Ch,10-The BB Boss revealed!

This is where we see the BB Boss. ^^ And Toshi is protective of Rosie.

Toshi grudgingly exited the hotel the next day. He hadn't slept well the night before, mostly staying awake thinking about his life.

A police officer walked up to Toshi.

"Toshi, right?" He asked.

Toshi nodded, wondering what the officer wanted.

"I'll have to ask you to follow me to the police station."

Toshi tensed. Had he somehow done something wrong? No. It must be for something else. Toshi decided to follow after the officer, hoping that it was something else.

Toshi was taken to Bullwort's office once he had entered the police station; the officer left once he was standing in front of the captain.

"Sorry to drag you down here, Toshi, my boy." Bullwort apologized. "But there's something I need to ask you. You see…Rosie has been kidnapped."

Toshi's heart almost stopped. Rosie did get into a lot of trouble and had tons of bad luck, but even she wasn't that dumb, right?

"We got this letter from the kidnappers." Bullwort held up a scrap of paper. "Let me read it. 'Bring the idols to the Park Area dock.'"

Kidnappers? Toshi wondered. There was more than one?

"I know you've been spending a lot of time with Rosie. Do you know anything about these idols they mention?" Bullwort gave a sheepish smile. "Because, er, we don't know anything about them at all. We're at a bit of a loss, lad."

An officer walked in at the moment, whispered something to Bullwort, then left the room.

"Anyway, Toshi, thanks for your time. Sorry to bother you about this. You can go home, now." Bullwort turned his back on Toshi, clasping his hands together. "I wonder what will happen to Rosie if no one takes those idols to the Park Area dock…?"

For some reason, it sounded like Bullwort knew where Rosie was.

Toshi shook off that notion and exited the police station.

Whoever these kidnappers are, I need to get ready. Toshi thought as he headed to Beth. They may be my toughest opponent yet.

He headed to Bottomsup Bay to search for Fossils. Once he had found several new ones, he went to Greenhorn Plains next and Rivet Ravine. When he was finished, he took his twelve fossils to the Fossil Center for cleaning and revival. He recovered a Goyo head, Shoni arms, Plesio arms, an Elasmo head, Metria arms, Siamo arms, Goyo arms, a Hypsi head, U-raptor head, Stygi head, Ourano head, Onyx arms, Jiango head, and Futabi arms. He revived the Goyo, Elasmo, Hypsi, U-raptor, Jiango, Stygi, and Ourano.

Hypsi was tiny and green with a pale yellow, beak-like mouth; three green feathers stuck up from the back of its head.

Ourano was medium-sized with light brown skin, dark blue markings, and a large sail running down its back like a ridge.

Jiango stood on four feet and looked like a Kentro, but had terribly pale blue skin with darker blue markings.

The other fossils, except for Goyo's arms, were put into storage.

Toshi took out Nychus and V-raptor from his team and replaced them with U-raptor and Elasmo. Once he had done that, Toshi headed to his hotel room, placed the idols in his backpack, and headed to the Park Area; by now, it was already dark. a boat was parked at the dock where Rosie and Toshi had been a few days ago. The boat was a sleek black motorboat with two big B's on the back end of the boat.

"Hey!" Toshi called as he halted a few feet from the dock. "I brought the idols!"

A BB soldier stepped off the boat and walked up to Toshi. "Looks like you brought the idols. Smart. I'll just be taking those, thank you!" He pulled out three Dino Medals and released the Vivosaurs within; he called upon a Stygi, Amargo, and Nychus.

Amargo was large with a long neck and red body. It had a black underbelly, stood on four feet, and had several spikes sliding down the back of its neck.

"Go! Elasmo, Spinax, and Goyle!"

"Amargo Combo on Spinax! Fiendish Missile on Goyle!"

Amargo reared up on its hind legs, then dropped down, crashing into Spinax. After that, Amargo slammed his thick tail into the Vivosaur.

"Elasmo Tackle on Amargo! Spinax Fang on Nychus!"

"Amargo Combo on Spinax!" The soldier ordered as Elasmo tackled Amargo.

"Spinax Fang on Nychus! Elasmo Tackle on Amargo!"

"Amargo Combo on Spinax!"

"Spinax Fang on Nychus! Elasmo Tackle on Amargo!"

