Kurai heard it. She lifted her head, her ears perking up at the voices.

Kurai had gone wolf, knowing it'd help or hurt her.

Thankfully, it was helping her.

"I trust you did you job? You got the wielder of the Death Tetahcoatl on our side?"

Tithi... Death Tetahcoatl.

Kurai shot to her feet, snarling angrily. The others all snapped awake, instantly alert.

"What is it Kurai?" Ryuuga asked.

In answer, Hades and Doji walked in, a dark robed figure with them.

"It seems one of you knows, hmm?" Hades purred.

Kurai growled, Release him.

"He submitted willingly."

I doubt that.

"I did."

Dynamis froze on the spot, hearing the new voice.

"Tithi?!"

Snap out of it!

"When I'm dead."

That can be arranged you know.

Tithi stared at the black wolf.

"Release her."

"What?!" Hades shouted.

"Release. Her."

Reluctantly, Hades typed in some commands into a hidden pad in the wall, jumping away when Kurai lunged.

Nobody was expecting what happened next.


When Gin Ryu realized what had happened, she did the weakest thing she could do.

She cried.

She had tried to keep her friends safe, tried to protect them, tried to save her family and friends.

She had failed.

Chi crouched in front of her, watching with his blue eyes.

"I can't do it Chi. I can't. I give up. I give up..." Gin Ryu whispered.

"You know what I always say?"

"No."

"What's the point in doing something if you just quit?"

Gin Ryu was silent.

"Look at your brother. He's wanting to gain control over his Bey and he's not giving up. Shi Tsuki? She's wanting to beat her dad in a match and she's training hard. Then my cousin. He wants to save his dad, even against our orders. So really, what's the point of doing something if you quit?"

"You're right. Which is why you're gonna hate my plan."

"Hm?"

"I gotta plan. You're gonna hate me."

"Well, pray tell, what is it?"

Chi nearly fainted from shock when Gin Ryu told him her idea.


Gin Ryu watched from the shadows as her mother threatened Hades and Doji.

Gin Ryu looked up towards the catwalk, seeing Chi dressed in all black with a rifle tucked up under his shoulder.

Good. He was in position.

At the exact moment Kurai lunged at Hades, Gin Ryu gave the signal to attack.

Two other wolves came from the shadows, knocking Kurai off course. She snapped back to her feet, her ears flattening against her skull, lips pulled back over her teeth.

Mom, stop it!

Gin Ryu?

Who else?

That other wolf...

Hm? Oh, Shi Tsuki.

Are you-?

Kidding? She wishes! I just got it. Kinda cool, being almost like my mom now.

Okay then... What the hell is going on here?!

"Bingo! Gotcha right where I want you!" A voice whispered.

Two silver bullets struck Hades in the heart and head. He went up in flames, reduced to a pile of ashes.

Kurai looked towards the source.

Nothing.

Chi.

Bao's kid?!

He's a natural.

What else do I need to know?

Honoo's about to challenge Tithi, while we fight Doji and Yamaneko hacks into the network computer system, freeing everyone.

"Go Fernis Fire!"

"Tetahcoatl!"

"I know what'll free you, Tithi! Fernis Fire, up high!"

The Bey went up the wall and came crashing down down on the gold Bey, shattering it to pieces and freeing Tithi from the spell.

"REALLY?! Do you have any idea how long that'll take to repair!?" Yamaneko snarled from his place besides Chi, typing furiously on his computer.

"NOW! CHI!" Gi Ryu's shout sounded from below.

One careful aim later sent Doji to the ground, dead.

"And if that doesn't kill you son of a bitch, I'll make it my mission to kill you once and for all." Gi Ryu vowed. She turned to the cells that held her father and friends.

"No, no, no, no. Bad, bad, bad. Gin Ryu, problem!" Yamaneko suddenly yelped, seeing that there was a bomb that would go off if he freed everyone.

"Computer bomb connected to the network system?"

"How did you- YES!"

"What else?"

"Uh, there's a timer on it and if I'm careful I can turn the systems into a time bomb."

"Do it. Then I'll go from there."

"Right..." Yamaneko narrowed his eyes and began typing faster and more furiously than before.

A near five minutes later, "Got it!"

The cell doors opened, freeing everyone.

"Get out now. I'm gonna deactivate this thing."

"Uh, in three minutes? That's the maximum I could get!" Yamaneko jumped down, Chi behind him.

"I can do it in two. Go, now!"

Everyone ran.


"Thirty seconds left..." Kurai whispered, looking at her watch.

"She'll make it. She can do it. I know she can." Ryuuga said, although deep inside, he was freaking the hell out.

"Ten... nine... eight... seven... six... five... four... three... two..."

The building went up in flames, making everyone freeze.

Kurai collapsed, crying.

Silence overcame the group. Horrified silence.

Then...

"LOOK!" Honoo screamed, pointing.

From the flames, Gin Ryu sashayed out, completely unharmed, her face set in fury.

She had finally gained peace of mind that her family and those she loved would be safe.


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