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Humon?

-Chapter 15-

-Last Time-

"Hey! What are you doing! Put me down!" The duo ignored Izzy's indignant shouts and demands in favor of walking onwards, not wanting to deal with the genius kid getting caught up in his quest for knowledge. Palmon and Tentomon looked at the three then at each-other before shrugging their shoulders and following.

*BOOM!*

The whole group paused as they heard a loud explosion in the distance followed by a large cloud of black smoke. "How much you wanna bet that that was the others?"

-And Now-

"We should hurry, if that was some of our friends, then they're probably in trouble." Izzy said, getting nods all around.

"Then lets speed things up, shall we." Tentomon stated as he started to glow brightly. "Tentomon digivolve to… Kabuterimon! Attention passengers, Kabuterimon Airlines now boarding," The now much larger digimon said in a joking tone as he knelt down and allowed the others to climb up on his back.

"Brilliant idea Kabuterimon, now let's goOOO!" Izzy screamed from Kabuterimon's back, almost falling off when the bug digimon took to the sky at high speed. Luckily, Mimi and Palmon managed to catch him before he went far and pushed him back into his spot. "Thanks,"

"Don't mention it," the duo said in sync, causing them to look at each-other in surprise before giggling.

In less than a minute, the group was flying over the scene of the explosion and sure enough there was Tai (Dressed), Matt (who had a blanket wrapped around him like a toga), and T.K. (dressed but missing his shoes), with Garurumon, Greymon, and Patamon duking it out against Leomon and Ogremon in a small town made out of giant cushy children's building blocks.

At first, it seemed like Greymon and Garurumon had everything under control, with the orange dino digimon taking on Leomon while the blue wolf dealt with Ogremon. Unfortunately, just when they were about to deal the finishing blows, several black gears shot down from the sky and sank into the possessed lion digimon's back.

"GRAAAAAAAH!" Leomon bellowed in agony as he rapidly tripled in size and turned a sickly grey color. Greymon tried to tackle him while he was distracted, only to fail as Leomon dodged out of the way with startling speed and backhanded the dino halfway across the town. "Fist of the Beast King!" He then proceeded to blast Garurumon through several buildings with a black version of his signature attack.

Leomon then turned his attention towards T.K. who was trembling in terror as Patamon flew in front of him protectively. "Oh god, we have to help them!" Mimi cried as they watched Patamon try to keep the approaching digimon at bay with his 'boom bubble' with little effect.

"I got this, you guys take care of Ogremon!" Naruto yelled back as, much to Mimi, Izzy, and Palmon's shock he suddenly dove off Kabuterimon's back.

"Did he really just do that?" Mimi asked in a blank voice, getting stunned nods from either side.

-On the ground-

"AAH!"

"Patamon!?" T.K. cried as his partner was snatched out of the air by the mutated Leomon and tightly squeezed until he cried out in pain. "Let go of him you big meanie!"

"Must eliminate the children! Must eliminate the child-" Leomon was cut off from his mantra by a bright glow coming from above him. Turning his gaze upwards, he was just in time to be greeted with the sight of Naruto in his Teumesemon form hurtling straight at him before his face became intimately familiar with the bottom of the boy's foot.

"Dōteki entorī o hineru! (Twisting Dynamic Entry!)" The blonde cried, digging his foot deep into his opponents face as he spun in place and rammed his other foot into the back of the lion digimon's head, embedding him several inches into the ground face first. The blow made him loosen his grip on Patamon, allowing the small yellow digimon to squirm free and fly back to T.K.. Naruto didn't stop there as he continued to spin in midair until his tails slammed into Leomon's back and sent him even further into the dirt. "Kitsune no sōgi! (Fox Tail Burial!)"

Hopping back from the large crater he just created, Naruto smirked as he saw his opponent weakly crawl back out with a groan. "Ha! I told Bushy Brow that adding a new twist would work awesomely!" He cheered to himself, reminding himself to rub it in Lee's face later that he was right.

His humor swiftly turned to dead seriousness though as he saw Leomon quickly recover from his surprise attack, the wounds he just inflicted already entirely healed. "Must destroy you." Leomon stated as he drew his sword in a reverse grip.

