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The Digital Knights

Chapter4: Enter the Knight of the Rose

Real World, Eastern Quadrant, School

The new school year had started and classes were about to begin. It was morning and the previous night had been freezing so the majority of the people were wearing lots of cloths. (Note: I said the majority, which does not mean Davis) The second generation Gogglehead was only wearing his regular cloths and while it was freezing, he barely felt it. As the main doors opened and allowed for the students to enter, the Digi-destined of Miracle's thoughts weren't on the school or his friends like they usually were. Instead they were on the Digital World and the digimon that had been raging a war with the 'Knights of the Quadrants' for over four months now.

'These Demon Lords are strong but what is Diaboromon planning to do?' Davis thought as he entered the building and proceeded in the direction of his classroom 'I mean, at least with those Demon Lords I know what they want, complete domination of the worlds. But Diaboromon, I don't know what he wants' upon entering the classroom, Davis looked around at the class and saw that he only recognized a few people. Those people being a few members of the school soccer team, a few people from last years class and Kari and TK.

Deciding it was better to stay away from them for a while, he chose a seat a ways back and next to the window. After awhile the rest of the class had chosen their seats and the only empty ones were around the Digi-destined of Miracles. He didn't mind though, there weren't that many people he was friends with anyways outside of the Digi-destined. Both Kari and TK were glancing worriedly over at him every few minutes but he was always looking out of the window at the scenery outside. He had been slowly drifting away from the rest of the Digi-destined and he didn't want that but knew his life would be a lot easier if he had no' attachments to anyone.

"Class, may I have you're attention please?" their new teacher (who's a grumpy old man by the way) grunted as he waited for everyone to look at him. Once everyone was waiting for him to continue he did "I'd like to introduce you to a new student who just transferred in".

Just then the classroom door opened and someone whom Davis immediately recognized as Takato Matsuki entered the room although he was not in his usual cloths. But then again he had been wearing the same cloths for about half of three-four months and the other half of that was in his Bio-merged forms. He was now dressed in a black coat with a red jumper underneath and black jeans. He didn't have his goggles on him but Davis figured that they were probably in the Tamer's bag which he had slung around his right shoulder.

He stepped up to the front of the class and said "hello, I'm Takato Matsuki; it's nice to meet you".

There were a few murmurs after that but they quieted down when the teacher said "please choose a seat and sit down".

The Tamer nodded and proceeded to the empty seat just behind Davis "hey goggles".

"Don't start that Takato or I might just go and get Rika to pay you a visit" Davis replied with a slight grin on his face. (Note: before someone decides to complain, the reason Davis knows about Rika is because he found Takato's notepad which contains all of his drawings. A few of them are of the Tamers and that includes Rika whom has the words 'Stupid Gogglehead' above her head).

"Are you kidding me? She'd kill me if she found out I just used a modified version of her 'Gogglehead' phrase" the Tamer said with a similar grin.

"If you say so, hey quick question: do you want to have a match later?" the Digi-destined of Miracles asked with a raised eyebrow.

"By match you mean a slugging match don't you?" Takato asked and grinned when Davis nodded "sure but can we wait until after school's over?"

"Fine" the Digi-destined of Miracles said as he looked at the empty chair beside him and noticed that the entire class was looking at the two of them including Kari and TK.

Takato noticed too but completely ignored them and asked "I'm hungry, is there anything eatable in the cafeteria?"

"Don't know, I eat packed lunch" Davis asked and shrugged "the food you make would probably taste a lot better compared to the stuff they serve here anyways even though you're a walking Hazard".

"What would you expect from a guy whose parents own a bakery?" the Tamer asked but never got a reply because of a certain interruption.

"Excuse me but can you two shut up so I can start my class?" the teacher said with his teeth gritting.

"Yes sir" they both said with a smile.

Digital World, Eastern Quadrant, Azulongmon's Palace

"Lightning Joust!" Gallantmon called out as he launched his attack at Magnamon. They had been training in the palace's underground arena for hours now and they were still going at it. Tai and Agumon had come down to see them more then once but decided not to disturb them. Besides who would want to get between a knight and his target when he is about to launch an attack? Magnamon shifted to his shadow mode and phased in the shadows right before the attack hit.

"Got to do better than that" Davis said with a grin as he emerged from another shadow on the other side of the room "Shadow Missiles!" The crimson knight raised his shield and let it take the blasts while he charged it.

"Shield of the Just!" Gallantmon called out as he let loose the energy he had gather in his shield. The attack narrowly missed the golden knight and he readied his own but never got the chance "Gallantmon mode change to Medieval mode: MedievalGallantmon!" In a burst of speed the crimson knight charged towards Magnamon and attacked with his axe/staff "Final Crest!"

