UNKNOWN ZONE_ _ _| TWILGHT BASE_ _ _|

As the sun rose in the sky of this... desolate... zone, the sound of train whistles served as Nene Amano's wake up call, or rather, it would have had her dreams not been plagued by nightmares of a dark beast of a monster.

She frowned as she looked out the window of her small room, down to the dry, dusty expanse below. "Something's wrong..."

"DarkKnightmon." Nene called out as she entered to the main observation room. "What's the latest news on Xros Heart?"

The dark, heavily armored bulk of a Digimon turned his head towards the girl. "Hm? The Dual Xros Loader team?"

"Yes, them." She frowned. "What's their status?"

"Last I saw." The armored form turned towards a snoozing Monitamon, whose monitor was showing Magma Zone, despite his being asleep. "Bagura's Tactician had just confronted them."

"Tactimon?" She frowned again. "Why is he there?"

"It appears that after you retired to bed for the evening, Xros Heart decided to pull off a Jail break." The Dark Knight reviewed. "The Leader of Magma Zone dispatched the Tactician when he captured Xros Heart instead. The Orange Xros Loader is still in his personal chambers."

Nene Amano stared at the Magma Zone monitor, wondering, and waiting. "And what of Blue Flare?"

"The Blue Xros Loader has moved to one of his Zones, as far as I know." The armored bulk remarked. "Bagura has un-knowingly moved into his teritory."

What DarkKnightmon didn't know was that a certain yellow Sparrow was in Green Zone right now, alerting Kiriha to Xros Heart's peril right this minute.

*cue theme*

"DORULUMON! Run like the Wind!"

MAGMA ZONE_ _ _|

"That's...!" Akari gasped.

"Tactimon." Dorulumon growled. "One of the three generals."

"Dorulumon, you surprise me." Tactimon smirked under his helmet. "After all this time, you now act as if we were never friends?"

"I don't make friends with idiots like you!" Dorulumon roared.

Tactimon laughed. "You're a strange wolf."

"Dorulumon?" Taiki narrowed his eyes. "Do you know him?"

Dorulumon didn't answer.

"Of course he knows me." Tactimon replied jovially, as if they were acquaintances and not sworn enemies. "I used to be his commanding officer, after all!"

Zenjirou jumped. "Wha! That guy?"

Shoutmon tightened his grip on his mic-stand. "You...! You...! There's no way!"

"There's every kind of way." Tactimon rolled his eyes. "Haven't you found it curious how every General of Mine you've come across has called Dorulumon a traitor?"

Hangyomon growled. "He's no traitor, you idiotic...!"

"And Hangyomon." Tactimon continued. "Deserting your squad for the enemy, Just like your father as well."

"You leave him out of this!" Hangyomon pointed his spear at the General.

"Why do I have the feeling I always get when I go to one of my family reunions?" Starmon gulped. "This won't end well...!"

"Even if Dorulumon's a traitor to you, Bagura!" Taiki yelled out. "He's still our friend!"

"Friend?" Tactimon laughed. "That's exactly what he'd like you to think, isn't it, back-stabber?"

Dorulumon gnashed his teeth together. "Tactimon... Don't go there..."

"It's true." Tactimon explained. "He told the enemy in the Zone I was conquering about my master plan, and they escaped with the Code Crown." Under his breath, he added. "Idiotic Wizardmon, I haven't been able to track them down since."

"Dorulumon..." Akari stared at the wolf. "Is this true...?"

"Dorulumon's my friend, Kyu!" Cutemon clenched his fists. "He's my Sensei!"

"You?" Tactimon scoffed. "A Teacher, Dorulumon? I hardly expected it!"

"At least I don't sacrifice my troops without letting them know!" Dorulumon spat back. "Those BlueMeramon didn't deserve that fate!"

"Ah, that reminds me..." Tactimon noted. "Isn't the only surviving member of that mission besides you the BlueMeramon in this Zone?"

Dorulumon jumped slightly. "...Him...?"

