Hello there…

I am one of JAGOW'S elite. I am the furious and powerful warrior, Fire Leo. My brother, Frost Tiger, is currently on vacation, while I have the task of looking after a special object…half of Six Majin! I have the upper half, my brother has the lower half. He's lucky, he buried it in the snow several days ago, and NOBODY will be able to unfreeze it except for my brother and me! Just like nobody will able to get MY half of Six Majin except for my brother and I.

Oh don't worry. Six Majin won't melt in my new volcano home. That robot's designed to withstand tough conditions, and I'm making sure that the volcano doesn't get too hot. The only people who can get to either halves of the robot are me and my brother, and we won't go after each other's parts. We are close, and loyal to JAGOW's cause.

Still, I miss my brother…he is good company. I miss his haiku and his poetry. I miss sparring with him. I miss building sculptures of fire and ice, comparing each other's work. And most of all, I miss just seeing him. We haven't really seen each other for a week, although we have communicated via vid-screen. But that's not the same, dammit!

I have to admit…sometimes I wish…I wish I hadn't joined JADOW or JAGOW. I wish…I wish that I was back on my little desert island, enjoying the tropical breeze. It had THREE volcanoes! THREE! And all large! I wonder if my brother is missing his beautiful winter wonderland home. I'm sure he does.

But enough reminiscing. I have received a report that Dynamic Nick was teleported randomly to my location. I can't very well let him go…I have to destroy him, just like I've destroyed may of the villagers who have been living near my volcano. They all have to go.

He's at the foot of the volcano, so I think I'll send him a little…reception. Heh heh heh…ha ha ha!

Being teleported unexpectedly is weird. Really weird.

Imagine this scenario: You feel discombobulated, airsick, like you're at the edge of a cliff and ready to fall.

Worse still, you feel like you're going to puke over and over, while spinning around over and over.

Pretty bad, huh?

Well take that, and make it ten times worse. Then you'll have an idea on how Nick felt.

But where the hell WAS Nick?

Nick groaned and rubbed his head. He stood groggily up, vaguely aware that there was dirt on his shirt and pants. He slowly wiped as much as he could off, and looked around, blinking slowly. He had to get his bearings…

What the…a volcano? He was at the base of a large volcano, which looked quite active. It was smoking nicely, and even rumbling softly. Something about it had a…mystical quality. It was surrounded by dense jungle, and about half a mile to the south of the volcano, Nick could see a large village. It had many huts, and looked like it was from around the Amazon River, based on the hut's design. "I guess watching the Discovery Channel really CAN teach you important things." Nick staggered a little as he walked towards the village, but he soon fell down hard. He pushed himself up, and brushed dirt off his shirt again. "Dang it! Okay, breathe…breathe…" He breathed into his nose and out of his mouth ten times, and then started walking again, feeling a lot more steady…

Then he suddenly vomited on the ground with a loud "GURRUUUAAGAHAAAAAUUUGH!" He spat out some remnants of the puke, and wiped his mouth.

"Ohhh…ohhhh…I wish I was back home…but…but saving my family and Matt comes first…then I can take a well-deserved break from adventur-URGKKLLUUGGHGAAA!"

When he was finally finished, he rubbed his stomach, and groaned, but began staggering towards the village again, slowly feeling better with every little step.

Soon he was at the village…but nobody was around. Not at first glance, anyway. A smoking pot filled with food, a clothes line, several fires that had recently been extinguished…there had been people here recently. Nick called out. "Hello? Anyone here?" No answer.

Then suddenly someone tapped on his back. He turned around and looked down at a small kid.

"Are you a robot?" the kid asked.

Nick blinked. "Why are you asking me if I'm a robot?"

"Because most of the things from the volcano that come here are robots."

Nick chuckled. "Relax, buddy. I'm human."

"Hey, mommy! The guy with the funny watch says he's human."

"Funny watch? Is it…is it a v-watch?"

