A/N: I'm terribly sorry with my lack of updates! Im gonna to make it up to you by making a filler mini episode solely based around the two D-Team ships I want to eventually make apparent along the actual story: Stegoceratops (Ren x Max) and Carnosauropholus (Rex x Zoe). I want them to kind of gradually grow, and I don't want "A Ninja Nightmare" to come along here soon and suddenly they all feel something for each other. There are also other ships in the story. You can choose which ship you like more. There's other ship with Ren herself and you can choose who you want her to be Stegoceratops or Stegolotitan (Ren x Gabe) or since Ren is a year or two older than the rest of the D-Team I can see her being in another ship Stegochainia (Ren x Ed). It's really anybody's choice and I guess all of them will have their moments. Other ships like Angel (Zander x Reese) will be in this story since it's cannon and Parasaurceratops (Zoe x Max) will also be in here making it an awkward love triangle/square thing XD ANYWAYS Without further ado, I bring you a mini filler episode "Guts and Hearts."

Ren yawned. She stretched out on the air mattress below her. Eventually, she got up from her inflatable mattress. Ebony, who was at the foot of the mattress, stirred before she blinked open her round eyes. The Stegosaurus looked up at Ren. Ren smiled back to Ebony. It was a Saturday, so the kids didn't have to worry about school. Ren looked up and across the room to her brother's bed. Rex was still asleep and Ace was curled up next to him. Ren then looked out the window. It was very early in the morning and the sun was barely beginning to peer over the horizon. The girl's long, blonde hair was a frizzy mess, but it was still too early to worry about that. Her stomach rumbled and scratched her stomach begging her for food. Ren opened the door to the room silently and closed it after her and Ebony walked through. Max would still be asleep. Quietly, Ren sneaked down the stairs with Ebony on her heels. She walked into the kitchen to grab a bite to eat. She scoured the fridge for anything that was ready to eat and wouldn't make a ton of noise that would wake up Rex. "Hey Ren. I didn't know you got up this early." Said a familiar voice from behind her. Ren turned around and seen Max holding Chomp in his arms. Though in his pajamas, he still wore his visor with the horns lit up to help him lead the way. "Says the one who usually gets ten hours of sleep." Ren teased with a smirk as she shut the fridge and walked up to Max. Max blinked at her a couple of times before he laughed along. "You got me." He chuckled.

"So why are you up this early, Max?" Ren asked the brunette. Max looked at the ground. "To tell you the truth, I couldn't sleep at all last night." Max said. Ren walked a motioned for Max to follow her into the living room. "How come?" Ren asked. Ebony followed behind the two kids. Ren sat on the couch. Max sat down beside her. Ebony curled up on the floor beside Ren's feet. Max hesitated to answer Ren's question. "I uh... I guess it's just because the Alpha Gang hasn't done anything in a while and I'm just uh... cautious! Yep cautious!" Max laughed with a little nervousness fluttering in his voice. Ren put and arm around Max's shoulder. "Max, I know you better than that. If the Alpha Gang hasn't done anything, you're sleeping like a baby because that means all the current dinosaurs are safe. Come on what's wrong?" Ren asked. Max had a red tone dusted on his cheeks. He looked a Ren then back at the ground. "You won't laugh right?" Max asked her. Ren blinked a couple of times. "Max, I would never—" Ren stopped herself. "I won't laugh this time. Promise." She replied with a warm smile. Max took a deep breath and whipped his head to look at Ren. "I'mScarredOfTheDark! There I said it!" Max said. He knew to himself it was a lie, but he didn't know how to tell Ren the truth. Wether Ren knew the truth or not, she sighed. Ren was trying to contain her laughter. After all, she promised she wouldn't laugh. Eventually she composed herself. "Is that why your visor's horns can light up?" She asked and pointed to the glowing horns on his head. Max looked up at them. "Yup absolutely!" Max said quickly. Ren nodded. "Welp we both better get at least another hour of sleep in. See you, doofus." She's smirked at Max as she got up and ruffled his hair before walking up the stairs back to her room. Max stares at the blonde until she disappeared. He then looked down at the small triceratops in his arms. Chomp Gabe Max a small growl of disapproval. "I know Chomp, I had the perfect opportunity, but I still just didn't know how to tell her."