"Yes, That was his punishment for not being killed in the line of duty." Tactimon smirked. "Guard Duty under one of the fiercest Labor Camp Colonels in all of Digital World History!" Then, he looked around. "Speaking of, where did that big ball of Magma get off to? I need to relieve him of his command..."

"Dead and gone, Tactician!" Shoutmon started. "We blasted him to kingdom come!"

"Lake Zone? I doubt they appreciated that!" Tactimon scoffed.

(Mentally, Taiki made a note of the name of the Zone. That would be their next stop after they got the Code Crown here.)

"Regardless, I'm sorry to say that the time for talk is over." Tactimon sighed, then narrowed his eyes. "I do have a schedule to keep, after all."

"Oh no..." Dorulumon's eyes widened.

With that, Tactimon held out his hand and called out. "Come forth... Jatetsu-fuujin-maru!"

There was a crack of thunder, and, with a furious blast of dark purple energy, a gigantic sword, nearly as long as Shoutmon Xros Four was tall, appeared out of the lighting. There was a flash of yellow, and then it shrunk down to a more manageable size.

The sword, thankfully, was still in it's sheath, and was chained into place that way. This was Tactimon's fabled sword, Jatetsu-fuujin-maru. A blade so powerful and destructive that it could level an entire zone once removed from it's case. Even Tactimon feared it's powers, and had Baguramon seal the sword within the chains that now encased it.

"ICHI-NO-TACHI!"

With a practiced ease, Tactimon grabbed the chained sword, and stabbed it into the ground. Even with the case on, the sword was still ridiculously powerful as it made the ground exploded, sending all of Xros Heart flying backwards from the explosive force.

When, moments later, anyone managed to regain their senses, Taiki and Dorulumon found themselves on one side of a massive, magma filled gorge, and everyone else on the other side.

"Taiki!" Akari called out in a panic. With good reason, Tactimon was on the opposite side, quickly closing in on the Xros Loader-less general and the turn coat Wolf.

He glanced back at Tacimon, now approaching, then back to everyone else. "Everyone, Run!" he ordered.

"You can't expect us to just leave you here!" Shoutmon growled as he pushed himself to his feet.

"Go!" Taiki reafirmed as he got to his knees. "If you stay here, you're just going to get killed!"

"But Taiki...!" Zenjirou was cut off as Dorulumon backed up their general.

"GO!" with that, he launched his infamous attack... "DORULU TORNADO!"

The orange cyclone whirled at Tactimon, but, with a simple Cross slash motion, the attack was canceled...

"WAHHH!"

...And kept on going.

When the dust settled, Taiki and Dorulumon found themselves neck deep in sand.

"Hurry up and run!" Taiki called out once more. "Shoutmon!" he pleaded.

Shoutmon grimaced, but relented. "You heard him! We'll withdraw for now!"

Taiki let loose a small smile as he watched his friends escape...

A smile that disappeared as Tactimon's shadow fell over him.

"Where is the Orange Xros Loader, boy?" The general asked.

"Orange? What do you mean?" Taiki stated. "We only have a Red Xros Loader and-"

"Silence." Tactimon cut him off. "Don't dig yourself any deeper. I know you have two."

Taiki blinked. "Eh...?"

"It's the only way any of your strategies have worked." Tactimon continued. "Regardless, for the moment, I am the only one in the Empire to realize this fact."

"What game are you playing...?" Dorulumon muttered.

"No game." Tactimon bent down to look his old friend in the eyes. "None that you should be concerned with, at least."

AN UNKNOWN ZONE_ _ _| BLUE FLARE TERRITORY_ _ _|

"NIGHTHAWK!"

With that command, MailBirdramon's laser cannon fired, carving a massive, smoldering gash through the ground, and, simultaneously, cutting a massive hole in the middle of the invading Troopmon forces.

The soilders stared at the new glass slip 'n' slide made in the ground, and fled. "RETREAT!"

They didn't get far.

"BLASTER TAIL!"

For Gureimon's finishing attack was ready for them.

"RUN AWAY!" The survivors from that attack continued to run.

"Yum! Lunch!" Gureimon smirked as he chased after them.

