Blood dodged a slash from a werewolf's claws then he blocked the monster's claws. He then used the pole of his pitchfork to bash the werewolf in the head. Blood then slashed the werewolf three times before stabbing the werewolf, causing it to stumble back. Blood spun his pitchfork then brandished it before charging at the werewolf.

Beauty dodged two slashes from the werewolf before he managed to slash it across the abdomen. He then blocked a slash from the werewolf before narrowly dodging another. Beauty stumbled back then he had to jump over a car in order to just barely dodge being bitten. Beauty then used his axe to hit the car towards the werewolf, pinning it between two cars.

Beauty chuckled before saying,"Even though you are a monster, I am ashamed to be defeating you. I could've made a marvelous sculpture or pot from the inner beauty you have."

The werewolf howled before tearing one of the cars apart and charging at Beauty. Beauty blocked two slashes then he slashed the monster down the back before dodging more slashes.

Meanwhile, Spirit and Moon were fighting one another, both being evenly matched. Spirit dodged two slashes from Moon then kicked him in the gut. Moon blocked two punches then slashed Spirit's chest and side. Moon and Spirit continued to block and counter each other's attacks before they hit each other in the chest, causing each other to stumble back.

Moon grunted in pain then he looked over to see his werewolves were being beaten by Blood and Beauty. He sighed in frustration then he said,"See you around."

Moon then was engulfed in a sphere of blue energy and flew off. Spirit stood up and watched as the blue sphere flew away and he clenched his hand into a fist. He then turned to where Vicky was and walked over to her, reverting into Daiji.

Blood dodged a slash then he activated his finisher and his pitchfork turned into a naginata of blood. He then slashed the werewolf four times before it exploded behind him.

"BLOOD FINALE!"

Blood then made his pitchfork extend into a blood blade that looked like a snake. The blood blade pierced through the werewolf that was about to attack Beauty and it exploded. Beauty looked at Blood as his blood blade returned to being a pitchfork and Blood himself said,"Ketsuekigata: Sasu hebi A-gata insei."

Beauty swooned while reverting into Shun. Shun then moved over to blood, who reverted into Kai, and he hugged him before happily swooning,"My hero."

Kai hugged Shun then he looked at Vicky and Daiji saying,"What is wrong with Vicky?"

Shun looked towards Daiji and Vicky, gaining a concerned expression. He and Kai then walked over to Daiji and Vicky. Daiji knelt down to Vicky's side and he put a hand on Vicky's shoulder. Vicky looked at Daiji and she said,"I can't believe that my brother would be so callous about this. He's never."

Daiji nodded, then he hugged Vicky, who hugged him back while burying her face in his chest. Shun and Kai looked at Vicky, Shun's face being saddened. Kai looked at Shun then asked,"What is wrong with Vicky?"

"She's distraught, Kai-chan.",Shun said while holding Kai's hand.


Somewhere else in the city, Ren was walking by himself and he sighed before saying,"Nice going Ren, now you've probably lost your own sister as an ally."

Ren raked his hand through his hair then he said,"I'll deal with that later. Now, I need to find some monsters so I can get stronger."

Ren then began thinking and he smirked deviously,"Or maybe I should try finding some help in the form of avatars."

Ren then began walking once more, putting his hands in his cardigan pockets. The shadowy figure watched Ren from a nearby roof and it then went into the shadows while saying,"Corrupted."


At Vicky's apartment, Daiji was finishing up cleaning the kitchen counter. He looked towards the hallway and he sighed saddeningly. Daiji then left out of the kitchen and towards a door at the end of the hallway. He stopped in front of the door and knocked on it, eventually hearing,"It's unlocked."

Daiji opened the door to see Vicky sitting on her bed, her face saddened and her knees hugged to her chest. He walked up to the bed and sat on the edge of it before saying in a soft and Compassionate voice,"How are you doing?"

"I could be better.",Vicky said, her eyes only looking down towards the bed. Daiji looked towards the bed to see a picture of Vicky and Ren with both appearing very happy as they hugged one another and Vicky held a plague in her hand. Daiji gained a small smile then he looked at Vicky as she said,"This was the day my parents adopted me. I was just some random foreign exchange student, but they treated me like their own child. Ren welcomed me from the day I got there and he always called me his little sister."

"They sound like a good family to be a part of.",Daiji said.

Vicky briefly smiled while wiping some tears from her face and saying,"They are the best or at least my parents are."

Daiji had a saddened and understanding expression on his face as he said,"I'm sorry about what happened today."

"Don't be, it's not your fault Ren attacked you guys. Don't even know if the guy I saw today was even him."

Daiji stayed silent for a moment then he said,"I think that Ren is still the guy you know him as."

"What makes you say that?"

"Nothing really, I just have a feeling and I have this thing where I try to see the best in everyone.",Daiji chuckled slightly. Vicky giggled then she adjusted herself so she was now sitting with her legs crossed. She then thanked Daiji and the two hugged one another. Daiji then was about to leave but Vicky put her hand on his before saying,"Mind if we go somewhere tomorrow? Just the two of us?"

"No, I don't mind.",Daiji responded softly. Vicky smiled and nodded before taking her hand off Daiji's, allowing him to leave.


At Shun's apartment, Kai was looking in the bathroom mirror trying to imitate several emotions to no avail. Shun came into the bathroom, getting ready for bed and brushing his hair, while saying,"Kai-chan, what are you doing?"

