Death Zone Chapter 4: Name is too long 1, a digimon fanfic

Chapter 4: Digital life takes on Poké life and supernatural life. Part 1.

-Back in Digitamamon's restaurant-

The remaining Digidestined and Digimon were shocked and confused that both the older and younger leaders of the Digidestined, their girlfriends and Digimon partners had been taken from them by an unknown force and had no idea what had happened to them.

But it was then Ken's D-Terminal went off, indicating he had just got a message, but when he read it his eyes widened, in which Wormon asked. "What is it, Ken?"

"Listen to this." Ken replied, before he read the message out loud. "'If you all wish to see your friends then you'd better find a TV and soon, so you can see what I have in store for them'."

-Around the same time with the Tamers-

After witnessing their friends get sucked into a void of dark red energy, the Tamers and their Digimon friends headed over to the Hypnos headquarters in the hopes Yamaki and his technology would be able to locate their leader, the girl with the broken heart T-Shirt and their Digimon partners.

As Riley Ootori and Tally Onodera continued to monitor for any signs of Takato, Guilmon, Rika and Renamon, it was without warning that all the power to the building died, in which Yamaki asked in a confused tone. "What just happened?"

"Someone managed to hack into our systems and are now controlling them." Riley replied.

"Who?" Yamaki questioned, in which Riley was about to reply, but before she could, all the power returned, except on the screen was a dark figure sitting in a chair, which told them in a dark and cunning tone. "That would be me."

"And who are you?" Kazu asked in a curious, confused and worried tone, in which the shadowed figure replied in an amused tone. "Just the one who now has your friends and can do with as I please."

It was then everyone was shocked when part of Hypnos' monitor changed from the image of the unknown individual to an unknown area where they could see Rika and Renamon lying unconscious on the ground, as two metallic gold coloured robots were holding Takato, by the back of his shirt and Guilmon, by the end of his tail, before the robots placed an unusual looking collar around Takato's neck and Guilmon's neck, in which the robots then let them go, dropping them onto the floor, in which Impmon snapped, as he hated seeing those so close to him mistreated, and yelled. "Alright, you listen to me. Give back our friends or I'll..."

However, Impmon was interrupted when the man in the chair replied. "Or you'll what, Impmon? Ai, Mako, you better put a leash on that little pest you call a Digimon as his actions could cost the lives of your friends."

"What are you talking about?" Impmon questioned, as anger still coursed though his body.

"Those collars they are now wearing are not just for show. They are known as Discipline Collars and will shock the wearer every time they disobey me." The dark figure explained, before he told them. "But their safety is also based on your compliance. So, if you don't want to see your friends electri-fried, I suggest you zip your lip, little imp."

Knowing that if he did do anything stupid, Takato, Guilmon, Rika and Renamon would be the ones to pay for it, in which Impmon lowered his head in submission, which made the dark figure chuckle darkly, before he said. "That's what I thought. Enjoy the show for this may be the last chance you get to see your friends."

-Meanwhile, in Shinbuya-

After witnessing his brother and his brother's girlfriend fall into a dark abyss of emptiness, Shinya asked in a concerned tone. "Guys, what happened to Takuya and Zoe?"

"To be honest, Shinya, I have no idea." Koji sadly replied, as he could empathize with Shinya losing his brother, before he told the younger Kanbara in an honest and trustworthy tone. "But don't worry, I have faith we'll find Zoe and your brother."

Hearing the honesty in Koji's voice made Shinya smile, as he knew the Wielder of the Spirits of Light was telling the truth and knew Takuya and Zoe's friends looked after and cared for each other, but it was then a pure bright light shot out from Koji's pants pocket, followed by a bright blue light from JP's, a gentle black light from Koichi's and an icy white light from Tommy's, in which they all reached into their glowing pocket and were astonished at what they pulled out.

"Our D-Tectors?" Tommy exclaimed in an amazed tone, as he or the other remaining Legendary Warriors, never expected to see those things again.

"Chosen children." A familiar angelic female voice said.

"Ophanimon?" JP questioned, before he asked the Celestial Digimon. "What's going on? Is the Digital World in danger again?"

"No. After your noble heroics, the Digital World has been at peace." Ophanimon happily replied, before she told them. "I actually called because I sense you need my help."

But it was then all four D-Tectors began to emit a scrambling frequency, making it hard for the Legendary Warriors and Shinya to hear what Ophanimon was saying.

"Ophanimon? Ophanimon, can you hear us?" Koichi asked, before Ophanimon finally managed to reply, as the scrambling then stopped. "I can, but I can tell we are no longer alone."

