Digimon: And The Adventure Still Continues

by Crest Power Combining

The arc of the Dark Masters is over, and now its time for the Demon Lords. And there's a new group called the Tamers to help. Soon, all events will be revealed and the truth of the Prophecy of the Old is taking shape. And Daemon is ready to strike. 02/03

15. Ch 13 The Royal Knights Return Part 2

Digimon Digital Monsters: And The Adventure Still Continues

Me: OK, everyone. Crest Power Combining here. This chapter is extremely important that unlocks the future of my story and the plot will thicken. Now this is part 2 of the chapter, and I will finish here to.

Rika: Yeah and how come we didn't get to fight Belphemon?

Justin: That's because you will be in a battle in a few chapters later on.

Rika: You better be right.

TK: And how can Davis get a Crest? He wasn't part of our first adventure!

Justin: OK, explain how Ken got a Crest.

TK: …

Tai: And one more thing, everyone who reads this story, this is what a few syllables mean:

"Digimon" = speaking

'Digimon' = thinking

"Digimon" = attacks or Digivolution

*Digimon* = flashbacks

"Digimon" = talking in dreams

'Digimon' = thinking in dreams

"Digimon" = other people/Digimon speaking in a dream that isn't theirs

'Digimon' = other people/Digimon thinking in a dream that isn't theirs

Kari: And in dreams, it's in the POV of the person who is dreaming

Me: Precisely, so please no flames as this is my first fanfic.

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon; I only own the OC characters, Crest, the Digi-Egg of the Crest and Armor form of the Digi-Egg.

Everyone: Enjoy!

Chapter 13: The Royal Knights Return. Part II

Everyone was looking for a place to set up camp for the night before they meet up with Gennai. Tai decided to take first watch while everyone decided to go and get sleep. Justin, however, was no exception. As soon as he closed his eyes, he found out that he was lying on a beach.

*CHANGE OF SCENE* = *Justin's POV*

'Where am I? I don't remember going to sleep near the ocean.', I thought.

I was starting to feel cold and I looked around to observe the area. Everywhere around me was just grey. The sand of the beach was a dark grey and the same with the sky. The ocean was a dark, murky colour and there was a lighthouse that used a pitch black light instead of a normal one. I walked up to the lighthouse and studied it. I soon discovered that there were seven symbols engraved on it, and I was extremely confused.

"I wonder what these symbols mean.", I said to no one in particular.

Suddenly, there was a large wave coming up and on instinct, I backed away as fast as I could from the shore. A weird looking like Digimon came out of the depths of the ocean and was coming to shore.

"Yikes! That thing is huge! What is that?", I yelled in fright.

Yes, I admit it, that Digimon was giving me the creeps.

"Bwahahahaha! Look what is here. In my domain, you are. You'll leave this place never!", the Digimon said.

The Digimon had an octopus-shaped head and some kind of purple necklace around his neck. It had two large wings on its back and the skin colour of its body was a murky blue. Its right arm was a long, single tentacle while the left arm had plenty of tentacles that had a chain that kept it in place. Its legs were the same as the left arm, except that these tentacles were held by a black chain on the left leg, while the right leg had two golden belts.

"Who the bloody hell are you!", I yelled at the Digimon.

"I do not give my name to no one, human! You are in my domain and you will show me respect!", the Digimon said, "But as you will die, I will tell you who I am. I am Dragomon, the sole king of the Dark Ocean! I rule the waters of my domain with the Scubamon serving me! My Forbidden Trident and Tentacle Claw brings to my foes destruction and my Thousand Whip allows me to bring hundreds of tentacles to my enemy crush!".

"What do you mean by the 'Dark Ocean'?", I asked, not liking the sound of it.

I almost dreaded the answer.

"Bwahahahahahaha! Why should I tell you? Now prepare for your demise, human!", Dragomon said.

Dragomon lifted his right arm/tentacle, or whatever you call it and he was about to crush me with it. Suddenly, there was a inferno of fire hitting Dragomon, and he backed away from me, back into the ocean.

'Oh thank goodness, I'm safe.', I thought.

I turned to see that there was someone standing on a cliff. I couldn't tell what he looked like, but I knew that he was a Digimon.

"Evil Inferno!"

The Digimon did some weird movements with his hands and another wave of fire came out of his hands, hitting Dragomon.

"You haven't seen the last of me, human scum! And you Daemon! Just because you are a Mega, it doesn't mean you'll defeat me!", Dragomon shouted at the Digimon on the cliff.

Dragomon then submerged back into the ocean and I noticed that the Digimon, called Daemon, disappeared. There was a sudden dark, blue light from behind me and I spun around to see that he was right in front of me. And I literally mean right in front of me.

"Huh? Whoa! Bliksom! Don't do that again! ", I yelled at the Digimon.

He just waved it away with his hand and he was looking at me. I couldn't really see his face, besides; the only thing I could see was his eyes. And they weren't kind at all. They were as cold as ice and the colour was an icy blue one. He was wearing a red robe that covered most of his body, including his head. He had devil-like horns coming from the sides of his head and he had two demonic wings at his back. He had some kind of medallion around his neck and his hands were a pale blue colour.

"Uh, who are you and why are you looking at me like that?", I asked.

I hate it when people/Digimon keeps staring at me. I never really liked being in the spotlight, even at school.

"I will be the one asking the questions child! Who are you and what are you doing here. Scratch that last one out. How did you enter the Dark Ocean?", Daemon hissed at me.

That hiss was almost like a Puff Adder snake hissing, and his voice was as cold as venom.

