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Humon?

-Chapter 7-

-Last Time-

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 now bashful pink-lover as the group said goodbye and continued onwards.

-Present-

Most of the kids and digimon shivered as they walked. Somehow, the weather had climate had drastically changed from a warm summer to a snow filled winter within minutes, catching the group by surprise. The only one's not shivering were Naruto, Biyomon, Gabumon, and Gomamon thanks to their fur/feathers acting as insulation and keeping them warm. The others were all wrapped up in colorful blankets that Joe had Naruto seal away while at Toy Town, but it was clear that the thin fabric they were made of was only doing so much against the biting cold.

"We s-should head b-back, w-we're all going to ge-get pneumonia at this rate." Joe said with chattering teeth as he gripped a navy-blue blanket around himself as tightly as he could.

"He's right, you guys are getting worse by the second." Naruto said, lifting an embarrassed T.K. into his arms while he laid his tail on Mimi and Izzy's shoulders to help keep them warm. Sora, Joe, and Matt, though very reluctantly for the latter, huddled close to their respective digimon for the same reason as the remaining digimon sans Agumon grouped together.

"No, we should continue forwards while we have the time." Tai argued back to them as he and Agumon trudged on ahead, his forest green blanket flapping wildly behind him.

'Ugh, that bull-headed, stubborn idiot.' Naruto thought with a twitching eyebrow as he and the others struggled to catch up to the goggle wearing boy, before he shook off a shiver that had nothing to do with the cold. 'Why do I have the oddest feeling of déjà vu?'

Shaking off the peculiar thought, Naruto paused as his nose picked up the familiar smell of a hot spring nearby. He wasn't the only one though as Agumon stopped to take several whiffs of the air before getting Tai attention. "I smell something warm," Without further explanation he rushed on ahead with everyone else quickly following after him.

Sure enough, the air quickly heated as several pools of boiling water came into sight. "Finally! I can take a bath!" Mimi cried happily as she dropped the pink blanket she had and ran towards the springs. Reaching the closest pool though, Mimi recoiled and fell onto her butt as the steam coming from it rolled over her.

"That water is way too hot to bathe in, I'd be turned into boiled vegetables." Palmon said as she helped Mimi back up, while the girl pouted.

"Oh, and I was so excited to be clean again."

While those two were pondering over their wish for a bath, the rest of the group had moved over to a different pool where a refrigerator of all things was sitting next to it, which Joe and Tai quickly got into an argument on whether or not it was a trap. So into their little spat, both of them completely missed as Naruto simply created a clone to test it for them, or how he, Sora, Matt, Izzy and T.K. were quickly getting to work cooking some of the dozens of eggs they found inside in various ways.

Izzy and T.K. rigged together a simply net and rope to boil the eggs, Sora and Matt used some of the heated stones to fry and scramble some, while Naruto carved some rudimentary chopsticks and plates using his claws with Biyomon and Gabumon's help.

When the arguing duo finally noticed, the food was almost finished and everyone was gathering around a large flat stone that was being used as a makeshift table. Walking over and taking a seat themselves, the group talked about their favorite ways to eat eggs. Some were normal like Joe liking plain eggs or Tai with ketchup, and others were rather odd like Mimi wanting whip cream and strawberries and T.K. liking jelly beans and syrup.

Halfway through the meal though, Joe had a small breakdown when the others said he needed to relax and proceeded to tell them off for not being cautious enough. With yet another argument breaking out, none of them noticed Palmon whisper something into Naruto's ear getting him to nod with a smile as they left.

"I'm just saying, we have been way to careless with how we're acting." Joe finished as he turned away with a grumble, only to blink in surprise at what he saw. "Uh Naruto, what are you doing?" He asked, getting the others to follow his gaze. A half dozen of his clones were tying up several of the blankets to crude posts that were stuck into the ground while the original and Palmon were attaching his kettle to a separate post from a makeshift hook with a piece of rope dangling from it.