A woman with blond hair and blue eyes stepped out. She had on khaki pants and a red t-shirt. She was also quite buff. More humans began to emerge from behind the huts and from the jungle around the village, all dressed like normal people…but looking quite dirty, tough, and tired. "Yeah, it's a v-watch. I'm Dynamic Nick!" Nick struck his trademark pose, and smiled. "I was selected to be a successor to Joe! What's going on here? You guys look like you're from America, not from the jungle."

The woman sighed, and sat down. "We…we were from a city several miles away. Unfortunately, the roads back into the city are blocked by JAGOW troops, and the city has been taken over. We had to take up residence here, the ones who escaped the city. But no sooner did we start living here by this dead volcano than…HE came. Fire Leo. He started up the volcano, got it to live and erupt again! This village, we've rebuilt it TWICE. He made the volcano erupt just to spite us. Luckily it hasn't killed any of us…at least not in an eruption."

Nick rubbed his chin. "Any idea what Fire Leo is up to?" "No…but he sends his Metal Leos down to…to take back people…for…for him to eat!" Nick's eyes widened, and he gave the lady a shocked look. "He's EATING you?" "Yes…he came down once, himself, saying that the volcano was his. If we wanted to live here…we had to supply him with food…with ourselves. He loves meat…he devoured my husband right in front of the whole village, the BAST-"

She stopped herself, looking down at her son. "Timmy didn't see it…I made sure of that." Timmy's eyes filled with tears, and he started crying. "Daddyyyy!" he cried. Nick crouched down on his knees and patted the kid's head. "Kid…I'm gonna kick that lion's butt." The kid sniffled. "Really?" "Yep. For all the evil he's done, he deserves it! Has he sent men down yet?" "Yes…he took three as usual today. A woman, a man, and a child. He sometimes takes more…" Nick clapped his hands, and stood up, a look of determination. "I'll go up and take him down."

Suddenly a man ran towards them, with a pair of binoculars. "I just saw a pair of Metal Leos come out from the volcano! They're coming back for MORE!" Nick furrowed his brow and frowned. "What? Maybe he's after me…whatever! I'm gonna kick their butts too." He walked towards the volcano, but suddenly turned back. "Everyone hide, fast! Get as far away as possible!" The villagers nodded.

Nick smiled, and then took up his usual transforming pose. "Time to ROCK! HENSHIN!" Transforming spectacularly into Dynamic Nick, he ran up the mountain, towards the two metallic forms that were the Metal Leos, using MACH SPEED. The little kid waved goodbye. "Bye-bye…come back soon!" he said. His mother picked him up, and rushed after the other villagers as they ran for the jungle.

Nick took off up the mountain, running hard with MACH SPEED, and he soon met up with the Metal Leos. He didn't stop, but instead jumped right at the one on the left hand side, and kicked, sending it flying. The other turned towards him, and tried to slash him with it's large claws, but the robot missed, and Nick performed a RHOH punch, turning the robot into pieces of junk with a few well-placed strikes. He then kicked the pieces down the volcano and clapped his hands. "Well, that takes care of one. Now for the othe-" Suddenly he was slashed from behind, and he dropped to one knee, gritting his teeth and groaning. The other Metal Leo raised it's claws again, but this time Nick used MACH SPEED, and whipped around, punching the robot in the face…adding REPLAY to the mix.

In a minute, Nick was resuming his trek up the volcano, with the robots in pieces. He whistled "Cotton Eyed Joe" as he walked, a slight jig in his step. Now if only Fire Leo could be as easy as his metal counterparts…

Inside the volcano, in a large chamber in the volcano wall, were the living quarters of Fire Leo. The chamber had been hollowed out with some work, and now Fire Leo was living comfortably. He had a comfy bed that was fire-proof, a book shelf made of stone, and several dozen action/adventure novels…with a few scattered mysteries. Right now he had "Murder on the Orient Express" placed on top of a desk made of stone, which was a few feet away from his bed. The JAGOW general wasn't ready to read just now, though…he was having dinner. He'd eaten the child first, who had gone down Fire Leo's throat easily. Then he'd devoured, messily, the man. By the end of the meal, only the bones remained…which Fire Leo had displayed on the wall, with other bones of other unfortunates. They had been made into a collage of sorts.

