Xros Heart In Magic Land

First off, many thanks to those who reviewed this fic. I really appreciated it and this gave me more inspiration to work on the next chapter, which you are about to read on below. I pomise you that this chapter will keep you glued as the story is now underway.

Last chapter gave you a bit of a "historical beginning" as it showed you the villain's "origin" and how he came to the Digital World's "Magic Land", and now you get to see more of him and what he has been doing for the succeeding years once World War II folded, and what he has been doing all these years before we shift to the 21st century era, and what kind of threat he has become before Taiki and the rest showed up.

And lastly, Takuya Kanbara will also share the lead role, along with Izumi Orimoto. That's right, this fic will also be linked with my other Digimon fic, "Digital Wizard", meaning that magic will play a role in this story.

Well, that's the summary I can tell you right now, but you'll soon see where this would lead to, so here is the second chapter, so read and enjoy!

Disclaimer:
Digimon is owned by Toei Animation
Kamen Rider Wizard is owned by Ishimori Production and Shotaro Ishimori

The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.

Ch. 2 - Shōkei-toshi

About four years after being taken away from the human world, specifically from Japan, Auma spent those years learning magic from "Wiseman" and slowly learned how to apply them, in ruling most of Magic land, as well as learning the basics of magical offense and defense, and among other things, he learned how to channel his "mana" into "scanning" other worlds and dimensions, and Auma specifically use this to see what has become of Japan, and in doing so, he learned what has happened during the years he spent in Magic Land.

In the years that passed, Japan, along with its allies from the "Axis Powers" have slowly fallen, with Hitler said to have committed suicide after Germany fell, and that Japan was "defeated" after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender, in which Auma was disgusted that his native country would "cave in" like that, and decided to dedicate himself in "mastering" his "arts" so that he could bring Japan back to its former glory and make the "Allied Powers" pay for their "treachery" and "humiliation".

"Damn you, Americans...damn to those who caused my country's defeat...I will take revenge on you all...just you wait!"

And so Auma spend the rest of the 1940's mastering his skills while Wiseman watches over, amused to see his "charge" working diligently and decided to give him some "assignments" so as to see how Auma has progress in the years to come, as he not only intend to use him, but to also make him his "protege" in ruling all of the Digimon World.

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At this time it is now (in the human world, that is) the 1950's and Japan slowly progressed after recovering from the defeat of World War II, but then some of the surviving allies and cronies of Auma decided to try something out, manipulating most of its fellow politicians within the diet and launched the Japanese invasions of Korea were comprised of two separate yet linked operations; an initial invasion in 1592, a brief ceasefire in 1596, and a second invasion in 1597.

The invasions were launched by Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the intent of conquering Joseon Dynasty Korea and Ming Dynasty China. The Japanese forces experienced success during both initial phases of the invasion, capturing both Seoul and Pyongyang, but continuous defeats at sea, logistical difficulties, and the numerical superiority of the combined Ming and Joseon armies eventually resulted in a withdrawal towards coastal areas and a military stalemate. This stalemate caused the withdrawal of Japanese forces from the Korean peninsula by 1958, and soon after, the ones who led the Korean invasion were tried and prosecuted.

Auma saw this and was angered that the current Japanese Diet has gone "soft" and vowed to work hard and earn enough power so that one day he would rule Japan through an iron fist and make the rest of the world "bow before him". Again Wiseman was secretly watching him and is amused to see Auma struggle, yet he chose not to intervene and see what the human can do to achieve his goals.

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Towards the 1960's and 70's, Japan has learned from its lessons and soon became one of the leading Asian nations whose economy boomed, and became known for its rising technological features and gadgets, and this included computers, and other scientific equipment that would be used for other fields of science, including for NASA, power plants, weapons making, logistics, radars for areas such as military, airports among other things.

While Japan has seen this as a "major step" in redeeming themselves for the atrocities done during World War II, Auma wasn't pleased, and continued to train himself so that one day he would be prepared to launch an "invasion" to rid the county of "softies" and "cowards".

The 1980's towards 2000, saw this as a "boom" for the Digimon world due to the "millennium bug" once the year 2000 arrives, and as Japan and the rest of the world scrambles to fix this "bug" within their computers, the data was inadvertently sent to the Digimon World, giving birth to Digi-Eggs and soon Digimons were hatched, giving rise to both the "good" and "evil" sides, increasing their numbers.

By then, Wiseman decided to up the ante and approached Auma in telling him that now is the time for the human to see what he has learned during his stay in the Digimon World, and Auma agreed, wanting to test out what he has learned and to see if has have gotten stronger during his years of study here and to see if he needs more improvement or needs more power in order for him to achieve his goals of ruling Japan and the rest of the human world.

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As the year 2000 started, the scene shifts to the Digimon World, where Auma fought alongside Wiseman in leading the "evil forces" of Digimons against the "forces of good", led by Seraphimon, and serving him are Ophanimon and Cherubimon, in which the battle between two sides was a rather harsh one as they use numbers, and magic, to gain the advantage, and seeing the casualties rising, and the landscape being affected, both sides decided to move their battle away from "Magic Land", and onto the "main land" of the Digimon World.

