Honestly, I didn't expect that you'd all like the second chapter. I appreciate all of the positive feedback I've received, so I hope you'll enjoy chapter three as much as the last two chapters.

A New Hunter Arises! Resist the Darkness!


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"Myotismon?" Tyson repeated. Myotismon nodded to confirm. "What do you want from me?"

"To be quite honest boy, I had no intention of dragging you here. My real target was the dragon, but since you got in my way I'll just have to use you to lure him out." Myotismon said.

"Why are you after Dracomon?" Tyson asked, now regaining some of his strength.

Myotismon chuckled before he raised a hand at Tyson's face. Tyson would have moved if he could but he was still trapped in the dark space. "I believe you don't really need to know that because I have big plans for you right now. Nightmare Wave!" His hand was emitting dark purple electricity before it washed over to Tyson. Tyson didn't know what was going on or what he could do. "Dracomon...help me..." He managed to mutter before his eyes were glazed over.


School Rooftop

"Taiki-san, are you okay?" Tagiru asked, running over to his friend with Yuu.

"I'm fine Tagiru." Taiki responded, getting up after Tyson had pushed him and Dracomon away. "But was that an opening to DigiQuartz?" He asked. After Quartzmon's defeat, DigiQuartz was destroyed, though some Digimon ended up in the human world from time to time.

"That can't be the same DigiQuartz. Gumdramon and I saw it get destroyed."

"That's right!" Said a voice from Tagiru's Xros Loader, glowing for every word it spoke.

"There's no guarantee that it's exactly like the same space as before, but either way we have to go fine Tyson-san and hunt the Digimon that took him."

"But Taiki-san, where do you think this Digimon might be?" Tagiru asked.

Yuu brought a hand to his chin and started thinking. "There's a good chance that the Digimon is still very close by. If we hurry we can get to him in time."

"Why do you think that Yuu?" Tagiru asked.

"Because I have a feeling that the Digimon wasn't after Tyson, and if I'm right then he'll probably use him as a hostage in exchange." Yuu explained to his goggleheaded friend.

"Yuu's right. In fact..." Taiki said as he looked at Dracomon. "...I think you were the Digimon he was after. Am I right Dracomon?"

Dracomon sighed before answering. "Yes. That is exactly why I came here searching for you Taiki. I needed your help to take care of a Digimon who's been chasing me for a little while, but I didn't know he followed me to your world." Dracomon said his head down in shame. "Because of me, Tyson is at Myotismon's mercy by now."

"So it's Myotismon we're up against. This won't be easy." Taiki said grimly.

Everyone went silent upon hearing who their new enemy was, all with a worried expression that is until Tagiru spoke up. "Don't worry! With a team of superstars like us around, we'll definitely hunt Myotismon and save Tyson-san!" Tagiru said in his usual hyper voice.

"We?" Dracomon asked.

"That's right!" Tagiru pulled out his Xros Loader and an image of a blue dragon appeared on it. "Just leave it to me and Gumdramon!"

"Of course!" Gumdramon said from inside the Xros Loader. "There's no way we'll lose if we're on the job!"

"There they go again..." Yuu sighed, but smirked at his friend.

"Alright! Let's go!" Tagiru thrust his Xros Loader forward. "Time Shift!" A portal made of green data materialized in front of the boys and the dragon. Tagiru ran right into it, followed by Yuu. Dracomon was about to join them when Taiki placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Dracomon, why is Myotismon after you?" Taiki asked him.

"I can't be sure for certain, but I'll tell you what I know on the way." He said honestly. Taiki nodded and they both ran straight into the portal before it closed up on them.


School Rooftop (DigiQuartz)

The same portal opened up, dropping off Tagiru, Yuu, Taiki, and Dracomon. They were still on the roof of the school, though now the area around them looked digitized and pixelated. Large amounts of moss like substance covered everything in the area.

"Reload Gumdramon/Damemon!" Tagiru and Yuu said, holding their Xros Loaders out. Two beams of light shot out of the devices, before forming into two small creatures around Dracomon's size.

The first was a blue dragon humanoid with blue eyes, a x shaped scar on his forehead, and red vest, yellow wings, and a hammer at the end of his tail. He stood in front of Tagiru.

