Amber and Cari lead everyone to the remains of the forest where Amber showed Maka and Mosaku her spells. Everything was burnt down. Gemik Maka sat on a rock in the center of the ashes with his back turned to everyone. "I knew you would be coming." he said. "You want to try to stop me." Gemik Maka faced the group. His long hair was completely red. His eyes, still pupiless, were now an ink black. The enormous gem on his chest was swimming with many colors. Gemik Maka leaped off his perch and readied himself. Jacob, Dylan, Kairi, Liz, Amber, and Cari readied themselves for battle.

Gemik Maka laughed. "You are very…oh, what is the word…stupid. I am too powerful. And in two hours, I will hatch from this eggshell and become king! Just try to stop me!"

He shot a white beam at Amber. "Shieldosk!" Cari shouted. A circular shield, five feet in diameter, of many blue daggers appeared. The daggers flew in circles. The beam hit the shield, enveloped it in light, and the shield disappeared. Gemik Maka smiled.

"Zapmara!" Dylan yelled. "Zaker!" Liz cried. Dylan and Kairi shot lightening. The two bolts circled each other until they became one powerful lightening blast. Gemik Maka swirled his arms and summoned the shield of the many blue daggers appeared. The enormous lightening blast hit it. The shield completely survived the attack. Suddenly, the daggers stopped spinning and straightened out. They spun around Gemik Maka as he laughed maniacally. The daggers flew out in many directions.

"Ra seshield!"

"Zecloid!"

"Lodenosk!"

A heart shield and a shield of many colors appeared. Two blues energy daggers appeared in Amber's hands. She jumped up and spun very fast, like the Tasmanian devil. The daggers hit the shields. When the daggers hit Amber, they spun around her and shot back to Gemik Maka. Gemik Maka simply ducked. Then, he shot two beams at the two shields. They were both captured. "Three captured defenses." He said. Another small crack appeared on Gemik Maka's face. "Tick tock tick tock!" Gemik Maka teased.

Mosaku had to watch. He was starting to realize the hopelessness.

Meanwhile, Amber continued to spin. She raced toward Gemik Maka. Gemik Maka began to glow when Amber spun into him. She hit him, but Gemik Maka stood still. Soon, Amber stopped spinning and fell panting. She got back up and ran back to Cari. Gemik Maka laughed. "Another copied spell."

Another barrage of spells came in. "Pymara!" Dylan called. "Teo Zaker!" Liz yelled. Kairi shot a powered Zaker from her hand and Jacob shot a fireball. They attacked from the sides, hoping to get an opening.

They didn't.

Gemik Maka glowed and the spells hit him. He jumped up and shot a fireball at Kairi and a Teo Zaker at Jacob. Neither side was prepared. Kairi was hit with a fireball and Jacob with a blast of lightening. When Gemik Maka landed, he put his fists together, took them apart, and there there was a long red feather whip. He wrapped it around Jacob, who screamed out in pain, spun him around a bit and threw him into the ground, where he rubbed into the ground for a few feet. The whip remained tied around Jacob.

He then shot a pymara at the whip. It caught fire, and so did Jacob. He twisted and turned. Dylan thought quickly, and so did Jacob. "Zapmara! Blizzmara! Pymara!" Dylan screamed. Jacob quickly shot a lightening blast on the ground and a deep hole appeared. He then shot icicles into the ditch. He then shot a fireball and all the icicles melted. It was a pool of water. Jacob jumped in and the fires went out, but he still had burns in many places. "We have to treat those burns." Dylan said. Jacob and Dylan were out of the battle as they fled for the nearest house.

"Looks like I got one." Gemik Maka said. He turned to the leftovers. He smiled big. "You still stand and fight, you dolts! Can't you see I'm invincible?" He teased. Kairi and Amber said nothing.

"Maybe we can combine our spells." Amber whispered. Kairi nodded. "Follow my lead." They said to their book readers. They nodded. "Gigano Zakeruga!" Liz yelled.

Kairi threw her hands up into the air. Gemik Maka gave her a puzzled look. The ash clouds in the sky were replaced with storm clouds. Lightening struck. All the lightening started to strike in one spot. They all created one ball of energy. The ball transformed into a unicorn. It trickled with electricity. "Nosk!" Cari cast. Amber threw a blue dagger at the horned horse. It hit it, but went into it, and the horse's horn turned into a blue dagger.

The beast charged at Gemik Maka. Gemik Maka braced himself as the pink electrical unicorn charged into him. He tried to push it back, but it was too strong. Meanwhile, Amber and Kairi placed themselves for the finishing move. The electrically charged horned horse disappeared in a bright flash of light. Gemik Maka was blown back. A few more cracks appeared on his face. "Only about one more hour." He said. "Enough of the mimicked spells! This…" he threw his hands far apart. "…is all original!"

He clapped his hands together hard. An explosive shockwave erupted from his palms. This also gave Amber a brief notice that Maka's gems were as cracked as his face.

Any way, the sonic clap blew everyone back. Amber's part had to be done now!

"MAKA!" she cried.

Gemik Maka halted. He looked at her with pupiless eyes. She could see that his pupils were returning. "Maka…you have to stop this. You are hurting people. We know you don't want to fight. You vowed to fight for me, to keep the mask safe, our token of friendship and the holder of our pact. When you saw it cracked and destroyed, it crushed you. You let anger replace sorrow and you unleashed something within you that you couldn't control."

Kairi slowly made it to her position. She gave a small nod. The nearby Mosaku crossed his fingers. Some of the cracks on Gemik Maka's face began to recede. His pupils were clearly seen, though his eyes were still red. His hair was becoming white again, too. Amber continued.

"Maka, I know I have said this before, but I must say it again I am sorry. Not only for doing what I did in the past, but for the pain I am about to cause you."

Gemik Maka immediately understood. All the cracks reformed. His hair became red once more. His eyes went blank. "A trap!" he yelled. His scream was followed by another.

"Teo Zaker!"

Kairi shot the lightening and it hit the enormous gem on Gemik Maka's chest. The lightening seemed to flow into the gem. Gemik Maka cried out in pain. The gem began to crack. Gemik Maka put both hand in front of his gem. It trickled with electricity. Amber leaped in front of Gemik Maka. "Bao Noskuruga!"

Amber's mouth opened wide and many blue daggers flowed out and into the air. They danced around until they became an enormous dragon. The blue dagger dragon charged at Gemik Maka. He said only one thing before the attack hit.

"I thought I had won…"

The dragon charged into Gemik Maka. When it disappeared, something amazing happened.

The gem on his chest cracked open. Shadow poured out of them and spread out around him. The gems on Maka's palms were glowing like never before. The shadows fled into the light and disappeared into the gems. Maka shrunk to his normal height. His long red flowing hair shrunk back into his head and became gray and spiky. His eyes became their usual pupiled and gray. His armor was the same. He was Maka once more, even with is golden crown.

Maka stood for a bit and then smiled. "Thank…" he began, but then fell on his face. Mosaku ran over to help him. He saw his gems were still glowing, but eventually the light died down.

Mosaku's book then appeared beside him. It was glowing.

"Another new spell…" Mosaku thought. Mosaku laughed sort of crazily out of sheer relief.

The mimic mamodo was alright.