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The Digital Knights

Chapter7: Corruption

Real World, Eastern Quadrant, Kamiya Apartment

(Note: I have never read V-Tamers so there will be errors).

It had been two days since the knight's meeting and they had all scheduled the attack for the Sunday which was in five days. Now most of the Royal Knights were taking time off to prepare while others…

"What do you mean you're going on patrol now?" the Digi-destined of Courage asked "you do remember that we are about to fight one of the largest battles in digital history right?"

"I just can't sit around here and wait!" Davis replied "and I'm sure neither can you".

Tai sighed at that "fine come on I'm going with you, I need to meet someone anyways".

"Alright" Veemon cheered as they all approached the computer.

"Digi-port open!" with that both humans and their partners disappeared into the computer "who are we looking for by the way?"

"Bio-merge activate!" both humans shouted together.

Bio-merge Digivolution

"Agumon Bio-merge too Omnimon!" the fusion knight declared and his cape waved in the wind that had surrounded them.

"Veemon Bio-merge too Magnamon!" the Golden knight grinned under his helmet as his molten armour cooled and solidified into pure Gold Digizoid.

"I asked Ken to locate an old friend of mine, he's a Veedramon but he likes to be called Zeromaru or Zero for short" Tai explained as both knights ascended into the clouds and disappeared into the distance.

"A digimon with a name other then their species? Well we've seen stranger things" Davis stated and then was struck by with a thought (please no' Davis bashing jokes) "is this Veedramon by any chance have a relation to Veemon?"

"Yes, both species are sought of like cousins" Omnimon stated as the two accelerated away from their location.

Digital World, Eastern Quadrant, Azulongmon's Palace

The Hazard Tamer sat on the roof of the palace and was staring out at the vast fields that surrounded them. He had returned from his last patrol of the Quadrant an hour earlier and both his steed and his partner were currently in the palace's hangar. It was nightfall now but Takato couldn't sleep. His mind kept on drifting back to his human parents, then to his old friends the Tamers and then finally to the life he no' longer had.

'It's my fault my family got targeted' the Hazard Tamer thought as he stared up at the clear star filled sky.

Below him in the Gate-room sat Rika at the bar with her partner resting in that shadows of the palace' room they were assigned too. Beside the Kitsune Tamer sat Yolie whom she had become friends with because they seemed to understand each other well enough (mostly because they both like yelling at people so much).

"Are you going to comfort him or not?" Yolie asked suddenly causing the Kitsune Tamer to shoot a glare at her.

"I…" she tried to answer but the words wouldn't come.

"He's hurt, his parents are gone and if you don't do something he'll be to far gone to be able to come back to you" Yolie said simply and downed another drink.

"But he's…he's…" she was going to finish but couldn't because she was interrupted by the brown haired girl beside her.

"Good looking, crazy, lucky and plain idiotic?" Yolie supplied which caused Rika to look away blushing slightly.

"No, what I was going to say was he's a Gogglehead" Rika replied slightly annoyed.

Yolie grinned at that and said "same thing".

The red-haired Tamer drank down a bit more of her drink before smiling slightly and then standing "I think I'll go for a walk".

Yolie waved as she left "I think Takato's on the roof at the moment".

Rika made her way up to the roof and slowly she opened the roof-door. She climbed up and now stood on the slightly slanted roof. She turned and climbed upwards while looking around to find the person she was looking for. She found him to her right; he was currently sitting with his legs hanging over the side of the steep part of the roof.

She approached from his side but he didn't notice. She stood there for a moment and he still didn't notice. He was just staring, staring off into the vast landscape that surrounded the palace and he couldn't help but let a single tear run down the side of his face. Rika eyes widened slightly when she saw this and it was then that the Hazard Tamer was alerted to her presence.

He turned to look at her and tried to smile but his eyes were filled with nothing but sadness. He opened his mouth to speak but the words wouldn't come out, he stood and walked towards her. He was about to walk passed her but she moved into his way.

"Rika I…" he couldn't finish what he was going to say because in one swift motion the red-haired Tamer closed the distance between them and pressed her lips against his. At that moment his mind went blank, half of him wanted to pull away so he could run before she figured out what she was doing while the other side of him wanted him to just relax and go with the flow. (Naturally he picked the second half of him).

