Bonds Beyond Time Uniting and Fighting 2

-After the four Duelists had been taken to fight-

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 a boy with brown hair and eyes, a light brown cap and a pair of goggles and a girl with blonde hair, green eyes and a pink cap.

"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."

Dark red energy then engulfed the four heroes and took them away, before the screens circled though the final two groups, until it landed on the young man with the amber reptile-like creature beside him, a young woman with shoulder length orange hair and a small pink feathered bird, the other male with a similar reptile-like creature, only he was wearing red training braces and another young woman, only she had burgundy coloured hair and a strange looking plant, with stubby arms and legs floating beside her.

"Tai Kamiya and Sora Takenouchi verse Marcus Damon and Yoshi Fujieda." The Champion Hunter said, in which, just like the four heroes before them, they too were engulfed by dark red energy, leaving Yusei and Akiza as the only Duelists left, as well as a boy with spiky brown hair and a pair of goggles around his head, the hazard marked red dragon, the girl with orange hair, which had been tied up into a spiky ponytail and the yellow furred vixen in the purple gloves, before the Champion Hunter then announced, before they were sent to the same fate as those before them. "And Lucky last, Takato Matsuki and Rika Nonaka will fight against Yusei Fudo and Akiza Izinski!"

-After Yusei and Akiza were engulfed by dark red energy-

The wielder of Stardust Dragon and Black Rose Dragon were now within an unknown area, as the boy, girl and the two unusual creatures stood on the other side of what looked like an arena of sorts.

"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 stated. "And unless you want your Discipline Collars to give you a 'small warning', I suggest you begin the 'entertainment'."

Seeing they had no option but to do what they had been ordered, Yusei and Akiza each Drew six Cards from the top of their Decks, before the pair looked at each other and nodded their heads.

"I activate the Spell Card: Black Garden!" Akiza announced, as she placed her Field Spell into the Field Spell zone on her Duel Disc, in which thick vines and dark violet flowers spread out and covered the entire stadium, before she placed a Monster Card on her Duel Disc and said. "Next, I Summon Copy Plant in Attack Mode."

"I now activate Copy Plant's Effect." Akiza announced, before she pointed at the dragon creature and ordered. "Go, Copy Plant and copy the power of the red one!"

It was then Copy Plant transformed into a raw umber coloured version of the yellow-eyed dragon, before Akiza then commanded. "Copy Plant Attack!"

"Pyro Sphere!" Copy Plant exclaimed, as it unleashed a ball of fire from its maw, in which the boy known as Takato quickly called out. "Guilmon, counter attack!"

"Right, Takato." Guilmon replied in a loyal tone, before his maw filled up with fire, in which he then exclaimed. "Pyro Sphere!"

As both fireballs headed straight for one another, but when both spheres of conflagration hit each other's, it seemed as though the original would always beat a copy, as Guilmon's fireball broke a part Copy Plant's, before it hit Akiza's Monster, which let out a loud screech of pain as it went up in flames, before it exploded into charred pieces, which shocked Akiza, but not as much as when her Discipline Collar activated and sent a painful current through her body, as he Monster was Destroyed.

"Akiza!" Yusei called out in concern, as he felt he needed to bring out a Monster with some serious Attack power, but he guessed any Monster he would Summon would be instantly Destroyed by Takato and Rika's Digimon, until the Champion Hunter's voice told them. "Oh, I almost forgot, Yusei and Akiza, both of you can Summon any Monster, ignoring any requirements. And can play any Traps you draw right from your Hand. Just to make things a little more interesting against Guilmon and Renamon."

"In that case..." Yusei began to say, before he placed a Monster Card on his Duel Disk and exclaimed. "...I Summon Junk Warrior in Attack Mode!"

"Junk Warrior, Attack Guilmon with Scrap Fist!" Yusei then commanded, in which the electric indigo armoured Warrior's eyes glowed red, before he lunged at Guilmon and struck the wing-eared dragon in the chest, which sent Guilmon backward, right into Takato, who both were then painfully slammed into the wall behind them, before they both each cried out in pain, as their Discipline Collars shocked them for taking damage.

"Guilmon! Takato!" Renamon called out in a concerned tone, as she and Rika watched as their friends weakly got back onto their feet, before Rika pulled out a small electronic device and exclaimed in loud and determined tones. "Biomerge Activate!"