Right now he had the woman in front of him. She was wearing nothing but a large t-shirt, colored pale blue. He stood over her, laughing. He was quite hungry. She tried crawling away, but his large claws simply picked her up, and he laughed in her face. He was twice as big as a human, and three times as strong and tough. He was indeed built like a warrior.

His chest was heavily muscled, as were his arms and legs. He had clawed feet, and instead of fingers, he had four large claws on his paw. His right claws were currently wrapped around the woman, digging into her soft flesh. He had large red eyes, and a snout with a black nose. He wore a Gladiator's shield on his left arm, strapped on. He also had a belt, with the symbol of JAGOW displayed in the center. The strangest thing about him was that the back of his head emitted a dark orange, forever burning flame that was quite large and which was definitely magical...for black sulfur seemed to float up from it, dissipating into the air. Fire Leo's entire orange body was flammable in fact.

"You look tasty." Fire Leo said, chuckling. His voice was very deep, and commanding. The woman was too frightened to speak, which suited Fire Leo just fine. "You'll soon be joining the rest of your family…in my belly!" He opened his jaws wide, and his claws tossed her in, head first. He gulped her down, her body slowly but surely vanishing into the dark recesses of his throat, and into the flames of his belly. When she was finally in his belly, nothing more than a bulge at that, he rubbed it slowly with a single claw, sighing happily. Soon she began to be digested, and he sighed even more happily. "Delicious…absolutely delicious."

FRAAAP. A flame burst out from his butt, and he turned a little bit red. "Shouldn't have swallowed her so fast. Oh well." He sat down on his bed, and picked up "Murder on the Orient Express." He was currently reading the part that talked about luggage evidence. He was fascinated with the story.

"All these twists and turns…who did it? "Why" has been answered, and "How" but not "Who." That's the question." "Well, many mystery novels by Mrs. Christie CAN be solved, if you think a little and if you look closely at even the most minor details." Fire Leo looked up, and frowned angrily. "Who…" he stopped. It was Nick, who was leaning against the walls of his room. He wasn't transformed, and looked sweaty and hot…but he didn't seem to care.

"Man, I feel sticky…but whatever. Heroics come before personal desires." Nick pointed accusingly at Fire Leo. "You think you can just eat whoever you want? Uh-uh, you bastard! It's time for the big payback!" Nick took up a fighting pose, and glared. "You're going down!"

Fire Leo put his book down, and rubbed his hands. "I was looking forward to this. I've heard about your skills, and I've seen you in action. So let's just cut the chatter and get down to the fighting." "Now that's the first sensible thing I've heard all day! Time to ROCK! HENSHIN!" Transforming again, he held out a hand and did the "Bring it" gesture.

The JAGOW general smiled and gestured towards the exit. "Did you happen to see what was below in the volcano?" Nick shook his head. "Go take a look. I will not attack. You have my word of honor. I may be a murderer, true, but I AM a lion of my word." Nick shrugged, and took a look down in the volcano.

"WOAH!" It was the upper half of Six Majin! The large robot looked a lot like Joe, with a metal V-Insignia on it's large red helmet, and with big red and grey armor. It had huge yellow eyes, and you could see broad, protected shoulders. But only the upper half was sticking out.

"So you've got Six Majin inside the volcano's lava…and it isn't burning because it's that tough?" "Actually, that's only the top half. Me and my brother are the only ones who can get each other's halves of Six Majin…and you'll NEVER get your hands on either one, whether you defeat me or not!" "Do you miss your brother?" Nick asked silently. Fire Leo stopped talking and stared at Nick. "Wh-what? What are you saying?" "I get the feeling that you feel pretty alone. That's your picture on the wall up there, isn't it?" Fire Leo looked to his right. A picture of a smiling Frost Tiger and Fire Leo was hanging from a natural hook in the wall. Fire Leo slowly nodded. "Yes, I do miss him…but I cannot see him until we have conquered Movieland. Once we have though…" "You'll go running to him, and he to you, right? You guys are lucky, you know." Fire Leo tilted his head to the side a bit. "How?" he asked.

