After meeting all the Digital Rangers, the Magical Rangers invited them to stay a couple extra days. At the moment, they all were out in the middle of nowhere because the Digital Rangers had something they wanted to show them.

"Veemon, are you guys ready?" Davis asked.

"Sure are." Veemon said as all the digimon were lined up.

"You're little creatures are cute, but what exactly can they do?" Lucy asked.

"Watch." Yolei said. All of them used their digivices and caused their digimon to digivolve into their next forms.

"Whoa!" Gajeel said.

"That's awesome! I want one!" Sting said. Natsu climbed up on ExVeemon and went all the way to the top of his shoulder.

"Wow! I've never been on an actual dragon before." Natsu said.

"You want some real fun? ExVeemon, show him." Davis said.

"You got it." ExVeemon said and flew straight up. Natsu was holding on as ExVeemon flew around in the sky.

"THIS…..IS…..AWESOME!" Natsu shouted.

…

The Cube

After the last battle between Zakkomon and the Virus Rangers, Virus Red was able to survive and Zeref salvaged him. Greatly injured, Virus Red was placed on a bed and Keyes was healing him.

"How's he doing?" Zeref asked.

"I'm doing my best, but the cybernetic parts are hard for me to comprehend." Keyes said.

"How did Virus Red even survive?" Kyoka asked.

"I don't know, but he did." Zeref said. "Virus Red has as much power as the Red Ranger. Perhaps he'll be able to bring down all the rangers." Virus Red heard him and he shot straight up.

"I'm not interested in all the rangers. I only want those red rangers." Virus Red said.

"I spared your life. You will do as I say." Zeref said. "You can do whatever you want with the other one, but not Natsu."

"I don't think so. I'm through taking orders." Virus Red as he shot some energy blasts and made a run for it.

"He'll regret that." Kyoka said.

"Lord Zeref, may I ask something?" Tempester said. "You want all the rangers destroyed, but you haven't given any clear order for the Red Ranger to be spared until now. Why is that?"

"I never said I wanted Natsu destroyed. He is my brother." Zeref said. "I would have just jumped in and had my brother spared at any moment. However, with Virus Red doing as he pleased could be a problem."

….

Magnolia

Virus Red went down to Magnolia to find Natsu and Davis. His desire to destroy any red ranger was just as strong if not stronger than Zakkomon's desire for revenge.

"Finally. No one is able to get in my way." Virus Red said. "This time, I'll destroy those red rangers." He entered the city's computer system and went in search of either of them.

….

Rangers' Base

"Mavis, I'm here!" Natsu called out. Natsu headed over to the base since Mavis called him over for something. "So what do you need me for?"

"I have something I need you to do." Mavis said as she used her magic and handed him a few cleaning supplies.

"Cleaning?" Natsu questioned. "We have another team of rangers over and you're making me clean? Why?"

"Because it's your turn on the chore wheel that Lucy made." Mavis said. "Start cleaning."

"I should burn that thing." Natsu said as Mavis left. "You know you're only a few years older! That doesn't mean you have to act like a mother!" Natsu saw no way out of this and just got to cleaning. While he was, he accidently knocked a book over and it opened up to a page about a sword. "Sword of Absolute. A powerful sword that becomes stronger with each strike." He looked over to picture of where the sword is suppose to be buried. "It looks like it's buried near Magnolia Lake." As Natsu was reading it, Virus Red was able to find his way through the systems.

"There he is!" Virus Red said. As Natsu continued reading he noticed off to the side that the computer was turning red. When he stepped forward to look at it, Virus Red emerged and placed his hand on his head and was stealing information from his brain. "What's this?" Natsu was able to shake him off and Virus Red escaped.

"Virus Red? Oh no!" Natsu said as he ran right out of the base.

…

Davis

Davis and Veemon were walking through Magnolia. When they saw Natsu appear in front of them, they saw he looked like he was in a panic.

"Natsu!" Davis called out as they both ran over to him.

"Are you okay? What's the matter?" Veemon asked.

"It's Virus Red. He's still alive." Natsu said. "We've got to find him before he hurts anyone."

"Look!" Davis said. They looked down the street and saw Virus Red emerge out of an ATM machine. Virus Red read Natsu's mind and that means he knows about the Sword of Absolute.

"The Sword of Absolute? I must have it." Virus Red said.

"Stop!" He looked and saw Natsu and Davis running over to him.

"You two won't stop me." Virus Red said.

"Go, Go Digital!"

"Magical Energy, Unleash!" Both of them morphed and faced off against him. Davis tried kicking him, but Virus Red caught him and slammed his own foot against him. Natsu jumped up and tried an axe kick but Virus Red caught it and tossed him aside.

"You're finished." Virus Red said. "As soon as I get my hands on the Sword of Absolute, no one can stop me." Virus Red used his power and managed to escape.

