I'm Ky, a Kairu Champion. I race around the world to find a powerful energy known as Kairu. Not long ago, Lokar unleashed a power called Shadow Kairu. After going on a journey, I found Prism Kairu, a force I thought had the power to change Shadow Kairu back into normal Kairu. After using it, instead of turning all the Shadow Kairu back, it only worked on Kairu that had already been found. The rest of it transformed into something not Shadow or Pure Kairu. This new Gray Kairu changes from good to bad depending on who has it. Lokar also has a new team of E-Teens that have a type of move called a Violet Move, which increases their Kairu strength during a battle. With the odds stacked against us, we have to press on to fight Lokar and save the world from him and his Dark Teams. My quest is to save the world from Lokar by conquering all types of Kairu, and to one day ascend to the level of
REDAKAI!
All of them looked expectantly, and were shocked at who came out. Ky was the first to speak.
"Is that…a friend of yours Mookee?" It's true that the person who came out looked very similar to Mookee, short of two things. He didn't have facial hair, and he was red. This red alien smiled at Mookee.
"Uncle!" Mookee looked just as pleased.
"Nephew!" They ran towards each other and hugged. Maya looked confused.
"Um, Mookee, what's going on?" Mookee let go of this new alien and turned towards Maya, smiling.
"This is my nephew, my older sister's son, Keema." Mookee turned back towards the red alien. "I thought he, like so many other people on Nervod, went with the planet when Lokar blew it up, but I'm just so relieved! I'm so glad to see you!" Keema smiled, speaking in a somehow more high-pitched version of Mookee's voice.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you too Uncle! I can't believe that I finally made it to Earth after 5 years! I was actually trying to get to Tanicoita. Their Earth like food is wonderful, especially their toridatos, or the closest equivalent you have to them on Earth, tacos." Ky smiled, looking at Boomer.
"Well, if there's a planet with nothing but Mexican food, don't ever take Boomer there. We have enough problems as it is without that many beans." Boomer's eyes widened.
"I told you it's wasn't me! That was the septic tank!" Ky nodded and crossed his arms over his chest.
"Uh huh, sure, blame it on the septic tank." Everybody laughed a little. Then, Master Boaddai gave Keema a concerned look.
"So, why were you trying to get to Tanicoita?" Keema smiled.
"I wanted to get some new recipes to add to my repertoire! I just love Earth food!" Boomer smiled.
"Maybe you can do the cooking around here then." Everybody laughed at that, while Mookee looked concerned.
"Hey, I thought I was the chef here!" Connor laughed.
"Yes Mookee, but maybe you should try some Earth food every now and then." He looked at the sky. "It's getting late. Why doesn't everybody turn in?" Maya nodded, putting her hand in front of her mouth and her other arm upward and at an angle.
"Good idea." She put both of her arms down. "If there's another Kairu deposit, I wanna be wide awake so we can find it." Boomer nodded.
"Yeah. Plus, I gotta sleep off all that food I ate!" Ky nodded.
"We should all go to bed, especially you guys", he looked at Team Tiro, "since you're so young." Gia frowned at him.
"I'm 12! I'm old enough to stay up late!" Ky ruffled her hair.
"Keep telling yourself that. Thinking 'I'm old enough' is what got me to Warrior status. Now get some sleep." Ekayon nodded.
"I should probably go back to Master Atoch too. I know he won't get worried because I'm here, but he'll definitely be antsy. Later." He started heading out. Mookee looked towards his nephew.
"I'd be happy to let you stay with me in my room, or maybe on the couch." Keema shook his head.
"No, that's fine! I've got my own X-Scaper, with my own bed! I'll stay in there, and come out in the morning. Maybe I'll make some what you call breakfast casserole, with eggs, milk, and cheese!" Mookee shook his head.
"No! I mean, I'm making Reba's biscuits and gravy tomorrow, and they all love that recipe." Ky nodded.
"But for now, let's just all get some sleep. Night guys, night Dad." They all headed off to their own rooms.
Lokar sat at his throne, looking very weak.