Nick sighed. "Me and David, who's my brother…we don't get along. At all. I wish we had as good a relationship as you did with YOUR brother. We're always fighting and arguing, and we don't really have much in common…and he NEVER is thankful for anything I do, nor does he congratulate me when I do ANYTHING good." Fire Leo didn't say a word. Then, he spoke.

"You don't seem to be a normal hero…you've got quite a few issues, I can tell. But listen, to tell the truth, me and my brother used to fight a lot too, when we were your age. But we got closer as we got older. You just have to be kind to him as often as you can, and to stick up for him when it matters. If you do, then you can look back on your life and say "Yes, I was a good brother to him." People just have to try their best…"

"You know…I get the feeling you're not all bad…but I can't let you get away with murder. So I'm gonna have to kick your ass." Fire Leo shrugged. "Nothing personal, kid…but I'm going to have to kill you. Prepare yourself."

Fire Leo touched the golden insignia on his belt, and with a "beep" his theme music began.

BGM: Inferno Lord (Inferno Lord Fire Leo's Theme)

Nick ran at Fire Leo with MACH SPEED and began administering a series or rapid punches and kicks. "Ki-yah-yah-yah-yah-yaaaaah!" he screamed as he attacked. Fire Leo stood there, taking the blows. Finally Nick finished, and he stood there, panting. "Hoo…haa…" "Are you finished?" "Yeah…" "Good." Fire Leo backhanded Nick, sending him through the air, flying into the wall with a loud crack. "Oooh…that hurt!" Nick groaned as he stood back up. Fire Leo smirked. "I haven't even started yet!" He ran at Nick, claws ready to tear, but Nick jumped over Fire Leo and struck him on the back with a ZOOM downward strike.

"How do you like THAT!" Nick said as he jumped off of Fire Leo's back. He laughed…but then stopped as the inferno lord turned around, smiling devilishly. "That barely scratched me, kid." Fire Leo said. He roared, and then spat out a large burst of flame from his mouth. "Hot stuff! Yikes!" Nick yelled, and jumped over the fireball.

Fire Leo spat out more and more, and Nick ducked and dodged and dove to avoid them, all the while getting closer. Then he made his move, combing the power of ZOOM with SLOW to attack Fire Leo just as the lion's head was held back to hack up another fireball. Nick struck the inferno lord right in the stomach, making Fire Leo gasp, and spit out a puff of smoke. Then he doubled over, groaning. Nick took a step back, and then followed up that punch with a SLOW and REPLAY uppercut to Fire Leo's large chin.

Once! Twice! Thrice! Fire Leo went flying through the air, towards the end of the cave, where he collapsed on the ground. Nick smiled. "How do you like me now, hotshot?" Suddenly Fire Leo jumped back up, and charged Nick. Nick tried to dodge in time, but the big lion barreled over him, trampling him into the ground. Moaning, Nick pulled himself out and turned around…now Fire Leo was at the mouth of the chamber…with flames covering his body in a hellish aura of fire. The inferno lord grinned widely. "How do you like ME now, you little squirt?" Nick whistled. "Whooooo…that's a nice trick, there."

"So it THIS!" Fire Leo suddenly shot towards Nick, and his entire body became like one large fireball! Nick was slammed into the opposite end of the cave by the large, flaming body of Fire Leo, and then he was struck over and over by Fire Leo's clawed assaults.