"I'm trying to get the emotion that Vicky had today."Kai said bluntly, still looking in the mirror.

Shun looked at Kai then said,"I don't think you should do that."

"Why not?"Kai asked while looking at Shun. Shun thought about it then he said,"Vicky was hurt by how her brother acted and attacked us. It was somewhat similar to a betrayal from what I could tell."

Kai nodded,"You sound like you know how she felt."

Shun gained a despondent look before saying,"I do, but I wish to not talk about it."

Kai nodded, then he hugged Shun and Shun hugged him back, smiling and enjoying his and Kai's embrace. The two pulled away from one another and Shun went back to brushing his hair.


The next day, Vicky and Daiji had driven to a shrine and were walking up the stairs to it. Vicky looked at the shrine and she gained a small smile while Daiji said,"A shrine?"

"Yup, I don't pray at them, on account of me being a Christian, but I do come to this one specifically when something happens that I just can't wrap my head around.",Vicky said while putting her hands in her pockets.

"Why?",Daiji asked.

"I'm about to show you."Vicky said while walking towards the shrine, Daiji following her. The two went to the side of the shrine and Vicky bent down and reached underneath the shrine. She then pulled out a small wooden box that she opened to reveal a necklace which had a small locket on it along with a small lioness statue which was made out of some kind of multicolored stone.

Daiji looked at the contents of the box and he gained a questioning look. Vicky stood up then she said,"The locket was given to me by my adopted mother, Ren's mother. The statue is the only thing I have from my birth parents."

"The only thing you have?",Daiji asked.

"Yeah, my birth parents died in a plane crash when I was five. I stayed in an orphanage until I got put in the foreign exchange program and met Ren's family.",Vicky said in a somewhat saddened tone, looking at the locket the entire time. Daiji gained a saddened look and he stepped closer to Vicky, putting a hand on her shoulder. Vicky looked Daiji in the eyes, seeing his compassionate gaze, and she smiled when Daiji said,"I'm sorry that you and your family are involved in this."

"You don't need to be sorry man. Not like you selected Ren and I to be avatars. Heck, you didn't even choose to be one."Vicky replied in an understanding tone.

"Even still, I can't help but feel like if you'd never have met me then you'd never have seen that side of your brother.",Daiji said, his face and voice showing regret and shame.

"Eh, I'd probably have seen it even if we'd never met besides, you've made finding out way easier actually.",Vicky said.

"How?"

"Because you've been a great friend to me, even though we've barely gotten to know one another.",Vicky said with a shy smirk. Daiji thought about it, realizing that he had only really known Victoria, Kai, and Shun for around three weeks yet they all had become close.

Suddenly, Daiji and Vicky were transformed into Spirit and Gravity respectively and they heard the robotic voice say,"Congratulations Spirit and Gravity. You two, along with your comrades: Blood and Beauty, have been selected to take part in a special battle."

Spirit and Gravity were then teleported away.


Spirit and Gravity appeared in the same stage esc area they were in when they received their buckles. Blood and Beauty appeared next to them, Blood holding Beauty in his arms then putting him down.

"You have heels on your suit?"Gravity questioned while looking at Beauty.

"Yes, they're quite comfortable compared to some of the pairs I own.",Beauty said while looking at his heeled boots.

"You own heels?",Spirit questioned, his and Gravity's heads tilting in confusion. Beauty nodded then he said,"I have a suit that goes perfectly with a black pair. I pair that with black nail polish and do my hair and makeup. I can make a room stop and bask at me."

Gravity and Spirit nodded hesitantly while Blood said,"I want to see you in this." bluntly.

Beauty put his hand to his chest,"Kai-chan, we can talk about me, modeling some outfits when we get back home."

Blood nodded, not realizing that Beauty was using a euphemism.

"Greetings avatars of Spirit, Blood, Beauty, and Gravity.",the robotic voice said, causing the four warriors to look at the center of the room.

"Hi again disembodied robot voice. Mind answering some of my questions about these weirdo games we've been forced to participate in?",Spirit said, slightly perturbed.

"I will gladly do so after you all defeat your opponent.",The voice said before it projected a hologram of a large humanoid creature made out of stone and some kind of sickly black and green ooze.

"What is that hideous thing?",Beauty asked, disgusted by the sight of the creature.

"This is an ogre, they're a rather destructive race which form every so often to only wreak unnecessary havoc upon all around it. This one is of the toxic variety and you four are going to defeat it.",the voice explained.

Spirit sighed,"So all we gotta do is fight and defeat this thing and you'll answer my questions?"

"I shall answer one question that I am permitted to. I shall also distribute rewards to each of you if you attain victory."The voice said. Spirit looked at his friends then he said,"Guess we don't have a choice do we?"

"Not unless you want to keep blindly looking for answers,"Gravity remarked.

Spirit sighed,"Fine, we'll do it. Where's this ogre at?"

"You shall be transported to the arena after your transformations.",the voice said.

"Transformations?"All four warriors questioned. The four were then scanned and began to change into more robotic forms.

Spirit turned into a robotic version of himself now not having his hood and or bandana but instead having a gray head crest.

Blood turned into a robotic snake which had his pitchfork as his tail and he still only had one horn while the other was broken.

Beauty turned into a robotic crane which had no legs instead having an almost serpentine tail.

Gravity turned into a robotic lioness that had a line of red and violet spiked fur on her back and a Mohawk of blue fur on her head which went forward.

"Transformations are complete, transferring to arena.",the robotic voice said before teleporting the four away.