Tenbu and Drum were on the roof as the continued their practice.

"Remember Drum to think about anything that calm you down or help you control your temper when things are enraging you," the old green dragon said while the young dragon slowly breathed.

"Thinking about what calms me down," the red dragon replied. He then thought about his father, looking pissed off about something he did. He mentally gulped since that always calmed him down or changed his mood into one where he was too scared to feel anything else. He tried something else and thought about the pudding and felt better, "I think I'm good."

"Good. I don't have anything to teach you anymore Drum. Everything else is now up to you. Just repeat everything I teach you're from time to time and be sure to control your mood. If you can control it, you will not let anyone an advantage against you in a fight. All you have to do is control yourself."

"Thank you Tenbu," he said to the old dragon.

"There is no problem Drum," he replied as he played with his pink mustache, "Everything is now up to you and I have no fear."

The red dragon smiled as he said, "Anyway. I'm hungry now and we will have some pudding," his eyes shined.

"I think so, but-" he noticed that Drum was gone, "Guess he was that hungry and-" he saw a cute woman juggling and his eyes turned into pink heart shape eyes and flew after them, "Hello beauty."

Chapter 98: The Grim Reaper

School day was over for Gao and his buddy. Today was the day they were on patrol for the Buddy Police Force. As Drum flew in the air with Gao on his back, Gao remembered what his friend Tasuku told him.

"What is it Gao?" Drum asked when he checked on his buddy.

"I'm thinking about the supervisor," he replied.

"Those bastard only caused trouble to us and Hinako," he grunted.

"Yeah. I saw the survey this morning. Hinako dropped with what happened and Tenchi is more in advance than before. We might have to leave this world and... The pudding behind," the red dragon complained a little.

"Don't worry. It won't happen," Gao said, but his voice showed some uncertainty.

Drum heard it, but left no comment. He looked forward and saw something suspicious, "Gao. I think I'm seeing a human floating in the air."

Gao tried looking forward, but didn't see very well what was there, "Let's get closer and-" the dragon was cut.

"-Gao. This is Stella. We got a situation in front of your school. The police surrounded a car with a suspect inside. The police saw a buddy. You have to get there and get ready if a battle is coming. That means you have the authorisation to use your buddy skill and card when you are there. Takihara is also coming to help you with his buddy.-"

"We are ready," Gao said.

"Where are we going Gao?" his buddy asked.

"To the school, there is a criminal in a car and they got a buddy," he replied as he jumped from his buddy back and activated his buddy skills.

"Back to school," the dragon then whined as they flew back there. Drum took a glance back and the floating guy wasn't there anymore, Who was that and where his buddy?, he wondered.

As they flew toward the scene, they didn't notice that the mysterious floating guy was following them from a distance.

They reached the scene of the crime and saw the police cars surrounding a car with person inside. They tried to see who was inside the cars and saw no one.

"Let's land with the policemen," Gao said and did it.

The landed near the policemen and the boy showed his badge, showing that he was a Buddy Police Officer.

"Do you know who inside the car and what his buddy world comes from?" Drum asked as he checked in the car. He could only see the bandit with his black mask and his brown eyes, but nothing else.

"We didn't see his buddy well in his mini form, but we guess he came from Dungeon World. We cannot be completely sure of it thought," one police officer said.

"They kind are always causing big mess," one of them said about the monsters.

Drum frowned, but managed to control his frustration.

They watched the car and wondered how they should act. They didn't want to make a mistake, knowing how badly it will affect the election and Hinako reputation.

Gao asked a policeman, "What should we do right now?"

The policeman pointed to his superior and the boy asked them what the best course of action should be.

"You should wait before doing anything. Your simple presence here might be enough for them to surrender," he replied.

They nodded and watched the car, wondering what would happen now. They waited as the police man ordered them to come out of the car and drop their weapons and card deck, but the criminals did none of this.

Drum turned toward Gao and said, "I think this is going to be a battle soon."

"And Takihara is coming with his buddy. He will be surrounded by two monsters soon," Gao saw the policemen giving him a sign to act, he called, "Stella. We need a barrier so we can fight against them."

Stella took a few seconds to reply and said, "-You have the authorisation.-"

"I wonder why we didn't hear from Seiichi? Although I'm not complaining," Drum commented.

"-I heard you and they aren't here today. Remember to do a good job there,-" she told them.

"No problem Stella," Gao replied.

They walked near the car when the force field surrounded them, it was now a two versus two.

The criminal walked out of the car in his black suit and his buddy came with him. They knew that it was the only way to escape free. The moment the buddy came out, he turned into his real form.