"Hey! I'm the one asking the questions! I don't answer questions until my questions are answered.", I retorted back at him.

I have to admit, I was confused at what I said. It didn't really make sense.

"Huh? Are you trying to confuse me?", Daemon asked, and I could tell he was just as confused as I was.

I laughed nervously and scratched the back of my head.

"He he, I guess I didn't understand it either. He he.", I said nervously.

Daemon was looking at me, and then he backhanded me.

"Foolish human! How dare you insult me, I am not one to be made fun of! Now answer my questions or else!", Daemon hissed again.

I was rubbing my cheek where Daemon hit me and then I was getting angry.

"No one hits me like that and gets away with it! Take this!", I shouted angrily as I punched him where face was.

He grunted in pain and landed on the floor 10 feet away from me. He got up and he was glaring at me. He brought his hands together and,

"Evil Inferno!",

a wave of fire came to me. I started to yell in fear of being burned alive, but then my Crest started to glow brightly. I didn't know what to do, so I just used my hand to whack the flames away. And surprisingly, it was deflected back to Daemon. I was looking at my hand and there wasn't even a scratch on it. But I was brought back when I heard Daemon scream in pain and agony. I looked back at Daemon, and when the fires were extinguished, he was looking at me. I was absolutely confused at what was going on.

'Is this the one of the prophecy? It has to be! No human can deflect a Demon Lord's attack, let alone a Champion, back to the attacker. But if he is, I have to get him to trust me.', Daemon thought.

I didn't know what to do as I saw Daemon getting back up.

'Shit! Shit! Shit! What am I going to do? I can't tell if he's angry or not! Shit! I'm so screwed!', I thought panicking.

The first thing that came to my mind was to run, but to where? The second thing that came to my mind is to apologise to him, but I don't think he'll forgive me that easily. I was about to say something when Daemon spoke to me.

"Are you a DigiDistened?", he asked.

I noticed that there was no venom in his voice, but confusion and, uncertainty? What the heck was going on? I just simply nodded, fearing at what was to come next.

"I'm terribly sorry for attacking you, I didn't know that you were a DigiDistened. Can you forgive me for attacking?", Daemon asked.

"Look, I'm really sorry! Please don't atta- huh! What did you say?", I asked.

I thought I imagined him saying that last sentence.

Daemon sighed mentally and said, "I said I was sorry for attacking you. I didn't know that you were a DigiDistened and I wanted to know if you could forgive for attacking you.".

I was utterly shocked by this.

"Uh, sure. I guess.", I replied, not knowing at what was going on.

"As for your questions, my name is Daemon. I was looking at you like that because I was wondering if you were the one in the Prophecy of the Old.", Daemon explained.

"The Prophecy of the Old? What's that?", I asked curiously. I had to admit it; I was kind of relaxed now. He did, after all, save me from that squid-headed Digimon.

"The Prophecy of the Old is an ancient prophecy that describes the fate of two worlds. Those two worlds are the Digital World and the Real World. The prophecy states that a certain DigiDistened, who has the powers of all of the Crests, called the Crest of the Combination of Powers, who takes over the two worlds. He either becomes a heroic leader or a tyrant ruler. The two worlds become one and it is in harmony. Or they are both covered in eternal Darkness and all mankind are all but destroyed. It says that this DigiDistened is feared by the Seven Great Demon Lords and that he controls them. So tell me, who are you and what is your Crest's trait?", Daemon explained.

I couldn't believe at what I heard, me a heroic leader or a tyrant ruler. I didn't want to believe that, but me, controlling and being feared by the Demon Lords? I was confused but I answered him anyways.

"Me? Oh, my name's Justin Short. I'm a DigiDistened, as you've noticed. I come from the southern hemisphere of the Real World and I am the bearer of the Crest of the Combination of Powers.", I said, and I made sure I put as much emphasis on what my Crest was.

The reason was because I was curious what his expression was. What I didn't expect was that Daemon backed away from me in fear and he was shaking.

"You.. You are the one of the Pro.. Prophecy? Bu.. bu.. But how?", Daemon stuttered.

I was really confused now. Then it hit me square in the face.

"You! You're a Demon Lord! I don't believe it! I can't believe I felt comfortable with you around! But… wait a minute. I control all seven of the Demon Lords huh?", I said.

I started to smile evilly and I then started to laugh. Daemon was cowering before me, so I decided to have some fun with him.

"So, you're a Demon Lord right?", I asked.

When he nodded, I snorted.

"Are you sure, well your attacks are demonic enough, the same goes for the name. But the appearance, I have to say that I'm really disappointed.", I said.

Daemon got up and he placed his hand on his robe by the shoulder. I got ready for an attack, but he did the unexpected. He pulled the robe of by the shoulder and I yelped in shock and fright. In front of me was the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life. The wings and horns were the same; it was his appearance that was different. His left arm was longer than the right one, ending with a large claw. He was covered in fur like clothes and his feet ended in claws as well. His face was the most demonic appearance of him so far.

"OK, OK, OK! You made your point! Put the robe back on before I get sick!", I said looking away.

I felt the urge to throw up, but I kept it in me, making me really sick.

"You can look now, I have the robe on.", the Digimon said.

I looked back and was thankful that he did have it on.

"So, what are you? Envy? Pride?", I asked, being as curious as usual.

"I am Daemon, the Daemon, the Demon Lord of Wrath. I am a Mega level Digimon and the 2nd strongest of the Demon Lords. With Lucemon sealed away, I am the current leader of our group. My Evil Inferno attack brings a extremely powerful and hot flames to decimate my enemies.", Daemon replied.

I nodded and was smirking a little bit.

