Tasuku was silent as he prepared his bag for his school day. He didn't look at his buddy as he ate his breakfast.

Jackknife watched the boy and grew even more worried as his buddy didn't even look at him. He thought back about what happened yesterday when they came home.

They had a huge argument about the future since Commander I was fired. He remembered that he said they had to keep going and showed that they are officers of the Buddy Police Force and will do everything for justice, even with Seiichi and Sueroku in the way.

He remembered what Tasuku replied: "There is no justice when we are working under their orders Jackknife. They are just going to cause suffering so you and the other buddy monsters had to leave the Earth forever! We cannot let that happen and you are telling me that we should continue doing what we do when we surely can't!"

He never replied since it was pretty much right and the boy didn't talk to him since then.

Tasuku was about to walk outside their home when the green dragon said, "Tasuku. You have-"

"Don't talk to me Jackknife. Just don't," the boy said, knowing that his buddy wanted to talk about their argument yesterday. He walked outside.

"Don't come home too late Tasuku, " Jackknife didn't get an answer. He lowered his head and flew toward the window, watching the sun rising in the sky, "Tasuku..." he put his hand on his chest and grew more worried. Since yesterday, Tasuku didn't say his nickname Jack, but his full name instead. The dragon wasn't blind and knew that something had broken between then yesterday with their different opinion on the situation, a grave situation, "We never really had an argument before... Tasuku."

Chapter 101: Things Break

Later that day, Tasuku ate alone his diner when he heard someone walking toward him. He turned around and saw Gao with his buddy, "Hey you two."

"How's it going Tasuku?" Gao asked. He sat by his side and said, "I know what happened to Commander I."

"That's bad," Tasuku said as he forced his anger to remain inside of him. He turned toward his friend and said, "I don't know what to do Gao. Tenchi is winning and soon..." he said nothing else.

"Wait a second Tasuku. Tenchi didn't win yet," Drum disagreed as he finished his pudding, "As my father said, a war isn't over until the last dragon still have the will to fight. Gao and I still didn't lose that will!"

Tasuku didn't reply, thinking it was going toward the same direction than what Jackknife might want to say, "How? How can we win Drum?"

"Well-" he thought about it, but got no answer, "I don't know. There isn't an opportunity yet."

"An opportunity for what?" the boy with blue hair asked.

Gao and Drum could feel that Tasuku was trying to contain his anger.

Gao put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "Tasuku. What do you thing we should do?"

Tasuku suddenly was quiet as if he thought of something back, "I... I don't know."

Drum noticed that the tone was different than what he said, but the red dragon chose not to comment on it or it might refocused Tasuku's mood toward his anger, which wasn't good for him.

"I just don't k-" Tasuku said no more about it. Any trace of his anger was gone from his face. He seemed to be in his thought and when he came out, he asked, "What about you Gao? Do you have an idea?"

"I don't," he replied to his friend.

They were both quiet and continued eating.

"Gao. I'm sure there is a way we can arrange everything," Tasuku said.

"I'm sure of it," Gao replied.

Drum looked at Tasuku and wondered if the boy was thinking at something. He noticed that Tasuku was calm now, but not as if he controlled his mood. Drum suspected that Tasuku guessed of an answer. He wasn't sure since the boy asked his buddy if he had an idea.

The bell rang and it was back to class.

"We got to go," Drum said before they returned to class.

When school was over, Tasuku walked outside of his class and looked around. He wasn't sure of what he should do. As he followed the road leading to his home, he thought back of his arguments with Jackknife and everything that happened yesterday and with what he said with Gao and Drum, I made up my mind but... I'm still hesitating. He stopped and said, I know I have to do this, but... he stopped and decided to walk into the park.

He thought back about what he was suggested a while ago by Demios. He wondered if he should really try to meet him again and knew more about what his plan would be. He was covered with many doubts, but when he thought about Seiichi at the top of the Buddy Police Force, his doubts weren't bigger compare to the thought of Tenchi winning the elections.

He thought back about his buddy and knew that Jackknife tried to see the good things and cheered him up, but they ended in an argument. He reached the park and heard someone playing music. He recognised it and knew it was Troubadour. He clenched his hands and said, "I have to do it. I need to do this."

He walked in the park and followed the sound of the music. He planned to speak with Troubadour and asked him to bring Demios, but when he saw him, he saw the leader of the Purgatory Knights behind Troubadour with his arm crossed as he listened to the music of his soldier, in his real form.

