks, and other such things filled the area, getting many of the kids to get excited. "Vending machines! Yes! I'm gonna get a soda! And chips!" Mimi yelled excitedly as she started to run towards the closest one only to yelp as she felt something grab her by her waist. Looking down, she blinked as she saw a certain yellow tail wrapped around her torso. "Naruto! What are you- EEEEP!" Mimi was cut off as the tail tossed her back to the others while Naruto looked at the area critically, repeatedly sniffing the air while his ears twitched.

"Something isn't right here, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" A single copy of himself popped into existence and looked at him before wandering over to the closest vending machine. Looking back at his creator, the clone grumbled loudly about the unfairness of things while pushing one of the buttons randomly.

*Creeaa* *Crash* *Poof*

Everyone winced as the clone was suddenly crushed into oblivion by the front of the vender falling onto it, revealing the inside to be completely hollow with a grinning Numemon inside. "Knew I smelt something foul about this." Naruto grunted with a stern look, ever since the factory he'd become much more aware of how sensitive his senses were now.

"Ooooh, it's the pretty lady in pink again! How about you drop those losers and go out on a date with me huh?" The slug like digimon asked while leering at Mimi, causing her to hide behind Naruto with a disgusted expression.

"No way you skeez! I would never go out with a gross little thing like you." She yelled back with a shiver, causing the Numemon to growl angrily.

"Little!? That's it! The dates off toots!"

"There was never a date to begin with you stinkball!" This back and forth continued for a minute or so with both Mimi and the Numemon getting progressively angrier with each-other until they both noticed the area suddenly darken a lot. Looking up, everyone was greeted by the sight of a large cloud blotting out the sun, then back down as repeated crashes showed dozens more Numemon hiding within the other vending machines.

"Charge!"

While all the kids and Digimon were ready to run away, Naruto just grinned ferally. "You wanna tussle huh, well bring it on Dattebayo! Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" He yelled while forming a cross hand-sign, causing a large burst of smoke that obscure the Numemon's vision of the group. Arming themselves with more purple poop, or Nume-sludge as Biyo… oh who am I kidding its shit, the Numemon were just about to start throwing when a dozen Naruto's burst out of the smoke and started causing mayhem with the giant slugs. Meanwhile the children and their digimon ran out of the smoke and in random directions to get away.

"Why the hell did everyone split up?!" Naruto yelled/grumbled as the smoke cleared to reveal him standing there by his lonesome with an annoyed expression on his face as the last Numemon ran away screaming from his clone's assault. Focusing on his hearing to see if he could figure out which way everyone went, his ears twitched rapidly before the sound of extremely heavy footsteps registered.

'Oh goodie, something else that probably wants to cause us trouble.' Naruto mentally groaned, his theory swiftly proven as yelling and explosions soon followed. "Why does something crazy in my life every five minutes?" He asked himself with a sigh as he tree hopped in the direction of the commotion.

Seconds later, he arrived at a smaller clearing to the sight of Tai, Izzy, Agumon, and Tentomon getting trapped inside bluish green heart shaped bubbles launched by a… "Seriously? A giant teddy bear?" Naruto asked incredulously as the yellow and white bear digimon turned to him with creepy looking red eyes.

"Hi, nice to meet you! Let's have fun!" The bear said in a cheerful voice before blasting the tree Naruto was in with lasers shot out of its eye getting Naruto to leap down.

"Alright then, if that's how you want to play, then let's play you overgrown baby toy." Naruto said as he jumped right at the bear digimon.

"Hug of Love!" (Legit attack) The bear yelled as it tried to wrap its arms around Naruto as he landed on the digimon's chest only to fail when Naruto pushes off, leaving a small red slip of paper on his chest. As soon as he landed, Naruto flattened himself to the ground and put his hands in the tiger seal.

"Katsu!"

*BOOM*

Coughing slightly from the smoke, Naruto wasted no time dashing over to where the others were trapped. Reaching Izzy, he drew a kunai to pop the bubble holding him only to realize to late he had broken the number one rule of being a ninja, never take your eyes off the enemy. "Heart Attack! Him!"

-Mimi and Palmon-

Mimi felt extremely uneasy as she and Palmon wandered through the now identified Toy Town. For the last few hours they had been avoiding a giant teddy bear digimon called Monzaemon who they only just got away from thanks to the battered Numemon helping them in return for 'never letting the blonde fox devil loose on them again' and going out on a date, which she instantly shot down again. Now she was stuck watching as the other children that Monzaemon captured run around the colorful town with faux happy faces as they 'played' with the toys there.

"This is so creepy," She shivered as Matt ran past her yelling about how much fun he was having while a toy train chased after him.

"Yeah, they're like zombies or something." Palmon said, keeping close to her partner's side as they looked around, neither of them noticing how the ground they walked on was painted to look just like Monzaemon's face or how the eyes glowed ominously as they left.

Walking down one of the many streets, the duo was passing by rather bland building when several familiar voices reached her ears.

"Help!"

"Get us out of here!"

"Get off my foot!"

Heading into the building, Mimi and Palmon were greeted to the sight of a large red chest that was shaking around and where the yelling came from. "Guys?"

"Palmon?" Agumon's voice responded.