After breakfast, Ren invited Zoe over to hang out with her and the boys that day. The decided to play soccer. Ren, Max, Ebony and Chomp were on one team. Zoe, Rex, Ace, and Paris on another team. Ebony was the goalie for team #1. Paris was the goalie for team #2. Max places the ball in the center and backed off to square up against Rex. "Go!" Zoe yelled. The two boys rushed to kick the ball away from each other. Max got it away from Rex first. Max laughed as he neared in on the goal. Suddenly, Ace come from the side and head butted the ball away from Max. The speedy dinosaur was hard to keep up with. Ace kicked the ball at the goal, Ebony head butted the ball away from the goal. Ren took the ball up the field to score. Zoe challenged Ren and the two darted a foot in either direction to throw each other off. Ren kicked the ball to the side to Chomp. Chomp did a smaller kick to Max. Max kicked the ball toward the goal and Paris blocked it with her tail to Rex. Rex was nearing in on the goal. Rex kicked the ball to score. Ebony swung her tail to defend the goal. Instead of knocking the ball back, Ebony poked several holes into the ball with her spiked tail. The kids blinked a couple of times before laughing. Ren walked over and picked Ebony up. "Maybe a Stegosaurus isn't the best goalie." Ren said snuggling her dinosaur with a giggle.

The D-Team headed inside for some water. Max and Rex poured water into bowls for the dinosaurs. Ren got cups for everybody. The D-Team stood around the kitchen gulping down down and wiping sweat from their heads. "It sure is hot out today." Zoe remarked.

"You can say that again." Rex agreed. Max took the cup of water from his lips. "What should we do now?" He asked. Ren chugged the rest of her water and sat the cup on the counter. "Here's an idea, what if we did a battle Royale four way flag tag? Each of us will be paired with our dinosaurs and each of us will have a flag. One on you and one on your dinosaur The neighborhood is our limits. Once both flags are taken out, you come back here. There'll be a secret twist for the last two in. Sound fun?" Ren asked.

"That sounds awesome!" The other three replied. Ren nodded and left with Ebony following behind her to get the flags. She returned shortly. She gave red flags to Max and Chomp, blue flags to Rex and Ace, green flags to Zoe and Paris, and kept purple flags for herself and Ebony. "We get a five minute grace period to spread out. Once those five minutes are up, the game begins. Ready?" Ren asked the others.

"Ready!" The others cheered.

"Then scatter!" Ren cheered. The D-Team all burst out the doors all splitting off on seperate directions. Ren went to the backward and began to scale a tree. Ebony watched her climb from below. Ren looked down at the Stegosaurus. "Ebony, you'll be my chaser! Chase down anyone that you see that gets close to this tree." Ren instructed. Ebony barked back. Zoe ran a couple of blocks and turned a corner. She dove into some bushes. Paris followed her in. Rex patrolled that streets. With a dinosaur as fast as Ace, he wasn't worried about anyone getting both flags. Max walked aimlessly. His strategy was to go all out trying to take the flags from the other teams and go all out. The five minute grace period was over the game begins!

Rex caught eye of Max and Chomp. "Let's go, Ace!" Rex told the Carnotaurus. The duo began to chase down the red team. Chomp seen them first and barked to Max to get his attention. "What is it, buddy?" Max said turning to face Chomp. He looked up to see Ace leading Rex charging straight at them. "Run!" Max hollered. The two ran. Ace caught up with Chomp. Chomp turned to face the Carnotaurus. Ace lunged from the Triceratops's flag. The blue and yellow dinosaur had the red flag in his mouth. Chomp also had a blue flag in his. Both of the dinosaurs got the other flag at the same time. Rex and Max both called their dinosaurs back into their cards. "That flag is mine!" Max pointed to Rex's flag. "You gotta catch me first!" Rex called back to Max as he did a 180 and began bolting down the street. Max chased after Rex. Max cut as many corners as he could. Suddenly, Rex tripped on a rock and fell. Of course, it happened in front of Zoe. "Rex, are you ok?" Zoe asked popping out of the bush. Max wasn't too far behind. "Run, Zoe!" Rex told her as he began to get up. Zoe climbed out of the bush. "Let's go Paris." Zoe told her Parasaurolophus. Zoe began to run down the street hoping to find another place to hide. Max tackled Rex back down and took his flag. "Yes you have been defeated!" Max cheered. The brunette climb off of the blonde. "It's only because I tripped." Rex said with a smile admitting his defeat.

