-In the Digidestined's Digital World-
Gennai was visiting his old friend, Piximon, checking up on how the Ultimate Level Digimon was doing and wanted his thoughts on how the new Digidestined were faring.
"ChaosDiaboromon, indeed all of Diaboromon has been wiped." Piximon said, making Gennai smile and nod.
"And it's all thanks to the help of the Digidestined and the Tamers. I believe I was right to place my trust in them." Gennai replied.
"How right you are, Gennai. And the Digital World will always be grateful that..." Piximon began to say, showing his pride to the digital heroes and heroines, only to stop when a sudden blast of dark energy shot at the pair, causing both to jump out of harm's way.
Seeing the hostiles before them, Gennai and Piximon each withdrew their weapons, but demanded answers.
"Who are you? And why are attacking us?" Piximon asked.
"I'm here to give you and the Digidestined a message that the real chaos has risen." The shadowed figure said in reply, before it stepped forward, revealing it was Magnamon, however, his skin was a shade of gray, his armor was black and the Crest of Miracles was replaced with an engraved bat-like marking, the Mark of Evil.
"Magnamon?" Gennai asked, causing the dark skinned Magnamon to say in reply. "I not Magnamon, I am DarkestMagnamon, one of the warriors of the Chaos Knights."
"Chaos Knights?" Piximon questioned.
"I heard legend of the Royal Knights, but I never heard of such an order." He then said
"We are stronger than the Royal Knights, and both the Real World and the Digital World will be destroyed by chaos." DarkestMagnamon told Gennai and Piximon in reply, before he leapt into the air, where his right arm was encircled in dark energy.
"Shadow Punch!" He then announced, releasing the dark energy from his fist at Gennai and Piximon, which hit the duo and knocked both to the floor.
Letting out a groan as he pulled himself up, Gennai questioned. "Such power... how can a Digimon have power compared to Magnamon?"
"Because I have the power of the chaos." DarkestMagnamon replied, turning around to make his leave when he then said. "And send the message to the Digidestined, the chaos has returned."
After DarkestMagnamon departed, Gennai began to head off as well.
"This is bad. I must tell the Digidestined of this new enemy." He said, causing Piximon to nod in understanding and say. "And tell them to come over. This place won't clean itself."
-Meanwhile-
Within the Tamers Digital World, Azulongmon was in the sky, watching the digital world.
"Looks like everything is peaceful after the battle against ChaosDiaboromon." Azulongmon thought aloud, only for a dark voice to say. "Not for long."
Turning his attention toward the voice, Azulongmon looked over and say Gallantmon, only his armour colour was blackened and had purple markings where the shining crimson normally was.
Knowing that the Gallantmon wasn't Takato and Guilmon, Azulongmon questioned. "Who are you and what do you mean by not for long?"
"I'm am ChaosGallantmon, one of the Chaos Knights. I'm here to give you and the Tamers a message that the real chaos has risen." ChaosGallantmon said in reply.
"Chaos Knights? I've never heard of your order. And what do you mean by the real chaos has risen?" Azulongmon questioned, turning to face the dark Gallantmon and told him. "If you are planning to destroy the Digital World I will stop you."
"We will see about that." ChaosGallantmon said in reply
"Soukai!" Azulongmon boomed out, causing thunder to strike down from the sky.
However, despite such power, ChaosGallantmon managed to avoid each strike with a burst of speed.
"That all you got?" ChaosGallantmon asked in a tone full of arrogance as he continued to avoid the thunder.
"Let me show you what power really is, the power of the Chaos Knights." ChaosGallantmon then said, holding up his lance and leaving Azulongmon in awe as it actually absorbed a bolt of thunder heading right down at the corrupt Digimon.
"Judecca Prison!" ChaosGallantmon exclaimed, releasing all the energy from the lance in a powerful burst of darkness, striking Azulongmon and causing the Digimon Sovereign to cry out as he fell from the sky.
After crashing to the ground, Azulongmon pulled his head up, staring at ChaosGallantmon.
"How can you be stronger than me...?" The wounded Sovereign asked, causing ChaosGallantmon to land before Azulongmon and say. "I told you I held true power."
"Make sure my message is given to the Tamers." ChaosGallantmon then said, leaving Azulongmon down and in defeat.
Thinking to himself, Azulongmon said aloud. "I need to talk to Gennai. I feel it's not just the Tamers who are in danger, but the Digidestined as well."
And not wasting time, Azulongmon started to get up and used his power, creating a to Gennai's Digital World, which he entered, hoping that things on their end weren't worse than his.
-Digidestined's Digital World-
Gennai and Piximon were about to send a message to Izzy when a massive portal in the sky suddenly opened.
At first thought, the pair believed it to be the enemy, but when they saw it was Azulongmon, they already knew the reason for his arrival.
