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Author's Alert Note: My gosh, I am sooo stupid!
Sasha: No surprise there.

Me: (growls in annoyance) Whatever. Look, if you hadn't noticed yet, (I'm surprised that you and I both haven't,) I forgot poor Monique.

Monique: Am I in this chapter?
Me: Mhm. Anyways, sorry and enjoy!

With Cerberus at Roses's side, the group continued on. They made it to the next room safely, and quickly inspected it in case there were any more traps around. There were none…none visible, at least. Everyone admitted to feeling alittle safer with Cerberus on their side. A large three-headed dog could probably protect them from any danger that they couldn't handle themselves.

The same statue that was in the front of the shrine sat on a gigantic throne with stairs leading up to it. Griffins sat on each side of the statue. The marble floor was covered by a red carpet; unlike the on that had led them to the room, this carpet had a strange gold symbol in the middle of it. The symbol was a golden circle with a six-sided silver star in the middle of it. The ceiling was constructed of mahogany. Eight different colored diamonds were right above the steps in front of the statue.

"Be on your guard," Kim muttered, "I still have a bad feeling about this place." Everyone nodded and proceeded towards the statue. Once Kim got to the first steps, she contacted Wade.

"Wade, we're in the last room. Can you scan it for traps?"
"Sure thing, Kim," Wade responded and typed. He squinted at his computer screen, but shook his head. "I thought I saw something, but it's gone now. Okay. This is the room where you become Knights. Kneel in front of the statue under the diamond with your glove's colors." The group did so, and just as they were about to kneel, the double doors burst open with a bang. All eyes turned to the source of the noise.

"Dark Shadow."

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A quake echoed through Japan and its residents scrambled for cover. A lone oracle in a temple on Mt. Fuji gasped as he was pushed out of his meditation.

"Okitai-sama? Are you all right?"
Okitai shook his head gravely and looked out the window of the temple.

"I am not all right. And neither shall the world be once it is forced into darkness…Dark shadows, to be specific…"
The rest of the monks, confused, didn't reply, but were nervous for the rest of the day.

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A tall man walked towards the Knights. He wore black robes with red marks in an ancient language scattered about on them. A hood covered his face, but his eyes shone like blue lights in the darkness. Black boots made their way up to the hem of his robes.

Dark Shadow smirked at the looks on his opponents faces.

"Yes. It is I, Dark Shadow, conquerer of universes, and also their destroyer. I am the god of death and pain, and shall ensure that you feel it as well! You Knights will never see another day!"
The sorcerer launched his attack, a dark energy wave that the group barely dodged. Kim clenched her fists and stepped to the front.

"You guys distract him, I'll kneel first. Once I'm done, Rose, you go, and so on."
She whispered. Everyone nodded and headed into battle. After a minute or so, it became clear that Dark Shadow was not only skilled in dark sorcery, but he was also skilled in every type of martial arts they threw at him, including Tai-Shing-Pekwar. He tossed Ron, Rufus, and Monkey Fist to the ground after they all used only a few moves of the martial art. Kim quickly knelt in her circle and stifled a gasp as a red light surrounded her. The light came from the large diamond above her. Once the glow faded, the diamond was a clear diamond with no color left in it. Kim handsprung forward to Dark Shadow and held out her palms. A red circle with a stripe in the middle and a swirl overlapping it appeared behind her.

"Fire!"
She shouted, and fire emerged from her palms and struck Dark Shadow in the head, knocking him backwards. The sorcerer glared at her and delivered a hard side kick to her stomach. Kim flew backwards and managed to flip in mid-air, landing safely on two feet in fighting stance. Meanwhile, Rose crept back to her circle and knelt. She glowed a light silver, and the diamond faded from silver to a normal diamond color. The warrior flew forward, hovering (yes, as in flying) in the air. A silver triangle with another silver triangle and an x in the middle of the large triangle appeared behind her.

"Energy!"
She shouted, and pushed Dark Shadow back and away from his combat with Shego with a psychic wave. Dark Shadow growled and morphed into a midnight black wolf with sleek silver angel wings emerging from its back. Its eyes were crimson red, and silver stripes covered its coat. A horn protruded from its forehead, giving the creature more of a dangerous appeal. Ron scurried over to his star, and knelt in it. He glowed a light blue, and ran over to Dark. As he leapt up, a light blue rectangle with a zigzag in it glowed behind him.

