As their friends began fighting the D-Reaper army and the corrupt Tamers, Gallantmon was dodging strikes from ChaosGallantmon's lance, while trying to strike back with his own, but hearing his dark counterpart laughing with his own voice, only much darker and twisted continued to fill the knight Digimon with dread.

"Come on now Takato, Guilmon, we know you two can do better than that." ChaosGallantmon said mockingly, which only infuriated Gallantmon further refusing to believe that the dark being before them was indeed himself from another world.

"Don't talk like you know us! We're nothing alike!" Takato and Guilmon yelled through their Biomerged form, only to growl as their counterpart laughed back in reply.

"Of course we are. And from what we've heard, our story's the same as yours, only when you tried to pacify your Guilmon, we were consumed by that power. It made us stronger, better, and we put Beelzemon and the others in their place." ChaosGallantmon stated in reply as he looked at his group as they battled their enemies, before eyeing Gallantmon and adding with a dark grin under his mask. "Well, almost all of them, Rika can be such a pain, while Henry was always in the way."

Within their core, Takato and Guilmon were shaking in anger, hearing that this version of them had killed their Rika and Henry, while twisting and bending the rest of their friends into what Gallantmon saw fighting his allies, where he pointed his lance at ChaosGallantmon and declared. "You will pay for all the pain you've caused!"

"Big words, but let's see if you have the bite to match your bark!" ChaosGallantmon said back as he continued to mock and condescend his counterpart, before pointing his shield at Gallantmon and calling out. "Chaos Crusher!"

Gathering his dark energies within his shield, ChaosGallantmon opened fire, releasing the darkness as a great dark purple beam of light, which shot directly toward Gallantmon.

Raising his shield, which glowed with light, Gallantmon tried to hold back the darkness, but found its power overwhelming him, the darkness colliding with his shield and causing a great burst, throwing the knight Digimon back from the impact.

Though the light had managed to buffer some of the darkness as Gallantmon fell, within his core, Takato and Guilmon cried out, feeling the pain of the attack hitting them, piercing through Gallantmon and into them.

"Demons Disaster!" ChaosGallantmon then yelled as he unleashed a barrage of dark lighting at the falling form that was Gallantmon, making sure to inflict as much pain to his foe as possible.

However, pushing himself despite the damage, Gallantmon regained his composure, refocused and shot back at ChaosGallantmon.

Sweeping past the onslaught of dark bolts, but groaning as many cut close to his being, scarring and damaging his armour, Gallantmon got close enough to ChaosGallantmon, forcing the Dark Digimon to switch his style of fighting, where he brought up his lance, using his weapon to repel Gallantmon.

Clashing their blades, throwing jabs at one another, Gallantmon continued to fight, refusing to lose, to allow their corrupted counterparts best them or bring any harm to their friends.

And even though ChaosGallantmon managed to block each attack, showing no weakness in his defences, the dark knight Digimon gave a small scowl to Gallantmon, his frustration growing to Gallantmon continuing to put up a resistance in their conflict.

Leaping aside and distancing himself from Gallantmon, ChaosGallantmon's hateful glare remained upon the knight Digimon, while within their own dark core, a conflict was slowly rising between the Dark Takato and BlackGuilmon.

Snarling ferociously, showing his slitted eyes, clenching claws and growing fearless, BlackGuilmon looked upon his Dark Tamer, before snapping.

"Why haven't we crushed them yet!? I want to destroy. I want to destroy!" BlackGuilmon called with a growing fury in his voice, looking near ready to sink his claws into Dark Takato.

However, ignoring the bloodlust BlackGuilmon was expressing, Dark Takato remained in place, trying to focus between Gallantmon and his rampant partner.

"Will you shut up?!" The corrupt brunette finally let out, his call triggering a surge of pitch black volts of thunder to rain down from their shared core, blasting BlackGuilmon, who howled and thrashed around at the pain his Tamer inflicted upon him.