"Blazing Doom on Spinax!" The BB cried as Nychus faded.

Amargo roared, thumping his tail and front feet onto the ground and a line of fire charged at Spinax, defeating the Vivosaur.

"Elasmo Tackle on Stygi! Goyle Combo on Stygi!"

The combined attacks defeated Stygi.

"Blazing Doom on Goyle!"

"Elasmo Tackle! Body Axe!"

The BB soldier fled once his Amargo was defeated.

Toshi climbed into the boat and started it up. Since it was on autopilot, it took him to an island a few miles off the shore of Vivosaur; the BB Base. Once Toshi was there, he headed into the large, ominous building at the center of the island, and had just come onto the third floor when he noticed that Rex was guarding the stairs leading to the fourth floor.

Of course. Toshi mentally sighed as Rex barked and pulled out three Dino Medals, releasing his Nodo, Megath, and Zino.

Toshi unleashed his Spinax, Goyle, and Elasmo.

"Spinax Fang on Megath! Elasmo Tackled on Megath!"

Rex barked an order and Megath struck Spinax with two straight punches and then an uppercut in Slow Combo.

"Goyle Combo on Megath! Elasmo Tackle on Megath!"

At Rex's order, Megath attacked Elasmo with a Slow Combo, defeating the Vivosaur.

"Goyle Combo on Megath! Spinax Combo on Zino!"

Rex gave another command as Megath faded and Zino charged at Goyle, aiming his sharp claws at the herbivore, but Goyle swiftly dodged as Nodo unleashed a Perplex Shot at Spinax.

"Spinax Combo on Zino!"

Rex ordered Zino to counter with Cleaver, but Spinax evaded.

"Spinax Fang on Zino! Goyle Combo on Nodo!"

Nodo shot another Perplex Shot at Spinax as Zino disappeared.

"Goyle Combo! Spinax Combo!"

The two attacks defeated Rex's last Vivosaur.

Rex groaned before rapidly fleeing and Toshi headed up to the next floor; Snivels was guarding the stairs to the fifth floor.

"You're not getting by me, squirt." Snivels growled. "Save yourself some pain and hand over the idols."

"No. I have no doubt that you'll just take them and not return Rosie to me."

Great. Toshi silently reprimanded himself. I just sounded possessive and I said her name.

"Oh, come on, kid!" Snivels complained. "Just hand over the idols like a good boy!"

"No."

"Beating Rex doesn't impress me. It just means you're as tough as a rolled-up newspaper." Snivels called out three Vivosaurs; Ourano, Acro, and Charchar."

Acro was a large, dark brown Vivosaur with ridges down its back.

"Come out! Goyle, Spinax, and U-raptor! U-venom on Ourano!"

"Charchar Combo on Spinax!"

"U-venom on Ourano! Spinax Fang on Charchar! Body Axe on Charchar!"

"Charchar Combo on Spinax!" Snivels ordered as Ourano disappeared.

"U-venom on Charchar!" Toshi growled as Spinax was defeated. "Goyle Combo on Charchar!"

"Acro Fury on U-raptor! Charchar Combo on U-raptor!"

Acro slammed his feet into U-raptor, then shot a powerful blast of pebbles at the Vivosaur.

"U-venom on Acro! Goyle Combo on Charchar!"

"You wouldn't have beaten me if I'd had my second cup of coffee this morning!" Snivels snapped when his two Vivosaurs were defeated. "Sorry, Vivian, he's all yours!"

Toshi headed up the stairs once Snivels had fled.

Just two more floors… He thought.

Vivian was guarding the stairs to the last floor.

"Well, haven't you grown up, making it all the way tot the fifth floor." Vivian smirked. "I have to say, taking out Rex and Snivels like you did is faintly impressive, useless as they are. But that's as far as your victory streak goes. Hand over the idols, right here, right now."

"Um…no."

"All right, the hard way it is." Vivian pulled out three Dino Medals. "I've got to hand it to you, child. Facing me is pretty brave…or foolish. I guess we'll see!" She released her Vivosuars; a Styraco, Hypsi, and Dilopho.

Dilopho was medium-sized with purple frills on the side of its face, a purple and blue double crest on top of its head, a purple underbelly and lower jaw. Dilopho was blue otherwise.