"What do you mean?" Tommy questioned, in which a dark voice replied. "What she means is I've joined your little conversation. Hope you don't mind?"

"Who are you?" Koji asked, in which the unknown individual replied in a dark tone. "If you really want to know, as well as the whereabouts of Takuya and Zoe then find the closest TV set, so you can watch the show of a lifetime and one which may end several."

-Back in the Data Squad Dimension-

After Marcus, Agumon, Yoshi and Lalamon had left without a trace, Chief Sampson had wasted no time and had Megumi and Miki search for any clues that would lead them to their colleagues, but more importantly their friends and Rhythm's mate.

However, Megumi and Miki's searches were interrupted when their PawnChessmon each began to gently nudge their human partner's right leg with their left hand, in which the pair looked at their Digimon, to see the black and white PawnChessmon pointing outside the room.

"I believe they wish us to follow them." Kudamon, who was resting around Chief Sampson's shoulders, stated, which caused both PawnChessmon nodded their heads, in which Chief Sampson, Kudamon, Megumi, Miki and Rhythm followed the PawnChessmon duo to the break room.

Once in the break room, the black PawnChessmon pointed at the television set, in which everyone could see an unidentifiable individual sitting in a chair.

"Thank you for bringing the others to see me, my living pawns." The dark figure in the chair said, which stunned everyone, as the unknown man was actually communicating with them through a simple television set.

"Who are you? And how are you able to talk with us?" Chief Sampson questioned.

"With my unlimited knowledge of technology you'll find I am a man capable of many extraordinary feats." The dark figure replied. "And you will see what I mean as I can tear through time and space itself."

"Which means you're the one who abducted Marcus, Agumon, Yoshi and Lalamon!" Miki said in a disgusted tone, in which the shadowed figure nodded his head, before he told them in a sinister tone. "But rest assured, Marcus, Yoshi and their Digimon shall serve as excellent entertainment."

-Pallet Town-

Within the Ketchum residence was Delia and her Pokémon, Mimey, preparing lunch for Ash, their guest and their Pokémon.

Delia then smiled, as she was glad Dawn had come to see them as after Ash's latest journey he talked about her a lot, in which she knew her son liked Dawn more than a friend.

But it was then she heard Dawn call out Ash's name in a very concerned tone, which caused her to worry, in which she quickly ran outside to see if Dawn, their Pokémon and her son were alright, but she was confused when nobody was outside, however, that caused her to worry.

And her worry was heightened when she saw Ash's backpack and a bunch of Poké Balls just lying on the ground, in which she knew that something had happened.

"Mime! Mime! Mime!" Mimey then called out, as the Psychic Pokémon was pointing inside, telling Delia that there was not only something wrong outside, but there was also something wrong inside too.

After Delia picked up the Poké Balls and placed the in Ash's backpack, she made her way back inside to see what had gotten Mimey so jumpy, in which she was shocked to see what was on the television.

"Ash!" Delia called out in a concerned tone, as on the screen was Ash, Pikachu, Dawn and Buneary in an unknown area as they all were unconscious, lying on the ground.

But it was then the screen changed to a dark figure, which told Dalia in a dark and amused tone, before he laughed in a wicked way. "Sorry to disappoint you, but Ashy-boy can't hear you. Not only because he's out like a light but also because I'm in charge. So just sit back and watch what fate and I have in store for your son, Dawn and their Pokémon."

-In an unknown location-

"Pikachu Pika Pika." Pikachu called in concern for Ash, as the Electric Pokémon nudged his head against Ash's head in an attempt to wake him up.

And it seemed to work as Ash opened his eyes and got to his feet, before the black haired teen looked around for any clues as to where he was, but when he turned around he saw Buneary had just woke Dawn up, in which Ash held his hand out and helped her up.

Meanwhile, Agumon and Biyomon each let out a small groan as they both slowly woke up, before they each looked to see Tai and Sora lying next to them, in which they both began to gently shake their human partners, who both began to stir before the Digidestined of Courage and the Digidestined of Love woke up and got up.

"Agumon?" Tai groaned out, before he questioned. "What happened?"

However, before Agumon could reply, Tai couldn't see Kari, in which his over protective side took over and caused him to question in a worried tone. "Wait, where's Kari?"

"Don't worry, Tai. I'm right here." Kari's voice replied, in which Tai turned around and was relieved to see Davis, Veemon, Gatomon and his little sister, but it still didn't change the fact the Digidestined and Digimon of Odaiba had no idea where they were, all they knew was they weren't alone.

Around the same time, Takuya and Zoe had gotten up, in which the Wielder of the Spirits of Wind asked. "Where are we, Takuya?"