"Yeah, it's me and Mimi."

"Great, you gotta bust us out of here, it's really cramped!" Gomamon voice yelled this time. "Unfortunately, Monzaemon has the key. By the way, how's Naruto hanging?" Gomamon's laughter echoed within the chest followed by a loud swatting sound. Confused at what the seal digimon meant, Mimi finally noticed a soft jingling sound above her and looked up.

"EEEEK!" She shrieked when the bound form of Naruto gazed back at her with a dull look as he dangled from the ceiling in a ludicrous amount of chains by his feet.

"Mdhskdh, hfnndh." He mumbled out through the large gag stuffed into his mouth. Once she recovered from her initial shock, Mimi had Palmon grab Naruto with her 'Poison Ivy' and then climbed up it to untie him.

Once free, Naruto fell to the floor in a crouch and rubbed his ankles while Mimi descended back down the vines. "Thanks Mimi, the blood was really starting to rush to my head." He said, wrapping an arm over her shoulders and pulled her into a hug, missing how he caused the girl's face to match her outfit.

"N-no pr-problem, we should hurry up and g-get the key." She stuttered slightly while quickly pulling free.

Looking away to prevent him from seeing her blush, she led the way back outside only to freeze as they came face to face with the bear digimon himself looking at them while holding several heart-shaped balloons, a small gold key dangling from a chain around his neck. "Oh, leaving so soon?! But you just got here!" Monzaemon yelled as he released the balloons and started blasting at them.

Thinking quickly, Naruto scooped Mimi up into his arms in a bridal carry, getting a startled yelp from her as he did, and hopped away from the onslaught. "Poison Ivy!" Palmon yelled as her vine like fingers extended towards the key, only for them to get grabbed by Monzaemon and use them to fling her into a nearby building with a crash.

"Palmon!" Mimi yelled, then screamed as Naruto jumped several feet into the air to avoid a swarm of heart bubbles. Landing near where Palmon was, both sighed in relief as the plant digimon get up, a bit scuffed up but otherwise fine.

"This is getting us nowhere, we need to…" Naruto trailed off as he and the two girls saw the Numemon swarm out of the sewer grates and attack Monzaemon with poop.

"Come on doll, we can run away together!" A Numemon, the one that keeps hitting on Mimi, called from the sewer grate closest to them as the others formed into a wall to prevent any more heart bubbles from reaching them.

"Thanks for the help and all, but what part of no do you not understand!" Mimi yelled back as a vein bulged on her forehead.

"Oi! Is this really the time for that?!" Naruto interrupted as he hopped out from behind the crumbling wall of Numemon. It was then that Mimi noticed just how heavily the blonde was breathing, having forgotten that he had already been in bad shape due to his encounter with Andromon despite his fast healing. Being forced to haul her around while avoiding explosions so soon afterwards was quickly draining him of what little stamina he had recovered.

Seeing the sorry state he was in, Mimi felt guilty as it was her fault that Naruto had to work so hard to keep her safe. Wishing desperately that she could be of some help, the pink loving girl and blonde fox boy paused in surprise as a bright light shot from the small device strapped to her purse and engulfed Palmon.

"Palmon digivolve too… Togemon!"

Naruto and Mimi felt their jaws hit the dirt as Palmon turned into a two-story tall giant cactus, with huge red boxing gloves for fists, two short stumpy legs, and large dark holes for eyes and a mouth. Taking a moment to admire herself, the now named Togemon quickly put up her dukes and charged at Monzaemon. "Come on, let's have fun! It's always fun at Tow Town!" He yelled to her while launching a punch at her that Togemon blocked.

"You want to play, huh? Well how about a little friendly wrestling match, Light-Speed Punch!"

Before the bear digimon could react, several punches made themselves at home with his stomach. Winded from the assault, Monzaemon stumbled back while holding his gut, leaving him wide open to a sucker punch to the face. "Just cause I'm a lady, doesn't mean I'm some pushover. Now how about a little Needle Spray!" Thousands of needles flew from Togemon's body and embedded themselves into Monzaemon, causing him to howl in pain as he fell to the ground before his back burst open revealing a black gear that disintegrated.

"Thank Kami that's finally over." Naruto sighed, setting Mimi down before falling onto his ass with a sigh as they saw Togemon devolve back into Palmon.

-Few minutes later-

"I am so sorry for attacking you, I don't know what got into me. I hate violence." Monzaemon, who was sitting before the freed digimon and children as Palmon helped pluck out the last few needles still imbedded in him, said while rubbing his head.

"I'm pretty sure it was that black gear, that's the third time now that we've ended up encountering one and each time they caused us nothing but trouble." Tai said getting agreement all around.

Monzaemon went on to explain how he had created Toy Town for all the abandoned toys in the world before apologizing several more times, one of which he used a move called heart hug which was basically the same as Heart Attack but with pink heart bubbles that made the person caught in it feel extremely happy, though not enough for Mimi to not deny Numemon a date again while giving him an eyelid pull taunt.

If any of them had been paying attention, they would have noticed the glowing red eyes staring at them from the shadows of one of the buildings, more specifically at a certain whiskered teen and the now bashful pink-lover chatting together as the group said goodbye and continued.

-End Chapter-