It was then Yusei and Akiza watched in awe, as Renamon and Rika became one, in which the foxy Digimon exclaimed. "Renamon Biomerge to... Sakuyamon!"

And now, standing in Rika and Renamon's place was a creature with the appearance of a human, the head of a fox and a Kongou Shakujou spear, better known as Sakuyamon.

"Takato, Guilmon, are you alright?" Sakuyamon asked.

"We've been better." Takato groaned out, before Sakuyamon told Takato and Guilmon in a serious tone. "Well, you'd better focus and Biomerge to Gallantmon, cause things just got serious."

"Right." Takato and Guilmon replied in unison, before Takato pulled out a similar device Yusei and Akiza had seen Rika use to fuse herself with Renamon, in which Takato exclaimed. "Biomerge Activate!"

Out of two became one, and now standing where two weakened figures stood now proudly stood a yellow-eyed, white armoured knight, with a red coloured cape and a powerful shield and lance, better known as Gallantmon, and it was after his fusion was complete that Sakuyamon asked. "I'll take down the oversized scrapheap and whatever else comes my way. Think you can handle plant girl?"

Gallantmon then nodded his head, before he charged at Akiza, but came to a salt as a column of Amethyst coloured light then appeared behind Akiza, as she held up a familiar Duel Monsters Card.

"Let the spirit of the earth intertwine with the essence of the sky. I Synchro Summon the Black Rose Dragon!" Akiza chanted out in a strong voice, and out of the light, emerging through a swirl of rose petals was the Black Rose Dragon.

It was then Black Rose Dragon let out a loud roar, before two vines shot out from its rose shaped body, wrapped around Gallantmon's arms, while its thorn covered tail wrapped around Gallantmon's legs, constricting, restraining and preventing Gallantmon from attacking or defending.

"Black Rose Dragon, Attack with Black Rose Flare!" Akiza then commanded, in which Black Rose Dragon obeyed Akiza and released a wave dark violet flames from its maw, which struck Gallantmon and caused a tremendous explosion.

However, as the smoke cleared Akiza was stunned to see that Gallantmon had managed to free his left arm and protected himself with his shield, and survived the attack, not without so much as a scratch on his shield.

But the same couldn't be said for Black Rose Dragon when Gallantmon's shield began to charge up with energy, in which Black Rose Dragon couldn't escape or defend as when the vines wrapped around Gallantmon they acted as double-edged sword, meaning Akiza and Black Rose Dragon were in for a world of hurt.

"Shield of the Just!" Gallantmon then exclaimed, as his shield launched a powerful beam of energy right at Black Rose Dragon, which let out a roar of pain, before the blast struck through the Dragon's body and exploded, in which Akiza then fell to her knees and cried out, as her Discipline Collar gave her a powerful volt of pain for losing such a strong Monster.

-With Yusei and Sakuyamon, sometime ago-

After Yusei had heard that the vixen sorceresses was to be his opponent, he decided it would be smart if he had more Monsters to fight beside Junk Warrior, in which he exclaimed, as he placed his favourite Monster on his Duel Disc. "Take flight, Stardust Dragon!"

"Go, Junk Warrior and Stardust Dragon Attack!" Yusei then commanded, in which Stardust Dragon then fired a blast of cosmic energy, as Junk Warrior charged straight at Sakuyamon with his Scrap Fist Attack, but it was then Sakuyamon exclaimed. "Crystal Sphere!"

It was then Sakuyamon encircled herself in a sphere of magical energy around herself, which not only protected her from Stardust Dragon's cosmic energy shot, but also repulsed Junk Warrior the second the Warrior struck the sphere, knocking Yusei's Monster away, however, the spell casting fox wasn't done with Junk Warrior.

"Fox Drive!" Sakuyamon exclaimed, as the magical vixen fired a sphere made of mystical blue coloured fire from her Kongou Shakujou spear right at Junk Warrior, who was instantly destroyed and shattered into blue coloured pieces, in which Yusei then groaned out, as his Discipline Collar shocked him.

But it was then Yusei turned his head when he heard Akiza cry out in pain, in which he called out in concern, as Gallantmon had taken down her most powerful Monster. "Akiza!"

Not wanting to see Akiza harmed any further, Yusei closed his eyes, held up his Stardust Dragon Card in the air, as he focused with his mind and heart for Akiza and was able to achieve Clear Mind, in which Stardust Dragon shone brightly and evolved into Shooting Star Dragon.

