Back in the Rebels' Heart base, Arata, Yuuko, Yuugo, Bokomon, Starmon and the other lab workers were working on a panel in the centre of the lab. "Okay, download installed." Arata said looking at his Digivice. "I put in the links for all of our Digivices. Including Takumi and Nokia's. Yuuko, Bokomon, how are we looking?"

Yuuko and the Digimon were looking at a monitor. "The signal is as strong as we predicted."

"And everything checks out." Bokomon added.

"I have backup generators online just in case." Starmon added.

"Good. Then I think the pad is operational." Arata said.

"Now we just need to test it." Yuugo said. "I can go outside and use a Home Gate and- Suddenly the square white pad with a blue center on the floor glowed. Everyone backed up as Takumi and his Digimon appeared. Then Nokia and Omegamon. Then File and Mameo. Then Shoma and Noir. Finally, Magnamon, Lilamon, and Darcmon. "Oh, never mind. Welcome back guys."

"Oh, thank god!" Takumi said. "You guys got a warp point for Home Gates!"

"Yeah, just finished it." Arata replied. He looked at Shoma and Mameo. "So, these are the other humans you found."

"Seems like there are more people here then we thought." Shoma said.

"Yeah." Mameo nodded. "This is getting more and more interesting by the minute."

Yuuko went over to the group. "Lilamon, you look hurt. What happened?"

"Don't worry about me. It's Darcmon who needs help, she got poisoned."

"What?!" Everyone hurried over to the unconscious Digimon. "Is she okay?!" Yuugo asked.

"She's hanging in there." Magnamon replied. "But we need to get her to the infirmary, now."

"Yes, of course." Bokomon said. "This way!"

Justimon and Shakkoumon led Keisuke, Takuto and his friends to a wall in the sewers. "We're here." Justimon said.

Himari looked around. "Um…this is your secret base?"

"NO." Shakkoumon replied. "THIS IS THE ENTRENCE TO OUR SECRET BASE." He and Justimon stepped over to the wall. They both pressed their hands against it, and it sunk in at the two points they pressed. After pushing the secret buttons, the wall split up and slid away. A sturdier steel door was behind it. A red light came down scanning Justimon and Shakkoumon from top to bottom. There was a beep and the door slowly opened.

"Come." Justimon led them inside to the enclosed space.

Once everyone was in, the door shut, and they were taken down via lift. "Wow! This is so cool!" Luche smiled.

"How in the world did you manage to build all this right under the Next Order's noise?" Keisuke asked.

"You know Hudiemon." MetalSeadramon grinned. "She's full of surprises."

Soon they came to a stop and the door opened. They walked out and two Garudamon saluted Justimon as they passed by. They came in and saw other Digimon at work. "Here it is." Justimon said. "Hudie's Dream HQ."

"Wow…" Keisuke looked around. "It's way livelier than I thought."

"Wow!" A Lunamon stepped forward. "I see you all brought him with you."

TyrantKabuterimon nodded. "Of course. He's our partner after all."

Lunamon looked at the boy. "Do you remember me?"

Keisuke thought for a moment. "Oh wait! You're that Digimon who was with that girl I was asked to look for…Rumi, was it?"

The Lunamon jumped up happily. "You do remember! Yeah, that's me! The one who made that dream world in cyberspace! When everyone started remembering their time with humans, the Next Order started saying all sorts of mean things about you humans. I couldn't accept people like you and Rumi were awful and spoke my mind! They got so angry and tried to attack me…but then Hudiemon rescued me and brought me here!"

"I'm glad you made it out of that in one piece."

"Thanks! When you get the time, you should talk to some of the others here! There are plenty of Digimon in Hudie's Dream who remember you!"

"Don't forget more Digimon are regaining their memories every day. I'm sure plenty of those you helped remember what you did for them. You're as much a hero as I am."

Keisuke smiled as he reflected on Takumi's words. "Yeah. I should do that."

"Before you do that." Justimon put a hand on Keisuke's shoulder. "I think there's one person in particular who will be very happy to see you."

Keisuke smiled. "Yeah. Gosh, I'm starting to get a little nervous here…"

"Ooooh, sounds like you've been searching for somebody important to you." Himari teased.

"I have. So where is she?"

"She has a room in the back." Justimon said. "She usually keeps to herself when she's working."

"Heh. Figures." Keisuke chuckled thinking about the storage room Erika used as her room in Hudie. They walked towards the back of the base.

As they went through other Digimon spotted them. "Hey, TyrantKabuterimon's team is back."

"Wait, are those humans with them?"

"No way! Does this mean we're finally going to put Hudiemon's plan into action?"