"I dunno." Takuya replied, before he looked around and stated. "But it looks like we aren't the only people here."

"Or Digimon." Zoe pointed out, as they could see the Digidestined and Digimon of Odaiba as well as Marcus and Yoshi and their Digimon were helping Takato, Guilmon, Rika and Renamon get up, in which Marcus' Agumon asked. "Hey, are you guys alright?"

"Just a little shaken." Renamon replied, before the Digital vixen happily said. "But thank you for your concern and assistance."

But it was then a voice that dripped with malevolence told them. "I'd watch what you'd say. Because you never know when your new friends become your enemies."

It was then the Pokémon and their Pokémon Trainers, Digidestined, Tamers, Legendary Warriors, Marcus, Yoshi and all the Digimon turned towards the source of the voice to see a large monitor, as a dark figure sat in a chair.

"Who are you?" Veemon asked.

"My name is of no importance to you. But you can call me the Champion Hunter." The Champion Hunter replied.

"So what do you want with us?" Rika questioned.

"What I want is the greatest male and female champions the countless universes hold to become my new champions. Seeing as how my last champion popularity decreased after my audience grew tired of watching the same fight play over and over, and so they 'retired'." The Champion Hunter replied.

"And what if we refuse?" Ash questioned, in which the Champion Hunter let out a wicked laugh and then replied. "You cannot. While you were all unconscious I had my robotic drones, SK-5, SRE-4, TR-4 and SF-30 each place a device known as a 'Discipline Collar' on your necks, which will automatically shock you whenever you refuse to listen to my commands. And there are two more qualities that make my Discipline Collars so effective."

"And what are they?" Gatomon asked.

"I'll show you. I dare any of you to try and remove your collar." The Champion Hunter replied, in which a young male with black and red spiked hair then placed his hands on the collar and started to tug at it, but the second he did, he then let out a small cry of pain as a small current of electricity surged painfully though out his body.

"Yuma!" A girl with green hair and hazel eyes called out in concern, before the Champion Hunter laughed and stated. "Oh, how I love it when my latest contestants are foolish enough to try and remove the collar. You see my Discipline Collars have an anti-removal feature, so no matter what; you will remain under my control. And the more you disobey the more lethal the voltage will be dealt to you."

"And the second feature is that whenever the Discipline Collar activates, it sends a direct jolt to your amygdala and will cause the level of your aggression to increase. Now that you know you have no chance of escaping my clutches, let us begin the survival rounds." The Champion Hunter declared, in which Zoe asked in a somewhat worried tone. "Survival rounds?"

"That's right. Each of you will face against two random opponents and the team who wins moves on one step closer to the grand prize." The Champion Hunter replied, in which a young man with spiky orange hair and a black robe asked. "And what's this prize?"

"Freedom. And the title as the universe's Supreme Champion of Death Zone!" The Champion Hunter exclaimed proudly, before he snapped his fingers, in which four blank screens appeared on the monitor and started to spin, cycling through the various heroes, before the owner of Death Zone said. "Now then, let's see who's up against who."

It was then the four screens stopped spinning showing an image of a young man with brown hair and brown eyes and a young woman with dark blond hair and a boy with blond hair and whisker marks and a girl with violet coloured hair and pupiless lavender eyes.

"Well isn't this interesting?" The Champion Hunter commented, before he said. "Jaden Yuki and Alexis Rhodes shall take on Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga."

After the Champion Hunter's declaration, dark red energy engulfed Jaden, Alexis, Naruto and Hinata, and seconds later; the darkness was gone, as were the four individuals.

"Hey, what did you do with them!?" Ash demanded, in which Pikachu agreed with him, with a 'Pika Pika'.

"Relax, Ash. They are fine, for now. All I've done is sent them to one of my many 'Death Zone Stadiums'. But let's not waste anymore of my audience's time, there are still so many potential champions and so little time." The Champion Hunter replied, before the four screens with the images of Jaden, Alexis, Naruto and Hinata began to spin again, as they cycled through the remaining heroes.

It was then the four screens stopped spinning showing an image Ash and Dawn were to take on Davis and Kari.

"Ash Ketchum and Dawn against Davis Motomiya and Kari Kamiya. Pokémon against Digimon?" The Champion Hunter commented, before he said in a sinister tone. "This should be entertaining."

It was then the same dark red energy engulfed Ash, Pikachu, Dawn and Buneary, along with Davis, Veemon, Kari and Gatomon, before they all vanished.