"It seems that Draquilar was a greater loss than I had originally thought. Without as much Inner Kairu as I used to have, I'll need to send out my "secret weapons". They may be a member short, but I'm confident that they'll be able to capture the Kairu I need, and get their third teammate." He shouted. "Rueth, Mae!" Two shadowed figures of girls came before him.
"Yes Master Lokar," they asked together.
"From now on, you will be participating in missions. Not all of them, but there will be some for you." He held up two X-Readers, one green and purple, the other with four squares of colors on the back, which were red, green, yellow, and blue. He threw them to the girls, and they both caught them easily. One shorter than the other caught the green and purple one; the other caught the multi-colored one.
"From now on, instead of you're old standard X-Readers, you'll use these specific ones. They'll work much better for you, and have a little…surprise that only you can use. Now, get some rest. In the morning, I'm sure I'll sense a Kairu deposit for you to hunt." They both nodded.
"Yes Master Lokar." They disappeared from his sight as he laughed evilly.
Everyone was up and at the counter while Mookee was serving up some biscuits and gravy. Boomer smiled.
"This always makes me feel like I'm at home!" Suddenly, Master Boaddai's astral projection showed up.
"Good morning Team Stax. I'm sorry to cut breakfast short, but there's a Kairu deposit somewhere in Texas. I need you to go and find it." Ky nodded.
"That's fine. Since breakfast is already made, we can get some food in our stomachs while Mookee pilots the X-Scaper. It's a bad idea to go on a mission without some food in our stomachs." Master Boaddai nodded.
"Very well then. I'll see you when you get back, hopefully with the Kairu." Before anyone could say anything, he disappeared. Maya shrugged.
"Oh well. I guess Master B didn't want to smell breakfast again." Mookee nodded and stood up.
"Well, you guys eat, and I'll fly the X-Scaper to Texas."
Lokar's eyes were closed, but then they suddenly opened.
"Rueth! Mae!" The two shadowed figures appear again.
"Yes Master Lokar?" He smiled at their obedience.
"There's a new Kairu deposit somewhere in Texas. I want you to collect it, and try to bring back your third team member if you can." They both nodded.
"Yes Master Lokar." They disappeared from his sight. He laughed evilly.
Mookee looked at the navigation device.
"Looks like we'll be heading out to Houston. I'll turn on the camouflage now, since I don't want to freak out the humans down there." Ky nodded.
"Good idea Mookee. We don't want the army firing at us." From the outside, the X-Scaper disappeared. "There we go. Now we can move around freely." He looked at the scanners. "It looks like it's in the suburbs of Houston. We're getting close, so I'll try and land as close as I can without causing any problems. I'll just land on the roof of a building that the roof isn't used." He found one quickly and landed. Ky smiled.
"That's great Mookee." He turned to his only female teammate. "Can you sense the Kairu yet?" She shook her head.
"I can't sense it at all, so it must be a pretty far walk, but we can make it there if we go quickly." They all got off. Then, Boomer realized something.
"Uh, is there a way to get up to this roof from the building?" Mookee smiled, looking pretty proud of himself.
"Nope! I made sure of that so no one would mess with the X-Scaper during this Kairu Quest." Ky face palmed himself, and Boomer rolled his eyes, but Maya smiled.
"Don't worry Mookee. I've got an idea." She pulled out her X-Reader. "INVISIBILITY!" Suddenly, they were all invisible, short of Mookee. "We can just climb down the building without anyone ever seeing us." If anyone could've seen him, Ky would've been smiling.
"Great idea Maya! Let's get going!" They started climbing down as best as they could without proper footholds.
Once they got to the ground, Maya let go of the attack, and they faded back into sight. Luckily, everyone was too busy to even notice three teenagers just appeared out of nowhere. Ky turned to Maya.
"So, do you sense the Kairu yet?" She shook her head.
"It's too far away. I guess Mookee didn't part close enough for me to sense it yet. What does your X-Reader say?" He looked at it.
"It's that way," he pointed in a direction, "so we'll go there, wherever there is." Boomer nodded.
"But we'd better walk. I highly doubt Lokar or his E-Teens are ready to go on a Kairu Quest this soon after we won the tournament and this soon after Lokar totally got his butt beat by Master B." Ky nodded.