The second was a white swirl with yellow armor, black legs, and yellow arms. He has black eyes and a goofy smile on his face. He stood in front of Yuu.

Tagiru and Gumdramon observed their surroundings in shock at how they were back inside DigiQuartz. "Amazing, DigiQuartz really has returned!"

"Yeah, it's like it never left!" Gumdramon added.

"If this is really DigiQuartz, then does this mean that Quartzmon has returned?" Yuu asked, looking over some of the moss that covered the rails from the roof.

"That'd be no good! No good!" Damemon said.

"Maybe the Old Man might know something about this." Tagiru said, thinking back to how much the Old Clock Shop Man was was involved in the Digimon Hunts, which were used to train the Hunter that would defeat Quartzmon.

"I wouldn't be surprised if we saw him around any time soon." Gumdramon added.

"Well if he does know of DigiQuartz return, then he might also know of the siuation in the Digital World, but for now we're on our own." Taiki said, ready to begin their search and resuce mission. "So let's start searching!"

"Right!" His teammates said.

"Taiki!" A voiced said from Taiki's Xros Loader. On the screen showed the image of a red dragon with a V-shaped head.

"Shoutmon, is that you?" Taiki asked into the Xros Loader.

"Yeah, it's me all right. I got your message. reload me right away!"

"Okay! Reload Shoutmon!" Taiki shouted, holding his Xros Loader up.

The beam of light shot out of Taiki's Xros Loader, forming into a dragon like Tagiru's, but was taller and looked stronger in comprasion. He was a red dragon with blue eyes and a spiky mouth and a V-shaped forehead. He has several scars on his head, evidence his battle experience, and is wearing a yellow scarf around his neck, a belt around his waist, and spherical shells on the side of his head, each marked with a crown emblem. He took his place in front of Taiki.

The red dragon, know as Shoutmon, the Digimon King, looked up to Taiki. "Hey Taiki, I got here as fast as I can. What's the emergency?"

"A friend of mine was just sucked into DigiQuartz, and we're here to get him back." Taiki explained.

'So it looks like Wisemon was right on the money from what he found.' Shoutmon thought. "Okay! Taiki, I promise I'll do what I can to save this guy!" Shoutmon said.

"Thanks. I knew we could count on you Shoutmon." Taiki said, his expression holding a small smile to his friend and partner.

Shoutmon then looked towards Dracomon. "So, this is where you've been, eh Dracomon?"

"Yeah..." Dracomon said nervously, bowing his head slightly. "My apoligizes if I made you and the other's worry."

"That's okay. What matters is that your here now, but I would like an explaination as to how your mixed up in all this."

"Okay. I'll tell you what I know." Dracomon said, as Xros Heart made there way down towards the school grounds.

"I was traveling through the desert, following a trail of footprints leading from a recently destroyed village."

"Why were you doing something like that on your own?" Taiki inquired.

"Because I was hoping I'd be able to do something to help stop whoever was on these recent attacks. With any luck, I could have traced those footprints back to their hideout."

"So what happen?" Tagiru asked.

"I was attacked by Myotsismon..." Dracomon answred, thinking back to that encounter.

Flashback (Deserted Area)

Dracomon just barely avoided a swarm of bats that were unleashed to attack him by jumping to the side. He loooked up at his attacker, and saw the malicious face of Myotsismon.

"Why are you attacking me?! I've never done anything to you!"

Myotsismon chuckled as he walked slowly to where the dragon was. "Why it's simple my friend. I want to drink your data!"

"My data? Why would you want to do that?!"

"You really don't know? I guess some Digimon just don't understand how special they really are." He said, licking his fangs. "Rumor has it that if you drink the data of a pure-blooded dragon, then you gain ultimate power, power that can even rival that of the Digimon King or anyone else in this world! And since you are the last of the pure-blooded dragon's in existence, well...I believe you can figure out the rest from there."

"If you think just because drinking my data will make you a match for Shoutmon, then you've got another thing coming! He'd never lose to a creep like you!" Dracomon shouted.

"Then I guess there's only one way to find out now is there?" Myotsismon said, readying himself to make another attack.

Before Dracomon could make a move to evade or block it, a swarm of butterflys started to surround him.