"Hmm, interesting. I suggest you call your attacks on the DigiDisteneds off, because you nearly lost another member to me. Belphemon Rage Mode was the name of that Demon Lord. I also had my partner take out another Demon Lord, named Beelzemon. So unless you want to be down to an even lower number, you will do as I say!", I said with a glare.

Daemon did another unexpected thing to me; he actually bowed to me and said, "Of course my Lord.".

My smirk grew even bigger. Daemon then asked me if he could ask a question and I allowed it.

"If I can ask, allow me to give you a offer I'm sure you won't resist.", he said.

"I'm listening, go on.", I said, interested at what offer he was making with me.

"Why don't you leave the DigiDisteneds and join us. You'll have more power than you could possibly imagine.", Daemon said.

I have to admit it, it was tempting but I shrugged it off.

"Maybe, I'll let you know in due time. Until then, we are neutral. But if you want me to help, you will call off the attacks, understand?", I said.

Daemon nodded and bowed again. I laughed at his stupidity and I left him.

"And one more thing.", Daemon said.

As I turned around to see what he wanted, he started to disappear into darkness; the same went for the area as well.

"If you wish to come back and tell me, you will find me on a fortress on a cliffside looking over the ocean.", Daemon's voice said as everything around me was covered in darkness.

*CHANGE OF SCENE*

I was surrounded in darkness, and I couldn't see anything.

'Man, I wish that this darkness will go away.', I thought as the darkness pressed even further to me.

"What are you doing here child? No human or Digimon has ever entered our prison just like that.", a monotone voice said gravely.

"Huh? Who's there? Show yourself!", I said nervously.

Being in that weird place, the Dark Ocean, I think that was what it was called, did make my nerves come to the highest point.

"It's not who's here child, it's how many of us that's here.", a different voice said.

I looked around to see twelve shadows around me.

I gulped and said, "What do you want from me? Please don't hurt me!".

"Relax, we will not harm you.", a shadow said.

I was a nervous wreck, but even if I could swat Daemon's attack like some annoying fly, I couldn't do anything. They outnumbered me easily.

"We are the Royal Knights. We exist to serve and defend the Digital World from those who try to destroy it and its inhabitants. We are normally thirteen, but one was destroyed, never to be seen again. They called him KnightSeadramon.", the first shadow said in that monotone voice again.

"But, why are you telling me this?", I asked them.

A different shadow came forward and spoke, "Because, if you are here, then you are trapped here with us until we are all released. This is an imprisonment for all the good Digimon who tried to protect the Digital World.".

I couldn't believe it: I was stuck in a prison with twelve Digimon, and there's no way out.

"But I can't be trapped here. I'm not a Digimon, I'm a human. A DigiDistened to be precise!", I said, fear and despair threatening to take me.

"A human? How did you get stuck here?", a different voice asked.

I shrugged my shoulders and said that I didn't know.

"I need help! Please, anyone, I need help. I need the Light!", I said in despair as the darkness and despair clouded my mind.

*CHANGE OF SCENE* = *Normal POV*

Everyone was asleep and Tai went over to get Takato to take over watching over the camp. He walked past Justin to wake up Takato and he did a double take. Justin's body was hazy, it was disappearing and reappearing.

"Guys! Wake up! This is an emergency!", Tai yelled.

His voice cracked through the air like a whip and everyone got up. "Tai! What's wro- Prodigious! What's happening to Justin?", Izzy yelped when he noticed that Tai was over Justin's hazy body.

Everyone was around him when Ken and Kari were starting to shake uneasily.

"Its that place. The Dark Ocean.", Kari said, shivering.

She could hear the waves splashing on the beach again. Ken also heard it as well, and he was about to shake the Justin awake when his hand went right through Justin's body.

"Oh boy, this doesn't look good.", Davis said.

"Hey, shouldn't we do something?", Kenta asked.

"Maybe we should try shouting in his ear. Maybe dat wil work.", Impmon decided.

But Impmon received a glare from Jeri and he shutted up immediately. Suddenly, Justin's body became solid again and then it disappeared, with a dark aurora covering his body. Everyone gasped at this, and they didn't know what to do. Then Kari gasped as she heard Justin's voice in the back of her mind.

"I need help! Please, anyone, I need help. I need the Light!", the voice said.

Kari's Crest started to glow immediately, a soft pink glow then started to descend on the place where Justin's body was a few minutes ago.

*CHANGE OF SCENE* = *Justin's POV*

"No one can help you, even if we could, we wouldn't be able to stop you from being covered in Darkness", a shadow said in a monotone voice.

I can't believe it, my life was ending here in this dark place with twelve Digimon around me. I was scared, I didn't want to die, I still had my dreams I wanted to do. Suddenly, my body began to glow in a light pink colour and I heard the Royal Knight, as they called themselves, gasp in shock. The light began to intensify, and I could see who was with me in this prison. I gasped, because I recognised three of the Digimon, except they looked different.

"Omnimon? Gallantmon? Magnamon?", I asked in shock.

But there were more that I didn't recognise.

"Justin, you have to help me here! I can't get you out of here by myself. You have to believe in your inner Light!", a voice said.

I was shocked, it sounded so gentle to me, and so angelic. I then realised that it was Kari who said that, and she was trying to help me. I pushed all the thoughts of darkness and despair away from my mind. I then looked deeply inside myself and I searched for my inner Light. My Crest began to glow brown and pink as I looked for the source of the light. In the gap of the darkness, I saw Kari's face.

"You can do it Justin, I trust you, but you have to trust yourself to do this!", Kari said.