"Yeah, I guess there's no need to rush. And besides, if there are E-Teens in the area, we'll beat them. There's only Team Radicore and Team Imperiaz anyway. The Hiverax are gone, and we haven't seen the Battacor in a long time, not since Lokar banished them." From afar, the two girls were looking on. One of them laughed.
"Obviously, they have no idea that we're here, Team Femmicore, right Rueth?" Rueth nodded.
"We've never seen battle, but there's a reason for that. But, we've gotta go Mae. We can't let them see us too soon." Mae nodded, and they left, still following closely behind Team Stax.
Boomer looked around.
"I swear, I've been here before." Ky raised an eyebrow.
"You think we're lost?" Boomer shook his head.
"No, I mean, like, in a past trip, from before I started training with you guys. I can't remember though, it's been a while." Ky looked straight ahead.
"Well, we can't dwell on the past right now. We've gotta find the Kairu, and quick. I don't want to cause any trouble in such an urban area." They buildings started getting lower, and eventually, they went into a suburban area. Maya looked around.
"Well, it doesn't seem so urban anymore. We seem to have gotten to the Suburbs of Houston." Suddenly, her eyes closed and she almost fainted, but Ky caught her. She saw a golden ring with a ruby in it.
"Maya? My? Are you okay?" Maya nodded and stood up.
"I'm fine. The Kairu just hit me out of nowhere. We're really close now." She turned to Boomer. "How long do you think we've been walking for?" Boomer shrugged.
"I don't know, a few hours maybe." At an intersection in front of them, a bus stopped. A few students got off of it, but two stood out to Boomer. One was a girl with lightly tanned skin, bright green eyes, and long brown hair, wearing a yellow tank top with a white half jacket over it, with elbow length sleeves, two silver cuffs on each wrist that look like three rows of feathers with one eagle eye sitting on top, brown shorts, and brown sneakers, with a blue backpack. There was a boy next to her, about Elementary age, with brown hair, much bigger brown eyes, and pale skin, wearing a blue t-shirt with brown shorts and white sneakers, with a red backpack on. Boomer's eyes widened.
"Sara!" He turned the other way to try and leave. Maya and Ky looked confused. Ky grabbed his jacket to keep Boomer from leaving.
"Boomer, what's going on? Why are you hiding from a girl named Sara?" The girl described looked towards them, but Boomer grabbed all of them and got in a bush, so she never saw them. She just shrugged and walked away with the little boy. Boomer sighed.
"That girl that looked over here was Sara Connell, and next to her was her little brother Jeremy. Back when I lived in the Midwest, she was my best friend, along with two other people, Paul and Lexi. The four of us did everything together, including farm work. We'd even have dinner at each other's houses a majority of the time, though they mainly came to my house because we had the best food. But then, when we were 11, Sara moved. See, her dad had owned a small general store that went out of business, so, to get a new start, they sold both the store and their house and moved down here. Last time I saw her was at her 12th birthday, which is the only time I ever came to visit. Not long after, Master B recruited me for Kairu training, and then the whole Kairu incident occurred, and we were on missions so often, I never had time to visit. I'm pretty sure she hates me now." Maya smiled.
"That's okay. You've been writing her letters, right?" Boomer flushed in embarrassment.
"Um, not really. I haven't had the time! Whatever time I wasn't collecting Kairu or relaxing, I wrote to my parents, and I needed that time to relax so I wouldn't go crazy from the stress. Plus, writing to her would've only stressed me out even more. It would take forever to explain everything that's gone on. And after I did, she'd hate me even more for risking my life every single day." Maya rolled her eyes.
"You should've written to her if you didn't want her to hate you. Ignoring her now isn't an option either. I could sense the Kairu on her. She has it. We have to talk to her, and you've gotta tell her the truth, or else the situation will get worse." Boomer back out of the bush, shocked written on his face.
"There's no way I'm telling Sara the truth! She'll kill me! She hated it when I did things like climbed trees without her, let alone go on missions, and it wasn't because she wanted to do it too. She wanted to be up in those trees to keep me from being an idiot and getting myself hurt." Ky stood up and put his arm on Boomer's shoulder.
