Digital life takes on Poké life and supernatural life. Part 2.

-Moments afterwards Takuya and Zoe were taken alongside Ichigo and Orihime-

The four screens had just circled through the remaining heroes, before they stopped, in which the Champion Hunter said. "Tai Kamiya and Sora Takenouchi verse Marcus Damon and Yoshi Fujieda."

It was then Tai, Sora, Marcus, Yoshi, Biyomon, Lalamon and the Agumon pair were engulfed by dark red energy, leaving Takato, Rika, Guilmon and Renamon as the only Digimon wielders left, as well as a young man with black hair and a strange gold mark running down his left cheek and a young woman with brown eyes, and dark burgundy hair, before the Champion Hunter then announced. "And Lucky last, Takato Matsuki and Rika Nonaka will fight against Yusei Fudo and Akiza Izinski!"

-With the older Digidestined and Digimon of Odaiba and Marcus, Yoshi and their Digimon-

Tai, Sora and their Digimon partners were now within an unknown area, as Marcus, Yoshi and their Digimon partners 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 any pain your Digimon feels, you will too. Also, unless you want your Discipline Collars to give you a 'small warning', I suggest you begin the 'entertainment'."

Not wanting their human partner's harmed, both Agumon complied, in with they both exclaimed. "Pepper Breath!"

It was then they each shot an orange fireball from their mouths, which when collided created a moderate sized fiery explosion, but it was then Tai's Agumon was caught off guard as Marcus' Agumon jumped out from the blast and slammed his fist into the right side of Agumon's head, knocking him to the ground.

"Agumon!" Tai called out in a concerned tone, before Tai groaned out, as his Discipline Collar moderately shocked him.

Meanwhile Tai's Agumon was a little dazed from the strike, but came to his sense when he heard Tai in pain, in which he looked to see Marcus' Agumon in mid air with his right arm pulled back, preparing to strike him again, but not wanting his actions to cause harm to Tai, Agumon quickly rolled to the left, narrowly avoiding Marcus' Agumon's punch, before he exclaimed. "Pepper Breath!"

It was then Tai's Agumon fired another orange fireball, which hit Marcus' Agumon, which knocked him back a little, allowing Tai's Agumon to quickly get up, before he surprised Marcus' Agumon when he pulled his head back and then headbutted him, which caused Marcus' Agumon to groan from the pain, Marcus to groan in pain as his Discipline Collar shocked him and Tai's Agumon to groan, as he thought to himself as he rubbed his head. 'Never headbutt again, they seriously hurt. How Veemon can do that repetitively and not show any pain, I don't know.'

Meanwhile, Biyomon and Lalamon had taken to protect their human partners and had engaged each other in battle.

"Lala Spiral!" Lalamon announced, as she charged at Biyomon as her leaf span with all her might, however, Biyomon had her own spiral-based attack to counter Lalamon's.

"Spiral Twister!" Biyomon called out, as she created a green flame, which shot out in a spiraling inferno formation right at Lalamon, who was unable to withstand the flames and fell to the floor, in which Yoshi then groaned from the pain of her Discipline Collar shocking her for Lalamon's pain.

But it was then The Champion Hunter interrupted the four Digimon fighting and said. "As much as I'm enjoying your compliance, my audience grows tired of seeing mere Rookies and wish to see your true power."

Knowing if they refused Tai pulled out her Digivice, which began to glow and fill Agumon with its energy.

"Agumon warp Digivolve to..." Agumon began to say, before his body began to grow, the super-metal 'Chrome Digizoid' protected his body, while the Brave Shield adorned his back, as Agumon Digivolved to his Mega form. "WarGreymon!"

After Tai Agumon's had successfully Digivolved, Marcus, Yoshi and the humans back at the DATS police station were astounded as they had no idea that the Agumon species could Digivolve into more than one Mega form, while at the same time with Sora, the Digidestined of Love pulled out her Digivice, which began to glow and fill Biyomon with its energy.

"Biyomon Digivolve to... Birdramon!" Birdramon announced, but she wasn't done yet. "Birdramon Digivolve to... Garudamon!"

Meanwhile, Yoshi pulled out her Digivice from her pants pocket, as she was ready to Digivolve Lalamon to her Mega level.