However, Wiseman secretly tells Auma to stay in the "Magic Land" and continue to perfect his "magic" so that he would become stronger so that one day his help would be needed, as well as to help the ex-minister of Japan achieve his goals, which Auma agreed to, seeing that he still lacks the knowledge and skills needed to carry out his plans to rule Japan and aid Wiseman in his quest to rule the Digital world.

"What? You're leaving Magic Land?"

"For now...so I leave you in charge of this land...that way our enemies will focus only at me. At least this would give you the chance to train in secret...so that you would become stronger...if you are to achieve your goals..."

"I see..."

"Of course once you become stronger...I will be needing your help when the time comes..."

"Yes, of course..."

"Then I take my leave...I will leave some of my loyal followers to you..."

"Thank you..."

"Then I'm off..."

And as Wiseman and Seraphimon's forces vacated Magic Land, Auma was left alone and decided to see what he can do to become stronger so as to make Wiseman's forces become formidable in the Digimon's absence.

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In the succeeding years, Auma watched Japan as that country continues to flourish, but then decided to try shake up that country's morale as he uses his magic to cause several calamities, which shook most of Japan, and he got results which did shook most of the countrymen's spirits, it did not made them to go despair, yet Auma is pleased that his magic have gotten better, but then something attracted attention when he sensed an emerging battle somewhere within the Digital World.

Through a huge cauldron, he saw what is taking place there as it showed a group of human teenagers teaming up with some Digimons in taking down a certain army, and Auma was surprised to see that a Japanese teenager has entered the Digital World and soon other teens would follow. That teen was Taiki Kudo, and he is being allied with the Digimon known as Shoutmon, and soon formed what was known as Team Xros Heart.

From there, Auma learned that Taiki Kudou, a 7th grade boy with a need to help others, hears a mysterious voice and finds a dying Digimon named Shoutmon in a nearby alley. Taiki's desire to save Shoutmon causes a mysterious, legendary Digivice called the X-Loader to appear in front of him that drags him, and his friends Akari Hinomoto and Zenjiro Tsurugi, into the Digital World. Learning that the DigiWorld's 108 Zones are slowly being taken over by an evil empire under the rule of Bagramon, who is after the Code Crown fragments needed to control the DigiWorld. Feeling the strong responsibility to save the world, Taiki forms his own group named "Xros Heart" to battle the Bagra Army. But on the way, Taiki's group encounters two other generals: Kiriha Aonuma and his "Blue Flare" group and Nene Amano with her team "Twilight". However, Nene is later revealed to be a figurehead for Twilight's true leader DarkKnightmon, who blackmailed her into aiding him. But when he attempts to dispose of her once she outlived her usefulness, Nene joins Xros Heart.

Later on, Xros Heart learns that the assembled Code Crown has the power to make the wishes of those who reunite them come true, but Bagramon manages to it all while Taiki, Akari, and Zenjiro are sent back to the human world along with Shoutmon and Tactimon. With Xros Heart's core members out of the way, Bagramon begins his reign alongside his younger brother DarkKnightmon. Ending up in their hometown of Kyoto, the human Xros Heart members and Shoutmon meet Omnimon, a DigiMemory-sealed Digimon who gave Taiki his X-Loader. By then, an enlarged Tactimon begins causing havoc until the feelings of Akari and Zenjiro enable Taiki to digivolve Shoutmon into OmegaShoutmon to destroy Tactimon for good. Then, Omnimon use his remaining energy to send Taiki and Shoutmon back to the Digital World while Akari and Zenjiro are on standby.

"Hmm...I had no idea that this Taiki Kudo would be a dangerous threat to me...for a teenager...I'd better learn more about him..."

As the months that passed by, Auma learned that upon returning to the Digital World, Taiki and Shoutmon learn that Bagramon had it reconstructed into an empire surrounding by seven Kingdoms, each ruled by a denominated Death General with their own Darkness Loaders gained from their now-Admiral DarkKnightmon. Reunited with their allies, Taiki and Nene convince Kiriha to join forces with them and they set to travel together through the Kingdoms to defeat the Generals. They also have to face Nene's brother, Yuu Amano, who becomes DarkKnightmon's human partner and joins the Bagra Army by thinking the Digital World as a game for his pleasure. Meanwhile, Bagramon adds negative energy, gained from his seven Generals, into his Code Crown and transforms it into the "Dark Stone" for his upcoming day for ultimate destruction, which he calls "D5". During the journey, more about the main characters past is revealed, some Digimon are killed in battle and a new DigiXros called the Great Xros giving Shoutmon the power to become Shoutmon X7. After defeating the Death Generals, and opening Yū's eyes to the truth, the Xros Heart United Army finally confronts Bagramon. But in a turn of events, having gathered the energy needed, Bagramon reveals that D5 is the "Dimension Delete and Deadly Destruction Day" that would cast both the real and digital worlds in darkness which would combine them with Bagramon himself reigning over a new world.