"Have faith in your friend. I'm sure she'll forgive you. But first, you've got to face her."
"I knew it!" They all turned to see Sara standing there without her backpack, looking pissed, and talking in a very hic accent. "I knew y'all were there, but Boom, y'all were hiding from me? What'd ya do dat for?" His eyes widened and he looked horrified at her speech.
"You promised you'd never talk like that ever!" Her mad face disappeared, and she burst out laughing, speaking not all hic, but like someone from up north, speaking like Boomer.
"That's look on your face! It was priceless! Just your reaction to how I saw talking!" Boomer looked confused.
"That was just a fake accent?" She nodded.
"I wanted to use it on you the next time you visited. I guess it took a few years, but it's good to see you. You should've told me that you were coming though." She held up her hand and they did a weird handshake. Boomer was shocked as he looked at his own hand.
"I can't believe I still remember that." Sara raised an eyebrow.
"Why wouldn't you remember it? You still go to school with Paul and Lexi, right?" Ky pushed boomer aside to get the awkwardness out of the place.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Sara. We've heard about you." She blushed and shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you too." Maya smiled at her.
"I'm Maya." Sara calmed down it bit. And shook Maya's hand
"It's nice to know Boomer's made some new friends since I left. So, how'd you guys meet? Are you guys new students at Timber Wolf Lake High?" Maya smiled.
"Well, we're not exactly new students, but that's besides the point." Maya noticed the ring Sara was wearing. "I love that ring," she pointed at it, "where'd you get it?! I'd love to get one just like it for myself!" She held her hand up and smiled. The ring was on her right ring finger. It was gold with a ruby in it, and full of Kairu.
"Oh, this? It's my grandma's ring. I got it when I turned sixteen, and from what I heard, my grandpa had it custom made, so it's one-of-a-kind. Sorry about that." Maya smiled.
"It's fine. How about we go back to your house and talk?" Sara nodded.
"Great idea! My mom's getting ready for a bake sale for the school Theater department, but I guess she won't mind surrendering a few cookies to us." She waved her hand for the to follow. "Come on." They followed her home. Rueth and Mae were following, still enshrouded in shadows. Mae smiled.
"Perfect. That girl has the Kairu. If that Boomer guy really is her friend, then he'll do anything to keep her safe, including letting us take the Kairu." Rueth glared at her.
"We will not, under any circumstance, break the Kairu Code. We can't involve civilians, and that's a fact. Now, if she were to somehow use that Kairu on her finger, it'd be a different story, but everyone knows you can't manipulate pure Kairu without and X-Reader, so no attacking or kidnapping her." Mae pouted.
"Fine, you're the leader, but why Lokar picked you I don't understand. Let's just keep following them."
"And then, he slipped the grape juice all over his pants, but because he was wearing purple pants as a dare from Paul, it looked like he had wet himself!" Maya and Ky were bursting at the seams with laughter, and Boomer just walked along, blushing madly at the embarrassment.
"Sara, did you really have to tell that one?" She smiled at Boomer.
"I could tell the apple pie story instead, if you really want." His eyes widened and he waved his hands in front of himself.
"No, anything but the apple pie story! Please don't tell that one!" Maya smiled.
"Now I'm curious, what's the apple pie story?" Sara laughed.
"It's really funny, but I promised to never tell it again. But," she reached for her pocket, "maybe if I call Paul or Lexi, they'd be perfectly willing to tell the story instead." Boomer's eyes widened.
"You wouldn't." She smiled.
"Oh yes I would!" She sighed and put her phone away. "But sadly, we're home, and I promised never to talk about it in the house. Well, this'll be a huge surprise." They stopped in front of a nice little two story redbrick house with a stereotypical white fence, a nice little driveway, and a mailbox that said 'The Connell Family'. Sara turned to them. "Promise not the break anything Boomer." Ky laughed.
"I still can't believe Boomer used to be such a klutz," he put his arm around his best friend, "but don't worry, he's not a klutz anymore. I can't think of anything he's broken recently." Maya nodded.
"Yeah, he hasn't broken anything since I've met him, short of the occasional plate, but that's only when he slips because Mookee spilled something while cooking." Sara raised an eyebrow.