"Don't go too far." Kiriha ordered from his perch on a nearby cliff face. "We already own this zone, after all." He smiled lightly as he watched the massive dinosaur play with his food via tossing a troopmon into the air and swallowing it whole. 'Just like a puppy...'

"Nothing less from you." a female voice cut off his thinking.

"Eavesdropping again?" Kiriha commented to himself mostly as he turned around, expecting Nene, or one of her Monitamon.

"Strangely, Yes and No." Sally smiled apologetically as his face contorted into confusion. "In my case, I'm here to deliver a message."

"What kind of message?" Kiriha's eyes narrowed. Who was this girl? He'd most certainly never seen anyone like her before, dressed in yellow tones, and wearing a ridiculous pair of goggles on her head.

All she said was...

"MAGMA ZONE."_ _ _|

"Damn it!" Taiki cursed as he punched against the cage he and Dorulumon had been placed in. "Let us out!"

They were surrounded by Meramon, and one lone BlueMeramon, whom Dorulumon had been casting nervous glances at ever since they'd been placed inside the cage.

"What a pathetic sight you make now." Tactimon's cordial, and friendly tone had been replaced with something sharply cold, almost as if spoken through a mask. "You, who used to serve as my right hand man, are now caged up as a criminal for public humiliation." he was clearly talking to Dorulumon in a cold, antagonistic manner, but his eyes showed otherwise. Sad, almost, at the things he was about to do.

"Working with you lot was the biggest embarrassment of my life." Dorulumon retorted in a similar voice, but his eyes showed otherwise, pleading, begging. 'Just stop it!'

"I could say the same." Tactimon replied. "It was you who left the biggest smear on my perfect record! it was because of you that the enemy was able to keep the Code Crown and run off!"

*cue Kinpaku*

Taiki frowned, he'd already heard all this. But the Meramon seemed to be enjoying the display. Was this the list of their charges? "You must have some reason for that." he started.

Tactimon looked at him for a moment. "It's all in the past, now." he shook his head. "All we have now is your imminent death..."

Suddenly, BlueMeramon cried out in shock. "it's AncientVolcamon!"

Everyone, the Meramon, Taiki, Dorulumon, and even Tactimon turned towards where BlueMeramon was pointing.

Indeed, there was the volcano digimon... Only horribly disfigured. He was encased in large amounts of solidified rock; what was visible of his body was cracked, rough, and bubbling; and his face showed no signs of sanity.

"Oh Tacticiaaaaan..." The volcano chimed in with a sing-songy voice. "Hehe... I think the only one dieing today is yoooouuu..."

Tactimon reached for his sword. "AncientVolcamon! What are you saying?"

"Whyyy... I'm just getting revenge..." A dark, twisted glint flared up in the Monster's eyes. "For your replacing me as head general."

Dorulumon blinked. "Eh? What's he going on about?"

"I quite frankly have no clue." Tactimon remarked. "It seems that instead of dying, this stupid piece of Magma has decided to go insane." He turned his head towards Taiki. "What exactly did you do to him?"

"Xros Four..." Taiki started. "Plugged up his volcano and threw him into a mountain."

"Hmm..." Tactimon snapped his fingers. "Meramon! Destroy this insane Volcano!"

As they watched, hidden behind a nearby rock formation, Akari grimiaced. "Things just went from bad to worse."

"Ch, You're telling me?" Zenjirou grumbled. "I don't have the right amount of Pickmon.. If I did..."

"I doubt a sword would do anything against him, Zenjirou." Lopmon started. "I don't even think Tactimon can stop him right now."

Indeed, the Meramon roared as they were knocked back by their former commander's "SUPER NOVA" attack.

"Useless." Tactimon narrowed his eyes.

"Yessss..." AncientVolcamon sneered. "Just like you'll be...!"

"Tactimon!" Dorulumon started. "Let us out so we can fight!"

"And give you the chance to back stab me again?" Tactimon shot back.

"Your selfishness and stupidity is why I betrayed Bagura!" Dorulumon growled. "But even I'm not dumb enough to turn my back on you right now!"