"DNA Charge..." Yoshi called out, as she surrounded herself in an aura of pink colored energy. "...Overdrive!"

Yoshi then slammed her hand on the top of her Digivice, causing a large amount of energy to shoot from her Digivice and hit Lalamon.

"Lalamon double warp Digivolve to...Rosemon!" The newly formed Rosemon called out, as the rose Digimon appeared before Yoshi, which surprised Tai, Sora, WarGreymon and Garudamon at Lalamon's new form, while they wondered if Agumon would too Digivolve to a WarGreymon, however, Marcus' Agumon remained as an Agumon.

"Ivy Hug!" Rosemon called out, before she used the whip like vines around her arms to wrap around Garudamon's arms, restraining the Digimon of Love partner, which caused Sora to feel concern for her Digimon partner, as well as pain from her Discipline Collar, as thorns from Rosemon's whip started to dig within Garudamon's arms.

"Wing Blade!" Garudamon exclaimed, as she then used her wings and fired a bird-shaped flame at Rosemon, who was struck down by the attack and fell to the ground, breaking her bindings from Garudamon, but not her will to fight.

After Rosemon had recovered, she got up; the Mega level Digimon covered the ground around her in thorns with her 'Rose Velvet' attack, which confused Garudamon, as she was in midair, so there was no chance of Rosemon's attack harming her, or so she thought.

"Rosy Cradle!" Rosemon then announced, as she unleashed a storm of rose petals, which caused Garudamon's ability to stay awake weaken, as the petals were covered in a sleep-inducing powder, in which Garudamon fell to the ground, in which the Digimon of Love landed on the thorns, which caused her to wake up and cry out in pain, as countless thorns pierced her body, which caused Sora to cry out as her Discipline Collar shocked her.

It was then Garudamon managed to stand up, before her entire being was encircled by a powerful wave of fire, which burnt every thorn lodged within Garudamon's body, freeing her from the pain, before Sora's Digimon partner exclaimed. "Fire Hurricane!"

Garudamon then unleashed a huge tornado of fire, which headed straight for Rosemon; however, Yoshi's Digimon partner was quick to react and exclaimed. "Forbidden Temptation!"

It was the Rosemon released an innumerable shower of beautiful rose petals, which made contact with Garudamon's hurricane of blaze, in which both attacks were canceled out in an explosion of fiery rose petals, which made Yoshi and Rosemon realize that Sora's Garudamon, though an Ultimate level Digimon, had some real power and wasn't to be underestimated, while Sora and the Digimon of Love could tell Rosemon's power was one of the strongest they had faced in ages.

But Garudamon and Rosemon were interrupted when a powerful and no doubt, deadly, explosion erupted in their proximity.

-Meanwhile, with the owners of Agumon-

"It's fighting time!" Marcus suddenly yelled out, before he ran towards WarGreymon, which confused him, Garudamon and their human partners, but it was then Marcus slammed his right fist into WarGreymon's stomach, inflicting a fair amount of pain to both WarGreymon and Tai, due to his Discipline Collar.

Marcus then held up his right hand, showing it was now charged up with D.N.A., before he used the D.N.A. in combination with his Digivice and called out. "Charge! D.N.A. Burst Mode!"

"Agumon double warp Digivolve to ShineGreymon!" ShineGreymon exclaimed, as his Digivolution form left Tai, Sora and the Digidestined back in Odaiba in awe, as none of them were aware Agumon could have an altered Mega form.

But it seemed as though they didn't have time to ask questions as ShineGreymon charged at WarGreymon, as he pulled his right arm back, which began to shine with light energy.

"Shine Hammer!" ShineGreymon exclaimed, as he planned to pummel Tai's Digimon partner, but WarGreymon was quick to act, in which the Digimon of Courage took his Brave Shield off of his back and used it to defend himself, but it was then WarGreymon decided to go on the offensive, in which surprised ShineGreymon when he charged forward and was crushed between the wall behind him and WarGreymon's weight, which caused him to groan out from the pain, as did Marcus.

ShineGreymon then brought his tail around and slammed it in the left side of WarGreymon's head, which knocked him to the ground and allowed ShineGreymon to escape and get some distance, as he jumped back before each wingtip began charging up with energy, adding up to a total of twelve blasts.