"Mookee? Who's Mookee?" Ky saved the day with his explanation.
"He's just a person we know who likes to cook a lot, but usually it's inedible." She nodded.
"Ah, well, come in." She opened the door, going in first and holding it open enough for the rest of them to take off their shoes. They walked straight into a wood floor living room with an L-shaped brown couch, some nice matching tables, an entertainment stand with a TV on it in the corner of the room (as to be visible by all), and multiple bookshelves. Sara ran back to the kitchen. "I'm home Mom!" The smell of chocolate chip cookies wafted through the air as her mother smiled at her.
"I thought you were already home." Sara pulled out her phone.
"I dropped my phone on the way here. I had to go back to get it. I'm just glad it wasn't stolen." Her mother nodded as she took out one batch of cookies and put another in the oven.
"You should. While this isn't exactly a dangerous place, there's still a lot of thieving going on."
"Yeah, I bet Boomer would hate being here." Her mother raised an eyebrow.
"Boomer? Where's this coming from?" Sara laughed a little, and boomer knew it was time to show his face. He walked over to the kitchen, along with Maya and Ky.
"Hey there Mrs. C!" She screamed a little and nearly dropped her cookies.
"AH!" Then she realized who it was. "Boomer?! Don't scare me like that!" Boomer laughed.
"Sorry Mrs. C, couldn't resist!" She turned towards Maya and Ky.
"And who are you two?" Ky smiled.
"My name is Ky, and this is Maya." Maya smiled too.
"Nice to meet you!" Boomer looked around.
"Where are Jeremy and Mr. C?" Mrs. C rolled her eyes.
"Jeremy's grounded. He's been hiding his homework in the cat box so that he wouldn't have to do it. His teacher was not very happy when she found out. Now, he can't leave his room until dinner. And my husband is at work." Boomer nodded.
"I'm not surprised with Jeremy. He's always hated homework." Sara looked at her mom.
"Do you think you could surrender a few cookies? It's not everyday that Boomer pops up, and with friends might I add." Mrs. C nodded.
"It's fine, I baked extra in case Jeremy got into them, but I'm sure if I give you just a few, there'll be plenty left for the bake sale. Take some off of that tray," she pointed at a tray full of cookies, "you guys can have three each." Boomer smiled.
"Awesome! They smell really good." Boomer grabbed three. "Are these your special ones?" She nodded.
"Made with Mexican vanilla, rather than normal vanilla." Boomer ate one.
"Just as good as ever!" Ky elbowed him, to remind him what they were there for. "Um, let's go eat outside! It's such a nice day out!" Maya nodded as she grabbed some cookies for herself.
"It is nice and sunny. We totally should do that." Ky nodded, grabbing three cookies as well.
"Well, let's not let this day go to waste." They all pushed Sara outside, who just barely managed to get her own cookies before being pushed.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Ky closed the door behind them, and Sara looked mad, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Okay then. Boomer, you've got three seconds to start explaining, or I'll push you into the pool over there." She motioned her head towards the pool behind her. "I'm waiting." Boomer took in a deep breath and sighed.
"You've got to promise not to freak out, okay?" She nodded, then sat in a cushioned patio chair behind her.
"Fine." They all sat down as Boomer started explaining everything that had happened in the last five years with Maya and Ky adding in parts where Boomer wasn't involved, but helped to clarify some things. The shock was evident on her face.
"And then this morning, Master B sensed a Kairu deposit here in Houston, and it turned out to be your ring. So, we need the Kairu from it in order to stop Lokar." She stood up and glared at him.
"You expect me to just believe a story like that? I said I wanted the truth, and you give me a total lie?!" She was about to head back into the house, but Boomer grabbed her arm.
"Sara, I swear I'm telling the truth! If you take off your ring and let us drain the Kairu from it, then you'll see we're telling the truth!" She took off her ring and slammed it into the patio table.