I realised it that Kari wasn't actually speaking to me, because her face showed concern, but her lips didn't move when she said that.

"I will Kari. I trust myself, but more importantly, I trust YOU to help me as well. I BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT!", I shouted as the light intensified around my body.

I then went to the gap where Kari was and I went through it. I also started to gain consciousness too as well.

*CHANGE OF SCENE* = *Normal POV*

The pink glow was weak on the dark aurora that covered Justin's body, but everyone kept quiet and watched Kari concentrate.

'Justin, you have to help me here! I can't get you out of here by myself. You have to believe in your inner Light!', Kari thought as she tried to help to get Justin out of his own despair and darkness.

There was a sudden glow of brown and pink as a small amount of the dark aurora disappeared. Everyone was shocked to see that Justin was deep inside of the darkness. He was trying to get to the gap, but he couldn't do it. Kari saw this and was now worried.

'You can do it Justin, I trust you, but you have to trust yourself to do this!', Kari thought again as she tried to open the gap even more.

Justin began to glow more brightly and he came through the darkness.

"I will Kari. I trust myself, but more importantly, I trust YOU to help me as well. I BELIEVE IN THE LIGHT!", Justin said.

But those words were only heard by Kari, who was shocked, but she was also touched. The light began to intensify even more and in a sudden flash of bright light, the dark aurora was gone and that Justin was sitting, smiling at Kari.

"Thanks Kari, I owe you one for that.", Justin said gently.

Everyone was shocked to still hear Justin sounding so kind, but they were all happy to see that he was back. Suddenly, there was a flash of green and Justin was on his back.

"DON'T you ever do that again Justin! You scared me, I thought I wouldn't see you again!", Betamon cried out, hugging him.

"I… can't… breath…! Get… off… my… face… Be… ta… mon!", Justin struggled to say with Betamon on his face.

Everyone was laughing but stopped immediately when they saw the murderous look on Justin's face. Some of them even cowered when Justin himself began to roar with laughter.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! You… should… of… seen… the… looks… on… your… faces, HAHAHAHAHAHA!", Justin said in between laughter.

Everyone soon joined in and was surprised to see that Justin hugged those who were closest to him. But they all knew he was being part of them.

*CHANGE OF SCENE*

Meanwhile, in the Dark Ocean, Daemon was smiling evilly. He was able to make contact with the boy of the Combination of Powers himself and able to persuade him. But he knew that the boy was not joking about what he said. He moved to the communication area of the Dark Ocean. Six screens were on static, but when Daemon pressed a few buttons, four of the screens came back to life. Beelzemon's was still on static seemingly as he was killed by the boy's partner and Lucemon was still trapped in the Wall of Fire. He then told them what happened and told them what he learnt. He also told them to stay away from the DigiDisteneds as well.

"How can you be so sure this is him Daemon?", Barbamon asked.

Daemon sighed and said for the umpteenth time, "Because he used his hand to flick my Evil Inferno attack back at me as though it was an annoying insect.".

Barbamon paled at this and Belphemon Sleep Mode spoke up, "But if that's true, he's more dangerous than the Royal Knights and Digimon Sovereigns combined!".

Daemon nodded and the communications was over. This was a dangerous time for the Demon Lords, more dangerous than the Royal Knights.

*CHANGE OF SCENE*

The next day, everyone was eating enjoyably, talking about what Gennai wanted to ask. After a few minutes, everyone was ready to go.

"Digi-Armor Energize!", Davis, Kari and TK shouted.

The Digi-Egg of Friendship came out of Davis's D3 as Veemon began to Digivolve.

"Veemon, Armor Digivolve To… Raidramon, the Storm of Friendship, RWAAARGH!"

The Digi-Egg of Hope came out of TK's D3 as Patamon began to Digivolve too.

"Patamon, Armor Digivolve To… Pegasusmon, the Flying Hope!"

The Digi-Egg of Light came out of Kari's D3 as Gatomon also Armor Digivolved.

"Gatomon, Armor Digivolve To… Nefertimon, the Angel of Light!"

Then rectangles of data disappeared to reveal light as it shot data back down onto the Digimon who were Digivolving.

"Biyomon, Digivolve To… Birdramon!"

"Hawkmon, Digivolve Tooo… Aquilamon!"

"Gabumon, Digivolve To… Garurumon!"

"Wormmon, Digivolve To… Stingmon!"

"Tentomon, Digivolve To… Kabuterimon!"

"Gomamon, Digivolve To… Ikkakumon!"

"Palmon, Digivolve To… Togemon!"

Then in a flash of light, Togemon began to Digivolve to her Ultimate form.

"Togemon, Digivolve Tooo…"

The tuft on Togemon's head opened and small bits of data came out of it, exploding like fireworks. Then a large flower bud appeared and opened to reveal a small, pixie like Digimon with a flower on her head.

"Lillymon!"

Rika just took out a card from her pack and prepared to swipe it through her D-Ark.

"Digi-Modify! Digivolution activate!", Rika shouted as she swiped the card through the card slot.

"D-I-G-I-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N", Rika's Digivice said.

Suddenly, a blue light surrounded Renamon as her skin started to peel of.

"Renamon, Digivolve To…"

As all of Renamon's skin was peeled of, there were only Digital lines that were holding Renamon's body in shape. Suddenly, her body was changing into the shape of a large fox with a large tail. Then her skin came back on, and the light was dimming a little bit, "Kyubimon!"

With all the Digivolutions over with, everyone went on the Digimon and they all rushed to the spot where Gennai was waiting for them. They arrived at what looked like a cave opening and saw Gennai was waiting for them.