"No. He knows about that?" Natsu said.

"What's the Sword of Absolute?" Davis said.

"A magic sword that drains the energy out of the victim it strikes." Natsu.

"That's not good if a power maniac like him gets his hands on it." Veemon said.

"We've got to get it first." Davis said.

"You're right. I think it's buried somewhere near Magnolia Lake. We've got to get there fast and we better contact the others." Natsu said.

…

The Rangers

All the other rangers were having lunch together. They were all just chatting away and not yet aware of what's really going on.

"Wait." Ken said with a laugh. "You mean you guys actually fought a pair of shoes?"

"Those shoe turned into a monster." Gray said with all of them having a laugh.

"Okay, let's get down to the big stuff." Yolei said.

"Lucy, we have a question for you." Kari said and Lucy was paying attention. "What's going on between you and Natsu?"

"What?!" Lucy said and her face was turning red and everyone had eyes on her.

"We've seen the way you look at him." Kari said.

"We're not dumb." Yolei said. Lucy looked around in hopes of someone trying to get her out of this, but it seemed like all of them wanted to know.

"You heard the ladies. Tell us." Ross said. Before Lucy could answer, Jellal's morpher went off and he answered it with it on speaker.

"Yeah?" Jellal said.

"Guys, Virus Red is still alive." Natsu said.

"What? Virus Red?" Cody said.

"He's after a magic sword that's buried by Magnolia Lake. We need to get there fast." Natsu said. All of them got how serious this was and got moving. However, before they could go anywhere, Kyoka with a squadron of soldiers appeared and block their path.

"Going somewhere?"

"Get out of our way you witch." Erza demanded.

"I don't think so. One way or the other, it will be the end of a red ranger." Kyoka said. "Attack!" All of the soldiers charged in and all of them fought them off.

….

Magnolia Lake

Virus Red was able to make it to the lake first. He looked around from the images he obtained from Natsu's mind.

"Let's see. According to what I saw, the Sword of Absolute should be…..right here!" Virus Red said as he indicated it was right beneath his feet. He caused an explosion right in front of him and caused hole to be formed. He looked down and saw there was a trunk right in it. "Yes. That must be it!" He reached inside and pulled the trunk out of the sand. He opened it up and inside was a jet black sword. "Yes! The Sword of Absolute is mine!"

"Stop!" Virus Red looked and saw Natsu and Davis on Natsu's Magic-Cycle flying through the air. Natsu fired blasts from his bike and Davis pulled out his blaster and shot at Virus Red. Natsu tilted his bike so the back wheel slammed against Virus Red with them landing down.

"Nice riding." Davis said.

"Oh no! He's already got the sword!" Natsu said.

"That's right and with it, I will crush anyone who dares gets in my way." Virus Red said. "I think I'll test it out on you!" He charged right at both of them. Both of them were careful to avoid the sword when he swung it. Virus Red kicked Natsu in the gut and pushed him back and slashed the sword against Davis and knocked him off his feet. When Virus Red slashed at Davis, some red energy left him and entered the sword. Davis tried getting up, but Virus Red slashed at him again and the same thing happened. "It's true! The Sword of Absolute drains the power out of everything it strikes."

"That's enough!" Natsu said as he tried to save Davis, but Virus Red drove the butt of his sword into Natsu's gut and kicked him out of the way.

"I'll deal with you later." Virus Red said. "He and I have a score to settle." Davis got up and tried to fight, but Virus Red kicked him in the side and slashed him with the sword a couple more times and Davis dropped to his knees and Virus Red held the sword to Davis' shoulder.

"You won't win." Davis said.

"I think I already have. Your power is at last mine." Virus Red said and slashed down against Davis and even more of his power was drain. Virus Red gave him one last slash and had him rolling against the ground and caused Davis to dimorph and drop his morpher. "Now to finish…." He saw his morpher on the ground and had a change of mind. "On second thought, I have a better idea." He walked over to Davis' morpher and prepared to strike it.

"No. Don't do it." Davis begged.

"Your morpher's power will soon be mine." Virus Red said.

"No!" Natsu said. Virus Red stabbed the sword and broke the morpher in two and a geyser of red power erupted out of the ground. With that done, Davis was in pain as his ranger powers was being drained right out of him.

"Davis!" Natsu shouted as he ran to his side, but Davis was in a lot of pain as his power was being drained with each passing minute. Virus Red was blasted out of the energy field, but he could feel his power increasing.

"Yes! Finally!" Virus Red shouted as he transformed into his true form, Piedmon. "The power is finally mine!"

"Never!" Natsu said as he faced him. "I'm not going to let you do this. Mystic Mode!" Natsu changed into his Mystic Mode and charged right at Piedmon.

….

Rangers' Base

Veemon warned the Gennai and Mavis about Virus Red with the digimon regrouping at the base to be on standby. Mirajane and Izzy were tracking down all activities and detected the power.