They continued this for several minutes, only stopping to breath and then the Hazard Tamer took the initiative. He took her hand and pulled her down the side of the roof. Once the two were back in the palace they continued to kiss as they made their way through the many corridors of the building.

Finally they reached the Hazard Tamer's room and he pushed opened the door. He then picked her up bridal style and carried her inside while making sure he shut the door behind them.

Insert Imagination

Digital World, Northern-Eastern Quadrant, Borderland

Both Magnamon and Omnimon landed on the edge of the cliff as they stared at the scene in front of them. Before them was a very strange scene, Sleipmon lay battered on the ground near them and the Fusion knight was already at her side. In the center of the canyon was Lilithmon holding a gasping for breath Crusadermon by the neck and smiling evilly at the Golden knight.

"I couldn't wait for you to come to me so I thought we could have some fun before the final showdown" the demon lord grinned and let go of the now unconscious Rose knight. Magnamon shifted into his Golden mode but was too late; Crusadermon disappeared into the abyss below and that's when Lilithmon attacked "Nazar Nail!"

Magnamon couldn't believe it; someone whom saved his life numerous times had just perished and disappeared from the worlds. Just before the demon lord's attack connected he felt something he had never felt before, something dark, destructive and its name was anger.

Bio-merge corrupted

"Magnamon mode change too Ruin Mode" black shockwaves erupted from the knight and sent Lilithmon back about twenty feet. The once Golden knight now hovered in the center of the Canyon with his armour and skin pure black. A dark blue aurora covered him and his eyes were red with rage.

To say that the demon lord was a bit scared would be an understatement "Phantom Pain!" A blast of mist was sent towards the corrupted knight but it didn't hit its target. Magnamon vanished and reappeared a second later behind Lilithmon "what?"

"Ruin Impact!" the knight growled as he slammed his fist into the back of the demon lord. The force of the impact alone would have been enough to break a ten story building in half not to mention the shockwaves that came with it. Lilithmon was hurtled into the side of the Northern Quadrant cliff and Magnamon looked ready to finish the job.

"Davis! Stop!" a voice called out from behind the knight. Using the moment of distraction Lilithmon disappeared into the shadows and the corrupted knight turned. "Davis?" Omnimon asked but got only a growl as a response 'no, that's not Davis at the moment and I think it's safe to say he looks ready to kill me'.

The Fusion knight readied his sword and didn't have to wait long before Magnamon attacked "Ruin Impact!"

"Transcendent Sword!" the two attacks connected and both were both jumped away from each other.

In a flash Magnamon disappeared from view and reappeared above him "Ruin Blast!" The blast of dark blue energy hit the Fusion knight dead center and sent him crashing into ground near the edge of the Eastern Quadrant cliff.

'This is bad; he could kill me right now and with that kind of speed I can't even keep up with him' Omnimon thought as he climbed to his feet and the dust settled around him to reveal the form of Magnamon approaching 'come on I need a miracle'. Just then his chest began to glow with the crest of courage on it and he felt a surge of power engulf him "Omnimon mode change too Omega mode!"

The Corrupted knight accelerated towards him "Ruin Impact!"

There was no' difference to the Fusion knight except the colour of his armour was orange like his crest "Transcendent Sword!" With a thunderous explosion the area around the two shattered and was now nothing but a scorched area. Omnimon couldn't hold his form and so he split apart into Tai and Agumon while Magnamon stood not too far away with a few dents in his armour. The corrupted knight's shoulder pads then opened and revealed the missiles held within. 'Damn, not even my new mode is a match for him' Tai closed his eyes as he readied himself for the pain to come.

"Ruined Missiles!" the corrupted knight fired twenty at the Digi-destined of courage and his partner.

"Tense Great Shield!" a voice called out as the missiles impacted and dust covered the area. When the dust died down Tai looked up at the digimon standing between him and Magnamon.

"Zero?" the Digi-destined of Courage asked as he stared at the UlforceVeedramon in front of him.

"Talk later" the new knight said he readied his right arm-saber "Victory Sword!"