"I won't turn back either!" Taiki started. "I started this! I'll finish it no matter what!"

"What is that guy doing?" Shoutmon blinked. "Is he trying to get himself killed?"

"Still... Dorulumon used to work for Bagura?" Zenjirou frowned. "What if he's the one who attacked Cutemon's village?"

"Not possible, Kyu!" Cutemon lightly punched Zenjirou's leg. "Dorulumon was already wandering when my village was destroyed!"

"Regardless, we need to get them out of there!" Lopmon started. "We still have Akari's Xros Loader, so Turuiemon is always an option..."

"N'gah." Ballistamon cut in suddenly. "Do you hear something?"

The sound of roaring jet engines filled the air, causing everyone, even the insane AncientVolcamon, to look up.

"That's...!" Dorulumon started.

*Cue: BLAZING BLUE FLARE, Instrumental*

"Kiriha!" Taiki's eyes widened.

"PLASMA CANNON!" There was a massive burning orange fire ball falling from the sky, right on top of AncientVolcamon.

"Not again!" The volcano raised his arms to block.

FWHAMMM!

Tactimon's eyes widened. "Blue Flare!"

"Taiki!" The blond haired boy started as he climbed off of MailBirdramon's back. "It's a good thing your girlfriend came my way, otherwise this could've gotten messy!"

"Eh? Girlfriend?" Taiki blinked. "What?"

"Eh?" Kiriha blinked as well. "Your girl friend. Green hair, blue eyes. Ring any bells?"

"Sally?" Taiki blinked again. "What...?"

"Enough Talk!" Tactimon took advantage of Blue Flare's sudden appearance to power up the cannons on his back. "TANEGASHIMA!"

AncientVolcamon, still dazed from the previous attack, was bombarded once more with Tactimon's twin fire blasts. "AIEEEEE!"

This proved to be a useful distraction for Xros Heart to sneak over.

"Taiki!" Shoutmon whispered over the roaring sound of battle.

"Shoutmon!" The boy smiled.

"We've come to break you out!" Akari grinned.

"Now if we just had a key..." Zenjirou commented as he looked around frantically.

"That's where I come in." BlueMeramon smiled to Dorulumon as he approached the cage as well. "I never got a chance to repay you, my friend."

With that, he opened the cage and let them out.

"Eh..." Dorulumon shook his head. "You didn't have to do that."

"We need to get my Xros Loader Back." Taiki noted. "We can't leave until we get that back."

"Right then, follow me." BlueMeramon started. "It's in AncientVolcamon's chambers, sneaking in should be easy while those two are fighting."

"No." Akari didn't move. "I'm going to go help Kiriha."

"Eh? You are?" Shoutmon sighed, then held out his hand. "Xros Loader, then."

"PLASMA CANNON!"

"BIG BANG BOOM!"

"TANEGASHIMA!"

The three attacks collided, and exploded.

"It seems that your insanity has raised your power level as well." Tactimon noted.

"Nooo! It is my insanity that has lowered yours!" AncientVolcamon shot back.

Kiriha sighed. "That doesn't even make any sense." With that, he pulled out his Xros Loader to re-load Gureimon, but...

"XROS CUTTER!"

Turuiemon X2 came soaring in, her blades brimming with fire.

AncientVolcamon raised his arm to block the attack, and sneered as the blades only scratched the rock armor. "Your bladeeess are sharp, but not sharp enough!" He threw his arm to the side, and sent the Fused Ninja flying.

"Akari!" Kiriha called out as Turuiemon went soaring towards a cliff face. "RELOAD! GUREIMON!" he quickly aimed his Xros Loader for the spot where she would hit, and... A Flash of green later, she was safely in the Dinosaur's hands.

"Gureimon!" she smiled.

"Eh? You came out too soon!" AncientVolcamon cried out in horror.

No-one knew what that meant until...

FWHAM!

ANOTHER Gureimon (we shall call it "Greymon" to avoid confusion) burst out of the cliff face behind Gureimon, sending the other dinosaur flying across the rocky land scape with Turuiemon in hand.