"Spinax, Coatlus, and Goyle! Come out!"

"Leaping Gore on Spinax! Leaping Snap on Spinax! Dilopho Fang on Spinax!"

Hypsi jumped at Spinax, biting his knee, while Dilopho clamped onto his arm. Styraco leaped into the air and began to spiral before coming at Spinax like a torpedo.

"Spinax Fang on Dilopho! Diving Thrust on Styraco!"

"Leaping Gore on Spinax! Leaping Snap on Spinax!"

"Wing Cutter on Dilopho! Spinax Fang on Dilopho!"

"Leaping Snap on Coatlus!" Vivian ordered as Dilopho vanished. "Leaping Gore on Coatlus!"

"Wing Cutter on Hypsi! Spinax Fang on Styraco!"

"Leaping Gore on Coatlus! Leaping Snap on Coatlus!"

"Wing Cutter on Hypsi! Spinax Combo on Styraco!"

"Leaping Gore on Coatlus!" Vivian cried as Hypsi was defeated.

"Body Axe!"

"You beat me?" Vivian questioned angrily once Styraco had been defeated. "Me? How could I have misjudged your strength so badly?" Vivian walked away from Toshi. "Perhaps it's time I reconsider my career options…"

Toshi looked at the stairs before him. He was so close to getting Rosie back. Toshi climbed the stairs, heading into the final floor. He halted when he noticed Bullwort standing a few feet away with his back to him.

"Well, well, Toshi. What took you so long?" Bullwort faced Toshi, smiling in a strange way that Toshi couldn't describe. "With your accomplishments, I figured you'd make it here sooner or later; I just thought it would be sooner."

"….What?"

"Poor, kidnapped Rosie here has been wondering if your would ever show." Bullwort shifted to the side to reveal Rosie.

Rosie's wrists and ankles were tied to a heavy table with rope and a strip of duct tape was placed firmly over her mouth. When Rosie noticed Toshi, her eyes lit up hopefully, but Bullwort swiftly stepped in front of her again.

Toshi growled threateningly as he glared at Bullwort. "You…"

Bullwort laughed. "Let me guess, you're kicking yourself for not seeing it coming, aren't you?" He swiftly pulled off his clothes, revealing a BB suit beneath it. "No one saw it coming of course. I've worn the friendly, smiling mask of the police captain for a long, long time. But this is the real me….Bartholomew Bullwort, BB Boss!"

Of course! Why hadn't Toshi made the connection before? BB; Bullwort. If he had known Bullwort's first name, Toshi would have understood quicker. But why bother kidnapping Rosie? Just to get the idols? Had he unknowingly been spied on? The idols weren't special or anything, they were more useful as a lawn decoration or something.

"If you had just handed over the idols nicely, then poor Rosie wouldn't be in this situation." Bullwort pulled out three Dino Medals. "I hate to do this, but I can't have you spoiling my secret, can I?" He tossed up his medals. "Come out! Shuno, Amargo, and Salto!"

Salto was large, blue, and had bony gray plates covering its back like armor.

Shuno was as large as Salto and a light gray with brown markings down its back and the sides of its legs. At the rounded tip of its tail were four sharp spikes.

Toshi called on Spinax, Coatlus, and Goyle.

"Spinax Fang on Salto! Diving Thrust on Amargo!"

"Amargo Combo on Goyle!"

"Spinax Fang on Amargo! Wing Cutter on Amargo!"

"Salto Combo on Goyle!"

Salto slammed his heavy neck into Goyle, then crashed his tail into the Vivosaur.

"Spinax Fang on Salto! Diving Thrust on Salto!"

"Salto Combo on Goyle!"

"Spinax Combo on Salto!" Toshi ordered as Goyle faded. "Wing Cutter on Salto!"

"Shuno Combo on Coatlus!"

Shuno struck Coatlus with his barbed tail, knocking the Vivosaur out of the sky, then stomped on the flying reptile.

"Spinax Fang on Amargo! Wing Cutter on Shuno!"

"Epicenter on Coatlus!" Bullwort yelled as Amargo disappeared.

Shuno crashed his tail into the floor, sending a shockwave racing toward the Vivosaur.

"Spinax Combo on Shuno!" Toshi growled Coatlus was defeated.