"Huh? What's this?" Myotsismon gasped from shock, before he and Dracomon realized that the latter's body was slowly dispersing. Seeing this, Myotsismon ran up to him, his hand outstreched. "No! I refuse to let you get away!"

Dracomon saw him rushing up to him, but as if his body was paralyzed, he could not move. 'Why can't I move my body? At this rate I'll...'

He didn't have time to finish his though, as the butterflys started glowing, as did his body. Myotsismon's hand barely made contact with the light, before both he and Dracomon vanished without a trace.

End of Flashback

"The next thing I knew, I was in the Human World. I was nervous and afraid until I picked up your scent. I thought that maybe you'd be able to help me, but now..."

"Don't worry!" Tagiru said, interrupting the ancient dragon. "We'll definitely save Tyson-san, and get you back to the Digital World!"

"And that's a promise! You can rely on us!" Gumdramon said, both he and his partner managing to cheer Dracomon up a little.

"Tagiru..."

"Even if they don't look like much, they are depenable when they need to be." Yuu said.

"But even then they have times when there no good! No good!" Damemon said, laughing. This earned a glare from both Tagiru and Gumdramon, who were now irritated at those comments.

They had finally mangaed to reach the ground, noticing that it too looked liked it always did whenever they were in DigiQuartz.

Tagiru and Gumdramon ran to the currently empty pool. "Whoa, this really is the same DigiQuartz."

"I'm pleased you liked this space so much, because this will be the site of your final battle!" A voice said. The small group turned around but saw no one behind them. They then heard the sound of wings flapping and looked up. What they saw were a flurry of bats hovering above them. In the center of it all was a tall and slender man dressed in elegant blue clothing and a red and black cape. He had pale white skin and blonde hair. He also wore a red mask in the shape of a bat over his blue eyes.

"Is that...?" Tagiru asked before Yuu spoke.

"Myotismon!" He said, remembering the copies he, Taiki, and the rest of Xros Heart fought some months ago.

"Ah, I see that my meal has arrived just in time." The vampire Digimon smirked, looking at Dracomon. "This is a nice change of pace for me, having my food delivered straight to me instead of having to get it myself."

"The only thing your gonna get is a butt-whooping from us!" Gumdramon said, ready for battle.

Myotismon frowned. "If there's anything I hate more than waiting to get my food, it's having the food fight back, but then again I am in the mood for some entertainment."

"This guy is seriously messed up." Shoutmon mumbled.

"I'll say." Gumdramon agreed.

"This guy is no good! No good!" Damemon said, his cheerful expression replaced with a serious one.

"Then let's hunt him!" Tagiru shouted, raising his Xros Loader. He swiped the Xros Loader across, forming a green circle with gold rings around him. "Gumdramon! Cho Shinka!"

Gumdramon let out a roar before the circle enveloped him, breaking his body apart, reassembling into a purple mechanical dragon, with verdant eyes and small purple wings. His red armor had now covered his upper body, and had gold gloves and legwarmers, black pants, belt, and wielded an anchor blade for a tail, along with what looked like goggles on his head. The new Digimon struck a pose afterwards. "Cho Shinka! Arresterdramon!"

"Shoutmon! Cho Shinka!" Taiki shouted, raising his Xros Loader up high very firmly. A styleized "O" appeared on the screen as it glowed a vibrant gold.

"Shoutmon! Cho Shinka!" Shoutmon said, transforming. He suddendly grew taller, his body changing from red to gold, looking like a mechanized version of himslef, though buffer and without the scarf. He too, struck a pose. "Cho Shinka! OmegaShoutmon!"

"Damemon! Cho Shinka!" Yuu shouted, a gold circle appearing on his Xros Loader, before swiping it to the side, forming the same circle with gold rings like Tagiru.

Damemon let out a cry before the circle enveloped him, breaking his body apart, reassembling into a yellow ninja with an X in the center of his white armor. Like the other's, he struck a pose. "Cho Shinka! Tuwarmon!"

Myotismon, despite coming face to face with three Digivolved Digimon, looked surprisingly calmed. He said nothing as he floated down towards solid ground, ready for the battle to begin.

"Before we start, I want you to tell us what you did with Tyson-san." Taiki demanded, glaring intensly at the digital vampire.