"Sorry we're late Gennai, we ran into a Demon Lord called Belphemon.", Izzy apologised to the Digital Sage.

"Its all right Izzy, seeing you in one piece from a Digimon like Belphemon is a good thing.", Gennai replied.

"Especially if it was a Demon Lord.", a voice said.

Everyone saw that there was a bearded-blue dragon looking at them.

"I've heard of old dragons, but he must be millions of years old.", Justin said under his breath so that only Kari, Kenta, Kazu, Takato and Henry's Terriermon could hear it.

Unfortunately, the old dragon heard too.

He looked offended by it and asked Gennai, "Gennai, do I really look like I'm millions of years old?".

Justin gulped when Gennai just laughed.

"Maybe if you would take your Digi-Vitamins like I did, you would look a lot younger.", Gennai replied with a chuckle that Azulongmon joined in with.

The Tamers were surprised to see that this Azulongmon was a little less hostile than the one they knew.

"Um, I didn't mean to say that. I meant to have that comment in my head and I guessed it slipped out. Who are you actually?", Justin said and asked kindly.

Everyone who didn't hear the comment were looking in shock at Justin.

"Its quite all right my dear friend. And I am Azulongmon, the Azure Dragon of the East; the Sovereign of the Eastern sector of the Digital World. As you might know, I'm at the Mega level but I don't fight unless in certain situations. My attack is Aurora Force sends lightning from the sky down to my enemies with a divine fury.", Azulongmon replied, "And I believe you are the bearer of the Crest of the Combination of Powers, correct?".

Justin nodded and showed him his Crest. Azulongmon nodded and looked at Justin very intensely.

Justin was starting to get nervous again when Azulongmon finally said, "You miss your family and friends, especially a LadyDevimon. You have sadness and anger in you, anger which could match Belphemon Rage Mode. You show feelings of hate, anger and sadness too much, and that can turn you into someone you are not. You also have despair in you. You've also met the Demon Lord of Rage most recently. Do not listen to him, he's only using you for his own gain.". Justin was shocked by all of this and the same went for everyone.

"What is your name?", Azulongmon asked.

"Huh? Who, me? Oh, its Justin Short. In the Digital World, I come from the Southern sector.", Justin replied.

"Hmm, I see. Very well, Justin, I want you to come with me, alone.", the Azure Dragon said.

Justin was shocked by this and he looked at Betamon. They both looked at each over for a few minutes and they both nodded. Justin then followed Azulongmon deeper into the cave. They turned into a crook of the cave and entered a large chamber.

"Whoa, where are we?", Justin asked.

He looked at the Sovereign, who looked at him and answered, "This is the chamber where the prison of the Royal Knights were sealed. Somewhere in this room was the last place that the Royal Knights fought their last battle before being sealed in here by Lucemon Shadowlord Mode.".

Justin was shocked by this and asked what he had to do to release them. Azulongmon was surprised to see that the boy understood what he had to do.

"You must concentrate on your trait of your Crest, and then focus it on the chamber. You will no what to do after that.", Azulongmon explained.

Justin nodded, but before he did that, there was something bothering him.

"But won't this stop Betamon from Digivolving to Ultimate or Mega?", Justin asked.

Azulongmon shook his head and explained again. Justin nodded and he thought about his Crest. There was a brown glow and when Justin opened his eyes, they were glowing brown as well.

"The Combination of Powers!", Justin yelled.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light and a beam of brown light went towards the centre of the chamber. A sudden explosion that shook the cave, but the two in the chamber stood their ground.

*CHANGE OF SCENE*

"Prodigious! What was that?", Izzy yelled as an explosion was heard.

Everyone, including Gennai, were worried about the two inside the cave.

*CHANGE OF SCENE*

There was another flash of light that created a shockwave, which knocked both Justin and Azulongmon into the wall.

*CHANGE OF SCENE*

Everyone was looking at the cave when a shockwave forced everyone to fly 200 feet away from the cave's entrance.

"What the hell was that!", Tai said, shock on his face.

"I don't know, but dat was one hek of a wave. I'm glad dat I wasn't in da cave when dat happened!", Impmon said.

Everyone got back to their feet and ran towards the entrance to see what happened.

*CHANGE OF SCENE*

After the wave had passed, Justin was getting back to his feet.

"Urrrgh, what happened?", Justin asked.

"I don't know. I believe I must've underestimated the strength of that prison.", Azulongmon answered gravely.

Suddenly, twelve figures materialized in the centre of the chamber and Justin instantly knew who they were.

"Thank you for releasing us, Justin Ashley Short. I have been watching you for a long time", one of Knights said in a monotone voice, "I am Alphamon, leader of the Royal Knights. My Digitalize of the Soul allows me to strike my enemies from afar and my Holy Sword Grade Alpha allows me to destroy my enemies in melee combat fighting.".

Justin saw that it was a Digimon that was in carved in black with wings on his back and a long blue and white cape. Another Digimon appeared from behind Alphamon. This Digimon looked like a humanoid figure with a double-bladed spear. He had heavy armour on him and had skull-like helmet. He also had some kind of shield attached to his arm too.

"Greetings, I am Craniamon, a member of the Royal Knights. I carry the spear, Duo-Solar Spear which can pierce through anything and my Omni-Shield can block any attack except the dreaded Solar Beam. My Shock Ringer will send a destructive shockwave to scare or destroy my enemies, whilst my Power of Breath protects me from any attack from all directions.", Craniamon introduced himself.

Another Digimon came out from the smoke, and it was covered in pink armour.

"I must thank you for freeing us, Justin.", the Digimon said.