"Glorious Burst!" ShineGreymon then yelled out, as each wingtip fired a blast of energy, straight at WarGreymon, who managed to defend himself from the attack from his Brave Shield, though it didn't absorb all of the damage and caused a fair amount of pain to surge through his body.

"Glorious Burst!" ShineGreymon then yelled out again, in which he fired another twelve blasts of energy at WarGreymon, however, the Digimon of Courage dropped his Brave Shield, Gathered all of the energy within the atmosphere and concentrated the energy ball above his head, before Tai's Digimon partner roared out as he then fired the energy ball. "Terra Force!"

But both Mega level Digimon were to regret their actions as the force and power of their attacks were too powerful and created an explosion of pure devastation.

While WarGreymon was able to withstand the force of their combined power, Tai, Sora and Garudamon were thrown back and slammed into the wall, which caused Garudamon to De-Digivolve back to Biyomon.

At the same time, ShineGreymon too withstand the force of their combined power, Marcus, Yoshi and Rosemon were thrown back and slammed into the wall, which caused Rosemon to De-Digivolve back to Lalamon, in which all three cried out in pain, getting ShineGreymon's attention.

ShineGreymon was then shocked him at the sight of his best friend, his girlfriend and her Digimon partner all lying on the floor unconscious, which caused him to turn his head back at WarGreymon, with hate filled eyes, as he believed the damage done to those he loved was WarGreymon's fault, in which ShineGreymon then let out a loud roar as dark gray energy encircled around him, which shocked Chief Sampson, Kudamon, Megumi, Miki, their PawnChessmon, but most of all, Rhythm, as they watched the darkness take the form of ShineGreymon's Ruin Mode.

Meanwhile, WarGreymon had gone through the same process of emotions, as he believed ShineGreymon was to blame for the state of his loved ones, in which Tai's Digivice fell out of his hand, before it shot a dark yellow wave of negative energy above WarGreymon's head, in which a large cloud of red colored darkness then formed above him, before dark black rings of energy slowly poured from the cloud into his chest, in which his entire being was then set a blaze, which shocked the Digidestined and Digimon of Odaiba and were further shocked when the flames died down revealing WarGreymon had Dark Digivolved into the dark, the dangerous and deadly, BlackWarGreymon.

ShineGreymon then let out a loud roar of fury, as his clouded mind could think about was destroying the Digimon that opposed him, while BlackWarGreymon got ready to fight, as he wished to get revenge for those who had suffered.

It was then ShineGreymon began to launch a barrage of dark blasts from his fists, however, BlackWarGreymon brought out a dark version of WarGreymon's Brave Shield, which protected him from every blast ShineGreymon had fired.

"Black Tornado!" BlackWarGreymon exclaimed violently, as he placed the dark version of the Brave Shield on his back before he launched himself right at ShineGreymon, who roared out in pain, as BlackWarGreymon began to drill into his chest with his twisted tornado strike.

But it was then ShineGreymon was able to regain his composure, in which he managed to cease WarGreymon's tornado attack when he grabbed his claws, threw him to the ground, before he slammed his left foot onto BlackWarGreymon's head, causing a great deal of pain to his armoured head.

However, BlackWarGreymon countered by slashing at ShineGreymon's legs, which weakened ShineGreymon's strength and concentration, and in turn gave the corrupted Digimon of Courage the strength to escape.

"Glorious Burst!" ShineGreymon roared out, in which he fired two tremendous blasts of energy from his dark gray wings at BlackWarGreymon, who, in turn, gathered all of the negative emotions stored within his body and concentrated the energy ball above his head, before Tai's Digimon partner roared out as he then fired the energy ball of darkness. "Terra Destroyer!"

But when both Mega level Digimon's attacks struck, they created a highly dangerous explosion which neither Digimon could endure, as the darkness had intensified and un-stabilized their power, in which they both roared out in pain and fell to their knees, as the darkness inflicted a great amount of pain to the both of them.

"I... I will make you pay... For harming those I love...!" BlackWarGreymon managed to state in a tone of blinded fury, but it was then a familiar voice pleaded in a weak tone. "Agumon... Please... Please stop..."

