"Normal speech"

"Echo/duel/special speach"

'Normal thoughts'

"Demon/Summon/high Digimon speech"

'Demon/Summon/high Digimon thoughts'

"Attack/jutsu name"

(author comment)

flashback/memory

~locations and transitions~

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Digimon

Reviews corner

SPark681: gladly

Thunderofdeath97: don't know. Those are just the Digimon that were on the list of who could be for who. I actually tried to figure out the power difference between a bijuu and a high-class Mega. but it's almost impossible to scale it with Digimon not having something to use to scale the power. He could potentially have some of those but I don't know if he will ever really get those Digimon. As for the royal knights, no they are no longer around. I will most likely put in some details about them showing that they did exist but I am not sure if I will. I am working with my own knowledge of Digimon which is not excessively expansive. It's from the show up to season four Digimon frontiers, some games, and some other random bits. I had someone help me with coming up with partners for the rookies more than anything and some other Digimon. So any tips or details that you are willing to give would help. As for the pairing… I feel like I am writing myself into a corner on that one. Like all the choices are just crowding me. So for that, I might just make a poll for it later on.

Fd acnologia: Es por eso que lo hice de esta manera. me alegra que te guste la historia

Chocolateliquor: welcome to the story. Hope you continue to like it

An announcement is at the end.

Chapter 21: Clan heir's prep

Itachi had been watching the daimyo for the past few days now on orders from his Hokage and so far there have been several things that had caught his attention but there was one thing that caused him much concern.

The Daimyo's usual laid back attitude seemed to be nonexistent

To anyone else, this would seem like a good thing but throughout the entire time that Itachi has been one of Minato's personal Anbu guard, he has never seen the man act so seriously. Even during the most serious meetings, the man would always seem like he was looking forward to a spa treatment. Now, however, he was going to his office, doing his work, going to the throne, and just sitting there. After his observations, he had come to a single conclusion 'he is under a powerful genjutsu.' he had seen this kind of behavior before, he had even done it to some of his enemies but he needed to be a hundred percent sure about this before he even considered doing anything. Especially since he was sure that this was done by a Sharingan as only it was strong enough to put someone in a genjutsu that lasted this long. Itachi looked down from the high ceiling of the throne room (I don't know why but I always fee the daimyo sitting in a castle-like throne room so I'm going with that) to see the daimyo sitting in his chair. This was an extremely risky mission since, if he made the slightest mistake, Konoha would pay dearly for it. The issue is that in order to dispel the genjutsu he would need direct eye contact with the man but he was guarded 24/7 and not once has there been a moment he could just drop in. 'although it is impressive how Minato's suggestion for the guards to be trained better, and to have guard squad with him at all times, it does make this mission much more difficult. I must hurry if I am to try and catch up with Naruto and his group.'

~Konoha~

There have been many times that Minato has thought about his life and how it became how it was. Some of the times, it was during battles of extreme magnitude, where he wondered how he could have prevented such slaughter. Other times it was during times of great happiness, such as when he married the love of his life, watched his children be born, their first steps, their first words, how they became so strong. Now though….it was the former

*BOOM*

Minato found himself six feet under….and he was at the moment wishing that he was dead. "I….hurt…...everywhere…." he was roughly pulled out of his new grave and soon looked into very angry hazel eyes. Before he could say anything he was thrown through the walls of several buildings. After he went through six buildings, bouncing on the ground, and rolling to a stop, his pain-filled delirious mind couldn't help but think 'that is going to be a week's worth of paperwork.' once he finished this thought he gained back some of his senses and rolled out of the way of an incoming fist that shattered the very ground he was once on. Getting back to his feet he looked to see Tsunade coming out of the crater with fire in her eyes "Tsunade, I know you're angry…."

"YOU HAVE NO IDEA!" Tsunade launched herself at Minato ready to rip his head off.

Minato jumped away dodging the fist but he was too slow to dodge the kick that hit his side. He knew that her anger was justified and that he, in a way, deserved this, which is why he wasn't fighting back once he stopped bouncing on the ground he leaned his back on the wall of the building he hit. After a few seconds, he was brought up again face to face with the woman.

"You have five seconds to convince me not to make the Hokage seat in need of a replacement!" she pulled her fist back ready to kill the man.

Minato knew that she would kill him if he didn't say something that would convince the woman but with just five seconds, there was no way he could do that. But he knew one word that would get her to at least listen to him

Tsunade counted down the seconds and once it reached to one second, she channeled chakra into her fist ready to kill the man

"...Danzo…."

