[Opening Song Kimi ga Inai Mirai (A Future without you) by Inuyasha plays]

10. Chapter

Revenge of a Royal Knight, The Play of Darkness and Light

"Why had we to get the Souveregin Area?" asked DemiDevimon. "What's worse, it's the place right nearby the RK's castle." "I know how you feel...hey, ain't that Kenny and Rene?" asked Airu, pointing at the battlefield. Rene, Renamon, Satoshi, ExAgumon, Kenny and Terriermon seemed to be waiting for them.

"Hey, Airu, DemiDevimon!" Rene waved. Airu and DemiDevimon went to them. "What are you doing here?" asked Airu. "We're kinda your cheerleader team." said Terriermon. "Momantai!"

"Okay, and you are?" she turned to Satoshi. "I'm Tsukino Satoshi and this is ExAgumon. My partner and better known as Omnimon." he said. "I'm Adachi Airu and that's DemiDevimon. I assume you already know our story." said Airu. "Yupp. And that your opponents are Ryo and Dracomon." said Satoshi. "How do you know?" asked Airu. "That little girl, Shinzui told us. Also, Examon's anyways pretty mad at you. He rampaged throught an isolated area." said ExAgumon. "How ironical. It's supposed to be the opposite." said DemiDevimon. "Alphamon's angry at Examon, thought he said that he'll let the battle take place, since he thinks that he'll maybe can calm down." said ExAgumon. "I doubt he will." said Renamon. Airu sighed. "Okay, let's go. I just want to finish this battle the sooner." she said. "Maybe those two should take some patience lessons from Chiaki. She helped us." said DemiDevimon.

They went to the Royal Castle, as they saw Ryo and Dracomon already waiting for them.

"Dracomon. Level: Rookie. Type: Dragon. Attribute: Data. It is an ancient, pure-blooded Dragon Digimon that is said to be the "Progenitor" of all Dramon-type Digimon. It possesses physical ability to a degree that could not be imagined from its small build, and both its power and its quick wits are top class among Rookie Digimon. Although its personality is ferocious, Dracomon can show its gentle side only to the others it has recognized. It has wings, but it is unable to fly because they are not sufficiently developed. Also, it has a nature whose primary trait is wanting to collect "shiny things", with an especially strange attachment to gems and metals, and it eats and assimilates its favorite things. Amongst the scales that cover Dracomon's whole body, there is one scale that is called the "Gekirin". If it is touched there, Dracomon loses its mind to an excess of anger, and indiscriminately fires its "G Shurunen"." Rene read on her D-Power.

On the side, on a quite distance, were the RK's: Alphamon, Duftmon, Crainamon and UlforceVeedramon.

"Did they really have to come to watch this battle?" asked DemiDevimon, sweatdropping. ExAgumon shrugged. "They did." he said.

Airu and DemiDevimon stepped on their side of the battlefield.

"I don't like this." said DemiDevimon. "Don't worry, we'll show them that they shouldn't mess up with a Demon Guardian and a Crest Keeper." said Airu. "Especially not the one whose Crest is Patience." "Okay." said DemiDevimon.

"Hey, are you two keeping on talking or are we going to battle?" asked Ryo.

"I'm ready." said DemiDevimon. "Good, cause I'm ready to delete you! Baby Breath!" Dracomon breathed out a high temperature sigh at the bat Digimon. "Woa!" yelped DemiDevimon, escaping the hot flame. "Okay, take this! Demi Dart!"

He threw syringes filled with a toxin at Dracomon. The dragon escaped them.

"G Shurunen!" He made the horns on his head glow intensely, then fired a beam shot from the back of his mouth. The beam bearly hit DemiDevimon who flied upwards.

"Hey, why don't you come here and fight like a real Digimon!" yelled Dracomon. "And why don't you try to make me fight like that!" replied DemiDevimon. "I will." said Dracomon. Ryo nodded and pulled out his X-Loader. Airu pulled out her D-3 Digivice. On Ryo's and on Dracomon's arm appeared a golden circle.

"Kyuukyoku Shinka, activate!" said Ryo as he made a circle.

"Dracomon, Kyuukyoku Shinka! Examon!"

"DemiDevimon, Warp Digivolution to...Daemon!"