Nick managed to knock Fire Leo away, but now he was bleeding all over. He placed on hand on the wall and steadied himself. "Oh man…I…I gotta wrap this up FAST…" Nick thought. He shook his head and took a step towards Fire Leo. "I'm not giving up that easily. Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!" Fire Leo just chuckled. "What can you POSSIBLY do to hurt me? None of your attacks will damage me with my aura of flame on!" "True…but what if I matched that aura?" Fire Leo blinked his red eyes. "What?" he said simply. Nick grinned, and walked over to the bed. Suddenly Fire Leo realized what Nick was up to. "Oh no, not my-"

WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM! Nick's punches slammed into the hard rock of the bed over and over and over, sending out hundreds of little sparks that flew all over the room like a little fireworks display. "NOOOO!" Fire Leo screamed. The JAGOW general tried to stop Nick, but too late! Nick's hands and entire body were flaming just like Fire Leo. Nick grinned, and shot forward, using MACH SPEED, and with, screaming a battle cry, executed the Red Hot One Hundred with ZOOM and REPLAY. Over and over and over his punches were three times magnified in power! Fire Leo had barely managed to get his shield up in time, but it cracked in a minute. Now he was at Nick's mercy, and he was being pummeled and struck over and over by a harsh, deadly attack.

Finally, Nick slammed his head into Fire Leo's face, and the inferno lord staggered back, grabbing his sore face and moaning.

(Music ends.)

Nick suddenly saw the danger…Fire Leo was about to fall into the lava!

The JAGOW general didn't even have time to utter a cry as he stepped off the edge of the volcano's inner rim and fell down…only to be grabbed around the arm by Nick. Fire Leo blinked and looked up at Nick. Nick was straining to lift the inferno lord up, trying to use all of his muscle. "What are you doing, trying to save me?" "YES!" Fire Leo raised an eyebrow. "Why?" he asked Nick. Nick grit his teeth and managed to get out, in between gasps of pain…

"It's the right thing…to…do! I'm not…gonna let you fall…to your doom! That's not…right, murderer or not!" Fire Leo was silent. He did nothing but stare up into Nick's tightened, sweaty, pain-filled face…and then he smiled. "You're trying to save me? Because you think it's "right", is that it? Just because it's the right thing to do, you would save me, the being who would have gladly eaten you alive?" "YES!" Nick said, barely able to hold on, and feeling very edgy. Fire Leo raised a clawed hand. "Let me go." Nick looked down at the inferno lord. "What the hell are you saying?" he asked. "Let me go." Fire Leo replied. "But…" "LET ME GO." Nick tried to voice his refusal, but he couldn't honestly hold on any more…and he felt so tired and weak…

He let go. Fire Leo, smiling all the way, plummeted into the lava, completely submerging. Nick looked down in horror. "Oh Jesus Christ…I didn't want THAT to happen…I tried to help him, and THIS is what he does? This…this feels wrong, this feels so wrong, being alive while he's dead…" Nick stood up and continued to stare. Then he sighed and turned away. "There's nothing I can do to help him now…I guess I'd better-what the?" suddenly a "phwooshing" sound echoed up from the lava, filling the volcano. Nick looked back down, and saw Fire Leo riding up a mountain of lava, up to Nick's level. Gaping, Nick watched as the Fire Leo rode the pillar up, and then jumped off and next to Nick, smiling. "Nice sentiment, but your heroics weren't necessary. I would have survived. It actually felt good." Nick blinked slowly, still gaping. "You know, you could fit a ship in a bottle inside that wide-open mouth of yours." Nick closed it up. "You survived…wow, I…okay…"

He put his hands on the back of his head and bit his lip. "Does that mean we start fighting again?" he asked. Fire Leo just shook his head. "No…I will help you. Nobody but my brother has been as kind to me as you have…so I will help you, by removing the threat that this volcano possesses…and by giving you the upper half of Six Majin! BEHOLD, CHILD!" Fire Leo strode over to the rim of the volcano and raised his clawed hands. The lava slowly but surely retreated back into the earth, and more and more of Six Majin became freed, until finally all of the lava vanished from the volcano like water going down the drain. The volcano was now nothing more than a volcano in outer looks, an empty cone. But Six Majin's upper half had been freed, and now the people near the volcano could rest easy.