"I guess there's no sense in beating around the bush." Myotismon said. With a quick snap of his fingers, footsteps could be heard from to the side. Xros Heart looked towards their left and to their shock saw Tyson, though instead of the happy, yet shy expression Taiki saw on the boy when they first met, he now saw that his eyes were blank and expressionless, a clear sign that he's been taken over by Myotismon.

"Tyson! I'm glad to see your okay!" Dracomon said, relived to see his friend unharmed, and would have rushed over to him, had Taiki not put a hand on his shoulder.

"Dracomon, I'm sorry to say this, but I think Tyson-san is now under Myotismon's control."

As if to prove his point, Tyson spoke in a monotonous voice. "I should have known that you weren't really my friends." He said slowly.

This earned a confused glare from Taiki and the other's, but Dracomon just looked confused. Worried, but confused. "Tyson, what are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about how you and Taiki just let me take the bullet for you." He said bitterly. "So now, I'm gonna make you both pay for having me suffer!"

"What have you done to him?" Tagiru asked, joining his mentor in the one-sided glare off.

"I just told him a little white lie, and now he's my own personal power supplier." Myotismon cackled.

"Leave him out of this! It's me you want, so let Tyson go!" Dracomon shouted.

"Unfortunely I can't do that, but fear not; I'll dispose of him once he outlives his usefulness."

"Enough talk! Myotismon, destroy them right now!" Tyson commanded, a dark aura glowing around him.

Myotismon snarled at the human ordering him around, but did nothing more as he lunged for Dracomon, his prime target, first. "Grisly Wing!" He shouted, sending out a swarm of bats to attack.

"Everyone! Protect Dracomon now!" Taiki ordered.

"Okay!" OmegaShoutmon moved in to protect Dracomon. "Take this! Hard Rock Soul!" He changes the passion of his courage into flames that surge in his fists, hurling them at countless swarm of bats. The attack succeeded, incinerating them.

Arresterdramon and Tuwarmon took this chance to strike Myotismon. With incredible speed, they ran/flew over towards him.

"Mach Flicker!" Arresterdramon said, bending both of his arms.

"Mantis Dance!" Tuwarmon said, transforming the Mantis Arm.

Arresterdramon unleashed high speed punches while Tuwarmon started whirling violently like he was dancing.

Myotismon reacted before the attacks could hit there mark. "Crimson Lighting!" He shouted, forming a stream of blood like a whip. He lashed out at both Digimon, stopping both attacks with no diffucilty.

Arresterdramon and Tuwarmon roared as the whip caught the former right under the chin and the latter right the chest. Arresterdramon's head flew backwards, the rest of his body going with it, while Tuwarmon was sent crashing into the ground.

"Arresterdramon!" Tagiru winced as his partner crashed to the ground.

Myotismon cackled, his foot touching down on the ground, springing into a second leap.

"Heavy Metal Vulcan!" OmegaShoutmon said, converting the passion of his overflowing friendship into firepower. A hail of shots were fired from his chest at the oncoming vampire Digimon.

Myotismon gathered his hands together for another attack. "Grisly Wing!" A wave of OmegaShoutmon's blasts met one of Myotismon's bats. For every shot of OmegaShoutmon's, one bat fell but two sprung up in its place.

"This guy is pretty tough!" Tagiru commented.

"Yeah. Everytime we try to attack, he always counters with equal, if not more, power." Yuu analyzed. "If this keeps up, then our Digimon might were out soon."

"He's getting all this extra power from Tyson. If we could only snap him out of it..." Taiki said, thinking. He noticed that Dracomon wasn't standing beside him anymore when the young ancient dragon had grown too quiet. "Dracomon's gone!"

Dracomon discretly made his way over to Tyson's side while Myotismon was occupied with Xros Heart. What Tyson had said to him and Taiki about "taking a bullet" for them greatly confused him. Even so, he had to do something to snap Tyson out of it. He owes him that much at least.

"Tyson!" Dracomon said, finally having reached his new friend. Tyson looked at him, his eyes void of all emotion. "Hey, it's me your friend Dracomon. Don't you remember me?"

"I don't remember being your friend." He said with a sly smirk that sent shivers down Dracomon's spine. "All that I know is that becasue of you I'm in this mess."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"

"It's too late for that now. But if your willing to make it up to me, then just surrender to Myotismon, and I'm sure he'll let me go."