"Well at least you said something different this time, though not by much," Naruto deadpanned, before a large grin crossed his face as he drew a kunai. "Come on then kitty cat, let's dance!" In the blink of an eye, the two fighters were right in front of each-other, their blades clashing against each-other in small showers of sparks.

-Meanwhile, with the others-

"Patamon, are you okay?" T.K. asked in a worried tone as his battered partner barely managed to fly into his arms.

"Ugh, Yeah, just need to rest a little, *gurgle* and maybe get something to eat." Patamon said as his stomach growled loudly. T.K. laughed slightly at that, never noticing the shadow covering him until it was too late.

"Well how about I give you your last meal!" Ogremon yelled from behind them, making T.K. whirl around in terror as the green digimon's bone club descended towards them. "Pummel Wha- AARRGH!"

"Electro Shocker!" "Needle Spray!"

Thankfully, before Ogremon could finish his attack, a barrage of needles and electricity blasted into his backside and sent him flying off into the forest with a howl of agony. Moments later Togemon and Kabuterimon landed on the ground with a crash, with the bug digimon leaning down so his passengers could dismount.

"Hey guys, glad to see you're alright!" Tai yelled as he and Matt rushed over to them while carrying their KO'd partners.

"You as well, but now is not the time for pleasant greetings." Izzy stated as he and everyone else turned their attention back to the conflict between Naruto and Leomon just as the duo get into a blade lock. "We need to help him."

"Then what are we standing here for?" Togemon asked rhetorically as she charged straight into the fight… only to get launched right back out by Leomon backhanding her without looking away from Naruto. Caught by surprise, Togemon was unprepared for the blow and thus was literally slapped out of her champion form as she crashed into one of the buildings, sending fluff flying everywhere.

"Okay… … anyone have a plan B," Kabuterimon asked nervously while everyone stared on in shock at how easily the cactus digimon had been defeated.

-Back to the fight-

"You think I'm just gonna let you get away with hurting my friend like that?! Think again!" Naruto growled out as a flaming ball of energy started forming in his free hand. When it was finished, released his hold on the kunai and ducked down, causing Lemon to overextend his arm. Using the brief loss of balance to his advantage, the foxy blonde slipped into the lion digimon's guard and rammed his attack straight into his opponent's stomach. "Seirei-en Rasengan!"

Angling the blow slightly, Naruto smirked as instead of flying backwards, Leomon was launched several feet into the air. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Two clones poofed into existence beside him and all three jumped into the air above the now falling digimon. "27 Tēru Hōdan! (27 Tailed Barrage!)" All three called while slamming their tails into Leomon, sending him flying back into the crater from before and doubling the size of it.

Landing perfectly back to the ground, Naruto panted tiredly and fell to one knee while devolving back to his Kitsumon form, his two clones vanishing in puffs of smoke. *Huff* "Please tell me that *Huff* that took care of him," Naruto said, one hand rising up to his chest that was throbbing in pain. 'By Kami, that smarts,'

"Must… destroy… you…. Must… destroy… you…"

"Damnit," Naruto cursed as the battered and bruised, but still standing, form of Leomon climbed back out of the crater again while repeating the same phrase over and over. Looking back over to the others, Naruto felt his eyebrow twitch with annoyance when he saw them just standing around and staring at him dumbly. "OI! A LITTLE HELP OUT HERE WOULD BE NICE RIGHT ABOUT NOW!"

That seemed to do the trick as it snapped everyone out of their stupor. "Everyone quick, get your digivice out, they can destroy black gears!" Izzy said as he and Mimi pulled out theirs and pointed them right as Leomon while walking towards him.

"What? Oh, Oh right!" Tai exclaimed while doing the same, remembering his doing so to Leomon before when he was still on Infinity Mountain. Matt looks at all of them with a 'Are you serious?' look before sighing as he followed suit.

Leomon saw them approaching and tried to back away, but only for his still healing wounds to act up and making him stumble. In that moment of weakness, Naruto stood back up and crossed both arms over his chest as they started to glow. "Diamond Storm!" He called as he threw his arms open, forming dozens of crystal fragments that flung themselves at Leomon. While not doing much damage, the attack itself distracted the possessed digimon long enough for the four kids to surround him with their digivices at point blank range.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHGGG!" Leomon howled in pain as each device blasted him with pure white light. Hitting him at all sides, he had nowhere to flee and within seconds the black gears were forced out and obliterated.

