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Humon?

-Chapter 9-

-Last Time-

"Must capture the children." Leomon said in a cold emotionless voice.

"… … … …crud."

-Now-

Everyone scrambled in the opposite direction as Leomon drew his sword and leapt at them. Tai lagged behind for a few seconds do to his 'map' flying out of his pocket towards the lion digimon. "Pepper Breath! Come on Tai, we gotta go!" Agumon yelled as he blasted Leomon with a fireball, accidentally incinerating the 'map' in the process.

Running down the mountain, they didn't even get a quarter of the way when they were cut off again. "Oh look, those kids the boss wants." Standing in their way was a tall green humanoid digimon, with gaping mouth, large black horns atop it's head, metallic spikes jutting out of its shoulders, wearing simple black shorts, and wielding a large bone with metal studs sticking out of it.

"Ogremon!" Biyomon cried as the group skid to a halt. At the same time, Leomon dropped down behind them, effectively trapping them.

"Hello Leomon, great work getting them here old buddy!" Ogremon said with a laugh.

"Must capture the children." This got Ogremon to stop laughing, sweat-dropping slightly instead as he looked back to the kids.

"Wow, real conversationalist this one." He said while pointing to Leomon.

"This doesn't make any sense, you and Leomon are mortal enemies." Tentomon said as he floated next to Izzy's head, "How could you be working together?"

"Easily, the new boss can be very… er persuasive? Yeah, persuasive." Ogremon said, stumbling slightly at the end of his sentence as he scratched his head.

"Hey, he's distracted, now might be a good time to I don't know do something!" Naruto shout/whispered getting the rest of the digimon except Patamon to nod as they glowed brightly.

"Biyomon digivolve to… Birdramon!"

"Gabumon digivolve to … Garurumon!"

"Tentomon digivolve to… Kabuterimon!"

"Gomamon digivolve to… Ikkakumon!"

"Palmon digivolve to… Togemon!"

"Agumon digivolve to… Greymon!"

As he watched the six digimon turn into their massive champion forms, an Idea popped onto Naruto's head and he put his stubby fingers into the ram seal as best he could. 'If I turned into this from running out of being tire then if I flare it up my chakra then…' "Ah-ha!" Naruto cried victoriously as his whole body glowed and hopped out of Mimi's arms just as he started rapidly growing.

As soon as he got back to full size and the glow dimmed down, an odd sensation ran up his spine him as he involuntarily said, "ChibiNarutomon digivolve to… Kitsumon!" Naruto gagged slightly with a shudder as the words left his mouth. "Ugh, that was… weird."

"Eh, you get used to it." Greymon said in his now gruff voice as he, Garurumon, and Togemon stood before Leomon, ready to fight.

"It is rather annoying though, Harpoon Torpedo!" Ikkakumon said as he blasted Ogremon back.

"Stop with the pillow talk you morons and attack! Needle Spray!" Togemon yelled at them while shooting thousands of needles at Leomon who deflected them with his sword.

"Howling Blaster! What she said!"

-Top of Infinity Mountain-

"Hmm, this is bad, they've managed to digivolve." A deep voice said, the owner being a tall humanoid digimon with his whole body covered in a pitch-black leather outfit except his mouth. He had two wings with a multitude of holes, long arms that almost reached to his feet, an orange picture of a bat emblazoned across his chest and left foot, two horns sticking out horizontally from his head, and a multitude of black and brown belts attached to various parts of his body and the majority of his right arm.

Crossing his arms across his chest, the demonic looking digimon had a look of deep contemplation as he took in the fight going on below him. "They also seem to have impeccable team work, but why hasn't the Patamon digivolved?" He asked while glancing at the orange and yellow digimon clutched in the grasp of the smallest child. Looking back to the fight, his gaze narrowed further as he saw Naruto kick Leomon towards Greymon who in turn blasted the lion digimon into the cliff side with his Nova Blast.

"Though the bigger question is whom that digimon is, and how is he able to digivolve without a digidestined." The digimon grew even more interested as he saw Naruto digivolve again, this time declaring himself Teumesemon. "Best I intervene now before my minions get completely overwhelmed."

-Back with the fight-

Naruto shivered slightly as he felt the power of his new form coursing through him, while at the same time withholding a wince as the strain of using it so soon again was starting to affect him already. Wanting to end this fast, he and the others started charging their respective attacks only to be cut off by a sudden explosion above them.