"Azulongmon old friend, let me guess, you got the same message by those Chaos Knights?" Gennai asked, earning a nod from Azulongmon as reply.
"They are quite powerful. The one who confronted me not only avoided all my thunderbolts, it even managed to combine my power with his and use it as an attack against me. ChaosGallantmon, he looks like the Tamer's leader, Takato Matsuki and his partner Guilmon when they Biomerge, but this Gallantmon is different. His power is fueled by corruption. I fear if there are more Chaos Knights, not even the power of all four Sovereigns would be enough to stop them." Azulongmon said, sounding concerned, which caused gennai to nod in reply and think.
"I'm still thinking about what they said, 'the real chaos has risen'. What could they mean by that?" Gennai then said, looking at Piximon and then up at Azulongmon
"I fear we will soon find out." Piximon replied, before he smiled and said with a tone of confidence. "But if anybody can stop these Chaos Knights, it's the Digidestined. They all have come a long way since Tai lead them."
"And you can rely on the Tamers. With their strength, I have no doubt they could take on an old mon like me." Azulongmon said in a more cheerful tone, before going on his thoughts. "But with these Chaos Knights, I have heard a legend of thirteen great warriors, appointed by the ancient King Drasil to be his Royal Knights, so it is safe to assume there are also thirteen Chaos Knights out there, all serving a dark king."
Gennai nodded in reply, before he spoke.
"I too have heard of the legend of King Drasil and the Royal knights. Eons ago, it was told King Drasil selected the thirteen most powerful Digimon he could find to not only protect the Digital World, but for his Knights to also go beyond and judge the Real World. Their judgment would determine whether or not two worlds would co-exist. And while most of the Royal Knights felt the Human World deserved to be destroyed for all it had done, several knights felt otherwise after meeting and befriending humans with kind hearts, just like Tai, Davis and Takato. And convincing their fellow knights, all thirteen reported back to King Drasil and gave their decision to spare the world and instead work with it, entrusting chosen Digimon with a human partner." Gennai told his friends, before smiling and adding. "It also happens we have three of the Royal Knights on our side, Omnimon, Magnamon and Gallantmon, well at least their inheritors."
"You mean Agumon, Gabumon, Veemon and Guilmon, right?" Piximon asked.
"Correct. Those four don't know it but they all hold royalty and great power within their Digi-Cores. Who knows, perhaps if the legend of the Royal Knights was passed down and not forgotten, those four would be entirely different Digimon to what they are now." Gennai replied, wondering what could've been but was still glad of what the four Digimon had achieved, proud of them, almost like a father.
"But the bad thing is when I fought against ChaosGallantmon, I could tell he was far stronger than Gallantmon." Azulongmon had to say, feeling a small amount of doubt, until Gennai told him. "We had a similar experience when confronted by DarkestMagnamon, however, I still have faith in the Chosen Digimon because they have courage, heart and friendship to give them strength."
"And we have the Tamers. I may have yet to meet them, but from what Gennai said, they too have the same strengths." Piximon added.
"Then we need to send a message to the Digidestined." Gennai said, making Piximon nod in agreement, before facing Azulongmon and asking. "And Azulongmon, can you try to get the Tamers from your world?"
Azulongmon was in agreement with Gennai and used his power to return to Shinjuku to try and find all the Tamers, while Gennai went off, heading to the Real World to gather the digidestined
-Meanwhile, in the dark Dimension-
Within their darkened castle, KingEtemon and PrinceMamemon were waiting for their two Chaos Knights to return, staring outside the window and smirking as they watched the remaining Chaos Knights relentlessly fighting each other.
"Their training is coming along nicely." PrinceMamemon commented.
"Too true my friend. If they keep this up not even those chosen brats will stop us from ruling both worlds." KingEtemon replied with a smirk, watching as a dark version clashed blades with Omnimon Zwart, the dark form of Omnimon, before both were knocked down by a dark copy of Gankoomon, showing that the Chaos Knights had no care for each other and desired victory through cheap, even cowardly methods.
And after few minutes, the two turned when they heard footsteps and saw their Chaos Knights had returned.
Getting on one knee, ChaosGallantmon was the first to speak.
"KingEtemon and PrinceMamemon, we have sent the message as per your request." ChaosGallantmon informed, only to then ask. "But why send a message? Why don't we just leave and take over the worlds on your behalf?"
"Because we need to prepare. We know those Digidestined and Tamers will try and stop us, but by planning our moves beforehand, we can crush them all, then nobody can stop us from getting what is rightfully ours'." KingEtemon replied.
"They will fear our power of chaos. They will tremble before us. History will forever be changed when we take over." PrinceMamemon added, before drawing a sphere of chaos in his right hand.
"And if all else fails, we will crush and re-write it." He stated, clenching his hand and crushing the ball of chaos.
Their madness had begun.
