Disclaimer: I do not own Pano, Jack, or any characters from the original series mentioned in this chapter.

Chapter 3: The Hopeless Monkey Boy: Garret!

"You destroyed my ARM, and you stole Babbo from me! Wind Cutter rip them into shreds!" ordered Oz as he floated into the air on his broom and sweeped the air with it, sending a large volume of air at Kairi.

"Rashoumon Gate, rise! 13 Totem Poles, Wind Tunnel Formation!" Seth yelled as the same large gate rose and blocked the wind, while large totem poles reappeared, sending all of the wind back at Oz.

"How dare you! I'll be back, and next time, you guys won't be as lucky!" threatened Oz as he flew off on his broom, and Kairi just then noticed that the wind was so sharp it had cut a gash into his left arm.

"Thanks for the help. I take it that you're Seth, the guy who gave me this Dagger Ring, right?" Kairi asked as Babbo jumped out of the chest yawning. He blinked once or twice and then his eyes suddenly grew as large as golf balls.

"Alviss, why are you here?" Babbo said surprised.

"So, you must be the real Babbo if you know my dad. I'm actually Seth, and this is girl is apparently a relative of Ginta's," Seth said as he looked from Babbo to Kairi and added," Speaking of which, who are you anyway?"

"Looks like I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Kairi Toramizu!" Kairi said as they made their way to the exit.

"So, you're Ginta's child. Follow me and I'll explain, but try to keep up, I don't feel like waiting on a brat and some old man ARM!" ordered Seth as he ran off, with Kairi and Babbo following.

"Your dad, Ginta, came here fourteen years ago. He formed a group consisting of seven people, and the talking ARM: Babbo. They eventually fought through a tournament known as the War Games, which ended when Ginta used Babbo to defeat Phantom in battle. Team MAR, the group of fighters, eventually got killed off, but Ginta killed the King, reviving everyone. I've heard that a new War Games tournament will start, so, since you can wield Babbo, I say that you join the War Games as the leader of the new Team MAR," Seth said as he turned at Kairi and Babbo, the former looking confused.

"OK, could you explain that a little differently?" asked Kairi as Seth slapped himself in the face.

"I want you, to lead a group of fighters. Of course, I'll be the second member. Babbo, I need you to be Kairi's ARM, since I don't think she'll be able to use that Ring Dagger I gave her. I'll help you gather some team members, but we'll need four or five more people," Seth said as they stopped at a small farm, with small striped orange fruit growing outside of it.

"Kairi, Babbo, watch out! I can sense the magical power of Chess Pieces!" Seth said warningly, as a group of six men in black cloaks appeared, led by a man in a blue cloak with silver hair and tan skin.

"Open up, you fools, before we bust down the door!" he hissed as the door was opened by a man in a green sleeveless shirt and yellow pants with black shoes.

"What do you want this time, Ven?" The man asked as the man in front, apparently Ven, forced the door open and knocked the man aside.

"You fool; we came to get our money. But if you can't pay us, something unfortunate might happen to your farm and family," Ven said as he popped his knuckles.

"Thirteen Totem Poles, Rod Mode! Kairi place this inside of Babbo, it'll let you use a mode change," Seth said as he handed a red stone to Kairi, who placed the stone into Babbo's hammer while a long rod appeared in his hands.

"Now; let's go, Kairi!" Seth said as he jumped out of a bush and aimed his rod at the two cloaked Chess Pieces, knocking them to the ground.

"You; I thought I killed you! Wait a second, your not Alviss, you're that brat son of his; Seth," Ven said as he released his grip on Jack, only to turn his attention to Seth.

"Garret, Pano, help them out," ordered Jack, who got up while two people came from the house, both wielding weapons.

"You fools! Storm Kadarm!" Ven said as a long blade appeared over his arm, which he used to strike down the woman and boy who had come out.

"Garret; Pano!" Jack yelled as Ven stomped on him, grinding him into the ground, he then proceeded to kick Jack in the stomach.

"Stop it! Babbo: Version Two: Bubble Launcher!" Kairi said as Babbo changed into a gun, which had the same insignia as Babbo.

"She's wielding Babbo?" Ven thought as he saw the girl aim the gun at him.

"Did you forget about me, Chess Piece?" yelled the boy Garret who ran up behind Ven.

"You are a fool. You should have snuck up on me, but you need to learn lessons the hard way. You will make a great Chess Piece, but first," Ven said as he grabbed Garret, moving his arm in front of Garret's throat. A ring on his finger glowed and disappeared, sending a red spark through Garret's body.

"Kairi, don't aim at them, you may hit the kid," Seth said as the pole disappeared.

"What do you mean? I thought we were going to beat these Chess Piece guys," Kairi said as she moved the Bubble Gun away from Ven.

"Trust me; we'll win," Seth said as he reached for the omega chain tied around his waist.

"If you activate any ARM, this boy will die! But, it's time for this boy to learn his lesson! Decapitator!" Ven said as Garret screamed into the air. His body glowed red with the sparks.

"Now it's time to strike Kairi! 13 Totem Poles!" Seth said as the omega chain disappeared from his belt, but 13 totem poles rose from the ground, spinning and sending Ven flying into the air.

"Babbo; fire!" Kairi said as a stream of pink bubbles came from the gun and blasted Ven, but most of them just popped.

"I'm not through with this farm! Pawns, if you can kill one of them, I'll be sure to promote you to Rook Class!" Ven said as he did a back flip and landed on the roof, holding out a bracelet while all of the cloaked Pawns got up and charged forward, pulling out swords.

"Kairi, use the Dagger Ring; Babbo, return to your original form!" Seth said as the totem poles changed into a long rod, while Kairi activated Ring Dagger and Babbo changed into his regular form.

"These fools don't deserve to be Rooks, or even alive if they can't tell when a Knight lies about a promotion," Ven thought as he laughed and stabbed the bracelet's spiked end into the wall.

"Wait a second; Pawns, retreat! He's wedged an Arm of Flame into the building he's trying to kill everyone!" yelled one of the Pawns, who quickly ran in the other direction, only to drop to the ground dead.

"Kairi, help Jack and Garret escape from the building, and make a run for it! I've got a little score to settle," ordered Seth as he jumped up and aimed his rod at Ven, who jumped out of the way. The rod hit part of the building, knocking the ARM of Flame into the robes of an escaping Pawn, whose robes started to catch on fire.

Next Chapter: The Battle between Murderer and Hero: Seth vs Ven!

That is the end of Chapter 3. I've noticed that someone has put up a Story Alert for this story. Chapter 4 will be delayed, due to me being so busy, but it'll be up by Saturday or Sunday.