"Air!"
He shouted, and pushed a large gust of it at him. Ron also used the air to sweep Dark Shadow's feet—paws—out from under him. He snarled and Ron and clawed at him. Ron, now realizing what he had done, backed away, whimpering. Monique sprinted over to her diamond and knelt. She glowed bright white. Armed with her new power, she dashed over to Dark Shadow. A white five sided star with its middle filled in with white appeared behind her.

"Steel!"
She shouted, and raised some of it up from the floor. (It apparently had steel underneath the marble. For what reasons, we have no idea! (winks)) Dark growled at her and morphed into a large black dragon with silver stripes covering its hide. Like his previous forms, the dragon form had red eyes, too. Spikes jutted out from the dragon's back. It spat black and silver fire at Monique, who barely dodged the flames. The flames had melted the marble. Monique backed away some more. Monkey Fist headed to his diamond. He glowed gold. As he went back towards Dark, a gold circle with a wavy line going up and down it appeared behind him. He raised his hands up.

"Ground Earth!"
He shouted, and giant rocks flew at the black dragon. Dark growled as he was hit by two of the rocks. He sneered and melted the rest of the rocks that flew at him. Monkey Fist hit him with a spiral rock formation that he molded out of the ground, but was hit in the side by Dark's dragon tail that had spikes on it. Shego ran to her diamond and knelt. She glowed—what else?—dark green. A dark green triangle with a black circle in it appeared behind her as she held out her palms.

"Green Earth!"
She shouted, and vines surrounded the dragon. When black flames failed to singe the vines, Dark morphed back to his original form and burst out of the vines that encased him. His eyes flashed and he stomped on the ground, sending a sonic wave through the ground towards the nights.

"You think you can defeat me? You Knights cannot even control your powers correctly!"
Dark Shadow cackled and grabbed Rose by the neck, sending black magic down her body. Drakken smiled. He had a plan, a good one, too, for once. He whispered something in his daughter's ear. She smiled and nodded. The two both ran to their diamonds and knelt. Sierra glowed dark yellow, and Drakken glowed dark blue. The two ran to Dark. A blue half circle with a line going through it appeared behind Drakken.

"Water!"

He shouted, and sent a large wave of it at Dark, who was so surprised, that he dropped Rose.

"Rose, move!"
Sierra yelled. Rose backed away on her back. Sierra smirked and leapt in the air, heading for Dark. As she raised her hands above her head, a black six-sided star with a dark yellow five-sided star overlapping it appeared behind her.

"Lightning!"
She shouted, and sent a wave of the electrical energy at the sorcerer. As everyone knows, water conducts electricity, so…

"AAAAGH!"
Dark fell to his knees as he was electrocuted. He managed to look up, though, and clenched his fist, and pulled it away. A rumbling sound echoed through the shrine.

"It's going to crumble!"
Ron shouted. Monkey Fist held a fist above everyone to keep the rocks away. Sierra, with her shorter legs, was nearer to Dark. He sent one last attack, a sharp energy shot at her side, and she tumble head over heels. Shego picked her up and hopped onto the ladder that the helicopter above let out.

"I'll be back! AND YOU KNIGHTS WON'T SURVIVE THE NEXT ROUND! THIS ISN'T OVER!"
No, it wasn't. It most definitely wasn't.

Author's Notes: I've never gotten so many reviews before! (hugs reviewers) Therefore, I shall reply to all of your reviews!

Riverfox: Sasha's annoying. She's sorta my cat friend muse. She loves to cause destruction.

Sasha: Yep!

Monkey Fist: I hope you liked this chapter, too! And yes, I decided that you deserved golden gloves. (smiles)

Dark Magician Grrl: Yes, Ron in a cat suit. You will never see a stranger sight…until tomorrow! (laughs) I also read some of your fics. They're amazing! You have great writing talent!

Onon: Thank you for your review! I also read some of your fics, as well. I hope you keep updating and writing!

Anyways…

Owari (translation: To be continued)