One was a bipedal lion, with a body of a muscle, tall man and the head of a blonde haired lion; it's skin a creamy brown. It's muscles rippled as it walked towards Geno, eyeing him up carefully. It wore armor around its hide with long spikes coming from the outfit, matching the wicked claws on its hand. The creature and snapped it's jaws at him and flexed it's massive muscles, staring at Geno through it's glowing orange eyes.

The other was a feline...most likely a lion as well, with a red haired female head on its powerful shoulders. The skin and fur of the body was dark gray. Around it's neck was collar, a broken chain dangling from a loop. Another restraint had been broken by her right foreleg. Upon it's back were two stunned wings, yellow feathers coming out of the gray skin and bone. The creature smiled at him as it made it's way towards him.

"Allow me to introduce my pets: Andro Sphinx and Sphinx Teleia." The two monsters roared at him, and divided, beginning to circle and stake Geno. He lowered his stance and his shield flew to him as he sheathed his left sword. He grabbed it, and then watched them as they readied for the act: their muscles flexing, their bodies compacting, their claws extending, their jaws opening and closing slowly...they were going to dive on him and tear him to shreds.

"And now Kappa Neo.....you will die."

Geno merely nodded. "It would appear so."

And with that, he lowered his sword and shield, closing his eyes. The Sphinxes looked at Anubus, wondering if this was a trick and if they should stop the attack and regrouped. Anubus either didn't see a trap or didn't care, for he took his finger and drew it across his throat. The creatures nodded and Sphinx Teleia made the first move, leaping at Geno. He merely smiled as his millennium dagger glowed, the symbol of the millennium items, a golden eye, appeared upon his head

"Now."

Anubus watched as a blur of orange and black flew past him, crashing into Teleia. There was a roar, and the feline let out a yelp, leaping away as the monster circled around Geno, who, holding out his hand, gave it a stroke behind it's ears. The creature let out a growl and stared out at Anubus from its pale yellow eyes. Teleia let out a pained roar: the creature had drawn blood.

Anubus looked over the creature carefully. The creature was roughly 3 and a half to 4 feet tall at it's head, and over 10 feet long from head to toe, moving like a tiger or a lion. But it wasn't a mammal...it was a reptile. It had a leathery hid, orange in color with black and yellow strips running down its back and black spots around its spine. It had a thick tail and five long toes and each foot. Its body of long, but was most startling was it's head. It was pure black, with two blue slashes around the pale yellow eyes. It had two long teeth on each side of its jaw, and when it roared, it exposed a long purple tongue.

Geno smiled as the creature lowers down and allowed him to sit just bellow its shoulders. "May I present the Beast of the Marauder, one of the deadliest dragons that ever lived." Geno patted the dragon's back. "Let us show them how it is done."

HE drew his swords, and the creature raced forward, giving chase after Andro Sphinx. The monster took of in a spirit, and leapt onto the wall of the pyramid, climbing up it to avoid the vice like grip of the dragon's jaws. Geno smiled and waved his finger.

"Naughty kitty. I will have to get you down. Beast of the Marauder: Fury Blast!"

The dragon opened its jaw wide, and sound crackled as a black and orange ball of swirling energy formed in the dragon's mouth. It let it fly, just under the Sphinx. The explosion drove it up, the rush of energy causing the mammal monster to drive up and into the slanted wall, Andro losing its grip. He frantically tried to keep his grip, but the hit had been too much, and it fell, right at the open jaws of the Beast.

Just as it fell, Teleia dove at Geno, claws raised, trying to take out the Medji. He twisted around and taking his swords into an x block, managed to nock it away. However, the force of the hit caused Geno to force his mount to take off in order to prevent them from slamming the wall. Andro hit the ground with a thud, and as Teleia went towards him, the Beast of the Marauder leapt at her.

"RRAAAAARRRRR!"

Sphinx Teleia let out a howl as the dragon crushed her leg in its grip. She tried to free herself, but the dragon puller her back, and put down more pressure, causing the screams to grow louder.

Andro Sphinx lumbered up to Geno, and the two traded blows, Geno barely able to hold on. The Sphinx hit him with its fists, while Geno slashed out with his blades, blood from the mystical monster splashing onto the Pyramid of Light's floor, staining it a dark crimson.

Finally, Andro managed to strike Geno with one of its Knee spikes, causing the Medji to scream in agony as the steel entered his gut, tearing up his intestines to shreds. The Beast of the Marauder let go of Teleia, and raced to the other side of the Pyramid, the well being of its master all that came in its head. It ignored its original prey, and only cared to make sure Geno was safe.

