Being injured, Zero continues to fight but is soon knocked out. Wanting to save Zero's life, Taichi is about to quit only to have Zero saying he can continue fighting. As the fight continues Taichi is knocked out of the arena only to have Zero barely hanging on to him. Asking Zero to save the world, Taichi lets go only to have Zero jump down to try and save him. Thinking that he has won, Neo is surprised to see them both alive as Zero digivolved to [[AeroVeedramon ()|AeroVeedramon]] to fly them to safety.