For about a week had the Woo Foo warriors fought Ferocitus and his dark, enslaved army, and they didn't seem anywhere close to a victory.

But they were safe as long as they stood together, living under one roof. They were like a family.

Family...

Yo sat at the kitchen table as he watched Gem at the stove warming them some coffee. She still wore that ridiculous outfit, and when he saw her take a taste of her stirring spoon, it was slid right under her mask.

It still hurt...

Yo couldn't believe how desperate he was to think that some random woman would be his wife! And he made poor Gem take off her mask so he could see a face neither of them wanted shown...

Not to sound cruel, but Yo's blurred memory told him that although he couldn't remember her wife's face, he could remember how she had the face of an angel, and he would feel like the luckiest man in the world to marry someone so beautiful...

While Gem was far from attractive, she was kind-hearted and oh-so-motherly to the kids besides her own. And she was not furious when Yo had thought so quickly that she was his long-lost wife...nor when she had removed her mask for him. Beautiful or not, she had to be the nicest woman Yo had ever met during his years of supposed bachelorhood. It made him wonder if his wife was just as kind-hearted...

He pushed those thoughts aside as Gem sat down across from him, handing him his steaming cup. "Ferocitus had just made the mall his private throne room..." She said with a sigh.

"I'm not surprised..." Yo chuckled. "Anywhere that has a candy store is a throne room to him..."

"What are we going to do, Yo?" She asked softly, though her voice carried fear. Though Yo had insisted numerous times that she and Bi didn't have to stand by them and fight, Gem refused, telling him that it was their battle as it was his.

"We keep fighting..." Yo said in a quiet, serious tone. He glanced over at the children sitting in the living room, playing a board game to distract them from the terror that was happening outside their home. "Until them, we have to take good care of these kids..."

Though she wore a mask, Yo thought she saw Gem smile through the cloth. "Dave's taking it a lot better..." She said. "Though it's obviously impossible for him to not break down because of his parents being taken, I've managed to help him calm down a bit more..."

Yo raised and eyebrow at her, smiling. "You're a good woman, Gem. You're like a guardian angel..."

Gem sighed. "That's what my husband told me..."

Yo stiffened. He had forgotten about Bi's father. "Yeah, uh..." He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "About him...what ever happened to him?"

Gem was quiet for a few moments...then she closed her eyes. "He was separated from me..."

Yo's eyes widened. "Separated? What do you mean?"

Gem opened her eyes; they were sparkling as if she were about to cry. "The force of evil back then...it drove us apart. Neither of us wanted to split, but we were forced to...However, it was him who was forced to leave first...and me left alone to raise Bi..."

Yo tightened his jaw, taken all this in. He glanced over toward the kids, and watched as Bi stroked Dave while the stump kid lay his wooden head against a pillow while the others played. Such a kind, precious child Bi was...

"She's very beautiful, isn't she?" Gem asked, driving him out of his thoughts.

Yo turned to her. "Yes, she is..." Yo said sincerely.

Gem nodded. "And Yin...she's so lovely, too...and let's not forget Lena..."

"You're not just saying that, are you?" He asked her carefully. She seemed too kind...

"Well, in my opinion..." She began calmly. "Every child is beautiful in every single way. Whether it's looks, personality, or even just existing. It doesn't matter what we all look like, every person is beautiful, and we just need to see more closely to understand..."

Yo's eyes widened at her wise words. Her looks...perhaps her husband have overlooked those flaws and had noticed the lovely character behind her face. And Yo? Did he marry just for his wife's looks? Or was it her supposed loving personality? Was it both?

He really hated having low memory...

"Mom! Master Yo!" Bi shouted.

The two adults immediately got up from the table. "What is it?" He mom asked, standing in a fighting position.

"He's here!" Her daughter shouted as she pointed out the window.

""Aw, come on!" Master Yo groaned.

Soon, everyone filed outside and looked toward the road.

And there coming towards them was the marching army of evil...with Dave's parents holding Ferocitus up in a throne.

"Mom! Dad!" Dave cried. He didn't let out a whimpering cry, he remained strong but angry; Gem had helped him well.

"What does that freak want now?" Yang demanded.

Suddenly, beneath their feet, glowing green lines formed and the ground began to rumble. And emerging from the green lines was a vine of some sort, which grabbed unto Bi's leg.

She screamed, trying to pull herself back. The others raced to her, holding her tightly as the vine began to pull at her leg. Yo stood by Gem as he held on tight to her daughter. He glanced over to see that the glowing green vines had been, no doubt, created by Dave's parents; where else would these freaky vines come from? He watched as Ferocitus laughed at them, before coughing.

The elderly panda bared his teeth. "Let her go!"

"I don't think so!" The evil Night Master sang in an annoying, childish voice. He turned to his bat. "Take them down..."

"You got a whole army..." His bat muttered as he zoomed straight. "Yet you're asking the bat to do the dirty work..."