"Rockslide!" Matt yelled as he and the other kids tried to find cover. Following that same instinct that lead him to use the Seirei-en Rasengan, Naruto's tails curled in front of him till the points met and a ball of pure blue flame formed.

"Seirei-en no Dangan! (Spirit Flame Bullet!)" He called as his tails sprang open, launching the sphere right at the rockslide at the same time as Greymon, Birdramon, and Garurumon attacked, knocking the kids off their feet from the blast and turning the falling rocks into harmless powder and dust.

*Cough, cough* "Everybody okay?" Tai asked as he stood up and dusted himself off.

"We're alive, *cough* okay might be stretching it a little." Matt said as he helped T.K. up. The others gave similar responses as the dust slowly cleared to reveal Leomon and Ogremon gone and all the digimon except Naruto collapsed on the ground in their rookie forms.

Naruto himself looked fine, but looking close you could see the beads of sweat starting to roll down his forehead. "We need to get out of here, now." Naruto said seriously as the fire on his tails dimmed down and picked up each of the tired digimon and handed them to their respective partner.

Not willing to argue, the group began moving as fast as they could down the mountain. While they walked though, Izzy noticed how Mimi looked like she was starting to freak out a little despite having Naruto walking right next to her. Several theories passed through his mind as his eyes narrowed slightly, before he shook off the thoughts again and focused on the issues at hand.

"We need to find somewhere to stop soon and rest." He said aloud as they entered a lightly wooded area near the bottom of Infinity Mountain. The digimon had recovered enough to walk but were clearly still tired as they practically dragged themselves along. The kids themselves were also rather tired, sore, and the majority of them were covered in scuffs, cuts, gashes, and bruises. The blisters on Mimi's burn had been torn open again, shown by the clear fluid slowly oozing out the bottom of her bandage.

The worst off though was Naruto. Sweat was all but pouring off of him, he walked with dragged steps and a heavy slouch, and the fires on his arms, feet, and tails were reduced to tiny flickers. The mere fact he hadn't dedigivolved after so long from his second time digivolving was awe-inspiring in itself.

Scratch that, Naruto's body suddenly glowed brightly as he rapidly shrank down to his chibi form, breathing heavily as he fell onto his ass. Not even a second later, Mimi had scooped him back up into her arms, almost instantly more relaxed as she snuggled the tired blonde into her chest.

"Case and point," Izzy stated as everyone else nodded.

"Well where exactly do you suggest, because I really don't feel like sleeping on the ground." Sora said, getting a few nods of agreement from T.K., Joe, and Mimi. "We probably won't have much of a choice, it's not like we're just gonna stumble upon a hotel or something." Matt said…

…Only for his jaw to hit the dirt seconds later as they did exactly that.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me." He grumbled while palming his face as everyone else other than Naruto cheered happily. Noticing his lack of enthusiasm, Mimi looked down at the mini blonde to see him staring at the building with an odd expression on his face. Nobody else noticed as they had quickly gotten into an argument on if they should knock or not or if it was a trap.

"Something wrong Naruto?" She asked softly while gently nudging him, startling him from his thoughts.

"Huh… oh um… sorry, it's just this whole building seems weird, doesn't it look kinda… fuzzy?" He asked, starting to get a headache as he stared at the building. "Like uh… like looking at a picture that's out of focus."

Looking from Naruto to the building and back again, Mimi didn't see what he was talking about. "Ummmm, maybe it's just cause you're tired." As if to prove her point, Naruto released a large yawn as he unconsciously snuggled deeper into her hold.

"Yeah… your probably right," Naruto agreed as he rubbed his eyes slowly with another yawn.

By this time, the rest of the group had finally stopped arguing and entered the building. "Huh, nobodies here." Tai commented as they walked through the deserted lobby. The room was spacious, with two floors, a staircase, and numerous doors leading to other areas. While Joe walked right into the room, the rest of the kids stayed near the door with looks of apprehension. It was Tai who decided to voice what they were thinking. "This feels really fishy to me. Every time we seem to find things like this, it always ends up as a trap."

"He's right, statistically speaking there is a ninety-five point three seven percent chance of this being a machination designed to lull us in a false sense of security." Thankfully, this time the others actually understood what Izzy said so he didn't have to dumb it down.

"Look, it's completely empty in here. Where could there possible be a trap?" Joe demanded back as he gestured to the completely empty room.

"Oh wow, that's beautiful." T.K. said while pointing to the wall across from them where a masterfully made painting of a praying angel was mounted.