"I would've gotten you eventually anyways." Max said cockily. Rex flared up at him. "No you wouldn't have!" He barked. Max threw his hands up. "I guess we would never know. I gotta go catch Zoe." Max took off. Rex sighed and headed back for the Taylors'. Zoe looked behing her. There was no sign of Max. He must've gotten caught up gloating to Rex. She looked around for another hiding spot.

Rex arrived back at the Taylors'. He past by the backyard and seen Ebony patrolling around a tree. He looked up the tree to see his sister. "Ren? You've stayed here the entire time?" Rex couldn't believe that he didn't think to check around the house. Ren looked down to meet her brother's gaze. "Yup, are you out already?" Ren asked. Rex sighed in disappointment. "Yep." He said. He looked back up to Ren. "You know that's probably cheating, right? You're the only one who can climb quickly." Rex told Ren disapprovingly. Ren shrugged and put on her hood. "I said the neighborhood is our limit not the ground." She replied. Rex folded his arms. "What happens when there's just two left and the other can't climb or simply can't find you?" Rex asked. Ren rolled her eyes. The other two have dinoholders, and I'm here by the house. We'll contact whoever's left if they can't find me within fifteen minutes of the next person being out and we'll have a showdown in the forest where you guys found your dinos. By that, we'll see if they're up for a dinosaur battle." Ren smirked down to Rex. Rex's jaw gaped open. "You didn't say anything about a spar before now!" He exclaimed. Ren laughed. "That's the point of a secret twist. I was kind of hoping you and I would get to spar. It'd be a fun sibling rivalry." Ren said smirking at Rex. Rex sighed. "Whatever, it's hot out here, I'm going in for some water." Rex said before he left.

Max looked around before he spotted Zoe. He began to run after her. Zoe turned around to see Max. "Come on, Paris." She said and quickened her pace. Max ran hard after her. Despite her efforts, it wasn't long until Max had caught up with Zoe and Paris. Soon the flags were in Max's hand.

"Alright! Two down, one to go!" Max cheered. Chomp looked up at Max and barked happily. Zoe picked up Paris. "Just you and Ren. Careful, she's tricky." Zoe told Max.

"I don't think she'll be much of a problem." Max said cockily. As Zoe walked back to the Taylor's, she seen Ebony and the bottom of the three and like Rex, she looked up to see Ren. "You really like climbing, don't you, Ren?" She asked. Ren looked down from her perch in the tree. "Yup. You're out?" Ren asked. Zoe sighed. "Yup, Max got me." She said.

"Awesome!" Ren exclaimed. Zoe looked at her best friend with a hurt look on her face. "For me at least. Call Max on your Dino-holder. Tell him to meet us back her for the secret twist." Ren told Zoe.

After Max arrived back at his house, he seen Ren climbing her way down the tree. Rex and Zoe were also outside. Rex knew what was going to come next. "Don't tell me you were up there the entire time..." He said. Ren laughed. "Yep!" Ren landed on the ground and picked up Ebony. Max shook his head in disappointment. "I should've known." Max told her. He picked up Chomp. "You did great, Chomp." He told his Triceratops. Chomp happily barked back at Max and wagged his tail. Ren walked up to Max. "Ready for the secret twist?" She asked. Max chuckled. "You better believe I am! What is it?" He asked. Ren smirked. "We're going to have us a dinosaur battle."

"What?" Both Max and Zoe said at the same time. Rex shrugged. "I was just as surprised when she told me." He said. Rex just stared right into Max's eyes. "So what will it be, Tri-Horns?" She asked.

"You're on, Spike-Tail." Max replied with an added chuckle. For a few moments it was a friendly rivalry spark between the two as they glared at each other. Were Max's eyes always that sparkly when he was excited to fight? "So are we going?" Rex asked. Her brother's question broke Ren's trance. "Oh uh yes! To the forest!" She declared.