Before Yo knew it, he and the others were knocked down by rapid impact the little bat had. He was pushed to the ground, and he barely opened his eyes when Gem fell right on top of him.

He was nose-to-nose with her.

"Uh..." The panda's eyes widened as he gazed into what he stared into his widened blue eyes.

Through the mask, he could see Gem was blushing.

"Bi!" She cried as she turned from Yo and watched as her daughter was hanging by her leg by the vines Dave's parents controlled.

"Help!" Bi cried as she was slowly taken away.

"Bi!" Yang cried as he took out his bamboo sword and charged at Ferocitus.

The bat got in his way and slammed him down, Yang hitting the ground hard.

"Yang!" Bi cried.

"I'm okay..." Yang called back in a pained voice.

Gem rushed to his aid, picking him up off the ground and checking his bruises. She looked up and watched helplessly as her daughter was taken away.

"Mom!" Bi cried helplessly.

Yo growled in anger as he glared at the mocking Ferocitus. His aurora...it was emerging from his body.

"I ain't about to let you separate a child from her parents as you've done with these other kids!" Yo shouted before he used his aurora and slammed his fists unto the ground.

The impact sent a great force of aurora-filled wind that slammed right into the army, scattering them everywhere. This made Dave's parents lose control of their vine and immediately let go of Bi, sending her flying helplessly through the air.

"I got you!" Yang, now fully-recovered, shouted as he held his arms out and ran toward where Bi might land.

"Are you seriously-" Lena began angrily, but was cut off when she had to send a high-kick to and incoming dark slave.

Bi screamed, flapping her arms in panic as she was unable to control her balance in the air. She looked to see Yang held his arms out...

...and she landed into them.

"Bi!" Yang cried in relief.

"Yang..." Bi said softly, gazing into his purple eyes.

"Uh..." Yang tensed under her sparkling. "Why do I get the feeling, something totally unexpected, but maybe expected, is going to-"

But before he could say anything...Bi kissed him.

The others watched in shock...especially Lena, who's fists tightened and she bared her teeth. She was about to run over and knock the stuffing out of both of them if Roger Jr. hadn't held her back.

After Bi pulled away, Yang was dazed, his lips still puckered out from that kiss.

"Uh, wow..." He muttered as he looked at Bi with an embarrassed smile.

Bi's cheeks blushed as pink as her lips. "That was just a thank-you, alright?"

"That won't stop my girlfriend from kicking our butts..." Yang pointed out. "But it's kind of worth it..."

Bi chuckled nervously before Yang brought her to her feet. They were so caught up on each other that they almost forgotten they were in the middle of a battle when Coop's mom swooped down and slammed them both, sending them flying toward the others.

Yang fell at Lena's feet.

"Um..." He gave her an apologetic smile, shuddering at her scowl. "You mad?"

"What do you think, blue?" She told him with an icy tone. Before Yang could say anything, she literally stepped on his belly as she made her way over to battle it out with Coop's mom.

"Was the kiss that good?" Dave asked him.

"Worth a thousand butt whoopings..." Yang muttered with a dazed smile.

"Bi," Gem said in a worried tone before she and Yin rushed over and helped her up.

"I'm good," Bi assured her. She gazed at Ferocitus. "We really need to take this guy down."

"But how?" Yin exclaimed. "He seems to know what he's doing."

"No, it's his bat that seems to know what to do," Gem corrected as she glanced over at Ferocitus's bat hovering around his master. "That dude is totally his voice of reason..."

"And he's that powerful for a little guy," Bi pointed out.

"Wait, I got it!" Yin exclaimed in realization.

"Oh, get him!" Ferocitus whined as he ordered his bat. "And take that one down! And that one!"

"Will you give me a break already?" His bat said in annoyance.

But Ferocitus's reply was only a cough. The bat sighed before throwing another cough drop at him.

"Hey, you winged idiot!"

Angered by that insult, the bat furiously turned to see Bi flapping her arms at him, sticking her tongue out.

"Bet you couldn't hit me without glasses!" She mocked as she dashed off.

The bat growled in anger. With one free wing, he reached for his glasses and removed them. "Want to bet?" He challenged as he flew down after her.

"Why doesn't he ever get contacts?" Ferocitus muttered to himself.

While all the others battled the dark army, Bi dashed through the chaos, looking over her shoulder to see the bat hot on her tail.

And she was stopped by Lena.

"Look, I don't care if you think that kiss was a sign of gratitude..." She told her angrily. "No one kisses my man but me! You got that?"

Bi didn't have time to explain as she looked back to see the bat closing in. His glasses were atop his head, at a slight vertical angle.

"Now Yin!" Bi shouted, startling Lena.

Yin hopped into position, and held her hands out. Gathering her growing aurora, she sent a high-powered line of power up in the air...toward Ferocitus's bat...

...and it bounced right off his glasses...

...and hit straight at Ferocitus...

The Night Master cried out in childish screams as the impact of Yin's attack hit him across the chest, thus nearly destroying some emblem on his chestplate.