He was ArmorKnight Ogre. They already knew about this monster since it had been arrested once before, at minimums, but there was more than one Armorknight Ogre.

Drum started up his drill and was ready to engage the battle just like Gao as he prepared his card deck. The red dragon charged and with the combo of his buddy, it wasn't long before the dragon overpowered Ogre and put him at the edge after throwing him away. The red dragon raised his chest and was ready to continue the battle against Ogre. He charged when he hit a shield used by the criminal while the criminal equipped himself with a sword and charged at Gao. The boy did the same and blocked the blade. The difference in ages and size pushed the boy away and sent him on the ground.

Gao stood up and realised that he was in trouble when he dodged the blade again. He was at a complete disadvantage and his buddy was still busy against Ogre.

Drum lowered his guard when he checked on his buddy and saw that he was in a mess. That costed him when he was hit on his head and made him kneeled down. Blood came out of his nose as he raised his eyes toward his enemy and blocked the next attack with his drill, "You won't get another chance. Hang in there Gao!" he yelled at his friend before continuing his fight.

Gao focused on dodging the blade and blocked only when he couldn't do anything else. He jumped away and held on as much as he could, but the other man was fast and strong. Gao remembered his mother teaching and thought of another way of winning his battle. He hesitated since he needed to use his hands only and not the sword.

He was suddenly pushed on the ground and saw the criminal ready to finish him, when suddenly; a spike of ice hit the sword of the criminal and disarmed him, leaving only the card falling on the ground. Gao didn't lost a second and used one of his technique. He dropped his sword and grabbed the man arm before using his entire body to throw him on the ground. He then punched his face and knocked him out.

He turned toward his buddy and saw that Drum already took care of Ogre. The red dragon put his hands on his head, but felt the pain disappearing when Gao used his healing card.

"Thanks Gao," he told him.

The police came in and arrested the criminal and the buddy, while Gao searched for the one who saved him. He saw no one, but when he looked in the air, he saw a boy with blue hair, wearing a white mast over his left eye while his hair covered the other one. He wore a white coat with a short blue cape, white pants and yellow shoulder pads.

Gao saw the boy floating in the air and joined him with his buddy skill. The red dragon saw his friend flying in the sky and joined him.

"Thanks for saving me back there..." Gao said, but didn't know how it was.

Drum joined him and immediately noticed that the blue haired mysterious boy looked similar to Kiri, but the aura he felt was different from Kiri and the stench was also different from Kiri, He's like Kiri, but...

"You looked incapable of defeating that criminal," the masked boy replied.

"Hey! Don't say that to my buddy!" Drum yelled the second the other one replied.

"Drum, calm down," Gao told his friend.

"That's why I helped you," the masked boy finished. He turned toward Drum and said, "That's your buddy?"

"Yes I am. If you can fly in the air and this," he pointed to the core gadget looking like a snowflake with a Dark Core on it. The dragon frowned when he saw the Dark Core, making him think that the boy might be Kiri, but too many things made him doubt about it.

"I am The Reaper. I am a warrior who hunts down my enemies," the masked boy said. He slowly turned around and was about to fly away.

"Wait! Are you Kiri?" Drum asked.

"Hum? Kiri isn't here," Gao said, still with his trouble of recognising people when they are wearing their mask.

"I am not Kiri. I am The Reaper," he simply said.

"Where is your buddy?" the red dragon ordered.

"Not here."

The Reaper looked at Gao and said, "Gao, you could have won the fight easily if you could use your true potential. You can't because of him," he gazed at Drum.

Drum yelled, "What did you say?"

"I have to go," The Reaper flew away and left them behind.

"That basta-" Drum started yelling when he remembered his training and calmed down. He took a few deep breathing and finished calmly, "That bastard."

Gao sighed and said, "We have to give our report now... And I'm sure Seiichi will be on our back."

"Yeah," his buddy agreed.

The Reaper flew toward the mansion of Kyoya and when he was near, Joker flew by his side and asked, "Are you sure this is what you want to do Kiri?"

The Reaper looked at him and replied, "I am not Kiri anymore. If you are in my way, I'll fight you Joker."

The monster of ice looked down for a few seconds as his red eyes light diminished. After a few seconds he looked back at the boy and said, "No. I will always be by your side Kiri. No matter what. I will not leave you alone again and forever, I'll protect you. Even if I have to obey Azi Dahaka."

"Then come with me," The Reaper said.

They continued together to the mansion. When they reached it, Joker said in his mind, I've failed you Kiri. I'm sorry.

AC: This is the end of chapter 98.

Next: The Ninjas Battle.