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Humon

-Chapter 24-

-Last Time-

"Greymon dark digivolve to…"

As the miasma settled into place, it turned solid and became stark white until all that remained was a massive skeletal beast with a large orange heart in its ribcage and an orange fish-like object on it's back.

"…SkullGreymon!"

"…That can't be good."

-And Now [Play: Animal I have Become by Three Days Grace]-

"GRAAAAHHHHHHH!" SkullGreymon roared as he finished digivolving, the force of the roar causing the whole coliseum to shake and even crumble slightly.

"RAAAAH!" GigaGreymon roared back while ramming it's head into the skeletal digimon's ribcage and pushing it back several yards until he managed to stop himself.

Growling in anger, Skullgreymon raised his bony hands and grabbed onto the mutated Greymon's head. "Die." He said in a terrifying voice that sent shivers down everyone's spines before he tightened his grip, causing fractures to quickly spread across GigaGreymon's chitin covered head.

Eyes widening when it realized what was happening, the evil Greymon flailed around in a desperate attempt to free. It clawed, smashed, bit, and fired with all of it strength but to no avail as SkullGreymon didn't even flinch as shallow gouges were carved into its bones.

"Uh guys, should we do something? And if so, what?" Sora asked as she inched slightly behind Birdramon. Unfortunately, she got no response as everyone else was just as stumped. GigaGreymon was their enemy but at the same time it was pretty clear that SkullGreymon was not exactly in the right state of mind at the moment.

"You don't think he's really going to…" *Cra-Squelch* Joe had started to ask, only to fall silent as the pressure became too much and GigaGreymon's head caved in with a sickening wet crunch. The digidestined and their digimon could do nothing but watch in horror as the defeated Greymon fell to the ground, digital blood pouring from its crush head as its body twitched and spasmed for several moments before finally falling still and dissolving into data.

While they were recovering from the gory spectacle, SkullGreymon raised a bony foot and crushed the sparkling gem that been left behind by his kill. Satisfied that every trace of the other dino digimon was destroyed, the skeletal monster turned his attention to the massive TV that Etemon was displayed on and leaned forwards as the giant orange fish thing on his back shot off like a rocket. "Darkshot!"

Flying through the air at high speed, the attack barely took a second to reach its destination and explode with a deafening blast that sent almost everyone flying off their feet. As the blast died down and the smoke settled, it revealed that both the TV and a good majority of that side of the coliseum had been completely vaporized while SkullGreymon had already found a new target, Tai and the others still in the fight arena.

"Greymon! Stop! What are you doing?! It's me!" Tai yelled as he stumbled back out of the way of the giant bone foot that almost crushed him.

"I don't think he cares right now Tai!" Joe yelled as he grabbed the goggled boy by the arm and pulled him along as he, Sora, T.K., and Izzy booked it as their digimon tried to fight the crazy digimon. Tried being the key word as SkullGreymon swatted them away with ease.

"Kuso, Greymon's gone completely nuts." Naruto swore before turning to his companions. "Togemon, cover them!" He said while pointing to the running kids then turning to Garurumon and hopping onto his back. "You help me keep him distracted!"

"You got it!" Garurumon yelled in agreement while jumping down to the battle without hesitation. Grasping onto the mane of fur sticking of the wolf digimon's neck, Naruto held out his free arm as a large ball of blue flames started to form in his hand. As soon as they got close enough, Naruto hurled the fireball straight at SkullGreymon's head and landing a lucky shot on his eye.

"GRAAAAAAHH!" Roaring in pain and anger, SkullGreymon immediately focused on the pair as Garurumon got ready to charge him only for Naruto to stop him with a pull of his mane.

"Hold on, we need to find a weak spot first!" The foxy blonde said while hurling another fireball at SkullGreymon's head, only for it to be swatted away like a fly. "You saw what happened with GigaGreymon. The direct approach is not a good idea here."

"Right," Garurumon agreed while turning to the side and began running around the corrupted digimon as Naruto continued to attack from distance. Quickly getting irritated by this, SkullGreymon roared in anger as the long bone arcs on its back bent forwards. "Boneyard!"

"Incoming!" Naruto yelled as the arcs suddenly split open and dozens of human sized bone spears were launched at them.

"I see them!" Acting fast, Garurumon pivoted on his forelegs, spinning himself around as his long tail glowed bright blue. "Ice Wall!" He yelled as a dome of ice surrounded them just before the spears hit.