With the gears removed, Leomon rapidly shrank back down to his normal size before collapsing to his knees with a pained groan. "Thank goodness that's over with," Naruto said with a sigh as he fell back onto his rear with a tired sigh.

Meanwhile, unnoticed to everyone there, Ogremon snuck away with a dark chuckle.

-Few Minutes Later-

"Sorry about roughing you up so much, but you just wouldn't stay down." Naruto said as he and Leomon rested against the same tree with the others surrounding them, now fully dressed. Turned out the ex-possessed digimon had been using their clothes as a means to track them and so had them all on hand nearby.

"It is alright, you only did what you had to," Leomon waved off the apology as he finished bandaging himself up. "Though if I may ask, what digimon are you? You share any similarities to a Renamon including their signature attack, yet you clearly are not one."

"That's cause I'm human," Naruto stated, getting Leomon to stop and look at him with disbelieving expression. Seeing this, Naruto clarified. "Well, used to be human to be more exact."

"Another digimon called Kitsunemon forcefully changed him into what he is now before our very eyes when we first met each-other." Izzy explained, hoping it would clear things up.

Leomon slowly nodded, sitting in silence as he seemed to mull over the information. "I have never heard of a Kitsunemon before, so it mustn't be a native of File Island." He stated, getting surprised gasps from the surrounding kids and digimon while Naruto became slightly nervous. "But that is a mystery to solve for another time, I'm sure you all have many questions of your own."

Naruto visibly relaxed at the change of subject, something that only Mimi noticed when she glanced over at him while the boys were busy getting answers from Leomon. 'Why is he so relieved? It's almost like he's afraid of us learning about…' Her train of thought drifted off as her eyes widened.

She was brought out of her thoughts by Leomon as he started speaking again. "According to ancient legend, our world would be taken over by a strange dark force that would change good digimon into bad ones. My ancestors predicted that a group of children called the digidestined would appear from another world. When they appear, these children would acquire a tremendous power that would save this world from destruction."

"And let me guess," Naruto cut in, "That those annoying gears and whoever is controlling them is this 'dark force' and that these guys and our missing pals are supposed to be these 'digidestined'." He said, using air quotes and gesturing towards the five kids, getting a nod from Leomon.

"I believe so, them having the digivices in their possession was my first inkling, then there is the rumor that the chosen children could make digimon digivolve, which you have done." Naruto didn't say anything, personally he didn't put much stock in fate, destiny, or all that jazz, but he couldn't deny that Leomon mad e a few good points.

"Well personally I hope that is the case." Izzy said, getting the others to look at him in shock, confusion, and surprise. "If what Leomon says is true, then that would mean as soon as we take care of this darkness problem we should be sent straight back home. Since there would be no need for us to be here then." He explained getting looks of understanding from all around.

"But still, how do we even do that?" Matt asked as he stood up and started pacing. "We're not even sure who's causing this mess, and whit if it's a force that's too big for us to handle."

"Well, to answer that first part, Devimon is the main cause of all this evil. To save this island, you will have to defeat him." Leomon stated while pointing to Infinity Mountain.

At this, Tai stood up with a brave face as turned towards said mountain. "Then let's get going. The sooner we get this over with, the sooner we all get to go home."

-In the distance-

"Hmm, looks like their getting to the end boss fight finally." Kitsunemon said to himself as he observed the group from a new spot. He watched as the group rallied to whatever the goggle wearing idiot said and clambered into the pussy cat's boat.

Turning his head slightly while taking a sip out of his drink, he readjusted his binoculars until they focused in on the missing two kids as they rode their respective digimon. "And looks like it just in time for the whole gang to get back together again."

Allowing the binoculars to drop back into his lap, Kitsunemon stood up and pulled a large empty movie theater popcorn bucket out of seemingly nowhere. "Well, best to get a refill before the big finale. Oh! I hope one or two end up dying in the end, that would just make my day." The dark fox digimon said to himself as he walked away.

-End Chapter-

AN: The big confrontation comes. How will Naruto being there affect the outcome? Find out next chapter. Thank you for reading and please review.