Justin then knew that this was a female Digimon; besides, what male Digimon would ware pink armour?.

"I am Crusadermon, at your service. I am the only female member of the Royal Knights and I fight for justice and peace. My Masquerade attack reveals hidden blades to cut my enemy in a four-way body slashes and my Laser Lattice is my ranged attack that will decimate the enemy in random hits.", the Digimon said.

Another Digimon joined with Crusadermon. This one had white armour and a demonic-shaped helmet. Where his torso would be, was completely invisible. He also had dragon like wings too.

"Hello there, my name is Dynasmon-X. I was a normal Dynasmon until I was given the X-Antibody. My armour has improved as well as my strength. I only take orders from our leader, if he is evil or not, I'll still follow orders. My DNA Disintegrator allows me to fire energy beams of the different elements from my hands whilst my Breath of Wyvern turns my body into the aurora of a gigantic wyvern.", the Digimon said.

Then a weird dragon like Digimon came out of nowhere. "I am Examon! A dragon type Digimon of the Royal Knights. My wings are made out of Chrome Digizoid, which can act as a shield or wings for flight. My lance, Ambrosius, is full of special shells stocked with viruses, which can cripple any Digimon! With my Avalon's Gate attack, I thrust Ambrosius into my opponent, destroying him whilst my Pendragon's Glory fires high-powered lasers and Dragonic Impact allows me to slam into my enemies.".

Then Justin recognised a Gallantmon, except this one was a little bit different from Takato and Guilmon's Digivolution. The lance looked almost like a lightsabre and his shield was completely different. His armour was also different, as it looked thicker and tougher.

"Don't bother explaining who you are, I already know who you are. Your name is Gallantmon, and you have the symbols of the Digital Hazard on your armour, which is 99.9% of Chrome Digizoid.", Justin said.

"That is true, but I have been engraved with the X-Antibody, renaming me to Gallantmon-X. I have my own steed, Grani, which I use to travel and explore territories. As you can see, Gram and Aegis have been improved. My attacks are now Royal Sabre, Final Elysion and Siege Sabre.", Gallantmon-X added.

Another Digimon joined the Royal Knights and he had thin, brown armour and two angelic wings. He had a thin sword and was easily the smallest of the Royal Knights.

"Hello and thank you for freeing us. I am Leopardmon and I am the strategist of the Royal Knights. I fight for justice and I will die fighting for it. I attack with my Extinction Wave by using my Sword of Extermination to create an ark to defeat my enemies in battle and then my Black Aura Blast will unleash explosive energy at my enemies. I can also Mode Change into my Leopard Mode to attack the enemy in high speed or for quick retreats too.", he said.

Another Digimon came out of the prison and looked similar to Leopardmon, except for the thicker armour. Its sword looked more like a lightsabre to Gallantmon-X's Gram.

"Greetings, I go by the name of Duftmon-X. I once was a normal Duftmon that became empowered by the X-Antibody. I am the sole member of the Royal Knights that leads the full frontal assault. By my Sword of Destruction, I use it to destroy my enemies and only with permission may I scramble their data, making sure they do not return.", the Digimon said.

Then a Magnamon came from the prison, and just like Gallantmon-X, it was different. Justin guessed it was caused by this 'X-Antibody', or whatever it was. But Justin could tell that this Magnamon had a bit of an annoying posture.

"I'm Magnamon-X, thanks to the X-Antibody, my armour has been enhanced. My Magna Blaster destroys my enemies while my Extreme Jihad, similar to the Magna Explosion, destroys everything in its path.", Magnamon said.

Justin shot a glare at the Digimon who in return shot the glare back. Then another Digimon that Justin recognised as an Omnimon appeared next to Alphamon. And he was also different from a normal Omnimon. The WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon heads changed dramatically to make them look intimidating. His armour thickened and his helmet changed shape too.

"Greetings young DigiDistened, I am Omnimon-X. I am the second leader of the Royal Knights and the best friend of Gallantmon-X and Alphamon. My body has changed due to the X-Antibody. My Garuru Cannon and Grey Sword attacks are extremely deadly in battle, but my most feared attack is my All Delete, an attack that can delete any Digimon and return it into a Digi-Egg, no matter what the type is.", Omnimon-X said.

Justin nodded and said, "Well, I must say, but you three, Omnimon-X, Magnamon-X and Gallantmon-X, you I recognised. The reason is that Tai Kamiya and Matt Ishida have an Agumon and Gabumon as partners. But when they're in their Mega forms, they DNA Digivolve to an Omnimon. As for you, Magnamon-X, Davis Motomiya has a Veemon as a partner. That Veemon then Golden Armor Digivolves to a Magnamon. Then you, Gallantmon-X, there's a Tamer named Takato Matsuki. He has a Guilmon as a partner, and he Biomerges to Gallantmon.".

"Biomerges?", Alphamon asked curiously, the monotone still in his voice.

"Its kind of hard to explain, so I'll try my best.", Justin started to explain, "Its when a Tamer, some kind of DigiDistened from another dimension, Digivolves with their partner to become a Mega level Digimon. That's just about it.".

The Royal Knights were shocked to hear about different dimensions, but even more shocked about a partner Digimon Digivolving with their human partners.

"That is the most shocking story I have ever heard.", a different Digimon said as he came out of the invisible prison.

Justin looked and saw that this Digimon was almost like a Centarumon, except that it was covered in Chrome Digizoid and had golden wings on his back.

"And you are…?", Justin asked the Digimon.

"Who? Me?", the Digimon asked.

Justin nodded and the Digimon introduced himself as Kentaurosmon.