"Fine, but when it doesn't work, I want the truth, and not some lie!" They all got out their X-Readers, ready to drain the Kairu, but then two girls jumped from a tree and landed in front of them. One of them was a girl who had messy, long black hair with two braids on the side of her head, connecting in the back with a red clip, violet eyes, and fair skin, wearing a red fitted t-shirt, a black open jacket with tattered sleeves, blue jeans, red sneakers, and a green X-Reader on a black band on her upper right arm, two golden cuffs on her wrists with a golden flower that has a green gem in the center, and a black belt with a diamond shaped belt buckle that has an angular face on it. The other was a taller girl with short red hair with a diagonal cut on her bangs, bright brown eyes, and pale skin, wearing a pink t-shirt with a sleeveless black back with a turned up collar, two silver bands on her upper arms, the right one with a wind pattern (shown by various swirls), then left one an earth pattern (shown by breaking ground and design cracks), two silver cuffs on both wrists, the right one with a flame design going across, the left with a water design going across, black shorts with grey knee high and fitted boots, and a belt identical to the other girl's. The first one smiled.
"So, you're Team Stax. Not as impressive as Master Lokar made you out to be. Well, meet Team Femmicore. I'm Rueth and that's Mae. Now you know us. I'm surprised your own little Kairu detector couldn't sense us, but I guess we're just better trained than you." Ky was a bit shocked.
"Another new team of E-Teens?" He smiled. "Looks like Lokar's getting desperate. Femmicore? How lame of a name is that?" Rueth glared at him.
"And what kind of a name is Team Stax? Ego much? At least my team isn't named after myself. What, did you threaten to quit if your master didn't let you name the team?" Ky smirked.
"At least I've got a full team. Where's your third member, or were they too scared to face us? I wouldn't blame them if they were." Mae smiled.
"It doesn't take a third member to kick your butts! Kairu Challenge!" They both put their fists together and bowed slightly. Ky smirked even more.
"Challenge Accepted." The clouds gathered together and there was a large blue cloud above them. Sara was in shock.
"You were telling the truth?" Boomer nodded.
"Yeah, now I've gotta stack up." He pulled out his X-Reader, and pulled two cards out of a wheel. "FROZTOK!" Froztok appeared behind Boomer. Maya pulled out her own X-Reader and pulled two cards from a wheel.
"HARRIER!" Harrier appeared behind Maya. Ky pulled out his X-Reader and pulled two cards out of a wheel.
"METANOID!" Metanoid appeared behind him. Rueth pulled out her own X-Reader, which was purple and green, and pulled out two cards.
"IVIVETTE!" A giant monster that looked like it was made entirely of brown ivy with bulky upper arms and upper torso, small lower arms and lower torso, bulky legs, green leaves for the fingers, green buds for the toes, blue oval shaped eyes, a giant ivy leaf over the torso and on the back, and a split pod for the mouth appeared behind Rueth. Mae pulled out her own X-Reader and pulled two cards from a wheel.
"ETERNFLEMENIS!" A giant monster that looked like a slim person made of orange flames, with two glowing red eyes appeared behind Mae. Boomer smirked.
"Let me start this off with a hello! BLIZZARD AXES!" Two green axes appeared in his hands, which he threw at the two new E-Teens, but they easily dodged by jumping over them. Rueth smiled.
"Nice move, but can you stop this one? FLORAL FIST!" She projects a fist made of red flowers at Boomer.
"STAR SMASH!" The two attacks met in the middle, canceling each other out. Mae smiled.
"Finally I get to have some fun! INFERNO CHAIN!" A chain made of red flames appears in her hands, which she whipped at Maya, who barely managed to avoid it by flipping backwards.
"Looks like this won't be easy. FEATHER DAGGERS!" Maya shot multiple razor sharp feathers from her hands, which Mae barely managed to avoid. Ky smirked.
"Now she's off guard. PLASMA CLAWS!" He threw red claws at her, but she dodged it again. Rueth smiled.
"Looks like we'll need a little extra girl power. PETAL MIRAGE!" Out of some blue petals came an exact replica of Rueth, with the exception that the second was just ever so slightly blue. Rueth smiled at her clone. "Does your X-Reader work properly?" The second Rueth pulled out her X-Reader, and it worked just fine.
"Yep, it sure does." They both smiled. The first Rueth pulled out an attack.
"IVY WHIP!"