The attack connected and sent Magnamon hurtling towards the floor but not before launching his own attack "Shadow Barrage!" The attack hit and caused MedievalGallantmon to fall towards the floor of the chamber. Both knights crashed into the ground while creating a small crater around them. They both dedigivolved and tried to climb out of the craters they had made.

The Digi-destined of Courage sighed and then shouted so that they could hear him on the other side of the room "Davis! Since when do you have a darkened Digivolution?!"

"Huh? Err…since that incident on 'File Island' a few weeks ago" the Digi-destined of Miracles laughed nervously as he approached Tai.

"What?" Tai asked then sighed "great, just what we need, another darkened Digivolution".

"Yeah but I don't think it's a bad thing" the Hazard Tamer said "from what I can tell each mode has a different upgrade to the standard mode".

"So each one of the modes has a different boost in ability?" Tai asked to which he got a nod "then I guess my Silver mode must be the power mode".

"My shadow modes slower then Golden mode but packs more firepower and can phase into the shadow realm" Davis said with a grin but then blinked "is their any way to fuse them together? Like to use them all at once instead of having to mode change?"

"That's a good question, I think we'll ask Azulongmon about it later but for now we have a mission to do" when Tai said that both Takato and Davis looked at him expectedly "Azulongmon wants us to split up, one of us will be going to the Borderland to see if Diaboromon returned their after his defeat in the internet".

"You never did tell us what the deal was with that skeleton freak back then" Davis said to Takato to which he got a frown.

"As I was saying" Tai said annoyed that he was interrupted "one of us will be going to the South-East Borderland while one of us goes to the Southern Quadrant to pick up someone, I'll be doing that one and the other will be heading to the Northern Quadrant to check things out with the Sovereign of that area".

"I'll handle the Borderland, I need to go after Reapermon anyways" the Hazard Tamer said with slight anger in his eyes "but I do have one question, who are you picking up from the Southern Quadrant?"

"Some human girl with blond hair, not sure what her name is" the Digi-destined of Courage replied.

"Then I guess I'll handle the Northern Quadrant, I need a vacation anyway" Davis chuckled as the others simply shook their heads.

"We're not on vacation" Tai sighed.

Digital World, Southern-Eastern Quadrant, Borderland

"How did I get myself into this?" Gallantmon asked in Takato's voice as he crashed into the side of the cliff.

"This is payback for making me look weak from our last encounter" Beelzemon Blaster Mode said as hovered in the center of the canyon with his right arm-cannon raised and forming a pentagram shape out of its energy. (Note: Is Pentagram right? Err... whatever) "Corona Destroyer!" the demon lord shouted as he fired his most powerful attack. The Knight of the Hazard raised his shield and let it take the hit since Grani was out of commission on the cliff above.

The crimson knight charged his shield as and fired just before Beelzemon's attack hit it "Shield of the Just!" Both attacks connected with each other and sent shockwaves through the area. Once the demon lord was awaiting the dust to clear since both attacks connected right in front of the knight, the crimson knight glowed slightly and readied his new weapon "Gallantmon mode change Medieval mode: MedievalGallantmon!" Using the warrior knight heightened speed, the Knight of the Hazard jumped at the demon lord and called out "Final Crest!" as he swung his axe/staff at Beelzemon. The attack missed and knight landed harmlessly on the opposite cliff. He turned as he now stood on the southern side of the Borderland and aimed his axe/staff "Rage of Wyvern!" A blast of energy erupted from the end of the staff which the demon lord easily dodged.

"Is that the best you've got? You can't even touch me!" Beelzemon laughed.

'This is bad, I can't get close enough to do any damage and whenever I use a long range attack he simply dodges it' Takato gritted his teeth and the knight readied his axe-staff again 'I only have one chance to win this'.

"It looks like you're mode changes aren't helping you this time are they?" the demon lord grinned and aimed his arm-cannon "Corona Blaster!"

The warrior knight jumped at Beelzemon and narrowly dodged his attack as he glowed dark blue "MedievalGallantmon mode change to Chaos mode: ChaosGallantmon!" The dark Knight of the Hazard charged his shield as he attacked with his lance "Demon's Disaster!" The attack missed but just barely and Beelzemon was about to attack again but didn't get the chance because the dark knight's shield was now aimed at him and he couldn't dodge it at point Blanc range "Judecca Prison!" The blast of energy that erupted from the knight's shield covered the demon lord and deleted him instantly.

ChaosGallantmon didn't stop to see if his adversary had survived or not because he had to revert both his lance and shield back into his arms right before slammed into the Eastern side cliff. He grabbed a hold of one of the cliff ledges and slowly climbed up until he reached the top. Once at the top he let out a sigh before moving to check on his steed whom lay disabled a few feet away. "Are you okay Grani?" Guilmon asked from inside the knight.