"But Tyson-"

"If you were really my friend, then you'd do this for me. This is your fault, so it's only natural you'd be the one to fix it. Besides, there's nothing else a patheic little weakling like you can do about it."

Remembering what Taiki said about how Tyson was being controlled, Dracomon fought back soem tears that were forming in his eyes, and looked up at Tyson with renewed confidence. "Tyson, I know you don't mean any of that. This isn't you!

We may have only just met, but you were friendly towards me. You accepted me as I am even though you had no idea what I was. You even defended me when Taiki's friends assumed I was a bad Digimon. I may have not wanted this to happen to you, but your the one decided to save me from Myotismon. You chose to put yourself at risk for me!"

"That's a lie!" Tyson bitterly said, raising his hand up. He lowered his head, rendering any visual of his eyes. "Your trying to decieve me. But I won't let it happen! Not again!" He balled his hand into a fist with the intent of hitting Dracomon.

"Wether you think it's a lie or not, I know the truth. We're friends Tyson! Remember the truth!"

Just as Tyson was about to punch Dracomon, he stopped mid-way. Lifting his head up, Dracomon saw that his eyes no longer held their emotionless gaze, but instead he saw a pair of eden green eyes drowned in tears.


Tyson's Mind

Ever since Myotismon took over Tyson's mind, he's been wandering through a dark tunnel with no sign of it ending soon. He had no idea where he was going or even where he is, but he didn't care. He just kept walking on through the everlasting darkness with no destination in sight. That is, until he heard a voice.

"We're friends Tyson! Remember the truth!"

Tyson jerked to a stop all of a sudden when he heard that familar voice.

"Dracomon...?" A mirror then appeared in front of him, showing Taiki and his friends fighting Myotismon, while Dracomon was trying to convince him to remember him. "Is what he said really true? That we're friends?"

Tyson took a good look and saw a gold armored Digimon with a v-shaped head getting knocked down. Myotismon was floating above him, smirking in triumph.


School Grounds (DigiQuartz)

"Give it up! You have no chance against me with this much negative emotions!" He gloated.

"No! We won't give up until we save Tyson-san! Even if it takes everything we've got!" Taiki said. With one good look at his eyes, it was easy to tell that he was serious about this.

"Why waste your time fighting for someone you don't even know?" Myotismon questioned.

"It's because Tyson-san is my friend!" Taiki retorted. "He may not have known what would happen to him, but he risked himself to save Dracomon and I from you, and now we're going to do the same!"

OmegaShoutmon stood up from the ground. "We won't lose to those negative emotions you planted into Tyson! We'll show you just what our passionate feelings are capable of!"

"Passionate feelings you say?" Myotismon scoffed. "That's nothing compared this boy's negatively!"

"Your wrong! When it comes down to it, fake emotions you give someone are cheap imitations to our feelings!" Tagiru said determinedly.

Arrestderdramon flew in and readied another attack. "We'll show you just how strong that's made us! "Frog Shot! He extended his Tail Anchor and swiped it at Myotismon, who countered by blocking it with his Crimson Lighting.

"Tuwarmon now!" Yuu commanded his Digimon. Myotismon looked behind him and saw said Digimon charging at him.

"Yes sir!" Ninpou: Fūjinha!" He created a downwash of wind that was heading straight for Myotismon's back. He broke apart from his attack at Arrestderdramon and flew up to evade the attack.

"If you thought a mere distraction would be enough then you're sadly mistaking." The vampire Digimon taunted.

"I realized that, but thankfully that wasn't the distraction, because my feelings were able to reach Taiki at the right moment." Yuu smirked and nodded at Taiki.

"Beat Slash!" Myotismon heard. He looked up and noticed OmegaShoutmon's feet have now changed to blades, which he intended to use to rip him to pieces. Myotismon was unable to avoid this one and took the attack full force. This knocked him back a few feet.


Tyson's Mind

"They're all fighting...to help me."

The mirror then cracked, replaced by several dozen white butterflies' that seemed to have lightened the dark space around him a little. They were so bright; Tyson had to cover his eyes. The brightness died down as quickly as it came, but when Tyson opened his eyes he saw a white tunnel just a few feet in front of him.