"VINE WHIP!" Both whips were green, but the first one had razor sharp ivy leaves, the other had nothing, but was a bit faster. Ky pulled out an attack of his own.
"ICE WHIP!" Maya used her own as well.
"FIRE WHIP!" The two whips caught each other and were at a standstill with each other. The first Rueth smiled.
"This is getting more and more interesting, but sadly, I've got to end this now." Both the first and second Rueth made their attacks disappear, while the first Rueth had some sort of blue dust in her hand. "POISON POLLEN POWDER!" She blew on it and sent it towards Team Stax, who was engulfed in the dust. Maya coughed and fell to her knees.
"My Kairu is draining! This attack takes away your energy!" Ky feel on one knee.
"We can't give up!" Boomer fell on all fours.
"I'm not gonna let them take Sara's ring!" He managed to lift himself up to be on only one knee, rather than both his knees and both of his hands. "I've still got enough juice for one attack!"
"Boomer, no!" He turned to Sara, who was holding her ring. "Don't try. I wasn't hit by the attack, and if there's energy in this thing, then I'm gonna help!" Ky's eyes widened.
"That's against the Kairu Code, and besides, you have to be trained to use Kairu, and you need an X-Reader or to know how to use your inner Kairu!" Sara looked determined.
"I'm not gonna let them hurt you guys!" Mae laughed.
"Oh look, the civilian is trying to help! Well, this'll be interesting when it literally blows up in her face!" Rueth eyes widened, and then made the second one disappear.
"You can't do that! You'll not only break the Kairu Code, but get yourself killed!" Sara smirked.
"Better than letting you guys win the Kairu!" She closed her eyes and focused, feeling the energy in the ring, and then focused it into one blast at Rueth, who was knocked backwards and into the pool. She swam back up and was full of surprise.
"No one can do something like that! How did she do that?!" Mae smiled.
"We win now though. The fact that she interfered on Team Stax's behalf means that we win!" The sky turned back to normal. Sara looked horrified.
"What?" Mae smiled.
"I really must thank you. You just made their defeat far more humiliating! Now we get the Kairu, and the relic!" She held onto the ring.
"No way! This was my grandmother's!"
"Do as they say." Her face was full of shock as she looked at Boomer while he stood up. "They won it. We tried to tell you that you couldn't get involved, and since you did, they win by default. You have to hand over the ring." She shook her head.
"It was my grandmother's!" Ky shook his head.
"It doesn't matter who's it was before it got filled with Kairu. It's theirs now. When a team wins a Kairu Challenge over a relic, they win the relic and all the Kairu inside. You have to hand it over." Maya nodded.
"He's right. And if you don't hand it over, then they're allowed to take it by force since they won it." Tears streamed down her face.
"Fine." She held out her hand, and Mae took the ring. She then walked over to Rueth and held her hand out so Rueth could get out of the pool.
"Let's take this back to Master Lokar." Rueth nodded as she got out.
"And let's tell him of what happened." They disappeared, and Sara was shocked.
"They vanished!" Ky shook his head.
"They're just moving super fast, too fast for us to see," he turned back to Sara, "and you shouldn't be crying. It's not your fault that you didn't know. We kinda dropped this bomb on you. If we had explained about the rules further, that might not've happened, but that Rueth girl had an incredibly powerful attack. I didn't know attacks like that existed. But you, you were amazing. I can't think of anyone who can manipulate pure Kairu." She blushed.
"Well, thank you." Boomer smiled.
"Hey, wanna join Team Stax? It'd be awesome! You could bunk with Maya, and you can go on all sorts of Kairu quests with us!" Maya nodded.
"Yeah, You'd be a great addition to the team!" Sara smiled.
"Thanks, but Kairu isn't for me. I've got school, I've got clubs, and I even have a job. Plus, unlike you, I've got a little brother to keep on task, so, I'd like to take your offer, but I'll have to decline." Ky smiled.
"That's alright. If you ever change your mind, I think we explained where to find us in the story." She nodded.
"China, right?" Ky nodded.
"Yeah. You can also call Boomer's parents too. They've visited before." He turned to his team. "Well, we should probably get going." They nodded, but Sara ran and hugged Boomer.