"I have sustained damage to thirty-five percent of my body" the dragon/glider replied "I am still operational but my combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced".

The crimson knight sighed again and said "its alright, we'll head back to Azulongmon's Palace and get you patched up".

Digital World, Northern Quadrant, Forest Region

"Lampranthus!" the demon lord digimon 'Belphemon' shouted as he sent a large wave of flames at Magnamon who was currently dodging the attacks by phasing into the shadows of the trees blow. (Note: I have never seen this demon lord in action so bare with me).

He jumped up behind the demon lord and attacked "Magna Blast!" Hundreds of golden projectiles shot out from the golden knight and bombarded the demon lord's back.

Belphemon let out a low laugh as he turned seemingly undamaged and opened his mouth "Gift of Darkness!" A massive blast of dark energy spat out from the demon's mouth and connected with the knight. Magnamon fell to the floor and slowly climbed to his feet while chunks of his armour broke off from his main body. "You're still standing? How long do you think you can fight the darkness boy?" the demon lord asked as he raised his arms and readied another attack.

"As long as it takes to ensure that you demon lords never lay a finger on anyone I care about" the golden said and winced as pain captured his entire right side.

"Ha! What makes you think that we demon lords are the only ones you should be worrying about?" Belphemon continued to laugh.

"You mean Diaboromon and that skeleton freak?" Magnamon grunted as he strained to stay on his feet.

"Yeah, we demon lords only care about ruling over the worlds but those two and one other are far more dangerous. They plan on destroying everything and remaking everything in their image, they have a good idea even if it's completely suicidal to attempt it. Too bad you won't live long enough to find out if the worlds will burn or not" Belphemon grinned as he explained to the young knight "Lampranthus!"

"Scarlet Tempest!" a blast of compressed air intercepted the demon lord's attack and a deflected it away. Both the demon lord and the golden knight looked up to where the whirlwind had originated. On top of one of the branches stood a purple and yellow digimon holding a red rose in its hands. "Can't you both just get along?" the digimon spoke in a duel voice and was definitely a female's voice "no? alright then, Laser Lattice!" An energy net expanded from her palms and covered the demon lord which restricted his movements.

"What is this?!" Belphemon shouted as he struggled to break free.

"It's a cage of sorts that you can't break free from" the new digimon said as she walked closer.

"Want to bet?!" the demon lord yelled and broke through the net with an attack "Gift of Darkness!" With the net shattered he turned to the knight and prepared another attack "Gift of Darkness!"

Davis couldn't take this anymore and neither could Veemon so they triggered the mode change "Magnamon mode change too Golden mode!" Since Golden mode is Magnamon's fastest, he dashed at lightning speed and knocked the new digimon out of the way of the demon lord's attack just before it hit her. They both rolled across the ground as the blast zoomed by them and exploded.

"Thanks" she said after the two stopped rolling.

"Don't mention it" Davis said with a smile even though he knew she couldn't see it "what's you're name anyway?"

They both stood as she replied "Crusadermon, Knight of the Rose".

"Crusadermon huh? So another knight defends the worlds, are you sure you can keep up?" Magnamon grinned under his helmet and as both knights turned to the demon lord.

"Try not to slow me down too much" came the reply as the female knight charged forwards at Lightning speed so followed by Magnamon "Spiral Masquerade!" She disappeared from view because she was now moving so fast that the naked eye could not see her. She was literally flying circles around Belphemon while cutting him with the sharp yellow ribbons that covered sections of her body.

"Nice trick but here's the treat, Magna Punch!" the golden knight grunted as his fist connected with the demon lord's face. The speed of the attack, along with the Magnamon's normal strength was enough to send shockwaves through the area and send Belphemon into the ground. Both knight nodded to each other and ascended so that they we're just above the demon lord before doing the finishing blow.

"Scarlet Tempest!"

"Magna Inferno!"

Both attacks intertwined and doubled in strength as the compressed air turned into a whirlwind and the energy Magnamon released rapped itself around it to create a blazing tornado of fast moving flames. The attack hit dead center and the demon lord could only cry out in pain before the blast cut through him causing him to break into small pieces of data. The deleted digimon's data drifted away and both knights smiled under their helmets.

"Another demon lord down, I think I'm getting the hang of this" Davis said from his data-sphere as he turned and found himself alone in the opening where the battle had taken place "hey where'd that purple knight go?"

"Don't know but judging by the duel voice that she spoke in that can only mean she's either a DNA digivolved digimon or…" Veemon drifted off as Davis nodded in agreement.

"…Or she's a Bio-merged digimon".

Author's Notes: Who's the new knight? Where's she from? And whose side she on? All will be revealed in time but for now, Heh, Heh lets just say there'll be a few surprises waiting.

See Ya Later…