-With the Pokémon Trainers and Digidestined-

Just as the previous heroes had been taken to fight, as to were Ash, Dawn, Davis and Kari, in which the Pokémon and their Pokémon Trainers were on one side of the stadium, while the younger Digidestined and Digimon were on the other side.

"Welcome to one of my many 'Death Zone Stadiums'. Here you will fight in order to get one step closer to winning the title as 'Supreme Champion of Death Zone' as well as your freedom." The Champion Hunter's voice announced, before he commanded. "Now fight!"

It was then Ash and Dawn's Discipline Collars activated, heightening their aggression.

"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Ash then commanded, while Dawn told Buneary. "Buneary use Ice Beam!"

It was then Pikachu unleashed a bolt of electricity from his cheeks, as a light blue ball formed in front of Buneary's mouth, before she then released a light blue beam out of her mouth at the opposing Digimon, in which Gatomon was able to jump away and avoid the strikes, while Veemon was unfortunate to be struck by Buneary's beam, transforming him into a Vee-cicle.

"Veemon!" Davis called out in a concerned tone, as did the Digidestined back in Odaiba, who were watching the fight from the Motomiya residence.

While it seemed that Veemon was out of commission for the moment, Gatomon on the other hand could still fight, and it was evident she could when the feline Digimon came shooting down at Buneary, with her right arm pulled back.

"Lightning Paw!" Gatomon exclaimed, as she slammed her paw into Buneary's stomach and knocked the rabbit Pokémon down.

"Lightning Paw!" Gatomon called out again, in which she struck Pikachu down with another power packed punch, but her attacks, though effective, knocked the two Pokémon down but not out, as Pikachu and Buneary both got up and were planning to strike Gatomon back.

"Volt Tackle!" Ash called out.

"Dizzy Punch!" Dawn called out.

It was then Pikachu and Buneary both charged at Gatomon, but before either could harm Kari's Digimon partner, a male voice exclaimed. "Flaming Fist!"

Pikachu and Buneary's attacks were then ceased as they were each stuck by a fireball, in which Gatomon was happy, while Ash, Dawn and their Pokémon were shocked to see that Davis was holding up his D-3, as Veemon had been freed from his frozen prison and had Armour Digivolved into a red and yellow armoured dragon, better known as the Digimon of Courage, Flamedramon.

"Gatomon, you ok?" Flamedramon asked.

"I am now that you're back in action." Gatomon happily replied, before she turned to Kari and asked her. "Hey Kari, what do you think of giving me a power boost?"

"Right, Gatomon." Kari replied, before the Digidestined of Light pulled out her D-3, which began to glow and fill Gatomon with its energy.

"Gatomon Digivolve to... Angewomon!" Angewomon announced as she changed from her Champion form to her Ultimate form, before she took to the air and exclaimed. "Celestial Arrow!"

Angewomon then created a pink arrow of energy and fired it straight at Ash and Dawn's Pokémon.

"Pikachu, dodge and use Thunderbolt!" Ash quickly called out, in which Dawn then called out to Buneary. "You too Buneary and use Ice Beam!"

Doing as commanded, Pikachu and Buneary narrowly managed to avoid Angewomon's energy arrow before Buneary released another light blue beam out of her mouth, which Angewomon dodged, freezing a portion of the roof, but it was then she cried out in pain as Pikachu's thunder based strike hit her, causing caught her to fall from the air, only for Flamedramon to catch bridal style.

"Hey, Vee." Angewomon said happily, calling her mate by his nickname, before she asked in a joking tone. "I hope you don't mind me dropping in?"

"Not at all." Flamedramon replied, as a gentle smile appeared on his face, as Angewomon got back onto her feet, before the Digimon of Courage in a serious tone. "For what he did to you, I'll take down Pikachu."

"And I'll handle Buneary." Angewomon replied, before she took to the air again, before the angel Digimon exclaimed, as she created another pink arrow of energy and aimed it right at Buneary. "Celestial Arrow!"

Buneary then used Bounce to dodge the arrow attack, before she fired another light blue beam out of her mouth, in the hopes to freeze Angewomon, but the Ultimate level Digimon was too fast and avoided the attack.

Meanwhile, Pikachu could see Angewomon was distracted and was about to use Thunderbolt on her again, as yellow sparks appeared around Pikachu's cheeks, but Flamedramon then called out. "Hey, Volt-head!"

Pikachu then stopped and turned toward Flamedramon who then told him. "Why don't you leave my mate alone and fight me?"

"You got it." Ash answered for Pikachu, who nodded his head in agreement with Ash, before the black haired teen commanded. "Pikachu use Volt Tackle!"