Ami and Shiki sat on their beds. Their hand binders were no longer attached to the frames, so they were free to sit up or walk around, but they preferred to just sit there. After Shiki got angry and kicked Vademon in the face, he had two Knightmon come in to hold the girls' legs down so they wouldn't attack him again while they were being measured. But that didn't stop them from screaming at him. Once he deactivated the magnetic field of their bonds and left however, the two stayed in awkward silence.

Ami looked at Shiki who had tucked her knees into her chest and buried her face in them. "Are you okay Shiki?" Ami asked.

"I'm fine." Shiki mumbled.

"Hey, don't worry about what Vademon says, that pervert's just an idiot." Ami glared to the corner. "I mean at least he didn't say your butt looks fat, the jerk."

"I don't think your butt looks that big Ami."

"Thank you, and I don't think your chest looks that flat, so don't worry! Besides, women's bodies can still grow during their late twenties. You're just a late bloomer, that's all. Uh, not to say I think it looks small right now, or anything!" Ami chuckled nervously.

Shiki sighed as she straightened her legs out and leaned her head back. "Look, I appreciate you trying to cheer me up, but can we talk about literally anything else now?"

"Uh, sure…Actually, I've wanted to ask, how did the Next Order get you if you're from a parallel world?"

Shiki looked at her. "Next Order? Is that what these guys call themselves?"

"Yeah, according to my Digimon they've already taken control of most of the Digital World. They followed them to EDEN when they tried to recruit us and that's how I got grabbed during their escape. But why would they come to your world?"

Shiki looked forward. "I don't know. They just came out of nowhere. See my brother and I were just hanging around Flotia one day, when suddenly…"

Keisuke and co stood in front of a door in the back of the base. Justimon knocked. "It's me."

"Come in." Justimon opened the door. As Keisuke walked in, he saw computer monitors that immediately think of Erika's room. But most notably sitting on a pillow on the floor typing away at a keypad was someone with butterfly wings. "Did you need something Justimon?"

"I brought someone you might want to see."

The Digimon looked behind her. She saw Keisuke and gasped. "…Keisuke?"

Keisuke was smiling and fighting back tears. It was really her. "Hi Erika."

She slowly stood up and walked over. She had blue butterfly wings, a metal, purplish leotard with long sleeves and gloves that had a blue skirt resembling butterfly wings, knee high boots matched the leotard, and she had blue hair coming out of a helmet with yellow eyes. There was a long awkward silence before one of them spoke up. "…You made it."

"Of course, I did. I promised I'd be there for you."

Hudiemon laughed. "Keisuke, I… Heh. You never change. Still awkward as ever. And what's with the tears, is that any way to greet me after all this time?"

"Huh?" Keisuke thought he was holding them back but didn't notice tears were rolling down his face. He whipped them off. "This is just overwhelming, okay? And besides, you're kinda crying too."

"Wha…" Tears were falling out from under Hudiemon's helmet. "A-am not, you idiot!" She whacked Keisuke over the head, startling Takuto and his friends.

"Ow!" Keisuke grimaced for a bit before laughing. "Ha, ha…Yup. You're Erika alright."

Hudiemon smiled. "Heh, heh. Yeah. And you're the same Keisuke. I wouldn't have it any other way."

Keisuke's Digimon, along with Justimon and Shakkuomon smiled happily at their reunion. "Um, so, not to intrude on this…whatever it is." Kouta said. "But…"

Hudiemon then took notice of Takuto and his crew. "Huh? Who are these people Keisuke? You didn't bring them with you to the Digital World, did you?"

Keisuke looked at them. "No. I ran into these guys on my way here."

"Yeah, see…we aren't from this world." Takuto said.

"Yeah, I know." Hudiemon said. "Humans don't belong in the Digital World."

"That's not what I meant."

"See, we came from another Digital World." Storm said. "And Takuto and his friends come from a different real world form Keisuke's. A parallel world."

"A parallel world?" Keisuke asked.

Back in Rebel's Heart, everyone gathered at the war table while Darcmon and Lilamon were getting treated at the infirmary. "Okay…so where do we begin?" Arata asked.

"First, Mameo, Shoma, why don't you tell us how you got here?" Yuuko suggested.

"That's as good a place to start as any." Mameo nodded. "Okay, this is going to sound bizarre, but Shoma and I were brought here by our friend Mirei from another Digital World."

Takumi looked at him in surprise. "Did you just say Mirei?"

Takuto looked at Keisuke's surprised reaction. "Oh, do you know Mirei too Keisuke?"

"Sure do! She helped me a lot! Helped my friends too."

"Ha! Fancy that!" Himari smiled. "Small worlds, huh? Either that, or that lady sure gets around."