"What the!" Kiriha and Tactimon exclaimed in confusion and shock.

Gureimon were NOT native to this region, not even the more common orange versions. Both facts ended up causing Kiriha's confusion.

AncientVolcamon's import list did NOT include Gureimon on the list, hence Tactimon's confusion on the matter as well.

"You brought this one in illegally!" Tactimon concluded.

"WRONG!" AncientVolcamon grinned. "I found his egg in a dig, and didn't report it!"

"You've been hiding it from us on purpose! Waiting for just this moment!" Tactimon growled as he griped his sword. "Now I have cause and effect for deleting you!"

"RAAARRHHH!" Gureimon charged Greymon, and the two clashed horns, while Turuiemon X2 jumped in to slice Greymon's neck.

The only problem?

Both Gureimon were virtually identical.

Made of Data and born in the digital realm: Digimon. They laugh, fight, and cry just like us! They're our special friends! Let's gather up as many teammates as we can! Come along with us on this marvelous adventure through the world!

"DIGI-XROS!"

*Cue Never Give Up! (Tv Size) By Sonar Pocket*

WITHIN THE TUNNELS TOWARDS ANCIENT VOLCAMON'S QUARTERS_ _ _|

As they walked in (near) silence, Dorulumon and BlueMeramon braced themselves for the questions that were soon coming.

"The suspense is killing me already!" Zenjirou started. "What exactly happened to Dorulumon in the Bagura army?"

"I think I know what happened, but Tactimon wasn't very forthcoming with information." Taiki added. "Could you please clarify?"

"Dorulumon isn't a traitor." BlueMeramon started. "A while ago, Tactimon ordered us to conquer a certain zone... A town called 'Witchenly'."

FLASH BACK_ _ _|

"Our Squad faced opposition from the local Digimon, whose attacks greatly reduced our numbers."

A squad of BlueMeramon were forced into a crevice, or else they would be deleted by attacks from the opposing mage digimon.

"It was Dorulumon who came to save us."

"Blue Meramon~!" the armor clad wolf started as he entered the small crevice. "Evacuate this place at once!"

"Evacuate?" A BlueMeramon asked. "But Tactimon-sama gave us no such orders."

"I've been ordered to reduce this area to rubble all at once." he paused for effect. "With both you and the enemy in it."

"You can't be serious!" Another BlueMeramon exclaimed.

"Here's what Tactimon had to say..." Dorulumon quoted the General's cold, harsh voice. "The BlueMeramon will be happy to die for the Bagura Army if it's to help us win."

They all gasped.

"Now hurry up and get out of here!" Dorulumon ordered. "This place is going to become a sea of flames any moment now!"

"A Boltmon spy for the town overheard Dorulumon's pleas to evacuate, and warned it's companions. They took the code crown, and several faked copies of it, into other zones, other worlds, even other times itself, all using their magic powers."

"But if we leave here and survive, it would mean that we disobeyed Tactimon-Sama's orders!" A BlueMeramon started. "we'd have to face a court-martial and..."

"Tell them you were obeying my orders." Dorulumon stated. "Even if I go down as a backstabbing traitor, It will be better than death!"

"But if we do that...!"

"Never mind me." Dorulumon grimaced. "Even if I..."

"And then Tactimon's fire from the sky rained down upon us all."

Dorulumon had only one BlueMeramon on his back as he fled the fire burning sea.

"My companions were struck down immediately... Dorulumon saved me, risking his own life for mine."

"You've gotta survive, BlueMeramon!"

END FLASH BACK_ _ _|

"They'll willingly sacrifice their lown soldiers if it'll help them win." Dorulumon grimaced. "That's the way of the Bagura army, and I've grown to hate them for that."

"Even Tactimon?" Taiki asked.

"I Never want to fell that way again." Dorulumon replied. "That's why I left the Bagura Army there and then, and kept away for the past three years..."

"Three years..." Zenjirou frowned. "Why does that ring a bell...?"

Cutemon smiled. "Until he met me, though!"