As the lightning died down and BlackGuilmon collapsed, smoke now fuming from off of his body, Dark Takato then refocused on the battle, just in time for Gallantmon's shield to bash him in the face, sending him flying back and crashing into a ruined building behind him as the Bubble agents around him moved away.

"You'll pay for that!" ChaosGallantmon let out, before seeing Gallantmon begin to glow a familiar light, his armour repairing itself, before Gallantmon changed into his Crimson Mode, looking at his dark counterpart with contempt and determination.

Irritated to see Gallantmon achieve his Crimson Mode, that he had allowed his opponent a chance to fight back, ChaosGallantmon's being radiated with a faint dark purple light, with the dark knight Digimon preparing himself as to crush what light Takato and Guilmon still clung to.

"Ha, two can play at that game!" ChaosGallantmon declared as his own form was consumed in a dark energy, which bursted a second later, revealing ChaosGallantmon in a new form, Gallantmon: Chaos Mode, looking like a dark version of Gallantmon Crimson Mode as the two floated in the air before each other, clenching their weapons as they prepared to continue and finish their fight.

Meanwhile, Antylamon was doing her best as to move and dodge the corrupt Cherubimon's attacks as it swung its arms at her, the smaller Digimon leaping about to dodge the Mega's close onslaught, while mentally growling a little at the knowledge that this corrupt Digimon was another version of herself.

"Come on, Antylamon, I know you can...!" Suzie started to yell, continuing to cheer and support her partner, only to quickly duck and move backwards as her dark double came at her with a pair of short blades, swinging them with an insane look on her face as she tried to strike Suzie down.

"What's wrong, Suzie? I only want to play with you." Dark Suzie said with a crazed laugh, freaking out Suzie further as she backed away, where her dark double continued and then she said. "After my brother died, ChaosGallantmon took me in as his sister. He raised me, he helped me become strong, I owe everything to ChaosGallantmon, but I doubt you have that kind of bond with your brother."

Shocked to hear the Dark Suzie had lost her sibling and was trained and possibly brainwashed by ChaosGallantmon, Suzie felt the dread within her heart growing, finding that though there was clear sympathy for the dark counterpart before her.

"My bond with Henry, Takato and all our friends has made me into the Tamer I am today." Suzie declared, her words only causing Dark Suzie to chuckle.

"And where are they now?!" The corrupted girl questioned back, trying to get into Suzie's head.

Moving forward as she brought her blade ahead, preparing to strike down upon her double, the attack came to a halt as a thick wooden stick got in the way, blocking the attack as both Suzies looked to see Cody of all people holding the item, pushing Dark Suzie back and moving in front of Suzie as he got into a kendo position to protect her.

"You ok, Suzie?" Cody asked the girl behind him, who looked to see the newly formed Shakkoumon now aiding Antylamon against Cherubimon, before Suzie looked back at Cody and nodded her head in affirmation, while grateful she knew she could always rely on those close to her to help her.

"Well, he's cute. Is he your boyfriend?" Dark Suzie asked with a dark laugh.

The question left both Suzie and Cody blushing brightly, having not considered that beforehand, before Cody refocused on his new opponent.

Grasping the stick tighter and keeping his kendo stance, Cody remained in place and in focus, knowing his opponent would prove formidable, but he also knew he had to keep his Suzie protected.

"Corona Blaster!" Two similar voices called out as both Beelzemon tired their attacks at one another, the blasts colliding with one another, sending out a shockwave that destroyed dozens of Searcher and Bubble agents around them, while angering both Demon Lord Digimon at their equal displays of strength.

"Look at you. You call yourself a Digimon?" Dark Beelzemon questioned, keeping a sinister gaze on Beelzemon as he added with a growing teasing tone. "You used to be powerful, a Digimon with pride, but now you're allowing those brats you call Tamers to boss you around like a trained puppy. You're pathetic!"

"Shut it!" Beelzemon yelled back as he fired off another blast of green energy at Dark Beelzemon, only for the attack to miss completely.