Now that Stardust Dragon's power had been greatly heightened, Yusei commanded. "Shooting Star Dragon, Attack!"

"Crystal Sphere!" Sakuyamon quickly exclaimed, as the foxy enchantress casted another sphere of protective energy around herself, but her protection seemed in vain as Shooting Star Dragon smashed though her shield, before striking her down, causing Sakuyamon to cry out in pain from the strike and the Discipline Collar relentlessly shocking her, before she split back into Rika and Renamon.

Shooting Star Dragon then circled around the arena and was about to strike the fallen Rika and Renamon, but before Shooting Star Dragon could Gallantmon appeared before them, in which the Dragon's power seemed to equal the defensive capabilities of Gallantmon's shield and was unable to break through, or at least not yet.

Yusei then announced. "I Activate Shooting Star Dragon's special ability. Now I can look at the top five Cards in my Deck to see how many Tuner Monsters there are and then let's me Attack that many times."

Yusei then placed his right hand on the top Card of his Deck, Drew until he was holding five new Cards.

"And the Cards I Drew are all tuner Monsters, which means Shooting Star Dragon can Attack five times!" Yusei told Gallantmon, as he showed the white armoured knight he was holding Debris Dragon, Hyper Synchron, Quickdraw Synchron, Turbo Synchron and Junk Synchron.

It was then Shooting Star Dragon split into five separate coloured Dragons, red yellow green orange and blue, in which Yusei then commanded in a strong tone. "Go, Shooting Star Dragon and Attack with Falling Star Slam!"

It was then the Red coloured Shooting Star Dragon shot forward and slammed into Gallantmon's shield, which erupted in a massive red explosion.

The orange coloured Shooting Star Dragon then shot forward and slammed into Gallantmon's shield, which erupted in a massive orange explosion.

Third was the green coloured Shooting Star Dragon, which shot forward and erupted in a massive green explosion as it made contact with Gallantmon's weakening shield.

The yellow coloured Shooting Star Dragon shot forward next and slammed into Gallantmon's shield, which erupted in a massive yellow explosion, in which Yusei could see cracks forming all across the shield, in which he declared. "And now the final strike!"

The blue coloured Shooting Star Dragon then let out a loud roar, before it shot forward and slammed into Gallantmon's shield, breaking the shield to pieces and exploding, in which Takato and Guilmon's screams of pain could be heard coming from the blue explosion.

"And it looks like the winners are..." The Champion Hunter began to say, but was interrupted when Guilmon's voice stated. "Hold on... We're not done yet..."

It was then the devastation that Shooting Star Dragon had created cleared, revealing Takato and Guilmon, covered in scratches and wounds, looking as though they were having great difficulty standing, but continued as they stood before Rika and Renamon, only now Takato was wielding a gold coloured scythe, while Guilmon's arms had turned from organic to mechanical, as the left one was aimed at Shooting Star Dragon and was charging with yellow energy.

"As long as we have the strength to protect those we love we won't stop fighting..." Takato managed to say in a weak, but determined tone, in which Yusei could see in their eyes that Takato and Guilmon cared for Rika and Renamon just as he cared for Akiza, who had recovered from losing Black Rose Dragon and made her way beside her love.

"Very well. We forfeit." Yusei then said, in which Akiza nodded her head in agreement, but upon their inability to comply with the Champion Hunter's rules, both Duelists began to groan out in pain, fell on all fours as the Champion Hunter had turned up the electrical power of their Discipline Collars.

"Yusei! Akiza!" Crow, Leo and Luna all called out in concern, as all they could do was watch helplessly.

"No! You will continue to fight." The Champion Hunter ordered, before he said. "Or do you wish for Takato and Guilmon to finish you off?"

However, it was then Takato dropped the scythe, while Guilmon's hands returned to normal, before Takato told the Champion Hunter in a weak voice. "That's not going to happen... We refuse to be your little puppets...!"

Hearing that not only Yusei and Akiza were not obeying him, but Takato and Guilmon too, made the Champion Hunter furious, in which Takato and Guilmon then fell to the floor as well, only they began screaming out in pain, as the Champion Hunter had set the shock levels of their collars to a dangerously high level.

Though he enjoyed watching those who refused to listen to him suffer, he could see they wouldn't comply, and all the Discipline Collars stopped shocking their wearer, before Yusei, Akiza, Takato, Rika, Guilmon and Renamon were enveloped by the same dark red energy that sent them to the 'Death Zone Stadium' and were taken away.