Though darkness and hate had infected him, BlackWarGreymon immediately recognized the voice, in which he turned around to see Tai weakly resting against the wall he had been slammed into, covered in wounds and had one eye open, before BlackWarGreymon questioned, as his eyes changed from dark yellow to WarGreymon's original green "T...Tai...?"

"That's right, Agumon..." Tai replied; as a small smile appeared on the Digidestined of Courage's face, before he pleaded, as he didn't want to see Agumon further corrupt himself as it had as SkullGreymon in the past. "Please... Don't let the darkness corrupt you again... Please, Agumon... Fight it..."

Around the same time, ShineGreymon could see his enemy was distracted and was going to slice him in half with the GeoGrey Sword, which lay dormant within the ground, but it was then he heard a male voice yell out to him. "Agumon!"

ShineGreymon then turned to see Marcus slowly getting to his feat, as he had taken a lot of damage from the attack, which triggered the battle between dark Greymon and his Discipline Collar constantly shocking him, before Marcus stated in a serious tone. "I won't lose you to the darkness of the Burst Mode again! Even if I have to fight you... I won't lose you again...!"

ShineGreymon was then about to attack Marcus, but no matter how much he wanted to, something within him was forcing ShineGreymon to cease his actions, in which he then let out a loud roar as it seemed ShineGreymon was trying to regain control of the Burst Mode and free himself from his dark side, and he wasn't the only one.

BlackWarGreymon clutched his head in pain, as he roared out. "Tai... my friends... Biyomon... Raaaaggghhhh...!"

It was then the arena was engulfed by a blinding light, which caused Tai and Marcus to shield their eyes, as it seemed the dark that consumed them both had dispersed and had vanished, as shown when the light died down, revealing BlackWarGreymon and ShineGreymon's Ruin Mode had De-Digivolved back to their Rookie forms and were both lying on their stomachs after using so much energy.

But it was then both Agumon managed to pull themselves up, before they looked at each other and realized that the other Agumon wasn't fighting for himself, but for his human partner, in which they didn't want to cause anymore pain, held out their right arms and prepared to shake hands, as they decided to call the match a draw.

But the second they shook hands, Tai and Marcus cried out in agony, as their Discipline Collars were shocking them at a level of intense proportions.

"Tai!" Agumon called out in concern, as Marcus' Agumon called out, with the same amount of concern to Marcus. "Boss!"

"Sorry, but at Death Zone there can be no matches that end in a draw. Unless both sides meet their end." The Champion Hunter's voice stated, before he told the Agumon duo. "So if you don't want that to happen to your human partners, I suggest you either Dark Digivolve and start fighting again or say farewell to your best friend."

However, Tai and Marcus both managed to summon the strength to tell their Agumon at the same time. "Don't do it... Your friendship means more to me... And we'd rather suffer then see you suffer..."

"Really?" The Champion Hunter question, before he said in an amused and wicked tone. "Well, in that case."

Tai and Marcus then felt relief when their Discipline Collars stopped shocking them, but it was then both Agumon fell on all fours as their Discipline Collars shocked them painfully, until neither could take anymore pain and fell unconscious.

"Agumon!" Tai and Marcus both called out in concern, before Marcus stated in a hot-tempered tone. "You better watch yourself, cause one way or another I'm coming for ya!"

After Marcus threat, everyone within the stadium were enveloped by the same dark red energy that had taken them there and transported them back to the area where they first realized they were the Champion Hunter's puppets, but as the Champion Hunter had seen, he couldn't fully pull their stings.

-After the Tamers were engulfed by dark red energy-

Takato, Rika and their Digimon partners were now within an unknown area, as Yusei and Akiza 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'."

Unsure of what powers Yusei and Akiza had got the Tamers and their Digimon partners a little worried, but knew the only way out was to take their opponents down.

"I activate the Spell Card: Black Garden!" Akiza suddenly announced, as she placed a blue colored Card into the unusual looking device on her left arm, in which thick vines and dark violet flowers spread out and covered the entire stadium, leaving Takato, Rika, Guilmon and Renamon in awe.

But their troubles and confusion heightened when Akiza then said. "Next, I Summon Copy Plant in Attack Mode."

It was then the four were stunned to see a mass of vines, roughly the same height as Akiza, forming a humanoid-like shape, with two emerald coloured eyes appear before Akiza, but things were only going to get more confusing for them as Akiza then announced, as she pointed at Guilmon.