Doing as commanded, Pikachu then charged at Flamedramon as his body was then surrounded by golden electricity.

"Time to turn up the heat!" Flamedramon stated, before the Digimon of Courage was encircled by an aura of fire, before he shot forward and exclaimed. "Fire Rocket!"

It was then Flamedramon's fiery body clashed against Pikachu's electrically charged one, as the pair tried to overpower the other.

But after several moments of trying to hold the other off, Flamedramon couldn't withstand anymore and was struck back, despite Pikachu's small size, his attacks were not to be underestimated.

"Flamedramon!" Davis called out in concern for his Digimon partner, but was relieved when his friend got into a sitting position and began to catch his breath.

It was then Flamedramon looked to see Buneary try to freeze Angewomon with her Ice Beam attack, only to miss again, but it was then he noticed that most of the roof was now encased in ice due to every attack Angewomon had dodged, which gave him an idea of how to win.

Flamedramon then stood up, before his body was surrounded by another aura of fire, in which Ash anticipated that Davis' Digimon partner hadn't learnt form their previous clash, but was confused when Flamedramon shot upward and struck the ice encased roof, which resulted in a massive fiery explosion, in which all the ice melted and transformed from a solid state to a liquid state, as it started to rain down.

It was then everyone watched as Flamedramon had De-Digivolved back to Veemon, as he fell down ward, but it was then the 'V' marked dragon called out. "Davis, activate my other Armour form!"

Getting Veemon's idea, Davis pulled out his D-3, before he exclaimed, as he filled Veemon with another form of power. "Digi-Armour Energize!"

"Veemon Digivolve to... Raidramon: the storm of Friendship!" Veemon called out, as he Digivolved to black armoured dragon/wolf Digimon.

After Raidramon landed on his feet, the Digimon of Friendship roared out. "Lightning Blade!"

It was then Raidramon Fired a bolt of lightning from the blade on his forehead right at the ground, which confused Dawn, Buneary and Pikachu, as they wondered why he just didn't target one of them, but Ash realized that the Digimon of Friendship was targeting them all, as most of Ash and Dawn's side of the stadium had been covered in water from Flamedramon melting Buneary's ice roof, and Dawn was unaware she was standing in a large puddle.

However, as the lightning course through the water puddles, Ash acted as fast as he could and pushed Dawn onto a section of the stadium that was dry, in which she turned around to question what Ash was doing, but instead was horrified as she watched as Pikachu, Buneary and the black haired teen were all blasted by a tremendous bolt of lightning and realized if Ash hadn't of pushed her then she would be the one being electrocuted.

"Ash!" Dawn called out in a concerned tone, before she watched as Raidramon's lightning stopped, in which Ash fell to his knees, and then landed on his stomach, while Buneary couldn't take anymore, fainted and collapsed into Pikachu's arms, in which the yellow furred Pokémon had taken a great deal of damage from Raidramon despite being an Electric type Pokémon.

It was then Angewomon landed beside Raidramon, as Pikachu got in front of Buneary, as Dawn got in front of Ash, each determined to protect those they cared so much for, but it was then seven slow claps could be heard, before the Champion Hunter's voice told them. "Bravo, brilliant, truly a masterful battle. Now finish it."

"How do you mean, knock out Dawn and Pikachu?" Davis asked in a confused tone.

"Knock out?" The Champion Hunter questioned back, before he let out a wicked laugh and then replied in a dark tone. "No, I want you to kill them!"

Davis, Raidramon, Kari and Angewomon were shocked upon hearing that the only way to gain their freedom was to end the lives of their enemies, sure they had defeated and destroyed the most evil of Digimon, but none of them had taken a human or animal's life, and they weren't about to start, in which Davis and Kari looked at each other, while Raidramon and Angewomon looked at each other, before all four of them nodded their heads, in which Raidramon De-Digivolved back to Veemon, while Angewomon De-Digivolved back to Gatomon, which angered the Champion Hunter.

And his anger was shown when Kari and Gatomon's Discipline Collars began to painfully shock them, before they collapsed onto all fours, in which the Champion Hunter told Davis and Veemon. Now, listen you two. Either you finish off what you started or the ones you love will suffer."

"Don't... Don't do what this... Freak says..." Gatomon groaned out, before she cried out in pain, as her Discipline Collar's shock frequency heightened, which caused Veemon pain to see his mate suffer, and Davis felt the same for Kari.

But it was then they both got the same idea, in which Davis managed to pull Kari up, while Veemon pulled Gatomon up, in which they both embraced the one they loved, in which they felt a painful sting of electricity, as the Digidestined and Digimon shared the pain the Digidestined and Digimon of Light were being subjected to, which actually comforted them and annoyed the Champion Hunter, who then decided to send them back and live for another day.