Tsunade felt her anger towards the blonde-haired man disappear in an instant and be redirected towards an old fossil that should have been dead decades ago….and not from old age. She brought Minato's face closer to her own as she growled out the word "Talk!"

Before Minato could say anything they both heard someone coming towards them. Looking to the side both saw Jiraiya limping towards them.

"...calmed…... down yet….. Hime…..?" Jiraya promptly fainted due to his injuries. He didn't receive them from fighting, he received them because Tsunade, in her anger, picked the man up by the foot and used him as a weapon against Minato, and the now unconscious Anbu, for the first thirty minutes of her rampage. Safe to say Jiraya was no longer just acquainted with the wall and ground. He had become their lover from him kissing them so much.

Tsunade ignored the injured toad sage and glared back at Minato. "Now...tell me what is going on!"

~Hyuga compound~

Hinata was sitting in front of her parents as she had brought up her decision on the banishment of Naruto.

Hiashi was the first to speak "no."

"But father….!"

"No, I forbid you from going out to who knows where because of the banishment of one of your comrades. You are the heiress of the Hyuga clan. As such you must think about what is best for the clan!"

Hinata's mother Hitomi looked at her husband with a critical eye. She was also in agreement with the decision but something was nagging her.

Hinata, although timid and shy, mustered up her courage and spoke "it is not just for my comrade. It is for my friends. People who are important to me. They are going out into the world and Naruto is going to need all the help they need. I…..am going."

"Hinata!"

"No! I love you, father, but this is something that I must do! If you will deny me permission to help out those that are important to me than I will go on my own!"

Hitomi and Hiashi were surprised by the determination in the young girl's eyes. This was the first time that she had talked back in such a manner.

Hitomi looked to Hiashi and saw that he had a look of anger on his face

Hiashi abruptly stood up and walked to the door. As he was opening the door he said in a harsh tone "do as you wish." before shutting it.

Hitomi and Hinata stared at the door in shock at his reaction and neither knew what to say.

Hitomi after a second could only give a sad smile towards the door

Hiashi made quick strides down the hall and towards his bedroom. As he was walking passed an intersection he heard someone speak

"Don't you think that was a little harsh?"

Hiashi stopped walking but did not turn around as he addressed the person. "if she wants to go off on her own than it's her choice!"

"You hide your emotions well but you can't hide them from me Hiashi."

Hiashi sighed as his shoulders sagged a bit. "Only you could see through me, Hizashi."

Hizashi came out of the dark corridor and smiled at his brother "well, your wife could probably see it too."

Hiashi smiled at that before he spoke "I do not wish for her to go out into the world with such a potentially dangerous foe after one of her friends."

"Even if it were a stranger she would go if it meant helping them. And she is doing this not only to help Naruto but the Digimon as well. She knows that the Digimon are in a sort of danger as well."

Hiashi smiled wider as he turned his head to look over his shoulder at his brother "that and her boyfriend is going as well."

Both could not help but laugh at this.

As they finished their laugh, Hizashi spoke "she has a good heart brother. You raised her well."

Hiashi looked away, now with a proud smirk on his face "she is just like her mother." he paused for a second before speaking again "may I ask a favor?"

Hizashi did not speak and let his brother continue

"Will you protect her?"

Hizashi smiled as he knew the answer to that question already

"Of course, Lord Hiashi"

Both Hiashi and Hizashi looked down the corridor that Hizashi came from to see Neji walking towards them

Once Neji was a few feet away from them, he knelt on one knee "I will protect her with my life."

Hiashi smiled as he walked up to his nephew and patted him on the shoulder "just make sure that you come back someday."

Neji raised his head and looked at his uncle before he nodded.

Unknown to the three, they were being eavesdropped by two others. One of them gained a determined look before running away towards her room

"Are you sure about this?" was whispered from one of them

"Of course. If Neji is going then so am I!"

"I won't stop you then, but make absolutely sure that you want to go."

The small figure stopped for a minute before she moved again and opened her bedroom door. Once she closed the door behind her, she knelt down and put the second figure on the floor "I…..want to go with them but…."

"I know. You are afraid of leaving home. Don't worry. Whatever you decide, I will be there with you Hanabi."

"Thank you…Lopmon."

~Uchiha compound~

"Do you have your food rations?"

"Yes"

"Do you have all your clothes packed?"

"Yes"

"What about your medkit?"

"Yes"

"Your weapons?"

"Yes"

"Your back up weapons?"

"Yes"

"Jutsu scrolls?"

"Yes."