As the group arrived in the forest. Max and Ren gave plenty of room between them for their dinosaurs to battle. Almost simultaneously, Max and Ren called their dinosaurs into their cards. "Dino Slash! Triceratops, roar!" Max called as he summoned Chomp into attack mode. Chomp landed on the battlefield. "Dino swipe! Let's rock and roll, Stegosaurus!" She cheered. Ebony appeared on the battlefield in attack mode.

Chomp charged toward Ebony. Ebony took a step back and prepared her tail to swing. "Watch out for that tail, Chomp!" Max called out. Chomp lower his head his hopes to deflect the spikes on Ebony's tail with his horns. As Chomp grew nearer, ebony swung her tail and made contact with the side of Chomp's face. Chomp barreled into Ebony, and though not at full force, his horns pushed the Stegosaurus back.

Rex and Zoe sat in the shade of a leafy tree watching the spar. "Chomp is the heaviest attack on our team. I'm rooting for Max." Rex said. Rex crosses his feet and leaned against the trunk of the tree. "No way! Ebony is the tank! She'll endure Chomp's attacks and Ren will win for sure!" Zoe retorted. Rex chuckled. "It'll be close, that's for sure." He said. He turned from the battle to look at Zoe. The way she concentrated on the battle was with extreme vigilance. She wanted to soak up every detail in case she battled Ren or Max someday. She really wanted to use this to her advantage and make herself a better battler. Rex admired that. Of course he's had a crush on Zoe Drake ever since they were in elementary school. He never knew how to tell how he actually felt. Even now, when they were just sitting together, and nobody else would hear, Rex still couldn't bring himself to tell her. As much as he wanted to, he just couldn't. Zoe looked back over her shoulder to see Rex looking at her. "Hmm? Something wrong, Rex?" She asked. Rex's trance was immediately broken as he face turned red. "Umm n-no! Nothing at all!" He waved his hands if front of him almost entirely out of nervousness. "Alright." Zoe smiled and turned her attention back to the battle.

The battle has been going on for a while now. Max pulled a love card from his Dino-holder. He slashed the card. "Lightning Strike!" He called. Sparks of electricity emitted between Chomp's upper two horns. "Quick Ebony, counter with Spike Arrow!" Ren said as she swiped the move card. Purple energy moved from Ebony's back and moved into her tail and to her spikes. Both moves launched to the other dinosaur at the same time. They collided and created a small explosion. Both dinosaurs got pushed back from the force of the explosion, but they were both still standing. The dinosaurs were both exhausted. "Not bad, Electro-boy." Ren called to Max.

"Not bad yourself, Back-spines." Max hollered back. Ren smirked as she pulled out another move card. "But it's time we ended this. Ebony, Mole Attack!" She said as she swiped the card. Ebony dug her way into the ground. "Be careful, Chomp. Ebony could pop up from anywhere." Max told his dinosaur. Suddenly, Ebony appeared underneath Chomp and launced him into the air. Both dinosaurs were airborne for a few moments. Then, they landed on the ground almost causing an earthquake. Dust swirled up and surrounded the two dinosaurs. Max and Ren shielded their eyes from the flying dirt. "Wow look at that!" Rex exclaimed to Zoe. Zoe didn't miss anything. Her eyes were just, if not more, focused on the battle than Rex's.

As the dust cleared, both dinosaurs were still standing. They both wavered on their feet. "Come on, Chomp! Stick it out, you can do it!" Max encouraged his Triceratops. Ren took a step forward. "Come on, Ebony. Show that Triceratops whose boss!" She called. The two dinosaurs huffed for a few more minutes. It was a stand off to see which dinosaur would fall first. Suddenly, a thud echoed throughout the air as the massive yellow nad orange Triceratops fells to the ground. A bright yellow light shone from the Triceratops as he turned back into a card. Max was devasted that he lost. He walked into the middle of the battlefield and picked up Chomp's card. "Hey, great battle." Ren said in front a Max and held her hand out. Max shook it. "You too."