-Back to the other heroes, after Ash, Dawn, Davis, Kari and their Pokémon and Digimon's disappearance-

The four images on the screen had began to spin again, cycling through the various heroes, until all four screens came to a stop, showing an image of a young man with extravagant hair featuring multiple layers, including long blond crooked, pointy locks for a fringe, the rest featured a set of five large spikes and two smaller spikes colored black with a magenta sheen along the edges, a young woman with shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes, the boy known as Yuma and his female partner with the green hair, in which the Champion Hunter stated. "Yugi Muto and Tea Gardner, you shall Duel against Yuma Tsukumo and Tori Meadows."

And just like the other four groups before them, so too were Yugi, Tea, Yuma and Tori were taken to one of the Champion Hunter's Death Zone Stadiums.

It was after the four newly selected heroes were enveloped by dark red energy, the four images on the screen had began to spin again, cycling through the few who had yet been chosen, until all four screens came to a stop, in which the first two screens showed a young man and woman with orange coloured hair and the second screens showed Takuya and Zoe.

"Ichigo Kurosaki and Orihime Inoue, you shall take down, err... I mean take on Takuya Kanbara and Zoe Orimoto." The Champion Hunter said, before he told Takuya and Zoe. "Better bring out the big guns, kids. As Ichigo has killed countless monsters and I don't think he'll go any easier on the Legendary Warriors."

It was then the Wielder of the Spirits of Flame and the Wielder of the Spirits of Wind were both consumed by dark red energy, as were the ones known as Ichigo and Orihime, before the four were taken by the dark red energy to fight in a match that would provide a challenge for both sides.

-With the four heroes-

Takuya and Zoe and the orange haired pair were taken to a large stadium, with the Legendary Warriors were on one side of the stadium, Ichigo and Orihime were on the other side.

"But what can we do?" Takuya questioned.

"Takuya has a point." Zoe replied, before she stated in a worried tone as she looked at Ichigo's weapon "He has a sword and we have nothing."

"Not any longer." The Champion Hunter replied, before he ceased his conversation with Takuya and Zoe for the moment to tell a familiar ally of the Legendary Warriors. "Ophanimon, if you wish to see your Chosen children unharmed, I suggest you give them the 'spirit' to fight."

Frustrated she was being manipulated, but knew she had no choice, Ophanimon let out a sigh, before she replied. "Very well."

It was then a bright red light shot out from his pocket, while a bright pink light came from Zoe's, in which they both reached into their pocket, before the pair were surprised at what they now held.

"My D-Tector?" Takuya exclaimed in an amazed tone, as Zoe was just as amazed as her boyfriend, in which the pair then looked at each other, nodded their heads and held out their D-Tectors, as rings of data then formed around their left hands.

"Execute! Spirit Evolution!" Zoe exclaimed, as she fused with the Beast Spirit of Wind. "Zephyrmon!"

"Unity Execute! Unified Spirit Evolution!" Takuya exclaimed, as he used the power of the Spirits of Flame, Wind, Ice, Earth, and Wood to become. "EmperorGreymon!"

With the power of Flame and Wind under their control once again, Takuya and Zoe were ready to fight, and it seemed the same for the opposing side as Ichigo charged at EmperorGreymon and Zephyrmon with his sword drawn back, in which Zephyrmon took to the skies, while EmperorGreymon withdrew the sword on his back and sliced forward, causing his Ryuugonken to clash with Ichigo's weapon.

As the EmperorGreymon and Ichigo continued to hold the other's blade back, while trying to dominate their enemy with their own weapon and all the strength they could summon, Zephyrmon then exclaimed. "Hurricane Gale!"

It was then Zephyrmon launched countless barrage of Throws blades of pink energy at her foes which took the form of a pink tornado, as she planned to strike Ichigo while he was in his stalemate with EmperorGreymon, but it was then Orihime quickly ran in front of Ichigo and exclaimed. "Santen Kesshun!"

Zephyrmon was stunned when Orihime then created a barrier of orange energy in front of her, which negated her attack and protected Ichigo.

"Thanks for watching my back, Orihime." Ichigo happily told Orihime, before he jumped back, turned back to EmperorGreymon and exclaimed. "Getsuga Tenshō!"

It was then Ichigo launched a dark crescent moon shaped slash of straight at EmperorGreymon, who could sense the destructive power of the darkness coming at him, in which his Ryuugonken transformed from its sword form to its crossbow form, before EmperorGreymon roared out. "Dragonfire Crossbow!"