"Ruin Impact!" the two attacks connected but unlike Omnimon the new knight was much faster and was on par with the corrupted knight he was fighting.

"Damn my eyes can barely keep up with them" Tai muttered and then turned to the downed knight known as Sleipmon. He ran over followed by Agumon and saw that the Pegasus Knight was starting to glow. Sleipmon split and Tai held out his 'Mark 2'.

"Tapirmon, Rookie level, Vaccine type Exalted Beast Digimon, Background Information unknown, attacks: Nightmare Syndrome, Deleting Virus, Waking Dream" the Digivice read and Tai examined the other form that appeared beside the digimon.

His eyes widened when he realised who it was 'Alice?'

Anyway back to the battle, UlforceVeedramon slashed at his opponent a few more times before pulling away and use his most powerful attack "Ray of Victory!"

"Ruin Blast!" both attacks cancelled each other out as both knights flew straight at each other "Ruin Impact!"

"Victory Sword!" the V knight missed by a few centimetres but Magnamon didn't. The fist connected with UlforceVeedramon's chest and sent him crashing into the ground.

"Zero?!" Tai shouted as he helped Alice try to stand.

"That hurt" the V knight grunted as he tried to stand and chunks of his cracked armour fell off.

"Watch out!" Tai yelled as Magnamon launched some missiles at the V knight and hit his shield hard.

"Ruin Blast!" the attack smashed through UlforceVeedramon's shield and hitting his body directly "Ruin…"

"Stop!" someone yelled as Magnamon felt something tackle him to the ground and then roll away. The corrupted knight stood up and looked at who just tackled him at such high speeds. "Davis you can't do this" Crusadermon said as her data began to phase in and out of view "just let it go". She must have awoken and made her way back up even though she was barely holding herself together.

While Magnamon was staring at the Rose knight in disbelief that she was alive, the dark blue aurora around his body began to dissipate and the colour of his armour was shifting back into its normal gold colour. "Just let it go" she said again and the now Golden knight un-merged into Davis and Veemon.

It was at that moment he recognized who's voice the Knight of the Rose was. "Catharine?" he asked before he collapsed to the floor with his partner laying unconscious beside him. The Rose knight un-merged and Catharine dashed towards the 'Miracle Destined's face down form.

"What a pity, he had me worried there for a moment" a voice echoed around them all and the form of Lilithmon emerged from a shadow on the ground "his power could have destroyed this entire world; I should kill him now before he becomes a threat".

Tai acted immediately to what she had said "Zero! Don't let her get anywhere near them! Digi-armour Energise!"

"UlforceVeedramon mode change too Future Mode!" the now Super Ultimate declared as he glared straight at the demon lord who growled as she glared back.

"I'll get you Royal Knights for this!" Lilithmon yelled and then disappeared into the shadows yet again.

Digital World, Eastern Quadrant, Azulongmon's Palace

Takato groaned as he slowly awoke from his sleep on his king-sized bed. His eyes fluttered open and he found his room with the digital morning sunlight shining through the window. He rubbed his eyes slightly and tried to get up but he stopped when he felt a pair of arms rap around his waist.

Unsure of what was going on he looked to his side and saw that Rika was clinging to him in her sleep. He stared at her for a second and then blushed as he recalled the events of the previous night. The Kitsune Tamer awoke a few moments later and blushed when she looked at him.

"Morning" he said with a smile which she returned with an annoyed look.

"Don't get any ideas" Rika told him and he chuckled.

"Already had them" he replied which caused the red-haired Tamer to blush three times darker. At that moment the bedroom door swung open and a frantic looking Ken entered.

"Takato what the hell have you been doing?! Guilmon just took off with Grani a few moments ago!" the Digi-destined of Kindness exclaimed as Rika pulled the covers over her form. He stopped his rant for a second and looked between the two Tamers in the bed before let out a nervous laugh "heh, err…sorry to interrupt. I'll be waiting outside for you two to finish up but make it quick, your partner's missing after all". With that he exited the room and shut the door behind him.

"Never a dull moment" the Hazard Tamer muttered before getting dressed along with Rika.