"Shockwave on Spinax!"

Shuno reared up on two feet, came down, and collided his front feet with the floor, sending a line of rubble and rock at Spinax.

"Spinax Fang on Salto!"

"Epicenter!" Bullwort commanded as Salto vanished.

"Spinax Combo to defeat!"

Once Shuno was defeated, Toshi swiftly used an extra pair of handcuffs that he found nearby to restrain Bullwort, then he crouched in front of Rosie and untied her.

Once he had, she immediately tore off the tape covering her mouth and flung her arms around Toshi as she trembled.

"Thank you so much, Toshi! That was incredibly brave of you." Rosie's grip tightened slightly. "Really….thank you."

Toshi hesitated before he slowly put his arms around Rosie to return the hug.

Two officers walked in at that moment.

"We just arrested the last few BB soldiers." One announced. "Captain Bullwort…you are also under arrest."

"Rosie, Mr. Richmond is worried about you." The second officer said. "You should get back to town."

"Oh, of course." Rosie pulled away from Toshi with an embarrassed blush. "Thank you, officer." She stood up from her crouch. "I have to get back now, Toshi. But come see me after at my grandfather's place." Rosie waved as she waked away with the two officers and Bullwort.

"We're just going to let them go?" A man questioned. "Why not just steal the devices form them now? They couldn't stop us."

"I think we need not worry." A woman replied. "They still have not found the last one. We can simply wait until they are all collected together, then take them."

"But what about the BB Bandits? We can't trust them anymore. Who exactly will we have looking for the devices?"

"I believe I may had a solution to that problem already."

"Toshi, I can't ever thank you enough!" Richmond said once Toshi had entered his office. "You saved my granddaughter! You have my sincerest thanks."

Toshi silently shook his head as if to say it was no problem.

"So, grandpa…" Rosie said. "Why do you think the BB Bandits were after the idols?"

"The investigators believe that they were hired for the job." Richmond sighed. "Apparently, a man and a woman offered to pay them then billion G."

Toshi placed the three idols on Richmond's desk.

"Wait, someone is willing to pay money for these things?" Rosie questioned. "A lot of money? But why?"

"I wonder if there might be more to these idols than we thought…some kind of hidden secret? I'll have Diggins take a look into them." Richmond collected the three idols before he looked at Rosie. "Rosie, I don't mind you entering Fossil Battles, but don't do anything else to get into trouble."

"Yes, sir, grandpa."

"Toshi, keep your eye on Rosie for me, would you?"

Toshi nodded.

"Toshi, you should probably get going." Rosie said. "The level-up battles will start soon and we need to get ready. Good luck!"

For some strange reason, Toshi didn't want to leave Rosie's side. He felt protective after the kidnapping incident. He quickly brushed away the feeling and headed to Fossil Stadium. Like his last level-up battle, he would have two preliminaries and the final battle. His first preliminary was against a young girl named Jane.

All she said was "Good luck" before they headed out to the arena.

Jane sent out Shanshan, Nychus, and V-raptor while Toshi released Spinax, Goyle, and Coatlus.

"Shan Fury on Spinax! Nychus Venom on Spinax!"

Shanshan furiously attacked Spinax while Nychus shot a green acid at the Vivosaur.

"Spinax Fang on Shanshan! Diving Thrust on Shanshan!"

"Toxic Combo on Spinax!" Jane ordered as Shanshan faded.

"Spinax Fang on Nychus! Wing Cutter on V-raptor!"

"Lethal Poison on Coatlus!" Jane commanded once Nychus was defeated.

V-raptor unleashed a powerful blue stream of venom at Coatlus.

"Wing Cutter!"

The simple attack defeated V-raptor.

"You've got talent!" Jane complimented once she and Toshi were back in the lobby. "I expect big things from you!"

Toshi's next preliminary was against an old woman called Mrs. Riggle.

"Well, hello, sonny!" Riggle greeted when Toshi halted a few feet ahead of her. "Looks like you're turning into quite the Fossil Fighter! But the wise old turtle will always outsmart the young fox…" Mrs. Riggle smiled as she headed out to the arena. "Let's battle, sonny!"

Once they were across from each other, Mrs. Riggle sent out Alectro, Futabi, and Coatlus.

"Come out! Spinax, Coatlus, and Goyle!"