Mameo smiled. "Mirei must keep herself busy is she's helping out in your world too. This actually might save us some time. If you know her, do you know the concept of parallel worlds?"

"Yeah, I actually went to one once." Takumi replied.

"Well Shoma and I came from a parallel world ourselves. We hang out with our friends Takuto, Shiki, Kouta, Hamari, Luche and the Digimon of Flotia City."

Ami tilted her head. "Flotia?"

"That's right." Shiki nodded proudly. "It's a city that floats high in the sky where we bring Digimon from all over. Each contributing in their own way to expand it. We all live peacefully there."

"So, what brings you to our Digital World from this Flotia?" Justimon asked.

Takuto looked down. "Well, you see…one day my twin sister Shiki and I were planning on what to do with our day when…"

"Shoma and I weren't there at the time." Mameo said. "We were looking into the sudden disappearance of an adversary of ours who appeared repeatedly in Boney Resort but suddenly vanished. But while we were out Flotia was attacked."

"Attacked?" Nokia asked. "By who?"

In this other Digital World was a happy city floating in the sky. Small Digimon were running around and playing. Some bigger ones were running shops, performing research, farming food, or just doing their own thing.

Standing in the middle of this city were two teenagers. Takuto and Shiki "So, bro!" Shiki chimed with her hands behind her back. "What's the plan for the day?"

Takuto put a hand on his chin. "I'm not sure. Things have been rather quiet lately, haven't they? Maybe we should- The skies above them darkened. "Huh?"

Everyone in the city looked up. From a nearby house Kouta and Himari rushed out. "What's going on?" Himari asked. "Is there a storm coming?"

Suddenly a white hole opened up in the sky. "Um, guys?" Kouta muttered. "I got a bad feeling about this…"

Suddenly a Digimon fell out of the hole. Then another. And another. The citizens started to panic. Luche then came outside. "Guys? What's going on?"

Takuto looked at all of them worryingly. "Luche…Get in Jijimon's house and tell Taomon to seal it from the inside."

"What?"

"Go! Hurry!"

Luche rushed back into the house. Shiki turned to Kouta and Hamari. "Kouta, Himari. "You two start getting the little ones indoors! Takuto and I will handle this!"

"Ugh, why did this have to happen while Shoma and Mr. Mameo were away?" Kouta mumbled.

"Okay, we got it." Himari said. "Please be careful you two…"

"Once they're all safe, we're coming back to help! Just hold out until then!"

One by one, a Bastemon, then a Boltmon, then a Black Growlmon and many more Digimon where that came from landed in the city. A Knightmon stood in center. "People of Flotia! This city and its belongings will now be taken for our Digital Worlds new regime! Any resistance will be meet with termination!"

"Don't count on it!" Takuto growled. "Nova! Storm!"

Shiki held out her arm. "Skyla! Gaia!"

A WarGreymon and Metal Garurumon stood by Takuto. A Phoenixmon and a Rosmeon stood by Shiki. "Got it!" Nova said.

Skyla, the Phoenixmon growled. "They won't destroy everything we've worked so hard to create and protect!"

"A strange hole in the sky?" Keisuke asked. "Sounds like what Crusadermon did in our world during her Paradise Lost Plan…"

"So, they wanted the resources of Flotia?" Hudiemon asked.

"That's what we thought at first…" Hamari said. "But…"

"Starlight Explosion!"

"Terra Force!" Nova and Skyla destroyed a bunch of the rampaging Digimon.

"Root Bind!" Gaia summoned roots from the ground that tied up a Kinkakumon.

"Mechanical Claw!" Storm finished the bound Digimon off.

Takuto looked around. Other citizens of Flotia such as Justimon, OmniShoutmon, Samudramon, Kazuhamon, Titamon and many more were fighting the opposition as hard as they could. "Just hang on everyone…"

"Takuto, Shiki, look out!" Nova yelled.

The duo turned around and as two IceDevimon swooped in for them, but Yukimura and Rikka bashed them aside. Kouta and Himari rushed up. "Hey guys!" Himari waved.

"All the Digimon who can't fight are fine." Kouta said. "So don't worry."

"That's a relief." Takuto said. "Now let's-

"You're not doing too bad." Everyone turned around. Someone was approaching them ignoring the chaos around them. They had a white mask and a black coat with a hood on. "It seems Tamers in this world aren't to be taken lightly."

"Who are you?"

Takumi gasped. "A black coat…and a white mask?"

Mameo turned to him. "That's what Hamari told us. Do you know who it might be?"

Takumi clenched his fist. "It can't be…"

Shiki looked at Ami who glared at the floor. "Ami?"

"I should have guessed." Ami muttered. "That had to have been the same creep who led the attack on EDEN and kidnapped me."