"They're my friends, and I'm not going to let some Count Dracula rip-off hurt them anymore!" Tyson exclaimed, running towards the light.


School Grounds (DigiQuartz)

Tyson resumed his attack on Dracomon. The Virus-type closed his eyes tight, awaiting the blow, but instead of feeling a bruise on his cheek, he felt something warm touching his head. He opened his eyes, and to his joy saw Tyson, now back to normal, patting his head.

"Tyson!"

"Yo!" Tyson replied cheerfully, giving off his signature smile.

"Grisly Wing!" Myotismon unleashed another swarm of bats, this time with much more power. "I am going to end this once and for all!"

"That's my line!" OmegaShoutmon retorted. "Hard Rock Soul!" He once again changes the passion of his courage into flames that surge in his fists, hurling them at the onslaught of bats. Unlike last time, the bat's seemed to be overpowering him.

"Hahaha! This is the end of the line for you, Digimon King! Now prepare yourself for oblivion!" Myostismon cackled at the upper hand he had. But in the middle of his evil laugh, he felt his attack was getting weaker and weaker. "Wha-What's this?! My power is slowly fading away!"

"Now's our chance Arresterdramon!" Tagiru informed his partner.

"Finally! I've been waiting for an opening like this!" Arresterdramon said readily. "Spin Caliber!" He starts rotating at a high speed, before proceeding to cut Myostismon apart. He managed to evade the attack, but had to cancel his own to do so, leaving OmegaShoutmon's passion infused flames to strike him down. Luckily for him, he was able to weakened it enough to not do anything fatal to him. He landed hard on the ground, causing a small crater and some smoke to form.

"Alright, we got him!"

"No Tagiru. It's not over yet!" Yuu reminded him, and he was right. Myotismon flew right out of the smoke, injured, but still able to fight.

"I don't understand it." He muttered quietly to himself. "How is it my last attack failed? It should have finished them, unless..." He looked down towards where his once brainwashed captive was standing, and widened his eyes when he noticed that Tyson was back to normal. "Impossible! How did he rid himself of my Nightmare Wave's power?!" He seethed his eyes now on Dracomon. "I may have underestimated that boy's willpower, but at least I'll finally claim my prize!"

Like a rocket, Myotismon shot down at the two, baring his fangs for his upcoming feast. He was this close to obtaining the power that was promised to him, and he was gonna get it one way of the other.

Tyson was quick to notice this, and threw himself in front of Dracomon. Taiki and the others also saw this coming, but would not make it in time to intercept.

"Tyson, what are you doing?" Dracomon asked shocked.

"You helped me Dracomon, now it's my turn to help you!" Tyson answered without looking back.

"Foolish child! Your doomed!" Myotismon bellowed, reading an attack! "Nightmare Claw!" Myostsimon sent out a black, ghost-like entity right for them.

Tyson was ready to take the full brunt of the attack, but was knocked to the side by Dracomon, who was hit fatally in the chest.

"Dracomon!" Tyson gasped. He saw that after the attack connected, Dracomon's body started to turn black. To Tyson's horror, he wasn't moving either.

OmegaShoutmon, having witness the attack, flew at Myostismon in anger. "You bastard!" He delivered a swift kick at his side, forcing Myotismon back.

Tyson ran over to the injured Digimon, cradling its head. A few tears began to well up around the young boy's eyes.

"Dracomon...but why?" His voice was trembling, he was honestly afraid. The constant shaking and throbbing in his head make Dracomon groan.

"I couldn't do it." His words confused the young man. Dracomon's body began to fizzle, almost like a TV that was ready to give out. "I couldn't watch...you getting hurt...for me..."

"Dracomon don't talk, we can save you!"

"Digimon...can't die..." He laughed silently as Tyson's tears fell onto him. "It's nice to know...you stuck with me in the end..." His soft words were accompanied by smaller chuckles. "Its kinda funny...but I actually have regrets..." Each word he spoke was draining the last bit of energy from his body. Tyson knew now, Dracomon couldn't be saved. He was too injured. Why, why did this have to happen?

Xros Heart all looked solemn at the sight before them. No one spoke, but Tagiru thought that if they could get Dracomon into one of their Xros Loaders, then they could save Dracomon. "Taiki-san if we hurry and use our Xros Loaders-!"