"Alectro Combo on Goyle! Broadside on Spinax!"

Alectro spun in a circle, striking Goyle with both his tail and head.

Futabi lashed his long neck at Spinax like a whip.

"Spinax Fang on Futabi! Diving Thrust on Alectro!"

"Alectro Combo on Goyle! Broadside on Spinax!"

"Wing Cutter on Alectro! Spinax Fang on Futabi!"

"Alectro Combo on Goyle!"

"Spinax Fang on Alectro! Diving Thrust on Futabi!"

"Great Vortex on Goyle!" Mrs. Riggle ordered as both Alectro and Futabi faded.

Coatlus soared in a circle, creating a powerful wind around it that struck Goyle like a powerful tornado.

"Spinax Fang! Wing Cutter!"

"I can't believe it!" Mrs. Riggle gasped as she and Toshi headed back to the lobby. "I never lose! I-I think I need to sit down…"

As Toshi headed to his final battle, he was mildly surprised to see Dr. Diggins standing at the end of the Battle Area.

"Excellent, Toshi! You made it to the final battle!" Diggins smiled. "Your success against the BB Bandits clearly wasn't a fluke! Now I get to test you, Toshi. I'm the one who will determine if you make level six or not." Diggins flashed three Dino Medals as he headed into the battlefield. "Get ready, Toshi, and let's see if you can beat me. Now let's Fossil Battle!"

Once Diggins stood across from Toshi, he released a Dilopho, Stego, and Shuno.

Stego was large and green. There were orange jagged lines cutting across its side and large red and green plates in two sets ran down its back with four spikes at the end of its tail.

"Let's go! Spinax, Goyle, and Coatlus!"

"Shuno Combo on Goyle! Wind Spines on Coatlus!"

Stego's plates glowed a bright white before being shot at Coatlus like arrows.

"Spinax Fang on Shuno! Diving Thrust on Shuno!"

"Shuno Combo on Goyle! Wind Spines on Coatlus!"

"Wing Cutter on Shuno!" Toshi ordered as Goyle vanished. "Spinax Combo on Shuno!"

"Wind Spines on Coatlus!" Diggins ordered when Shuno was defeated.

"Spinax Combo on Dilopho! Diving Thrust on Stego!"

"Wind Spines on Coatlus!"

"Wing Cutter on Stego! Spinax Fang on Dilopho!"

"Wind Spines on Spinax!"

"Spinax Fang on Dilopho! Wing Cutter on Stego!"

Diggins grinned when his last two Vivosaurs disappeared. "Congratulations, Toshi. Beating me is no mean feat, if I may say so."

He and Toshi walked back to the lobby.

"I'm really impressed at how much progress you've made. You've obviously been busting your hump digging and cleaning; it definitely shows! Again, great work, Toshi." Diggins pulled out a Fighter's License. "I'm extremely impressed." He held it out to Toshi. "I hereby certify you, Toshi, as a level-six Fighter."

Toshi took the new license and stared at it.

"Just one more step before you make Master Fighter, Toshi." Diggins walked away with a wave. "Good luck!"

Rosie trotted up to Toshi as Diggins left. "Toshi, you leveled up already! Somehow I'm not surprised. You're a natural at this and you just keep getting better and better."

"…I don't like…compliments…" Toshi glanced away from Rosie. "…Makes me feel weird…"

"I'm getting ready for my final battle, but the first two were hard enough! Level-six has never seemed so far away!" Rosie stared at the ground as her eyes saddened and Toshi looked at her, wondering if she was okay. "But…I still can't get over Captain Bullwort being the BB Boss….and those idols…" Rosie looked up at Toshi. "I sooo want to know the story behind them…" Rosie shook her head and headed toward the Fossil Stadium entrance. "I should go."

Rosie had only gone a few feet though before she began to pace, as if thinking something over. After a few seconds, she trotted back to Toshi.

"Um…one more thing, Toshi. Would you meet me at the park tonight? I want to talk about something."

Toshi cocked his head slightly to the side.

"So….I'll see you later, then?"

"…Sure."

"Ok…bye!" Rosie abruptly bolted, leaving Toshi in confusion as to was just happened.

Oooh, what's Rosie gonna talk to Toshi about? Gotta wait till next chapter to see.