"Oh my gosh!" Izzy said. "There's a tremendous amount of power erupting around the lake and it's becoming unstable."

"This is bad. This must mean that Virus Red got the sword." Mirajane said.

"You're right. The only way to stop this is to destroy the sword." Gennai said.

"But doing that is dangerous." Mavis said. "We must hope the rangers will find the answer and prevail."

…

The Cube

Zeref noticed the energy as well and he too was growing cautious for what Virus Red has done.

"So much power!" Zeref said. "If that much power continues to build up like that, it could have disruptions in all of space. No one, not even the etherious or myself could be safe."

…..

The Rangers

All of them continued to fight off against the soldiers and Kyoka. All the soldiers were defeated, but Kyoka wouldn't go down easily. Kyoka sensed the power and felt the danger.

"That power! What is that? It looks like this is the end for now." Kyoka said and made a retreat.

"What was that about?" T.K. asked.

"This can't be good. She wouldn't just retreat like that." Rogue said.

"Something must be happening at the lake." Gajeel said.

"We better get going." Ken said as all of them hurried to the lake before it was too late.

…

Natsu

Natsu and Piedmon continued to fight each other. Piedmon used a pair of sword, but Natsu tried blocking each attack with his staff. Piedmon kicked him back and fired an energy blast and shot Natsu down.

"It's over. Give it up." Piedmon said. Natsu refused to as he tried to get back up. He looked over and saw Davis losing more of his power.

"That's it! I'm ending this now!" Natsu said. "Dragon Armor!" Natsu unleashed his armor and was ready to end this. "All fired up! Red Fire Dragon!"

"What?!" Piedmon said as he wasn't expecting that.

"This is where you say goodbye!" Natsu said. "Fire Dragon: Exploding Flame Blade!" Natsu unleashed his flaming attack and blasted Piedmon. Piedmon tried to resisted, but he couldn't and was encased in fire with him finally being destroyed. That didn't stop the terror as the power continued to be drained out of Davis and growing out of control. "Oh no. Davis isn't going to hold out much longer." He looked over and saw destroying the sword was the only way. Davis charged right for the energy field, but he just bounced off it and got hurt.

"Natsu!" Davis called out.

"I'm okay." Natsu said as he got up. "I'll force my way through!" Natsu made another charge and tried to force his way through the field to reach the sword, but it was damaging him. He didn't care as he continued to push through.

"Natsu, stop!" Davis called out as he was afraid Natsu might not survive.

"I can do it!" Natsu said as he kept pushing through. Meanwhile, all the other rangers were rushing to the lake and it was just up ahead. They used their communicators to try and get a hold of them. "I'm almost there!"

"Natsu!" Lucy called out, but they weren't getting anywhere. All of them hurried to the site. Even Zeref was watching and he was concerned for his brother. Natsu pushed through and made it to the sword.

"I've made it. I've got to destroy it!" Natsu said, but all of them were afraid of what might happen.

"Natsu!" Lucy called out.

"Don't do it!" Gray said.

"Natsu, no!" Erza said.

"Stop!" Jellal said.

"Natsu!" Sting said.

"No!" Gajeel said.

"Stop! Don't Natsu!" Rogue said. Natsu build up fire around his fist and was all set to destroy it even if the built up power will destroy him with it.

"I've got to, to save Davis." Natsu said.

"Get out of there!" Davis shouted. Natsu struck the sword with all his might and it caused a great explosion with Natsu getting caught in it. Davis covered himself from the explosion, but when the flames were clearing, he didn't see Natsu. He saw his morpher and it fixed itself, but was Natsu really gone.

"Davis!" Ross called out as the others arrived with Kari running straight to him.

"Are you okay?" Kari asked.

"Natsu!" Davis said as he couldn't believe what happened right in front of him.

"He can't really be gone…..can he?" Gray said. None of them wanted to believe it. Lucy looked over and spotted something.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouted and ran. They all saw Natsu unmorphed and gathered around him with Lucy trying to wake him up. "Natsu, wake up. Stop fooling around. Please!" All of them were starting to assume the worst until Natsu coughed and was moving.

"Not fun." Natsu moaned. All of them were glad he survived such an explosion even when he was so reckless.

….

The Rangers

With the danger gone, it was time for the two teams to part ways.

"I wish we could stay longer, but we need to get back to Odaiba." Davis said.

"It was so great to see all of you." Yolei said.

"It was a pleasure to meet all of you. Thanks for coming all this way to help us." Natsu said as he held out his hand. Davis took it and shook it.

"Anything for fellow rangers. Good luck on your future battles." Davis said. With that, the Digital Rangers bored a dragon known as Imperialdramon and headed back home. They might have had the help of new ranger friends, but Zeref is still out there and their fight is far from over.