"Your blankey"

"ye….Mother! I haven't needed that since I was five!" Sasuke shouted as he blushed

Mikoto was nagging Sasuke about his supplies and every single thing she could think of. They had already talked about his decision and now they were making sure that he would have everything set for the journey when they were all set to go. She would have Itachi look over everything Sasuke had to make sure that he was prepared but her eldest was out on a mission right now. "Are you absolutely sure that you want to go?"

Sasuke sighed as he sat on the living room couch "we have been over this Mother. I have to go. If I don't, I will be left behind by everyone and I won't allow that."

Mikoto moved to sit next to him. She knew the real reason behind what he said. She knew that it was just a front since the real reason was that he wanted to help out his friends. She began to mess with his hair to make it tidy.

Sasuke grunted when he felt his mother's hands mess with his hair. He usually hated it when she did this but he didn't try and stop her this time since he knew that he was leaving his home soon and this might be one of the last time she would do this so for his mother, he allowed her to continue.

After she finished messing with his hair, she brought her legs up into a seiza position and turned to face him

Sasuke did the same thing and face his mother with a serious look on his face

Once both of them were face to face, the made eye contact as Mikoto activated her Sharingan before going straight into her Mangekyo Sharingan.

Sasuke did not resist the effect of the evolved dojutsu and allowed himself to fall to them as he looked into the teardrop pattern.

This was something that Mikoto had begun to do with those close to her, namely her sons. Her Mangekyo Sharingan has an extremely rare ability that has not been seen before. It allows emotional control to whoever falls to its power. With it, she could instill any type of emotion into an enemy such as fear, trepidation, adoration, and even infatuation. However, since she is a retired kunoichi, she does not use it against any enemy. Instead, she uses it to create an emotional connection with both Sasuke and Itachi. She shares her familial love with them and she also feels theirs towards her. The words "I love you Sochi/mother" were never said between the three but with her ability…...it was never needed.

After a minute of this Sasuke blinked as he was released from the effects. He then found himself being hugged by his mother and he returned the hug.

Mikoto smiled, as she enjoyed these moments with her children "promise me that you will stay safe Sochi."

Sasuke nodded

~Inuzuka compound~

Kiba was stuffing things into his traveling pack with stuff he thinks he needs for the trip. He hadn't brought up the journey with his mother or sister since he was sure that they wouldn't even consider letting him go. He was planning on just sneaking out when everyone was about to leave. After closing his pack and stuffing it into his closet, he let out a sigh of relief thinking that everything was going as planned

"And what are you so relieved about pup?"

Kiba froze when he heard this. He knew that voice and was now sweating profusely. He robotically turned around to see his mother Tsume standing at his doorway with an angry look on her face and her foot tapping. He saw Akamaru sitting behind the woman with his tail wagging. 'Traitor!' He couldn't move, he couldn't think, he could only pray to kami that he would live to see the next day

Tsume was internally laughing at the panic that her pup was obviously in. wanting to cause him to sweat more, she went to the very closet that she saw him put his pack and pulled it out before facing him with it in her hands

Kiba now knew he was screwed 'I blame you Akamaru!'

Tsume glared at Kiba for a few more seconds before she dropped it and smiled down at him "you should really be more organized when packing your things pup."

Kiba was now confused about why he wasn't in the process of dying from her motherly fury. He could only say the one smart thing his brain could come up with "...uh…?"

Tsume knelt down to be eye level with Kiba "we Inuzuka look out for our pack no matter the danger." she patted him on the head as she continued "and your pack is about to go out to who knows where. So you better be ready to help defend it no matter what you face. If you don't, you can't call yourself an Inuzuka! Got it pup?"

Kiba smirked as he gave his mother a confident grin and a nod

Akamaru happily ran up to Kiba before jumping onto his head as the boy spoke

"You got it, mom!"

~Yamanaka compound~

"You'll need these! And this. and this. this too!"

Ino sighed exasperatingly as she watched her father throwing things into a large pile on top of a storage scroll that he had prepared after Ino had convinced him to let her go. It wasn't that hard really. All she had to do was use the dread female-only Puppy-eye no jutsu. She even took it a step further as she used the more advanced Teary puppy-eye no jutsu. 'Gotta thank mom for teaching me how to use that.' she looked at the pile of random things that her father put and saw that he placed some useful things such as medical kits, extra weapons, some food rations, and even vails of what she assumed to poison that her family made using the plants that they had. There were however some random things placed in the pile such as flowers, a table and chair set, cleaning supplies, and even a full-body mirror. 'Ok maybe that last one might be useful when I need to check myself over.' she sighed as Inoichi came in with something else 'although I think daddy right now is just trying to throw anything he might think I would use if I was staying in a house…..or moving out.' she moved to stop her father from putting in a toilet seat, which caused her to sweatdrop. "daddy, I think that's enough."