"Wow…that was cool." "Being a master of fire has it's perks." "Well…I still need the bottom half. Where is your brother?" "Guarding the bottom half in the coldest part of this continent…the northern Yukon region." "That doesn't exactly sound inviting." "Nobody has ever gone there and survived. Does that put you off?" Nick just smiled. "Naaaaah! I like a challenge, and besides, I'm used to cold weather…I AM from New England." "Well, I can't argue with that, but all the same, I shall accompany you. Perhaps I can talk my brother into simply GIVING you Six Majin."

Nick smiled, and shook Fire Leo's hand. "Well then…what are we waiting for? We're heading north, Yukon ho!"

He turned around, and began to walk towards the exit…then he stopped. "Wait…how are we going to get the upper half of Six Majin from here to there?"

Fire Leo smiled and clapped his clawed paws. A horde of Metal Leos emerged from other caves. "They'll pick up the tab, forgive the pun." Nick rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Let's just get moving. The sooner we get there, the better." "You'd better stop at the village and get some warmer clothes." "Okay, I'll go and ask if I can mooch some jackets from them…but maybe you better not come with me…at least, not to the village."

Fire Leo sighed, but nodded. "Fair enough."

Half an hour later, Nick was in the village again. "You beat Fire Leo?" "Yep. He's defeated. Now I go to beat his brother in the Yukon area in the north." The little girl suddenly jumped up and down. "Oh, you can't! It's REALLY cold up there!" "Well, I guess…" A grateful townsperson suddenly brought out a big bag. "What's this?" "Some nice, warm clothes. They'll help you in the yukon." "Once I defeat his brother, I shall return and I'll blow up those JAGOW flunkies that are keeping you from your city!"

But the woman he had met earlier shook her head. "Naw…we'll be fine." "Huh?" "We can do it ourselves. You taught us that we have to stand up for ourselves. So that's what we're gonna do." The little girl nodded and clapped her hands. "We're gonna kick butt!" "Don't say butt." Nick said cheerfully. He shook hands with the woman and took the bag. "Good luck, all of you." He walked into the jungle, and the townsfolk soon heard the words "LET'S RIDE, SIX MACHINE!" Five minutes later a jet shot through the air, and the townsfolk all turned to look at each other. The woman nodded, and raised a gun to the air. "We attack at dawn! Get ready, everyone! We will not let them control us anymore!" The little girl raised a little plastic shovel and shook it. "Yeah! We'll beat those fuddy-duddies!"

Meanwhile, the Metal Leos had the unfortunate job of carrying the lower half of Six Majin…and it took all of Fire Leo's remaining troops to do it. The scene looked a lot like a bunch of mettalic ants carrying half of half of what they had wanted to catch.

"I hate my life." One particularly miserable said.

"Just shut up and haul, 146!" Number 834 snapped.

Fire Leo looked at Nick. "You sure you can beat my brother?" Nick looked at Fire Leo as if he was crazy. "Hey, I've beaten a lot of you JAGOWS, haven't I? I an beat one more. Now…I need some tunes!" Nick pressed a button on his v-watch, and a song began playing.

"Cool! Bowling for Soup's "Girl all the Bad Guys Want"!"

"Bowling for what?" Fire Leo asked, skeptically raising his left eyebrow.

"Bowling for Soup! They're bitchin, just listen! Hey, that rhymes! I think. Oh it's like a bad movie, she is looking through me, if you were me then you'd be screaming "Someone shoot me!" as I fail miserably trying to get the girl all the bad guys want! 'Cuz she's the girl all the bad guys want!"

In a few minutes, both of them were singing. It was an addictive song.

"Cuz she's the girl all the bad guys want! Cuz she's the girl all the bad guys want! Cuz she's the girl all the bad guys want! Cuz she's the girl all the bad guys want! Cuz she's the girl all the bad guys want! Cuz she's the girl all the bad guys want!"