"Hold on. How long could you do this?!" Naruto demanded over the sound of the spears hitting their cover.

"Ever since I first digivolved, why do you… … oh right… oops." Garurumon said sheepishly as he cowed under Naruto's irritated glare.

"We'll talk about this later." Naruto said as the barrier shattered around them as the spear attack ended. "We can't keep playing cat and mouse or someone's going to get hurt, namely us." As he spoke Togemon and Ikkakumon appeared on either side of them ready for a fight. "Where are the others?"

"Birdramon and Kabuterimon are carrying everyone else above us." Ikkakumon said, making Naruto glance up to see the silhouettes of the two digimon as they circled the coliseum. "They should be out of harm's way up there."

"So what's the plan?" Togemon asked while punching her fists together.

"Keep at a distance and aim for the eyes or heart. We need to tire him out enough that he reverts to normal. Now scatter!" Naruto yelled as SkullGreymon charged at them.

As they split up and ran different directions, the skeletal digimon came to a halt and looked between the three targets in apparent confusion before settling on his original prey. This however, left SkullGreymon completely open to the Harpoon Torpedoes and Needle Spray that struck both of his eyes at the same time.

"GRAAAHH! DIE! DIE! DIE!" He roared, flailing his arms while blindly firing another fish missile from its back that obliterated even more of the coliseum. "DIE! DIE!"

As they scrambled to avoid the attacks, Garurumon and Togemon had only a little trouble… Ikkakumon on the other hand was completely screwed as his bulky form was too slow. So, when a suspiciously large shadow covered him, he only had enough time and say, "Ah crap," before the bone arm crashed into him.

-In the Sky [Pause Music]-

"Ikkakumon!" Joe screamed from Birdramon's back with Sora, Tai, T.K., and Patamon when he saw the giant seal digimon get sent flying through one of the gaps that had been blasted in the coliseum and sent skidding across the desert. "Is he okay?"

"I can't tell, there's too much dust." Tai said as he focused his scope on the spot Ikkakumon had stopped. "Wait… I think I… yeah he's alright, just dedigivolved." He said as he managed to see Gomamon waddle out of the dust cloud, coughing and a bit scuffed up but otherwise fine. "And it looks like Togemon is going to get him."

"Oh thank god," Joe sighed in relief.

"Uh guys, are Naruto and Garurumon doing what I think their doing?'" Sora asked while pointing back to the coliseum. Following her finger, the three boys' jaws dropped. "I'll take that a yes."

-Back on the Ground, Two minutes earlier[Play: Protectors of the Earth by Two Steps From Hell]-

"Kuso! Togemon, go make sure he's okay!" Naruto called out as Ikkakumon was sent flying out of the area.

"On it!" The cactus boxer yelled back before running off, leaving Naruto and Garurumon to deal with the recovering skeletal digimon.

"How you doing Garurumon?" Naruto asked the wolf digimon he was riding.

"Getting a bit tired to be honest, I don't know how much longer I can stay digivolved." Garurumon said while sidestepping a random bone spear that got a little too close for comfort.

"Just keep it together a bit longer, I have an idea… but it's a bit crazy." Naruto said before explaining his plan. When he finished, Garurumon turned his head back and gave Naruto the best deadpan he could.

"That isn't crazy… that is absolutely nuts." He said dull before turning back to SkullGreymon who had almost completely regained his bearings and was now glaring at them in rage. "But I don't have a one, so let's do this!" He declared while charging.

"Hell yeah-Ttebayo!"

Swiftly dodging a claw that crashed into the ground next to them, Garurumon actually leapt onto the outstretched limb as it was rising back up. Slipping a bit on the smooth surface of the bone as it moved, he proceeded to charge up the arm, narrowly avoiding as SkullGreymon tried to smash them with his other hand.

Upon reaching the shoulder, he leapt as high as he could and landed on the corrupted Greymon's head where he promptly sunk his jaws as deeply as he could on the solitary horn sticking out in the middle. Naturally not liking this one bit, SkullGreymon shook his head fiercely in an attempt to through his unwanted passengers off as his hands couldn't reach up there.

With Garurumon's only firm hold being on the horn, he and Naruto were effectively being ragdolled around by the powerful shaking… just as planned.