"Yeah, Kid, until I met you." Dorulumon smiled slightly.

"When it comes to cool, he's the real deal." Hangyomon noted quietly.

OUTSIDE_ _ _|

"HEAVY SPEAKER!" Ballistamon roared as he launched a sound wave at the Greymon. "No Good!" The sound waves just bounced right off.

"NIGHTHAWK!" MailBirdramon swung in for another pass at AncientVolcamon, but the volcano just took the front of the blast without so much as a few scratches. He didn't even wince.

"Hahah! You fool!" The volcano sneered.

"No good." Tactimon growled as his own attacks bounced off as well. "His insanity has began to warp his own reality! Even my unsealed sword wouldn't be able to defeat him!"

"HORN IMPULSE!" Gureimon smashed his horns into Greymon, and heaved upwards...

KICK!

...And got a bloody nose for the effort. "Waaaahhhh! Kirihaaaa...!" Gureimon cried out as his voice suddenly went high-pitched.

The boy winced. "He would just happen to have the lower threshold for pain in this conflict..."

ANCIENTVOLCAMON'S CHAMBER_ _ _|

There, on a rock pedestal, was the Orange Xros Loader, almost Red in the lighting of the room.

"There!" Taiki grinned as he raced for the device.

"H...Heavy..." A gravely voice started. "HEAVY METAL FIRE!"

Dorulumon turned his head as the massive blue flame came soaring at him. No time to do-!

"GYAAAHHHH...!" BlueMeramon cried out as he dove infront of the attack, and got sent flying across the room for his effort.

"ROCK DAMASHIII!" Shoutmon, thankfully, had accompanied the group, and his fire based attack sent the severely weakened DeathMeramon flying through not one- not twenty- not even-

Wait.

What?

That attack alone was enough to delete him before he even hit the wall?

Huh...

BlueMeramon groaned as he sat up, with Dorulumon and Zenjirou's help. "Why am I not dead?"

"That fool didn't realize how near death he was..." Dorulumon rolled his eyes. "Even a normally powerful attack will be as weak as anything if you don't have the strength for it..."

"I'll say though." Shoutmon grinned. "That was some dive there."

*CUE: Toushi*

Suddenly...

"ROCK DAMASHIII!"

The sphere of musical fire exploded against Volcamon's head. "Oww... who dareeesss...?" he turned from his opponents to see Shoutmon with the Star Sword, Taiki, Dorulumon, BlueMeramon, and Zenjirou with his Chibick Sword standing at the former entrance to his quarters.

"Hey, Dude." Shoutmon grinned. "You wanna see something cool, right? I bet you wanna see something cool!" With that, He tossed a Digi-Memory to Taiki. "Do the Windy thing, Taiki! Do The windy Thing!"

"Erm, okay...!" Even with no clue to what Shoutmon was refrencing, Taiki slid the Digi-Memory into his Xros Loader, and held it to the sky. "DIGIMEMORY! LOAD: GARURUMON'S FOX FIRE!"

There was a flash of data, and, suddenly, another wolf had joined the pack: This one white furred with blue stripes. "GARUUUUUUUUUUURUUUUU!" Garurumon howled before jumping into the battle.

Tactimon's and Kiriha's eyes widened. "A Digi-Memory!"

AncientVolcamon was unprepared for Garurumon landing on him, and piercing his rock armor with it's sharp claws. "FOX FIRE!" A-Volcamon was even MORE unprepared for a fire attack blasting, point blank range, into his face.

As that attack, plus Garurumon, faded away, another attack was already upon him. "DORULU TORNADOOO!"

"YAHOOO!" Shoutmon cheered before he too jumped into the battle. "STAR BLAAADE!"

"Wait!" Zenjirou cried out as he chased after him. "Wait for your Kendo-Master!"

Dorulumon sighed, but turned to face Taiki. "If I become your friend, I might double cross you one day." he warned. "Even with that, do you trust me?"

"You're already my friend." Taiki started. "And if you're doing it to help us out, then feel free to double-cross me as many times as you like!"