"I am Kentaurosmon, a member of the Royal Knights. My Chrome Digizoid is the rare Red Digizoid. I hold the crossbow Muspellsheimr in my left hand, and in my right hand, I carry my mighty shield Niflheimr. My Inferno Frost fires arrows from Muspellsheimr as long raged attacks whilst my Icy Breath attacks freezes my enemy.", Kentaurosmon said.

Then another Digimon came from the prison. This Digimon was like ExVeemon in blue armour. His armour was extremely thick and on his chest armour was a V-shape.

"Greetings to you young one, I am UlforceVeedramon-X, at your service. On my arms are my V-Gauntlets which carries my sword and shield. I fight only when I have no choice. I believe in peace and harmony only, but when that is threatened, I will fight for justice. As I have the X-Antibody engraved on me, my armour has become thicker and instead of Chrome Digizoid, I have the rare Blue Digizoid. My Victory Sword attack allows me to unsheathe my holy sword from my right V-Gauntlet to attack my enemies in close range and my Ray of Victory releases an energy beam from my chest in the shape of a 'V', whilst my Tensergity Shield releases a holy aura from my left V-Gauntlet to act as my shield.", the Digimon said.

Justin was impressed that he freed so many Digimon, but he started to notice something. A small bit of light and data came to a rest in front of Justin. Azulongmon and the Royal Knights were curious at this light was, and Justin sub-consciously raised his D3 to the data and light. In response, the data and light went inside of the D3 Digivice. After a flash light, it entered the Digivice.

"What was that about?", Justin asked the Digimon around him.

The Digimon just shrugged or said that they didn't have a clue.

"Besides that question, what would you like to acquire from us?", Alphamon asked in his monotone voice, except it was now serious.

"Huh? What do you mean by that?", Justin asked, curious where this was going.

"What Alphamon, meant was, is there anything that you would like us Knights to do for you, like a protection job, a seek-and-destroy mission, etc.", Gallantmon-X explained.

Justin immediately began to have hope swell inside of him.

"Well, there are two things.", Justin said.

"Fire away.", Magnamon-X said, making him get another glare from Justin which he gladly returned.

"The first thing is, is it possible for Lansdevi to return?", Justin asked.

"Who?", Azulongmon and Examon asked.

"A Digimon who has been at my side until a fight with ChaosPiedmon started. She was my friend who helped me in the Real World and DigiWorld altogether. Her name as a Digimon was a LadyDevimon.", Justin explained.

The last word he said got an uproar from UlforceVeedramon-X and Magnamon-X.

"I'm guessing that you had a problem with a LadyDevimon, am I correct?", Justin asked.

Omnimon-X, however, answered him.

"Both encountered a LadyDevimon in the past. Do forgive them as they are still young. But why a LadyDevimon?".

"Because this LadyDevimon saved my life twice. Once from a Triceramon and the other from her master, Piedmon himself.", Justin said.

Alphamon nodded and said, "Do not worry, Justin Ashley Short. She is a Digimon and she will of course be spawned back in Primary Village. It's up to you to decide if she comes back as a BlackGatomon or a normal Gatomon.".

Justin thought about it for while, and then he decided.

"I have chosen, BlackGatomon. But this one is to be a Vaccine type Digimon, not a Virus.", he decided.

The Royal Knights nodded and Kentaurosmon asked what was the second one was.

"My second request is, do you know how to make a portal to the Real World?", Justin asked.

The Royal Knights looked at each other and didn't know how to answer it. It was Crusadermon who decided to break the silence.

"I'm afraid to tell you this,", Crusadermon began, "but any way to open a portal to the Real World doesn't exist. That reason was because, it had to stop rouge and evil Digimon from invading the Real World.".

Justin looked down in defeat but Dynasmon-X decided to cheer him up.

"What Crusadermon said is true, but why not ask your DigiDistened friends. Maybe they can help.", Dynasmon said.

Justin smiled at that and bowed to them, thanking them.

Alphamon bowed back and asked, "Is there anything else you would like to be assisted with, Justin Ashley Short?". Justin nodded.

"Then what is it?", Alphamon asked.

"Never call me by full name again, ever. And that goes for you to, Azulongmon.", Justin said.

The Digimon nodded.

"Now that that is over with, I have one question to ask, and then I would like to go.", Justin said.

"Fire away.", Magnamon-X repeated.

"I've heard this prophecy so many times; I've heard it from Beelzemon, Piedmon and the Demon Lord of Wrath himself. What is this 'Prophecy of the Old'?", Justin asked.

This question caught Azulongmon and the Royal Knights off guard.

"How do you know about it?", Azulongmon asked suspiciously.

"I've heard it from two Demon Lords and Piedmon. The Lord of Wrath explained some of the details to me, and I want to know if such a prophecy exists. An I also want to know what it says.", Justin said.

Alphamon looked at Omnimon-X and Azulongmon, then back to the boy.