"Palmon asked me to help set up a shower so we could all clean up a little," Naruto said as the clones finished, leaving a single flap to act as a door. Making a few more adjustments he gave the rope a gentle tug, pouring a small amount of water onto his hand with a nod. "We just got to let the water cool a little more and-ooof!" He was cut off as Mimi zipped over and gave him a bone crushing hug.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She said rapidly while jumping up and down then moving to Palmon and giving her the same treatment. Faster than most of them could blink, Mimi then vanished into the newly made shower and closed the flap, and within a minute soft humming and the sound of splashing water filled the air.

"I'll… just go now," Naruto said as he slowly backed away as memories of angry bathing women beating the ever living shit out of him flashing through his mind, while Palmon took up guard and refilling the kettle whenever it was out.

"I've been meaning to ask," Tai started as Naruto rejoined them at the table, "but why were you chained up to the ceiling instead of being all zombie-fied or stuffed in the chest with the rest of the digimon back at Toy Town?" He asked getting everyone to turn to the fox boy who rubbed the back of his head with a grin.

"Oh, well when Monzaemon tried to do that weird mind control mumbo jumbo on me, it didn't quite work and just made me with a major headache. He tried to shove me into the chest after that but I didn't fit with the others in there so he tied me up and hung me up instead." Naruto told them, getting nods acceptance from the others.

Just as Izzy started on one of his long-winded explanations on why that probably happened, Palmon once again approached Naruto without notice. "Hey Naruto, I need your help again real quick. Do you mind?"

"Not a bit, what'cha need?" He asked back, getting Palmon to smile with a sigh of relief.

"My roots are sore from walking all day and the cold. I just need you to stand by the shower and refill for Mimi while I sit for a bit, thanks." As soon as the words left her mouth, Naruto's entire face turned an odd mix between a blush and pale as he sputtered out nonsense.

Unfortunately, by the time he managed to compose himself the plant digimon had already walked over to the rest of the group and sat down. Resigning himself to his fate with a sigh, Naruto shuffled over to the flap and stood facing away in front of it. Because of his depressed state, due to the fact he was certainly about to get beat up, Naruto didn't notice as his tail drooped behind him, slipping under the flap and onto a bundled-up blanket on the other side.

-With Mimi-

Mimi sighed happily as she rinsed off the last bit of grime from the last few days off. 'I really needed that,' She thought while absentmindedly grabbing the blanket Palmon put by the door so she could dry herself off.

'I should do something nice for Naruto and Palmon as a thank you.' She continued as she wrapped the cloth around herself, releasing a few giggles as the fluffy material tickled her waist. 'Oh, I know, I'll take them on a shopping spree once we get back.' Nodded to herself, Mimi started rubbing herself dry, giggling even more from the tickling before freezing up when she heard a sudden *Thud* near the door.

At the same time, she felt a strong tug from the blanket around her that came very close to pulling her out of the curtained area. Looking down for the cause, Mimi brain crashed as she noticed two things. A. the blanket she was wrapped with was smooth not fluffy and B. there was a familiar fluffy appendage sticking out of said blanket and leading out the flap that had partly been opened to reveal a face-down, passed-out Naruto. Once her brain rebooted, the girl quickly put two and two together and reacted accordingly.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPP!"

-One Hour Later-

A now fully dressed Mimi sat beside Palmon as a nuclear blush adorned her face. Not only did she just rub herself all over with Naruto's tail, but after she had screamed the others had rushed over to see what was wrong only to see as she pulled said tail out of her blanket and tugged the flap back closed.

Speaking of, Naruto was stepping out of the shower, his cheeks also burning crimson as soon as his eyes met Mimi's. Everyone else chuckled or giggled at the embarrassed air around the duo, that or it was from the fur on Naruto's arms and tail being puffed out from the wash. Wanting to distract himself, the fox boy summoned a handful of clones and got to work disassembling the shower.

As he was doing so, Naruto sighed as yet another argument broke out behind him, this time between Tai and Matt over if they should climb over the nearby mountain that the digimon called Infinity Mountain. "We could get a better scope of the area from up there! Maybe even find a way back to camp!"