"It's too late Tagiru." Taiki said, cutting off his junior. "We won't make it in time." Taiki was dejected about the idea of being unable to help Xros Heart's strategist, but even he had to admit that there was nothing they could do...no matter how hard it was for him to accept.

"My one regret...is that...I wish I...got to know you more..." Tyson's eyes widen at the confession. "So long...Tyson...maybe...one day...we...can...see each other...again..." Dracomon fizzled out, green data particles replacing his form. Tyson remained there, holding his dying friend, his tears streaming down his face like waterfalls.

"Someone...someone please." He muttered under his breath before he shouted. "SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE MY FRIEND!"

It looked like Tyson had almost given up any chance to save his friend, and continued sobbing. He failed to notice something had appeared in front of him.

"Don't give up hope." An angelic voice said. Tyson looked up, and saw a white butterfly. He thought he was seeing things and wiped his eyes off of any stray tears. When he looked again, the butterfly was still there, bathed in a radiant aura.

"Where did that voice come from?" Tyson looked around him, but aside from Xros Heart, who returned their focus to battling Myotismon, there was no one else.

"It was I." The voice spoke again. Tyson then realized that it came from the white butterfly. "Do you wish to save this Digimon's life?" Tyson's eyes widened, nodding his head on instinct. "Then I shall grant your wish!"

Tyson didn't know what happened next. He saw the butterfly glow, and then he found himself staring at a girl where the butterfly was. She had long, gorgeous white hair, serene blue eyes, and a smile that could melt your heart. She was wearing a long white dress with a ribbon around her waist.

"Don't tell me you're that same butterfly?" Tyson asked her. The girl didn't answer, instead pulling out a gray device with a green-lit screen and a white circular button under it. This was similar to what Taiki and the others have; only this one had two additional buttons on both sides.

"If you wish to save this Digimon, then take this Xros Loader." Tyson was mesmerized by the device. As such he tried to reach for it. "Be warned though. Should you take this device, you will have to accept your destiny..."

He retracted his hand. Doubt covered his entire face as the loader remained in front of him.

"Destiny?"

"Yes." Tyson remained doubtful. What was this destiny she spoke of? Would it be wise to take the loader without knowing what he was getting into? He then thought back to Dracomon, and how he's seconds away from fading. The young man shook his head and gazed at the loader, deep in thought. The loader reflected in his eyes. Take it or not?

"I'll worry about the future when it comes. Right now Darcomon matters. If this saves him then I'll take it!" He grasped the device as a brilliant light released form the loader.

The girl smiled. "Then you have made the right choice."

The Xros Loader started changing color, going from a dull grey to a scarlet red, with blue and green on the side, including the buttons. On the circular button, appeared a dragon symbol. The screen then glowed, as Dracomon's data became a green beam and went straight into the Xros Loader.

"Now Dracomon is safe, and has even gained a new power, one of which only you can release." The girl said. Her body then started to vanish. "Good luck"

"Wait! Just who are you?!" The girl only smiled. Her body finally vanished in a flurry of white particles. Within a second she was gone without a trace.

"Tyson?" He heard a voice say his name, but recognized it as Dracomon's. Looking down at the Xros Loader, he saw Dracomon's face on the screen. A relieved smile came upon the young boy's face.

"Dracomon! Your alive!" He shouted, which strangely went unnoticed by the others.

"Yeah, but I'll be deaf too if you scream at me this close up." The young dragon joked. New tears threatened to come out of Tyson's eyes, though this time these were tears of joy. Dracomon quickly saw this. "Are you alright? Why are you crying?" He asked concerned.

Tyson chuckled and wipes his tears away. "I'm just happy your here buddy." An explosion went ringing through his ears. He looked behind him, and saw the aftermath of one of the Digimon's attacks. "Oh no! I almost forgot about Myotismon!"

"Tyson, quickly reload me!" Tyson look at him confusedly, making Dracomon sigh. "I need you to reload me so I can get out of the Xros Loader."

Tyson nodded his head in understanding and held the device up. "Reload! Dracomon!" A beam of light escaped from the Xros Loader, forming into a fully healed Dracomon.

"They look like they could use our help." Dracomon pointed out, observing the battle.