It glared at Anubus as it let Geno down, and nudge him with his snout, licking his face softly. Geno let out a groan then screamed as his skin stitched itself up, his intestines joining back up together and his muscles merging back into a solid group. He screams were joined with that of the injured Sphinxes' roars.

Anubus put an arm around each of his creature's necks as they bellowed in pain. "For this...you will pay." His hands glowed, and then, with a blast of energy, the Sphinxes shattered.

Geno frowned as he sat up. "That wasn't nic..." he watched as, from the floor, the two Sphinxes rose up, and began to twirl around each other, and moved closer to each other, joining together, their bodies glowing brightly beneath the Pyramid of Light's glare. "....this isn't going to end well, is it?"

The two creatures roared, and with a blast of light, were gone replaced by an even deadlier creature. The top half of the creature had the body of Andro Sphinx, except it's muscles were larger and restraints were around it's waist and wrists. It licked its lips and stopped one of its feet. The bottom of the monster was that of Sphinx Teleia, longer, stronger and with longer wings. The monster towered over Geno and Anubus at nearly 30 feet, taking up a 1/4th of the pyramid.

Geno looked down, and with a nod, sent the dragon back to its card, the Beast of the marauder roaring in protest. Geno readied his shield and sword, leaping out of the way as it slammed a foot down right were he had been standing. He rolled under it, and took of in a spirit, trying to make sure he didn't end up at the bottom of the massive paw. He slashed out, striking an ankle and causing the monster to scream.

"Come on, a bigger version of the creatures I beat? This is just sad!" He grinned, and ran between the front legs, striking out. However, the creature was ready, and reaching down, grabbed hold of him and lifting him up to it's face. It grinned at him, fangs bared. It was begging to swallow him whole, but Anubus held it off.

"You were saying?" Anubus said. "Meet Theinen the Great Sphinx, my most powerful creature. Not even your inner strength will save you from this restraint. And this time, all of your little magical lights won't prevent me from taking your powers and becoming all powerful!"

Geno found that Anubus was telling the truth. As much as he tried, he found it impossible to escape the Sphinx's hold. It lowered him to Anubus, who placed his hand upon Geno's forehead. Geno tried to pull away, but found her couldn't and began to feel his energy drawn out of his body. Anubus laughed, feeding off the energy, his body increasing in size and strength. Geno closed his eyes, feeling weak.

BOOM

Geno opened his eyes to see Anubus look around, the sides of the pyramid shaking. He mystical warrior had a look of shock, and then turned to try and hurry up the process of absorbing Geno's strength.

BOOM

Cracks formed along the wall, and they could now see a large form attacking the surface of the pyramid. Anubus looked around, terrified, and then focused on speeding the process along, even though the entire structure was falling apart.

What could be causing this? Anubus' mind screamed. Kappa Neo couldn't have summoned another Ka....he is too weak. And none of those pitiful gravekeepers could have summoned something to break his spell. This is impossible....unless... Anubus paled. Unless a Ka summoned itself forth

BOOM

The walls shattered, all of them blinded by the light that escaped all around them. Geno felt something prying Theinen's fingers apart and allowing him to breath easier. The Sphinx bellowed, and Geno felt the link Anubus had formed break, and his powers began to refill and regenerate. He took a deep breath, filling his powers fill him with energy, then realized he was no longer in the Sphinx's hand, but on someone else's. he looked up to find a massive eye staring at him.

"Shima?"

He looked up at the face of his wife staring down at him, then looked behind her to the empty pedestal where her statue had stood. He looked up at her, making sure this wasn't all a dream, and She nodded, and then set him down on a dune. She turned, and took out her whip, cracking it in the air.

"No one messes with my husband."

Theinen let out a roar and lunged at her, and Shima leapt out of the way, and as she landed, the earth shook. The Sphinx roared and doe at her, and Shima reached out, grabbing it by the jaws and keeping it from biting down. She grunted, and tossed it down with ease. She smiled and gave it a kick, only to end up with he boot in it's toothy maw. She screamed and beat it back with her fists.

The gravekeepers ran to Geno and looked at him, completely in shock as Shima grabbed Theinen by the tail and dragged it over a dune. "She...she just came alive! The statue began to pulse and crack...and then it became flesh, looked around, and then asked us where you were. We pointed at the pyramid, and she simply walked up to the it and broke it...."

Geno smiled as Shima threw her whip around Theinen's neck and tightened it. "That's my girl." He paused. "She must have been summoned and used the statue as a bit of an avatar." He looked around and spotted Anubus watching the battle. "excuse me, I have some business to deal with.."