"You can shut me up all you want, but you can't shut up the truth. Deep down, there's still part of you that wants to go back, that wants to be the Beelzemon he was meant to be." Dark Beelzemon said back, grinning as he scanned the battle field and added. "I bet you're thinking of crushing those weaklings and taking their power for yourself, I know I am."

"I said shut it!" Beelzemon yelled once again, his anger exploding into an uproar as he rushed at his counterpart, his fists drawn as he began throwing punch after punch, throwing out fits of rage with his onslaught.

But even though many of his punches made contact with Dark Beelzemon, the corrupt Digimon shook them off as if they were nothing.

Below them, both Justimon and Dark Justimon clashed with one another, with Ryo and Cyberdramon sensing their counterpart consumed completely by rage and a blinding desire to fight, with Ryo seeing that Dark Justimon was him and Cyberdramon, but both had allowed their rage to take over both of them.

Giving a great snarl behind his helmet, further expressing his fury, Dark Justimon lunged to Justimon and brought his cybernetic arm out, extending a dark red coloured energy blade, which he slammed against Justimon.

But acting quickly, just managing to draw upon his own energy blade, Justimon managed to defend himself from an instant demise.

Growling to see his opponent still standing, Dark Justimon applied further pressure upon his blade, forcing Justimon down to one knee, leaving Ryo and Cyberdramon groaning against the growing strain and pressure they experienced.

Trying to keep Dark Justimon back, to retaliate, Dark Justimon retracted his blade, reeled back his clenched fist and threw it into Justimon's stomach, delivering a devastating blow to Justimon, which sent him crashing back, crashing and rolling along the ground with a clear and growing sense of pain.

Slowly getting up, Justimon heard his counterpart let out a cry of rage and hate, seeing him rushing towards him, leaving Ryo and Cyberdramon knowing that this would be one of their toughest fights yet.

"Atomic Ray!" HiAndromon and Black HiAndromon each let out, their turbines gathering and releasing great amounts of energy as the two cyborg Digimon tried to overpower and strike the other down, their attacks colliding, causing the unstable energies within to explode and throw both forms of HiAndromon aside, leaving both versions of Kazu to growl within their Biomerged forms.

"Just die already, loser!" Dark Kazu yelled through Black HiAndromon, putting more effort into another energy blast as he tried to push his opponent back.

"Dream on, creep!" Kazu yelled back as he did the same, with the set of cyborg Digimon trying to outdo one another, a sight MegaGargomon noticed and sweatdropped upon seeing.

"So... what's the difference between them again?" Terriermon had to ask, not seeing too many differences between the Kazu they know and his dark counterpart, causing Henry to sigh in his biomerged form, before MegaGargomon refocused on the battle, launching more missiles into the swarms of Searcher, Bubble and Pendulum Feet agents in the air, as well as an Optimizer agent that was spawning the smaller ones.

Meanwhile, Kenta and MarineAngemon were looking up with slight worry in their eyes as MirageGaogamon, Sakuyamon and Vikemon were around them, each looking upon the massive form of Leviamon as the Dark Kenta glared down at them from atop his head, with a dark aura around him that seemed to seep into the Demon Lord Digimon below.

"You think you're all better than me?" Dark Kenta questioned, glaring down at MarineAngemon with disgust and adding with a growing wickedness. "With that little nothing as a partner?! I'll show you true power!"

Feeling fear at the sight of Dark Kenta and at Leviamon, Kenta remained strong, saying back with faith. "A Digimon's power doesn't come from its size, it comes from the strength it holds inside of it."

"Yeah right!" Dark Kenta let out as Leviamon let out a loud roar and began gathering dark energy within his maw.

"Thunder Breath!" Leviamon bellowed as a stream of dark flames spewed from his mouth and headed towards the heroes, where Sakuyamon and MarineAngemon moved to protect their friends.

"Crystal Sphere!"

"Kahuna Waves!"

Forming her spiritual shield, and finding MarineAngemon's heart bubble barrage reinforcing it, leaving the barrier shining with a glowing pink light, the combination managed to hold off Leviamon's attack, but caused both Digimon to groan as they felt the power behind the attack.