EmperorGreymon then fired a massive burst of fire from his newly formed crossbow, which collided with Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshō attack, in which a massive atomic-like explosion of darkness erupted from the combination of such power and created a massive cloud of smoke.

But it was without warning that Ichigo emerged from the smoke, with his sword drawn back, in which EmperorGreymon was too slow to react and let out a cry of pain as Ichigo slashed down his body in a 130 degrees motion, in which EmperorGreymon fell onto his stomach, before Zephyrmon called out in a highly concerned tone. "Takuya!"

However, Zoe had nothing to worry about as Ichigo approached EmperorGreymon to see if he had defeated, but hopefully didn't kill the kid, but it was without warning that EmperorGreymon suddenly shot up and punched Ichigo in the stomach, which knocked the wind out of his chest and forced him to collapse onto his knees, as Ichigo had fallen right into EmperorGreymon's trap.

Even though Ichigo's blade had struck EmperorGreymon, and fairly painfully too, his armour was made of Red Digizoid, which absorbed a ton of the damage, before EmperorGreymon decide to play possum in order to counter with a move of utter devastation.

"Pyro Dragons!" EmperorGreymon roared out, as he then Plunged his Dragon Soul Sword into the ground, in which nine dragons made of fire burst from the ground, surrounded Ichigo, before they all shot down at him and engulfed him in a fiery explosion.

"Ichigo!" Orihime called out in concern, just like Zoe had for Takuya, but was then distracted when she heard Zephyrmon call out. "Hurricane Gale!"

It was then Zephyrmon launched another pink tornado, in which Orihime exclaimed. "Santen Kesshun!"

However, as the razor wind continued to slice at Orihime's shield, it was beginning to crack, and seconds later the shield was destroyed, knocking Orihime to the floor and allowing Zephyrmon the chance to strike down Orihime.

"Plasma Paws!" Zoe called out, in which red energy orbs formed around her hands and feet, as she headed straight for Orihime, but she stopped when she heard Takuya call out her name in great concern, in which she deactivated her attack, looked behind her to see Ichigo, whose clothing had been badly burnt, but was shocked to see that before him was EmperorGreymon, who had been impaled by Ichigo's sword.

"Takuya!" Zoe cried out in horror, as she reverted back to her human form and watched EmperorGreymon fall to his knees, before he revered back to Takuya and could see blood pouring down her love's chest where he had been stabbed.

After Ichigo removed his blade from Takuya's body, the Wielder of the Spirits of Flame fell forward, in which Zoe managed to catch him, not caring that her shirt and vest were now covered in Takuya' blood, before she slowly lowered herself and Takuya, until she was sitting on her knees as Takuya's head was resting on her legs, before she pleaded as tears trailed down her face. "C'mon Takuya. You'll get through this; you always find a way to overcome and survive things like this."

Takuya then couched up a lot of blood before he replied in a weak, but loving tone. "I'm sorry, Zoe... But it looks like my Flame has been extinguished... But no matter what... I'm glad we met and will never forget you... I love you... Zoe Orimoto..."

It was after Takuya finished his last words, the Wielder of the Spirit of Flame slowly closed his eyes, in which Zoe began to gently shake him, as she called to him. "Takuya? Takuya, please wake up! Takuya!"

Back in Shibuya, JP, Koichi, Koji, Tommy and Shinya had done as the Champion Hunter had instructed and were shocked at what they just saw, in which Shinya wrapped his arms around Koji and began to cry, as he couldn't bare the sight or thought of becoming an only child.

But it was then Ophanimon told them through Koji's D-Terminal. "There is no need to despair, Shinya, as I can sense that your brother's spirit, though weak, is still with us."

Hearing Ophanimon's information caused Shinya to break away from Koji and ask, as he rubbed his eyes with his right arm. "You mean Takuya is still alive?"

"Yes, but I'm afraid if his injury isn't treated in time his life will end." Ophanimon replied in an honest tone, before she said. "And I can sense something wrong stirring within Zoe."

The Legendary Warriors and Shinya were glad to hear Takuya was still alive, but were worried that their leader needed urgent medical attention and were confused about what Ophanimon meant by 'something wrong stirring within Zoe', in which all they could do was watch the Champion Hunter's sick form of entetainment and see what would happen.

"Zoe I..." Ichigo began to say, but was interrupted when Zoe snapped back in a tone filled with aggression and hatred. "Shut it! You took Takuya away from me and for that I will make you pay!"

It was then Zoe held out her D-Tector, as rings of black coloured data then formed around her left hand.