"Eh?" Dorulumon blinked, then closed his eyes and chuckled. "Birds of a feather, eh Taiki?"

"Yeah." Taiki nodded, then called out. "Shoutmon! Get back here! We need a Digi-Xros!"

Due to distance, or due to not hearing correctly, or even due to the battle being too loud, Shoutmon miss-heard it. "Oi? You need to DigiXros? OKAY!" With that, he aimed the Red Xros Loader at them.

"Wait! SHOUTMON!" Taiki started.

Alas, Too late.

*Cue DIGIXROS*

"TAIKI! DORULUMON! DIGI-XROS!"

"Shoutmon! Wait!" Taiki cried out again.

"What!" Dorulumon's eyes widened. "Digi-Xros?" With that command, there was a flash of orange and red, and then, suddenly, Dorulumon became two massive cannons, with Taiki in the center, holding the triggers for both in his hands.

*Cut to We are Xros heart!*

"DORULU-CANNON!" Taiki cried out on instinct, with the Dorulumon head shaped helmet flipped down over his head muffling his voice slightly.

"GOOO!" Shoutmon roared as he and Zenjirou dived out of the way of the target- AncientVolcamon.

"This is the combined power and me and Dorulumon!" Taiki grinned. "LOCK ON!" With that, he pulled the triggers, and sent two energy missiles shaped like Dorulumon's face out at AncientVolcamon. The recoil, of course, shattered the fusion the moment the cannons fired, but that was all right.

Tactimon whistled in appreciation as he watched the attack fly out and smash into Ancient Volcamon, smashing through his heavy, rock hard armor, and sending him soaring towards the dueling Dino's.

Luck would just so have it that Gureimon had just been knocked out of the way by Greymon's Mega Flame, causing the "copy" to be flattened by his owner.

The Greymon wasn't too happy about this, and, in a not-so shocking turn of events, turned on his master.

"BLASTER TAIL!"

AncientVolcamon soon became entwined with the creature, and that provided the perfect opportunity for Taiki. "SHOUTMON! BALLISTAMON! DORULUMON! STARBLADE! DIGI-XROS!"

"DIGI-XROS!" They chimed in, and then... "SHOUTMON XROS FOUR!"

AncientVolcamon, still tangled with Greymon, was targeted all at once.

"MEGA FLAME!"

"PLASMA CANNON!"

"FOUR VICTORIZE!"

"TANEGASHIMA!"

"XROS CUTTER!"

Even BlueMeramon threw in a fire punch for good measure. "BLUE MAGMA BOMB!"

"We Are Xros Heart!" Xros Four Cried out.

"We are Blue Flare!" Kiriha chimed in.

"ENGRAVE IT IN YOUR HEARTS!" Turuiemon X2 finished.

KABOOOOM!

And with that, AncientVolcamon's data shattered into the air, mingling with that of the Greymon's data.

Tactimon held his hand out to the gathered Generals in offer of a handshake. (Taiki was the only one to accept, however.) "I have a lot to report to Baguramon, but the fact that Dorulumon was among you will not be in it, nor the fact that there are two Xros Loaders in Xros Heart."

"Why?" Akari narrowed her eyes. "What do you have to gain?"

"I have my own personal reasons, Hinomoto." Tactimon replied, causing the girl to gasp. "Your father was a worthy opponent of mine, we dueled many times." He smiled in remembrance, if only they could see it behind his helmet. "I hope to battle you the same one day, when you are worthy."

"You're a strange one, Tactician." Dorulumon noted. "You seem different."

"Let's just say that you..." Tactimon twirled his hand around in a circle as he turned to leave. "Opened my eyes as it were."

"Wait...!" Dorulumon started.

"Don't press your luck, Dorulumon." Tactimon started. "If we ever cross paths again, I will end you." There was that cold tone again.

Dorulumon just shook his head and laughed. "Whatever you say, Tac-chan."

Tactimon flinched at the remark, but otherwise did not react. "Sayonara, Generals." With that, a rupture in space opened up, and he exited the Zone.

"So..." Kiriha frowned. "What now? The Code Crown hasn't appeared yet."