"I can feel it... Leviamon is drawing on his negative emotions... getting stronger, while increasing his own dark feelings..." Renamon stated through the pain growing within her as she sensed Leviamon's power through her Biomerged form.

"Then we need to find a way to separate the two of them." Thomas replied as he tried to think of some way to accomplish their new goal.

Nearby, the rest of the Digi-heroes present continued to battle the D-Reaper agents, with Omnimon, ShineGreymon and Magnamon now focusing themselves on the Ravagers, trying to take down the newer agents.

It was then that Marcus noticed something odd about the Ravagers, seeing a soft spot where their necks were, an opening between their armour plating, causing him to yell out. "Guys! Go for their necks!"

Nodding at Marcus' words, Omnimon, ShineGreymon and Magnamon moved forward, dodging the massive Ravagers' arms and tendrils, before moving close enough to strike at the weak points.

"Transcendent Sword!"

"Shine Hammer!"

"Magna Blast!"

Each sending out a pulsing energy, their attacks striking at the soft points, the Ravagers let out cries of pain, before their bodies cracked apart, dissolving like the other D-Reaper agents before them, leaving the three Digimon and the others happy, now certain that they could win this battle.

Meanwhile, Davis and Kari moved in sync with one another and at great speeds as they fought with Dark Jeri, with Davis swinging his blades at her, while Kari guided her floating crystal blades around her, sending them ahead and delivering swift strikes to the D-Reaper Queen.

However, the dark brunette moved just as fast, dodging their strikes with fluid-like movements, unleashing dark red energy blasts at them, while dodging their own light attacks, finding herself more and more intrigued by their abilities and the fact that they could keep up with her.

"Stop this battle, Jeri, please! Your forces are in disarray, and we do not want to end you." Kari pleaded, wanting to end this battle as she and Davis landed next to each other, while Dark Jeri landed before them and turned, looking over her shoulder and seeing the state of the rest of her D-Reaper forces.

"It seems we must show all our hand then." Dark Jeri merely said as her eyes glowed a menacing red for a brief second, before a sudden rumbling sound caught everyone's attention.

Looking at the center of the ruined Omega City, a pillar of red liquid, the D-Reaper form they were most used to, suddenly shot from the ground and into the air.

The heroes then saw more Ravagers appear from the liquid, along with more D-Reaper agents, before seeing something else, something that terrified the heroes more.

Walking out of the red liquid pillar were hundreds of creatures that looked like red cables made to look more humanoid in appearance, with arms shaped like either blades or arm canons of some type, while their heads morphed into a circle shape, revealing a single red eye at the center.

But it was the shape of the creatures that frightened those who saw them, especially those from the command center, where Angie began to ask with a growing concern. "Are... Are those...?"

"D-Reaper agents made from human Data." Yamaki replied with a growl, now seeing what could have happened if the D-Reaper had succeeded in its mislead objective on their world.

The Human Reapers let out shrieks as they began rushing at the heroes, either firing energy blasts similar to the Bubble agents, or leaping and trying to strike at the Digimon with movements matching that of the Pendulum Feet, renewing the sense of dread in the heroes as they tried to fight this new threat.

Looking back at Dark Jeri, Davis and Kari then noticed the same red liquid flow from beneath her robes, covering her body and quickly taking shape, before reforming into a new appearance.

Still adorned in her red robes, Dark Jeri now had claw-like hands, with arms made of red tendrils, while dozens of cables flowed from her back like a cape, flowing in the air.

On her shoulders were shoulder pads with the same eyes normally seen with the D-Reaper.

However, it was the change in Dark Jeri's face that frightened the heroes the most, seeing it holding similar qualities to the Mother Reaper, which included a golden mask now fused to her face, showing six blue eyes around a center orb, while two golden fans protruded from out the sides of the Dark Jeri's head.

"We have become more than you ever imagined, and with your addition, we shall ascend!" The D-Reaper Queen announced with a superior cry as she prepared to end this battle, to claim her prize, and with them, claim a new evolution for the D-Reapers.