"I now activate Copy Plant's Effect. Go, Copy Plant and copy the power of the red one!"

It was then the Tamers, Renamon, but most particularly, Guilmon, when the creature known as Copy Plant transformed into a raw umber coloured version of Guilmon with emerald coloured eyes, before Akiza then commanded. "Copy Plant Attack!"

"Pyro Sphere!" Copy Plant exclaimed, as it unleashed a ball of fire from its maw, in Takato quickly snapped out of his confused state and 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 the Copy Plant, which let out a loud screech of pain as it went up in flames, before it exploded into charred pieces.

It was then Akiza's Discipline Collar activated and sent a painful current through her body, as her Monster was Destroyed.

"Akiza!" Yusei called out in concern, before the Champion Hunter's voice told Yusei and Akiza. "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 the device fastened on his left arm 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 her D-Power and exclaimed in loud and determined tone. "Biomerge Activate!"

"Renamon Biomerge to... Sakuyamon!" Sakuyamon announced, before she asked. "Takato, Guilmon, are you alright?"

"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 his D-Power to fuse herself with Guilmon, in which Takato exclaimed. "Biomerge Activate!"

Out of two became one, and now standing where two weakened figures stood now proudly stood the Mega level Digimon, 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 halt 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 a dragon that was blooming out of a large rose, which then 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, but using all the strength he could summon from within, Gallantmon was able to pull his left arm forward, breaking a part the vine that held it in the process, before he held out his shield which was then struck by Black Rose Dragon's flame attack, creating a tremendous explosion.

However, as the smoke cleared, Gallantmon was just fine and his shield received not so much as a scratch on from the Black Rose Dragon.

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 Sakuyamon and Yusei, sometime ago-

"Take flight, Stardust Dragon!" Yusei exclaimed, as silver coloured dragon appeared beside Junk Warrior, before he then commanded. "Go, Junk Warrior and Stardust Dragon Attack!"

Stardust Dragon then fired a blast of cosmic energy, as Junk Warrior charged straight at Sakuyamon with his Scrap Fist Attack, but it Sakuyamon was prepared for the attack and 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!"

Yusei then closed his eyes, held up his Stardust Dragon Card in the air, in which Stardust Dragon shone brightly and left Sakuyamon speechless as Stardust Dragon evolved, before 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, as Takato and Guilmon were determined to keep Rika and Renamon free from anymore harm, 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.

"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 announced, which confused Gallantmon as to what Yusei was talking about or what a Tuner was, but was going to soon find out as 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 a Card with an image of a blue armoured machine, a creature which looked like a pre-evolved form of Stardust Dragon, a red caped cowboy robot, a living green coloured car and an orange armoured individual.

It was then Gallantmon watched in awe as Shooting Star Dragon split into five separate colored 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 colored Shooting Star Dragon shot forward, in which Gallantmon quickly brought up his shield, which the red dragon slammed into, which erupted in a massive red explosion.

The orange colored Shooting Star Dragon then shot forward and slammed into Gallantmon's shield, which erupted in a massive orange explosion and caused Gallantmon to groan out a little, as he could feel the power of Shooting Star Dragon had heightened.

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 Gallantmon could feel his shield was unable to take anymore.

But before he could think of a way out of his trouble, Yusei 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.

After Takato and Guilmon endured the intense pain of Shooting Star Dragon and their Discipline Collars, they both managed to get to their feet, as they refused to let Shooting Star Dragon, Yusei or Akiza harm Rika or Renamon.

It was then Takato pulled out two random Cards from his Digimon deck, at the hopes they would be enough to keep Rika and Renamon safe.

"Digi-Modify! Centarumon's Mecha-hands Activate!" Takato exclaimed, as he slid the card through his D-Power, before he slid the second card and exclaimed. "Digi-Modify! Phantomon's Sickle Activate!"

"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 Phantomon's scythe, while Guilmon's arms had turned to Centaurmon's mechanical ones, as the left one was aimed at Shooting Star Dragon and was charging for a Solar Ray attack.

"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 caused Rika to think to herself. 'Why does Takato keep fighting? Is he fighting for me?'

"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.

"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 his 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 they all refused to obey 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, in which 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.