"Examon. Title: Dragon Emperor. Level: Mega. Type: Holy Knight. Attribute: Data. One of the "Royal Knights", the extraordinary data size it possesses made traditional digital tools unable to completely render it, so it wasn't discovered until it finally became possible to render it with the use of state-of-the-art digital tools. Though it belongs to the Royal Knights, it is simultaneously a being which stands at the top of all Dragon Digimon, and holds the alias of "Dragon Emperor". The "Caledfwlch" on its back is a unique set of gigantic, sentient wings composed entirely of Chrome Digizoid, and at its own discretion it can change into wings for flight or into a shield to defend Examon. The gigantic lance "Ambrosius" is loaded with special shells stocked with viruses which possess various effects, so Examon's attacks are quite diverse." read Kenny on his D-Power.

"Okay Dae, we still can beat him." said Airu.

"This is going to be interesting." said Crainamon. "It's Daemon vs. Examon. I think that Examon might win this." said Duftmon. "You're understatimating Daemon." said Alphamon. "He ain't anymore on the power level for which we know. He reached a new level." "So, like Crainamon said, this is going to be interesting." said UlforceVeedramon. "Though, I don't want that the Demon Lord wins this."

"Okay, Examon, ready for a power up? We're gonna beat him with full force." said Ryo and rose his X-Loader. "Fang Upgrade activate!"

Examon turned into a darker version of himself. Around Ryo appeared a dark aura.

"What happened?" asked Satoshi. "That ain't good. I'm sensing Dracmon's doing." said Daemon.

"Airu, do you know what's going on here?" asked Rene. "Yeah, GranDracmon, who returned as Dracmon, gave them some kind of upgrade and is using the Shadow Hunters." said Airu.

"What?" Alphamon looked surpriesed at the girl. "I should've know it. If GranDracmon had influenced Examon, then we gotta stop this battle immediantly."

"No." replied Daemon. "I'm gonna finish this."

"I hope he knows what he's doing." said Kenny. "Well, Momantai." said Terriermon.

[Battle Theme Target ~Akai Shougeki~ by Digimon Adventure 02 plays]

"Okay, now we're gonna show them what the power of a Demon Warrior is!" said Airu as the two thunders on her D-3 started to shine. The Crest of Patience appeared on the screen.

"Crest of Patience activate!"

CREST DIGIVOLUTION!

"Daemon, Crest Digivolution to...Daemon Warrior Mode!"

"Wow, amazing, so this is one of those Demon Warriors." said Rene. The others were also surpriesed.

"Daemon Warrior Mode. Type: Demon Warrior. Attribute: Virus. Daemon as a Demon Warrior, can summon the counterpart of Seraphimon's Excalibur, Shadow Excalibur. His fire attacks get even hotter, then on his normal Mode. He is able, due his patiently observing, to predict the opponents move and strike at them before they they realized what happened." said Kenny.

"Hmm, that's all nice and dandy, but he's still the old touchy Demon Lord we all know and love." Terriermon giggled.

"So, that's Daemon in his Warrior Mode. Impressive." said Alphamon. The other RK's were speachless.

"You can't beat me. Dragonic Impact!" Examon dived from the exosphere and performed a ramming attack after taking on heat from friction with the atmosphere. Daemon swiftly escaped it and Examon hit the ground, injuring himself.

"What?!" yelled Ryo. He didn't notice the Crest of Wrath that appeared below him.

"Your angrieness is blinding you. I already learned that lesson." said Daemon calmly.

"Hm." Examon hmpfed.

"Leaf Inferno!" Daemon fired an inferno made of burned leaves and flames. Examon rose quickly and easily used his wings to shield himself. As he opened them, he noticed Daemon was gone.

"Where is he?!" growled Examon in annoyance.

"Shadow Excalibur!" Daemon impaled the sword into Examon's back, hitting a weak point. Examon cried out in pain, but Ryo was in much worser condition since the Crest of Wrath started to absorb his dark energy. Both were left unconssicious. Examon de-digivoluved to Dracomon. Daemon de-digvioluved to DemiDevimon as the others apporoached them.

"What happened to them?" asked Satoshi. "They seem to be unconssicious, but...Did you see that Crest? It seemed like it absorbed their energy." said Rene.

At the same moment, a portal appeared through which the Shadow Tamers team fell. But this time, they had a hard landing.