Hudiemon looked at Keisuke. "Keisuke…this sounds like…"

"Yeah. It had to have been K."

"K?" Kouta asked. "You know that creep?"

"Kind of. Just after I met my Digimon again in my world, EDEN was attacked by an army of Digimon led by K. I also had some run ins with them in the past."

"K is back?!" Hudiemon asked. "And EDEN was attacked by Digimon?!"

"Yeah, when we traced Rapidmon and his friend to the human world K and his friends followed us." PileVolcmaon said. "It was a mess. So, if he attacked Flotia as well…"

"The Next Order must have ordered the attack on their world." Keisuke replied before turning back to Takuto. "So, what did he do?"

"I am an envoy from another world given command of these forces. Takuto and Shiki. I'm given to understand that you two are the strongest Tamers Flotia has to offer."

"You go that right!" Himari glared. "So, unless you want them to kick your butt, I suggest you take your pack of jerks and get out of our city!"

K scoffed. "Speaking high and mighty about someone else? I guess Takuto and Shiki are all I need to worry about. I'll let her handle you two."

"What are you- Kouta paused when he felt something coil around his ankle. Turning around he saw a pink armored Digimon with a yellow shield in one hand and in another a yellow ribbon holding Kouta by the leg.

"Crusadermon?!" Takumo asked. "What are you-

The Royal Knight flung Kouta away who yelled as he flew out of the city. "Kouta!" Yukimaru flew past Crusadermon and after his Tamer.

"What's going on?!" Himari shouted. Then the knight used her extending ribbon and sent it coiling around Himari from her shoulders to her hips. "H-hey!" She struggled to pull away or slip an arm free, but was pulled into the knight's hand. "Put me down!" Himari screamed flailing about in the grip of the knight who laughed as she flew out of the city in the direction she sent Kouta.

"Himari!" Rikka flew after them.

Takuto and Shiki were about to give chase when a wall appeared in front of them. A level 5 security wall. They turned around and K laughed. "I'm afraid your friends are the least of your concern." Leviamon and Lilithmon appeared at K's sides.

"Leviamon and Lilithmon too?!" Gaia asked.

"Why are you attacking us?!" Storm yelled. "I thought you were all happy living in Flotia!"

"Ah, that's right, you befriended the Deadly Digimon in this world, didn't you?" K said. "This Lilithmon and Leviamon aren't the ones you know. Neither is the Crusadermon."

"What? What are you talking about?" Shiki asked.

"Enough talk." K said. "Let's see what you're made of."

Leviamon roared and charged towards Takuto's Digimon. "Delete Program!" MetalGarurumon fired an attack at Leviamon, but he jumped over it. "What?!" Leviamon then stomped on him.

"Storm!" Nova charged and rammed Leviamon off of his comrade then rushed at him.

Leviamon rolled over then glared at the charging WarGreymon. "Ice Archery!" He spat a chunk of ice that knocked Nova out of the sky and onto Storm.

"Come on, get back up!" Takuto said.

Lilithmon flew at Rosmeon who jumped away from her clawed gauntlet. "Bio Field!" She sprayed green mist at her. When it dissipated Lilithmon was gone. "What? Where did she go?"

Shiki looked above her Digimon and gasped. "Above you!"

"Huh?" Gaia looked up before getting stomped on from above. "Ahh!" Lilithmon grabbed Gaia's wrists in each hand from behind and forced her on her knees. A sadistic smirk was on her face as she planted one foot firmly on Gaia's back and pushed down on it while pulling on her arms. "GYAAAAAA!"

"Let her go!" Skyla soared in. "Wind Cutter!" She slammed her talons into Lilithmon knocking her off Gaia. She swooped in to attack again.

"Hell Crusher!" Lilithmon swung her arm and a dark blade slashed Skyla out of the sky.

"Oh, no!" Shiki cried.

Nova groaned and got back up. "Nova, Storm you need to increase your power!" Takuto said.

"Skyla, you too!" Shiki added. "And Gaia, boost your defence!"

"Okay!" Nova and Skyla glowed fiery orange. "Burning Heart!" Their attack power increased.

"Fighting Aura!" Storm howled and glowed gold increasing his attack power.

"Earth Coat!" Gaia held up her arms and her body glowed green increasing her defence.

"Now let's get them!" Takuto smirked.

"Fire Tower!" Nova blasted Leviamon into the air with a geyser of flame.

"Gigawatt Laser!" Storm blasted him while he was in mid air.

Nova then flew past the launched target and swung at him from behind as he flew toward him. "Spin Attack!" He slammed Leviamon to the ground.