The two emerged from the room a few minutes later, Ken stood outside waiting and the red-haired Tamer said with a glare "one word to anyone and one morning you will find out that you won't be able to call yourself a man anymore".

The Digi-destined of Kindness gulped and turned to Takato "Guilmon and Grani are heading down south for some reason, any idea why?" The Hazard Tamer shook his head as the three human ran through the corridors followed by both Wormmon and Renamon.

'Guilmon? Can you hear me?' Takato asked over their connection but got no' response. 'Come on boy speak to me' this time he got a reply but he wished he didn't. It was an emotion, a very strong emotion and the Hazard Tamer knew it well 'Hate'. "We have to hurry, Guilmon's angry and I don't know why" Takato said urgently.

"What do you mean he's angry? Is he going to become Megidramon?" Rika asked as she let a shiver of fear travel through her body. Now normally she wouldn't be afraid of anything but the prospect of facing the Demon Dragon of the Digital Hazard in combat would frighten anyone…even her.

"Why though? He has no' reason to be…" '…unless I accidentally let some of my anger through the barrier I put in our link' Takato's eyes widened and said "we have to hurry".

He held out his 'M2' and he opened the 'Corruption Folder'. There were four forms like before but they were all visible now, one was ChaosGallantmon, one was ChaosGallantmon Hazard Mode, another was Megidramon and the last was Megidramon Hazard Mode also known as Megidramon X.

"This cannot be good" he muttered and ran.

Digital World, Eastern Quadrant, Azulongmon's Palace

Night had befallen the world and for one Davis Motomiya it was almost torture. Upon their return both Catharine and Alice were taken to the Infirmary while Tai returned to his room and fell asleep on his bed. Takato had returned earlier with a very battered partner and was currently resting in his room. The rest of the Knights were back in the Eastern Quadrant Real world severing all of their connections that they had there because they knew that even if they won the fight to come they wouldn't be returning to their former lives as Digi-destined.

The Digi-destined of Miracles sat on the roof of the Palace and silently cried in the silence of the peaceful night 'Veemon, I'm sorry'.

"Will he be okay?" The Hazard Tamer asked as both he as both he and Tai stood at the edge of the balcony.

"He'll be fine; he needed his partner to dark digivolve just like we both did" the Digi-destined of Courage answered.

"Yeah but he lost control when he was Bio-merged, that has to be worse" Takato said sadly.

"I'm just glad he stopped when he did, his speed and strength were incredible" Tai finished before going back inside while the Hazard Tamer waited a moment before following.

The next morning Tai was called into the Gate-room by Azulongmon and he was slightly confused at the scene he found when he arrived "err…Azulongmon who is that?"

"Your new co-leader, Alphamon" the Sovereign stated as one of his chains gestured to the Royal knight beside him.

"Explain" Tai said and raised his eyebrow at Azulongmon.

"This is Alphamon, he will be leading the Royal Knight alongside you in this final battle, once this is all over I and the rest of the Sovereigns will be going into hibernation. It has come to my attention that you and the rest of the knights will be leaving as well so I created Alphamon as the leader of the new knights after you all go" Azulongmon explained and smiled "our time is coming to an end and so this final battle will decide the fate of the worlds".

The Digi-destined of Courage smiled slightly and nodded "wouldn't have it any other way".

Author's Notes: The pre-battle part is up and the Knights assembled.

Dorumon: Alphamon – The Knight of Beginning Alpha Knight

Tai-Agumon: Omnimon – The Knight of Fusion Fusion Knight

Takato-Guilmon: Gallantmon – The Knight of the Hazard Crimson Knight

Davis-Veemon: Magnamon – The Knight of Miracles Golden Knight

Ken-Wormmon: Duftmon – The Knight of Strategy Sage Knight

Catharine-Floramon: Crusadermon – The Knight of the Rose Rose Knight

Cody-Armadillomon: Craniummon – The Knight of Steel Cobalt knight

Yolie-Hawkmon: Dynasmon – The Knight of the Winds Silver knight

Alice-Tapirmon: Sleipmon – The Knight of Speed Pegasus Knight

Zero/Veedramon: UlforceVeedramon – The Knight of Victory V Knight

See ya Later…