"It is too dangerous!"

"We'll be fine!"

Joe tried to intervene and calm things down, but ended up joining the fight instead when they demanded he take a side. Five minutes of constant bickering later, Naruto felt his eyebrow twitching as he turned around to yell at them himself… only for what he saw to make his blood run cold.

Three blood red tails were hovering directly behind the group, more specifically… "Mimi! Move!"

…his call came too late.

"Wha-Mmph!" Faster than anyone could react, the tails wrapped themselves around the girl and pulled her into the snowy forest with a muffled scream. While the others were frozen in shock and horror, Naruto didn't hesitate to rush after her. Pumping chakra into his legs, he ran as fast as he physically could, straining his ears to catch and follow the muted screams and breaking branches.

Running for what felt like hours, in reality only five minutes, he suddenly burst past the tree-line and into a large clearing. Breathing slightly heavy, he unconsciously released a quiet growl as the target of his pursuit stood before him.

"Hello ningen. Oh wait I forgot, you aren't a ningen are you, not anymore at least." Kyuubi said in a mocking tone as he stood at the center of the clearing, his tails swaying lazily behind him except for the ones holding Mimi in the air.

"Kyuubi you bastard! Let her go, she's done nothing to you!" Naruto yelled, his fists clenching tight enough to lightly draw blood at the sight of the poor girls terrified face.

"I know that, but here's the thing…" With an almost casual flick, the tails binding Mimi flung her right at Naruto, almost knocking him down before he stuck himself in place with chakra. "…you have." With his piece said, the Kyuubi glowed a brilliant crimson. When it faded, gone was the humanoid being with nine tails and in its place was a massive red fox, easily ten feet tall at least, with a black underbelly, muzzle, and pitch black flames floating around its paws and nine tails. Atop it's forehead and its shoulders was the yin-yang symbol and around its neck was an odd rope like harness with two black metal tips pointed forward.

"Kitsunemon dedigivolve to… CrimsonKyuubimon!"

"So I decided to have a little fun with you, let's see how long you can protect that precious little friend of yours." The now identified CrimsonKyuubimon said, his voice still as deep and booming as normal, charging straight at the duo forcing Naruto to flee with Mimi in his arms.

Unfortunately, when he tried to leave the clearing, a hexagonal energy field sprang up and electrocuted them. Stunned from the sudden zap, Naruto was left wide open for the tail that smashed into his back and sent them tumbling several feet away. "Ah ah ah, you didn't honestly think I would go through the effort of bringing you here just to let you run off like that, did you?" CrimsonKyuubimon asked sarcastically while watching Naruto get back up onto his feet.

Standing protectively over Mimi, who was nursing her arm as the force of the landing had caused several blisters on her burn to burst open, Naruto crossed his fingers and several dozen clones puffed into existence. With loud battle cries, most of the clones charged at the giant fox, only two staying behind, one to carry Mimi away from the fight and the other helping the original to form a Rasengan.

"Black Nova!" The kyuubi yelled as the dark flames on his paws flared around him and incinerated the closest clones in an instant. The remaining clones tried to attack from a distance but met with similar results as the cloned weapons dispersed from the heat. "Onyx Rain!" Dozens of mini fireballs flew from CrimsonKyuubimon's tail tips and fell onto the remaining clones before exploding violently and creating a large smokescreen. Naruto charged through the dissipating smoke, a fully charged Rasengan in hand, only to come face to face with a mouth full of flames.

"Rasengan!"

"Kitsune Bi!"

*BOOM!*

Both Naruto and CrimsonKyuubimon were sent flying back from the blast. Naruto recovered fast, flipping in midair to land on his feet and shoot back towards CrimsonKyuubimon while forming two dozen more shadow clones. All the clones paired off as they ran, with each pair forming their own Rasengan then half the clones dispersed while the remaining clones and the original jumped high and descended on the kyuubi's seemingly stunned form. "Rasengan Barrage!"

Just before they made contact though, onyx flames flared up around CrimsonKyuubimon and acted a shield and dispersing the clones. Naruto ignored the several burns he received and pushed through the barrier of flames and rammed his attack straight in the large fox's face.