Storm immediately capitalized. "Ice Statue!" He froze Leviamon solid.

Gaia blocked a flurry of scratches from Lilithmon. She endured the barrage until she saw her opening. "Buster Dive!" She shoulder charged Lilithmon towards Skyla who swung her head upward knocking her into the sky. "Hide and Seek!" Gaia vanished then appeared above Lilithmon and kicked both her feet into her back sending her back towards the ground.

"Hurricane!" Skyla spun in place making a golden hurricane that spun Lilithmon around before launching her back into the air. "Judgment!" She then blasted her with a powerful beam.

"Alright, the tables are turning!" Shiki cheered.

"Hmph. Don't get cocky." K said. "Lilithmon, Leviamon, strip them of their buffs."

Leviamon roared and broke out of his ice prison. "Strip" you say?" Lilithmon giggled. "I do like your choice of words."

K growled and pointed at the enemy. "Will you stop sounding like a creeper for a minute and debuff those Digimon?!"

"Killjoy." Lilithmon turned to the opponents. "Attack Break Field!"

"Guard Break Field!" Leviamon howled.

Nova, Storm, Skyla, and Gaia glowed blue. "What just happened?" Takuto asked.

"I don't know…" Storm said. "I'm feeling weaker…"

"This isn't good…" Gaia muttered.

Lilithmon and Leviamon charged again. Nova held up his shield as Leviamon stormed towards them, but he turned around and smacked the two halves out of his hands with his tails. "Guh!" Nova jumped as Storm charged towards Leviamon.

"Spiral Driver!" He rammed into Leviamon, but barley did any damage before the alligator slammed him back with his skull knocking him over.

"Grand Rock!" He summoned a stalagmite that knocked Storm over.

Nova roared and threw a blast of lava at Leviamon. "Magma Bomb!"

Leviamon tanked the hit and jumped at Nova with his maw open. "Biting Crush!" When he came back down, Nova was in his mouth desperately trying to keep it open.

"No!" Takuto shouted.

"Shadow Fall!" Gaia swung her arms down summon a dark bolt from above, but Lilithmon held up her hand and caught it before rebounding it into Skyla knocking her down. Gaia looked at her partner in concern but when she turned back to Lilithmon she was right in front of her. She could only gasp before Lilithmon's hand wrapped around her face. Gaia made muffled cries and she was lifted off her feet. Both her hands tried to pry Lilithmon's off her mouth as he legs flailed above the ground.

Lilithmon grinned. "Spirit Drain!" Her hand glowed blue as it started stealing energy from Gaia. Skyla got up and prepared to attack but stopped when Lilithmon held Gaia forward threatening to use her as a shield. Skyla could only growl. "Nightmare!" She used her other hand to throw an orb knocking Skyla over again. Then Gaia's hands slipped off her wrist as her arms went limp and her legs stopped kicking. Lilithmon threw her into Skyla as she tried to get up knocking them both over. Nova yelled in pain as Levimon's fangs started to pierce his armor. Storm rushed to his aid only for Levimon to fling Nova into him knocking them both down as well.

Takuto cringed. "No…they're too strong…"

"Shall we wrap this up?" K asked.

Leviamon's mouth glowed gold as it opened. "Thunder Breath!"

A green symbol appeared in front of Lilithmon. "Phantom Pain!"

Takuto held up his Digivice. "Full Power!"

Shiki did the same. "Send them flying!"

Their Digimon sprung back to their feet just as Leviamon and Lilithmon fired. "Terra Force!" Nova held up his hands and a giant ball of flame grew between them before he threw it.

"Metal Wolf Claw!" Storm shot a blue blast of cold from his mouth.

"Starlight Explosion!" Skyla howled and gold lights sparkled around her before firing like shooting stars.

"Forbidden Temptation!" Gaia's body glowed a pinkish red before firing a blast of light that color. The four attacks collided with that of the two Deadly Digimon. After a brief standstill, K's Digimon overpowered theirs and blasted all four of them.

"No!" Shiki shouted as she and her brother shielded themselves from the shock of the impact their Digimon took.

Takuto gritted his teeth. "Crap…"

"Spiral Masquerade!" Crusadermon's back ribbons swung rapidly at Yukimura and Rikka. The Gallantmon blocked the attack with his shield. The Magnadramon then had the chance to circle around the enemy.

"Shinning Nova!" Rikka burst with light energy knocking Crusadermon away.

She recovered in the air and charged with her shield glowing. "Fist of Athena!"

"Spin Attack!" Yukimura spun around, his lance knocking her off balance.

Kouta and Himari were nearby instructing their Digimon. "That's it!" Kouta said.

"Take her down!" Himari cheered.