"Guilmon, Betamon, get of me!" yelled Damien, who was underneath them. "Sorry." replied both.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" asked Airu. "We came to pick up you." said Arisa who lied underneath Akari, BlackGatomon and Seichi. "Umm, okay." said Airu.

Akinari and Lucemon meanwhile were at the Dark Area, nearby the Burned Forest.

"So, where are those two?" asked Akinari. "Well, they should be here." said Lucemon.

"Hey!"

They heared four yells. They belonged to Noah, Wizardmon, Suzie and Kotemon.

"Huh, what are you doing here?" asked Akinari. He bowed to Suzie. "And who are you?" "I'm Yagami Suzie, a DigiDestenied." said Suzie. "This is Kotemon, my partner."

"And, why are you here?" asked Lucemon. "We're your cheerleader team!" exclaimed Suzie in a childish voice. Noah sighed. "What she wants to say is that we heared about your battle and we wanted to watch it." he explained. "That was mostly Takuto's idea."

"Okay. Thanks." said Akinari.

"Hey you two!" They heared a familiar voice and turned around. Toshi and Flamemon were waiting for them.

"So, are you ready to lose." asked Toshi. "No." replied Akinari. "You'll be the one who'll lose."

"We're going to beat you." said Flamemon. "Skip the chat, if you're in a such hurry." said Lucemon with a smirk.

"You won't be smiling any more once I'm finished with you." said Flamemon.

Toshi rose his D-Tector. Around his hand appeared D-Codes.

"Execute, Ancient Spirit Evolution!"

The ten spirits merged with Flamemon.

"Flamemon, Ancient Spirit Evolution to...Susanoomon!"

"Aw, man!" Akinari blinked in surpriese. Noah, Wizardmon, Suzie and Kotemon were surpriesed too.

"Susanoomon. Level: Mega. Type: God Man. Attribute: Vaccine. Told of in Oriental legends, it is the strongest destructive god and the god which governs over regeneration. It is told that when the Network System descends into chaos, it will erase the existing system, and create a new one. It wields the "ZERO-ARMS: Orochi", which emanates a gigantic sword of light." read Noah on his D-Power.

"It's and advantage if you have one of the 10 Legendary Warriors as your partner." said Toshi. "We'll win this."

"The battle hadn't begun yet. Execute, Cho-Shinka!" Akinari scanned his D-Codes.

"Lucemon, Cho-Shinka! Lucemon Chaos Mode!"

"Grand Cross!" Lucemon fired ten super-heated spheres of light arranged in a cruciform syzygy. Susanoomon took the blast, but then he leapt over to Lucemon to deliver him a punch. Lucemon escaped it and kicked Susanoomon.

"Ultimate Sacrifice!" He produced an orb of light and darkness, entraping Susanoomon in it. "Heaven's Thunder!" Susanoomon, still inside the orb pointed the ZERO-ARMS: Orochi at the heavens, which then rain incessant bolts of lightning upon the ground, dissolving the orb.

"What the?!" hissed Lucemon.

"Okay, Fang Upgrade!" Toshi's D-Tector shone. Susanoomon turned into a darker version of himself.

"Why did you do that?" asked Akinari. "To beat you easier." replied Toshi.

"I sense evil from Susanoomon's aura." said Wizardmon. "Am, Noah, do you know what happened to Susanoomon?" asked Suzie. "I'm not quite sure." replied Noah.

"Heaven's Thunder!" Susanoomon called down thunders. Lucemon tried to escape them, but one hit him.

"Lucemon!" yelled Akinari, clenching his D-Tector. He looked at Toshi. "Somethings wrong with this guy. I'm not quite sure if it's his jelaousity or GranDracmon." "I think it's both." said Lucemon.

"Hey, Akinari, how do you mean it with GranDracmon?" asked Noah. "Apperantly, he survived and turned the Shadow Hunters against mine team." said Akinari.

"What are you talking about?" asked Toshi. "GranDracmon's a Digimon that's representing even a greater danger to the DigiWorld then the Demon Lords." said Lucemon.

"And it's our job to kill him." said Akinari.

"You're lying." said Toshi.

[Battle Theme Fire! by Digimon Frontier plays]

"Prove it!" replied Akinari and rose his D-Tector. The two thunders on it shined as the Crest of Humility appeared. "Crest of Humility, activate!"

CREST DIGIVOLUTION!

"Lucemon, Crest Digivolution to...Lucemon Warrior Mode!"