When one of the shakes made them swing out in front of SkullGreymon's face, it was to reveal that Naruto was no longer riding on the wolf digimon's back. Instead, he was clinging to the end of Garurumon's long tail with one hand while the other had a flaming Rasengan. Upon reaching the apex of the swing was flicked straight at the massive digimon's ribcage, easily slipping through the ribs themselves and heading right for the massive orange heart within.

[Stop Music]

"Time to snap out of this Agumon! Seirei-en RasengaAAAAAH!" Naruto started to yell, only to end up screaming in pain. The instant his attack had made contact, pitch black lightning shot out in all directions, violently shocking the foxy blonde. Not giving up though, he powered through the pain and channeled as much power as he could into the spiraling ball of flames in his hand.

GRAAAAAAAAAAAH!" SkullGreymon certainly didn't like that as his thrashing increased tenfold while he clawed at his sparking chest. He didn't even notice as Garurumon finally let go and fell to the ground while devolving back to Gabumon or when Togemon returned with Gomamon held in her gloved hand.

"Gabumon? What happened? Where's Naruto?" The cactus boxer asked while hoisting up the exhausted digimon with her free arm.

"Up… there…" Gabumon said weakly, lifting a hand and pointing to SkullGreymon. Just as he did so, a bright ball of white and black light began to form inside the colossal digimon's chest, steadily spreading outwards.

Hollow eyes widening as she realized what was about to happen, Togemon pulled the two wounded digimon close and dove behind a pile of rubble.

"GRAH! DIE! DIE! D-" *kraka-BOOOOOOM!*

With one last howl of rage, SkullGreymon was completely engulfed by a massive explosion. Most of the remaining walls and columns were either blown to pieces by arcs of black electricity or crumbled from the concussive force of the blast, throwing up a large cloud of dust and smoke that completely obscured the area.

*Cough cough* "Are you guys… *cough* alright?" A now devolved Palmon asked as she dragged Gomamon and Gabumon out of said dust, a few bruises and scrapes on various parts of her body.

"Did anyone get the digi-code on that Monochromon?" Gomamon asked with a slur, a large welt forming on his head from where a chunk of rock had clonked him.

Meanwhile Gabumon was busy coughing out a mouthful of sand and simply responded with a shaky thumbs-up.

Sighing in relief, the plant digimon fell on her rear tiredly, looking up as a shadow covered her to see Kabuterimon's face as he and Birdramon landed before also reverting to their rookie forms once their passengers dismounted.

"Palmon!" Mimi said worriedly, rushing over and scooping the tired digimon into her arms while Matt and joe helped Gabumon and Gomamon respectively. "Are you alright?"

"Nothing a good meal won't fix." Palmon said while covering her grumbling stomach with a slight blush.

"That's great," Mimi muttered, hugging her partner gently before looking around. "But where's Naruto?"

"And Agumon?" Tai added as walked up to the pair, scanning the area for any sign of the two along with the others. Unfortunately, thanks to the aforementioned dust, their field of vision was severely limited. Before any of their worry grow too much though, the sound of coughing caught their attention followed by a welcome familiar voice.

"We're over here." Naruto called out as his form slowly started to come into view.

Just as the group started to feel relief once more though, a particularly strong gust of wind blew by and cleared the air enough for them all to get a clear view of the whiskered blonde, causing them to freeze in shock. Naruto was somehow completely unharmed, albeit a bit ruffled up, and a passed out Koromon could be seen snoozing in his arms.

However….

The fur on his arms had turned pitch black all the way up to his shoulders along with three of his nine tails, and his arm sleeve things had streaks of blood red along them. Thin streaks of black fur had also branched out from his left eye, which now glowed a vibrant crimson in the black abyss of his sclera. Finally, his shirt had been almost entirely destroyed in the fight, revealing the scar across his chest from the black gear pulsing with dark energy in exact rhythm of his heartbeat.

"Good thing you're… you're here… I… I don't feel… so… well." Naruto barely managed to say before collapsing.

-End Chapter-

AN: Hope you all liked the chapter. I always felt that SkullGreymon's first appearance was kinda glossed over since he had like three minutes of screen time before devolving back to Koromon, so I made this. Also, I hope you like the music I picked out, I tried to find songs that really fit the chapter. If you feel like you know of better ones though, feel free to suggest them to me and I'll check them out. What has happened to Naruto? You ask, well keep on reading to find out. Thank you for reading and please review.