"Well, if you must. The prophecy was created by two Digimon, a Demon Lord and Royal Knight. The two who made this prophecy is Lucemon Chaos Mode and KnightSeadramon. Both are not in the Digital World at the moment, so you wouldn't be able to know what its real purposes are. But the prophecy goes like this: 'With every dark Digimon defeated and destroyed, Apocalymon, Daemon, and a very powerful Evil were sealed, behind the Wall of Fire or the Dark Ocean. This Evil sealed a group of good Digimon called the Royal Knights in a dark prison. But only with all the Crests combined can they free the evil Digimon and Royal Knights. But this can only be done by a certain Crest, for it has more strength of all the other Crests combined. When the Evil is released, darkness will cover both the Digital and Real Worlds. The Evil controls Daemon and six other powerful, evil Mega level Digimon, but the Evil follows under a human, who turned his back on the DigiDisteneds and conquered both worlds. This human has a partner Digimon who can Digivolve a level higher than Mega, one of the only few after Diaboramon/Armageddomon and VennomMyotismon/MaloMyotismon. The human is tainted into darkness and then a Dark Spore is placed in him, converting him to Darkness, thus meaning he can never be turned back to the power of the Light. He controls all Digimon, especially the DigiDisteneds's Digimon partners, and nearly all of humanity is destroyed, very few is placed in the prison of the human's castle for torture, and very little are with him, tainted by the Darkness too.'. So is the prophecy of Dark and Light.", Alphamon said.

Justin was shocked by this, that he didn't even say a word. They all walked back to the cave entrance, the only noises being the clanking noise of the Royal Knights' footsteps.

*CHANGE OF SCENE*

Gennai was in great conversation with the DigiDisteneds and Tamers.

"You see, there are seven Demon Lords. I'll give them all to you. There is the leader of the Demon Lords, Lucemon. He can become Lucemon Chaos Mode and Shadowlord Mode at anytime he wishes. He represents the sin of Pride. Then there is Beelzemon. He represents Gluttony and can become Beelzemon Blast Mode. Lillithmon is the only female of the group, and she represents Lust. Belphemon, as you know by now, is only two Modes; Sleep or Rage Mode. He represents Sloth. Then there is the tactician, named Barbamon, who represents Greed. The largest of the lot is Leviamon, and he has Envy. And the last one is your favourite. The Demon Lord of Wrath, Daemon.", Gennai explained.

At the mention of Daemon, Ken's face whitened.

"Da… Daemon?", Ken stuttered.

Gennai nodded and then there was clanking noises coming from within the cave. It revealed a sick-looking Justin and Azulongmon came out after him. Then in a row of two, twelve Digimon, six on each side of Justin, came out of the cave and everyone was shocked at what they saw.

"Hey Matt! Check it out, it's an Omnimon!", Tai said.

"And look over there! Its another Magnamon, except he looks different!", Davis said.

"Look Takatomon! It's a Gallantmon!", Guilmon said to Takato.

The four boys checked out the Digimon when it was only Ken, TK, Cody and Kari who noticed that Justin looked really sick.

"Hey Justin! What's wrong with you?", Cody asked, looking concerned by Justin's well being.

"Its just that I… I… I learnt the truth of my existence in the Digital World. And it hurts that what I've found out about myself.", Justin said.

Kari noticed that Justin's eyes were blank and she was very quick to catch Justin, who fainted from the shock of learning from the prophecy.

"Alphamon, do you think it was wise to tell Justin the truth of the prophecy?", Gennai asked.

"He asked about it, and he would of found out about it soon enough. And if he learnt about it from Daemon and the other Demon Lords, think of the damage that could have done.", Alphamon replied.

"And we have to make sure he helps with the freeing of the other Sovereigns.", Azulongmon added, "And he wishes to return home too. Daemon knows how to open portals to the Real World, and that would be dangerous.".

"We have to watch out for the other Demon Lords. They can bring him to realising about the powers that Daemon has.", Gennai added.

Alphamon looked at the form of Justin sleeping in Kari's arms.

"And I believe I know a way of keeping Justin from falling to darkness.", Alphamon said, "The Light of that girl is strong enough to help him, but if the Dark Spore is placed into him, the Darkness will conquer the Light". Alphamon then left leaving Azulongmon and Gennai to ponder on his words.

Azulongmon then left as well, leaving Gennai to stare at the moon.

'If what Alphamon said is true, then the Demon Lord's main target will be Kari. I can not allow that to happen!', Gennai thought.

Gennai turned to look at both of them before going to rest himself.

"Please child, don't fall to the Darkness.", Gennai said, before looking at the sky.

Now that the truth has been revealed, can Justin oppose the Prophecy of the Old? And will the Royal Knights be able to help the DigiDisteneds? You'll have to find out on the next chapter of Digimon Digital Monsters.

Looking out a dirty old window, down below the cars in the city go rushing by.

I sit here alone and I wonder why

Friday night and everyone's moving, I can feel the heat but it's moving, heading down.

I search for the beat in this dirty town

Downtown the young ones are going

Downtown the young ones are growing

We're the kids in America, oho

We're the kids in America, oho

Everybody live for the music-go-around

Bright lights, the music gets faster. Look boy, don't check on your watch not another glance.

I'm not leaving, honey not a chance

Outside a new day is dawning. Outside Suburbia's sprawling everywhere.

I don't want to go baby

New York to East California

There's a new wave coming, I warn you

We're the kids in America, oho

We're the kids in America, oho

Everybody live for the music-go-around

Ohhhhhhhhhh, ohhhhhhhhhh. Let's go!

Ohhhhhhhhhh, ohhhhhhhhhh. Yeah!

We're the kids

We're the kids

We're the kids in America

We're the kids

We're the kids

We're the kids in America

Justin: Another chapter done and ready.

Davis: And how cool is it to see a Magnamon with the X-Antibody, what ever that is!

Ken: I can't believe that Daemon is also part of this scheme.

Me; I'm back! Well, what you expect Ken? Daemon is a Demon Lord after all.

Everyone: When did you come back?

Me: A few hours ago, I allowed my normal self, Justin, to do this chapter.

Everyone: Oh.

Justin: And tell me where I went wrong.

Me: And we'll fix it.

Everyone: And please remember to R&R!