"Woa, he changed!" said Kotemon.

"That's Lucemon Warrior Mode. Type: Demon Warrior. Attribute: Virus." read Noha on his D-Power. "It is the Warrior Form of Lucemon Chaos Mode and as it, surpasses his level. It is a Fallen Angel Digimon that has as well the ability to control both Darkness and Light, but also it can produce flame infernos with his sword, the so called Flamma Gladius. Those flames have the ability to destroy or even purify. It is also one of the strongest among the Demon Warriors."

"Heaven's Thunder!" Susanoomon called down bolts of lighting. Lucemon swiftly escaped them, since he was much faster then in his previous form.

"Aw, man." Toshi bit his teeth. Around him appeared a dark aura. He didn't notice the Crest of Humility below himself.

"Give it up, you're no match for us!" said Akinari. "No, I'll beat you. And after that, I'm gonna fight Arisa." said Toshi. "You're still after her heels." said Akinari. "Give it up, she'll never be with you." "At least, I'm admiting that I like her, unlike you." said Toshi. Akinari clenched his teeth. Toshi rose his look towards Susanoomon.

"Let's see how you'll survive this!" he said.

"Celestial Blade!" In Susanoomon's hands appeared a large blade, the ZERO-ARMS: Orochi. He wanted to cut Lucemon with it.

"Not so fast!" said Lucemon. "Kiyoraka Kasai!"

His sword got covered with flames and both blades clashed into each other.

"What?!" said Susanoomon in surpriese. Their attack created a huge impact, covering them in smoke. "Dawn Blast!"

Susanoomon couldn't see the huge balls of light and darkness due the smoke. The orbs merged, hiting the Legendary Warrior. He yelped in pain, though he wasn't beaten yet.

"Susanoomon!" yelled Toshi. Susanoomon rose his look, glaring at Lucemon.

"Why don't you finish me off?" he asked. "I have better things on mind then batteling you." said Lucemon. "Like trying to find that little creep. Let's say it so, I'm today in mood to show a little bit mercy."

"Huh..." Susanoomon and Toshi were surpriesed. Just then Susanoomon's eyes wided as he felt a sudden pain surging through his body. The same happened to Toshi. The Crest of Humility absorbed their black aura and disappeared, leaving both unconssicious. Susanoomon and Lucemon de-digivoluved.

"What the heck happened to them?" asked Akinari. He, Noah, Suzie and the Digimon gathered around them.

"I'm not sure, but this ain't good." said Noah. "At least they're still alive." said Kotemon. "Do you think it might be GranDracmon's doing?" asked Wizardomon. "I do." said Lucemon.

At the same moment, a portal appeared, and the rest of the group came through it, accompained by Rene, Renamon, Takuto, Guilmon, Kenny and Terriermon.

This time, they had a better landing.

"I don't get it why those are following us?" complained Damien. "We're following you so you don't get into troubles." replied Rene. "Everyone or only him?" asked Betamon. "Him." said Terriermon and giggled.

"Um, hi, what are you doing here?" asked Akinari. "We finished our battles, but something happened to our opponents." said Arisa and bowed to Toshi. "Will he be alright?"

"I think so." replied Wizardmon, who checked their state.

"The better." Arisa sighed. "Now what?"

Just as she asked, a black hole appeared underneath her. She fell through it.

"Arisa!" yelled Impmon, though underneath him appeared the same hole.

The other Shadow Tamers and Demon Lords were also sucked into similar holes.

Then, the holes got closed and the team vanished in front of the horrified Tamers and their Digimon.

[Ending Song With You by Inuyasha plays]

Okay, Shinzui's speaking again! Next time the Shadow Tamers will have their finnal battle with GranDracmon, but this time in an unfamiliar and dangerous area (The one under BrightLand in Digimon Xros Wars). Well, I hope they'll beat GranDracmon, because, again, the savety of the DigiWorld is in their hands. -Lucemon interupts- Which is annoying me! -Gatomon interupts- You're complaining? And what about me? -Zia takes over- This is one of the reasons why the host room should stay locked. ^^ So, stay tuned for episode 11:~GranDracmon's Comeback, The Power of the Guardians~! Don't dare to miss it, 'cause not only the Demon Guardians, but also the Celestial Angels, as well as Arresterdramon will fight in this battle. So, C ya!