Yukimura held up his lance. "Lightning Joust!" The tip glowed before he thrusted it at Crusadermon firring off a bolt of lightning.

"Fire Tornado!" Riffa shot a swirl of gold flame that wrapped around Yukimura's attack. Crusadermon held up her shield to block the attack bust was pushed back. Then blasted when the attack grew bigger.

"Yeah! How'd you like that?" Himari rooted.

"Hmph. Not bad." Crusadermon admitted. "But don't think I'm about to lose to the likes of you!"

"Smiley Bomb!"

Crusadermon flew over a red explosive. "What?!" She then saw Noir charge at her and blocked a punch that still knocked her back.

Mameo, Shoma, and File all ran over towards Kouta and Himari. "Mr. Mameo! Shoma!" Kouta lite up. "About time!"

"We got your message Kouta!" Mameo said. "Sorry to keep you waiting!"

"What's the situation?" Shoma asked.

"Takuto and Shiki are still up in the city fighting some weird Tamer!" Himari said.

"Weird Tamer? Another human is here?"

"Yeah, and they're up against Lilithmon and Leviamon!" Kouta added. "But Crusadermon came out of nowhere and literally threw me out of the city! I would be paste right now if Yukimura didn't catch me."

"Yeah, she grabbed me and dragged me out here too." Himari added. "I don't know what's happening in Flotia right now."

"Okay, you two go back Takuto and Shiki up." Mameo said. "Shoma and I will be enough to deal with Crusadermon."

"Okay." Kouta nodded before turning to Yukimura who was trading lance and sword swipes with the Royal Knight. "Yukimura, let's go check up on Takuto and Shiki!"

"Rikka we're going too!" Himari added. "Mameo and Shoma will handle this!"

Noir charged at Crusadermon making her change targets. "Right!" Yukimura flew over and Kouta climbed onto his shoulder. Rikka swopped by and Himari jumped onto her back and the took off for the city in the sky.

Crusadermon saw them fly off. "Where do you think you're going!" She dashed towards the sky but was immediately cut off by Noir. "Gah! What speed…!"

"I'm your opponent." Noir said. "If you want to get to Flotia, you will need to go through me."

File stood tall. "And I'm here too! I might not be as tough as the Enforcer over there, but with Mameo by my side I can dish out a whaloopin'!"

"Tch. So, in this reality, the Enforcer lives. Well, no matter. I will not lose to an outdated defender of another world." A rose appeared in Crusadermon's hand. "I am the lord of the Knightmons, made from a deviant Virus Type among the Royal Knights! My name is Crusadermon! I shall snatch the shining rose of victory!"

Takuto and Shiki were on their hands and knees in front of their defeated Digimon. Lilithmon cackled. "If this world's Deadly Digimon were drawn into you, they must all be soft."

"I find it insulting really." Leviamon growled. "We should tear this whole stupid city apart!"

Lilithmon laughed. "Why stop there? With our new "Tamer" we can probably destroy this entire wretched world!"

Takuto clenched his fists. "No…I won't let that happen!"

Shiki gritted her teeth. "We brought together so many people and Digimon into Flotia. Working together we transformed it from a small village to this lively city."

"This place means so much to so many." Takuto stood up. "We won't let you destroy everyone's hard work!"

Shiki got back on her feet as well. "We love this Digital World! We'll protect it no matter what!"

The screens of the Digivices on their left wrists started to glow. K looked at them. "What's this?"

"Guys…please…get back up." Shiki said.

"Please…" Takuto said. "Don't lose faith in our bond!"

Takuto's screen showed images of himself and both his Digimon that were connected in a triangle by lines of electricity. On Shiki's Digivice it displayed the same with images of her and her Digimon. On both screens the words Extra Xross Evolution. The "Xross" became a x and then the screen said ExE.

"Nova!" Takuto shouted. His WarGreymon converted to a stream of blue pixels. "Storm!" His MagnaGarurumon did the same.

"Skyla! Gaia!" Shiki's Digimon did the same as she called their names.

Takuto and Shiki each held a hand out, and a blue spark appeared in front of each of them. "Extra Cross Evolution!" they cried out. Nova and Storm appeared as spinning circles of data at Takuto's left and right. Skyla and Gaia at Shiki's. The two circles started combining with the sparks in front of the Tamers making infinity signs. And then after a bright flash of white a giant golden egg appeared in front of each of them. Inside one a white Digimon with a cape and a WarGreymon head for a left hand and a MetalGarurumon hand for a right began to materialize. In the other a in white and gold armor with two giant pink flowers on her shoulders and a rad lance with a green handle in one hand and a blue flower over her other arms with heeled boots with ivy spikes started to assemble. The gold eggs slowly dissolved revealing a Omegamon and a BloomLordmon.