"Hmmm, that actually stings a little." CrimsonKyuubimon said tauntingly before swatting Naruto away with one of his tails, leaving a small spiral mark on top of the yin-yang symbol on his head. Crashing to the ground next to where Mimi was, the clone had been dispersed while protecting her from the debris flying around, Naruto groaned as he moved his battered body back into standing position.

Mimi hid behind him, shaking with fright as the giant fox digimon walked at a sedate pace towards them. She quickly figured out that he was toying with them, and once he was bored would almost surely kill them. Naruto was exhausted and injured, Palmon and the others weren't here to help them, and even if they were the barrier would most likely stop them from helping.

Naruto panted as he struggled to stay standing. He was still okay chakra wise, but his body just wasn't recovering fast enough to keep up with the abuse it was taking. "Is this all you have? What happened to that strength you always preached about getting to protect you 'precious people'?" CrimsonKyuubimon asked with a wicked grin, "Or is it always as I said, you need me to survive, you need my power to win? Let's find out."

Naruto shoved Mimi out of the way just as the fox's fiery tails lashed out and bound him, glowing red energy pulsing from the appendages and into Naruto. "GAAAAHHH!" Said fox-boy thrashed around while screaming in agony, feeling as if liquid flames were being poured into his veins.

After several more seconds, the tail slackened their hold and Naruto was dropped to the ground by Mimi. He flailed around on the ground in a seizure as the red energy sparked and crackled around him. Moving to his side, Mimi tried to help him but flinched back as the energy flared up and sent sparks everywhere.

Forced to close her eyes and shield her face, she missed as her odd device thing glowed brightly and shot a blast of light at Naruto, but the Kyuubi didn't.

He watched with barely hidden interest as Naruto absorbed the light and the digitalized chakra he had injected into the boy was suddenly expelled from his body in the form of a red cloud that floated back into him. Eye's snapping open, Naruto shot back to his feet, completely healed up as he growled angrily while his whole body glowed pure white.

When the light cleared, Mimi gasped in shock at Naruto's new appearance. He grown at least two feet taller, his pants had turned to shorts revealing two long foxlike legs covered in yellow and white fur, both his arms had orange sleeve like covers that reached his elbows with and swirl symbol on the back of the hand. Both of his eyes now had matching black sclera, his hands and feet were alight with brilliant blue flames, and nine long fluffy tails extended from his backside with the tips aflame as well.

Vanishing in a burst of speed, he reappeared right in front of a surprised CrimsonKyuubimon, holding a familiar ball of energy only this time covered in bright blue fire. "Seirei-en Rasengan!" (Spirit Flame Rasengan, according to google translate.) Smashing the ball right in the large fox's face, directly atop where the first Rasengan hit, the ball exploded in a massive blast of blue flame.

When the light-show cleared, the Naruto could be seen standing in a large crater, while the kyuubi stood at the edge of the clearing, back in his Kitsunemon form. "Well well, I guess you took after me more than I thought. Until next time." With a casual wave of his hand, the barrier trapping them in shattered like glass, and he vanished into the shadows.

"We are nothing alike, and we never will be," Naruto growled back despite the person he was talking to being gone. Just then, the others finally showed up, running into the clearing and yelling their names. With that said, Naruto collapsed to the ground in exhaustion just as he heard the others arrive at the clearing. The last thing he was saw was a bright light and wondering to himself on when everything got so large.

-Chapter end-

AN: So it is revealed that Naruto can actually digivolve and I hope you like the form I made for him, if anyone has any suggestions on what his champion form name could be please give them. CrimsonKyuubimon is just Kyuubimon with a different color scheme. For those wondering, the kyuubi did this purely to satisfy his own curiosity on if Naruto could digivolve or not, and was trying to force him to which is why he tried to inject more data into him. For those who keep asking me to add to the pairing, the final pairing is already set, if this upsets you I'm sorry but I am not changing it. Thank you for reading and please review.