"Yeah." Tyson looked at his Xros Loader, then back to Dracomon. "And I think I might know how. You up for it?"

Dracomon gave him a thumb up. "Anytime!"

Back at the battle, Arresterdramon just tackled Myotismon into a wall, but he quickly got back up and fired another Grisly Wing at him.

"Mach Flicker!" Arresterdramon used his high speed punches to destroy all of the digital bats. 'man, these bats are such a pest!" He complained.

"Damm it! Why isn't he going down?" Tagiru asked in frustration. "I thought that when we freed Tyson-san from his control, Myotismon would grow weaker!"

"This can only mean that he's fighting with his real strength. Tyson-san was just some insurance for him to win." Taiki said. What bothered him though was that every time they brought Myotismon down, he quickly recovers and makes a counterattack. This got him thinking as to how he can take as many hits as he has and still some back for more.

OmegaShoutmon flew down near the boy's. "Taiki, I don't know how much longer we can keep this up!" OmegaShoutmon was starting to pant from the extended battle. Arrsterdermon and Tuwarmon weren't fairing any better.

"With or without that power boost, Myotismon is still a tough enemy to contend with!" Yuu spoke.

"Then lets Digi-Xros our Digimon!" Tagiru suggested, ready to do so.

"Hold on! Look!" Taiki said, pointing towards Tyson and Dracomon.

"Is that Tyson and Dracomon?" Yuu asked in slight amazement. "I thought Dracomon was gone!"

Taiki saw a gleam from Tyson's right hand. He squinted his eyes and saw that he was holding what looked like a Xros Loader.

"Is that a Xros Loader he's holding?" Taiki asked aloud. Tagiru and Yuu were stunned by this statement.

"Hey guys!" Tyson shouted, running up to them. "Have no fear, because backup is here!" He then stopped a few feet away from them with Dracomon standing in front, getting into a fighting stance.

"Tyson-san, what-?" Taiki tried to ask him, but was cut offed before he could finish.

"Not sure myself. All that I know is Dracomon and I am ready to join the fight." He said as a yellow glow blared from the Xros Loader. "You ready Dracomon?"

"Yeah!"

"Dracomon! Cho Shinka!" Tyson shouted, swiping it up to the side, forming a green circle with gold rings above him.

Dracomon let out a roar as the circle enveloped him, breaking his body apart. It reconstructed him in a ferocious blue dragon, only he was much larger than before. He had blue scales, a white underbelly and claws. His wings were blue and white, though looked a little tattered but could still be used for flight. He had a red horn on his nose, on his head, and back with matching colored eyes. He roared and struck a pose. "Cho Shinka! Coredramon!"


Tagiru: Amazing! Tyson was able to make Dracomon Super-Digivolve!

Tyson: Now it's time for a little payback. Let's go Coredramon!

Coredramon: "Roars" I'm ready to rumble!

Kyomi: Beware Taiki-san, Tyson. Watch out for the Hackers!

Tagiru: Digimon Xros Wars! Xros Heart's Newest Member! The First Step in Becoming Hunter!

Tagiru: C'mon, a new Digimon hunt begins!

What to expect next time: Coredramon attacking Myotismon, Xros Heart attacking him all at once, Myotismon lying on the ground, defeated and fading, the Old Clock Shop Man approaching the team, the Goddess and Butterflymon, and Kyomi with Impmon and Calumon overlooking the battle.


Merry Christmas everyone! I know this chapter is incomplete, but it ended up being longer than I thought, so now I'm working on making the battle short, but have lots of action in it. So I decided to update my fic with what I have as a Christmas present, but as soon as I figure this out I'll add in the remainder of this chapter. If anyone wants to help me out to get through this quicker, then drop me a line. Happy Holidays!

Update: FINALLY DONE! Sorry to have kept you all waiting, but chapter 3 of Digimon Heroes has finally been completed! For those of you who reviewed previously, feel free to review again as an anon and give me your thoughts on it. I'd like to thank Starlight AT for helping me with several scenes.

I think this might be the longest chapter I've ever written. Over 6500 words! I never intended for it to be this long, but it just got out of hand after a while. The next chapter will be shorter compared to this one...I hope. So read and review and I'll hopefully have the next chapter in soon, unless writer's block takes over again. Later!