"Ah... I Can explain that." BlueMeramon coughed as he pulled a small fire proof pouch out of a burning pocket hidden on his leg, inside said pouch was the shiny crystalline gem called the Code Crown. "I actually found it early on durring my tenure here, but I knew I would be ended if I gave it to AncientVolcamon, So I kept it hidden."

With that, the gem floated up into the air off his hamd.

"I suppose whoever touches it first gets it then." Starmon commented.

"YARGH!" The redpickmon, however, already had the gem in his mouth by the time his comander finished. "'Ig 'ere, 'oof 'oof!" he commented as he chewed for a few moments before spitting out the tiny flash card called a Code Crown. "Bleh! Tastes like Sulfur!"

Kiriha blinked, then sighed. "Well, I know I don't want it now."

Cutemon and Lopmon laughed.

"So, where to next, Taiki?" Zenjirou asked. "Please say Tokyo-Zone! Please say Tokyo-Zone!"

"Lake Zone." Taiki replied.

"GAH! I told you to say Tokyo-Zone!" the Kendo student collapsed to the ground in fake anguish.

"Lake Zone is independant." Kiriha noted. "One of the few zones that keeps Bagura out on a constant basis. Why do you want to go there?"

"Something Tactimon said." Taiki frowned. 'Lake Zone? I doubt they appreciated that!' "Something tells me we should go there next."

"Hmm..." Akari nodded. "Sounds like a plan, they could use our help." She turned to Kiriha. "Are you coming?"

Kiriha was about to reply when Gureimon replied for him. "Yes, Akari, yes! Oh most definitely yes!" One could look in his eyes and spot the excited look in them, almost like a child spotting a tree with millions of presents under it on Christmas morning. "Lake Zone! Yes yes yes!"

MailBirdramon rolled his eyes. "I'll second that."

Kiriha sighed, then nodded. "Okay, I'm in."

With that decided, Dorulumon turned to BlueMeramon. "You still have your portal key, right?"

"Yeah." he nodded.

"Good, I want you to round up the escaped prisoners, and take them to another zone- Green Zone if possible, It's one of ours."

Akari smiled. "Just tell Babamon that Jijimon sent you!"

Inside the Orange Xros Loader, the elder jumped. "Eh? Wait! No! Don't do that!"

"Allright, I shall say so." BlueMeramon nodded in confirmation.

"Well then, everyone!" Shoutmon grinned as he put the (slightly wet) Code Crown into the red Xros Loader. "Let's head to Lake Zone!"

TO BE CONTINUED.

DIGIMON CORNER!

"Looking up Data on our enemies..." A ChibiMonitamon started to his Chibi-Audience. "Monitamon! Eh! THAT'S ME!" The image of chibi-monitamon appeared on Chibi-Monitamon's monitor. That's a lota monitors! "Techniques include Enemy Search, which I use to see through the enemy's attacks and weaknesses by looking at their data. Don't take us elusive Monitamon lightly! Spot one of us and you can expect thirty in the same area."

A Chibi-Dorulumon jumped onto stage with Cutemon, and a Chibi-Hangyomon. "Time to Call pest Control!"

NEXT TIME!

"LET"S GO!"

"Lake Zone! Here we come!"

"My my, you three sure do cause a lot of trouble, don't you?"

"Now it's my turn."

"Chessuuuu!"

"DORULU-CANNON!"

"Gureimon! Mailbirdramon! DIGI-XROS!"

"Taiki! Look out!"

"Ba'almon? What do you want?"

"Kudo, Taiki-kun. I hereby dub thee, a Knight!"

"Next time, Digimon Xros Wars Two Part Special! Taiki Becomes a Knight! & Xros Heart Burn!"

"I dare you to miss. Go on, try."

"No! I SHALL NOT, Lilithmon-sama!"

A.N. YOSH! Okay... That was fun! Wasn't it? ^_^;; Welp, late at night upload, but that's all right! I'll upload that sketch for Lake Zone, and then head to bed! 'Cause it's... 8 after. _;;

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