K shuddered. "W-what?!"

"This can't be!" Leviamon yelled.

Lilithmon huffed at the Royal Knight. "Oh, how original." She looked at the other one. "That however is definitely new."

Takuto smirked. "Let's try this again…Omni!"

Shiki smiled. "Time for round 2…Faye!"

The Omegamon named Omni flew at Leviamon with his Grey Sword. "Spiral Driver!"

"Gah!" Leviamon took the hit and was slid back. "Tail Strike!" He swung his tails into Omni knocking him back.

Omni then burst with power. "Fighting Aura!" He then aimed with his Garuru Cannon. "Gigawatt Laser!" He fired a direct shot.

The BloomLordmon named Faye spun in place making a tornado. "Venom Disaster!"

"Guh!" Lilithmon choked on the spray before she found the strength to slam her leg into Faye's knocking her off her feet. Lilithmon's other leg kicked her in the gut knocking her away.

After rolling on the ground Faye got back up. "Tailwind!" She charged at Lilithmon who swung at her when she was in front of her but in a flash, Faye went behind her before the strike. "Electric Cloud!" She zapped her from behind.

"Gah!" Lilithmon stumbled forward then growled. "Razor Nails!" She turned around and scratched Faye who was flung a distance.

"Biting Crush!" Leviamon lunged to bite at Omni but he evaded. "Thunder Breath!" He then fired a golden beam that Omni barley avoided.

Takuto pressed buttons on his Digivice and pulled out an Attack Plug X. He nodded at Shiki who nodded and did the same. "Use this!" They threw the items at their Digimon powering them up.

"DG Dimension V3!" Omni roared and the area around them changed damaging both Deadly Digimon.

"Root Bind!" Faye summoned roots from the ground that tied them both up.

"Finish them!" Takuto shouted.

"Go!" Shiki yelled.

Omni pointed the Garuru Cannon forward. "Supreme Cannon!" After firing at Leviamon he spun around and drew the Grey Sword. "Transcendent Sword!" He then charged into him.

"Seed Belt!" Faye shot seeds from the flower on her shoulder and they landed around Lilithmon who looked around her as they were planted around her. They then bloomed into branches around her that tied her up, anchoring her in place. Faye then held up her spear and it bloomed. Golden light shining like the sun emitted from it. "Gran del Sol!" She pointed it forward and it fired a golden beam into Lilithmon. Both Deadly Digimon screamed as they were sent flying.

"That's it!" Takuto cheered. He and Shiki looked at each other and high fived.

"Takuto! Shiki!" Yukimura and Rikka landed, and their Tamers got down.

"Hey guys!" Takuto waved.

Lilithmon and Levimon struggled to stand back up. "Damn it…!" Leviamon growled. "You're not getting away with this!"

K sighed. "Enough. I see where this is going. You two should know by now that we can't win this fight. Just because there isn't a Rapidmon Armor or a Rosemon Burst Mode around doesn't mean our odds are that much better then last time."

"What?" Lilithmon asked looking at her Tamer. "But K!"

"Takuto and Shiki are giving you trouble on their own, what makes you think we can win against all four of them? We're pulling back." K typed a message in his Digivice and sent it.

The eyes on Noir's hands flashed red as the Garurumon mead produced a sword and the Greymon head brought out a cannon. "Supreme Sword!" He swung his blade repeatedly sending waves into Crusadermon who blocked with her shield until her guard was blown off. Noir then spun as he took aim with his cannon. "Transcendent Cannon!" He fired a powerful beam that knocked her to the ground.

"Ngh…" Crusadermon pushed herself to her knees. "So, this is the Enforcer's power…You are a troublesome foe…still, you are not enough to defeat my master!"

"Your master?" Shoma asked.

A blue monitor appeared in front of Crusadermon. "Hmm?" She read the displayed message. "So that's it then." She stood up. "It appears I must take my leave now."

"Think we'll just let you escape?" Noir asked. Rosemon snapped her fingers and security walls formed a box around him, File and their Tamers. "What?!"

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Crusadermon took flight towards the city.

Noir slashed at the wall, but his blade bounced off. "What is this?!"

"Some kind of security program." Shoma looked at his Digivice. "I'll see if I can hack into it."

Leviamon scowled. "You want us to retreat again?! I'm no coward! I'm not weaker than these fools!"

"Complain all you want." K said. "I already sent Craniamon the signal to open a gate." K then turned to Takuto and Shiki. "I must admit, I'm impressed. You're just as good as he told me."

"He?" Takuto asked. "Who's he?"