Inoichi looked to his daughter in a bit of panic "but sweety, I need to make sure that you have everything that you might need on your trip."

"I don't think I will need a toilet seat or even …...chandelier…"

"But…."

"Honestly Inoichi. You should know that most of the things you put here are meaningless for her journey."

Ino and Inoichi looked towards Ino's mother Noriko as she walked into the room. "The way you are going, it looks like you are going to pile in the entire compound into this scroll for her to take."

Inoichi flinched at the reprimanding tone Noriko was giving him "but honey."

"Dear, I know how you feel but this is too much."

Ino hugged her father before he could say anything "I'll be fine with the usual travel pack daddy."

Inoichi crouched down to hug his daughter back "I just wish you didn't go."

Ino smiled at how her father was acting "there is no way I am letting Forehead go out on an adventure without me. And my teammates are going so I have to go to keep the Ino-Shika-Cho tradition going."

"That's my girl."

Noriko smiled as she joined in the hug

Ino knew that she was going to miss moments like these

~Sakura household~

Sakura finished packing for the journey as her parents nagged her about keeping up her manners and such.

"Make sure that when you enter a household you remember to put away your sandals!"

"Yes, mom."

Well more like her mother was nagging her as her father was sitting in the background reading the paper

"Always, make sure that your table manners are the way they should be as if you are eating at nobles home."

"I know mom."

"And make sure that you tell your little Digimon friend to follow the rules that I gave him.

Sakura paused at this as she thought about Terriermom "ok, mom" she knew for a fact that no matter what she told Terriermon, the little mom wouldn't listen to her when it came to this kind of thing. 'I'll just try and get him to behave the best I can.'

~Akimichi compound~

Choji was having trouble packing his supplies into a storage scroll. The problem wasn't what he needed to bring. The problem was that everything he as bringing was food-based and every time he put one thing down he would grab something from the pile and begin to eat it. "*munch munch* why doesn't the supplies get any bigger? I know I added a lot to it. *munch*" he also did not realize that he was doing that so he sat in front of the pile for a while, trying to figure it out

~Team 9 training ground~

"Lee, just because you are no longer in the leaf, does not mean that you are no longer a member of the leaf. You represent the pinnacle of our youth."

"Yes, Gai Sensei!"

"Never let go of your youth. I want your Youth to burn so brightly that it can be seen throughout the elemental nations. I want to see you shine from wherever you are" Gai said as he pointed upwards in a random direction

Lee was in tears as he looked in the direction "I shall bring Youth to wherever my youthful friends and I go! I shall not fail you Gai sensei!"

"Oh, Lee!"

"Gai sensei"

"Lee!"

"Gai sensei!"

Both were now hugging, creating the dreadful sunset genjutsu.

This is what Tenten walk in on when she finished talking with her father about advertising their weapons from their family shop. Once she saw the scene, all she could do was sigh, turn around and walk back home as she was not in the mood to deal with this.

~Nara compound~

Shikamaru was staring into his father's eyes as the man was doing to same with him. Shikamaru had told his father about the trip and now it was a battle of will to see who would break first. Neither of them were breaking eye contact as they continued.

The tension in the air was palpable and both had wills of iron

"Troublesome." was said by both as Shikaku conceded to letting Shikamaru go

The battle of wills lasted quiet some time…...a good thirty seconds. World record for the Nara clan

Shikamaru actually wanted to stay in Konoha as he thought it would be too troublesome to go off into the world but he knew that Hackmon would nag him to no end until he agreed to go and that was even more troublesome.

Both could only say one thing because of the situation

"Troublesome."

~Aburame compound~

Shino was in one of his clan's hives gathering fellow insects that would join him on his journey.

"Are you well prepared for this Shino and are you sure that you must go?"

Shino looked back to his father Shiba and nodded "it is only logical that I go along with my teammates. If I do not go, they might end up in some sort of trouble that would require my involvement."

Shiba nodded as he knew that, as soft-spoken and introverted Shino was, he was extremely loyal to his friends. "Is your hive ready than?"

Shino nodded "yes. They are ready for the journey."

"You do us Aburame proud Shino."

"Thank you."