Though DarkKnightmon reveals his true colors in an act to absorb his brother by forcibly DigiXrossing with him. When Bagramon DigiXros with his brother DarkKnightmon from the inside and fused into DarknessBagramon. In the process, Shoutmon dies while Bagramon sends Taiki and his friends to an empty space, where they are saved by Akari and Zenjirō using two DigiMemories. In the final battle, Yū's Darkness Loader turned into a yellow Xros Loader for his use. Taiki, Akari and Cutemon decide to go inside the Dark Stone to find Shoutmon where they are attacked by the metaphysical incarnation of Bagramon. When the completed Code Crown chooses Taiki and not Bagramon as its true owner, Shoutmon revives alongside all dead Digimon (including allies and enemies) while the DigiMemories regain their original forms. From there, the Digimon are all DigiXrossesed Shoutmon X7 Superior Mode who destroys DarknessBagramon and save both worlds. All the Digimon returned to the Digital World while Taiki and his friends resume their lives in the human world.

Then a year later, A year has passed since the battle against Bagramon, and Team Xros Heart has become a basketball team consisting of Taiki, Yū and his classmate, Tagiru Akashi. One day, Tagiru discovers a strange, unstable realm in-between the human and digital worlds, known as the DigiQuartz, where Xros Loader wielding children known as Digimon Hunters hunt down and capture Digimon that escape from the Digital World and feed off the negative emotions of humans. Given a Xros Loader by a strange old man and accompanied by a Digimon named Gumdramon, Tagiru, along with Taiki, Yū and their Digimon, join the Digimon Hunt to investigate and protect their world from rampant Digimon, while clashing against rival hunters.

The scene shows that several months ago, a huge battle took place where in the ensuing conflict between the heroes and the villains are in a fight that would decide the fates of both the human and the Digital Worlds, and both sides appeared to be evenly matched until the evil forces seemingly have gained the upper hand and threatened to win the decisive battle.

There, various Digimon heroes, including the "Chosen Children" from their respective "universes" appeared and aid the "Chosen Teens" of the Xros Team, but despite this, the main villain maintained a tight hold of the situation.

In the moments before the decisive battle it appeared that Ryouma had betrayed the Hunters, but Astamon reveals to Tagiru that he is slide-evolution from Quartzmon's Terminal and has been manipulating Ryouma the entire time. Assuming his slide-evolved form, Quartzmon reveals that he used Ryouma to obtain enough Digimon data to construct his main body before fusing into it and burrowing underground to turn Earth into data to absorb.

The Old Clock Store Owner has everyone gather around him to lend the power from their Xros Loaders, while having Clockmon temporarily freeze time to halt Quartzmon's digitizing of all life on Earth long enough for Tagiru to obtain the Brave Snatcher. Taiki then passes his goggles to Tagiru, asking him to hunt Quartzmon using the combined strength of himself, Taichi, Daisuke, Takato, Takuya and Masaru.

While the others are digitized, Tagiru and Arresterdramon proceed to hunt down Quartzmon with the latter assuming Superior Mode and Digi-Xrossing with the Brave Snatcher to break Quartzmon's core at the root. With Quartzmon reduced to a DigiEgg and everything restored, the Chosen Children, the Tamers, Legendary Warriors, and DATS agents return to their respective universes while the Xros Heart and Hunter Digimon return to their respective human and Digital worlds.

However, a month later, Gumdramon returns to the real world and is reunited with Tagiru. The Old Clock Store Owner appears in front of Taiki and Yuu, revealing himself as a resurrected Bagramon as well DarkKnightmon was resurrected and that he wanted to help them stop Quartzmon, a by-product of his evil. He also reveals that some Digimon have remained in their world and tells them to be on their guard.

Despite this, Taiki, Tagiru and the others weren't bothered by this and vowed to protect their world from evil Digimons who threatened the lives of the humans, undaunted even when told that it is posssible that stronger Digimons might come across their paths and threaten Taiki and his friends.

Auma stared at Taiki and his friends, seeing that not only are Xros Heart being an "eyesore", he represents everything that Japan has lost for, and decided to make plans on taking them out as he sees them as an "extreme threat" to his plans and to Wiseman, and he summoned some of Wiseman's advisers and alchemists so that he would hear what suggestions they can offer in order to make preparations to eradicate the "brats" and their Digimon partners.

To Be Continued…

Hope you like this chapter even though it only showed the main villain and his "beginning", as well as the events that occurred after World War II and beyond. At least a bit of history lessons won't hurt now that the story is underway as we move to the present.

Moreover, Taiki Kudo is now "introduced" along with Xros Heart, and seeing the teen defeating Bagramon and his army, Auma sees him as a threat and plans to eradicate him through any means necessary in order for him to achieve his goals, so expect the upcoming chapters to be filled with intense actions as magic will be used along with the Digimons' power to do battle against each other.

Preview:
The next chapter will shift to Kyoto as Xros Heart makes their "debut", in which the events take place between "Tagiru's Bizarre Adventures" and "Digital Wizard", where Tagiru Akishi is set to be involved in this story.

Yup, Takuya kanbara will make an appearance as the "ring-bearing wizard", which sows that the three fics are inter-connected...