"Unity Execute! Unified Dark Spirit Evolution!" Zoe yelled out, as transformed to a figure, which looked similar to Zephyrmon, except her light-blue hair had turned dark violet.

Her wings had changed from brown feathered to a creepy bat-like shape and were now onyx coloured, while her clothing had changed from its regular pink to jet black, as her fingers and toes transformed into claws, dripping in dark crimson at the tips.

The mask that covered her nose and mouth had turned dark crimson too and now had a radiation symbol on it, just like Puppetmon's, only it was coloured dark violet.

And to complete her transformation, Zephyrmon's gentle light blue eyes had turned to a dark crimson, however, she was no longer Zephyrmon, but a Digimon of darkness known only as... "ShadowZephyrmon!"

"Hurricane Pain!" ShadowZephyrmon violently exclaimed, as she crossed her arms and wings, before unleashing an intense wind of darkness, in which Ichigo went into a defensive stance, but groaned out, as he could feel the wind slice deeply through his skin.

And it seemed as though that one attack was just a fraction of ShadowZephyrmon's power, as shown when the corrupted Zephyrmon shot forward as her claw began to glow an ominous shade of crimson.

"Nightmare Nails!" ShadowZephyrmon yelled out, before she managed to slash away Ichigo's sword, breaking his defense, before she plunged her right nails into his chest, which caused him to groan out in pain.

"Why is Zoe acting that way?" Shinya asked in a worried tone.

"Yeah. She's acting like you did when Cherubimon corrupted you." JP told Koichi, referring to Duskmon.

"It's because of losing Takuya she has lost control of her Spirits." Koichi replied, before the Legendary Warrior of Darkness stated. "And if Ichigo or Orihime don't find a way to calm her down, then Zoe will lose herself to the darkness."

"And will become a perfect champion. Ruthless, merciless and unrelenting." The Champion Hunter's voice told them, before he asked in an amused tone. "Oh, did I interrupt?"

Back with ShadowZephyrmon and Ichigo, who was groaning out in pain, as ShadowZephyrmon's claws were digging deeper into his body, as she planned to stab Ichigo's heart so he could feel the pain she felt in her heart before she would end his life.

"Zoe... Ugh... Please stop... Takuya is... Ugh... Still alive..." Ichigo managed to groan out.

"No! I saw Takuya die before me." ShadowZephyrmon snapped back, before she stated in an enraged tone. "You're nothing but a lying murderer!"

"He's telling the truth." A familiar female voice then told her, in which ShadowZephyrmon asked in a confused tone. "Ophanimon?"

"Legendary Warrior, you must fight the darkness that is attacking your heart. Not only for yourself, but for your friends, family and for Takuya."

Upon hearing the Legendary Warrior of Flame's name, ShadowZephyrmon's eyes widened, before she said as her eye colour turned from their hate filled red back to blue, "T...Takuya?"

It was then the darkness dispersed from the corrupted Digimon's body, returning the Beast Spirit of Wind back to her original form, in which Zephyrmon slowly removed her claws from Ichigo's chest, before she turned back to her human form and then said to Ichigo in an apologetic tone. "I'm so sorry."

"It's alright." Ichigo replied, as he placed his hand over the bloodied area ShadowZephyrmon's claws had struck, before Zoe heard Orihime call out her name, in which the Wielder of the Spirits of Wind turned around to see that Orihime was kneeling beside Takuya and was amazed to see that somehow she had managed to heal where he had been stabbed, but she didn't care, Takuya was back.

Takuya then let out a small groan as he slowly opened his eyes to see Zoe's smiling face staring down at him, as tears of happiness trailed down her face.

But before Takuya could say a single word, Zoe said happily, before she wrapped her arms around him. "Oh, Takuya."

It was then Takuya couldn't help but to smile back, before he wrapped his arms around Zoe's back and closed his eyes, before he began to happily cry too, however, their affection was interrupted when the Champion Hunter's voice told them all. "Ichigo, Orihime, I can see you're not following my rules anymore, but I am willing to spare you a painful 'lesson' from your Discipline Collars and look the other way if you do what you did to Takuya before, only this time to the both of them, more painful and permanent."

"You expect me to kill them after Orihime just saved Takuya's life!?" Ichigo questioned, before he told the Champion Hunter. "Go to hell!"

"I'm already there, seeing as how none of you seem to obey me!" The Champion Hunter snapped back, before he said. "And I can tell that any levels of voltage from your Discipline Collars won't make you submit to me, so I'll send you back to the other contestants. Count yourself lucky for now, but rest assured, Ichigo Kurosaki. You, Orihime and everyone who has refused my words will suffer, one way or another."