~Digimon tower~

Leomon was going over everything he knew with the mass of Digimon in front of him. After he had told them everything he knew, he brought up the fact that not all of them will be going. This caused all of them to start shouting out complaints

"Why should some of us stay when our prince is going?!"

"We all need to be there to protect him if something goes wrong!"

"We will not abandon him! We lost our first prince, we cannot lose another!"

"ENOUGH!" Leomon's voice carried through all the complaints. He allowed his very being to suppress the unruly behavior and causing it to die down. He did not enjoy using this method on them and he understood how they felt. They had failed their first prince due to war, and the new prince is just as revered as Calumon was. Not only that many of them had gotten to know the boy and now they wish to protect him even more now. "*sigh* I know how you feel and if it were up to me then I would bring you all with us. Unfortunately, circumstances can not allow that. Many of you have set up roots here in Konoha and it would take much too long for you to pack up and be ready to leave. Monzaemom being an example."

Monzaemon nodded in understanding as he thought about his Toytown that he has in the village. The children of Konoha would always go there to play with all the toys and playgrounds that he had there. The idea of packing up and leaving which would cause the children to be sad just made his digital heartache. His loyalty and love are to his prince but his heart goes out to the children. He only hoped that Prince Naruto would not be disappointed in him. But knowing him, the prince would encourage his stay.

Leomon looked over the group as he sighed once more as he knew that although they all would pack up and leave with Prince Naruto, no questions asked but some would need to stay like some of the major facilities. Elecmon's Primary Nursery is a very major example. The beacon for Digi-eggs has been set at it cannot be moved unless the location is destroyed. He began speaking about who would need to stay and explain why so that they would understand the reason.

In the corner of the room, Renamon's group already knew that they would be going with their prince and friends.

Renamon herself was tapping her foot impatiently since she wanted to go be by Naruto's side. She did not like leaving him but she knew that this meeting was important for all Digimon.

"I know how you feel."

Renamon looked towards Ranamon who leaned on the wall next to her as the aquatic Digimon wrapped her arms around herself

"I want to be by his side too. He is in danger not only from our enemies but from someone in this very village as well. I worry that something might happen if we don't have him under constant watch."

Lunamon walked up to them and joined the conversation "all of us feel the same way."

Mikemon and Meikoonmon nodded their heads in agreement, while Betamon and Coronamon smiled as they gave gestures of their own agreement.

Lunamon continued speaking "we will all protect him no matter what happens. He is important to all of us."

Renamon smiled as she nodded. Naruto is just that precious to them.

~unkown location~

Danzo was standing in a dark room that had only a single light source that illuminated him and his guest "so we are in agreement. I get my hands on the triplets and you get your guinea pig from one of those creatures."

Danzo's guest smiled wide as he licked his lips "I look forward to experimenting on one of these fascinating creatures. I will have my agent assist you in your endeavor. I would assist you myself but my involvement should stay hidden for future partnerships we might have."

Danzo nodded "very well. As long as your agent is ready to move at my command. I hope you fulfill your end of the deal Orochimaru"

"Kukuku of course Danzo."

End of chapter

New Cover Art! It took me a while drawing it but I think it came out great. It is however a prototype since I feel like I could add or change some things about it. If you got any ideas then let me know.

For Itachi following the daimyo. The reason he isn't immediately doing anything is that although he is sure about the genjutsu he is not 100% sure and if he is wrong it could cause extreme problems fro his village.

I had some trouble with some of the rookies since some of them have personalities that make it hard to work with and some have a lack of information to use.

For Mikoto's Mangekyo. I remembered giving her the power in an early chapter and did nothing with it. After I remembered about it, I spent time trying to come up with a unique power and the emotional manipulation power came to mind. I never heard of anyone else using such an ability so I gave it to her. I felt like Mikoto could use the power to connect with her children especially since both are known for not showing emotions much. I kinda like the power and I don't know if it will make another appearance.

Now I have an announcement. I've been struck by genius! I have had an apostrophe! (I mean an epiphany.) Lighting has struck my brain (and yes it did hurt) (ps if you don't get that reference you need to watch more Robin Williams movies). When I first started this story, I a figured that it would be one book (it's kinda odd to call this a book but I learned that the word count is close to the book for the Lord of the Rings fellowship of the ring, so I guess I can call this a book.) but now I see that this could become three books if I do it right. So this story is going to be really really Really Long. I don't know exactly how the story is going to go since I am doing this by ear but I now know the major parts of it. So for all you readers who love or even like this story, just know that this story is going to take a long time till the end. Also just to let you know, we are nowhere near done with this book. I think :P

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