Suddenly a slashing sound was heard behind K and another hole opened up. The invading Digimon immediately started retreating into it. "I'm expecting many good things from you…Takuto."

"What are you-

Suddenly Shiki felt something squeeze her. Looking down yellow ribbons were wrapped around her torso to her waistline pinning her arms to the sides of her body. "Huh? EEEEEEK!" She was flung into the air.

"Shiki!" Takuto shouted. Crusadermon landed next to K with Shiki in her ribbons.

"Ha, ha, ha! I suppose even the best of this world are vulnerable when their guard is down." The knight laughed.

"Put her down!" Faye yelled.

K then took off his mask and smirked at Takuto. "Shiki is your sister, right? You want her back, come and find me. But you might want to hurry. If I get too board, I might just use her for Leviamon and Lilithmon's target practice."

"You…!" Takuto glared.

Lilithmon laughed at the struggling Shiki. "Aww, that seems like such a waste K." She creased Shiki's chin. "Such a cute little thing. I was hoping to make her and our other captive my personal toys…after I squash their puny spirits of course."

Leviamon snorted. "I'd rather just tear them apart and be done with it."

"Shiki!" Faye flew towards them.

"Don't you touch her!" Takuto shouted running towards K. Crusadermon snapped her fingers and a large security wall appeared right behind Faye blocking Takuto and the others off.

K waved as his Digimon went into the hole. "See you soon." He jumped inside and Crusadermon started walking towards the hole.

"Takuto, help!" Shiki screamed.

Takuto banged against the security wall. "SHIKIIIIIIIIIII!"

Shiki and Crusadermon went in. Faye stopped in front of it and looked back at Takuto and the others. Then at the hole as it started to shrink. "I'm sorry." She dashed inside after her Tamer just before it vanished.

"NOOOOOO!" Takuto dropped to his knees.

Himari stared at him as he chocked back a sob. "Takuto…"

Noir, File, Mameo and Shoma ran up. "Is everyone alright?" Mameo asked.

Shoma stopped in front of them. "Takuto? What's wrong? Wait…" He looked around. "Where's Shiki?"

Himari and Kouta looked down sadly. Mameo looked around him. Flotia was a wreck of damaged buildings and fires. "How could something like this happen…"

Shiki finished reminiscing. "I blacked out after being pulled through that weird hole. Next thing I know I'm on a Knightmon's shoulder being carried thought some weird place and dumped onto this bed."

Ami nodded. "Hmm. So, the Next Order wanted you for some reason…"

Mameo sighed looking at the war table. "As we started rescue and rebuilding efforts in the city Himari and Kouta told us about the masked Tamer and that he, Crusadermon and their army disappeared into a strange hole taking Shiki with them as a prisoner."

"That's awful…" Nokia muttered.

"What's odd is they didn't end up taking anything else from Flotia." Shoma said. "So, they could have been planning to kidnap Shiki from the start rather than raid the city."

"That's why we came here." Noir said. "We contacted Mirei and told her what happened. She eventually traced K's forces to this parallel Digital World."

"So, her Digimon along with two friends of ours managed to open a gate for us to follow them here." Takuto said. "So, I can find my sister and make K pay for what he did to Flotia."

"I see…" Hudiemon said. "So, K took your sister captive…"

Keisuke looked at her. "It's not just Shiki. When K left EDEN, he took Ami with him."

"What?! One of the chosen ones was captured?!"

"Damn it, this is bad…!" Justimon growled.

"Who's Ami?" Luche asked.

"Wait, K kidnapped one of your friends too?" Mameo asked.

Takumi looked down. "My sister Ami Aiba was grabbed on his way out of EDEN…"

"K kidnapped both your sister and Takuto's…what does this mean?"

Shoma looked at Takumi. "Do you guys know what this "Next Order" wants? Who are they really?"

Shiki looked at Ami. "So, Ami, what happened to you before you got landed here?"

Ami sighed. "Well, buckle up…"

Arata put his hands in his pockets as Shoma and Mameo looked at him and his friends. "… because this is going to be..."

Keisuke closed his eyes as Takuto and his friends as well as Hudiemon, Justimon and Shakkoumon all stared at him. "…a very, very long story."

And there you have it. This is how Next Order cast got involved in this, and now you know the results of the poll. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the vote... but I have to say I wasn't expecting it to be such a landslide victory. I'm just gonna say it. Literally EVERYONE in the poll voted for BloomLordmon. Granted it IS a pretty badass Digimon. It can contend with Royal Knights, it's my understanding it does pretty well in the card game and it left one hell of an impression at the end of Ghost Game. So BloomLordmon it is!

And now Keisuke and Hudiemon finally got their reunion. Find out what their next move is next time on Digimon Story: The Next Order!