Gem gasped as she gazed at the chestplate. "Yang!" She called as she turned to the blue rabbit. "Aim for his emblem! It's what he's using to keep the people under his dark power!"

Yang gazed in her direction, and noticed how Ferocitus tapped at it while watching his army battle his friends.

"Um..." Yang actually felt a bit uneasy about the situation, considering Lena was mad at him and he was starting to regret that kiss. He felt a warm hand on his back and turned to see Gem gazing at him.

"Look, I know you're a lo of things, Yang..." She told him in a motherly tone. "But a cheater isn't one of them." She glanced over at Lena, taking her anger out on some army slaves. She turned back to Yang, and he thought he saw her smile through her mask. "If she won't listen to Bi, she'll listen to me."

Yang knew Gem had a way of making people listen.

"Now go!" Gem urged as she pushed him forward.

"Gem, look out!" Yo shouted before he knocked out an incoming attack that nearly snuck up behind her.

Turning from Yo and Gem, Yang took out his bamboo sword and glared at Ferocitus. Then he dashed forward, heading straight for the Night Master.

But Dave's parents got in the way as they produced thorned-wines that were swinging at him. Yang dodged every one of them, annoyed by the delay.

"I got you, man!" Yang turned to see Dave, hopping toward him as fast as his stump legs could take him.

Dave took a deep breath...then he gazed at his parents. They loved, obviously. And they were in deep control by the evil powers of the Night Master. And of course, Dave was furious...

...but not as furious knowing he was going to have to take down his parents.

"Hail Ferocitus..." His parents droned.

Dave bit his lip as he held his fists out. "Sorry, mom and dad..." He told them. "This is going to hurt me a lot more than it'll hurt you..."

"Not really!" Yang called out, but Dave ignored him

"CHI-HOO-HAH!" Dave shouted before he jumped in the air and flew down at them.

In one swift movement, Dave sent his fists straight into the jaws of both his parents. That impact made them lose control of their thorned-vines, making the plants die instantly, giving Yang a clear path toward Ferocitus.

"I'm sorry!" Yang heard Dave said as the blue rabbit rushed forward, sword ready.

He leaped toward Ferocitus...slashed his sword across his chest...

...and the emblem broke.

"No!" Ferocitus cried as it turned to pieces. "Chicks dig that thing!"

"It's not like it'll get you a date..." Yang pointed out before he slammed a fist into him, knocking him off his throne.

After destroying that emblem, everything seemed to lighten up. The dark color that had taken over their town seemed to began to fade, and the shadows that had engulfed the citizens began to disappear, slowly revealing their usual, bright colors.

Dave immediately turned as he watched the shadows seep away from his parents, immediately showing their usual green leaves and rich brown wooden bodies.

"What happened?" His mother moaned, rubbing her head.

Dave didn't even explain. He just launched himself at his parents, hugging them both.

Soon, all the people who were under the dark control returned back to their usual forms. They all looked around in confusion before finally realizing a battle was going on and that the Night Master was still present.

Ferocitus slammed a fist against the concrete before glaring at the Woo Foo Warriors. "No fair!" He whined.

"Want fair?" Yo challenged with a satisfied smirk as he approached him, though cautiously. "Come battle again when you've reached a mature state..."

And that made the Night Master angrier as he got to his feet, glaring at the panda. "The other Night Masters failed because of you..." He growled. "I'm going to do what they've been trying to do for so long!"

And suddenly, he grabbed a nearby wall that had somehow broken off during the battle. He held it high over Master Yo...then threw it at him.

Yo gasped as it headed straight for him.

"Yo!" Gem cried as she rushed to him.

With seconds away from being hit, Yo closed his eyes...But he immediately opened them when he saw Gem leap in front of him...

...and the wall hit her across her body.

The wall fell down with a thud. Right next to Yo.

"Mom!" Bi cried out.

Yo gazed at the wall that nearly crushed him. Then he saw the piece of cloth that was Gem's mask.

"No..." He said slowly. "No! Gem!" And he rushed over to the wall. The other Woo Foo Warriors aided him as they all lifted it at once, the citizens and the kids' parents watching in concern.

But Gem wasn't underneath the wall as soon as they flipped it over.

"Where is she?" Yo cried as he fell on his knees.

"There!" Dave cried as he pointed across the street.

All eyes followed and found a bundle of unruly cloth laying on the floor, arms and legs sprawled across.

"Gem!" Yo cried as he raced to her aid, the others behind him.

He rushed over and knelt before her, carefully placing his arms on her waist as he slowly turned her on her back. Her nose was flattened and her tiny mustache was frizzy. But she seemed fine.

"Yo?" She said softly, gazing up at him.

Yo smiled tightly. "You're okay..."

"Okay?" Bi cried as she stood beside the panda. "Look what Ferocitus did to her!"

"He didn't damage her too bad with that wall..." Yo assured her.

"I'm not talking about the wall!" Bi cried. She pointed at her mother. "I'm talking about her face!"