Tasuku wondered why Demios was there if he wasn't interested in the music. The leader of the Purgatory Knight saw him and seemed to know why they boy was present as he gave a sign with his head.

Tasuku followed the leader of the Purgatory Knight and isolated themselves from the crowd around Troubadour.

"You came Tasuku," he sniffed the air and added, "And alone."

"You said that because you were waiting for me right?" the boy asked, knowing why he was with Troubadour, unless the other Purgatory Knight was still punished by his leader.

"If you were eventually searching for me, Troubadour was your best chance as he wanders around and played his music," the leader of the Purgatory Knight replied. His eyes locked on the boy's one as he asked, "Is there something you want to talk about Tasuku?"

"It's about what we talked a few days ago. With things happening, I've been thinking for a while," the boy replied as he played a little with his blue hair. He didn't look in the amber eyes of the gray dragon after saying those words, "You're right about the supervisors. They are hindr- no. Dangerous. Commander I was our superior, but was fired because he did the right thing," he contained his anger and frustration.

Demios frowned when he saw the boy's boiling in front of him and said, "What happened?"

Tasuku resumed it.

"It's more than hindrance toward you, your friends and your potential," the dragon grunted. He crossed his arms, "Without him, you are really chained under the command of those who wants us away from Earth. And Jackknife said that everything could be back to normal with some false optimism. Don't take it wrong," he said when the boy glared at him, "It's not to insult him as a stupid dragon, but things blinded him Tasuku."

The boy hesitated to bring out directly the subject he wanted to talk about, so he decided to ask something, "What do you mean by my potential?"

Demios didn't immediately answer the question. He thought of his answer and eventually said, "Tasuku. You possess a great power currently resting inside of you. This is one of the potential you have. The other one is your mind," he pointed his forehead with his claw, "Is greater than you think. All of this is wasted by working under the command of everyone else. I can see in your eyes you can become a great virtuous warrior. If you join us, you will be able to awake your true potential and can you it for what you truly believe in your heart. You will become one of us Tasuku."

The boy knew that Demios was honest in his words. He thought about Jackknife, his family, Jackknife. He hesitated to make his final decision and the darkness dragon knew it, "Demios. I'll become a Purgatory Knight."

Demios internally smiled at the answer and said, "You should talk to Jackknife about-"

"No. If I see him... I'll change my mind and I know... It will be a mistake to stay with him."

Demios asked, "Are you sure about it?"

"Yes. It's best I don't see him again," Tasuku said as he lowered his eyes.

"Then come with me," Demios said.

The boy followed Demios.

Jackknife waited for Tasuku to come back. He waited as he watched the sun slowly disappearing at the horizon. He waited and waited for a long time. As time passed, he grew more worried with his friend absence. It was getting really late and Tasuku would have already come back usually.

"Maybe he's with Gao," he told himself, "After all this, maybe he needs to talk with him before coming back. I... hope."

Eventually, he couldn't wait anymore and knew he had to find out of something happened to his buddy, his only family. He grabbed the phone and thought of calling for help. He realised that he never knew the Mikado's family phone number and that he couldn't ask help from the Buddy Police Force and probably also the police since he was a buddy monster.

With the current situation, Jackknife believed that the police won't help a dragon looking for a little boy, because he wasn't human and probably someone who might hurt him. Even with his current reputation, it won't work with Seiichi in the way and Commander I couldn't back him up. He put the phone back where he picked it and sighed loudly.

He was truly on his own. Jackknife knew that Tasuku might be in trouble and decided to search him himself, "Don't worry Tasuku, I'm coming."

He opened the window and flew outside, searching for his buddy, no matter what. When the sun was down, Jackknife body was lightly shining as it passed in front of the moon. When the night begun, he was at the park and finally got a hint of Tasuku's scent.

"Don't worry Tasuku. I'm going to find you and everything will be alright," the green dragon said before flying where his snout guided him.

Much later, the sun was slowly rising at the horizon when a green and red dragon landed in front of the Mikado house. He slowly and painfully walked toward the door with great difficulty in his mini form. It was Jackknife gravely wounded on his chest and his back as blood continued to come out. He slowly walked toward the door as he whispered, "Ta... suku," tears came out of his eyes as he took another step and was in front of the door. He started knocking the door repeatedly and whispered, "He- Help," he lost strength and felt on the ground, looking at the door and hoping it would open.

AC: This is the end of chapter 101. It's a dark ending, but that's how the story has to move.