"What is it?" Patamon asked from atop T.K.s head as he and Mimi walked up to it.

"It's an angel, something that supposedly looks out for you and keeps you safe, kinda like you guys."

"Yeah, it's not bad. And it helps prove my point, would an evil haunted mansion have paintings of angels on the wall." Joe reasoned. "Besides, where would you rather sleep, out in the open wood with no shelter or inside a sturdy building that we could easily defend?"

"I hate to admit it, but he's got a point." Matt said as the others reluctantly agreed. "Besides, I think they already decided for us." Sora said quietly as she gestured to the digimon who had fallen asleep in a large heap, then to Mimi who just noticed the soft snoring coming from the blonde in her arms.

"Aww, he's so cute," Mimi gushed as she gently rubbed Naruto's head, getting him to gently purr as he lightly pressed against her hand. She was snapped out of her little cute trance when the digimon suddenly started to wake up while sniffing the air.

"Do you smell that?" Agumon asked as he took a deep whiff.

"No, smell what?" Tai asked back, only for Gabumon to answer.

"The delicious smell of food, that's what."

All at once the seven digimon rushed off with the children in tow, practically smashing their way through a door to reveal a long table with a full buffet set up. "Holy cow, look at all that food!" Tai exclaimed as the digimon started helping themselves without hesitation. "Wait a second guys, we don't know if that stuff is safe to eat!" He yelled, only to be ignored as they, if anything, ate faster.

Not long after that, the children's resolve broke and they too began feasting on the large spread of food happily. Figuring he would need to eat too, Mimi gently shook Naruto a few times to wake him up. "Zzzzzzzz… hmm, wha?" He asked blearily with a yawn as he rubbed his eyes.

"It's time to eat, so say 'ah'." Mimi told him while holding up a piece of chicken.

"Ah…" Still half asleep, Naruto did as he was told and opened his mouth for her to put in the food in. Chewing on the bit of chicken for a few seconds, Mimi was surprised when his face scrunched up suddenly and he spat it out. "That was a mean prank," He told her with a huff as he crossed his arms.

"What are you talking about Naruto, what was a mean prank?" She asked, surprising Naruto when he picked up the honest confusion in her voice.

"You weren't pranking me?" He asked back, getting a slow nod in response. "Then why'd you try to feed me that phony chicken?" Blinking in surprise, Mimi looked down at the partially chewed chicken and back to Naruto, neither of them noticing the attention they were getting from the others.

"But it isn't fake, see," To prove her point she grabbed another piece and popped it into her mouth. "See," Tilting his head, Naruto accepted a different piece she handed him and nibbled it slightly.

"Nope, this stuff is fake, it doesn't even have any flavor." Naruto said adamantly as he tossed it back onto the plate.

Trying various other things from the table, Naruto quickly rejected every dish after a single bite, claiming it all to be fake. Eventually getting fed up, Naruto hopped out of Mimi's arms to the floor and wobbly walked over to the door. "You guys can keep eating that fake crap, I'm going to go make myself some ramen."

Silence reigned through the room as the group sat there awkwardly. After a minute or so, most of them resumed eating, albeit at a much slower pace, the exceptions being Mimi, who was growing increasingly stressed looking and acting jumpy, and Palmon who was worried about Mimi. "I-I'm going to make sure he's uhh… not lonely, yeah not lonely." The pink loving girl said with a nervous smile as she stood up and went the same direction Naruto went, Palmon following right behind her.

Matt, Joe, and Sora watched the girl leave with looks of curiosity at her behavior, Tai, T.K., and the digimon seemed either oblivious or were just ignoring it as they returned to eating, and Izzy had a very serious expression as he stood up and walked over to Sora. "Can I talk to you real quick? Privately?"

-End Chapter-

AN: Again, really sorry if this chapter is crummy, I am still working on emotional bits. I personally am a very apathetic and neutral person so I have a lot of trouble writing things like this so any advice would be nice. Onto other topics, Naruto being able to tell the food is fake, or seeing the house as fuzzy, is because of his hybrid state, Naruto has a unique form of perception. More specifically he has two sets of perception, his original human perception and his digital half's perception. He would normally not notice any difference other than enhanced senses because they would simply overlap each other, but on something as delicate or precise as an illusion, he would essentially see two slightly different versions of it that his mind would try to process simultaneously causing the illusion to seem distorted. Thank you for reading and please review.