"Be careful, okay Boom? I don't want to go and visit only to find out you did something really stupid." He hugged back and nodded.
"I promise, I won't do something really stupid. Maybe a little stupid." She stopped hugging him and whacked him upside the head while Ky and Maya laughed. Ky stopped laughing.
"Well, we'd better get going, or else we'll never leave." They went from the side of the house to the front and started heading off. Ky used his X-Com. "Mookee, can you come pick us up? We're pretty far away from where the X-Scaper is."
"Can do Ky! The camouflage is still working just fine! Did you get the Kairu?"
"No, we lost it to a new team of E-Teens, Team Femmicore."
Well, that's a shame. Well, it's not a big loss. The Kairu deposit wasn't all that big anyway. I'll be there soon." Mookee ended the communication. Maya looked at Ky.
"Why didn't you tell him about Sara?" Ky looked straight ahead, a serious look on his face.
"I want to bring that up with Master Boaddai first. Plus, those things they had on both their wrists looked like X-Coms, and I'm not sure if I want them hearing in detail how Sara is Boomer's best friend from back home and all that. They could use that against Boomer." Maya raised an eyebrow.
"Kai, they were following us the entire time. They said they were. I think they know how to suppress their inner Kairu to the point where it's undetectable by even me. I didn't even feel their Kairu until a little after they were in front of us. They probably already know all of that. They might do that anyway." Boomer shook his head.
"She's really strong, so she wouldn't easily be taken. Not to mention, her dad works at an Army base, training soldiers before they go on tours. He tried to stay out of that when he opened up his store, but when it went out of business, he decided it'd be best to work like that again, so now he's in the military again. He's really strong too, and even Lokar wouldn't attack them. He wouldn't dare break the Kairu Code by actually attacking them. He'd have to use Kairu against them because he'd never win in hand-to-hand combat. I'm not worried about her. But I think it's a good idea to tell Master B about it first. Mookee will make such a big deal out it." Suddenly, three ropes dropped from the sky. They all looked up and saw nothing there, which meant Mookee was there. They each grabbed on and were pulled up.
They all came out of the X-Scaper, where Master Boaddai was waiting.
"It seems you didn't manage to get the Kairu?" Ky nodded.
"Yeah. Today was a really weird day, but first, I've gotta explain what happened." He then related to Master Boaddai what had happened, everything from meeting Sara to their encounter with Team Femmicore. "And then Sara managed to use the pure Kairu in her ring to attack Rueth, but because she did it to help us, Team Femmicore managed to get the Kairu anyway." Master Boaddai nodded.
"I see. This is a very interesting situation. Sara and Team Femmicore, hm? I'll have to meditate on this matter. But for now, get some rest. You were out on this quest for most of the day, and need some time to relax." Boomer cheered.
"Yes! Down time!"
Lokar smiled as Rueth and Mae came up to him.
"Ah, so you managed to get the Kairu after all." Rueth nodded as she got on one knee in respect. She then held out the ring to Lokar.
"Yes, we did, but here's the shocking thing. There was a girl there who manipulated the Kairu in the ring. I'm not sure if it was because she's that strong, or because the ring belongs to her, but she managed to do it. Because of that, we won the Kairu Challenge." Lokar smiled thoughtfully.
"Interesting. She could be useful to us." Mae laughed a little, and Lokar glared at her. "What's so funny Mae?"
"Nothing, it's just, she's apparently a good friend of Boomer's, and therefore would never join us." Lokar smiled.
"I'm sure I can "convince" her that Boomer is in the wrong." He started laughing evilly.
You should never interfere in things you don't understand fully. Whether it's a game or your friends arguing, you need to know everything before you get involved. Sara didn't understand the rules of a Kairu Challenge, and even though she turned the odds in our favor, we ended up losing since we broke the Kairu Code. Remember to get all the information before you get involved.
Next Time on Redakai: The Dark Team
A new team enters the scene. Or really, an old team. Team Battacor gets to return to Lokar's presence and are sent on a mission to retrieve the Kairu. What is Team Femmicore up to? Will Team Stax be able to beat this returning team and get the Kairu? Find out in the next episode of Redakai: The Dark Team Episode 2 Return of the Battacor!